January it, 1882,] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



497 



CANOE LALOO.- Scale, -a} in.=lft. 



FLAG OFFICERS. 



Editor forest m 



May I impair 

 two masts, cos 

 position of a n i 

 owner of one-u 

 men'ioned lu c 

 melueonieiiqi 

 a mast should 

 apparently on 

 locker, and gel 



eel, though pei 

 possession oj ■ 

 innermost Oil* 

 the press as I 

 In tliegieenai 

 We are just t 

 son's on nk aoo 

 fitness tor the 

 prim . . in i: 

 reputation as < 

 mil, or a 80 l-tOI 

 newhaud at tn 

 lire's service a 



j simple ownership of a vessel with 

 =eems to constitute a claim for the 

 il our first b ass yaohtclubs, while the 

 iting from S is to $20,000 are not ever 



such cheers. It has always surprised 

 : yachting to note tint the addition of 

 line between a ship admitted to races 

 :-d only the refuse of the club silver 

 ran upon in club business, and a ves- 

 morally slower, which merely by the 

 iar is admired at once into the very 

 ■ lid the opinion of herowner quoted bv 

 i ■ yc -AtxiMtn, although he may be only 

 his first season. Curious. 



correspondent to know what a per- 

 1 prominence really lias to do with bis 

 Mil... We : LiiiiiIi": lain: mueli «ii at. t 

 they -elected tor a well established 

 '■» affairs, ivhB her lliey owned a dug- 

 ret osieiiUtlo'is dlspir.y ivy some veiy 

 es jt stronger i BcommemJaUon than a 

 ie day a higher standard will prevail. 



EMtot WarettM Stream: 



1HAVE il"'-"?- . ■ a 1 t!ifa-s nem-ril'issed at slat.emoms in your col- 

 umns when vou have given the J i -placement of a small boat, 

 and thus rat ml, m m a lralf-1 oncer, like the fiodge, or as a tonner, 

 HUe the Elvira. Now, lr ha 1 ; seemed to my limited ranee of vision 

 that, a small boat, ill f-et, long, as you say are the tiiniem-iinns or the 

 Dodge, It is impossible for I his craft to be rated af a hall-tonner. 



W. D. T. 



Ou 



beam tin. l length; a a .-■■ e -a : 

 the rule mm -1; le.-m il v. a -mM.'e 

 though shoaler. However, dlspl; 

 thing as measurement tonnage, 

 weight; Die hitter so uunj ton 

 being allowed to the ton. The i w 

 Won to each other : hi m e vac ill 

 —that is, in weight -yi I have the 

 Is, the same cubical eenl-ius "i 

 placement and m- ibuT 

 tonnage will exceed the 

 melh'id of obtaining yacht ton 

 measuring aeni-d de..th, and no y 

 promulgate a in Ami c i, the size 

 only a matter ot approxln i ion 



10 for his failure to understand 

 Id " hiiir-a-tonner " principally 

 lie foreign rule considers only 

 arrow boat may often gauge hy 

 f which happens to be broader, 

 lent tonnage is not the same 

 I"! trior signs I es so mamy num 

 i space, one hundred cubic feet 



Still 



torn .. 



I he New Vt 

 Of the plan! 

 eantilcshlp 

 As yachts c 

 nage Is uci 

 celling, tloo 

 ruleihroug 

 ing mis ippt 

 baleful inti 



'f vested mtei 



etlme. The method of g. 



A number ol cross sections ar 

 Sterling's rules involving only c 

 again nut ihrough the same fori 

 We mav belore long give an ac 

 short-cut way of arriving at the 



by Kotuisf and stream and partly followed by 

 Hi-- i aelii v. iiiiir: siiuur.d n ' ganged to theoutsld'e 

 a divided by HiO. This will differ from the mer- 

 us I lie Iat.ieriij.-lniles only in-ide stowage room. 

 i their outside lines the modification or ship ton- 

 s well as to obviate cheating the rule by thick 

 [Tie general adoption of a correct yacht tonnage 

 world Is much to be desired, but with the provall- 

 "'"- injects ol allowing time and the 

 hemillenlum will not be reached 

 g the bulk is a simple operation. 

 en, their areas Pound by one of 



BELLEVILLE LETTER. 



