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Forest. and stream. 



{Dec. 7. 1882 



A SAN FRANCISCO SiNGLE-HANDER. 



"VTTE publish this 

 VV yawl for work 



Brooks, of tin. i -a!, 



after the- plan of s. 

 and the ruizzen aft 

 ever in be .flue uu 

 helm or wheel, ne 



e Interesting plans of a single hand 



Oancisco Bay. designed bv Mr, Wm. 

 rather lnrger'tliau the subject of our 

 .eeedingly handy arrangement that no 

 in manasiir,' a yacht of 3 ift. load line 

 ig. The yawl in question was not in- 

 .tylo of yachting we have been giving 

 r- ral knocking about with a friend or 

 >f being brought thereto by eircum- 

 ine is t very unhandy toy and a very 

 igle hand should she lie of the cu=tom- 

 faet, without a mate to work ship she 

 »ble and disaster of some kind would 

 ial rash enough to el -ar from moor- 

 ,ee the boat I. ."rough difficulties. But 

 i depth an ■ low bilge and the yawl rig 

 speet.e-p.eiallvv.-hen rigged as the 



ithn'hoom on the foot, the sheitof 

 a short traveler forward of the mast 

 Both it 



tltei 



vrhat- 



nl, hut i 



three lower s 

 jib and ma 

 stronger rel 

 raueh abler, 

 York's light 

 number of st 

 for a larger < 

 the truth, foi 

 arrangement 

 weather that 

 few strings n 



. tends the 



eets or luffing out 



tl purposes this is 



more man compensated for 



h as a sloop would be a very 



ady control of a single person. 



i San Francisco, smaller sail 



d. Thus In the design of Mr. 



t lift, of bowsprit beyond forward perpendicular, 

 the New York Oooo." Similiarly the head of the 

 Haft, against 13 or 10ft. in a sloop. The area of 

 u ti.e yaw! is OIL, whereas the area of a sloop's 

 1 1,100ft, "' 



nrls bio 



tha 



-die 



■ San Fr. 



ence appe: 

 ;iaco vaehts are 

 rngth than New 



dow_ 



the y 



ud edit 



t in, 



and ah 

 and he 

 With a boo; 

 nothing to i 

 squi.ll she c 

 rig known, 

 ity t, - ' 



lumber o 



f uis sails, while his frietlil 



t worry 



with the question, "What 

 i one reet by hook or by 



ulad .low 



the cliani 



el while so doing, then a 



M. .scail 



d lor bv a freshening blow, 





us labor, tup worst is over, 





i so much time and risk. 





ni.lv as a catboat, having 





icing, a- dishing through a 





in 1 safely than any other 



dill leu it. 



o understand the popular- 



Pre, 



time < 



i'U, 



charge of aping Mi. I'.riuVI. even fae slurdlcsl patriots. 

 victims to wiiat they are pleased to call the '• Americanr. 

 but which in point of principle differs not an iota lrom its 

 foreign waters. The batten reef which Mr. Brooks has i 

 we believe, an excellent idea for small yachts. It simplihe 



of reefing to a material degree and saves a great, deal of time, which 

 is a matter of importance ' in critical mom. aits. The halliards are 

 settled away as required, the outer- and inner- stops orknittles quickly 

 tied around the houm, and t Lao reef is practieaUv accomplished. At 

 your leisure vou may snug up iviih a couple more stops along the 

 batten. The l.-itrer is laced to the sail and aids in keeping the 

 canvas flat. Stornrsaiks and reefed mainsail are indicated in the 

 plan 



by broken lines. The following a 



re the chief dimensi 



Length over all 



36ft. 



Length on loadline 



80ft. 



Beam, extreme 



lift. 



Depth of hold 



4ft. 9in 



Draught without board 



4ft. 



1 traught with board 



8ft. 



Least freeboard 



Ift. 8in 



Displacement 



Ballast 



11 tons. 



6 tons. 



Length of cockpit 



8ft. 



Length of cabin 



13ft 



Width floor, side of trunk 



2ft. 



Width of berths 



Sf t. 



Headroom 



oft. 3in 



Mast, deck to hounds 



29ft. 



Pole t.pmast, hounds to truck .... 



18ft. 





24ft. 



Gaff 



Haft. Bin 



Boavsprit outboard 



lift. 



Mizzen most, deck to truck 



28ft. 



Mizzen boomkiu outboard 



raft. 



Mizzen boom 



15ft. 



Diameter mast at partners 



6Jfn. 



4V|in. 



Diameter boom in center , 



Diameter gaff in center 



3J4in. 



Area jib 



Area mizzen ... 



A res- li'. .,.|--::iil 

 Area gall' i.Apsail 

 Total plain sail . 



lanpmg i 



5in. 

 . 2«in. 

 53Ssq. ft. 

 208sq. ft. 

 llilsq. ft. 

 lJMsq. ft. 

 ,145sq. ft. 

 lTOsq. ft. 



■etea 360sq. ft. 



led alligator sule. Stem and post of oak :% 

 all steam benf, lxl'. .in., spaced Klin, between 

 used in this construction, the heels of the 

 stead. A keelson plank fixSin. is worked fore 

 enterho id c isiug the frames are mortised into 

 the trunk logs. Plank of Mendo duo pine tin. thick. Ceiling Y 2 and 

 %\a. thick. Deck beams of Oregon pine .xiin., ends lodging on 

 clamps. Deck plank of Oregon cedar- Cxio.in. The mizzen steps on 

 the deadwoo 1 Knee and [.asses up I h rough the broad, flat end of the 

 boomkin which is made to do duty as mast partners. Housetop can- 

 vassed and painted, the beams well crowned. Spars of spruce. 



