The sea-fisherman: comprising the chief methods of hook and line fishing in the British and other seas, and remarks on nets, boats, and boatingProfusely illustrated with woodcuts on leads, baited hooks, nets and boats, etc., and detailed descriptions of the same . distances,say from six to twelve miles, those who wish to follow it willrequire a craft of not less than from sixteen to twenty feet keel,twenty to twenty-five in length over all, and from three to fivetons, rigged as a dandy or yawl, and if decked to the mast witha narrow water-way round her, so much the better. Many ofthese boats a
The sea-fisherman: comprising the chief methods of hook and line fishing in the British and other seas, and remarks on nets, boats, and boatingProfusely illustrated with woodcuts on leads, baited hooks, nets and boats, etc., and detailed descriptions of the same . distances,say from six to twelve miles, those who wish to follow it willrequire a craft of not less than from sixteen to twenty feet keel,twenty to twenty-five in length over all, and from three to fivetons, rigged as a dandy or yawl, and if decked to the mast witha narrow water-way round her, so much the better. Many ofthese boats are yachts in miniature, being built and fitted withgreat taste. The Yawl or Dandy (fig. 82).—The yawl is frequentlypreferred to the cutter for fishing purposes (trawling or dredging THE YAWL OR DAKDY. 259 excepted) both by amateurs and professional fishermen, as themainsail is generally used without a boom, or if a boom is usedit is not a fixture, as in the cutter, but fitted to ship and unshipwhen required. This rig has of late years found increasing favour withyachting men, even for vessels of large size, as the diminishedweight of the mainsail renders them more manageable. Inlarge vessels the mainsail is permanently bent on to the boom,as in Fig. 82.—The Yawl or Dandy. Yachts of this rig for fishing purposes often run up to thesize of fifteen tons builders measurement, in which case theyare not decked over entirely, but have a large open well, in theedges or coamings of which a wink or winch is fixed wherewithto get up^the anchor, for which a hawser-laid rope is used, asbeing more manageable than a chain for great depths. Thesevessels should not have a water-way or side-deck more thantwenty inches wide, or it will be inconvenient to stand in thewell to haul the lines. If they exceed twenty inches wide, theyshould not be less than three feet, as you can then fish from thedeck ; and that you may conveniently do so, an additional railshould be fixed by iron stanch
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