under-sparred

Updated: May 25, 2025

Tell ye what, Harry, lad; that topsail of our'n is a good un a rare good un for a reach, and in a moderate breeze; but we ought to have a `ballooner' for running off the wind in light weather a whacking big un, with a `jack' as long as the bowsprit, and a yard as long as the lower-mast. I'm beginning to think we are under-sparred and under- sailed." I could scarcely agree with Bob in this.

Harry Collingwood - For Treasure Bound