The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-11-14

IxrEEEsrrxs To cAFrArs-The Bosfon Co1nerrIai
BAHstin, which. We te.Svc. Il r~garI-I by ssa-soins men
gensraIy as excellent authority in nautical matters, has the
fsLDwias r-Earks on working the mainsaI in stays, which, we
tAnk. eonsHl>nd themselves 10 mach attention. Tie BsHsfia
has bong been uring thu; % being weaL-hanIaI in crews is
attributable the maj Ehy q marine disasters. Our e9EteHPO-
1ry says .
Our square rirzui vessels, Of aH sasses, iHvarilbIy haul their
msinsaiis up before taeking- herGn-= they have not men
maasaI 10 the nost powerful SAIL in a vessel. because il IS
large and mar The ssnir- q saor;i rs p'sreIIng f!ss, theIr-
her speed, the quicker sh- will answer her hrim aBI Sly. We
fr-qIsnfiy hear that @ riain ships wHI not stay. that tI@y must
10 sare from one t.rk b. t~ oter (; the rrason IL oSvTort
thy esnnae vork their m.in-ail.- Our pnhts state tina; When
TIN taeks AMI sheets u this sail and -ad the main brl-ts iorwarI.
whieb heir esptaias' 4, many ipstanrs, lad -ts,ai ne,rr ~ S,
roaHd head To wind before, became their mainsaas eOsi not
one q our clippers, a nne, Iong. sharp vessel, when working
q Sst is q saassr, cy.w Ga'sss,' va, s-slarsd BY LT captain 2,
pilot. II eoutl never get her rOsni had to wiDL" What
things 1 have worked This Vessel frequently before I know
az about her AMI can make her do anything which any vessel
Of her H.s can DO" Like our own pilots, he hIf h-r main
tasks and shs-ts singled, worked the nIainsail, and experienced
no difficulty in bringing her round every tack.
value q the mainsaH in stays. either in bringing a vessel rounI
TrsIy se@ariea. The aII canHa. :. sSrIea do sr want q Z @t N
ben Es, in eosseaae -@. 1 = IogIine "a q rs shore a In
heavy seather this sal. ought to BE earrisI a. Ioug a. possible
when working on the hnd, especially If there il an adverse
sea, and that all yesasa. oqsht 70 carry men enough to wOrkii
Of t Nv ,. s,a,s 2" LIT hHsi = s Sa11fe sisssrs, except Isrh1psi some
The clumsy c"lftars, winch arr nearly senicireaLar in the ennis,
VIZ they void nai stay wiihaa. Il. The Tn@iiih .E%ii
Ameraan 10 stays haul rUuni the yards upon the main and
ms<zen ma>ts nj the some time but the French. being better
Manned than either, .aui all their yards nj once and work the
mainsai also Probably the English collier brigs and barques
ne the most handiy riescd vessels for working in the world.
and are unquestioushy the best lannel- Their crews before
Whipping " rsquiredi, mus produce their fndentures Of ap-
p-htes-hiP, showing that they have served their time to the
s-a-thus their hanis are what they profess to he, seapen.
Though all of them carry Apprentices yet these in \ few
months arr o. thoroughly trained that they are nearly IS ser
yiccable as men. |
whrn a collier has to 10 stayel. the captain takes the wheel
himself. WORKS te trysaA, and lends n hand to haul aft the
main sle-t he gives all the orders, and helps to carry them
out And We beheye, in some Of cur brigs, II the same system
were adopted. the same results might he obtained. Although
our vessels generally short handed, compared with the
Enstsh- yet We have norc priyilsdged persons We carry a
cnoS atsi n stewanl, who are schiom called upon to aid the 1
sailors, and ss for the captain putting his hand to n rope, even
N working. slsp-t "a an act OF rare occurrence Nov, an 1
Enelisii collier has n boy-senerahy the youngest appTenuce- 1
who Derforus tbe. duty. Of cook and steward, and who must
always be en- hand wien the vessel Is in stays from :he
captain downward, all must work Even short-hanled as our
vrsssb usually are We tiink IL their captains would bestOw a
little attention IN selecting their crews, and would take the
wheel themselves IL stays, most OF our barques and brigs
might be able To work their mainsals in stays