. Yachts and yachting; a magazine devoted to the upbuilding of the noble sport of yachting. RIEIS Fancy Game in Season, Broilers, Squabs, Capon and Ducklings. Milk and Cream from Private Dairy. Fresh Fruit and Vegetables. 130-132 CO/WMERCIAL ST. Head of Public Landing-Ferry Wharf. NOYES IVlflGHlJlE GO. THE WILEY SOUTH PORTl^^ND, MARKET (C. E. BEEDY. Prop.) Shop alongside Marine Railway. MEATS, CANNED GOODS AND VEGETABLES GENERAL MARINE WORK, OF ALL KINDS GASOLINE ENGINES & REPAIRS Yaeht Supplies a Specialty Manufacturers of TELEPHONE 62 THOMPSONS AUTOMATIC FOLDING PROPELLER, The Best Propeller
. Yachts and yachting; a magazine devoted to the upbuilding of the noble sport of yachting. RIEIS Fancy Game in Season, Broilers, Squabs, Capon and Ducklings. Milk and Cream from Private Dairy. Fresh Fruit and Vegetables. 130-132 CO/WMERCIAL ST. Head of Public Landing-Ferry Wharf. NOYES IVlflGHlJlE GO. THE WILEY SOUTH PORTl^^ND, MARKET (C. E. BEEDY. Prop.) Shop alongside Marine Railway. MEATS, CANNED GOODS AND VEGETABLES GENERAL MARINE WORK, OF ALL KINDS GASOLINE ENGINES & REPAIRS Yaeht Supplies a Specialty Manufacturers of TELEPHONE 62 THOMPSONS AUTOMATIC FOLDING PROPELLER, The Best Propeller for the Auxiliarist. CAMDEN, MAINE. YACHTS AND YACHTING 117 PORTLAND YACHT CLUB. The first Portland yacht of which there was a record is the venerableLaurel, built in 1820. She was considered a fast sailer and was for manyyears a favorite boat for picnic parties to the different Islands of Casco Bay. Before the days of railroads, electric cars, or automobiles, she carried pas-sengers to the Commencement at Bowdoin, and she appeared prominently inthe early paintings of Diamond FLEET OF PORTLAND YACHT CLUB. When ov/ned by Judge Goddard, she took part in the club cruises and re-gattas. She is now enjoying a green old age, but has not taken active part inthe regattas or cruises for some years. Other yachts were the Quakeress and later the Choctaw and the Amer-ican. The latter, although less than thirty feet long, carried a jib-boom andmartingale. In 1866 there were owned in Portland the schooner Laurel, Nettle andSparkle; sloops Ray, Spy, Whisper and others, and a cruise was ar-ranged. Capt. Abiel N. Smith, of the Ray, was acting Commodore, and Capt. W^illard, of the Nettle was acting Vice-Commodore. The cruise lasted threedays, and was so successful that it was determined to organize a club, and thenext vear on April 26th, 1869, 42 years ago, the Portland Yacht Club was formed. There was much interest in the Club from the start and before the close ofthe season it had
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