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Author : Thomas Fleming Day
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Yachting
ISBN : NYPL:33433082506472
Author : Thomas Fleming Day,James Zimmerhoff
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1975893255
You will find this book very different from other works on the same subject. In the first place, I believe that all text-books should be written in a manner to please, as well as to instruct; that they should be agreeable reading; and, aside from their teaching value, have a certain excellence as a writing. Again, there is nothing in literature so interesting as the autobiography, real or fictional. Nearly all our great works of fiction are of this class. Robinson Crusoe's history from any other lips than those of the castaway would lose half its interest; Gil Blas in the third person would lack warmth and be wholly devoid of its peculiar zest. The flavor of the individual is lost when you speak for, and not as him. The puppet talks like a puppet. It is the difference between John Alden pleading the cause of Captain Standish and John Alden pleading the cause of Master John. Let a man talk to you and he will interest and amuse; let him write for you and he will prove trite and dull. Therefore, when imparting information, I like to talk, not write. I want to infuse into my words my person, to endeavor to give my ideas an I-am-with-you tone, so that it will be me and not the book that is present, and with whom you are in communion.But this method of handling a subject is apt to breed dogmatism, especially as the reader is unable to question or deny the statements made until they have been chilled into ink. So you will find in many of my chapters that I am exceedingly dogmatic. It is unintentional, simply being a manifestation of the spirit peculiar to this style of addressing an audience-one that must hear but cannot answer. Therefore let me warn you to question all my statements, and to accept only those that harmonize with your own conclusions, after you have carefully thought them over. Those that you cannot reconcile to your own knowledge and experience, lay on one side to be tried out at a future day.Never, no matter how high the authority, accept any man's coin by its minted face. It is as easy to strike a base as a sterling piece, and the king's head on the reverse and his arms on the obverse won't make lead silver, or copper gold. This in regard to statements made by those who set themselves up as authorities on a subject is particularly true, when the subject is one like this under discussion; one in which no fixed rules may be established, and where so much depends upon the man, the place and the means. I make a statement of practice; it was deduced from my personal experience, and in my case gave a perfect result; you follow it, but owing to certain complicating circumstances, in your case, it fails. For instance, I tell you, that when a vessel gets sternway on in a seaway to keep your helm amidships, and cast her with the headsails, and not to put your helm hard over. You accept my method as being the correct one, try it, and fail to cast your boat so as to fill away. This does not prove that I am wrong in making such a statement, but it shows that I am wrong in not having qualified it. It also shows that you are a lax thinker in not having questioned my method before putting it in practice. My error is the too frequent error of men who write on vessel handling; yours the too common error of men who study their books.The object of this book, of these talks, is not to fill you, parrot fashion, full of rules of action or methods of practice, but to furnish you with food for thought; to lay before you certain statements from which you must, to a large extent, deduce your own conclusions. Take what I say, mix it with your own knowledge and experience, and put into action the result.These talks are not intended for men who are what we may call seamen, men who are thoroughly versed in the art, nor are they intended for those who aspire to boats larger than forty feet over all. A boat above that size is too valuable to be trusted in the hands of an inexperienced or half-trained man.
Author : Thomas Fleming Day
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0331945843
Excerpt from On Yachts and Yacht Handling But this method of handling a subject is apt to breed dogmatism, especially as the reader is unable to question or deny the statements made until they have been chilled into ink. So you will find in many of my chapters that Iam exceedingly dogmatic. It IS un1ntentional, simply being a manifestation of the spirit peculiar to this style of addressmg an audience - one that must hear but cannot answer. Therefore let me warn you to question all my statements, and to accept only those that harmonize with your own conclusions, after you have carefully thought them over. Those that you cannot reconcile to your own knowledge and experience, lay on one side to be tried out at a future day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Thomas Fleming 1861-1927 Day
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1374060852
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Thomas Day
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1494242060
In this brief and concise work, famed boating designer and racer introduces us to the world of yachts and gives us an insight into the care and command of these majestic vessels. This is a complete and must read for the yacht owner and novice alike.
Author : Thomas Fleming Day
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547012467
On Yacht Sailing is a book by Thomas Fleming Day. This edition provides a simple treatise for beginners concerning the art of handling small yachts and boats.
Author : John Mellor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0924486430
Most trouble on the water occurs when boats are under power. In this bestselling guide to boat handling under power, the author works step-by-step through the principles and mechanics of handling powerboats and sailboats with auxiliary power in a number of situations. Discusses getting under way, docking, going through narrow channels and rough seas, dealing with breakdowns, and recovering someone who has fallen overboard.
Author : Royal Yachting Association,Rob Gibson
Publisher : Royal Yachting Association
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
As most of us have discovered, really embarrassing bad boat handling moments happen when we are in a harbour or marina. Without fail there will always be an audience usually of fellow boaters (and your crew!) who, while initially being sympathetic are unlikely ever to let you forget it! Most boaters agree that "take offs and landings" are the most difficult and stressful areas of boating but that once the general principles and rules are mastered you are soon able to deal safely and confidently with most common situations. The object of the eBook edition of the RYA Boat Handling for Sail and Power is to help you gain a fuller understanding of boat handling by dealing with a wide variety of situations in a thoughtful and logical way. Expert advice in easy to follow text combined with illustrations make this eBook an essential tool to everyone who takes a boat out on the water. This book takes advantage of Google's accessibility features (https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/6006564?hl=en-GB).
