. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world. from the wind,when the advance to windward should be at therate of half the velocity of the wind, while theactual velocity is equal to that of the wind. Theyacht encounters the greatest velocity of the windwhen her course is 900, or 8 points from thewind, when the apparent wind is twice the actualvelocity. The greatest speed of the boat is at-tained at 120°, or ioYi points from the wind,when her speed is twice that of the wind. Themost rapid
. The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world. from the wind,when the advance to windward should be at therate of half the velocity of the wind, while theactual velocity is equal to that of the wind. Theyacht encounters the greatest velocity of the windwhen her course is 900, or 8 points from thewind, when the apparent wind is twice the actualvelocity. The greatest speed of the boat is at-tained at 120°, or ioYi points from the wind,when her speed is twice that of the wind. Themost rapid progress to leeward is made at 1500,or 13/4 points from the wind, when the apparentvelocity of the wind will equal its true Percy Ashley, , , Ice Yacht Architect. Icebergs. See Ice. Iceland, an island dependency of Denmark,250 miles from the southeast coast of Greenlandand about 600 miles west of Norway; betweenlat. 6o° 24 and 66° 33 N., and Ion. 13 31 and24 17 W.; length, east to west, 301 miles-breadth, about 200 miles; area, with adjacentislands 40,459 square miles. The coast-line onthe southeast is generally almost unbroken but. Plan of The Aurora. The fastest ice yachts are of the sloop patternwith about one-fifth of their sail area in the jib. Commodore H. C. Higginsons ice yachtAurora, of Orange Lake I. Y. C, carry-ing 62334 square feet of sail, and equipped withhollow spars and backbone, weighs a total pounds, divided as follows: on all other sides presents a succession of baysor fiords and promontories. The best harborsare those of Reykjavik and Eyrarbakki on thesouthwest, and of Eyja on the north. The in-terior of the island has for the most part a deso-late appearance. Lofty mountains of volcanicorigin rise crowned with snow and ice, which ICELAND stream into the intervening valleys and formimmense glaciers. Glaciers cover a surface ofupward of 4,000 square miles, and appear in allthe mountains above 4,000 feet in icy mountains
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