The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-06-07
ITO SEAM TUB,
The Craft that is to Carry q Man
and Wife tO ENGLAND.

The boat in which Captain aud Mrs.
Thomas Crapo are to sail for England
was officially measured yesterday by
Captain Orrick Smalley, United
States Admeasurer, who reports her
dimensions as follows; Length, 1855
feet; breadth, GA; depth, 3l6; tom
mage, l.62 tons. The length of keel il
l3 feet center-hoard, feet 6 inches,
and foot 9 inches wide. She is
built something after the whaleboat
model but shorter, broader, deeper
and with more sheer, and her draught
of water will be about l3 inches with
center-boari up. Her foremast is IS
feet from the deck; mainmast, Il
feet The principal sails are Of leg-of-
mutton pattern, the foresail hoisting
l5 feet and mainsail l3 feet, each be-
ing about 8 feet on the foot. The
forcsal is without boom. She is
having Il squaresail and staysail
made for light winds, to hoist from
the deck, the former containing about
fifteen yards and the latter eighteen
yards Of canvas. She carries an
American ensign at the main and
burgee with her name at the fore,
and is provided with an anchor, oars,
pump and other usual craft.
The boat is tainted white with
green bottom. The gunwhalc Is yell
low ocher, and under it Is blue
streak six inches wide amidships, and
tapering to five inches forward and
three and "A half inches aft. Her
name is painted on this streak on
each quarter, in white letters two
and half inches high, with ocher
shading. the New Bedford Is to be
launched at 9 o'clock morrow, and
before sailing on her ocean voyage
will make one or more trial trips i'm
Buzzard's Bay. While in port she
will lie at the west side OF Fish Island,
below the bridge. Most of her pro-
visions will be canned goods, and she
will be provided with little petrole-
um stove. Most of the weight on
board will be her store of fresh water,
about $50 gallons in six kegs. which
will be slowed fore-and-aft, three on
each side. Her provisions and water will
weigh about 800 pounds. The Ncm
Bedtord is a shorter boat than has ev-
er crossed the Atlantic, but Captain
Crapo thinks she is superior as sea-
boat to the little craft that made the
voyage last year.
The Ne,C BEDFORD has no bulwarks,
but will be rugged with life-lines in
stead, and Captain Crapo does
not expect much water will
come over the deck. The hatch
es will be arranged in two parts with
hinges and most of the time the for
ward half of each will be closed. The
steersmen will sit in the after hatch
way, and will he provided with
canvas boot to fasten around the
body in rough weather. Any time
when the sea is too high for conven-
lent running the boat will lie-to with
a drag. The Nery Bedford will sail
from Rotch's wharf for her long cruise
at II O'Clock on Monday next. Bid
ding adieu to Chatham lights, the
brave and fair voyagers will take
direct east course to pass south of the
banks, and then shape their course for
latitude 45, longitude 80, whence they
will steer for the English Channel.
The boat will carry charts, a compass
and quadrant. Captain Crapo will
keep his longitude by dead reckoning.
verifying it by any vessel passing.
and most of the way will be directly
i'm the track of the ocean steamers. He
will call first at Falmouth in Corn
wall, and expects to arrive there in
forty days from the time of sailing, or
about July 7th. Thence he will pro-
ceed to London and afterward to
Havre. On his return he will bring
the boat On board larger vessel
Captain Crapo has been picking up
some money at Fish Island by the
exhibition of his boat and the sale o,
/ h1sO9raDhs Two ladioa IN E,1nra.,