SEA FISHING FROM SMALL BOATS 



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nuisance, and if badly steered they may be taken aback and 

 capsized. On the whole, perhaps the most handy form of 

 mainsail, and one that can be used with or without jib and 

 mizzen, is the comparatively modern sliding gunter. A sketch 

 of it is given below. It sets almost like a cutter's mainsail, 

 without requiring peak halyards, nor is a boom necessary in a 

 small boat. 



A HANDY FISHING BOAT 



Boatmen's charges is a subject on which there is not a 

 great deal to be said. At short-season watering-places, where 

 the men have to make their harvest in a few weeks, a habit has 

 arisen of charging what appear to be exorbitant rates. The sea 

 angler, whose season is frequently not coincident with that of the 

 ordinary visitors, may reasonably expect to be accommodated on 

 more moderate terms. At half-a-crown an hour for boat and 

 man, which is no uncommon charge, sea fishing may be much 



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