. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. Charles IIs Yacht Mary. Jhis was the .second yacht of the same name, and the first English-built yacht to be so called. The first yachtwhich Knijland e\er possessed was the Mary presented to Charles II bj the Dutch in 1660. She was alittle smaller but very similar to the second Mary. The details fiar the abo\-e pictuie have been takenfrom a contemporary sketchby Vander Velde. This second iSIary was built InPhineas Pett at Chatham,and latniched in 1677. She was of 166 tons, carri
. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. Charles IIs Yacht Mary. Jhis was the .second yacht of the same name, and the first English-built yacht to be so called. The first yachtwhich Knijland e\er possessed was the Mary presented to Charles II bj the Dutch in 1660. She was alittle smaller but very similar to the second Mary. The details fiar the abo\-e pictuie have been takenfrom a contemporary sketchby Vander Velde. This second iSIary was built InPhineas Pett at Chatham,and latniched in 1677. She was of 166 tons, carried si.\ guns and a crew of twenty. Her dimensions were :len,;ih 65! ft., beam 2ii ft., depth SJ ft., and she drew 7^ ft. of water. Although only six guns weremounted she had port holes for more, as may be seen. {From the oyiginal painting by Cliarlcs Dixon, ) Some Reviews of FORE ^ AFT CRAFT AND THEIR STORY Every sailor-man, ashore or afloat, will be fascinatedbeyond measure with this book.—Pall Mall Gazette. Mr Keble Chatterton is probably the leading literaryauthority on the history of ships and the seaforeaftcraftthei00chat2
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