Practical Boat-SailingDouglas Frazar vermittelt in dem vorliegenden Buch aus dem Jahr 1876 alle nötigen Grundkenntnisse, die für den Segelsportinteressierten essentiell sind um sein Gefährt sicher auf dem Wasser führen zu können. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine englischsprachige Ausgabe. |
Contents
The Model Rig and Names of the Sails and Ropes in Com | 7 |
Ballast Useful Knots To anchor in a Gale of Wind | 17 |
The Heim and Rudder Sheets The ToppingLift | 35 |
Tacking Beating to Windward A Long and a Short | 50 |
CrossBearings Two Examples Table of Proportional | 76 |
CHAPTER VII | 101 |
CHAPTER VIII | 108 |
Vocabulary of SeaTerms commonly in Use | 124 |
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Common terms and phrases
a-lee ahead anchor ballast beating to windward Belay bell blow boat boat-sailing boom bowsprit BOXING THE COMPASS bring the yacht cable called carry cast centre-board chart clew close-hauled clove hitch compass course cross-bearings cut-water dangerous deck diagram direction distance downhaul fast fastened fathoms feet forward furl gaff granny knot green light half-hitches halliards hand harbor Haul aft heavy weather helmsman hoisted jib-halliards jibing keel keep knot lash lead-line leeward let go lighthouse main mast main-boom main-sheet mainsail manoeuvre means miles moving the helm nautical mile outer-leach pass peak peak-halliards port jib-sheet port side position quarter ready red light reef reef-points right angles rope rudder sail sailors shake sheet ship shoal slack spar squall stand starboard side statute miles steering stern tack thing tide-way tiller trim turn uncle Charley vessel watch weather-side whilst wind's eye