Author : Thomas Fleming Day,James Zimmerhoff
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1975781708
There is no difficulty in the learned writing for the learned, but it is extremely difficult to compose a work for the instruction of the ignorant. The more comprehensive and exact knowledge the writer has of his subject the more arduous is the effort to express his thoughts in such simplicity as will make it understandable to those who have little or no knowledge of the subject he treats. This is doubly so when the subject is one like sailing-an art whose language is wholly technical and almost totally divorced from the common expressions of life. It is impossible to translate sea language into land language; nor is it possible to explain the conditions and operations of the art without employing sea terms. In this work I have endeavored to avoid as far as is possible the employment of intricate or obscure technical language, and where it is used have endeavored to explain the meaning and define the application. This book is intended for the use of persons who are supposed to be altogether ignorant of the art of sailing. It is a primer and, therefore, is almost absurdly simple and profuse in explanatory details. But my experience as a teacher has taught me that such books cannot be too simple, and that in order to be understandable they must be loaded with explanations of explanations until nothing is left to explain. To those who know, this will seem unnecessary, but it must be remembered that many who will learn from this book, have not only never handled a sailing boat, but have never seen one before, and have but extremely crude notions of how the canvas and helm are employed to drive and direct them. In regard to the glossary: The definitions given are those that define the terms as used in sailing or navigating small craft, and may have a different meaning when applied to larger vessels. It is very difficult to exactly define many nautical terms, as they are words in action, and consequently present different phases, as they are differently employed. In many cases only one who is a trained seaman can comprehend their exact purport or understand their significant application. h Special Remarks The first question before you start to learn to sail is: Do you know how to swim? If you don't, you have no business in a sailing boat-in fact you have no business on the water. No parent should allow his boy or girl to have a sailboat until they have learned to swim. It is not difficult to learn to swim; any child can be taught that art in ten days, and it should be a compulsory course in all our schools. If people knew how to swim, nine-tenths of the drowning accidents that do happen would not. Every summer a large number of young people are drowned in this country through the overturning of boats or by falling overboard. Had these persons been taught to swim the majority of them would not have been drowned. A person who can swim has confidence. If suddenly thrown in the water he or she retain their presence of mind, but if unable to swim they become panic stricken, and are not only drowned but in their struggles frequently drown others. Another custom prolific of accident on the water is the overloading of boats. The green hand should be warned against this practice. Never take a lot of people out in a boat, particularly a sailboat; especially do not take out women and children, or men who are not familiar with boats. Another thing, never play the fool in a boat. A man who with others in a boat plays such tricks as rocking or trying to carry large sail in a breeze, climbing a mast, or any other silly stunt, is a fool, and is not fit to be trusted with any sort of a craft.
Author : Julie Perry
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781614487869
Since 2006, The Insiders’ Guide to Becoming a Yacht Stewardess has been a must-read guide for hopeful, young travelers and those intrigued by a career path in the super-yacht industry. Hundreds of yacht crew in the industry today used Julie’s book to get started---and succeed---working aboard yachts. Entertaining and educational, this book not only covers who owns luxury yachts, where they travel, and what taking care of their eccentric owners is like, but it describes the awe-inspiring benefits of the job, the skills required, and a clear-cut roadmap for how others can do it, too. If the terrific pay and benefits that come from accompanying celebrities and dignitaries on their private journeys around the world appeals to you, consider Julie Perry your new career coach. Let her guide you to the sea of opportunity that awaits young travelers in one of the world’s most adventurous and mind-boggling industries: LUXURY YACHTING.
Author : Peter Davison
Publisher : David & Charles Uk
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0715302981
Covers every aspect of handling a yacht in all types of weather conditions -- from finding the best course and managing the sail and spinnaker to maneuvering the boat and man-overboard avoidance procedure, as well as recovery techniques. A profusion of detailed diagrams and quick-reference charts illustrates the perfect tack, the perfect gibe, and spinnaker work.
Author : John H. Illingworth
Publisher : Coles Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:39015002072240
Author : John Goode,Dick Everitt,Royal Yachting Association (Great Britain)
Publisher : Adlard Coles
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-06
Category : Boats and boating
ISBN : 0713648937
Intended as a companion for anyone following RYA practical sailing courses, for competent crew through to Yachtmaster Offshore. With the popularity of boating continuing to growand marina developments keeping apace with demand, yachtsmen and women are now required to manoeuvre their sailing yachts, under power, in increasingly tighter spaces.The need for thorough training in this skill is reflected in the RYA cruising scheme, where boat handling under power now makes up a significant part of practical courses, at all levels.
Author : David Robson
Publisher : David Robson
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : J. D. Sleightholme
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0915160307
