. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. d withideal sailing breezes, a trifle blusteringand boisterous, perhaps, when themerry music of the stiff norwesterpipes through the rigging, but never-theless vastly enjoyable to the ardentamateur, who grasps the tiller of hisstanch shippie and fearlessly luffs upto the strident puffs, knowing thathe has a stout hull beneath him,and that sails and gear are of trustystrength. It is all very well for the steam-yachtsmen and such-like marine Syba-rites to wait for the hot days of July toarrive before ordering their floatingpalaces to go into commission, b
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. d withideal sailing breezes, a trifle blusteringand boisterous, perhaps, when themerry music of the stiff norwesterpipes through the rigging, but never-theless vastly enjoyable to the ardentamateur, who grasps the tiller of hisstanch shippie and fearlessly luffs upto the strident puffs, knowing thathe has a stout hull beneath him,and that sails and gear are of trustystrength. It is all very well for the steam-yachtsmen and such-like marine Syba-rites to wait for the hot days of July toarrive before ordering their floatingpalaces to go into commission, but hewho depends upon sails can ill afford toallow all the glorious winds of the freshand fragrant springtime to blow them-selves to waste in such reckless, feck-less fashion. There may be a chillysting or bite in the spray that breaks onthe weather bow in a silver shower andsmites the helmsman mercilessly in theface, but there is invigorating ozone inwind and w^ater, and a glow of triumphafter a successful battle with breezeand IN DRY DOCK.
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