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Title: Yachting, Vol. 2
Author: R. T. Pritchett
G. L. Blake
Marquis of Frederick Temple Blackwood Dufferin and Ava
James McFerran
T. B. Middleton
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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK YACHTING, VOL. 2 ***
THE BADMINTON LIBRARY
OF
SPORTS AND PASTIMES
EDITED BY
HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, K.G.
ASSISTED BY ALFRED E. T. WATSON
YACHTING
II.
Old Flags
YACHTING
BY
R. T. PRITCHETT
THE MARQUIS OF DUFFERIN AND AVA, K.P.
JAMES McFERRAN
REV. G. L. BLAKE, T. B. MIDDLETON
EDWARD WALTER CASTLE AND ROBERT CASTLE
G. CHRISTOPHER DAVIES, LEWIS HERRESHOFF
THE EARL OF ONSLOW, G.C.M.G., H. HORN
SIR GEORGE LEACH, K.C.B., Vice-President Y.R.A.
IN TWO VOLUMES—VOL. II.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY R. T. PRITCHETT
AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1894
All rights reserved
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME
- CHAPTER PAGE
- Royal Yachts and English Yacht Clubs
By R. T. Pritchett, Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, K.P., James McFerran, and Rev. G. L. Blake. 1 - Scottish Clubs
By R. T. Pritchett and Rev. G. L. Blake. 72 - Irish Clubs
By R. T. Pritchett, Rev. G. L. Blake, and T. B. Middleton. 99 - The Thames Clubs and Windermere
By Edward Walter Castle, Robert Castle, and R. T. Pritchett. 152 - Yachting on the Norfolk Broads
By G. Christopher Davies. 190 - Yachting in America
By Lewis Herreshoff. 227 - Yachting in New Zealand
By the Earl of Onslow, G.C.M.G. 287 - Foreign and Colonial Yachting
By R. T. Pritchett and Rev. G. L. Blake. 304 - Some Famous Races
By R. T. Pritchett. 324 - Racing in a 40-Rater in 1892
By R. T. Pritchett. 332 - Yacht Racing in 1893
By H. Horn. 349 - The American Yachting Season of 1893
By Lewis Herreshoff. 400 - The America Cup Races, 1893
By Sir George Leach, K.C.B., Vice-President Y.R.A. 416
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE SECOND VOLUME
(Reproduced by J. D. Cooper and Messrs. Walker & Boutall)
FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
| ARTIST | TO FACE PAGE | |
| Old Flags | R. T. Pritchett | Frontispiece |
| Her Majesty the Queen going to Scotland | " | 6 |
| The Royal Yacht 'Victoria and Albert,' 1843 | " | 8 |
| 'Pearl,' 'Falcon,' and 'Waterwitch' | " | 12 |
| 'Mystery' winning the Cup presented by R.Y.S. to R.T.Y.C. | " | 14 |
| 'Corsair,' R.Y.S., winning the Queen's Cup at Cowes, 1892 | " | 16 |
| Yacht Club Burgees | Club Card | 48 |
| 'Irex' | From a photograph by Adamson | 58 |
| 'Yarana' | " | 64 |
| 'Arrow,' Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club, 1876 | R. T. Pritchett | 68 |
| 'Reverie' | From a photograph | 70 |
| Northern Yacht Club cruising off Garroch Head, 1825 | From a painting by Hutcheson | 76 |
| Royal Northern Yacht Club, Rothesay | From a photograph by Secretary | 78 |
| The Start for Ardrishaig Cup | From a photograph by Adamson | 84 |
| 'Marjorie' | " | 86 |
| 'May' | " | 88 |
| 'Thistle' | " | 90 |
| 'Lenore' | " | 92 |
| 'Verve' | " | 94 |
| Yacht Club Flags | 104 | |
| 'Erycina' | From a photograph by Adamson | 106 |
| Royal Irish Yacht Club Cup, Kingstown, 1873 | From a picture by Admiral Beechy | 108 |
| Mermaids of Dublin Bay Sailing Club | 146 | |
| Start of 25-Tonners, R.T.Y.C., from Greenwich, 1848 | R. T. Pritchett | 170 |
| 'Decima' | From a photograph by Symonds | 176 |
| 'Gimcrack' | R. T. Pritchett | 240 |
| Model Room of New York Yacht Club | From a photograph sent by Secretary N.Y.Y.C. | 242 |
