APril 15, 1880.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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of two-Inch pipe in inside coil ; 23tft. 4in.. 70rt. 3iin., 35ft. 3in. and 

 100ft. 21m. pipe in outside oil ; pressure, lSolbs. The catamaran 

 iviil draw SftJ Sin., and displaces 38 tons without passengers. Why 

 the Commodore selected suck a complicated and expensive 

 engine as the Wells Balance ia difficult to understand. When lie 

 comes to settle his repair bills and oil account he may wish he 

 had not. As a single hull weighs less than two, and has less skin, 

 it is quite certain that for the expenditure of power greater 

 •peed is to he obtained from such a hull than any catamaran can 

 ever afford, the hopes of high speed from this cigar boat are sure 

 to be ruthlessly disappointed ; but possibly the Commodore cares 

 for the deck room, and will bo satisfied with as much speed 



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l gel. 



Safety liorr.ERS.— A successful inventor of my acquaintance 

 is making a boiler, which he says possesses every feature de- 

 scribed as desirable in your editorial of the Istinst. 1 huve had 

 some theoretical and practical mechanical experience, and think 

 his claims arc well founded. There Is but little complication to 

 It; the boating-surface is double that of common boilers, weight 

 for weight ; no ordinary pressure would burst it, and it is cheap. 

 When it has been tested, I will give you an account of its work- 

 ing. DrvTNG Decov. 



Tub National Yachting: Association.— The National Yacht- 

 ing Association seems to be gaining ground slowly but surely. 

 Formed four weeks ago by delegates from eighteen clubs, the 

 number has been already swelled to twenty, and many'more will, 

 at their next regular meetings, elect delegates, and formally con- 

 nect themselves with the new Association. Our amateur athletes 

 and oarsmen have found it impossible to get along without their 

 National Associations, and the yachtsmen are wise in following 

 the example set by their neighbors of the oar aud the cinder- 

 path.— Spirit nf the Times. 



FOLTJlWu Boats.— We have examined aui tried Ooughtry's 

 folding boats and his new hunter's boat, under the most exacting 

 circumstances. We found thelattar, especially, uu excellent sub- 

 stitute for a dinghy on small yachts. Light as a. feather, buoyant 

 and dry, stifT and safe, they are to be preferred to the usuil run 

 of punts and heavy yawls in every respect, and can bo folded in lit- 

 tle loss apace than an old-fashioned gingham umbrella. For sports- 

 men desiring portable boats to carry under their arm, they are 

 just the thing. The folding boats are somewhat heavier and 

 stronger, and suitable for yachts of a larger size. 



Yachts' Hardware.- As the season forlitting out is now close 

 aboard, it will u.it be out of place to refer readers to the card of 

 W. & J, Tlobout. At their establishment, 33 Chambers street, 

 be found a largo assortment of hardware and fittings, blocks, 

 chains, anchors, wire rope, etc. This house has been long and 

 favorably known in the trade as the leading one of the kind. 



StEAU Launches.— Mr. Ciapham has enlarged his plant, and is 

 prepared to build yachts and steam launches of all kinds. His 

 well-known business integrity and familiarity with all classes of 

 yachts should recommend him to the public. Wo believe he pro- 

 poses to make a specialty of light drafts for Florida waters. 



CAT-no ATS.— Desmond, of Peck Slip, has finished a couple of 

 finely modeled cat-boats of good depth and moderate beam, 

 which are for sale. They will make excellent boats for family use, 

 a3 they are safer than most of their kind. 



Canoe FrrrrNGS.-G. W. Renton, 70 West street, Brooklyn, 

 E. D„ makes a specialty of canoe fittings and boat castings gen- 

 erally. We have in our office a sample of hta steering lock for 

 canoes, by which tho paddle is kepi clear of the side, aud can be 

 used more ifflclently. Ren Kin supplies the trade aud retail 

 dealers as well. 



Y acuts pok Sale.— Atten lion is called to several yachts offered 

 for sale in another column. 



Spouting Boats.— The trade in sporting boats of all kinds is 

 raported as very brisk this spring. H. M. Sprague, of Parishville, 

 N. T., and W. W. Parker, of Minneapolis, Minn., have their hands 

 full, their boats being highly appreciated by those who have tried 

 thorn. 



CONGRESS AND THE YACHTING LAWS. 