D 



here 



as yet loo cany to torn, an 



but what lew limes, i mi 



usual degi :- o: iv, '.:, -.-■. 



Mr. Par ur. of Trenton, 

 known yacht Gorilla, foiuu 

 which he will probably em 

 staunch and able- era it, but 



During last, season the t, 

 usu d, owing lo the fact th 

 Sue was hauled out by t'u 

 York, when the reason be 

 which comprises evcryfhln 



bilge Uldg ll'bo ltd SI rales- 

 Will be reljtiiii in lb 



iary mildness of the season, all the yachts 

 long been In winter quarters. It Is 

 is in the prospects for next season, 

 are give evidence of at least the 



based late last autumn the well- 

 ' Cobourg— a 33-ton centreboarder— 

 oong lie B. Q. T. O. fleet. Shelsa 

 eniarkable for speed. 



Katie Gray did nor sail as well as 



Mjrvwm. Clai 



build a 20-fooi I 



attach io flilsd 



Cuihberi ha. 



§ repartitions to 

 ew Dmnswirt 

 You are sauna 

 who don't wish 



Peer and following strakes and 



lies being perfectly sound, and 



among i lie raw rs. 



one of the most enthusiastic 



uid will in- 

 ii le clipper, 

 vlna blow. 



-foot Bteamer for paities m Chatham, 



;cment rpieMi 



YACHTING NEWS. 



MEASURING OVER ALL.— Lleul.-Col. Dngmore writes to the Lon- 

 don Field thai 6 mertc ns ■■ nnld probably not ob'eet to racing agalust 

 British cutters on an over all measurement. Well, most likely they 

 would not. In fact, they would not ask for anything -'softer." They 



would 1 1 : ' t like I o nicer a t m fool iivenmrig on a err for with me three 

 foot bobtail stern of the sloop, thereby Draining the alfference or' seven 

 feet on the load line and a proportionate increase in beam and depth 

 free for nothing. Lleut.-Col. Ougmore's proposition amounts to sailing 

 a twenty ton cutter aealnst a t.wer.rv-riv" Tor, sloop on even terms. 

 Sloops won't object : but would the owners or en lers like the idea? 

 Our British cousins have suffered much from sen-en ss tonnage laws, 

 but If they fry to stick to a length rule, even in their small boats, 

 they will be jumping out of the frying pan into the tire, what does 

 Lieut -Col. Dugmore think of mat idling a boat 3a ft. load-line, !',., ft. 

 overall, 8 ft. ber.ni, a- fr. deep and it ti. draft on even terms with 

 another of same length over all, hut 33 fr. load-line, 13 ft. beam, <;■,< 

 it. deep and 9 ft. draft? That is the anomaly he might expect to 



witness u' lr- Ideas were acted upon, n is m a noon le we are = iv 



afflicied with In America, with the result that the boat of moderate 

 proportions, pood s -agoing model ana -ring rig is rapidly being driven 

 out of exislenee, and the tubby boat prevails because she wins upon 

 the greater power derived irom much greater bulk, and the conse- 

 quent greater displacement and sails. Trie abnve.nientioned boats 

 will compare in size as i.STn and 2.TS8! By over all. measurements 

 boat Is permitted to sail on even terms wi'h one just half her size! 

 We commend this to the consideration of Lieut -V'ol. Uuemore and 

 others, on both sides of the Atlantic, who may think as he do s. now 

 long would the small, snug, well-shaped hoar survive under such in- 

 justice? Load-line iengrn is empirical ami bad enough in Its effects 

 on type, but mean length and over all length ought to be beyond the 

 pale or even momentary consideration. Some people Imagine our 

 American sloops are the outgrowth or climate and shoal wafer. This 

 we have always deemed rank nonsense. They are the outgrowth of 

 stunting length measurement rules, evidenced by the rapid change 

 In type now going on wherever ihose rules have been modified, or 

 consigned to the oblivion they deserve. 



