May %, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



S07 



YACHTS BUTLT OR BUILDING SINCE OCTOBER, 1888. 



SAIL. 



Yachts marked vMh an asterisk (*) have metal keels tvit.li eenlcrhoardx. 



Montecito . . . 

 Allapatta — 



Nethla 



Nicketti 



Chispa 



Gypsy 



Nydia 



Tomahawk 

 Maraqnita. 

 Hypaiia . . 

 Nepenthe.... 



Nan on 



Merlin. . 



Quickstep.... 

 Kathleen .... 



Constellation 



Gorilla 



Verena 



Liris 



Alice 



Guide 



Louise ... — 

 Helen.. ..... 



Chrystal 



Lotowana 



Ronald Thomas. 



C. K. Munroe 



Thos. J* lline 



J, d'Hedouville.. 



N. D. Lawton 



T. F.Falls 



W. G. Sage 



K. D. Morgan 



A, Belmont, Jr.. 



J. Weir,, 



T. R. Richardson 

 C. E. Ellis... 

 W. H.Forbes.... 



Fred'k Gr inn ell 

 Wm. W hit lock.. 



Designer, 



E. D. Morgan — 

 R. P. Carroll. . . 



J . A. Beebe 



C. W. Wetmore. 

 P. D. Wheatland 



Benj. Aborn 



Fraley, Jr.,et al. 

 Caul kins et al.. . 

 Prince Bros 



E. J. Andrews. . 



C. D- Owen* 



M. G. Foster 



Hasbrouck, et al 



F. Overbecke et al 



Wm. Sly 



Macbeth & Kelly 

 B. J. Henley et al 

 N. Longworth... 



Kiowa.. 



B. Harrison 

 Vexer 



A.CarySmith. 



Builder 



Builder 



Builder 



E. Burgess 



Builders 



Owner 



E. Burgess . ... 



K. Burgess 



Builder 



E. Burgess 



E. Burgess . ... 



E. Burgess 



Builder 



E. Burgess 



Wm. Gardner. 

 Builder .... 

 E. Burgess. 

 A. Gary Smith . 

 E. Burgess. 

 Wm. Gardner.. 

 A. G.McVey... 

 H.C.Wint'gh'm 

 G.W. Fraley, Jr 

 C. P. Kunhardt 

 A. G. McVey... 



A. G.McVey... 

 E. Burgess. 



E. Burgess 



E. Burgess.. . 



Builder 



C. W. Kelly.... 

 C. W.Kelly.... 



B. J.Henley... 



Builder 



T. A. Irving.. : 

 Buildeis 



H. Piepgrass 



A. C. Brown 



A. C. Brown 



A. C. Brown 



J. Mumm 



Wallin & Gorman.. . 

 Wallin & Gonnuii.. , 



H. Piepgras 



Lawley & Son 



J. Mumm 



Lawley & Son 



Lawley & Son 



Lawley & Son 



Wm. Eddy 



H. Piepgrass. 



S. Ayres 



L. N. Tonns 



H. Piepgrass 



Poillon Bros ... 



Lawley & Son 



S. Ayres 



John L. Frisbie 



J. Mumm 



G. W. Fraley, Sr 



W. Hingston & Son 



A. J. Frisbie 



A. J. Frisbie 



Lawley & Son 



Lawley & Son 



Lawley & Son 



McCormick 



H. Gerlacl? 



W. J. Munson... 



F. E.Ward 



W.L. Jeffries.... 



Basse tt Bros 



F. Bloomer 



A. Mayo 



B. F. Eldridge... 

 F. W. Nickerson 



M. Barton 



Albert Nickel... 



P. J. Lowell 



R. K. Neff, Jr... 



H. B. Ogden 



J. H. Fearnside. 



Builder .... 



