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FOREST AND STREAM. 



pVtARcaa 9, 1893. 



Ewasind. 



We are indebted to the designers and builders, Read Brothers, of 

 FaU River, Mass., for the accompanying plans of the cruising yawl 

 Kwasmd, bmlt last year for Oliver Adams, Esq., of the Larchmont Y. 

 O. The yacht was designed as a comfortable family boat, for sailing 

 and crmsmg about Larchmont and Long Island Sound, reguiring but 

 one paid hand and giving plenty of room in cabin and cockpit for the 

 owner's wife and young boys. 



While simUar below water to the sloops and catboats of Narragan- 

 sett and Buzzard bays, the model has been carried out above water 

 into the fashionable long ends, giving greatly increased deck room and 

 improving the appearance. The waterline of the average sloop, hol- 

 low forward and very full aft, has been re'tained, with hard bilge, but 

 in a later design of the builders, for 30ft. l.w.l. which we have seen, 

 these extreme features have been modiflied with advantage. 



Kwasind was in use all of last season and proved very satisfactory 

 for her designed purpose, besides showing considerable speed at times. 

 The rig is effective and easily handled, the spars being light. The 

 main cabin is 12ft. long with 6ft. of headroom and wide floors on each 

 side of the centerboard trunk. There is abundance of room for 

 lockers, closets, shelves, etc. The forecastle is very long, owing to 

 the fore overhang, and gives an unusual amount of room. The cock- 

 pit is 10ft. long, fitted with fixed seats, a water breaker being stowed 

 on each side beneath the seats. The yacht steers with a wheel. The 

 keel is of iron, 4,6001bs., and about 3,0001bs. of iron is carried inside, 

 with which ballast the yacht draws nearly 3in. more than is shown in 

 the design, making her racing measurement of waterline 28.36ft 

 place of 27ft. Her general dimensions are as follows: 



DIMENSIONS AND ELEMENTS YAWL KWASIND. 



Length, stemhead to taffrail 41ft. IWm. 



l.w.l 2m. 



Beam, extreme 12ft. 



1.W.1 lift. 8 in. 



Draft. 3ft. 10 in. 



with board 8ft. 



Freeboard, least 2ft. SJ^in. 



Sheer, bow 2ft. 2 in. 



stern 10 in. 



Fore overhang 7ft. 



After overhang 7ft. ij^in. 



Displacement, long tons. ■ 8.02 



Ballast, keel, iron 3.07 



inside, iron 1.83 



Total 3.40 



Fore end, l.w.l. to 



c.b 15.17 



c.l.r., hull 15.14 



board and rudder.. 16.66 



midship section 16.20 



c.e., whole sail 14.00 



Area, midship section 19.09 



lateral plane 79.00 



centerboard. about 22.00 



rudder 11.40 



Total lateral plane 112.40 



L.w.l plane '.'.'.'.215.10 



Spars and sails— Main. Mizen. 



Mast, from end l.w.l 1ft. llin. 29ft. Sin. 



diameter at deck lOin. 5in. 



deck to truck 40ft. 21ft. 



hounds 31ft. 6in. 16ft. 5in. 



pole 9ft. 6in. 4ft. 7in. 



Bowsprit, heel to cranse lift. 4in. 



end l.w.l. to cranse 14ft. 



Mizen boomkm outboard .5ft. Sin. 



Boom, length 26ft. 14ft. lOin. 



Gaff, lengtli 24ft. 6in. 12ft. 6in. 



MainsaU area, sq. ft 719 00 



Mizen 185 00 



Jib 209.00 



Total 1113.00 



C.E. forward of c.l.r. of hull 1 .18ft. 



and board 1.95ft. 



above l.w.l 18.80ft. 



mizen and jib only 13.50ft. 



The positions of the centers of effort of whole sail and mizen and 

 jib only are shown on the sail plan; also the positions of the center of 

 lateral resistance of hull only and of hull with board lowered to its 

 full drop. 



The yacht is built with oak keel, stem and sternpost, steamed and 

 bent oak frames, clear yellow pine planking and selected white pine 

 deck, the deck and cabin joiner work being neatly and tastefully 

 finished. The cost is but little over $2,000 with sails and ballast, mak- 

 mg an unusually cheap and comfortable craft. The lines of an earher 

 but similar yacht designed by Read Bros., the cat sloop Rahnee, will 

 be found in the Forest and Stkeam of Sept. 25, 1890. 



