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Preface IN offering the following work to the public, the author deems no apology necessary, as it was written for the use of the Naval and Merchant Service of the United States, as a ready means of introducing Young Sailors to the theory of that art by which they must expect to advance in the profession they have chosen. He natters himself, however, that it will be found useful to many old and experienced seamen, as well as to those who have just entered the sailors' life, and particularly to those destined for the Navy. Should it fall into the hands of the learned, they will bear in mind that he is better versed with the marlin spike than the pen, and that it was composed in the hours of relaxation from official duties. He therefore hopes that it may be received for that which it is intended to be, A KEDGE-AXCHOR, for the youthful sailor. The work has been submitted to the inspection of a number of experienced officers, both in the Navy and Merchant Service, who have given it their decided approbation; some of whose names are appended to the work. "With these few remarks, he submits it to a discerning public, to stand or fall on its own merits. RECOMMENDATIONS. I have examined the manuscript of Mr. Brady and approve of it, as a very useful Book for young officers and others, in the Naval and Merchant service. JOHN GALLAGHER, Captain U, S. Navy. I fully concur in the above. E. PECK, Commander U. S. Navy. I have examined the within treatise on Seamanship, and other miscellaneous matter appertaining to ships and vessels of war (written by William Brady, Master U. S. Navy). It affords me much pleasure to recommend the same to the junior officers of the Navy, and others who may be disposed to learn the profession of Seamanship. W. C. WETMORE, Commander U. S. Navy. Examined and approved as a work that will be useful to the Service. J. D. L. SAUNDERS, Commander U. S. Navy. J. MATTISON, Commander U. S. Navy. This I conceive to be a valuable work, and well calculated to be useful to the Service, JOSHUA R. SANDS, Commander U. S. Navy. I have closely examined the within work, and think it well calculated for the instruction of young officers and others in the Navy. JAMES RENSHATV, Captain U. S Navy. I fully concur in the above. FRANCIS 0. ELLISON, Master U. S. Navy I have carefully examined the within work on Seamanship, and think it one well calculated for the instruction of young officers, and others. C. G. HUNTER, Lieutenant U. S. Navy. We cheerfully recommend this work of William Brady, S. Master U. S. Navy, to the maritime community, and think it well calculated for the instruction of all who may be disposed to learn the profession of Seamanship. ISAAC McKEEVER Captain U. S. Navy. JAMES McINTOSH Commander U. S. Navy. WILLIAM L. HUDSON " " HENRY EAGLE " " A. G. GORDON, Lieutenant U. S. Navy CADWALDER RINGGOLD " " WILLIAM F. LYNCH " " HENRY W. MORRIS " " FRANCIS B. ELLISON " " JAMES H. ROWAN " " JOHN COLHOUN " " T. TURNER " " T. A. HUNT " " HENRY MOORE " " JOHN J. GLASSON " " CHARLES HEYWOOD " " CHARLES S. BOGGS " " ALEXANDER GIBSON " " ALEXANDER M. PENNOCK " " MONTGOMERY HUNT " " FRANCIS HAGGERTY " " J. R. McMULLANY " " CAPT. HENRY D. HUNTER, Commanding U. S. Rev. Steamer Polk JOHN McGOWAN, 1st Lieutenant U. S. Rev. Marine. WILLIAM H. BROWN, Lieutenant U. S. Rev. Marine. JOSEPH C. NOYES, Lieutenant U. S. Rev. Marine. CAPT. E. RICHARDSON, President American Seamen Friend Societj " " AUGUSTUS PROAL, Reviewer of the Work. CAPT. SAMUEL YEATON, Commanding Packet ship Oxford. " " D. G. BAILEY, " " " " Yorkshire. " " GEORGE B. CORNISH " " " " Sheridan. " " E. G. FURBER " " " " Europe. " " A. B. LOWBER " " " " Montezuma. " " J. A. WOTTEN " " " " Admiral. " " JOSEPH HAMILTON Commanding Packet ship So. Carolina, " " CHARLES R. GRIFFITH Commanding Ship Southport. " " JAMES RENNE " " " " Gondola. " " IRA BURSLEY " " " " Hottenger " " GEORGE W. HOWE Commanding Packet ship Bavaria. Table of Contents