Telegram-herald., 1889-04-16

years have beea The eaiet reason for this Is
Ehss sTrrsnle remoteness q any international
couEest N nots taxing place -Ais year. and tho
yacntsmeu ara therefore degotns their ener-
gils o. sub jects at home For the past four
ses.soas uD ~ last year there bas oeen a
gr-ar International yacnt race FOR the Ameri-
ca cup These races have - occupied the
Yachting fraternity that the fostering Il a
parely recreatIFs type u boat has not had the
srgentioa winch ir . receiving this year
lie competitive boats 30 these interna-
roual races have been sloofs Il what are
called the eigary We AMI ninety foot classes
They have 0een bulk especially for racing,
aad .rs t0o large tor pastime for they re-
quirs 50 many men % handle them prop
erly \ schooner q that size Is more easily
handed than 4 sloop, Tor the tremendous
main sal alone o., the latter takes a whole
crew % manage. and other features Of these
boats are equally expensive II can be readily
seen that % man wishes a boat OF this kind
for mers pleasure purposes. and II a boat over
nfty or sixty feet long Is wanted for cruising.
the majority vii 30 sch0ouers
rnE SMALLER TYPE OF YACHT
number OK Ooats made their appearance
last year ttat are known now as forty foot
ersn Others are on the stocks and by the
son there vii 10 quite a feet of these handy
yachta They are Of a size which Is consid-
cred best Tor al around purposes, and their
popularity IS tho result q actual cruising
and racing IN place of mere cheapness, as
niig ght % at drst supposed when compared
With the new boats OF two or three years
hack
There ara In all eleven Of these forty foot
= s-l ,,I -frL
the nine that competed last year feet OF
twenty vii % in service this season The
most notable or last years forty footers are
TIE Kara BaDoOn. Chiqgita, Nymph.
Fapoose. Nandal and Alsa
The COMPROMISE TYPE
Many Of tho now forty footers arc Of the
COMPROMISE type. With keel Some are
fitted with ccnterboards which, however
rarely rise above the floor. the additional
depth og the boat doing away with the neccs-
sitY FOR the deep board required on the old
shallow type Of craft The average draught
Of these forty footers IS nine feet, and though
not 80 wide as the ordinary centerboard
sioop. their beam Is propOrtlonately greater
even than that 81 the Thistle. which was the
widest boat Of Der class that ever visited US
from English shores To Edward burgess
credit u generally given for the Introduction
OF this class and bis boats in this class com
pared with the typical English cutter are
much wider than the .ltter arc OF the same
draught For instance the BabOCl with
drau-bt - uino feet - thirteen feet beam,
while tho Minerva. celebrated forty foot
cutter now IN America. has 4 beam OF only
about i-hr or nine feet. Tho Minerva Is a
fine type II the English model She was
built by Fifo ca the Clyde and ~ill take part
u fle American rcgat;as this season.
The Eng. .ish boat. az tnl, claS, arc conpre-
h-a,i vely described A. racin- machines. FOR
th~y Ar f1r the most nart devoted whoIly %
sp~-,i and have uo lecs furniture. wLae
their below deck Grco-lMotlar4o-lS, though
they have large depth n hold. are small on
account cf f1e rlrrow beam. Even with
tn, sacrifice of comfort and space Tor snced
it il set 90 - proven that thcy are faster
tnsn or as fast a.. the American type. for
the -reater beam os tho aCter allows large
sail area Most Of tne new American forty
foor-rs urs built visl au,h decSs and can be
sngt up and driven through heavy weather
WITH tle advantage ~ having comfortable
accommodatioas below
raE QUESTION: OF EXPENSE.
A factor ~ tle popularity 81 these boats
over The class which mciaies the big single
stieScrs FUR tan. Mayeower and Volunteer
is shat whereas fhe Volunteer. for instance
c,st about SUoo0 and entailod correspond
inz y gres- running expenses. rae new forty
f0orers arc costing en an average s9.po. aud
can ae handled ~ flroe or four men, inc nd
i1- tne owner Gen Paine sailed tne Vol
uufeer with about ten men before the mast.
bat In race the number vas doubled
Take them for al purposes. the forty footers
ara the proper SIZE Tor amateurs To become
naur al eNpcrts
Th> Sea vanhaka-C0ri THAN club offers n
rpecial prize for this clsss nc - annual re-
gatts ths yesr on June i5 and ~, over the
reSllnr Nev York Yacht club c0urse. So
many owners sisnided their intention of en-