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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 3, 1888. 



SAIL PLAN OF "PRISCILLA," 



boats are handsomely finished, being generally painted outside; 

 and are fitted up with very neat brass work, such as gooseneck, 

 blocks, etc. The mast is stayed by a short boomkin, the topping 

 lifts are double, as shown, and when running the peak is settled a 

 few inches and a man is stationed to tend the lift as the boat rolls 

 very badly at times. It is not uncommon for the boom to rise and 

 fly out on one side of the mast while the gaff lies on the opposite 

 side. The crew are trained to "hike" out to windward with a 

 speed proportionate to the energy With which the command is 

 given by the skipper, but capsizes are frequent. 



The boats are modeled and built on a level keel, the level lines 

 being shown in the upper half of the breadth plan, with the cor- 

 responding offsets in the table, but when sailing they are trimmed 

 at times as indicated by the load waterline in the sheer plan, to a 

 draft of about 3in. forward and JOin. aft. The waterlines in this 

 trim are shown in the lower half of breadth plan. The displace- 

 ment in fresh water to the loadline would be 7161bs; while when 

 trimmed to a uniform draft of 7in. it would be 7601bs. The boats 

 are reputed to be very fast, but at this abnormal trim, made 

 necessary by the peculiar balance or lack of balance of sail, their 

 lines are certainly not the best for speed. The curve of areas 

 shows a bow far within a curve of versed lines, while the stern is 

 proportionately short and bulky. It would be an interesting 

 experiment to fit one of the fastest boats with an ordinary center- 

 board in the proper position, and to readjust the sail plan to the 

 center of lateral resistance at a normal trim. 



The sheet is rove from boom end, through block on traveler 

 screwed to transom, thence through two blocks on boom and 

 down through another block in floor, leading beneath the after 

 thwart. In sailing with a crew of three the steersman sits aft 

 with one man on each thwart, so that both can handle the sheet 

 easily. The boats cost about $100 with a 20yd. sail (estimated at 

 risa ft. to the yard) and a 30yd. sail with spars costs about $30. The 

 sail plan was plotted from dimensions furnished, but the area is 

 a little smaller than that measured from the sail when in use, 

 about 203ft. in place of 198ft., as here given. The boom is probably 

 shown a little higher than it really is, but it is fully low enough. 



The tuckup came forward some time since m the course of a 

 controversy as to the merits of canoes and boats, but from these 

 lines it will be seen that such a craft is entirely unfitted for such 

 uses as a canoe must be put to, and is purely a racing machine; 

 many of them being incapable of standing up under mast alone 

 without crew on board. None but live ballast is carried m racing 

 on the Delaware or Schuylkill; but it is allowable to "start bal- 

 last," and if the wind txirns light, at a signal from the skipper one 

 of the crew quietly drops overboard and swims ashore or is picked 

 up by some passing boat, his presence sometimes being ardently 

 desired if the breeze freshens. The record of Priscilla for her first 

 season (1887) is as follows: 



June 13— Sixth; 10 starters; 20- yard sail. 



July 3-First; 9 starters; 30-yard sail. . 



July 4— Second; 6 starters. Finished first and beaten by Grade 

 on time allowance. , , ... 



July 10— Strong wind: broke tiller and withdrew. In this race 

 several boats were nearly swamped and ran ashore to bail out. 



July 31— Second; 8 starters. 



Aug. 7— Fifth; 8 starters. 



Aug. 14— Fourth; 9 starters. 



Sept. 4 -Fourth; 10 starters. 



Sept. U-Third; 7 starters. . 



Sept. 18— Second; 12 starters. Finished first; beaten by Josephine 

 on allowance. 

 Sept. 25— Fourth; 12 starters. 



Oct. 2— First; 11 starters. Had a long lead; beat second boat b or 

 7m. 



Oct. 16— Fourth; 11 starters. 



Oct. 23— First; 9 starters. A good margin. 



Oct. 30— First; 9 starters (9 A. M.). A good margin. 



