The Kedge Anchor; or, Young Sailors' Assistant
, by Brady, William
- ISBN: 9780486419923 | 0486419924
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/12/2002
Upon its mid-19th-century publication, this book became the Bible of U.S. sailors. Its no-nonsense prose gives specific instructions for knotting and rigging, blacking the guns, and stationing the crew to dealing with the direst emergencies. Enhanced with 70 rare engravings, a glossary of sea terms, and 100 pages of useful tables.
PART I.
1. To knot a Rope-Yarn
2. To make a Fox
3. To make a Spanish Fox
4. To make a Knittle
5. Overhanded Knot
6. Figure of Eight-Knot
7. Two Half-Hitches
8. Reef or Square Knot
9. A Bowline Knot
10. Bowline on the Bight
11. A Running Bowline
12. A Timber-Hitch
13. A Fisherman's Bend
14. A Rolling Bend
15. A Carrick Bend
16. a Cat's-Paw
17. a Sheet or Becket Bend
18. A Black-Wall Hitch
19. A Rolling Hitch
20. A Salvagee Strap
21. A Pudding for a Mast or Yard
22. A Short Splice
23. A Long Splice
24. An Eye Splice
25. A Cut Splice
26. A Flemsih Eye
27. An Artificial Eye
28. To worm and serve a Rope
29. To clap on a Throat and Quarter Seizing
30. To make a Turk's Head
31. To Sheepshank a Rope or Backstay
32. To put a Strand in a Rope
33. To Wall and Crown
34. To make a Mathew Walker
35. A Spritsail Sheet Knot
36. A Shroud-Knot
37. A French Shroud Knot
38. A single Diamond Knot
39. A double Diamond Knot
40. A Stopper Knot
41. A Buoy-rope Knot
42. A Common Sennit
43. A Sea Gasket
44. A Panch or Wrought Mat
45. A Harbor Gasket or French Sennit
46. Pointing a Rope
47. To make a Grommet
48. To pass a Rose-Lashing
49. To weave a Sword Mat
50. A Lashing Cleat
51. "A Shell, Pin and Sheave"
52. "A Single, Double and Treble Block"
53. A Shoulder Block
54. A Fiddle Block
55. A Shoe Block
56. A Sister Block
57. A Dead-Eye
58. A Heart
59. A Belaying-pin Rack
60. A Euphroe
61. A Horn Cleat
62. A B-Cleat
63. A Strap for a Block
64. A Tail Block
65. A Purchase Block
66. A Top Block
67. a Cat Block
68. A Snatch Block
69. A Nun Buoy
70. To bend a Buoy-Rope
71. To Pudding the Ring of an Anchor
72. A Jacob's Ladder
73. Can-Hooks
74. Hogshead Slings
75. Barrel Slings
76. A Single Whip
77. A Gun-Tackle Purchase
78. A Luff-Tackle Purchase
79. A Top Burton
80. Whip and Runner
81. Runner and Tackle
82. A Twofold Purchase
83. A Threefold Purchase
84. Names of Ropes
PART II.
85. Launching a Ship
86. Cutting out Standing Rigging
87. Cutting out Topmast and Top-gallant Rigging
88. Cutting out Breast and Standing Back-stays
89. Cutting out Catharpen Legs and Futtock Shrouds
90. Cuttinng out Fore and Aft Stays
91. Cutting out Lower Mast Head Pendants
92. Cutting out Bobstays
93. Cutting out Bowsprit Shrouds
94. Cutting out Jib and Flying Jib Guys
95. Cutting out Running Rigging
96. Rigging Shears and taking in Masts and Bowsprit
97. To take in the Mizen Mast
98. To take in the Main and Foremast
99. To take in the Bowsprit
100. Gammoning the Bowsprit
101. Fitting Rigging
102. Fitting Mast-head Pendants
103. Fitting Lower and Topmast Stays
104. To Rig the Foremast
105. Futtock Shrouds
106. To Rig the Main and Mizen Mast
107. To Rig the Bowsprit
108. Getting Tops over (whole Tops)
109. Getting Half-tops over
110. Getting up Top-blocks
111. Getting up Top-masts
112. Getting the Cap into the Top
113. Turning in Dead-eyes
114. Getting Topmast Cross-trees over
115. Placing Topmast Rigging
116. To seize-in the Sister Blocks
117. Backstays (Breast)
118. Standing After Backstays
119. Main Topmast Stay
120. Mizen Topmast Stay
121. Getting the Topmast Caps on
122. "Mast-head Man-ropes. &c., &c."
