| Show HINTS ON a Boat oat Practice fal ales es P rf ct 1 Dy fly FREDERICK R II l O 0 you know krio how to anil l a n DO bowl boat livery Ivery 1 ery American man Illan young or ov old be le qualified to 10 answer this thUg query In HIP tIu Wo Yo tire aro a alia na tin nation tion of ot sailors to u n t great graut extent oxton I Tho country wua ns tint lint settled by b men of wide knowledge of und extensive ex experience on tho the sees seas Our In the tho theold theold old days IlaK when sailing vessels composed our out entire sea en force WaH wonderfully successful ul t superior too fucH Hy 11 sheer dining und unil confidence our OUI sea seamen eu men mell l captains ami many mallY u II hope hop Into a n victory When the United Slates consisted of ofa a few straggling commonwealths the Atlantic a taiga large proportion tion of If their naturally look looka a 4 41 nun tI 11 ti u 1 1 I jt 11 1 ih im oi Oil of at America Most t II 1 put ti I fi 1 Ill will Ut III gt n ti Dei leu leumi f r mi I fl t I Ii 1111 t Ii hUt the Ito hi tIL Inning t Ii fl Iii g arh In 10 tie tho t tall fall I Mr l r rI I 14 f II a tIll ut IO and for tor or many yn m rs his hap ha hii I II I I V associated with AV VW cd nil to tho the ma Ilea tar for means of or subsistence of at stanch liMiting lI cut the ort oft the Maine coast Ot and Cape ape CoIl Cod Virginia and ami the also produced 1 their Phare and swift mol mor by our sturdy tars lars plowed coast waters and deep Iel seas to 10 establish e a II foundation for tOI our commer commercial cial ciki Thun It wilt will he III seen lIeen that ev every every ever ery er has hall ha a ti heritage of or seago seagoing lIen n tug ing rhe The blood of ot his hili fore lows III In his hili vel 1111 and he that Ihal line hut no love lou for tor the e of ocean for tor the brooks 8 and the tho thou rushing u rivers might ml hl bo be accused of ot lack hick of sf patriotism What Our Yachtsmen V Represent The llie out time Itne marine spirit had Itt Its Litter latter day my manifestation tallon to In a 11 large 1110 de tIe desree glee gice In lii tho the vast number of at yachtsmen who ho tilt lilt to and fro fm antI and race 1110 hero here antI and there In lii their splendid crift Prom From the Atlantic to 10 the tho Pacific from the gulf gult of Mexico to the Canadian border Uncle Samuels amateur sailors spend the in enjoying the Iho unlimited un It I eN foi to i the IIII Iii pur pursuit pu r suit of or their favorite Who Vho lio tail ran 1111 deny tIet ony that they are arc not 1101 happy In their choice that they air uro not hotter men toen for having the tto I fresh cool enol that they the have not 1101 derived new lIew stimulus from the his excite excitement ment and atit glory lory of ot well vett galled called well wIll won i Practice Make Makes the Perfect Sailor Of ot com no no man mall with the mere melt In Inclination can CUll become n a 1 competent without effort No man Licking lacking In expel experience aboard a 1 yacht lIcht tin alt p the tha tiller and tutu hold a course H II I It servo lene his apprenticeship just 1111 does dosu a 11 t mechanic In III his hll trade Ho Ito study more assiduously ly than ever everI I dill did II a Professor In endeavoring to will n U degree de ree On Ott the professors of or forth fortu depended a IL new honor on Oil the tho knowledge und tuI skill life ni 01 O loath death d frequently hang In the b bal il mcp Thu Ihl embryonic yachtsman should Hint first loam to handle a row rowboat boat In alt all kinds of ot weather and to 10 swim strongly Tao importance of ot a it mastery of ot these IH in obvious cannot bo he over oer overestimated estimated Learn In a Small Boat Doit The best blat kindergarten for Urn tim fu ru future ture turo tu Sn hoc Is II a Il small Ii boat toa t Is a 11 craft of ot about twenty feet Ceet over OWl till all Ho lie should 1 be accompanied by hy otto ono 01 ni two experienced ell men mell nut mil the tho beginner n particular should bo be botho botho tho thu performing of ot all tho the so o called V V JJ nJ dirty work Ho lie should swab the deck colt coil lopos rulHe and lower the If the thin boat hoal IH III so equip equipped lied ped haul haiti up Ul the anchor with Its drip dripping ping hillig that raises nice plump blisters on ott palms Pal and atul lingers gem tent fetid off oW with a 1 boat bot hook when a u adock dock dook Is approached and 1111 lastly he lie must keep hoop out of or the tho way A skipper hUll hits no iii use whatever for n it hand that steps stepi on the tho main sheet when a II boat hoit Is IH coming about or ur who persists In hi staying on tho tim during the tIle maneuver or who crowds the Ihl mutt mUll manat at al the tiller HO mo that It cannot bo be swung quickly to 10 either side lido Concerning the Halyards H The Tho next step 11 brings the beginner to 10 time HIP task of furling anti unfurling sails liB 1111 g the lie t halyards hint yards it ad I a the time J J main and naIl Jib sheets It Is Important that sails hung exactly as Oil by their maker lter and the tl manip manipulation of the Is a u more moie tin feature Is 18 generally thought Grasping both bolh peak penk and tind throat at nt the tie sumo satan time pull itoh on both hoth simultaneously until the throat of ot tho the gait gaff