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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 9, 1882 



N*i 



races in support of ac 

 eessful design, ire look 



the conversion of the r 



to the ben, liis. phjsici 

 up the sport, fn short 

 yacht Beet is n great n 

 juvenile pmv to the ili 

 which student and nth 

 Bastion, us m,'11 „s tii' 

 stamina of manhood o 



In the Bast where i 

 greater extent than ab 

 preference tor boats ol 

 -i- depth a 



from purposeles 

 n tho pursuit o 

 ■ thought and it 

 laraoter and th 





•utei . 

 ■the dei 



mast. As cruisers 

 I lie ample room aff 

 them to yachtsmen 

 boats could nsi i 



bright. A few tria 

 colters bidfair to e 

 The boars we ha 

 ■•Iielieii boats," fr< 

 cutters, and it was quite 

 appeal most readily to tl: 

 great beam from boyhood 

 long' way in advance of 1 

 their moderation that boai 

 depth, draft and displace! 

 Easl - i abli b tats •■•: - a 

 East that a large demand I 



however, drove awav all do 

 e in for a large share of publi 



mentioned belong to the eat 

 the place of their origin. 1 



■ould be hard to had a thirty-foot sin. 

 leek or below Kelpie and her kind i 

 aiulv be finite impossible to diseovei 

 lo.-p with much more thr ' 



in Boston with t 

 i boast of, and il 

 iny New York ( 



half the stowage _ 

 ave rhem. For all that : 

 • comfortable boat," no i 

 ter with her depth, his 

 r, and a shoal, clangerou 

 amped cabin confined to 



dore Charles A. Welsh. Iii.st.ni Y. C. formerly of the ValhallaslooD 

 bv the well known City Point builders, (i-o. Lawlev of Son who like- 

 wise furnished the model, we believe. While resembling the ltchen 

 boats m general, the new craft ha.-, features of* her own rather an 

 improvement upon her prototype across the pond. The sheer plan 

 shows her to he bold in conception and in the round up forward and 

 rakuig post a commendable departure from old school lore. Her 

 topsides show none of the homely flare erhiji of the sloop which so 

 retards headway in rough water, while the sharp lines forward with 

 the tolerably line rim are certain to assist ease and dryness and close 



The overhang adds much to jaunty appearance and deck room 

 abaft, the mainsheet. It is one .u those limn k-s seldom to be found 

 in our licet, owing to the imperative necessity of docking under the 

 silly length rules of the day. It is within bouiaisto sw that no bene- 



i , ".red from the last four feet of this overhang, yet 



the mean length and one-third overhang et nidifies still hi vogue in 

 many clubs would tux those last four feet as equal to a lump in the 

 body a couple of feet in length. Had Mr. Welsh intended racing 

 imdcr such absurd rules lie could not. have indulged in the beauty or 

 utility the long overhang offers, but would have" felt obliged to saw 

 his boat off short and ugly after the Elsworth fashion. Luckily 

 no measurement lyros blighted the good looks of Vayu in this res- 

 pect, audthe Law leys were able i.o display themselves without hind- 

 rance in a cutter s ao bb y fantail. The iron keel, though no longer 

 anything new m the East, is a pattern for many in New York, for 

 Vayu is thereby made uneupsixable, able in a sea and minus the 

 nuisance of a centerboanl cosing just where it is not wanted, and 

 under most circumstances will draw less, water by several feet 'than 

 if built with a flu. 



The Vayu is sift, on leadline, tilllt. over all. luff extreme beam 6ft 

 Bin. depth of hold, and 7ft. draught of water. Her ,;eel is so much 

 cockered that should sin:- ground a, change in trim wall float her free. 

 Least height of freeboard is eft. Uiu. to covering board Displace- 

 ment 14.8 tons, of which 8! i tons is represented by ballast. tiU tons 

 thereof being in the shape of an iron shoe on the iioio.ni of a "broad 

 keel, the remaining :: tons stowing inside for the purpose of trim- 

 ming. She is i cry strongly buili in Lawley's bet 



of well i 



fore't 

 tion I: 



yide 



top and 14iii. 

 slight taper dow 



n tin. hot- 

 ward and 

 _„ third sta- 

 r plans. They are double, with 



exception .,■ -men i u me ends, ;;tn. sided and 4m, moulded at keel, 



...... ' . ; ■■ i ... . . i ,,i ... i., .,„ • .. 



low pine, 4in. vide, the topsides being worked in one length fore ami 

 aft. Oak beam shelf, fxlim, the clamps being in a single length and 



fhrwiio-h-i-ivetorl In th** tramps Flonl-o /,f ,,-t.O,, .,!.,„ n .-,-o.w 



through 

 wide. 



