[Dec. 21, 1S83. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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THE "WASP" CUTTER SAIL PLAN. 



citing Guicev.ie and Sappho forgets that Guinevere is a very differ- 

 ent sort of craft to the modern cutter, She is a barrel-bottom, with- 

 out an ounce on the keel. Whatshe is or does is m relevant altogether 



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Eedoiun, Belmont is maeeerate and poorly informed. He may read 

 to advantage what has been published on that head in tlie.se columns. 

 As to crews, Grade was undermanned and Bedouin had two shifts 

 for re gular v atclies. It will be hard 10 convince at y one that a small 

 sail is more difficult to s t, trim or hand than a large one. simply be- 

 cause tie small sail happens to be bent al>oard a cutter. Skipper 

 B' Imont's especial notions about model and buoyancy are not over 

 clear, and may be dismissed, for tiie narrowest and heaviest of Eug- 

 iish yachts, such as Sauiosma, Va"duar i, Jullanar and Seabelle, are 

 the ai 1 >t and driest vessels in a heavy sea ever floated, to which all 

 b'or testimony who have seeu them nnd-.r sail proportionate to the 

 conditions. In admitting them belter in a clop sea than our 

 Pol ncers. V e weather-beaten critic shows that he is a likely enough 

 eandicfta for complete comer- ion, with a little more insight and a 

 clos( r process of reason lug. After all, kno v jug- whence his bread 

 ai d In tier coun a. the gallat t captain is perhaps not the man to miss 

 sweetening his ma sp cts with a little taffy, even at the expense of 

 hts reputation for a clear head. 



HOW TRAPS KILL YACHTING. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



Am very m'ch interested in your article on single hand vachts, 

 and I send you herewith the plans of an 18ft. boat built from my 

 d shins. Regret to say that yachting is at a standstill about Detroit, 

 traceable • jreeiy to the numerous accidents by capsizing and the 

 I -an reputation b'oatirg and sailir g has obtained. There is but o ie 

 k eJ vacht on tne river. I think the onlv hope for improvement is the 

 introduction of an mber of safe keel boats. The death trans we 

 tore harm than good. W. 



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aipan\ing the above letter will be published at : 



R~AL YACHTS.— The 



She 



'.aft. 1 i 



tati 



Mode, 



i than among the snssol h w aaer sailers 

 r for Mr. Edward Burgess is to be of 

 t fiH6 and roomy ship, <■'■ ith 32ft. length 

 Gin. I>eam, and 8 tons laid on the keel. 

 ■fly, Another cutter is under way for 



Mr. Frank'm Dexter, oiv 

 to be a grand p •ri'onncr 

 th) tonrage. The cu ' 

 beam. 9ft. Oin. water, 

 ought to swing. The 



r of M^ta, schooner. This vessel promises 



, /it'll the aeeomniod tion- ot a sloop 'haoohs 



■-r > i:.-n ...,-.a ',ii --a loadline, ©ft. ita. 



.nd will swing 18 tons of lead j ist when it 



firm have about finished a deep draft for 



J. B. Blear, of the Marbiehead Y. «'., 4uft. long, 13ft. bi 

 draft, with 8-ton iron krel. The Lnwl. vs ha\e iddfd rew land to 

 their establishment on the north side ot first street, at the foot of 

 street. 

 IN PB.OSPECT.— We are at last to have an ocean yacht race from 



- r, P. ,,,..;; , -, .,,,,, .j,, ; a ..],,;' ;,,,, , |p now vsji'h no .leneh'e 



results. Mr. Harry Tevis and the f preeki Is brothers are to race 

 fielrtwo keel sell oner yachts to the Sandwich Islands and back 

 nest spring for a silver eup. Capt, Turner is building the Hpreekels 

 yacht and Stone is building the other from a design by Hall. The 



vacdiis vail f . ■ : - ; ■ 1. 1 1 .. i- a as ,\ liter line— IBtt.- -and each 



i I'iav sf ii "■ Cl facht is 21ft. beam, the other being a 

 litrle narrower. A captain of one of the. Spreckols island scho ,ners 

 tor on one yacht, and it is said that Capt, Hall will 

 ' ill sail down, remain t! 



ill act as naviga . 

 sail the yacht he mo 

 week or so, and thel 

 ocean yachting to so 

 and the event will ea 

 has just been launch 

 hardly been comniei 



BELLEVILLE NO 

 open sloop Wideaw 



at back together. This wl.l be 



a boats will be evenly matched, 



interest. One of the yachts 



et been tried. The other has 



Mil.;,- F»re*t and Stream: The five-ton 

 ich was built by Cuthberth some four 

 [he fairest craft of her size on the lakes, 

 r. Mr. James Clarke, of this city, to Mr. 

