February 13, 1880, 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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enough to dissolve-; add yellow rosin, three pars): anfl^when 

 melted ail, I turpentine, tour parts. To poltsft wood/ii'ort. Etule 

 down with pumiee-Btone and watei till smooth, then polish to 

 a bright surface won powdered Tripoli and linseed oil. 



Power, Prow practice this full ' 

 Bailing Vessel having a length six nines thai of her breadth n- 

 (pain ■- for alspced;of ten knots per hour an impelling 

 48 p., mi, is per square fool of immersed section il the si 

 normal shape. 



Quaker Citv Vaciit Otitis,- -Many new boats, Including cabin 

 yachts, hove ueen added to the fleet, and u club-house i- soon i" 

 be erected. A committee has been appointed to consider this nat- 

 ter. We congratulate put Phfladelpliia friends upon i ho decisive 

 turn affairahave takon looking to.thcCperninnenl establishment 

 oi real yachting In their waters 



Tnr. i'iimi.vi,. Kun ono knows this sloop and her enviable 

 record as a fast rani' i in recent gates neajly made matoh->woo'd 

 of her, ami il is only too likely that nor skipper and oron 

 men have beeti lost by trusting their fate to a Iat 

 went ashore in the Same gale, and was ■ ompletolj wrei ked 

 Easton's Neck, I,. I. The GO'mino belongs bo Mr. Stephen Pea- 

 body, and was the latest addition to the growing tiei I pn - 



porous Atlantic Y. C. She Uai en "ordered round" from (few 



London to New York by low, her ownci dom ina to have her put 

 in commission at an early date, Eke tug left the Thames Fob. S 

 with the brig QvUtborauah and the yauht in row. During the 

 night a northeast gale overtook them, and the tug was obliged 

 to round to wiih tier tow for safety off the Thimbles. The yaohl 

 then broke adrift, and the brig soon followed sun. The latter 

 wont ashore oil' Northpori. and all hands were lost. The Coiam./ 



was sighted four days later oft Bouthold, amia iishernian put ofl 

 to her and anchored her. The next day her owner hud tho sloop 

 taken around 10 Greenport bo reflt. As both anchors were on the 

 bows and the boats at the davits, it became evident tiutt. her oxen 

 had not made any attempt to slay liy tiieir,ve.-scl ami trust 1" the 

 grouud tacklo, but had sought other means of Bafety. The chafe 

 and marks of collision on one side also seemed to Indicate thai 

 the yauht had been laid alongside of a larger vessel, from which 

 the conclusion was reached that Capt. Gormaine, his brother and 

 a deck £and had boarded the Qutschorough and Diet their 

 death with the tatter's orew- Attimeol wilting nothing has 

 yet boon heard of them. The Coming {carried away her spars, 

 ripped hex jib, and had some damage done to ber dock fittings ; 

 otherwise she seems to be in fall enough oondition after Ihe 

 pounding she underwent an the beach. She was bull t*hy Poillon 

 in 1SB8 for Mr. Nichols from a model by " Boh" Fish, and is iKlt. 



6iU. 011 deck, 37 rt. w. l.,:Mfl. beam and 5ft. Sht. deep. She was sub- 

 sequently sold to Mr. fl. 11. Fay. of Boston, then became the prop- 

 erly of Mr. Samuel P. Blngden . reappearing In N-\ lfork waters 

 again, was once more sold to Mr. (.i.e. Haven, N V. V.c., and 

 acquired only quite recently by Mr. Peabody , [of Brooklyn, tt 

 seems almost iuuredilile tliat such a flagrant casfi of ■■ 

 could occur within the confined limits of tftc Sound, and it 

 regretted that full information will not be forthcoming unless 

 some of the unfortunate erew supposed to he drowned should yet 

 turn up. 



The Runaway. -This fast litUeMcam yacht has been bought by 

 Mr.E. A. Ituck, of the SpJMi of (he Times, from Mr, Belden, the 

 fatter building a large iron s. s. yacht, in Chester. Vice-Oom, John 

 E. Waller is also reported as having purchased the /•'(. »r ■>•■ Dis. 

 Whattho gallant vSco-OommodOre wants itritii two schooners is 

 a mystery. 



