
FOREST AND STREAM. 









A Ten Ton Cruising Sloop. 
THERE is now building at Messrs. George Law- 
ley & Sons Corp., South Boston, an interesting 
30ft. waterline cruising sloop. 
This vessel was designed for a yachtsman, who 
will use her in American waters, by Messrs. Lin- 
ton Hope & Co., of London, England. The ves- 
sel was specially intended for keeping the sea 
in bad weather, and to be easily handled by the 
owner and one man. Strength and seaworthiness 
were the principal considerations in view in get- 
ting out this design, although in strong winds 
there is no doubt the boat would have a very fair 
turn of speed. She was in no way designed for 
the ordinary requirements of the American 
yachtsman, but for much heavier sea-going cruis- 
ing than the average yacht generally meets with 
on the American coast. In fact, the type is really 
much more in accordance with British require- 
ments, where cruises are usually made in bad 
seas and fairly continuous hard weather. 
One of the owner’s requirements was that the 
boat should be flush decked, with the exception 
of a long skylight to give the necessary head 
room in the saloon. As the head room is quite 
unnecessary, except over the floor of the saloon, 
this skylight has been kept fairly narrow, giving 
plenty of clear deck space on either side. 
Considering that the head room in the saloon 
is 6ft. 7in. under the center of the skylight, the 
draft of 5ft. is extremely moderate. 
The whole body of the vessel is very round, 
with great structural strength, not only from 
heavy scantling, but from her compact form. 
A novelty in American waters will be the roller 
reef gear, fitted to mainsail and headsail. This 
has been in use for many years in British waters, 
where sudden squalls and constant reefing are 
common. The use of this gear enables the vessel 
to be worked with a very small crew, and at 
the same time a reef rolled up in this manner is 
a much better and neater job than the ordinary 
method of reefing. The wire throat halliard be- 
ing wound round the fore end of the boom, the 
act of turning a worm gear winch on the boom 
end, revolves the boom, rolling up the sail and 
slacking out the throat halliard as required. The 
peak halliard must, of course, be tended if a large 
amount of sail is to be reefed, but this will not 
be required if a small reef is taken in. 
It will be interesting to see how a vessel of this 
type compares as a sea boat and general cruiser 
with the normal type of American cruiser of 
much shallower body and greater beam. 
The dimensions are as follows: 
Length— 
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Overhang— 
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Breadth— 
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Draft— 
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Freeboard— 
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Sail Area— 
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Area lower sails.oeeee ee ee 75 Tosqentts 
Club topsail 7) ec pes ee tthe 158 sq. ft 
Total sat Garena, wtc1e te oe goo sq. ft. 

British Letter. 
ANCHORS FOR SMALL YACHTS.—The subject of 
ground tackle is one to which owners are often 
apt to devote too little thought, although it is one 
of the most important parts of a yacht’s equip- 
ment. Indeed, the very safety of a boat fre- 
quently depends upon the holding power of her 
anchors and the strength of her cable, as many 
men have found to their cost; and it is only after 
they have got into a mess once or twice that they 
begin to wake up to the fact that ground tackle 
is something more than a mere appendage to the 
list of fittings. The subject of anchors for yachts 
has been recently brought up in the British 
papers, owing chiefly to the leaning which some 
have toward the stockless anchor; but as this type 
is to be met with but rarely people are naturally 
desirous of having the experience of others be- 
fore investing in them. Opinions as to the effi- 
cacy of the holding power of the stockless anchor 
appear to differ widely. One man considers it 
has the grip of two ordinary anchors, while an- 
other small yacht owner, who isa man of con- 
siderable experience, says that he has found it 
unsatisfactory, as have others who keep their 
boats in the same locality. This would seem to 
indicate that a good deal depends upon the na- 
ture of the holding ground. In the former case 
this was not stated, but in the latter it was soft 





mud, and in all probability the anchor from its 
small and compact shape had not got its flukes 
deep enough to get hold of the stiffer stuff un- 
derneath the surface. In such a case it is easy 
to see that an ordinary fisherman’s anchor, with 
a good long shank and large sharp flukes, would 
be the most trustworthy friend. It is the simple 
shape of the stockless anchor, the absence of 
stock which is often such a nuisance when on 
deck, and its easy stowage capacity that makes it 
appeal to many; but, of course, it would be fool- 
ish to adopt it in place of the older and more 
highly tried patterns until the subject has been 
thoroughly flogged out. Canoe men use it and 
find it efficacious, but their experience is not of 
much value to yachtsmen, for a canoe is such a 
light craft that any form of anchor will hold her, 
and when the weather is really bad the canoe has 
to seek the shelter of the shore. 
Tue Most EFFiciENT ANCHOR.—For small craft 
up to 10 tons there can be but little doubt that 
the old-fashioned fisherman’s anchor is the most 
useful, but it must be long in the shank, and 
probably the best proportion of shank to stock is 
as two to one. These anchors are never made so 
long unless specially ordered, but can always be 
lengthened after they are bought. Their advan- 
tages are lightness, good biting qualities directly 
they are let go, and wonderful holding power. 
The flukes are sharp and leaf-shaped—not spade- 
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TEN-TON CRUISING SLOOP—SAIL PLAN. 
Designed by Linton Hope for an American yachtsman. 
