'Eagle,' in match with 'Caroline,' 159
Earth closets on yachts, 138
East River, 231
Eastern Yacht Club, Boston, 259
'Echo' (2½ tons), 82
'Echo' (37 tons), yawl, 112, 113
'Eclipse,' in match with 'Cumberland' 1793, 162
'Eclipse' (30 feet), 57
Edgar, Daniel, owner of American sloop 'Arrow,' 256
Edgar, William, N.Y.Y.C., 240, 242
Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard Island (U.S.), 277
Edinburgh, Duke of (patron of R.A.Y.C.),
111;
becomes commodore,
115
'Egeria,' schooner, 16, 115, 119
'Elaine' (10 tons), 174
'Elf' (2½-rater), 67
'Elfin' (paddle steam yacht), H.M.'s, 7, 9
Elgar, Professor, yacht designer, 426
Elizabeth Islands, 230
Elizabeth, Queen, 1
'Elma,' service boat,
59;
capsized off the Nab,
61
Elsworth, Philip, yacht designer, 253, 257
'Emma' (15 tons), 77
'Emmetje, De' (103 tons), 15
'Enchantress,' Admiralty boat, 9
'Enchantress,' Amer. schooner, 249, 253
'Enid' (57 tons), 85
'Enriqueta' (20 tons), her matches with the 'Quickstep,' 58, 59
Eresby, Lord Willoughby De, R.Y.S., 1859, 15, 16
Erie Canal, 284
Erith, the Thames at, 178
'Eros' (850 tons) st. yacht, 308
'Esmeralda,' cutter, tender to 'Royal George,' 6
'Ethel' (10-rater), 63
'Euterpe' (20 tons), 53
'Eva' (21-footer), 177
'Eva' (81 tons), American schooner, 249, 252
'Excellent,' H.M.S., 59
Extracts of meat, 143
Eyton, Wynne, part owner of 'Mascotte,' 55
'Fair Geraldine' (5-rater), 63
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Govan, Glasgow, builders of 'Giralda,' 426
'Fairy,' H.M. s.s. yacht, 6
'Fairy' (13 tons), 327
'Fairy Queen' (8 tons), 81
'Falcon' (15 tons), 77
'Falcon' (351 tons), R.Y.S., 1835, 12
Falconer, T. (R. Clyde Y.C.), 81
Famous races,
324;
match in 1771,
324;
match between 'Waterwitch' and 'Galatea,' in 1834,
324;
in 1842 between 'Corsair' and 'Talisman,'
326;
between 'Arrow' and 'Mosquito,'
326;
match on the Thames in 1830,
327;
match at Largs regatta, in 1892,
329
'Fancy' (21-footer), 177
'Fanny' (90 tons), American sloop, dimensions, 256
Farebrother, Captain, Cumberland Fleet, his 'Bellissima' wins Jubilee Cup in 1807, 164
Farne Islands, 96
'Faugh-a-Ballagh' (2½-rater), 68
'Faustine,' American schooner, 250
'Favourite,' st. packet, 1823, 165
Fenwick, Bruce (hon. sec. R.F.Y.C.), 96
Ferguson, Richard (R. Clyde Y. C.), 79, 81
Fergusson, Sir James (formerly governor of N.Z.), 290
Fernie, Mrs. Robertson, 66
'Field,' the (March 20, 1880), on Norfolk wherries,
194;
(Jan. 10, 1891) on the Norfolk 'Gossip,'
214
Fife, Mr., of Fairlie, on Captain John Nichols,
46;
his old clippers 'Neptune' and 'Fiona,'
60;
'Kilmeny' and 'Torch,'
84;
sends a 46 footer to the yachting lists in 1891,
263
Fife, W., jun., designer of 'Ulidia,'
56,
57;
supports Australian yachting,
312;
his 'Thalia,'
338;
designer of the 'Calluna,'
350
Fife, Messrs., of Fairlie, their status as Clyde yacht-builders,
72;
their cutter 'Lamlash,'
77;
Thames 21-foot class,
176
Fin-keel boats, N. G. Herreshoff's,
267;
