Hunt's Yachting Magazine, Volume 20Hunt, 1871 - Yachting |
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Page 181 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 231 - ... then multiplying the length of the keel by the breadth so taken, and that product by half the breadth, and dividing the whole by ninety-four, the quotient shall be deemed the true contents of the tonnage...
Page 216 - Regulations— the challenging party being bound to give six months' notice in writing, fixing the day they wish to start. This notice to embrace the length, Custom House measurement, rig and name of the vessel. It is to be distinctly understood that the Cup is to be the property of the Club, and not of the members thereof, or owners of the vessel winning it in a match; and that the condition of keeping it open to be sailed for by Yacht Clubs of all foreign countries upon the terms above laid down,...
Page 214 - America," beating eight cutters and seven Schooner Yachts which started in the race. The Cup is offered to the New York Yacht Club, subject to the following conditions: Any organized Yacht Club of any foreign country shall always be entitled, through any one or more of its members, to claim the right of sailing a match for this cup with any Yacht or other vessel of not less than thirty nor more than three hundred tons, measured by the Custom House rule of the country to which the vessel belongs.
Page 189 - The number of lives saved during the forty-seven years from the establishment of the Institution in 1824, to the end of the year 1870, either by its lifeboats or by special exertions for which it had granted rewards, was 19,864.
Page 216 - The parties desiring to sail for the cup may make any match with the yacht club in possession of the same that may be determined upon by mutual consent; but, in case of disagreement as to terms, the match shall be sailed over the usual course for the annual regatta of the yacht club in possession of the cup, and subject to its rules and sailing regulations — the challenging party being bound to give six months' notice in writing, fixing the day they wish to start.
Page 144 - Majesty, they would mentally include the health of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family.
Page 535 - While the greatest number of wrecks, &c., happened on the east coast, the greatest loss of life during the ten years ended 1870, occurred in the Irish Sea. The number of lives saved during the past year is altogether 4,654. Hundreds of these were happily rescued from an inevitable death by the lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Institution, whose sphere of usefulness on our coasts is extending every y^ar.
Page 530 - The number of ships lost or damaged in the 1,502 wrecks, casualties, and collisions reported as having occurred on and near the coasts of the United Kingdom in 1870...
Page 230 - ... deck, from the forepart of the stem to the after-part of the stern-post; from which, deducting the breadth, the remainder shall be esteemed the just length to find the tonnage...