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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan 10, 1884. 



13&~ See instruct 



PRESENTATIONS. 

 ons at head of this column. 

 ith white on breast, cocker spaniel bitch, whelped 



Aug. 17, 1883 (Chance-Flora), by Mr. J. R. Rushfortb, Yonkers, N.Y., 

 to Mr. Seymour Reynolds, same place. 



Elcho— Meg whelp. Red Irish setter bitch, whelped July 21, 188a, 

 by Mr. B. F. Clark. "Manchester, N. H., to Mr. Kamuel Scrantim,( Huov 

 ville, R. I. ' ; 



Delaware. White, with lpmon ears, English setter dog, whelped 

 August, ivs; il)a.,]iing Monarch— List). by .Mr. J. C. Hi; 

 City, Del., to Mr. C. Fred. Crawford, Pawtucket, R. I. 

 DEATHS. 



^g~ See instructions at head of this column. 



Queen Man. Black and white ticked pointer bitch, 6yrs. old (Native 

 —champion Fan), owned by the Westminster Kennel Club, Babylon. 



(^muteing. 



FIXTURES. 



MINNEAPOLIS CANOE CLUB. 



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AMATEUR CANOE BUILDING. 

 Second Paper. 



DESIGNING. 



T^O go into the subject of designing at any lengflfcis outside 

 JL of the scope of our present work, but a short descrip- 

 tion of the method of drawing and tools used, will enable the 

 beginner to do all the work necessary for a small boat, and 

 will also serve to introduce him to a most fascinating em- 

 ployment for his leisure hours, the importance of which to 

 the intelligent and progressive yachtsman or boat sailor is 

 now generally admitted. 



The amateur will require a drawing-board, which for canoe 

 work need be only a smooth piece of white pine three feet 

 long, one foot six inches wide, and three-quarters of an inch 

 thick; the lower and left hand edges being straight and at a 

 right angle to each other; a T" square about thirty-six inches 

 long, one or two triangles of wood, or better of hard rubber, 

 a pair of dividers with plain and pencil points, several ship 

 curves of various patterns, scales and splines. These latter 

 are long flexible strips of wood or rubber, and are used for 

 drawing curves. They aie usually held in place by lead 

 weights at short intervals, but an easier and cheaper way is 

 to confine them by small pins driven into the board. The 

 best scales are those printed on strips of bristol board, eigh- 

 teen inches long, costing twenty cents each. They may be 

 had with any desired number of parts to the inch. The most 

 convenient scale for a canoe drawing is two inches to the foot 

 (one-sixth full size), or one and a half inches, in which case 

 a common two-foot rule may be used, each division of one- 

 eighth of an inch on which will represent one inch. For the 

 sail plan the scale may be one-quarter of an inch to the foot. 



A good paper for working drawings is the "roll detail 

 paper" which is strong, buff in color and may be had of 

 four or five feet in width and of any length. Some drawiug 

 pins are also needed to fasten the paper to the board, or if it 

 is to remain there for some time, small copper tacks may be 

 used, as the square and triangle will work over them more 

 easily. A few pencils and an India rubber will complete 

 the necessary outfit, a drawing pen being added if the draw- 

 ings are to be inked in when completed, as they should be. 

 If much work is proposed a few more curves may be added, 

 a pair of small spacing dividers, bow pen and pencil. 



Three views are always used in delineating a vessel, as 

 shown in the annexed drawing, which represents a river 

 canoe, the "Baritania." These are called the sheer plan, 

 half breadth plan, and body plan. The sheer plan is a 

 vertical section, lengthwise of the boat, showing the curve of 

 stem and stern, the rabbet lines o p, the sheer or deck line 

 a b c, and the buttock lines E F, GH, IK, as curved lines; 

 and the water lines, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and the frame*lines, 1 to 

 13, as straight lines. 



The half breadth plan sh#ws the width of one side of the 

 boat at the deck and at each of the water lines, these lines 

 being curved (as well as the diagonals A B, C D), the frame 

 and buttock lines being straight. The body plan shows the 

 cross section at every frame line or square station (1 to 13); 

 also, the line of the deck, a b a, as it appears from a point 

 directly in front of the boat. The lines in the right-hand 

 half (l'to 7) are the sections of the forward body, and those 

 to the left (O to 13) the after body. The water lines, buttock 

 lines and diagonals are all straight in this plan. 



With the paper stretched as tightly as possible, and the 

 board on a table of convenient height before us, the light 

 coming from the upper left hand corner of the paper, we 

 first draw a base line, A B, near th» lower edge of the paper 

 and in length equal to 14ft. on our scale, using the T square 

 with its head held firmly against the left-hand edge of the 

 board. Now starting at o, the right-hand end of the base 

 line, we lay off with the dividers 11 spaces of 1ft. each, 

 numbering them from 1 to 14 as in the drawing, and, shift- 

 ing the T square to the lower edge of the board, we draw 

 vertical lines at each point of division, or 15 in all, prolong- 

 ing them sufficiently to cross the sheer plan above. 



Now at a distance from A B equal to half the extreme 

 beam, in this case */• or 13Ain. we draw a horizontal line; 

 also the three buttock lines E F, G H and I K, each 4in 

 apart. Leaving a little space between the upper limit of the 

 half iprraritU pinn and the sheer plan, we draw the base line 



