ILLUSTRATIONS.
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|---|---|
| Frontispiece, “With Topmasts Housed,” | 12 |
| Jason’s Yacht Argo, | 15 |
| Viking Ship, | 20 |
| Flagship of Columbus, | 25 |
| Dutch Yacht of Seventeenth Century, | 28 |
| Commodore John C. Stevens, | 31 |
| Gimcrack and Maria, | 34 |
| America, 1851, | 38 |
| Maria, 1851, | 38 |
| America’s Lines, | 39 |
| The Cutter Oriva, | 48 |
| Vigilant in Dry-dock, | 51 |
| Uncas in Frame, | 55 |
| Interior of Uncas, | 60 |
| Form of Uncas, | 60 |
| Uncas on the Ways, | 66 |
| Ouananiche, | 71 |
| Dragon III., | 75 |
| Gloriana, | 79 |
| Madge, | 82 |
| Germ of the Centerboard, | 84 |
| Vesta, | 85 |
| Athlon, | 94 |
| Catboat Dorothy, | 101 |
| Kewaydin, | 103 |
| The Herreshoff Catboat Wanda, | 104 |
| Lines of Evolution, | 107 |
| Lines of Jullanar, | 108 |
| Lines of Niagara, | 110 |
| Lines of Jubilee, | 110 |
| Mid-section of Dilemma, | 110 |
| English Finkeel Freak Nameless, | 111 |
| Lines of Rocket, | 112 |
| Niagara’s Midship Section, | 113 |
| Niagara Under Sail, | 114 |
| Rorqual, | 116 |
| Dad, | 117 |
| Vesper, | 117 |
| Monstrosity Skate, | 118 |
| Dominion on Even Keel, | 121 |
| Dominion Heeled, | 121 |
| Dominion Under Sail, | 123 |
| Double-huller of the Pacific., | 126 |
| Sloop Gracie, | 133 |
| Schooner Sappho, | 134 |
| Cutter Genesta, | 135 |
| Schooner Colonia, | 137 |
| Rig of Cutter Showing Masthead Shroud, | 139 |
| Rig and Sail Plan of Uncas, | 145 |
| Mastheads of Uncas, | 147–8 |
| Cutter Minerva, | 150 |
| Sail Plan of Ethelwynn., | 152 |
| Half-rater Spruce IV., | 153 |
| Fifteen-footer Ethelwynn., | 153 |
| Forty-footer Gossoon, | 161 |
| America, 1899, | 165 |
| Phantom, | 193 |
| Ghost, | 199 |
| A Stern Chase, | 201 |
| Vigilant, | 224 |
| Defender in Dry-dock, | 227 |
| Thistle, now Comète, | 230 |
| Volunteer, | 231 |
| Valkyrie III. in Dry-dock, | 233 |
| Ellen, Twenty-rater, | 235 |
| Cutter’s Bow and Stern, 1892, | 237 |
| English Mid-sections, | 238 |
| Mid-sections of Cup Contestants, | 239 |
| Volunteer and Thistle, | 241 |
| Vigilant and Valkyrie II., | 241 |
| Valkyrie II., | 243 |
| Valkyrie III., Stern View, | 245 |
| Modern Type of Fin, | 246 |
| Defender and Valkyrie III., | 246 |
| Hoisting Defender’s Mainsail, | 247 |
| Defender Under Brooklyn Bridge, | 251 |
| Defender Under Sail, | 255 |
| Valkyrie III. Under Sail, | 259 |
| Defender’s Stern, | 271 |
“WITH TOPMASTS HOUSED.”