STEAMSHIP SAILS

STEAMSHIP SAILS

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Mast

-Head

Luff

-Jacks&y
Fig 6.—Steamer's Standing Trysail.
This sail is set on a traveller abaft the mast. The traveller is
generally of T section, with iron hanks which can travel up and down
on it. Sometimes it is an iron rod held by "dogs/'
The head of the sail is shackled to an eyebolt at the masthead. The
tack is secured with a shackle or lashing.
The luff of the sail is bent on to the hanks with "robands" often
called "rovings" (pieces of spunyarn).
Pieces of 2J inch manila rope called "brails" are seized at the middle
of their lengths on to the after side of the leech. The two ends of each
brail are rove through brail blocks shackled to an eyebolt on the mast on
each side of the traveller, and led down on deck, forming the hauling parts.
The sheet may be a lufi tackle or gun tackle purchase.
To set the sail.—Loose it, let go the brails, haul aft the sheet.