Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . B6 BRITISH YACHTING. 157 class of craft from those found on its watersto-day. Coasting schooners, fishing-smacks, brave Indiamen, and now andthen a fighting-ship—kings, or foreigner,and here and there a sullen-looking lugger,wpon which the smart active men of the which is somewhat uncertain during thesummer, assumes as the autumn days drawin, a more defined character for the cruise I have briefly indicatedwould probably prove an attractive outingfor most American yachtsmen. They. :ec(..r).C:o3-5jenS66 WATER WITCH. Ro
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . B6 BRITISH YACHTING. 157 class of craft from those found on its watersto-day. Coasting schooners, fishing-smacks, brave Indiamen, and now andthen a fighting-ship—kings, or foreigner,and here and there a sullen-looking lugger,wpon which the smart active men of the which is somewhat uncertain during thesummer, assumes as the autumn days drawin, a more defined character for the cruise I have briefly indicatedwould probably prove an attractive outingfor most American yachtsmen. They. :ec(..r).C:o3-5jenS66 WATER WITCH. Rose cutter seem most diligently to waitupon, make up the show of shipping. After the termination of the RoyalSquadron regatta the racing boats are fullyoccupied at the various ports in the imme-diate vicinity of the Isle of Wight untilthe close of the season, which takes placeabout a month later, when the weather. would be certain of receiving a most cor-dial reception and would find the greatmajority of the yacht clubs placed at theirservice during the cruise. An opportunitywould be afforded them of seeing theUnited Kingdom and its inhabitants froma totally different stand|)oint from that oc-cui:)ie(l by the ordinary tourist. There 158 BRITISH YACHTING.
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