objections to,
269
Finlay, Alex., his 'Leda,' 81
Finlay, J. Beekman, part owner of 'America,' 247
'Firefly,' 280
Firth of Thames (N.Z.), 289, 290, 294
Fish, 'Bob,' yacht designer and builder,
247;
'tuning up' racing yachts,
249;
best-known yachts,
249;
sloops 'Annie,'
253;
'Coming,'
254;
and 'Vixen,'
256
Fish, Latham A., N.Y.Y.C., 275
Fish, Robert and Isaac, yacht-builders, New York, 247
Fishing on the Norfolk Broads, 226
'Fitted races,' 318-321
FitzClarence, Lord Adolphus, captain of 'Royal George,' 6
Fitzgerald, Lord Otho, 110
Fitzhardinge, Earl, gives a cup in 1845 to the R.T.Y.C., 171
Fitzharris, Lord, R.Y.S., 10
Fitzsimons, Walter, Cork Water Club, 1760, 100
Fitz-Wygram, Major-General Sir F., R.P.C.Y.C., 50
Fleet sailing, 109
'Fleetwing' (206 tons), 252
Flemmich, Mr., R.P.C.Y.C., 64
'Fleur-de-Lis' (5-rater), 351
'Fleur de Lys' (92 tons), American schooner, 252
'Florence' (10 tons), 174, 175
Florida, 233
'Foam,' R.Y.S., 1856, 38
Foley, Miss, owner of 'Wren,' 52
Foley, Rear-Admiral the Hon. F. A. C., R.P.C.Y.C., 50
Food for yachting, 139
Forbes, Com. J. Mal., Boston Y.C., 275
Forbes, R. B., 238
Forbes family (Maine, U.S.), 230
'Foreign' boats in Norfolk waters, 217, 218
'Formosa' (104 tons), Prince of Wales's, 17, 88
Forrest & Son, Wivenhoe, builders of 'The Lady Hermione,'
26;
their model of her hull,
39
Fortress stove, 140
Forty-rater, a, racing in, in 1892, 352 et seq.
Foster, A., jun., N.Y.Y.C., 242
Foster, C. H. W., Boston Y.C., 275
Foveaux Strait (N.Z.), 301
Fox, Captain H. C., R.C.Y.C., Erith, 177
'Foxhound' (35 tons), 62
France, yachting in,
304;
Havre,
304,
306;
Société des Régates,
306;
Union des Yachts Français,
306;
Club Nautique, Nice,
308
'Francis' (3½ tons), 81
'Francisca,' steam yacht, 308
'Freda' (5 tons), 174
Freke, Mr., owner of the 'Freda,' 53
French, Mr. (Cork Water Club), 104
French, Pascoe, owner of 'Sheilah,' 119, 120, 121
'Friesland Meres in a Norfolk Wherry,' Doughty's, 194
Froude, Mr., his 'Oceana,' 292
Fullerton, Admiral, 9
Fulton, Mr. (R.A.Y.C.), 82, 118
Fundy, Bay of, 229
Fungoid growths in yachts, 138
'Gadfly,' 54
'Galatea,' Lieut. W. Henn's,
257;
beaten by 'Mayflower' in race for America Cup, 1886,
261;
dimensions,
278
'Galatea' (179 tons), schooner, 1834, 325
Gamble, Col., C.B., commodore of R.M.Y.C., 49
'Gardenia,' 175
Gardiner, William, designer of 'Lyris' (1891), 263, 275
Garrett, Captain, R.A., 1st vice-com. R.P.C.Y.C., 50, 54
Garth, T. C., owner of 'Hyacinth,' 67
'Gavotte' (2½-rater), 68
Geelong, yachting at, 314
'Gem,' 91
'Genesta,' Sir Richard Sutton's,
58;
wins 1000-guinea prize of R.T.Y.C. in 1887,
173,
257,
260,
278,
337
'Genie' (21-footer), 177
George III., his yacht, 5
George IV., establishes Kingstown Harbour,
106;
Cumberland Fleet race on his coronation,
165
German Emperor William II., R.Y.S., sails his 'Meteor' (late 'Thistle') for the Queen's Cup in 1891,
17,
91;
stimulus given to yachting in Germany by him,
308
Germany, yachting in, 309
