Beamish, Caulfield (Cork Water Club), 104 'Beatrix,' American centreboard. _See_ 'Harpoon' Beccles, 192, 205, 221 'Bedouin,' American yacht, 255 Beechy, Admiral, his picture of the 'Enid,' 115 Belfast, Earl of, owner of 'Waterwitch' (1834), 324 Belfast, regatta of R.N.Y.C. at, in 1826, 76; two days' regatta of same in 1836, 76; race for cup of R.N.Y.C., 77 Bell, Captain, of the Thames Conservancy, 183 Bell, James (vice-commodore R. Clyde Y.C.), 91, 92 Bell, W. A., owner of 'Glance,' 98 'Bella' (8 tons), 81 'Belle Lurette,' the Prince of Wales's, 54 Belleville, Canada, 310 'Bellissima,' Captain Farebrother's, wins the Jubilee Cup in 1807, 164 Belmore, Lord, R.Y.S., 1815, 10 'Belvidere,' the (25 tons), R.T.Y.C., 1845, Lord Alfred Paget's, 171 Bennett, James G., part owner of 'Priscilla,' 257; owner of 'Dauntless,' 258 Bentall, Mr., builder of 'Jullanar,' 68 Bermuda, international yacht race in 1849, 243; yachting at, 318; clubs, 318; 'fitted races,' 318; dimensions of average 5-tonners, 320; Mr. Ricardo's experience of a 'fitted race,' 320; dinghy racing, 321-323; sailing advantages, 323 Bettsworth, Captain, owner of 'Spitfire,' 1823, 167, 168 Bewicke, J., R.P.C.Y.C., 50 'Bezan Jagt' (1670), Dutch, 3 'Bird of Freedom,' Mr. Popham's, 56 'Black Maria,' of Barton Broad, 205 Blake, G. L., on the Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Yacht Club, 49 _et seq._; on the Royal Clyde Yacht Club, 79 _et seq._; on Royal Alfred Yacht Club, 108 _et seq._; on yachting in Canada, 309 _et seq._ 'Blanche' (R.Y.S.), 290 Blatchford, Lady Isabella, sells Osborne House to the Queen, 6 Blind Bay, N.Z., 297 'Blue Bell' (25-tonner), 13 'Blue Belle' (5-rater), 63 'Blue Dragon,' Cumberland Fleet, 1787, 162 Bluff, harbour of the, N.Z., 301 Bogle, James, 77 Bolton, Mr. (commodore R.A.Y.C.), 110 Bombay, yachting at, 315; R.B.Y.C. house, 315; yachts, 316; dhows, 316; adoption of Y.R.A. rules, 316; sailing course, 1886, 317 Bon Accord, Kawau, N.Z., 292 Booth, H. Gore, 77 Boston Harbour, 229 Boston Yacht Club, 258 Bourne End, Bucks, 181 Bowness, Windermere Lake, 183, 189 Boyd, Judge, owner of 'Thalia,' 1893, 350 Brassey, Lord, 16, _note_; first rear-commodore of the R.T.Y.C., 1874, 173 Brassey, Lady, 318 'Breeze' (55 tons), 12 'Brenda' (8 tons), 82 'Brenda,' American schooner, beats the 'Pearl' in 1849, 243 Brenton Reef Cup, race for, between 'Britannia' and 'Navahoe,' 390 Breydon Water, 192, 204 Brierley, Sir Oswald, his drawing of the procession of the Royal Yacht Squadron, 16 Brighton, Mr., boat-builder of Yarmouth, his craft for the Norfolk Broads, 210 _et seq._ 'Brilliant' (8 tons), W. Bucknall's, R.T.Y.C., 1830, 169, 327, 329