The Charleston Daily News

LAUNCH OF A NEW YACHT. - A number of gentlemen assembled at Jones' shipyard on Saturday afternoon, to witness the launch of a fine schooner-rigged yacht built by Mr. Jones for Mr. F. P. Porcher, of this city. The launch was successful, and the craft, fully rigged, slid from the ways without a hitch. She has been christened the "Louly," and will create a consternation among the Charleston squadron, as her size and build warrant her success as a racer.

The Louly is somewhat larger than the yachts now owned in the city and draws four and a half feet of water. The following are the dimensions of the new craft:

Length on deck forty-eight feet six inches; beam fourteen feet; depth of hold five feet; length on keel forty feet; centre board eleven feet long, with drop of nine feet; cabin fourteen feet, with a state room, pantry, ice house, and other conveniences. Her frame is of live oak, and her planking the very best yellow pine. Mr. Jones signed the contract on the fourth of May, and has exhibited great dispatch in his work; having finished the boat and spars complete in sixty-one working days. The sails are made by Messrs. Edward Jordon & Sons, of No. 5 duck, and are of the following dimensions: Jib-leech twenty-nine feet; foot twenty-four feet; stay thirty-eight feet; fore sail-leech thirty-five feet seven inches; hoist twenty-nine feet eight inches: gaff thirteen feet four inches; foot twenty-one feet; mainsail-leech thirty-five feet six inches; hoist thirty feet; gaff thirteen feet four inches; foot twenty-five feet-four inches. She will also carry staysail and flying jib. The blacksmith work was executed in a masterly manner by Messrs. Quinlivan & Brothers; the painting by Messrs. Douglas & Miller.