PART I. 1. To knot a Rope-Yarn 2. To make a Fox 3. To make a Spanish Fox 4. To make a Knittle 5. Over-handed Knot 6. Figure of Eight-Knot 7. Two Half-Hitches 8. Reef or Square Knot 9. A Bowline Knot 10. Bowline on the Bight 11. A Running Bowline 12. A Timber-Hitch 13. A Fisherman's Bend 14. A Rolling Bend 15. A Carrick Bend 16. A Cat's-Paw 17. A Sheet or Becket Bend 18. A Black-Wall Hitch 19. A Rolling Hitch 20. A Salvagee Strap 21. A Pudding for a Mast or Yard 22. A Short Splice 23. A Long Splice 24. An Eye Splice 25. A Cut Splice 26. A Flemish Eye 27. An Artificial Eye 28. To worm and serve a Rope 29. To clap on a Throat and Quarter Seizing 30. To make a Turk's Head 31. To Sheepshank a Rope or Backstay 32. To put a Strand in a Rope 33. To Wall and Crown 34. To make a Mathew Walker 35. A Spritsail Sheet Knot 36. A Shroud-Knot 37. A French Shroud Knot 38. A single Diamond Knot 39. A double Diamond Knot 40. A Stopper Knot 41. A Buoy-rope Knot 42. A Common Sennit 43. A Sea Gasket 44. A Panch or Wrought Mat 45. A Harbor Gasket or French Sennit 46. Pointing a Rope 47. To make a Grommet 48. To pass a Rose-Lashing 49. To weave a Sword Mat 50. A Lashing Cleat 51. A Shell, Pin and Sheave 52. A Single, Double and Treble Block 53. A Shoulder Block 54. A Fiddle Block 55. A Shoe Block 56. A Sister Block 57. A Dead-Eye 58. A Heart 59. A Belaying-pin Rack 60. A Euphroe 61. A Horn Cleat 62. A B-Cleat 63. A Strap for a Block 64. A Tail Block 65. A Purchase Block 66. A Top Block 67. A Cat Block 68. A Snatch Block 69. A Nun Buoy 70. To bend a Buoy-Rope 71. To Pudding the Ring of an Anchor 72. A Jacob's Ladder 73. Can-Hooks 74. Hogshead Slings 75. Barrel Slinks 76. A Single Whip 77. A Gun-Tackle Purchase 78. A Luff-Tackle Purchase 79. A Top Burton 80. Whip and Runner 81. Runner and Tackle 82. A Twofold Purchase 83. A Threefold Purchase 84. Names of Ropes PART II 85. Launching a Ship 86. Cutting out Standing Rigging 87. Cutting out Topmast and Top-gallant Rigging 88. " " Breast and Standing Back-stays 89. " " Catharpen Legs and Futtock Shrouds 90. " " Fore and Aft Stays 91. " " Lower Mast Head Pendants 92. " " Bobstays, 93. " " Bowsprit Shrouds 94. " " Jib and Flying Jib Guys 95. " " Running Rigging 96. Rigging Shears and taking in Masts and Bowsprit 97. To take in the Mizen Mast 98. To take in the Main and Foremast 99. To take in the Bowsprit 100. Gammoning the Bowsprit 101. Fitting Rigging 102. Fitting Mast-head Pendants 103. Fitting Lower and Topmast Stays 104. To Rig the Foremast, 105. Futtock Shrouds 106. To Rig the Main and Mizen Mast 107. To Rig the Bowsprit 108. Getting Tops over (whole Tops) 109. Getting Half-tops over 110. Getting up Top-blocks 111. Getting up Top-masts 112. the Cap into the Top 113. Turning in Dead-eyes 114. Getting Topmast Cross-trees over 115. Placing Topmast Rigging 116. To seize-in the Sister Blocks 117. Backstays (Breast) 118. Standing After Backstays 119. Main Topmast Stay 120. Mizen Topmast Stay 121. Getting the Topmast Caps on 122. Mast-head Man-ropes, etc. 123. Top-Tackle Pendants 124. Preparing to Fid the Topmasts 125. Rattling the Lower and Topmast Rigging 126. Futtock Staves in Topmast Rigging 127. To Rig the Jib-Boom 128. Jib-Boom Martingale Stay 129. Jib-Boom Guys 130. Martingale Back-ropes 131. Placing the Rigging on a Dolphin Striker 132. Getting the Jib-Boom out 133. Sending up Topgallant Masts 132. Royal Rigging 135. Short and Long Topgallant Mast Ropes 136. To Rig the Flying Jib-Boom 137. Spritsail Lifts 138. Spritsail Braces 139. Strapping Thimbles for Guys on Spritsail yard 140. Crossing a Spritsail Yard 141. Two Half-spritsail Yards 142. Whiskers 143. To get onboard and rig Lower Yards 144. Truss Straps 145. Truss Pendants 146. Quarter Blocks Lower Yards 147. Clew Garnet Blocks 148. Lift Blocks Lower Yards 149. Foot Ropes and Stirrups 150. Jack Stays Bending and Reefing 266. Weighing an Anchor with the Launch 267. Weighing an Anchor with a Buoy Rope 268. Boating an Anchor 269. Taking in a Launch 270. Taking