Yachting, in Two Volumes (The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Books 22 & 23)

Yachting, in Two Volumes (The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Books 22 & 23)

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xvi, 430; xvi, 488 pp. Two volume set. VOLUME ONE CONTENTS: Introduction; Ocean Cruising; Corinthian Deep-Sea Cruising; The Evolution of the Modern Racing Yacht; Sliding Keels and Centreboards; Recollections of Schooner Racing; The Racing Rules and the Rules of Rating; Yacht's Sailing Boats; Small Yacht Racing on the Solent; Fitting Out a Fifty-Tonner to Go Foreign; Baltic Cruising; Five-Tonners and Five-Raters in the North; Index. VOLUME II CONTENTS: Royal Yachts and English Yacht Clubs; Scottish Clubs; Irish Clubs; The Thames Clubs and Windermere; Yachting on the Norfolk Broads; Yachting in America; Yachting in New Zealand; Foreign and Colonial Yachting; Some Famous Races; Racing in a 40-Rater in 1892; Yacht Racing in 1893; The American Yachting Season of 1893; The America Cup Races, 1893; Yacht Racing in 1894; Index.