Wassersport 1885 (Water Sport) – No. 4, January 22, 1885 (Interactive Edition‪)‬

On January 22, 1885 the Berlin weekly Wassersport appeared for the fourth time in its third year. This interactive edition brings you the original issue as it was printed — every page, every drawing — with a complete English translation one tap away.

Tap the EN button on any article to read the English translation of what is printed on that page. Turn the page and continue with the next part. After the original issue follows the complete English edition, newly typeset in the layout of 1885.

In this issue:
• Cruiser — the American open centreboard boat, with her complete lines: half-breadth plan, sheer plan and body plan, and the story of her racing career in Boston waters
• Sailing in Germany — an essay on what German yachting still lacked in 1885: state prizes, petitions to the Reichstag, cruising grounds away from the dusty highways
• Rowing fixtures for 1885 and the full programmes of the Vienna Amateur Regatta and the international regatta at Dresden
• Rowing news from Offenbach to Oxford and Cambridge, and Captain Boyton, the man who crossed rivers in his rubber suit
• Sailing fixtures, a proposed long-distance match Swinemünde–Dievenow–Stettin, and news from the frozen lakes around Berlin
• A naval review remembering Admiral Brommy and the first German fleet, and the events in the Cameroons
• Skating in Hamburg, Berlin and Christiania, the editor’s letter box, and two pages of period advertisements

The front page of this issue has not survived in the known copies; its masthead has been restored from No. 3. All other pages are complete.

Best experienced on iPad — turn it sideways to see two pages side by side, just like the printed magazine.

Part of the Wassersport 1885 series: one issue every week, exactly as it appeared — translated in full.