at when you go about it in the proper
way. Run your boat alongside of the capsized one's mast and strip its
sail off, unfastening the throat and peak blocks, unreeving the
sheet-rope, and cutting the lashings of the sail to the mast-hoops. (Be
careful that the sail does not sink.) Put your boat in a position
alongside the bottom of the upturned boat, and unfasten your
throat-halyard block from the gaff, fasten this to the mast of the
capsized boat, as shown in sketch. It will then be an easy matter to
pull the boat up to an even keel, when she may be pumped out.

We will suppose the autumn to have arrived, and you are ready to put
your boat in winter quarters. After removing ballast, mast, sail, spars,
etc., construct ways as shown in the sketch of winter quarters. They
consist principally of two skids, on which the boat is run and hauled
out, but if you care for the condition of the boat's bottom, a cradle
had better be made following the idea shown in sketch. Pull the boat out
to the end of the skids, and if it is desirable to get it farther away
from the water, lay beams in front of the skids and pull the boat on
them. When free of the skids take them up and lay them in front of the
beams, repeating this operation until the boat is at the distance
desired. After removing everything, cover the deck and cockpit with
canvas. The sail should be sprinkled with salt and a little lime, not
too much or it will cause rotting, the lime being used to bleach the
sail only. This should be rolled up and packed away in a dry place, and
the mast and spars should also be under shelter, but not where there is
too great heat.

We have followed the fortunes of our boat from the beginning of the
season until the end. Unfortunately the limited space of this article
compels the mere mention of some points on which whole volumes could be
written. It is only the purpose of this paper to treat this subject in
the broadest fashion, and to give only general hints for the use of the
beginner in one of the most manly of sports.

DUDLEY D. F. PARKER.

[Illustration: THE PUDDING STICK]

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