English Wixnisos.— Value of prizes sailed for in British 

 waters was for 1855 only $13,500 ; In I37H the maximum was reached. 

 amounting to Sw.'iOO, and in 1&7S), owing to business depressions, 

 the figures were $51,000. In the same year the winnings in Amer- 

 ica consisted of Q&i prizes, with a value 111 the neighborhood of 

 89,000. 



The IlESRir.TTK.— Mr. Henri Say is again cruising down the 

 coast In his line steam yacht Ib.nritUc, a new shaft having boon 

 supplied by Malsu-rA: Beany, of Baltimore. 



A I.aov Yai 'iitim.. Mrs. Brassey. already well known to the 

 literary world, has added to her fame as a. writer and acute ob- 

 server of current affairs in her latest book, entitled '-Sunshine 

 and Storm In tho East." published by Longmans, London. In it 

 Mrs. Brassey records her impressions of the places visit.,,; during 

 a cruiso in tho Mediterranean in 1871 and 1S7S, and portrays life as 

 she found it in Constantinople and tho Bast, and adds in an 

 appendix the approximate expenditures of the cobi of a yacht 

 und keeping her in commission. 



Oshkosu YACHT Ci.iiu.-A correspond writes! " We claim 



to have- the fastest yachts ,f. then- si/. the Contiuent. Am 



aware this is a large boast, but v. o .,, 

 good. We have often uuoughlbcatu 

 our native stock." 



Norfolk as A Yaohiibq Port. -It it, rather strange that ao 

 little fall and winter cruising should bejlndulged in by thus 



■bward will become hk much a haldl among yaehts- 

 men here as the annual pilgrimage to the Mediterranean is 



Ni:w \(c. . THe annual mooting of thiscliib was 



:.i, .,• their olub rooms, Tflreoty-seVentfi street and 



■ ■ "with Commodore 8. .v. Cane presiding. Che 



i niniifd re positively declined ro-eleotlon, a3 ho proposes (,, !„■ 

 : following board was 



ultimata 

 RmnDla 



,„l,l 



s I). : 



, Wil 



n i;. \ 



lith, 



! H. 



schoonei-: Hoar-Commodore, Ja 



S-orctary. ( 'bancs A. Minton : Treasurer, .lames O. Proudjtt, 



. \. Cary Smith : fleet Surg Alexander M. Fisber. 



m. it.. Regatta, Committee, Daniel T. Warden, Chester GriBwold 

 aodc. I.. BJUght : Committee on Admissions, S. Nichohon Kane. 

 John R, Dieiicrsoii. P. W*. .1. Hurst, Robert Center and ciiaries'.H. 

 Siebbins: lloosc Committee, X.'.D. White, H. N. Ald.u. W. ].. 



ird;Trci 



.stilute 



Secretary] -ian 



at-. Urns. Jan 

 small clubs is 

 not enough to 

 seem thai a i 

 needed than I 

 ai.etr Interests 

 f)RrFT.— Com. Voorhis is reported as building an iron steam 



catamaran, at Nynck, about 105ft. long. Jackson is Mai hews. 



of Groenport, tire buildinga line sloop yacht for I!. f\ hawser 

 M.D., S.Tf.C. She is 4sti. on deck, 17fl. beam, and lit. Sin. draft' 



without board. Will be named the While Ami)/. J.O.Brown. 



i.i Tarn town, lias in hand a sloop naft. long, I7ft. beam, and 5ft 



2ra. hold, for Mr. W. W. Thompson, of New York. -Toronto 



parlies arc about to build a .i-l.nu cut I or. most likely in Coburg, 



-Out. Ilorrcsohoir, of Bristol, Is building a s.s. yacht, for Mr. 



Graham, Of Baltimore. .!*• is Witt, long, liift, beam, and ti! ft. 

 hold, and is to have compound engines. Tho Herrosehoir Manu- 

 actiiring Company is also busy with several torpedo launches for 



.vernments. and with building their coil boilors. 



Samuel Holmes, of IS* Front street, has got out Ihe specifications 



have Hie I 

 months, 

 be found 

 advanlas 

 oommanc 

 chance, a 

 yachts ; n 

 plies wate 



ground ii 

 while in t 

 satey. v, it 

 should co 

 the excell 

 tho Old D 

 sail lb, 

 on time, am 

 and even lu 

 t rip on the ' 



wholesome; 

 prolonged t 

 DortheirwO 

 asc 



l'dMu 



tig th 



LMhlJ 



tin! 