Builder 



C. P. Kunhardt 

 F. L.Dunn.... 



Builder 



Builder 



Builder 



Builder 



Builder 



Builder 



Builder 



Builder 



Builder 



Builder 



Builder 



J. Henley & Sons... 



Craig & Sons 



A. D. Story & Co... 



D. W. Belcher 



H. Gerlach 



W. J. Munson 



Hingston & Son — 



F. L. DunD 



Crosby... 



Crosby 



Crosby 



Crosby 



Crosby , 



Crosby 



J. T. Hutson 



W. B. Bowen 



H. O.Ford 



S. Ayres 



A, Cuthbert 



Rig. 



C.B. 

 Keel. 





b 



P 



bn 



31 



Eh 



Beam. 



| 



Yard. 



Yawl . . . 



K. 



Steel . . . 



fin. 00 



53.06 



14.10 



9.00 







City Island. 



Selir. . . . 



C. B. 



Wood... 



35.00 









Uotteftvilie, 



Se.hr.. .. 



C. B. 













Tottenville. 

 Tottenville. 



Sharpie 

 Cutter. . 



C.B. 



Wood... 



33,00 









K. 



Wood... 



6§„t)0 



39.09 



13.04 



9.03 



Bay Ridge. 



Sloop.. . 



C. B. 



Wood... 



33.02 



28.06 



12.08 



1 .07 



Bay Ridge. 



Cat 



*C. B. 



Wood... 



26.00 



23.09 



8.02 



2. 06 



Bay Ridge. 



Cutter. . 



K. 



Steel . . . 



55.00 



39.06 



12.00 



10.00 



S'th Boston 



Clutter. . 



K. 



Wood... 



!V.\ 00 



39.06 



13.08 



9.00 



S'th Boston 



Sloop... 



*C B. 



Wood... 



42.00 



34.09 



13. OG 



5.03 



Bay Ridge. 



Cutter.. 



*C. B. 



Wood. 



58.00 



45.00 



17.00 



4.09 



S'th Boston 



Culler. 



*C.B. 



Wood. .. 



58.00 



45.00 



16.06 



0.06 



S'th Boston 



Sclir.... 



*C.B. 



Wood... 



112.00 



89. (Hi 



23.09 



9.03 



S'th Boston 



Cutter.. 

 Schr.... 



K. 



*C.B. 



Wood... 

 Steel . . . 



32.00 

 83.00 





10.00 



6.00 

 6.10 



Marblehead 



61.00 



20.00 



City Island. 



Cutter.. 



K. 



Wood... 



42.00 



30.00 



10.00 



7.00 



Bay Ridge. 



Sloop... 



C.B. 



Wood... 



44.00 



39 06 



12.00 



4.09 



Staten Isl. 



Schr.... 



*C. B. 



Steel . . . 



131.00 



106.00 



24.09 



11.00 



City Island. 



Cutter.. 



*C. B. 



Wood... 



54.00 



39.09 



14.03 



7.00 



S. Brooklyn 



Cutter. . 



*C.B. 



Wood... 



56.00 



39.08 



14.05 



6.00 



S'th Boston 



Cutter.. 



K. 



Comp . . 



57.00 



39.11 



13.06 



9.0«3 



Bay Ridge. 



Cutter. . 



K. 



Wood... 



55.00 



39.08 



12.08 



9.06 



E. Boston. 



Cutter. . 



*C.B. 



Wood... 



38.00 



29.09 



11 .10 



4.07 



Bay Ridge- 



Cutter. . 



K. 



Wood... 



28.00 



25.00 



8.00 



5.00 



Rochester. 



Cutter.. 



K. 



Wood... 



28.00 



21.00 



6.00 



4.06 



Buffalo. 



Cutter.. 



K. 



Wood... 



56.00 



39.06 



12.06 



10.06 



Salem. 



Cutter.. 



K. 



Wood... 



42.00 



29.06 



10.06 



7.08 



Salem. 



Cutter. . 



*C. B. 



Wood... 



57.00 



44.06 



16.06 



6.06 



S'th Boston 



Cutter. . 



