SINGLE-HANDED CRUISING by Francs B. Cooke One of our favourite cruising writers does it again for the single-hander. From the Preface. "Based upon many years’ practical experience of single-handed sailing, this boo will, I hope, be acceptable to those who, either from choice or necessity, make a practice of cruising alone. Quite a considerable proportion of small craft are used for the most part for week-end cruising, and singlehanded sailing is a proposition that the owner of a week-ender cannot afford altogether to ignore. To be dependent upon the assistance of friends, who may leave one in the lurch at the eleventh hour, is a miserable business that can only be avoided by having a yacht which one is capable of handling alone. The ideal arrangement is to have a vessel of sufficient size to accommodate one or two guests and yet not too large to be sailed singlehanded at a pinch. In this little book I have endeavoured to give a few hints on the equipment and handling of such a craft, which, it may be remarked, can be maintained at comparatively small cost. Contents include: THE QUESTION OF SIZE, THE QUESTlON OF TYPE, DESIRABLE FEATURES AND OTHERWISE, THE RIG QUESTION, AN EXAMPLE OF INGENUITY, WIRE RUNNING GEAR, GEAR AND FITMENTS, REEFING GEARS, EQUIPMENT, ANCHORS, CABIN ARRANGEMENTS, LIGHTS AND NAVIGATING INSTRUMENTS, OCEAN CRUISING, SEAMANSHIP—GETTING UNDER WAY, SEAMANSHIP—UNDER WAY, “PILED UP”, RULE OF THE ROAD, BRINGING UP, ENTERING AND LEAVING HARBOURS, MOORINGS, THE CARE OP SAILS AND GEAR HOME PAGE