Oct. 30— First; 3 starters (2 P. M.). Sailed off tie, and won by 

 over half a mile, in Ih. 5m. actual sime, the best on record for the 

 course. 



THE NEW LADY TORFRIDA.— Sir Wm. Pearce's new yacht 

 is described as follows in the Field: "There was launched from 

 the yard of the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, 

 Limited, on April 2, a steel screw steam yacht, built for Sir Wm. 

 Pearce, Bart., M. P., and specially supervised in all its arrange- 

 ments; being built to Llovd's highest class, of steel supplied by 

 Messrs David Colville and Sons. She is 216ft. 6in. long, 27ft. beam, 

 and 19ft. depth moulded, and 735 tons. Schooner rigged, fitted 

 with a steam windlass forward, and hand and steam steering 

 gear aft, with a small steering wheel on the bridge amidships. 

 All the deck fittings, usually made of iron, are of manganese 

 bronze. There is a large steel deckhouse amidships covered with 

 teak, inclosing the engine and boiler space, deck saloon and 

 smoking room, and in addition, affording entrances to the cabins 

 forward and aft. The decorations and furnishing are most elabo- 

 rate. The deck saloon and smoking room aft are floored with 

 parquetry, the seats are cushioned in red morocco, a table being 

 place d at the fore end of the deck saloon. Rich and handsome 

 portieres are fitted at the after end, separating it from the en- 

 trance to main saloon and fore cabins. Abaft this entrance are 

 situated a large pantry and galley, these last-mentioned places 

 being fitted up in a most efficient manner, and having immediate 

 communication with the saloons. The main saloon is a luxuri- 

 ous and commodious apartment, lofty and well proportioned. 

 The fittings and carvings, designed in the style of the Italian re- 

 naissance , are of dark mahogany, artistically grouped, and sepa- 

 rated by gilt pilasters of a highly artistic character. The hall 

 panels are covered with silk and brilliant brocatelle, in shades of 

 terra-cotta, gold and silver. The furniture consists of a sideboard, 

 bookcase, tables, piano, sofas and chairs, the latter being uphols- 

 tered in gold-colored velvet, panels of hand-painted tapestry in 

 Louis XVI. style, and electro-oxidized metal work, are fitted into 

 the backs of the piano and other furniture, and form a pleasing 

 decorative feature in the saloon. The portieres are of rich rose 

 silk Venetian velvet, with elaborate bullion borders and fringes. 

 The Axminster carpets are of Persian design on gold ground. A 

 brass stove, chastely ornamented, completes the furnishing of 

 this beautiful apartment. Aft from the main saloon are situated 

 the ladies' cabin and owner's room. The fittings of the former 

 are of walnut, the lower panels being carved in Italian scroll and 

 foliage work. The tipper panels are of a floral design, convention- 

 ally treated in rich gold satin. This apartment is furnished with 

 wardrobe, writing table, sofas, and chairs in gold velvet. Two 

 vory panels in the doors especially attract attention from the 

 beauty of the carvings, the subjects being "Morning" and "Even- 

 ing." The owner's room is fitted up in a manner equally artistic, 

 the walls being panelled with decorated gold leather in framing 

 of pollard oak. Curtains of fine copper-red silk velvet, with 

 elaborate hand-painted and applique borders, drape and screen 

 the couch bed. A large writing table with ottoman seat occupies 

 one side of the room, a mirror being placed above. From the 

 main saloon is a corridor, on either side of which are disposed the 

 guests' state-rooms, of which there, are six forward and two aft. 

 The accommodation for the officers and crew is provided aft. and 

 for the former it includes a general mess-room and a cabin for 

 each. The yacht will be fitted with triple-expansion engines. 

