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The (Fig. 43) is much used by fishermen on their open boats; it is a very safe sail when handled by skilled men, but it has some serious disadvantages, and is not to be recommended to the novice. The sail has no boom, and the tack is made fast in the bows; consequently every time the boat goes about or jibes, the sail has to be lowered, passed over to the other side of the mast, and hoisted again. A lug-sailed boat, therefore, cannot well be sailed single-handed, and even when fully manned is a very inconvenient craft for tacking in narrow waters. Moreover, if, through some clumsiness on the part of the steers