AntiL 13, 1883.) 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



217 



Che 



planting the cane s 

 meta centre. Now 



the o'ld 'in' 

 first instance your 

 vessel, and in the 

 in tin- colter wher. 

 yon understand it. d 

 The rcportr 



ne, "is your 

 , will go.' 1 A 

 raterline, and 

 iu see. in the 

 areened your 

 it to a point 

 irence. Now, 



S 



ream draws is. thai lluiw. win. wish 10 

 i -in) down the cutter form of model, should be allowed to go on with 

 their tall bilk and rahid nonsense, but steer clear of fact's, sucli as 

 the old scientist quoted has made plain to them; lor they evidently 

 know little of their meaning. 



We think at the same time, if lives are lost by taking the flat-iron 

 type of boat to sea. that such composers of trash its appeared in the 

 .Sew York World, should be held to answer for the impression made 

 on the otherwise unguided minds of the .many who are about to 

 l)u ild for themselves seagoing boats. 



MEASUREMENT OF KEELS AND CENTER- 

 BOARDS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The difficulty of classing centerboards and keels in a cluh in which 

 the former are not numerous enough to be formed into a ell 

 themselves, has given rise to a discussion on the fairest means of 

 measuring the boards. The rule of measurement adopted by the 

 club hi question, is somewhat crude, as it leaves deep metal keels 

 untaxed, and tends to cut down freeboard, Hie yachts beitu lUilt 

 linderit being also deep keeled, with very low freeboard. cer I . 



amidships, where the depth is taken, and with decks arched from 

 covering board to center. It is simply a three dimensions rule— 

 length diiv.n It: . depth, and the product divided by l"-i to give racing 

 tons. It is faulty, also, in giving depth a greater vaht- than breadth 

 or length, as may be seen lroin the follow nig examples: 

 Length L.W.L. Breadth. Depth. 



Ft. In. Ft. In. Ft, In. Tons. 



Mariquita, eenterboard.. .30 li 5 2 1^ 1 89-150 



Mascot, eenterboard 20 1 5 11 2 2)/> 1111150 



Miranda, eenterboard.. ..22 Til 2 0)3 8 148-150 



Lilys keel 23 ^ 8 2 3 14-150 



Velenar, keel 20 2 V 8 9 3 79-160 



The difference is most apparent in the case of Lily and Velenar. 

 Lily 's oft. greater length and lit, greater beam. bring actually made 

 inferior to the lft, 3in. greater depth of Velenar. Again, alii- I , 

 lft.10 greater length, artel nine, greater lieaiu. count less than Vele- 

 nar's lft. Stain, greater depth. She has about 3ft. of board. All the 

 above, with the exception of Velenar, which shows a high side, have 

 very low freeboard. 



It is new proposed that during the ensuing season centerboards 

 shall he kept down during a race: as all the boards being of iron, for 

 the sake of giving weight low down when on a wind, as well as 

 lateral resistance, the raising and lowering ihem is a violation of the 

 rule, which strictly pr dbbils shifting ballast in any shape whatever. 

 A recommeudaton is added to alter the rule of measurement to 

 length on 1. w. 1. .-extreme beam, .mean draft, product divhh ! v 

 150. This is a step toward the adoption of a length ■■ sail area rule. 

 which finds favor with many who nave given it consideration. The 

 i ' . i -. in- , i i i i in il - i - i i pi i ..- hi- air. L'ixon 

 Kemp's rule, rejected by the Y. R. A. in favor of their present im 

 perfect one. would be used best to the length- sail area, as under it 

 the yachts named above are much more equitably measured, as may 

 be seen by a comparison: 



X.2XE . L.-.B. - Depth. 

 1,200 160 



Tons. Tons. 



Mariquita 1.03 1.59 



Mascot 1.00 1.76 



Miranda 3.19 2.90 



Lily 3.58 3 09 



Velenar , 2.37 3.52 



Kemp's rule measures them more fairly, I think. Rouge-Croix. 

 Halifax, N. S. 



[We quite agree wii h R.-CJ. Movable keels must be recognized a- 

 of a fixed quantity. The rule of measurement adopted by the Sea- 

 wauhaka Y. C. of New York. 



Length o n L. W. L.xsail area. 

 •1,000— tons. 

