The Kedge Anchor; or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William Brady

The Kedge Anchor; or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William Brady

Author:William Brady
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-30T16:00:00+00:00


302. —WEARING UNDER BARE POLES.

Send down the after yards and mizen topmast, and bend a hawser to it in-board. Send men in the weather fore rigging with tarpaulins ; up helm, and make use of the yards as usual.

If she should not go off, it will be necessary, as a last resort, to cut away the mizen mast, veer away the hawser, and use the mizen topmast as a drag to assist in wearing.

303. —CUTTING AWAY THE MASTS.

Clear away all the running rigging attached to the mast, cut away the lanyards of the lee rigging; then the lanyards of the stays and weather rigging.



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