A complete treatise on the management of sailing boats of all kinds, and under all conditions of weather, containing also concise descriptions of the various rigs in general use, at home and abroad, directions for handling, sailing canoes, and “The Rudiments of Cutter and Sloop Sailing.”
1 vol., square 16mo. Blue roan, orange edges. With numerous plates and illustrations. Price, $2.00, net.
THE AMERICA’S CUP.
HOW IT WAS WON BY THE YACHT AMERICA IN 1851, AND HOW IT HAS BEEN SINCE DEFENDED.
By Capt. ROLAND F. COFFIN,
Author of “Sailors’ Yarns,” “Archibald the Cat,” “How Old Wiggins Wore Ship,” Etc., Etc.
1 vol., 12mo. With Illustrations. Paper, 50c. Cloth, $1.00.
A history of all the races since 1851 for the possession of the trophy, the emblem of the yachting supremacy of the world—commonly called the Queen’s Cup—with an account of the English yachts Genesta and Galatea, entered for the races to be sailed in September, 1885, for the possession of this most coveted prize. Also descriptions of the yachts Priscilla and Puritan. There are twelve full-page illustrations from drawings by Frederick S. Cozzens, an engraving of the cup, and a reproduction of John Leech’s cartoon published in London Punch after the remarkable victory of the America in 1851.
THE MOST ATTRACTIVE WORK ON YACHTING EVER ISSUED.
AMERICAN YACHTS.