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Practical Boat-Sailing
Practical Boat-Sailing
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
The Model, Rig, and Names of the Sails and Ropes in
Common Use 7
CHAPTER II.
Ballast.--Useful Knots.--To anchor in a Gale of Wind.--Getting
the Anchor, and Casting.--Anchoring for Fishing.--Grounding
and Floating.--Warping by Means of an Anchor.--To make a
Running Moor 17
CHAPTER III.
The Helm and Rudder.--Sheets.--The Topping-Lift.--Springing
a Leak and the Use of the Pump.--Sailing "close-hauled,"
"by the wind," or "full and by."--To know when a Yacht is as
near the Wind as she will lie.--Running free.--Before the
Wind, or Scudding.--To execute a Pilot's Luff 35
CHAPTER IV.
Tacking.--Beating to Windward.--A Long and a Short
Leg.--How to put a Yacht about.--How to distinguish
the Starboard Tack from the Port Tack.--Jibing, or
Wearing.--Dropping the Peak.--To beat to Windward in a
Tide-Way.--To take in a Jib, and furl it.--To take in a
Mainsail, and furl it.--To reef a Jib, or take off a
Bonnet.--To clap one Reef in a Mainsail.--To cast out a Reef 50
CHAPTER V.
Signal-Lights.--The United States Regulations for Steering
and Sailing, and the Rules of the Road.--Fog-Signals.--Salutes.
--Dipping Colors.--Coming alongside.--Quarterdeck
Etiquette.--Useful Articles of Cabin Furniture.--Anchor
Watch.--Method and System _versus_ Disorder 64
CHAPTER VI.
Cross-Bearings.--Two Examples.--Table of Proportional
Distances.--Table for Determining the Distance that an
Object at Sea can be seen in Statute Miles.--Determining
Distance by the Flash of a Gun.--To find the Difference
between the True and Apparent Direction of the Wind.--To
find the Distance of an Object on Shore from the
Yacht, by two Bearings of the Compass.--Use of the
Charts.--Soundings.--Lead-Line.--Eight Bells, and
Watch and Watch.--Boxing the Compass.--Velocity of
the Wind.--The Log Reel and Half-minute Glass.--Buoys--Man
Overboard 76
CHAPTER VII.
Practical Hints on Boat-Sailing 101
CHAPTER VIII.
A Short Cruise with a Sloop-Yacht, illustrating the Common
Sea-Manoeuvres 108
CHAPTER IX.
Vocabulary of Sea-Terms commonly in Use 124
PRACTICAL BOAT-SAILING.
CHAPTER I.
THE MODEL, RIG, AND NAMES OF THE SAILS AND ROPES IN COMMON USE.
It would be beyond the province or scope of this work to enumerate all
the different models and peculiarities of the numerous crafts and rigs
that are used to navigate the waters, both in civilized and uncivilized
countries; and we must content ourselves by taking into consideration a
few of the most pronounced types that are now in vogue, and explaining
their principles as briefly as possible.
CHAPTER I.
The Model, Rig, and Names of the Sails and Ropes in
Common Use 7
CHAPTER II.
Ballast.--Useful Knots.--To anchor in a Gale of Wind.--Getting
the Anchor, and Casting.--Anchoring for Fishing.--Grounding
and Floating.--Warping by Means of an Anchor.--To make a
Running Moor 17
CHAPTER III.
The Helm and Rudder.--Sheets.--The Topping-Lift.--Springing
a Leak and the Use of the Pump.--Sailing "close-hauled,"
"by the wind," or "full and by."--To know when a Yacht is as
near the Wind as she will lie.--Running free.--Before the
Wind, or Scudding.--To execute a Pilot's Luff 35
CHAPTER IV.
Tacking.--Beating to Windward.--A Long and a Short
Leg.--How to put a Yacht about.--How to distinguish
the Starboard Tack from the Port Tack.--Jibing, or
Wearing.--Dropping the Peak.--To beat to Windward in a
Tide-Way.--To take in a Jib, and furl it.--To take in a
Mainsail, and furl it.--To reef a Jib, or take off a
Bonnet.--To clap one Reef in a Mainsail.--To cast out a Reef 50
CHAPTER V.
Signal-Lights.--The United States Regulations for Steering
and Sailing, and the Rules of the Road.--Fog-Signals.--Salutes.
--Dipping Colors.--Coming alongside.--Quarterdeck
Etiquette.--Useful Articles of Cabin Furniture.--Anchor
Watch.--Method and System _versus_ Disorder 64
CHAPTER VI.
Cross-Bearings.--Two Examples.--Table of Proportional
Distances.--Table for Determining the Distance that an
Object at Sea can be seen in Statute Miles.--Determining
Distance by the Flash of a Gun.--To find the Difference
between the True and Apparent Direction of the Wind.--To
find the Distance of an Object on Shore from the
Yacht, by two Bearings of the Compass.--Use of the
Charts.--Soundings.--Lead-Line.--Eight Bells, and
Watch and Watch.--Boxing the Compass.--Velocity of
the Wind.--The Log Reel and Half-minute Glass.--Buoys--Man
Overboard 76
CHAPTER VII.
Practical Hints on Boat-Sailing 101
CHAPTER VIII.
A Short Cruise with a Sloop-Yacht, illustrating the Common
Sea-Manoeuvres 108
CHAPTER IX.
Vocabulary of Sea-Terms commonly in Use 124
PRACTICAL BOAT-SAILING.
CHAPTER I.
THE MODEL, RIG, AND NAMES OF THE SAILS AND ROPES IN COMMON USE.
It would be beyond the province or scope of this work to enumerate all
the different models and peculiarities of the numerous crafts and rigs
that are used to navigate the waters, both in civilized and uncivilized
countries; and we must content ourselves by taking into consideration a
few of the most pronounced types that are now in vogue, and explaining
their principles as briefly as possible.
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