'Gertrude,' American sloop (1852), 249
'G.G.' (2½-rater), 64
'Ghost' (20-rater), 63
Gibson, J., R. Clyde Y.C., 79
Gilchrist, James, R. Clyde Y.C., 79, 81
Gilman, Mr., R.P.C.Y.C., 50, 64
'Gimcrack,' John C. Stevens's, 239, 240, 242, 243
'Giralda' (1,800 tons), 425, 426
Gladstone, Captain James, hon. sec. R.M.Y.C., 49
'Gladys,' 216
'Glance' (35 tons), R. Clyde Y.C., 83, 85
'Glance' (3.7-rater), R. Forth Y.C., 98
'Glasgow Herald' quoted, 79
Glasgow, Lord, R. Cl. R.C., 92
'Gleam,' American cat-boat, 252
'Gleam' (Fife of Fairlie's),
77;
lines and midship section,
78
Glennie, A. H., rear-commodore R.P.C.Y.C., 64, 66
'Glide' (14 tons), 82
'Gloriana,' characteristics of,
264-266;
successes,
266-268
'Glycera' (5-rater), 63
'Gnome' (25-tonner), R.T.Y.C., 1843, 13
Gomes, skipper of the 'Meteor' in the Wemyss Bay regatta of July 8, 1892, 331
Gordon, Robert F., R.N.Y.C., 1824, 74
'Gossoon,' American cutter, 263, 264
Goteborg, Sweden, 309
Gould, Jay, 284
Gould, skipper of 'Varuna,' 330
Gourock, 77
Governor's Bay, Lyttelton, N.Z., 299
Governor's Pass, Great Barrier Island, N.Z., 293
'Gracie,' American yacht (1868), sail-plan,
254;
dimensions,
255;
lines and mid-section,
255;
beats 'Pocahontas,'
257
Graham, Sir B. R., Bart., owner of 'Harriet,' R.W.Y.C., 42
Grant, Mr., jun., his 'Fairy Queen,' 81
Grant, R., sec. R.Y.S., 391
Grant, C. P., R.P.C.Y.C., 50
Grantham, Lord, R.Y.S., 10
Granton Yacht Club. See Royal Forth Yacht Club
'Graphic cruisers' of Dublin Bay,
124;
notes by the Hon. Skipper,
124 et seq.;
preliminaries of a cruise,
125;
the crew,
125,
126;
description of the 'Iris,'
126-129,
133,
134;
at Ireland's Eye,
129;
the Sketching Club at work,
130,
132;
craft making for Howth harbour,
131;
the 'Tramcar' distances 'Charlie,'
133;
sanitary and medical precautions,
136 et seq.;
the Steward's duties,
140 et seq.
'Grayling' (136 tons), 253
Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 288
Greenock, 77
Gretton, John, jun., his 'Lais,' 350
Grey, Sir George, his island of Kawau, N.Z., 292
'Greyhound' (4-tonner),
210;
lines,
211;
dimensions,
212
Greymouth, N.Z., 298
Greystones, 148
Grinwood, Dr., first commodore of the R.M.Y.C., 46
Grubb, Captain, owner of 'Eagle,' 159
Gubbins, Mr., owner of 'Windfall,' 330
Guébriant, Comte Alain de, 306
Gulf Coast, 233
Gunston, Captain, owner of 'St. George,' 161, 164
'Gwendolin' (197 tons), 119
'Halcyon' (121 tons), American schooner, 252
Haldane, Capt., R.P.C.Y.C., 66
Hall, John, of Yarmouth, owner of 'Greyhound,' 210
Halliday, Mr., his 'Helen,' 91
Hallowes, Admiral, R.P.C.Y.C., 50, 64, 68
Hamilton, Bermuda, 318
Hamilton, Canada, 310
Hamilton, James, of Holmhead (R.N.Y.C. 1826), 76, 247
Hamoaze, the, 40
Hampton Roads (U.S.), 232
Harborough, Lord, owner of the 'De Emmetje,' 1827, 15
Harlan Hollingsworth Co., boat-builders, Wilmington, Delaware, 257
'Harpoon,' American cutter, 263, 267
'Harriet' (65 tons), R.Y.S., 1834, 12
'Harriet' (96 tons), R.W.Y.C., 1835, 42
