106 WITH BOAT AND GUN IN THE YANGTZE VALLEY. 



the scow type, with flat ends and large sail area. She is, nevertheless, very strongly built, 

 and has won races in extremely rough water. The remarkable feature about this boat is 

 that she appears to become faster as she gets older. The Gull, designed and built by Mr. 

 Bentley, is another fast boat, and with a little more sail and ballast might prove a dangerous 

 rival to the Kid. The Spoondrift and the Wiiisome are still craft to be reckoned with in light 

 or moderate breezes. A great feature in more recent years have been "long distance races " 

 which besides affording opportunities for excellent racing give every facility for pleasant 

 week-end outings. Many of these races have been sailed partly at night, and a case of 

 hare and tortoise often happens, and a would-be winner has often been caught napping : 

 the crew asleep while her rival plodded her weary way home in the darkness. 



CRUISING. 



One of the largest cruising yachts of later days is Mr. Fitzroy Lloyd's Foam, 

 formerly flagship of the Yacht Club. This craft was originally an "opium boat," but by 

 the ingenuity of her owner has been converted into a very comfortable and decidedly useful 

 cruiser, and is particularly well adapted for cruising in the broad waters of the Yangtsze, 

 though perhaps a little too long on the water for handling with ease. She has made the 

 trip to Chinkiang, 156 miles up the river. 



A very comfortable little boat was recently built by that rare lover of the " sailing 

 beauty " Mr. Duncan Glass, and is now owned by Messrs. Walker and Rutherford. Her 

 accommodation for so tiny a craft, only 33 feet over all, is really marvellous and can scarcely 

 be improved upon. 



An old-timer that has done a lot of cruising in the Yangtze is Kelpie, at one time 

 flagship of the Club when owned by Mr. A. L. Anderson. 



Yachting is most assuredly growing in popularity in Shanghai. It is a sport that 

 enables one to get a lot of exercise and a thorough change of air and scenery. Who has 

 not felt the invigorating results of a run to the Tungsha or Fair Way Buoy after a week's 

 fag at business ? If there is a breeze that will blow away the " cobwebs " it is to be found 

 outside Woosung. And on summer nights on the run back from the Kiutoan it is often that 

 a warm coat is not to be despised. 



The number of members of the Shanghai Yacht Club is at present 125, and the 

 annual increase is quite noteworthy. The Club is now a "Blue Ensign Club," and British 

 registered boats are allowed to fly the Blue Ensign, thanks to the energy and efforts of the 

 ex-commodore, Mr. A. L. Anderson, who obtained this privilege from the Admiralty. 



The Club's fleet consists of nearly 40 boat of all sizes, with a tendency of late for 

 deeper and larger yachts. An ocean racer on the lines of the boats that race from New 

 York to Bermuda every year, and a deep-sea cruiser are now in course of construction. 



Whatever may be said as to the relative merits of large and small yachts and which 

 produce the better yachtsmen, there is no doubt but that from a spectacular point of view 

 the big boat takes the palm. Unquestionable is the stateliness of the big, graceful yacht, 

 as she glides like " a thing of beauty " and comports herself like a Queen among the smaller 

 fry. See how easily she stands up to the puffs which send her little sisters careening 

 over till the water laps over the coaming ! 



