THE KEDGE-ANCHOR; OR, YOUNG SAILORS’ ASSISTANT

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Author

Brady, William N., -1887

Title

The kedge-anchor : or, Young sailors' assistant.

Original Publication

New York: William Brady (Author), 1847, pubdate 1852.

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Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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English

LoC Class

VK: Naval science: Navigation, Merchant marine

Subject

Seamanship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77729

Release Date

January 18, 2026

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE KEDGE-ANCHOR ; OR, YOUNG SAILORS’ ASSISTANT.
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.RECOMMENDATIONS.
6. 6.CONTENTS.
7. 7.PART I. — 1. —TO KNOT ROPE-YARNS. — 2. —TO MAKE A FOX. — 3. —TO MAKE A SPANISH FOX. — 4. —TO MAKE A KNITTLE. — 5. —OVERHANDED KNOT. — 6. —FIGURE OF EIGHT KNOTS. — 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. —EYE-SPLICE. — 25. —A CUT SPLICE. — 26. —A FLEMISH 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. —SINGLE DIAMOND KNOT. — 39. —DOUBLE DIAMOND KNOT. — 40. —A STOPPER KNOT — 41. —A BUOY-ROPE KNOT. — 42. —COMMON SENNIT. — 43. —A SEA GASKET. — 44. —A PANCH, OR WROUGHT MAT. — 45. —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 — BLOCKS. — 51. —A SHELL, PIN, AND SHEAVE. — 52. —SINGLE, DOUBLE, AND TREBLE BLOCKS. — 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. —A RUNNER AND TACKLE — 82. —A TWO-FOLD PURCHASE — 83. —A THREE-FOLD PURCHASE. — 84. —NAMES OF ROPES.
8. 8.PART II. — 85. —LAUNCHING A SHIP. — 86. —CUTTING OUT STANDING RIGGING. — 87. —TOPMAST AND TOP-GALLANT RIGGING — 88. —BREAST AND STANDING BACKSTAYS. — 89. —CAT HARPEN LEGS, AND FUTTOCK SHROUDS. — 90. —FORE-AND-AFT STAYS. — 91. —CUTTING LOWER MAST HEAD-PENDANTS. — 92. —BOBSTAYS. — 93. —BOWSPRIT SHROUDS. — 94. —JIB AND FLYING JIB GUYS. — 95. —CUTTING RUNNING RIGGING. — 96. —RIGGING SHEERS, 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. —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 THE TOPS OVER. — 109. —GETTING HALF-TOPS OVER. — 110. —GETTING UP TOP-BLOCKS, &c. — 111. —GETTING UP THE TOPMAST. — 112. —GETTING THE CAP INTO THE TOP. — 113. —TURNING IN DEAD-EYES. — 114. —GETTING TOPMAST CROSSTREES 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, &c. — 124. —PREPARING TO FID 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 YARDS. — 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 [10] — 146. —QUARTER BLOCKS—LOWER YARDS. — 147. —CLEW GARNET BLOCKS — 148. —LIFT BLOCKS—LOWER YARDS — 149. —FOOT ROPES AND STIRRUPS. — 150. —JACKSTAYS.—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. —ROYAL YARDS — 169. —ROYAL AND TOPGALLANT GEAR. — 170. —SPANKER-BOOM, TRYSAIL-MAST, AND GAFF. — 171. —SPANKER-BOOM SHEET 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. —DOUBLE VANGS. — 178. —FITTING GAFFS WITH CHEEKS, OR BRAIL-BLOCKS. — 179. —GETTING UP A GAFF. — 180. —LOWER STUDDING-SAIL OR SWINGING-BOOMS. — 181. —LOWER STUDDING SAIL OUTHAUL, BLOCK, &c., &c., &c. — 182. —TOPMAST STUDDING-SAIL SPAN BLOCKS, HALLIARDS, &c. — 183. —TOPGALLANT STUDDING-SAIL BOOMS, &c. — 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, NAVAL STORES, &c. — 189. —STOWING CHAIN CABLES. — 190. —TO GET ON BOARD AND STOW THE HEMP CABLES. — 191. —CATHEAD 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., &c. — 198. —COMPRESSORS, OR COMBING-STOPPERS. — 199. —PUTTING ON NIPPERS. — 200. —IRON CLAW-STOPPERS, AND CLEAR-HAWSE SHACKLES. — 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 STAYS. — 207. —HOISTING IN SPARS. — 208. —STOWING BOOMS.
