or, 700 Miles in a Ten-Ton Yawl, from Swanage to Hamburgh, Through the Dutch Canals and the Zuyder Zee, German Ocean and River Elbe
by Charles E. Robinson, B.A.,
Trinity College, Cambridge
The cruising of the European rivers and canals was a very popular destination and pastime at the turn of the century and here Robinson joins other luminaries in the adventure. Widgeon, was a ten-ton (Thames Measurement) yawl, 34 feet overall with about a 9 foot beam with 4' 8" headroom. Not very large for those days. After a comfortable crossing of the Channel, Robinson and his companions arrive in Ostend and commence their explorations of Belgium and then progress to Germany and Holland, finally returning to England. Even in 1874, Robinsons comments about some of the coastal tourist towns of Holland are enlightening; there were just as many traps then as now!
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