Editor Forest and Stream :— 



Attention is tiled in a roceut number of your paper to the 

 pending amendment of Section 1,314 of the United States Revised 

 Statutes, relating to yachts. As the present proposed bill was 

 introduce! mainly at tho request of the Cleveland Yachting Asso- 

 ciation, it is proper for a member of that body to say a word in 

 reply to that article. A very similar bill was Introduced during 

 the last session of Congress at the request of an Eastern yacht 

 club, supported by many of tho yacht clubs of the country; but 

 It died In a committee room. The two changes made by the 

 amendment are to make American yachts, irrespective of size, 

 American vessels; and to allow yachts of all sizes to have their 

 name aud port painted in any legible manner on any conspicuous 

 part of their halls, instead of only on the stern in a manner fixed 

 by strtute. There can bo no doubt of the propriety of the first 

 change. For many years all yachts of between ten and twenty 

 tons burden had to take out licenses as vessels engaged in the 

 coasting trade. Yachts of less than ten tons were not recognized 

 at all. A recent decision of the department holds that yaohts of 

 less than twenty tons burden need not. be licensed. The next 

 year, or next Secretary, may bring a different ruling. Under the 

 present decision yachts of less than twenty tons burden are not 

 American vessels ; are beyond tho pale of the law. Most of the 

 yachts on the great lakes are in this category, yet they take long 

 cruises. One of our Cleveland yaohts, for example, of only ten 

 tons burden, sailed last summer over 2,000 miles, sailed on the 

 waters of all the great lakes except Ontario, and spent much of 

 the time in foreign waters. Other yachts of the same port, less 

 in size, sailed but. little les3 distance. These small yachts wish to 

 be American vessels, enjoying of rivrht and not of sufferance all 

 the rights and privileges of American vessels; to have the right in 

 a foreign port to fly the American flag with the ensign of our 

 club ; to their enjoying the consideration always given to yachts- 

 men worthy of the name. We wish, in American watei-B, to oc- 

 cupy a position of trust instead of one of suspicion ; to legally 

 carry a yacht flag; to share the rights accorded to our larger 

 brethren. 



The clause to which Mr. Cromwell chiefly objects is that as to 

 painting the name and port. If the suiallor yachts are made 

 American vessels there must be some change iu the present law, 

 or Mr. Cromwell's objection will apply, for the concluding port of 

 the section now in force reads: "Such vessels," tneaniug yachts, 

 "shall iri all respects, except, as above, be subject to the laws of 

 tho United States." The laws of the United States— Revised Stat- 

 utes, Sections i.l'Sand 4,334, and IS United States Statutes at large, 

 obup. 407, p. 252-require the name and port to be painted on the 

 stern In white on black ground, or ill yellow or gilt letters, the 

 fetters to be of not less than three inches in length, thus regulat- 

 style and size of the lottering. Under this law small 



achts would oome if made American vessels, unless tho law was 

 hanged. I understand these provision* .ire obnoxious to the 

 wnersof large yachts. To change this law the express provi- 

 ion nas made in tho proposed bill that yachts should only be re- 

 hired to "haveihoir names aud ports legibly painted on some 

 onspicuous portion of their hulls." The sections above referred 

 o will no longer go\ era yachts if the proposed bill is passed. The 

 anicand port maybe painted in any Style or of any size, pro- 

 dded they are legible, and on any part of the hull, if sufficiently 

 conspicuous. The laws regulating trading vessels as to place, 

 style and size of lettering will no longer apply to yachts, because 

 the littler are expressly provided for otherwise. Of course there 

 is room fora ditlnrcuce of opinion as to whether the name of tho 

 port should bo added to the name of the vessel. I think it should 

 be possible without boarding or hailing to distinguish the Fleel- 

 lomc, of Cleveland, from the fYeettelug, of Chicago, although both 

 may be of the same size and rig. Thii 

 yachtsman as well as for the revenue officials. Again, it might 

 have been difficult to obtain so radical a cbaugo as the 

 of the name of the port, while it is hoped there will be little diffi- 

 culty in procuring tho passage of the proposed bill. 



Compulsory pilotage for yachts is certainly oftentimes 

 necessary expense, yet it is an evil from which we do not suffer 

 on tilts* likes. We would have included it in tho amendment, 

 but first feared lest asking too much we might get nothing, 

 second, as it was not inoluded in the bill proposed by the Eastern 

 Yacht Club before ret'erred to, we thought some reasou might ex- 

 ist, unknown to us, for not making the change. 



