Boat-Building and Boating. Daniel Carter Beard

       To Paddle a Canoe

       To Carry a Canoe

       CHAPTER VII HOW TO BUILD A PADDLING DORY

       How to Calk a Boat so That It Won't Leak

       CHAPTER VIII THE LANDLUBBER'S CHAPTER

       Red and Green Lights

       Parts of a Sail

       How to Steer a Boat

       How to Sail a Boat

       To Sail Close-hauled

       Coming About

       In a Thunder-storm

       What to Do

       To Reef Without Lowering Sail

       The Reef or Square Knot

       To Shake Out a Reef

       Lights for Canoe

       Some Do Nots

       It is Necessary to Learn to Swim

       Boating-Clothes

       How to Make a Bathing-Suit

       Sunburn

       Clothes for Canoeing

       Stick to Your Boat

       Life-Preservers

       CHAPTER IX HOW TO RIG AND SAIL SMALL BOATS

       How to Make a Lee-Board for a Canoe

       How to Rig and Sail Small Boats

       Simplest Rig Possible

       Leg-of-Mutton Rig

       The Latteen Rig

       The Cat-Rig

       How to Make a Sail

       Hints to Beginners

       CHAPTER X MORE RIGS OF ALL KINDS FOR SMALL BOATS

       The Cat

       The Sloop

       Racing Sloops

       Jib and Mainsail

       Schooner Rig

       The Balance Lug

       The Standing Lug

       Leg-of-Mutton Sail

       The Buckeye

       Sliding Gunter

       Sharpies

       The Sprit Leg-of-Mutton Sail

       The Dandy Jigger, or Mizzen Rig

       The Lateen Rig

       The Ship

       CHAPTER XI KNOTS, BENDS, AND HITCHES

       How to Make a Horse-Hair Watch-Guard

       Miscellaneous

       Whiplashes

       Splices, Timber-Hitches, etc.

       CHAPTER XII HOW TO BUILD A CHEAP BOAT

       The Yankee Pine

       How to Build a Better Finished Boat

       Side-Boards