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tackle, which is attached to the main boom and hauled taut to prevent the hooin from swinging in 

 when the vessel lurches in a sea. The orders are, (i) Call all hands to jibe the mainsail. This 

 order is given to one man, who calls to the men in the forecastle, Stand by to jibe the mainsail; 

 all hands on deck. The skipper usually repeats the same order to the men iu the cabin, (ii) Un- 

 hook the boom-tackle. When necessary to jibe in this manner the vessel is usually running winged 

 out, with the foresail on the opposite side to the mainsail ; but if not, it may be necessary to haul 

 aft on the fore-sheet and jibe it over before the mainsail is jibed. In this case the order is, (iii) 

 Gather aft on your fore-sheet and jibe the foresail. After the foresail is jibed over, and the boom- 

 tackle has been unhooked, the order is, (iv) Haul aft the main .sheet. When the main sheet is suffi- 

 ciently flat, the order is given, (v) Take a turn with your main -sheet, and a round turn is taken on the 

 cavil. The next order is to the man at the wheel, (vi) Put up your wheel and let her come over. The 

 vessel having changed her course, and the wind catching on the opposite side of the sail, the next 

 order is, (vii) Slack off the main sheet and hook on the boom-tackle. The boom-tackle is now hooked on 

 and hauled taut; the lee flyiug-jib-sheet is then hauled taut in obedience to the order,' (viii) Draw 

 away your jibs, and the vessel pursues her way upon a new course. When the vessel has been 

 sailing wing and wing it is not usually necessary to jibe the foresail, that being already on the 

 proper side ; but when it is necessary, after jibing the mainsail, to wing the foresail out on the other 

 side, this is generally done in obedience to the orders, (i) Wing out the foresail on the other side. 

 When the foresail is winged out, the fore-boom is usually held in position by a guy, which answers 

 the same purpose as the boom-tackle on the main boom. One end of the guy is fastened to the 

 end of the boom, and the other taken to the bow of the vessel. The next order is, (ii) Slack up the 

 fore-boom guy and haul aft the fore-sheet. The helmsman is cautioned by the order, (iii) Be careful 

 how you steer, and donH let her come over too quick. When the fore-sheet is sufficiently flat, the next 

 order is, (iv) Take a turn with your sheet ; and the helmsman is then directed to, (v) Let it come over. 

 As the sail catches full on the opposite side, the order is, (vi) Slack away on the fore-sheet and 

 haul taut the fore-boom guy. 



There is considerable danger attendant upon jibing when there is a fresh breeze, and booms 

 are sometimes broken or even the masts are carried away. For this reason it is quite common 

 for vessels to tack when the breeze is fresh instead of i( wearing round," although it is necessary in 

 this case to make nearly an entire circle and thus take much more time for the evolution. In 

 order to avoid accidents when jibing, it is customary for some to slacken down the peaks of the 

 foresail or mainsail, or both, so that less strain will be brought to bear on the ends of the booms 

 and on the mastheads. This, however, involves the danger of "'goosewinging" the sails. 



BOXHATJLING OR "HAULING BOTJND." 



This evolution differs entirely from that performed by a sqnare-rigged vessel and called by the 

 same name. It is generally done on a fishing vessel after she has been lying to under a foresail 

 and mainsail, in order to get her upon the opposite tack without the necessity of setting more sail 

 and gathering headway. In order to understand this evolution it maybe stated that when a 

 vessel is lying to in this manner, the main boom is guyed out broad over her quarter by the boom- 

 tackle, and the fore-sheet is eased off slack, so that the sail holds no wind, and the wheel is hard 

 down. The vessel is governed by her mainsail and the action of the helm, lying with her head 

 within four or five points of the direction of the wind and drifting to leeward. When it is neces- 

 sary to boxhaul, the order is given, (i) Haul aft the fore-sheet. This is pulled in sufficiently, 

 when the order is, (ii) Make fast fore-sheet, unhook the boom -tackle, and haul round. The main sheet 

 is now hauled aft rapidly, the helm being still kept down, and as the vessel comes nearly head to 