9. 9.PART III. — REEVING RUNNING RIGGING. — 209. —FORE BOWLINES. — 210. —FORE-TOPSAIL CLEWLINES. — 211. —TOPSAIL BUNTLINES — 212. —FORETOP BOWLINES — 213. —MAIN BUNTLINES. — 214. —FORE BUNTLINES — 215. —MAIN BOWLINE — 216. —TOPGALLANT SHEETS — 217. —TOPGALLANT 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. — 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 TO 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.
10. 10.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. —IN GETTING UNDER-WEIGH, TO BACK ASTERN AND 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 STARBOARD 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, TO GET UNDER-WEIGH ON THE STARBOARD TACK. — 281. —GETTING UNDER-WEIGH—WIND ACROSS THE TIDE. — 282. —TO BACK AND FILL IN A TIDE-WAY. — 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 TOP-GALLANT SAILS. — 296. —TAKING IN A SPANKER. — 297. —SETTING A CLOSE-REEFED TOPSAIL. — 298. —A CLOSE-REEFED TOPSAIL SPLITS. — 299. —A JIB SPLITS. — 300. —TO WEAR SHIP UNDER CLOSE-REEFED MAIN-TOPSAIL AND STORM-STAYSAILS. — 301. —WEARING UNDER A MAINSAIL. — 302. —WEARING UNDER BARE POLES. — 303. —CUTTING AWAY THE MASTS. — 304. —LAYING-TO UNDER LOWER STAYSAILS, WEAR SHIP.
11. 11.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 AN ANCHOR, ( with notes on the 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 MAIN-MAST 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 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.
12. 12.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 COURSERS. — 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, WHICH 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 ANCHORS OFF THE BOWS. — 352. —TO 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 TOPGALLANT 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.⁠ [34] — 387. —TAKING TO THE BOATS. — 388. —LOSING A RUDDER AT A CRITICAL MOMENT, ( such as crossing a Bar, &c. ) — 389. —STEAMERS GETTING AGROUND. — 390. —ON THE DUTY OF REMAINING BY A DAMAGED VESSEL.
13. 13.PART VII. MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS. — 391. —ON SQUARING YARDS. — 392. —UP TOP-GALLANT MASTS AND YARDS—( The Masts, &c. being on deck. ) — WORDS OF COMMAND. — 393. —DOWN TOPGALLANT-MASTS AND YARDS. — 394. —CROSSING TOPGALLANT AND ROYAL-YARDS, AND LOOSING SAIL. — PREPARATIONS. — WORDS OF COMMAND. — 395. —TOPMAST 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. —LYING OFF, AND ON, TO ENTER A PORT. — 410. —TO ANCHOR AND VEER A LONG SCOPE OF CABLE. — 411. —PREPARATIONS FOR GOING INTO HARBOR. — 412. —CAUTIONS AT NIGHT—(LOOKOUTS). — 413. —WHEN TWO VESSELS ARE IN COLLISION. — 414. —SQUALLS—(CAUTION). — 415. —WATER SPOUTS—(CAUTION). — 416. —PRESSURE OF WATER AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS. — 417. —ON STOPPING LEAKS. — 418. —EXAMINATION OF CHAIN CABLES. — 419. —MINUTE GUNS. — 420. —HOISTING ON BOARD MONEY OR PLATE.
14. 14.PART VIII. — 421. —STOWING HAMMOCKS. — 422. —COCKBILLING YARDS—( Mourning ). — 423. —DRESSING SHIP WITH FLAGS. — 424. —KEEPING THE COPPER CLEAN. — 425. —FURLING FROM A BOWLINE. — Words of Command. — 426. —HIGH AND LOW BUNTS. — 427. —TO CLEAR MAST-HEADS. — 428. —PLACING BELAYING-CLEATS IN TOPS. — 429. —MAKING SWABS. — 430. —STOWAGE OF SWABS. — 431. —JUNK. — 432. —MAKING MATS, AND CHAFING GEAR. — 433. —GASKETS. — 434. —SCRAPING AND GREASING MASTS. — 435. —MANNING YARDS. — 436. —MAN ROPES—(SIDE). — 437. —SPARE DEAD-EYES. — 438. —HIDE ROPE. — 439. —HAWSE-HOLE WINDSAIL. — 440. —FIGHTING-LADDERS. — 441. —HAWSE BUCKLERS. — 442. —MAKING FAST A WARP TO A VESSEL. — 443. —FITTING QUARTER BOATS’ GRIPES. — 444. —FITTING GIGS’ SLINGS. — 445. —SCRUBBING A BOAT’S BOTTOM, ON LEAVING HARBOR. — 446. —CARRYING LIGHT BOATS ON LAND. — 447. —MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON WORKING BOATS. — 448. —DUTIES OF BOATS’ CREWS. — 449. —BOATS GOING ON DISTANT SERVICE. — 450. —BOATS UNDER SAIL. — 451. —GIVING A ROPE TO A BOAT. — 452. —CROSSING A BAR WITH SURF, IN BOATS. — 453. —HAULING