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FOREST ANDfSTREAM" 



YACHTING NEWS. 



Buffalo Yacht Club. — Yachting in Buffalo took a fresh 

 start last fall, when several races were held and reported in 

 the Forest and Stream, and a club was also formed with a 

 strong board of officers. The schooner Fleetwing proved her- 

 self one of the smartest in the fleet during these matches, and 

 as four new craft are now building for racing purposes, the 

 coming season is looked forward to with much interest. The 

 club races generally take place outside the new breakwater to 

 a point up Lake Erie and return and also 10 miles to wind- 

 ward and return. The Fleetwing made a lengthy cruise and 

 did considerable fishing off Point Abino, Canada, a regular 

 outfit in the way of guns and tackle being included in her 

 stores for the trip. Pennant. 



Hudson Rivkb Yacht Club. — Officers elected for the year 

 as follows: G. P. H. Geissel, Commodore ; J. T. Goodwin. 

 Vice-Commodore; C. Frick, Secretary; G. Heitzman, Treas- 

 urer; J. Clark, Steward; J. H. Harrington, Sailing Master; 

 W. Palmer, K. V. Freeman, J. Stilger, J. Kelly, M. Robin- 

 son, Trustees ; G. Tread, E. P. Wilson, S. T. Lynch, Finance. 



Cettisinct in Georgian Bat.— Says a correspondent : We 

 were up in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, not long ago during 

 the fall months. We had a light keel boat, 16ft. long, 4ft. 

 beam and weighing 330 lbs. We started from Lake St. Clair, 

 went up through the river and coasted along old Huron to 

 Goderich. From there a schooner took us round to Midland 

 at the southern end of the bay. We spent five weeks among 

 the islands, the number of which no man can tell. The 

 scenery is enchanting, air and water as pure as any on earth, 

 and the fishing — think of what it must be, for five weeks not 

 a single white face was seen to disturb the swarms of bass, 

 pickerel and muscalonge ; and as for hunting, there was game 

 of many kinds, partridges and ducks in great number, and a 

 few bears to give zest to one's hunt. The black fly does not 

 bite in these regions, and even the mosquito is almost inoffen- 

 sive. The Bay and its shores are a veritable paradise during 

 August, September and October. There are no currents nor 

 tides, you have open water and sheltered sailing to your 

 heart's content ; you can camp on smooth and shelving islands 

 of rocks, carpeted with moss, clean, cool and comfortable, 

 and if a storm rages, haul up your boat and seek the protec- 

 tion of the thickets of cedar and cypress. Wild berries in 

 quantity. Georgian Bay offers great inducements for the 

 sailor and the sportsman alike, and as it is within easy reach 

 of the great cities of the North, the Bay and its shores are 

 destined to become in the near future a resort for the multi- 

 tude and a chosen cruising ground for the Lake yachtsman. 



G. F. W. 



Boston's Fastest Cats. — During the paBt seaBon Fancy and 

 PsycJie had many close and interesting races, Fancy coming 

 out slightly ahead in the showing for the year as will be seen 

 by reference to our List of Winners, published a few weeks 

 back. !• ancy took 12 prizes and Psyche 11, but the former 

 counts in her locker 11 firsts and 1 second against the latter's 

 6 firsts, 4 seconds and 1 fourth. There is some chance of 

 Fancy meeting Wanderer of Providence next summer, when 

 a series of races will be instituted between these two little 

 cracks. 



