FOREST AND STREAM. 
April! 13, 1895. 
NINY— HALE-RATER— DESIGNED BY ARTHUR E. PAYNE, 1892. — SCALE INCH.; 
as crew; to avoid'lthe .'possibility of a boat presenting herself for 
measurement with two men aboard, and then shipping two heavy, 
weights for her racing crew. Some provision will also be made 
for measuring as nearly as possible the exact area of each sail. ,i 
The rating rule being unknown in America, the Seawanhaka C. 
Y, C. has suggested to Mr. Brand that the limit for the class be 
made 15ft. sailing length by Seawanhaka rule. The operation of 
the two rules is somewhat different, but not in a way that will 
act to the disadvantage of either side, especially as Mr. Brand will 
build a new boat for the American races. Tbe following table 
shows the varying proportions of length and sail possible under 
the Seawanhaka rule in a 15ft. racing length class, the fourth col- 
umn showing the amount of sail allowed for each length under 
the Y. R. A. rule. It will appear from the table that the latter 
rule puts a premium on length of hull, allowing much more sail 
NINY— SAIL PLAN " WITH ROLLER JIB— SCALE %, INCH. 
The boat was under a new owner in her second and third seasons, 
but practically unaltered in hull and rig. The "figure of merit," 
as computed by "Thalassa" for last season, shows as follows: 
Pique, 56.67; Wee Winn. 47.11; Kagamuffin, 30.26; Tickle, 18.47; 
■Coquette, 16.63; Cuchara, 14.85; Spruce III., 12.09. This latter table 
■only covers the Solent races, and much of Spruce's racing was 
done on other waters. 
The half-rater class includes several very different types, the 
^extreme bulb-fin and canoe-hull like Wee Winn and Pique, the 
rather larger and stauncher fin yacht like Niny, and then down to 
shoaler center board craft, some carrying very heavy metal boards, 
the extreme being reached in the Oxford boats, such as the vari- 
ous Spruces and Kagamuffins, of sboal bodv, small displacement, 
and carrying little or no ballast. Owing to the confusion resulting 
from the practice of giving the same name to a number of differ- 
ent boats, and to the fact that Lloyd's Yacht Register omits most 
of these small craft, it is impossible to keep.posted on all the points 
of difference. 
The general type of unballasted Oxford canoe yawl, such as the 
first Spruce,"has been illustrated in our columns, double-end boats 
with almost flat floors, built of plank -like a skipjack and fitted 
with one big balance lug and a long counterplate. Just how the 
last Spruce differs from the earlier boats in underwater body we 
cannot say, but from her picture under sail she is evidently more 
like Scarecrow, with much the same length of overhang at eaih 
end, but probably a wider and shoaler section. What the new 
Spruce will be is purely a matter of conjecture; it seems probable 
that Mr. Brand will still adhere to the old type, but it is not im- 
possible that his^experience on the Solent may lead him to follow 
more closely the bulb-fin. 
Under the Y. R. A. rule, but two men are allowed in a half- 
rater, and three in a one-rater. The water-line must be marked 
at each end bv the owner, the length between the marks being 
ascertained by the measurer; and when the boat is afloat in 
smooth water with crew aboard, both marks must De clear of the 
water. The conditions for the Seawarhaka races are not yet set- 
tled with Mr. Brand, but it is proposed that the water-line shall 
be measured with a deadweight of 3001bs. aboard, to be considered 
NINY— BODY PLAN. 
on an'extremely long boat than the Seawanhaka ruie'does. ( The 
latterr favors a hull of moderate length, about 15.5 to 15ft.,' and 
though a very large sail plan can be carried on a 14 or 13ft. boat, 
considerably more than under the Y. R. A. rule, it is very doubt- 
ful whether this extreme would be successful in a series of races, 
even in summer. 
Comparison of 15ft. R. L. and .5 Rating Classes. 
Sail area allowed. 
Y. R. A. Rule. ; 
230sq :; 
222 
214 
207 
200 
193 
188 
181 
176 
171 
167 
L. W. L. 
^S. A. 
Sea. Rule. 
13ft. 
17ft. 
289sq. ft. 
13.5 
16.5 
272 
14 
16 
256 
14.5 
15.5 
240 
15 
15 
225 
15.5 
14.5 
210 
16 
14 
196 
16.5 
13.5 
182 
17 
13 
169 
17.5 
12.5 
156 
18 
12 
144 
Steam 
Launches. 
Marine Iron Works, Chicago, have just issued'.their 1895 cata- 
logue, mailed free.— Adv. 
