Baltic, cruising in the, 37, 308; interest and pleasure of, 309; the voyage from England, 309; character of the coast scenery, 309; the coast of Denmark and its people, 310; coasting in a small craft, 310; bad weather, 310, 311; shallow craft advocated, 311; consulting the aneroid, 312; fishermen, 313; character of vessel for cruising in, 314; old P. & O. lifeboat, 314, 315; use of leeboards, 316; advantage of leeboards over centreboards, 317, 318; boats suited for, 319; running for a port in a storm, 320; use of the drogue, 321 Bangor Bay, Belfast, 401 Bantry Bay, 401 Barbados, 38 'Barbet' (10-rater), 251 Baring, E. (afterwards Lord Revelstoke), 140 Baring, General, 237 Barking Outfall, 223 Barometers, 312-314 'Barracouta' (3-tonner, 1860), 328; yawl (5-tonner, 1874), 329 Barrow, Mr., hon. sec. Island Sailing Club, 237 Barrow-in-Furness, 76, 401 Batthyany, Count E., brings out the 'Flying Cloud,' 116; and the 'Kriemhilda,' 134; (Prince) his share in starting the Y.R.A., 146; his 'Drina,' 232 'Beagle,' H.M. brig, rig of, 29 Beam, appreciation of the value of, 65, 93 Beauclerk, W. A., 243 Beaufoy, Colonel, his experiments in towing bodies through water, 83 'Bedouin,' 179, 180 Beds, yacht, 385 Belfast, 373, 401 'Bella Donna' (119 tons), 78 'Bell's Life,' cited, 55, 56 Belvidere yard, the, 232 Bembridge, 403 Bembridge Regatta, 351 Bembridge Sailing Club, 229, 239, 248 Bennett, Gordon, 115, 117, 131 Bentall, E. H., builder of the 'Jullanar,' 88; and of the 'Evolution,' 90 Bermuda, 38 Berthon collapsible boat, the, 304 Berthon dinghy, the, 398 Berthon's paint, 399 Biscuits, ship's, 305 Bishop, Mr., builder of the 'Barracouta,' 328 Black & Co. (late Hatcher & Co.), 245 Black ashes for removing varnish, 379 'Black Maria' (American sloop), 106 Black, Mr., 246 'Black Pearl,' cutter of, midship section of, 200; sail-plan, 203; description of, 206; dimensions, &c., 208 Black priming varnish, 377 Blackwater River, Essex, 88 Blake, G. L., on 5-tonners and 5-raters in the North, 322 _et seq._; owner of the 'Cyprus' (5-tonner), 347; on yacht insurance, 407 _et seq._ 'Bloodhound' (1874), built without fittings, 82 'Blue Bell' (170 tons), 113, 114; (5-rater), 233, 234 'Boadicea' (378 tons), 139 Boag, Mr., 335 Board of Trade certificates, 408 Boats, yacht's, 187 _et seq._; 303 Booth, Sir Robert Gore, 76 Boston, New England, centreboard building at, in 1774, 103 Boutcher, E. (owner of the 'Fiona'), 140