UP BOATS. — 454. —LOWERING BOATS. — 455. —TURNING UP THE HANDS. — 456. —INSPECTION OF RIGGING—MORNING AND EVENING. — 457. —INSPECTION OF STOWED ANCHORS—(AT SEA) — 458. —INSPECTION OF BOATS—(AT SEA). — 459. —GAMMONING THE BOWSPRIT. — 460. —PRECAUTION IN REEVING RUNNING-RIGGING. — 461. —TOPSAIL TYES. — 462. —PRECAUTION IN BLACKING THE RIGGING. — 463. —FORE AND MAIN BUNTLINES. — 464. —TOPGALLANT MAST ROPES. — 465. —FUTTOCK SHROUDS. — 466. —TOPS AND HALF TOPS. — 467. —STRIKING OR HOUSING TOPMASTS. — 468. —SWAYING UP TOPMASTS. — 469. —UNMOORING. — 470. —REEF LINES TO THE TOPSAILS. — 471. —REEFING COURSES. — 472. — TOPGALLANT-MASTS STRUCK. — 473. —HAILING ALOFT. — 474. —PROPORTIONS FOR CABLES—( Hemp ). — 475. —PROPORTIONS FOR ANCHORS. — 476. —WHAT LENGTH IS NECESSARY TO FORM A CLINCH. — 477. —REFERENCES TO SKETCH OF TEMPORARY RUDDER. — 478. —TO SPLICE AN OLD CABLE TO A NEW ONE. — 479. —STRIP SHIP — 480. —PROPORTIONS OF SPARS FOR MERCHANT SHIPS, LENGTH OF SPARS, &c., &c. — 481. —THICKNESS OF SPARS—MASTS. — 482. —YARDS. — 483. —DISTANCE FOR PLACING LOWER MASTS, in vessels of two masts . — 484. —RULE FOR PLACING MASTS IN A SHIP. — 485. —RAISING SHEARS ON A WHARF. — 486. —TO FIND THE TONNAGE OF A VESSEL, BY THE UNITED STATES’ MEASUREMENT. — 487. —STEPPING AND RAKING LOWER MASTS. — 488. —MOORING.
15. 15.PART IX. — 489. —PREPARATIONS FOR HEAVING DOWN. — CLEARING THE SHIP. — CHOICE AND POSITION OF THE OUTRIGGERS AND SHORES. — MAST-HEAD SHORES. — CARPENTERS’ WORK. — SECURING THE OUTRIGGERS. — MARTINGALES. — STRAPS FOR PURCHASE-BLOCKS. — PIT-BLOCKS. — PREVENTIVE SHROUDS.⁠ [37] — FOR THE MAIN-MAST, — FOR THE FORE-MAST. — THE BOWSPRIT — THE MIZEN-MAST — SETTING UP THE RIGGING. — PURCHASE FALLS. — MAST-HEAD STOPPERS. — THE PIT. — ANCHORS AND CABLES. — CAULKING, &C. — LADDERS, &C. — ARRANGEMENT OF THE PUMPS. — WEIGHT FOR HEELING AND TRIPPING SHIP. — PREPARATIONS FOR HEAVING. — STAGES. — 490. —A DERRICK. — GENERAL CAUTIONS. — In any very intricate Navigation , — Taken in a Squall. — On Good Order—(Merchant Service). — On Cleanliness, as regards the Preservation of Life in Vessels. — On Painting. — On the Health of Men, in the Merchant Service.
16. 16.PART X. — 491. —EXPLANATION OF SEA TERMS.
17. 17.PART XI . TABLES RELATING TO RIGGING, BLOCKS, SPARS, ANCHORS, CABLES, &c. — 492.—A Table showing the Weight of Cables and Anchors, used in Ships and Vessels of War, U. S. N. — 493.—A Table Showing the Weight, Size and Length of Guns and Carriages, U. S. Navy. — 494.—A Table showing the Weight of Chain Cable. — 495.—A Table showing how many Fathoms make 112 Pounds of 4-strand shroud-laid Rope. — 496.—Weight of one Foot of Bar Iron of the following forms. — 497.—A Table showing the Weight of 100 Fathoms of Cable-laid Rope, from 2 to 26 inches. ALSO A COMPARATIVE SIZE OF CHAIN. — 498.—A Table for showing the Strength of Hemp Cables; their Weight, Size, and Number of Yarns in each. — 499.—A Table showing the Strength of Plain-laid Rope of three Strands. — 500.—A Table for showing the Strength of Chain Cable, as tested in Fifteen Fathom Lengths. — 501.—A Table showing the Strength of Short Round-linked Bobstay, Bowsprit-shroud or Crane Chain, without Studs, such as is used for Rigging, &c. — 502.—Weight of Timber in a green and seasoned State. — 503.—A Table of Measures and Weights of different Substances. — 504.—A Table of Weight of Tarred Cordage. — 505.—A Table showing the comparative Strength between Iron Chains and Hemp Cables. Also the Size required agreeably to Tonnage, with the Weight equal to Cable. — 506.—A Table showing the Length, Breadth and Strength of Flax and Cotton Canvass, as used in U. S. N. Together with the Number, Length and Breadth of Strips cut crosswise and lengthwise, used in the test of Strength, and the average weight required of them, before received for use. — 507.