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I. How To Sail
1. All About2. Boating Terms
3. Boating Terms #2
4. Illustrated
5. Illustrated #2
6. Hulls
7. Hulls #2
8. Rig-and Why?
9. Rig-and Why? #2
10. Makes Her Go?
11. We Go Aboard
12. Setting Sail
13. We're Off!
14. We're Off! #2
15. We Graduate
16. We Graduate #2
17. Racing Tactics
18. Boat Caring
II. Miscellaneous Information
19. Trailer20. Reefing
III. One-Design And Development-Class Sailboats
21. Rebels22. Nippers
23. Weasels
24. Stars
25. Wood-Pussy
26. One-Designs
27. L-16 Class
28. L-18 Class
29. L-24 Class
30. Penguins
31. Oslo Class
32. Dinghy
33. Comets
34. Snipes
35. Beetle Cats
36. Beetle Cats #2
37. Dyer Dinks
38. Rhodes Bantams
39. Lightings
40. 210 Class
41. The "S" Class
42. Atlantics
43. Optimists
44. Ravens
45. Hamptons
46. Thistles
47. 14-Foot Dinghies
48. 14-Foot Dinghies #2
49. 110 Class
50. Stropped Blocks
51. Maintenance
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