On yacht sailing : a simple treatise for beginners upon the art of handling small yachts and boats (1904)
Day, Thomas Fleming, 1861-1927 · New York : Rudder Pub. Co. · leaf 17
nerally poor craft, not being of the proper formfor sailing. While they will do, if nothing better canbe had, they are far inferior to a properly designed sail-ing dory or a Lark. If the beginner starts in a poorsailing craft he is apt to get disgusted with the resultsof his work and give up. After… … i5 this is apt to confuse the beginner, and make the taskof learning harder. By starting to learn to sail in a capsizable boat youwill gather the first and most important part of sailoriz-ing, and that is caution, and you will gain from sailingsuch a boat that nicety of touch which is the acme…
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