The ship – definitions --The compass – the lead – the log -- Rope -- Knotting, splicing, etc. -- Blocks -- Tackles -- Masts and yards – rudders – masting -- Standing rigging -- Sails -- Purchasing weights -- Stowage and sources of supply -- Boats -- Ground tackle -- Capstan – steam windlass – steering gear -- Mooring – clearing hawse -- Carrying out anchors by boats -- Port drills with sails and spars, and miscellaneous port evolutions -- International regulations for preventions for preventing collisions at sea -- Getting under way and anchoring under sail -- Working to windward -- Wind baffling -- Two or more vessels communicating at sea – heaving to – filling away – squalls – man overboard – sounding -- Reefing – turning out reefs -- The weather – law of storms -- In a gale – scudding – living-to – rudder gone – cutting away masts – use of oil -- Parting rigging – shifting spars, etc. -- Handling for-and-afters -- Handling vessels under steam -- Getting on shore – leaking – heaving down -- United States Life-Saving Service.