INTRODUCTION.
Buying a Boat
Buying a Racer
Buying a Cruiser
Buying a Boat Afloat
Buying From Fads
Buying From Reason
Buying out of repair
Buying through a broker
Inventory
Nautical instruments, charts, etc.
Boat’s name
Masts
Booms
Rigging on racing craft
Hoops
Blocks
Spinnaker pole, how to rig it for racing
Spinnakers
Spinnaker, to shift one from side to side
Spinnaker, to set a, when rigged with a lift
Spinnaker pole
Crew, stations for
Crew stations for getting underway
Light sails, handling
Crew stations for reefing
Crew stations for setting a spinnaker
Sails
Hoisting sails
Stowing sails
Sail covers
Storm jibs
Shifting jibs in heavy weather
Coils of gear
Running gear
Running rigging
Jib sheets
Peak downhaul
Mainsail hoisting on track
Reefing at night
Reefing
Tacks for reefing
Pendants for reefing
Reef, shaking out a
Reefing before starting
Running off
Running off in a seaway
Mainsheet
Jibing a mainsail
Wearing a yawl
Steering a yawl
Jibing a yawl
Coming to at a dock
Lying at a dock or pier
Clubbing
Sailing in a current
Sailing against current
Tide under the lee
Current, sailing in a calm
Anchored in a current
Heaving-to
Lying-to
Lee shores
Weather shore
Caught on a lee shore
Miss-staying in a seaway
Sailing in a seaway
Mizzen on a yawl
Working to windward
Working to windward cruising
Light sails, sheeting
Rounding a mark
Rounding, a windward mark
Trimming
Balloon-jib sheet, to shift a
Shroud-parting
Burst main sheet
Mast carried away
Burst bobstay
Want of speed, i
Want of speed, ii
Want of speed, iii
Speed, to judge
Towing
Towing alongside
Towing, to tack when
Anchors
To get an anchor in a seaway
To get a line on a fluke
To sweep an anchor
To lay out an anchor
To lay out a heavy anchor
To raise a heavy anchor
Anchoring
Moorings
Making a mooring
Making a mooring to leeward
Mooring hook
Mooring warp
Mooring chain
Dropping a mooring
Hawsers
Chain
Anchored in an exposed harbor
Anchor light
Lights
Light, a flare
Lights, binnacle
Side lights
Stern light
Water tanks
Water
Medicine chest
Log
Barometers
Weather
Winds
Squalls
Squalls, time of
Squall, struck by a
Tides
High water
Attraction
Working craft and steamers
Coasters
Anchored vessels
Underway, vessels
Cruising
Making a quick run
Accidents to men
Lead line, to make a
Leaks
Leaks, stopping
Leak, to frap a
Scupper-pipe leaking
Lookout reports
Working forward at night
Lookout
Watch tackle
Tack, which
Off the wind
Right of way
Swigging a tackle
Reef points
Peak halyards
Crew and skipper
Skipper’s duties
Skipper and mate
Standing order to mate
Crew, discipline
Injury to sails
Mending sails
Knotting and splicing
Washing down
Keeping clean below
Tool box
Bos’n stores
Pump
Pumping
Ballast
Ballast, kinds of
Bilges
Gasolene pipes
Lead line
Knife
Oars
Lashings and stops
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