434 
FORES. x\nD STREAM. 
Geneth* 
Within the past year or so we have published a num- 
ber of designs of small cutters, more or less of the knock- 
about type, and of about 21ft. l.w.l. The design here giv- 
en is of English origin, but is sufficiently near to the 
American craft to afford an interesting comparison. 
Geneth, as she is named, was designed by an amateur, 
Charles Livingston, Esq., of Liverpool, for Russell Al- 
len, Esq., of Birkenhead, and built at the latter place by 
Samuel Bond, the well-known builder of small yachts and 
canoe yawls. She was designed solely as a cruising boat 
and for rough waters, the Mersey and the Irish Sea, these 
conditions calling for a greater sacrifice of speed to 
other qualities - than is demanded in the American 
knockabouts. The lines require no comment, as they 
show a very fair and well moulded form, with a notable 
absence of freak features. The yacht has proved very 
successful, showing good speed and excellent qualities 
as a seaboat. The small diagram shows her section com- 
pared with that of the Stearns 21-footer Verona, and 
Spray, lately illustrated in our columns. Her dimen- 
sions are: 
Length, over all 30ft. 
Length, L.W.L 21ft. 9^in. 
Overhang, bow 3ft. ly^in. 
Overhang, stern 6ft. i in. 
Beam, extreme 7ft- 4 hi. 
Beam, L.W.L 6ft. io>4in. 
Draft 4ft. 3 in. 
Freeboard, least ift. g^^in. 
Sheer, bow ift. 8 in. 
Sheer, stern S^in- 
Displacement, salt water. ..' 3-73 long tons. 
Displacement, per inch immersion 5281bs. 
Coefficient of displacement 0.52 
Lead keel, calculated weight 1.87 long tons. 
Midship section, area... 11.20sq.ft. 
Midship section, coefficient 0.42 
L.W.L. plane, area 99.12sq.ft. 
L.W.L. plane, coefficient 0.67 
Lateral plane, hull, area 61.65sq.ft. 
Lateral plane, rudder, area 8.7Ssq.ft. 
Lateral plane, total 70.40sq.ft. 
Lateral plane, coefficient 0.67 
Station O to center of L.W.L 10.89ft. 
Station O to midship section 11.62ft. 
coethcient 0.53 
Station O to C. B 11. 43 
coefficient 0.52 
Station O to C. L. R., with rudder 12.18ft. 
Station O to C. L. R., without rudder 11.98ft. 
coefficient 0.56 
Mast, from Station 0 6ft. 2>4in. 
Mast, diameter in partners 4?4in. 
Geneth is sloop rigged, pole mast with single jib. Dur- 
ing the past winter Mr. Livingston has had built for 
himself at Bond's yard a cruising cutter of 33ft. l.w.l., of 
similar design to Geneth. 
The Q«incy Y. C. Defender. 
In the small boat shop at Lawley's the Quincy cup 
defender Splasher is to be seen. Splasher is an odd craft, 
and is bound to make a sensation. She is what most 
people call a "freak." She is now planked up, and the 
peculiar lines of her hull are to be seen to advantage. 
With a length over all of 38ft., and a width of loft. 8in., 
Splasher is to have a draft of but Sin. That tells the story 
of her shape. She is the absolute pumpkinseed in her 
lines. Nothing flatter could be built and still have space 
between deck and floor. Her bow is so flat that the over- 
hang looks as if it were to be about 2in. free most of the 
way to the stem. She has a square stern at the end of a 
broad taper. 
The materials from which Splasher is constructed 
have been selected with a view of giving extreme light- 
ness combined with all possible strength. Her planking 
is double, but of extreme thinness. One layer is 3-i6in. 
thick, the other 5-i6ths. The two layers are fastened 
together with brass screws, and the timber fastenings are 
also of brass. The timbers are of white oak, and about 
J4in. thick. 
The boat is expected to be ready for the water June 
10. She is built after plans by John R. Purdon. The 
original design was for C. H. Adams 2d, and was drawn 
according to Mr. Adams' ideas of what a racing machine 
should be. 
The syndicate for which this boat is being built is 
headed by Com. F. B. Rice, of the Club. It is understood 
that he will sail her himself with the best racing crew 
the club~ can furnish him. — Boston Globe. 
The Lattncli of the Rainbow. 
Messrs. D. and W. Henderson & Co. launched on May 
7 from their shipbuilding yard at Partick the schooner 
yacht of about 300 tons, Thames measurement, which 
they have built for Mr. C. L. Orr-Ewing, M. P., from the 
designs of Mr. G. L. Watson. This vessel is consider- 
ably larger than any of the sailing yachts which Mr. 
Watson has undertaken recently, and, though she has 
been designed and fitted out as a comfortable cruiser, 
she will enter for the principal cruising races, and the 
large masts of Oregon pine which are to be fitted indi- 
cate that she will have a good spread of canvas. Capt. 
John Carter has been appointed captain of the new ves- 
sel, and, though owing to his ill-health the yacht will be 
in charge of Jay for a month or so, it is hoped that 
Carter will be well enough to take charge of her before 
long. The schooner yacht is a vessel which of late years 
has not been much seen in the principal races, but the 
advent of this new vessel will perhaps bring the schoon- 
ers back to the position they held before the steam yacht 
ousted them as cruising vessels. On entering the water 
the vessel was named the Rainbow by Miss Orr-Ewing, 
daughter of the owner. — The Field. 
Corsair, steam yacht, recently the jflagship of the New York 
Y. C, is now the Gloticester, U. S. N., under command of 
Lieut. Richard Wainwright. 
T 
/ / 
/ / 
T T 
T T T 
If T 
T T -fl 
JJ 
/ / 
// 
'I 'I 
I, .'I 
// 
"// 
// 
/ / ly 
t W 
v 
\ \ 
\ \ 
\ A 
\ \ 
\ \ 
\ \ 
J_ J_ JL L 1 1 
z ^ IB 
J. 
I I 5- 5 ? ^ 5 ^ 
