. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. e 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 sl
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. e 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 starboard shroudgoes over the masthead first, thenthe port one and last the large yachts the lower riggingis often fitted in pairs, the bight of theshrouds being passed over the masthead. TURNBUCKLE. 158 BOAT SAILING. and secured in the form of an eye with astotit wire seizing. Many riggers shackle the shrouds toan iron band fitted to the hounds. Thisplan is open to objection. There maybe a flaw in the iron and the band maygive way suddenly, causing the mast tosnap off short like the stem of a claypipe. Bands may look a little moresnug than the collars, but they areheavier aloft and not soreliable, and for thesereasons I am old-fash-ioned enough to preferthe collars. For a small sloop, cut-ter or yawl, a pole mastis preferable ; but allboats more than twentyfeet on the water lineshould be fitted with top-masts, the rigging ofwhich is shown in thecut. The running bowspritis almost obsolete now-a-,days, but the device stillfinds favor with certainowners of cutters andyawls of large size. Itcertainly has its advan-tages. The length of thebowsprit is reduced as the jibs areshifted, until when the spitfire orstorm^jib is set the bows
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