Boat Sailing
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FAIR WEATHER AND FOUL.
By CAPTAIN A. J. KENEALY.
IN ITS THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND BROUGHT UP TO DATE.
It is all there and stated in such a plain, practical way that anyone can learn the tricks of wind and tide without any other teacher.
215 PAGES. FULLY ILLUSTRATED.
Price, 50 cents in limp Buckram. In cloth, $1.00.
The following subjects lead the chapters:
Preliminary Hints to an Amateur with Ambitions Toward Owning
a Boat.
The Choice of a Boat.
Trial Spin in a Cat-Boat—How to Get Under Way, Beat to Windward and Run Back, with Instructions How to Act if Caught in a Squall or Stranded on a Shoal, and How to Avoid Collisions and Come to Anchor.
Advantages of the Yawl-Rig for General Cruising Purposes—Disadvantages of the Ballast Fin for All Purposes Except Racing.