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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oot, 18, 1883. 



(ctT-Ttt iTa — fezt to r*. 



AN "ALL-ROUND" BOAT. 



CONTINUING the subject of safe boats of small dimensions suita- 

 ble for family cruising and racing as well, we offer for consider- 

 ation the lines and sail plan of the cutter C'avmita. favorably known 

 in Eastern waters as a fast and safe yacht, twenty feet leadline 

 between rabbets. This cutter combines the sterlingquality of safety 

 with speed not set pass.-d by anything of her class in her own waters. 

 She was modeled by J. H. Keating, of Marhlebead, Mass., and 

 launched la-t spring'. Mr Keating had previously built the Lola, a 

 boat of larger displacement and draft than usual and after careful 

 study of her behavior concluded the innovations upon former prac- 

 tice were in tile right direction, and that the solution of the best 

 design for yachting purposes was to be found in depth and displace- 

 ment as field out. in Forest and Stream. 



The Carmita was the result of his reflections, and her success is 

 goo i proof in favor of tin- reasonin- pursued. The owner was in a 

 great hurry to commission in the spring, and little attention was 

 bestowed upon rami" trim and outfit for want of sufficient lime. 

 Ballast, was hove into the yacht in any fashion, lead, iron and rocks. 

 the bulk of which was tossed in a heap near the bulkhead built across 

 at the greatest, dentil of hold. Sails were hastily bent as they came 

 from the loft, and' Utile or no care given to them during the season. 

 In this rough and ready trim the cutter was sent on her first ci ui.se. 

 and throughout the summer nothing was touched or improved. All 

 her races were sailed just in tins condition. The cutter lias taken 

 the championship of her class in the Salem Bay Y. C, and made the 

 best actual time in the great matches sailed off Beverly and Hull in 

 August, meeting some of the fastest "skimmers of the olden-t inu- 

 sti-ipe of cour.-eh may h.- I hat through sheer luck her best, linn 

 was struck at tin -ci. though the chances against such an assump- 

 tion are a hundred t -. With iron and rocks replaced by snugly 



stowed lead, ano s.ni.- sii-locd to a first class sit, and the besl trim 

 got by experiment, if i- unite safe to insist that Carmita can be made 

 to. show to much better advantage next season, and we are glad to 

 hear that there is a prospect of all this being done in time for the 

 early battles next spring. 



So far from racing in the trim of a professional, she took the gun 

 with all her extra gear, anchors, cables, and cruising paraphernalia 

 on board, drawbacks to the best performance, the detrimental nature 

 of which no racing man needs to lie told. As far as safety is con- 

 cerned, the cutler cannoi. capsize, having 1, 1 5111 bs. iron on the Iced 

 andl,5001bs. at good depth inside, and to prevent sinking m ease, ,f 

 collision or being stove, she carries as. , -aliens oi -eal-d air tanks. 

 stowed where most convenient. Ber working has been found most 



Satisfactory in all conditions of ,\lhd and sea. As a the) in il-jlit 



weather she has paiticnlarly distinguished in-'-,-r/. <in isah-.ing 



denial of the antiquated absurdity about i he necessity of ligh 



and draft for speed in light winds 



and weatherly powers a refutatio 



keels by men having no experiem 



that class. 



As family cruising is more lilu-h to be indulged in during mild s 

 mor weather, especially in New York wafers, we wish to enforce; 

 ticularly the advantage of large displacement for such purpo 

 Heavy 'boats 

 '-drifting," an 

 placement, the owm 



iudedness 



mess borne against 

 designed boats of 



y to those doing 



d aboard a big dis 



much Of thai tedi- 



he unfoltunates in 



rrk, the 



lita 



behelt) this exhibition will vouch for all we have 



quick in stays, almost too quick, for headsheets can 



•ked. and she holds her way like a ship. That •- ' 



;ha 



, said. Car 

 hardly be 

 kind of boat Fobes 

 Uy, the racing shi _ 

 critics of Fokest and Sthe. 

 waters in favor of flat-bottom 

 accommodations, or anything 



commends for th 

 the kind of a be 

 mid like to see bai 



i boy. thefam- 



rt "he would-be 

 ished from out- 

 safety, ability, 

 naval architect 

 ise against the 



adede 



"Ugh 



a ■■refining process- 

 be attempted wit ho 

 easily be made tons: 



,g rig. In point of principle the t 



example. It is nuke possible tin 

 , and that even variations in 

 ut courting failure. Stern 

 fume any sweep indicated b\ 



f 'enter of buoyancy from do 



Sail area., three lower sails 



Ratio to square of load line 



Area of wetted surface, no rudder. . 