Corinthian Y. C. Sweepstakes. 



The Corinthian Y. C. of New York has issued the following cu-cular 

 relating to its fifth annual sweepstakes: 



The fifth annual renewal of the above race: a sweepstakes at $250 

 each ($125 only if declared out prior to July 31), will be held during 

 the season of 1893, as heretofore, under the auspices of the Corinthian 

 Y. C. of New York. The following conditions as to time, place, course, 

 prizes, etc. , will apply thereto : 



1. Open to all single masted yachts exceeding 80ft. sailing length 

 (formula, VS-A-+L.W.L,-) 



Measurement and time allowance as per 



by-laws of the club, copies of which will be furnished to yachts mak- 

 ing entry. 



2. Owners must furnish certificate of sailing length [under C. Y. C. 

 rule] by their club measurer to the sailing committee at least ten days 

 before the race. Same will be accepted as final unless a remeasure- 

 ment (by the measurer of the C. Y. C.) be demanded by a competitor 

 m writmg (and $20 measurer's fees deposited) within 24 hours after 

 the race. 



3. Seventy-five per cent, of the entry moneys wfil be given in silver 

 plate to the winner, and the remaining 25 per cent, in sUver plate to 

 the second. 



4. The race will be sailed off Newport Harbor, R. I., on the Monday 

 after the termination of the New York Yacht Club's cruise (probably 

 Monday, Aug. 28). 



5. The course will be a triangle of 30 nautical miles (as near as may 

 be equilateral) one leg (if practicable the first) to be laid dead to 

 windward. 



6. Start and finish at Brenton's Reef Lightship. 



7. The start will be flying and at 11 A. M., as near as may be. Three 

 minutes allowed to cross line. 



8. No time limit for race (unless otherwise agreed prior to start). 

 Yachts will be timed by the bowsprit end. 



9. Full professional crews and the use of any sails allowed. 



10. The sailing regulations of the Corinthian Y. C. of New York will 

 apply to and govern the race (except as modified by the special condi- 

 tions of the sweepstakes). 



Entries will close June 30, 1893, and may be addressed to sailing 

 committee, Corinthian Yacht Club, 62 Stone street, New York city. 

 Dated March 1, 1893. August Belmont, Admiral. 



E. B. Clarke, 



William Hi Plummbb, 



William C. Hall, I Saifing Committee. 



George A. Cormack, 



Chas. Stewart Davison, Sec'y. J 



The New 85-Footers. 



In spite of a long yarn in a New York paper last week, the Stewart 

 Binney boat was stiU an uncertainty until Monday, but she is now 

 finaUy decided on and will be commenced at once. Mr. R. S. Palmer, 

 of the schooner Marguerite, who was hailed as the savior of 

 the project, had been in the sj'udicate for some time, and it has 

 been settled that if built Captain Sherlock, in his employ for 

 several years, would be her skipper. The steel for the Paine boat 

 has been received at Lawley's and she is now in hand, and as there 

 is nothing ahead of her in the steel department, save the AVater- 

 house fin-keel, now well along, the work should go on quickly. The 

 Carroll boat, Navahoe, is being finished at Bristol; the Rogers boat is 

 in frame and partly plated, but the keel of the Morgan-Iselm boat has 

 not yet been laid. The former will be a keel boat and the latter a 

 centerboard, but the firm still decline to give out any particulars or to 

 admit anyone to the works. Although the particulars relating to Mr. 

 Carroll's proposed chaUenge for the Royal Victoria cup are also with- 

 held by the New York Y. C, it is generally understood that his chal- 

 lenge has been sent, and that the holders of the cup have made such 

 changes and concessions in the terms as to make them perfectly satis- 

 factory. 



The Marine and Field Club of Bath Beach has elected the following 

 officers: Com., F. B. Fiske, sloop Fanny; Vice. -Com., F. L. St. John 

 cutter Chipsa; Rear Com., G. E. Brightson, sloop Penguin ; Sec, Louis 

 J. Boury, sloop Badger; Meas., Chas. A. Deshon; Regatta Committee, 

 Louis J. Boury, Chairman, F. L. St. John, Chas. A. Deshon. 



