Boat-Building and Boating

by Daniel Carter Beard

The Standing Lug

is another sail approaching the square in pattern ([Fig. 152]), and, as any novice can see, is a good canvas with which to scud before the wind. It is very convenient for open boats built to be propelled by paddles. While the standing lug cannot point up to the eye of the wind like a schooner or cat, it is very fast on the wind or when running with the wind astern. Probably the safest form of sail used is the old reliable