123. Top-Tackle Pendants
124. Preparing to Fd the Topmasts
125. Rattling the Lower and Topmast Rigging
126. Futtock Staves in Topmast Rigging
127. To Rig the Jib-Boom
128. Jib-Boom Martingale Stay
129. Jib-Boom Guys
130. Martingale Back-ropes
131. Placing the Rigging on a Dolphin Striker
132. Getting the Jib-Boom out
133. Sending up Topgallant Masts
134. Royal Rigging
135. Short and Long Topgallant Mast Ropes
136. To Rig the Flying Jib-Boom
137. Spritsail Lifts
138. Spritsail Braces
139. Strapping Thimbles for Guys on Spritsail yard
140. Crossing a Spritsail Yard
141. Two Half-spritsail Yards
142. Whiskers
143. To get on board and rig Lower Yards
144. Truss Straps
145. Truss Pendants
146. Quarter Blocks-Lower Yards
147. Clew Garnet Blocks
148. Lift Blocks-Lower Yards
149. Foot Ropes and Stirrups
150. Jack Stays-Bending and Reefing
151. Brace Blocks-Lower Yards
152. Placing the Rigging on Lower yards
153. Getting up Jeer Blocks and Reeving Jeers
154. Lower Lift Blocks
155. Reeving Lower Lifts
156. "Main Braces, on Bumkin, &c."
157. Fore Braces
158. Crossing the Lower Yards
159. To get on board the Topsail Yards
160. "Rigging Topsail Yards, Fore and Main"
161. The Mizen-Topsail Yard
162. Placing the Rigging on Topsail Yards
163. Crossing the Topsail Yards
164. Fitting Fly-Blocks for Topsail-Halliards
165. Rigging Topgallant Yards
166. Topgallant Braces
167. Crossing Topgallant Yards
168. Crossing Royal Yards
169. Royal and Topgallant Gear
170. Spanker-Boom Trysail-Masts and Gaff
171. Spanker-Boom Sheets and Guys in one
172. Spanker-Boom Topping Lifts
173. A Brig or Schooner's Main-Boom
174. Reeving Peak-Halliards
175. Reeving Throat-Halliards
176. To Fit Single Vangs
177. To Fit Double Vangs
178. Fitting Gaffs with Cheek or Brail-Blocks
179. Getting up a Gaff
180. Lower Studding-sail or Swinging-Booms
181. "Lower Studding-sail Outhaul-Blocks, &c., &c."
182. "Topmast Studding-sail, Span-Blocks, Halliards, &c."
183. Topgallant Studding-sail Booms
184. Getting Studding-sail Booms up
185. Topgallant Studding-sail Gear
186. Stowing Hold and Spirit Room (Ballast and Tanks)
187. Stowing Casks
188. Stowage of Provisions and Naval Stores
189. Stowing Chain Cables
190. To get on Board and Stow the Hemp Cables
191. Cat-head Stoppers
192. Shank Painter
193. Fish Davit Gear
194. "Getting on Board, and Stowing Anchors"
195. Bending the Cables
196. To Range and Stopper the Cables
197. "Stoppers, &c"
198. "Compressors, or Combing Stoppers"
199. Putting on Nippers
200. "Iron Claw Stoppers, &c."
