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CHAPTER XX 



YACHTS AND YACHTING DURING THE PAST 



1800 TO 1880 



The Pre-eminent Sport of Broadland-- Waters accessible Regattas a 

 Hundred Years Ago An Ancient Yarmouth Custom From 1800 

 to 1840 The Old Maria and Her History The Augusta, a Yacht 

 130 Years Old Yachting in the Forties A Scene at Wroxham 

 Fighting for the Cup A Stern Chase Prominent Lateeners and 

 Cutters In the Fifties Racing Cutters The 1840 to 1860 Model 

 Rigging Lateener, or Fore and Mizzen, Rig Advantages and 

 Disadvantages of the Lateen Rigged Craft Cranks The Bermuda 

 The Experiment A Curious Method of Boatbuilding An Amusing 

 Incident Summary from 1840 to 1859 The First Yacht Club in 

 Broadland and Its Fate Origin of the Norfolk and Suffolk 

 Yacht Club New Measurements and Time Allowances Result 

 of the New Rules Promoters of the Club First Meeting and 

 Officers History of the Burgee and Ensign Annual Fixtures 

 Classification of Yachts Length of Course Prizes Inauguration 

 Meeting Big Race Entries Mishaps Result Triumph of 

 Cutters over Lateens In the Sixties Commodores of the Club 

 from 1859 to 1902 The Club House Prominent Racing Yachts, 

 Red Rover I., Her Career and Race for the Prince of Wales' Wedding 

 Cup Sliding Keels An American Boat Burgh Water Frolic 

 Ancient Customs and Distinguished Patronage Procession of 

 Boats City Fathers on the Razzle-dazzle A Curious Coincidence 

 After Twenty Years Substitution of the Name "Regatta" for 

 " Water Frolic " Disappearance of the Lateen Rig Big Cutters 

 Classes in the Seventies Prominent Yachts Ocean Yacht Racing 

 Yachting on the Coast Origin of the Yare Sailing Club Its 

 Promoters First Meeting and Officers Its Commodores from 

 1879 to 1902 The Largest Sailing Club in the World In the 

 Eighties Origin of the Hirecraft Pleasure Wherries and Pleasure 

 Barges ....... pages 238-273 



CHAPTER XXI 



YACHTS AND YACHTING DURING THE PRESENT 



1880 TO 1900 



Prominent Racers from 1882 to 1887 Origin of the Great Yarmouth 

 Yacht Club Its Promoters First Meeting and Officers First 

 Regatta The Jubilee Gold Challenge Cup List of Commodores 

 In the Nineties Amateur Crews The First Successful Rival 



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