Wages, racing, of a yacht's crew, 10
Wales, H.R.H. Prince of, accidents to his yacht 'Britannia' in 1893,
10;
victorious career of his vessel,
11;
H.R.H. a familiar sight in yacht-racing,
12,
22,
82;
offers a cup for 100-tonners in 1870,
121;
141
Waller, Mr., 231
'Wanderer' (850 tons), steam yacht, method of construction, 78
Wanhill, Mr., of Poole, introduces the raking sternpost,
54;
builds the 'Egeria,'
112
Warsash village, 238
'Wasp' (American keel boat), 106
Water ballast,
206;
for foreign cruisers,
305
Waterman, Tom, designer of the 'Mosquito' (50 tons),
75;
and of the troopship 'Himalaya,'
75
'Waterwitch' (160 tons), 140
Watson, G. L., designer of the 'Britannia' and 'Valkyrie,'
22;
on the evolution of the modern racing yacht,
50 et seq.;
elements of his 5-tonners 'Vril' and 'Doris,'
61-64;
and of his 40-raters 'Deerhound,'
'Creole,' 'Varuna,' and 'Queen Mab,'
66,
82,
96;
builds 'Dora' and 'Queen Mab' with centreboard,
105;
on rating rules,
171,
176,
177;
his 'Tottie' (2½-rater),
231;
his 2½-raters,
235;
5-raters,
242,
245,
323,
346,
372;
part owner and designer of the 'Vril,'
333;
designer of the 'Doris,'
354;
his spoon-shaped bow,
358;
designer of the 'Natica' (5-rater),
373
Watson, S. C., owner of the 'Lethe' (163 tons), 79
Watson, Sidney, owner of the 'Chipmunk' (2½-rater), 231
Watson, Mrs. Sidney, 237
Watson, T. L., F.R.I.B.A., 82
'Wave,' John Cross Buchanan's, fitted with a metal keel, 53
Webb, Beavor, owner of the 'Freda' (5-tonner),
337;
sails her in her matches with 'Camellia' and 'Vril,'
344
'Wee Winn,' rig of,
357;
bulb keel,
360
Weguelin, Charles, designer of the 'Alouette' (5-tonner), 332
Weisbach's experiments on the flow of water through pipes, 85
Weld, Joseph, 22, 71, 73, 111, 113
'Wenonah,' rig of,
357;
bulb keel,
360
West Indian negro crews, 298, 307
West Indies as a cruising ground,
38;
ports of the,
298,
306
Weymouth, 403
Weymouth, Mr., designer of the 'Phantom' (176 tons), 139
Whales, 189
'Whimbrel,' 224
White, Mr., boatbuilder, of Cowes, 113, 198, 201
'Wildfire' (59 tons), her rigging, 111
Wilkinson, Arthur, owner of the 'Phantom' (176 tons), 139
Willan, Major Frank (Y.R.A.), 146
Williams, General Owen, owner of the 'Enchantress' 141
Wilton, Earl of, his steam yacht 'Palatine,' 9
'Windfall' (5-rater), 245, 246, 251, 254, 255
'Witchcraft' (240 tons), 113, 116
Wolff, Mr., hon. sec. Royal Southampton Yacht Club, 225
'Wonderful' (10-tonner), 331
Wood, Nicholas, owner of the 'Corinne' (162 tons), 136
Woodd, A. B., R.N.A.V., 44
Woods, John, skipper of the 'Egeria,' 119
Wythes, Mr., owner of the 'St. George,' 24
'Wyvern' (6-tonner), her voyage from Kingstown to Liverpool,
326,
327;
build and dimensions,
328,
329
'Yacht and Boat Sailing,' Dixon Kemp's, on the rules of racing, 150, 335, 346
'Yacht Architecture,' Dixon Kemp's, quoted,
172;
on racing rules,
176;
on rating rules,
179,
231
Yacht-building, American pre-eminence in, 11
Yacht club, object and duties of a, 152
Yacht, internal economy of a,
8;
minstrelsy,
7;
sailors,
6;
and their wages,
10;
necessaries, list of,
394
Yacht Racing Association, the, procrastination of,
58;
their new rule regarding tonnage,
65;
their circular to yacht-builders and designers in 1892,
95;
99,
109;
the object of its foundation,
146;
secretary and councillors,
146;
qualifications of membership,
146;
election of councillors,
147;
measurement fees and subscriptions,
147,
148;
alterations in rules,
149;
rules for the guidance of the council,
149;
racing rules,
150;
duties of a designer,
151;
private matches,
151;
club and open matches,
152;
duties of a yacht club,
152;
duties of a sailing committee,
152;
duties of a club secretary,
154;
duties of race officers,
156;
duties of owners,
159;
duties of a sailing master,
162;
duties of an official measurer,
164;
rating rules,
167;
length and sail-area rule,
168;
the time allowance,
169;
turning point of maximum efficiency,
174;
the new French rule,
179;
sail-area rule,
