SailingWorkman Publishing, 1 ian. 2001 - 295 pagini With text by Henry Beard, founder of the National Lampoon and illustrations by Roy McKie, here is the New York Times bestselling lexicon of sailing--or, the art of getting wet and becoming ill while slowly going nowhere at great expense. Sailing embarks upon uncharted waters, diving authoritatively into terms like adrift (a boat that is drifting), aglub (a boat that is sinking), and flotsam (anything floating in the water from which there is no response when the offer of a cocktail is made). Full-sail ahead, flying the flag of obsession, the book lists close to 200 definitions and presents more than 50 full-page cartoons--to bring new meaning not just to the anchor and Aneroid Barometer, but to the boom, buoy, brightwork, and Beaufort Scale, too. The book plumbs the depths of the sea's rich traditions, providing a fix on the catamaran and dinghy, the gunwale and jib-boom, the mizzen, porthole, and ketch (a disagreeable clause in many boat-purchase contracts). 710,000 copies in print. |
Cuprins
bail out | 14 |
I | 44 |
II | 77 |
IV | 90 |
V | 96 |
VI | 113 |
VII | 122 |
XIV | 183 |
XV | 188 |
XVI | 202 |
XVII | 205 |
XVIII | 224 |
XIX | 258 |
XX | 266 |
XXI | 271 |
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1.Two-masted sailboat admiralty law aft mast located aglub ahoy anchor areas ashore board ship boat owners BOAT WATER FISH boom bosun's chair bottom buoy cabin caused Celestial Navigation chart clogged Coast Guard coastal cockpit colors compass condition craft crew members cruise day beacon deck device display dry rot engine feet FISH PARKING HOOK fuzzy black spot GREEN SLIMEY STUFF HALYARD HANDLE STEERER Harbor landing-place hazard HENRY BEARD horizontal hull jammed jury rig keel knot landing-place that goes Liberian lifeboat LITTLE SAIL Mainsail maritime mooring motion movable nautical nautical chart nautical mile noise overboard piece pole port porthole privileged vessel radio rhumb line right-of-way rodents ROY MCKIE SAIL X CLOUD sailing vessel sailors SEA LAWYER sea waves striking seabird seawater shipboard shipshape side sinking skipper SKY FRONT END small square-nosed dinghy smaller aft mast sound spar spinnaker stern term tide tiller or wheel usually vertical yacht yawl