The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-12-02
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indebted to the S.F. Alta Of Nov. %
for the following description of the
trim yacht that sailed from the Sound
& fortnight since: The new yacht Ag.
gle. % tons burthen, built for Mac
donough. Esq. by the Hall Brothers,
at Port Ludlow. arrived in our harbor
lat. on Sunday evening. On near APP
proach to the vessel the eye meets nice.
easy lines, and hns ends. and the
smooth aud finished sides show the
work Of good mechanics. There are
DO ssarss there that can be crswied
into. On deck 10 found plenty OF room.
both on the main deck aud top OF
house. and her standing room of cock
pit will accommodate comfortably rs
OF 80 people. The decks. of Puget
fir, and stanchions-b OF prima vera
wood. and elects Of ironwood. make q
beautiful finish. and. as u whole. one
fails to see any imperfections. Below
Is large and comfortable cabin, 10
feet long aud IA feet wide. with plenty
OF head room. Ii is painted in white
and CLOSED, aud decorated In gold, and
being well-lit by a large skyIight over
head and side lights, will afford much
comfort aud pleasure to the guests. On
the port side. forward of the cabin, is,
first. tine stateroom, with closet ad =
joining. and further on q large family
stateroom about l2 feet wide. A sky
light gives light and air to this On
the cardboard side 10 o stateroom. with
closet. and further forward the galley,
opposite which, on the port side, is u
large pantry. while forward. in the
eyes. are the accom- modat,ons Of the
crew. II is safe to say that the owner
will be we'll pleased. aud We sincerely
hope he will spend many happy days
in her. She is named sitter Mr. Mac
donough's daughter Aggis. who may
well DO proud of her snamesaks. The
dimensions of the vessel are ss follows:
Seventy feet long on thu w,uer lice
aud 70 feet over all; 20 ,est beam, u
feet 3 inches depth of hold, and her
draft ID 8 feet 3 inches. Her ballast.
of which sho bus 25 tons, Is pig lead,
moulded and fitted to the vessel. aud
some iron. Her spar draft is as follows:
Mainmast. 10 feet; foremost. 60 feet;
tcpmasts. q feet; mainboom. 81 feet,
aud gaffs. 20 feet IL length. She
spreads In her four sails (msinsail,
foresail and two jibs,) $3.50 feet of can
vas. Der ceutreooaId is OF iron, IS
feet loug. The vessel 10 copper fasten-
ed. aud her iron work is all galvanized.
Her spars are fine sticks Ia ,eriug beau
ufully, which gives Der very lofty
appearance. Her blocks are all of tue
tue latest improved patents known as
yacht blocks, imported expressly from
the East. and as an evidence that there
is some go in her. Capt Scbnauer, who
broughtiher down. states that he left
the Sound on Sunday, 14th inst, aud
was off Mendocino on Thursday. 18th,
and on several occasions during that
time got twelve knots out of her quite
easily. He also states that on Wednes-
day, during heavy blow. when he
brought her down 10 double reefs, she
behaved admirably. She is q decided
improvement in Pacific coast yacht
building, aud has the merit of being
original. Tnis il the second of the
Halls fine lined vessels now In our port.
aud there is but little doubt tina. others
will soon be heard from.