Day, Thomas Fleming, 1861-1927 · New York and London, The Rudder Publishing · leaf 41
? A boat that is suitable for cruising is not the thing forracing or day-sailing; a boat that would fill the, bill ifused on land-locked waters would make a poor showingon an open sea or in rough stretches of tide-swept chan-nel. Let us first consider the racing craft. Racing, as Ihave often told… … Knockabout 39 must be built as lightly as the law allows. This not onlymeans that her frame and planking must be kept downto eights, but she must be looted of everything that therules will permit you to remove. She must have large,well-made and consequently expensive sails. Her gearmust be of the…
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