Practical Boat Sailing for Amateurs: Containing Particulars of the Most Suitable Sailing Boats and Yachts for Amateurs, and Instructions for Their Proper Handling, &cBazaar, 1880 - 174 sider |
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Side 10
... tack , and her progress would be a zigzag one , as shown in Fig . 9. Upon looking at Fig . 10 you will see that the sail ( A ) is trimmed at such an angle with A FIG . 9. TACKING . B the keel that it will just be full of wind . The wind ...
... tack , and her progress would be a zigzag one , as shown in Fig . 9. Upon looking at Fig . 10 you will see that the sail ( A ) is trimmed at such an angle with A FIG . 9. TACKING . B the keel that it will just be full of wind . The wind ...
Side 11
... tack , the wind being on the starboard side ; and from C to D she is on the port tack again . At the points B and C she has put the helm down — that is , to leeward — so that the rudder goes to windward and turns her head round , and ...
... tack , the wind being on the starboard side ; and from C to D she is on the port tack again . At the points B and C she has put the helm down — that is , to leeward — so that the rudder goes to windward and turns her head round , and ...
Side 15
... tacks , the lower after corners the clews ; the top fore corner is the throat , and the top aft corner the peak . Across the mainsail and the foresail , and sometimes across the jib , are rows of reef points , by means of which the ...
... tacks , the lower after corners the clews ; the top fore corner is the throat , and the top aft corner the peak . Across the mainsail and the foresail , and sometimes across the jib , are rows of reef points , by means of which the ...
Side 17
... tacking . As you gain experience in sailing you will find that boats are very human . They have each their special tastes , fancies , and whims , and , what is more , there are days when they seem utterly out of sorts , and will not do ...
... tacking . As you gain experience in sailing you will find that boats are very human . They have each their special tastes , fancies , and whims , and , what is more , there are days when they seem utterly out of sorts , and will not do ...
Side 21
... tack of a lugsail is generally a loop bent on to the boom , and hooked to a hook on the mast . Make this fast before hauling on the halyard . Now a long pull and a strong pull , and the sail is up . Take a turn of the halyard once ...
... tack of a lugsail is generally a loop bent on to the boom , and hooked to a hook on the mast . Make this fast before hauling on the halyard . Now a long pull and a strong pull , and the sail is up . Take a turn of the halyard once ...
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Practical Boat Sailing for Amateurs: Containing Particulars of the Most ... George Christopher Davies Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1899 |
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Populære avsnitt
Side 68 - ... points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. (c) On the...
Side 70 - In obeying and construing these rules due regard must be had to all dangers of navigation ; and due regard must also be had to any special circumstances which may exist in any particular case rendering a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
Side 71 - ... other; in other words, to cases in which by day each vessel sees the masts of the other in a line or nearly in a line with her own, and by night to cases in which each vessel is in such a position as to see both the side lights of the other.
Side 70 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, or the owner, or master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper look.out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Side 68 - ... light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Side 68 - ... from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Side 69 - Pilot vessels, when engaged on their station on pilotage duty, shall not show the lights required for other vessels, but shall carry a white light at the masthead, visible all round the horizon, and shall also exhibit a flare-up light or flare-up lights at short intervals, which shall never exceed fifteen minutes.
Side 68 - ... use : and shall, on the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side, nor, if practicable, more than two points abaft the beam on their respective sides.
Side 70 - Every steamship, when approaching another ship so as to involve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, or if necessary stop and reverse ; and every steamship shall, when in a fog, go at a moderate speed.
Side 71 - ... is opposed to the green light of the other or where a red light without a green light or a green light without a red light is seen ahead, or where both green and red lights are seen anywhere but ahead.