Practical boat-sailing: a concise and simple treatise on the management of small boats and yachts under all conditions by Frazar Douglas 1836-1896

Author:Frazar, Douglas, 1836-1896
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Sailing
Publisher: Boston : Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
Published: 1879-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

rate of speed. To execute this graceful ceremony it becomes necessary to post two hands at each of the signal-halliards, — one to haul down the color, the other to check it on its descent, so as to have it move with the same speed as the ensign, by which all other colors are regulated ; then, with two hands to each flag, with the signal-halliards cast off, and every thing clear, and ready to lower away, another hand is placed at the swivel, and when the second-hand of one's watch touches the minute of sunset, the command " Fire ! " is given, and down drop gracefully and slowly all the colors that are aloft. They may be set in the morning in the same way, or may be made up in a bundle on deck, and hoisted to their position aloft, when at a given signal, or discharge of a cannon, the stop is jerked asunder, and they are unfolded to the breeze at the same instant of time. This is a more graceful method than hoisting them up from deck, which, at the best, causes a jerky movement of the bunting.

In a sloop-yacht the ensign is carried always at the end of the gaff, when hoisted; and the burgee, or private signal, at the topmast head.

When passing a vessel at sea that has her colors set, it is always courtesy to bend on one's own, and, as the nearest point is reached, lower the ensign half way towards the deck, and then hoist it back again to its position at the peak. This is called " dipping the colors;" and the smaller vessel should always be the one to offer the courtesy first.

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