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FOREST AND STREAM. 



CNOTEMBEH 4, ISSO. 



lieft\lty nii^ tli> ni-tU 



Audwitli audi II vt 



Widenwiiku mnii at Ih 



a- nu lutriitmu. 

 ■t, a litili' tljip 

 iK'ln.loaail l,ri 



iil,<.) hi 



iwlf, il 

 ir iiiav 

 ill 11 ic li 



lint ; 



.-.1^ 



1 SMlll 



to Hbnw hs 

 U will y 



T'.i.-lUli VI 



livaliii"iii 



WIltlT 11" 



The Wuili 



thu h-.iu'r.l M.K..J I.L'UL-atli h 



I'; ' !■ •' I ■ '.n,i.^,i,.i.'lil,,jr, mid lilii^liiriieau •■raciht It" with 

 i.wr. flerpfv abporbod ill the many liitlfi dotailH of 

 l:.i„._ cvtrvLlairacti-Tiritie, trealcK of wavwarduosB, 



Iv ; I . 'iHiiiiiK In- IriHii-i to luvo, humor or oomfrt. How 



■iiliL.I-' iiiiiv 111- KiRa'uHBfiillv ciimliintd we propose 

 jHi ji_.| .|,i ,■, I jljoun in the near future. 

 -M,,^: .1, u- iiiuMUtmie to giv,. «oiue deiiiils of an 

 hi.iiiU (liiii.i.i-.^oiia, lor whieh we draw upon a. 

 i-iiUv appoaied ill the lajudoii /-VW. Tlmv will 

 low'mneli of "the real thhiK" eau he p.t out of 

 lited toiinape when Bouud dcriigii displiieeB the 

 l-;l^^-s ;^f I'll' rni-M -vlio eau cuiiet^-ive of liotliing 



- iM , I -I I iiji. ;i i:ii ;•. ■ Irtad of Baud aad a whole 



I il.;- ri,v, I Mil III i'..rti._t tlic jug iiud the Iveg. 

 ti the Ku^li.Hh yaeht IB named, wafi built tor the 

 leutal to kiioeldug about the wouth coaat of Eng- 

 land', and to conform to onr ideas and the wantn of the Atlantic 

 Heab.iaril iiuulit be inodilied in HOiue respects, but «ho will Rerve as 

 ,1! I nil |i: . [iniiiting out the dirBction In wliieh we should modify 

 III I I -; -II- III nttuin similar quaUtictJ. 



I II 1 1 1: 1 .1 ! ^ 11 ■• big little boat,'' and, best of all, coet complete 

 III,, ;i:ii: \ UiorougU cruiser for httle mure thiiii a mere mal<e- 

 i-,i|-,t1 of I. cut-boat of eijual length. She is, of coiu-hc, both deep 

 ami b.-aiiii. loom and ability in rough water being thereby Hceured. 

 f[«- iiiiil,,biii Hcclion is bold, with the gri-atent beam ".tin above the 

 loail-Jine. The bilge i.-i round and easy, the lloor »itli about 40 

 drL^. i lend rifle and a slight lioUow at the garboar,!,-, i, i n. ii .; 

 jiitu ill- tide otlhe keel Length over aU. IHft, : on I , , 

 t.i„t IrecLoiird, 2(lia.; forward, 25iu.; aft, 22in.; i.„ 1 , , . | 

 tin- li.rctuut well rounded up, and about l.'i dcg. vai.f • ~i i i : -, 

 with the lieel eiit up a trille ; greatest depth from load-liui- tu nib- 

 bet, Soiii. The water-luiea ave long and easy forward, with 

 Blight hollow, the load-line rnakmg an angle of about 22 deg. Aft, 

 tbo liiieM are r.iund and fidl, eatiy ntcliou linen being dejiended 

 riiiiK liir II ,-!, iir run. Trom rabbet to bottom of keel amidHhip..j is 

 i' I , I M, 1 ili-afl. Sft. Sin., which is niidsliip frame ; draft aft, 

 ;,IL i,.i.., i.i.i l.irwurd, Sft. from bow. it is 34iu. A sweep through 

 inc.-,c tUic.i iioiul.-d Hill give the round of the keel. Greatest beam, 

 6tt.; lieaiM at load-hue, fift. Biu., and one foot below load-line, 3ft. 

 3in. i widtii of rudder, 2UiM. She carries ICcwt. of iron on her 

 kecl,cOMlined to a length of <)ft . and aViout llin. square amidship' 

 tiipieriug at the endi " ' " ' '" ' ' ^^^.-^:. 



they would iifttnrally cdnHne theii' raci 

 We ali-eady suffer cjuitc enough Iron 

 without giving tbo Hmootli-water tin 

 way of a nile parlial bi llieiv proclivii 

 Hueh limitation ]ilaced upon tlie ■• thr 



irltc 



cdivaUl 



L Allien 



;ieutiM 



n the 



•ulo 



praetic 



1" 



lote the 



ictiol 



of wholesome 

 fail- weather fc 

 • dcKires to H<a 



desire to see 

 i" aa will, in 

 faelits wbi:-b 

 tlitii- 1,1 1- -I. - 

 theini:i-||!i, 



HiUlxiuumJ 



vithuut some 



IcugtUutttd fti'l, BO ax to modify a. knuckle fnimd ill her Bectioi i 

 wht'u II. (Iraf t \va» lalteu oH /torn the actual boat. 



CRUISE UST A CANOK. 



application, and the 

 rjualitie.B. So far as 

 h suggested iu those 

 Ir. C'olhu j\j-clier ex- 

 r than any other. It would 

 ud thi'ii .pialilied in siuih a 



nalized when r 

 ,f ipialities Hiiich evw 

 under othercirciiiuKtaiiee.R. Turn any way yon 1 

 next toimpos.iiblc to frann; a rule correct hi 

 modification in pratice for the cake of ready 

 encouragement of yachts of fair ■• all round ' 

 »e can hue, a rule foiuulcd upon the principl 

 colinvins will more ne.irly fullill the wish : 

 presses in the last paragraph of his Icttt 

 be based upon U)gic iu the first ])lace, ii 

 maiiuer iw to lead to the production of an able, safe, roomy craft. 

 Under any circuiustances sucli a rule would not give sijccial cotm- 

 tenanoe to the wash-bowl light-draft nioustrosities wbich are the 

 outgrowth of measurement by " simiile length," noi- yt t the exiieii- 

 Bive modern English cutter, th« ont.growth of the squeezmg ten- 

 dencies of the old Thames rules. The.^c remarks have been eou- 

 tinedfo the practical side.;.! the ijuestion as a re-opening of the theory 

 of measnrenieut would lead us too far from llie course laid dovni 

 tor the coming winter. We conclude by pointing to the recent Ite- 

 gina-Tanita match as an iliui-tration of the fallacy of the length 

 staudai'd wUieh, mider diU'ereut eundilious of wind and weather, 

 might have been misleadiug in its eJlect. 



31r. F. H. .Siegfried has r 



■iiii-i ill a cjenoe, and fron 



II lutereBting v 



Hide to bring her down i i 

 rigged as a sloo|j, the i- 

 class. The mast steps -^c 

 It., jibEU:uidlo]isai! 4ii. 

 ofthiu, the size of which i 

 ing hatch over the eC'ci, | 

 retiring b- a Muall " well 

 wash Icr fi :,- ,-. ii' II n v.. It 

 ift. (iin. 1-|||, T'l. i.'L:, I 

 hyasniiil'i,,: i|-,,i..,„ 

 at Diuiiii • . I, nil' , ■ il I 



IS stowed in- 

 Being so small, she was 

 I apest for a iioat of her 

 mainsail contains 160 sq. 



