CHAPTER VI.

Cross-Bearings.--Two Examples.--Table of Proportional Distances.--Table for Determining the Distance that an Object at Sea can be seen in Statute Miles.--Determining Distance by the Flash of a Gun.--To find the Difference between the True and Apparent Direction of the Wind.--To find the Distance of an Object on Shore from the Yacht, by two Bearings of the Compass.--Use of the Charts.--Soundings.--Lead-Line.--Eight Bells, and Watch and Watch.--Boxing the Compass.--Velocity of the Wind.--The Log Reel and Half-minute Glass.--Buoys--Man Overboard 76