CHAPTER IV.

Tacking.--Beating to Windward.--A Long and a Short Leg.--How to put a Yacht about.--How to distinguish the Starboard Tack from the Port Tack.--Jibing, or Wearing.--Dropping the Peak.--To beat to Windward in a Tide-Way.--To take in a Jib, and furl it.--To take in a Mainsail, and furl it.--To reef a Jib, or take off a Bonnet.--To clap one Reef in a Mainsail.--To cast out a Reef 50