This is the fourth edition of the Longship Company Ship’s Manual. It is based mainly on previous verisons. Particular thanks go to Bruce Blackistone for the majority of the procedural material, however it includes contribiutions from:

• Ceecy Nucker for the section on ratings — § 2.4
• Curt Harpold — Knots — § 1.4
• Nikki Privé — Info on NWS warnings — § 6.3.

Chaper 6 includes Material from the Coast Guard Auxiliary publication: Sailing and Seamanship (third edition) which has been used by permission, and material from the publication: Family Guide Emergency Health Care (1970 printing), of the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

Thanks to www.howtoons.com for granting us permission to include their Beaufort Scale chart.