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Chapter VIII

. of Kemp's book. More than half the difficulties and troubles connected with the sport are due to ignorance of the rules.[16] In every other sport such ignorance is regarded with the contempt it deserves, but in yacht and boat racing the rules are somewhat complex and difficult--all the more reason for learning them carefully.

[Footnote 16: See chapter on the Racing Rules and Rules of Rating.]

Every racing owner should enter his yacht strictly in accordance with Rule 5, Y.R.A., and it saves trouble if an owner has a card with the declaration at entry, his personal address, and the yacht's racing flag printed upon it.

Care should be taken to post this 'entry' so that the club secretary receives it in proper time. Do not rely on the 48 hours' clause, but examine the club programme, as the entries are not unfrequently closed earlier.

The day before the race give the most distinct instructions to crew as to the time and place of meeting on the morrow, and keep the appointment punctually.

Provide yourself with a chronograph, and it may help you to win prizes by means of good starts.

Get to the starting line half an hour before your start if you can, and get a card of the races if one has not already reached you through the post. Read it carefully, and, should anything appear to be doubtful, have it cleared up by the race officer, or by the club secretary.

If other races start before you, do not get in the way of the starting boats.

Note when the ten minutes preparatory flag for your own race is hoisted; you will then be the better prepared to start your chronograph at the first gun. See Rule 17.

After first gun, stand off and on _near_ the starting line. Remember that you are now 'under the rules.' Have Rule 18 by heart, and understand each clause of it. During the last half-minute before the second or starting gun, manoeuvre for the place you wish to secure, be there at the flash of gun, and if possible just to windward, or just ahead of your most dangerous antagonist. If you think you are over the line at gunfire, keep a sharp look out for your recall numeral (Rule 12), and directly it is displayed return, and cross the line; but keep clear of other competitors in doing so. After the start do not go in for a luffing match or allow yourself to be luffed by a yacht you do not fear. Stick to the boat you fear most. Remember Rule 19 in rounding the marks. If the weather be light, keep your weather eye open for every cat's-paw, and do not lose an inch during the whole race by careless steering. Be careful when you come to the run to put spinnaker up on the best side; and, if you run by the lee, shift it over at once without parleying with the boy. After the finish, if you win, sign the declaration (Rule 10, Y.R.A.) and send it ashore as soon as possible. If you have any cause for protest against another yacht, or should any protest be lodged against your own yacht, go ashore at once and see the matter through. After the race it has been customary for the second yacht to cheer the winner--like shaking hands after a boxing match--but this old custom is now dying out. Never permit your crew to bandy remarks with the hands on other yachts, either during a race or after it. If your boat wins, lower the racing flag, and hoist the club burgee with your winning flag one fathom below it. If she do not win, sail home with the racing flag still flying, this being the label of your boat's _raison d'être_. Never accept a prize unless you feel that every rule and regulation has been properly followed; see that your opponents follow them too; cut those men who do not race honourably, and show them up if you can. Keep a log, and enter upon it everything of interest concerning the boat and the racing. Every little change of gear should be carefully noted; the position of crew when the boat goes best, and every detail which may help to point the way to any improvement, either in the boat herself or in the type which she represents. Such a log enables you to draw up an accurate record at the end of the season, and is valuable in later years as a reminder of past pleasures and adventures.

[Illustration: ROYAL SOUTHAMPTON YACHT CLUB EST. 1875. "BRAMBLES COURSE."

F. S. Weller.]

At the end of the first or second season you may decide to have a larger boat and crew. If so, consider carefully whether you will not skip the 2-1/2 rating class and start a 5-rater.

Two paid hands are required with a 2-1/2, and a 5 can be managed with the same crew if Corinthian help be obtainable. The maintenance of a 2-1/2 is not much smaller than that of a 5, and the latter is a little ship in which you can sleep with comfort and cook a meal. A modern 5 is 11 tons Thames measurement, and can go anywhere when properly built, like the 'Windfall,' 'Quinque,' and 'Savourna.'

