. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. ipped in a mast should be light and sheave-hole in the head should befitted with a galvanized-iron or yellow-metal sheave, and should be sufficientlylarge for the halyards to travel freelywhen the rope is swollen with water. Ablock may be fitted to the mast-head forthe jib halyards. The boat should beprovided with a galvanized-iron horsefor the lower block of the mainsheet totravel on. This is a great conveniencein beating to windward as the boom willgo over by itself without the aid of thehelmsmxan. The sail also sets betterwith th
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. ipped in a mast should be light and sheave-hole in the head should befitted with a galvanized-iron or yellow-metal sheave, and should be sufficientlylarge for the halyards to travel freelywhen the rope is swollen with water. Ablock may be fitted to the mast-head forthe jib halyards. The boat should beprovided with a galvanized-iron horsefor the lower block of the mainsheet totravel on. This is a great conveniencein beating to windward as the boom willgo over by itself without the aid of thehelmsmxan. The sail also sets betterwith the aid of a horse to keep theboom down. The jib sheets and all halyards shouldlead aft within easy reach of the helms-man so that he may be able to handle Combination Rowing and Sailing Boats, 14o them without letting go the tiller. Thecushions of the stern sheets should bestuffed with cork shavings such asgrapes come packed in from should have life lines sewed tothem so that in case of need they maybe used as Sprit Rig. Fig. 3. The boat should be equipped withthree oars ( as one may be broken ),a boat-hook and a baler; and the plugin the bottom should be secured to theboat by a lanyard and screw-eye. Atiller should be used for steering whensailing and not a yoke and lines. Remember that you must luff whenthe first breath of the squall strikes theboat, for if way is lost and the boat ishove down on her beam ends, lee helmceases to possess its virtue and the boatmay capsize. This is a sound and wiseaxiom and one that a beginner should 144 BOAT SAILING, impress rigidly on his mind. Neverallow skylarking- in a boat. Never at-tempt to climb the mast of an open boat,as it is an operation fraught with dan-ger. Rather tmstep the mast for anyrepairs that may be necessary. Neverstand on the thwarts of a small boatwhen under way. If women and children are on boardnever gybe the boom over. Many acci-dents have happened through the neg-lect of this precaution. N
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