The 1 



flush, r 



'eted to the fra 



Decks of white pine U,:;i .' 4 in 



lodations are. extremely liberal. The deck 

 e or cockpit interfering with free passage 

 the saloon amidsnips and a mahogany 



hatch, also a small natch to fureeasfle an 



eye to after cabin. The forecastle is left, long, with stai 

 main saloon, Mt. Win long, with 6ft. head room, bulk!" 

 both ends ivit.li sliding doors of neat panel frame. The s 

 is very cosy, having a doubl :■ berth on starboard side ill 

 bureau and lockers with mirrors ou port nai ' 

 visions for washing and a w. c. A 12-ft. fore, 

 with double berth and conveniences 



like a fairytale to the average sloop 

 forced as he is to a little kennel forw 

 ask his crew to double up, and a mi 



room split up into narrow sections by the centerboard. Though h 

 has 12ft. beam or more, be gets only half the accommodations to b 

 found in a cutter i-l (:. less beam. Vayu carries 1, 31a so. ft in lowe 

 sails and topsail. Mast SOffcabbvi fleck, IWm. diameterat partnen 

 housing topmast 24ft. long: bowsprit, outboard, jufi ;,:.,, ■, 

 6im: gaff. Clifl. km.; hoist of mainsail, -'lift. 



ft, is to yacht- like Vayu we h.ok for popularizing the arts of sai 

 ingand navigating, Lyonomieal in Inula mi.t :).i:„.s„.,| otsai'eti 

 they likewise comprise ab that wichfs of large tonnage can boast oi 



..... m e e,i|-i...hli .. i. ,|.ii .-.ire of themselves at all times, nffordin 

 a thorough participation in all the attractions of the sport at a frat 

 tionotthecot p ni i u I i i e i , I u h add only to exiiens' 

 i inutility, without offering more good to thei 



. The stateroom aft 

 i si.l.- and handsome 

 also improved pro- 



itle and a stateroom 



31ft, load line ream; noun 



abol.lt. Vey, Ye, |; ;, ,-„-;- 



to which he would hardlv 



QU1TE THE CONTRARY. 



AFTER the excellent, liec-inumg th 

 the cutter's good poin ts, Graei 



ill second and third race rather (lis 

 porary, and it quickly sought to str 

 .... . . ... 



advocates of the culler type of boat 



would like to be of their superio . 



draught American sloop." We will i 



dene- 



nthe 



seeking the truth to the best 



frack sloop of the country in her own we 

 tl tens of thousands spent upon her in b 

 ,put her in charge of a skipper and crev 



i Herald made at understanding 

 i's bull luck in ta king the prizes 

 ■onitlted our estimable contem- 

 .ddle the fence again in the fol- 

 concededon all hands that the 

 are not as fully satisfied as they 

 itvover the benmv and lichte'r 

 ideavor to 



sloops of the country, why should the Herald suupose the "advo- 

 cates of the cutter type " "in the least disconcerted:' 



We regard the recent races as a perfect revelation to the old 

 school, represented in our sloops, and are quite content, even highly 

 pleased, with the result, and Willing to stake our reputation upon 

 the future, which we predict will place the cruiser Uedouin at the 

 head of the fleet, the fastest siugi. sticker in American waters. That 

 is what we concede, and not an iota short of that, Let the Herald 

 watch coming events. 



WHAT WE CONDEMN. 



it aboard a crew perfectly grc 



reign skipper not familiar wit 

 ck one day, and cap the elima 

 a feet, Let these two sail thro 



Editor Forest and Str 

 There may be a gren 



in condemning praeii, 

 [We do not condemn 



never have done so. "■ 



tion of men styling th. 

 " * g else that 



in science, but I think you are not right 

 .ei iciice as you do. A Reader. 



ieal experience nor practical men. and 

 ve do condemn is th ; fraudulent assump- 

 'es "practical," with their claims renting 

 fititae Impudence and a whole lot of dog- 



lumbro 



owners except for distant voyages. 



mafic quackery built upon abysmal ignorance. We denounce i— 

 fraudulent the claim to •■practical experience" when the test of facts 



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valent. impression among certain classes that ignorance of under- 

 lying principles and "practical" knowledge are one and the same 

 tiling II I i I L loped 



in with the current stun about light displacement, light draft and 

 beam for speed and other good qualities in yachts, we will continue to 

 denounce as the arrant humbug it is. Eecent events have shown up 



