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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov, \, 1883. 



that 01 any American keel v.i. line. In rig r.here will 



• tore from that of th- sloop. In her chief ele- 



Rlents, Mr Bryant's boat is a lone stride in advance, awl that she up- 



und displacement, con be seen i'i..m in ion aii-on with lleeii in thi- 

 mble above. If ili-new boat wore....'.. ■ --■••■I.I .Ir.iw 

 about the Kami- as tin- lieen Witbsucb pronounced depth and weight, 

 tin- advent oE the new boat 

 lull or Interest and instruction. 



WHY THE THIRD RACE WAS LOST. 

 'I 'in-: mam-.nl., i the Bedouin was very badly set, the peak being 



1 null.-! up too high, -t:l th- -ail in .-..n— nil- no- n.ii catching the 

 v.m.i a- ii -.. . ■-!•• begi d ■■• ■•■■' ber 



The Bedi t. oa the conlrarj I'aspoorii sailed an. I bur mainsail. 



uneven!} shrunk b\ iin- ■lamp weather, was sl.ckandsl k»hewuid 



out in a manner Mid' ■ r--s iiulueli.— Iv ' o.o-idci in- 



the manner in u hii.-h the mainsail of the Bedouin sal. u is remarkable 



inal -In- ili.l s,, vv-ll Win 



Ii must he admitted, however, ihm the Bedouin's main-nil -ci 



Uadiy during (he race, and it ,- open to doubi whether the Oracie 



mid nave i •-.-it .-n hei batlahe been In perfect Form. Spirit oj thi 



r 



THE CARMITA. 



/ M.iNl . 



\ itrated In ■ 



i-doruintion for tli 

 Mull. ■ 



lo windward and 

 favorable to Grac 

 words: and the let 

 .i.„—sin i 

 waters. Uide Fsla 



and I,, i- ninny live 

 father in turn of fji 

 tunable vi any ■•n 



thej were much 

 been a question , 

 or speed. Bu1 

 Grade, have pn 



i i- the result of gob i 



■ and model are the offspring 



,,i pri>diic'ini.'s : 



- demonstrated the fact thai 

 ■•■ cutter, ii would have -nil 

 as to wni.-h was Lest, safer.- 

 -,i nud Vivt-n. Bedouin ami 

 astei also .o 



iti'tn— and 

 w.-r to th. .mli - h--hl- ..i- 



■ ■' if ii loops 



tvel n tm- i ■■-.!■ li-r-.tf:.- 



K.R.S. 



SHARPIES IN THE WEST. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 

 1 have read In |ronr last m ler for I let. u the article sigi 



lion— veil and ln-a.li- I "TlioSharpi- - la l.-cl- " li in.. I fair t 

 ti.-..-lhe whole sharpie family h-.-niise ...t the failure of one I 



realize his error in in-; rv .in!- Mr !;■•. ■-■■.-. It is right ins 



that U -I.e.:.' wfllhelp his i.oai. hut he u ill have to jrnmuuli 

 1 will give a few reliable items in regard lo sharpies. One 1 

 in length and 7ft. beam, carrying foremast 35ft. Ions* andn 



:iJlt.. leilla-l ill I ' '■> pouiub stale, more for trimming ] 



than anything else, lias mad.- eight mill 



Bafl alone, wind fair, canvas twenty rank Ba 



itreet. New Vi.rt . 



nil-. M0NTA1 E In . 

 touufing for difference In 



!■ i .Ill -II 



ten cutter li- 



the new v.-ieht 

 ml. It w.I! be 

 rih work, and 



■ -an.--nt.-i-- aie ..a i:, - pr.-m 

 .. -. ,iv I.. !.- .-q.i.'.i- : I l. 

 well known o.lhe v.-ichtin- |. , 

 a Yacht List.' and 



moderate 

 anrtj place to ni ,1.1 and h 

 surpassed, it it 



-■ • i.-ii 



i issue for i'et. 18. with tie ■ 

 ist. between usual shipbulldii . 



_-. ligBI am I .Im-.V.I. .-,.. -ii.,. -i i i the 



. 



copper thimbles, Patent lignum vita- hloeks. standing ri, 

 wire Mainsail, foresail, jib and topsail Kuriher informa 

 be had from the builder. J. II. Keating, of Mat 



Editor Foreti and Stream: 



The line; nnd principal features of tie- ('uimila pleased : 

 inueh. I want a -mailer hieii. a bom ;,;,,,- j;ft. long, which on 

 can handle easily. I. at built on similar lines. I have au idea i 

 noli. v.... Id iii< li'.-avi Pa- on- to handle. Ilerdrafl il 



■ :.:-• a sbury River Would a small 

 equallj well in proportion to ber slzef Suitttw 



lllita 1 7ft loadlille w..nld -ail a- well ,1- the lulgei 



r..-i . - !■". complete. Draft will ■ 



HOW OTHERS SEE IT. 



