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Ready About; or, Sailing the Boat

Oliver Optic

This book is part of "The Boat-Builder Series" and focuses on themes of adventure and personal growth among young men.

"Ready About; or, Sailing the Boat" by Oliver Optic is a novel. This book is part of "The Boat-Builder Series" and focuses on themes of adventure and personal growth among young men.

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"I can't go on board now, Spickles," said Matt Randolph, in a very decided tone, and with an expression on his manly face which indicated that he did not wish to go, even if he could.

"What's the reason you can't?" demanded Spickles, evidently very much dissatisfied with the decision of the other.

"Because I have something else to do," added Matt. "I have to attend to my duties as closely here as though I were an officer in the navy, on sea-duty."

14"What's the use of being tied up as though you were a prisoner at Sing Sing?" asked Spickles, his disgust apparent on his rather brutal face. "Your father is as rich as mud, and there is no need of your being kept in a strait-jacket."

"I am not kept in a strait-jacket," protested Matt, very warmly.

"I think you are," returned Spickles, with a curling sneer on his thick lips. "When I saw you in New York a year ago, you told me what a big thing Lake Champlain was."

"I still think it is the finest sheet of water in the world, and the region around it is a perfect paradise."

"Paradise!" exclaimed the visitor from the metropolis. "You said there was lots of fun to be had here."

"I find plenty of amusement for all the spare hours I have."

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I. Mr. Spickles from the Metropolis.
  2. 02Chapter II. The Nautifelers Club on the Lake.
  3. 03Chapter III. A Terrific Explosion in the Night.
  4. 04Chapter IV. The Scene of Operations.
  5. 05Chapter V. On the Track of the Burglars.
  6. 06Chapter VI. A Victim of Strategy.
  7. 07Chapter VII. The Effects of the Explosion.
  8. 08Chapter VIII. Some Differences of Opinion.
  9. 09Chapter IX. Under the Lee of Gardiner's Island.
  10. 10Chapter X. A Battle with the Elements.
  11. 11Chapter XI. The Turning of the Tables.
  12. 12Chapter XII. Dory Dornwood Resorts to Strategy.
  13. 13Chapter XIII. The Arrival of Michael Angelo Spickles.
  14. 14Chapter XIV. The Result of Dory's Strategy.
  15. 15Chapter XV. Under Way, or Under Weigh.
  16. 16Chapter XVI. On Board of the La Motte.
  17. 17Chapter XVII. The Standing-Rigging of a Sloop.
  18. 18Chapter XVIII. The Running-Rigging of a Sloop.
  19. 19Chapter XIX. The Plan That Was Not Successful.
  20. 20Chapter XX. More Members of the Nautifelers Club.
  21. 21Chapter XXI. The Goldwing on the Starboard Tack.
  22. 22Chapter XXII. Something About Steering a Sail-Boat.
  23. 23Chapter XXIII. Operations in the Hold of the La Motte.
  24. 24Chapter XXIV. The Defenders of the Pirate-Schooner.
  25. 25Chapter XXV. A Selfish View of an Important Question.
  26. 26Chapter XXVI. "See, the Conquering Hero Comes!"
  27. 27Chapter XXVII. The Guests of the Institution.
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII. Stations for Getting Under Way.
  29. 29Chapter XXIX. All of Dory's Class Become Skippers.
  30. 30Chapter XXX. The Goldwing's Trip to Plattsburg.
  31. 31Transcriber's Note

About this edition

Author
Oliver Optic
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
150 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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