The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-11
FOREIGN YACHTING NOTES.
From the London Field.1


The following bits Of gossip are from visit to
COwes In the Misunderstanding a little farther on
we come upon sAxty.:onner, building for Mr.. Ash
bury, VINO at present is pretty deep IN yachts. In
some respects she Is like the renowned Vanguard,
which for all time has made the reputation OF
Ratsey yet altogether she Is very different She has
three and half inches less beam, and Is longer.
Her dimensions are:-Lengtn on deck for tonnage,
60 feet; breadth, IA feet inches draught aft, 10
feet sinches; forward, feet, inch. She IS partly
pianked up, and is having lead run into her, ana
has lead keel by her side ready to 60 on She has
greater dead rise than the Vanguard and conse-
quently her displacement will be greater. Her bow
TO the eye looks perfection, and her runs appear
even more easy, or, in TACT, more beautiful
than those OF the Vanguard. ner less
beam will DO more than compensated for
by her greater displacement and dead rise
admitting Of a greater quantity OF ballast to be
slowed lower. Her area OF canvas will, cOnse-
Quently he little larger than that Of the Vanguard
and viii he as f0llows:-Mainsa, 900 square ieet
the areas OF tie vanguard's three working lower
sails are respectively l924 feet, 494 feet and 576
feet There IL thus an EXCESS OF ITO feet in the total
The one now building has two feet more hoist than
the Vanguard-or the same as that vessel originally
had-s0 either her boom or gaf must be snorter
than That vessels. Her sails are being made by
Mr.. Charles Ratsey and, judging from the manner
yachtsmen admitted were iaultless she Will be per.
feet in this respect. Whether she Will be as good
yet to be solved. we anticipate that sue will be
quite so good but at least she should beat that ex
ceedinsy successful cutter In whole lower sail
breeze
SAILS AND BowsPRITs.
BY the way, the Llvonia has 'let, her sails IN
New York, and 1t seems tDat they will not be able
toleave that port When she arrived there she Of
course REQUIRED new oowsprit, and new red
OF pitch pine, and thing came down nearly
as heavy as lockwood. Such a stick as this
would not suit the Livona, ana her captain very
properly refused to take 1t on BOARD, and obtained
one elsewhere. Upon leaving New DIRK he found 1t
necessary TO leave the racing sails behind, as the
sooner cleared than the maker OF the pitch pine
bowsprt put an attachment on the sails anu threat.
Inc Yankee Is much sharper than the Englishman.
All the sails that Ratsey IS now engaged upon, ex.
ceptng those for the Lyonia, will be Of fax
to exist against cotton, and MI Q Ratsey
says, among other complaints he has received
too fiat This Is about the most astounding obJec-
ton that could be made against them. Why, sail
carrying It be on wind. OF the wind, or dead be-
fore It. The sails may be made OF canvas little too
stoutas some OF the cotton sails carried last year
were-and thus perhaps In very light winds the
sails would not remain steady al their proper ON.
giles, but fall ABOARD OF their own weight; but that
opinion that there ought TO be no doubt as to the
merits OF the two materials but his reasons were
principally ones which would be only known to the
sailmaker; and, from what he pointed out to us.
there can be no question that o cotton sail, with
equal wear aud stralnlng, would remain In shape
OF max, and for that reason viii remain naiter
under heavy pressure OF wind, and. II not made
OF too weiglty number, IL seems that everything
Is In favor OF cotton. 1t Is never certain how muc
FAX sail Is gong 10 stretch, or what It's shape viii
be when stretched; but, as cotton sail stretches
vessel the fault must rest with the person who
planned and cut It, and not the one who stretched 1t