SPAR PLAN OF LOCH TORRIDON. +-----------------------------------+-------------------+ | Bowsprit | 25 feet. | | Jibboom (outside bowsprit) | 31 feet. | | Bowsprit and jibboom (over all)| 56 feet. | +---------------------+----------+--+-------+-----------+ | Spars | Foremast | Mainmast | Mizen mast| | | feet | feet | feet | +---------------------+----------+----------+-----------+ | Mast—deck to truck | 148 | 152 | 152 | | Lower mast | 68 | 71 | 71 | | Doubling | 18 | 18 | 18 | | Topmast | 57 | 57 | 57 | | Doubling | 7 | 7½ | 7½ | | Topgallant mast | 27 | 30 | 28 | | Royal mast | 21½ | 22½ | 22 | | Lower yard | 88 | 88 | 88 | | Lower topsail yard | 78 | 78 | 78 | | Upper topsail yard | 74 | 74 | 74 | | Topgallant yard | 56 | 56 | 56 | | Royal yard | 42½ | 42½ | 42½ | +---------------------+----------+----+-----+-----------+ | Spars of jiggermast | Length in feet | +-------------------------------------+-----------------+ | Mast—deck to truck | 128 | | Lower mast | 70 | | Doubling | 12 | | Topmast | 71 | | Spanker gaff | 38 | | Spanker boom | 46 | | Jaws of gaff to head of topsail | 72 | +-------------------------------------+-----------------+ Her royals were 18 feet deep, measured at the bunt; and the depth of her courses was 38 feet measured at the bunt. She also had a spencer gaff on her mizen, measuring 24½ feet. Thus it will be seen that, though she did not carry stunsails, she had plenty of canvas. _Loch Torridon_ had a poop 36 feet long, a half-deck for apprentices 16 feet long, a midship house 25 feet long, and her topgallant foc’s’le measured 49 feet in length. [Illustration: SAIL PLAN OF “LOCH MOIDART” AND “LOCH TORRIDON.”] Captain Pattman, who commanded her for over 26 years, gave the following testimony to her qualities, when interviewed by the _Shipping Gazette_:—“Being perfectly sparred, the ship is easy to steer, and even in the worst weather the smallest boy on board can keep her on her course.”