They are stowed away forward, but they won't improve her speed.

They have brought her head down over two inches, but, of course, we shall use the water in them first." "You had better bring them amidships, captain, and stow them round the saloon skylight.

Appearances are of no consequence whatever, and the great thing is to get her in her best sailing trim.

If bad weather comes on, we must put half in the bow and half in the stern, where we can wedge them in tightly together.

It would not do to risk having them rolling about the decks.
"Well, then," he went on, seeing that the captain did not like the thought of having weight at each end of the yacht, "if the weather gets bad we will take the saloon skylight off, and lower them down into it.