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BROADLAND SPORT 



made by the then High Sheriff of the county, Mr R. J. H. 



Harvey (afterwards Sir Robert Harvey, Bart.), who purchased 



the Myth, a yacht of nine tons built by Ratsey of Cowes. 



She was considerably altered (in order that she might pass 



the club rules) as follows : 

 a moderate counter, the 

 sliding centre plate taken 

 out, her keel fixed an4 n 

 enormous spread of canvas 

 added. In light weather 

 she was a success and beat 



\the Red Rover. This boat 

 i was the forerunner of a class 



% that held the sway until 



\ 1883, having as their chief 



?^ characteristic a flat floor and 



Jm deep lead keel; the Lethe, 



Zoe, Elaine, Alarm, Phan- 

 tom, Maud, Firefly, Gem and 

 Witch may be mentioned as 

 boats of this type. 



These yachts were all 1 arge 

 compared with the modern 

 craft which frequent Broad- 

 land at the present * day, 

 and for ten or fifteen years 

 the Red Rover (S. Night- 

 ingale) reigned supreme. 

 Elated at her success at 

 home, she, in 1863, ventured 

 to the Thames, where she 

 entered for the Seventy 

 Guinea Wedding Cup, presented the year H.R.H. the Prince of 

 Wales was married, which was won by the Octoroon. The Red 

 Rover, being unfortunate in carry ing away her crosstrees, did not 

 show up at the finish. But later, at Hunstanton, in a light 

 wind, she (the Red Rover) beat all the Northern boats with 



THE MAUD. 



