Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-09-14
THE LIVONIAs


Undoubtedly the match, owing i
the absence If the Egeria, was less IN
teresting; but the dual contest h
tween the Aline and Livonia. prov.
such a good one, and afforded such
thorough test of the vessels, that
will ever be regarded as one of the he,
and most memorable matches sailel
The Aline incontestably determine
herself the better vessel but, as h
Livonia made such an eXceeding4
close match with her, she IN tur
proved herself to be a vessel of Il
very first class. She certainly oughttI
have beaten the Aine easily, and, Id
she been as good and as fast as MAJ,
able judges expected her to be, I'll
fear would have been accomplished
But the Livonia, SO far as these 'gre
expectations" are concerned, it must
confessed, is a failure. She has n
had fair trial with a know
good vessel, in as strong and steady
wind as could be desired or obtained
and has met with defeat; still, the d
feat is not such as to utterly condemn
the yacht, and, had any other vess
made such close fight with the Ain
said. be it remembered, to be mu,
improved this year she would ha7
been pronounced one of the be
schooners afoat. But the Livonia ".
heralded upon the seas with such SAD
guine and glowing anticipations TIL
any defeat she might suffer where
was expected to conquer was certain
be looked upon and spoken of as
overwhelming proof of her being u fa
IRE. We are not apologizing for Il
Liyonia, and confess that We have bee
as much deceived by her sailing as an
one. She undoubtedly did better
the day Of her first trial than she La
done since, but probably even ON Tia
day sufficient allowance was not mad
for the reduced canvas the Guineye}
was sailing under. OF course it coul
be seen then that she W.
wanting in speed and sta
bility, and nothing that can be dom
to her by putting lead on her keel
reducing her spars viii give her Il
power she is in need of. 1t can plain
be seen now wherein the mistake lies
An attempt was made by her builder
combine the shallow and beamy type
vessel with the narrow and deep tyFi
of large displacement the resu
proves that the Livonia carries too
tie ballast, OF, IN other words, is
shallow for her beam. Now it has bee
suggested that there are two ways
correcting this defect; she could eth
be Given more beam by " hlpplng'
the water line to increase her stability
or her displacementcOuld bc increase
The latter plan seems to recOmmel
itself the more forcably, as she I'd
doubtedly requires weight to carry
through a seaway, aud by "hlpplne
say one foot-her tonnage would
so enormously increased that
chances of winning cups then Won
be as remote as they are at present.
increasing her displacement she Won
lose great deal of the extreme holl
she has to her floor, and would haVea b,
tom much more suitable to the st
around our coast than the one
would get by increased surface atta
ulbIbIIE, 10y Hills OAtO Ai1A bSNU'-A44
would Of course acquire additional ro
to store ballast, and this extra ball
slowed low would give her the stabll
and power she is at present deficient
We have ventured to offer these opll
IONS on the vessel because We belief
them to he sound ones, and because
general idea prevails that all her defec
arse from her being oyer-sparred.
doubt she is over-sparod rs she 1
present is, and by cutting her stlc1
down she would, almost, as q matter
certainty, be improved for sailing
strong breeze but she has not
inch too much canvass to carry IN Ing
winds and even then she fails Wit
every one expected she would go skll'
ming along faster than any yacht alto
At present she is n puzzle, about
urayelling Of which many opinlo.
have been offered, and we sincere
wish that some one could hit upon
right one.