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Title: Yachts and yachting; a magazine devoted to the upbuilding of the noble sport of yachting
Year: 1911 (1910s)
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Subjects: Yachting
Publisher: Boston, Mass. Hollis Burgess yacht agency
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ton Hotel Ladies and Gentlemens Tailor AMERICAN CUT AND WORKMANSHIP Finest Selection in Extensive Variety ENGLISH IRI5HSCOTCH TAILORINO OOODS DUNCAN M. DOE Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler DEALER IN Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Sterling Silver Plated Ware, Clocks, Etc NOVELTIES AND SOUVENIRS A SPECIALTY-QUEEN STREET - - - HAHILTON, BERMUDA 158 YACHTS AND YACHTING i?9 To the onlooker the sail-spread is wholly out of proportion to the size of theboat. The mast of a light weather suit is twice as long as the dinghy, the boomis not much shorter than the upright stick, while the bowsprit is 14 feet in lengthand sometimes more. Frequently the area of the spinnaker exceeds that of jiband mainsail combined. Besides the light weather sails, a well-found dinghysequipment consists of a suit for moderate breezes and another for heavy winds.Each suit has its own set of spars, including a mast, and the Aveather-wise dinghyskipper rigs his boats according to his own estimate of the breeze. Should hi;
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BERMUDA DINGHIES RUNNING WITH HAMILTON SPINNAKERS. reckoning be wrong, the choice of two evils may fall upon him. He may eitherbe capsized or his boat may be hopelessly beaten. All dinghies carry a coil ofrope attached to a buoy, which rises to the surface Avhen the boat sinks. It is,therefore, a simple matter to haul a boat up and spread dry canvas in time forthe next event. The writer has seen this done frequently. As a rule, the dinghys crew consists of four men and a boy, the latter to sitin the bottom and bail continually. He works as hard as any of his fellow-;, forin a stiff puff, with the backs of the men on the windward gunwale sweeping the Ynch tsiii en I / Before starting in the race to BERMUDA, tell the fellows onthe other boats that theyll find you located at THE SOMER^ INN ST. GEORGES, - BERMUDA. **On the Square^ Unlimited lies will be swopped here after the June races.99 44-100 per cent of BERMUDAS visitors put up at, orlunch at THE SOMERS INN. Ask Mollis Burgess, he kn

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