Maeoh 10, 1881.] 



FOREST AND STEEAM. 



117 



SEAWANHAKA YACHT CLUB. 



W 



l.ovojo.y was elected a member. 



CUTTERS IN BOSTON. 



lniichiii'suiiu ih-i.mjltHi 



fore the public only two shor 

 :ui(l the violent opponents am. 



Iiavecliiiiisrwl. - Th- honest 

 mne-.imd i..ru 



ifflst sailing 

 fluently be- 

 ar followers 



thfti .. 



taceot the evidence that this journal Uas not. through It own tireless 

 effon s in behalf of the em iw and the. s;.llor yaeht.sinaii fairly earned 

 the long lead it has taken as the organ of the sport In America? Says 

 the Boston II- ,;■ ■• . 



" Lawier* Sims have laid the Keels tor two more English cutters' 

 They appear to begaUiitlg favor wlMi gentlemen v aelu-tneu and these 



A FUNNY RULE OF MEASUREMENT. 



t leads into the ridiculous. 

 r at City Point, Boston, tle- 

 r to the end of the rule, and 

 at, Wit. oh keel, 2.1 ft. beam, 



as ft, and ii boom of 3 











ecu square It. Well, 





ud how will tue rest of the cat- 



baud licet or ttiesjin 









ch a customer V And how long 



before even thedmie 









are will eompreheud the fallacy 



and the' leuilenevof . 









s measurement a, lenoi.li v Per- 



haps, without know 









111 create a bigger reform with 



his new wash bowl t 









[ spilt ill KOKKST AXD STREAM 



And theu tor auotlie 









ve have been fighting for in the 



way of a rule for iuei 









little brains in m it faddy, at 



otrr elbow, wants to . 









,s become broader than they a re 



long, win the oreadi 

 sailing sideways whe 









ength, and will such yachts be 



n lh 



y are si 



lilt 



g ahead J 





YACHTING NEWS. 



sii:i'iii:n.s : canoes.- 



-Mr. Bto 



phe 



ns, of Hallway, N. ,1 , has .Inst 



sei-iptlou- of til 

 llm- w. i.addll 

 Bandy lloote. 

 matters eoneer. 

 shoiv.ugtheilui 

 it remarkable II 



Mr, St PUl !:'.• 



lug vaems <lml 



and is prepared 



WIT 



Drought him twenty-live 

 :",('■'■' catalogues will not 

 luedluiu 10 ojat and yuu 

 long laid. 



good resu 



COOK first 

 cabin the 



cold day. 

 Bay in 11 



oyer if yoi 



the heigni 



cotton "" 1 



YACHT 



orrei ea foi 



about oui 

 wfilcii oho 

 pure amis 

 very fast 1 

 Is governe 

 modern Bt 

 The usni 

 I cite the. 

 runner, 



itream: I have noticed 

 Now, I have had pretty 

 The company inumttae- 



r and 1 



The 



■nJ-lt 



lei attached Let it tit. tight, about hall 



aoking drum, of else flu the reservoir well with 

 er stove is certainly needed— Poet Lyte. 

 ALE.— Attention IS called to yachts wanted and 

 ough our columns, as this journal reaches the 



' "iut the country, It Is the best medium lor 



1 foi 



y advertlsf 

 U(ar Ftn 



ulyO 



e.ttrei 



nd . 



sral 1 



trmm: Vou are quite right 



re wafer than English -utters. 

 : ot the latter to be a bugaboo, 

 us arc merging into the cutter 

 a the matter of outline, which 

 with the times, l he 



J a heal! 



aud c 



Man 



o.ltei 

 She 



_ .. 3ark horse 10 windward. .She can eat the best centre- 

 board sloop of (j-t sl/.e out or the wind to. liar, and what, sac kicks in 

 speed she will make 1.10 111 gefung co cm,is:ir,j Her menu :. ogru is 

 only iff!,;' ft. Yacht building here has giadnaily been undergoing a 

 change, almost unknown to ourselves, from the flat, bottom centre- 

 board sloop we have evolved rlic clciTth, the rocker keel, the outside 

 baimsc and lie double lie el rig. j.k do-, i ecilsiime te.11.110-; 01 the 

 cutter, liven iri minor ma.1tcrs-1.ue lead ot gear, The introduction 01 

 Iron floors, auri, of late, even flush decks in yachts under 40 ft.— we 

 1.1. 1 ve been Kt-a.dili apprnslinatin'g the " honest boat" represented by 

 the cutter of fair beam, with rig slight.! i slmplilied, ana your journal 

 must Ire credited with a power ill influence. In bringing about the 

 healthy change.— S. 



