Dickenson, Mr., of Birkenhead, builder of the 'Wyvern'
(6-tonner), 325, 328;
of the 'Naiad' and 'Pastime' (10-tonners), 327;
of the 'Adèle' (5-tonner), 328
'Diligent,' 47
Dinghies, 303, 318, 398
'Dis' (10-rater), 180, 230, 231, 232, 233, 241, 245, 252
Dodd, Edward, R.N.A.V., 43
Dogfish, 191
'Dog-legged' sternpost, 57
'Dolly Varden,' Ratsey's, 232
'Dolphin' (2-1/2-rater), 180, 241, 243, 247
'Dora,' G. L. Watson's centreboard, 59, 105
'Doreen' (10-rater), 171, 177, 179, 180, 183, 184, 186, 251, 252
'Doris' (5-tonner), tables and diagrams showing length and
displacement, 61-63; 81, 233;
her dimensions, 354;
her matches with 'Jenny Wren,' 354, 355, 359
'Dorothy' (5-rater), 234
Douglas, Isle of Man, 401
Douglas, Mr., 123
'Doushka' (1-rater), 251
Dowell, Admiral Sir William, 44
'Dragon' (20-rater), 80
'Drina' (10-rater), 232
Drogues, use of, 320, 321
Du Bowlay, Captain, 248
Dublin Bay, small yacht racing in, 325, 326
Dudley, Lord, owner of the 'Dacia' (5-rater), 253, 254, 255, 373
Dudley, Tom, sails the 'Camellia' in her matches with 'Freda,' 344
Dufferin, Lord, his adoption of sailing yachts with auxiliary
steam power, 24
Dunraven, Earl of, his efforts to bring back the cup from
America, 11;
his 'Valkyrie,' 23;
on international yachting, 69, 111;
on the rating rules, 167; 235, 241, 242, 253, 254;
owner of the 'Alwida,' 372
Duppa, George, 113, 114
Eastern Archipelago, the, as a cruising ground, 38
Edwards, Mr., 113
'Egeria' (153 tons), 112;
wins the Queen's Cup at Cowes in 1865, 113;
second in R.T.Y.C. race from the Nore to Dover in 1866, 114;
115, 116, 117;
second in the race for the Emperor Napoleon III.'s Cup, 118;
classed as a standard or test vessel, 119;
wins the Channel Match of the R.T.Y.C, 120, 121;
wins the Prince of Wales's Challenge Cup, 122;
beats the 'Livonia,' in the Thames, 126;
in the race for the Prince of Wales's Cup in 1872, 132;
in 1873, 835;
and in 1874, 138;
wins the Queen's Cup at Cowes, 134; 135, 136, 137;
her race against the 'Seabelle' in 1875, 138;
in the race of the Jubilee year, 140;
the most successful of the schooners, 144
'Eileen' (1/2-rater), 248
Emerson, quoted, 35
'Enchantress,' American yacht, enters for the Prince of Wales's
Cup in 1874, 137, 141
England, East Coast of, as a cruising ground, 37
England, South Coast of, as a cruising ground, 400
English Channel, the sea in the, 365
Entries, 160
'Eothen' (340 tons), 20;
Lord Brassey's experience of a storm on board, from Queenstown
to Quebec, 30
'Eulalie' (18 tons), 20
Euripides, on the ocean, 39
'Evadne' (206 tons), 112, 113
'Evolution' (10 tons), her broad beam, 71;
the largest of the 10-tonners, 90;
cause of her failure, 91;
diagram, 92; 95
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