| 'Black Maria,' sloop, beating 'America,' schooner, in Test Race, New York, 1850 | Sent by Mr. Stevens of Hoboken, New York | 244 |
| International Race, 1886; 'Galatea' passing Sandy Hook Lightship | Photograph sent by Lieutenant W. Henn, R.N. | 258 |
| 'Volunteer' | From a photograph sent by General Paine, N.Y.Y.C. | 262 |
| 'Valkyrie' | From a photograph by Adamson | 308 |
| 'Yseult' | " | 328 |
| 'Iverna' and 'Meteor,' dead heat in the Clyde, July 4, 1892 | " | 330 |
| 'Queen Mab' | " | 346 |
| 'Samœna' | " | 352 |
ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT
| Varuna, Vendetta, and Lais (Vignette) | Title-page | |
| Dutch Yacht. (From drawing by Vandervelde, dated 1640) | R. T. Pritchett | 2 |
| 'Een Bezan Jagt,' 1670 | " | 3 |
| Lines of Cutter, 1781 | From Stalkart's 'Naval Architecture' | 4 |
| Yacht Stern, 1781 | " | 5 |
| Cowes Castle. (From drawing by Loutherburg) | R. T. Pritchett | 10 |
| Seal of Royal Yacht Club, Cowes | R.Y.S. | 11 |
| 'Pearl,' R.Y.S. | R. T. Pritchett | 13 |
| 'Dolphin,' R.Y.S. | " | 14 |
| 'Esmeralda,' R.Y.S. | " | 14 |
| 'De Emmetje,' Lugger | " | 15 |
| 'New Moon,' R.Y.S. | " | 16 |
| Chart of the Royal Yacht Squadron—(Queen's Course) | 19 | |
| 'The Lady Hermione' | From working drawings lent by Marquis of Dufferin | 26 |
| 'The Lady Hermione,' Deck Plan | " | 28 |
| 'The Lady Hermione,' Fittings | " | 30 |
| 'Foam,' R.V.S. 'In High Latitudes' | 38 | |
| View from the Royal Western Yacht Club, Plymouth | R. T. Pritchett | 40 |
| Chart of the Royal Western Yacht Club. Plymouth Course | Club Card | 41 |
| Chart of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club Course | Club Card | 44 |
| International Gold Cup. Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Won by 'Britannia' | R.V.Y. Club | 45 |
| First Race of the Mersey Yacht Club, June 16, 1845 | R. T. Pritchett | 47 |
| 'Queen of the Ocean,' R.M.Y.C., saving Emigrants from 'Ocean Monarch' | " | 47 |
| Chart of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club Courses | From Club Card | 48 |
| Chart of the Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Yacht Club Courses | " | 51 |
| 'Madge,' 1880—Lines and Midship Section | G. L. Watson | 53 |
| 'Neptune,' Cutter, 1875—Lines and Midship Section | W. Fife | 61 |
| 'Reverie,' 1891—Lines and Midship Section | J. M. Soper | 70 |
| Northern Yacht Club Seal | From Secretary R.N.Y. Club | 72 |
| Chart of the Royal Northern Yacht Club Courses | Club Card | 73 |
| Royal Northern Flags | From Secretary R.N.Y.C. | 75 |
| 'Gleam,' 1834—Lines and Midship Section | Fife of Fairlie | 78 |
| Chart of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club Courses | From Secretary | 80 |
| 'Clara'—Midship Section | W. Fife | 91 |
| Chart of the Royal Forth Yacht Club Courses | Club Card | 97 |
| Yachts of Cork Water Club, 1720 | R. T. Pritchett | 101 |
| Chart of the Royal Cork Yacht Club | Club Card | 103 |
| Cork Water Club putting out to Sea, 1720 | R. T. Pritchett | 105 |
| Chart of the Royal St. George's Yacht Club Courses | 107 | |
| Outward Bound | Honourable Artists of the 'Iris' | 125 |
| 'Iris'—Section | " | 127 |
| 'Iris'—Section showing Permanent Legs | " | 128 |
| The Bailey, Dublin Bay | " | 130 |
| 'Graphic' Artists at Work during the Gale of October 5, 1892 | " | 132 |
| Her Majesty's Mails | " | 134 |
| Storm without, Calm within | " | 135 |
| Kingstown, Dublin Bay | " | 137 |
| Ringsend, Dublin | " | 141 |
| Monkstown, Dublin Bay | " | 143 |
| Ireland's Eye | " | 144 |
| 'King's Fisher,' 1776 | R. T. Pritchett | 151 |
| Commodore Thomas Taylor, of the Cumberland Fleet, 1776 | From a Family Portrait in possession of Robert Taylor, Esq. | 152 |
