title: The Pocket Oxford Guide to Sailing Terms (Oxford Quick Reference)
author: Ian Dear
description: <br /><em>About the Author:</em><br /> <strong>Ian Dear</strong> is the author of <em>Oxford English</em>.<br />
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  # Sailing
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### E.F. Knight
  
  
  This page copyright © 2003 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
  
  
  CHAPTER II. THE ROPES
  
  
  CHAPTER III. THE THEORY OF SAILING
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. ON SMALL BOATS
  
  
  CHAPTER V. THE RIGS OF SMALL BOATS
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. A CUTTER'S RIGGING
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. HOW TO SAIL A YACHT
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. MISCELLANEOUS HINTS
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. FITTING OUT
  
  
  CHAPTER X. THE ECONOMY BETWEEN DECKS
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. THE LAWS OF THE SEA
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. INSTRUMENTS OF NAVIGATION NECESSARY
  
  
  EOR COASTING
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. HOW TO FIND ONE'S WAY AT SEA
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. WEATHER WISDOM
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. YACHT RACING
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. GLOSSARY OF NAUTICAL TERMS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
  
  
  
  
  
    
  The choice of a boat—Description of the various parts of a cutter.
  
  
    
  
  
    
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