Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-06-29

Boston, June 28.--An expert mas iig.
ured out that Americans nave more
than $f3,000,000 invested In yachts
that Ss,0O0,000 are spent every year
for pleasure yachting, and that II all
the yachts, large and small were
moored bow to stern in the HUDSON
river, beginning at the battery at the
lower enl of Manhattan island, they
would form line, giving them lee,
way that would reach TO Albany, max
ing II 15h miles long from end to end
For the most part the boats taken IN"
to account In these calculations are
pleasure craft as distinguished from
racers. Some Of them measure up
with goodsized ocean liners, nave
DOW erful engines to move them, ana
arc manned by large crews. Others
are little moro than row boats with
mast stuck in the thwart, finding Two
10 be company and three an uncom
Portable crowd Besides these there
are the racing machines, with their
masses Of high.lifted canvas and their
slender but rigid hulls.
The accounts that come from across
the water Of Sir Thomas Ltpton's pre-
parallons for again contrasting the In
ternational yacht trophy have started
afresh the discussion AZ to whether,
after all competitions between racing
machines which could hardly be
called boats except that they float and
are propelled by sails are really
worth while In the new rules OF the
New York Yacht club, final decision
on which Sir Thomas mus. await be
fore the exact form Of HIS challenge
can be framed, there Is strong indica.
ton OF desire to make yacht racing
more truly sport and less wholly
game.
The freaks" sometimes turned out
for racing purposes are, of course, eX-
ceptlons. The man who designs them
need not be 40 much naval architect
as a mechanical genius. Indeed, your
real designer of ships, sloops and
schooners has rather contempt, AS n
craftsman, for vessels with no partic-
ular possibilities. Yet while devel-
oping the fastest racing machines
that traverse the waters, Americans
have lost none OF their skill In evOly'
ing other types Of vessels. not only
of merchantmen but Of such classes
as The threemasted Atlantic, the
sturdy seagoiug yacht which won the
recent trans Atlantic sailing contest
In the study of naval architecture,
as the science Of designing and con
structing all kinds of vessels iS called
nowadays, yacht building plays use
full part II not an ultra-importUnt one
Al the Massachusetts institute of tech.
nology, where naval architecture has
boe1 developed into department Of
States government sends It's naval
constructors there for training, every
student taking the course Is called
upon to lay down tho lines Of q yacht
and construct her model In some
eases the boat Is actually built, too,
though that Is matter 81 pleasure
with the individual and not one of the
requirements of his education, which
ultimately hts him to design ana con.
struct great soagoIng wind tanners
and steamers.
The difference between a sallboat
and yacht IA Professor Cocil II. Pea.
body, the head Of the naval archltec.
ture department Of the institute puts
II, is that YOU hire one for IS cents
an hour and buy the other for 81, 500
or $25,0OG The chief difference be.
tween good, sorvlceahle boat In,
tended for pleasure cruising, ana Il
fisherman OF a merchantmen, IL In
workmanship and finish living accom-.
mod0tlons instead Of cargo room and
aeaworthincss combined with some
speed instead Of mere ability 10 carry
heavy load and stand hard buffetlng.
None OF the qualities OF the less or.
nate craft are to be dospised In tho
yacat, however and the skillful do
signcr of pleasure boats is he who
makes the most successful comhina.
ton of all the elements that count
for speed, comfort and safety.
Different kinds of vesaels have their
own peculiar requirements The Glou.
cestor fisherman. for example com,
hnos speed and carrying capacity with
special sort of stability that enables
her TO lie TO and stay put" In any
kind of weather When SHE is on the
Grand Banks, and her dozen or fifteen
boats are scattered about her nj the
travis, she must come ms near "a
standing where she stops rs the rcst
less ocean will allow anything ON It's
surface to do. When her boats come
back at the end Of the days work they
must find her where they left her and
they must he able to appmach and
board her with ease: that is, her shan,
must be such That she will not edge
away or swing about with every vara
ton of wind and waves.
When she turns homeward. deen Ia
den with the catch speed Is the fish
erman's most commondable quality
N.a 4.