'ii'irciii ri.u-l, t of a short 



■■LV|||-| v,llli:r--l-!lt slid- 



•li! 'tmi' V;.;', may then 



built by Hodgi 



..lit like a cat-l 

 .il. That she 

 fact that the o 

 l-tu p'irt. Th; 



a IVords 



fau- do- 



tlfe 



type of boat may 

 tM suKgc.t Ihem- 

 „( instincts of the 

 .■ Wulfruna Ihan a 

 iitre-boju'd sloop'/ 



MEASUEEMEUT FOR TOJ^NAGK. 



Edliifl' Forest and i^trenm : 

 We evidently ditrei 



and it is therefi, 



Tdoniitkn 

 suppose th.at : 



qnealio 



great n I ill 



appear I. 



upon a ill 

 or two [11 



WOUhl II 



itwonlil 

 Other I I 

 this evil ; 

 depth "t. 



but let us , , . . 



DonstttutJ. Instead ot the te 



'r=Lx«x c V ITii; wliieh 



what in pur views on the meaawement 

 e not siu'pi ising that >vhil6 1 coiiour iu a 



:s on the suliject, tlicre are otVe.rs which 

 ism. 1 shall not now. however, enter 



f..iit.iderati..ii of the other two cbii t di 



v how you would put this in ii.racticc 



a put the depth r)=c V lIj (dicing 



T=Lxll.'cD, you would hav 



aplified thus ; T=c (L B) ;)-; 



; by 



villi 



I otlK-r 

 But I 

 of the 

 . fro 



To me it appeals il o.i.il departii, 

 that •■ a vessel should ,.a,y for excess of bulk, u.. mi 

 found " If "a bulk measurement is the f.nly one dcvii 

 correct in theory " then a rule such as tke above woul 

 be iueorreet. because it is not a bulk measurement. 



But admitting that some modilication of a principle 

 tttiucases be admissible, the fact that s ' - ■ ■ 



gill 



I, Ilhi 



mt to 



a doubt ; 

 at last b 

 iind to be 

 t IS eithc 



icti...ally ob- 

 ide'd ,;, 



foi 



limltv ii.i.-„„ii 

 element which 

 to say that void 

 other hand it h 

 Woineiituni— s|: 

 motive power, which 

 Iiieiit of speed and ha 

 mensions, /<cc sr." 1 

 the " standard .lejith 



,ell of til 



mid ipialify or ev. 

 'momentum" the. 

 not, I confess, be 



iking generally a lie 



B-, 



inportant 

 upset it. 1 will not presume 

 y is of this kind ; but on the 

 I made clear to my mind that 

 ndcpendeiil of the ipie.tioii of 

 il , . Ill-, I-' 111 j.-.ill an elo- 

 i I I, ,,1 ,,.1 , ,, ,,i liueiirtU- 



ustntiil dis 



1 the 



cite between these two I 

 u as a serious evil. I'oi 

 I might lie found to 

 ethedepthtobeafracti 

 lid then read thus : T= 

 f a midui-sbift. 



ireedoiii oi juilg" 

 JjiarDuj, -Nu 

 The niodificatii 



.,, Sept. 6. 



lork well. Better still, 

 )n of the length only. 

 : L2 B. But they botli 



■est the progress of the 

 i Imiii ...u will be able to 



I, ,- iiLniiii..; style of vacht, 

 iLl Llei.igner the utmost 

 L'ol.l>- AliCllKH. 



Ill we recoulniended in the jnoaavu'ement of depth 



was intended not to cover any fault in the theory of the "three 

 clhuousiouride," hut to foster the production of a ivholesome typo 

 uf vflHScl iu ruspcot to freeboard. For light weather racing a sacri- 

 fice of the latter might be made to gain an advantage in respect to 

 tonnage, a ud it « as with a view to remov-mg tlie inducement lo 

 sueh Bucnliee, and the coiisiquent production of racing machinea 

 of low freeboard that we inoposed the modilication. liacing nia- 

 chinoB by shirl.iii!: open water and hard weather matches, can run 



ample would icidiicu uU racing men to forgo other quaUtles In their 

 eraft aud BeeJc to exoel only in the requisites of a Bmooth-water 

 Plug-hunter. Ha\ing control of the disposition of prizeB themselvefi 



WHAT THE LAKES SAY. 



