The New York herald., 1870-04-30

Sailing upon such 1ast time as that FOUND above
must OF course come from the most favorable con-
ditions Of wind and tide. Seventeen miles land not
knots Is by no means extraordinary; but from the
extreme length Of 2l6 feet the speed given hardly
apply to . fore-and-aft rugged vessel. The cores
pondent asks this pertinent questlon-"Why
Is not length the best measure and the only meas ure
to show the relative advantage which size gives
boat ~ After going through the details of an ella
borate computation the rule for allowances IL
duced to finding the time by lao by the cube root
OF the length; and in finding the time which one
yacht should allow to another the difference between
the respective results found for each yach: by such
an opera ion measures the allowance The princi-
pie Is well argued and admirably sustained in theory.
"A Devoted Yachtman' thus puts oversparring and
Oyercanyassing:-"It Is this very oversparrinR and
canyas.ing, both In this country and England, that
has caused the great anxiety OF mind Of how to get
over the great objection those hips or launches as
they are termed present In the forward part OF the
yacht. One after the other cut and slash away the
stern at her hips which is her very life and exist
paying attention to the stern leaving that TO
take care of lsef); put In sticks reaching, tgura'
lively speaking TO the mOoneXp scting her to carry
the canvas pied thereon, and that, too after they
nave cut away the very foundation They are building
on. IL Is perfectly ridiculous and does not pos
sible that men possessed with par, lce OF nautt
on which they should base their strength But so 1t
is and they then wonder wny she Will not carry
sal can tell you: 1t is because to get long sharp
sword fsn bow you have cut away all vou had to
carry san on and resort TO ballast to hold you up
asking 30 many tons OF wind to do some work for
you putting Just az many Of iron in the way
to prevent the work beng done" THIS shows "de-
votion.n Who Is the DeS oted Yachtman?" 2" Is 1t Mr..
Holley or hm0s steenwerfs A good many would
An evening paper, in discussing american vs..
English Yachts" makes avery pad mistake, founded
alone upon misnrormaton. The following para
graph we cp:-
Tho following statements of the models Of tho yachts
sappho and Cambria viii show he radical difference in build
between the American and English yacbts- .
sappho Length at water line, IL, feet BREADTH % feet
at water line, so fect' breadth 10 feet
Il viii seen from the that while tho Cambria s
about the same length the sappho she only bali broad
The difference radical and there is the great
advantage In that the English claim we must throw away
of the trials OF .his with the greatest interest
1t viii be seen That the Cambria Il given as with
ony hair the beam OF the sappho thireen feet; as
between American and Engiish yachts the difference
OF prlncipe ~ declared 10 reveal that generally
speaking American yachts have twice the beam oil
Engiish on =. Ol course this Is absurd The true
measurement OF the Cambria is:-Sne Is OF 2iS tons,
New York ub measurement, l02 feet long rom Tor
ward par OF stem 10 afer part OF head o stern post,
twentJ-One ieet breadth oil beam, eleven feet depth
OF hold 80 that IN no particular are the figures
correct az gwen by the Ere7ttng NAT. Nor
would the triumph OF the Cambria In these
waters necessitae radical change In the
model. II would lead TO an exam nation oi balla t.
ing, canvassng and sparrng; but repeatedrrinmphs
correct. The trouble is aloft, wth the canvas; no
below, with the blge SO that the argument OF thu
writer, correct in other particulars, falls 10 th'
Grodnd.
The Tidal Wave has been put upon her sreed bl
Commodore Voorhis, at Nya;k; bat he has lount
that q reduction Of her spars Is necessary. He wal
cut them or i've feet. He has not yet been able, Il
the short time since her launch, 10 determine
whether she is what he hoped she would turn out tS
be. About the Liberty, building at Nyack, noted
yachtman said To the reporter the other day, "Tha
Liberty is what am watchingn
The plan OF Mr.. Henry A. Geugc for determining
the amount OF canvas yacht should carry Is very
Ingenious, and i5 advocated by many. lie believes
that tie centre OF propulsion for any mass o! wood
OF whatever shape, should be over the largest I'm
merse1 midship section, and OF course this theory
makes no difference as 10 model. This entails the
rule that the greater the Immersed mldshiD session
the greater tue quantity o. sail. The mdsp section
| Is easily computed. ana by means OF table tht
amount oil canvas for yacht Is selected. To TIM
theory i allied this general pfncipethat The yach
that can be driven the fastest with the least sail mus
he the better model.