SailingWith text by Henry Beard, founder of the National Lampoon and illustrations by Roy McKie, here is the New York Times bestselling lexicon of sailing--or, the art of getting wet and becoming ill while slowly going nowhere at great expense. Sailing embarks upon uncharted waters, diving authoritatively into terms like adrift (a boat that is drifting), aglub (a boat that is sinking), and flotsam (anything floating in the water from which there is no response when the offer of a cocktail is made). Full-sail ahead, flying the flag of obsession, the book lists close to 200 definitions and presents more than 50 full-page cartoons--to bring new meaning not just to the anchor and Aneroid Barometer, but to the boom, buoy, brightwork, and Beaufort Scale, too. The book plumbs the depths of the sea's rich traditions, providing a fix on the catamaran and dinghy, the gunwale and jib-boom, the mizzen, porthole, and ketch (a disagreeable clause in many boat-purchase contracts). 710,000 copies in print. |
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Page 15
... . Tiny seabird with an annoying warble disturbingly similar to the whining sound made by a metal cable parting : SNIK weeeeeeeeeee bee - WINGGG ! Boom Boomkin Bosun's Chair Bottom Brightwork Bulkhead Bunk Buoy 1. A SAILOR'S DICTIONARY 15.
... . Tiny seabird with an annoying warble disturbingly similar to the whining sound made by a metal cable parting : SNIK weeeeeeeeeee bee - WINGGG ! Boom Boomkin Bosun's Chair Bottom Brightwork Bulkhead Bunk Buoy 1. A SAILOR'S DICTIONARY 15.
Page 16
Henry Beard, Roy McKie. Boom Boomkin Bosun's Chair Bottom Brightwork Bulkhead Bunk Buoy 1. Laterally mounted pole to ... buoys of which the most numerous are : the black can ( seen as a fuzzy black spot on the horizon ) ; the red nun ...
Henry Beard, Roy McKie. Boom Boomkin Bosun's Chair Bottom Brightwork Bulkhead Bunk Buoy 1. Laterally mounted pole to ... buoys of which the most numerous are : the black can ( seen as a fuzzy black spot on the horizon ) ; the red nun ...
Page 44
... Buoy Th ' c'b'n f'r'th'st f'r'd . " Oh fatal vapor , thrice accursed brew Thou gloom of doom , thou deadly devil's ... buoys with movable hammers that hit bells or gongs when waves rock them . Buoys not equipped with active means of ...
... Buoy Th ' c'b'n f'r'th'st f'r'd . " Oh fatal vapor , thrice accursed brew Thou gloom of doom , thou deadly devil's ... buoys with movable hammers that hit bells or gongs when waves rock them . Buoys not equipped with active means of ...
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ACHERNAR admiralty law Aglub ailment commonly contracted Alcohol Stove anchor ashore Beaufort Scale beverage board ship boat owners Bosun's Chair bottom Buoy cabin captain charts clam clogged Coast Guard coastal waters cockpit Cocktails colors condition crew members day beacon deck designed desired destination device direction display Dry Rot engines example Exchange of Courtesies feet Fish fuzzy black spot galley Gimbal Gunwale Harbor hazard horizon hull Jib-boom Jury Rig knots large numbers Liberian lifeboat light lines liquid asset lumpy dog food Mainsail maritime METHOD OF BOARDING Mooring movable nautical chart nautical mile operation person Pole popular ports Privileged Vessel radio Regatta Relatively mild upper Rhumb Line ROPE BOAT Rudder sailboats sailing vessel SAILOR'S DICTIONARY sailors SEA LAWYER sea waves striking seafaring associated seawater ship's shipboard shore skipper slap small square-nosed dinghy sound spars Spinnaker stern tide Traditional unpleasant usually Vang wind WRONG METHOD Yacht Zubenelgenubi