As Lord Dunraven truly said, 'the 5's and the 20's are the cheapest classes'; and to these I would add the 1's. The 1/2-, 2-1/2-, and 10-raters are the dearest classes. Many men may, like yourself, be wishing to go a class higher, and you may therefore pick up a good boat at a low price towards the end of the racing season. If not, you must build; and the great question then arises, who to go to?

The most successful designers on the Solent in the 2-1/2 and the 5-rater classes are Mr. Arthur Payne and Mr. Charles Nicholson; but Mr. G. L. Watson and Mr. Willie Fife were equally invincible on the Clyde, until the appearance in 1892 of Mr. Herreshoff's 2-1/2 'Wenonah.' Mr. C. P. Clayton and Mr. A. Richardson are also designers of great ability, while Mr. G. M. Soper and Mr. Herbert Ridsdale have produced some fast boats for the orders they have received. Whomsoever you select, have your boat built under his very eye. If a Scotch designer, build in Scotland; if a Solent designer, build there. Moreover, look after the boat yourself when she is building, and learn the tricks of the trade--if you can. Insist upon having your boat fitted out at least a fortnight before the first race, as a new boat often requires no end of doctoring before her best trim is discovered. Her new sails also require to be carefully stretched, in suitable weather; and finally she should be officially measured before she races. For these several reasons it is necessary to specify date of completion in the contract, and to have a clause whereby the builder can be heavily fined week by week for non-fulfilment--such fines being deducted from the final payment. There should also be a clause empowering the owner to complete the work in the builder's yard himself in the event of the builder, from any cause whatever, being unable to carry out the contract. An arbitration clause in the event of a disagreement is very desirable. Insure the yacht against fire to the full amount of the work done as it proceeds. A 5-rater, complete with sails, properly 'found' in every way, should not cost more than 500l., including the designer's fee, and a modern 2-1/2 rater should not cost more than 300_l._ They cost less than 260_l._ in 1887-8 and 1888-9. The difference is due to higher pay per hour for labour, the Societies now refusing to permit piecework, also to more expensive materials, higher finish, and greater length of hull.

As for the crew, the owner of a 5 may consider himself fortunate if he can secure the services of a good man as skipper for 30_s._ a week, clothes (about 5_l._ worth), 20_s._ racing money for a first prize, and 10_s._ for a second or a third prize.

It is a mistake to give racing money for losing. At present it is only done by a few wealthy and thoughtless owners, who will soon ruin the sport unless the majority combine to put a stop to their extravagance.

Losing money is legitimate enough in the large racers, where the yachts make long passages by night and day in all weathers from regatta to regatta. By such crews the losing money is earned, but the crews of small Solent racers, who sleep comfortably at home in their beds, and often have little or nothing to do between the races, should not get it.

It costs from 100_l._ to 150_l._ to maintain and race a 5- or a 2-1/2 rater for the twenty weeks of the season, from which may be deducted the value of the prizes won, less entrance fees and racing money. This sum covers a crew of two paid hands, and the owner of a 5 must enlist two or three Corinthians to help at each race. Unfortunately, there is a lamentable deficiency of these mariners on the Solent.