SEAWAXHAKA YACHT CLUB —At the annual meeting the board 

 of rr i:-1o,u, reported iorl ae year i-lo.-e:;i an tmmme of ol, -13.82, which, 

 with balance from previous year, amounted to a total of $6,511.73. 

 The disbursements were St. n.v-i.i-n. leaving balance on hand ot $2.- 

 ■15S 43. The cluo musters 202 members and a deer, of - 1 sails, making 



M Ua -- ..a i-i run 1 , real n-ri ■ u, :-, ,-, .. , o. r, .. :-■.-., .. - -,.- m , ;1 -, MI . 



slsts or 16 schooners, 4a sloops and cutters. 2 1 oiren i outs, U steamers 

 and 2 catamarans, 'the Committee on i\iea-ruvmeut reported no 

 progress „s y. r, iMessrs. '.'. E. olgelow, K. r. coimoli, ' iaiir l'.i-..inu 

 and las. ti. Jones were elected at Urn meeting. The In Hot for office) s 

 lor the coming year resumed In Hie foiiowlngenoico: Commodore, C. 

 ' *:-e, etitter ortva. m ;or,s ; v.."- .-coin modcr-a 1-ldu . i d iVi :-ii 

 ■ys, schooner Albatros-, — Tons; Rear Commodore. John C. 

 , sloop Wave, 12 tons: si-eietary, M. Rnosevelr sichuy ii-r, cut lei 

 Yolande, 5 tons: Treasurer, V,. it. Slmonds; Measurer. ^ i ary8inith. 

 Regatta Committee: Louis P. Bayard, Frauclso DeLuze, ... Ff, 

 SteVens, waller L. Buydam, S. Nelson \\ lute. Notice was given that 

 at the next meeting a change m name to the seawanuaka Corb th an 



mpht 



Y. C. would be offered. In retiring, Commodore W. A. V, r . Me 

 made some approptlate remaak and entered upon a defence of the 



club's eonme '-.. connection wim llie ;-,la-um? ram ., i nis e.ms, ■ierhi.n-. 



a i ii - --,,! . . . - ■ o --. -: : • -:, - il I ■ ' l: u : . : . . ■ ■ ' ■ I • . ■ Olaoa 



or the club Into question. The commodore i laid to concluded that Hie 

 good u | Uii ion ol oerlain lunh niuala was ore. . or: :. mo. lag. and rather 

 uncompllmentan- Uian the rever-e. That the seawanhaka Y C. Is in 

 lrlgh favor wnii the better elements of society is shown by ihe credit- 

 able names on Its list, and that it is self sustaining without the good 

 opinion ol the monile .„■,.;, mi,-.: is evident, as the club ranks second in 

 metropolitan matters, wlrn an enviable future before It. 



IRON YACflTS IN SAN FRANCISCO.— From the following It will 

 be seen that San Francisco has Die plant and ability to turn out Iron 

 vessels ot fair tonnage-, should any s achtsmen feel inclined to try tm 

 experiment In ihat djrecilon: The new iron stenn,. i w u r g-.ao .',. 

 bui.f by the Rlsdon iron Works Co. lor Messrs. Goodall, Perkins a: 

 CO , was launced ontheioihot December. She is ihe largest iron 

 steamer built in this port, and her model is very handsome, her lines 

 indicating sped and riKirougii sc-a win Illness, tier principal dimen- 

 sions are a.s follows: Length, 05 Cf-J beam, IS ft.: depih. 7 ft. She Is 

 o o-i[ a.- : i ....,, ni i.-i'j-i --.■ re : ul tin -. -:-:-. an :; e r ' : - : -.-.-:- uo- 

 boilcrstllt. In diameter and 6 it. long, with 100 lbs. pressure and 35 

 horse power. Her plates are % and 5-16 in. thick, with decks ol 

 corded plate r,-i6 In. thick Her Souse is iron, and the tank holds 

 lo.oi io gallons of water, divided lnio four compartments. She Is prac- 

 tically unsinkabie: and it should be Impossible to burn her, having 

 less than 600 pounds of wood throughout. She has liken the place 

 of the ancient Minnehaha in supplying water to the shipping In the 

 bay. The stylo In which she is built and eqtt pped reflects great 

 credit upon her builders.— S. F. ot!/mpvt». 



