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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[February 17, 1881. 



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JUachting and ^xnoemg, 



BOATS FOR SHALLOW WATERS. 



Mitor Forest aiid Stream: 



Your correspondent, " R. B. R.," in F. and S.. ol Fob. 10. sat s that 

 he lives on a bat a hundred miles long, lour miles wide and two feet 

 deep. Tliooulv Northern Bavs that I know of that appnc-.-iinatoi.i 

 answer this description uiv Barhegni and the South Bay. In Both 

 Hie hoi 1 0111 is loo near Lie- lop lor oomi'ortaOlo sailing in boats draw- 

 ing more than lifloen to eieidooij inches. Js tie; sharpie (.lie Best Boat 

 ror these waters? This is the ..|iiesMon that lie desires answered. 

 lufeily, I don't Bolive It, Is. hour or hve years aire ! specially investi- 

 gated Hie point, ivlf.li a view to purchasing one, and ilnally decided 

 not to, although for cheapness they lour nothing to be do-ired. The 

 summer lleiol'c last I spent a tow da vs on Barheeal P.a;, and was so 

 Weill. leased with fin- sneak-Bo-: pertaining to thai regain Unit I hate 

 procured one am! have satisfied myself thai. It is the Bold for shallow 

 waters. Mv iirsr experiment with If was on t.he Soul h shrew-Bury 

 Blver. Binding the boat rei,.ia,-l;abH still I Inula sail made for if. 

 isomewhal lal'girlhah I he one thai came wil h il. Barer I had a still 

 ilai'6-er one made, to wltieli I loiailv added another cloth, 'this sine 

 line ton ninth after sail m proportion to fie- hoist and she would not 

 come about. To remedy this difiienli v 1 added a jib, using inr the 

 purpose the leo-ot-intii ton mainsail or a canoe. I inter tlds rig site 

 sailed Beautifully, and quite fast tori, bit, foot boat If was neces- 

 sary, however, tu handle the Pb sheets careliuly, or she would go to 

 sleep in stays. Finding lids a inlisance [ dtseaided i.he ]ib and rigged 

 .he mainsail as a " Balance lug," sontei nine, like the one described ,,•:. 

 page tin of Kemp's " Manna! tu' i aeht, and Boat Sailing. " This rig i 

 have not .sought fo improve, as alter a summer's use I can find no 

 fault with it." 'this boat with the eom.i-ein ,ani up will .-.aii on a heavy 

 dew ; with i he board down If sails as close as a eat . On a triangular 

 course 1 1, -wilt hold Its own villi a cai of its size. It can lest wo persons 

 in perfect comfort; three crowd it. It, is practically unupsetablc 

 One afternoon last, August,! sailed It through a heats' ut>rl lim si, 



., pi o i I, ml i li i mi id I m i ' .a ,, nun . l live bal- 



last. On aiioiaer oeeasien 1 attended a cat race. Every cat sailing 

 in the race was double-reeled. My nwu iifllc box carried lull sali. 

 The sneal-Bo\ Is are eiumeiii)',- the boat lor boys Ob aecouht^of its 



safety, its iiseiuiness lor hshingaiid shooiing w IP, he vr hetl for 



By every' l r oi i-tariicgal mo naril io ballast, is pit, 



in fact i have ne. er taken air., except live ballast lor compete, aim. 

 have never been obliged to stay at home i „■■,..... :■■ • . 



a |i . ".!. ■ .,'.,, a-. ,., I ',,, a , ,1 a, ' ' , ..I , . ! ! ' 



Boat will live c here a sharpie would drown. You don't ha", o t o pan 

 your hair in the middle ami you don't have to ling Bags every time 



you go about In an ordimu, is. It' "It. B. R." ae In 



let him spend a week at New Haven; after 

 that he should take a trip down to Earnegat. For pleasure sailing 



I lie Barnegalers do not rig their boats to the best advantage. They 

 use an amount of canvas ridiculously small in comparison with what, 

 the Boats can eonitortaoiv carry. The only sail they use Is the ordi- 

 nary sprit, sail wltieli Is decidedly interior to the balance-lug referred 

 to above. This sail, by the by, ought, to come into more general use 

 lor all small boats tail Belonging to, the feline tribe. How it would 

 answer for these latter f don't know, but doubt if it would be as con- 

 venient as the present rig. Snakk. 



aoeeralb, only 



le sporl rise no higher titan 



I Is not to re wondered tied 



who ti rids hi- 



SINGLE HANDERS. 



AN Impression very generally prevails that the safety of a cruising 

 vaehi depends o. a great decree upon iter size, and that in con- 

 sequence small boats are always unlit, for distant voyages or for 

 open water Thtslsa mistake and on,.- which has done much to cool 

 the ardor ol vonld-U- , p. .as ,n,«i-, -, mors t.he moment their thoughts 

 reverted from -ome glowing cruise n, bung Bunion to the hard fact 

 that their poofan .boats were limited in were ht. and their pet aim of 

 stoppering their own ship, pilfc unattainable. They naturally base 

 their conclusions upon 1 he cvery-ila;, experience with such boats " = 

 happen to be within easy reach 

 and ity men whose conceptions ol 

 an afternoon's "outing" or a " 



experience In item disgusts fill 



cruise rudely i rushed 1c, "the liiaijiiuv oi ihe usual lun of " tlat-nv.. 



