Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . the water, he findshimself on board a craft with bare decksand but little free-board. On the latter heasserts that he is always too near thewater and frequently actually in it. On the other hand the yachtsman who hasbeen all his life used to such conditions ofsailing, feels himself perfectly at knows his vessel to be well and stronglybuilt, and ballasted to the nicety of anounce; that her gear is the best that moneycan provide, and that his mates are, oneand all, to be implicitly depended uponfor courage and coolness i
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . the water, he findshimself on board a craft with bare decksand but little free-board. On the latter heasserts that he is always too near thewater and frequently actually in it. On the other hand the yachtsman who hasbeen all his life used to such conditions ofsailing, feels himself perfectly at knows his vessel to be well and stronglybuilt, and ballasted to the nicety of anounce; that her gear is the best that moneycan provide, and that his mates are, oneand all, to be implicitly depended uponfor courage and coolness in any emergencywhich may unexpetedly arise. He fullyappreciates the chances of a spar or someportion of the gear carrying away, and heknows that he may frequently have to spenda considerable number of minutes on astretch, up to his waist in water, in the leescuppers, or out on the end of the bowspritin a seaway. These are merely incidents heis aware he must look forward to, and whenthey are passed he reflects cheerfully that they all come in the course of a days. ^ens BRITISH YACHTING. 147
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