Till'. most impo 

 place on Thi 



.-.-ni-rl.oar.l s|. ..,.;, 



oik waters took 

 tedouin and the 

 nearly of a size, 



■..rrecte.l time. I'.ui one win out of 

 ullv --'lard.-.l America's cup. The 



, those ..f II,.'- Madge and Wenunnll. 

 , small single-stickers. I he lllllisll 



THEii 



here the differei 

 lk. d. Tiley have 





equal" 



i steamer 72ft> i 

 hour than the 

 boats are brail i 



length an 

 aim- power 

 n a similar 



The-. 



If Mr. I! .,..— v-lt vsi-ln- iinv 

 s. we will cheerfully furnish It, 



I) M. Ilr.imil:-:. lioatl.iiiloor. 



lighl weath 

 Also, that 



3U Tb»e 



DID NOT WE TELL YOU SO? 



s and -loops hav 



n useful in clear- 

 rig and outfit for 

 I before the wind 



-li.-h: dill', r.-n.-e in I'iin.Tii 

 .1 be heeled enough to II, ak- 

 in from seeing i lie tirade' 

 loilin wen up t,, winitwar, 



. the -ironeoll-' populai' illl 



e lead "i.ill-'i. h.,«! 



be seen, the more b; 

 I. What liave E 



SHARPIES. 



Editor Forest aiul Stream: 

 I am afraid I gm 



sali-lied with my sharpie It, 



THROWING UP THE SPONCE TO A HALF- 

 RICGED CRUISING CUTTER. 



ItlOOth water, the I 

 milted, however, tl 



a,'-, ami il I- op- I. 



her bad she been ii 



lucli 



produced? We mi 

 Smith, Mr. Phillip 

 other -|. 



model for ii e.-ni. 

 Bedouin, which w'0 



tlf Tin- 



[il though our cc 



Ileal 

 wind 



va'r.i.'.ul 



any boa 

 he -I vie, 

 1 the tn< 



! blli'l.l 



pawl 



,':':'■..:. an, 



-1 lol'.'e 



tainlv 1 

 t half i 



try herone more 



r ii. HooscvKi.r. 



AN OLD-TIME RACER. 



ever built in the large el 

 estimate fiom the pinna. 

 in consequence of her -i; 



happen 



propeit 

 and iiiii 



■te a change 

 loop we have 



schooner with iron i.aiia-t casl to hei 

 model been improved upon since those 



H.U.I. AST. 



we should sav tlu- modern 

 i-ti-,...- boats luce i loquette.J 



NOTES ON THE RACES. 



and there a puff. 



-lal and silo. ik ti.e 



THE LATE YACHTING CONTESTS. 



' ii'o,',-.- ;f/ a„ide,ov ,,j the BveiUna J J "-'- 

 .sin- Th- Lei'.-, urn - i".!!-, prompt thefollowing comment upon 

 l-'irst-li i- i afe from capsiise— 



THE VALUE OF WEIGHT. 





in'-.] 



ii it i 



THE YAWL RUi. -The San 1-r.ine. /;. . . 



roticcrniiur the yawl: "That although a large number u 

 ■ i - -n changed to yawls, we have yet to bear ..I'anv .-li-u 

 >-in : I bus si, ...vim- Ih. II ev. ■.-.-,..„'- »!,., his lei 



iraleil befoi 



will belie 



all the 



.PHKTS.-Thc Signal Service Bureau has a 



■ sergeant-, liftj ..-..rporai- and :: '- . 



Bare ten captains and lirsl lieiil-na. 



■' and are iletllill'll fie- some -pi .nil duly, 



,!.- I.. I,e lei'.-dled at nnv n.inille. Th—,- in.-n 



• country at the litVercnl stations, of whiob 



Half of them l.em- nian.i-e'l volnul-.. 



Ill, d in the I'on-enre i:.o eliak- in the bureau 



rile and iiri'illl-e the report- si-:,: 



stations nn.i who i:— ,. .. record of all that 



V.MHT iri'llNiiS. W-h.ne ".— 

 .Ill Venchlirch street. Loudon, their ill 

 inslitmieuts and supplies for yachts of all loin. 

 i- |.i-,,iii— Iv illustrated with outs ,,r bli'.naeh-s, ; 

 i-i -. eabin lamps, -id,, li-ht:.. fog boms, bell I n 



he foci I, i it 

 fact and the H. 



point of dandy 

 ana endangers 

 boat that will i 

 plain, s 

 to fore, 



ONE WHO TRIED THE SLOOP. 



