Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . as a result, that while the foreignerhas not started a rope or sprung a spar, hercompetitors are so strained as to be nolonger seaworthy without undergoing ex-tensive repairs; it is pretty clear thata fleet of center-board yachts will notgain much reputation outside of the quietwaters of New York Bay or the course, every addition of a new cen-ter-board yacht to a fleet increases theinfluence of the advocates of that style ofvessel, and is, hence, to be regretted byyachtsmen who prefer salt water to is possibl
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . as a result, that while the foreignerhas not started a rope or sprung a spar, hercompetitors are so strained as to be nolonger seaworthy without undergoing ex-tensive repairs; it is pretty clear thata fleet of center-board yachts will notgain much reputation outside of the quietwaters of New York Bay or the course, every addition of a new cen-ter-board yacht to a fleet increases theinfluence of the advocates of that style ofvessel, and is, hence, to be regretted byyachtsmen who prefer salt water to is possible, however, that the leewaymade by the Mohawk in her recent racewith the Madeleine, in spite of her enormouscenter-board, will have ultimately its effectin inducing yachtsmen to doubt whether aflat-bottom and a center-board are preciselythe sort of thing to be desired in a schoonerof 200 tons and upwards. Of course, every one who had any knowl-edge on the subject, knew that the damageto which this gentleman alluded, as having THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. 69. Nevertheless, although it was evidentthat the article in question was written bya land-lubber, hopelessly ignorant of thesubject he was writing about, yet as it ap-peared editorially in a first-class daily news-paper, the owners of center-board yachtslike the Mohawk and Resolute felt bound tonotice it. With regard to their sea-worthi-ness, I may mention that since that time,the Resolute has made extended ocean voy-ages, and the Mohawk was perfectly com-petent to do so. In fact, during herpresent service as coast-survey vessel, shehas repeatedly been off the coast in heavyweather, and as I have been informed byan officer on board of her,has behaved admirably. I devote this much of spaceto this, because nothing canbe more stupid than theprejudice — born of igno-rance—which has been enter-tained against center-boardvessels. That they are fasterthan keel boats, is beyonda question; that they are occurred to the competi
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