Steam Yachts and Red Tape. — Official red-tape now 

 compels owners of steam yachts to carry licensed pilots and 

 engineers, and subjects them to a great many other annoyan- 

 ces which the safety of those afloat does not demand. Our 

 steam yachts are generally of such light draft that they cruise 

 in waters to which the regular licensed pilot is more of a 

 Stranger than the private skipper, and consequently his pres- 

 ence is of no value and his room often more precious than his 

 presence A movement is now on foot to have these 

 legal restrictions so modified as not to interfere with 

 the development of this branch of the sport, and we 

 hope those who can in any way contribute to the success 

 of the appeal will do so at once. All builders of engines and 

 hulls, as well as the owners of steam yachts, are immediately 

 interested in the success of the application to be made to the 

 authorities for the much needed modifications, and should 

 lend a willing hand in obtaining for the proposed petition to 

 Congress and the Secretary of the Treasury as wide a circula- 

 tion and as many signatures as possible. Messrs. Clute 

 Brothers & Co., engineers, of Schenectady, N. Y., had taken 

 the matter in hand, and now that the flag-officers of the Sea- 

 wanhaka Y. C. have been instructed to investigate the griev- 

 ances of owners, and also to prepare a suitable application for 

 the changes desired, we have no doubt but that the combined 

 efforts of the two parties will result in an effective appeal, 

 and that the relief sought for will be granted. 



Export Tbadk in Boats. — The superiority of American 

 woods for boat-building purposes as well as our acknowledged 

 lead in all classes of fine joinerwork requiring skill in fasten- 

 ing light material in such a manner as to get the greatest 

 amount of strength, combined with lightness, has led to a 

 regular export trade in boats, and there seems a new opening 

 for the more enterprising and intelligent of our builders. In 

 this branch T. Desmond, of Peck Slip, has long held an emi- 

 nent reputation, and only recently he shipped a number of 

 six-oared gigs of handsome model and workmanship for 

 foreign account, while an extension of this business to shells 

 and club-boats as well as yachts will follow as the result of 

 the excellent workmanship Which Desmond makes it a point 

 to put into all his work. 



A SMALL COHINTHIAN. 



Brooklyn, Jan. 10, 1879. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



Having heard a little talk lately about "Itohen boats" I have 

 been persuaded to shed a little ink in that direction myself, as few 

 seem to be aware of the merits of these remarkable little vessels. 

 They were originally used as fishing boats, but the competition 

 arising from the periodical races originated by the fishermen grad- 

 ually developed a type of boat whose speed and ability has become 

 famous. As these races were not sailed under the confining ton- 

 nage rule the typo was at liberty to develop in every desirable di- 

 rection, and develop it accordingly did into the very beau-ideal 

 of a small cruiser. Then the yachtsmen took hold of the type, 

 racing them on length, and what was the result ? The fishing 

 boats, which at first were built with a generous amount of beam 

 to give them capacity, gradually became narrower and deeper, 

 with more and more outside ballast, and each season the wider 

 boats were beaten by those of less beam, until from 11 feet or so 

 the average beam dwindled down to from 9 to 9>£ feet on a water- 

 lino of 30 feet. Let the yachtsman who, having beam in his own 

 eye, pooketh and thruateth at the cutter, which is prominent in his 

 neighbor's eye, take heed and tremble, for this is stern reality and 



solid fact, and as such is worth more than all the logic and reason- 

 ing which can be advanced to refute it. 



The accompanying drawings are for an "lichen boat'' 30 feet on 

 the water-liue, intended for cruising outside, or any other place 

 where there is over f>% feet of water, and also for racing whenever 

 her owner feels so inclined. As she is to carry about 4 tons of lead 

 on her keel, besides ballast inside, she is practically uuc&psize- 

 aole ; and, being also possessed of comparatively fine lines on ac- 

 count of her moderate beam, she will be capable of very fair speed 

 when driven. She is intended to meet the requirements of those 

 who, not being able to afford a large yacht, do not wish to restrict 

 the length of their cruises on that account, but prefer rather to tie 

 down another reef in the mainsail and drive her through than to 

 up helm and ingloriouely run for the neai-est lee. Her dimensions 

 were taken aB follows, for reasons which will be stated hereafter : 

 Length L.W. L., 30 feet ; beam do., 9 feet ; draught, extreme, 5>£ 

 feet ; displacement, 9 tons ; freehoard amidships, 2)^ feet. First, 

 in regard to her beam. Only 9 feet were taken that the boat 

 might be able to get out of her own way when running free ; and 

 having abont 4 tons of lead at a depth of 5 feet beneath her, she 

 will have great stability, and any further additions to her beam 

 woidd be cumbersome and unnecessary, only tending t 

 dangerously lively in a seaway. A little less beam might be of ad- 

 vantage to her as a racer, should she sail under the tonnage rule, 

 but in our cruiser we wish to enlarge our cabin as much as is com- 

 patable with speed and weathorliness, even if we do ton a little 

 heavier for it. 