Edilftr Forest and Stream 



a 



partial 



the naiue of old vaohtsmeu perhaps, aliU 

 •irst attcutimi when the FoRBST 

 _venuigB after supper. We are 



L ilie 



lov 



thio 



thnsiie,ii 



hence, v. 

 lailiug ri ,1 

 sympathy 



yaeht, tint 



whe 



vill 1 



, , ••ii'ii|-. 111 



lakes with 'a 

 mass of fuss i 

 ._ pose to give m, 

 example of another's cxiierience-. 

 the system adopted by an Easter 

 A gentleinan absorbed in busii 

 atiun. As a friend owned some i 

 went sailing. He had a chanci 

 She was an\,pen boat, of fme i 

 wlliJe liii, tastes ontgre^v his 

 vacht- Beading my co|,.v of Ff 

 ctitcd in the Eastern light-di 



■.e little 

 vclept a 



, lint to giv 



into 



ill to New 

 home as uusettlfcd as he 

 He pi eferred a keel br 

 being attracted to light-drafts at hrst by 



■n builder of light-draft 

 .ness wanted some means of recro- 

 interost iu a small yacht, he often 

 to buy a 3lift. vacht at a bar-gain. 

 odel and a good sidler. In a hltle 

 nuall b.jat. and he wanted a cabin 

 iKsr ANO SxHEAii he became inter- 

 ame I'asteru friends 



ti it. and 

 inch f. 



A short til 



attei 



wrote 



dm about a 



yacht on f^ak 



: ]i-i. 



bi 



ing 



indorse 



1 by vachtsm 



on as a hue bo,' 



t in 



;\i 



ry \ 



night triiiii. saw lier. 



went out on tl 



e lak. 



w 



th 



worliin 



,'iii i. smart 1 



reeze. That w 





'■", 



h. 



too grc 













a deep 



;e.,| mail. F 



■omtliat lime 



on w 



■ 1 



live 



thing 1 



f light-draft 



boats, or bei 



ig ah 



e 



;o r 



shoals 



jr lying up a' 



the docks. H 



• reu 



1C( 



i th 



tender. 



and duruig t 



lehotuightsth 





Id 



slee. 



aud in 



safety, awav 



itr from shore 



and 



or 



id 1 



she is 



so stiff that 



lus wife enjoy> 



thes 



ar 



"P, 



enthus 



asi as her Ini 



shand, and cla 



uas a 



sh 





their tl 

 This 



jnling home, 

 to my mind 



is one of the 



srre- 



t i 



i,1i- 



jnstlv 



l.lNlt. 



tew ill 



to lie llttf.eh 

 It lias aJwavi 

 ; 111 lieutmg'i 

 lies of water 



jdtotheliii. 1 

 lli'ldl V'l'-lii' 









work t< 



1 windward w 



ith. 









boat, s 

 iv. She wa: 

 le of his ine 

 adhig the 1. 

 1 return i- 



:iuce reading 

 Kit callable ol 



Cauoei 

 popnlai 



w-eigli't 



paddle, 



t ICiirope and the Fast. T ha 

 igatripina-cruii-nitfcau. 



leipliteihe tiling : 



St then ■' 



11 England aud e 

 : that the prim 

 ;!it a Baeine vei 



isl. also joiiibd ; 



ir-tight CO 

 tddle 



the 



opart 



Joe V 



Twcidvmi 

 as '•wilhir. -Ill V, 

 a trip f roil, i , 

 Kiver, which sepm n 

 mous marshes or in 

 Glair; down one of the 

 the Canada shore of thi 

 the entrance of the Deb 

 Clan- 



uentsuiwluch ti 

 eansof loeomotii . 

