STEAMSHIP SAILS 61
To set it.—Hook the foot outhaul on to the clew and haul the slack
out, easing oS the brails and head downhaul. Pull the head up tight and
"swig" the foot out well Attend to the "vangs*' and "boom sheets.'5
To take it in.—Let go the head outhaul and haul the head snug
down first slacking away some of the foot outhaul if necessary. Man
the lee brails, slack away the foot outhaul, finally letting go, and brail it
close in Pass the gaskets Haul the gaff and boom amidships.
Note—Some vessels have a hoisting or tfleg of mutton" spanker.
This is practically the same as a steamer's trysail.
PARTS OF SAILS, ETC.
Define the meaning of the following terms —
Head of a sail.—The upper corner of a trysail or staysail. It is
fitted with a galvanised iron thimble to take the halyards or head
lashing or shackle
If the trysail sets on a gafi it is that part which is stretched along
the gaS, that is, the whole upper edge of the sail.
The head of a spanker is the upper corner of a "leg of mutton"
spanker, but the whole upper edge of the sail if it is one which is hauled
out along a gaff
The whole upper edge of a square sail is also called the head.
Foot of a sail.—The lower edge of any sail
Tack of a sail.—The lower corner of a staysail or jib The lower
forward corner of a spanker, or of a trysail which sets with its foot in a
horizontal direction.
When the yards of a square-rigged vessel are taken well forward, the
weather clew of each "course" is bowsed down with a chain or tack
tackle. It is then called its "tack."
Clew.—The after corner of a fore-and-aft sail, also both lower corners
of a square sail.
Leech.—The edge at the sides of a square sail. All square sails have
two leeches.
After leech (also called leech) the edge of a fore-and-aft sail contained
between the head and the clew.
In the case of a fore-and-aft sail which sets on a gaff, it is the after
edge of the saiLf
Throat of a sail—The upper forward corner of a spanker or of a
trysail which sets on a gafi. It is fitted with a shackle or "throat
hashing" to secure it in Its proper position.
The upper forward cornel of a boat's lugsail is also called the "throat/*