The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-26

Her Recent Dcfeat-Hcr Dcfec,..

Hcr Recent Dcfeat-Her Defects.
Undoubtedly The match, owing to the absence OF
the Egerla, was less interestng but the dual con-
test between the Aline and Livonia proved sucn
good one, and afforded such thorough test OF the
vessels, that II will ever be regarded as one OF the
best and mos. memorable matches sailed. The Aline
inconestaby determined herself the better vessel;
but, as the Livonia maze such exceed ngly close
match with her, she In turn proved herself to be
resse or the re,v first class. She certainly ought to
have beaten the Ane easily, ana. had she been as
good and fast as many good judges expected her TO
be- that feat would have been accomplished But
the LiyonIa so far as these "great expectatiOnsn
are concerned 1t must be confessed, Is failure.
She has now had fair trial with a known
good vessel, In as strong and steady
wind as could be desired or obtained,
and has met with defeat still, the defeat such
as to utterly condemn the yacht aud, had any other
vessel made such close fight with tie Aline-Said,
he 1t remembered, to be much improved this year
she could haze been pronounced one or me best
SctOOne7'S dfO0t. But the Liv0nla was heraded
upon the seas with such sangune and glowing an
tclpations that any deleat she might sn1er where
she was expected TO conquer was certain 10 De
looked upon aud spoken OF as an overwhelming
proof OF her being failure. We are not apologize
ing for The Livonia and confess that We have been
much deceived by her sailing Is any one. She
undoubtedly did better the day OF ner 1rst trial
than she Aas done since but probably even on that
day sufficient allowance was not made for the re-
duced canvas the GuInevere was sailing under or
course 1t could be seen then that she was wanting
In speed anu stability, and nothing that be done
to her by putting lead on her Keel or reducing her
spars VIII give her the power she Is In need or 1t
can plainly be wherein the mis-
take lies. An attempt was made by her
builder to combine the shallow and beamy type
Of vessel with the narrow and deep type Of large
displacement; the result proves That the Livonia
carries too little ballast. OF, In other words Is too
shallow for her beam. Now 1t has been suggested
that there are two ways OF correcting this defect;
she could either be given more beam py "hlppng''
on the water line 10 Increase her stability, or ner
displacement could be increased. The latter plan
seems to recommend Itself the more fOrcibly she
undoubtedly requires weight to carry her through q
| seaway, and by .hIpping'-say one foot-her ton
| mage would be 80 enormously increased that her
| chances OF winning cups then would be as remote
as they are ut present BY increasing her dsplace-
| ment she would lose great deal OF the extreme
hollow she mas to her floor, and would have a bot
| tom much more suitable to the seas around our
| coast than the one she would get by
| increased surface alter hippfng BY filing
uOnal room 60 stow ballast, and this extra ballast
being slowed low would give her the stability and
power she at present IL deficient In. We have ven-
nred to offer these opinions on the vessel because
we believe them TO be sound ones, ana because q
general idea prevails that all her defects arise from
her being over spared. No doubt she Is over
spared as she at present is and BY cutting her
talnty, be improved Tor sailing In strong breeze;
but she has not inch 100 much canvas to carry in
light winds, and even then she fails when every one
expected she would 60 sKimming along faster than
any yacht a1Oat. At present she Is puzzle ABOUT
the unravelling OF which many opinions have been
Orrered and we sincerely wish that some one could
hut upon the right One.-L0ndon Fed.