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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 29, 1880. 



room, occupying the whole width of the vessel; abaft of this 

 again is a bath anti toilet room, with every convenience for com- 

 fort. Inthesaloon the main pieces "I furniture, consisting of 

 dining-table and buffet, are of solid mahogany. The upholstery 

 and tapestry will be of the richest description. Between the 

 saloon and the part of the vessel allotted to machinery is an iron 

 bulk head, extending from the keel to the upper deck, through 

 which there is no communication whatever. The Importance Of 

 this barrier to dust and odor from .the machinery department (, as 

 well as its use In giving strength and stability to the hull cannot 

 bo over-estimated. This is one of four complete iron bulkheads 

 In the vessel, all of which are alike, that is to say, there are no 

 openings in them at all. These divide the vessel into five com- 

 partments, adding greatly to strength and safety ; for in the 

 event of a collision or otherwise, one compartment only could be 

 tilled with water, the others being amply sufficient to float the 

 vessel. The machinery occupies a space of about 19 feet. The 

 engines are of the compound condensing type, with cylinders 101 

 and ISin. diameter and 18in. stroke. The engine .is fitted with 

 improved cut-off valves, and has feed and air pumps attached. 

 The boiler is one of the Herreshoff Coil system, which day by day- 

 is growing in popularfavor. Ithasagrate of oft.Sio. in diameter. 

 She will burn 200 lbs. of coal an hour when running at the rate of 

 10 miles, under which condition natural draft only lis used. To 

 reach her maximum sustained speed of 20 miles, a power fan is 

 used to force combustion. 



In the issue of Forest and Stream, of March llth, may be 

 found a description of the Herreshoff safety-coil boiler to which 

 •we refer in this connection. Forward of the machinery, and sep- 

 arated from it by one of the bulkheads, is the galley, commodious 

 and well furnished, and next, the pantry, ice-chest, water-closets 

 and large and well-ventilatod accommodations for the crew. Her 

 pilot-house is a sample of comfort and eleganeo, finished in panels 

 of cherry. An elevated seat permits an uninterrupted view of the 

 Horizon. The Gleam is the first alloat of several large steam yachts 

 which are to be added to our fleet this season, and although she 

 does not rival some of her companions in size, for speed and gen- 

 eral excellence in hull and machinery she will not be second to 

 othera. 



The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company have also in hand a 

 Btnall steamer for the Johns Hopkins University, of Baltimore 

 She is to be used by Prof. Brooks, in and about the Chesapeake 

 Bay, in his scientillc researches in marine, animal and vegetable 

 life. Her interior is to be finely finished iu oak and cherry, and 

 will be furnished with ono of the new swinging " tent-awnings,'> 

 Which were described in one of our previous numbers. 



The Company have just commenced a coaching steamer for the 

 Howard College rowing club. This steamer, presented by the 

 nating gradclass of '80 to the college rowing association.Tposscsses 

 many points of peculiar interest. Length, 40ft; beam, 5jf t. Her 

 machinery will consist of a Herreshoff boiler and compound con- 

 densing engine of 23-horse power. Maximum speed, fourteen 

 miles an hour. Her serow is to be placed amidships, similar 

 to the famous torpedo boats built by this Company. She is thus 

 enabled to go as fast astern as ahead, and steer equally well in 

 going either direction, and to turn iu a circle whose diameter is 

 three times her length. She can also be brought to a full stop 

 from her highest speed in a space not exceeding half her length 

 Her interior will be handsomely finished in oak, mahogany and 

 cherry. We shall look forward with great pleasure to the per- 

 formances of this boat, for the many new features of suoh 

 ought to produce, when desired, higher speed at a less outlay 

 than ever yet accomplished. Engines have been brought to such 

 a high pitch of perfection that it is difficult to see room for much 

 more improvement in anything that is direct aoting, and, some- 

 how, rotary engines have not given that satisfaction in p'rnotioe 

 which their theoretical points seemed to warrant. One thing is 

 against them, and probably always will be. They use steam at a 

 terrific rate, and this leads us back again to the uoiler. The main 

 stumbling block to higher speeds, twenty-five to thirty miles, lies 

 in the difficulty of supplying sufficient steam Wtthaui 

 weight of hotter ; in other words, more power for a given displace- 

 ment. Engines can be built sufficiently light and strong hy using 

 the best of steel ; they may bo turned up over 500 without heal- 

 1 \g, and boilers of the sectional or pipe typo can be made to 

 stand any amount of pressure, but when it conies to furnish 

 great quantity oC high steam, then they all fail, and with thai 

 visions ot thirty miles an hour through the water vanish. 

