. Our flag number, with 1197 flags in full colors and 300 additional illustrations in black and white. 1660 when Phineas Petts was the master shipwright of theroyal navy. Charles II. owned the yacht Mary of 163 tons andthe ^hteensborrougb of 27 tons. Pepys mentions a race, May1661, between a Dutch yacht belonging to the merry monarchand a new one built by Petts and says : Commissioner Pettsdo prove better than the Dutch one that his brother (the beforementioned master shipwright), built. The first English yacht club organized was The CorkWater Club, founded in 1720. Its first regatta was held
. Our flag number, with 1197 flags in full colors and 300 additional illustrations in black and white. 1660 when Phineas Petts was the master shipwright of theroyal navy. Charles II. owned the yacht Mary of 163 tons andthe ^hteensborrougb of 27 tons. Pepys mentions a race, May1661, between a Dutch yacht belonging to the merry monarchand a new one built by Petts and says : Commissioner Pettsdo prove better than the Dutch one that his brother (the beforementioned master shipwright), built. The first English yacht club organized was The CorkWater Club, founded in 1720. Its first regatta was held inCork haibor, 1812. The name was altered to the RoyalCork Yacht Club, which held its first regatta in 1828. Yachting flourishes in England more widely than in anyother country for the reason that the English possess greatwealth concentrated in the hands of a few persons and the coastof Great Britain is studded with good harbors. There are nearly,if not quite fifty yacht clubs in England, each of which has a flag 1 Yachts and Yachting in ixribncrs Monthly, for August. PL. XII AMERICAN YACHT CLUBS. SAN FHACISCO _CLUB. t NSIGN DORCHESTERCLUB.
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