H. WARINGTON SMYTH
MAST & SAIL IN EUROPE AND ASIA


Introduction

Contents

Illustrations:

      Plates

     Diagrams

     Sketches


ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT, AT PAGE...

 

I. The Life of the Sail

Clearing the Land, 19

II. The Baltic, Denmark, and Sweden

In the Kattegat, 21

In the Great Belt, 23

Baltic Ketch, 24

Plaice-Fishing Hornbaek Boat, 28

Off Ise Fjord, 29

Kattegat Plaice-Fishing Boat, 30

Fishing Sloop, Ise Fjord, 31

Vedhaek Boat, 33

Rodvig Boat, 33

Skovshoved Herringboat, 34

Open Skiff, 35

Spritsail Herring-boat, 37

Swedish Fishing-boat, 40

Under the Lee of Kronborg 42

III. Norway

Old Style Coasting Sloop, 44

Nordlandsjaegt, 45

Nordland Cod-Boat, 46

Strilebaad, 47

Open Five-Oar Herring Boat, 47

Nordland Boat, Deep Laden, 48

Sondfjord Yawl, 49

Arendal Yawl, 49

Sondmoersk Boat, 50

Old Hvalor Pilot-boat, 52

New Hvalor Boat, 52

Trondheim 'Lifeboat,' 53

Pilot, 54

Snaekke or Skiff, Christiania Fjord, 55

Off Christiansand, 56

Brevik Skiff, 59

Off Brevik, 60

IV. Holland

Flushing Mussel-boat, 64

Old Zee Schuyt Hauling Nets, 65

Old Zee Schuyt, seventeenth century, 66

Old Scheveningen Boat, seventeenth century, 66

Early Lugsails, seventeenth century, 67

Reefing Spritsail, 68

Dam Schuyt, 69

Old Dutch Ketch, 70

Old Schuyt, 71

Dutch Prototype of the Barge , 73

Schuyt, 74

Boats at Haarlem, 76

On the Maas, 77

Turf Boat, 78

'Pink' Open Boat, Scheveningen, 79

'Pink' or 'Dum,' Scheveningen, 80

Dutch Galliot, 81

East Coast Leeboard Dandy or Billyboy, 82

Yankee Schooner, 82

Topsail Schooner, 83

Yankee Four-master, 84

Three-masted Schooner 84

Halifax Schooner-Winter Rig, 85

Russian Three-master, 85

Barquentine, 86

Old Collier Brig, 87

Swim Head Eel Catcher, 88

At Haarlem, 89

Vlaardingen, 90

V. Scotland

Open Fifie, 1865, 92

Fifie Reefed, with Small Mizen, 93

Fifie, with Raked Mast, 95

Smack-rigged Fifie, Dundee, 96

'Fifie,' Running Free, 98

'Fifie,' on a Wind, 99

Old 'Scaith,' 1874, 101

'Skaffie,' 102

'Skaffie,' 103

Seventy-foot 'Zulu,' 104

Long Line Baldie, 108

Newhaven Baldie, 110

Dundee Whaleboat, 113

Shetland Sexern, 114

Orkney Skiff, 116

West Coast 'Nabby,' 117

West Coast Skiff, with Mizen, 118

Loch Fyne Skiff, 119

Clyde Skiff, 122

Portpatrick Line Boat, 124

VI. East Coast and Thames Estuary

Billyboy, 127

Billyboy, 128

Old Goole Leeboard Smack or Billyboy, 1835, 128

Mule, 130

Coble-Reefed, 131

A Herring Mule, 132

Humber Gold-duster, 133

Old Trent and Humber Boats, 1835, 134

Humber Keel, 135

Keel, 136

Keel, 137

Lines of a Humber Keel, 138

Mersey Lighter, 139

The Humble Lighter, 140

Old Cutter, 1818, 141

Old Yarmouth Yawl, 142

Armed Lugger, 1825, 143

King's Cutter, 1825, 144

Service 23-feet Cutter, 145

Lowestoft Beach Yawl, 146

Old Smack, 1820, 147

East Coast Deep Sea Trawler, 148

Old Yarmouth Lugger 1874, 149

Split Lug, 150

Lowestoft Drift-net Boat 151

Lowestoft Driver, All Sail, 152

Lowestoft Driver, Bad weather Rig, 153

Gorleston Crabber, 154

Wherry, Whole Sail with Bonnet, 155

Wherry Reefed, 156

'Peter' Boat, 159

Old Thames Hatch-boat, 161

Old Thames Hatch-boat, 162

'Stumpy,' 163

Old Fashion 'Stumpy,' 163

Sea-going Barge, 164

In Sea Reach, 165

Brailing up, 166

Old Thames Barge, 1820, 167

Tops'l Barge, off Dover, 167

Hay Barge, 168

Hay Barge, 1828, 169

Lowering Mast, 170

'Stumpy,' Brailed, 171

Bawley, 171

