. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. ing and Sailing Boats, 147 cruises of great emprise, he will learnmuch that is of value from her. With these cautionary remarks I willproceed to describe the rigs which inmy judgment are suitable for boatsmeasuring from twelve to seventeenfeet over all. The leg-of-mutton rig, whether com-bined with a jib or not, is the simplestand safest known, for there is no weightaloft such as is inevitable with a gaff. Leg-of-mutton Rig. Fig. 4. It is a sail exactly adapted to the re-quirements of a learner. The mostnervous mother need not be alarmed ifher boy goes
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. ing and Sailing Boats, 147 cruises of great emprise, he will learnmuch that is of value from her. With these cautionary remarks I willproceed to describe the rigs which inmy judgment are suitable for boatsmeasuring from twelve to seventeenfeet over all. The leg-of-mutton rig, whether com-bined with a jib or not, is the simplestand safest known, for there is no weightaloft such as is inevitable with a gaff. Leg-of-mutton Rig. Fig. 4. It is a sail exactly adapted to the re-quirements of a learner. The mostnervous mother need not be alarmed ifher boy goes sailing in a boat equippedwith this rig. The sail is hoisted by asingle halyard bent to the cringle at thehead of the sail and rove through either 148 BOAT SAILING. a sheave or a block at the the lufif is laced to the mast,but it is better that it should be seizedto hoops, as shown in Fig. 4. If a boomis used a larger sail can be carried, butit should be only a light spar and thefoot of the sail should be laced to Cat Rig. Fig. 9. The boom may be fitted with a toppinglift and the sheet be rove as shown inthe illustration. In a small open boatno stays are necessary for the mast, butthe jib halyards should be belayed to acleat on one gunwale of the boat andthe main halyards on the other, so as toafford support to the mast. Combznatzon Rowing- and Sailing Boat:s. 149 The jib and leg-of-mutton sail is a de-servedly popular rig-. A short bow-sprit may be fitted to a boat and securedto an eyebolt in the stem by a wire bob-stay. A wire forestay may be set up tothe bowsprit end and a jib may be bentto iron hanks on it and hoisted by a sin-gle halyard. Or it may be set flying The advantages of the cat rig () for general handiness have been oft-en explained. I should advise that thesail be hoisted by both throat and peakhalyards and not by a single halyardas is sometimes the case. It is oftenmost convenient to be able to drop thepeak, when gybing, for instanc
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