Category: Motor yachts and boats

Steam launches at the Beale Park Boat Show

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I’m sorry – it’s hopelessly ungentlemanly of me, but I’ve forgotten her name and lost the photo of the information board . If anyone can help, could they please use the comment button below or email me at the address at the top of the right-hand column?

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The lovely Elidir

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Steam launch by boatbuilder Nick Smith

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Many people’s favourite – the beautifully restored and kept Consuta

I’m sorry everyone – while I managed to retrieve many of my photos from the Beale Park Boat Show, I’m afraid I seem to have lost the photos I took of the information boards of two of the delicious steam launches on show this year. If anyone can help out with the necessary information, I hope they will contact me.

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Cooke on laying up, and tying sailor’s knots

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Chapter XXII: ‘A tarpaulin large enough to cover her right over may cost the best part of ten pounds, but it will last for years and is well worth the money.’

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Chapter XXIII: ‘Make a small bight, then pass the end through the same, then round the standing part from above and finally back through the bight from below. There is a quicker way of making a bowline than this, but it is a knack which can only be learnt from demonstration.’

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Seamanship for Yachtsmen Chapter headings:

Chapter I Introduction
Chapter II Small Cruising Yachts
Chapter III Getting under Way
Chapter IV Getting under Way (continued)
Chapter V Seamanship under Way
Chapter VI Seamanship under Way (continued)

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Cooke on racing, and care of sails and gear

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Chapter XIX: ‘If you wish to race, I should strongly advise you to join a one-design class.’

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Chapter XX: ‘If you should find yourself in the unfortunate position of having a rival on your weather bow, the best thing you can do is make very short tacks.’

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Chapter XXI: ‘When the owner boards his vessel the following week-end he finds his sails covered with tiny specks of mildew which nothing will ever take out. He may improve their appearance by rubbing in French chalk, as some do, but the mildew fiend is still there doing its deadly work.’

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Seamanship for Yachtsmen Chapter headings:

Chapter I Introduction
Chapter II Small Cruising Yachts
Chapter III Getting under Way
Chapter IV Getting under Way (continued)
Chapter V Seamanship under Way
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