| 'King's Fisher,' 1770—Lines | Original Lines | 153 |
| 'King's Fisher,' 1770—Midship Section | " | 154 |
| 'Button,' 1776 | " | 155 |
| First 'Cumberland,' 1780—Midship Section | " | 157 |
| First 'Cumberland,' 1780—Lines | " | 158 |
| Second Cumberland, 1790—Lines and Midship Section | " | 160 |
| Yacht of Cumberland Fleet, 1781 | R. T. Pritchett | 161 |
| Circular of Cumberland Fleet, 1775 | 163 | |
| Officers' Badge, R.T.Y.C. | R. T. Pritchett | 168 |
| 'Mystery' passing 'Blue Belle,' 1843 | " | 170 |
| 'Phantom,' R.T.Y.C., 1853 | " | 171 |
| 'Cygnet,' 1846 | " | 172 |
| 'Dis,' 1888—Lines and Midship Section | J. M. Soper | 176 |
| 'Tottie,' Royal Corinthian Yacht Club | Photograph | 177 |
| Upper Thames Sailing Club and Club House, Bourne End, Bucks | R. T. Pritchett | 181 |
| Upper Thames Steam Yacht 'Cintra' | Photograph | 182 |
| 'Feeling It' off the Ferry | From a photograph by Brunskill, of Windermere | 184 |
| A Fair Start. Royal Windermere Yacht Club | " | 185 |
| Limit Angle of Counter | Club Book | 186 |
| Smart Breeze for racing Windermere | Brunskill, of Windermere | 186 |
| Chart of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club Course | Club Card | 187 |
| Fair Wind round the Buoy | Brunskill, of Windermere | 188 |
| Calm Weather | " | 188 |
| The 'Greyhound' | R. T. Pritchett | 191 |
| The Fisher's Home, the Broads | " | 192 |
| Regatta Time | " | 196 |
| Wroxham Pleasure Craft | R. T. Pritchett | 198 |
| Wroxham Broad | " | 200 |
| Smooth-water Bowsprit | " | 202 |
| River Waveney Craft | " | 206 |
| 'Greyhound'—Midship Section | G. C. Davies | 210 |
| 'Greyhound'—Lines of | " | 211 |
| 'Castanet' | R. T. Pritchett | 215 |
| Hull of the 'Castanet' | " | 216 |
| 'Mystery' Thames Boat ('Foreign' Boat) | " | 218 |
| A Start | " | 221 |
| In the Gloaming | " | 223 |
| Birds of a Feather | " | 225 |
| Commodore Stevens, Founder of the New York Yacht Club | Photo sent by Mr. Stevens, of Hoboken, U.S.A. | 227 |
| R.Y.S. Cup won by the 'America,' 1851 | 228 | |
| 'Trouble'—1816, Midship Section | Herreshoff | 237 |
| 'Maria,' Sloop, 1846—Midship Section | " | 238 |
| 'Wave,' 1832—Midship Section | " | 238 |
| 'Onkahya,' 1839—Midship Section | " | 239 |
| 'America,' 1851, N.Y.Y.C. | R. T. Pritchett | 246 |
| 'America'—Lines and Midship Section | Hunt's Magazine | 248 |
| 'Shadow,' 1872 | Photo, Stebbins, Boston | 250 |
| 'Shadow,' 1872—Lines and Midship Section | Herreshoff | 251 |
| Midship Section of American Yachts | " | 253 |
| 'Gracie'—Sail Plan | " | 254 |
| 'Gracie,' 1868—Lines and Midship Section | " | 255 |
| 'Puritan,' 1885, N.Y.Y.C. | Photo, Gubalman, New York | 260 |
| 'Gossoon,' Keel Boat, 1890 | Photo, Stebbins, Boston | 264 |
| 'Gloriana,' 1892 | " | 265 |
| 'Wasp,' 1892 | " | 267 |
| Fin-keel and Bulb | Herreshoff | 268 |
| 'Consuelo,' Cat-yawl | " | 269 |
| Herreshoff Catamaran | " | 270 |
| Newport (Centreboard) Cat-boat | " | 271 |
| 'Constellation,' 1889, N.Y.Y.C. | Photo, Stebbins, Boston | 274 |
| The Ubiquitous Cat-boat | R. T. Pritchett | 277 |
| Frascati and Pierhead at Havre | " | 304 |
| Chart of Havre Regatta Courses | Club Card | 305 |
| Harbour at Havre | R. T. Pritchett | 306 |
| Chart of Nice Regatta Courses | Club Card | 307 |
| Lateen Yachts, Bombay Club, 1887 | R. T. Pritchett | 315 |
| Chart of the Royal Bombay Yacht Club Sailing Course | Bombay Card | 317 |
| Fitted Races at Bermuda, 1863 | R. T. Pritchett | 319 |
| Bermuda Rig | " | 322 |
| Dutch Ice Boat of Present Time | " | 323 |
| 'Waterwitch' v. 'Galatea,' 1834 Start of Race for 1,000 Guineas | " | 325 |