K. 



Wood... 



54.00 



39.06 



14.00 



8.06 



S'th Boston 



Cutter.. 



C.B. 



Wood... 



54.00 



39.06 



15.03 



6.00 



S'th Boston 



Sloop. . . 

 Cutter.. 



C.B. 

 K. 



Wood... 





29.00 



12.06 



5.00 



Cleveland. 



Wood... 





24.06 



8.00 



5.00 



Cleveland . 



Cutter. . 



K. 







19,00 



6.04 



3.09 



Cleveland. 



Cutter.. 



K. 



Wood... 



25.00 



20.01 



7.02 



3.11 



Syracuse. 



Sloop . . . 



*C. B. 



Wood... 



72.00 



57.00 



17.00 



6.06 



Trenton, 



Schr.... 



K. 



Wood... 



48.00 



40.00 



15.00 



7.06 



Mich. 

 Essex. 



Cat. ... 



C.B. 



Wood... 



25.00 





11.00 



3.00 



Winthrop. 



Cutter. . 



*C. B. 



Wood... 





29.00 



9.00 



4.06 



Cleveland. 



Cutter.. 



K. 



Wood... 



22.00 



20.00 



6.08 



4.00 



Cleveland. 



Cutter.. 



K. 



Wood... 



33.00 



24.00 



8.00 



4.00 



Buffalo. 



Cat 



C. B. 



Wood... 



24.2^ 



19.11 



9.1093 



2 02 



Mon. Beach 



Cat 



C.B. 

 C. B. 

 C. B. 

 C. B. 



Wood... 

 Wood. . 

 Wood.. 

 Wood- 



24.04 

 22.05 

 23.06 

 23.10 









Osterville. 

 Osterville. 

 Osterville. 

 Osterville. 



Cat 









Cat 









Cat 











Cat.... 



C. B. 

 C.B. 



Wood.. 

 Wood- 

 Wood.. 



21. OC 

 21.0C 

 27.06 









Osterville. 

 Osterville. 

 Baltimore. 



Cat 









Cutter. 







22. Ot 



s.oc 



5.0C 



Sloop. . 



C. B. 



Wood.. 



23.04 



19. 1( 



9.0f 



» 2.0C 



N'wburyp't 



Cutter. 



K. 



Wood- 



31.0f 



26. Of 



10. 0( 



4.0C 



Borden t'n. 



Sloop. . 



C. B. 



Wood.. 



33.0C 



28. 0C 



12.0C 



) S.OC 



Bay Ridge. 



Sloop . . 



C. B. 



Wood.. 





25. 0C 



10.0C 



1 ... . 



Trenton. 



This does not include a very large fleet of the naphtha launches', 

 to say nothing of the many 3mall steam craft. The number of 

 sailing craft is 53, of which 35 are cabin craft with accommoda- 

 tions for cruising. The list includes 18 racing yachts, 9 of them 

 being in the 40ft. class and 3 in the 45ft. Besides these many of 

 the smaller craft are intended for local racing. The showing is 

 on the whole a a ost encouraging one, and gives hopes of aperman- 

 ent growth of yachting in all localities. 



STEAM. 



Elf rida 



J. S.Webb 



H. & H. Co 



Daniel Ford 



E. Burgess 



W. B 



W. B. Hayden... 



CD. Miller. .. 





Laney Bros 



CP. Kunhardt 





Robert Mayfield. 



Builder 



Coryell 



J. M. Forbes 



E. Burgess 



Augusta 



L H. El wood... 







T. H. Newbury.. 

 T.L.Park 





•.Sultana 



J.Beavor Webb 





E. P. Boggs 



C. D. Mosher 







Owner 



^Nautilus 



F. R. Starr 



E. Burgess. ... 





W.H. Rider.. . . 



Builder 





R. K. Neff, Jr.... 







J. H. Longstreet. 



Builder 







Builder 



Bat 



J. Lorillard 







O. H. Booth. 



Builder 





J. Bartlett 



Owner. 







