The Kedge-Anchor or Young Sailors' Assistant - Brossura

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