| CHAPTER I. |
| The Model, Rig, and Names of the Sails and Ropes in Common Use | [7] |
| CHAPTER II. |
| Ballast.—Useful Knots.—To anchor in a Gale of Wind.—Gettingthe Anchor, and Casting.—Anchoring for Fishing.—Groundingand Floating.—Warping by Means of an Anchor.—To make a Running Moor | [17] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Helm and Rudder.—Sheets.—The Topping-Lift.—Springinga Leak and the Use of the Pump.— Sailing "close-hauled,""by the wind," or "full and by."—To know when a Yacht is as nearthe Wind as she will lie.— Running free.—Before the Wind, orScudding.—To execute a Pilot's Luff | [35] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Tacking.—Beating to Windward.—A Long and a ShortLeg.—Howto put a Yacht about.—How to distinguish the Starboard Tackfrom the Port Tack.—Jibing, or Wearing.—Droppingthe Peak.—Tobeat to Windward in a Tide-Way.—To take in a Jib, and furl it.—Totake in a Mainsail, and furl it.—To reef a Jib, or take off aBonnet.—To clap one Reef in a Mainsail.—To cast out a Reef | [50] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Signal-Lights.—The United States Regulations for Steering andSailing, and the Rules of the Road.—Fog-Signals.—Salutes.—Dipping Colors.—Coming alongside.—QuarterdeckEtiquette.—Useful Articles of Cabin Furniture.—AnchorWatch.—Method and System versus Disorder | [64] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Cross-Bearings.—Two Examples.—Table of ProportionalDistances.—Table for Determining the Distance that anObject at Sea can be seen in Statute Miles.—DeterminingDistance by the Flash of a Gun.—To find the Differencebetween the True and Apparent Direction of the Wind.—Tofind the Distance of an Object on Shore from theYacht, by two Bearings of the Compass.—Use of theCharts.—Soundings.—Lead-Line.—Eight Bells, andWatch and Watch.—Boxing the Compass.—Velocity ofthe Wind.—The Log Reel and Half-minute Glass.—Buoys—ManOverboard | [76] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Practical Hints on Boat-Sailing | [101] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| A Short Cruise with a Sloop-Yacht, illustrating the Common Sea-Manœuvres | [108] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Vocabulary of Sea-Terms commonly in Use | [124] |