H. & H. Co 



Atlantic Works — 

 Wilber & Malone... 



S. Ayres 



A. Martin 



Herreshoff M. Cr... 

 Herreshoff M. Co.. . 

 Handren & Robins. 



Lawley & Son 



W. H. Pryor 



Wood Bros 



Geo. Wheeler 



H. C Ford 



H. C Ford 



S. Ayres 



S. Pine 



Geo. Polk 



T. S. Marvel & Co. 



Schr.... 

 Schr.... 

 Schr.... 

 Schr.,.. 



K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 

 K. 



Steel . . 

 Steel . . 

 Wood- 

 Wood.. 

 Wood- 

 Wood.. 

 Steel . . 

 Wood- 

 Steel . . , 

 Wood- 

 Wood.. 

 Wood- 

 Wood- 

 Wood- 

 Wood. , 

 Wood.. 

 Wood- 

 Wood 

 Wood.. 



112.00 

 125.00 

 87.06 

 53.00 

 50.00 



130. CO 

 48.00 

 187.03 



100.00 

 77.06 

 40.00 

 50.00 

 45.00 



50.00 

 100.00 

 95.00 

 60.00 



155.00 

 65.00 

 60.00 

 45.06 

 28.00 

 30.00 

 550.00 



18.00 

 18.00 

 12.06 



7. 



-LOG 

 7.08J 4.04 

 7.09 3.04 



6.06 

 7.00 

 7.00 



Wilmingt'n 



East Boston 



Athens. 



Rochester. 



Bay Ridge. 



East Boston 



Bristol. 



Bristol. 



Erie Basin. 



S'th Boston 



City Point. 



East Boston 



Wheeler's 



Point. 

 Bordent'n. 



Bordont'n. 



Bay Ridge. 



Greenpoin t 



Po'keepsie. 



New burgh. 



ANTEDILUVIAN FALLACIES. 



MR. SAMUEL H. POOK, Consulting Naval Constructor, U. S. 

 Navy, has lately written to the Field, giving still further 

 reasons for Thistle's defeat, as follows: 



"After seeing Thistle, and Volunteer out of water on the same 

 day, 1 bad a talk with the sailing master of Volunteer, and gave 

 him my opinion that he would win the race, all other things being 

 equal. My reasons were that the Volunteer had a better shape, 

 was lighter in the, hull; she had less displacement, and a greater 

 power of carrying sail and the sail to carry. What she lacked in 

 lateral resistance was supplied with the judicious use of the cen- 

 terboard when it was necessary to use it, which would give her a 

 greater lateral resistance with a smaller midship section, and 

 little or no drag. 



-, I advised all my friends to bet on the Volunteer for the reasons 

 given, for if both boats were equally well handled, which they 

 were not, there was no doubt in my mind as to the winning boat. 

 I think the Thistle was handled even better than the Volunteer, 

 and that, to change crews, with all the advantages which the 

 Volunteer had in displacement and lateral resistance, that the 

 Thistle would have been beaten much worse, than she was with 

 her own crew. 1 never saw a better drilled set of men working 

 than they were with us. You know a racing crew is picked up in 

 a week, and only for the occasion. Our boats beat because they 

 are. cent erboards, and they are on the top of the water; we never 

 consider it a fair race to race a centerboard with a keel boat. And 

 it is not, and you can never beat us at that kind of racing. You 

 should demand that the race be a keel boat with a keel boat, a 

 centerboard with a centerboard. I have seen a centerboard scow 

 at San Francisco beat every sailing boat in the fleet. I would 

 never sail a keel boat against a centerboard, and consider it a fair 

 race. I want to see a fair race— keel boat against keel boat, cen- 

 terboard against centerboard. 1 think that not only should length 

 and breadth of boats be the same, but the mean draft of water 

 amidships be alike, and the area of the midship section be also 

 fixed as conditions of the race. When this is done, there may be 

 some fairness in the race, and the skill of handling will tell. I 

 think that the only fair races ever made in our waters was when 

 keel boats raced with keel boats, and centerboards with center- 

 boards; and if you ever send any more boats over, your stipula- 

 tions should have reference to my statement— i. c, if you wish to 

 win, 



"Sajil. H. Pook (Consulting Naval Constructor U.S. Navy)." 



