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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 10, 1883; 



reajouttcr Then, as we remind tdm, we liave ju-it lrdelv paid Bos- 

 ton a vi-it. anil find tln'l in.- bin,- . :•:.-, pi nig small I'rv for river work. 

 ■ if tin. flat iron and cental-board type, is huildinc there 



Independent "I tin- Medusa I.. i- Mr. Franklin |i.-M.-r. tli. r.- is the 

 fuU-fledced cutter, imilt in l-mvi.^ ,\ • -■ ■■ , i ... i ■ . r — . 



and in the saine building shed as the Medusa Btands, 

 noil fur .-idv.-iin-cd. tlmi has a fun- iii<pi ;1 . , -in. -nt. and e i" a reason- 

 able draft of water for her tlimcnBlnnst -i,.- ,,c,i he omnuiinned a 

 cutter in type of in. i,l. I. 'ili.- two 



both from English 

 nil nl. and d.'i'p drafl .,l v 



Mr Grey'snew al Is quite ,.f tin- cutter type. and. although 



-...mew hut l.eamv. is well rounded III .'ill Sla- mav be slvlt-d a sln,.ji 

 with }iist so imtcti of the cuttel I lei imported into her that ii be- 

 comes a question nli'iv tin- ili-finit i.-.n -l<i,ip finishes and :,,op begins. 

 Mr Grey, lit.- many Others, Iuik found that for miv given dimensions, 

 ili,. displai-i-mi-nt of tin- ruin r Ivpc for -i"li cum dimensions is a 

 n. (-"-..in ,|iinnlilv. if a.-i- i..,,l.-in,.i;-i ami fail .sea going qualities 



,'U'rai.i,- lei I'm. large tllspl u 



, iacoment, and quite iln- 

 draft of water ti" i-ntii r ii i- of model calls for 



[n, boats like tbe Iln. r, whoilnr the sail a i ahead of and below 



ill,- masthead i> in "a,- "i- two |ii. -,-.••. ,.'.ill,-d sf-i vsnil and Jib. and al 



thcnij?h linvinK it incni- isstiti ,,i cf.-rrci i, t a f, Id sloop-rig men 



who will soon he convinced ii i- wrong, now Hint they am gently 

 Heading Hi..' i"il which will land ilieni in the fullblown cutter 

 model, iii.-.'iti'i-s Ian little; stfll. in all iiit'-ats and purposes, the boats 



with such [..si i s M s Mi. i, ivy's t K is. may fairly bf rah-l as inbei-sof 



the < utter ratnih 



Smith, "f South Boston, the builder ol the Huron, is Justly entitled 



10 praiSO i'-'l He- l--.uni.-l in which In- lirt - ,-al'l 'ii-d mil Mr. lirov'. 



WOtfi al the boat is all llrsl-ol.iss. and if !,,- lias 



•tal in the immense iron floors he lias thought it i ssary 



t.. ,.,it int.. her, if is excusable under ib- head "f their i- 



Lawlor. of ra-t Unston lias a t-eallv line little Witter Qf the one- 



li.-iii.l.-i pniji, ,il ems in tram,-, and I.nwlov. of South Boston, With all 



p employment, has found time t ■ . tr^-i in frame and partly 



plank a really full-Hedged om- bander 



liotli these little araff at-,- q cn-iu improvement on the quick-turned 

 bilge productions of In ' -m-i pr-vi,..!- j.-ars; in tact, wherever wrt 



linn w,' ll.i-l tin- ,-nll, -i- tip,- "f 111' ,1,1 lii-ina ad,,|il,,l. No cm' ran 



see sin-li productions as Drocodili , Elswnrth's l.isi production of tbe 

 so-called sloop, without concluding that, independent of tier being 



fitted with such an iui'iiens ut.-i board, he is importing tin' cutter 



typeof limdi'l into In- designs, and tins to such r.n extent that be 

 will. Ilk,' as was the Ca«e With On- Valkyr. l.,|„| ,,, si. ,..,.-. with 



draft of water ,-,|;ial to eiitt.-rs anil have Ole benefit of on untaxed 

 eenterhoard in addition 



Thru, if w< pay Urist-oll's yard :i visil at i ir-rnpoint we find there 

 ar.-,l [ittle CUttet which is l" lluv,- a |,-.l,l kr-1 similar I" IVdoiiin 



and her class of yacht*. 



loud, therefore, ns we know the city of Mew yrorii p 

 sloop rig and eenterhoard boats. «-.- run find no other of this type 

 produced for the ciiibv seii-ou t . , ■ t tin- i dueling, tin- launeli ,,f 

 which wain skimmer we aoticed m out last issue 



FORTUNA. 



