'Aline' (216 tons), construction, 111; successes, 112, 113, 115, 116; race against the 'Livonia' for the Prince of Wales's Cup in 1871, 126; and 1872, 132; 136, 141; her lifeboat, 206; dimensions and sail-plan of cutter, 208 Allan, Messrs., owners of the 'Nora' (5-tonner), 346; and of the 'Doris' (5-tonner), 354 Almanac for the Solent Racing, King & Co.'s, summary of racing rules in, 151 'Alouette' (5-tonner), dimensions of, 332; wreck, 333 Aluminium, as a material for yacht-building, 80 'Alwida' (5-rater), 241, 242, 246, 372 America, adoption of centreboards in, 102, 103, 105; centreboard v. keel, 106 'America,' American schooner, her début in English waters, 12; characteristics of her build, 74; sails, 74; epoch-making vessel in yacht-designing, 75; in the race round the Isle of Wight for the Royal Yacht Squadron 100_l._ cup, 110 America Cup, 107; first competition for, 110; holders unduly favoured, 111; the 1870 race, 124; the 1871 race, 129 America, North, the eastern seaboard of, 21; schooners and crews employed in the coasting trade, 21; as a cruising ground, 37 American pre-eminence in yacht-building, 11 Ames, L. M., owner of the 'Atlantis,' 141, 230 'Amphitrite,' schooner, 109, 144 'Amy' (72 tons), 116 Anchors, yacht, 218, 382-384 'Anemone,' yawl, E. Liddell's, 141 Aneroid, the, 312-314, 321 Anholt, Island of, 314 Apenrade, 309 'Aquiline' (55 tons), 113 Arabin, Mr., 230 'Archee' (5-rater), 241, 242, 563 Archer, Colin, of Christiania, 344 Ardglass, 401 'Arethusa,' Stuart Lane's cutter, 141 'Arrow,' the original, 52; her dimensions, 71; bought and altered by T. Chamberlayne, 73; 110, 134, 330, 331 Ashbury, James, has the 'Cambria' built, 115; refuses the second race against 'Sappho,' 124; brings out the 'Livonia' schooner, 126; 131 Ashes, black, for removing varnish, 379 Asia Minor, cruising off the coast of, 400 Assheton-Smith, T., characteristics of his cutter 'Menai,' 73 'Atlantis,' L. M. Ames's yawl, 141 'Aurora,' in the race round the Isle of Wight for the Royal Yacht Squadron 100_l._ cup, 111 Australia, voyage to, time occupied by 'Sunbeam' under sail and steam, 26; racing and cruising on the coast of, 399 'Avadavat' (2-1/2-rater), 246, 247 Average clause, Insurance, 408 Azores, the, 38, 43 'Babe,' the (2-1/2-rater), 241, 243-247 Baden-Powell, W., his designs for the 'Diamond' (5-tonner), 61-64; 331 Bags for clothes on a voyage, 392 Bahamas, the, 38 Bainbridge, Captain, R.N., 141 'Bairn' (2-1/2-rater), 246, 250 Baldwin, Mr., of New York, 116 Balearic Islands, 38 Ballast, gradual abolition of shifting, 77; for a yacht's sailing boat, 205, 206, 208; for yachts, 302, 303