Richard Henry Dana

PART I. A PLAIN TREATISE ON PRACTICAL SEAMANSHIP. CHAP. I.?GENERAL RULES AND OBSERVATIONS Construction of vessels Tonnage and carriage of merchant vessels Proportions of spars Placing the masts Size of anchors and cables Lead-lines Log-line Ballast and lading CHAP. II.?CUTTING AND FITTING STANDING RIGGING Cutting lower rigging Fitting lower rigging Cutting and fitting topmast rigging "Jib, topgallant and royal rigging" Ratling Standing rigging of the yards Breast-backstays CHAP. III.?FITTING AND REEVING RUNNING RIGGING To reeve a brace "Fore, main, and cross-jack braces" Fore and main topsail braces Mizzen topsail braces "Fore, main, and mizzen topgallant and royal braces" Halyards Spanker brails "Tacks, sheets, and clewlines" "Reef-tackles, clewgarnets, buntlines, leechlines, bowlines, and slablines" CHAP. IV.?TO RIG MASTS AND YARDS Taking in lower masts and bowsprit To rig a bowsprit To get the tops over the mast-heads To send up a topmast To get on a topmast cap To rig out a jib-boom To cross a lower yard To cross a topsail yard To send up a topgallant mast "Long, short, and stump topgallant masts" To rig out a flying jib-boom To cross a topgallant yard To cross a royal yard Skysail yards CHAP. V.?TO SEND DOWN MASTS AND YARDS To send down a royal yard To send down a topgallant yard To send down a topgallant mast To house a topgallant mast To send down a topmast To rig in a jib-boom CHAP. VI.?BENDING AND UNBENDING SAILS To bend a course To bend a topsail by the halyards by the buntlines To bend topgallant sails and royals To bend a jib To bend a spanker To bend a spencer To unbend a course To unbend a topsail To unbend a topgallant sail or royal To unbend a jib To send down a topsail or course in a gale of wind To bend a topsail in a gale of wind To bend one topsail or course and send down the other at the same time "CHAP. VII.?WORK UPON RIGGING. ROPE, KNOTS, SPLICES, BENDS, HITCHES" "Yarns, strands" "Kinds of rope?cable-laid, hawser-laid" Spunyarn "Worming, parcelling, and service" Short splice Long splice Eye splice Flemish eye Artificial eye Cut splice Grommet Single and double walls Matthew Walker Single and double diamonds Spritsail sheet knot Stopper knot Shroud and French shroud knots Buoy-rope knot Turk's head "Two half-hitches, clove hitch, overhand knot, and figure-of-eight" "Standing and running bowlines, and bowline upon a bight" Square knot "Tumber hitch, rolling hitch, and blackwall hitch" Cat's paw "Sheet bend, fisherman's bend, carrick bend, and bowline bend" Sheep-shank Selvagee Marlinspike hitch To pass a round seizing Throat seizing Stopping and nippering Pointing Snaking and grafting "Foxes, Spanish foxes, sennit, French sennit, gaskets" To bend a buoy-rope To pass a shear-lashing CHAP. VIII.?BLOCKS AND PURCHASES "Parts of a block, made and morticed blocks" "Bull's-eye, dead-eye, sister-block" "Snatch-block, tail-blocks" "Tackles?whip, gun-tackle, luff-tackle, luff-upon-luff, runner-tackle, watch-tackle, tail-tackle, and burtons" CHAP. IX.?MAKING AND TAKING IN SAIL To loose a sail To set a course To set a topsail To set a topgallant sail or royal To set a skysail "To set a jib, flying jib, or force topmast staysail" To set a spanker To set a spencer To take in a course To take in a topsail To take in a topgallant sail or royal To take in a skysail To take in a jib To take in a spanker To furl a royal To furl a topgallant sail To furl a topsail or course To furl a jib To stow a jib in cloth To reef a topsail To reef a