The sea-fisherman: comprising the chief methods of hook and line fishing in the British and other seas, and remarks on nets, boats, and boatingProfusely illustrated with woodcuts on leads, baited hooks, nets and boats, etc., and detailed descriptions of the same . aildoes not require lowering when the boat is put about. Both the sprit and working lug are handy sails, as they canbe set or lowered with great despatch, from the small amount 254 BOATS AND BOATING. of rigging connected with them in boats of this size; but inlarge boats the sprit is fast becoming obsolete, as the spar, fromtaking ne
The sea-fisherman: comprising the chief methods of hook and line fishing in the British and other seas, and remarks on nets, boats, and boatingProfusely illustrated with woodcuts on leads, baited hooks, nets and boats, etc., and detailed descriptions of the same . aildoes not require lowering when the boat is put about. Both the sprit and working lug are handy sails, as they canbe set or lowered with great despatch, from the small amount 254 BOATS AND BOATING. of rigging connected with them in boats of this size; but inlarge boats the sprit is fast becoming obsolete, as the spar, fromtaking nearly the whole diagonal of the sail, is necessarily verylarge and cumbersome, and has been known to part the heelstrap (by fishermen called the snorter) and drive a hole throughthe bottom in its descent, which circumstances have led to themore frequent adoption of the gaff and lug sails of late difference between sprit and lug sails will be easily seenfrom the accompanying cuts. All spritsails should be fitted with a tackle purchase, whichwill enable you to set the sail very fiat, and also prevent theheel of the sprit slipping down—a constant source of annoyancewithout it. Spritsails set rather more closely by the wind thaneither gaffs or Fig. 79.—Spritsail-Boat with Mizen. Spritsail-Boat with Mizen (fig. 79).—In fishing for Whiting-Pollack, it is necessary when under weigh to go through thewater at a very moderate rate, for which the mizen and jib willbe found quite sufficient in a strong breeze with wind againsttide; under these circumstances, in boats unprovided with amizen, it is difficult to retard the boat sufficiently by reefing the GUERNSEY SPRITSAIL-BOAT. 255 mainsail closely, which has still too much power for your pur-pose. In squally weather it is sometimes requisite to take inthe mainsail altogether, when your boat is still ,under commandif rigged with a mizen, whereas without it you would drive con-siderably from your course, or perhaps be c
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