201. To Cut and Pass a Messenger
202. Splicing Rope Cables
203. To Ship and Unship a Rudder
204. Getting the Guns on Board
205. Fitting Shackle Breechings
206. Triatic Stay
207. Hoisting in Spars
208 Stowing Booms
209. Fore Bowlines
210. Fore Topsail Clewlines
211. Topsail Buntlines
212. Fore-Top Bowlines
213. Main Buntlines
214. Fore Bowlines
215. Main Bowline
216. Top-Gallant Sheets
217. Top-Gallant Clewlines
218. Fore Topgallant Bowlines
219. Main Topgallant Bowlines
220. Mizen Topgallant Bowlines
221. Topgallant Buntlines
222. Royal Bowlines
223. Reef-Tackles
224. Leech-lines
225. Slab-lines
226. Royal Clew-lines
227. "Fitting Tacks and Sheets, Bumkin, Gear, &c."
228. Yard Tackle Tricing-lines
229. To Reeve and Toggle Royal Halliards
230. Fore-Storm Staysail Gear
231. Main-Staysail Gear
232. Mizen-Staysail Gear
233. "Topmast Staysails, &c. &c."
234. Setting up Rigging for a full due
235. Staying Masts
236. Blacking Rigging
237. Stationing the Crew
238. Stationing the Crew at Quarters
239. Stationing the Crew for Mooring and Unmooring
240. Loosing and Furling
241 Stationing the Crew for Tacking and Veering
242. Getting ready to Bend Sails
243. Bending Sails
244. Bending Small-sails
245. "Bending a Spanker, &c."
246. Fitting Sea-Gaskets
247. Fitting Harbor-Gaskets
248. Bunt-Gaskets
249. Hammock Girtlines
250. Stopping on Hammocks
251. "Furling or Stowing, the Bunt of a Sail"
252. Furling Courses
253. Making up Sails
254. To make up a Topmast Studding-sail
255. "Furling Fore and Aft Sails, with cloths or covers"
256. "Reefing Courses, &c.,-Jackstays"
257. Reef Earings
258. Bending Studding-sails
259. "Preparations for leaving the Wharf, and hauling out in the Stream"
260. Carrying out an Anchor with a Boat
261. Marking the Lead-line
262. Heaving the Lead
263. Marking a Log-line
264. Getting ready for Sea
265. Clear Hawse
266. Weighing an Anchor with the Launch
267. Weighing an Anchor with a Buoy Rope
268. Boating an Anchor
269. Taking in a Launch
270. Taking in Boats both sides at once
PART IV.
271. Getting under-weigh
272. "When the Messenger Strands, or is likely to part"
273. "To get under-weigh, and stand before the Wind"
274. To get under-weigh and back a-stern to avoid danger
275. Getting under-weigh-a Shoal on each Beam
276. Getting under-weigh in a Narrow Channel
277. Head to Wind-cast on Larboard Tack
278. Windward Tide-get under-weigh and stand before the wind
279. "To get under-weigh, and stand out on a wind"
280. "Riding head to Tide-wind on the Starboard Quarter, get under-weigh on the Starboard Tack"
281. Getting under-weigh-wind across the Tide
282. To back and fill in a Tideway
283. Driving before the Wind
284. Driving broadside-to
285. Securing the Ship for Sea
286. Stowing the Anchors for Sea
287. Setting Topgallant sails-blowing fresh
288. Setting Courses
289. Setting the Spanker
290. Setting the Jib
291. Setting Lower Studding-sails
292. Shifting a Course at Sea
293. Taking in a Course in a Gale of Wind
294. Taking in a Topsail in a Gale of Wind
295. Taking in a Topgallant Sail
296. Taking in a Spanker
297. Setting a Close-reefed Topsail
298. A Close-reefed Topsail Splits
299. A Jib Splits
300. "Wearing a Ship under a Close-reefed Main-Topsail, and Storm-staysail"
301. Wearing under a Main-sail
302. Wearing under Bare Poles
303. Cutting away the Masts
304. Laying-to under Lower Stay-sails-Wear Ship
PART V.
