The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14

national rule in the most emphatic manner.
Here we have the 81 footers built to the
hghtest possible soantlings, with no re-
strtotiona as to Measurement OF overhangs
fore and aft and with full liberty as to
draught aft OF tho midsection station,
pitted against yachts OF very heavy scant-
ling with stringent penalties upon over
metre boat are a LITTLE larger In waterline
measurements than the 81 ~footers, but they
are Of very much greater displacement
quite out Of proportion to the difference
I'm length and beam.
The result shows that the new yachts
are, II anything, rather better han the
old, Notwithstanding their heavy scanting.
we are told by some writer's that Shimna
has 30 far proved to be a more successful
yacht than Ma'oona by reason Of her fuller
overhangs. which. 1t 10 said give her a
longer waterline when heeled. II that is
so, n can only marvel that Britomart
has ever lost a race. She has these over
hang advantages an e~rceisis, and h 10
also Of very much lighter construction and
displacement h the new craft. Ma'oona
10 a vessel Of a very different type to that
OF Shimna, yet she puts up an excellent
fight with the new Fife boat and 10 always
ahead OF one or other OF the 81 footers.
She Ia never 'ou Of the hunt and Mr..
Clifton has now every reason to hope that
she will show a good string Of first prizes
at the end Of the season. h sailing Of
these two yachts is Of the greatest interest.
Ma'oona must draw nearly q foot more
water snidships than Shimna and her SEC
ton 10 considerably fuller. Naturally. her
bow and transom sections are less L shaped
than those OF Shimna, but that is only an
effect OF the difference bet ween h two
mid. sections-not a variation in type,
The difference between the two new
boats 10 In the intersection only, and it
is a truly remarkable thing that Mr.. Fife
should have turned u such a w~eatherly
craft as Shimna with such q very scsnt
amount Of draught. Also 1t is very re-
markable that q vessel with such q very
much deeper section ns that OF Ma'oona
should be BILE TO reach almost as fast a.
Shimna in q hard breeze. One could under
stand the Mylne boat proving much the more
weatherly Of the two in any weather. but
she Is not, n we think that most yachts
men will agree with us in finding some room
for surprise In the fact that Britomart does
not always beat Shimna, and that Sonya
does not always beat Ma'oona. The fact is
that the 81 foot-lb metre class this season
has proved the fallacy Of a point upon which
certain designers v long insisted. viz,
that light construction In a sine qua mon for
speed. To a certain extent this Ia the case,
but, al the late W. Fife explained many
years ago in our columns, heavy soantling
In the case Of a beamy boa to some degree
takes the place Of ballast. On the lee side
IL is waterborne, and on the weather side it
ia ballast. This Is a simple way Of explain
ing why such a boat as Shimna, with her
light draught and hollow section, can man.
age to beat lighter vessels Of very much the
Same dimensions.
In the 50 foot class the Maymon has with
drawn and will in future race in the handi-
cap class. This leaves the new Shimna.
a Fife boat; the new Ma'oona, a Mylne boat;
the Sonya, a Herreshon boat. and the Brito-
mart. an old Mylne boat, to fight It out.
They began the Clyde fortnight on June 20.
The first race was in a steady Northwestern.
Over a course 20 miles long the Ma'oona
won, beating the Sonya IL minutes 20 Sec
onds. The Britomart rave up. The next
day in the regatta OF the Royal Northern
Yacht Club Shimna started and won. She
beat the Britomart Q minutes IL seconds,
the Ma'oona 9 minutes So seconds and Sonya
10 minutes ~ second h race was sailed
in a steady northwest wind. The next day
in light southwest winds the Shimna won.
again beating the three others handily. On
Monday. June "a. In another fresh breeze
the Ma'oona won and the Britomart was
second and Shimna third. IL was a hot
race and for a good part Of h course the
Britomart led but was passed by the Ma
oons when on the wind. The Pritomart
Hook Club. The race was sailed in a fresh
wind, with decks we'll under, and the race
was a very fast one.
The Yachting World says that Morton F.
Plant. who ia the owner OF the steam yacht
and the schoone Ingomar, has de-
cided to build a much larger vessel than the
Venetia, which is Of 577 tons. He has
therefore placed an order for a steam yacht
which will be Of about 1900 tons displace-
ment. Messrs. Cox and King will design
the vessel, which will be built at Leith by
Ramage and Ferguson.
The race OF the New York Athletic Club
TO Block Island was this year marred by fog.
The wind was light all day and during the
night the yachts drifted about near the
finish. but no wind and fog kept the yachts
men from making the harbor. Several OF
the yachts that started gave up early In the
race when their owners found that they had
been hopelessly left bShind through the
hckleness of the weather. The summary
Of the race follows: