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Thread #94585   Message #1833850
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
13-Sep-06 - 05:57 PM
Thread Name: Maui: stuns'l booms
Subject: RE: Maui: stuns'l booms
Darcy Lever, 1819 (further editions to 1863), "The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor or a Key to the Leading of Rigging...," goes in detail into the subject of studding sails and studding sail booms.
The illustrations, directions for use and instructions on when and how to set them and take them down, are quite detailed.

This wonderful book (the second edition, which was expanded for both the Royal Navy and for the East India Company) has been carefully reprinted by Dover. Very educational for a landlubber like me.