1879 Sails Of Nautilus
Sails Of " Nautilus " Racing Canoe, 1879. The Sail Plan And Its Fittings Of The 1879 Nautilus Are Shown, Except As To Dimensions, On P. 440, Plate Xl., The Chief Difference Being That The Mizen In The 1879 Rig Is, In Proportion To The Mainsail, Very Much Larger, I.e., ...
A Design
A Design For A Centre-board Boat, Somewhat Shallower Than The Brighton Beach Boats, And One Admirably Adapted For Smooth-water Sailing, Is Shown On Fig. 85. It Will Be Seen That The Mid-section Is Very Much Further Aft Than In Any Of The Other Centre-board Boats Of Which Lines Are Given, ...
A Great
A Great Many Arbitrary And Empirical Rules Have Been From Time To Time Proposed For The Placing Of Masts In Yachts, And For Regulating Their Lengths; But, As There Appears To Have Been An Inability To Base These Rules Upon The Actual Stability Of A Vessel, They Are Little Better ...
Algoa Bay Lateen
Algoa Bay Lateen. The Lateen Rig Is Met With All Over The World, And Is Much In Use On Parts Of The African Coast. In Algoa Bay, Cape Of Good Hope, A Curious Contrivance For Hoisting The Sail On Sheer Masts Instead Of On A Single Mast Has Been Adopted ...
Approaching A Mark On
Approaching A Mark On Opposite Tacks. It Frequently Happens That Two Yachts Are Approaching A Mark On Opposite Tacks, And The One On The Port Tack May Be Able To Weather The Mark, Whilst The One On The Starboard Tack Cannot Do So Until She Goes On The Other Tack. ...
Approaching A Shore Or
Approaching A Shore Or Mark Close-hauled. When Two Vessels Are Standing On The Same Tack For The Shore, A Shoal, Or Other Obstruction, And The Leeward Yacht Cannot Tack Without Coming In Contact With The Windward One, She May Hail The Windward Yacht To Go About, But She Must Herself ...
Ballast
Ballast The Displacement Of A Vessel Is A Quantity Which Enters Very Largely Into Any Consideration Of Her Stability, As Was Abundantly Shown In A Former Chapter, And In No Way Does The Knowledge Of A Yacht's Displacement More Largely Assist The Naval Architect In His Labours Than In The ...
Before The Wind Under
Before The Wind Under Spinnaker. The Crew Ought To Be Able To Rig And To Have All The Spinnaker Gear Ready In Five Minutes; Thus In Ordinary Weather About That Time Should Be Allowed For Getting The Boom Out And Spinnaker Halyards And Outhaul Bent, And Shifting Backstay Aft, Before ...
Belfast Yawls
Belfast Yawls. This Type Of Whale Boat Is Said To Have Been Imported From Norway, And Even The Galway Hooker And Pookhaun Exhibit Evidence Of Norwegian Origin. The Belfast Yawls Vary In Length From 12ft. To 30ft. The Larger Craft Above 20ft. Keel Have Two Masts, The Shorter One Being ...
Bells Watches
Watches, Bells, The Helm, The Crew. Watcees.—the Master Is Always In Charge Of The Deck, Excepting When Long Passages Are Being Made; Then Watches Are Set. The Master Takes The Starboard Watch, And The Mate The Port Watch. The Second Mate Is In The Master's Watch, Or, If No Second ...
Boats Of The Irish
Boats Of The Irish Model Yacht Club At Kingstown The Irish Model Yacht Club Have Instituted Races For Boats Of 18ft. Length On The Load-line, And The Contests Between These Small Craft Are Very Keen, And In A Breeze Some Fine Examples Of Boat Sailing May Often Be Seen. The ...
Bobstay
Bobstay. Various Ingenious Plans Have Been Invented For Bobstays, As No Part Of A Yacht's Gear So Frequently Gives Out; But The Most Usual Plan Of Making Up A Bobstay Is As Follows : A Copper Bar Shackled To The Stem, And About As Long As The Bowsprit Is High ...
