[13] Fix in its proper place.
[14] The piece of wood or beam put into the head of the rudder to
move it.
Set the mainsail[15]; hoist the throat[16] nearly close up; and half
hoist the peak.[17]
[15] Unfurl it by casting the stops or gaskets off.
[16] The foremost end of the gaff, or that end next the mast.
[17] The outermost end of the gaff, or that farthest from the mast.
Bend[18] and haul the jib out to the bowsprit end.
[18] Hook it to the traveller, or ring on the bowsprit.
Bowse the bobstay[19] and bowsprit shrouds[20] well taut.
[19] A rope or chain from the end of the bowsprit to half-way down
the stem.
[20] Ropes from the bowsprit end on each side to the bows.
Hoist the jib, and bowse it well up.
Get the topmast stay[21], backstays[22], and rigging[23] well taut.
[21] A rope from the topmast head to the outer end of the bowsprit,
where it passes through a sheave or small block, comes in by the stem
head, and is belayed or made fast (done generally by winding several
times backwards and forwards in the manner of a figure 8), to its
cleat or pin.
[22] Ropes from the after-part of the head of the topmast to the
after-part of the channels on each side.
[23] Or shrouds--ropes from each side the top-mast head, through the
cross-tree arms, to the fore part of the channels, between the first
and second lower shroud. They are set up or hauled taut, as are the
backstays, by means of a small tackle, one block of which is hooked
to the thimble spliced into the lower end of the shroud or backstay,
and the other to an eye-bolt in the channels.
Hoist the foresail ready to cast[24] her when the moorings are let go.
[24] To turn her head in the most advantageous direction.