Norwegian Pilot Boats
Norwegian Pilot Boats. The Lines Of A Norwegian Pilot Boat On Page 384 Were Drawn By Mr. Colin Archer, Of Laurvig, Norway. It Is Not Often That Prettier Or Cleaner Water Lines Will Be Met With ; And If The Flare Of The Bow Were Reduced, The Fore-foot Rounded Up ...
Note A
" Note.-a Competitor Is Allowed To Use Either A Drop Or Deep Keel. The Greatest Depth Allowed In Drop Or Deep Keels Is 18in. Beyond The Fixed Keel; But When Hauled Up They Must Be Completely Housed Within The Canoe. The Greatest Depth Allowed In Keels More Than Half The ...
Oiithaul Spinnaker Halyards
Spinnaker Halyards, Oiithaul, &c. Spinnaker Halyards Are Invariably Single, Rove Through A Tail Block At The Topmast Head. The Spinnaker Boom Is Usually Fitted With A Movable Goose-neck At Its Inner End. The Goose-neck Is Generally Put Into Its Socket On The Mast, And Then The Boom End Is Brought ...
Overtaking
Overtaking Yachts.—luffing, And Bearing Away. If, When Before The Wind, A Yacht Is Ahead, And You Cannot Pass Her, Run Dead In Her Wake Or A Little To Windward Of Her Wake So As To Cover Her ; You May Do Her A Little Harm In This Way And Prevent ...
Penzance Diggers
Penzance Diggers Enjoy A Very Considerable Reputation For Weatherliness, And It Has Even Been Said That In This Quality They Exceed The Famous Cutter Yachts Of This Kingdom. Be This As It May, There Is No Doubt That With Two Large And Well Cut Sails, A Sharp Entrance, And Equally ...
Port And Starboard
Port And Starboard Tack—cross Tacking. One Of The Most Frequent Causes Of Protest Arises Out Of The Rule That Provides For Keeping Vessels Clear Of Each Other When Crossing On Opposite Tacks. The Y.r.a. Rule Is Simply That Of The Board Of Trade, Which Says That " When Two Yachts ...
Resistance And Speed And
Resistance And Speed And The Influence Of Thames Measurement It Has Been Assumed, In The Last Chapter, That The Qualities Of The Two Yachts As To Form, Upon Which Their Resistance To Motion Depended, Were Equal, Although One By Reason Of Inferior Stability Might Have Much Greater Propulsive Force Than ...
Rounding Marks
Rounding Marks. By The Y.r.a. Rule, Yachts Must Give Each Other Room At Marks, But A Yacht Is Not Justified In Attempting To Establish An Overlap At The Last Moment, When It May Be Impossible For The Outside Yacht To Give Room. A Yacht In Rounding A Mark, Whether She ...
Running Before The Wind
Running Before The Wind And Sea .—running Before A Wind And Sea In A Small Boat May To The Inexperienced Appear A Very Simple And Safe Operation ; But, In Reality, It Is A Very Dangerous One, And Many A Small Boat Has Been Lost In Attempting To " Run ...
Sail Carrying Power And
Sail Carrying Power And Speed The Success Of A Yacht In Competitive Sailing Is No Doubt Largely Dependent Upon Her Power For Carrying Sail, And This " Power " Is Represented By The Statical Stability Of The Vessel. A Reviewer Of " Yacht Designing," Said : " We Are Glad ...
Sail Carrying Power Of
Sail Carrying Power Of Canoes. Paddling Demands An Upright Position Of The Man's Body, But Sailing Equally Demands A Lowering Of The Weights, And Consequently A Reclining Position; And Further, When Running Dead Before A Strong Wind Under A Press Of Sail, Even Though A Spinnaker Be Set, The Head ...
