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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 29, 1886, 



GALATEA— 90-TON CUTTER. LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HENN. 



GALATEA. 



While she cannot claim first place among the Britisli fleet, and 

 must yet settle with Genesta and Marjorie for second honors, no 

 more fitting representative of the latest ideas in yacht designing 

 could have been sent here to champion the cause of the British 

 racing ileet than the cutter Galatea. Resembling closely in size 

 and type Genesta, Irex, and others of their class, she is yet more 

 extreme in her proportions and ballast. Longer than either by 

 5ft., she is no wider, her extreme beam being only 15ft. Her 

 waterline length is 86.80ft., which gives a ratio of length to beam of 

 5.76, extreme proportions for so large a yacht. Her full dimensions 

 are: 



Length on deck, over all 100.50 



Length on deck, stem to sternpost 90.50 



Length 1. w. 1 86.80 



Beam — extreme 14.99 



Depth of hold 13.80 



Draft— extreme 13.50 



Ballast, all in keel. 72 tons 



Tonnage— Y. R. A 90 tons 



Her designer, Mr. J. Beavor-Webb. is a well-known English 

 yachtsman, whose love of designing- has led him into it, first as an 

 amateur ';and later on has caused him to devote his time entirely to 

 it, with the most successful results. Following after Freda, Tara 

 and Genesta, Galatea resembles them somewliat, but is even more 

 extreme, considering her size. She was built in the winter of 

 1884-5 by John Reid & Co., of Port Glasgow, Scotland, and is 

 entirely of steel. Her keel is a deep trougl\, filled to a depth of 3ft. 

 with lead, the weight being about 72 tons. Her deck is of white 

 pine, with all fittings of teak, Avhile steel is largely used for bitts, 

 channels, coamings of hatches, etc. The rig, shown in the cut, is 

 that of a full cutter in all its details, the laced mainsail and lighter 

 boom shipped this spring having been discarded after trial. In 

 appearance she is handsomer than Genesta, with a more pleasing 

 sneer and rather more powerful model. Raced diiring last season, 

 her record was far from satisfactory, and she met with much ill 

 luck from the time that she sttick in launching, grounding several 

 times and finally losing her mast in the Royal tJlster Y. C. matches. 

 Matched against Irex, Majorie and Marguerite, she won only two 

 second prizes and little money; but a glance at the times in all her 

 races show that she was always very little astern of Irex, the fast- 

 est cutter afloat, only missing a win by a small margin. 



In some respects she was a success, but her sailing was neither 

 even, nor satisfactory. It was at first arranged that she should 



follow Genesta here, and in the event of the latter's defeat was to 

 race for the Cup, but this idea was finally abandoned for the sea- 

 son. When hauled up for tlie winter it was discovered that her 

 builders, to save trouble, had packed loose pigs in her keel and 

 poured melted lead over them, which instead of forming a solid mass 

 had cooled on top. About 3 tons of water, occupying the space in- 

 tended for 33 tons of lead, were pumped out of her; the lead, partly 

 stowed in the ends, was all removed and recast in a solid mass 8ft. 

 shorter and nearly a foot lower than before. Besides this change 

 her spars were lightened in accordance -svith the original plans, 

 ber bottom, which was new and covered with steel scale, was 

 thoroughly cleaned, and other minor improvements were made. 

 Again, she has met Irex without being able to beat her, but has 

 come dangerously close, notwltlistanding the latter's able skipper, 

 Oneill, and a very smart crew;, who have raced the latter for three 

 seasons. This season Lieut. Henn asked to renew lils challenge of 

 last year, and a second match was arranged, to consist of a series 

 of three races between Galatea and some American yacht not yet 

 named. On the whole, while her brief racing career has not been 

 a success, she has shown herself a very fast and able vessel, 

 and capable of more than has yet been done with her. Her owner, 

 Lieut. Wm. Henn, R. N., is well-known among yachtsmen as the 

 ovmer of the yaM^l Gertrude, in which he has cruised and raced 

 for years, accompanied by his wife, whose love of yachting equals 



^Last^'eason Lieut. Henn built the Galatea for the avowed pur- 

 pose of challenging for the America's Cup and also ^vlt'i^ the object 

 of having a cruising vacht which would be a home for himself and 

 wife. How far he lias succeeded in the latter respect is shown in 

 the accompanying view of Galatea's main saloon, taken from a 

 photo by West. This view shows clearly what we have so 

 long maintained, that the narrow yacht, above all other forms, 

 affords the best space to the designer for interior arrangements. 