With these explanations we trust that all yachtsmen will feel 

 willing to urge their representatives and Senators to support the 

 pending hill. Hsiill Yacht. 



Cleveland, 0.,Aprilath. 



BALTIMORE YACHT CLUB. 



Editor Forest and Stream :— 



Tho Baltimore Yacht Club has elected the following officers for 

 the year 1880 : Admiral, William P. Towles ; Commodore, Wil- 

 liam M. Busey ; Vice- Commodore, Jarues Towles; Captain of 

 Ordnance, William B. Oliver; Secretary, J. William Middendorf : 

 Treasurer, Edward L. Bresee; Measurer, G. Wesley Taylor ; 

 Surgeon, Dr. John Getz. 



Yachting has heretofore been entirely neglected In Baltimore. 

 Now and then an enterprising citizen has purchased it sail-boatto 

 be used for his family and friends, only to be abandoned after u 

 few summers, with tho conclusion that "yachting don't pay." 

 The manifest trouble has been that the genius of yachting was 

 wanting. The zealous and enthusiastic personal interest iu all 

 the details of sailing, which fosters the art as now understood, 

 and seeks to add the value of intelligent individual experience 

 and observation to the stock of knowledge already acquired, has 

 been conspicuously absent. Our yachtsmen have been mainly 

 passengers on their owu yachts, and have felt none of the en- 

 thusiasm of a sailor. ■ 



At the portals of Baltimore spreads tho majestic Chesapeake, 

 affording magnificent yachting ground for a distance of two hun- 

 dred miles and an average breadth of twenty-live miles. With 

 Old Point Comfort as heidquarters, the Atlantic is fairly before 

 one, affording ample opportunity for " blue woter yachting" aud 

 a safe harbor at a fashionable watering place whenever desired. 



Tho Baltimore Yacht Club proposes to inaugurate this splendid 



Surprise, second ; Kathleen, third ; Merlin and Emma gave up. 



Sept. 30th— First prize in fall regatta at. Hellevllle; Kathleen 

 second; Grade, tWra ; Emma, fourth i Sylvia, last. 



Her record for 1870 was equally successful :— 



June 13th-First prize in summer regatta at Belleville; Surprise, 

 second ; Grade, third ; St/lvta. last. 



Jully lath— Beat Ella, of Oswego (21 tons) in match at Kingston 

 for S330 a side ; won by 12 min. 23 sec. 



Sept. 8th— First prize and Commodore's Cup in R. C. Y. C. Re- 

 gatta at Toronto ; Km ma, second; Oracle, third. Gipsy, of Ham- 

 ilton, Kestrel and Thistle, of Toronto, also competed . Shifting 

 ballast in this race, which was a test between East and West, and 

 In which the three Eastern yachts beat their competitors from 25 

 to to min. at their own game. 



Sept. 23d— Second in fall regatta, Belleville; Kathleen, first; 

 Emma, third; Surprise, fourth. Grade, Surprise, Una (Kingston) 

 anu Jndue Jcllett (Pictou) also competed. 



Thus in two years this yacht has won five first and two second 

 prizes in seven races sailed, and in 1870 she also won the Governor- 

 General's silver medal at Toronto, beating all competitors. 



pout Tack. 



Belleville, Ont., April 3d. 



REMINISCENCE FROM MY LOG. 



.Editor Forest and Stream:— 



In 1863 a young man, now better known as "Captain Jack," 

 called on me to get a yacht built. He desired a sharp, keen, fine- 

 lined boat, finished In the best manner, staunch and stilt, uud 

 guaranteed to Uy. Tills being settled, the yacht was built and 

 christened the Martanna. I consulted the youngster as to the size 



i the Moi 



ntal City, and hopes by perseverance 

 use a love of tho nautical in the breasts 

 uching tho hearts of some of our many 

 ire absolutely petrifying for want of 



recreat 



and maritime ardor to ii 



of many— possibly even 



millionaires, whose lives 



active and invigorating exercise. 



The new yacht building here by Messrs. Boacham & Brothers 

 has her keel, stem and stern-post in place. She will be a keel 

 schooner, 7Sft. long, 21ft. beam; depth of hold, Oft. 61n. Cabin 

 has four state rooms and large saloon, etc. The club has con- 

 cluded to name their new yacht the Bena. W. P. T. 



