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The object of the club, which is Darned the Waveney Sail- 

 ing Club, is to encourage the improvement and sailing of 

 small yachts and boats, but it does not require much insight 

 to get at the reason of its establishment. The Norfolk and 

 Suffolk Club is an exclusive and an expensive club to belong 

 to ; besides, it encourages large yachts and is only open to 

 amateurs ; the Yare Sailing Club encourages smaller craft, 

 but is only open to amateurs ; the Great Yarmouth Club is 

 local and only open to amateurs; but the Waveney Club 

 is open to all, and the professional yachtsman or water- 



THE "CHECKMATE." 



man can own his half-rater, twenty-five footer, or dinghy, 

 which most probably he has built himself during the long 

 winter evenings, and he is not debarred from entering his 

 boat and racing it. This is the only club offering prizes to 

 professional watermen, and considering the large number of 

 them there are, the club would seem to supply a want that 

 was felt. 



At all events, several of the watermen living at Oulton 

 Broad have been induced to save money and possess them- 

 selves of a boat for racing purposes, and as the majority of 

 the club's regattas are held on a Saturday afternoon, which 

 is usually a half day with working men, much enjoyment is 



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