Bawley, in Sea Reach, 174

Bawley off the Nore, 175

Bawley, 176

Centre-board with Balance lug, 176

Brightlingsea Oyster-boat, 178

Essex Oyster-boat, 178

Ramsgate Trawler, 179

VII. The South and West Coasts

Deal Lugger Hovelling, 181

Deal Galley Punt, 185

Galley Punt on a wind, 186

Jib and Mizen, 187

Brighton Clinker-built Lugger, 188

Hastings Lugger, 189

Brighton Hoggy, 190

South Coast Yawl, 191

Itchen Ferry boat, 191

Service 40-foot Launch, 192

Service Launch Reefed, 193

Old Portsmouth Wherry, 193

Old Portsmouth Wherry, 194

Brixham Trawler, 195

Plymouth Drift-boat, 195

Plymouth Trawler, l96

Longliner, off Land's End, 199

Land's End Crabber, 199

30-foot Pilchard Boat, 200

Lizard Longliner, 200

Mount's Bay Crabber (big sails), 201

Mount's Bay Driver with Topsail, close-hauled, 202

Porthleven Lugger, 203

Mackerel Drift-boat, 204

Boulogne 90-foot Drift-boat, 205

East Cornwall Driver, 206

Mousehole Drift-boat, 207

Storm-sail, 208

A Head-sea, 209

St. Ives Boat, with Mizen Topsail, 210

A Long-sea off the Wolf, 211

Newlyn Boat-Small Suit, 213

The Fal Estuary, 217

Falmouth Quay Punt - Winter Rig, 218

Quay Punt - Summer Rig, 219

St. Ives Gig, 221

Penzance Gig, 221

Service Whalers, 222

Oyster Skiff, 222

Spritsail Crabber, 223

Gerrans Crabber, 224

Manx 'Dandy,' 226

Manx 'Nickey, 227

Castletown 'Nickey,' 228

Fleetwood Shrimper, 229

Groomsport Yawl, 229

Old Mersey Waterman's Rig, 230

VIII. France and the Mediterranean

Off Blankenburg, 231

Off Niewport, 232

Off Calais in a December Gale, 233

Havre Trawler-Small Sail, 233

Treport Trawler, 234

Normandy Chasse-maree, 235

Off La Rochelle - Trawler, 236

Havre Trawler, 237

Off Douarnenez, 238

Saint-Jean de Luz, 238

St. Malo Lugger, with Upper Topsails, 239

Guernsey Pilot, snugged down, 239

Channel Islands Boat, 240

Tuscan Fishing-boat, 242

Gulf of Genoa, 241

Proida, 244

Bragagna, 245

Spanish and Arab Galley (seventeenth and eighteenth centuries), 246

Coaster-Messina Harbour, 247

Portuguese Coaster, 249

Leghorn Coaster, 250

Giglio Trawler, Beating, 251

Old Genoese Vinco, 1845. 251

Trawler, off Elba, 251

Naples Trawler, 254

Square Topsail Lateener, 1841, 255

Moleta Sails (Tagus, 1861), 256

Spanish Felucca, 257

Greek Felucca Privateer, 257

Old Brigantine (Torre di Rio, 1841), 258

Old Velocera (Elba, 1841), 259

Neapolitan Fruit-boat, 260

Flying Topsail, Spanish Felucca, 261

Scandalised, 262

Coaster (Gulf of Genoa), 263

Bovo (Genoa), 264

Three-mast Lateen (Naples), 265

Trabacola, 267

Ancona Fishing boat, 268

At Ancona, 269

Italian Fishing lugger (Port Said), 270

Ship's boat, with Italian Lugs, 271

Italian Coast Lugger, 272

Adriatic Lugger, 271

In the Lagoon, 274

Bragozzi, 275

Sail Patterns, Venice, 276

Bragozzi, 277

Topo (Venice), 278

Topo (Mouse), 278

Greek Lugger, 279

Brindisi Lugsail, 280

Greek Coaster, 280

Turkish Coaster, 281

Smyrna Coaster, 282

Levantine Brigantine - Polacre Rigged, 281

In the Bosphorus, 283

Fishing and Cargo Boats, 284

In Alexandria Harbour, 285

Beanpod (Tagus, 1861), 286

IX. The Indian Ocean

The Gaiassa in War, 288

Nile Gaiassa, 289

Ancient Stem, from a Model in the Gizeh Museum, 290

Gaiassa, Close-hauled, 291

Abreast Cairo, 292

Gaiassa-wind coming free after a beat, 293

Gaiassa Running, 294

Flood-time, 295

Naggar, 296

Three-mast Gaiassa, Nile Delta, 298

Suez Shore-boat, 299

Suez Shore-boat, 300

