02588cam a22003613u 4500 77729 UtSlPG 20260610134812.0 m cr n 260607r20261847utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 13010798 UtSlPG en iso639-1 VK Brady, William N., -1887 The kedge-anchor Sixth edition. Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2026 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2026-01-18 Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The kedge-anchor" by William N. Brady is a nautical manual written in the mid-19th century. Aimed at young sailors and junior officers, it teaches practical seamanship for naval and merchant service, covering ropework, rigging, sails, anchors, ship-handling, emergencies, and onboard routines. Illustrated plates and extensive tables support its step-by-step, hands-on instruction. The opening of this manual sets its purpose and audience with a concise preface, a dedication to the U.S. Navy and Merchant Service, and pages of endorsements from naval officers, followed by an exhaustive table of contents. It then launches Part I with tightly sequenced, illustrated directions for fundamental ropework: knots (overhand, figure-eight, bowline, bends), hitches, splices (short, long, eye, cut), seizings, worming and serving, mats, gaskets, and specialty eyes, plus identification and use of blocks, deadeyes, hearts, straps, purchases, and buoy gear. Part II begins with procedures for launching a ship and immediate post-launch control (hawsers, anchors, veering), then moves into measuring, serving, and cutting standing rigging and shrouds in the loft, and proceeds to topmast and topgallant rigging—always in numbered, practical steps with notes on best practice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: William Brady (Author), 1847 Navigation United States. Navy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Seamanship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. https://archive.org/details/kedgeanchor00brad/page/n5/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77729 118449 118449