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HMY ''Bezan'' (or ''Bezaan'') was a Royal Yacht of the Royal Navy of England. The ''Bezan'' was a Dutch pleasure yacht built in 1630 and presented to Charles II by the Dutch East India Company. The ''Bezan'' was about 15 feet long with a single mast and carried a crew of two, and was the precursor of modern leisure yachts. A “bezaan” is Dutch for a gaff rigged type of sail. HMY ''Mary'', which was also presented by the Dutch East India Company to Charles the same year, had “square rigging”. Charles and his brother James raced their craft against each other. There was a race between the Dutch-built ''Bezan'' and the King’s yacht ''Jamie'' (named after James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth), which the former easily won. ==References== * ''King Charles II'' (1979); Antonia Fraser. ISBN 0-7538-1403-X. * (Diary entry of Samuel Pepys ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMY Bezan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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