64 NICHOLLS'S SEAMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE
the gantline, putting each hank back on the traveller as the sail goes up.
Shackle the head of the sail on to the eyebolt at the masthead. Reeve
the brails through the brail blocks and pass the ends down on deck,
Tighten the luff by bowsing down on the tack and securing it.
If the sail is required for immediate use, shackle the sheet on and
set the sail by hauling it aft and making it fast If not, haul all the
brails tight and pass the gaskets
When bending a hoisting trysail carry it along to the foot of the mast
and open it out. Fake it down on deck, having the tack underneath
and the head on top.
Take the hanks off the traveller and bend one on to each of the
eyelet holes in the luff of the sail, also one on to the head. Shackle the
halyards on and make the downhaul fast on to the head cringle. Hoist
away slowly with the halyards, putting the hanks back on the traveller
as the sail goes up Shackle the tack on to an eyebolt in the mast,
also shackle the sheet on to the clew of the sail.
Set the sail by sweating the luff up tight and hauling the sheet aft.
If not required at once, haul it down and make it fast.
When bending a staysail open it -out at the foot of the stay Take;
hold of the head, and fake the luff down on the deck, this will leave
the tack on top.
Bend a hank on to the tack cringle, one on to each eyelet hole,
working upwards, and one on to the head cringle.
Shackle the halyards on to the head cringle, and the tack pendant
at the foot of the stay on to the tack cringle. Bend the downhaul on
to the head cringle by means of a buntline hitch or inside clench. A
shackle or clip hooks would cause too much chafe. Shackle the sheet
on to the clew.
If the sail is not to be set at once, haul it snug down and make it fast
Fore-and-aft sails are roped on the port side in'order to establish
a standard practice, and to enable the head to be distinguished from
the tack. Eegarding efficiency one side is as good as the other.
When rolling up a fore-and-aft sail for stowing away it is made up
on the after leech, which is stretched tight rope to the deck. Carry
the tack in and lay it along the after leech, smooth the canvas out
evenly, roll the sail up snug. Use manila yarns for stops,
Questions
. (1) Describe a steamer's standing trysail, and (a) name all the parts,
(&) how you would set it, (c) how you would take it in and furl it.