The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-30

stOn but now Of Mr.. Henry Johnson, OF the Man1at-
tan IuD, Is being thoroughly oVerhauied at the loot
Of Thirr -fouit street, South Brooklyn. she Will
have new spars; mast % leet: topmast "a leet gan.
% feet; boom, 81 ieet, and Dowsprt, outboard, 2.
feet. Her rigging Will be OF charcoal wire. she VIII
he sent INTO the water within day or two, and got
ready tine season VITA all practicable haste.
should she prove as good a ooat in the present
hands as formerly, the Mary Anna WIN be hard 10
beat.
The sioop Josephine, Sidney V. Lowell OF the At
antc CLUB, Is increasing the size OF her boom and
gan, aud giving her longer bowsprii. she VIII
carry more canvas than before.
rne enilre beet OF the Brooklyn Club Will have
new private sigma The coming season. The ma
Jority VI the owners have already determined upon
them. and so soon as TINS important matter and the
business OF time allowance Is settled the cluo VIII
issue their new book Tor the use OF members The
officers signals have also been changed and for the
better
OYSTER Bay, is at Poilon's yard, Brooklyn, nein9
fitted with new spars, new cabin cockpit ana shy
present mast being II feet extreme length lopmast
~ feet, gan ~ leei boom IS ee and Dowsprit, out
board ~ ieet. she VIII also nave new salls,
Her cabin Will be reftted ana III hardwood. 10 IS 10
be noped that Mr.. swan VIII have better luck WIN
his present sails than with those OF last season.
sawyer made him new suit at mat time, and ten
DAYS after delivering them an audaclous robber
swo0ped down on the yacni, aud cleaned her spars
Of the canvas and sailed awdv, leaving Mr.. swan
disconsolate.
A sweepstakes race for all twenty -eight feet boats
has been determined upon and viii be sailed under
the auspices OF the Brooklyn Yacht Club. Tue en-
trance Is fixed $780, the second yacht ~ the home
staEeooat TO save that amount. THIS will prove
notable feature OF tile season, and has been
sci down for the lotn Of July. the
course being from bay Ridge L. l., around
the southwest Spit and return, Already there Is
quite an eXcitemenI among the owners OF small
yachts IN anticipation OF the event. the following
having sigmiied their intention OF being at the
starting point the day named:-Yacnts Bella. Nicho-
las Duryee owner, Jeanette, william Taylor: VIII
(, liam I. Lee mew) Chauncey NJ. Felt; MARY, Jersey
CITY Yacht Club; the new boat building on the North
rive river sr Mr. Kirby and the new Bridgeport Yacht
swell the list can ascertain iu particulars by appli
cat'on 10 Mr. :. M sawyer, wall street. measurer oil
| the Brooklyn Yacnt CiuD.
! The new sloop Maggie b. is progressing favorably
AZ bridgeport undcr The supervision OF her owner,
Mr. Henry Bishop she Is iorty-1ve feet IN length
deck, and her spars Of the following dlmenslons:-
Mast a leet; topmast, 20 feet gan, feet; BOOM IS
feet; the loot oil her JD Is 81 feet she Will be in the
first regatta OF the Atlantic club.
The sloop West Wind, Mr. John W. Rich, OF the
HERALD Will be launched III about two weeks.
Her frames are shut IN ana her cabin being worked
upon. Her spars VIII be ready to put III place In
ten days.
EX-Commandcr Lyman's new sloop, building at
McGarrlcks yard IN Brooklyn. is being planked.
She IS forty-elghC feet on deck.
Mr.. John kellnm Is having built at Babylon,
Il. l., sloop flity-two feet IN length on deck she
will De OF the best materials ana her spars OF the
following dmensloils:-Mast, SO feet; l0pnlast, -
feet; boom. As ieet; gan. % feet.
the Harlem Yacht club will nave an exciting sea-
son. During the month OF May they VIII have
sweepstakes race from The Brothers to Throgg's
Point buoy ana return.
