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lightning-; well, all 1 can sav is that 

 n ml "pull" lieen uttered lli.iii in i. 

 Hint, like an "ignis faluus," uh.-.i >, 

 The result of the sevr-il e..i,i i ■ 



Fielding, Clark and Cr 

 the fifth match Hanfoi 

 age. third; Southi r, fi 

 Loriug, see, hi,!: li-1,1 



"\Vo>.lim'ry ." third: Sco: t." fo irth Tue tenth niiiirii' was taken 

 Jon. 1 -;. S,Mii>;Ter, Liring ;m 1 1! i is >n in ilie order named.— T. L'. 



ffachting m\d (^mweing. 



NARROW BEAMS. 



IN quarters where the subject has nol been well thought ove 

 question is continually arising: --\Yliv not give !n-r more 

 and Keep the depth. Wo'.l» n-u .ihj el ;-. th • d- ptu i" the e 



hut we want more i:n. • I',, i :, ,.'.-■ i.-„ , ; , .. o 



thiDg the query is natural emm-m. IV.- tru-: la it hie .:,:.-.- 

 make it plilir. way narrow b.-ani i - pr.-f -.rod a- having adva: 



" successful design can I..- set d'.iwn as follows, their order cv.pi 

 the relative imp.uiauce to one another: 



Safeiv. 



Speed. 



Aliilil.v. 



A.c« unodatiou. 



Handiness. 



Economy. 



Draught. 



C. >n it'ort. 

 - Sightliness. 



AVe take it th. 

 If safe only up. 

 vigilance UndftV 

 broadest sense. 



while a Blondiu l 



fit for all round pu 



up to the particular po 



to her no i ... -■ 



A vessel with 



angle of keel sh 

 of that angle, it 

 beyond the criti 

 facility and the 

 most positive tr 

 requisite s' ' 



ed to lef 



tha 



the 



tioui 



icap-i 



untly 



a sldep s 



sends her to perd: 



shaving too fine i: 



shall Ifiou go am 



point" without, w 



misgiving, until t 



the bilge, or an u 



met with the utmost quickness in till 



She depends for very life upon tile le 



hawklike ere and the subtlest action 



man at tie- wheel or the hand at tae s 



ajtv of faulty design in i he fm-t pli 



Vessels liable t... misadventure, t 



rightly classed as machines, and if 



derail eons ■qm-ne.-s in fie bedel 



with speed oi some othi r long a fo 



iV still faii-lvopcn tTiquestion. G i ve 



by which we can esoap ■ i he scrions 



ing about in a trap, and thar loop 

 all the labor ami expense which ci 



seeking a solution to the ].irol)lem ... 



to so grave a charge as capsizahilil 



generally masler of the vessel's ea 



A trap may sail about a hay year 



inly to the extent 

 it needs only some luckless insiauv to drive her 

 point to accomplish the worst with the same 

 le dire results as though she were one of the 

 ever built. To the extent she fails in this great 

 ife. while in partially answering to the. eoudi- 



g on the mind in command i.-, "destruction by 



•oqueiting with the Biblical injunction, '"So far 



o further." The yacht reaches her "sticking 



: , a ] oll g w j || 0ll t apparent risk or 



■' he final fatal lift 



. unless 



i the catastrophe. 

 inch of the helm, the 

 3 brain and senses of the 

 and should either refuse 

 the highest of skill and 

 nt the immutability of 

 iks, to pay the just pen- 



ritneut, 

 be open 



uind 



ndy 



.vith ereat ro- 

 il hand at the wheel, shorthorns 

 pe, she may continue to carry 



corded and able enough for 

 ive never seen a vessel put to 

 lse motion, one likely error ol 

 scry to happy homes and dia- 

 gram] sport through the unde- 

 -e none ought, really to exist if 

 elligenee, instead of suffering 

 mly exemption from capsizing 

 lies in uic i-igiuiug enect. oi weight, some will take exception and 

 insist that great, beam will accomplish a like end, since a boat 

 may he supinsed so stiff that she will can y the spars out of her 

 before turning bottom up. 



To sucn a statement we demur very decidedly. For one thing it 

 would be practically impossible to indicate just when such a result 

 could he depended upon. Much lunges upon spars and rigging, and 



as no one can guuraiit heir going just at the hit taut wanted, 



safety .sought through such invans is always an open question. 

 Then again, con vessels suitable to yachting purposes be given the 



icrifice 



of work and many a lutirbrc 



herself proudly free from accidents r c 

 ull'piu poses in Hie eyes of tho-.e who ll 

 a Clllcial test, in iiionients where one fa 

 judgme it would drag hi their wake mi 

 heartening obstacles in popularizing a 

 served repute of danger attaching whei 

 yacht, modelling wen- pursued with hit 

 prejudice to chelate. \\ e have said the ,: 



beam demanded by sucn an exig- 

 in other respects? The capsizing 

 est yachts ever built points a les 

 ured across deck by a tape line 

 appreciable effect upon stabdit, 

 beam, it must be beam in reality, 

 athwartships. Given stiffness ob 

 ably the yacht is and must be E 

 Very stiff yachts have very big 

 they won't go; but, fortunately, i 



f the 



try. Bei 



I liea in 

 To have 

 i bidk 



fi-. 



igly jump b 

 ipanddow 

 i sbelte 



i fai 



self cut 



:• drifter may 

 lee, but. the 

 off at times 

 i he finds it 



ight, he may 



be too far to leeward to fetch up into smooth water, lie may be on 

 the bosom of the deep If be has been duped into great beam, his 

 error m judgment will be b rough home to bis sense;-- most forcibly, 

 strikingly, in fact, as Ids rouucl-M ai-.ted ship refuses to lie head on, 

 but is twisted off into the trough , and tipped aweather high into the 

 air to each on-rushing comber. 

 As be. watches the frantic effoi ts of his craft, to lay her decks par- 

 a, and acquiring a constantly augmenting roll with a 



allel to the si 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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