DETAILS OF YACHT CLUBS AND SAILING CLUBS ON THE SOLENT

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Royal | Royal | Royal | Royal | Royal | | Royal | | | | | | | ---- | Royal | London | Southern| Victoria | Albert | Southampton | Solent | Portsmouth | Castle | Bembridge | Island | Minima | Totals | | | Yacht | Yacht | Yacht | Yacht | Yacht | Yacht | Yacht | Corinthian | Yacht | Sailing | Sailing | Sailing | | | | Squadron | Club | Club | Club | Club | Club | Club | Yacht Club | Club | Club | Club | Club | | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Established | 1812 | 1838 | 1843 | 1844 | 1864 | 1875 | 1878 | 1880 | 1887 | 1886 | 1889 | 1889 | | | Head-quarters | Cowes | 1882 Cowes | Sthmptn | Ryde | Sthsea | Sthmptn | Yrmth | Prtsmth | Calshot | Bmbrdg | Cowes | Hamble | | | Entrance Fee | £ 100 | ... | 2g. | 5g. | 4g. | 2g. | 1g. | 2g. | £ 3 | 2g. | 1g. | 1/2 g. | | | Ann. subscription | £ 11 | {4g. | {3g. | 6g. | 4g. | {1-1/2g. | 1g. | 2g. | £ 3 | 1g. | 1g. | 1/2 g. | | | | | {6g. | {4g. | | | {2g. | | | | | | | | | 1892. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | No. of members | 224 | 650 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 711 | 90 | 500 | 100 | 150 | 140 | 250 | | | Prizes, cash, won | £ 409 | £ 128 | £ 207 | £ 400 | £ 227 | £ 435 | £ 40 | £ 434 | £ 204 | £ 85 | £ 105 | £ 87 | £ 2,761 | | Cups, Value " | £ 110 | ... | £ 75 | £ 235 | £ 207 | Medals | £ 20 | £ 10 | £ 148 | £ 85 | £ 25 | £ 18 | £ 933 | | Races } | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sailed } 60-R. &c.| 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | | " 40-R. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 | | " 20-R. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | | " 10-R. | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | | " 5-R. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 40 | | " 2-1/2-R. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 65 | | " 1-R. | ... | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 64 | | " 1/2-R. | ... | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 75 | | Yachts' cutters | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | | Handicaps sailed | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 19 | | Other races " | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22 | 4 | 6 | 32 | | Total races " | 10 | 10 | 16 | 36 | 28 | 47 | 11 | 34 | 47 | 38 | 31 | 30 | 338 | | Race days | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 9 | 12 | 116 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

SOME SOLENT RACERS, PRIOR TO 1886

+--------------+------------------------+----+-----+------+-----------+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+ | | | | | | | O.H. | | | | | | | | |Rig | Yacht | Owner and Designer | R. | S.A.|L.W.L.|-----+-----|L.O.A.| B. | D. |Drght.|Displ.|Ballast| When | | | | | | | |Fwrd.| Aft | | | | | tons | tons | built| +----|---------+------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+ | | | 21-FOOTERS | | | | S. | Fairy |{Capt. J. W. Hughes }|2.5 | 717| 20.8 | ? | ? | ? | 8.5 | 3.4 | ? | ? | ? | 1881 | | | |{Stockham }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Bird-o' |{Mr. H. L. Popham }| ? | ? | 21 | ? | ? | ? | 6.3 | 5.0 | ? | ? | ? | 1883 | | | Freedom |{Feltham }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S. | Tootsie |{M. A. E. Payne }|1.25| ? | 16.5 | .25 | .16 | ? | 6.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 2.25 | 1.5 | 1885 | | | (Minnow)|{Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Minima |{Mr. St. J. Arabin }|4.65|1,333| 20.8 | ? | ? | 33.0 | 8.4 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 1886 | | | |{Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Volador |{Lt. A. H. Oliver, R.N.}| ? |1,300| 21 | 4.5 | 8 | 33.5 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 1886 | | |{Clayton }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Scylla |{Mr. L. Ergremont }| ? | ? | 21 | ? | ? | ? | 8.9 | 5.3 | ? | ? | ? | 1886 | | |{Luke }| | | | | | | | | | | | | +----+---------+------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+ | | | 25-FOOTERS | | | | C. | Frolic |{Mr. E. Bridges Webb }|7.26|1,741| 25 | ? | ? | ? | 9.0 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1882 | | | |{Hatcher }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Lil |{Mr. F. Cox }|7.26|1,742| 25 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 35.9 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 1884 | | | |{Clayton }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Verena |{Mr. R. H. Cox }|7.96|1,910| 25 | 5.5 | 8.4 | 38.9 | 9.8 | ? | 7.2 | 9.4 | 5.3 | 1886 | | | |{Clayton }| | | | | | | | | | | | | +----+---------+------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+ | | | 30-FOOTERS | | | | C. | Bonina |{Mr. A. O. Baylay }|9.14|1,830| 30 | ? | ? | 41 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 13.1 | 7.5 | 1882 | | | |{Dixon Kemp }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Keepsake|{Mr. H. W. Forster }|8.66|1,730| 30 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 40.7 | 9.7 | ? | 7.0 | 13.7 | 7.8 | 1882 | | | |{Clayton }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Eclipse |{Mr. A. Manning }|9.4 |2,090| 30 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 43.2 |10.1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 13.5 | 8.0 | 1884 | | | |{Clayton }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Curtsey |{Mr. H. W. Forster }|10.8|2,180| 30 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 44.3 |10.5 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 13.8 | 7.6 | 1885 | | | |{Clayton }| | | | | | | | | | | | | +----+---------+------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+

