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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.

CHAPTER II. THE ROPES. Knots, Bends, and Hitches.

CHAPTER III. THE THEORY OF SAILING.

CHAPTER IV. ON SMALL BOATS.

CHAPTER V. THE RIGS OF SMALL BOATS.

CHAPTER VI. A CUTTER'S RIGGING.

CHAPTER VII. HOW TO SAIL A YACHT.

CHAPTER VIII. MISCELLANEOUS HINTS.

CHAPTER IX. FITTING OUT.

CHAPTER X. THE ECONOMY BETWEEN DECKS.

CHAPTER XI. THE LAWS OF THE SEA.

CHAPTER XII. INSTRUMENTS OF NAVIGATION NECESSARY FOR COASTING.

CHAPTER XIII. HOW TO FIND ONE'S WAY AT SEA.

CHAPTER XIV. WEATHER WISDOM.

CHAPTER XV. YACHT RACING.

CHAPTER XVI. GLOSSARY OF NAUTICAL TERMS.

INDEX.

J. BRYER & SON,
Nautical Instrument Makers & Yacht Fitters,
104, MINORIES, LONDON.
————
13-in. high, £5 10s. Nickel-plated, £6 10s.

Blocks.
Rope.
Cleats.
Fairleads.
Flags.
Pumps.
Chains.
Anchors.
Cork Seats.
Stoves.
Knives, etc.
Masts.
Spars.
Wire
Rigging.
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Compasses.
Dry
Compasses.
Clocks and
Aneroid
Barometers.
Charts.
Books.
Night Glasses.
Lamps:
Port,
Starboard,
and
Anchor.
Cabin Lamps.
——
Rowlocks.
Boat Hooks.
Fendoffs.

Extreme Height only 14 inches. 5-inch Card Liquid Compass.

These Binnacles are much approved of for small yachts, 3 and 5 tonners. Compass is perfectly steady in a sea way.

Rope of all Kinds for Yachts, Boats, and Canoes.

CATALOGUES FREE.



The only Prize Medal awarded for Construction of Boats at the International Inventions Exhibition, 1885.


By Appointment [Image unavailable.] to the Queen.

ESTABLISHED OVER 100 YEARS.


R. J. TURK,

BOAT, PUNT, AND CANOE BUILDER,

KINGSTON-ON-THAMES, SURREY.

Boats, Punts, and Canoes of every kind Built with all the Latest Improvements.


HEAD QUARTERS OF THE ROYAL CANOE CLUB.


CRUISING CANOE, with SELF-REEFING GEAR SAILS.

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Gold Medal, Melbourne, 1888-1889. Gold Medal, Edinburgh, 1886.

Gold Medal, Glasgow, 1886-1887. Silver Medal, Liverpool, 1886.

Gold Medal, Paris International Exhibition, 1885.

Silver and Bronze Medals, Falmouth Exhibition, 1885.

The Medal of the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain, Leicester, 1885.

Only Prize Medal, Inventions Exhibition, 1885, for Construction of Boats.

Silver Medal, Havre, 1887. Medal, Saltaire, 1887.

Highest Award, First Order of Merit, Adelaide International Exhibition, 1887, for Rowing Skiff and Canoe.

Silver Medal, Brussels, 1888. Silver and Bronze Medals, Barcelona, 1888.


Builder of the Nautilus Sailing Canoe, awarded Silver Medal, Inventions Exhibition, 1885.


RADIX FOLDING CENTRE BOARD (Patent).

Gold Medal, New Orleans. Silver Medal, Philadelphia.

Sole Agent for Europe, R. J. TURK.



Norie & Wilson,

CHART PUBLISHERS,

156, MINORIES, LONDON.


SAILING AND STEAM YACHTS FOR
SALE OR HIRE.


YACHTING REQUISITES
OF EVERY KIND.


Charts, Books, Nautical Instruments, Signal
Flags, Burgees, Ensigns, etc.

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S A I L I N G .

E.   F.   KNIGHT.

THE ALL-ENGLAND SERIES.
Small 8vo, cloth, price 1s. each.
CRICKET. By the Hon. Ivo Bligh.
LAWN TENNIS. By H. W. W. Wilberforce, Sec. A.E.L.T.C.
ROWING AND SCULLING. By W. B. Woodgate, Diamond Sculls.
SAILING. By E. F. Knight, Author of “The Cruise of the ‘Falcon,’ &c. [Double volume, 2s.]
GOLF. By W. T. Linskill, Cam. Univ. Golf Club.
SWIMMING. By Martin Cobbett.
CYCLING. By H. H. Griffin, L.A.C., N.C.U., C.T.C.
ATHLETICS. By H. H. Griffin, L.A.C.
FOOTBALL—RUGBY GAME. By Harry Vassall.
FOOTBALL—ASSOCIATION GAME. By C. W. Alcock.
BOXING. By R. G. Allanson-Winn, Winner of Middle and Heavy Weights, Cambridge, 1876-8.
WRESTLING. By Walter Armstrong, Author of “Wrestliana.”
TENNIS. By Julian Marshall.
FENCING. By H. A. Colmore Dunn, Inns of Court School of Arms.
SKATING. By Douglas Adams, London Skating Club.
LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS.

SAILING.

BY

E.   F.   K N I G H T,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW,
AUTHOR OF “THE CRUISE OF THE ‘FALCON,’
“THE ‘FALCON’ ON THE BALTIC,” ETC.


WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
1889.

 

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