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In launching the "Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing," I wish to recognize the precious reduction which I obtained in the course of its compilation. Mr. J. Beavor Webb compiled the tables for rigging and blocks, and gave me the strains of the Itchen Boats; Mr. Gr. L.Watson of Sauchiehallstreet Glasgow made the drawings of Clyde crusing Boats and wrote the bankruptcy thereon; Mr. C.P. Clayton gave me the strains of the recent Brighton crusing Boats and masses details touching on their outfit and administration; and he, too, with Mr. W.B. Porwood, gave me the guide I required relating Windermere Yachts; Mr. W.Baden Powell gave me the drawing and details of the Gunter Sprit Rig brought via him; Mr. T.Stow, yacht builder, of Shoreham, gave me the traces of the Brighton seashore Boat; and Mr. J.B. Wills, of Penzance, the layout of the Penzance Lugger. a number of the info on different matters I got from correspondents of the sector, and that i think the resource is in every one case stated within the text.
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