New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-31
A PURITAN BELLIES THE NAME.
OUT THROUGH THE NARRows YESTERDAY.
THE GENEsTA STAYS AT ANCHOR" SCIENCE
PRAISES THE YANKEE sLooP.

THE GENEsTA STAYS AT ANCHOR" SCIENCE
PRAISES THE YANKEE sLooP.
The Yankee sloop Puritan hoisted her sails
at ESQ D. NJ. yesterday and glded down through the
Narrows The bay was as calm "a milponu ana
light breeze was blowing from the southeast. The
Puritan had up her mainsa staysa b and cluotop
sail Soon passing through the Narrows she hosted
small lib topsai strong ebb tide was running and
the Puritan towering among the small yachts which
laziy gliding the bay made long reach down
to tho westward OF the southwest spit At $3.50 she
came about started sheets and bore away for Buoy NO.
49, just outside the Narrows She took In her small jb
topsail aud had TO make her way in the extremely
light wind against strong ebb tide. Nevertheless, at
SOS O'Clock she was opposite Buoy No. 10 and at
o'clock she dropped anchor of Tompkinsvile. There
was some criticism made that Yankee yacht, bearing
tho Of Puritan, should 20 out sailing on sunday
while the Genesta refused to hoist sails 1t was sad
however that the trip to enable the saimakerswho
unable TO get away from their business on
other days, TO judge Of the set Of her sails Inc
yacht has received from Boston Jb topsall and
will 20 out day In company with the Priscilla.
The slopes Of Fort Wadsworth we're thronged with
people yesterday all gazing at the Yankee yacht Iee
scopes and field glasses followed her rs she
glided over the bay, and every one pronounced
her the most beautiful and fcetest OF yachts. The
people were OF all sorts and conditions There we're
ladies reclining gracefully in carriages groups OF lively
girls watched by stern chaperons excursion parties
from the city longshoremen farmers with their wives
and numerous progeny officers Of the post gitterng In
uniform and soldiers who walked as II they had swal-
lowed the ranrods OF their guns The Puritan had Just
dropped anchor of Tompklnsvie, when the ferryboat
Middleton crowded with people. went by "Three
cheers for the Yankee :" some ono shouted, and the
crowd gave three ringing for the Boston beauty
II is expected that the Genesa, Pur-
tan and Priscilla will all throe DO out
to-day II the weather is fine The Priscilla will not DO
put out OF commission until after the international
races
Science, OF August %, says:
Tho yacht Puritan which has just raced so success;
fully with the New-York sloop Priscilla was designed
by Edward Burgess, Of Boston. with view 70 combine
he weathetiipes. Of the English cutter.
Inc race 70. the Goelet cup a. a.
lasi. n Successful compromise Puritan measures 80
deck the fore side OF stern 10 the AT side Of
inches; draught, feet, inchesi d-p acemont. 100
gross tons The lead keel weighs 20 tons aud 20 tons
of lead are so oil inside four i've tons OF which are
run into the jafboards. Tho centrc-bOard IL Il
feet long and 10 feet Csep The sparimoasuremens are
gan AZ feet; Dowsput (outbonrd. IS feet lower sail
MANY Yachting critics predicted that tho Puritan
would not carry her sail that her lead KEEL combined
with much BEAM would make her very uneasy IN q
would be slow Her record go far has however. been
entirely satisfactory. In the Newport race, while the
fastest cutter yet built ia Bedouin-punged
into every sea- finally losing her bOwsprt Puritan never
put her bowsprt under and beat the cutter one hour IN
the twenty. miles thrash TO windwnrd.
Purtans undoubtedly avery fast craft.
and with her reduced she may yotprOVeh troublesome
Antagonist. with her five feet extra length The success
OF both boats which a new book tho Americas Cup
calls "oxperimcnts points 20 brave aeienoo OF tne
onP aaa hold az , SS sISa nope '"A' "' '
The midship section Of Puritan, given herewith rcfer
ring to diagram, IL published for me frs time Her
longitudinal section shows rather deep forofoot with
rocker keel aud rakng sienpo Bolh fore ana after
bodies unusually 1he. The load waierline shows
about five Inches hollow.