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 line should be fastened to the traveller to lead on board and serve as in-haul.

The jib sheets of a very small vessel do not require tackle; but they should be led through fairleads or blocks so situated that they bring the sail down to the most effective angle when the vessel is close-hauled, and prevent it from bellying.

Knots should be tied at the ends of both jib and fore sheets, so that in case they get adrift they will not slip through the blocks or fairleads.

Lastly, we have the running rigging connected with the topsail. The topsail halyards of a small cutter consist of a single rope which is rove through a sheave-hole at the head of the topmast, close under the topmast rigging.

The topsail sheet, see Fig. 59(c), is rove through a sheave-hole at the end of the gaff and through a block on a wire pendant, fastened on to the jaws of the gaff. This is the plan adopted, whether the topsail be a yard topsail or a jib header. The tack is led down and belayed at the foot of the mast.

The rig of the, or dandy, differs but slightly from that of the cutter. The yawl's boom does not project over the counter as does the cutter's, and the mainsail is accordingly smaller than that of the single stick boat. The yawl, see Fig. 63, carries a small mizzen-mast or jigger on her counter, which enables her to set a little mizzen-sail, generally either a standing-lug or a leg-of-mutton sail. A short outrigger or bumpkin may be fitted to a yawl's