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A MANUAL OP YACHT Attn
boat bailing* u
Mr. Dixon Kemp, associate and m»»i
Council of the InstHuto of Naval archiw^'v o! the
supplemented his valuable standard 'ha' just
Designing and Yacht Arehite^.^« "Kg
and enlarged edition of his Manual of Y«;v.
Sailing. The work forms a handsome iSSu*"44 Boat
of 016 pages, printed in lame, clear h^T°™lttnie
tains 100 splendid plates in addition to «*
illieeleuall*...,. --J Ji. - W,VU W & DTQfllBiA- .
diagrams *=deS^t"
Bible to be of assistance in e^lainSg the S°D f**
illustrations and
Bible to be
is written
The author in his preface, dated Mav m!u,net.
the fact that five editions of the sikt®?1"
called lor in less than eight j5J?^5S"*>«
proof of the Increasing popularity Trn, Btro&«
and at no time In the hUtorfo! •*«,
has the sport been so popular as at thewramf^S
notwithstanding that from a variety o?e*2! ,yl
manner of enjoying it has undergone a coS. S°
change, pnnoipaUy asortbed to the intSSfWe,
steam as a means of propulsion, but aUhoiiUiT . #I
hM.£<ltbe °! Ie«cning the numb A ^
yachts he considers that Obrintblan and anahi^
sailing has become ranch more popular yM®'
rMr;:igs.5;'ig
an£nj^7ft-3»*jss5S
that the man who desires eventually
thorough yacht sailor should semThis apS?'
ship on a boat of 6,10,15, or 00 tons and tfh,.*"06'
to gain really useful and finable kwKbefe
not rest content with racing, but ahwiid Lti l?
cruising, "assailing in 10 or 20 nratto«dJ?
ing a summer can only give a very oircnmscriS
Idea of the sea and its charms compared with t?
experiences of pawago-maWng.- The author enS!
at length upon the different merits of the raS
dames of vessels, which, of course, alter with tk!
tastes or requirements of the owners, the lamer h»!!!
naturally the more comfortable and tofS
expensive; and at the same time he remarks it
is not likely "that onyone would 'vacht^in
a 10 tenner for the sake of the me're km!
of owning a yacht; a man to own, raoe, and li«
in one of these craft, must love the art of nil
log, he enthusiastic la oompetition, and think 0i
gaining the honours of the match by sheer hard sail
ing, and not of getting the prise by fluking or wratiel!
ingand it will be cheering to colonial yachtsmen
whose beats are mostly of a smaller trpe, to lean!
that this is also said of the five and three too
classes, " as, so long as these small tiasses edit,
so long will there be evidence that lore of the
art of yacht-sailing is one of the most striking
characteristics of the British gentleman." Regard
ing the different kinds of rig 'we are informed
that of " all those that the Ingenuity of man has dr.
vised not one is equal to the cutter, whether for
clawing to windward, reaching along the wind, or
running down the wind, and the merits of the various
descriptions are thus pithily summarisedThe
particular rig will depend npon the size of the yacht
Nor oruieing the rig should be—cutter up to 80
ton, yawl from 80 so 140 tons, schooner abore 1U
torts," The sis* of the work necessarily preclude a
lengthened review, but the shove quotations will
serve to show the method and spirit in which the
writer treats his subject, Into which be has entered
as a practical scientist and enthusiast, his book con
taining every oonceirable information that a yacht or
boat owner, large or small, sailing or steaming, could
desire to possess, and in addition to all the nece»
eaiy instructions regarding every description ot
yacht and sailing craft, their construction and
equipments, chapters are given upon "seaman
ship/* "management," rules of measurement and
match sailing, details od cost and expense ot
maintenance, descriptions ot oeiebrated or remark
able boats, ice yachting, canoeing, Ac. The book
is also furnished with an Klnstrated dictionary
of general information, and provided with a copiona
Index, the whole forming one of if not the meet
eompldte and interertinjr works of toe kind extant
Amino stronger proof of its practical, valuo nan be
addtmed that given mi the title pajm, via, "The
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have beea
pleased to direct that this work should be issued to
ships of the Rqyal Wavy."
•A Mutual of Yacht and Beat Bailing, by Kxen
Kemp. Published by Horace Cox, "The Field"
offloe, 310 Strand, W.C., Loudon.
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