in Boats both sides at once PART IV. 271. Getting under-weigh 272. When the Messenger Strands, or is likely to part 273. To get under-weigh, and stand before the Wind 274. To get under-weigh and back a-stern to avoid danger 275. Getting under-weigh a Shoal on each Beam 276. Getting under- weigh in a Narrow Channel 277. Head to Wind cast on Larboard Tack 278. Windward Tide get under-weigh and stand before the wind 279. To get under-weigh, and stand out on a wind 280. Riding head to Tide wind on the Starboard Quarter, get under-weigh on the Starboard Tack 281. Getting under-weigh wind across the Tide 282. To back and fill in a Tideway 283. Driving before the Wind 284. Driving broadside-to 285. Securing the Ship for Sea 286. Stowing the Anchors for Sea 287. Setting Topgallant sails blowing fresh 288. Setting Courses 289. Setting the Spanker 290. Setting the Jib 291. Setting Lower Studding-sails 292. Shifting a Course at Sea 293. Taking in a Course in a Gale of Wind 294. Taking in a Topsail in a Gale of Wind 295. Taking in a Topgallant Sail 296. Taking in a Spanker 297. Setting a Close-reefed Topsail 298. A Close-reefed Topsail Splits 290. A Jib Splits 291. Wearing a Ship under a Close-reefed Main- Topsail, and Storm-staysail 301. Wearing under a Main-sail 302. Wearing under Bare Poles 303. Cutting away the Masts 304. Laying-to under Lower Stay-sails Wear Ship PART V. 305. Precautions for Scudding 305. Scudding a Ship Broaches-to 307. Scudding brought by the Lee 308. Heaving-to 309. Taking in a Lower Studding-sail blowing fresh 310. To unbend a Topsail in a gale of wind 311. Securing in a Gale 312. Preparations for a Hurricane at Sea. 313. Preparations for a Hurricane, at Anchor, and Notes on Barometer 314. The Foremast is carried away 315. To Rig a Jury Mast 316. Accidents to Tiller in the event of losing a Mast 317. The Mainmast is carried away 318. The Bowsprit is carried away 319. A Topmast is carried away 320. The Jib-Boom is carried away 321. The Foremast is sprung near the Hounds, or Bibbs 322. The Foremast and Bowsprit are carried away 323. The Bowsprit is Sprung 324. A Topmast is Sprung near the Lower Cap 325. To send aloft a Topmast, and a heavy Sea on 326. The Gammoning carried away 327. A Lower Cap splits 328. The Trestle-trees are Sprung 329. A Lower Yard is carried away in the Slings 330. A Topsail Yard is carried away 331. The Ship leaks faster than the Pumps can free her 332. The Pumps are choked 333. A Shot gets loose in a Gun secured for a Gale 334. To throw a Lower-deck Gun overboard PART VI. 335. To turn Reefs out of the Topsails and Courses 336. The Rudder is carried away to fit another 337. A Ship on fire at Sea 338. A Ship on her beam ends 339. Wind free, all sail set, struck by a Squall 340. Struck by a Squall on a Lee Shore 341. Struck by a Squall under whole Topsails and Courses 342. On a wind under whole Topsails part the weather Main Topsail brace 343. The Jib Downhaul parts 344. To Chase 315. To Chase to Windward 346. Observations for a Ship to Windward that is chased 347. To Chase to Leeward 348. To Windward of an enemy within pistol-shot the weather main rigging is shot away, both ships with main Topsails to the mast 349. Wind on the Quarter, all sail set bring by under 350. Wind on the Quarter, all sail set bring to on the double-reefed Topsails other Task, under double-reefed Topsails 351. How to get the Anchor off the Bows 352. Anchor head to wind, wind free 353. To Anchor on a Lee Shore 354. Scudding under a Foresail to come to an Anchor 355. To make a Flying moor 356. To Moor with a long scope of chain 357. Blowing Fresh in Port 358. Send down Lower Yards 359. To House Topmasts 360. To back a Bower by a Stream 361. To Sweep for an Anchor 362. Preparations for leaving Harbor 363. Weighing Anchor in a head Sea 364. Casting or Cutting the Cable 3S5. Clinching Cables 366. Fitting Buoy-Ropes 367. Jib-Halliards, with a Whip 368. Jib-Sheets, double 369. Wrecked in a Gale 370. Setting up Rigging at Sea 371. Slacking