Yachting, Vol. 1
by Sir Edward Sullivan
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About this eBook
- Author
- Watson. G. L. (George Lennox), 1851-1904
- Credits
- Produced by StevenGibbs, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure
- Subject
- Yacht racing
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 41971
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41971
- Release Date
- February 2, 2013
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.YACHTING
- 2.DEDICATION TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
- 5.ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE FIRST VOLUME
- 6.CHAPTER I
- 7.INTRODUCTION By Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart.
- 8.CHAPTER II — OCEAN CRUISING By Lord Brassey, K.C.B. — VOYAGES
- 9.CHAPTER III — CORINTHIAN DEEP-SEA CRUISING By C. E. Seth-Smith, C.B. [1] (Late commanding London Brigade Royal Naval Volunteers)
- 10.CHAPTER IV — THE EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN RACING YACHT By G. L. Watson
- 11.CHAPTER V — SLIDING KEELS AND CENTREBOARDS By R. T. Pritchett [5]
- 12.CHAPTER VI — RECOLLECTIONS OF SCHOONER RACING By Lt.-Col. Sir George Leach, K.C.B., Vice-President Y.R.A.
- 13.CHAPTER VII — THE RACING RULES AND THE RULES OF RATING By ' Thalassa ' PART I. THE RACING RULES — The Rules for the Guidance of the Council — The Racing Rules — Duties of a Designer — Private Match — Club and Open Matches — Duties of a Yacht Club — Duties of a Sailing Committee — Duties of the Secretary — The Duties of Race Officers — Duties of Owners — Duties of a Sailing Master — Duties of the Official Measurer — PART II. THE RATING RULES — The Time Allowance — The Turning-point of Maximum Efficiency, or best Length — The New French Rule
- 14.CHAPTER VIII — YACHT'S SAILING BOATS By The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
- 15.CHAPTER IX — SMALL YACHT RACING ON THE SOLENT By ' Thalassa ' — SPECIAL RACING, 1887 — CLASS RACING, 1888. — CLASS RACING, 1889 — SOLENT SAILORESSES. — CLASS RACING, 1890 — CLASS RACING, 1891 — CLASS RACING, 1892 — CLASS RACING, 1893
- 16.CHAPTER X — FITTING OUT A FIFTY-TONNER TO GO FOREIGN By E. F. Knight
- 17.CHAPTER XI — BALTIC CRUISING By E. F. Knight
- 18.CHAPTER XII — FIVE-TONNERS AND FIVE-RATERS IN THE NORTH By G. L. Blake — THE Y.R.A. RULE AND ITS 5-RATERS — PRACTICAL HINTS Buying — Fitting out. — OUTFIT — Racing. — Cruising.
- 19.CHAPTER XIII — YACHT INSURANCE BY G. L. Blake
- 20.INDEX TO THE FIRST VOLUME
- 21.Footnotes
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