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 batten and boom, draw boom and lower batten close together, and the reef is down, for the reef points need not be tied. The other reefs can be taken down in the same way. In squally weather reefs can be taken in and shaken out half a dozen times in a minute if necessary. Of course, if one has time to do so one will tie the reef-points, as the reef will then be snugger.

The rig (Fig. 53) is well adapted for sea-work, but is not a handy rig for single-handed sailing if the sailor be a novice; for the tending of the jib-sheets when tacking gives the helmsman more work than he may care for on a windy day. The sloop is rigged much like the cutter; its mainsail, like the cutter's, has a boom and gaff and is hoisted by two halyards, the throat and peak