A CARD. 



Editor Forext and Utrecwi: 



Will you permit n.e again to say through your columns that the 

 undersigned is not ; .:;,' ■■..ally rn yacht designing, and 



has not the time to meet demands tor plans or drawings of any kind. 

 This intimation will save the public and myself a good deal of useless 

 correspondence. Those in search of designs are referred to your 

 adver tasing columns and to I he various professional gentlemen men- 

 tioned from time to time in your paper. C. P. Kunhardt. 



NEW YORK Y. C— At the last meeting the committee on club 

 house had nothing to report. It was decided to abandon the project 

 for the present. A vol.- of thanks was tendered to Commodore Jas. 

 D. Smith fcr his services in contributing to the success of last sum- 

 mer's ortiise. Ordered on the minutes. It was also decided to re- 

 ' tain the landing stage at Newport. 



HANDICAPS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Will you explain why you do not look with favor upon handicaps;' 

 A Committee Man. 



Brooklyn, Nov. 30. 



[We will. Handicaps are charitable grants by fast yachts to slow 

 ones. For that reason Jt is very plain that tbey are not equitable. 



Making a fast yacht pay because she is fast is diamoti-ieoJli a 



to the prime object of racing, which implies a reward to the boat 

 showing most speed. Rob her of that reward and turn it over to a 



a. en titles to .■(.-. upon merit, with no better excuse than to 



"divvy" all around, and what object can there be in racing, and 

 worst of all, what is there to induce the fast yacht to come to the 

 line? Where is the logic of giving a bonus to me at the expense of 

 another, when the race is instituted with no other purpose than to 

 determine which is the Eastest yacht and to reward her accordingly? 

 And how much satisfaction, glory or benefit can there be to a slow 

 yacht to win with such an indulgence of pap? What instruc- 

 tion can be drawn from a result brought about not by real 

 deserts, but by imposition? How long-would there he any incen- 

 tive to race with the knowledge that (he whole thing is cooked and 

 dried beforehand, and that the spoils are not to be wrested from 

 competitors in fair, square fight, but are to be apportioned all 

 round like mamma divides a stick of candy among her crew of gos- 

 lings? Do we l ace to give everybody something to take home from 

 the party? Are we a set of infants to go home crying because the 

 best feh'ow got the swag? If advisable .0 boost up racing by giving 

 everyone a share of the prizes,, divide the cups and lucre all round 

 at once, and save the idle sham of a race which is no longer a race in 

 earnest. Handicaps occasionally offered as a rough and tumble go- 

 as-you-please, a general scrabble for the fun of the scramble, are 

 good enough, it is true, and for variety indulgence in a side 

 show of baby's play is not to be interdicted. But once a fu- 

 ture upon substituting the mere by-ul ty of handicaps for legitimate 



allowances and let it be understood thai penalties a* - ._..,,. 



of committees are to be imposed and a dead failure of racing must 

 be the inevitable result. Apart from this altogether, handicaps can 

 be pra Jtieable much less become popular 



: Or. 



have Bedouin with 105 tons di pia 

 about 60. Those who take bulk as Sue standard for c 

 would saddle Ue.louin with an an cue ratio tax. Both yachts 

 of a length. Those who think they ought to be matched c 

 competition would declare no handicap i a order. Again, I 

 would rate according to record and perforin;... ■;- nng;e. ii 



I.IOL Itna . Oil O.l.i .-li- l-'U.-alh Who -Sea decide Ij the sAti- 



all, which is, and which is not the best of any two, or wh 

 committee of sages who will undertake to hit off the ca| 



varan e . orih ii ions of aa and and sea down to t 



*t.«_!_T_ ^j-i .!-.:__ jo._ I.™ n ftu- -i n ^« tt^.ui then V 



vith 



mparis. . 



are about 



have every 

 hieh can 

 all of the 



which often decide the events of the day? He; 

 conceivable style of handicaps no ier t ae sun, any . 

 be urged with as much show oi justice as any of tli 

 rest put together, and an attempt to permanently .-miiim o..o.. <• 

 scheme upon yacht racing can only fetch up in confusion verse con- 

 founded, and the collapse of the club venturing upon a course of such 

 an impracticable mixture of quackery and soft-hearted compassion, 

 with the plugs of the fleet, however well the idea may work as an 

 occasional exception to the rule. Yacht owners want their rights; 

 they will never be satisfied with a concoction of underserved charity 

 and injustice imposed al the sweet will and inueri varying caprices 

 of any c.unaiitt -e or clique of fearfully fallible autocrats assuming 



,;... . f.l ....... in a " ■ 



ceptional handicaps as exhilarating scrambl 



no place in the regular records, but as a perman 



legitimate time allowance for . ize the proposition 



receive serious attention, and our columns i 



useless discussion of such palpable nonsense. ... 



allowance for size is not at all the cause of .small entries, as the most 



casual observer will conclude from the races in Eastern waters 



where, sailing under regular time allowance, the quest; 



to induce additii ni -. but, on "-- 



wbic 



More. 



jtit.ute tor 

 ludricous to 

 to the 



limit the 