course To turn out reefs To set a topgallant studdingsail To take in a topgallant studdingsail To set a topmast studdingsail To take in a topmast studdingsail To set a lower studdingsail To take in a lower studdingsail CHAP. X.?GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF WORKING A SHIP "Action of the water upon the rudder ; headway, sternway" "Action of the wind upon the sails ; head sails, after sails" Centre of gravity or rotation Turning a ship to or from the wind "CHAP. XI.?TACKING, WEARING, BOXING, &c." &nbs Day's work Working ship "Reefing, furling, and duties aloft" Care of ship's furniture Stores Duties in port THIRD MATE "CHAP. IV.?CARPENTER, COOK, STEWARD, &c." CARPENTER.?Working ship "Seaman's work, helm, duty aloft, station" Work at his trade Berth and mess Standing watch SAILMAKER STEWARD.?Duting in passenger-ships In other vessels Relation to master and mate ; duty aloft and about decks ; working ship "COOK.?Berth, watch and all-hands duty ; care of galley ; duty aloft" IDLERS CHAP. V.?ABLE SEAMEN Grades Rating Requisites of an able seaman "Hand, reef, and steer" Work upon rigging Sailmaking Day's work Working ship ; reefing ; furling Watch duty Coasters and small vessels CHAP. VI.?ORDINARY SEAMEN Requisites "Hand, reef, and steer ; loose, furl, and set sails ; reeve rigging" Work upon rigging Watch duty CHAP. VII.?BOYS "Requisites, wages" Day's work ; working ship ; duties aloft and about decks CHAP. VIII.?MISCELLANEOUS Watches Calling the watch Bells Helm "Answering, (at helm)" Discipline Stations "Food, sleep, &c." PART III. LAWS RELATING TO THE PRACTICAL DUTIES OF MASTER AND MARINERS. CHAP. I.?THE VESSEL Title "Registry, enrolment and license" Certificate of registry or enrolment Passport "Sea letter, list of crew, bill of health, clearance, manifest, invoice, bill of lading, charter-party, log-book, list of passengers and crew, list of sea-stores" Medicine chest National character of crew Provisions Passengers CHAP. II.?MASTER'S RELATION TO VESSEL AND CARGO Revenue duties and obligations List of crew Certified copy Certified copy of shipping articles "Sea-letter, passport, list of passengers, manifest, sea-stores" Unloading Post-office Forfeitures Report Coasting license Power to sell and pledge Keeping and delivering cargo Deviation Collision Pilot Wages and advances CHAP. III.?MASTER'S RELATION TO PASSENGERS AND OFFICERS Treatment of passengers Removal of officers CHAP. IV.?MASTER'S RELATION TO THE CREW Shipment Shipping articles Discharge Imprisonment Punishment Power of Consuls as to punishment CHAP. V.?PASSENGERS Provisions Accommodations Treatment Passage-money Deportment Services CHAP. VI.?MATES AND SUBORDINATES Mates included in 'crew' Removal Succession Log-book ; wages ; sickness Punishment Subordinates Pilots CHAP. VII.?SEAMEN. SHIPPING CONTRACT Shipping contract Erasures and interlineations Unusual stipulations Violation of contract CHAP. VIII.?SEAMEN?CONTINUED Rendering on board Refusal to proceed Desertion or absence during the voyage Discharge CHAP. IX.?SEAMEN?CONTINUED Provisions "Sickness, medicine-chest" Hospital money Relief in foreign ports Protection CHAP. X.?SEAMEN?CONTINUED Punishment Revolt and mutiny Embezzlement Piracy CHAP. XI.?SEAMEN'S WAGES Wages affected by desertion or absence ;?by misconduct ;?by imprisonment ;?by capture ;?by loss of vessel or interruption of voyage Wages on an illegal voyage CHAP. XII.?SEAMEN?CONCLUDED Recovery of wages Remedies Time for commencing suits Interest on wages Salvage