Note 26 — AQUATIC EXERCISES
Reading edition
A rope or tackle for regulating the horizontal position of the main boom.
[27] The leeward or lee-side is the opposite to windward.
[28] A compound tackle, used in cutter-rigged vessels, instead of a backstay to the lower mast, on account of its easy removal allowing the main boom to go forward, in going large.
[29] The nautical way of pronouncing and writing tight.