. The encyclopaedia of sport. J- Ash,which was the best boat of the masterpiece of the 3-ton fleet wasfated, however, to come from the hands of thatpromising young designer, Mr. W. E. Paton, who have died hard, for up to the year 1887 theystill kept up races among themselves underthe 1730 rule after it had been abolished andthe Length and Sail area had become law. The following dimensions of fashionablesmall racing craft in the years 1S85-6 will belooked at with astonishment by many modernyachtsmen. Oona Cocker Jenny Length. Beam. Feet. Feet. 34 55 32 595 3J 5-45 28-5
. The encyclopaedia of sport. J- Ash,which was the best boat of the masterpiece of the 3-ton fleet wasfated, however, to come from the hands of thatpromising young designer, Mr. W. E. Paton, who have died hard, for up to the year 1887 theystill kept up races among themselves underthe 1730 rule after it had been abolished andthe Length and Sail area had become law. The following dimensions of fashionablesmall racing craft in the years 1S85-6 will belooked at with astonishment by many modernyachtsmen. Oona Cocker Jenny Length. Beam. Feet. Feet. 34 55 32 595 3J 5-45 28-5 47 Dis. Draught place- j ment. Eclipse Feet. I25 5-75 8-2 7-5 I ?4 « I - 77i i36 Keepsake .Verena ... 3025 76-8 13 78-6 bailarea. Tonnage. i,;o1,5281,645T,o6o 2,280 S 1 s 1 5 1 C 3-750 ^ 1 The overhanging stem was introduced intosome of these tittle vessels, but owing to thenarrowness of the water-lines forward it isobvious that but small advantage was gained by. I ^ yachting] the ^:i)IA OF SPORT 605 it. Another freak of construction, wliich first craft in the diminutive as jvell as in the large snw hght in the days of the plank-on-edge type, classes. but which did not become popular for many In much the same manner as Currytush had years after, was the hollow in the forward longi- the three tonners, the 30 footers, tudinal vertical section, or what is colloquially Eclipse and Curtsy, both designed by Mr. termed the bow profile. .All the crack threes C. P. Clayton, settled the 30-foot length class, and fives had their fore foot severely cut and Bird of Freedom, designed by Feltham away, but we believe Mr. R. E. Froude, who of Portsmouth, and Verena, a similar boat, designed and sailed the famous 5 tonner carried off most of the prizes in the 21-foot Jenny A\rcn, was the pioneer in this class. In 18S6, the last year of the 1730 ? respect. She, at any rate, was the first craft of rule, small yacht racing was not in a f
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