 Taxing but slightly the stern or overhanging stern, and limiting all 

 hi H'g l.iiee f.j :: leopce-i a m.r ., are' ol the lower sai's. we aie per- 

 suaded will vet be t.ne prevailing rule ol admeasurement The Yacht 

 Racing Association of leugdard are gradually .'re] ry.arinng he 

 adoption of this rule, and will do so after floundering- about a little 

 longer trying to see how, what are termed sea going, e. uisers can be 

 classified w ill, real seagoing racing yachts.] 



.AMERICAN STEAM YACHTS. 



MESSRS. WILLIAM CRAMP & SON, of Philadelphia, have added 

 another powerful steam yacht to our fast increasing number 



|| largo oo "eg .- : : .a,r Meg,., ,'gh ig,g e red, l uriied out lei llusJh'iu 

 in the construction of the hull and its a upturn in cuts i, so 'ti rover hia I It- 

 good, and the fittings below are so massiveh finished in the steam 

 yachts now on our coast built by them, that this leviathan yacht. 

 named Atalanta, and owned by Mr. Jay Gould, of New York ( dry 

 forms but a resume of their usual sound and well finished work, if 

 the Atalanta in her appearance and rig, has a life imparted into her 

 so sadly wanted in the steam yachts of this country, she will 

 evidence a march iu the right direction of our native talent in naval 

 architecture. Our contemporary, the iron ,-b/r. writing on the sub- 

 ject, of our American steam yachts a few days since, very appro- 

 it ie h sst; : 



'*Steant yachts in America (during- the past lew years have been 

 vastly increased in size and fitted with materially improved ma- 

 chinery. Speed has been the objective point in the construction of 

 these boats, and builders, of hulls, as well as engineers, have taxed 

 their ingenuity severely to that end The stranger and Corsair, of 

 the New York Club, followed by other large vessels of similar • ',.<- 

 marked the beginning of the improved steam yacht in this country. 

 True, many boats undeserving the appellation of steam yachts 

 were to be found on the lists, of some yacht clubs for years before, 

 but they were of indifferent, account and only fit for inland waters. 

 Specialists are now designing this type of pleasure craft, and size, 

 power, rig, ami accommodations are lieing looked alter with a nicety 

 of detail which means that in the near future the fleet of American 

 steam yachts may be pointed to with pride. The cruising steam 

 yacht, containing al! the conveniences of a home, and able to make 

 a voyage of < Ml , i t L i 



sumption of coal, is not now in the undeveloped state it was a few 

 years ago. and the number of new- boats of an improved type which 

 will be seen during the coining season jtistilles flic belief that the 

 days of worthless steam toys have passed, and the ili-shapen 

 launches of a few years a go aie being replaced by productions by 

 naval architects of established imputation, lit for anv service. 



"The construction of yacht boilers of steel by American builders 

 shows that the improvements made In this important particular in 

 England have not passed onm: tired in this country. Again, though 

 the hulls of our large steam yachts are iron, there is considerable 

 discussion in engineering circles regarding' the use of steel for yacht, 

 building. The construction of steel yachts in Europe has demon- 

 strated that the nature and uses of that maieri.-u tor lids purpose are 

 well understood. Many advantages are claimed for steel in its 

 adaptation for plates and frames of yachts, and it is not unlikely 

 Ural rem, wealthy gentleman In this counh", may Ijiinl: it best to 

 build a steel steam yacht at no distant day." 



BOSTON, April 6.— The annual meeting and election of officers f 



18SiJ-81of the South Boston Y. C. was held on Wednesday eveuin 

 April 4, and in point of numbers was the largest ever held by tl 

 club. The officers elected are as follows: Commodore, Otis . 



burgles; Yiee-Coiuirigslerre, Henry jlger-v: fieri Curtain Jam 

 Donovan: Treasurer, Thomas Christian; Secretary, John Winnial 

 Measurer, James Bertram; Trustees, C. T. Hale,. J. M.Charnoe 

 Win. Morris. It is to be regretted that the Commodore-elect do 

 not at the present time own a yacht. The annual reports showed t; 

 affairs of the club to be in a flourishing condition. Two new mel 



hers were a.i.r,i*i.--i, a,-,,; ,, , r ,,, .-,,, ■,,„,, [. The club gave t 



last masquerade of the course on Thursday evening.— Deadeve. 



