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SINGLE-HANDED CRUISING. 



By FRANCIS B. COOKE, 



AUTHOR OF " THE CORINTHIAN YACHTSMAN'S HANDBOOK," " CRUISING HINTS," ETC. 



Illustrated. IDS. 6d. net. 



The contents of this volume being based upon the author's 

 many years' practical experience of single-handed sailing, are 

 sure to be acceptable to those who, either from choice or 

 necessity, make a practice of cruising alone. Of the four 

 thousand or more yachts whose names appear in Lloyd's 

 Register, quite a considerable proportion are small craft used for the 

 most part for week-end cruising, and single-handed 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 single-handed at a pinch. In this book 

 Mr. Cooke gives some valuable hints on the equipment and handling 

 of such a craft, which, it may be remarked, can, in the absence of 

 paid hands, be maintained at comparatively small cost. 



MODERN ROADS. 



By H. PERCY BOULNOIS, M.Inst.C.E., F.R.San.Inst., etc. 

 Demy 8vo. i6s. net. 



The author is well known as one of the leading authorities on 

 road-making, and he deals at length with Traffic, Water-bound 

 Macadam Roads, Surface Tarring, Bituminous Roads, Waves 

 and Corrugations, Slippery Roads, Paved Streets (Stone and 

 Wood, etc.), Concrete Road Construction, etc. 