1"M!i: new schooner (ores Commodore Hcurv E. Iloyrr. of Boston, 

 was launched Eroot the yard of Messrs. Fbillon on the 

 2Ttb.uK sii.'i-iv tbe- tfealgae of M, Cory Smith, and of the fol- 

 lowing dimensions: 



Ft In 



Length over idi infi 



Length on the water line 91) 



Breadth extreme J- 1 '', 



Depth in hold IS fl 



I 'rait of water ...18 D 



She is ballasted entirely of lead t eleven toss of which is moulded 

 onto tin- outside of her I I. 



Tin- tortunnis one of Mr. Cnry Smith's best productions, and 

 should niak'- brr ni.uk with ihe schooners entering Iln- r.i, .-. >.f tbe 



coming season, li will be not! I Unit ln-r dini..|isi.,iis are an iinpur- 



tatlonoC an extended length, and in model si„. i,„s a greatly in- 

 creased proportional displacement when compared to most or our 

 -!i- ...i-.-i-- I i.i e\-i,.ii,|.--d pr-'pnriiMii nf length and dis 

 placemant Should make her an impr(iv t -d i ..---, -1 a lieu pal to w,,, k in 

 u bard wind and rough water. 



The New York 11.,.,'./ , ■ alimenting 

 "Mr. John Pinion, who has trail! and OWDBCI inorr 

 other man in Ara.-ri- -i. rem triced: T consider this as 

 n-i.i-i -i |.n -.-.-. I don i .-.-,. any pari of ln-r that coi 

 Another gvutl.-iiinn pr.-sent at the launch said: 'At 

 sent to Europe tor the lines of the celebrated Brltisl 

 I hod heard that, they had been sen! out bere to 

 and when I BOl lln-ni and raiiu' here and looked al 

 llr \ wet.-. Hi.- i.it.|siii|. : ion of Ibi.s lioal. and Ilia 



Ml.-,.,,.).. ,,^.. l.l.nci I ' " l,-..»n,a^ , - r. vth r , „ l-n 



Miranda an identical. ' 

 Mr .i..t, n [iinioifs remai-kfi. i-oriuiia is an 

 model ■ i -• , joinc racing and eruii 



to llarvi v - s,h „ r \ m.-lit Miranda, but v 



greatly at variata.-,- with these 





quoted by the World, a 



• gentle: 



■v widr of the mark. 

 Ion-limit and Miranda differ leiy inn, h mm,- in Ih, 

 -.-.•iiji'.iiiu qualities ihan Ibeii crude din- 



ll rdiinirv ol-s.-rvrr rlaim. Miranda lias nitteli 



beam and niii.-h more ,lis|ilnueiiirnl than l-'ortiina. 

 d".. i,..i i-,,[. nre the lowering height and spread o 



found I.- !„■• re,|nii'e I i---l- .-, 



Miranda ' 

 weight of ballast much lo .vet than Fortnna, and at 



fceighl of meter renter i- >u lowered, when , sub 



of l-'orfuna's type, that with small spread of canvn 

 blows hard ami the watci i- rongh, keep steadflj t 

 tin- Fortuna. with bergrea! heiglu of meter-oente 



Ileal ill f-.l tile sake df fel |,|1|- lll'r sl'.lllv 



AMI SlRI-.AM. Illerefore.d,., nut !lg' 



man's remarks, and coiisidei iir-m --.-. mn 

 ol Ihe I'ortnna s niidshtp srrtioti bring lik 

 thai tie na- not n Miraiida's drawings. 



a atter of fact, FtmssrisD Stream 



,,l Miranda are In tbe hands of la-i drsigi 



I a , ipie i hr any ■ ith-r in Kn-latid 



a-i'b s : - Harvej ,v I'ry-r import them i 

 date. 



If tin- line. ,.f Mnan. la were obtainable, as tie; 

 gentleman i.,-nlioii"l in Or- N'.-w \.,rk ll •."'/''■ 



man- that the drawing8 

 and thallium have not 

 America, except so far 

 designs of more recenl 



ribed by 'the other 



n int 



1 1 ili- 

 il. ,i e.'-i, lie I--. Kill', del,.-:.- -l by Ii." Van. Lima au-bilrct Mr. 



doing so. 



i'onc.si- and Stream at the same time coiigrutuliii.- Mi. i larj Smith 

 for thus lioldlv dep irtltig from the stereotyped models around linn, 

 and for so far importing the cutter model into BO nnMe a looking 

 echaqner. 



