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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[to. 17. 188i 



s a 



SCHOONERS IN 1883. 



i-casonors. The Bve-nj'tmite wiu of JloDtauk settled nothing posi- 

 tively at nil. far it must he borne in mind thai she Is a seasoned emit in 



best trim Witt the beat skipper f N Bff York at the wheel ami a 



picked crew to boot. F...rtiina was -till new, with her trim altogether 



ig of tender 



■s^lio-luiu-n 

 Ic of. light 



ure imin. with outside ballast. 



n small wax. only a few years 



oornal. Steadily Hie 



the whole community regards 



ilfices 



jf promi 



lent design erg, 

 at work in the 













; ti 



3 day. Mr. 









..■sharpies 









shoe adds 









the other 









] l ho roost 









Id even to 









weatherly 



coll a 



) I0h1 !: 



,- LI 











hero keels 



ii.:.- Ill 



[versa! 



The 



invariable 



the lin 

 the he 



ilicke I 





made without regard i. 



".iv'^Wr!'V > r'e' : |lni'hein''i'-r 



she u:l 







while possibly good at drifting. 



liomeiit fair -.!-.--..i •.■! •' av < -- . ■ i i . I 



' 1 ,;t"'.e.,.-ip..:i.'.i',v ;;,',-'..:',,;;;<', ;.i 



■vionsly dapsfced in a llglil puff, 



til- If. 





her sail" ' 



ii such trim there seemed little 



hop. 1 















itk-litm that, the old delusion of 







id light draft to "ski 



„■ :i'...m.' ill light weather was 





i)!l- | ... 



•e and simple In the 



Brums Brashes during the day 



talan 





tired all the laurels 



and that is about all Ihe .lav 



br.iif.-l 



t forth 



The second class Inc. 



uded onlv Haze and Sunshine. 



Of llll! 



liocre 



•enowii. Sunshine ga 



re lip. mid Haze koi around in 



BlOL. , 



The Seawnnhak.i 

 apart from the tedio 

 enough mated to ma 

 smaller ot the two ai 

 merlull. and »- vol 



der the burgee of ,h, 



the llr -'t "two Indus vi- 



ler had a lot of luck and was tooled to: 



l.'rg.'i fairly into ' ih.'-' t'rtiv for lack of i 



,' 'ai'e.la'ir.-e. "'I'iie match developed not 

 oops and cutlers had a good free wind 

 , of which we will speak upon another c 



design is ohli 

 i.nliio.t is the 



draft and cei 



principles upon the popularize ion . 



. d. not fiom theory, 

 ion. is ovorivhelm- 



mty of both, regard- 



SAVED BY DRAFT AND LOW WEIGHT. 



laving derived much pleasure inyself from rending the interest- 

 arliclea on clinging published from time to lime in your yachting 

 minis. I send you n sbort account of a trip which I made Inst sum 

 r thinking it maybe ot soma ltttle Interest to other readers of 



Hull in my sloop 



DAISY. 



r | , HE publication of Daisy's record, compiled from Hunt's Mnga 

 1 zinc, with ihe ..iaienie.it that Mr. Van l-hnsselaer proposes Ui 



lake 

 l.il.oi 



id with he 



is altogetbe 



I tilt! 



■igged open sa.i.H.agg. r Chain, which Mr. Ch 



ilherside. Ilaisv is. n d-'eK.-d soag'oitig v>-.sel. and v. ill he used foi 

 .raising, though she may start in some of the Corinthian matches id 

 beSeawanbaka y.C. This cutter Is now on the ' m la i |.\ivss..nti, 



ss ■ 



nth Herman 



■in boat for 

 n which she 

 1 of cruising 

 I beams like 



•wed Gurnet 

 , east 

 . But 



vncllt 



veil known starters, I'oriinia. Citaim and Alice. 