 what we have seen of the Herreshoff coil, however, there Is 

 nubility of the enticing dream of railroad time In, a steam 

 being realized at last, and we only hope some one will give 

 carle blanche to do their level best. If they cancel Bl iceedl 

 ting beyond the conventional eighteen, the very imM.mv; U 

 protracted practice with the fastest oi 'the I 1 01 a, the! 

 as well be given up at once as an impossibility there can be i 

 strainiug a£tcr any longer. We are awaro that 1 

 Miranda, and a few more, have churned their tw< 

 three, and even twentv-four, over the measured i 

 it must be acknowledged, kept up ths pace ti 

 more; but alas, these were builders' trials, flj 

 Bional stokers, picked coal, smooth sea, BO wind, and no expense 

 spared! As an index of every day performance the measured 

 mile, or builders' trial, is a pleasant, piece Of deception. -\ deduc- 

 tion Of So per cent, from such figures brings us nearer the truth, 

 or rather the capacity of the high flyers under normal circum- 

 stances. It is under such that the speed otQle&M has bei.ai set 

 down as eighteen miles, and the near future will show bow near 

 the builders have come to Ihelr mark. Qui will It be long bet, ire we 

 are to see some one the possessor of a product of American skill 

 which will reel off twenty-four miles any day iu (lie year, and go 



Ft. vt-ikons at Sea.— In describing the recent 

 M'.imv. a writer says, incidentally, 

 he shallow, beamy boats, the first pi 



at Nice, 

 r the second day; "As for 

 II' of wind overpowered them 

 hack to harbor for shelter." 

 mea that could lace the sea, 



ut and n 

 less at the 



s fa 



It 



refused to entertain bar protest. We su -■-■:. _■ 

 pointing the Triune of Wales, or any other I 

 nominal management of affairs next year, 



Itth 



! intrusted i 

 sary, if the pr 

 y will hardly p 

 of theludicro 

 ns. tried their 

 :i, which is de 



ar " card " to Hit 

 i member of the 

 tcb guarantee is 



flair 



brotn 



put. about without ster 

 was ballasted with mai 

 was Intended as a sort 

 woeful libel upon that 

 that a movement, is on 

 year, for the neat priz 

 demands SOI 



odd attempt. She 

 uld not haul he 



adc 



;ouldnot b( 

 rwind. Shi 

 nrt rate. Shi 



1 slid to leeward I 



,' of Sappfto, but evidently is a most 

 er. The -.iMoto-Amertcrtit announces 

 r a race from Gibralter to Nice next 

 10,000. The English press, however, 

 .u big prizes. They would prefer 



Change of Coi.oks. -a correspondent sends us the following 

 charges in the club burgee and Hag officers' swallow-tails of the 

 Buffalo Yacht Club: The formeris pointed, bhfe field, white star 

 in center; width, two-thirds of length. For the Commodore, 

 swallow-tail, blue field, red star iu center; Vice-Commodore, red 

 field and blue star; Bear-Commodore, plain blue field. The. 



:h iu length for each foot of yacht's length 

 glad to find this club has adopted square flags 

 •ate signals of its yachts. Others, when making 

 uld follow the example I 

 2sscl has 



private signals are square, width, two-thirds of length. 



; above to 



deck. W 

 for the pri 

 •s, She 



Ocean Fbabi,.— A vessel has been recently launched at 

 Essex to be called the Ocean Paul. She is 115ft, over all, lll'.fi. on 

 the line, 16ft. Vin. beam, and art. hold, with about lift, draught. 

 She will be half brig rigged, and will make a cruise around the 

 world to demonstrate the value, of Norton's patent ship venti- 

 lator. 