\ i—.'|.;i FEAT.- The Sau Francisco f /,,-..,. /, 7, r. nil\ r- 



porl-.l ihe -ovageof Hie d.-rv Pacific as follows: "( Hi the 19th ( 



August, iss-..', lirrntii-.i Hill'.v. a naliv,- of laulalo. S. Y.. left the 



ol '-'an I r.ui.-lse... I, nl ,.|, . ■..-.,-.'.- ..I pi. -.i-.i.r.-' ' ■ , .\ n- II ab: 



'I'm- nan m which he sail"! ma a dory, 18ft. long, 6ft. beam. 



d.-plh .if -•Ii nin and a h-.:i.i,-r ol I 



fresh * 



-l-e|.n, 



tlll^ pil! 



i.-porl, 

 given ' 



lea 



count, red twelilv niln- -I 



which l.aldri-.eii l-ilfoy i-- sh"ii.-i 

 line iii longitude Kin .lee on r relay 

 good winds, bi-f.,1- wl.i.-'n In i an - 

 and ir.deg. south. His pi-iii.-iiul ill- 

 fniiiillur hl'.bils of I he shark-, w hie 



limn with their ugly snouts, Tori 

 poun out -a a b . 



thai by propping up his shin at nl 

 hid by day be was enabled to tn 



liirhi-d. Tin- ron.-h.lsioll of til- 1 



s she of herbeitigbuilt on Hai 



gone and nolliin : l.-fi ol In- 



eoi-ii meal, two quail-' of alcohol and lift 



ll."" tried to make for N.-w c.-il.-doni,,. 



nsl bun. and ou the 14th of , 

 .•I his meat Two days after he loi 

 lo rig up a makeshift, and' from Hint lime 

 whati-M-r lish he . •.-ni;rli I or I ir . 

 at,- his last cookr.l meal, a l.n.l ii,._-,-.l ovn- 



au-i in. -i to ,1 he -i,el..-.| ihe l-aninrlrs i 



■ prrssrd at 



larger spread of ean-.-a- ii Is. so far as 

 of the deep and lok-t-ablv long- i„,-it. with 

 city, with the shallow and broad li p.- ■■; 

 i main deck about half what Bedbum has. 

 n has only the spread ..t ram as require. I 



Tl„ i 



I'-.r.Mai.v 

 ilfoy was 

 :'ler fieing 



steering ih-ssl 



Sighted the MI'r. 



i ugh. I ll" V 



saved. He was I 

 fed. told Ihesttiu- 



upUshed. ll- 



bill the latesl oe 



(ll- I! .'.lit. ' f • V 



oorresnondont is 



such a voyage in: lye-he to. and ln-r .'oininandcr might, al 1-rtst. take 

 the r.-.|iiiie,[ i-.-.t in comparative safely, and she would ,- JtT i and 



preserve dr j all he required for his sustenance.] 



i-.\ . OMMODOHB WAi.Lrii'sM-'.iKAsK.-The .siidd-n fleparture 

 from tins life of ex-Commodore v7aUi r is to enly f- It by all \(o-i,i- 

 in. -ii Hi. gr.-.-p lih.-i.ihlv a- a yachting man. and his g.'iieroiis'iiattire 

 made bim all that Wi know m.-n.-f w-.u-lh by. as well as a g.-.-l ■ a, !-ls 



in'Vhn'capacVv'ofT-!;;,',!',,'...'!,,,-..'!.! '.b.."'Nel, -'Vork V" <: "he fostered 



.'Vol V iliipiovrllielit sllgggesled I" him. and 'MIS lil-t it, all Ibal led to 



lb.- true interests of > a. icing To C modore Waller mav l,r al 



Thousand lila 

 of water. \Yit 

 inil(?s. there is 

 This has indue 



ol the New York Y. ('. 

 ClUB, Mi. (A. Minl-'ii 

 deplore i In- loss of her 

 sun the ungovernable 

 Kugiish waters losi oi 

 voted much attention t 

 allvl.n- 



&XcS 



i. ami 

 ■ •liting » 



u.i. -most u 



ihe TO 



li-hl 



thnd the 



pi American y» 

 raced the schooner Flyinj 



since which lime he ha- I 



of ihe turf, where, durtei 

 bis days. 