305. Precautions for Scudding
306. Scudding-a Ship Broaches-to
307. Scudding-brought by the Lee
308. Heaving-to
309. Taking in a Lower Studding-sail-blowing fresh
310. To unbend a Topsail in a gale of wind
311. Securing in a Gale
312. Preparations for a Hurricane at Sea
313. "Preparations for a Hurricane, at Anchor, and Notes on Barometer"
314. The Foremast is carried away
315. To Rig a Jury Mast
316. Accidents to Tiller in the event of losing a Mast
317. The Mainmast is carried away
318. The Bowsprit is carried away
319. A Topmast is carried away
320. The Jib-Boom is carried away
321. "The Foremast is sprung near the Hounds, or Bibbs"
322. The Foremast and Bowsprit are carried away
323. The Bowsprit is Sprung
324. A Topmast is Sprung near the Lower Cap
325. "To send aloft a Topmast, and a heavy Sea on"
326. The Gammoning carried away
327. A Lower Cap splits
328. The Trestle-trees are Sprung
329. A Lower Yard is carried away in the Slings
330. A Topsail Yard is carried away
331. The Ship leaks faster than the Pumps can free her
332. The Pumps are choked
333. A Shot gets loose in a Gun secured for a Gale
334. To throw a Lower-deck Gun overboard
PART VI.
335. To turn Reefs out of the Topsails and Courses
336. The Rudder is carried away-to fit another
337. A Ship on fire at Sea
338. A Ship on her beam ends
339. "Wind free, all sail set, struck by a Squall"
340. Struck by a Squall on a Lee Shore
341. Struck by a Squall under whole Topsails and Courses
342. On a wind under whole Topsails-part the weather Main Topsail brace
343. The Jib Downhaul parts
344. To Chase
345. To Chase to Windward
346. Observations for a Ship to Windward that is chased
347. To Chase to Leeward
348. "To Windward of an enemy within pistol-shot-the weather main rigging is shot away, both ships with main Topsails to the mast"
349. "Wind on the Quarter, all sail set-bring by under double-reefed Topsails"
350. "Wind on the Quarter, all sail set-bring to on the other Tack under double-reefed Topsails"
351. How to get the Achor off the Bows
352. "Anchor head to wind, wind free"
353. To Anchor on a Lee Shore
354. Scudding under a Foresail-to come to an Anchor
355. To make a Flying moor
356. To Moor with a long scope of chain
357. Blowing Fresh-in Port
358. Send down Lower Yards
359. To House Topmasts
360. To back a Bower by a Stream
361. To Sweep for an Anchor
362. Preparations for leaving Harbor
363. Weighing Anchor in a head Sea
364. Casting or Cutting the Cable
365. Clinching Cables
366. Fitting Buoy-Ropes
367. "Jib-Halliards, with a Whip"
368. "Jib-Sheets, double"
369. Wrecked in a Gale
370. Setting up Rigging at Sea
371. Slacking the Jib-stay in bad weather
372. Stopping out Top-Gallant Yard Ropes
373. Preventer Braces
374. Keeping a Clear Anchor
375. Anchor turning in the ground
376. To tend to a weather Tide
377. A Man overboard (at sea)
378. Jib and Staysail Halliard Blocks at Mast-head
379. To keep the Hawse clear when Moored
380. To tend to Windward-single Anchor
381. To tend to Leeward
382. To Back Ship at Anchor
383. To break the Shear
384. On Getting to Sea
385. On Fire Regulations in the Merchant Service
386. Station Bill for fire in the Merchant Service
387. Taking to the Boats
388. "Losing a Rudder at a Critical Moment, &c."
389. Steamers getting aground
390. The duty of remaining by a damaged Vessel
PART VII.