In Aden Harbour, 301

Aden Open Boat, 302

Batelo, 303

Gybing to change tack, Zanzibar, 304

Fishing Canoe, off Ras Imran, 306

Zanzibar Gehazi, 308

Gebazi, Close-hauled, 309

Small Arab 'Mashuwa,' Zanzibar, 310

'Mashuwa,' 311

Pattamar, 312

Bombay Boat, 313

Bombay Boats - S.W. Monsoon, 314

Arab dug-out 'Gharawa,' 315

On the Hugli, 316

Bengal 'Malar Panshi,' 317

Boat from the Tomb of Mahiti, Prince of Siyut, 318

Near Burdwan, 318

Pulwar, Bengal, 319

Maldives, 319

Maldives Open Boat (from a Model), 320

Maldive Trader, 320

Fifteenth-Century Caravel, 321

Upward Bound, 322

In a Burma Creek, 323

Up-river Boat, 324

On the Irrawadi, 325

Off Mergui - Reefed, 325

Mergui Harbour, 326

Mergui Pearler, 327

On the Fishing-ground, 328

Freshening up, 328

Running Home, 329

On the Mud, 330

The Banks of the Hugli, 330

X. The Malay Peninsula

A Kelantan Type of Sea Canoe, 332

Singora Fishing Canoe, 333

Singapore Sampan, 335

With Fair Monsoon, from Sketch in the Gulf of Siam, 336

East Coast Trader, 337

Orang Laut boat, Junkseylon, 338

At Anchor, from a Sketch off Lakawn, 339

Malay 'Penjajap,' Singora Harbour 340

Malay Penjajap, Goose-winged, 341

Running into Singora - Transom-sterned Penjajap, 342

Malay, East Coast, 343

'Kolek,' Singapore Strait, 344

Singapore Fishing Canoe, 345

Malay Type, Singora, 346

Lake Boat, Singora, 305

Kakap Jeram, Selangor, 351

Malay Kolek or Sea-canoe, Singapore Racing Type, 353

45-foot Racing 'Kolek,' Singapore, 354

Rangun Lighter, 357

Singapore Tongkang, 358

XI. The Gulf of Siam

Beating in for Shelter, 359

Rua Pet Beating, 361

Rua Pet, Eastern Shores, 362

Rua Pet, going free, 363

At Sea, 364

At Sea, South-west Monsoon, 365

Coast Junk, River Me Nam, 367

A Snug Anchorage, Shelter Bay, 368

Coaster in a Squall, 370

Seagoing 'Rua Pla,' 370

Riding it Out, 371

'Rua Chalom,' 372

Quarter Rudder Egypt, 373

Quarter Rudder Slain, 373

Quarter Rudder Norse, 373

Quarter Rudder Rome, 373

'Rua Chalom,' Closehauled, 376

Cambodian at Sea, 377

Cambodian Coaster, 378

A Coast Trader, East Shores, 379

'Lorcha,' Running, 380

'Lorcha,' Closehauled, 381

Six Hundred Miles against the Monsoon - all Sail, 382

Reefed, 383

Ship's Lifeboat, China Lugs, reefed, 386

Lorcha, South-west Monsoon, 386

Crossing the Bar, Me Nam, 387

Cargo boats, Me Nam, 387

Lorcha, on a Lee Shore, 388

Ancient Boat, like Siamese Sampan (Gizeh Museum), 389

Bangkok Sampan, 389

Going North, Light, 390

Me Nam Rice-boat, coming South, 391

On the Me Nam, 392

An Up-country Family Home, Siam, 393

Cambodian Lake-boat, 394

XII. China and Japan

Kwantung Junk, 396

West River Junk (from a Chinese oil drawing), 397

Hong Kong Junk, 398

At Wusung, 399

After a Typhoon, off Swatau, 400

Leeboard Boat, Yangtze-Reefed, 401

In the Lymoon Pass, 402

China Lugsail, with sheet, topping lifts, and parrels, 403

Skiff's China Sail-sheets, 403

Winter Quarters, 404

West River Passenger Junk, 405

Ship's 28-foot Cutter, China Lugs, 406

Five master, Wusung Bar, 407

Five master, Wusung Bar, 408

Hunan Trawlers, 408

Off Amoy, 409

Off Amoy, 410

Calm, 411

Junk in Winter Quarters, 412

Up the Yangtze, 413

Hong Kong Cargo Boat, 414

At Hong Kong, 416

In Swatau, 417

Up the West River, 417

Penang Sampan, 418

Singapore Sampan in a Squall, 418

Fishing Sampans - Junkseylon, 419

Sampan Stern, 419


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