10-RATERS, 1882-92

+----+---------+------------------------+----+-----+------+-----------+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+ | | | | | | | O.H. | | | | | | | | |Rig | Yacht | Owner and Designer | R. | S.A.|L.W.L.|-----+-----|L.O.A.| B. | D. |Drght.|Displ.|Ballast| When | | | | | | | |Fwrd.| Aft | | | | | tons | tons | built| +----+---------+------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Dolly |{Mr. T. W. Ratsey }|9.99|1,663| 36.09| 0.5 | 0.4 | 37 | 11.3| 4.6 | 6.10 | 13 | 6.5 | 1872 | | | Varden |{ J. S. White }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Frolic |{Mr. Bridges Webb }|7.21|1,704| 25.41| ? | ? | ? | 9.0 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1882 | | | |{ Hatcher }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Doris |{Messrs. R. & B. Allan }|9.48|1,681| 33.86| ? | | ? | 5.6 | 6.6 | ? | ? | ? | 1885 | | | |{ Watson }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Jenny |{Mr. R. E. Froude }|9.59|1,705| 33.79| ? | ? | ? | 5.5 | 6.8 | ? | ? | ? | 1885 | | | Wren |{ Owner }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Verena |{Mr. R. H. Cox }|7.10|1,716| 24.85| 5.6 | 8.4 | 38.9 | 9.8 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 5.3 | 1886 | | | |{ Clayton }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Wanderer|{Mr. J. Lee Barber }|9.00|1,580| 34.15| ? | ? | ? | 9.0 | 5.0 | ? | ? | ? | 1886 | | | |{ Brighton }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Lollipop|{Mr. Arabin }|6.49|1,325| 29.3 | 0.2 | 8.0 | 37.5 | 9.2 | 7.3 | ? | 10.7 | ? | 1888 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Dis |{Mr. A. D. Clarke }|9.94|1,658| 36.0 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 51.1 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 14.8 | 8 | 1888 | | | |{ Soper }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Decima |{Mr. Arabin }|9.98|1,679| 36.0 | 1.0 | 9.4 | 46.4 |11.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 14.3 | ? | 1889 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Yvonne |{Mr. P. Donaldson }|9.80|1,726| 34.10| 5.5 | 8.5 | 48.1 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 12.9 | 7.75 | 1889 | | | |{ Fife }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Drina |{Prince B. Strattmann }|9.95|1,801| 33.17| 0.48| 7.80| 41.45| 9.8 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 15.0 | 7.2 | 1889 | | | |{ Dixon Kemp }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |{Admiral the Hon. }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Nety |{Victor Montagu, R.N. }|8.82|1,764| 30.0 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 40.7 | 9.5 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 8.6 | ? | 1884 | | | (Lil) |{ Clayton | | | | | | | | | | | | 1889 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |L.C.| Doreen |{Mr. J. Gretton }|9.96|1,572| 38.05| 8.2 |10.3 | 56.5 |11.2 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 14 | 8 | 1892 | | | |{ Fife }| | | | | | | | | | | | | +----+---------+------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+