391. On Squaring Yards
392. Up Topgallant Masts and Yards-the Mast being on deck
393. Down Topgallant Masts and Yards
394. "Crossing Topgallant and Royal Yards, and loosing Sails"
395. Top-Mast carried away
396. Clearing the Wreck of a Topmast
397. Carrying away a Jib-Boom
398. To fish a Lower Yard in the Shortest Time
399. Expectation of losing a Lower Mast
400. "Lying-to in a Gale, after the loss of Masts"
401. Spars to convert in case of need
402. Getting aground
403. The Ballast shifting at Sea
404. Vessels Surprised on Opposite Tacks
405. Meeting at Sea
406. A Hint on Running too long
407. A Hint on Rounding-to in a Gale
408. On Making your Port
409. Laying off and on to enter a port
410. To Anchor and Veer a long Scope of Cable
411. Preparations-Going into Harbor
412. "Cautions a
1. To knot a Rope-Yarn
2. To make a Fox
3. To make a Spanish Fox
4. To make a Knittle
5. Overhanded Knot
6. Figure of Eight-Knot
7. Two Half-Hitches
8. Reef or Square Knot
9. A Bowline Knot
10. Bowline on the Bight
11. A Running Bowline
12. A Timber-Hitch
13. A Fisherman's Bend
14. A Rolling Bend
15. A Carrick Bend
16. a Cat's-Paw
17. a Sheet or Becket Bend
18. A Black-Wall Hitch
19. A Rolling Hitch
20. A Salvagee Strap
21. A Pudding for a Mast or Yard
22. A Short Splice
23. A Long Splice
24. An Eye Splice
25. A Cut Splice
26. A Flemsih Eye
27. An Artificial Eye
28. To worm and serve a Rope
29. To clap on a Throat and Quarter Seizing
30. To make a Turk's Head
31. To Sheepshank a Rope or Backstay
32. To put a Strand in a Rope
33. To Wall and Crown
34. To make a Mathew Walker
35. A Spritsail Sheet Knot
36. A Shroud-Knot
37. A French Shroud Knot
38. A single Diamond Knot
39. A double Diamond Knot
40. A Stopper Knot
41. A Buoy-rope Knot
42. A Common Sennit
43. A Sea Gasket
44. A Panch or Wrought Mat
45. A Harbor Gasket or French Sennit
46. Pointing a Rope
47. To make a Grommet
48. To pass a Rose-Lashing
49. To weave a Sword Mat
50. A Lashing Cleat
51. "A Shell, Pin and Sheave"
52. "A Single, Double and Treble Block"
53. A Shoulder Block
54. A Fiddle Block
55. A Shoe Block
56. A Sister Block
57. A Dead-Eye
58. A Heart
59. A Belaying-pin Rack
60. A Euphroe
61. A Horn Cleat
62. A B-Cleat
63. A Strap for a Block
64. A Tail Block
65. A Purchase Block
66. A Top Block
67. a Cat Block
68. A Snatch Block
69. A Nun Buoy
70. To bend a Buoy-Rope
71. To Pudding the Ring of an Anchor
72. A Jacob's Ladder
73. Can-Hooks
74. Hogshead Slings
75. Barrel Slings
76. A Single Whip
77. A Gun-Tackle Purchase
78. A Luff-Tackle Purchase
79. A Top Burton
80. Whip and Runner
81. Runner and Tackle
82. A Twofold Purchase
83. A Threefold Purchase
84. Names of Ropes
PART II.
85. Launching a Ship
86. Cutting out Standing Rigging
87. Cutting out Topmast and Top-gallant Rigging
88. Cutting out Breast and Standing Back-stays
89. Cutting out Catharpen Legs and Futtock Shrouds
90. Cuttinng out Fore and Aft Stays
91. Cutting out Lower Mast Head Pendants
92. Cutting out Bobstays
93. Cutting out Bowsprit Shrouds
94. Cutting out Jib and Flying Jib Guys
95. Cutting out Running Rigging
96. Rigging Shears and taking in Masts and Bowsprit
97. To take in the Mizen Mast
98. To take in the Main and Foremast
99. To take in the Bowsprit
100. Gammoning the Bowsprit
101. Fitting Rigging
102. Fitting Mast-head Pendants
103. Fitting Lower and Topmast Stays
104. To Rig the Foremast
105. Futtock Shrouds
106. To Rig the Main and Mizen Mast
107. To Rig the Bowsprit
108. Getting Tops over (whole Tops)
109. Getting Half-tops over
110. Getting up Top-blocks
111. Getting up Top-masts
112. Getting the Cap into the Top
113. Turning in Dead-eyes
114. Getting Topmast Cross-trees over
115. Placing Topmast Rigging
116. To seize-in the Sister Blocks
117. Backstays (Breast)
118. Standing After Backstays
119. Main Topmast Stay
120. Mizen Topmast Stay
121. Getting the Topmast Caps on
122. "Mast-head Man-ropes. &c., &c."