Bowsprit Shrouds
Bowsprit Shrouds. Bowsprit Shrouds Are Now Invariably Made Of Wire Rope, And Have A Thimble Eye-splice In Each End; One End Is Shackled To The Iron Crane At The Bowsprit End, The Other To The Setting-up Tackle. This Tackle Formerly Was Always Outboard, Hooked To An Eye-bolt On The Top ...
Brighton Beach Boats
Brighton Beach Boats. The Brighton Beach Boats Enjoy A Very High Repute On The South Coast, And No Doubt They Are Very Capable Little Vessels, And Well Adapted For The Work They Are Put To. As There Is No Sheltered Anchorage At Brighton, The Boats Are Hauled Up On The ...
Building A Yacht
Building A Yacht Some Men Seem To Have Quite A Passion For Building Yachts, Whether For Cruising Or Racing, And Do Not Believe In The Paraphrased Adage That " Fools Build Yachts For Wise Men To Buy." So Far As A Racing Yacht Is Concerned, It Is Quite Natural That ...
C Aprons
Aprons, &c. The Apron Of The Nautilus Racing Canoe Is Thus Fitted : A Piece Of Macintosh Of Suitable Size Is Fixed By Nails To Two Battens (see Fig. 123). The Battens Are Of The Length Of The Fore End Of The Well, And Are Kept In Position By Two ...
Canoe Sails
Canoe Sails. Almost Every Conceivable Rig And Sail Has Been Tried On Canoes— Cutter, Sloop, Schooner, Yawl, Dandy, And Even Top-sail Schooner Have Appeared; Gaff Sails, Chinese Lugs, Standing Lugs, Dipping Lugs, Balance Lugs, Sprit Sails, Settee Sails, Lateen Sails, Sliding Ganters, Sliding Sprits, Split Lugs, And Leg-of-mutton Sails Have ...
Carrying Away A Mast
Carrying Away A Mast The Best Thing To Do, If The Weather Is Very Heavy, Is To Unreeve Sheets, Tacks, Lanyards, And Tackles Of Shrouds, And Ride To The Wreck, As It Will Make A Capital Floating Anchor. When The Weather Moderates, The Mast Can Be Got Alongside, The Gear ...
Centre Board
Centre Board. The Strength Requisite To Resist The Strain Of A Heavy Centre-board In. Lumpy Water Can Be Given To The Case Without Much Addition Of Weight. The Sides Of The Case Should Be Rabbeted Into The Keel, And Fastened By Dowels (a, Fig. 128) Two Inches Apart. A Piece ...
Centre Board Boat For Rowing
Centre-board Boat For Rowing And Sailing. The Boat Most Generally In Quest On The Thames Is The One For " Rowing And Sailing," Or Centre-board Gig, Which Has Been So Laboriously Described From Time To Time In The Field. This Boat, For The Man Who Likes The Exercise Of Rowing ...
Centre Board Boats
Centre-board Boats Although It May Be Difficult To Say What Is A Boat And What Is A Yacht, When We Are Speaking Of Small Craft, Yet We Think A Great Deal Of This Difficulty Will Be Removed If We Define A Boat To Mean A Vessel That-is Not Wholly Decked, ...
Centre Boards
Centre-boards. The Foot Steering Gear Requires The Centre-board Case To Be Sufficiently Low At The Locality Of The Foot Yoke—i. E., Aft. 9in. Forward Of The Man's Back—to Allow The Foot Yoke To Swing At Eight Inches Above The Foot Boards. This, Combined With Reducing Fore-and-aft Weight, Has Suggested The ...
Centre Of Effort And
Centre Of Effort And Propulsion. If The Wind Always Blew At Right Angles To The Plane Of A Sail The Effort Of That Wind Would Be Exerted Through The Centre Of Gravity Of The Sail Plane ; That Is, If The Whole Effort Of The Wind Were Concentrated On One ...
Chinese Lug Sails
Chinese Lug Sails. The Chinese Plan Of Battening A Sail Has Been Very Much Recom Mended, And There Is Not Much Doubt That Battens Will Keep A Sail From Going Into A Bag ; The Only Objection To Them Of Any Importance Is That They So Much Increase The Weight ...