 These engines will have two high pressure cylinders, one medium 

 pressure cylinder, and two low-pressure, cylinders, making five m 

 all. The high-pressure cylinders are placed above, the medium- 

 pressure cylinder betsveen the two low-pressure cylinders; thus 



arranged they work a three-throw crank shaft. The valves are 

 all arranged to work by double eccentric and link motion. A 

 piston valve is fitted to each high pressure cylinder, and an ordi- 

 nary slide valve to each of the other cylinders. The reversing of 

 the engine is effected by one of Messrs Brown Brothers' steam 

 and hydraulic reversing engines. The crank shaft is one forging, 

 and, together with the thrust, tunnel, and propeller shafts, are 

 made of Messrs Vickers, Sons and Co.'s steel. The propeller has 

 four - blades, and is cast solid of manganese bronze. Steam will 

 be supplied to the engines by one single-ended boiler, 15ft. 9in. 

 diameter and 9ft. 5in. long, having four corrugated furnaces. 

 The boiler is constructed entirely of steel for a working pressure 

 of 1501bs. per square inch. There will also be an auxiliary boiler 

 fitted on board for supplying steam to the electric light engines, 

 and for other auxiliary purposes. The yacht will be complete and 

 ready for service by the early part of May." 



NEW HERRESHOFF YACHTS— On April 24 at the Herreshoff 

 Manufacturing Co.'s yard, Bristol, R. L, Mr. N. L. Munro's new 

 vacht was launched, being christend "Say When." She is 138ft. 

 over all, 115ft. l.w.l., 14ft. beam and #g£t. draft. The hull is 

 double skinned, the outer skin of mahogany. The engines are 

 quadruple expansion, of great power, and a speed of 26 knots is 

 guaranteed. The yacht is schooner rigged. The same firm are 

 at work on two 65ft. launches, also for Mr. Munro. 



COLUMBIA Y. C— Com., Charles T. Wills; Vice Com., Albert 

 M. Everett; Sec'y, George Parkhill; Treas., Joseph A. Weaver: 

 Meas., Henrv C. Roseman; Steward, Marshall Clarke; Fleet Sur- 

 geon, Henry Gris wold, M.D. Board of Trustees— R, P. K. Abell, 

 Henry Griswold, Thomas Dimond, Charles E. Rimms, Jr.; Charles 

 H. K'nubel and J. M. Vail. Regatta Committee— William H. 

 Rowe, George Parkhill, A. M Everett, John H. Kimble and Chas. 

 Dietz. 



FENELLA.— The schooner building for Mr. Oswald Jackson, 

 of New York, owner of the sloop Iola, will be named Fenella. She 

 is building bv D. O. Richmond, Mystic, Conn., and will be 67ft. 

 over all, 53ft. 6in. l.w.l, 16ft. 6in. in beam and 9ft. draft. 



THE FIRST CAPSIZE.— The first capsize of the season, as far 

 as reported, was in the East River on Tuesday, three young men 

 in a sailboat being thrown into the water. All were rescued by a 

 ferryboat. 



CRUISING.— Thyra, s.y., Mr. Geo. Beck, arrived at Norfolk on 

 April 26, and sailed next day for Baltimore. Reva, s.y., Mr. 

 Pierre Lorillard, sailed from Charleston on April 27 for New- 

 York. 



CANADIAN CRUISING.— Dr. John M. Hills, of New York, has 

 chartered the yacht Marguerite of Com. J. U. Gregory, Quebec, 

 for a three months' cruise, with angling and shooting. 



HYDRAULIC PROPULSION.-A craft 110ft. over all, now 

 building at Lennox's yard,;South Brooklyn, to be propelled by jets 

 of water. 



ALERT.— Mr. Henry Bryant's schooner, lately illustrated in the 

 Forest and Stream, was successfully launched on April 26. 



VOLUNTEER.— Gen. Paine's yacht was launched from the 

 railway and will lie in Lawley's Basin for the present. 



NEWARK.— The little cutter Mermaid was launched at Sey 

 bolt's yard on April 21 and will soon be in commission. 



SAPPHIRE. — Mr. John Stetson's steam yacht, designed by Mr. 

 Burgess, was launched at Bath, Me., on April 28. 



OCEAN GEM, s.y.. Col. Charles Taylor, has received a new 

 compound engine, 14 and 26xl6in., at Bath, Me. 



F ANITA, sloop, is reported as sold to a Boston yachtman. 