 While a proportion of nearly 6 beams puts Galatea in the category 

 of narrow beam "lead mines" and "planks on edge" of whose evil 

 qualities so much has been written; it must be remembered that 

 an absolute breadth of 15ft. on a deck entirely unobstructed, to- 

 gether with high bulwarks, gives a great deal of deck room, while 

 the apartments below can only be equalled in a large steamer or 

 schooner. The main saloon is nearly 15ft. sviie, a large and elegant 

 apartment as is seen from the drawing, with more than ample 

 headroom. From it a long passage leads aft to the foot of the com- 

 panion and to the ladies' or after cabin. On the starboard side is 

 a large stateroom with another on the same side forward of the 

 saloon, while under the floor is a large space for sails and stores. 



We hope shortly to illustrate her interior arrangements more 

 fully by means of the plans. For a week past the fleet about 

 Marblehead have been on the watch, but up to Wednesday noon 

 Galatea had not been sighted. The steamer Westernland, how- 

 ever, reports having passed her on Sunday last under lower sails, 

 and that she should arrive by Saturday. Mr. Beavor Webb 

 reached New York on Tuesday by the steamer Wyoming. 



SHREWSBURY RIVER RACES.— The first race of a series for 

 the champion pennant and other prizes was sailed on July 24 in a 



food S.E. breeze. Maud I. and Mascotte won m first class and 

 'ern and Pink in second. The judges were Messrs. Chadwick. 

 Arch, Antonides and Hoffimire. „, „ , , . . ^ 



CARLETT AND TOMLIN RACES.— The first match between the 

 James T. Carlett, sailed by Capt. Jake Schmidf , and the Phillip 



T m««^i;« irT.oTilr ^rnnQvthv was sflilpn nn .Tulv tin. tnft 



wholesall breeze from southwest. On the return, the Carlett car- 

 ried awav her mast, a hollow one. The second race, off Gutten- 

 berg, N. J., will be sailed on Aug. 1. _ ^ , , 



ATLANTIC Y. C. CRUISE.— On Monday night the fleet anchored 

 at Morris Cove, where the schooner Beatrice joined. Next morn- 

 ing Capt. Joe Ellsworth was obliged to return to New York. After 

 an uneventful sail the fleet brought up at New London. Haze and 

 Adelaide lost their topmasts during the day. Next day the fleet 

 ran to Shelter Island, anchoring in Deering's Cove after a day of 

 calms and light winds. Grayling joined the fleet at New London. 

 A hop was given at the Prospect House in the evening. On July 

 23 the fleet had a good W. \vind to Stonington, and the next day 

 they made Ne^vport, where it was disbanded. As none of the 

 other vachts were in port the proposed race of the big four was 

 abandoned. Atlantic sailed for New York, arriving on Sunday 

 afternoon. On the cruise she has done better than formerly and 

 is leaking less. Roamer has done particularly good work m the 

 sailing, finding a place with the larger boats every night. 



MIRANDA.— The "Mr. Johnston" who has pui-chased this 

 famous schooner proves to be Mr. G. H. B. Hill, owner of \ aruna, 

 schooner, who has been in England for sometime. Miranda has 

 not vet been spoken, but is due here. She will probably jom the 

 New' York cruise, if here in time to refit. Oneagb , schoOTier, is ah o 

 on the wav. One of her owners is Mr. James Moss White, lately 

 elected a member of the N. Y. Y. C, the other being Mr. Harvey 

 Spencer. Oneagh was built by C. Hansen, at Cowes, in 6, and is 

 103.1ft., stem to sternpost on deck, 20.4ft. beam, and 11.4ft. depth. 



