Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . as only afew seasons ago that at many of the prin-cipal contests, schooners were found in themajority; but year by year, they have beensteadily losing ground. Last season therewas only one, the Miranda, that entered inthe first class matches, open to all rigs, andthis year she, also, has hauled down herfighting flag and joined the ranks ofthe ex-racers and cruisers. Judging solelyby the evidence afforded through Euro-pean yacht-racing during recent years, thecutter rig has undoubtedly proved themost weatherly, faster in reachi
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . as only afew seasons ago that at many of the prin-cipal contests, schooners were found in themajority; but year by year, they have beensteadily losing ground. Last season therewas only one, the Miranda, that entered inthe first class matches, open to all rigs, andthis year she, also, has hauled down herfighting flag and joined the ranks ofthe ex-racers and cruisers. Judging solelyby the evidence afforded through Euro-pean yacht-racing during recent years, thecutter rig has undoubtedly proved themost weatherly, faster in reaching, andwith the assistance of a spinaker, quiteable to hold its own with the schooner ona dead run to leeward. Few new schoon-ers are now being built, and although theiraggregate tonnage is still considerable,there has been a falling off in their numberin the course of the past two seasons, to theextent of fifty-five vessels, while during thesame period cutters have very considerablyincreased. The yawl rig is found con-venient for cruising, as by its adoption the. B6 BRITISH YACHTING. AS heavy main boom is very much modified, $13,000,000, and independent of amateurs, and consequently a yawl of the same size the number of paid hands required by the as a cutter can be handled by a smaller yachts is close upon 12,000 men. These crew. Sloops have never been popular in are probably the smartest seamen to be
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