LIGHTS AND RED TAPE— Authority from Washington having 

 decreed that an boats propelled by oars arc 1.0 -any ngius. alter sun- 

 down without excsuiien, the 'I reasiuy Department, has forwarded us 

 He is altogether Impracti- 



,t effect. As the „ 



>abiy bo honored more in the breech in the future 

 he past, but owners of boats will do well to bear 

 y of SCuo attached for violation of the rule. 

 CUT club.— The new club house and grounds 



crest tree ess, owing la ill r—itot management 



gul-.hing leati.tre of the club. 'The breakwater will 

 a hasiu formed re r.-Jm d a. better im-cor tor small 

 craft, several boat clubs wul build in the immediate neighborhood, 

 and, with the yacht builders already e-ii.aolMied and convenient ac- 

 cess by ferry, I lie beach along iia.t bailee promises to become an 

 active centre for the s.porf in clew York Harder, something which has 

 been badly needed for a long time, seventeen new yachts have 

 hoisted the club colors daring the year, the Meet now numbering 

 fourteen schooners, thirl 1 -three sloops and six "open bonis,'' all of 



cable, it will pr 

 as it has beta) in 

 lnhftud the pena 

 ATLANTIC Y, 

 have turned out, r 

 Which Is a disti 

 be complete: 



them In 

 politaa 



eli to ci 



stake boa 

 ships, an 

 lightship 

 year Is a 

 class B, s 

 water Hn 

 sloops as 1 

 We hope 

 measures 



in, and some of them well known in' metro- 

 itches. AvervwUe thing' Uas been done in altering the 



; by omitting to sound Southwest spit buoy, thereby over- 



e annoyance of ihe "horse latitudes'' in the Horseshoe. 



'ill hereafter be sailed from off bay Kidge, outside of a 

 off fho Hook, around the s, -1u.ia.1nl and Sandy Hook light- 

 home direct. The si nailer sloops, veld round the Scotland 



Hid thence make fur the finish. The classification tor the 

 lollows: Class A, schooners iu feet, water line and over ; 



hooners under 0.1 feet water Uno; class c, sloops a5 feet 

 and over; class 0, sloops 45 tec 1 and under oa ; class E, 



et and under 4:'.; class a?, sloops under 35 feet, water line. 



io enterprising a -lub will sonner or later gritoole with the 



;nt question, and give up such a stunting rule as length. 



THE SCIPLE TACHT ENGINE. 



YACHT BUILDING AT BRISTOL. —Unusual activity is displayed 

 ill,, ii-aoshefi cor,,.- aim ruuca yatflit work isle hand. The 



■h.aor.i r can a Is ab m hulsfaecl and will go into cam mission in 

 arch she has been entirely rebuilt and the old sloop cannot he 

 c e . . ; 1 -■-, ' i, as'. The =10311101- Camilla, "built lor In-. J. G-. 



01 citric a L ochc-r katm.-ci delivered 10 Msice 

 she is a, baud some moJel, and. m spite of I 

 good speed on trial Length on keel, 30 ft.; .._ 

 The boiler Is M th. high, no in. face, as ft. long, of the return tubular 

 style, estimated at ta horse power. When work log It. holds IK gallons 

 of water, arid til- top is iiare.lv even with the e-are.vale of the boat. 

 Other owners speak in blah terms of the Solple engine , anil believe It 

 to be one of the ven lae-t in the marker, tor r-il;Ur,"ib v and wear. Cnpt. 

 .Toet itriiiie. of von- larntis.'.', ,-k. >:. .1, ha- one ritncnu ,m w-.. as 

 Capt. J. G. Smith, of Baltimore, aad hoc] will give ready indorse- 

 ment to all we have sum. The Foundry is now busy with orders for 



tght and consequeu 



nd canvas, ft, xi ft.x-i ft,, 

 pared with a canoe on ucec 



only liijuries to which ace 



and joltings when shipped by 



all 1: 



iveswhen in the < 



•in a 



. hlows, 



■oillsfan 

 •lalmed 



and straining by 



v advocates 01 the canvas canoe that Its ehrsticuv enables it to re- 

 ilve, without injury, blows that would brea r a cecltr canoe, the 

 rlnelple Seine the same as 1 nat by wbleli the basket will outlast the 



o.w. iai CI, 1 -,ie e.ic'ia-: eaaoi would -.in ret i lie i, ear liifl ico'd CSiCC 



ride on the rail or In a wagon entails hetter than a eedar, out 1 



