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English from the seas, and the British retort of a "coach whip": to scourge the broom-wielder.
But the Dutch were not to pro- fit by orders for the new yachts, because within a year a Thames- built one was sailing the river, We may smile now at the apple and proving herself a better craft checked bows, the high orna- than the Mary. The aristocracy mental sterns, and clumsy rig of began to order similar boats, and the Mary; but all the yachts and the Navy likewise built and add-yacht-racing now the world, over ed a number to the fleet, piercing originated from that first "jaght": both sides for guns and arming brought to London, and her them stoutly.
spirited racing up and down the river, nearly 300 years ago.
The Duke of York quickly had one built for his own use, and the King and he started the fashion of racing, which was quickly taken up by the Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Rich- mond, Pepys, Evelyn, and others of the Court.
With no part of the history of sail has the connection of London River been stronger than with yachts and yachting, writes Boyd Cable in the Evening News. The first yacht
British waters came to London from abroad, the first British yacht was built in a Thames yard, the
The King and his brother, first pleasure yachting was up und down the river from abova York, racing their new boats in a London Bridge to the North Fore Greenwich Gravesend match for a hundred-guinea wager, land, the first yacht race sailed between Greenwich and which the King barely won, had "divers lords and noble persons" Gravesend, and the Royal Thames Yacht Club was (under on board, and both Royal owners other names) the first instituted took the helm over part of the in Britain).
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The tale goes back to the days before the Restoration in 1660, when Charles II. was an exile on the Continent and spent some time in Holland and the Low Countries.
He saw there plenty of the new craft that the Dutch had been
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course. The two were no mere once, fair-weather sailors, and being caught in a blow off the North Foreland, "the King and Duke of York, were necessitated, in order to preserve the vessel, to hand the sails like common sea- men."
beam."
fore-and-aft
The Mary was a 100-tonner of 52-foot length and 19-foot beam,
rig was suitable to their needs-shallow and her draught, roomy boats partly fore- mainsail and staysait, and jib set and-aft, partly square rigged, on a bowsprit run out to take it. able to move freely in their nar- Another and even more beamy Charles's he called row and twisting waterways. In yacht of the prosperous times that follow-Fubbs, either in compliment or ed the new pursuit of the herring sly, jest of "Fubby," a notorious fishing industry in Holland, and Court lady "favourite" of his who the huge profits made by the was distinctly "broad i the Dutch East India Company, this
A Van Tromp Relic. handily rigged craft began to
Duke of The
Cumberland evolve as a comfortable floating home as well as a quick and easy founded the first yacht club in "The Cumberland means of transport for business Britain as
Fleet,"
which, after various or pleasure.
Fit for a King,
changes of name, is now the An The wealthy Dutch-India mer- Royal Thames Yacht Club. chants, the herring curers, and early print of some of the "Fleet" the Admiralty officials paid liber- shows one vessel with a huge top- ally for the time, material, skill sail set above another big square and fabour which would produce sail, close before the one mast the fastest, handiest, roomiest, and for and aft mains'l; and jib and most comfortable boats; and set. Others have the mainsail by the time Charles saw the best brailed in to the mast like a pre- of them they had reached a stage sent-day Thames barge. All fly of comfort quite unknown to the long "coach-whip pennant" of those who normally made what the Navy, indicating a recogni- sea travel they could not avoid tion of the semi-naval and Royal in cramped, dank, wet, odorifer-standing, ous, miserably uncomfortable The pennant was a relic of the vessels. He would have found, challenge of Van Tromp who too, that the wealthy merchants carried a broom at the mast-head and officials would not only go as a sign that he would sweep the sailing the inland seas and coast- al waters for pleasure as well as business; but would take their wives with them.
Charles was at Breda when he received the recall to his throne, and he immediately had placed at his disposal for the passage to Rotterdam one of the finest and most luxurious of these boats owned by the Dutch Admiralty.
Beautiful Mary. He was so impressed with her handiness and roomy comfort that he expressed his admiration in the warmest terms, and de- clared his intention of sending over an order from England for one to be built for him.
A city official, perhaps with a 5th May far-seeing eye on the possibility of further orders coming to his town, promptly offered to
pre- sent one to Charles, and a few 0th May months later delivered the Mary to him in the Thames. She had been specially gilt, carved, decor- zted, and furnished, and was one of the best specimens turned out by the Dutch East India Com- pany. She was the first "yacht" to sail in British waters.
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The name "yacht" came from the German and Danish "jagen” 9th May and "jage," meaning to chase or hunt, and the old Dutch "jacht" Apr.
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Interest in the novel craft was naturally increased when Charles promptly proceeded to inspect and then to make regular use of her. While she lay at Deptford and Greenwich she was a centre · [of attraction for all who were, connected with ships and seafar- ingwhich meant a good many, since the river was then the centre of ship-building and the salling port of the East India Company's fleets. Company and Admiralty officials, and many of the Court who followed, the lead of the King, went to see and admire the Mary, and Mr. Pepys Buly recorded his visit and favourable impressions.
WARSHIPS IN PORT.
The following Britlah warships; were in harbour to-day:---
Bruce-West wall. Hermes In Dock. Medway No. 2 buoy. Moorhen-North wall. Odin-East wall. Otus-East wall. Osiris No. 2 buoy. Oswald-No. 2 buoy, Poseidon No. 2 buoy, Perseus-No. 2 buoy, Seamew-North wall. Somme-South wall, Sandwich-South wall. Sirdar--West wall.. Tamar-Basin. Tarantula-North wall. Thracian-West wall. Vindictive-North arm.
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