The Yale expositor., 1912-07-04

can't pass on when you have done with 1t; some
thing that will be exclusively and peculiarly your
own and in the process you will learn to know
yourself. You will find that you are worth
knowing.
At this stage Of the game it will! pay you we'll
TO cultivate the society Of fshermen-not on
their smacks but ashore whe1 their work is done.
Like all men who have been picked and sailed
down by the sea, they good-natured breed,
and what many OF them know about knots and
spices and the Of the marlinspike would fill
volumes If you are intelligent you will find that
they like teaching you almost much they
like whisky and tobacco-even your whisky and
tobacco; when they find that you don't patronize
them and won't be patronized, their hearts will
go out to you-big, strong, sea-salted hearts; you
will find that they have n brand of humor
clusively their own, and an insight that you
never dreamed of. Their company is good
But beware Of their ideas seamanship
They will voice the usual belief that single.
handlers mad, and that any port in storm
Is better than no port both oflwhich beliefs are
rank heresy! But listen to them when they
talk Of using the lead for the sounding lead is to
seaman what his nose is to hound and more.
They will probably tell you that Foreground an
chor Is heavy enough for any one man to handle
in n tideway, but the size of the yacht yon
intend to handle later must depend on the size
OF the anchor you can manage without assistance
and on nothing else, you will do we'll % remem-
Der that there is veteran who has been sailing
thing like forty years, who uses anchor weigh
ing Il hundred and twenty pounds for a yacht of
some thirty tons register,
And he does not buoy his anchor and leave it
In ude-rip when the glass is falling and he is
in hurry to be off. He gets It up and inboard
and cats 1T down on deck sailor-wse before he
starts. Things like that depend on seamanship;
and seamanship can be learned only the high
seas from personal experience. Spend most of
your time, then, on the high seas in your little
cai1i n I,not
the ways of fishermen.
The basis Of your future independence will be
your sea-anchor; and you must never under any
circumstances. for any reason whatever put
to sea without one. 1t is nothing but canvas
bag. distended on an iron ring and dashed on to
the end of rope warp. Without it you are
at the mercy OF the wind and waves but with H.
X yo% use it properly, you absolutely safe
And its Is OF the simplest things con.
nectod with boat.
Most accidents at occur when running for
shelter before a storm, or from running before
the wind until it is too late to heave to without
swapping the boat. Get into your head that the
safest place In a storm is the open sea, and the
most dangerous place is the entrance 10 harbor
With your sea anchor cut in front OF you at the
end of a good stout warp to keep your boats
into the wind, you will be safe in any storm
that blows. provided that with seamanke discre-
ton you have furled your sails and made every
thing fast in time. And, provided that Your boat
is of the right sort, you will be and dry.
So get in the way of using your anchor, even
when there Is no necessity and learn TO place i'm
plicit confidence In 1t.
The next most important thing to your sea
Choir is the lead; you absolutely must learn to
take soundings. You will discover that there
easier things to do than TO handle small boat
and take soundngs at the same time. even in
shallow water but If you try hard enough and
often enough you will find out how to do 1t; and
gradually you will realize how It is that captains