| Length L.W.L. | 25.27 | feet |
| " over all | 34.45 | " |
| Beam | 6.00 | feet 8 inches |
| Overhang forward | 3.30 | " |
| " aft | 5.88 | " |
| Rudder-head from taffrail | 6.00 | " |
| Draught amidships | 5.00 | " |
| Lead on keel | 3.00 | tons |
| No inside ballast. | ||
For sea-work her rating is 3.9 tons.
| Boom | 22.55 | feet |
| Gaff | 17.15 | " |
| Foresail | 359.3 | square feet |
| Topsail | 110.0 | " " |
| Mainsail | 452.2 | " " |
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| 921.5 | " " | |
Lines of the 'Greyhound,' 1892, Norfolk Broads yacht.
For river-work she spreads 1,014 sq. ft. sail-area, and her rating is about 4.5.
The boat is built entirely without caulking, with not a single butt in deck or hull. The keel is Memel oak; skin of yellow pine 11/8 inch; sawn timbers 2 inches square, with steamed timbers 1½ inch square. She is in every respect beautifully finished, and some of her success may be attributable to the excellence of her workmanship.
The designer has refused us any dimensions of the 'Wanderer,' but we believe that practically she is an enlarged edition of the 'Greyhound.' She has been run close, if not excelled, by the 'Corona,' a boat designed for both sea and river, and fairly good on each. She has greater draught and more rise of floor, with greater displacement. At first she was fitted with a centreboard, which, however, was found as useless as it generally is in a boat of comparatively deep draught. Its province is in shoal boats. I tried a centreboard in the 4-tonner 'Swan,' but discarded it after one season. None of the racing yachts over 3 tons have centreboards, and experience has shown that on these waters the centreboard is only of use for the smaller and flatter boats. It is true that Loynes, the boat-letter, has many yachts up to about 20 tons fitted with centreboards, but then his vessels are designed to navigate the shallowest Broads, and centreboards are a necessity in his case. He is, by the way, an adept at fitting centreboards with various devices to facilitate handling them, and his cranks and automatic brakes and other mechanical contrivances are most ingenious and effective.
The 'Corona' was designed and built by Peed of Oulton, who had built several fast-sailing boats. She is supposed to be a better boat in rough water than the 'Wanderer,' running her close also in the river reaches at Cantley, where the regattas are frequently held. She is also a comfortable cruising boat, having two cabins with good accommodation. Her chief measurements are:—