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Show VESSELS OF QUEER BUILD. One in the Atlantic iand the Other in the . Pacific Ocean, water the John B, Prescott a five-masted five-masted schooner, was the largest sailing sail-ing vessel. ' The owner of the new craft promises to still further astonish tho world by immediately contracting .Jr a seven-master, and he clalm9 that the time is not far distant, when schooners of 10,000 tons capacity will be as common com-mon along this coast as are the British tramp3 of fiat size In these days. A party of prominent ."sbipping'men witnessed wit-nessed the launch of this huge craft. The vessel is partially owned in Philadelphia Phila-delphia and is intended principally, if not wholly, for the New England coal trade between Newport News and Philadelphia. Phil-adelphia. Capt. Arthur Crowley, the managing owner's brother, will com- While the Deutschland and oiher trans-Atlaptic flyers are astonishing ' the World by the speed with which they race from Europe to America and back, : . marine' men along the eastern and western coasts of the United States are discussing with interest two other vessels, ves-sels, both of which, by the way, are es- , pecialiy interesting to lake sailormen. One of these is the foUr-masted Amer- best the Americana could do was about 100 knots a day. She was very foul, however, having been for a; long time in the water without being drydocked. The marine novelty w'hich is attracting attract-ing attention on the Atlantic coast will doubtless do better in the way of speed than the nondescript which is exciting wonder in San Francisco. The former Is the largest schooner afloat and the Icana, Just arrived at San Francisco t from the nitrate ports via Honolulu. She Is the most peculiarly rigged craft that ever was seen at the port named, and Capt. Berry, who commands tho nautical freak, is not by any means proud of her. No one can be found to assume responsibility for the rig, but Judging from the schooner's latest excise the idea Is not destined to be taken up by owners generally. The Americana was 150 days coming from Caleta Buena, and at one time 50 per oent reinsurance was paid on her. She put into Honolulu, however, and was then fifty-one days coming from that port to San Francisco. This is the record rec-ord slow passage from the nitrate ports . to San Francisco. The Americana ar-wles ar-wles a Jib topsail, an inward and out- ward jib, a fore gaff topsail, a fore and aft foresail, a square foresail, a main ..'..:' THE AMERICANA. .. FIRST SIX-MASTED SCHOONER. : LARGEST SAILING VESSEL, , ' AFLOAT. '.'".' .-. . - ) mand the : new craft, . which, will , rbe named after a prominent Taunton capitalist.' cap-italist.' .'.'' The new vessel is 2,750 tons net register, reg-ister, 30Q feet long on the keel; 335 feet long over all, 46 feet .bean and 26 ;feet deep- She will carry 5,500 tons of coal, about 1,100 tons more than does the John B- Prescott This six-master -will : not only be a: monsterbut a beauty. Her masts are of Oregon pine, each 116 feet long, with 5? feet topmasts. The lower masts are 26 inches in diameter diam-eter in the partners, 'except the foremast, fore-mast, which is 30 inches. The four topmast top-mast is 20 inches In the cap arid the other 17 Inches, The bowsprit Is . 35 feet lor g and jibboom 75 feet She has a forward house 26 feet long, midship house 16 feet' and after house '35 feet, in' addition to' a large wheelhbuse. Th vessel is' fitted with a . double .set of - pumps-and twith . engines , .and stam, winches for anfi.aft . topgallant sail, main stopsail and fore and aft mainsail, mizzen and gaff top-" top-" sail and spanker and gaff tuysa.il.. In spite of all this spread of canvas the only six-masted vessel of the kind in ' the world. She has just been launched by II.- M. Bean, a "builder' of Camden, Me. Until this new schooner took the |