| As a precautionary movement, to keep the mast from being jerked out, the foresheet was secured. |
| As she comes to on the other side, ease the helm, trim down the foresheet, brace up and haul out. |
| Tom sprang to the position which had been occupied by the spokesman of the party, and grasping the foresheet and the tiller of the boat, he soon brought her up to the wind. |
| Suddenly there was a lift in the rain, and between them and the land they saw another flare, 'Down with the foresheet! |
| In the meantime the schooner had let draw her foresheet, and had already left him a quarter of a mile astern. |
| I noticed that one of these men always placed himself within instant reach of the foresheet. |
