THIRD LIST: YACHT NECESSARIES
Marlinespike
Pricker
Mop and twiddlers
Hatchet
Heavy hammer
Small hammer
Screw-driver
Gimlet
Bradawl
Pincers
Brass screws
Copper nails
Brass hooks
1 tin of black paint
1 tin of Harvey's Anti-fouling Paint
1 tin of Copal varnish
Spare shackles, clip hooks, hooks and thimbles
1 4-lb. lead and line
1 can of methylated spirits
1 can of mineral oil
1 can of colza oil
_Lamp_ showing red, white, or green, as required
Riding light
Binnacle and light
1 small-sized patent log
20 fathoms of Kaia grass warp
1 tail 4-in. block
2 spare blocks with hooks or thimbles
1 canvas bucket, medium size
1 iron bucket
2 brass holders for oil glass lamp, and to hold tumbler if required for flowers
4 thick common cups and saucers
1/2 doz. tumblers
1/2 doz. wineglasses
3 sodawater tumblers
1/2 doz. enamel plates
1/2 doz. enamel soup plates
2 enamel slop basins
2 enamel flat dishes
1 enamel double vegetable dish
1 deep dish for stews, &c.
3 tablespoons
3 table forks
3 table knives
1/2 doz. small forks
1/2 doz. dessert spoons
1/2 doz. teaspoons
1/2 doz. small knives
Fish knife and fork
2 kitchen knives and forks
2 kitchen table- and 2 teaspoons
Binocular glasses
Parallel rulers
Compasses
Isle of Man almanac
Charts: Irish Sea, West Scotland, English Channel, &c.
Books of sailing directions
Channel pilot
Flags: Club Burgee, Pilot Jack,
and Ensign. The Pilot Jack
is useful in case a pilot be
required, and the Ensign to
hoist upside down in case of
distress, or in the rigging as a
protest when racing
Fishing tackle
Medicine:--
Brandy
Friar's balsam
Lint
Bottle of Condy's fluid
Carlsbad salts
[Illustration: COMMERCIAL CODE OF SIGNALS.
_Code Signal._
_When used as the Code Signal this Pennant is to be hoisted under the
Ensign._]
Such lists as are given above should be kept in a small book labelled
'Fitting-out Necessaries,' because they save much time at that season,
and all alterations in them that experience dictates should be noted
before or at the period of laying the yacht up.
_Racing._
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