Harrington, William, Cork Water Club, 104
Harrison, commodore R.T.Y.C., 1838, 170
Hart, Robert, R. Clyde Y.C., 81
Hart & Son, of Thorpe, boat-letters, 222
Harvey, builder of 'Sea Belle' and 'Miranda,' 68
Harwich, 218
'Haswell,' American yacht, 249
Hatcher, Dan, boat-builder, 89, 113
Hatteras, Cape, 245
Hatteras Inlet (U.S.), 232
Havelock, N.Z., 297
Havre, as a yachting centre,
304;
chart of regatta course,
305;
Société des Régates,
306
'Hawk,' American cutter, 263
'Hawke,' Cumberland Fleet, chased into Calais by an American privateer, 159
Hayes, Capt. R.N., R.P.C.Y.C., 64
Hays, William, Cork Water Club, 1760, 100
'Haze' (21-footer), 177
'Heathen Chinee' (2½-rater), 63
'Hebe,' R.M.Y.C., 1845, 47
Heigham Sounds, 204
'Helen' (17 tons), loss of, 91
Helensburgh,
77;
races of the R. Clyde Y.C. at, in 1857,
81
Henderson, Messrs., of Partick, builders of 'Valkyrie' and 'Britannia,' 349, 402
Heneage, G. W., owner of 'Harriet,' R.Y.S., 1834, 12
Henn, Lieut. W., his 'Galatea,' 308
Henry, Prince, of Prussia, his interest in yachting,
17;
'Irene,'
309,
340
'Heroine' (60-ton), cutter, 117
Heron, Maxwell, R.P.C.Y.C., 59
Herreshoff, Lewis, on yachting in America,
227 et seq.;
on the American yachting season of 1893,
400 et seq.
Herreshoff, N. G., designs and builds the 'Shadow,'
250;
cat-boat 'Gleam,'
252;
returns to sail-yacht designing,
263;
designs 'Gloriana,'
264;
the 'Wasp,'
266;
'fin-keel' boat,
267;
cat-yawl,
270;
catamaran,
270;
'Navahoe,' 'Colonia,' and 'Vigilant,'
402
Herreshoffs, Messrs., boat-builders, Bristol, Rhode Island, 249, 285, 350, 400, 401
Herrings, Dublin Bay, 144
Hewett, Robert, commodore R.C.Y.C., Erith, 178
Hewitt, Thomas, Cork Water Club, 104
Hickling Broad, 203-205, 222, 225
'Hildegarde' (205 tons), Prince of Wales's, 17
Hill, F. C., his 'Dragon,' 350
Hilliard, J. B., R. Clyde Y.C., 93
'Himalaya,' troopship, 9
'Hinda' (18 tons), 119-122
Hippesley, Sir J., R.Y.S. 1815, 10
Hoad, builder of 'Phantom,' 68
Hoare, Samuel, Cork Water Club, 1760, 100
Hoboken (U.S.), 236
Hobson, Captain, secures the South Island, N.Z., in 1840, for the British, 299
Hobson's Bay, Australia, 313
Hodder, William, Cork Water Club, 1760, 100
Hoe, the, Plymouth, 39
Hogarth, A., skipper of 'Calluna,' 396
Hokianga River (N.Z.), 296
Holditch, Captain H., sec. R.W.Y.C., 43
Holdsworth, Tom, vice-commodore R. Clyde Y.C., 79
Honduras, 245
Horn, H., on yacht racing in 1893, 349 et seq.
Hossack, N. P., N.Y.Y.C., 241
Houldsworth, J., owner of 'Lufra,' 68
Houseboats, sailing, 195
Hoveton Broads, 199
Howard, J. T., designer, 176
Howth, 126, 129, 130, 134, 148
Huggins, W., marine painter, his picture of the leading craft of the R.Y.S. of 1835, 12
Hughes, W. W., owner of 'Australia,' 68, 69
'Humming Bird' (2½-rater), 63
Hunter, Mr., of Hafton, 85
Hunter's Quay, club-house of R. Clyde Y.C. at, 85
'Hunt's Yachting Magazine' on the 'Victor,' 312
Hyatt, J., owner of 'Matchless,' R.T.Y.C., 1830, 169