[47] A rope made fast to the foremost shroud, and passed through a thimble in the after-leach of the foresail, then round the shroud again, and round the sheet.
If she come up fast, port the helm[48] a little, and meet her, then right[49] it when she lays her proper course.
[48] Always put the helm the contrary way to that which you want the vessel’s head to turn.
[49] That is, bring it a-midships; the same with steady.
Hook and haul taut the lee runner and tackle. You will now find it necessary to carry the helm a little a-port or a-weather.
If, instead of directing our course eastward, we had preferred doing so westward, we must have jibed previous to bringing the wind on the beam, and then the preceding operations would necessarily have been, to a corresponding extent, reversed.
CLOSE-HAULING THE VESSEL.[50]
[50] To haul the sheets aboard, or more a-midships, by which means the vessel’s head will come closer to the point the wind blows from.
To haul the vessel to the wind, ease the helm down[51] a little. Haul in the main-sheet upon the proper mark. Bowse the foresheet, and haul the jib-sheet well aft. Bowse the runner and tackle well taut.