5-RATERS, 1888-92

+---------------+------------------------+----+-----+------+-----------+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+ | | | | | | | O.H. | | | | | | | | |Rig | Yacht | Owner and Designer | R. | S.A.|L.W.L.|-----+-----|L.O.A.| B. | D. |Drght.|Displ.|Ballast| When | | | | | | | |Fwrd.| Aft | | | | | tons | tons | built| +----|----------+------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. |Chittywee |{Mr. H. Farmer }|4.8 |1,213| 28.2 | ? | ? | ? | 4.8 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1882 | | | |{ Ash }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Fair |{Mr. L. M. Ames }|4.98|1,000| 30.0 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 42.0 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 8.0 | 4.6 | 1888 | | |Geraldine |{ Clayton }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. |Flutterby |{Mr. F. Hughes }|3.98| 938| 25.5 | ? | ? | ? | 8.1 | 4.5 | ? | ? | ? | 1888 | | | |{ Owner }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. |Lollipop |{Mr. Perceval }|4.98|1,000| 29.5 | 0.21| 8.08| 37.79| 9.2 | 7.3 | 7.0 | ? | ? | 1888 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Alwida |{Earl of Dunraven }|4.97|1,003| 29.75| 1.31| 1.79| 32.85| 8.4 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 8.2 | ? | 1890 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S. | Glycera |{Mr. Perceval }|4.98| 967| 31.16| 1.04| 1.41| 33.61| 8.6 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 8.3 | ? | 1890 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Quinque |{Col. Bucknill }|4.99| 948| 31.61| 1.34| ? | ? | 9.0 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 1890 | | | |{ Owner }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |L.S.| Ditto | Ditto |4.98| 997| 30.02| 1.34| 1.9 | 33.26| 9.0 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 5.0 | 1891 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |L.S.| Ditto | Ditto |4.96| 898| 33.15| 1.45| 2.5 | 37.1 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 1892 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Archee |{Mr. J. McNish }|4.96| 980| 30.43| 6.67| 7.9 | 45.0 | 9.3 | 4.4 |{5.1} | 8.8 | 4.5 | 1890 | | | (C.B.) |{ Watson }| | | | | | | | |{8.0} | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. |Valentine |{Mrs. Schenley }|4.95| 997| 29.83| 6.17| 8.0 | 44.0 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 8.2 | ? | 1890 | | | |{ Watson }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |L.C.| Windfall |{Mrs. Schenley }|4.97| 909| 32.89| 1.11| 1.3 | 35.3 | 8.66| 6.0 | 7.0 | ? | ? | 1891 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |L.S.| Savourna |{Mr. Perceval }|4.94| 888| 33.4 | 1.18| 1.22| 35.80| 8.75| 6.0 | 7.2 | ? | ? | 1891 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. |Katherine |{Mr. W. A. Black }|4.99| 969| 30.94| ? | ? | ? | 7.5 | ? | 6.5 | ? | 5.4 | 1891 | | | |{ Owner }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |L.S.| Iernia |{Mr. H. R. Langrishe }|4.99| 953| 31.48| 6.0 | 8.42| 45.9 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 5.4 | 1891 | | | |{ Fife }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |L.S.| Cyane |{Earl of Dunraven }|4.95| 880| 33.75| 3.1 | 1.5 | 38.35| 8.4 | 5.5 | 7.75 | ? | ? | 1892 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |L.S.| Dacia |{Mr. H. R. Langrishe }|5.00| 888| 33.83| 5.14| 9.17| 48.14| 8.3 | ? | 8.6 | ? | ? | 1892 | | | |{ Nicholson }| | | | | | | | | | | | | +----+----------+------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+

