. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. ve been as-sured by the commanders of several ofthese great freight carriers that theyhave never known their ^^sticks to beimperilled by the rigidity of the rigging,and the tauter it can be set up the moresecure the masts are supposed to be. There are, however, a number of oldsalts who condemn this theory as rankheresy, and go in for deadeyes and lan-yards of the old-fashioned kind, and thegreater the stretch between the upperand the lower deadeyes the better arethey pleased. There is no doubt thatturnbuckles look neater than deadeyes,and they are proba
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. ve been as-sured by the commanders of several ofthese great freight carriers that theyhave never known their ^^sticks to beimperilled by the rigidity of the rigging,and the tauter it can be set up the moresecure the masts are supposed to be. There are, however, a number of oldsalts who condemn this theory as rankheresy, and go in for deadeyes and lan-yards of the old-fashioned kind, and thegreater the stretch between the upperand the lower deadeyes the better arethey pleased. There is no doubt thatturnbuckles look neater than deadeyes,and they are probably well suited forsmall craft. The Herreshoffs have longused them for settingup the rigging of thesloops and yawls ofmoderate size whichthey used to turn outin such numbers, andwhich first laid thefoundation of theirfame. The boat ownercan please himself as towhich method he maychoose, and he can relythat with either hisj-mast will be perfectly*^ ra ^ secure. Both methods ^ are shown in the ac- shroud, deadeye,companying cuts. RIGGING AND SAIIS. 157 There is one thing in connection withwire rigging that I must warn the araa-teur against. Beware of shod wire rig-ging. ^* Shoes are iron plates rivetedto the ends of wire rigging to receiveshackle bolts. They are never splices in wire never draw. Shoesoften collapse without notice. Turnbuckles are veryhandy appliances for set-ting up rigging in a hurry,whereas the same opera-tion conducted by meansof a deadeye and a lanyardtakes much more time andtrouble. A small craftrigged as a sloop, cutteror yawl, requires only oneshroud on each side toafford lateral support tothe mast, and a forestay—which in the case of acutter or yawl should setup at the stem head, btit^on a sloop is set up on thebowsprit. A simple way to fit the rigging is tosplice an eye in eachshroud, forming a collarsufficiently large to pass over themasthead, first covering the part thatis to form the eye with canvas sewnon and painted. The sta
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