the Jib-stay in bad weather 372. Stopping out Top-Gallant Yard Ropes 373. Preventer Braces 374. Keeping a Clear Anchor 375. Anchor turning in the ground 376. To tend to a weather Tide 377. A Man overboard (at sea) 378. Jib and Staysail Halliard Blocks at Mast-head 379. To keep the Hawse clear when Moored 980. To tend to Windward single Anchor 381. To tend to Leeward 382. To Back Ship at Anchor 383. To break the Shear 384. On Getting to Sea 385. On Fire Regulations in the Merchant Service 386. Station Bill for fire in the Merchant Service 387. Taking to the Boats 388. Losing a Rudder at a Critical Moment 389. Steamers getting aground 390. The duty of remaining by a damaged Vessel PART VII. 391. On Squaring Yards 392. Up Topgallant Masts and Yards the Mast being on deck 393. Down Topgallant Masts and Yards 394. Crossing Topgallant and Royal Yards, and loosing Sails 395. Top-Mast carried away 396. Clearing the Wreck of a Topmast 397. Carrying away a Jib-Boom 398. To fish a Lower Yard in the Shortest Time 399. Expectation of losing a Lower Mast 400. Lying-to in a Gale, after the loss of Masts 401. Spars to convert in case of need 402. Getting aground 403. The Ballast shifting at Sea 404. Vessels Surprised on Opposite Tacks 405. Meeting at Sea 406. A Hint on Running too Long 407. A Hint on Rounding-to in a Gale 408. On Making your Port 409. Laying off and on to enter a port 410. To Anchor and Veer a long Scope of Cable 411. Preparations Going into Harbor 412. Cautions at Night, (Lookouts) 413. Two Vessels in Collision 414. Squalls, (Caution) 415. Water Spouts, (Caution) 416. Pressure of Water at different depths 417. On Stopping Leaks 418. Examination of Chain Cables 419. Minute Guns 420. Hoisting on Board Money or Plate PART VIII. 421. Stowing Hammocks 422. Cockbilling Yards 423. Dressing Ship with Flags 424. Keeping the Copper clean 425. Furling from a Bowline 426. High and Low Bunts 427. To Clear Mast-heads 428. Placing belaying-cleats in Tops 429. Making Swabs 430. Stowage of Swabs 431. Junk 432. Making Mats, and Chafing Gear 433. Gaskets 434. Scraping and Greasing Mats 435. Manning Yards 436. Man Ropes (side) 437. Spare Dead-eyes 438. Hide Rope 439. Hawse-hole Windsail 440. Fighting Ladders 441. Hawse Bucklers 442. Making-fast a Warp to a Vessel 443. Fitting Quarter Boats' Gripes 444. Fitting Gigs' Slings 445. Scrubbing a Boat's bottom on leaving Harbor 446. Carrying Light Boats on Shore 447. Miscellaneous Notes on Working Boats 448. Duties of Boats' Crews 449. Boats going on Distant Service 450. Boats under Sail 451. Giving a rope to a Boat 452. Crossing a Bar with Surf in Boats 453. Hauling up Boats 454. Lowering Boats 455. Turning up the Hands 456. Inspection of Rigging, Morning and Evening 457. Inspection of Stowed Anchors, at Sea 453. Inspection of Boats at Sea 459. Gammoning the Bowsprit 460. Precaution in Reeving Running-rigging 461. Topsail Tyes 462. Precaution in Blacking Rigging 463. Fore and Main Buntlines 464. Topgallant Mast Ropes 465. Futtock Shrouds 466. Tops and Half-Tops 467. Striking or Housing Topmasts 468. Swaying up Topmasts 469. Unmooring 470. Reef-lines to the Topsails 471. Reefing Courses 472. Topgallant-Masts struck 473. Hailing aloft 474. Proportions for Cables (Hemp) 475. for Anchors 476. What length is necessary to form a Clinch 477. References to Sketch of Temporary Rudder 478. To Splice an Old Cable to a new one 479. Strip Ship 480. Proportions of Spars of Merchant Ships, Length of Spars, etc. 481. Thickness of Spars (Masts) 482. Yards 483. Distance for Placing Lower Masts 484. Rule for Placing Masts in a Ship 485. Raising Shears on a Wharf 486. To find the Tonnage of a Vessel by U. S. Measurement 487. Stepping and Raking Lower Masts 488. Mooring PART IX. 489. Preparations for Heaving-down 490. A Derrick General Cautions PART X. 491. Explanation of Sea Terms, 273 PART XI. 492. A table showing the weight of Cables and Anchors, used in ships and vessels of war, in the U. S. Navy 493. A table showing the