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This thorough primer was originally published in the 1930s. The subject is small boat sailing, with a target audience of the beginner... so the needed skills really hasn't changed much. No GPS use, or cell phone etiquette, just a book packed with seamanship. Includes photos (including Rosenfeld...) and diagrams, although the paper is such that these aren't fine coffee table book reproductions. Just timeless information offered at an incredibly low price.
Contents
What it's all about
The selection of a boat
The Mooring
Aquiring a Vocabulary
Looking her over-Preliminary warnings
Three useful knots
Bending and hoisting sail
Reefing
The theory of sailing
Before the wind
Sailing to windward
Reaching
Making and clearing a dock or mooring
Laying to
Waves
Coastal Navigation
Marlinspike seamanship
Standing and running rigging
Light sails
Rules of the road
Handling the dinghy
Care of the hull
Care of sails
Winter storage and care
Fitting Out
The haul out
345 pp., softcover
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