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G. L. Blake

A contributor to the classic Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, this little-known writer helped capture the world of late 19th-century yachting. The surviving record points to a clergyman-author whose work mixes practical detail with a real feel for sailing culture.

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Yachting, Vol. 2

Yachting, Vol. 2

by G. L. Blake, Marquis of Frederick Temple Blackwood Dufferin and Ava, James McFerran, T. B. Middleton, R. T. (Robert Taylor) Pritchett

About the author

The published record for this author is quite sparse, but contemporary editions of Yachting identify him as Rev. G. L. Blake. In the 1894 second volume of Yachting in the Badminton Library series, he appears among a team of contributors that included R. T. Pritchett, the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, James McFerran, and others.

Project Gutenberg's text of Yachting, Vol. 2 shows that Rev. G. L. Blake contributed to sections on Royal Yachts and English Yacht Clubs, Scottish Clubs, Irish Clubs, and Foreign and Colonial Yachting. The companion first volume also credits G. L. Blake with chapters including Five-Tonners and Five-Raters in the North and Yacht Insurance, suggesting a writer especially interested in the practical and competitive side of the sport.

Beyond those book credits, I couldn't confirm reliable biographical details such as a full name, dates, or a standalone author profile. What can be said with confidence is that Blake's work survives through a respected Victorian sporting series, where he helped document yacht racing, clubs, and maritime culture for readers of his time.