Clyde Canoe Fittings
Clyde Canoe Fittings. The Diagrams In Plate Xlv. To A Great Extent Explain Themselves. Fig. 146 Shows Details Of The Rudder Arrangement, Half Full Size. The Rudder Mountings Are All Brass. The Rod C Is Lin. Diameter, And Is Shaped To The Curve Of The Stern, And Is Made Fast ...
Clyde Canoe Sails
Clyde Canoe Sails. With The Improvement In Canoe Design, Sails For Canoes Have Improved Very Much Lately ; Their Use At First Being Auxiliary To The Paddle, It Is Only Within A Few Years That Much Attention Has Been Paid To Their Utility For Cruising And Racing Purposes, And Consequently ...
Clyde Cruising Canoes
Clyde Cruising Canoes. Prior To The Establishment Of The Clyde Canoe Club In 1874, There Was No Settled Class Of Canoe On The Northern Waters, And Rob Roys Were The Only Craft In Which Any Cruising Was Done. In 1874 The Rambler Was Built From The Drawings In Mr. Baden ...
Clyde Sailing Boats
Clyde Sailing Boats Within The Last Three Or Four Years, Open Boat Sailing Has Become Wonder Fully Popular On The Clyde, And This Is Hardly To Be Wondered At, As The Firth Offers Special Opportunities For This Capital Sport. Snug Anchorages, Fairly Smooth Water, Little Or No Run Of Tide, ...
Crews
Crews. Under The Y.r.a. Rules, There Is No Restriction As To The Number Of Hands A Yacht May Carry In A Match, And This Plan Is Found To Work Best, As No Sailing Master Will Carry More Hands Than Are Absolutely Necessary, And If Crews Were Limited, Sails Must Be ...
Discipline Liberty Men
Liberty Men, Discipline, &c. As A Rule, There Is Very Much More Difficulty In Maintaining Discipline On Board, When A Yacht Is Seldom Under Way. The Yacht Is In Such Thorough Order, That After She Is Washed Down, The Brass Work Cleaned, And Her Sides " Chamoied," There Is Nothing ...
Displacement And Buoyancy
Displacement And Buoyancy The Displacement Of A Vessel Is The Quantity Or Bulk Of Water (generally Represented By A Measure Of Weight) Which A Vessel Displaces Or Pushes Away When She Is Put Into The Water. This Quantity Of Water Is Always Equal To The Whole Weight Of The Vessel ...
Double
Double Boats, In Some Form Or The Other, Are Met With All Over The World, And The Principle Is Adopted With The Main Object Of Acquiring Great Stability. But, Although Double Boats May Have In This Way Great Stability, It Must Not Be Supposed That They Are Uncapsizable. They Could ...
Effort Of The Wind
Effort Of The Wind. Tax Effort Of The Wind At Right Angles To The Surface Of A Sail Will Require More Explanation Than At First Sight May Appear To Be Necessary. In Sailing Before The Wind Very Diminished Speed Is Attained To What May Be Realised With The Wind Abeam, ...
Entries Post Entries
Entries : Post Entries. Many A Time An Owner Has Been Disappointed In Sailing Because His Entry Arrived Too Late, And He Should Recollect That By The Y.r.a. Rules, A Yacht Must Be Entered For A Match At Least Forty-eight Hours Before Noon Of The Day Appointed For Starting The ...
Examination Of The Yacht
Examination Of The Yacht. Elevma Decided Upon The Size Of The Yacht, The Next Step Will Be To Find A Suitable One Of That Size. If The Intending Purchaser Advertises His Wants, He Is Certain To Have A Great Many Vessels Offered Him, And All Will Be Highly Recommended By ...
Falmouth Luggers
Falmouth Luggers. The Following Excellent Description Of The Falmouth Loggers Was Written By Mr. Wilcocks : " The Mizen-mast Is Shown After The Manner Of The Mount's Bay Craft, Much More Taunt Than Is Necessary For Setting The Ordinary Wizen, So That The Second Foresail May Be Set In Its ...
