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 half parallel with the leach (Fig. 58). A jib thus constructed stands very flat.

The is laced to the yard. The is a triangular sail, whose luff is laced to the mast after it is hoisted. On a very small yacht it is well to dispense with a topmast, and carry what is known as a pole-mast, that is, a mast which