BumPAliO YACriT Clitr.— Six new members have lately been 

 added to the club. A cluli-house is in prospect. All tho Luke 

 clubs are puldng together in a most commendable way for the 

 common good, Mr. C. P. Kunhnrdt. of the Foiilst am. Stream, 



has been at Ented delegate to the N. Y. A„ in place of Mr. E. E. 



Benedict, The eonsfitution of the N. V. A. has been adopted by 

 the club, and steps are now being taken to havo the cluhincor- 



on the question of sailing rules. It •Boston can reconcile B 



opposing interests, wo would like to learn how it can be done, 

 is a ease of playing with fire, and yet not getting burnt. 

 Slow Dow.v.— The following from the pen of a correspondent 



« :hi i ■': ■ nade .to introduce the English cut- 



i in. Forest ARt> Streaxi man has gone daft on the ques- 



cver mind the "Foiiest ant> Stkka.m man;" he can 

 •k his own ship. But isn't this .lust a little cajj 

 coming from a worthy friend who erstwhile had atone 

 "daft" on the sloop, and who, nevertheless. " swung around the; 

 circle," and now chants praises to the yawl ': Como, now 

 good friend ; when you have seen the "compromise cutters' 1 ! 

 afloat flusyear. even the double head rig will no longer rile ; yoiE 

 will swing around a little more, and when that new I 



launched In Sun Francisco Bay (may the day soon come). oUN 

 word for if, she will have a double head rig. What th« " F. uo-.sj 

 .tsti Stream man" lias gone "daft" on. and what he p I 



remain •' daft" on, is the displacement of the shallow, dangerous r 

 unhandy frying-pans by docp-bodied. able, safe and 

 sols, and if the whilom skipper of theFr-./i I 



soul !) will keep his eyes abroad, he will note tec changes going' 

 on. in concert with the tenor of these columns, much I I 



he seems to think. If success Is the criterion of daflness, 

 to the impeachment. The views of no other journal in A i in ic,i. 

 have been acted upon and accepted so extensively as ours, ■ 

 that in one short, year, in the face of blind prejudlcj and SB 

 row national vanity. But patience, friend: Itome was, no! built 

 ,n a day. 



A TEN DATS' CEUISE IN '79, RECORDED BY 

 THE "CAPTAIN." 



W B < 



ed. 



Oujl New Sanctum— Through tho kindness of the Herreshoff 

 Manufacturing Company, we have received a handsome line of 

 photos displaying to advantage their engines, yachts and launct^ 

 and will go to enrich our collection of yachting exhibits displayed 



I'M I 



oAis 



cd pr 



o.— Th6 1 



v in Hew 



ich 



HO is there who e 



the day when h 



could help It. Certainly very 



one of the live boon compai 



yaeht B , 40 tons new, did 



day of last July. We had all 

 •tedtogetl 



thedaj-.two to go to buslnei 



the other confessed that ho 



The other Ihree remain on b 



m mI;. i lie " Contain'" leave 



■er did anything worth speaklt 



few indeed is their number, a 

 ona who koix- to sail t 

 tnything at all On 1 1 C fttf 

 ome on board the night befo 

 sr preparatory to separating f 

 , one of whom did some wo 

 iLife,! all the time he was-ou 

 ard to enjoy the soi 



i do i 



nd < 



t imagii 



th- 



ty-nnc, twenty- 

 lie; and Gitalin, 

 a full hour or 

 g light, prbfes- 



tcssive speed, beyond 

 3reases after twenty 

 •asonablo experiment 

 et England take the 



higher still when pressed? It may n 

 pears, for we know little of rest-lane 

 that its ratio of augment. ohm .-, m- 



miles has been reached. There Is I 



and expectation, even far beyond. 

 lead, when we have the talent at our 



•YACHTING NEWS. 



Cuia-ES or STABttiTr.— In an exceedingly interesting and able 

 paper on the " Stability of yachts," read by Mr. Dixon Kemp be- 

 fore the Institution of Naval Architects, March Sth, we are sup- 

 plied with much more definite information as to I lie value of lead 

 on the keel in augmenting a vessel's Stability. It appears thai 

 Willi inside iron, the Ffon'itdu (a yawl Sil.\19xll, with 150 tons dts 

 placement) would have over 33 ptr cent. Jess Stability than if sup- 

 plied with 40 tons lead on the keel Up to aboil! I weuly decree? of 

 heel. Beyond that the difference shows even more strongly in 

 favor of the tower position ot the ballast. In the tlrst case, the 

 yawl, although quits beamy, will reach her maximum statical 

 stability at its degrees, and in the other not until h , 

 grees. In other words, FUnimhi, with inside iron, would bean 

 unsafe vessel, and might follow f he example of the ilfoltail*, 

 while with a goodly portion ot her ballast (she carries a! tons in 

 all) on the keel, she can b made practically uucapslzable. 



