. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. Diagram No. aft canvas. It is possible to make mymeaning clearer by means of simplediagrams, and to these I refer the vessel is said to be close-hauledwhen the sheets are trimmed flat aftand the boat is headed as near to thewind as the sails will permit withouttheir luffs shaking. When a vessel is sotrimmed, she is said to be sailing fulland bye, which means as close to thewind as the craft will point with thesails bellying out and full of wind. If 132 BOAT SAILING. a vessel is sailed so close to the windthat the sails quiver, the pre
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. Diagram No. aft canvas. It is possible to make mymeaning clearer by means of simplediagrams, and to these I refer the vessel is said to be close-hauledwhen the sheets are trimmed flat aftand the boat is headed as near to thewind as the sails will permit withouttheir luffs shaking. When a vessel is sotrimmed, she is said to be sailing fulland bye, which means as close to thewind as the craft will point with thesails bellying out and full of wind. If 132 BOAT SAILING. a vessel is sailed so close to the windthat the sails quiver, the pressure isdiminished and speed is the art of beating to windwardsuccessfully consists in keeping the boatssails full, while her head should not be. Diagram No. Hauled on Port Tack. permitted to * fall off for an requires a watchful eye and anartistic touch. To become an adept, oneshould have plenty of practice. A boat is on the starboard tack whenthe main boom is over the port quarterand the port jib sheet is hauled aft. The BEATING TO WINDWARD. 133 wind is then on the starboard bow. Theconditions are reversed when the craftgoes on the port tack. In diagram No. i,four conditions of sailing are shown,the figures representing a boat sailingwith the wind astern, on the quarter,abeam, and close hauled. It will be ob-served how the main boom is trimmedto meet the varied changes of wind orcourse.
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