A MANUAL

OF

YACHT AND BOAT SAILING.

BY

DIXON KEMP,

A.I.N.A.

(AUTHOR OF YACHT DESIGNING.")

LONDON:

"THE FIELD" OFFICE, 346, STRAND, W.C.

1878.

PREFACE.

IN LAUNCHING the "Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing," I desire to acknowledge the valuable aid which I received during its compilation. Mr. J. Beavor Webb compiled the tables for rigging and blocks, and gave me the lines of the Itchen Boats; Mr. G. L. Watson, of Sauchiehallstreet, Glasgow, made the drawings of Clyde Sailing Boats, and wrote the chapter thereon; Mr. C. P. Clayton gave me the lines of the New Brighton Sailing Boats, and much information concerning their outfit and management; and he, too, with Mr. W. B. Forwood, gave me the instruction I required concerning Windermere Yachts; Mr. W. Baden Powell gave me the drawing and particulars of the Gunter Sprit Rig introduced by him; Mr. T. Stow, yacht builder, of Shoreham, gave me the lines of the Brighton Beach Boat; and Mr. J. R. Wills, of Penzance, the design of the Penzance Lugger. Some of the information on other subjects I obtained from correspondents of THE FIELD, and I believe the source is in each case acknowledged in the text.

DIXON KEMP.

104, PALACE GARDENS TERRACE,

KENSINGTON, London, W.,

June 1, 1878.