123. Top-Tackle Pendants
124. Preparing to Fd the Topmasts
125. Rattling the Lower and Topmast Rigging
126. Futtock Staves in Topmast Rigging
127. To Rig the Jib-Boom
128. Jib-Boom Martingale Stay
129. Jib-Boom Guys
130. Martingale Back-ropes
131. Placing the Rigging on a Dolphin Striker
132. Getting the Jib-Boom out
133. Sending up Topgallant Masts
134. Royal Rigging
135. Short and Long Topgallant Mast Ropes
136. To Rig the Flying Jib-Boom
137. Spritsail Lifts
138. Spritsail Braces
139. Strapping Thimbles for Guys on Spritsail yard
140. Crossing a Spritsail Yard
141. Two Half-spritsail Yards
142. Whiskers
143. To get on board and rig Lower Yards
144. Truss Straps
145. Truss Pendants
146. Quarter Blocks-Lower Yards
147. Clew Garnet Blocks
148. Lift Blocks-Lower Yards
149. Foot Ropes and Stirrups
150. Jack Stays-Bending and Reefing
151. Brace Blocks-Lower Yards
152. Placing the Rigging on Lower yards
153. Getting up Jeer Blocks and Reeving Jeers
154. Lower Lift Blocks
155. Reeving Lower Lifts
156. "Main Braces, on Bumkin, &c."
157. Fore Braces
158. Crossing the Lower Yards
159. To get on board the Topsail Yards
160. "Rigging Topsail Yards, Fore and Main"
161. The Mizen-Topsail Yard
162. Placing the Rigging on Topsail Yards
163. Crossing the Topsail Yards
164. Fitting Fly-Blocks for Topsail-Halliards
165. Rigging Topgallant Yards
166. Topgallant Braces
167. Crossing Topgallant Yards
168. Crossing Royal Yards
169. Royal and Topgallant Gear
170. Spanker-Boom Trysail-Masts and Gaff
171. Spanker-Boom Sheets and Guys in one
172. Spanker-Boom Topping Lifts
173. A Brig or Schooner's Main-Boom
174. Reeving Peak-Halliards
175. Reeving Throat-Halliards
176. To Fit Single Vangs
177. To Fit Double Vangs
178. Fitting Gaffs with Cheek or Brail-Blocks
179. Getting up a Gaff
180. Lower Studding-sail or Swinging-Booms
181. "Lower Studding-sail Outhaul-Blocks, &c., &c."
182. "Topmast Studding-sail, Span-Blocks, Halliards, &c."
183. Topgallant Studding-sail Booms
184. Getting Studding-sail Booms up
185. Topgallant Studding-sail Gear
186. Stowing Hold and Spirit Room (Ballast and Tanks)
187. Stowing Casks
188. Stowage of Provisions and Naval Stores
189. Stowing Chain Cables
190. To get on Board and Stow the Hemp Cables
191. Cat-head Stoppers
192. Shank Painter
193. Fish Davit Gear
194. "Getting on Board, and Stowing Anchors"
195. Bending the Cables
196. To Range and Stopper the Cables
197. "Stoppers, &c"
198. "Compressors, or Combing Stoppers"
199. Putting on Nippers
200. "Iron Claw Stoppers, &c."
201. To Cut and Pass a Messenger
202. Splicing Rope Cables
203. To Ship and Unship a Rudder
204. Getting the Guns on Board
205. Fitting Shackle Breechings
206. Triatic Stay
207. Hoisting in Spars
208 Stowing Booms
209. Fore Bowlines
210. Fore Topsail Clewlines
211. Topsail Buntlines
212. Fore-Top Bowlines
213. Main Buntlines
214. Fore Bowlines
215. Main Bowline
216. Top-Gallant Sheets
217. Top-Gallant Clewlines
218. Fore Topgallant Bowlines
219. Main Topgallant Bowlines
220. Mizen Topgallant Bowlines
221. Topgallant Buntlines
222. Royal Bowlines
223. Reef-Tackles
224. Leech-lines
225. Slab-lines
226. Royal Clew-lines
227. "Fitting Tacks and Sheets, Bumkin, Gear, &c."
