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This little work is written for the purpose of enabling any person, after a perusal of its pages, to feel con dent of handling a boat so as to be perfectly safe, and to have son e knowledge of the rules which should govern its movements under all conditions that might naturally arise. This sport is far less dangerous than is supposed; and it may even be asserted that no kind of amusement is safer during the summer months in these latitudes.
lt is simply wonderful what stress of wind and sea a small boat will sustain ´with pe fect safety when properly managed.

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