Evening journal., 1897-12-24
THOSE SIX YACHTS.
Smart Little Craft for Phila-
delphia Sportsmen.
WILL REVOLUTIONIzE RACING

ARE KNOWN AS KNOCKABOUTl |
YACHTS. AND ALL WILL BE OF
THE SAME DEsIGN-WORK TO
BEGIN SOON.
During the past few years there has
been developed I'm Boston and its vi
cinity a very large class of boats |
known as knockabouts, which combine |
highly satisfactorily cruising qualities |
with great speed and absolute safety |
The Herreshoff one-design 30-foOt spe- |
cial class has also been conspicuously |
successful for the past two years and |
the interest in racing in this class Is |
keener than ever, which tends TO prove
that the "one-design" idea is we'll call |
culated to arouse interest in the sport.
Impressed with the experience in
these classes, several members OF the
Corinthian Yacht Club. of Philadelphia.
to build a One-design class. Several
meetings were held. and committee,
consisting of G. III. Brock, w. Barl1lle
| Henry, r. II. Freeman and A. f. Ban
croft. were appointed to arrange the
necessary details. Several builders
were invited TO submit designs and es-
Inmates, and those OF w. X. Steafns, OF
Marhlehead, Mass, known as the Sea
wanhaka one-design class, was ac-
| cepted. The contract with the Harlan
and Hollingsworth Shipbuilding Com
pany, OF this city for six of these boats
was signed by G. II. Brock, of the COM
mittee, on Wednesday, and work will
be started on them at once, as they are
to be ready for delivery before the
year
The subscribers for the first six
beats are Alfred c. Harrison, w. L. El-
lkins. Jr.. w Barklie Henry, Henry S.
Jeanes. Mrs. Sarah Drexel Fell and
Mrs. Edward Crozier II is likely that
three or four more will be ordered be-
fore the approach of next season. In or
der that the main idea OF encouraging
skin among amateur yachtsmen may
not be lost, and that one owner may
not have any advantage over the other,
the six boats ordered will be drawn by
lot Immediately after they are planked
Then the owners can have them finish
ed TO their liking.
The dimensions are as follows.
Length over all, 33 feet, on load water
Z line. ~ feet. beam, feet inches
; dmught, feet with board, z feet The
I area Of the mainsail and jib contains
. $50 square feet OF canvas The centre
p board is to be a small one OF metal
s below the cabin floor
a The sail plan. $50 square feet, Is high
$ and narrow, 50 that it can be handled
: from the deck. It IS also moderate, Sc
i that, excepting very bad weather, there
n will be no necessity for reehng
The specifications call for boats OF
sound and strong construction, and az
ter they have outliyed their usefulness
as racers they will bring a fair price
for cruising, which Is more than can b.
7 truthfully said Of an outclassed q
X footer. which is usually worthless
The merits of the 2l-foot water lint
n knockabout are universally admitted
n Scores Of yachtsmen who have not We
= sailed these boats, and who have neve
a so much as stepped on their decks
h have expressed their admiration II
warm terms, because a large part o
IL the advantage they offer can readily b.
% discernad from a distance. The com
\ pactness Of the canvas area, the cas-
" with which the sails are handled AM
the activity shown in stays and wear
,e ing can all be detected while the boat
M are calling, and the amount Of cabll
7s and storage room can be fairly wei
Al sized up by a practiced eye at Ion
range.
No class of boats has ever been pro
posed in which the merits are so self
. evident Any yachtsman who has eX
- porienced disappointments in variou
kinds of small craft can see at a glanc
that the points in which his former YES
sci showed weakness or failure are her
remedied. He sailed an open boat an
ID wanted a cabin. Here he gets IT, III
u last cabin boat was shallow and lacke
= head room Here he gets six feet Of /
~ His contre-b board skimming dish cal
.n sized, but this one won't spill him on
III The boat that stopped dead and la
y over and sulked in seaway, refusin
~ to go to windward, is here replaced b
y one that goes at a heavy sea with a
the gamoness of bull-terricr. II
, didn't know what it was TO cruise wit
lu comfort, but now he will have room
walk around and to cook and to sto
his dunnage. with a dry place for !
He didn't like the wettng he got whe
70, walking out on the bOwsprit, but th
! i boat possesses no boVsprit, and all tf
ne work is done inbOard, while his canvi
n goes up and down as easy as fork
he the hands of a hungry man.
tie The class should afford some splel
mt did sport next season, as the Corn
IS THAN Club has determined to fOsb
yo and encourage racing among member
ne Regattas will likely be held on Wedne
90 days and Saturdays throughout q
in season, number Of enthusiasts a
90 ready having pledged themselves f
ck prizes.
New Pianos. from Sc per month,
at Doarborn's, $40 and S22 Market stret