A BEAUTIFUL YACHT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 33, 9 February 1892, Page 8

A BEAUTIFUL YACHT.

Auckland is famed for the symmetry and beauty of her yachts, and it is beyond question that in this bran oh of naval architecture wo have attained a standard ot perfection that has nob boon excelled in any other part of the colonies. In view of this fact, in is greatly to die credit ol Mr Joseph Swales that the Httlo yneht which he has just completed at Poiißonby is one of tho pretfcits.~c and afc tbo same ti-ns perhaps the best-finished bout of her n)a- : s that has ever been turned out in Auckland: The work in her would do credit lo a cabinetmaker. Every plank and joino is fitted together as nicely «r> if the parts had grown together, and her decking is as admirable and patient a piece of work as has ever been put into a yacht. Tho Aline, for that ifl her name, him b :en built by Mr Swales in his spurs time, and her construction has extended over a poriod of between two and three years. She is a handy little craffc of rather more than three tons, built on tho clipper bow principle, and without centreboard, the absence of which gives her plenty of cabin room. Tho model isavery good oiu\ indicating bolhopoed and weatherly qualities, although aa a matter of fact ths AlinohaS been biiiltas a plea?m - v boat, and not aa a racer. She will iivt/ perhaps a couple of tons of lead o:: hoi- ket>". She is ft diagonal boat, planked up v'bh "full lengths," and there id only one visible in tho whole of the liali Our smaller yachts are too often >e.r.ork- !- able for tho roughness of their ir.ibH, buc tho Alino is an exception in -Ivat tho parte aro so boantifully fitted The cabin is very roomy for a bout or hcv class, and is fitted with bunks, while fciwo aro alao commodious lockers under the long counter which she bonsfc:. , . Tho Alino bae been taken down to St. Mary's i-Jay, where she is being put in sailing trim. She has been inspected by many prominent yachtsmen, who, with scarcely an exception, havo expressed high admiration of the little craft.