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 stern, at the end of which is a block or sheave-hole through which the mizzen-sheet is rove. If the mizzen is a good sized one, the bumpkin is provided with wire shrouds leading to either side of the stern, and with a wire bobstay. The mizzen-mast generally has one wire shroud on each side. Sometimes the mizzen-mast is further supported by stays leading from the masthead forward, which are set up by tackles. These stays are not used when the vessel is sailing free; the weather one is set up when the vessel is close-hauled. Care must be taken to ease off the tackle if the main boom is swinging over, else it may carry away the mizzen.

A yawl is not so fast as a cutter of the same size,