Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . c^.^^ \«»33gg BRITISH YACHTING. 15s. old English admiral, Sir Francis Drake,was engaged in playing a game of bowlswhen he received intelligence of the ap-proach of the Spanish armada. Some ofthe ships entered the sound, and their ad-miral, the Duke of Medina Sidonia, is saidto have been so much pleased with the sit-uation of Mount Edgecumbe that he deter-mined to make it his residence when theforces under his command had conqueredEngland. Sir Francis persisted in quietlyfinishing his game of bowls ; putting tosea with th
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . c^.^^ \«»33gg BRITISH YACHTING. 15s. old English admiral, Sir Francis Drake,was engaged in playing a game of bowlswhen he received intelligence of the ap-proach of the Spanish armada. Some ofthe ships entered the sound, and their ad-miral, the Duke of Medina Sidonia, is saidto have been so much pleased with the sit-uation of Mount Edgecumbe that he deter-mined to make it his residence when theforces under his command had conqueredEngland. Sir Francis persisted in quietlyfinishing his game of bowls ; putting tosea with the little English fleet, to play thesterner game, which—with the help of astorm—ended in the destruction of theSpanish ships. On regatta days the Hoeis crowded with a concourse of people, wholook down on the same land-locked waterthat harbored the little hundred-and-eighty- ton Mayflower before she shook out hersails to the breeze, just about 300 yearsago, to start upon her memorable voyageto the shores of New England. The next event of importance for theracing fleet is the regatta of the RoyalYacht Sq
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