Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling - Vol. V

Charles F. Chapman

• Publisher: Sufi Press
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN:
  9781447481584
• Print ISBN:
  9781447411222

A guide full of helpful hints to the outdoorsman wishing to make camp life a little more comfortable and catch food in the wild. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Flags of American Yacht Clubs
• Chapter I—Rules of the Road, Whistle Signals, Right of Way
• Chapter II—Lights for All Classes of Boats
• Chapter III—Government Navigation Lights, Aids to Navigation, Distress Signals, Fog Signals, Day Marks
• Chapter IV—Buoys, What they Mean and How to Use Them
• Chapter V—Equipment Required by Law—Government Publications
• Chapter VI—The Compass
• Chapter VII—Compass Errors—How to Determine and Apply Them
• Chapter VIII—The Chart—How to Read and Interpret It; How It Is Made; What It Shows; Meaning of the Symbols
• Chapter IX—Navigating and Piloting Instruments
• Chapter X—Piloting
• Chapter XI—Tides and Currents
• Chapter XII—Flags and Colors, and How to Fly Them
• Chapter XIII—Court Interpretations of Marine Law
• Chapter XIV—Motor Boat Seamanship
• Chapter XV—Safety at Sea
• Chapter XVI—Ground Tackle and Its Use
• Chapter XVII—Navigation and Piloting Hints
• Chapter XVIII—The Eye Splice Simplified
• Chapter XIX—Practical Piloting—The Instruments Used
• Questions and Answers
• Reference List of Government Publications
• General Index