 Pike wih shortly commence the work of 

 Ivia into a full-fledged cutter, with lead 

 ?. She n ill bear watching next season, 

 t of ne.v craft here, but I sha'l be sur- 

 ■rboard cabin sloop, in which high speed 

 It by some members of the B. Q. Y. C. 

 1CK. Belleville, Ont. 



as seen a wonderful growth in the la-t 

 wo thousand canoes of the "civil'zed" 

 lie country, ami builders report a lively 

 3 ii- 'pulari ' v of canoeing In Amei ica 

 t that our continent I as facilities 

 branches far exceeding the 

 „_ counirles. J H. Rnahton, of 

 . .. working up $1 '.0 worth of s'ock for the spring 

 Iraie. This will represent som thing like $30 000 in finished canoes. 

 Thos. Kane & Co., of Chicago, are liuuuiif out by machinery a aura- 



kind scatterei 

 demand for th 

 is not astouisl 

 and attraction 

 opportunities 



e found in Eur peat 



erous fleet of their veneer canoes, which aro sold to all parts of the 

 co ntryasfastas they can be supplied. Other builders are strain- 

 ing every nerve for the rush, of the season, all of which itevidenoe 

 of the rapid -preadof a fondness for this most charming, robust and 

 romantic method of ragaboudizil gwitb benefit to body and mind. It 

 is probable that tiir e canoes are turned out in America for every 

 one set afloat in C real Britain. America is the natural home of the 



NEW SINGLE HAND YACHT.— Mr. Claph-m, of Roslyn, L. I., is 

 building a single hand yacnt of the sharp.e pattern f> r owners on 

 Lake /Erie. Ker model will be of the Nonpareil kind, 25ft. overall, 

 Oft. beam, and 3ft. detp. She v, ill have a lael 24iu. dei p, the lower 

 lain, of w liieh is hung iay bolts from the inblde, so that it can be cast 

 o.f iu case of necessity or tor use in suoal wad rs. ( 'abin, lift, long, 



two a n'lla .' X'! US . - '. ■ ■, ,.,. ; ; i , ,■ n , ... . nine - SO, a il 



be rigged as a yawl, a style now becoming very pop ilar. Coat $3J5. 



OCEAN CRUI.LSG. -Schooner Intepid, Mr. Lloyd Phoenix, N. Y. 

 Y. C. is off on a cruise to the West Indies, and Mr. W. F. Weld's 

 new keel schooner Gitana, has put to sea wish several passengers 

 for the same de tination. A number of la ies are among the party. 

 Cpt. Sherlock goes out in her as sailing masttr. 



NAJA.— The details of Mr. Geo. A. Beck's steam yacht have been 

 registered in the New York Y. C. as follows: Over all, 911ft,; water 

 line, 70ft.; beam, 131*1 . tin.: depth of hold, lift. Ufa.; draught, 5lt. lin.; 

 compound surface condensing engines, aLd f8in. diam.; return flue 

 boiler, 5ft. Sin. diam., and tft. long. 



DIVE (.—This handsome little two-ton cutter has been bought by 

 the Franco, artist, M. Caillebotte and friend. She was to make the 

 passage Irom Southampton to Havre on her own bottom. The 

 French are buying Englisn cutters in large numbers, and their fleet 

 is growing fast. 



NARROW CUTTERS.— We publish this week the sail plan of the 

 narrow beam cutler vvaisp, of wiiicb general plans were given in out- 

 last issue. Our anicleou the subject of such yachts will appear 

 next week. 



n'ANijiiD.— Best melhodof hacking charts, such as those in the 

 Government Coast Pilot. 



"As 



tat" 



a, the worst of It is that it develops diseases of 

 ed a skilled New York physician. Benson's 

 jr alleviat s these maladies and cures when a 

 ike • II other external remedies It acts thor- 

 Clean and pleasant to use. Ail druggufs. 



