Document No 6966: The maneuvers on Enterprise (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
REF : 0 EDITION : 1930 DATE : 1930 COURSE : 0 DESCRIPTION SITE : As the boat tacks. four hands at the bow pull the foot of the huge quadrilateral jib so the sail's wildly ?apping clew. or lower aft corner, can clear the front of the mast as the sail passes over to the opposite side. Just behind the mast an afterguardsman turns a wheel to bend the boom away from the wind. thus giving the mainsail a more efficient shape. NOTES AMERICA-SCOOP :LICENCE : Autorisation en cours |
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