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A Classic Handbook on Sailboat Handling, Sailing Procedures, and Water EtiquetteThis unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of Herbert L. Stone's The Yachtsman's Handbook is a classic manual on how to be your best on the water when the wind is in your sails. Originally published in 1912, Stone collects multiple points of interest regarding traditional sailing and yachting techniques, with essays from multiple experts of the day. Over 100 years old, this antique handbook is a wonderful study on the history of sailing, water sports, and boating in the early days before electricity and technology!Chapters in this classic manual include proper navigational equipment for sailing, mooring equipment and ground tackle for small boats, how to care for and handle sails, how to handle dinghies, how to tow a dinghy, how to use leads and feeling your way with the lead, rules for being on the water and running a boat, how to use the compass, how to take bearings for position, how to keep your ship's log, how to pick up an overboard person, and the etiquette of yachting.This vintage book includes timeless knowledge about sailing and yachting. Although this book represents thought from a former time, it also reveals much about the rich history of outdoors recreation, and many of the tips, tricks, and discussions are still relevant for study today!A part of The Classic Outing Handbooks Collection: Volume 17This Doublebit Legacy Edition facsimile reprint of The Yachtsman's Handbook is professionally restored and presented from the original source, including inspiration from the book's original cover, with the highest degree of fidelity possible. Readers can enjoy this Legacy Edition for generations to come and learn from its timeless knowledge.
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Excerpt from The Yachtsman's Handbook: On the Practical Equipping, Care and Handling of Boats HE proper navigating equipment for yachts and motor boats depends some what on the size of the boat and largely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.