 Sail per sq. foot of wetted surface . 

 Center of mast from end L. Wf L. . 

 Blast deck to hounds. 



Mai 



all 



Floating capacity of s; 



. lift. 6in. 

 ..430ft. 



. log per cent. 



. . 174 sq. ft. 



. . 2.47 sq. ft. 



.. 7ft. -tin. 



. 17ft. Bin, 



. . 18ft. 



. . nlft. 



. . lift. 



.. 15ft. 



. 8ft. 



. . 10ft. Bin. 



. BS cub. ft. 



.. 8,0001bs. 



-very v.. oi. Only a ah nt Jim: 



.. -rvating disappoint) 

 boats of clam shell propoi 

 Carmita will '-stay by jot 

 ago she put to sea. with tv\ 

 reefed mainsail and reefed u.., 

 t-i ran for shelter under a rag of a mainsail and forestaysail. The | 

 cutler behaved splendidly in the heavy sea, fetching where she 

 pointed in the face of a gale from the north v, est. She was knocked 

 down again and again u.v the vicious squalls, bid came up smihugly 

 every time without begging in -.veai her which would have 

 drowned out and capsized the flat-footed persuasion let alone 

 their fetching to windward, When knocked down. the 

 cutter always held her way, and remained under control ; 

 of the man at the helm. Seamen will know how to appreciate 

 this characteristic. She handles tip top. steers without griping, and 

 works without fail underanv sail. She beat dead to windward under ; 

 foresail only for a mile and a half off Marbiehead Point in a si iff | 

 blow and never missed stays in the short boards she made. People 



a boat no one will regret giving 

 all-round performer, excelling i, 

 demand, and at. the same tune e 



Length overall 



Length on loadline 



Createsi beam moulded ... 



Depth planksheer to rabbet on M 



Greatest draft 



Least freeboard... 



Area immersed 31, S. with keel.. 



31. S. from forward end of L. \Y. L. . 



Center of lateral resistance from do 

 Center of effort of sails, from do 



ml in keep. 



■lift. Si,,. 

 . -lift. Bin. 

 .. 7ft. flin. 

 .. tiff. llin. 

 .. Hft.Vin. 

 .. Iff. Tin. 

 . . 10.85 sq. ft. 

 ..ini.SU sq.ft. 

 . . 57.33 so. ft. 



5.6 

 .. i,7331bs. 

 . 5401b8. 

 .. S.USOlbs. 

 . i LSOjbs 

 . . 4S per cent. 

 . IStt. Bin. 

 ,. lift. fin. 

 .. lift. 4in. 



WANTED, AN EXHIBITION. 



' I have been a reader of your journal for many years, and through 



that. 1 had the honor of receiving a medal at the exhibition of the 

 Worshipful Company of Shipw rights in London, in May, lb'ty-l. As you 

 have lal.-en tlielead in yachting matters. I hope you will start the 

 ball rolling ill favor ol an exhibition of models and nautical appliances 

 in this country next year. I hope to be able to do something to gain 

 laurels in my own country. I can make another model of that cla-s 

 you recommended me to keep at home, but I am a cutter man up to 

 the ban. lie for all that. Lewis Tempi..-:. 



New Bedford. 



[The idea of an exhibition is a good one. hut. the community inter 



bitii 



jr.iil,,, 

 Top 



ell 



.111.! h 



utical affair 

 ■et expe 



i lini 



nd lin- 



ed i 





[fit 



THE LATE 



^orest roid Stream 



R. C. Y. C. MATCH. 



This IS a„ e-rov She ! •- I ,!,-■ do,. 



and by ci'i..ni. corrected time 11 

 -, i 1 1, 1 ',--. ,i r-. [ i in- difference would bav< 



