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 *man, or by the action of the waves, the boat luffs up into the wind's eye, the fore part of the sail between tack and mast is taken aback, and a capsize is then very likely to occur. It is therefore important, if the novice employs this rig, that his tack should be so arranged as to be let go in a second. The author's plan on a lug-rigged boat he once owned was to lead a rope with an iron thimble spliced at the end of it through an eyebolt in the bows. The tack of the sail was hooked into the thimble, and the rope was made fast to a cleat in the stern sheets, so that it could be cast off in a moment and so send the tack flying out.

But the (Fig. 44) is a very convenient sail for the amateur boat-sailor. The tack is made fast to the mast, or to the thwart through which the mast passes, and the sail does not require