FOREST AND STREAM. 
1023 
June 27, 1908.] 
A Small Schooner Yacht. 
Designer B. B.. Crowninshield, of Boston, is 
having built for his own use an interesting little 
schooner yacht that in a general way is a small 
edition of a fisherman. As Mr. Crowninshield 
says, “I wanted the biggest and fastest boat that 
I could handle comfortably alone; one that 
would lie nicely at a mooring with the mainsail 
set. be a good sea boat and capable of comfort¬ 
ably holding three in the cockpit.” She was 
not to be an expensive boat, yet capable and 
weatherly. fast with lifted sheets and a boat 
that would not pound herself to pieces in the 
heavy northeasters that she will be exposed to 
at her anchorage. 
The ballast is mostly stowed inside, which, 
when hauling out time comes, will make her 
much easier to handle. Only 1,200 pounds will 
be in the piece on the keel, as shown on the 
plans, just enough to trim her when getting 
ready to haul out, the balance, 4,800 pounds, be¬ 
ing stowed below the floor line. 
The sail plan has several unique features 
about it. The foresail, for instance, is loose¬ 
footed, just as the old Gimcrack and other early 
yachts’in this country were rigged. The tnain- 
sail has only 376 sq. ft. of 8oz. duck, which is 
not more than one man can handle. The jib 
and foresail both reef on the head instead of the 
foot of the sail, and in beating to windward the 
foresail sheet is the only one Mr. Crowninshield 
will have to trim, the other two traveling on 
horses on deck. 
She is to be delivered in July, but next year 
will be kept in commission from April 15 to 
Nov. 15, getting all the good of the season that 
can be got out of it. 
Her dimensions are: 
Length— 
Over all . 36ft. 3m. 
On L.W.L. 28ft. 
Beam . 7 ft- loin. 
Draft . ’••• 5ft. 3 >»- 
Least freeboard . 1 ft. 6 j 4 in. 
Displacement . 12,067 lbs. 
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