. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. TURNING THE STAKE. I. ADVICE TO AN LL of us remember theold sailors to theman who reproachedhim for soaking his clayin bad rum. ^ Thereaint such a thing underheaven as badxwvn^ hesagely remarked. Ofcourse some rum is better than another,but I have been knocking about theworld for more than fifty years andnever did I drink a glass of rum thatdeserved to be called bad^ and I gotoutside of some pretty fiery tipple inmy time. The same is true in a general way ofboats. There are many types of boatand each has some peculiar attribute torecom
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. TURNING THE STAKE. I. ADVICE TO AN LL of us remember theold sailors to theman who reproachedhim for soaking his clayin bad rum. ^ Thereaint such a thing underheaven as badxwvn^ hesagely remarked. Ofcourse some rum is better than another,but I have been knocking about theworld for more than fifty years andnever did I drink a glass of rum thatdeserved to be called bad^ and I gotoutside of some pretty fiery tipple inmy time. The same is true in a general way ofboats. There are many types of boatand each has some peculiar attribute torecommend it. No two craft, for in-stance, could be more widely differentin every way than a Gloucester fishingdory and a Cape Cod cat-boat, yet eachwhen properly handled has safely rid-den out an Atlantic gale. Of course if 16 BOAT SAILING, their movements had been directed byfarm hands both would have point of fact, there is no royal roadto the acquisition of seamanship. Ex-perience is what is needed first, last andall the time. It is true, however, thatthe rough sea ove
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