"Well, I expect you'll find the _Wasp_ a bit different," observed my companion; "she's such a queer model, you see--everything about her is exactly the opposite of what we think it should be.  She has tremendous beam, and no draught of water worth speakin' of; an outrageously long tapering bow, and a short, squat stern--But there, you'll see her presently.  But there's no doubt about it, she can sail--there's nothing in this harbour that can look at her; and as for working, why, I've been told that she has been known to be round and full on the other tack twenty seconds after puttin' the helm down!"