DtXi. 27, 1888.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



448 



uIjihii those "who ai 



c fund of sailing over ni 



butyour witticisms 





bars, ■ I.-., and our 





,!,.. Chesapeake Ba; 





rc-iding ; 





ties of whi'-h few "1 





• ■ ' i ■ 





Itself, wht 





ni'. u(.' ii 





myself, who are B] 





yacht is never out i 



1 ei lissinn. Indeed 





arj than !p July, if thi 



hie. Now. eonflniE 





craft do we wast to 





pleasure and coinf 





i. and by 





sail" in lfeht rac 





had out of a good 



. 



winch the owner 





everything thai ooi 



us along m 



stem. Now for oo 





and good deck rooi 



i. the last . 



former, but nearh 



ilw-ATB sacrificed to a lo 



utter abomination. 



a large cockpit. Dales 



noon -ailing I wo 





right here to anolh 

 think the 



bt Point, the 



the same means ttu 





movable ballast as 





keep the 





kuue-dowii" un.le 





pushes in this reap 

 hkft thai the Icep 





onlv i>iumi in this u 





"k ■!; down" if : 









rights herself as si 





• li..:; nil- with not 





ballast shifts. K< 





place and she will 





deepest cutter. Ai 





raium at nil timet 





yachtsman, if 1 n 





plenty of room fn 





to handle big lig] 





that all yachtsmen 









laid do v.i 





cabin a.* possible. 





age, mil I think su 





bars, etc.," 

 i flats, - md 

 hem. T..ke 



t by taking 

 to be im- 



e keel, and 



.. ,1 a.lul 



i! 



irunl. II.UI..V 



Il.l 



aportsman's racui i 



and ■ ■ H.l. i be much in: 

 purpose?, rheso boal 

 to lift., according I 



over vi i three 



sharp ai both ends, 



s: 'ins. VH1I.-I ..nigni i :i 



giving n i roon 



S^ 



HOME-MADE PORTABLE BOAT. 



good li 

 12 or PSi 



first l.i 

 the yaw 

 the last 

 ria and 

 groat di 



SillV IS i. 



modern 

 working 



■:■'■■ ■ 



Fishing 

 been asi 

 sail, two 

 ..f sail, J 

 all v 



y loi 



it. I bad rundown the bay n 

 tin- day before in a heavy no. 

 mtiine.l (piieily at anchor undi 

 with cocepit, but under afori 

 the little snip was i i 

 boats on de.-l.-s. due!,- :; i,.| g 



trio, Bui i miiM eli 

 . i .i:--i..:! will be kept up u 

 launched to suit all purposes. 

 Kasios, Md. 



I We 



re glad to publish a . 



for yacht building, the person sailing In shoal water cannot ask the 



world at large I i lower itself to the necessities of his case, bur he must 

 vi.w himself as the exception ami alter or dentin from the stand- 



s' off at a wild inn-ci,:. until an anar 

 serious faults and evils iu- 

 juld soon obscure the beacon lit;! 

 buggies were to be built with broad 

 a on the beach, broad tires would bl 

 Led in buggies as 



mid i 



'< I'-ri 



Rpondfiig sacrifice <!■ r.-runeiati. f tbe .;...i.:. r.u i we set out to 



problem to be solved' No haggling as to first c -:. no line -pin; .!■> 



1 should iir.-'t lie ■ limiting for ■ iiMii'ifurb" al war w iiii Hie mahlv. slu'r.'h . \ ci.Iiu -e'soine. 

