. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. ^ a coat of wood-filler, then a coat ofspar composition. When hard, give asecond coat. Never apply varnish whenthere is much moisture in the atmos-phere. In the vicinity of New York,wait till the wind is northwest if youwish to secure the best and most bril-liant results. If your boat is white, when repaint-ing dont forget to mix a little bluewith your white lead, raw linseed oiland dryers. This cerulean dash im-proves the look of the paint, and is farbetter than black, which produces aghastly SCOWING AN ANCHOR. When for any purpose it becomesnec
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. ^ a coat of wood-filler, then a coat ofspar composition. When hard, give asecond coat. Never apply varnish whenthere is much moisture in the atmos-phere. In the vicinity of New York,wait till the wind is northwest if youwish to secure the best and most bril-liant results. If your boat is white, when repaint-ing dont forget to mix a little bluewith your white lead, raw linseed oiland dryers. This cerulean dash im-proves the look of the paint, and is farbetter than black, which produces aghastly SCOWING AN ANCHOR. When for any purpose it becomesnecessary or desirable to anchor a smallboat on ground known, or suspected, tobe foul, it is advisable to scow the an-chor. Unbend the cable from the ring ;make the end fast round the crownshank and flukes with a clove hitch, andbring the end a back to ^, and stop itround the cable with a piece of spun-yarn ; take the cable back to the shackleand stop it as at b. When the cable is USEFUL HINTS AND RECIPES. 181 hauled upon by the part o, the stop atb will part and the fluke of the anchorcan be easily broken out and lifted. Forlarger vessels a trip-line is sometimesbent to the crown and buoyed insteadof scowing the anchor. A capital composition for painting thebottoms of boats up to the water-line ismade as follows: Take one pound ofred lead, four ounces of copper bronzepowder, the same weights of arsenic,chrome yellow and paris blue, one pintof dryers, one pint of boiled oil and onepint of copal varnish. Mix thoroughly,strain and apply.
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