. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. ion of the boats hull. If you hap-pen to get stuck on a shoal—and this isa contingency that has occurred fre-quently to the most skillful and carefulnavigator—in thick weather for in-stance, your lot is by no means to beenvied. This is particularly true if thetide is falling fast. The boat would goover on her side as soon as the watergot low enough. The crew and pas-sengers might have to wait aboarduntil high water, and a precious un-comfortable time they would pass I amcertain. When the flood tide made itmight be a moot question whether theboat would f
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. ion of the boats hull. If you hap-pen to get stuck on a shoal—and this isa contingency that has occurred fre-quently to the most skillful and carefulnavigator—in thick weather for in-stance, your lot is by no means to beenvied. This is particularly true if thetide is falling fast. The boat would goover on her side as soon as the watergot low enough. The crew and pas-sengers might have to wait aboarduntil high water, and a precious un-comfortable time they would pass I amcertain. When the flood tide made itmight be a moot question whether theboat would float or fill with water. The movable centerplate will always 54 BOAT SAILING. let you know when you get on a shoal,and will in nearly all cases give youwarning in time to avoid grounding,which is always an unpleasant predica-ment and one entailing much , again, the anchorages at whichsmall boats can safely lie are generallypretty shallow at low water and the bal-last-fin is found to be mighty inconven-ient for such ?^^ SAIL PLAN OF FIx\-KEEL. THE KNOCKABOUT CLASSES. THE knockabouts, which had theirorigin in Boston, have much torecommend them. They are freefrom freakiness. None of themat this time of writing have been fittedwith fin-keels to harass their skipperswhen they come in contact with theground. They have a moderate sailarea, and thus are under control at alltimes. In a blow one is as safe aboardone of these craft as a converted China-man under the lee of his fair Sunday-school teacher at church - time. Thevariety in vogue in Boston in 1897 waslimited to 500 square feet of sail. Allwere keel boats, 21 feet being the limitof length on the load water-line. This class gained popularity from theintrinsic excellence of the boats them-selves, combining capital cruising quali-ties w4th fair speed and good accommo-dations. Several designers competed,the restrictions governing the^r con-struction, dimensions, and sail areabeing such that the boats were very
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