Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 247
lU .^ T! <u 1 £ ^ .ZjO •^ ^_, rt ^ Xi .^ T3 rt =: rrt n O JH <v Vol. XVII. —95. 778 HOW TO SAIL A BOAT. [July, hire your boat, so a word upon this subject maybe timely. At every water-side resort there areboats to let, and many of them are unseaworthy. … A CRUISE IN SUNSHINE. Before you hire a sail-boat, examine her care-fully ; see that her rigging is not rotten, thatevery rope runs freely in its pulleys, that herrudder is secure, and her center-board free in itstrunk. Never go out in a yacht which is notwell ballasted, provided with a good anchor…
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