Editvr Forest and Stream: 

 ! i , ,,-.-, - seen the late races on board on- of tin.- -loops, and can 



assure a thai th sl beast with an old roll on. with wind 



light, is'n big-rigged, wide sloop. The most squeaky, creaky, groan- 

 ing grunty brute, No sloop for me if you please. X 



Th. 



and 



...... which means lie! .i.,-nil:,i !'i >:■■ ' : -■.- -b- .O'i : 



the sloop ai hei w.ji-sl iii the liis; |ja!t ,,f the ,-. nil's,-, anil the Bedouin 



r.-lativelv at her l,.-st. for in the Brat half hour, while the breeze 



:-.i- i -ad with which she turned the 



j.e Bedouin a still more decided victory, tnrniug 



THE N HTTUJAL MiLE.-The knot, or nautical mil.-, is variously 

 reckoned at f rom 6,07£f t to n.i.jft The British Admiinli;- ;l in lard 

 hi the Inngtb of .-me minute of longitude at lb, . ,.) ...' . m ■•.',- a... 

 osau length of 



-ckouedas a knol 0761 



-''-■" - . 



O-i. I 



.viiiil-. ilii-i- bv 



oiled .: 



ill. 



l.-niv liu-i - 



itaiogue of nautical 

 • itaiogue 



ii-iit. clocks iiaroiue- 

 .nvvoik and einbl,-.,. 



natch in i. -'. twenty 

 ,r a pin— . 

 g in weathi 



A. '.a.. I 



:-l tin..- tor the lat- 



. quicklime and lib. 

 mixture is about the 

 r paint with a brush. 



BO .-..tie I a- I., he 



loth 01 L.i scraping 



SMALL CK\"l'l".l:BuAIUi fuJA'l'. We heal' that the small center 

 hoard bout. l6xB}£x2ft., illustrated in oin issue for ;■■:,-, , , 



1S82 has turned out a good boat for water vv I 



limited. She works i ., u,l would lie uowu till thi «nd 



blew over her in saf et\ . Th- owner speaks of h-r in thel 



h . ivcrnmenl will make us a 



sharpies la Ibe l.avv I . ,>- ami ,. I till-i ■■ 



be g.veti tea. I - ease their stabilil, n 



BUOY WA.N I'KI. — Thi ... 



uort Harbor, has recently been removei in asOn ha- been given 



by the lighthouse authorities. A petition will be forward, il to 

 itigton to have I m ;, re] I ICi h 



NEW A UK v C Second annual tall match is i a '" 



t the trl Bay course 



ili'E.N BOATS We have received a lelte, l,,,,,, U. . Gal tland, too 



late for publii ation this week 



UitwmtQ. 



7'im insure jironi/jl "' ■ e iiuieatious s/iun.W be ud- 



it ream PiibliMnS Co.,i i«i m»i 



individuals, in who • the, office matteraoj mt- 

 ,,,,,-t. .,.,-,- are tiabU U 



WBILEI 

 the nice ..: the As 

 canoeists, i. 

 earlier in • : 



promoting both goodfc 

 and giving a couple of d 

 the A. C.A. lii.-.-t. Suet 

 atively. would be even i: 

 A. eanrp. w bil i the i I 

 spirit, of friendly rivalry 



LOCAL CANOE MEETS. 

 of ait canoeing 



th- 



ai i 



-a., 



-.-:■'.: 'in 



lelgh 

 ... 



oli lav to in ,. 



I by h 

 - , 



. 



., i: i I, e ci I for! 



, nt Ihe last of May? 



ceDtral a- p.. ,. , , , ■ i -. n- ■ h 



spare the time, going iu advan< 

 , . ,,■ ,, i,., i .., 



, ; , ■ i , 



bi Id.bunday 

 •turning Sunday night or e:.i I . 



catiiii at one-. 

 ein] p-'it in cam 



'"suc'h a' meet would doubtless .. I ■ ■! ' 



Y'ork Albai, . wd Lake 



--- some of the rtti i 

 ■ ih, - . i, onli it- B] ,r, time to take their cauoes 



e..u!d run mi bv rail with -.-u..-,. - : 



room all ove these local 



,.,-■- ... , : ... i - 



furth 



... 

 i . , - .:, . . . ,- I anil ringing in new recr 



,,-iu— r .! i !,-:, nit f. r, •„■, with the annual i 



in— 



lioiug a step 





