A Yachtsman's Guide to Etiquette - A Collection of Historical Boating Articles on Flags and Nautical Etiquette

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Description

This volume contains a collection of classic articles on sailing yachts, with information on subjects including flags, nautical etiquette, maintaining yachts, equipment, and many other related aspects. Carefully selected for a modern readership, these timeless articles will be of considerable utility to anyone with a practical interest in yacht sailing. The articles include: “Motor Boating for All”, “Sailing – A Piratical Handbook on the Equipment, Handling and Up-keep of Open, Half-Decked and Small-Decked Boats”, “Modern Boat Building”, “Practical Conversions and Yacht Repairs”, “Elements of Yacht Sailing and Cruising”, “Yachting – How to Sail and Manage a Small Modern Yacht”, and more. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on boating.

Informations

• Publié par: Read Books Ltd.
• Date de parution: 17 septembre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781528764124
• Langue: English

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A Yachtsman s Guide to Etiquette
A Collection of Historical Boating Articles on Flags and Nautical Etiquette
By
Various Authors
Copyright 2011 Read Books Ltd.
This book is copyright and may not be reproduced or copied in any way without the express permission of the publisher in writing
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
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Boating
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A Very Short History of Boats.
Boating is the leisurely activity of travelling by boat or the recreational use of a boat, whether powerboats, sailboats or man-powered vessels (such as rowing and paddle boats), focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, such as fishing or waterskiing. It is a popular activity, and there are millions of boaters worldwide. A boat itself, is a watercraft of any size designed to float or plane, to work or travel on water - used by humans even before recorded history. Boats come in an enormous variety of shapes, sizes and construction, due to intended purpose, available materials and local traditions. For example, canoes have an incredibly long history with various versions used throughout the world for transportation, fishing or sport. Fishing boats in turn, vary widely in style mostly to match local conditions. Pleasure boats represent a less practical approach and can include anything from ski boats, pontoon boats to sailboats... the list goes on! Most small boats are designed for inland lakes or protected coastal areas, whereas others, such as the whaleboat are operated from another ship, in an offshore environment.
In naval terms, a boat is a vessel small enough to be carried aboard another vessel (a ship). Yet for reasons of naval tradition, submarines are also usually referred to as boats rather than ships , regardless of their size. Dugouts are the oldest boats archaeologists have found, dating back about eight thousand years. It is known however that boats served as transport since early times; circumstantial evidence, such as the early settlement of Australia over 40,000 years ago, findings in Crete dated 130,000 years ago, and findings in Flores dated to 900,000 years ago, suggest that boats have been used since prehistoric times. The earliest boats are thought to have been logboats (a boat made from a hollowed tree trunk), and the oldest recovered boat in the world is the Pesse canoe, (a logboat) from a Pinus sylvestris, constructed somewhere between 8200 and 7600 BC. This canoe is exhibited in the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands. Other very old dugout boats, as well as other types have also been recovered, for instance a 7,000 year-old seagoing reed boat, found in Kuwait.
Boats played an incredibly important part in the commerce between the Indus Valley Civilisation and Mesopotamia, and much evidence of boat modelling has been discovered at various Indus Valley sides. The Uru wooden big boat was made in Beypore, a village in South Calicut, Kerala, in south-western India - but was also used by the Arabs and Greeks since ancient times as trading vessels. This mammoth wooden ship was constructed using teak, without any iron or blueprints and which has a transportation capacity of 400 tonnes. A boats construction is usually its defining feature; and the measure of its success or failure at sea. There are several key components which make up the main structure of most boats though. These are, the hull ; the main component that provides buoyancy. The gunnel ; the sides of the boat, offering protection from the water and making it harder to sink. The deck ; the roughly horizontal, but chambered structures spanning the hull of the boat (more commonly found in ships), and above the deck are the superstructures. Underneath is the cabin , which similarly to the superstructure will have many constituent parts.
Until the mid-nineteenth century most boats were constructed using natural materials, primarily wood although reed, bark and animal skins were also used. However, this changed with the industrial revolution, when many boats were made with iron or steel frames (now readily available and reasonably inexpensive to construct) - but still planked in wood. In 1855 ferrocement boat construction was patented by the French as Ferciment. This is a system by which a steel or iron wire framework is built in the shape of a boat s hull and covered (trowelled) over with cement. Reinforced with bulkheads and other internal structure, it is strong but heavy, easily repaired, and, if sealed properly, will not leak or corrode. These materials and methods were copied all over the world, and have faded in and out of popularity to the present.
As the forests of Britain and Europe continued to be over-harvested to supply the keels of larger wooden boats, and the Bessemer process (patented in 1855) cheapened the cost of steel, steel ships and boats began to be more common. By the 1930s boats built of all steel from frames to plating were seen replacing wooden boats in many industrial uses, even the fishing fleets. In the mid-20th century aluminium gained popularity. Though much more expensive than steel, there are now aluminium alloys available that will not corrode in salt water, and an aluminium boat built to similar load carrying standards could be built lighter than steel. Such construction methods have changed dramatically in recent years though - as around the mid-1960s, boats made of glass-reinforced plastic, more commonly known as fibreglass, became popular, especially for recreational boats. A great number of small and large scale pleasure boats are now made using this material.
Fibreglass boats are strong, and do not rust (iron oxide), corrode, or rot. They are, however susceptible to structural degradation from sunlight and extremes in temperature over their lifespan.
People have even made their own boats or watercraft out of materials such as foam or plastic, but most home-builds today are built of plywood and either painted or covered in a layer of fibreglass and resin. This type of boating for pleasure might involve a singlehanded vessel, or the boat may be crewed by families and friends - proceeding on its own, or joining a flotilla with other like-minded voyagers. They also may be operated by their owners, who often also gain pleasure from maintaining and modifying their craft to suit their needs and taste. Boating for trade, food, travel and recreation is an immensely widespread activity over the globe, and it is showing no signs of abating. We hope the reader enjoys this book.
Contents
Yachting Wrinkles - A Practical and Historical Handbook of Valuable Information for the Racing and Cruising Yachtsman. Captain A J Kenealy
Sailing - A Practical Handbook on the Equipment, Handling and Up-keep of Open, Half-Decked and Small-Decked Boats. H J K Bamfield and S E Palmer
The Boatman s Manual - A Complete Manual of Boat Handling, Operation, Maintenance and Seamanship. Carl D Lane
The Cruiser s Manual - A Complete Handbook of Yacht Cruising Under Sail and Power. Carl D Lane
THE ETIQUETTE OF YACHTING.
WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE GOOD FORM IN CRAFT, OWNER AND CREW.