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Title: Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944
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Publisher: London : Seeley, Service
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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lated to the Norfolkwherry (by reason of her connection with Holland),and she must also justly lay claim to being related tothat type of vessel, with one sail and mast but noheadsail, that we saw in existence in the sixteenthcentury. To-day, as we shall see in the followingchapter, the inland waters of Holland still preservethe Dutch equivalent, or rather prototype, of thiscat-boat craft. Because of their well-known badproclivities when running before a moderate breezethis rig is not popular in England; and even when itis proposed to give a small open boat a simple rig, thebalance lugsail is infinitely preferred in our country.It should be added that even in America, where thecat-boat prospers most, there is a decided tendency tomodify it by the addition of a jib and bowsprit, so asto make her a sloop. But for all that the mastremains in the same position as before—just as farforward as it is possible to have it placed. For land-locked waters these craft have certain advantages, but
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Fig. 73.—American Cat-Boat. The mast is stepped very far forward as in the Dutch-American sloopsof the seventeenth century. THE FORE-AND-AFT RIG TO-DAY 263 there are not many who would call the rig suitable foractual sea-work. Recently in England the 15-metre cutters havepractically superseded the 52-footers, except in handi-cap racing; but in America a somewhat similar classto these, though larger, was found in the 70-footers,which have been the most popular large yachts, withinrecent times, of the New York Yacht Club. InAmerica the same difficulty which has confrontedourselves in regard to finding a suitable rule for themeasurement and rating of yachts has also existed.The problem has been, as with us, to find some satis-factory method for the prevention of an exaggerated,unhealthy type. It is a matter for regret thatAmerica did not see her way to joining the otheryachting nations in agreeing to the international rule,but last summer—in 1910—Herreshoff, the greatestnaval archi

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