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Excerpt from A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing 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. Gr. 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. Porwood, 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.B. 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.