boats to respond fo the cruiser's del ids. He tiads the " eat" and 



the "iib-anti-mainsail," which are ihe topic of conversation in 

 neighboring sailing circles, to be ihe ilmtsiest, delusions, and to pos- 

 sess no more claim* to the consideration ot a sailor than a bycicle 

 has to a follower of the turf. He finds tin- average "small boat" a 

 lubberly affair at, best, exceedingly dangerous ever-sparred, totally 

 Inching" in in commodai ion, and, v.or-t, oi all, absolutely tisolei-s In 

 any sea. lumpy enough to llfi her, for she >- breaks all up " and has to 

 run for shelter, unless driven through it By the aid of a numerous 

 crew and a stack of sand hags, appurieuances alioeoi her foreign to 

 his purposes, lie goes home disgusted and is on Hie point of con- 

 cluding, wuli hundreds ot others, that the small cruiser can have no 

 aotual'chtiiv, and that it Is "tonnage thai counts," lor does not sonic 

 friend "o foreign every year in a Bag sloop, and she perhaps Just as 

 much of a flat iron as the racing machines he has tested In vain 7 



",,,-, pa,. ,,g, 'I , -, ■ ,' C I.e.! p Pi , a, -..; 1 m- c Jie.h ' - 1 ■..■.'. 



li, ,„„ get i iii .a i Ml is asi e iii la lies ol bi corn- 

 In.- rich some flaw, when he will fake It out in a tag one in his turn. 

 It is t tin I 1 i in i h i I 



this ,n,i le I, ma ii in i. addi ssed we say, pluck up 

 courage stem . 1 o . i i i ' i n at ipi' t s i 



many inen falsely duBuiu tin a 1 . - '■practical. " Tlie chalices are 

 , ,. ■ ; ,eies , 1 I awn -without 1 1 (1 I I t 



liuse'who t li i little f ftort, you can 



solve the problem of "going to sea,' la o; ! boata great deal 

 better than the persona who cannot even understand, much less, ap- 



preciate, the motives by which you arc actuated. Let, the sand- 

 ha"gcrs have it all to Iheuischos as long as tlcey like. Let them eon- 

 round heaving Ballast and taking a ducking every squall with the 

 real article in the way of seamanship ain.l '.'ouiance on a cruise. Let 

 them have all the "chromo t a. ining' tliey choose ; sooner or later 

 (hey will view your honest, utile ship in the proper light, and envy 

 you your fortnight's cruising at a time, ana Hie comfortable little 

 tlo, itt'ng home ion lime provided, at a less ™-J perhaps than their 

 own open make-shirr affairs. You will take one or the deluded 

 wi etches along tome nine, and dial little voyage will open his eyes tu 

 spott tlif exlstem e oi which lie has never d learned. He will start on 

 a proselyting tour among his trieuds, and yon ™" 

 up the frames for : 



to a ehe 



ailing andnt 



"he who laughs last It. -^ 



The safety or a boat dep. 

 nid haii. hue-,:, neither of it ' 



loi'lnthlttns and disposing of their n 

 them in the Intelligent appreciated 

 ation. Then comes your turn to sn 



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ergili, stability, buoyancy 

 i lung io do with siz.e. 

 The comfort Is obtained By proper attention to easy motion, perfect, 

 '. , position ni s'oaef, and accommodations , neither too long 

 'nor too wide short and sltoal'gso that the best average Is 

 ai It the van iiietoiptiromeh-.s-n ouiDlotenesi in out lit and 

 i, m p n anno in it asp ah ge laa k of entlUttioii 



,„,.ness None of these e-w, -in talis to comfort depend upon 

 toiinaee" The only limit, put. upon eomton b> small tonnage is the 

 eontiuemenl inherent in any Boat ot modest dimensions; but with a 

 Utile (le)ibratlon a pleasing variety of lite can generally be secured 

 on a cruise nullifying even th.lt m-outmed itieoaveiiieriee, and a 

 "spry young niau" will very soon accommodate himself to hiasur- 



'°Tlie cost of a cruiser will be no greater than that of a machine 



equivalent in sBe, ror, though requiring more Iron r,,r Bail, ' 

 savin" is made in rig, material end labor, and a, builder making a 

 specialty of the type can turn them oui wholesale for stock at little 

 more than half I.he figures a-ked for a shifting Balie.M racer. 



As for a small Boat's pei forinances, thev may not amount to much 

 in a "flat iron," But with wholesome displacement or weight, an 



easy form, good tlrali, ample stahllll,', . v. :th enough bur 



vent drowning out If hoarded In a cappini 

 and sins vvlfBlh reason, and kites tor ran' ue.nuei; 

 -a.oil design ilirorghoiit, we would like to I. now the we 

 shaver e .inn ...l live through in sew' \, Willie site will ,-,„; 

 ward m a lop which would send .he lial-ii'oii go,, mini 

 i i 1 i n i lir an all-iome! average th-y will i 

 the Best, Your Hat-iron machine rniy get - ' 

 wader and certain winds, but upon other occasions , ne , 

 luri.ed. As tor the manly spoil, the l.calihy .100111-111 

 and body to Be got troth the 0111 lata 1 hey show' so ti.iitili. .. 

 "Corinthian cruiser" that comparison with the flat-irons would be 



Out 3 of'tlnffmaU craft you may get all the yachting, and more, too, 

 than the big, unwieldy fellow of hundreds of tons can offer, and at a 



rip'; low 



will, her 



on to the 

 peedy as 

 11 smooth 

 ■d will Be 

 to mind 

 of the 