Is III at the Ihl highest point pos possible sible Make the throat halyard fast to 10 the loft hand hant cleat there thoro time aio always two Iwo nt nl the foot toot o of the mast Then sheet home homo the peak penk so that tho the sail Is III Mat hut Do not memo the peak so high that thit the boom lines above Its 1111 natural line 11 straight line aft from the point where time the throat of oC thin tho boom und timid Is fastened to the tho mont Make the th tin out halyard fast to the time right hand cleat dent so that In iii ease case of a n asu sudden su or r other emergency you JA I U Ar can call loosen 10 It II and drop time the peak 1 with without out dela h Ja Dropping or loosening the peak of or course spills n 0 largo large part of ot time the wind out of ot the tho Ito main mainsail sail and alid materially Its resist resistance ance If It th the IH is severe the suit still should be lowered completely rime Tho Jib Is la a it secondary consideration In n it 1 squall let the mainsail III In first Handling the Main Sheet The Tho handling I mig of or o C the main im sheet t the he t rope governing the tho mainsail the he I beginner tier much at itch of or o f value vi I no the Instructions of time tho skipper ho loams just jutt Ju t how much of or the time sheet should bo be lot out In varying dream circum When tho Iho wind Is III abeam that thai Is at nt light angles to the course courBe he hauls In III time the sheet and flattens tho time I will sail It when time the bICIO In Increase I crease dangerously When tucking or heating terms applied when hell a it boat hoal boatIn In III I mm sailing sal ii tig cloo hauled ha UI eti meaning I iii that tint tho thin bow Is III pointing very tory Or close chose to the tile direction from which the time wind Is In blow blowing ing lim III the tho sheet In IH again oguin hauled In lit close Ilo e eclo closer clo cr than It IH lii under lilly any other elm cir circumstances In 11 small boat hoat sailing It Is him seldom 1 1011 however to flatten Jill tell a it asail SLIt sail to tho ho very limit Time The best plan lInn Is III Isto isto to null off 01 time tho wind a few points and wip the tho main sheet You will thus make up ith In iii speed more than limn you OU lose hose loseto I Ito to i When tho the wind strikes 11 over ocr time the th quarter i tOt ter time till section midway between time the thein I in the time middle of time the craft nail and the stem let time tho mainsail suing out so 80 Us its full Cull face meets tho time breeze Them Thel boom will Wilt point train from fro tho the I mist nt mit mi au angle of or With Ith n it tall fall or following breeze e I when time Iho boat nulls before tho time wind t tl ic II boom should swill at Ut nn In of ot Union ninety degrees that Is III at II al at a u might light anglo angle to 10 time tho course e eL L llo 10 o not nol make thu Iho main sheet fast fasl lieu h 11 sailing lulling sail lug a II I boat boul especially hilly If It omen or children lire are on OU hoard III In Ini i ano ailo of ot n II sudden puff purr ninny n II craft has immis r tIme the fueL act that some someone one Dime was waH too slow In loosening a n sheet a cleat clent The Jib Sheet The lime jib requires but little at attention except when coming about on tin some comae boats the jib IH is so that It II trims or adjusts Itself on nit ev every cry ery 1 tack Pull time the jib well down to let ward rime Tho whirlwind wi lid w should usually be lie entirely loose If It n II boat III Is Islow low in stays HillY coming about aboul loosen time tho leeward Leeard jib sheet ail RU her bow swings Into Inlo time the wind timId and make mako It taut nut again OH as site she points Into Inlo the time breeze In n this title WilY iy tho lie sail wIlt will draw the moment time the how bow III Is a ml point to 10 and when hen time tho boat IH is safely over oler on nit the new tack time tho Jilt jib can ho bo loo loosened on the tho wind windward ward and drawn 11 to leeward The Man at the Tiller When time tho happy moment arrives for or I thu jut beginner to tie take of ot the tho tiller lilt hili troubles and ani responsibility r ire are dou dna doubled bled Now he ho must lay la out the time com course HO hold holl to 10 It II Ho lie must watch the sails to 10 set see that they time are aro well ell keep keel nn an eye ee to 10 windward for tor or squalls watch for tor or approaching note noto channel and ami buoys huoy and anti take tako care rare not nol to ship heavy BOis seas lie Jle must mUll study his boat bOllt just as aim n a jockey studies his iris mount Ho lie must know how much wind v V b pressure she can Call withstand safely on willie what line litre she site sail lUlU tho tIre fastest ta test and time the best bent method of ot bringing her hor about without losing time lime and distance to Long and end Short Keel Lines Time The longer n It boat bout Is on her keel the time slower iott or er sue she will bo lIo In III stays The tiller should bo be thrust over orr In n a 1 boat of or this description with possibly a it quick jerk nt at tho the moment her Item jib Haps A boat with a it 1 short Keel hue lino or ora ora a 11 boarder or onu with u tt flit fin keel can cun be ba hi ought brought about with a single pull of or the time tiller |
