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The moment the Duke returned to his residence he gave orders for his yacht, of which he was inordinately proud, to be anchored late the next evening at the jetty just below the House of Lords.
On his frequent travels around the world he had found the accommodation on most ships to be extremely uncomfortable with the food even worse.
Because he had travelled so extensively he knew exactly what he required and so some years ago he had ordered for himself a schooner with two masts and fore and aft rigged sails.
Although it was expensive, the schooner, which he had named the Sea Horse, was an undoubted success.
He had engaged the best master of rigging to give him advice.
As in most two-masted schooners the main mast was higher and carried more sail than the foremast and this assured h
