Day, Thomas Fleming, 1861-1927 · New York and London, The Rudder Publishing · leaf 49
eeping the weights and windages downlow. But, as in everything, there is a happy medium—abetwixt and between. It may be stated that for all reasonable purposes on acruising boat of 40 feet and under to be used on ourcoast, a draught of five feet is sufficient. All over that willprove a cause of… … Cutter Rig 47 to three feet, but then it is my peculiar pleasure to sailwhere other men seldom venture. It is difficult to get a weatherly keel boat on four oreven five feet draught. A boat to be good to windwardmust have a deep plane of resistance. This makes italmost impossible to dispense with…
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