Gybing Or
Gybing Or Wearing.—to Gybe Or Wear Is To Keep The Vessel Off The Wind By Bringing The Helm To Windward Until The Wind Comes Astern And Then On The Opposite Side To Which It Has Been Blowing. This Manoeuvre Has Sometimes To Be Resorted To When A Vessel Miss-stays. Set ...
Head Reaching And Weathering
Head-reaching And Weathering. It Can Be Assumed That The Yachts In The Match Are Close-hauled Standing On Starboard Tack On Their First Board In The Beat For No. 1 Markboat ; Jibs Have Been Purchased Up Till The Lull Is As Straight As The Forestay, Peak Purchased Up, Main Tack ...
Ice Yachting
Ice Yachting. Fescrnatnia Pastimes Like Yacht And Boat Sailing Ought To Sink Into Insignificance When Compared With The Fascinations Of Ice Yachting, If Speed Alone Be The Cause Of Excitement. It Is, However, Difficult For A Briton To Realise The Extraordinary Enthusiasm Ice-boat Racing Or Sailing Gives Rise To In ...
Itchen Boats
Itchen Boats The Boats Of The Itchen Ferry Fisherman Have A Very High Reputation In The Solent, And No Doubt They Are Of A Superior Model To Many Coast Fishing Craft. For Many Years Match Sailing Amongst Them Has Been An Annual Occurrence, And Probably The Contests On These Occasions, ...
Itchen Sailing Punts
Itchen Sailing Punts. Until Within The Last Three Years, The Boats Of This Class Sailing In The Local Match For Punts 13ft. Long, Were Little Better Than Ordinary Rowing Skiffs Rigged With A Foresail On A Short Bumpkin, And A Sprit Mainsail Without A Boom. Now That A Club Has ...
Jib Halyards Jib Tack
Jib Tack, Jib Halyards, And Jib Sheets. The Jib Tack Requires To Be Of Great Strength, And Is Made Indifferently, Accordingly To The Judgment Of The Person Who Has The Fitting Out Of The Yacht, Of Rope, Chain, Or Flexible Wire Rope. Rope Does Very Well In Vessels Under 40 ...
Lake Windermere Yachts
Lake Windermere Yachts. Len Windermere Yachts Are Somewhat Peculiar In Form, As Will Be Seen From The Accompanying Sketch Of The Truant, Owned By Mr. W. B. Forwood. The ',fashion Of Immersing The Counter, It Appears, Arose Some Six Or Seven Years Ago Out Of An Intended Evasion Of The ...
Lateral
Lateral Resistance Is The Resistance The Water Offers To A Vessel Being Moved Sideways Or Laterally; This Sideway Or Broadside Motion When A Vessel Is Underway Is At Right Angles, Or Nearly At Right Angles, To Her Forward Or Direct Motion, And Is Usually Termed Leeway ; Thus The Resistance ...
Leaving A Yacht During
Leaving A Yacht During A Match Under Most Old Club Rules No One Was Allowed To Join Or Leave A Yacht After The Preparatory Gun Had Been Fired. This Rule Was Called Into Existence On The Thames In Consequence Of The Practice Of Having A Number Of Hands On Board ...
Length Of Spars For
Length Of Spars For Cutters. For Cutters, The Length Of Mast, Deck To Hounds, Can Roughly Be Put At 3 Times The Greatest Breadth, And Masthead Of The Length Deck To Hounds. Main Boom, Equal To The Length On Load Line Multiplied By 0.9. Main Gaff, 0.63 Of Main Boom. ...
Length Of Spars For
Length Of Spars For Yawls And Ketches. Taken Off Every 12ft. 6in. Of The Proportions Found By Any Of The Rules. For Example, If The Beam Of A Cutter Yacht Be Then Her Mast Would Be Three Times Her Beam, Or X 3 = 24-99ft. = Length Of Mast Deck ...
