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 *vas you set. Of course, the worst time is when you're sailing a point or two free, because they go their ten knots, and that means that they throw it about a bit."

BOW, 1892.

In our own country the measurement rules have also had a dominant influence on the form of our racing craft as they appear in 1899.

STERN, 1892.

Monstrosities with fin-keels now monopolize the races in the larger classes, while scows and ingenious nondescripts, which sailors would never mistake for boats, control all the sport in the smaller classes. How to give the owner of the honest boat a fair show, while at the same time dealing justly with the owner of the racing machine, is a problem that