228. Yard Tackle Tricing-lines
229. To Reeve and Toggle Royal Halliards
230. Fore-Storm Staysail Gear
231. Main-Staysail Gear
232. Mizen-Staysail Gear
233. "Topmast Staysails, &c. &c."
234. Setting up Rigging for a full due
235. Staying Masts
236. Blacking Rigging
237. Stationing the Crew
238. Stationing the Crew at Quarters
239. Stationing the Crew for Mooring and Unmooring
240. Loosing and Furling
241 Stationing the Crew for Tacking and Veering
242. Getting ready to Bend Sails
243. Bending Sails
244. Bending Small-sails
245. "Bending a Spanker, &c."
246. Fitting Sea-Gaskets
247. Fitting Harbor-Gaskets
248. Bunt-Gaskets
249. Hammock Girtlines
250. Stopping on Hammocks
251. "Furling or Stowing, the Bunt of a Sail"
252. Furling Courses
253. Making up Sails
254. To make up a Topmast Studding-sail
255. "Furling Fore and Aft Sails, with cloths or covers"
256. "Reefing Courses, &c.,-Jackstays"
257. Reef Earings
258. Bending Studding-sails
259. "Preparations for leaving the Wharf, and hauling out in the Stream"
260. Carrying out an Anchor with a Boat
261. Marking the Lead-line
262. Heaving the Lead
263. Marking a Log-line
264. Getting ready for Sea
265. Clear Hawse
266. Weighing an Anchor with the Launch
267. Weighing an Anchor with a Buoy Rope
268. Boating an Anchor
269. Taking in a Launch
270. Taking in Boats both sides at once
PART IV.
271. Getting under-weigh
272. "When the Messenger Strands, or is likely to part"
273. "To get under-weigh, and stand before the Wind"
274. To get under-weigh and back a-stern to avoid danger
275. Getting under-weigh-a Shoal on each Beam
276. Getting under-weigh in a Narrow Channel
277. Head to Wind-cast on Larboard Tack
278. Windward Tide-get under-weigh and stand before the wind
279. "To get under-weigh, and stand out on a wind"
280. "Riding head to Tide-wind on the Starboard Quarter, get under-weigh on the Starboard Tack"
281. Getting under-weigh-wind across the Tide
282. To back and fill in a Tideway
283. Driving before the Wind
284. Driving broadside-to
285. Securing the Ship for Sea
286. Stowing the Anchors for Sea
287. Setting Topgallant sails-blowing fresh
288. Setting Courses
289. Setting the Spanker
290. Setting the Jib
291. Setting Lower Studding-sails
292. Shifting a Course at Sea
293. Taking in a Course in a Gale of Wind
294. Taking in a Topsail in a Gale of Wind
295. Taking in a Topgallant Sail
296. Taking in a Spanker
297. Setting a Close-reefed Topsail
298. A Close-reefed Topsail Splits
299. A Jib Splits
300. "Wearing a Ship under a Close-reefed Main-Topsail, and Storm-staysail"
301. Wearing under a Main-sail
302. Wearing under Bare Poles
303. Cutting away the Masts
304. Laying-to under Lower Stay-sails-Wear Ship
PART V.
