LATF.ENERS RACING ON WROXHAM BROAD. 



CHAPTER XX 



YACHTS AND YACHTING DURING THE PAST, 1800 TO 1880 



AMONGST the sports of Broadland, boat-sailing and yachting 

 stand pre-eminent. It is a sport in which all can indulge, 

 from the millionaire in his luxurious steam yacht to the 

 guttersnipe in a washtub; there is plenty of room for 

 everybody without being obliged to rub shoulders against 

 undesirable company. 



In Broadland are some 200 miles of waterway open 

 to the Bohemian tourist, and a grand total of over 4000 

 acres of open water made up from the combined area of 

 the various broads and lagoons. The normal range of tide 

 is trifling, and there is no swiftly -running stream to contend 

 against, except near Great Yarmouth, which renders these 



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