CHAPTER III.

The Helm and Rudder.--Sheets.--The Topping-Lift.--Springing a Leak and the Use of the Pump.--Sailing "close-hauled," "by the wind," or "full and by."--To know when a Yacht is as near the Wind as she will lie.--Running free.--Before the Wind, or Scudding.--To execute a Pilot's Luff 35