{"product_id":"2940014366625","title":"Practical Boat-Sailing","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The Model, Rig, and Names of the Sails and Ropes in\u003cbr\u003e  Common Use                                                       7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Ballast.--Useful Knots.--To anchor in a Gale of Wind.--Getting\u003cbr\u003e  the Anchor, and Casting.--Anchoring for Fishing.--Grounding\u003cbr\u003e  and Floating.--Warping by Means of an Anchor.--To make a\u003cbr\u003e  Running Moor                                                    17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The Helm and Rudder.--Sheets.--The Topping-Lift.--Springing\u003cbr\u003e  a Leak and the Use of the Pump.--Sailing \"close-hauled,\"\u003cbr\u003e  \"by the wind,\" or \"full and by.\"--To know when a Yacht is as\u003cbr\u003e  near the Wind as she will lie.--Running free.--Before the\u003cbr\u003e  Wind, or Scudding.--To execute a Pilot's Luff                   35\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Tacking.--Beating to Windward.--A Long and a Short\u003cbr\u003e  Leg.--How to put a Yacht about.--How to distinguish\u003cbr\u003e  the Starboard Tack from the Port Tack.--Jibing, or\u003cbr\u003e  Wearing.--Dropping the Peak.--To beat to Windward in a\u003cbr\u003e  Tide-Way.--To take in a Jib, and furl it.--To take in a\u003cbr\u003e  Mainsail, and furl it.--To reef a Jib, or take off a\u003cbr\u003e  Bonnet.--To clap one Reef in a Mainsail.--To cast out a Reef    50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Signal-Lights.--The United States Regulations for Steering\u003cbr\u003e  and Sailing, and the Rules of the Road.--Fog-Signals.--Salutes.\u003cbr\u003e  --Dipping Colors.--Coming alongside.--Quarterdeck\u003cbr\u003e  Etiquette.--Useful Articles of Cabin Furniture.--Anchor\u003cbr\u003e  Watch.--Method and System _versus_ Disorder                     64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Cross-Bearings.--Two Examples.--Table of Proportional\u003cbr\u003e  Distances.--Table for Determining the Distance that an\u003cbr\u003e  Object at Sea can be seen in Statute Miles.--Determining\u003cbr\u003e  Distance by the Flash of a Gun.--To find the Difference\u003cbr\u003e  between the True and Apparent Direction of the Wind.--To\u003cbr\u003e  find the Distance of an Object on Shore from the\u003cbr\u003e  Yacht, by two Bearings of the Compass.--Use of the\u003cbr\u003e  Charts.--Soundings.--Lead-Line.--Eight Bells, and\u003cbr\u003e  Watch and Watch.--Boxing the Compass.--Velocity of\u003cbr\u003e  the Wind.--The Log Reel and Half-minute Glass.--Buoys--Man\u003cbr\u003e  Overboard                                                       76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Practical Hints on Boat-Sailing                                101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER VIII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  A Short Cruise with a Sloop-Yacht, illustrating the Common\u003cbr\u003e  Sea-Manoeuvres                                                 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER IX.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Vocabulary of Sea-Terms commonly in Use                        124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRACTICAL BOAT-SAILING.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MODEL, RIG, AND NAMES OF THE SAILS AND ROPES IN COMMON USE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt would be beyond the province or scope of this work to enumerate all\u003cbr\u003ethe different models and peculiarities of the numerous crafts and rigs\u003cbr\u003ethat are used to navigate the waters, both in civilized and uncivilized\u003cbr\u003ecountries; and we must content ourselves by taking into consideration a\u003cbr\u003efew of the most pronounced types that are now in vogue, and explaining\u003cbr\u003etheir principles as briefly as possible.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121139499248,"sku":"2940014366625","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014366625_p0.jpg?v=1763606800","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014366625","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}