Botter cruising waters could not be found than the noble 

 Chesapeake affords, and we are glad to note the efforts now 

 under way to build upa yaoht club with Baltimore for its hailing 

 port. Many a time has it been our good fortune to handlu tho 

 stick of the famous old America, with a crew of "plebs" from 

 the Naval Academy to man the gear, and many a Una sail have 

 we enjoyed from Annapolis across to Kent's island, thence to the 

 southward to Lookout l>oiut,aud home again to the sheltered lur- 

 bor Maryland's capital affords. 



Years ago we wondered why Baltimore could not muster a 

 single yacht on the broad bosom of the great bay. Let us hope 

 that the efforts to rouse that growing city from its long sleep to 

 nautical activity may meet with the success the proselyting 

 energy of tho newly-formed club seems to hold in view. The 

 time will come when Hampton Roads will be the rendezvous for 

 a large fleet from the North during fall and spring, and the Balti- 

 more Y. C. can do much to attract attention to the inducements 

 for yachting, for shooting and for fishing, the Chesapeake and 

 its tributary rivers possess to a degree uuxeellEd by any other 

 waters in America. We trust the schooner Beau will be but the 

 fore-runner to a whole fleet with the colors of the club at the 

 masthead, aud that, the members of the club will not form only 

 a close corporation with themselves, but will do all iu their 

 power to enlist the sympathies of the general public, and to 

 stimulatu the spread of love for the noble art of sailing. 



THE KATIE GRAY. 



Editor Forest and Stream:— 



1 should like you to give space to the record for 1878 and 1873 

 of Iho yacht Kettle Gray, the most wonderful icn-tonuer on the 

 Lakes or on the continent, for that matter. Katie Grau, center- 

 board sloop, was built at Cobourg by Alexander Cuthbert In 1375. 

 Length on deck from fore part of stem to after part of stern- 

 post, 20ft. Bin.; extreme breadth of beam, lift.; draught of water 

 aft, 2ft. Oiu. She was originally shorter, but in 1877 tin addition 

 of ten inches was made to deadwood aft, aud quarters raised, 

 which made hor much speedier and stiller. Mainsail, 2tlfl. hoist ; 

 18ft. gaff, and 83ft. on boom; jib, 24ft. on foot, 40ft. on stuy, and 

 30ft. on loach. She carries 3,000 pounds Iron ballast, all stowed 

 under floor, as no shifting ballast is pormittcd in our races' 

 Racing canvas includes jib topsail, large balloon jib and moderate 

 sized gaff-topsail. Her record for 1878 Is as follows :— 



.1 une 20th— Won match at liclleville against Surprise, of Tren- 

 ton, for $200 a Side. 



,1uuc28th-Uegattn at Trenton, won first prize, beating Sur- 

 prise and Aferlin, of Kingston. 



July 2d— Second in Kingston Regatta-partially disabled ; won 

 by Kathleen : Vielorine. ot Alexandria Bay, N. Y., third ; Surprise, 

 fourth; Laura, Emma, Zitetta, Maud and Merlin, of Kingston; 

 and Idler, ot Brighton, also participated. This race was an 

 anchor start, and Katie Gray got off last. 



Aug. 2d— Won club raoo at Belleville, Kelso (Commodore) Cup; 



of her sail. 



plenty of them ! " The boat w 



beam aud loin, deep, Straight 



out the entire bottom, sharp 



deal like a flat ii 



body. When 



id ho enthusiastically, "and 

 I 15ft. long (yacht club size), 7ft. 

 iut frame and concave through- 

 wedge on her harpen and a good 

 ; her only stability seemed to be in her after 

 Ing trim she had only three inches of free 



board; her deck, however, was like a camel's back, remind- 

 ing me of a Ohesapeake sneak-box. She was covered in, 

 with only space enough for the crew (four men) to stick their 

 feet in; this space, when filled, only held eighteen gallons 

 of water, hardly enough to give an eel a drink. She was, in- 

 deed, a miniature saili g life-boat. I took first premium at 

 the Franklin Institute a few year^ previous, for a boat simi- 

 lar to her. She could be capsized and righted again in mid-river. 

