PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. THE MODEL, RIG, AND NAMES OF THE SAILS AND ROPES IN COMMON USE.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII. PRACTICAL HINTS ON BOAT-SAILING.

CHAPTER VIII. A SHORT CRUISE WITH A SLOOP-YACHT, ILLUSTRATING THE COMMON SEA-MANOEUVRES.

CHAPTER IX. VOCABULARY OF SEA-TERMS COMMONLY IN USE.

PRACTICAL
BOAT-SAILING:

A Concise and Simple Treatise

ON

THE MANAGEMENT OF SMALL BOATS AND YACHTS UNDER
ALL CONDITIONS, WITH EXPLANATORY CHAPTERS ON
ORDINARY SEA-MANŒUVRES, AND THE USE OF
SAILS, HELM, AND ANCHOR, AND ADVICE
AS TO WHAT IS PROPER TO BE DONE
IN DIFFERENT EMERGENCIES;

SUPPLEMENTED BY A SHORT

VOCABULARY OF NAUTICAL TERMS.

BY

DOUGLAS FRAZAR,

FORMERLY FOURTH OFFICER OF THE STEAMSHIP "ATLANTIC,"
MASTER OF THE BARK "MARYLAND," AND COMMANDER
OF THE YACHT "FENIMORE COOPER" IN THE
NORTHERN SEAS OF CHINA AND JAPAN.

BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.
NEW YORK:
CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM.

Copyright, 1879,
By LEE AND SHEPARD.

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