The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-09-20

The G. BIS bow IL leng thened and sharp. By the
word 90 drag" is meant the draft Of wa;er aft more
some experiments have been tried OF late, and
among them is that Of giving the greatest beam
absft the mainmast. The new pilot boats Moses Il.
Grinnel and Mary Taylor are so built, bu; the mo
del is not popular with the plots i is no sever
Of the Americas pcculiartics, and may turn out
70 be an Improvement. IL may be as well to remark
here, that the Americas model Is not popular with
the pilots, who sey that any reasonable amount OF
money be raised among them, to bet that, within
one years time, they will produce n boat, OF the
same length, that will outsail the America. la
other respects than the POSITION OF the greatest
beam. the America has the model, slightly varied,
Of New loTk pilot boat. The form OF these pilo.
boats is no new thing. IL has existed tor hall
a century. Previous to The Introduction OF the
schco rigg, now used by the pilots, these hardy
men Used 70 seek vessels outside By means Of sna tx
boits stf ssGcy II tic sloops, that are still used
by our fishermen. They are frequently sec. by
marintrs, far away from land. irsang their ave-
cations. and trusting With the utmost e1nhtepce 70
their cocklc shell c;al AS The business of the pi-
lots incrcascd, they found Il necessary to ia,rcase
their Accommodations; AID tAe result waitne intro
drction Of tic schooner pilo: boats which have 50
lorg been the admiration q al sho can properly
sryfecia;e them. The pilots bad so long been used
to thc management Of small crast nj sea, that they
knew what was mainly needed 70 render their bos.s
safe ses-going veEscs; but Cd was sre y be:'
ard, on Consultation, /. deterinn,dto adopt the
model which they ffst used, and which, az We have
said before, does net differ very widely from the
models used at the pre- sent Gay. A long deck and
heel, with 10 great breadth 0: beam, fall bow,
with rskirg .tefnpost and masts, considerable drag
and the gre ltest beam about midway between bow
and stem, describes the model OF the schooners
built FOR pilots fty years ago. The mos. approved
model now N uss varies from the old one principally
in the shape Of the bow and he rake Of the stern
rost. Instead q the full, @. as i. is technically
termed the muscle bow. being used, they not length.
en- and cut away the bow 20 az 10 give IL hollow
instead Of full appearances aLd instead Of the oil
fashioned rake CT four feet 10 the ste-np0st,
they now gi,c only foot, a11 even less than
this IL contcm plated. il is estimated that about
twelve and q half per cent Of speed has been gain
Cd; but il must be remembered that the boats now
built &c larger, and Of course powerful, than
those contracted half q ccntdry ago. SO well are
the Qualities Of these boats known, that whene
en- Emergency arises, where a swift, clean sea racer
u wanted, application is Immediately made 10 the
pilots: fer their boats will answer ust well for
The ccumnsvigation Of the globe az for coast SCI.
vice Tie New ork pilots have had q regula-
organization since l7sy out as they keep no record
of their proceedings, tradition is all that We have
to rely upon till we come down to period when
the pilots now N the service commenced TO learn
their profession. We have, however, proc ired
some memoranda from these living witnesses, which
must prove interesting TO the reader.
The Joseph Legget, fne, large boat, was pur
chased at round price, and II was Afterwards as
certaincd that she was fitted out and used ss
SLAYER.
The Mary Eleanor was purchased BY q gentle
man 0i faysl, ostensibly 10 bs used % packet;