Sail Plan For Paddleable Sailing
Sail Plan For Paddleable-sailing Canoe. In The Sail Plan (plate Xl.) The Main-and-mizen Rig Is Shown Formed By Two Balance Lugs. The Sails, However, Need Not Necessarily Be Balance Lugs; But If Gaff Or Sprit Sails Are Substituted The Masts Have To Be Shifted Forward, Wilich Is Undesirable, As The ...
Sailing A Vessel On
Sailing A Vessel On A Wind In A Heavy Sea.-it Will Require Some Nerve To Sail A Vessel Successfully On A Wind In A Heavy Sea. Often A Haunting Fear That The Bowsprit Will Be Carried Away, Or The Deck Swept By A Green Sea, Makes A Man Have The ...
Sailing By Tee
Sailing By Tee Wind.—sailing A Vessel Successfully On A Wind Is Quite An Art, And No Amount Of Tuition Will Make A Man A -good Helmsman If He Be Not " To The Manner Born." However, There Is Scarcely A Yacht Sailor Who Does Not Think He Can Steer A ...
Sails For Centre Board Boats
Sails For Centre-board Boats. Opinions Are Very Much Divided As To The Best Kind Of Rig For A Centre Board Gig; But, At Any Rate, The Balance Lug In Some Form Or Other Appears To Be Most Generally In Favour. It Has Been Contended That A Boat Rigged With A ...
Sails For Critising Canoes
Sails For Critising Canoes (plates %li. And Xlii.) One Of The First Principles In Planning The Sails For A Canoe Is To Keep The Centre Of Effort As Low As Possible, And Where A Large Sail Area Is Wanted, It Should Rather Be Obtained By Long Boom And Yard Than ...
Seamanship
Seamanship Comprises The Practice Of The Whole Duties Of A Sailor, Including All Kinds Of Work Upon Rigging, Making Sail, Taking In Sail, Steering, Reefing, Working The Ship, Heaving The Lead, And Whatever Else Relates To The Management Of A Ship. Before A Man Can Be Called A Seaman, He ...
Selecting A Yacht In
Selecting A Yacht. In Selecting A Yacht, A Man, As In Making Other Purchases, Will Be Guided By His Tastes And His Means. If He Is Really Fond Of The Sea, And Looks Forward To The Sailing With The Professional Keenness Of A Middy Or Apprentice, His Desire Will Be ...
Sheets Topsail Halyards
Topsail Halyards, Sheets, And Tacks. The Topsail Halyards In Vessels Under 10 Tons Consist Of A Single Rope Rove Through A Sheave Hole Under The Eyes Of The Topmast Rigging. Yachts Of 10 Tons And Over Have A Block Which Hooks To A Strop Or Sling On The Yard, Or, ...
Spars And Sails Op
Spars And Sails Op The " Pearl." Mr. Tredwen's Mode Of Fitting A Lowering Mast Is To Have A Quad Rant-shaped Trunk Or Case (as Shown By K, Fig. 136), In Which The Mast Is Stepped. The Trunk Is Lined With Zinc, Or Copper, To Prevent Any Water Finding Its ...
Sprit Sails
Sprit Sails. Sprit Sails Formerly Were In High Favour, But During The Last Twenty Years They Have Gradually Fallen Into Disuse. It Is Still A Favourite Rig, However, Among Watermen, And They Probably Adhere To It Because The Sprit Stretches The Sail So Fiat. The Old Ryde Wherries, Celebrated For ...
Stability
Stability. It Has Been Said That The Weight Of Water Which A Yacht Or Vessel Of Any Kind Displaces Is Equal To Her Own Weight, And Consequently The Pressure Of The Water On The Immersed Vessel Is Equal To Her Own Weight. This Pressure Is Diffused All Over The Immersed ...
Stern Way In
Stern Way In Tackino.—in Square-rigged Ships " Stern Way" Is Commonly The Result Of Letting The Head Yards Lie Aback During Tacking, But A Fore-and-aft Vessel, In Tacking Under Ordinary Conditions, Should Not Be 'subject To Stern Way. However, Sometimes, Even In Smooth Water, If A Vessel Has Been Brought ...
