item: #1 of 5 id: 17436 author: Henty, G. A. (George Alfred) title: The Queen's Cup date: None words: 109217 flesch: 88 summary: I found you pleasanter than other men, and I even fancied that I loved you. Here was I, believing that Mr. Carthew, whom I met everywhere in society, was, except that he kept race horses and bet heavily, as good as other men. keywords: bertha; better; board; boat; captain; carthew; course; day; deck; dominique; doubt; frank; george; good; greendale; half; hawkins; hour; know; lady; lechmere; like; look; major; mallett; man; men; minutes; miss; morning; osprey; place; right; round; sail; saw; sir; thing; thought; time; town; want; water; way; wind; yacht cache: 17436.txt plain text: 17436.txt item: #2 of 5 id: 22265 author: Standish, Burt L. title: Frank Merriwell's Cruise date: None words: 68222 flesch: 92 summary: He stepped up to the clerk's desk and said: I am Jack Diamond, of Virginia, and I wish to see Mr. Frank Merriwell, who is stopping here. I'm not afraid of you, Mr. Frank Merriwell. keywords: ball; bart; boat; boys; browning; bruce; camden; cooler; devil; diamond; face; fellow; flynn; frank; frank merriwell; good; grave; hand; hans; harbor; head; hodge; island; jack; look; man; merriwell; merry; moslof; place; right; rockland; snell; tell; think; time; way; white; wings; woods; yacht cache: 22265.txt plain text: 22265.txt item: #3 of 5 id: 41971 author: Watson. G. L. (George Lennox) title: Yachting, Vol. 1 date: None words: 150643 flesch: 71 summary: | 1883 | | | Freedom |{Feltham }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S. | Tootsie |{M. A. E. Payne }|1.25| ? G. Colville }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Papoose |{Mr. keywords: ----+-----------+---------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+ |; ----+-----------+---------------------------+----+-----+------+-----------+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+ |; -----+-------+------------------------------+---------------------+-------------+ |; -------+------------------------------+---------------------+------+------+ |; ------------------------------+---------------------+------+------+ |; area |; b. |; babe |; boat; club |; cutter |; designer |; e. |; figure |; footers |; g. |; geraldine |; good; k. |; knots |; length; of| |; portsmouth |; prizes |; proposal |; r. |; race; racing; rig |; royal |; rule |; sail |; sea; squadron |; time; tons |; total |; water; watson |; whoop |; wind; yacht racing; yacht |; | +; | --|; | -|; | altd; | bird; | built|; | c.; | c.b; | corinthian; | cwt; | d.; | decima; | ditto; | dolphin; | doris; | examples; | ext; | faugh; | feet; | freedom; | ft; | gareth; | hoopoo; | l.; | lady; | merit; | minima; | o.h; | papoose; | paton; | polynia; | port; | s.; | sailing; | sloop; | starts; | stork; | text; | verena; | w.; | year; | |; | |-------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------|; | |2; | |_1/2; | |archee; | |dacia; | |glycera; | |l.s.|; | |spruce; | |the; | |valentine; | |wee; | |{clayton; | ||; |-------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------| |; |1892 |; |dis |; |madcap |; |quinque |; |yvonne |; || | cache: 41971.txt plain text: 41971.txt item: #4 of 5 id: 41973 author: Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of title: Yachting, Vol. 2 date: None words: 135674 flesch: 69 summary: James, Cork Water Club, 1720, 100 O'Bryen, Morough, Cork Water Club, 1760, 100 'Ocean Monarch,' emigrant ship, rescued by 'Queen of the Ocean,' 1848, 47, 49 'Ocean Wave,' American steam yacht, 1865, 280 O'Connell, D., loss of, in the 'Peri,' 116, 117 'Oenanthe,' 175 