181;
the pure length rule,
182;
tables of rating rules and proposals,
183,
184;
girth rating rule,
185;
224,
225,
227,
229,
238;
rule for 5-tonners and under,
323;
for 5-raters,
355;
rating by length and sail-area,
356,
357,
363
Yacht racing, expense of, 10
Yacht racing, small, development of,
223;
profitable to clubs,
223
Yachting, compared economically with Continental travelling,
11;
began with this century,
51;
reasons for its pre-eminence as a manly sport,
322;
clauses concerning insurance,
407-411
Yachts, little individuality of form previous to 1820,
71;
equipment subsequent to that date,
76;
variety of type under present length and sail-area rule,
50;
advantages of racing in small,
223
'Yachtsman,' cited,
51;
on the rules of racing,
150;
on girth,
181;
255 note
Yachtsmen, qualities of, 322
Yalme, the, 403
Yarborough, Earl of, 108
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 403
Yawls, 300
Yolla metal, 80
York, Mr., secretary of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club, 413
'Yvonne' (10-rater), 233
END OF THE FIRST VOLUME
PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
LONDON
Footnotes
1: I am deeply indebted to Mr. D. W. Marsden, late honorary secretary of the London Corps Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, for his assistance in the compilation of these notes.
2: The late corps of Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers of London, Liverpool, Bristol and Glasgow.
3: Vide 'Arabian Nights,' the 'Princess Jullanar of the Sea.'
4: The first ship to discover that Tasmania was an island.
5: The Editor desires to express his acknowledgments to Mr. Pritchett for much energetic service kindly rendered during the preparation of these volumes.
6: But not for classification, which latter has been simply the length of hull on water-line. Hence, yachts built for the same class have varied much in their sail-area; 'Vigilant' and 'Valkyrie' for instance.
7: This club has raised its fees this year (1894), finding it impossible to exist on the income derived from nearly seven hundred members, whereas formerly it lived joyously on half the amount.
8: The above was penned at the end of 1892, and applies to that year. In 1893 the programme was enlarged by including races on alternating days for the 5-raters and for handicaps with boats up to 19-rating, not being class racers. A few races were given in 1891 to 2-1/8-raters.—θ.
9: The Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Yacht Club, however, still continues to give races only to those owners who are members of the club; and the Royal Southampton adheres to the condition that the yachts in the small classes shall be steered by members of the club.
10: She subsequently lost the match on a protest, which was referred for settlement to the Council Y.R.A.
11: For further information and drawings of 'Quinque,' see the Yachtsman of July 20 and October 5, 1893.
12: This (and other limits of crew for the classes of 5-rating and under) has since been embodied in the Y.R.A. rules.
13: The 'Daisy' was exhibited at the Royal Aquarium in 1893, and sold to some gentleman in the Antipodes; so that her keel, instead of her stern, is now pointing at the Solent ½-raters.
14: The resolution to measure the actual area of head-sails in yachts of 10-rating and under, as proposed by the Council, was lost at the general meeting of the Association held December 6, 1892.
15: These amounts were all larger in 1893.
16: See chapter on the Racing Rules and Rules of Rating.
17: The 'Navahoe,' before returning to America, ordered a square-sail from Tilley, of Southampton.
Transcriber's notes: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, hyphenation has been standardised, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained.
Missing pages numbers correspond to blank pages or moved illustrations.
In the formulas, cubic roots have been rendered as [3]√ and fifth root as [5]√.