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local sandbanks there is also a dangerous " set " in the currents, 

 which requires to be known and allowed for when coasting, 

 and it is always advisable under these circumstances to make a 

 sea passage by day, if possible from port to port, and not to 

 depend too much upon the chart and bearings. However, this 

 makes good seamen, careful navigators, and it teaches those 

 who go in practically for yachting how to handle their craft 

 under difficult circumstances. 



THE " WASP." 



In running northwards from the mouth of the Thames and 

 passing " down swin " (by far the safest passage), about forty 

 miles takes one safely into the fine, and at all times accessible, 

 harbour of Harwich. The next stretch away to the northward 

 is a constant dodge in and out of sandbanks the whole way to 

 Lowestoft, and when once there, the harbour is not to be 

 approached with ease at all times of the tide. The deepest 

 channel to enter Lowestoft Harbour is found immediately 

 under the south pier-head, whilst care must be taken, if 

 a strong ebb tide be running, that the yacht is not suddenly 



