SCHOONERS
Sir,—The report of an interview of Your representative, with an ongincor-a.rchitect is must amusing to anyone with the slightest knowledge of the. varied rigs of vessels. . Any schooner built, and rigged as a. four-masted vessel with "four mainsails" would not need to bo armed for defensive purposes, because if an old salt happened lo bo in chargo of ii submarine the shock of seeing tho "four mainsails" on onn schooner would cause him to dip. suddenly of heart failure, or if ho should survive ho would bo tomped to capturethi! vessel for exhibition purposes. 51 ay I odd that a "mainsail" is tho principal sail on any vessel, be sho yacht, schooner, barque, or ship? Wo will bo told next that, there is no difference between tho main-tack and the main-sheet or that a "butlcrman" is an ordinary topsail schooner. —I am, etc., JOHN S. SWAN. Jimo M.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3112, 16 June 1917, Page 8
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149SCHOONERS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3112, 16 June 1917, Page 8
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