Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 609
efine for racing purposes the size and capacityof yachts, and to bring them as far as possibleinto distinct and homogeneous classes. Obviously the interest of racing is enormouslyenhanced if all the competitors start on eventerms, and consequently if the vessel first acrossthe line wins ; but it… … Yachts of the Cork Water Club.Front a fainting by Peter Alotiamy (1749). mentioned matches in the Bristol Channel andthe Thames are the first instances on record. For a long period racing consisted of matchesbetweeh vessels used for ordinary cruising pur-poses, and it was not until…
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