Ten Tonner Yachts
Ten-tonner Yachts The Design For The Yacht Of 5 Tons Can Be Used For One Of 10 Tons By Multiplying All The Linear Measurements By 1.25 ; Or By Dividing The Linear Measurements By 0.8. Thus, Take The Length On The Water-line Of The 5-tonner As An Example. The Length ...
The Action Of The
The Action Of The Rudder. A Man Moving Through Water Is Steered Or Turned By The Action Of A Couple, The Arm Of Which Is The Centre Of Lateral Resistance And The Centre Of Effort Of The Rudder (see K Z, Fig. 11, Page 22). The Streams Of Water That ...
The American Ice Yacht
The American Ice Yacht Give The Sizes Of The Material, Such As Used In The Construction Of The Haze.* The Keel, Or Centre Timber, Is 24ft. 6in. Long, 3in. Wide, And 9in. Deep (an Ordinary " Deal "). The Side Frames Are 2iin. Thick And 4in. Deep. At The Mast ...
The Art Or Yacht
The Art Or Yacht And Boat Sailing Cannot Be Acquired By The Mere Study Of Books Which Treat Of The Subject, But Precise Instruction Will Always Be Of Value To Those Who Have Had No Experience In Youth Of The Sport, Or Who Have No Opportunities Of Taking Advantage Of ...
The Clyde Tent
The Clyde Tent. Some Canoeists Who Indulge In River Cruising Prefer To Sleep On Board Their Craft, Sometimes Afloat, And Sometimes On Shore. Truly The Simplest Style Of Camping Out Alone Is Sleeping In The Canoe. Sleeping On Board, Afloat Or On Shore, Is, However, A Thankless Job, And There ...
The Coble
The Coble. No Boat Is More Distinctive In Type Than The Coble Of The North-east Coast. Their High, Sharp Bow And Long, Flat Floor Adapt Them For Rough Water And For Beaching Stern Foremost Through Surf. Their Speed And Performance In A Sea, As Compared With The Speed And Performance ...
The Galway Hooker And
The Galway Hooker And Pookhaun. The Galway Hookers Are Noted On The West Coast Of Ireland For Their Weatherly Qualities. They Average From 11 To 16 Tons, And Being Short, Broad Boats, With Very Hollow Bows, They Are Exceedingly Lively In A Sea Way, But Seldom Ship A Sea; Perfectly ...
The Jullanar
The Jullanar The Jullanar In Contour Is Different From Most Other Vessels, And Some Peculiarities In Her Design, If Not Of Much Value, Are At Least Original. For Instance, Her Sternpost Is Upright And Built Very Far In The Vessel, So That A Large Portion Of Her Counter Is Immersed ...
The Management Of Canoes
The Management Of Canoes. Sail Can Be Carried In Almost Any Breeze So Long As The Ni Keeps Moderately Smooth, But Beware Of Sailing A Light Canoe In Ri Rough Water. " Big Seas" Are Not Here Referred To ; These Will Be Ref E To Hereafter. Rough Water Throws ...
The Management Of New
The Management Of New Brighton Sailing Boats. Generally The New Brighton Sailing Club Boats Are Moored At The Back Of The Woodside, Or New Brighton Stages, And Are Consequently Obliged To Unship Their Masts. Only A Few Of Them Are Moored Sufficiently In The Open To Enable Them To Keep ...
The Management Of Open
The Management Of Open Boats. Small Open Boats Must Never Be Regarded As If They Possessed Th E Qualities Of Deep And Heavily Ballasted Yachts. They Should Not Be Sailed "gunwale Under" As A Small Yacht Is, And The Puff Or Squall Which A Small Yacht Can Be Sailed Through ...
