. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. ^^.i Fig- 39- Dutch Schuyt p. 175 After the engraving by E. W. Cooke. The influence of the Dutch hull and rig over English craftpersisted in a most marked manner till nearly the middle of the nineteenth Fig. 40. P. 17G IlArcn-i;oAT IN Gravksend Reach This is after the engraving by E. W. Cooke. In the early part ol the nineteenth century thiswas the typical craft of the Thames Estuary fishermen. THE FORE-AND-AFT RIG 179 yachts were employed, instead of being either raci
. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. ^^.i Fig- 39- Dutch Schuyt p. 175 After the engraving by E. W. Cooke. The influence of the Dutch hull and rig over English craftpersisted in a most marked manner till nearly the middle of the nineteenth Fig. 40. P. 17G IlArcn-i;oAT IN Gravksend Reach This is after the engraving by E. W. Cooke. In the early part ol the nineteenth century thiswas the typical craft of the Thames Estuary fishermen. THE FORE-AND-AFT RIG 179 yachts were employed, instead of being either racingor pleasure craft. It is also on record that a new yachtbelonging to Lord Ferrers, in turning to windward fromthe Downs to Blackwall, beat everything else. Thatwas in 1773, but the same year she was in turn beatenby two shallops in a race from Dover to the Frenchcoast and back. We may now pass on to examine more closely thecharacter of the cutters and sloops that were prevalentat this time ; and first, with regard to that exceedinglyinteresting creature the Revenue cruiser. As her mis-sion in life was to get along with the utmost despatchso as to overtake the wily smuggler, it was of primeimportance that she should be given the fastest hullthat the contemporary designer could give her, togetherwith an exceptionally la
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