Olf " 

 may 



id winter where anehors may lie tripped to 

 up Chesapeake Bay, or, with the time at 

 xtended run down the coast, with, per- 

 ^rrnudas. Norfolk bus a line barbo, for 

 ot, could be made to order. The pity sup- 



teamsbip line, The 

 roek with clock-work 



nothing to be dealt 



Itialc 



upon i 



keel si, 

 siy" ii 

 haveb 



an ill- 



ii i'. n Aste 



ring the subject iii consideration reported in 

 10 Juno regatta and turning over tin- ex- 

 ■iiiis.mr steamer" excursion before noticed 

 o club, however, disposed of the scheme by 

 al regatta was fixed for June 10th 

 ■ ii. It Is also proposed to offer a 

 lass ;.,,-: schoonei's aud tho usual prizes for 



X the 



ttta did rot pas 



id the 



ore the club could la 



,p would undoubtedly have inflicted upon It. 



also appointed— including Messrs. A. Oarj 

 Smith, Bohert Center and Com. I)ickorson-to reconsider the sys- 

 tem of measurement in use and to recommend what changes it 

 would be desirable tomato, 



East River Yai ht Ci.un.— This is the name of a now club re- 

 cently organized at Oreenpoint, i- 1.. with the following officers: 



Commodore, \\ iliiaia Sivie-r,-: V.c, -Commodore, Myron Clouard : 

 . Edward Gussum; Sergeant- 

 oi ssity for multiplying our 

 dozen or so of open boats are 

 length or influence. It. would 

 smaller clubs is much more 

 the smaller fry to promote 



for a couple of steam 



a-. 140x25x10, for 



the coasting trade, aud 



they arc now in tho ma 



•kct. They will 1 

 inders by 24in. str 



• fitted with compound 





s. Mr. N\ II. liisl 





Cull coraespondenco n 



>w with all scctii 



ns of the country, and 



that the suec, ... i n, 



2 Congress seems 



assured. Mr. Jonathan 



Darling, of Lowell, M< 



, informs us tha 



the proposes to be pres 



cnt with some of his 1 



irch bark canoes 



and that ho will bring 



along some Penobscot 



Indians aS oxpe 



ts. Contemporaries, by 



tho way, should not g< 



t the Canoe Conj 



rress mixed up with any 



rowiim- events on Lake 



Oeorge. ii is a. .-< 



parate alia ir altogether, 



and requires no bolst 



irlng up, nor do 



2anoBists propose to be 



made Ihe tail-end to 



any rowing rega 



tta. The racing of the 



Ca'uoe Congress and the proposed National C. C. has bean fixed 

 for Aug. 3d, 4t.h, 5th and (ith, with headquarters at Caldwell, Lake 

 George. ^ 



National Yachting Association. — A general meeting 

 of till tin- delegates appointed will be called for March 

 1st, at the St. Dennis Hotel, New York. Circulars to this 

 effect will be issued. Yacht clubs situated at a distance 

 should make arrangements to vote by proxy, if their del- 

 egates cannot attend in person. The results of the meet- 

 ing will be forwarded to all clubs participating, before 

 being finally adopted. Clubs can join the movement at 

 any time by communicating with the Secretary, Mr. 

 John Frick, Post-Office Box, 2070. If any olub has failed 

 to receive the circulars of the Association, it is because 

 its address was unknown to the Committee, 



THK PAST YACHTING SEASON. 



K.b'tor Feiist rtitd Stream :— 



In ibis week's issue I see I am pulled up rather sharply by a 

 correspondent hailing from the happy yachting grounds of llali- 

 fav, and whose, man/, piio... happens to be the name of a crack 

 sloop in thai locality. Ho corrects my statement that the non- 

 starling of the Sweepstake race lixed for the 82d July, in which 



,- Hi 



. , /'■' 



ml 



| .Sell 



Almost 



r 1 1 



ed 



atoli, 



bai I a.,; " misinformed" when I stated that this race was to bo 

 ' pay cr play" a statement which I made on the faith of Infor- 

 mation received from a Halifax correspondent. 