>y Messrs. 

 ileruuia, last Saturday 

 Coats, Jr., now of Pah 

 Clyde cutters and lugs 

 have been better than 

 recently adopted the Y 

 heal lly handicap the 



powerful deep bodiedj 

 moderate weath 



>■■•••■ 



oda 



■ boat for he 



ud, I 



i cho 



t of herself, 



ill leave her to leeward 

 pOundhlg away while they soak out to windward. If sailing under 

 length, however, the Newport production will out-ton her rivals 

 bctn ily, especially b matched against tho old light, displacement 

 deli mm- ail boats. 

 ].-,»-, ,;.,; our.— E. 11. Kingsbury. 1.11 South street, carries a large 

 stock of oars, handspikes, hoops, hanks and ship-chandlery genev- 

 thort notice. His card 



Des 



s [>repi. 



ed lei 



Ex st.- .Mr. D.J. La' 



-nlellt 



nd i 



s by long odds the 



i. and re 



l lioi 



of the work being don 

 personal inspection, we ate aide to bear testimony to the sound- 

 ness and strength of his jubs. There is not another yacht in 

 America which has the materials or fastenings En her "house," 

 thai Mr. La-vlor has recently put into the "old Julia." He 18 also 



,i [djnga [pi ■ I ."- t for Boston owners, after the English 



model, ana beta lesc II ed in these columns. The yawl win be 



i root r, : We i r ■ ■'•. > ut is perhaps a little straight on her side. 

 This is the consequence of pressure exerled by the English rule 



, ,. mi :. i linei having been furnished by ltutscy, of 



('owes. She is now being plankod. The handsome little steam 



yaeht Ad, b'fu, belonging to Mr. Poabotlj . ■-■pnusons on 



in i idea to increase the width of Iter gangways. Beside this, Mr. 

 I ..,.., |or Imi ■ furnished models and plans for several other yachts 

 building in tho neighborhood, of which more anon. What we lmd 

 to admire iu the work of Mr, Lauder is the versatility and the suc- 

 cess which he meets ill designing vessels of all kinds and classes . 



acht 





a think, to a 



m..- : i:m 



dei 



■ope 



and ( 



spondirigly the 

 cess in what he 

 OsnKoea Yj 

 body has. ilefim 

 name spelt wn 

 terity. To via 

 Ceo. W'.Bitrne 

 well known signal.'] 



of 



.This 



uci tuepio'ia'iil 





es of su 



•takes, 

 Cure— The Commodore writes us: "Some- 



i | ,i | ■ Im I i l i mm n I baving your 



n the o'lO'bV. I want to stand right v, ith pi .-- 



c the truth Of history, please spell my name 



The next time a compositor trifles with the 



of the Commodore of the Qsbto 



there will be a collision between tho pavement and a typos 

 cranium. 

 TnnOiucw.— This well-known sloop will be put in commission 



this year, with no Im ., iGrSon tl •' the tfayorol ."■■ w I'ork es 



her skipper. The sloop is m i old tnn to hi 



Cooper f ami 1; I '.' su. 