Olsen, Niels, N.Y.Y.C., 279 O'Neal, Charles, Cork Water Club, 1720, 100 O'Neil, Mr., 331, 335, 345 'Onkahya,' John C. Stevens's, 238; loss, 239 Onslow, Earl of, on yachting in New Zealand, 287 _et seq._ Onslow Pinnacle Rock, Bay of Islands (N.Z.), 289 Orfordness, sea disturbance off, 218 'Orion,' American yacht, 250 'Orion,' R. Northern Y.C., 78 Ornskoldskirk, Sweden, 309 Orson, Edward Forbes, of Stranraer, R. Northern Y.C., 1824, 74 'Osborne' (formerly the 'Victoria and Albert'), 6, 9 Otago (N.Z.), 301, 302 'Ottawa,' U.S.S., 247 Oulton Broad, 192, 197, 205, 219-224 'Oweene,' American cutter, 263 Oxford University Sailing Club, 182, 183 Oyster Bay, Long Island, 239 Pacific coast, 233 Paget, B., R.P.C.Y.C., 66 Paget, Lord Alfred, vice-commodore R.T.Y.C., his 'Mystery' and the 'Blue Belle,' May 23, 1843, 170; 'Belvidere' wins the 60_l._ cup in 1845, 171 Paget, W. B., owner of the 'Columbine,' 67 Paine, General, Boston Y.C., his 46-footer, 1891, 263; as a yachtsman, 275; on the canvas of the 'Valkyrie,' 398; owner of 'Jubilee,' 402 Paine, J. B., designer of 'Jubilee,' 402 'Palmer' (194 tons), 252 'Pantaloon,' H.M.S., tender to 'Royal George,' 6 'Pantaloon,' R.Y.S., 1835, 12 'Papoose' (2-1/2-rater), 68 Park, Mr., part owner of 'Ida,' 98 Parker, Ben, skipper, 330, 345 Parker, Michael, Cork Water Club, 1760, 100 Parkes, Mr., owner of 'Aurora,' Cumberland Fleet, 155 Parsons, Thomas, Cork Water Club, 1760, 100 Paterson's Inlet (N.Z.), 301 Payne, Arthur, designer of the 'Hyacinth,' 62; the 'Niny,' 309; and 'Corsair,' 338 Payton, Mr., builder of 'Currytush,' 123 Peake, Sir Henry, designer of 'Royal George,' 1814, 5 'Pearl' (4-1/2 tons), 81 'Pearl' (130 tons), R.Y.S., 1835, 12, 13, 243, 326 Peed, Mr., of Oulton, builder of 'Corona,' 213 Pelorus Sound (N.Z.), 296, 297 Pelt, J. G. van, owner of 'Rebecca,' 246 Pembroke, Earl of, Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club, 68 Penrose, Cooper, Cork Water Club, 104 Pepys, Samuel, quoted, 1-5 'Peri' (5 tons), 116, 117 Pérignon, M. E., vice-president U. des Y.F., 306 Persian Gulf, the, 148 Peter the Great, 5 'Petrel' (10 tons), 116 Pett, Christopher, 2 Pett, Commissioner, builds a yacht for Charles II, 2, 3 Pett, Phineas, builds a yacht for Henry of Wales in 1604, 1, 2 Petty, Sir William, his two-keeled vessel, 3 'Phantom,' R.T.Y.C., 13, 171 'Phantom' (10-rater), 351, 398 'Phantom' (123 tons), American schooner, 252 'Phantom' (172 tons), 69 'Phoebe,' R.M.Y.C., 1845, 47 'Phryne' (40 tons), 56 Picton, Queen Charlotte Sound (N.Z.), 297 Pigeon Bay (N.Z.), 299 'Pilgrim,' American yacht, 1893, 400; dimensions, 402; characteristics, 403; race for Goelet Cups, 404; 407 'Pilot,' H.M.S., training brig, 40 'Pleione,' schooner, 117 'Plover,' American yacht, 249 Plymouth, 39 'Pocahontas,' Amer. sloop, 257 Polhemus, A., boat-builder, Nyack, New York, 254 Ponsonby, Lord, R.Y.S., 10 Popham, F. W. L., owner of 'White Slave,' 330 Popham, Mr., owner of 'Bird of Freedom,' 56 Port Chalmers (N.Z.), 301 Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island (N.Z.), 293 Port Leny (N.Z.), 299 Port Nicholson (N.Z.), 296 Portland, Duke of, owner of 'Pantaloon,' R.Y.S., 1835, 12 Potter Heigham, 203, 204, 225 Pottinger, Thomas, Admiral R.N.Y.C., 1825, 74, 75 Prams, Norwegian, 147 'Preciosa' (10 tons), 174 Preservation of food on yacht voyages, 141 'Prima Donna' (25 tons), R.T.Y.C., 145, 171 'Primrose' (3 tons), 175 Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Sydney, 311 Prince, C. A., Boston Y.C., 275 'Prince of Wales,' Cumberland Fleet, 1786, 161, 162 'Princess' (40 tons), Prince of Wales's, 17 'Princess Royal,' steamer, R.M.Y.C., 1845, 47 