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INTRODUCTORY. PAGE
The choice of a boat--Description of the various parts of a cutter 1
THE ROPES.
Knots, bends, and hitches 6
THE THEORY OF SAILING.
Leeway and lateral resistance--Heeling--Balancing sails-- Tacking--Action of rudder--Longitudinal resistance--Deep keel or centre-board 15
ON SMALL BOATS.
Open and half-decked boats--Ballast--The centre-board-- False keels--Lee-boards--Counters, square and pointed sterns--Battened sails 22
THE RIGS OF SMALL BOATS.
Spritsails--Dipping lugs--Standing lugs--Leg of mutton sails--The balance lug--The Una rig--Balance reefs--The sloop--Rules of open boat sailing 28
A CUTTER'S RIGGING.
The bowsprit--Backstays--Main halyards--Tack tricing line--Lacing mainsail to boom--Maintack tackle--The gaff--Foresheets--Forehorse--Jib sheets--Mainsheet-horse--Topsail--Spinnaker--Strops for block, etc.--The YAWL--The KETCH 42
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