WATERPROOFING CANVAS Bo ATS.— The following is the receipt 

 applied by Captain John Richards, R. N , to a 14 ft, "coracle," or r-oi t 

 of lite boat and canoe combined, which he buili of canvas: One gallon 

 or ihe best boiled Unseed oil, ly, lb of white lead, i r, oz. of beeswax, 

 yvell mixed with some coloring matter as fleMred, and laid on warm. 

 Afia-r I wo eoats nf tills mixture, ihe Huff must: be removed from the 

 outer surface of the canvas with fine sand paper and the surface rub- 

 bed smooth with a hard wooden rubber. ' Then another iti e 

 composition and another rubbing, finishing nil . ... 

 the color desired and a roar ol \ atmisli. If this be done properly, ami 

 plenty of time be given for the paint tonrv, ihe hum . u- 1 a M u 

 st rengi hot the canvas will be considerably men a sed, a r: 

 eau be always made to look well by rubbing her ever With a light 

 coating of linseed oil. 



POINTING A MOEAL— ?ee the Cutter. How beautiful she is. 

 Can a Cutter sail fast ? We should smile. Can a Cut tor beat a sloop ? 



not. How do the sloop men crawl ouU They— that Is, they led 



the most bar 

 ONE LE C ( 

 boat with 101 

 I 



lactdkind.-f 

 [OT.— What Is a 



ballast and ha 



ANOTHER LESSON.— What is a real yacht? A flat, jerky, shoal, 



hoi, dalles reus, ovei sparred, slow, 1 cowardly boar vtbieh dure not sail 

 id nlgid and cannot go to sea. and has the ilg of a lighter, 'the sloop 

 Is a real yaoht.— Pepwar Errors. 



OCR EXPERIENCE Al SO.— From Hunt's for January we take the 



fo'lowiug: Mr. Laptlioni had sem as. as well a° a nmlnsad, a. square- 

 headed m-rr f-a|- = all. Tin- dimensions iiar! l-.een '■'■ti i ■■ Mm. nmi elv 

 nvmnrming on" rhe vac' t was a cruiser, v.iirr i:v-> sail arri: -a .ye 

 iliougii, it, at first rather formidable. However. Mr. Laptborn was 

 light— ihe sail was not the least too large, and sat b auiilully. A 

 -- ! a" g.i T ::o- : m a eroisor is, u.- see-msio ,-,,,., r,i mam a on a day 

 I loo;, on "anaor earry a o,-,or?-si?i d -a;! ... -u am- lie; :.--,■ v . in our. a ai].. 

 sail at all. and would prob b'.y get along r.isr.-r us well as more com- 



fortabli with the topmast housed, and tn lisrd wlr.cL n."i u.u. sail 



that wit! do some work. 



THIRD lesson.— Ten leet of water in America is notes deep as 

 ten feet of wider in England, hence our boats mtisl be of lighter 



di or 'I 10= 1- ihe mesa; wig. omr i-.r-o -: :. -loop- -■ Ii' ,ir : IV a li. 



and the English cutters of 30 ft. win draw only 6 [t— Popular Errorn. 



F( 'ii HTiT LESSON.— Our climate Is hot : we mnst have cool boats. 

