The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-28
HINTS FOR
YACHTSMEN

TIM. interest in yachting has been so
great that there are now hardly a dozen
r=ss-- out of commission in New York
..-a0- Everywhere we hear yacht talk
s-a he buyer IS somewhat led to be-
that all yachts must be of consider
.H. value after listening to what some
ra... have to say in regard to their
Z. might not be too much to say that
Usual asking price of a boat is about
BON $50 to three times as much as will
L. accepted. Yachts are not all solid
/. l as the seller viii sometimes insinu-
.- The prospective buyer should sell
.- hurry his purchase, but, taking
a. go through the vessel and satisfy
uz-s Just how much he will give for
70 the first place vessel built of wood
- is over twenty years of age had best
E.. be- considered at any price. After a
a, has been built so long as that she
not strong. There may be much good
r5I in her, and there will be many
- who viii insist that she is as sound
he day she was built Do not touch
+ On he other hand there are many
s y vessels so poorly built of bad ma
as. csrelessly put together, that there
q ianger in having anything to do with
M They win be as apt to open as
ODD tub and can never be trusted
. A vessel that is to be a source of
3 ssure and health should be strongly
Z. OF good material This point can
3 settled by examining her and observ-
s- the class of work done in her inter
- IF her hanging knees are wei bolt
and are Of good hackmatack or live
s her deck beams sufficiently heavy
l sound her deck planking of good
te pine without soft spots or discolor-
5 on at the bolts. it will be fair to pre-
mo her bottom and timb,rs are in keep
with the rest of her and an examina-
3 can be made.
s. Her J.mbers should not be too light if
Z is meant to carry sail. They should
rather heavy and not spaced too far
art and they may be tested by boring
] .o one or two with a small auger both
+ owe and below the waterline.
Should the tool bring forth punk in
FAD Of chips no further trouble need
= c5used the owner unless he will part
g..h the ship for very little money. The
fg.hsr of a vessel will generally start to
Ffg ither on the quarters or about the
- rigging although there is no place
rot win not occur If the wood Is not
s so1ed properly and not sailed per
y in the ships.
Glow the waterline the wood often be
res rather soft. but not necessarily
ten. II it stu has a grain in It II
# he well to hope for something better
M t-y another timber. If however, the
81 Der is black and soft and the chips
IN the anger spongy, let the owner
IS sc the ceiling plank back in its place
81 tell him he has a vessel you would
TO possess-tor nothing.
Tie bottoms of oak planked vessels
1ranks often burn" black and soft
The inside TO a considerable depth
Re on the outside exposed to the sea
are az firm as when new. Don't
a vessel that has burned" too deep
81 tile wiz not hurt her much, but me
pes there is nothing but a shell be
cen the devil mean the owner-and
deep sea
he stern frames do not go quickly on
- vessels. They will often be as
as new, therefore a short examina-
1 viii suffice and it viii not be neces-
,= for the seller to knock a hole in
except when a plank is soft.
A soft plank is not necessarily enough
"A condemn a ship. Few vessels a dozen
Yrs of age can boast Of being clear OF
n m. for where they can be cut out
another sound one boIted in place
good timber the vessel suffers
by the operation.
mast can only be guessed at with
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