2-1/2-RATERS, 1887-92

+----+-----------+---------------------------+----+-----+------+-----------+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+ | | | | | | | O.H. | | | | | | | | |Rig | Yacht | Owner and Designer | R. | S.A.|L.W.L.|-----+-----|L.O.A.| B. | D. |Drght.|Displ.|Ballast| When | | | | | | | |Fwrd.| Aft | | | | | tons | tons | built| +----+-----------+---------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Heathen |{Mr. W. A. Beauclerk }|2.34| 571 | 24.70| ? | ? | ? | 6.0 | 3.2 | ? | ? | ? | 1879 | | | Chinee |{ Mackenzie }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Bird-o'- |{Mr. H. S. Popham }| | | 21.00| | | ? | 6.3 | 5.0 | ? | ? | altd. | 1883 | | | Freedom |{ Feltham }|2.5 | 625 | | ? | ? | | | | | | | | | | |{ }| | | 24.00| | | | 6.3 | 6.0 | | | | 1886 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S. | Fairy |{Captain J. W. Hughes }|2.5 | 723 | 20.77| ? | ? | ? | 8.4 | 3.3 | ? | ? | altd. | 1881 | | | |{ Pickett }| | | | | | | | | | | | 1887 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S. | Thalassa |{Col. Bucknill }|2.49| 714 | 20.94| ? | ? | ? | 7.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 | ? | ? | 1887 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S. | Madcap |{Miss Cox }|2.49| 714 | 21.0 | ? | ? | ? | 7.3 | 4.0 | | | | 1887 | | | |{ Clayton }| | | | | | | | | 5.4 | 4.1 | 2.7 | | | | |{ }|2.49| 694 | 21.62| 0.2 | 6.3 | 27.5 | 7.3 | 4.0 | | | | 1888 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S. | Ada |{Mr. A. Manning }|2.5 | 612 | 24.48| 3.5 | 4.35| 32.33| 7.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | ? | ? | 1888 | | | |{ Owner }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Chipmunk |{Mr. Sidney C. Watson }|2.48| 749 | 19.87| 4 | 8 | 32 | 7.7 | 4.5 | 6 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1888 | | | |{ Luke }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S. | Lady Nan |{Mr. W. Waller }|2.5 | 653 | 22.97| 0.5 | 1.25| 24.65| 8.3 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 4.1 | ? | 1888 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Trixy |{Mr. G. Sibbick }|2.4 | 600 | 20.0 | 3.95| 6.25| 30.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1888 | | | |{ Ratsey }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S. | Tottie |{Mr. Simpson }|1.75| 500 | 21.00| 4.2 | 4.6 | 29.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | ? | ? | ? | 1888 | | | |{ Watson }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. |Queen Mab |{Mrs. J. B. C. West }|2.49| 619 | 24.21| 5.0 | 6.2 | 35.4 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 4.3 | ? | 1889 | | | |{ Watson }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Thief |{Mrs. G. A. Schenley }|2.45| 606 | 24.34| 4.9 | 6.2 | 35.4 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 4.3 | ? | 1889 | | | |{ Watson }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Cosette, |{Earl of Dunraven }|2.48| 609 | 24.46| 4.8 | 6.0 | 35.3 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | ? | 1889 | | | C.B. |{ Watson }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | G.G. |{Capt. G. W. Garrett }|2.48| 574 | 25.94| 2.9 | 2.0 | 30.8 |10.0 | 4.0 | {2.} | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1889 | | | |{ Stevens }| | | | | | | | | {7.} | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Humming |{Capt. J. W. Hughes }|2.44| 567 | 25.90| 0.75| 0.72| 27.35| 7.41| 4.2 | 6.0 | ? | ? | 1889 | | | Bird |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Cock-a- |{Lt. F. & Mr. A. C. Hughes}|2.50| 600 | 25.00| 1.25| 0.91| 27.16| 8.6 | 4.5 | 5.75| ? | ? | 1889 | | | Whoop |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Babe |{Mr. W. A. Beauclerk }|2.46| 553 | 26.76| 0.75| 1.25| 28.76| 6.7 | 4.25| 6.0 | ? | ? | 1890 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C. | Camilla |{Mr. G. Keele }|2.47| 563 | 26.45| 0.91| 1.16| 28.52| 7.2 | 4.0 | 4.8 | ? | ? | 1890 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Janetta |{Mr. Newton Robinson }|2.49| 566 | 26.51| 0.92| 1.10| 28.53| 7.5 | 4.3 | 5.8 | ? | ? | 1890 