TRAWLING. 67 



forward so as to allow of a large and powerful mainsail, 

 at the same time giving plenty of room for the stowage 

 of a long trawl-beam and large net when not at work. 

 The rigging of these vessels was formerly rough and 

 simple, and a long head to the mast to support the short 

 topmast was all that was necessary when only a small 

 topsail was to be set ; but the larger light sails now 

 carried commonly req.uire the addition of crosstrees and 

 backstays to secure the spar under the strain it has to 

 bear. In the west country the bowsprit is without any 

 rigging as the head sails are small, and it is desirable to 

 have no bobstay in the way of the trawl-warp, which 

 there being always hauled in over the bow, has to be 

 led thence outside clear of the rigging to one side or 

 other of the vessel, according to which tack she is on 

 when at work, and to be brought on board again amid- 

 ships, where it is made fast to the pump-head. A large 

 winch is fitted just before the mast for heavino- in the 

 trawl, and there is a small windlass astern, called the 

 " dandy wink," ^ shipped between the head of the com- 

 panion and the bulwark, for hoisting up the after end 

 of the beam when the trawl is got on board. In the 

 North Sea trawlers the trawl-warp is worked and got 

 in over the side by means of a patent capstan shipped 

 near the centre of the vessel. This excellent contrivance 

 is worked by two ordinary winch-handles acting on an 

 arrangement of rack and pinion fitted either to the top 

 of the spindle round which the capstan turns, or to an 

 iron standard by the side of the capstan. 



The large trawl-vessels now in use from Grimsby 

 and Hull, and recently built, are rigged in a different 

 manner from that which has long been the general 



^ "Dandy" signifies small, and " wiuk" is the name ajiplied to"a windlass 

 worked by short fixed levers instead of by movable handspikes. 



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