Yachting, Vol. 1

by Sir Edward Sullivan; Earl Thomas Brassey Brassey; R. T. Pritchett; C. E. Seth-Smith; Watson. G. L.

1-RATERS, 1891-92

Rig	Yacht	Owner and Designer	R.	S.A.	L.W.L	O.H.		L.O.A.	B.	D.	Drght.	Displ. cwt.	Ballast cwt.	When built
						Fwrd.	Aft
L.S.	Pup (C.B.)	Mr. T. W. Ratsey Clayton	0.99	343	17.37	1.46	2.32	21.12	6.60	2.9	1.9 5.0	22	7.5	1890
—	Unit	Mr. G. F. Flemmich Owner	0.94	308	18.40	?	?	?	5.40	4.0	?	?	?	1890
—	Cobweb	Mr. B. O. Cochrane ? Designer	0.75	?	?	?	?	?	5.80	4.5	?	?	?	1890
Split L.	Cariad	Dr. P. W. Hughes Sibbick	1.00	285	21.00	?	?	26.60	6.60	2.6	?	?	?	1892
L.S.	Barbet	Mr. Wilson Hoare Payne	0.97	288	20.97	3.05	1.00	24.32	5.95	2.5	4.0	?	?	1892
L.S.	Argula	Mr. H. R. Langrishe and E. K. B. Tighe Nicholson	over rating			?	?	?	5.90	?	2.6	34	15.0	1892
L.S	Nansheen (C.B.)	Mr. T. C. Burrowes Fife	0.99	297	20.24	4.18	3.38	27.80	6.60	2.3	2.5	30	17.0	1892
L.S.	Rogue (Bulb Keel)	Mr. R. Vogan Ridsdale	0.99	285	20.91	5.06	2.51	28.48	5.75	2.2	4.5	21	13.0	1892
L.S.	Doushka	Mr. P. Perceval Payne	0.98	281	21.07	3.10	1.70	25.87	6.00	2.5	4.5	?	?	1892
—	Mahatma	Mr. G. F. Flemmich Owner	0.99	289	20.61	2.67	1.36	24.64	5.30	2.7	?	?	?	1892

½-RATERS, 1890-92

Rig	Yacht	Owner and Designer	R.	S.A.	L.W.L	O.H.		L.O.A.	B.	D.	Drght.	Displ. cwt.	Ballast cwt.	When built
						Fwrd.	Aft
L.S.	Tiny	Mr. Vogan Ridsdale	0.50	193	15.52	1.25	0.40	17.17	5.00	2.45	3.0	18	14	1890
L.S.	Bairn	Mr. E. F. Quilter Clayton	0.49	185	16.10	1.65	1.00	18.75	6.10	1.30	1.3	14	4	1891
L.S.	Coquette	Mr. E. Jessop Nicholson	0.49	191	15.58	1.53	1.97	19.08	4.50	3.00	3.0	15	9	1891
L.S.	Eileen	Miss Sutton Payne	0.48	185	15.90	0.82	0.61	17.33	4.80	2.70	3.0	?	?	1891
L.S.	Jeanie	Mr. Cochrane Fife	0.48	182	15.94	0.88	4.51	21.33	5.20	3.00	2.9	22	12	1891
L.S.	Narua	Mr. Perceval Payne	0.48	183	15.97	0.81	0.58	17.36	5.00	2.80	3.0	?	?	1891
L.S.	Dancing Girl	Mr. Hewitt Ridsdale	0.50	189	15.99	1.03	0.70	17.72	4.80	2.40	3.0	16	12	1891
L.S.	Kittiwake	Lt. L. C. Elwes Payne	0.50	178	17.16	1.25	0.50	18.91	5.00	2.70	3.0	?	?	1891
L.S.	Dee Dee	Mr. Paul Ralli Payne	0.50	177	17.17	0.25	0.71	19.13	4.41	2.70	3.0	?	?	1891
L.S.	Mosquito	Mr. Rudston Read Soper	0.49	179	16.60	0.90	2.10	19.60	4.90	?	2.9	20	6	1891
L.S.	Ladybird	Miss Hammersley Payne	0.49	176	17.04	1.00	0.40	18.65	5.00	2.50	2.9	?	?	1891
L. Ywl.	Spruce	Mr. Brand T. L. Smith	0.41	154	16.20	0.15	1.75	18.10	5.00	1.50	0.5	?	nil	1891
Ywl.	Torpedo	Mr. Stewart ?	0.50	170	17.30	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1891
L.S.	Daisy	Mr. Soper Soper	0.50	176	17.10	4.23	2.65	23.98	5.80	?	3.3	15	7	1892
S.	Wee Winn	Miss W. Sutton Herreshoff	0.46	178	15.61	3.78	4.53	23.92	4.80	1.30	2.9	8	3	1892
L.S.	Lilliput	The late Mr. S. Watson Payne	0.50	180	16.50	3.00	0.50	20.00	4.90	2.0	3.0	?	?	1892
L.S.	Pique	Miss Sutton Payne	0.50	176	17.00	3.12	0.66	20.78	5.00	2.00	2.9	?	?	1892

