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CHAPTER V

OPEN SAILING-BOATS WITH BOOM-SAILS, AND
HALF-DECKED BOATS

The Una rig—Balance-reefs—The sliding-gunter—The balance-lug—Main
and mizzen rig—The sloop—Half-decked boats 72


CHAPTER VI

DECKED BOATS

A cutter's spars, sails, standing and running rigging—Advantages
of the yawl and ketch rigs 91


CHAPTER VII

SEAMANSHIP

How to set, reef, and take in sails—Getting under weigh—Full
and bye—Tacking—Running—Jibing—Heaving-to—Balance
of sails—Sailing with wind abeam—In a Pampero—Coming
to an anchorage and picking up moorings—The drogue 118


CHAPTER VIII

OPEN BOAT SAILING

Shifting ballast—Sailing in rough water—Management of open
boats—Beaching through a surf—Hints on river sailing—Working
the currents—Sailing under bridges 157


CHAPTER IX

THE CRUISING YACHT

How to ballast and fit her out—Anchors and cables—Lights—The
compass—Swinging the vessel—Deviation of the compass—The
equipment—Cooking stoves—Yacht's dinghy—How
to tow a dinghy at sea—Collapsible boats—Sailing dinghies 175