| 'Corsair' v. 'Talisman' Race (1842), Running down Channel | R. T. Pritchett, from a picture by Condy | 326 |
| 'Corsair' v. 'Talisman' Race (1842), The Return | " | 327 |
| 'Corsair,' 1832—Lines and Midship Section | Michael Ratsey, of Cowes | 328 |
| 'Brilliant' and 'Ariel' Race, 1830 | R. T. Pritchett | 329 |
| Going Aloft | " | 333 |
| Diagrams showing Old and New Styles in Aft Sections of 40-Raters | J. M. Soper | 335 |
| Diagrams showing recent Styles in Fore Sections of 40-Raters | J. M. Soper | 336 |
| 'Irex'—Midship Section | A. Richardson | 337 |
| 'Irex'—Lines | Designed by Alexander Richardson | 338 |
| 'Corsair'—General Arrangements Plans | A. E. Payne | 339 |
| 'Corsair'—Midship Section | " | 340 |
| Lashing the Emperor's Racing Flag | R. T. Pritchett | 341 |
| Our Masthead Man | " | 341 |
| 'All aft, my Sonnies!' | " | 342 |
| 'Another Pull at the Mainsheet, my Lads!' | " | 342 |
| Close Hauled | " | 343 |
| Real Business | " | 344 |
| Torquay | " | 346 |
| Chart of Channel racing Westward | 347 | |
| A Close Finish, 'Queen Mab' and 'Corsair' | R. T. Pritchett | 348 |
| 'Iverna,' 1890 | Designed by Alexander Richardson | 354 |
| 'Iverna'—Lines and Midship Section | " | 355 |
| Chart of the Thames, Harwich and Cinque Ports Courses | F. S. Weller | 357 |
| 'Calluna' | From a Kodak photograph | 361 |
| Chart of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, Belfast Courses | From Club Card | 367 |
| Chart of the Royal Irish Yacht Club, Dublin Bay Courses | " | 371 |
| 'Navahoe,' N.Y.Y.C. | From a Kodak | 372 |
| Chart of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club, Warner and Lymington Course | Club Card | 379 |
| Chart of the Royal Albert Yacht Club, Southsea Course | " | 381 |
| Chart of the Torbay Regatta Course | " | 383 |
| 'Satanita' | From a Kodak | 385 |
| Chart of the Start Bay Yacht Club, Dartmouth, Course | Club Card | 387 |
| Chart of the Royal Dart Yacht Club, Kingswear, Courses | " | 389 |
| 'Dragon III.' | From a Kodak | 398 |
| Chart of the New York Yacht Club. Regatta Course | N.Y.Y. Club Sec. | 405 |
| 'Vigilant,' Cup Defender | From a photograph by Stebbins, Boston, Mass. | 406 |
| 'Valkyrie' | Adamson, of Rothesay | 408 |
CHAPTER I
ROYAL YACHTS AND ENGLISH YACHT CLUBS
ROYAL YACHTS
By R. T. Pritchett
The innate love of the English for everything connected with seafaring, roving and adventure, burst prominently forth in the time of Queen Elizabeth, when Drake and Raleigh showed what could be done in small craft in 'ocean cruising,' and, with early Corinthian crews from Devon and the brave West, sallied forth and straightway laid the foundation of our navy, and our present numerous fleet of yachts. In 1604 an early designer, one Phineas Pett, built a yacht for Henry of Wales; and to him the Navy was much indebted for general improvement in line and build throughout the early part of the Stuart dynasty.
At the Restoration we begin in earnest the History of Yachting, and find King Charles II. taking most enthusiastically to yacht building and even racing. That mine of wealth for the details of every-day life, that minute recorder of modes and fashions, Samuel Pepys, Esq., F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty, first brings to our notice the aquatic taste of His Majesty. In his delightful 'Diary' we find:—
July 15, 1660.—Found the King gone this morning by 5 of the clock to see a Dutch pleasure boat below bridge, where he dines and my Lord with him.
In a further notice we find His Majesty winning the first yacht race in the Thames, over the course of the R.T.Y. Club, Greenwich to Gravesend and back—a wager of one hundred guineas.