A Practical and Historical Handbook of Valuable Information for the Racing and Cruising Yachtsman
by Captain A.J. Kenealy
From the Preface: "The kind reception given by yachtsmen generally to "Boat Sailing, Fair Weather and Foul," has induced me to embark in a new venture. The following "Wrinkles," gleaned from practical experience, obserbvation and study, are printed in the hope that they may prove of interest and value to lovers of sailing craft. I want to warn off literary critics by the frank admission that I am not worthy of their steel, being an old sailor who went to sea when he was thirteen, and spent many years afloat where books were scarce. So far as yachting critics or nautical experts are concerned, I must let my work speak for itself. If it has no other merit, it has at least been concientiously done." . . . Kenealy is much too modest; his breadth of knowledge and experience are considerable and his review of the wide variety of hull shaps and rigs available in the late nineteenth century is copious. There are many boats described and pictured here that are new to the modern reader with many oddities of hull and rig for the time, including bulb keels and catamarans.
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