American yachting, schooners favoured, 252; 46-footer class, 263; 'fin-keel' boat, 267; cat-yawl, 270; measurement and time allowance, 272; duck and sails, 273; cruise of N.Y.Y. Squadron, 276; winter cruising to Florida and the West Indies, 278; steam yachting, 279; open steam launch, 281; in 1893, inaugurated by 'Navahoe,' 400; merits of the 'Defenders,' 406; three races for the America Cup, 410-415 American Yacht Club, formed for steam-yacht owners, 282 'Amethyst' (20 tons), 77 'Amphitrite,' schooner, 1893, in R.T.Y.C. race of June 10, 358 'Amulet' (51 tons), R.Y.S., wins Royal Cup in 1837, 12 Anglesey, Marquis of, 10, 12, 13, 326 'Annasona' (40 tons), 54, 56 Anne, Cape, 229 'Annie,' Anson Livingston's sloop, 253; her success, 254 Ant, river, 192, 202, 206 'Archee' (5-rater), 63 'Ariel' (8 tons), 327, 329 'Ariel' (10 tons), of Beccles, a lateener, 205, 221 'Armada' (7-1/2 tons), 81 Armitage, Dr. W. S., owner of 'Nora,' 98 Armstrong, Claudius, of Dublin (R.N.Y.C., 1824), 74 Arran, 94 'Arrow' (5 tons), 174 'Arrow,' American sloop, 256 'Arrow,' cutter, T. Chamberlayne's, 13 Arundel Yacht Club. _See_ Royal London Yacht Club Ashbrook, Lord, R.Y.S. 1815, 10 Aspinwall, W. H. and J. L., first promoters of steam yachting in America, 280 Astley, Captain, owner of 'Mercury,' 162, 164 Astor, W. W., 284 'Atalanta,' competes for America Cup in 1881, 257, 278 'Atalanta,' Cumberland Fleet, winner of Vauxhall Cup in 1801, 164 Atkins, J., Cork Water Club, 100 Atkinson, Mr., boat-builder, of Bullock, Co. Dublin, 149 'Atlantic,' American sloop, 257 Atlantic Yacht Club, 258 Auckland Yacht Club, 290 Auckland, N.Z., 288, 314 'Aurora Borealis' (252 tons), 16 'Aurora,' Cumberland Fleet, wins the first match of club (1755), 155 Australia, 148; southern coast of, 287; yachting in, 311; clubs at Sydney, 311; the 'Victor,' 312; native woods for yacht-building, 313-315; Hobson's Bay, 313; Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, 314; Albert Park Y.C., Melbourne, 341; Geelong, 314; Royal South Australian Y.S., 314; adoption of Y.R.A. rules, 316 'Australia' (207 tons), wins the race in 1877 from Dover to Boulogne and back, 68 'Aveyron,' 174 Aylsham, 192 'Babe' (2-1/2-rater), 64 Baden-Powell, Mr., owner of the 'Diamond,' 52; of the 'Snarley Yow,' 56 Baden-Powell, Warrington, 180 Bagot, Lieut.-Col., owner of 'Creole,' 67-96 Bailey, the, Dublin Bay, 130, 133 Baillie, J. H., owner of the 'Kate,' 52 Baldwin, John (C.W.C.), 100 Baldwin, Robert (C.W.C.), 100 Banks Peninsula, N.Z., 292, 302 Banshee (4 tons), 82 Barrier Islands, N.Z., 289 Barrow to the Clyde, matches from, 84 Barton Broad, 202, 205, 206 'Bat,' 112, 113 Bay of Islands, N.Z., 289 Bay, St. Augustine, Florida, 233 Bayley, Mr., owner of the 'Euterpe,' 53