Nov. 18, 1886.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



38B 



has teen seen in all the ports from Newport to the Bay of Fundy, 

 and for a greater part of each season has been the home of her 

 owner. Her dimensions are : 



Length over all . , 36ft, 4tn. 



Length L.W.L 80ft .... 



Beam extreme • ■ • 8ft. 3in. 



Beam L. W. L 8ft. .... 



Draft Oft. 6in. 



Least freeboard 2ft. 8in. 



Displacement, long tons 12.7.") 



Keel, iron, long tons 6.00 



Ballast, inside, long tons 50 



Area lower sail, sq. f t 987 



It will he seen that the freeboard has been served out quite lib- 

 erally, but the counter and sheer are so managed as to avoid 

 any liioxy appearance, while a good height is gaitied under beams. 



The forecastle has .Sft. Sin. head room with a good length. Around 

 it on each side runs a locker. On the port side is a good sized ice- 

 box and refrigerator and on the starboard a Stewart's pantry and 

 closet. Two iron frame hammocks are slung to the side. The 

 stove is forward, as shown, while a circular hatch with an iron 

 cover gives light and ventilation. >.?JSI 

 The cabin has a height of 5t. 9in. under beams and a breadth of 

 floor of 3ft., tlie length being lift. On each side is a sofa with a 

 locker at the fore end as shown. At the after end are closets and 

 lockers for clothes, etc., a washbowl and toilet appliances and a 

 mirror on the back of the closet door. Under the stairs is the for- 

 ward part of the sail locker, shut oft by an open grating and used 

 for general stowage, the sails being stowed through a hatch on 

 deck, just abaft the cockpit. The swing table, not shown, is quite 

 narrow mth folding leaves. 



Tlio sleeping arrangements are peculiar, there being a canvas 

 bed or hammock slung on each side over the lockers. At each end 

 of the latter rises an upriglit or stanchion to the deck. The can- 

 vas is cut long enough to reach the full length and at each end is 

 lashed to an iron bar. Each of these bars is fitted in journals on 

 the stanchions and on the side of cabin, the forward bar bein) 

 fitted with a pawl w];eel. WJien not in use the canvas is rollei 



CUTTER RONDINA — CABIS PLAN. 



on the two bars and all is stowed in a locker. When the bed is 

 to be made, the bars are dropped into their places and a wrench is 

 applied to the forward one by which it is turned until the canvas 

 is stretched as tightly as desirable, the pawl holding all in place. 

 The bedding is then made up on the canvas. In stowing it all 

 away the pawl is loosened, wheia the bars and canvas can be read- 

 ily removed. The lockei's can also be utilized as beds if desired. 



The fore bulkhead beside the forecastle door is fitted with a very 

 tastily designed tile stove of Boston make, above which is a neat 

 bookcase. The fitting and paneling is plain and neat, but in excel- 

 lent taste, the wood being all varnished. On deck is a good cock- 

 pit high above the waterline. t- ; -'.jgf 



The cosy and homelike appearance of the cabin cannot be con- 

 veyed by any plans, but it oifers as comfortable a home as any 

 cruiser could desire. High, roomy and well aired, dry in all 

 weathers, with the welcome grate and fire, the warm hangings , 

 the library at hand, the lockers and shelves well-furnished, and 

 the well-cushioned lockers, it is always ready, always snug and 

 comfortable, whether in a warm summer day or when fog and 

 rain make the deck a good place to avoid. The proportions are 

 such as to make it really a little room instead of a dismal cubby 

 hole found in many centerboard boats of even greater length, 

 while the forecastle, completely missing in these latter craft, is 

 also roomy and commodious, a home for the crew and a place 

 where cooking may be done in comfort. 



Mr. Burgess has shown a special aptitude in the planning of 

 sucli interiors, his experience as an old yachtsman joined to his 

 practical skill, standing him in good stead ; and he is sxire to 

 utilize the last inch of space to advantage. Another of his boats 

 is the Fad, the interior of which, designed by him (the boat being 

 designed by her owner) is a good example of what may be done on 

 extreme dimensions for a cruiser 34x6. 



After thi'ee seasons in Rondina, her owner has decided on a 

 larger yacht, and Mr. Burgess is now at work on the plans of a 

 cruising schooner to take her place. 



A FINAL EXPLANATION. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Although you have kindly announced my intention to withdraw 

 from further discussion in your columns, I desire my record to 

 remain free from misapprehension. 



The letter of Mr. D. W. Brown, in your last issue, is sufficiently 

 straightforward and logical to deserve my respect. To such a 

 communication I am ready to extend that consideration and 

 courtesy which I decline to bestow upon persons who descend to 

 quibbling and the boyish practice of assailing the honesty of my 

 motives for lack of better argument. Mr. Brown's reasoning is 

 sound enough, but his premises rest upon a misinterpretation. 



For this I have perhaps to blame myself. 



In a short note in your issue of Oct. 28, 1 certainly did utter the 

 sentence: "The cutter has earned her title to rank at least equal 

 with the sloop in point of speed." 



Mr. Bro-5\Ti might, however, have given me the benefit of a more 

 liberal construction than the exact letter of a sentence, which, in 

 its verj^ brevity, precluded a comprehensive announcement. 



I have so often reiterated my exact position in your columns, 

 that it did not occur to me to needlessly make a casual sentence 

 redundant. Of course that sentence had reference only to "nor- 

 mal conditions" of wind and wave. 



For, unlike Mr. Brown, I do not generalize from one or even two 

 specific instances admitting of various explanations. It is a very 

 distinct practical reduction, long ago removed beyond the realms 

 of controversy, that the narrow and hea\T cutters are at their 

 best in a steep sea, and will carry their canvas longer than any 

 other style of craft in existence. Hundreds of races, in British 

 waters, covering the experience of many years, and numerous 

 trials in America, have firmly established this attribute of the 

 modern racing cutter. 



Faulty lines, poor conditions, bad policy or lack of heart in the 

 crew, may of course neutralize this ascertained superiority in 

 particular cases. 



As to the large 85ft. classes which have recently come into tem- 

 porary prominence, the same relative superiority of the cutter has 

 neither been established nor upset for the lack of opportunity. 

 One opinion is as good as another, as long as data enough are 

 wanting for sound generalization. 



Mr. Bro-wn should also do me the justice to remember that my 

 osition was originally drawn on the issue between the orthodox 