It will be news to Americans who know how well all of General 

 Paine's yachts have been manned, and how Mayflower's trained 

 and picked crew was turned into Volunteer to undergo weeks of 

 practice, to learn that the crew was picked up in a week for this 

 special occasion. Such was the practice a dozen j T ears since, but 

 Mr. Pook will find that American yachts are now manned in a 

 very different way, and that trained crews are kept aboard 

 through the season, extra men, when needed, being usually had 

 from some yacht which is not racing. Even more absurd are the 

 statements that American yachts win because they have center- 

 boards and are on top of the water, and that it is considered un- 

 fair to race the keel against the centerboard, or that light dis- 

 placement must win over heavier. Where has Mr. Pook been 

 during all the years that Fanny, Gracie, Hildegarde and the rest 

 have been sailing on top of the water, with big sails and small 

 displacement, in the vain effort to catch Bedouin with neirly 12ft. 

 draft; or white Clara has been beating these same boats, though 

 two classes below them? Perhaps he has not yet heard of such 

 boats as Pappoose, Baboon and Saracen, all keel boats that the 

 shoal centerboard craft do not pretend to enter against. As fat- 

 as the issue of keel and board is concerned, it has been long since 

 finally decided between the heavy displacement keel craft and the 

 light displacement centerboard, in favor of the former; and the 

 only question left unsolved to-day is whether a keel boat of large 

 displacement, but with a centerboard like Chiquita, is faster than 

 a boat with more keel, no centerboard, and a little more displace- 

 ment. Such statements as we have quoted might be passed over 

 if made by a longshore boat builder or sailing master, but com- 

 ing from such a source they can only do harm in leading to the 

 perpetuation of error and false theories. 



NEW 45-FOOTERS. 



NEW YACHTS OF THE YEAR. 



fTPHIS list of new yachts includes all built since the close of last 

 J- season, and is complete, so far as sailing craft above 30ft. and 

 steamers above 50ft. are concerned. A number of catboats and 

 small craft, as well as some of the smaller steam launches are 

 not included, but we believe that the record is complete as to the 

 decked yachts, and that the dimensions are practically correct in 



all cases. Some of the yachts mentioned in our list of Jan. 24 do 

 not appear, the designs having been made, but no orders given for 

 the boats. One or two new forties or thirties are still talked of, 

 but it is too late now for much building for this season. There is 

 but little likelihood of any 70 footers being built, and the building 

 for the present season may be considered at an end. The value 

 of the sailing fleet may be estimated at about $300,000, and the 

 steam fleet, though smaller in numbers, will cost about as much. 



R. BURGESS has designed this season three compromise 



yachts of 45 l.w.l., two of which are now afloat, the third 



being under way at Lawley's. Unfortunately each of the three is 

 destined for a different location, so that they will not come to- 

 gether; but all are designed for racing. The first one, launched a 

 couple of weeks since, is the Nepenthe, owned by Mr. T. R. Rich- 

 ardson, of New Orleans. Being intended for use in shoal water, 

 the draft is limited to4ft.9in., the other dimensions being: Length 

 over all, 58ft.; l.w.l., 45ft.; beam, 17ft. Unlike the other Burgess 

 boats of the year, the midship section shows no S-cuiwe, but is 

 more like the old boats, with a straight deadrise from rabbet to 

 bilge. The keel is 9in. deep outside and 12in. wide, straight from 

 stem to stern, the stem having a decided forefoot, while the stern- 

 post has very little rake. The yacht has a clipper stem and the 

 regulation long overhang, with the same sheer as most of her 

 sister boats. The bulwark is 7in. high, including a 2x4 oak rail. 

