The Elements and Practice of Rigging, Seamanship, and Naval Tactics (Paperback)

1. Seamanship: The practice of working ships; 2. River-moorings; 3. Of the ballast and ladings; 4. On bending sails; 5. Of getting under sails; 6. Of anchoring; 7. On mooring; 8. Of getting up or weighing anchor; 9. On tacking; 10. On veering; Of lying-to; 11. Of sounding; 12. On ships driving; 13. On setting and taking-in sails in blowing weather; 14. Of a ship overset on her side; 15. On chasing; 16. Of boarding; 17. Capt. Pakenham's inventions; 18. Explanation of the terms used in seamanship; 19. The theory of working ships; 20. A system of naval tactics.