 The articles do not, however, contain such it proviso, and its ab- 



lllhii 



highest ijiialitlcaii,.i! as seamen an 

 1 1 ceaneebetween Norfolk andM 

 lor the yachtsman can leave New 

 hours and pull 



York is \ irtually annihilated 

 >r!< one day after business 

 irt'olk tho afternoon of the 



ll !) need be consumed. 



cor, he is. moreover, within 

 sti lets of the coast and the 

 ^surpassed induoemonta to 

 i,,w ihai several yachts pro- 

 il, ihe intention of passing, 

 the chilly mouths o I BarlyCspripg In thempre genial I 

 Ham n liuail.-: . and we hope that in time He 01 



easy i 



thed 



lid c 



.ids his fail 



iva See 



ya 



2htSR 



at 



.1 had 



bi 



t OOI 



Id 



draw 



ev 



idth 



•m 



lobe. 



fit 



ed t 



1 f- 





the only conclusion rrotu the facts, as 1 1 



namely, thai, be ought to have Started '! 



■' play or pay," and three of the contest 



rather their pilots did, my impression is, the referee could not 



act otherwise, Where the mistake lay, in my opinion, was in uoi 



inserting the u pay or play" clause, which should govern such 



matches. 



In writ inur my reviev. 1 had perforce to trust at time- to InlOJ 

 motion obtained fr there, and! mu, , ,■ grd that in this in- 

 stance the result should ban- boon to unjustly, although unwit> 

 tingly, reflect Upon a gentleman deservedly h»ld lr high respect. 



Bodob-Croix. 



HINTS ON CANOE BUILDING. 



Editor Forest ami Stream — 



It may interest a few of your many readers to have an actual 

 builder of canoes detail how the thing is done, and if others will 

 follow my example, canoeists may be hotter able to select, such 

 canoes as In model and make-up are best suited to their wants. 



First, the model. IThat of which I build most of is a modified 

 type of the "Rob Uoy'"-tho same in length and "breadth, but 

 having much more "bearings," more depth, and more camber or 

 oui-voof deck than the Zorigiuul canoe of that name— therefore 

 more roomy, more steady aud capable 

 good builder can, however, make t 

 given, and in length, depth, beam 

 camber of deok.oau come within a fra. 

 We can, therefore, lay.asido modi 

 take the above-named model asa 

 sun, lioiiof suohaboat. 



The flrststepis thesame as in building an open boal of similar 

 dimensions. Keel, stem and stcrnposlaregolont, and pia, ed on 

 the" tonus," and securely fastened there. .Next the Biding of 

 onc-iuartcr inch cedar, six streaks 00 each side, is fitted gotOul 

 to pattern— aud put on. lusoa copper nail, spacing the distanoe 

 with care, and nail two inches apart. Now, tho shell -for it is but 

 . Is taken offl the forms or mould, and painted Inside. 

 Wbendrv. the ribsoi rod elm, ;.\; inch, hall round in shape, are 

 put in one'and a half inches apart, nailed on every lap, and to the 

 keel with copper nails, woll clinched. Care is taken to have the 

 nails como exactly between those which hold the siding only, so 

 so that they are at an oven distance of one inch apart the entire 

 length of thecauoe. 



Bulkheads of cedar are now carofully fitted, three feet from 

 each end. Here Ithe jack-knife carpenter is the beat man on the 

 job. Deck timbers of sawed cedar, Sxl inch, four-inch curve, all 

 of one pattern, aro put in about one foot apart, and the combing 

 ltix42 inches (may bo more or less at pleasure), of throe-eighth red 

 elm, with bent corners, is secured to Its place— the ends fastened 

 to deck timbers, and the sides strengthened by small oak knees. 

 The mast sockets and steps are next fitted, according to tho rig 

 to be used. 



Th,- canoe is now painted two more coats inside, including dock 

 timbers, and the end compartments carefully tested, to be sure 

 they are water tight. Next, tho deck of cedar or pine, ihree-six- 



:id. An 



ruction or an inch, if need be. 

 nd proceed, or rather we will 

 nple. and describe tho con- 



ich pi, 



3 required. The combing and 

 p and sand-paper used on the 

 nod, after which it is primed 

 jrew-heads filled with putty 

 iw ready for its coyering of 

 rad strongest bleached cotton, 





ickcd :' 



s hatches, back- 



teenthsof an inch thick, is put c 



huudred five-eighth inch screws a 



mast sockets are taken out, and ra 



deck until a smooth surface is ohti 



over, and the holes made by the 



and again sand- papered. It is i 



cloth, which should be of the host a 



This is laid on in fresh paint, drawn v 



the outer edge of the siding. At the man-hol 



tackod over the inner edge of the timb( 



combing. The gunwales are now put 



ctsand combing replaced, and such other wo 



hoard, stretcher, etc., made, and tho trimmings lilted, but not 



permanently put on as vet. 



