Popular Science Monthly 



929 



on the steering paddle which diminishes 

 the headway. It is therefore good sea- 

 manship to carry the sails "wing and 

 wing" or with the main boom over one 

 side and the dandy boom over the other. 

 This allows both sails to draw to their 

 full capacity and also reduces the drag 

 from the steering paddle. In event of a 

 tendency to gybe, keep the mainsail 

 full and let the dandy do the gybing as 

 its area is so small that it will not cause 



Wind 



Bow 



Bow/ 



fig.17 



Turning meth- 

 ods in a course 



Bow 



any damage. 



Often it will be 

 possible to tack 

 against or take as a 

 beam wind one that 

 is too heavy to run 

 before wnth the full 

 rig. When it be- 

 comes necessary to 

 run before it, round 

 up, lower the main- 

 sail and then scud 

 before it under the 

 dandy alone. 



In very heavy weather, the canoe miay 

 be turned stern first, the dandy sheet 

 unrove from the deck ring and held in 

 one's hand and the canoe sailed stern 

 foreward under the dandy only. It is 

 well to experiment with the canoe rigged 

 thus, so that you may know just where 

 to place the lee boards so that they will 

 be correctly located for the dandy in this 

 position. 



When sailing with a passenger, both 

 of the crew should face forward and the 

 passenger given the management of the 

 lee boards. It is better that the steers- 

 man handle the main sheet as he can 

 co-ordinate his actions with paddle and 



sheet better than two parties could 

 possibly hope to do. 



With an outfit aboard, it is best to 

 have considerable weight up forward, if 

 much tacking is to be done, as a canoe 

 somewhat down by the head will make 

 better windward work. The reverse will 

 hold for a long run ahead of the wind in 

 which case it is best to have more weight 

 aft. A passenger, serving as live ballast, 

 can prove quite useful in this respect. 



In making a landing at a float or dock, 

 always come up to the landing against 

 the wind or tide, whichever may be the 

 stronger, and when leaving the canoe 

 temporarily tied to a landing, tie her on 

 the side away from which the wind is 

 blowing so that she may ride clear with- 

 out bumping or scraping. Often, when a 

 light breeze is blowing, the hoisted dandy 

 with boom trimmed amidships will 

 keep the canoe well off the landing 

 against a tide which would tend to 

 run her against the float or dock. 



When landing on a beach, except 

 on a falling tide, always pull the 

 canoe well above high water mark, 

 as you may be away from it 

 longer than you had figured upon 

 and a rising or shifting wind might 

 pound her on the sand. 

 When landing on a rocky shore, un- 

 less you can be sure of enough sandy 

 bottom to accommodate the canoe, step 

 overboard and wade ashore before the 

 canoe touches bottom, dragging the 

 canoe until she grounds. Unload her 

 before dragging her up on the beach and 

 load her with only the bow grounded when 

 you embark. Dragging a heavily loaded 

 canoe ashore or dowm a beach will do her 

 more injury than five seasons' legitimate 

 usage. 



One of the chief beauties of a canoe is 

 her adaptability as a fishing craft. With 

 her one may hoist sail, run out to the 

 fishing ground and return under canvas 

 while the other anglers are raising blisters 

 on their hands. 



For fishing, it is best to have the canoe 

 anchored by the stern, as then the fisher- 

 man will face the direction in which his 

 line is pulled by the tide or his float is 

 blown by the wind. After the mainsail 

 is lov/ered, the boom may be removed 

 from the mast and the forward end of the 

 sail pushed up under the forward deck 