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Mliss |{Mrs. R. Read & Miss Cox} |2.50| 603 | 24.97| 1.0 | 1.25| 27.22| 7.0 | 4.5 | 5.8 | ? | ? | 1890 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Dolphin |{Mr. A. C. Kennedy }|2.48| 581 | 25.08| 2.7 | 2.6 | 30.4 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 3.6 | ? | 1890 | | | |{ Clayton }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. |Troublesome|{Mrs. Rudston Read }|2.47| 566 | 26.3 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 37.3 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 3 | 1890 | | | |{ Soper }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Avadavat |{Mr. Wilson Hoare }|2.49| 536 | 28.00| 0.75| 1.23| 29.98| 6.5 | 4.5 | 6.4 | ? | ? | 1891 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Fiera |{Miss Cox }|2.49| 535 | 28.00| ? | ? | ? | 6.5 | 4.5 | 6.4 | ? | altd. | 1891 | | | |{ Payne }|2.44| 536 | 27.36| 2.7 | 1.23| 31.29| | | | | | 1892 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Squirrel |{Sir W. G. Pearce }|2.50| 578 | 25.95| ? | ? | ? | 6.5 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1891 | | | |{ Stone }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Undine |{Mr. E. N. Harvey }|2.49| 577 | 25.99| 2.5 | 3.2 | 30.7 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 1891 | | | |{ Clayton }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Calva |{Mr. F. B. Jameson }|2.50| 565 | 26.55| 4.0 | 1.29| 31.84| 7.25| 4.0 | 6.0 | ? | ? | 1892 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Cockatoo |{Lt. F. and Mr. A. C. }|2.47| 545 | 27.24| 3.66| 1.24| 32.14| 8.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | ? | ? | 1892 | | | |{ Hughes }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Hoopoo |{Capt. Britten, R.N., & }|2.49| 539 | 27.83| 2.5 | 1.20| 31.53| 6.8 | 5.0 | 6.0 | ? | ? | 1892 | | | |{ the Hon. G. Colville }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Papoose |{Mr. Paul Ralli }|2.50| 543 | 27.65| 3.5 | 1.25| 32.4 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | ? | ? | 1892 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Polynia |{Mr. W. S. Armitage }|2.47| 528 | 28.15| 3.7 | 1.22| 33.1 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 6.0 | ? | ? | 1892 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Faugh-a- |{Mr. A. Hardie Jackson }|2.48| 542 | 27.48| 2.25| 1.16| 30.9 | 7.0 | 4.25| 6.5 | ? | ? | 1892 | | | Ballagh |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Mynah |{Lieut. F. Elwes }|2.50| 544 | 27.65| 2.25| 1.3 | 31.2 | 7.0 | 4.25| 6.5 | ? | ? | 1892 | | | |{ Payne }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Molly |{Mr. Jessop }|2.41| 531 | 28.26| 3.98| 5.99| 38.23| 6.6 | ? | 6.5 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1892 | | | |{ Nicholson }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Stork, |{Capt. S. Y. H. Davenport }|2.43| 527 | 28.52| 3.66| 6.08| 38.26| 7.0 | ? |{3.7} | 3.6 | 2.2 | 1892 | | | C.B. |{ Nicholson }| | | | | | | | |{ ? } | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Gareth |{Mr. Henderson }|2.48| 533 | 28.02| 3.78| 4.9 | 36.7 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1892 | | | |{ Nicholson }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Bud |{Earl of Desart }|2.47| 534 | 28.0 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 32.5 | 7.3 | ? | 6.4 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 1892 | | | |{ Soper }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L. | Modwen |{Mr. C. Mac Iver }|2.50| 564 | 26.69| 2.59| 5.99| 35.27| 7.33| 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1892 | | | |{ Livingstone }| | | | | | | | | | | | | |----+-----------+---------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S. | Wenonah |{Mr. H. Allan }|2.40| 577 | 25.05| ? | ? | 37.5 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 6.1 | ? | ? | 1892 | | | |{ Herreshoff }| | | | | | | | | | | | | +----+-----------+---------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+------+------+-------+------+

1-RATERS, 1891-92

1/2-RATERS, 1890-92