 ,nd paddling is tio 



lit 111 



at the 



ml Ihe shore tolietnul. 



ixtr.l 



lof .if Lii 



We prepared om-sclvca mth the foUowiug oullit, which 1 g. 

 for the beuetit of any one contemplating Bttcli a craiee : 



I'LOTHINQ. 



Slippera (to wear in the oanoe). 



Stoiit shoes. 

 Two pair socks. 



Two pau- paiitB (one pair on, of coureo). 

 One heavy coat. 

 Two flannel underahirtB. 

 One blue overshirt. 

 Two pair drawerB. 

 One rulibCT blanket. 

 Two jia ir woolen blaidiete. 

 One air pillow. 



We also took an alcohol Btove, cmUpiaHB, liquor, twine aud cord, 

 sketching materials, opera glasSj chai'tH, etc., etc, 

 ]'B0V131O«li. 

 Liebig's extract of beef. 

 Condensed milk. 

 OolTee and uugar. 

 Lemouij. 

 Ciiiined poupH ; tomntoes. 



i 



Sardine- 



Co.ikli.e 



lale. 

 He 

 and 1 



n boa'rd, 



B ; wllUc 



etc 



-T to bo spread over the oanoo at uigliti f-up-' 

 1.1 boom, and eapaUe of hcing rolled iutoi 

 J whole outfit, infllndiuft tent, \ri-igliiug 

 ivas utuwcd ft\vay iu handy pacliagi a in 

 lenta of the canoo. Wo took a deaniei ii 



DOWN THE lUTElt KT. ILAIU. 



The brcczo freshenod, and cvervthiug indicated that i 

 make the mouth of the river by night. We met great nn 



WHAT THE NONI'ABEIL IS. 



BosLW, X. I.i N. Y., Oct. 28. 



Editor Forest and Stream i 

 Allow nie to say that when an imliv idnal atteinpta an attack 



through the cohiMiei III n le iieejiili; ■■ le ,ii-eiii nr he should be siuc 

 of his facts if 1 1. ,iii' ■ I. ' I, i . i ■ I -A Yachtsman" 



.states that my ■ ■ i iiui-ut NonpiireU— 



•■is vu'luiilly'u siiiiei,' ,,■■ I,-, ■■,■,,,■ I I",., I iLiiigto savior or 

 against ski] ijacks, c^cipt that, one i.i iv,o 1 mu ae.imiinie.l v, itli are 

 rcmarkablv fast, to windward |.arlieiiliir!v. But permil me ti. b-M 

 tlie partv who thinks be is " A Yaehtsiiiiin " thul the .skipjack i, ur- 

 dmariiv'a verv wide boat, with a sharp deadrise bottom her enlue had omitted tn g 

 it of sailB, aud Ih priictieally noli:- i biued di-y goods. 



luuing 



.iiriieil 



of 



our pn 



1" 



RCHl io. 



looloiut 



t.ir till 



bi 



dv of 1 





little g 



droHiiei 



ill th( 



SI 



Clair 





cr. 



Atthi 



ee o'cli 



ck 



we m 



11 



e the 



Dominii 



n side 





Here i 



-(' 



laude.l 



on onr t 



nture 1- 



>n 



■se. ^^ 



,-■ 



jiie. mil 



coidd I 



: ,:.| 1 V, 



ilk oil 



|,| nil 



he 

 il 



ndian. 



at 

 wl 



om, I s 



led at one o'clock, -where -wo had dinner. 



1 her eves, sought our aciiiiainlance, and 

 , rcqueated that ivc liceii a. 



ijipose, was noted for his Img- 

 tliat the iplsud w.ib "liijim 



ing but a jil)-aiMl-mainsai! racing boat. 