BG8TOJT, Ma- The 

 just returned from a crul 

 been hauled up at her id. 



it with poor -a.-, 

 ig the Heel runners 



wmail-.-l. he ended 



[Both Un- 

 lit- of fitting 

 join in tin- 



Idler, t'a'e wi '. '■■■: tin- cii'i, 



has put m a new (•enterboard trunk. 1' 

 Idler as winners of the cups have hern t 

 Qfaxba over th(- country, xacnting matt 

 (tie next ten days. 



THE MARJORIK. - (Jrc-euoek. Englai 

 ton cutter named the Mnr.jorie. lias jui 



will ipp.-nroi. ihe lb, inns. She I. 



w-lio owns the Made,-, which rac-.l I, 

 against New Vork yachts. The Maid. 



nil pil- 



ot ■ 



what 1111 



tin- Eug 

 yachts 



which Iln • iiormou-. c.-iiieihoai'ds now lilted lo some of our yachts 



iirer gm/.'.l as a qiianlilv of value when lowered to a dopih far 



cxc.-i .bug the draft ol water of the so-called deep cutier.l 



BEDOUIN'S BALLAST aMTJ S>AR8 The cutler yacht liedoiiiu 

 has been hauled out al New burg all winter and during the past. 



nil craft. 



Olll New 



builder, 



I'llllv ac 

 odel was 

 ■ a She 



LAKE ONTAHM The Oswego Y. C. has- the reputation of being 



tern!. .,-1 w i! h lb. ir sa ding craft in Lake umario. and Commodore 

 Motl of the club is titling out hi-yachf. of which l-'oni:-,, ami Sun am 



!• other craft far behind. - 



I:\1MIAN ST. C. Perth Ambov, N .1 . Maj B.- .••.-•',/.., /■".„■,,/ 



■■"' A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Hanrat, \.k; 



held on Wednesday ev-ning. Mav -.:. invi. al iheir new dub bo 



ipleledescripti 



But Pultney, 





UllEBNLKV. Si-crrlari . 



-r: See- 

 , E. II. 



.lltlook 



$atwewg. 



dressed lo ttie Fo) 



jHiitutwr urp iiohlt 



wmmioatiaw should be mi- 

 Publishing Co.. ami not lo 



,ii> tin- office matters q/' im 



FIXTURES. 



Mav U-- Toronto Canoe and S-kitr Races. 



\ i:g lu Ai.n-rioan i 'anoe Assoeiation Meeting at Ktonev Lake. 

 Aug. 21. 22. 2.3-Ameriean Canoe A-.s..ciaii.in Regatta at Stoney 



Lake. 

 Aug. •->:- Aineiican Canoe Assoeiation Meeting at Ston.-y Luke, 



A WORD TO CANOEISTS. 



IN ri-sp,,nselo the iiiimei-oiis demands from our Canoeing friends 

 we open a depart I Held to which il is in tended lode vole such splice 

 as the growing importance of tie- si.hjcci shall demand We propose 

 to give all the news, and to that end invite the owners of caao-s.. 

 si i rriaii.-s of clubs, and others, to favor us with intelligence relating 

 to new boats, proposed trips, club transactions, races, met tings. ,-:,- . 



etc, 



From week to week we shall publish lines of new bouts, descrip- 

 tions ,,f n,,vel ligs, bints and help for owner- and builder--, and such 



other matter as will |usure the practical uaetulnest of the Pokest 



and Stream id -'ihe fraternity." 



Coi t espoudenls are invited to s,..i„i us for publication, reports of 

 Bruises. « it li all avuilable information respecting desirable canoeing 

 routes and cruising waters. 



TANDEM CANOES. 



rjMlAT the en 



i means the solitary misanthrope thai 

 ..led by the increasing iinmlierol "Tan 

 ssrs. Brenlano and Woodman will each 

 er Club. Ihe former with two lat.-ciis. 

 nd an At wood centerboard. and Messrs. 



•thus far objected to the single 



w boai Instead. 



BUILDERS AND THE ASSOCIATION RULES. 



IT mav not be amiss at this linn- lo call the attention 

 outside of the A. c. A., who may b" building or ordering canoe! 

 to the Racing Rules of the Association, in which ate laid downth 



- 

 red from a class by an 

 s w.-ll asnot have been 

 nrfll also bo found thai 



:. pri ,- I'l" f the 



e sij.es win be found 



Third class im an 

 I3in, These dimensions, 



around work, Hi, I in 

 id narrower. or BhortOI 



boat giving lie 

 and broader c 



■ Ha- 



emal advantage 



sis in building hi 

 ol being elumgei 

 c thai alter SUi 



i hard work, with the 