—Cordage Table, showing the Weight of one Fathom Rope, from 1 inch to 24 inches inclusive, plain laid 3-strand, such as used for running rigging, &c. — 508.—A Table showing the Length of the First Warp of Standing Rigging. — 509.—A Table of Foreign Ordnance. — 510.—A Table showing the Quantity of Provisions, Slop Clothing and Small Stores, for 200 men, for four months, in the U. S. Navy. — QUANTITY OF WATER FOR EACH CLASS. — 511.—Exhibit of the Navy Ration, Showing the component parts for each day of the week, and the value at which they are to be computed, under the 2d, 4th and 5th Sections of the Act of Congress, “To establish and regulate the Navy Ration,” approved 29th August, 1842. — VALUATION OF THE WEEKLY QUANTITY, &c. — AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AND REGULATE THE NAVY RATION. — 512. — TABLE For finding the Distance of an Object by two Bearings, and the Distance run between them. — 513.—Dimensions of the Masts and Spars of the U. S. Steam-ship Princeton. — 514.—A Table of the Size of Short-link Chain, when used as Rigging. — 515.--A Table showing the Dimensions of the Masts and Yards of American, English and French Ships. FRENCH SHIPS AS PUBLISHED, AND REDUCED TO ENGLISH MEASURE. — 516.—A Table showing the Complement of Officers and Crew allowed to Vessels of each Class, U. S. N. — 517.—A Table of Spars, &c., for all Classes of Vessels, U. S. N. — A Cordage Table of Feet and Fathoms. — Weight of Cables of 120 fathoms from 3 to 25 inches. — 518.—A Table showing the Dimensions of Materials, used in constructing Tops, Trestle-trees, Cross-trees, and Caps, U. S. N. — PROPORTIONS FOR TOPS, TRESTLE-TREES, CROSS-TREES AND CAPS. — 519.—A Table showing the Complement and Quality of Boats allowed to each Class of Vessels, U. S. N. — 520.—A Table showing the Weight, Size, Length, and Quantity of Anchors, Cables, Hawsers, &c., &c., allowed to the different Classes of Vessels, U. S. N. — 521.—A Table showing the Size, Quantity, Quality and Number of Sails allowed to each Class of Vessels, U. S. N. — 522.—A Table showing the Quantity of Canvass, Rope, &c., allowed for one Suit of Sails for each Class of Vessels, U. S. N. — 523.—A Table showing the Length and Size of Standing & Run’g Rigging for all Classes of Vessels, U. S. N. — 524.—A Table showing the Size and Description of the Different Blocks of all classes of Vessels, U. S. N. — 525.—A Table showing the projective Distances from Spar-deck of U. S. Ship North Carolina. — 526.—A Table showing the Weight of the Armament, Stores, Outfits and Provisions of the U. S. Sloop of War Albany, fitted out at the Navy Yard, New York.
18. 18.RECIPES. — 527. —FOR BLACKING SHIP’S STANDING-RIGGING. — 528. —FOR BLACKING GUNS. — 529. —FOR BLACKING HAMMOCK-CLOTHS, YARDS, AND BENDS. — 530. —FOR MAKING LIQUID-BLACKING. — 531. —FOR BLACKING GUNS. — 532. —COMPOSITION FOR BLACKING GUNS. — 533. —FOR MAKING BLACK-VARNISH, NO. I. — 534. —COMPOSITION FOR BLACKING HAMMOCK CLOTHS, NO. I. — 535. —COMPOSITION FOR HAMMOCK CLOTHS, NO. II. — 536. —FOR HAMMOCK CLOTHS, NO. III. — 537. —FOR HAMMOCK CLOTHS, NO. IV. — 538. —FOR MAKING BLACK-VARNISH, NO. II. — 539. —SOLDER FOR COPPER. — 540. —SOLDER FOR LEAD. — 541. —TO MAKE THE BEST DRYING OIL. — 542. —FOR BLACK STAIN. — 543. —BLACKING GUNS, SHOT, &c. — 544. —FRENCH RECIPE FOR BLACKING GUNS, &c.
19. 19.OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. — From the Sailor’s Magazine. — From the Literary World. — From the New York Journal of Commerce. — From the True Sun. — From the New York Courier & Enquirer. — From the Long Island Star. — From the New York Sunday Dispatch. — From the New York Express. — From the New York Tribune. — From the Brooklyn Daily Advertiser. — From the New York Sun. — From the New York Herald. — Transcriber’s Notes

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