. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. to swamp her, will becomecomparatively smooth as soon as theyapproach the limits of the film of the oilas it oozes slowly out of the bag. Whenrunning over a harbor bar where thesea is breaking badly^ a couple of thesebags suspended from either bow willprevent the waves from pooping thelittle craft and help her materially in herstruggle for existence. Mineral oil willdo if no other is available, and a gallonof it will go a long way if used in themanner mentioned above. These bagsshould be carried all ready for use whencruising, so that all you will have
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. to swamp her, will becomecomparatively smooth as soon as theyapproach the limits of the film of the oilas it oozes slowly out of the bag. Whenrunning over a harbor bar where thesea is breaking badly^ a couple of thesebags suspended from either bow willprevent the waves from pooping thelittle craft and help her materially in herstruggle for existence. Mineral oil willdo if no other is available, and a gallonof it will go a long way if used in themanner mentioned above. These bagsshould be carried all ready for use whencruising, so that all you will have to dois to pour the oil in, sew up the mouthsand hang them over the bows by thelanyards. A ships boat with a dozenmen aboard once safely weathered anAtlantic gale by riding to a couple ofbuckets and a cork fender saturatedwith kerosene. Pouring oil on troubledwaters is by no means a case of bluff orthe dream of an opium smoker, but acapital wrinkle** by means of whichmany a good man has been saved fromDavy Jones* yawning locker. I trust. 76 BOAT SAILING. that these little bags will form part ofthe outfit of all going on long may serve as pillows or may bemade in the shape of cushions, so longas the above general idea is followed. As a striking instance of the value ofoil in a heavy gale I will quote the caseof the British ship Slivemore^ whichtook fire in June, 1885, while in the In-dian Ocean about eight hundred milesnortheastward of the Seychelle ship was abandoned and the boatssteered for the islands. Capt. Conly,of the Slivemore^ gave orders that eachboat should take aboard two cans ofpaint oil for use in bad weather, and healso instructed the officer in commandof each boat in the use of the oil. Threedays after the ship was left the boatsencountered a cyclone. Drags madefrom spars, oars and sails lashed togetherwere rigged, and to these improvisedsea anchors the frail craft rode filled with oakum saturatedwith the oil were hung o
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