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How to Row, Sail, and Build a Boat, Handsomely Illustrated, Giving Full Instruction in Rowing, Sailing, and Building A Boat. Also Advice in Swimming and Riding. The Most Complete and Cheapest Book Published.
Author
Tousey, Frank.
Date Added
9 January 2014
Format
Journal
Language
English
Publish Date
1900
Publisher
New York : Frank Tousey
Series
Ten cent handbooks > no. 26
Source
Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
Ten cent handbooks -- no. 26
Topic
Popular literature > Specimens. Boats and boating > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Sailing > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Riding > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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HOW TO ROW, SAIL AND BUILD A BOAT. 9
THE ESSENTIAL POINTS IN ROWING.
1st. To Sl'I‘tLl,‘.,’l1L()1l the ziriiis before beiiding the body forward ;
2d, to drop the our eleziiily into the waiter; 3d, to driiw it straiiglit
tlirough at the Stllllc depth; 4th, to lentlier neatly, and ‘without
bringiiig the our out; before doing so; 5th, to use the buck and
shoulders freely, keeping the zirnis as strziiglit ll.S possible; and
6th, to keeptlie eyes tixed upon the rower before them, avoid-
ing looking out of the boat, by which means the body is almost
sure to swing b:it:kw2u'ds and f01‘Wi.L1‘LlS in 3. straiglit line.
MANAGEMENT OF THE BOAT.
Every boat: without 3. rudder is ninnmivered in the water,
either by pulling both sides alike, in which case it progresses
in :i stmiglit line, or by rvversiiig the :l('ll0I1 of the 02118, equally
on both sides, pusliing tlioni througli the water instead ot pull-
ing them, zind culled bnckiiig water, when the boat recedes; or
by pulling one side only, on which the boat describes it seginent
of a circle, which is niznle siimllei‘ by pulling one oar, and buck-
ing the other. By niemis ol ii. rud<.ler the bout isiiiude to take a
flertziijn icoiigrse, lllt-lLiDQll<,lL‘.lll3 of the r-owe1;sl', callgg “ St(‘L':‘lll:g,”
lie 0 ie an lllW1lt31CUl1h‘l>'-LS in cc-epiiig ie ru or as S1 as
possible, by h‘)ltlll1;; the lines “ t:1iit,”:ii‘i<l uvoidiiig pulling them
from s'd>t l, 1:‘ ‘; I‘ ;‘ 2 us".
Some Ocitfjae ils hie: 1) li()tll'.“l1lt‘C]<1‘?-%(‘:1‘l‘l'y1 tlt(iu:ii%iii(;1;bl‘;'(ih1l1
3 J A ,, , i,-,L,l I I X (.i 1 '
Wtll’<lS with :i great effort, but this is q1iiteiiseless,:1iid the more
still they keep the better. 1‘Jwi'y mzxswuiii should know the
course ofthe streziiii or lltlftl and wlwii rmretiiiq 0tl1(‘1‘b0n'[s he
sliouhl, if he is f..I‘Illlf.f dnwii the h'll‘t,‘:Ll'll, give the,-in tl1esi:,le1ieui'-
est the sliore, so as to allow “Will the tlLlY2llllil;.:(5 of the slack
water, which is quite 1>I‘t‘j1l4ll1’ltLl to him. When 11. crew are
stt(-en.-d by tl. (‘t)m]M.‘lL‘llt coxswziiii, they ought to be perfectly
OlJ(‘(ll('l1t to liiseoii1iii:iii<ls, I'O“'ll1j..: i‘X.‘lt'llV us he tells tlieni. I-lis
onleis are coiiiiiiiiiiicutwl by the followiin; wonls, viz.: “ lien de-
Sll‘lll;.‘,‘ liiscrew to row he ys, “ l’ull zill ;" or it" wisliiiig uiiy mm
mirto be pulled, lie says “ l’ull bow," or “1’ull, No. 3,” or 4, &(’.,
us] the wise may be. If t‘lli“‘V iiiwli to sttiii l‘:x>)l'lll);;‘, l'lJI“,] :-mys, “1l“.t‘l.<)E
in ‘ or or any one our, unsy )U“', or i o. 1.. ie sziiiiv mi:
of ‘order is coiiveyetl who-ii " b:u-l;in;; ” or " l1t')l1.lll1;;‘ water " is
<l<‘Hll‘f‘6l; the only vzirizition, us Lwl‘oi‘-i, being l,wt,wevii ooiil'1iiin;.:
his order to any one or llltlft‘ ours, or (?Xlt‘,l‘itllll;.f it. to ull. In this
wnv :ill the ovolutiniis ‘:i‘:uetit-:il>ln on the “':Ll4‘I' are l]ltlll:L"H(l
.4 . I . P‘ 1
lllltl the COXSW:l1ll has complete control over the bout-. l,h!lll;,.;tLlIl(5
tbo (iziiiise liefr to 11:1), 1‘()tlVL‘,tl slowly or quickly, or to be stopped,
ac i0 , or urne on ier own coil or.
ROWING TOGETIIER
Is of the utmost iinpm-t:iiim- to the siit-wuss of fl. bout when slie is
in:iiiiir-<l by :1. ('l‘t'lVZ .-iiul th:-v hlltbllltl .-ill 0‘ll(l!‘.‘lV(H' to at;t.'iiii the
.>%.'ll1iolSl‘V‘lt.‘1Lh'lllH“Hll‘4>l(4‘-H1ll‘,” who >xllHl,lld be the lwst in the
bout, (incl us free from fmilts us p I>'Hllhlt‘. In zi four or vi;.;lit.-
o:ii‘wl limit, ever)’ mm of the wruxv wnul-l do “'l‘ll to iinitate-, his,
stroke by rowing with him om-:x.<it>ii;illy in ii pull‘-<)&l.f()tl boat, or