 Of course a cabin house is needed, under which is 6ft. 2in. head- 

 room under beams, with 5ft. Sin. under deck forward — a very good 

 height. The boat is very substantially built, the frames, of oak, 

 being spaced 15in.; nine in the bow being single, about 3x3in., the 

 rest double sawn. The shelf is 4x5, clamp 6J§X1M. with three 

 bilge clamps of the same size. The cabin is roomy and very hand- 

 somely finished in mahogany, the joiner work being neat and 

 tasty. On each side is a fixed berth in the wings, with a locker 

 in front, the fronth of the berth being framed in carved pillars of 

 mahogany. At the fore end on each side is a cellaret locker with 

 drawers, and a closet above: while other lockers are arranged at 

 the after end. The companion is wide and easy of access. The 

 centerboard trunk extends to the deck, with owner's room and 

 W. c. to starboard and a stateroom to port; while the galley con- 

 tains an icebox and pantry. The forecastle is large and loftv. 

 There is a large cockpit, in which is a Diamond steerer. 



The second yacht, the Nanon, for Mr. C. E. Ellis of the Quaker 

 City Y. C. of Philadelphia, launched on April 25, is of the same 

 length, but 6in. narrower, and lft. 9in. more draft: the midship 

 section showing a decided hollow at the rabbet, while the fore- 

 foot is well cut away, running up into a clipper overhang. The 

 keel has a little drag, with a moderate rake to the sternpost. The 

 sheer plan above water and the deck plan are similar to those of 

 Nepenthe, with a cockpit and cabin house; while the arrangements 

 andtinish below are practically the same. Messrs. Lawley have 

 done good work on both the boats, the deck fittings being very neat 

 and ship-shape, while the joiner work is also excellent. Both will 

 be cutter rigged, according to the latest fashion. The Ameiican 

 Ship Windlass Co. has supplied the windlasses, of their well 

 known pump brake variety. Both yachts are painted white, with 

 copper bronze bottoms. The third boat is for Mr. 0. D. Owens, 

 one of the owners of Sachem, and will hail from Providence. She 

 will be similar to Nanon in dimensions and details. 



A NOVEL FORTY. 



A 



VERY decided novelty in the way of a racing forty is now 

 _ building at Mariners' Harbor, on the north shore of Staten Is- 

 land , at the shop of Captain Louis N. Tonns, who has designed her. 

 Unlike the other new boats of her class she is of very light dis- 

 •plateement, only 10 tons, of which it is expected that nearly 6 tons 

 will be in the form of ballast, all inside. She is a centerboard 

 craft, with no outside keel, and is 44ft. over all, 39ft. 6in. l.w.l., 

 12ft. beam, and 4ft. 9in. draft. The sternpost is plumb, the keel 

 has some drag, rising in an easy curve from the sternpost to the 

 stem, with a marked forefoot, being nearly plumb above water. 

 The midship section shows a V form, the frame lines being all 

 drawn with one mould, straight from the rabbet to the bilge, with 

 considerable deadrise, the topside rounding in a very little at the 

 deck. The after overhang is quite short and of a V shape. The 

 diagonals are naturally very easy, and almost as fine aft as for- 

 ward, the model being clean cut throughout. There will be 5ft. 

 8in. under a low cabin house. The centerboard trunk is formed 

 of two cast-iron girders by way of bedpieces, with flanges on top 

 and bottom, to which the lower plank of the casing and the keel 

 are bolted with screw bolts. The frame is of sawn hackmatack, 

 of light scantling, the plank of white cedar, and nothing has been 

 wasted in weight. The sail plan is very small, being but little 

 more that the square of the load line, so that she will receive a 

 large allowance from the rest of the class. It is intended to enter 

 the yacht in all the races of the season. 



