August S, 1888.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



17 



COMBINATION ROW AND SAIL BOAT. 



COMBINATION ROW AND SAIL BOAT. 

 TN last week's issue reference was made to illustrations of Joiner's 

 X excellent comranaiion of a row and sail bout. Through the faith 

 lessnessof the arUat the outs were rooeived too late for that issue, 



ami we now make ;;iioa tin- deficiency. The Irene, one of the first oi 

 her class, is loft. (iin. long, 4ft. 'Jin. beam, 3ft. deep amidships. Car 

 ries a 00-lb. e&nt.-rhoard and a sail having a lt)ft. hoist. 13ft. foot, and 

 ?ft. 3in. head- Weight of boat, loulbs. Concerning the Ir.-n-. Inn 

 owner. Mr. George Conkey, of Glen's Falls, writes that he can sug 

 gest, no improvements, as she seems near perfection for the all 

 round work demand..- '. u> her. She is fast, able, and sightly, and 

 servesherpurpo.vjinorc nearly than auythingof lliekind lie hastriod. 

 In Joiner's newes «i i this class the deck is carried aft to the 

 ceuterboard well and "folding boards" used instead of one piece. 

 economizing greatlv in room. 



joined the command. At 7 A. M. next morning the squadron slowly 

 drifted oat of llreenport harbor, hound for Newport, with light winds 

 still from southwest, which failed lor a time cniiieh . The schooners 

 had something of a brush. Clio showing that she had lost none of her 

 old-time speed since bolting lead up from below, and smart 

 Eclipse leading all hands till past noon, when, with a freshening 

 wind, thu Commodore's schooner drove by her. the two coming to 

 anchor within ten minutes of each other, and nearly half an hour 

 fetch in before 10 P. M. 



Lte] 



ig. six school 

 y airs fantn 



ATLANTIC Y. C. 



A 



orli :-. 



FINE ft, 

 lie- 11: 

 Anchor vas 

 Black Rock 

 the schoone 

 and the Hloc 

 Hypatia, Lt 

 tedious 

 order in con 

 in then- honi 

 joined the tl 

 day an earrj 



Eclipse ran tl, 

 lead added to 



ttous about rn; 

 trary we attril 

 the light weat 



■et assembled in Larchmm 



ug officer's or. 1. 1 •'. forthet 



t harbor July 31. subject to 

 timial cruise to the Eastward. 

 I next afternoon for a nm of thirty-six miles to 

 Sunday was spent in tun-hoi Tin- tleet mustered 

 tita. Com. Verniilye: Lotos. Agnes and Sunshine, 

 ie, Eclipse. Rover. Pirate. Curlew. sjagilta, Annie, 

 Vaant. Fanita and Kthel. The run was wry 

 3 squadron arrived late at night in straggling 

 . oi the lack of wind, too late to enjoy the hop 

 George Hotel ashore. Schooner Crusader here 

 > sloops Clai-ita. Stella and yawl Caprice. Moil- 

 is effected for New London in light southwest 

 ni Agues fouling in the drift out and the former 

 toard with her deep-draft ceuterboard. She was 

 trouble. Off Strafford Point more breeze was 

 oputinto the squadron with kites all drawing, 

 -good fashion, showing that the 



ed the theo 

 in light « 

 his sloop 



prognosl 



On the c . 



-d throughout 



,ho very lead 



iringing up with the 

 fleet left for Green- 

 eway, Sciola, Corsair 



d in the trunk, and it 

 and float it up along 

 . fastenings and held 



Agn.-, showed to the fore, but aj 

 Mr. Wfflard leading in with Eclipi 

 with Clio ami Peerless close abo; 

 Cock and Hen and Chick 

 A pleasant reception a 

 during the evening. Fri 

 A. M., so hat if was 

 southerlv wind made it n 

 Holo. Atalanta had bar 

 board andi t jammed on< 

 down with only hall' Che 

 had been got through sin 

 with the wind abeam a s 

 tance to tin- 



that she is probab 

 champion to save 

 30 tons. V. It. A. t 



of, 



FACTS ABOUT THE MAGGIE. 



OUR sloops have licet 

 tor all' 

 the cutter .'<:. 

 racer at all, but for a s:i 

 Willi his wife he spei 

 coast with no intent to i 

 the cutter's load was pi 

 lienor Webb, who go 



soiling. Those who have been s 



h'u .- got tho cart before the no: 

 way, 



the logic of event 

 i fits just tho othe 



BEVERLY Y. C. 



r.ilta and second championship race of the B. Y. 

 unpscott last Saturday. July- •&. Owing to vacil- 



- . ■ , t ..>.,- a™ to W start 



Uon takes the pennant, i'sveho 

 necessitating a third race to d 

 obtained, as the boats have not 

 new rule. Summary as under: 



Beetle, cutler. A. llemenwuy 



Mavis, cutter. W. S. Whitney 



SECOND CLASS. 



Hotden, P. C. Severance 



Mosquito, keel, E. W. Codmau. 



Rita, II. B. Richardson 



Peri, Vice-Corn. Parkman 



Dandelion, C. F. Adams, ad.. , 



I'svehe, Com Sears 



Mirage. C. P. Curtis, .li- 



Josephine, J. T. Moors 



18 L 



.- 19 04 



19 04 



18 00 



1 3-1 SO 

 1 30 10 

 1 41 12 



1 87 18 

 1 29 SO 

 i as 33 

 1 39 38 

 Tiller. 



THE GREAT CANOE MEET. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Letters at « being received daily at our camp from the little fleets 

 of canoes that tire cruising from many points of the compass toward 

 the beautiful Horican. Dr. C. A. Neide, Secretary of the American 

 Canoe Association, arrived here with his brother two days ago, and 

 putting Lorna Island into the best order to receive the large 

 to be present at the annual meeting and 



number of 



field, Mass., Augui, . 



to Rondout, N. V. (via New York city), where the,- -.rill he ioined by 



it- m,. rioeists and wUI proceed to Glens Falls nine miles 



south of Lake George in their canoes. 