 hiirdv characteristics of the spnt-l in its puritv. must stand in ilie w:n 

 to the attainment of the laudable end. the ticqui-iticn of the most 

 perf ■(•! boat viewed fiom the standpoint of a -ailor. viewed as :. i-ol 

 with which u> indulge in the most delicate rellnements of skill, and 

 pursue with keen Indih and menial relish the practice ,,r n„. arts of 

 a seaman and the science ol navigation. If your fm.ds will not buii.i 



■•• at v., in- charts and giv; water too shoal a good 



.purpac ::r wet 

 isist u|> .ii saumg 

 111 In ■.'!-. -lies rolle.l 

 a stone's throw a 



ml. I I 



Ho 



aft 



vaclifeallsf.il.- lsitnoi straining at lb 



camel" to build to suit inordinately shoal v 



Hud more than e or n.i.v i„ : . .•,., .,: while. ,-.,, l' in 



build to a standard inferior at all oilier limes'.- Is a vachi 

 Sil. -fatally" impractical because unable to <uii in vn 

 not intended to navigate and never need enter exc 

 Ill-considered caprice, or in pursuit of aims foreig 



legitimate purpose! Why should a yacht i io 



operations io the channels and w/.ters" suitable to l 



■ r.arus, a J. i.V.', a Parole, cannoi'be hitched t 

 wagon for work? Is the search for perfect form in a yacht to be 

 discountenanced because that vuc'ut may be unable to fulfil tin func- 

 tions of n carrier, n ttntispori, a camp in shoal wafer:- Is nothing 

 attained Or learned in the breeding of last horse ll.--h because a 

 trotter ill u biggv will mil serve the farm baud as well as the old I away 

 blind mare bitched to a hav wagon? Is a cutter drawing sil. per- I yacht. 

 force unsuitable lo cruising up and down the coast in Into 1 o Vofl: 



There is enough water for me to s 



will iiisniT. Kxactly. unil thei 



of one jier cent, as iiiueh water I 



Mniog after lighl draft upon the pi 



and bones than the "big follow v. ho makes fair weather out of list 1 

 e mc.i.. rit.) do and will wh.-u tie- tune e- al tin ir d'i-pos.il. "The 



cinles strangl 



r. Till on vael, 



Long Island, 

 bt ndry bars a 



Do I hey not all ha 



. to the upper 



that the " 





to his pill pose. Il Ifl 





.:, is permit! 





then ill, draft in a "in 





becomes just as much 





draft, and be is oblige 









hand t in- regular yach 





:lf— 03 wesb 





pared by any fine disli 





square mile too shoal I 





thousands ol square n 





si.lei.u.o.. at all. at lea 



si no.- in ; 



propel and fud purst 









of boat to ever wants 





of the • ■■■■ 





understanding oTthe I 





and not t 





demanding .• 





have soiiglu to coudui 





understood an i -e kno 





tic for even Indlvidua 









modify the "perfw i yi 





is led ;o his conclusion 





which to reach au ohje 





inc. But the nuesjtio 





wider field, ata 1 n won 





etc.. lo inei 





sldel-e.! bl . 





TbnswbuQaraeabug 





tires, becau 





upon di .v:i 





bull la i v. . 





suitable road's. That k 





it you are so situated t 



int. drive 



I Will meet 1 





to build all my buggies 



.ha. way 



i lio.u 1. 1 suit .-oltain I 

 ? of the boai. ofcperc. 



i and aims ! nam 

 se columns 1 and 

 n.iple, of | and . 



teSi and have, or cin ha 



f punts, blinds and deci 



names, (he Solent and other 



I. i .Mo ; ,i-ie-.its..f British 



lii the masses ol snoalsaii.t 



Ilics in lly-iimc. with long. 



lo wind yr.ehln..; abroad r.-alij [S, and thej will lay down that 

 ill thankful thai ».■ have -•■• much deep water along our coast and 

 ii deep burbot's of easy access, with linn. beds of miles Of deep 

 :-r- ate: ileep sheli^red waters, which remove all real t ..... 

 - -pun the. .ri.s nbi.ul draft. If any people can build the ' perfect 

 in yacht*' wiib impunity, wis, in Auieri,a. are that people.] 



| TO UK CONTIKI'KD.l 



lower iiiv standard o. special ...r inferior nce.b. and thai would h irdly | a bound of seizing upon tin- gr-atest powi 

 be sensible." Similarly, in discussing the mailer ol - and reliability in trying circumstances, and 



PORTABLE BOAT. 



• skeicbes of a small portable 

 vachling purposes i be chief 



it i» the n- (l ly manner in which 

 : -In- gal i.-o. hallway or yard 



boat '.' tins kind, if he can cm 



. pi in.- "t use i.e.p. and can 



ml for a few bolts, levy on Ihe 



greatest power, absolute safety, ability home supph •. cotton and lalk a glazier out of u handful of puttv 



- - special plea, no crip, | or some w hltelead. for a good carrier such a boat should be about 



