The Compleat Cruiser: The Art, Practice and Enjoyment of BoatingFamed yacht designer and author L. Francis Herreshoff takes us on family style cruises in American waters, during which all sorts of boats and boating skills are explained while they are used. He tells about the adventures of the crews of the catboat Piscator, the ketch Viator, and the engineless whaleboat-style ketch Rozinante. There are anecdotes and examples and a wide variety of boat lore in each chapter, as well as adventures, races and coastwide cruises and historical harbors to visit. |
Contents
Getting Under Way A Race On Inside Ballast | 38 |
Life Saving Practice Furling Sail A Beach Cruiser | 73 |
Mrs Goddard Comes Aboard The Rozinantes Ditty | 122 |
Ashore on Nantucket The Tranquilo On Leeboards | 182 |
At Edgartown Dinghy Handling The Cedar Bucket | 216 |
A No Mans Land boat | 272 |
The Squall Reefing Lapstrake and Square Seam | 279 |
Reefing the clew of a sail | 291 |
A West Island boat | 297 |
The Story of Newport Making Johnny Cakes | 301 |
An old Block Island boat | 333 |
A Stranded Motor Boat The Lampooner On Tow | 338 |
How a change in the angle of the bottom affects holding | 346 |
The profile and deck plan of Lampooner | 353 |
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