CONTENTS.

CHAPTER 1.

Preliminary Hints to an Amateur with Ambitions

Toward Owning a Boat-Why He Ought to Join

a Yacht Club-Handiness of the Cat-Rig...

CHAPTER II.

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The Choice of a Boat-Advantages of Stationary

Ballast and a Centerboard-How to Avoid Being

"Done" in a Boat Trade-Bargains at the Navy

Yard-The Way to Cure a "Nail-Sick" Craft... 22

CHAPTER III.

Trial Spin in a Cat-Boat-How to Get Under Way,

Beat to Windward and Run Back, with Instruc-

tions How to Act if Caught in a Squall or

Stranded on a Shoal, and How to Avoid Col-

lisions and Come to Anchor..

CHAPTER IV.

Advantages of the Yawl-Rig for General Cruising

Purposes, especially when "Single Handed,

with a Description of a Representative Craft-

Disadvantages of the Ballast Fin for All Pur-

poses Except Racing--The Fin in Model Yacht-

ing Years Ago.....

CHAPTER V.

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The Popularity of the Knockabout as an Excellent

Cruising Craft, with Some Observations on the

One-design Classes from Schooners to Dories.... 55

CHAPTER VI.

Fitting Out for a Cruise-Hints on Equipment and

Provisioning-How a Sailor Solved the Prob-

lem and Got Ready Hot "Grub" in a Gale.. 65

CHAPTER VII.

Keep Your Weather Eye Open Always When

Afloat-How to Handle a Craft in Gale or

Squall-Use of a Sea Anchor-Oil on Raging

Waters..

CHAPTER VIII.

Overhauling the Yacht-How to Clean and Paint

Her Inside and Out-Proper Care of Hull,

Spars, Canvas and Running Gear..

CHAPTER IX.

Beating to Windward-The Theory and Practice of
Sailing a Vessel Against the Breeze..

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CHAPTER X.

Combination Rowing and Sailing Boats-The Jib

and Mainsail Sprit, Leg-of-Mutton, Cat, Balance

Lug and Sliding Gunter-Rigs The Folding

Centerboard

CHAPTER XI.

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Rigging and Sails, with Some Impartial Remarks

on the Lanyard and the Deadeye, as Opposed to

the Turnbuckle-Standing and Running Gear,

and the Bending and Setting of Canvas..........155

CHAPTER XII.

Laying Up for the Winter-Practical Suggestions

for Protecting a Boat and Her Gear from the

Stress of Our Inclement Climate A Plea for

Trustworthy Skippers and Engineers...

CHAPTER XIII.

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Useful Hints and Recipes, with Some Remarks on

the Buying of a Binocular Marine Glass, from

the "Brain-Pan" of a Practical Sailor.

CHAPTER XIV.

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The Rule of the Road at Sea: Being a Digest of the

Present International Regulations for Preventing

Collisions on Oceans and in Harbors...

CHAPTER XV.

The Mariner's Compass, with Remarks on Devia-

tion, Variation, Leeway, etc.....

CHAPTER XVI.

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Charts, with Some Hints as to Navigation by Dead-

reckoning-Lead, Log, and Lookout.

CHAPTER XVII.

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How a Ship's Longboat Was Converted Into a Snug

and Seaworthy Cruiser....

CHAPTER XVIII.

Marlinespike Seamanship: Being Practical Instruc-

tions in the Art of Making the Splices, Knots

and Bends in Ordinary Use..

CHAPTER XIX.

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Weather Wrinkles from the Scientific Point of

View of Professional Meteorologists and also
Jack Tar

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CHAPTER XX.

Sea Cookery for Yachtsmen.

CHAPTER XXI.

Nautical Terms in Common Use.

Addenda-Recent Changes of Sail Plan and Rig-

ging in Modern Craft..

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The Sail Plan and Rig of a Modern Schooner,

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The Sail Plan and Rig of a Modern Yawl,

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