Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . AMERICAN STEAM YACHTING 3 AMERICAN STEAM YACHTING/ BY EDWARD S. This branchof that most de-lightful andpopular recrea-tion, yachting,has hitherto re-ceived but littlenotice fromwriters on the subject. This is partly owing,no doubt, to the comparatively recent com-mencement of the use of steam in yachts. As, however, this power is rapidly grow-ing in favor, while sails remain almost sta-tionary, it is desirable to place steam yachtsin their proper place before the public, andgive them, at least, a share of the attenti
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . AMERICAN STEAM YACHTING 3 AMERICAN STEAM YACHTING/ BY EDWARD S. This branchof that most de-lightful andpopular recrea-tion, yachting,has hitherto re-ceived but littlenotice fromwriters on the subject. This is partly owing,no doubt, to the comparatively recent com-mencement of the use of steam in yachts. As, however, this power is rapidly grow-ing in favor, while sails remain almost sta-tionary, it is desirable to place steam yachtsin their proper place before the public, andgive them, at least, a share of the attentionand commendation which have hithertobeen devoted almost exclusively to sails. Your regular old yachtsman has a pro-found contempt for steam yachts. He con-siders that all the romance and pleasure ofyachting consist in the uncertainties, dan-gers, and difficulties attending sailing. Heglories in the storms which compel theshortening of sail, the lying-to, the scud-ding before the wind under a staysail, andall the other vicissitudes which attend ex-cess of wind ; while, on the other hand, hetakes dead calms, with sails idly flappingaga
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