Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from 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-Manoeuvers, and the Use of Sail, Helm and Anchor, and Advice as to What Is Proper to Be Alone in Different Emergencies
There is no doubt but what there may be a differ ence of Opinion amongst yachtsmen and boatmen as to the best manner of executing many sea-evolutions. The author has chosen those which have stood the test of time, and are comparatively Simple, and easy of execution, fitted for small craft, and perfectly safe.
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