The Nautilus Racingcanoe
The " Nautilus " Racing Canoe Of 1879. The Nautilus Of 1879 (plate %xxviii.) Was Designed For "special Racing Service,"* And Not For General Work, And Consequently, Both In Form And Fittings, Differs Considerably From The Type Of Canoe Previously Described. The Royal Canoe Club Measurement Rule, As Already Shown, ...
The Pearl Canoe
The " Pearl" Canoe. Canoeists Are By No Means Agreed As To The Best Form For Canoes, And Mr. E. B. Tredwen, One Of The Most Successful Canoe Sailers Of The R. C. C. Has Taken A Great Departure From The Nautilus Racing Type In Building The " Pearl" Canoes. ...
To Get Under Way
To Get Under Way And Leave An Anchorage To Run For It.--if Possible Choose Slack-water Time Or When The Tide Is Running To Leeward. Set The Trysail, Reefed Foresail And Fourth Jib. Watch For " Smooths " To Heave Up The Chain ; But, If The Sea Is So Bad ...
To Heave To
To Heave To Haul The Fore Sheet Up To Windward, And The Jib Sheet Until The Clew Just Clears The Forestay ; Ease The Main Sheet Until The Vessel Lies Quiet With Her Helm Amidships, Or A Little To Leeward. A Vessel Will Lie Like This Very Quiet, Just Forging ...
To Run Before The
To Run Before The Wind In A Heavy Sea.—have The Boom Topped Up, So That The Boom End Will Clear The Combers If Possible During The Lee Roll. Bend The Boom-guy By Making Fast With A Clove-hitch The Thimble End To The Boom, About Two-thirds Of The Length Of The ...
To Set A Spinnaker
To Set A Spinnaker On The Bow8prit.—bend On The Tack And Halyards To Leeward Of Jib And Foresail ; Hoist And Then Pull Out By The Outhaul ; Trim The Sheet; Take In The Jib, Or Let It Run Down By The Head And Stow And Stop Along The Bowsprit. ...
Topmast Rigging
Topmast Rigging. The Topmast Rigging Will Be Cut (due Allowance Being Made For The Cross-trees), Fitted, And Served In The Same Manner As The Main Rigging, But The Eyes At The Lower End Of The Shrouds Will Be Turned In Round Galvanised Iron Thimbles, To Take The Hooks Of The ...
Una Boats
Una Boats Those Wonderful Little Crafts Called " Una " Boats Were Introduced To Us In 1853, In This Way : The Late Marquis Of Conyngham (then Earl Mount Charles), Was In America In 1852, And In The Boat Building Yard Of Robert Fish (now Well Known As A Yacht ...
Wages Of The
Wages Of The Crew—clothes—general Expenses. The Expenses Of Yachting Is Largely Governed By The Number Of Hands Employed, And The Magnitude Of This Part Of The Necessary Expenditure Can Be Calculated From What Follows. It Is Usual To Pay The Master Of A Yacht By The Year, And The Wages ...
Weather Bowing Bearingaway
Weather Bowing - Bearing Away A Favourite Pastime Of A Sailing Master Is To "weather Bow" Another Vessel, That Is To Place His Own Vessel In Such A Position On The Bow Of The Other That She Immediately Intercepts The Wind Of That Other Vessel, And Causes Her Head Sails ...
Well And Deck Flaps
Well And Deck Flaps. Mr. Tredwen Says That Whilst Deck Flaps Are Of Much Use To Ensure Safety By Allowing The Canoe Sailer To Sit Well To Windward, Yet A Contrivance Is Necessary To Keep Seas Out Of The Well In Rough Water. The Contrivance Consists Of Four Weather-boards Hinged ...
Yacht Racing Starting
Yacht Racing Starting The Starting Rule Of The Yacht Racing Association Has Now Been In Use Four Seasons, And Is Well Understood Both By Owners And Sailing Masters. In That Rule It Is Enjoined That The Signal Flag Denoting The Race Shall Be Hoisted Half An Hour Before The Signal ...