The Manhattan Yacht Club will be compelled to
leave Inc foot OF NinetysecOnd street, East river
their basin has been shut In by line Of new docks.
They have not settled upon new grounds as yet
The Hoboken Club IL giving, at stated intervals,
savory chowders at their new club house, Totem
vile, Staten Island, to appreclative crowds OF bro
The sloops Addie V. and Peerless VIII have pr-
yate trial OF speed from Bay Ridge, L. l., to the Light
snip Oh Sandy HOOK ana RETURN In a few days.
The yacht Frank Z. Barker was launched from the
yard OF Jackson u Matthews, Greenport, on We'd
feet hold and "a tons burden.
Since the sale OF the Club House Of the New York
spirited offer has been made to the club by ex-Mayor
q. Godfrey Gunther. This gentleman, though not
Interest n acnr amd has oere or me Wss OF
Its members. his mansion Ut Bath, on the water
side, with furniture and appointments complete, and
free. We do not know the sentiment OF the yacht
men on this proposals. but 1t Is very gratifying as
evidence or the widespread interest nautical
a1slrs taken by our best citizens.
Reply to the Ex-Nlensurer Of the Atlantis
Club.
NEW YORK, April rs, 1871.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
The HERALD OF the 10th instant contained letter
from Tex Measurer OF the Atlantic Yacht Club''
on the subject or time allowances for yachts. The
letter truly states that the subject great interest
at the present time and until some better method
adopted for regulating sail and time allowances the
result Of yacht races, in scientific sense cannot
satisfactory Where, In the neighborhood OF N ew
York, the races are commonly sailed light
weather, there is great TEN pttion to the pOssessor
of q crank, nne-ended boat to pack 10 her an
amount Of that does not relatively belong
her, and she may win race through the NEE
accident of weather when she would he far astern
OF Others If she mad sail only in proportion to her
stability.
The difficulty seems to be to decide on some
simple basis on which TO determine the amount OF
sail that vessel is entitled to; then to charge her
A n ma n
excess.
The metho Il named by your correspondent is
simple enough. 1t is to base the allowance on the
area Of In idship section immersed; bat as to It's
to measure q mans height 10 find the size Of his
boots II man owning a fulended boat should
der her incapable OF carrying as mucn canvas and
would require less; but with the same ballast he
would inmerse larger section, aud by the rule
suggested be entitled 10 more sail think the pro-
posa to leave length out OF consideration IL that
would not De tolerated In any club.
IL l. true that Increase OF friction accompanies In
crease OF length but that In smooth-bottomed
yacht 1t counter balances the advantage Of increased
length Is c0ntradcted by scientific experiment
ami common experience; hence the CONTINUOUS
lengtnening OF steamers, particularly tho Atlantic
steamers though In their case friction Is manIfesty
a much greater consideration and the advantage Of
length less on account OF the extreme 10 which 1t
carried.
regulate the allowance OF sail to yachts must per-
maps necessarily be imperfect; but see little OBJ
JcCtioH IuAkihS luc NdnCc vi BAH uopcuu uPoi
the area of the immersed section calculated In three
or five places and averaged, though, perhaps, the
formula would be more perfect II combined with
the average beam, Us think J will be allowed by
all who have gwen the subject attention that sta
blty especially IN smooth water follows more
closely Increase OF beam than II does increase OF
area OF section. would suggest that value should
be put upon square yard Of sail and excess charged
accordingly.
As the resistance to the separation OF particles OF
water with the velocity, some authorities
stating the rule to az the square Of velocity, IL
follows that a long vessel with the same average
area OF immersed cross sections as shorter one |
may be moving through the water ut faster rate I
and yet communicating only the same rate OF mo- |
ton to the water Itself the slower vessei-n |
other words, only encountering the
This advantage she should allow for, and think |
that value should be placed upon each foot IN |
length and excess charged for In races rs Is done
now IN many clubs; out as o foot In length |
square yard OF sail have relative value and not