The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-08

cruising boat Is Cariad- In form she Ger
tainly represents the most modern ideas
Although an exceptional sea boat, CariaC
has not proved herself the superior OF
the racing boats, either in a gale of wind
or in heavy seas.
In this country we have built great
many small and moderate sized boats for
cruising solely. Their particular charac-
teristics have been room; and that room
has generally been obtained by excessive
beam. I saw an ideal cruiser last sum-
mer. She very wide and had full
bilge, giving plenty of cabin space, very
high sides, short ends, short boWsprlt'
boom slightly over the stern, and an ex-
tremely high rig. She had a Boston cock
pit, by which / mean a cockpit, the floor
! of which is very low in the boat. We
walked directly from the cockpit into the
cabin. The back of the cockpit Is very
/ high. This is particularly well adapted
for ladies when the boat is at anchor.
! When the boat is sailing, the top OF the
shoulders are at the upper edge of the
cockpit, and unless the seat is "a inches
wide. or more, the end of the spine just
comes into contact with the edge of the
seat if one wishes to sit upright to wind
ward.
The unfortunate person who Is steer
ing the boat cannot see anything, either
to leeward or to windward, and must
have some one sitting on the top of the
he is going.
This boat. as said is the ideal cruis
err. 1 asked the captain how she sailed;
he told me he was out once during the
previous summer, and he said he intend
ed to go out again this summer if he had
to take a tug to bring him back.
We have, however, quite a number of
boats that have been built for cruising.
that represent a very wholesome type.
Among them is the yawl Mr.. Hyslop
built for himself last summer. This boat
represents easy form, moderate rig, mod
crate dimensions: and while not possess
ing the accommodations of many of our
so-called cruising boats, she is thorough
ly capable of going anywhere, wind or
weather, without excessive work, and
she does not require large crew.
Albicore is another of similar type,
a production of William Fife, Jr., which
possesses all of the qualities of the
above mentioned boat. She is fast, COM
Portable and handy, and is one of the
most desirable types of boat that has
been built.
For our requirements in this country
we need large sail plans 1t seems to me
much better to devote time and money
to the details of blocks and rigging and
obtain ease of handling in this way rath-
er than by reducing the sails The best
cruiser in the majority of cases is the
one that makes her days run and gets in
before the wind dies down while the 9TH ,
er spends the night on the Sound.
1t is very much easier to adapt a cruis- T,
ing boat to man, than it is to adapt a
man to a boat. We have every type OF
from the man at Shelter ISL /,
and, who likes to keep his boat at an ,
Choir, so that he will at all times know
where she is, to the man that wants the !
fastest boat that can be produced, and
who, although he never sails a race,
Mt he hest nj TippiuO |
and who loves sailing out of pure love ,
Of the sport and whose enjoyment Is in :
seeing his boat move
There is no doubt that it is very bene- ,
fetal to health to get out on the water
and spend the night, no matter what .
sleep comfortably. AS one of our pro-
sressive producers advertises: Yachting
makes man hungry, and after all, that
S what it is for.
But there is a much higher aim to
hose who care to seek it. To race a
'acht perfectly is something that no one
las ever accomplished, and never will.
You can go through life and continually
icquire knowledge, but you never can
make a perfect Sailor. The man who
owes yachting for the sport, who loves
he art of sailing, and who desires to be
Proficient in it, is the man who derives
he greatest benefit, mental and physical.
At the present time We have a very de-
ided agitation over measurement rules,
nd we are going to legislate. We can
OF legislate TO produce a type of boat
hat will be a success in racing, and at
he same time viii fill all the require
lents desired of cruising boat at the
resent day. The best We can do is to ,
evelop a type of boat that, while safe,
ill be conducive to the development OF
ne art of sailing, and which VIII at the ,
anne time give the designers an Oppor-
unity to develop the highest speed quail
les, so that we viii not be forced to de-
Ote energies to the creation of a
,pe that will lose for US the prestige 4
e now enjoy.