New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-24
FACHTS AND YACHTING.
A CHAT WITH LIEUTENANT HEM.
cENrRE-BoARDs AND CUTTERS coMpAREp-ruE
COMING RACES.

COMING RACES.
BOSTON, Sept. 23.-Lieutenant HEM. of the
Iaata In an interview with Globe reporter speaking
OF the coming race between the Gaatea and Maydower
says:
Ihis Is to be O private match bet ween General Paine
and myself for our satisfaction. Hc IL anxious
10 race as AM. and We Goth to have try In q
breeze just to the boats will act together in
tnat weather. perfectly satisfied that have no
char &c sththe Mayh0wer In any hich she
carry her topsail and what can dc with
her when We come down TO TIE three lower sails may
say. that did not have much hope OF beating the May
flower in lis hit weather. and little reflection III show
you Why the Maynower carries 5000 OF canvass
my 1000 The Mayfower has only ITO displace
ment while the Galatea dDlaces 154 consequent
ly have only seven ninths the power ana have TO
displace one and half times much she does
So It stands 10 that cannot oeat her light
weather. am perfectly convinced Iof that But what
want to see is what she will do In breeze. think
that the Mayfower Will have to shorten sail before the
GAlatea does. and that carry working topsail
when she viii have 10 come down to her three lower
sails. In that case, will be equality
regards driving power II cannot win then cannot
win at all That is why wanted to race TO Bermuda
Your sloops fine vessels and undoubtedly able
boats when properly rugged. but do not think that
they carry their enormous spread OF canvas In
ocean cruising think that they would shorten
their spars They would then be very able vessc aud
i should be carrying the same canvas they"
Don't you think you will hare to build board
to get the cupi" the Lieutenant asked
Where would be the use he replied. She would
be Of at all Englshman except for the one
race People here don't generally know that there are
no cenueboard yachts in the races IN England In
France They don't build them there, unless 1t
might be small ones-catboats and tt like"
Do you think that the centre board will gain In favor
in England after these racesp
cup'fso
lot from in the last few years II one OF our crack
cutters had come hero quietly year before the
Genssta came she could have taken the cup without a
DOUBT But there a years delay, while the matter
being talked and before the came you
had built the Puritan. You IDEAS rig aud
method OF baastng and I hope to have gotten some
good ideas from your yachts. II had known that the
Genesta would challenge for the cup, PROBABLY the
Gaatea would never have built should not have
built beat much like che Ctenesta for the Same
purpose. II were building now, should make Ter
two feet and six inches wider than the Gaatea- am
glad to Mr.. Bell has challenged for the cup.
Mr. Bell Is friend OF mine and hue yachtsman De
Is "a firm believer In Watson, and Watson will probably
design the boat. shall watch her perform With
great deal OF interest"
Lieutenant Hem asked what be thought of the
English yachts az compared with the American, in a
Well. frankly, | prefer ships" he said. You
try 10 coWbine so many advantages First OF all
yacht must be absolutely unc apszsble Hardly day
has passed since have been here taat yachts have
not capsiZei. You never hear that England, you
know. No one would step aboard boat unless DE was
perfectly she would not cspsze. Then we try to
make tneiT accom-. odatiOns good as can. The
Gaatea is not wide "a the Mayhowsr, but she much
deeper We have cubieal contents between decks
is the cutters heel much. but I
do not the Gaiatea heels AS much as the May
With speed AID we have succeeded toera1y We'll II
rule did not tax beam 80 much, should Ike 20 bull
wider cutter anu then sne would be almost perfect,
my mind have fought against this rule al along.
There Is in building wide cutter IN England
for she would he BADLY beaten BY tue allow
have hope OF change In this mattel and then
shall build better ships. The Americans have made
at progress the past few years. and the Puritan
aud May 10 yer are fine But they only the
beginning of type and the next That you build will
keel yachts that will beat BEFORE long.
There is one thing that should .ike, continued
come across and sail against some OF our yachts. Cen
not allowed II regatas by our rules but
CUPS winch are sailed Tor without tine allowance and
have nc doubt that she would get plenty Of chances
over there and the English yachtsmen would 90 all In
their power TO maze their trip pleasant one
returnT -, .-
You know Mrs Hem and myself 1--we aboard our yacht
II does not matter much where we are nut snaI
certainly not In England There Is certainty no
and one has TO after every little point 20 win tue
races Then there so many OF them The racing
season begins the hst OF June ends about the
2sth OF August The all laid before hand
IN these three mouths there are about forty races
which all racing yachts ale expected to attend Forty
races ninety days, Is rather too much yon Know
OF the the yacnts have 10 sail some
nothing but work all the time The owners are never
aboard, but take the train from one port to another
Then you have ship a racing and they complain
II you miss they think they lose chance Tor
much OF business and few yachts race nowad ays |
Tho Ire1 and Marjorie are about the only ones. and
they have done about equally well this yeas The Mar
ors La, nineteen prizes and the lreI twenty II
remember rightly