 ■11 mated as to size and both Keel ve. 

 roill A. Cary Sndth'B hoard and liilana modeled 

 ot Chelsea. "Mn-s. ]i> till- miltell the Nei. \.ui. 



and next to nothing was dev 

 Cravlinggol on edge. agau 

 time. She put back for .New 



very plainly deinoi 

 iiient is a bugbear, 

 Hat slab with a rig 





Aniettiea, 40-tou Aunasona, the 70-ton Ma 



II 101111. r Chittvwee, a perfect specimen ol 1 



Hush deck and full cutter ng on 4.75ft, bciitr 

 hngth in the V I!. A. rule is now taken oi 



"The arguments in favor have been so fully given in the Field 



that it is umieeessarv to repeat them. Our friends in America have 

 gun- very carefully into its merits, and have adopted it as their 



il Should be o'ne which will. as far a- |«,SMb;o. pirn ••■ oil equal terms 



present V It A. rule is out of the question. For example, a shallow 



as' i.i tons against a boat like the Olga, -i.B tous. or nearly equal 

 terms. Under the sail tons measurement Ohm become- '. ' ..■.■■. 



■■Tiie Uaugor Corinthian Sailing Club, of which I have ihe honor '" 

 be captain, adopted the -aid area and length rule in IsS'. Our boats 



a tii- first s 



'1. .a .line 





lion. We v. 



•re iust tin 



ell 



the leek, B 



lore The 





asant. Thr 

 .y'.ou ihe. st 



•i. bundrei 

 one fish w 



irhi.ard. u 





lut also for yaeh 



AKTiiru Hit 



ng.dishea, roomier below 

 ..I, S. I ...iloweduiAugni 



GENERAL ADOPTION OF OUTSIDE BALLAST. 



rpilK feasibility and great merit of hanging wight r.s low as .it. be 



1 hiinr is an old store to expert". Hut the general public bus here. 

 I, , i, .r.- been unable to obtain uoi-h information for or against this 



snug on deck we gave 

 .eigencv a spate anchor 



the side we then went 



. which seemed bright 

 ep. but 1 was unable to 



,• roar of tl,.- Increasing 



rapidly falling barome- 



it the anchor held fast. 

 .ui.!.- reel mainsail ae a 



an to drag 



i astern. We 

 ii time to reef 

 running until 

 mt down the 



>ale that I 

 e by this 



,,st 111 Ihe trough of 



-aelit\h'£'l'i 'he-ted 

 throogh the scupper 

 We made Frequent 

 [lank Until the lead 

 lied higher still and 



. but "looked us 

 entangled in tho 



• toward UroiVll'H 

 bout handsomely. 



.. ,,!..,] 



for special 



ieb.lllasl he 



..ie launch- 



9 the lirst s 



i provided. 



. i, k |," I prevent our going far enough out into the 



bay and away from tb. Eri ..-n. r -.in.. . ....» that we could pass 



the ro, ksoit'iTiri - i -i- Most hi the toni iih i<as still trailing ill 



i went :■• th-eiidof 



the bowsprit and tried to ia-1 e ...: but alt-i being repeatedly buried 



"..v ..'I','.':.", 1 -: 



re probably 



}l'tMrM"er' 1 Uck'.ve ! HeVe\\I'MuW l, ..l'..lig ill' 111- trough of '!:--e:'i, It 



so-me.l is It .Hill.- ..I theiinmens i. ■':■ a- w m,i ,-■ it. inly -trip" the 



dent, bnt evidently her dw.pload ke. I ei-.-i.t-i -i.cn an aecident. 



reminded during tbis tlm. .1 1!.- articles I bad read in 



theFonpsT i\o '■■■ri-riM 1-1 the vain.- .a deep draft over great 1 10. 



l..r 1 t'elt ai,-'..lo','.'v',,rlaii, ilia'i will, th- ..Id la-:-., aied. light .haft. 



"Aflei-'rlmui'iig .velV'nit ;■■ -v,! w- went al ! an. I ran for l'lyinoulh 



harbor. * hi. b we reached In safely, not s sea having iio.iide.1 us. 

 Althoi' ,r h i ■ .aa.i.i-i another -u.-a -ale on a lee 



shore, yet. hiving had ibis experience. I am glad to be able 1., add 

 my 1 .- to non y In favor of low weights mid deep draft tor safety tta 

 well us eflleie'ncy 111 rough water. 