'Priscilla,' Amer. yacht, 225, 227 Pritchett, R. T., on royal yachts and English yacht clubs, 1 _et seq._; on Royal Forth Yacht Club, 96; on Royal Northern Yacht Club, Rothesay, 72 _et seq._; on Royal Cork Yacht Club, 99 _et seq._; on Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Erith, 173 _et seq._; on foreign and colonial yachting, 304 _et seq._; on yachting at Bermuda, 318; on famous races, 324; on racing in a 40-rater in 1892, 332 'Providence,' Cumberland Fleet, 1797, 164 'Ptarmigan' (10-rater), 351 Puget's Sound, 233 'Puritan,' General Paine's, 255, 257, 260, 261, 263, 278, 333 Pussey & Jones, builders of 'Pilgrim,' 402 Putland, George, Commodore R. Alfred Y.C., 110, 115 Puxly, Henry, Cork Water Club, 1760, 100 Quail Island, Lyttelton (N.Z.), 299 Quebec, 309, 310, 311 Queen, Her Majesty the, purchases Osborne House, 6; first cruise in the 'Victoria and Albert,' 8; patronage of yacht clubs, 9, 18; patroness of the Royal St. George's Yacht Club, Kingstown, 106; of the R.T.Y.C., 170, 171 'Queen' (15 tons), 114 Queen Charlotte Sound (N.Z.), 296, 297 'Queen Mab,' 60, 71, 96, 329, 330, 333, 334, 336, 337, 340, 343, 345-347, 350 'Queen of the Ocean,' R.M.Y.C., 47, 49 Queensland, coast of, 288 Queenstown, 7 'Qui Vive,' American yacht, 250 'Quickstep,' Amer. schooner, 263 'Quickstep' (20 tons), 56; her matches with the 'Enriqueta,' 58, 59 Quilter, Mr., part owner of the 'Mascotte,' 55 'Quinque' (5-rater), 63, 351 Racing in a 40-rater in 1892, a detailed description, 332 _et seq._ Raleigh, Walter, 1 'Rambler' (160 tons), 252 Rangitoto (N.Z.), 294 Ranken, A., 77 Ranworth Broad, 202 Rasch, Captain, R.P.C.Y.C., 50 Ratsey, Charles, boat-builder, 68, 149, 325, 326, 398, 402 Reade, Lieut.-Col. Both Adelaide, in South Australia, and Auckland, in New Zealand, possess yacht clubs, and are the homes of many keen lovers of yacht racing. keywords: american; august; bay; beam; board; boat; breeze; britannia; broad; calluna; captain; class; close; clubs; clyde; commodore; cork; course; craft; cumberland; cup; cutter; day; deck; draught; end; fine; fleet; form; george; half; harbour; head; house; illustration; island; john; july; keel; lead; length; line; little; lord; mark; match; matches; members; miles; mins; navahoe; new; north; number; open; owner; place; pleasure; port; present; prize; queen; r.y.s; race; racing; regatta; river; round; royal; royal yacht; sailing; sailing club; satanita; schooner; sea; season; second; secs; section; set; small; south; speed; start; steam; thames; time; tons; valkyrie; vessels; vigilant; water; water club; way; weather; west; wind; windward; won; yacht club; yacht racing; yachting; yachts; year; york; | | cache: 41973.txt plain text: 41973.txt item: #5 of 5 id: 45141 author: Lynde, Francis title: Pirates' Hope date: None words: 83969 flesch: 84 summary: Again and again the motor launch repeated its short trips, and between two of them there were voices raised in the adjoining saloon; Ingerson's in savage and profane protest, and Mrs. Van Tromp's in tearful inquiry as to what had been done with Mr. Van Dyck. Mr. Van Dyck called me back shortly after you left, he explained half-absently. keywords: andromeda; away; barclay; beach; believe; billy; bit; boat; bonteck; camp; chance; conetta; course; day; dick; dupuyster; end; eyes; find; fire; goff; gold; good; grey; grisdale; half; hand; head; hope; ingerson; island; jerry; launch; like; little; look; madeleine; major; making; man; men; moment; money; new; night; place; preble; professor; reef; saw; sea; ship; thing; thought; time; tromp; turn; van dyck; van tromp; way; yacht cache: 45141.txt plain text: 45141.txt