Jan. 24, 1884.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



825 



LINES OF FOUR-BEAM CUTTER. 



MODERN YACHT. 



fairly swarming 



PROMINENT building yard: 

 details of eight having 

 One-half of these, it is true, are of th 

 limit of width entitling them to be cla 

 Ileum will regulate itself according t< 

 left to the future to disclose the mos 

 main issue between cutter and sloop i 

 weights and rig of one class as oppoi 

 floor, high ballast, centet board and si 

 considered, the two types can lie dese 

 withseamanlilre rigs oh the one hand 

 end unhandy division of sail carried 

 would justify, on the other. If it 

 half bear 



ble proportion. Tlie 

 led in the depth, keel 

 ! shoal hold with tlat 

 the other. Broadly 



r Ave beai 



., then: 



o possible harm in retain), 

 nit ud with the incre 



other respects. 



well 

 fthe 



largest 1 i isible', if youohoi 



sail demanded without any gain of vali 



will ahvays be susceptible to the influent ... 



of the day, and it is natural enough that those who lay 



upon the economy of form in relation to area of sail will . 



all the law and experience allows. With this no reasonab) 



disposed to quarrel, so long as tin:- local is not butchered i 



speets with the sole object of obtaining great beam at the 



ninth more vital considerations. 



Should it be demonstrated that cutters of about three 

 fast and good vessels, many will give in their adhesion 

 demur to the supposed shortcomings of narrower forms 

 deuce concerning cutlers of the "medium 

 eoutlicting at this day that we will not venture a posiliv- o 

 way or the other, being content to allow a question of no 

 moment to settle itself from actual tests in the future, 

 sufficient depth and low-keel weight are recognized as in.l 

 to credible design, essentials now almosi iiniversallvconee 

 beamy cutters have given a gratifying exhibition of spet 

 going qualities at times, but tin- tests have not yet been si 

 enaiile ai.*y broad deductions to be drawn. We are incline 

 that three beams, coupled with enough depth, will be foui 

 tive of too much displacement and too chubby a form fr 

 round performance, and that three and a half 1 

 the limit in breadth to which a well-shaped yael 

 eieu less is to be preferred for the open wafer r 

 for which the public is fast exhibiting a growing 



lu large yachts, beam of course will diminish «■ 

 in cutters just as it has in the shoal boats of the a 

 beam is always to be taken in a relative sense, foi 

 cessive in one shape might be quite admissible in another. Moreover 

 a true conception of a yacht's beam cannot be derived from a tape 

 line measure at its maximum, but rather from an average estimate 

 up and down and fore and aft as well. Thus a vessel with low bilge 

 and convex frame could not be driven as well with the same ath- 

 uartship tape line maximum as an. a he .having the bilge higher up. 

 a hollow floor or Hare. Similarly a, boat in winch the breadth is pre- 

 served well fore and aft with rather full and short ends would suffer 

 with an amount of beam another boat of long fine ends, and short 

 middle body might find actually necessary. In general, then, while 

 counselling moderation in beam as an economic attribute unaccom- 

 panied by any serious drawbacks, it is so cm taie thai, the maximum 

 will be quickly demonstrated in experience by the choking up of deep 

 boats which are too broad as well as by their "bouncy" behavior at 

 sea, that the corrective will lie so patent to every investigator as to 

 render superfluous fill .her concern on our part. There are many 

 cutters of three beams now in hand. Others which have gone before 

 have not given a v erv good account of themsei , es as a whole, though 

 instances can be found ia last year's racing where the contrary was 

 true. Additional triads will give a positive answer next season. It is 

 enough to know that the agitation carried on so long in these columns 

 has brought' about the general adoption of depth, libera! displace- 

 ment, low weight and double bead sail. As no retrogression in those 

 respects need be feared, beam can be allowed to find out for itself 

 to just what exuberance it may flourish. 



In perfect accord with the foregoing is the new cutter now build- 

 ing by Driseoll at his Greenpoiut yard. The hues of the four beam 

 craft are produced herewith as a very good example of the modern 

 yacht combining all the best points commendable *"" 



id produc- 



■r good all - 

 leadline is 

 pire, while 



mid be 



,>civnt i-oidum icg; lili Lue uer>i. points tfiiiuicnuiii 



ingpurposes. Safety, ability, accommodations., 



and cool cabin are characteristics sidt-evideut from the plans. As to 

 her speed, experience can be cited by the cargo to show that there i-3 

 nothing in her general proportions to interfere with the highest rate 

 attainable in her class. Whether or not this yacht will provt " 

 depends tberefoi e solely on the excellence of the lines in tnems 

 her mechanical ballasting and rig, and the man at the helm 



- decks 



selves, 



Kind 



Length ever all 



Length loadline 



Beam extreme 



Draft extreme 



Least freeboard to planksheer 



Displacement, long tons 



Lead on keel, long tons 



Lead inside, long tons 



Katio ballast to displacement . 