CHAPTER X

FITTING OUT A FIFTY-TONNER TO GO FOREIGN
By E. F. Knight

There is no reason why ocean cruising should be confined to those who are fortunate enough to possess big steam yachts, or schooners of considerable tonnage. A good 50-tonner, or even a smaller craft, is probably as safe under any circumstances as the larger vessel; she can go where the latter cannot, and in many ways gives her owner better sport.

When a man really fond of the sea—and he must be so to undertake the task—sets to work to fit out a 50-tonner for a lengthy voyage, to the South Atlantic for example, his method must necessarily be somewhat different from that of the owner of the large yacht. He has to rely a good deal on his own wits, for much of the work of preparation is quite out of the line of his shipwright and of the ordinary nautical tradesmen with whom he has to deal. He is not likely to employ one of the regular ocean-going skippers, who would of course know exactly what was required, and the yachtsman making ready for his first expedition of this nature is sure to do some things wrong; but he will gradually pick up many wrinkles to help him on another occasion.

Such a voyage must to a great extent be an amateur business, by which I mean one to be undertaken only by a pleasure sailor of experience, accompanied by friends of like tastes; for I can imagine nothing so remote from an amusement as for a novice to sail away on a vessel of this size with a purely professional skipper and crew on whom he has to implicitly rely. He is completely at the mercy of his servants; hands who are well enough when carrying their employer about in home waters and on short foreign cruises are apt, unless they are exceptional men indeed, to take advantage of his ignorance and helplessness in many ways when the vessel is thousands of miles from home and on coasts where—and they are thoroughly well aware of this—he cannot discharge them, since it would be impossible satisfactorily to replace them. To travel in such a fashion would be productive of so much annoyance and anxiety as to sicken one for ever of the sea. With a larger vessel it is of course a different matter; a first-class skipper is engaged, the crew is carefully picked, all is properly ordered, and a discipline not altogether feasible on the small craft is maintained; and yet I have heard it whispered that discord and trouble are not always absent even from the big vessel on a lengthened cruise.

There is no man I would rather have at sea with me than the honest British yachting tar of the right sort; but it is difficult to get him to ship for a long voyage on a small craft, and as a rule one has to put up with an inferior article. The owner of our roaming 50-tonner therefore, if he wish to enjoy any comfort and have an easy mind, must know sufficient to be entirely independent of his crew; and if he is not his own skipper—which he ought to be—he should at any rate be entered on the ship's papers as captain, and every man on board should sign articles under him. Should the skipper choose to leave the vessel, the owner must be capable of taking his place. The men must be made to understand that their employer can do without them; that, in case of their attempting any nonsense, he is quite prepared to put all hands on shore and ship a crew of any sort of foreigners in any port if necessary; if he cannot do this, he had far better stay on shore, or only cruise in home waters. But when once the owner has attained this absolute independence, he will find there is no more fascinating pursuit than that of navigating his little vessel across the seas from country to country, to whatsoever corner of the world he may fancy to betake himself.