'Chittywee' (3 tons), 55, 56, 175 Cholmondeley, Lord Henry, commodore of the Coronation Sailing Society, 1831, 168 Christchurch, New Zealand, 291, 299 Christian, Robert, of Sligo (R.N.Y.C., 1824), 74 'Cigarette' (centreboard lugsail boat), 213 'Cintra,' Upper Thames steam yacht, 182 'Clara' (10 tons), 91; her influence in changing the design of American yachts, 259 Clarence (15 tons), 77 Clarence, Duke of (afterwards William IV.), becomes patron of R.T.Y.C., 169 Clarence Yacht Club, an offshoot of the R.T.Y.C., 169 'Clarita,' American steam yacht, 1864, 280 Clark, John, commodore of R. Clyde Y.C., 92 Clarke, A. D., 70, 176, 349 Clayton, Colonel Fitzroy, commodore of the Upper Thames Sailing Club, 181 Clayton, J. Weston, vice-commodore of the R.C.Y.C., Erith, 178 Clontarf, 148 Club Nautique, Nice, 308 'Clutha' (5 tons), 72, 81 Clyde, the, yachting nursery of the North, 72; development of yachting on, 77; crack yachts in 1835, 77; yachting stations, 77; weather on, 78; match from Barrow to, 84; opening meeting in 1872 of the R.C.Y.C., 85, 86; beauty of Holy Loch, 87; celebration of a 'Clyde week' by the clubs, 87; new courses of the R.C.Y.C., 87, 88; small raters in 1890, 95 Clyde Corinthian Yacht Club match, 1893, 364 Clyde Model Yacht Club. _See_ Royal Clyde Yacht Club Clyde Yacht Club. _See_ Royal Clyde Yacht Club 'Clytie,' American yacht (1865), 250 Coats, J., owner of 'Madge,' 53 Cochrane, Blair, presents a Champion Cup to the R.P.C.Y.C. for 1/2-raters, 64 'Cock-a-Whoop' (2-1/2-rater), 63, 177 Coffin, Captain, owner of 'Caroline,' 159 Collingwood (N.Z.), 298 Colman, Russell, his 'Castanet,' 215 'Colonia,' 1893, 400; characteristics, 401; dimensions, 402; unsatisfactory boom, 403; in first regatta of the N.Y.Y.C. cruise of 1893, 404; for Goelet Cups, 404 Coltishall, 192 'Columbia' (206 tons), American schooner, 253, 258, 278 'Columbine' (90 tons), winner of Royal Cup in 1835, 12 'Columbine' (50-rater), 67; (1893), 352 'Comet' (5 tons), 81 'Coming,' American sloop (1868), 254 Commerell, Admiral Sir E., 318 'Condor' (190 tons), 88 Condy, Mr., of Plymouth, his pictures of 'Esmeralda,' 13; and of the match between 'Corsair' and 'Talisman,' 326 Connaught, Duke of, 68, 181 Connor, George, Cork Water Club, 1760, 100 Consort, Prince, lays foundation stone of Royal Victoria Yacht Club house, Ryde, March 1846, 43 'Constellation,' N.Y.Y.C., 1889, 274 'Consuelo,' American cat-yawl, characteristics, 270 Conyngham, Marquis, transfers lease of Cowes Castle to R.Y.S., 10 Cook, Captain, 288 Cook's Strait, New Zealand, 288, 296, 297, 302 Cooks, yacht-sailor, 145 Cookson, W. R., owner of 'Castanet,' 67 Cool, David, boat-builder, City Island (U.S.), 255 Cooper, W. (R.A.Y.C.), 108 'Coquette' (1/2-rater), 64, 68