Canoes and canoeing by Vaux C. Bowyer

Author:Vaux, C. Bowyer. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Canoes and canoeing
Publisher: New York, American sports publishing company
Published: 1894-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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LATEEN SAIL AND SPARS.

completes the out.k. The canoeman trin.s ,he sail with the sheet ana the sail is bochly Mte.l off the mast when n .s to be taken dosvn. ^Vhen two sails are used, the sheet of the m..zen ,,.h>ch is belund the skipper) lea<ls to a block or rin, on deck at Ihe stern, and from it to a cleat within easy reach ot the sk.p-ners hand amidship. (See cut on page 25-)

The standing sad i-^ better than tlie lateen in several ways,

CANOEr.NG.

STAXIilXr, SAIL

1 he triangular sail is a leg of mutton with only two spars, boom and mast

The five-sided sail has mast, boom and two battens. Both

sails have only one rope—the sheet.

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