[Feb. 28, 1884. 



POftEIST AND STREAM, 



96 



THE DAISY. 



THE tfg of this cutter is of course large to keep pace with the bulk 

 to be driven. The disposition of the area, however, is such that 

 the mainsail, especially the boom, is kept within the control of two 

 hands. The weight of the mast is well aft, and topmast can quickly 

 be got rid of by housing or striking altogether for a passage. In re- 

 spect to smartness the rig is so much ahead of the sloop that no one 

 with half an eye for beauty would hesitate in his choice. The cutter 

 ,is par excellence the rig of the world for speed and handiness com- 

 bined, and it is only a question of time before it will displace the old 

 Dutch river rig of the "shaluppe" altogether. It is fast becoming 

 popular, and the Daisy's sail plan will give an idea of the ruling cut 

 abroad, as her sails are from the loft of Ratsey & Lapthorn. of West 

 »Cowes. 



SPARS. 



Mast from end L.W.L 10ft. 6in. 



Rake of mast 



Mast from deck to hounds 23ft. 6in. 



Masthead 5ft. 6in. 



Topmast, cap to shoulder 14it. 



Bowsprit outboard 15ft. 



Bowsprit housing 5t't. 



Forestay boomkin outboard 2ft. 6in. 



Mainboom. over all 26ft. 



Maingaff, over all 20ft 9in 



Trysail gaff Oft. 



Spinnaker boom 30ft. 4in. 



First topsail yard 23ft. 6in. 



Second topsail yard 17ft. 6in 



Jackyard 15ft. 6in. 



SAILS. 

 The outfit consists of the following: One mainsail, two sizes work- 

 ing foresails and one balloon foresail, three shifting jibs, one jack 

 yard (club) topsail, one jibtopsail, tcvo sizes vardtopsails, one jib- 

 headed topsail, one spinnaker, one trysail ; a total of fourteen sails 

 with bags and covers for all. The dimensions of the rig illustrated 

 herewith (mainsail, No 1 jib, large working foresail and No. 1 

 yardtopsail) are as follows: 



4in. 

 8in. 



9in. 

 8in. 



Mainsail on luff 21ft. 



Mainsail on foot 24ft. 3in. 



Mainsail on leach 37ft. 3in. 



Mainsail on head 19ft. Sin. 



Roach to loose foot 16in. 



Foresail on foot 14ft. 



Foresail on luff 23ft. 



Foresail on leach 20ft. 



Roach to foot 



Jib on foot ■ 15ft. 



Jib on luff 31ft. 



Jib on leach 24ft. 



Roach to foot 



Area mainsail 542sq. ft 



Area foresail 145sq. ft 



Area jib 175sq. ft. 



Area three lower sails 862sq. ft. 



Ratio to square of loaclline 1.38 



Area per sq. ft. wet surface 2.C9sq ft 



Area per long ton of displacement 108.7sq. ft. 



Center lower sails from end L.W L 13ft. 6in. 



Center lateral resistance from L.W.L 13ft. llin. 



The construction of the Daisy is shown by the section through mid- 

 ships. She has teak topsides and planksheer and oak frame. All 

 deadwood is through-bolted with copper and the hull through-fast- 

 ened with copper. The metal floors are bolted through frame and 

 bottom plank, and the frame heels are boxed in and through-fastened 

 to the keel. Stem and post of British oak, sided 4)4m, ; main keel 

 English elm, 8in. moulded; deadwood of oak; frame spaced 21in 

 apart between centers, sided Sin. , moulded 2J4 at heel and 2J4 at head, 

 doubled throughout; floors of composition on every frame, the throat 

 taking bolts of lead keel: beams of oak, sided and "moulded, SxSUin 

 Clamp of red pine, 3^xi)4in. Rudder stock of oak, blade of pme 

 Deck has covering board of teak, 4i£xl^iu.; planking of pine, 

 lMx2%in., caulked and payed with marine glue. Outsicfe plank of 

 teak, four strakes; garboards of elm, l^in. thick. Bulwarks of teak 

 and deck fittings of same. Fastenings of yellow metal and copper. 

 Bolts of lead keel, lj^in. diameter, driven from inside and screwed up 

 from below, and countersunk and plugged. Bridght pine cabin. No 

 ' paint, except the black of the sides and gold bead, 



The cabin is very spacious considering the room taken ud by the 

 cockpit- The floor measures 3ft. 4in. between sofas, the latter being 

 6 ¥S; l0 3 ng ^ y 26 l n - wide ' wlth sideboards and pantry at forward end 

 ot sat. tront. The cabin is entered from doors without a sliding 

 companion, the space being occupied instead by a hatch 3Uft. by 

 2ft. Headroom is 5ft. and 6ft. under hatch. Forecastle is bulk 

 bulkheaded off from cabin and entered by a eliding door. Has 2ft. 

 4m. floor, a berth on one side and w. c, sail rack, etc., on the other. 

 A circular hatch 16m. diameter gives access from deck. The cockpit 

 is .ft. long and 2ft. 6in. deep. The yacht steers with a tiller of iron 

 wrapped with hide. She is equipped in the very best and most com- 

 plete manner. The chief articles being a Berthon. folding dingy, a 

 yawl boat of long flat floor, having great buoyancy and fine con- 

 struction with considerable carrying capacity; water tank and brass- 

 hooped deck breaker, box compass, floating compass with brass 

 binnacle, barometer, clock, side lights, anchor and deck lights, flare- 

 ups, red and green signal lamps, fog-horn, triangle to take place of 

 bell, sea anchor, life belts, patent towing log, buffers for main sheet 

 and anchor, fenders, mops, handlead, code signals in bag, brass 

 rudder head cap, gratings for cockpit, also cushions, stove and be- 

 longings, pump, anchors with chain, kedge and two hawsers, swing 

 taole m cabin and the usual supply of the pantry and small stores. 



RACING IN ENGLAND. 



THE London Field has an editorial on the decline of racing and 

 the paucity of entries, which the Field refers to some extent to 

 the predominating type of racing cutter. In this we think the Field 

 entirely mistaken. Lack of entries are due to the onesided measure- 

 ment rule which handicaps beamy boats with a fictitious tonnage 

 Introduce a rule which treats such yachts as fair as the narrow 

 racers of the day, and the entries will fill fast enough. The modern 

 racing yacht is not the cause of the decline, but simply the effect of 

 the Y. R. A. rule. Abolish a faulty rule and install one which does 

 not bear upon any style, and the modern racers will quickly disap- 

 pear if they fail to show themselves as fast as other forms The 

 K i eld attributes to modern racers the sins of the Y. R. A. tonnage 

 rule, which is apt to mislead the hasty reader. The rule is to blame 

 for small entries, and not the yachts it fosters. 