 Area wet surface, no rudder. . . 



Area three lower sails 



Sail per sq. ft. of wet s 



Mast, deck to cap 



Topmast 



Boom 



Gaff 



Bowsprit outboard 



..40ft. 



u-lace. . 



3ft 



6in. 



13.8 



tons. 



Y.H 



tons. 





tons. 



O.bo 





ejliosq, ft. 



.1(1112 



Ml. fl 



y.in 

 ana 



Si[. is. 

 Hill. 



-i.br r 



6in. 



Ml it 



9iu. 



Sela 



Sin. 



. lHI't 



-Ihi. 



CRUISE OF THE MABEL. 



I stood up the St. 

 ichored for about 

 md.Lako Ontario, 



Gi OT under way Aug. 7 from Clayton. N. Y., 

 T Lawrence Ihver to flub Island, where we 

 half an hour to take on necessaries for a cruise i 

 Made sail again at 11 A. M., and worked up the 



and jib with a fresh breeze from the S.S.E. Aimtit iimrmnn we 

 single-reefed our mainsail to steady the yacht, as the cook claimed 

 there was too much heel on the yacht, whicii interfered with keeping 

 the pots on the etove. Haddinner late when off Carlton island. The 

 cook said he would go without dinner, as he did not feel very well 

 He then cleared off the table, but kept everything standing in the 

 galley, including the corn which had capsized off the stove into the 

 middle of the galley floor, and crawled on deck, laid out with sea-sick- 

 ness. He laid flat on his face, on top of the cabin, all the afternoon 

 Joe says that his father wont recognize him when he gets home it, 

 made him so flat-chested, and asked the captain to order him off the 

 cabin before he got so flat that he would blow away. One of our 

 erew, Henry, is also disabled and below, sick from citing too many 

 cherries. We made Cape Vincentabout .3. and Thibet's Point a couple 

 of hours later, and then stood for Galloo Island Light with a heavy- 

 dead sea running, but the wind dying down. Walter 

 10:30 P. M., and the captain at 11:45 P. 31., we then la- 

 three miles west of Galloo Tsland Light. At 1:30 A. M 

 came on deck, aud the wdnd still holding steady, and a h tie fresher 

 than it was at sundown, we shook out the reef in the mainsail which 

 we had kept in until then. W. H. now turned in. Walter taking his 

 place, and the yacht was kept off to S. % vv. tor Oswego. About? A, 

 M. Joe went below and came on deck again in an hour, Oswego Light 

 then being in sight, and Galloo Lig.u having been our dropped for 

 about two hours. At 3:30 W. H. relieved Walter at, the wheel, and 

 stayed on deck till 5 o'clock. Had a heavy head sea and light wind 

 when about two miles from Oswego Light. At C A. M. Joe turned the 

 cook out, and he was sadly sick, but recovered enough to gis brcai.- 

 fast. Ran into Oswego 'harbor and let go at the anchorage of the 

 Oswego Y.C., about U.-.'jd A. 31., Aug. 8. 



Aug. 8.— Had a call from Commodore Mott 

 our bolistays, and sent them to ship ehandli 

 buckles. Also scut our living jib to saihna: 

 gj-ommeiK on the luff, in order that we migl 

 rd. and in the evenin 



aJiitle 



of the 



audi 



nd 



In the aftc noo 

 sail with i iiia 

 \ ft Walter asle 





v. Th 



lock. Con 



. Captait 

 S wind wa 





lore 31 

 and 33' 

 light t 



outside the ore. 













Aug. '.).— Wea 







lira. Cast 



lfft 



ic llyin 



it through the g 







e flying ji: 





Ot tile 



afternoon, and 









ra . 



Had , 



member:, of the 





..none oli 



lie me 



Mr. Fitzgerald. 









as 1 





Aug. 10.— Got 







:3b A. 31., 



ana 



a ligb 



N., which improved lut 

 Sodus. On reaching B 



gSodl 





d O 









r the 



bad nearly left 1 











islde ti 



hotel about. 5 P. 



31. W 











During the day 



vehad 



eur.'-ie, 



all sab fl 







to reach our ties 













Aug. 11.— Got 



mdt-r 



rayal 



ttle befon 







ail- stirring to n 





and \ 



orbed OU1 







over an hour- 





mplisl 



The br 







clear of the bra 



gyatej 



and 



we heade 



J he 





under all sail. 



About 



■4 P. 



31., warn 



off Irom 



steamer City of 



Rochester rai 



out town 



rd 



us and 