An KASTlin '. ii i ' ' ' .i i Im i 



!mm, I..,.. su ■ , i to attend ll ■ 



to .ii; >' Hi ihi -i. i S . i .: The Boston y.c.-, 



01 lostoni llor- 



i..l loverly A set Of rua I- I . ■ h> El H upon for 



hi! u m it is hoped lliat other clubs in the 



neighborhood Will iein. We are riii.vious u i 



the clubs mentioned can affiliate with the shiftina, ha 



office and attend to some last odds a 



welfare of the erew. Hot in town ? Well, slightly. Every yaoh 



man knows that steaming, stilling feeling thai 



alter exchanging the cool deck and awning for bricks and 1 



sun, especially when the thermometer reglsb 91 



shade. Aim! ' m lock the " Captain," Having di ichlJ 



proud and hired a coupe, drives in state to a neighboring OH 

 store, where a yachting friend in the trade, and himself m ..: 



various new novels, papers and, of course, the lasl t j 



Stream, and armed Willi a large stack of these, he HI 



plunges into his cab and is hurried off in search of 



quondam partners, who issues from his office armed will! a U 

 suit of clothes. Again the old trap is in motion, and lit! - e 

 there is no stop (ill we reach the wharves, where the urn fl 



charge of Ihelnv: ml the "Captain" attends I o the eih 1 



arts Miiuiiiig and wishing a " line v'ige to , 



the intlueneeof a liberal dnins ib'. Yachtsmen startin I i fl 



wan; every one to be as happy as they are, and the cab driv 

 and waders reap the benefit of it on that day. As I e 



before, the day was extremely warui. so, tumbling i. 



without waiting for the rest of the crui 



hot ,P nd boat laden with our trap 



boxes, ends of which show strange devi* 



Si . .1 ul , the rest of the mark being 1 



parcel, these being a lew last things which are to be I 

 heal hen. Climbing on board, " Gasket " and the " C ■ 

 beln iv and are soon deep in the mysteries of boned turkey, I 

 and jam, washed down with cool ale, together with vnrioui 

 tizing condiments, which are spread out for lunch, bur s 

 is one of the first water, and the " Captain " being somethi 

 • cabin passengers fare very Will on the B— 

 ii u any qualms of mit/-di:-)iicr, sad for him is 



look upon the tempting display and not. DO lb 



i.,.i;. one now has come on board, and "ierseys" ando: 

 browsers Of ye crnii-.ing biped take the place of tine i 

 causing the cruiser to undergo the change from butter 

 >rubi thereby r versing the order of nature. AtaboutS'ij 

 5t the gig, get up anchor, and with alight, air frc 

 southwe-l rim smoothly down to Deer Island, HI Ot < 

 Shirley Cut, close by Tuff's famous hostelry where 

 Club dinner is to take place. It is just as well we anchored ll 

 for In half an hour the breeze dies 

 .leMiM VoorhUm just gets her anchor down when it i il 

 and a " dead OOlm rests upon i 

 on beard again, but no breeze was forthcoming, tun if m 



an hour and a half after midnight thai we ip 



proceed on our way, before a very light southwei 

 the cabin was shrouded in silence and Bpiunoloni 

 lime, mid it is not till about 8.3(1 the ie.-xf morning that tl 



begin to show above deck. We found purselvi I 



... I Thatcher's Island in a flat calm. Noli 



is made to dress, and the costumes, though comfortable i 

 extreme, would hardly "washee, wasiu-e ■■ on shore, l ii 

 are great and glorious things, and the man who inveni 

 i i.r to have a monui u rrterect i tohim. One feels thatf 

 -- . -• 

 board or yacht-board. At about 9.30 



the Sistanne off Sq.nam (sweet name!) in tin 

 pleasing predicamenl as ourselves. Bntsei I down toihr 

 west is a dark blue line which certainly betokens a bret 

 it. comes rapidly towards us, we speculate as to the hour 

 probable arrival in Bath, or where we shall 



m Mini-.:;.? ranged all the way from Portland, b 



i Seguin Island at Bb'elockin thep 



As there is a difference of thirty miles between ihei 



'mis got in tie wrong. 

 between; I canuOt remember exaelly " which is who'Sj 



. . ■ ■ ■ be i 



mnster'a, i ho attoi 



.... i, -, : 



■ ■ ■ I ti 



and aiva... i 



every stitch set, Inelqdln ■ [In I oi I, hioh 



p ' ul and hnhrsa goon i ■ 



itsswclling fouls. v, 1 1 1 . . mim ti 



deiitiy knows she mual let boskfool uwari I ■■■ 



she try. The wind Freshen! I 



by patent log. Having worlo Pi It) 



for a forty! Fa.-t the Shoals we run, and 1 .• ng 



sight, ronhtnd, in e shape of Capo Ellzttbi 



