Telegram-herald., 1889-06-06

s1ofs - Szs espzh = sater 81 yestEy aAe
gsl re<@y - - aEro1E % Laz port LAX
Tie orzsf = fse-4Y zoo9ta * -zend y
foT s4zy.. @eceT~-1x - t1s s~ezst ~ x t1s
"Sk1pfer b. - s1sex Ell&a thea gets down
q ases1rd sssrs tes - sAe~t = 1sa.1e iaS-.
ia f3sez-4st had soes - ssz4 - clear ~
AL Ike Ezslzs s1sst Gl4A aalxs as4t y So that
tasx tie EEa4iz sheet do<s aor foal a. II cones
ovez. % - LAks Ia 3 httle slack uhea tbs
STRAIN s Il 4 tie &iVpeE Uz1ts Ese Eaelasa4
49, 1atter.
aheu y0a see thai each oae ls - rs pct
ksep tLs bos.t away rrins . give hsr god
ha1asay sJlag around, shea ssng out Hart
= ses. al down hell1L Not h2Tc GoNn right
away. ko~exsr, for that gives ths boat ~
Unnecessary srgZ with tbs rsid5er across Der
stern give her ths heln gradually 4s sLe iosss
h.aa.as aaa eoanes into the Wild Tie ul2a
"a the llo sheees nut not leE tAena g by ths
run. Is L To- ofrsn done. tat sis.ck on ca
them gradually, kxuiag = strain GA ons
Untl he begiss 70 draw asay ca tbs 0thsr.
This VII prevent tks jlb trotn nying away
out 4nd vii also enable tie bOSt q ksep
hsg head~ay much better. a very impOr LaEr
tLing Ia tais GlAaeuYsF, both tOr safety and
foF sposd
Ia fact. right here il may be said that
pSFsDn "lO has charge II boat, large or
email, cannot have TOO firmly Impressed upon
as mind the usces4siTY u Aoeping boat NOV
ing through ths water Most accidents come
Is viii be explained more Ia detail in a later
artlclo, from tne los Ot heaiway The rud-
der has no power over a boat standing STILL
though IL has rAs most perfset control If a
boat going ahead, and the faster she goss tie
more control the rudder has
Then care must be exercised in filing away,
both BY the hsimsulan and the jib sheet man,
not % allow the boat 10 pay OH too far when
the iib has first been trimmed IL she goes
Of too far and will not immediately mind
the heln 70 steady her. ease up on the Jib
sheet and trim down again when she has
gathered way sufficient 10 give helmsman
control
After having made a number Of stretches
in this way, suppose that you conclude you
want 20 70 straight acrcss tho river. The
wind being down the river. this VIII give you
Z beam wind, which, as the name signifies, is
wind blowing directly across the course Of
tho yacht. You viii pull up your center
board Csomo very fat boats need little
board with beam wind and start" l. e,
slack out your main and jib sheets. IL the
wind is light your main boom should go out
keel. il fresh il must come in considerably
further The jib will be trimmed 10 about
the same angle, though this must be de-
termined largely by how the boat steers: If
she carries too hard helm tho jib should be
fattened 10 keep her off; il she carries it
alec il must be slackeued or the mainsail fat
tened in some to give her the right helm. A
yacht should always carry a weather helm,
except, possibly, in the lightcSt kind OF
weather.
You want to 60 straight down the river
for a while ''Stick out" your main sheet
until your main boom is out TO your rigging.
Then be sure you "stcer steady" perfectly
straight course down the river, for il you do
not you arc liable to perform a very lub-
berly act-allow your mainsail to gybe with
out being ready for it.
GYBIyG.
This is delicate maneuver and is often at
tended, through ignorance or carelessness,
with disagreeable results. 1t consists-in a
sloop-of changing the mainsail from one
si6e TO the other while the yacht is before
the wind. The man az the helm must hold
his course straight down the river. while the
mainsheet man, re-enforced by the jibsheet
man, hauls in the mainsheet. He does this
handsomely until the mainboom is in TO
about the same place where it is trimmed
for full and bye"
Then tho man who is helping him catches a
turn, the helmsman puts bis helm up slightly,
the boats head swings slowly TO starboard,
the wind catches the mainsail on the star
board side and throws it across the stern
But 1t cannot go far nor get much Roadway
TO rip things up, which it sometimes does,
because il has been hauled In so short, and
because Of the turn on tho cleat. Then
having perfect control Of both boat and sail,