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Fig. 54.—Half-decked Boat.
a line or out-haul which is rove through an eyebolt in the stem and is then led aft to a belaying cleat. When the sail is to serve as jib, this line is hauled taut and belayed; this brings the spar amidships, and it acts as a bowsprit. When one is running before the wind the line is slacked off, and by means of one of the two guys attached to the end of it the spar is swung round, on the gooseneck as pivot, to
