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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 W...