The canoe is now ready for its final visit to the paint shop. 

 First the deck is primed, aud I he under side of it is painted two 

 coats, lu from throe to five days it gets a coat of '' rough stuff," 

 which requires Ave days in which to dry. when it is rubbed down 

 withpuinmioe stone. This is repeated from three to six times, or 

 until it is as smooth and hard as ebony. The number of coats 

 needed will depend much on how well the wood workman has 

 done his part. It now gels the three coats of color, and the siding 

 the same, or if tlnished in oil, the siding receives one coat oil, one 

 shellac and one of varnish. A coat of rubbing v 



ripmg 



deck. After this is rubbed down 

 order. Then another coat of best coa 

 plates, cleats, etc., and yonr canoe is ready. 



Six weeks' time is tho very least in which si 

 honed out, and double that time Is much bel 

 job. The object of covering tho d 

 vents splitting in tho sun, aud mak 

 Such a canoe without trimmings? w 

 and in that condition connot be sol 



ml gild 

 lish. Cut i 



ingls in 

 n mast 



l la- 



in m no make ti perfect 

 th cloth is that it pre- 

 tbsolutely water tight. 

 igh about sixty pounds, 

 ■nty-tlv. 



Of course, good, serviceable canoes can be built for half that sum, 

 if desired, but the ooach roof finish to the deck will not be in- 

 cluded. 



As you have already given us an article on " Kig," from the 

 very able pen of Commodore Chaso, of the J. C. C. C, I need not 

 trespass further on your columns. I. II. KushtOn. 



Cinlon.Xr. 



YACHTING IN THE WEST. 



Editor Forestemd Stream:— 



1 lake the liberty of corroctlitg your list of winning yachts 

 justice to Robert Brand, tho builder of the yacln Carrie Morgom 

 of Lake Winnebago. Your list enrolls her with tho Neeuah Yiteht 

 Club, while it should have been the Oshkosh. She is owned by 

 Geo.Wi Burnell, Commodore of the Oshkosh Vachi club. You 



also give her credit ot Inning won three races out of C '• while 



the fact is she has won first money in five out of six. The yacht 

 Carrie, Morgan camv out in the spring of 18T8. She is 25ft. keel, 

 '.in.iiiii. beam and .KM. overall, and draws about lill.ian in bal- 

 last and spreads abou i !C> square yards Of standing can vas. The 

 first year she. won throe races out of live.and flveeut of six the 

 next year, making out of the eleven races sailed eight first prizes 

 won. Tho first race won by her was on the 83d day of August, 



17m. 22s. She also owns the Lancaster prtae, which she was 

 obliged to win three consecutive times against the oombined fleet 

 Of Che lake in order to hold it, aud also carries the champion pen- 

 nant of the lake. Lake Winnebago, with its fleet of yachts, is a 

 source of much pride to our citizens and an object of much 

 praise 0J strangers. We have the Qnesi flee! west Of New Vork 

 consisting of about sixty craft— schooners, sloops ami cats. 

 Among the most noted aro the Carrit Morgan, Niobe, 

 .ili;s(,'., Mura Bell and Mermaid- the Vauiuna having won first 



irmerly of New Vork V. (M, 

 and afterwards at Madison again boat Ihe Geneva, winning 8150 

 in gold. The ',', ii. .'.. and 111.;.-,,.. )■ „ e, e both built by the well- 

 known builder, P. .Mcliilhan who enjoys the reputation of doing 

 the iasie-t builder in America. In ovory instance wherein yachts 

 ol Eastern bund or elsewhere have been brought in competition 

 with those built by Brand, they have mel with the -i fate. 



In conclusion 1 would say that Lake Winnebago, for yachting, 

 fishing and other like sports, such as eaiup life and cruising, is un- 

 surpassed by any in the Doited StateB, and parties seeking such 

 recreation can do no better than come here and spend a sumr- 

 on its shores. Owing to tho constantly increasing number 

 itors there is also an excellent opening here for a hotel. 



QshHosU, Ffte. 



