RE YACHT-RACING, KEEL OR CENTRE-BOARD.
(To the Editor.) Sir,—l quite agree with "Marco Polo" that the keel yachts mentioned are not a match fcr the centre-board yachts entered in No. S class, as ancient and modern -axe veil represented; but I don't agree with him -when he says the centre-board yacht can lift her plate and skim away from her keel rivals, as on Regatta Day centre-board boats gained most of their advantage on the wind, and with their plate down, drawing as much or more water than the keeler, so that beating over a tide there can be no advantage to the centre-board boat, when both boats can tack in the same water, and as there is a rule that boats must keep outside all fairway marks, there can be no cutting off corners or dragging over shoals. The above refers chiefly to yachts of mullet-boat type. — I am, etc., FAIR MATCH.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 32, 7 February 1905, Page 2
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153RE YACHT-RACING, KEEL OR CENTRE-BOARD. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 32, 7 February 1905, Page 2
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