Small-Boat Sailing: An explanation of the management of small yachts, half-decked and open sailing-boats of various rigs, sailing on sea and on riverThis book served as a blueprint for many generations of yachtsmen and still provides very useful information for the handling and the use of traditional sailing boats of all kinds. Reprint of the famous original book from 1906. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
Hove to in the Channel frontispiece Topsail sheet bend | 12 |
CHAPTER II | 14 |
Tacking | 20 |
CHAPTER III | 26 |
CHAPTER IV | 42 |
Wind forces | 49 |
Serving worming and par | 55 |
CHAPTER VII | 118 |
CHAPTER VIII | 157 |
CHAPTER IX | 175 |
PAGE | 193 |
114 | 212 |
CHAPTER XI | 222 |
CHAPTER XII | 238 |
CHAPTER XIII | 266 |
A whipped rope | 66 |
Overhand knot | 73 |
CHAPTER VI | 91 |
Cutters topsail | 99 |
Mainsheet fitting | 109 |
161 | 286 |
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Small-Boat Sailing: An Explanation of the Management of Small Yachts, Half ... Edward Frederick Knight No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
abaft anchor angle Article balance-lug ballast barometer belayed boat's boom bowsprit cable canvas capsize carry centre centre-board chart close-hauled coast collision compass course craft crew cruising cutter dangerous deck dhow dinghy direction distance Dongola drogue employed fastened feet fore foresail forestay gaff gale glass hand hauled head head sails heavy sea heavy weather helm hoisted hooked iron jibe keel keep knots lateral resistance lee-board let go log-ship lower luff main-sheet mainsail mast miles mizzen night one's open boat passed peak halyards points port reef rigging river rope round rove rudder rules running running rigging sailor sheet shore shrouds side signals single block single-handed sailing skipper slack small yacht snotter spar spinnaker spliced spritsail squall standing starboard steam vessel steer stern stowed Suakin tack tackle taut throat throat halyards tide topmast topsail towed trysail voyage white light wind windward yard yawl