Sullivan, Edward Sir · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 76
EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN RACING YACAT 55 and ‘Varuna,’ 4o-rater. But the vessel was built without any idea of racing, she having three masts, square-rigged on each mast, and whatever advantages she may have pos- sessed seem to have escaped the notice of the regular yacht- builders. A much likelier… … ‘ Problem,’ 1852 re in a letter to ‘Bell’s Life’ in 1852, where he proposes a ‘tonnage cheater,’ in which he had got the stern-post pretty nearly amidships, with the profile resembling in an exact degree that of our most modern small craft. But though, if properly designed otherwise, the proposed…
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