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R EC RE A TION. 



A COSY SUMMER HOME. 



While cruising in your yacht, you may 

 enjoy many other sports, such as wild- 

 fowl shooting, fishing, photography, 

 sketching, etc. 



Some people are afraid of the sea, but 

 we have all heard of the old salt who 

 thanked God he was safe at sea, from 

 the perils of life in towns. A staunch 

 non-capsizable boat, of the cutter type, 

 will outride any gale you will be likely 

 to encounter in an ordinary cruise. I 

 have been yachting for many a year, 

 sometimes in queer craft, but have yet 

 to see a serious accident or one involving 

 loss of life. Even the veriest old tub 



develops an antipathy to a rugged lee 

 shore, and there's " a sweet little cherub 

 that sits up aloft," who looks after the 

 lives of yachtsmen as well as of the Jack 

 of song. 



The limits of this article do not per- 

 mit a discussion of the vexed question 

 of centreboard versus cutter. Suffice it 

 to say that for outside cruising the cut- 

 ter type, of a generous beam and depth 

 sufficient to give stability, is dryer, more 

 comfortable and safer than the centre- 

 board, although the latter has many 

 advantages for inshore work, dodging 

 about rivers, sounds, &c. A handy 



