11 JUNE 1921, Page 25

AU Hands on the Main-sheet I By B. Hecksta11-Smith. (Grant

Richards. 21s. net.)—The author's reminiscences of yachting and yacht-racing since 1884 make pleasant reading. He is concerned mainly with large yachts, and has a good deal to say about the Britannia,' about the ex-Kaiser's regattas at Kiel, and about the America Cup races. He gives chapters to our leading yacht clubs and yacht designers, and concludes with a short history of yacht-racing in the period which he covers. He was on board the American yacht Ingomar ' in a race at Kid when the Emperor's Meteor' failed to give way and, after being nearly run down, was disqualified under the rules. His account of this episode is highly amusing. The book is illustrated with sketches by the author.