The patent N<m|.areil, on the Other hand, i 

 ii p.rfii-tiv llat biiltom half its length, and carries a •^•nidl n 



jlv III,.,.' •■:-.tile ..f boat," that after all is onlv ,,:,e ,,; 



I .lei-' iri'iii -...hieli i am prepared to build, is si i , . ■ i. i 



iMih ii.jiiiniiug iiabils taken out of her ; and (ihariie, ,-, h,, , ■ 

 vorably known these forty years aud -more. They have iiien 

 " 1 the EoBJSST ANB S'rfiJii.uii puts it, and will Hpeiji foi 



piost-ofliei 

 I asked the 

 "CauTletv 

 •■M'hyV" ■ 



jckei-y. ihug and liurdw 



man for whisky, 

 e it," said he. 



nehei 



TUOS. OLAMAJt. 



live a phyeieiatfe prescription," he reph'ed. 

 J " Well, I can give you one," Bttid I boldly. 

 " Are von a iloclar?" 



" I un !" And I hei-e thought of 0. W.'^t Uttlo bitchot. 

 " Hero's a blank," produoiug one; "fill it out properly for -wliat 

 ■you wantv" 

 I cogitated for a nloniout or two, and here is what I produced : 



r. Wu:.... , 



I ; Secrctai 



1 Bieiitlil 



Vli.l 



B. E. Dea: 



Tt i 



limits. AVe 



glad to sec such active signs of the spii ud of cauoukig. 



Alio 0>-F, Moke.— The doop Imperia. formerly of New York, has 

 been hauled out at Lawlev's Ytod, South Boston, and will receive 

 anh-oukeel. 



\V.v;-;rii. r.i riiMiTi.n.— Parties having 

 ten-eii — III- iili,,,r , .lii hundred tons, to cl 

 iiextvtiir i , ^, 1,,! -i.iiticulars to thisolticc 



: B. 



Sp't's trumcnti ! 

 : DucctiouH ; 

 : rue as directed wheti vequirtid, 



Vin oz. 



schooner— keol pre- 

 irter for uiidiiummer 



The young Uiai 



iveut toputifiii 



S licit the 



-indent wcH a, 

 sto be.iuile 



inled i 



of 



on hiscLoisli- 1,-1 

 bleSSe.l |, IIS- Hi . . 

 upon u- .1, 

 wait I'm , ■ 



Had we I .11, ilree- 



would have been 

 friezes ou otu- hen 

 with long stocking: 



e a liewildercd lo.jl; at my snnVmnit noBC aoii 



■ ■. ,; ■':,.,■- ,. '-lei i,i,ii-;!:i-.,is. and on 

 : I , I ,ii" voiii.g 



II , I lined look 



'|,'lshxr;j 



I I bad lo 



.■mis^nig. 



I 'Vi'iik-itii 



shirts 



ud 



;N. v.; si. Jolil.i 



audventihited through.. ir e.il. ;. , . 

 This splendid cruising yucL; l...r jie; 

 Atlautic, and is most aJucUiiJ-.iy ada.pu 



, amUev 

 Ion Fiet'l. 



te)0 U 

 behind 



ich. 



Hie 



dl.l hlie 



S t-.i 



B take the follow- said, 

 igiunccut .Vnierieavi-built 



msiu-emenl and 14V tons 



lult this yciir ill ?.rassa- 



hlttek bottle Ib.i 

 We lied froj.i 



are going up th 

 When we re.. 



i.. the friendly shelter of i. 

 i I - man came up'sniiiiug, ami 



I 111. sole huirdhim : 

 I ' III-, 1" and handed ns a big 



■ '■! . , _.nau. 



I ! , I of luHgbter. Joe" and I 



I I : i-nngmau. 



I III , end a regular mass tuectuig 



. nude pupul.itiou. Joe askfcd a bUui mau '' if 

 -IgoiiacV" The slim luou Boid "Yes." Joe 

 1 and responded ;• ' ' Then they're not all ha e.' 



Cuiis.UJEB. — ThiB Bcbooner has been hauled out at Mumni'i 



yard, foot of Fif^-tifth titreet, South Brooklyn, and is being Bitters daily, for uerr* force, 



— Clergymeu, Lawyers, Editors,, Baakera aud Ladies need Hop 



