36 FOREST AND STREAM. Jan. 8, 1898] 
SKETCH DESIGN OF 46FT. L.W.L. SCHOONER. MESSRS. CARY SMITH & BARBEY.-1898. 
part in yachting, and yet the designers were idle, but one racing 
yacht, of 51ft. R. M., being turned out. This year they are no 
worse off, and some at least have orders in the small classes. All 
the life an(i activity there is in yachting is concentrated in the 
one-design hi otherwise restricted classes; and without them there 
woul'd be n© sport next summer. 
It is all viery well to talk about what is done in England and 
the duty of American yachtsmen ; but the conditions are different 
abroad, the sport of yacht racing has always had a more generous 
and extended!^ support than in this country, and the rule is more 
strongly restrictive. Certainly no one can blame the American 
yachtsman who declines to build a fin-keel of extreme and pro- 
hibitive 3raft to race against Defender, Colonic, Quissetta or Syce. 
The Sun poses as a strongly American paper, but it deliberately 
goes out of its way to cast a slur pn the catboat, a ciraft which 
even we who are not among its admirers will admit is respon- 
sible for the educa:tiOn of many of our best yachtsmen. 
Such cominents as' those above quoted can only do harm at the 
present time ; and, on the other hand, there is a need for full 
and ample discussion of yachting topifes through thfe winter season 
in the Ameriean press. 
The Proposed One-Desig:n Schooner Class* 
The preliminary plans for the proposed one-design schooner class 
have been completed by Messrs. Cary Smith and Barbey, and sent 
out for estimate. Through their courtesy we are enabled to re- 
produce the plans this week. The sheer draft is only approxi- 
mate, but serves to show the generally wholesome character of 
the designs in the moderate draft, large internal room, and con- 
ventional keel contour and rudder. 
The cabin trunk is low, but gives full head-room for the greater 
part of the length of the vessel. The main saloon is over 13ft. 
long, with a floor width of 6ft. 9in. On each side are two sofas 
and two berths, the latter in the wings, with drawers under. 
On the port side is a sideboard, and in the center is an ex- 
tension table. The owner's room and toilet are on the starboard 
side, as usual; the former with berth, sofa, bureau and wash- 
stand. On the port side aft, convenient to the saloon, is the 
steward's pantry, with a stateroom forward. What there is of the 
centerboard trunk above the floor is just abaft the mainmast. 
The fore end of the passage swings to starboard with three 
doors, giving access to the toilet room, galley and an extra state- 
room intended for the captain. In the forecastle is the, galley and 
hammock berths for four men, with good lockers, closets, etc. 
The rig is shown in the sail plan, and requires no .explanation. 
The general specifications, as given below, show the proposed 
construction strong, substantial and thoroughly good, but with no 
costly extras. The boats should provfe serviceable and satisfactory 
in use, and also should retain a good sale value for some years. 
SPECIFICATIONS FOR SCHOONER YACHT. 
General Dimengions.— Length over all, 64ft. 2in. ; length on l.w.l., 
46ft.; beam, extreme, 16ft.; draft without board, 6ft. 6in. ; 
least freeboard, 3£t. ; Specifications : Keel, white oak, moulded, 
5%in. ; stem, white oak, sided, i^zm. ; stern post, white oak, sided. 
Sin ; frames, hackmatack, double, sided 2in., moulded at keel 
3y2in., at planksheer 2i4in. ; floors, sided 21/2 right and left ; 
trunk log, sided 6in. and moulded lOin., bolted with % galvanized 
iron; sides of trunk, yellow pine and white pine 2x8in., bolted 
with % galvanized bolts; centerboard, oak and yellow pine, 
bolted- with % galvanized iron; pin and hanging, to be of brass; 
ballast to be of lead furnished by owner, 20,000rbs. m all, 18,000 
on keel bolted with %in. Muntz metal bolts, 25 in number; plank- 
ing of yellow pine, -spike fastened; clamps, yellow pine, 2 in 
number, iy2x6iil; shelf, same, 5x2in., worked tO shape, one 
through bolt on each frame; bilge strakes, yellow pine, 3 on a 
side, li/^x6in. ; ceiling, only where cabin work plls f6r it, %in. 
pine; deck beams, white oak, sided 3in., moulded 2%in.; part- 
ner beams and house beams to be sided 6m.; partners, 
hackmatack, kneed with same; planksheer, white oak, i%x7iri. ; 
deck plank, white pine, l%in. thick by 2i/4in. wide, spiked; 
bulwarks, pine; stanchions, white oak; trunk cabin, torigued 
and grooved sides, l%x3in., with wrapper; trunk deck, 
tongued and grooved stuff, l^^in., covered with canvas; hatches 
and slides, mahogany; bitts, locust; windlass, pump brake; an- 
chors, 1201bs., 1601bs. ; chains, 70 fathoms, % tested. 
All chocks and kevils as required; steerer, Perley patent, ma- 
hogany wheel about 30in. ; tanks, galvanized iron, to hold about 
200gals., pump in galley basins to dischafge in receivers (bilge 
pump); one small tank on C. B. trunk. 
■ Masts and spars of best spruce; rigging, best cast-steel wire 
rope and maniila; sails to be as follows : msinsail, foresail, fo;«- 
