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looked like a raft raised upon two pontoons. She was a 

 double-hulled boat drawing less than a foot of water, and 

 Jier middle was hollowed out so that when she rested upon 

 an even keel an undivided waterline extended all round 

 her. In sailing she ran over the water rather than cut 

 through it, and as she carried 450 feet of sail area it 

 is no wonder she left everything else behind. She was 

 very simply rigged with a large lug-foresail and a small 

 mizzen, whilst her stability was assisted by a sliding centre- 

 plate of three feet to four feet exposed area. Her rough 

 measurements were L.W.L., seventeen feet ; beam, seven 

 feet ; depth, two feet. 



After winning her first race at O til ton Broad on a Whit 

 Monday, she was offered for sale for thirty pounds but 

 purchasers were shy as they did not altogether appreciate 

 her appearance and preferred a safer ship to sail in. She 

 was however sold a few days afterwards, and her new owner, 

 during her first racing season, won prizes equal in value to 

 more than double the purchase money. 



This boat was the forerunner of a class of racing machines 

 which exercised full sway upon the waters of Broadland for 

 the next seven years. These boats have no comfort even for 

 sailing, much less for cruising; everything is sacrificed for 

 speed. 



The Castanet, a bluff-bowed, spoon-shaped vessel, with a 

 broad stern and small keel was Mr Mollett's next success 

 (1892), but her owner (Mr Russell J. Colman) was unable to 

 hold the Challenge Cup at his pleasure more than one season, 

 for in 1893 the Challenge (Mr W. Stewart) showed herself a 

 much faster boat. 



The Castanet was built by George Mollett of Brundall for 

 Mr R. J. Colman, and was at the time the most advanced type 

 of racing boat of her class. During her first season she 

 started fourteen times, securing twelve prizes, eight firsts and 

 four seconds ; in her second season she won eleven prizes out of 

 fourteen starts. As a cruiser is not only comfortable, but 

 exceedingly handy, a great consideration in the narrow water- 