Main Rigging
Main Rigging. The Most Satisfactory Plan Of Measuring Off The Rigging For A Yacht Is To Make A " Spar Plan" To Scale—that Is, A Plan Showing A Broadside View Of The Yacht With All Her Spars In Their Places, As Shown By Plate I. And Fig. 26. The Latter ...
Main Tack Main And
Main And Peak Halyards, Main Tack, Main Sheet, And Main Outhaul. The Main Or Throat Halyards Are Generally Rove Through A Treble Block At The Masthead, And A Double Block On The Jaws Of The Gaff. The Hauling Part Of The Main Halyards Leads Down The Starboard Side Of The ...
Management Of Matches
Management Of Matches. The First Rule Of The Yacht Racing Association,* Is That " All Races And All Yachts Sailing Therein, Shall Be Under The Direction Of The Flag Officers Or Sailing Committee Of The Club Under Whose Auspices The Races Are Being Sailed." All Matches Are To Be Subject ...
Mast Fitting And Tabernacle
Mast Fitting And Tabernacle. The Tabernacle For Lowering The Mainmast Is A Matter Of Importance. The Ordinary Method Is To Cut A Well Through The Deck For The Mast Heel To Travel In (as Described For The Nautilus Racing Canoe, Page 425) ; But, As The Bow Of A Canoe ...
Master The Owner
The Owner, Master, Mate - The General Management Of A Yacht There Is No Code Of Regulations For The Discipline Of A Yacht, But Generally The Custom Of The Merchant Service Is Observed. The Master Is Not Required By Law To Have A Certificate Of Competency, And Frequently He Is ...
Meeting End On
Meeting End On. In Sailing With A Beam Wind, Or If One Yacht Has The Wind Abaft The Beam And Another Yacht Has The Wind On The Bow, And They Be Going In Opposite Directions, They May Meet Each Other End On So As To Involve A Risk Of Collision. ...
Mersey Sailing Canoes
Mersey Sailing Canoes. A Class Of Boat Is Rapidly Getting Into Favour On The Mersey, Which, In Some Respects, Is Better Adapted For The Combined Recreation Of "paddling And Sailing" In The Open Sea Than Are Any Of The Canoes Hitherto Described. We Are Indebted To Mr. C. Arthur Inman ...
Missing
Missing Stays.—to Get In Irons Or To Get Stern Way On A Vessel Is Not Exactly Missing Stays, As To Miss Stays Means To Come Up Head To Wind And Then To Fall Off On The Same Tack Again—in Fact, To Fail In Going About. Generally A Vessel Has A ...
Nautilus Canoes
Nautilus Canoes. Mama Canoeing Includes Such Various Branches Of Work, And So Many Forms Of Canoes, Each Adapted Particularly To Its Own Branch And Generally To All The Others, That A Consideration Of Canoe Designs Can Hardly Be Successfully Entered Upon Without First Glancing At The Rules And Practices Which ...
Nautilus Cruising Canoes
"nautilus" Cruising Canoes. The "nautilus" Canoe Depicted On Plate Xxxvii. Is Intended Chiefly For Cruising On Navigable Rivers, Lakes, And Seas, And Also For Sailing Matches. In Such A Craft Compactness Of Dimensions, Lightness Of Hull And Fittings, And Other Requisites For Ease Of Transportation, Were Con Sidered Of Secondary ...
Nautilus Paddleable Sailing Canoe
Nautilus Paddleable-sailing Canoe. The Paddleable-aailing Canoe Is A Vessel Designed For Cruising On Navigable Rivers, Lakes, And Seas, And For Sailing Matches—a Craft In Which Sailing Is The Chief Mode Of Propulsion. The Sailable-padd/ing Canoe Is Intended For Navigating Inland Lakes, Rivers, And Canals, And In Her Paddling Is The ...
New Brighton Sailing Boats
New Brighton Sailing Boats The New Brighton Sailing Boats Differ Somewhat From Those Of A Few Years Ago, The Principal Change Being The Introduction Of A Counter. The Counter, It May Here Be Said, Is A Great Assistance To Small Boats, As It Enables Them To Have Longer And Better ...