. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. he scantling is exceedinglystrong and heavy, for, like the pinks, they have to takethe ground at low water, the range of the tide beingsomething like forty feet. But for this great strengththe craft would be bumped to pieces on the sands asthe tide fell. They sail remarkably well, especiallywhen the wind is on the quarter, and are very measure about 17*70 metres over all, and carrylarge crews. A handy type of small lugger (Figs. 118 and 119)is seen in the fishing-craf
. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. he scantling is exceedinglystrong and heavy, for, like the pinks, they have to takethe ground at low water, the range of the tide beingsomething like forty feet. But for this great strengththe craft would be bumped to pieces on the sands asthe tide fell. They sail remarkably well, especiallywhen the wind is on the quarter, and are very measure about 17*70 metres over all, and carrylarge crews. A handy type of small lugger (Figs. 118 and 119)is seen in the fishing-craft of Equihen, near are decked in and fitted with a centre-board,which is of the sliding and not of the revolving is a large lug for the main and a smaller one forthe mizzen. This craft carries also a long bowsprit,well steeved, on which she sets a jib. At the stern, IN FRANCE 321 like the Cornish luggers she has an outrigger, alsosteeved, for the sheet of the mizzen. The hull ofthe little vessel has a nice sheer, and well she needsthis and the protection of her deck; for in this neigh-. FiG. 120.—Sardine Fishing-Lugger of the Coast op measures roughly 10 metres in length over all. bourhood the tides are notoriously strong, and theamount [of sea that a westerly wind can raise againsta west-going tide is as bad as any small craft can dowith. In the lines of the hull it will be seen that she X
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