In regard to draught, all that can be said is, that as the boat is 

 intended to sail in open water there will always be plenty of it un- 

 der her, and, as depth is valuable as a lever for the action of nor 

 ballast, it would hardly be advisable to;givo her less. 



U he freeboard was taken at 1)4 feet, for two reasons ; first, be- 

 cause it gives her a standing height of over 6 feet under the sKy- 

 Ught, which is rather good for a 30 foot flush deck boat ; and second, 

 because it allowB her to heel to an angle of 30* before her plank- 

 sheer beoomes immersed. It may be objected that 30" is unneces- 

 sarily large and that no one would ever think of sailing a boat .at 

 such an angle. But let us assume that she be heeled by a wind- 

 force to a smaller angle and is then struck by a puff, or sudden in- 

 crease in the force of the wind, it is evident that the momentum 

 engendered will at first carry the boat over to a much greater angle 

 than would bo roached by the Bame force of wind steadily applied. 

 It is to supply the needed dynamical stability, of great import in a 

 sea cruiser, that a liberal amount of freeboard has been chosen. 



On reference to the plans it will be noticed that the overhang 

 aft is 6 feet ; thiB rather largo amount of counter was given be- 

 cause it reduced the length of boom outboard, increased deck 

 room and diminished the apparent height of freeboard, which 

 without it might appear unsightly. 



The accompanying Bail plan is for a moderate cruising rig only, 

 and is in consequence very low and rather small for racing, or 

 summer sailing, and 2 feet or so more all round would not injure 

 her. The two Bections here given are the midship sections of our 

 little cruiser, and of a Bloop of abont equal water-line length. My 

 intention in making this comparison is merely to show whore our 

 cruiser differs from the best typo of centreboard boat and her rel- 

 ative amount of oabin room. 



It will be noticed that the sections cross each other a little be- 

 low where the bunks would corao, the small amount of space thus 

 gained by the wider boat being counterbalanced by the room taken 

 up by the centreboard box ; hence the width of the bunks and the 

 Space between tliem is about the same in each boat. As the only 

 available cabin room in the ceutreboardor is under hor trunk Bha 

 is somewhat limited as to its length, while in our little craft it can 

 extend her whole lougth under her flush deck if hor owner so 

 choose, or it can be divided up into an after cabin, main cabin and 

 perhaps a littlo galley forward. ,i , , , Gall. 



JPu §nme of §hess. 



Notice. -Cli ess exchanges, communications and solutions should be 

 'uldrtrssed" Chess Editor Foukst and STKEia, P. o. box! 

 vllle, Conn." 



Problem No. 41. 



Motto: Fastuia Lente. 





White to play and give mate In three moves. 



(iii» No. OS. 

 A eame in the series between J. Copping, of St. Neots, England, and 

 Daniel Jaeger, of New York, In which Hr. Copping announces a mare 

 in six moves : 



White. 

 Jaeger. 

 1— P-K4 



S— P-E B4 

 S— KfcK Bis 



-j_p. K R4 



-KC-K5 



Black. 

 Copping. 

 1— P-K4 

 2-P tks P 

 S— P-K KM 



4— V-KtB 



B— B-K Kt2 (a) 



— :Kl.!,KsKt,P(b)«-P-04 



t -Ptksnp (C ) 7-Q-K«ck(d) 

 _— K-B3(e) 8— B-^5ch 



i— K-B3 &-B tks Kt oh 



White. 



Jaeger. 

 10— K tks B 

 11— K R3 



Black. 

 Copping-. 



10-Kt-K B3 Bb 



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IS— F-K Kt4 (o la— f-k R4 



18— B-K3 13-H-K. lit sq 

 14-R-K B=q to) U— P-K Bfi (IV) 



IB—. BtSHP " US— PtkBPcJD 



16-K-R2 10— B-K4 Ctl 



17— K-Rso 17— PtksB 

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