305. Precautions for Scudding
306. Scudding-a Ship Broaches-to
307. Scudding-brought by the Lee
308. Heaving-to
309. Taking in a Lower Studding-sail-blowing fresh
310. To unbend a Topsail in a gale of wind
311. Securing in a Gale
312. Preparations for a Hurricane at Sea
313. "Preparations for a Hurricane, at Anchor, and Notes on Barometer"
314. The Foremast is carried away
315. To Rig a Jury Mast
316. Accidents to Tiller in the event of losing a Mast
317. The Mainmast is carried away
318. The Bowsprit is carried away
319. A Topmast is carried away
320. The Jib-Boom is carried away
321. "The Foremast is sprung near the Hounds, or Bibbs"
322. The Foremast and Bowsprit are carried away
323. The Bowsprit is Sprung
324. A Topmast is Sprung near the Lower Cap
325. "To send aloft a Topmast, and a heavy Sea on"
326. The Gammoning carried away
327. A Lower Cap splits
328. The Trestle-trees are Sprung
329. A Lower Yard is carried away in the Slings
330. A Topsail Yard is carried away
331. The Ship leaks faster than the Pumps can free her
332. The Pumps are choked
333. A Shot gets loose in a Gun secured for a Gale
334. To throw a Lower-deck Gun overboard
PART VI.
335. To turn Reefs out of the Topsails and Courses
336. The Rudder is carried away-to fit another
337. A Ship on fire at Sea
338. A Ship on her beam ends
339. "Wind free, all sail set, struck by a Squall"
340. Struck by a Squall on a Lee Shore
341. Struck by a Squall under whole Topsails and Courses
342. On a wind under whole Topsails-part the weather Main Topsail brace
343. The Jib Downhaul parts
344. To Chase
345. To Chase to Windward
346. Observations for a Ship to Windward that is chased
347. To Chase to Leeward
348. "To Windward of an enemy within pistol-shot-the weather main rigging is shot away, both ships with main Topsails to the mast"
349. "Wind on the Quarter, all sail set-bring by under double-reefed Topsails"
350. "Wind on the Quarter, all sail set-bring to on the other Tack under double-reefed Topsails"
351. How to get the Achor off the Bows
352. "Anchor head to wind, wind free"
353. To Anchor on a Lee Shore
354. Scudding under a Foresail-to come to an Anchor
355. To make a Flying moor
356. To Moor with a long scope of chain
357. Blowing Fresh-in Port
358. Send down Lower Yards
359. To House Topmasts
360. To back a Bower by a Stream
361. To Sweep for an Anchor
362. Preparations for leaving Harbor
363. Weighing Anchor in a head Sea
364. Casting or Cutting the Cable
365. Clinching Cables
366. Fitting Buoy-Ropes
367. "Jib-Halliards, with a Whip"
368. "Jib-Sheets, double"
369. Wrecked in a Gale
370. Setting up Rigging at Sea
371. Slacking the Jib-stay in bad weather
372. Stopping out Top-Gallant Yard Ropes
373. Preventer Braces
374. Keeping a Clear Anchor
375. Anchor turning in the ground
376. To tend to a weather Tide
377. A Man overboard (at sea)
378. Jib and Staysail Halliard Blocks at Mast-head
379. To keep the Hawse clear when Moored
380. To tend to Windward-single Anchor
381. To tend to Leeward
382. To Back Ship at Anchor
383. To break the Shear
384. On Getting to Sea
385. On Fire Regulations in the Merchant Service
386. Station Bill for fire in the Merchant Service
387. Taking to the Boats
388. "Losing a Rudder at a Critical Moment, &c."
389. Steamers getting aground
390. The duty of remaining by a damaged Vessel
PART VII.
391. On Squaring Yards
392. Up Topgallant Masts and Yards-the Mast being on deck
393. Down Topgallant Masts and Yards
394. "Crossing Topgallant and Royal Yards, and loosing Sails"
395. Top-Mast carried away
396. Clearing the Wreck of a Topmast
397. Carrying away a Jib-Boom
398. To fish a Lower Yard in the Shortest Time
399. Expectation of losing a Lower Mast
400. "Lying-to in a Gale, after the loss of Masts"
401. Spars to convert in case of need
402. Getting aground
403. The Ballast shifting at Sea
404. Vessels Surprised on Opposite Tacks
405. Meeting at Sea
406. A Hint on Running too long
407. A Hint on Rounding-to in a Gale
408. On Making your Port
409. Laying off and on to enter a port
410. To Anchor and Veer a long Scope of Cable
411. Preparations-Going into Harbor
412. "Cautions a
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