weight of Guns and Carriages 494. A table showing the weight of Chain Cables 495. A table showing how many fathoms make 112 pounds of four-strand shroud-laid rope 496. Weight of one foot of Bar Iron 497. A Table showing the weight of one hundred fathoms cable laid rope, from two to twenty-six inches 198. A Table showing the strength of hemp-cables, their weight, size, and number of yarns in each 499. A Table showing the strength of plain-laid rope, three strand 500. A Table showing the strength of chain cable, as tested in fifteen fathom lengths, 501. A Table showing the strength of short round-linked Bobstay, Bowsprit shroud, or crane-chain without studs, such as is used for rigging. etc. 502. Weight of Timber in a green and seasoned state 503. A Table of measures and weights of different substances 504. A Table of weight of tarred Cordage 505. A Table showing the comparative strength between Iron Chains and Hemp Cables, and the size required agreeably to the Tonnage 506. A Table showing the test required of flax and cotton Canvass, as to quality and strength, before being received for use, in the U. S. Naval service 507. Cordage Table, showing the weight of one fathom of rope, from one to twenty-four inches, plain-laid three strands, etc. 508. A Table showing the length of 1st warp of Standing Rigging 509. A Table of Foreign Ordnance 510. A Table showing the quantity of provisions, slop-clothing, and small stores, for two hundred men for four months, U. S. Navy 511. A Table showing the component parts of the Navy ration 512. A Table for finding the distance of an object by two bearings, and the distance between them 513. Dimensions of masts and spars, of the U. S. ship Princeton 514. A Table of the size of short-linked chain, when used as rigging 515. A Table showing the dimensions of the masts and yards, of American, English, and French ships 516. A Table showing the compliment of Officers and Crew, allowed to each class vessel in U. S. Navy 517. A Table of spars, etc., for all classes of vessels 518. A Table showing the dimensions and quality of materials, used in constructing tops, trestle-trees, cross-trees, and caps, in U. S. Navy 519. A Table showing the complement and quality of Boats to each class vessel in U. S. Navy 520. A Table showing the weight, size, length and quality, of anchors, cables, etc., allowed to the different class vessels in U. S. Navy 521. A Table showing the size, quantity, quality, and number of sails, allowed to each class vessel U. S. Navy 522. A Table showing the quantity of canvass, rope, etc. allowed for one suit of sails, for each class of vessel U. S. Navy 523. A Table showing the length and size of standing and running rigging, for all classes of vessels in U. S. Navy, with miscellaneous articles 524. A Table showing the size, and description, of the different named Blocks, for all classes of vessels in U. S. Navy 525. A Table showing the projective distances from the spar-deck of U. S. Ship North Carolina 526. A Table showing the weight of armament, stores, outfits and provisions, of U. S. sloop of war Albany 527. Recipe for blacking Ships' standing-rigging 528. do for blacking guns 529. do for blacking hammock-cloths, yards, and bends 530. Recipe for making Liquid Blacking 531. Recipe for blacking guns, 2nd. 532. Recipe Composition for blacking guns 533. Recipe for making Black Varnish, No. 1 534. Recipe for making Composition for blacking hammock cloths No. 1 535. Recipe for making Composition for blacking hammock cloths No. 2 536. Recipe for making Composition for blacking hammock cloths No. 3 537. Recipe for making Composition for blacking hammock cloths No. 4 538. Recipe for making Black Varnish, No. 2 539. Recipe for making Solder for Copper 540. Recipe for making Solder for Lead 541. Recipe To make the best drying Oil 542. Recipe for Black Stain 543. Recipe for blacking Guns and Shot 544. French Recipe for blacking Guns End of Preview.
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