NEW CUTTERS.— Our Detroit correspondent writes us to say that 

 Wendall is building a 211-footer, which is over a foot deeper than any 

 yacht on their river < ,f r, feet greater length, she is, on a breadth of 

 Bft. 2in. ,4ft, deep clear of the beams, and will draw over 3ft. of 



■■'ere,,. ;:i„ : ., e n ' I with $% ibns.of boiler plate puuehiugs 



and will cany a mainsail wh drift hoist, d;-ifi, on the foot, and 10ft. 

 gaff, with staysail and jib to match. Dean A Co. are also busy with 

 another little cutter, which will be ready In about three weeks for 

 rial. 



'he athwartship v 



1 given to the topir, 

 of the topmast w 

 , and the bowsprit, 

 bloc.lt at the bows] 



-cd fol 



SMALL CUTTERS. 



rpHE illustration showing the lead of the stays to the p,piu 

 JL ostensibly for those who have made inquiry about the li 

 and securing of the topmast for small cutters. We illustri 

 our issue or March '-"-' the masthead of a, ten-tormer which 

 I lie topmast when in poshion and Added 

 in the illustration of this week shows thesp,-. 

 fact-slays by Hie erosstrce. the head and pr 

 th.Mbipma.st , stay leading lo the bowsprit e 

 vicwg showing how the slay passes fhrou-h 

 end, an.l from thence on hoard the. boat, w 

 curing the topmast of small cutters quile j 

 u ith A, B with B, etc.— all athwartship sia\ 

 all when running' before the wind, are caliei 

 shown but one of these backstays as hemt 

 small cutters. 



There are many small cutters— especially those tested forspend 

 tvith other boats— that arc fitted with 1 hrcc backstays on each side, 

 two of which are led alh warts tups lone lodged into an iron or wood 

 cleat, or ram's horn, fixed to ihe after side of the crosstree), and the 

 other (making three on each side, kept secured to an eyehole in the 

 channel when not in use, but ready to be led aft loan eyebolt, about 

 opposite the rudder head, when the boal is running- before the wind. 

 All these backstays, and the topmast, stay (the one' led through the 

 block at the end of the bowsprit) arc set up with tackles at (heir 

 ends. The itoomasl i stay tackle block being hooked to the windlass 

 or bowsprit bids, the athwartship haci.st.ai tackle block is hooked 

 to an eyebolt in the channels, and the running -hefore-fhe-wiiid stay- 

 tackle block is hooked, as beof ore noticed. I,, an evebolt in the deck- 

 about opposite to the rudder head. These two extra stays on each 

 side are quite unnecessary for cruising bonis, or boats that require 



all the space left below for (he tu-conii lotion of the owner and 



his friends. 



If cruising people at the same time wish to make the best speed 

 possible *vhen at sea, by setting a topsail during a, hard blow, then it 

 is quite necessary lo have at least two ha do-lavs on each side, both 

 oi '.thick can be used geuerallv as athw unship stays, and when run- 

 ning before the wind, the one lodged in the cleat o'u the after part of 



be led aft to the Oj ebch: eifut.jsite eg the itchier 



the crosstree, i 



post. The a 

 on either si 

 ways best co 

 terplay to 



In fitting the topmast rigging— the ha 



called Hie topmast ngr dug— some „ , 



splice, so that one drpih of t.ho rope o 

 topmast. We have witnessed several , 

 adopted, by the splice drawing slightly, 

 upon the seizing, or serving, around 

 each shroud or stay to have a sepai 

 shroud. 



The above remarks about the eyes foi 

 applicable to (be main shrouds, and pa 

 pendants of the II 



nd ropes holding it 



I topmast stay are 



lilt is called a, split, 

 nd the pole of the 

 ivhcti (his mode is 

 much strain comes 

 s bettei 



the 



rd 



___ beiug , 

 shrouds are plai 

 sufficiently y ' 



ed, by bei 



I'itli the no 



i P" 



t the after part of the 



place. 

 In a letter from Hon. Mr 



UlloWKd'i BRONCHIAL TltOI'lI 



vour 'Bronchial Troches- 

 found that alter I had J 

 quired them, the poor peor 

 Coughs, Colds and Throat 



that the shrouds tvjj! nip them 



ild" be fitted v? 

 the shrouds i 

 af the gaff wo 



. Pert. Castle Grey, Lit 



a ijiij'f. 



Price 25 cents. — Adv. 