 Rev. Chas. A. Cressy and Capt. S. I). Kendall, will leave Vermont. 



j|'V :• ,-' e . ' i : r: i . . ■ .- i ... I .-.■■_ -; n : .| - ;.:.! n " . 



from which city thev ndll ascend the Huilson to Troy and m by canal 



.■■■ s Falls. .Commodore Longworth, of the A. C'.'A., is at lli-lnke 



The Cinciunati Canoe Clnb will report to him on August 1. Th- I . : . 



so ■ . i Canoe ■ Club will go into camp a bos An - 1 The Mohican 



.1 ■■ club, of Albany, the Knickerbocker ami N ev.- Y. u-k Canoe clubs 



of your city, have had their camp grounds alreadv iocuted. There 



are about thirty canoeists alreadv at. the lake. 



The Crescent Canoe Club is at col Iv, .tl. at the head of the. lake. 

 From Canada comes cheering news. Capt. E. B. Edwards, Vice- 



" -union or. ... I he A . i '. A. -nil v,-..|i ivp.v,, n; ;;,,. rJr-iiiiuic.il en hop 



ists from the Peterboro' region. These knights of the single blade 

 will brhi e; some fine canoes to the regatta. 



Robert Tyson, Secretary of the Toronto Canoe Club, will be present 

 by the Tth of August wit. a his nartv. ami Messrs. Bai.iwiu and Syni- 

 tues, of .Ottawa, will ,reach Lake George about the sa nn time. The 

 canoe builders have been crowded with orders for oanoe since , , 

 labt meet at the Canoe Islands. There will be a magnificent displav 

 of new canoes from all canoeing centers. 



A paper called The Canoe is published on the steamer Horican, 

 which runs on the lake, and it will be the official organ of Judge 

 Longworth, the Commodore of. the A, C. A., during the stay of the 

 canoeists at the Canoe Islands. 



The races will occupy a part of three days, August 9, 10, 11, and 

 will lake place off Crosbyside Hotel, at the con. hern end of Lake 

 George. Besides the canoe clubs which will be m attendance, there 

 are individual canoeists from many of the States and from Canada 

 who will be present. As the railroad extension now reaches Lake 

 (b-orge, it will be an easy matter to \ isit the canoe regalia from New 

 York, Boston and the West. X 11 Bishop 



Canoe Islands, Lake George. 



NEW YORK Y. C. 



FLEET CAPTAIN FISHER has issued the following orders from the 

 Commodore for the annual cruise, which is expected to bring out 

 an unusually large fleet: 



The squadron will rendezvous for the annual cruise at Glen Cove 

 on Wednesday, Augusta. 



All cuptains will repair on hoard the flagship (.schooner Estellel at 

 an hour to be aunounced by signal. 

 A start for New London will be made early on the morning of 



1 'prizes have been offered by Captain Cook, of the Tidal 



iti tio.di-t. of the Norseman, to tie sailed for at New 



able that large entries 



Tb'ii 



sdes 



ml i 



ivised 



> are expected to conform to the : 

 n gulations regarding uniform and dress. 

 Attention is called to the new rules for hoisting colors, salutes, etc: 

 Huiing Hie cruise, except under special orders, guns will be fired 

 only as follows: By each yacht joining or leaving the. squadron, to 

 be answered by the flagship, when the Commodore or senior officer 

 in command joins or leaves the squadron, when each yacht will 



squadro 



> yacht shall start before 



their captains as 



A large represt 



to join in the ei-it 



that the squadro 



CO far Maggie 

 >T> winds, -out 



1 that an unusually large number of steam vaehte 

 lie squadron, the, Commodore will appoint one of 

 i commanding officer to dime! their movements, 

 nation of the sailing tleet bus signified an intention 

 se. ami captains arc urged to make special efforts 

 be such as to reflect credit on the club. 



"HER WEATHER." 



enormous odds. Shu has sailed in Ugh 

 uud under length rules, --our rules.' 

 se niio know her well to be l.e-t i:. | 

 .vill take a good deal tiiiiiri...,,;, - ,,,, 

 nee to display what is in her. she ha: 

 awing upon iicr l.ard-wea 



to saj- Maggie will I.. ;r. 

 lidding for home without as mm: 

 J favored 



in?. 



a for i 



un 



LARCHMOXT Y. C.-The Zoe havi 

 in the open boat class, in the races .It 

 slit- was challenged by tho Hornet rei 



was roimdeclt Cruiser. S 89; Zoe, 2:10:08; Hornet, 



3:31:0-.'; Nvtuph. ;:•<.■:" The wind now fell and it was little more 

 than a drift with a lee-going tide for a while. Fairy got around Con- 

 stable Point buov first . r. .":l.-:.'i. Zoe. 3:19:30; 

 Hornet. 3.3! :«, and Nymph at :J:JJ:.V,. The bree.-.e fell away alto- 

 gether, Hornet taking an ash breeze tor home. The others kept at 

 i it. l-'airv going round the Execution buov tit 3:01 -.:,:.; Cruiser. 3:. .7:30; 

 Zoe. U:0(i:30, and Nymph at ti:2l:-.W. Alight air from S. W. ran the 



Actual. Corrected. Actual. Corrected. 



WOIIS (iaveti'p ' ' Zoe Tlo'sW v'l8'39 



Hornet Gave up Fairy (winner). 6' 47 is t; n it) 



| Nymph 7 SI 05 T 80 84 Cruiser. 7 03 59 T 08 i\ 



