Yachting wrinkles
- Subtitle
- A practical and historical handbook of valuable information for the racing and cruising yachtsman
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1. Front matter2. OUTING LIBRARY OF SPORT. Yachting Wrinkles A PRACTICAL AND HISTORICAL HANDBOOK OF VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR THE RACING AND CRUISING YACHTSMAN.3. PREFACE.4. ILLUSTRATIONS.5. I. YACHT RACING AS A SPORT. BRIEF REVIEW OF THE FASCINATING PASTIME FROM ITS INCEPTION TO THE PRESENT TIME.6. II. THE RACING YACHT. SOME REMARKS ON THE MATERIAL, CONSTRUCTION AND SELECTION OF A VESSEL.7. III. THE TYPE OF YACHT. WHAT SHALL SHE BE—KEEL, CENTERBOARD, OR BULB-FIN?8. IV. FITTING OUT AND TUNING UP. HINTS AS TO GOING INTO COMMISSION AND MAKING THE CRAFT FIT FOR A RACE.9. V. DUTY AND DISCIPLINE AFLOAT. THE SHIP’S COMPANY IN DETAIL FROM THE SKIPPER TO THE SEA-COOK.10. VI. A DOWN-TO-DATE YACHT RACE, IN WHICH MAY BE FOUND SOME NOTEWORTHY EXAMPLES OF THE SEA-JOCKEY’S ART.11. VII. RACING RULES AND THE RULE OF THE ROAD. SOME IMPORTANT POINTS THAT AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS SHOULD BEAR IN MIND.12. VIII. EVOLUTION OF THE RACER. HOW TONNAGE AND MEASUREMENT RULES HAVE AFFECTED FORM IN AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN.13. IX. THE ETIQUETTE OF YACHTING. WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE “GOOD FORM” IN CRAFT, OWNER AND CREW.14. X. YACHTING INSURANCE.[1] ALSO A FEW LEGAL WRINKLES ON THE STATUS AND RELATION OF OWNER TO CREW.15. XI. THE COST OF YACHTING. CAUTIONARY AND ECONOMICAL HINTS TO TYROS ABOUT TO EMBARK IN THE SPORT.16. XII. THE LAST WORD. FINAL HINTS TO TARS WHO WANT TO SAIL THEIR OWN CRAFT.17. INDEX.