. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. ^i^k p: E O ffL o bo THE MODERN FORE-AND-AFT RIG 315 has been hauled down by the tack so that the fore partof the yard comes down, and the after part is peakedup. We can indeed observe most clearly from thishow the transition from the square-sail began. Youstill witness this type of craft putting to sea fromGravelines, or sailing about somewhere between theDyck Lightship and Ostend. But it is fast dis-appearing, and is being replaced by the more moderncraft which are ketch-rigge
. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. ^i^k p: E O ffL o bo THE MODERN FORE-AND-AFT RIG 315 has been hauled down by the tack so that the fore partof the yard comes down, and the after part is peakedup. We can indeed observe most clearly from thishow the transition from the square-sail began. Youstill witness this type of craft putting to sea fromGravelines, or sailing about somewhere between theDyck Lightship and Ostend. But it is fast dis-appearing, and is being replaced by the more moderncraft which are ketch-rigged. It is because the Grave-lines and Dunkirk craft frequent the Dogger Bank,where also our British fishing fleets congregate, thatthe influence of Ramsgate and Yarmouth has begun tobe felt. This fact is even more noticeable in the designof the Boulogne herring-drifter seen in Figs. 114 and115. Notice that she very much resembles the Lowes-toft drifter by being ketch-rigged, by having hermizzen-mast stepped leaning forward, by having noboom to her mainsail, and by carrying a topsail overher mizzen. These Boulogn
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