 I put one "wing" (cat) on her, placing the mast directly in the 

 wake of her apron, elongating the heel, straddling the step to get 

 room, for she was as sharp forward as a razor. Her innstwas 

 34ft. long and 5iiu. at the deck ; gaff, 131t.; boom, 25ft. She made 

 her debut on July 4th ; wind northwest, blowing hard, and, as all 

 northwesters do, veering and squally. Got under way with the 

 fleet. At Turtle's Point a regular snorter struck her and she 

 gently turned over, spilling two, Mayberry and Haines, into the 

 river ; making a curve to the windward, with her " tub " full of 

 water, the outs were soon maneuvered in again, and she came in 

 second boat, at Tacony. On her way home she capsized six times, 

 and was righted each time by placing a man on her center-board. 

 Captain Jack declares to this day he only "dumped" five times. 

 The distance sailed was eight miles. On one occasion an excur- 

 sion steamer loaded with passengers was about to pass our chain- ' 

 piou, when a heavy puff struck his boat and she "turned up." 

 Tho steamer was promptly stopped, everything worthy of old 

 salts and a first class humane society, was done to save the perish- 

 ing crew. Two men from the steamer jumped overboard, life 

 preservers and everything loose aud floatable was cast upon the 

 troubled waters. While the excitement was at the highest pitch, 

 our " Champion " placed one of his men on the center-board— the 

 ever-ready lever— raising his boat quickly on her feet, and sailed 

 off triumphantly with uplifted caps. At a regatta given at 

 Smith'3 Island by Zimmerman & Gazelle, these gentlemen pub- 

 licly presented Captain Mayberry with a handsome silver medal, 

 appropriately designed, as the champion boat-upsetter on the 

 river Delaware. The venerable yacht sailor, " Johnny " Wright, 

 had for years enjoyed this title; no one could dive deeper and 

 come up wetter, or could turn a yacht up easier or of tenor than 

 he, but alas for greatness, how transitory! The writer as first 

 officer, and tho Champion as second, with two others as crew, left 

 Cooper's Point Sept. 28th 1863, for Cape May, In the Mart- 

 anna. We made the run down to the Canes in 21h. 55m., as the 

 Cape May IFaue of that date will attest. We returned home on 

 Oct. 7th iu 31b. 60m. Boubling the Cape on our return just as tho 

 sun rose, a pilot boat stood across our bows, and hailed : " Where 

 did you come from?" "New York." "Were you on the coast 



last night?" "Yes." The you were." When we remember 



that we were in a 15ft. boat, carrying a 34ft. mast, with only 3in. 

 of free-board, with every man laying out to windward to hold 

 her up, and on old ocean at daylight, with Christian forbearance 

 we excuse the profanity of the pilot. Alter this proof of her sea- 

 going qualities, dipt. Mayberry offered to match her against any 

 boat of her length. The celebrated Daoer was then in her prime, 

 and a race between the boats was long talked about, but ucver 

 culminated, the Eager men eventually declariug they would 

 not sail with a boat that did her best work with her mast-head fly 

 trailing in the water. Iu short, that when a boat gets " that low," 

 she should be considered upset and ruled out. I have had tho 

 good fortune since then to build my old friend Mayberry seve- 

 ral '' flyers," but he still clings to his old love, and tho memories 

 of hie earl y yachting days grow fresher and stronger with ad- 

 vancing time. The Marianna still survives; seventeen years has 

 taken some of the life out of her, but she looks good yet, and as 

 ready as ever to be turned up by her old commander, on short 

 notice. R. G. W. 



W i I '» 



BOW-FAClNii ROWING GEAR. 



Editor Forest and Stream :— 



Some six months since I purchased of William Lyman, of Mid- 

 dleileid, Conn., a boat (made to his order for me, by Mr. Rushton, 

 oi Canton, N. Y.) lilted with two pairs ot his patent, bow-facing 

 oars. After going over two hundred miles with them in all kinds 

 of weather, sometimes in pursuit of game, and so metiines for ex- 

 orcise and diversion simply, lean strongly commend both oars 

 uud boat. 11 is within bounds to suy that these bow-facing ours 

 double the attractiveness of rowing. If we could find people 

 who had always walked backward, and at lost die 



they might, wi 



the " bow-faeir 

 of the head tc 

 headlands— all 

 oars. If t; 



walk ! 



lead, their 



> tin 



greater 



best illustration of the practical value of 

 ntion. The frequent turning and twisting 

 mre of the course, avoid rocks, trees, Di- 

 shed perplexities to him who uses Lyman's 

 the oars quickly to seize his gun, or for any 



other purpose, they trail alongside with us little interference, 

 outside or inside tho boat, as any old-style our. If the rial s are to 

 be " shipped," the operation is accomplished with as little dim- 



