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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 3, 1887. 



as well as the gold medal of the same club. The dimensions of the 

 Heathen Chinee are: 



Length over all 27ft. 



Length L. W. L 2. r ,ft. 



Beam, extreme 6ft. 



graft 2ft. 8in. 



Draft, with board 5ft. 3in. 



Displacement, long tons 3 



Ballast, lead inside, long tons 1 



Ballast, lead inside Keel, long tons 2-5 



Ballast, total, long tons 12-5 



Midship section, area square feet 8.4 



Ccnterooards, total area, square feet 10 



Sails, total area, square feet 500 



Midship section from fore end, L. W. L 12ft. 9in. 



C. B. from fore end, L. W. L 12ft. (iin. 



C. L. R. from fore end, L. W. L 13ft. 



The success of the boat is no doubt largely due to her rig, as it 

 possesses several aa vantages that lit it specially for a boat of 

 limited stability, especially for river racing and variable winds. 

 A comparatively large area is carried with very light spars and 

 almost no gear, the weight aloft on the mainmast being due to 

 but three single blocks, in place of the crosstrees, masthead iron- 

 work and topmast of the small cutter or sloop. The shrouds and 

 backstays, with their weight and windage, are replaced by one 

 shroud on each side, set up with a tackle. The battened sails are 

 fitted, as we have before described for canoes, with a reefing gear 

 that hauls in one or two reefs or casts thein out again while the 

 crew of the cutter would be preparing to reef, so that the Chinee 

 is almost always under a proper press of sail, instead of having 

 just too much or too little and not daring to stop for a reef or to 

 shake out. In steady wiuds :md open water this would not be so 

 important, but in a narrow river or on confined waters it is of the 

 greatest advantage. Every boat sailor knows that the easier and 

 quicker a sail can be reduced, the more he can afford to carry in 

 light winds. No light or balloon sails are used. 



In regard to the battened lugs Mr. MacKenzie speaks as fol- 

 lows: "The Chinese lug is a wonderfully effective sail; when prop- 

 erly set it presents a parchment-like surface, nor is there that 

 perpetual flicker going on along the sail which so tends to kill a 

 light air. On the contrary the wind comes solidly on to the sail 

 and the propulsive effect is proportionately increased. There is 

 much greater ease in handling the boat: with sails so balanced 

 jibing is deprived of half its terrors; and for racing over a cir- 

 cular course a spinaker is more trouble than it is worth." The' 

 battens are of bamboo, from 1 to lJ4in. diameter. The jib shown 

 was added in 1S84 when her mizen was increased without a corre- 



sponding change in the mainsail, and a sail plau might easily be 

 devised in which only the two lugs would be used, the jib and its 

 attendant gear being dispensed with. 



The Heathen Chinee is beautifully built, her topsides being of 

 bright wood, while the upper streak is of teak with two gold 

 stripes and one of blue. Above is a rail of American elm with 

 scuppers as shown, kept as white as possible. In a recess in the 

 stern is a handsomely carved figure of the redoubtable Ah Sin 

 himself, holding up the famous ace. The boat, both iu hull and 

 rig, contains many features that are worthy of a careful study, 

 and though a novelty, there is much to commend her to those who 

 desire a safe and convenient boat of moderate draft. 



MAYFLOWER AND ARROW. 



IT is reported from Boston that Gen. Paine has decided to send 

 Mayiiower across the Atlantic to accept the challenge thrown 

 down by Mr. Tankerville Chamberlayne last year in behalf of the 

 cutter Arrow, holder of the Queen's Cup of 1852. Mr. Burgess will 

 have entire charge of Mayflower and her owner may not visit Eng- 

 land. The plan, as reported, is to sail early in June and to enter 

 any other races that may be op^n. 



CAPTAIN SMITH AND POCAHONTAS. 



THE beautiful and sentimental story of the rescue of Captain 

 Smith by Pocahontas two centuries ago faded into insignifi- 

 cauce, beside the no less sentimental rescue of Pocahontas by Cap- 

 tain Smith in these days of stern realities and hard facts and par- 

 ticularly' in such an unromautic locality' as Wall street. The 

 history of this modern Pocahontas is well known, a sloop of the 

 old type, thoroughly "representative," built by Mr. David Kirby 

 in 1881 to the order of Messrs. Waller, Smith and Oelrichs, then 

 flag officers of the New York Y.C., to meet the Atalanta, the chal- 

 lenger for the America's Cup. The fact that she failed is equally 

 well known; why or through whose fault need not now be dis- 

 cussed. Her builder had, and still has implicit faith in her as the 

 fastest yacht of her class ever afloat, but while many alterations 

 were made contrary to his wishes and without consulting him, 

 the geueral opinion was that Pocahontas was proved to be inferior 

 to her rivals in the trial races. Whether or no Pocahontas was 

 fairly tried (and Mr. Kirby still claims that she was not) and 

 whether she was faster or slower than Gracie, Mischief and the 

 rest, is a matter of ancient history; but even were she as good as 

 her fellows in 1881, there are very few who do not recognize the 

 fact that the best of these boats have had their day and that 

 there is absolutely no place for them beside the newer additions 



to the class. How Pocahontas has laid neglected among the 

 wharves for six years need not be recounted, she has now been 

 purchased by ex-Com. Smith, who will refit her at Mumm's yard 

 and put her in the races of the season with Bedouin, Shamrock 

 and Titauia; with a result that may easily be foreshadowed. Who 

 will say that romance and sentiment cannot flourish beneath the 

 shadow of the Stock Exchange and that faith, strong and mighty, 

 cannot survive the lack of confidence which a long familiarity 

 with the devious ways of Wall street is commonlv supposed to en- 

 g3nder? 



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