Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . Royal CinquePorts Yacht Club at Dover. Most peoplewho have visited Europe are familiar withall that is of interest in connection with thiscomparatively modern Kentish port. Thecourse is right out in the channel, and isusually sailed over in a strong breeze witha lumpy sea, which the cross-tides white cliffs and the old castle are per-haps best seen from the bay, but even they render anxious moments for the smartestcrews. There is no really good racing tobe obtained here, as from beginning to endof a match it is gene
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . Royal CinquePorts Yacht Club at Dover. Most peoplewho have visited Europe are familiar withall that is of interest in connection with thiscomparatively modern Kentish port. Thecourse is right out in the channel, and isusually sailed over in a strong breeze witha lumpy sea, which the cross-tides white cliffs and the old castle are per-haps best seen from the bay, but even they render anxious moments for the smartestcrews. There is no really good racing tobe obtained here, as from beginning to endof a match it is generally only a matter ofworking the tides. Many of the cruisingboats, and frequently a few of the racers,instead of venturing up the Mersey runover to the Isle of Man, and, weather per-mitting, come to anchor for a day or twoin Douglas Bay. The Manx capital duringthe summer season is a bright and cheerfullittle town, and there are interesting tripsto be undertaken in different directionsover the island during the short the racing fleet steer to Mor-. ^^- Fred. S . <^ O^Tjevi^ will hardly induce the yachtsman to wishto prolong his stay beyond the two daysoccupied with the regatta. From Dover thefleet have before them the longest trip ofthe cruise. Away down the English chan-nel to the westward, round Lands End andup St. Georges channel to Liverpool. TheMersey is only known to most yachtsmento be avoided. In the course arranged bythe Royal Mersey Yacht Club, the starttakes place just abreast of the PrincessLanding Stage, associated in the minds ofmost Americans only with their arrival ordeparture from Europe. The strong tidewhich rushes in and out of the Sloyne, andthe crowd of vessels anchored in the stream. cambe Bay, to attend the regatta of theRoyal Barrow Yacht Club. The town ismerely a manufacturing place of very recentgrowth, but it is a convenient point fromwhich to reach Furness Abbey and thecharming scenery of the English Lake dis-trict. From Barrow a c
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