Punch,  23 (1852), 67.

Hints to Young Yachtsmen

Anon

Genre:

Essay, Drollery

Subjects:

Instruments, Navigation, Observation, Skill


    Believes a good test for a 'finished yachtsman' is the 'way he carries his "Dollond"' and that the '"Gunter's scale" [...] is a most useful scientific instrument'.



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