 Webulldthem wide, with lUUr t 1 u areas 



ie sun's rays, making the cabins inb 

 meres day. To make, them still cooler v 

 overhead in small yachts, but are conti 

 bullteyes tor wind. The English have a 

 hence they bund their boats deep down lr 

 ftpshinglv tool cabin, which they victual 

 lights. The American sloop is hot like a g 

 is cool like a cellar, uence the Ameih 

 adapted to our tropical latitudes, especic 

 ber and October, when the ihermometer 

 low boiling point— Pcpiitar t 



FIFTH LESSON.— Amerl. 

 vaelils 111m Englishmen, be 

 ballast. This is Urn : . - 

 bailasred with lead.— P«j,u 



SIXTH LESSON. -Our st 

 sttong. and we have ugly s 

 few and large, unwieldy st 

 crews we use long booms and mainsails 

 1,1. i - mle to mlnoe quickly, l-'orlllf 



also prefer to Have our boats capslzable, 



se'dmr 

 l -vlth i 



3 01 



have 



hot sui 



skylights 

 i wo little 

 1 rugged, 



' ..V'i ,, 

 i-h cutter 

 eh beiiel' 

 •, Septem- 



, cool, seagoing 

 machine. -/'..p- 



imeter Is never known to fall be- 



ive not the money to spend on 

 ptei'er bonis which take only Iron 

 rery first class American yacht is 



vinds are light when tney are not 

 erv freriuent Iv. Hence ive use as 

 nns-ibie. pecause we hove short 

 tilt 10 reer and a single 

 or safety in squalls we 

 lever have life preserv- 

 ers ou board or take the least pn cautions whieli sailors always do. 

 Tim land is all around ns. and. owing io our shoal wafers, we gen- 

 < rally expect to wade ashore, hp cause It Is hellerto reduce weights 

 aloft In rough water or In beating up, we generally spike nurlop- 

 inasts to tlie masthead, it they come dow-n the nm. sis come with 

 them, which is, of course, a much more effective reduction*— Popu- 

 lar hrrorr. 



SEVENTH LESSON.— Americans like comfort. For this reason 

 we build small boats without, cabins, . nd o.-s man bags abour, K0 

 Ihat. the sun uiav si orteh us and I lie rain drench us, and .v hen the 

 cow br-'is tinkle we go home again to mamma, lest we catch cold In 



coefcey that ibey lump you oE your feel evei tchandihrei es 



to loss you over the side at every ro'l. The hardier Englishman 



cares nothing lor emetort., hence he Oullds his boat so as to I 



ami inii .1 omnuruotl in a sea and to steerwr m ■ ... r. - /', ,.»- 



Iar Errim.\ 



SAN FRANCISCO YACHTING.— G 

 Is now all planked up and celled. He 

 curve from the plank ing, running dlr 



ikes a ' 



be one of i; 



i" ft. schooner 

 in an opposKe 

 he skin, This 

 r will probably 



Ig along nlcely 



Isto bpiumed 



bie yaent has 



- 1 en , rTeai 



Plans, tor a on ft. sharpie with yawl rig have been sent to San Fraa- 



cisco by Mr. Claphaui, 



CM ISINC CLI'BS.— The London Cruising Club seems to he a fair 

 success and promises well for the ru hre. rjii first annual dinner, 



I ice. o. brought, members fogi-th-r In L-ano'e: from all oyer the lirlllsli 

 isles, though ihe el",- vas,ol Bourse predi alnanl ha the fathering. 



Ii Waa sugm ■ a|.-, 1 ii-aj a .1 , , alii ,- i a -on- , ,ao,-, . ■ i 1 



beaefll of nou-owners. Cruises made by the members are to be pub 

 llshed at club's expense. 



CUTTERS.— The 7-fonner for which G. L. Watson, or Glasgow is 

 gening out the lines w-ill Im so ft. load ila,-. : :-. ; i , ,.:-,-; . u, draft. 

 Is for Mr- :. ichlnelosa, of New York. The 30-lonnerla being j u 

 out to the order of Toronto gentlemen, and wii be 5J ii. s in. ions, it 

 ft. ?. In. beam and s it, 3 in. draft. Wo are sure Mr. Aucnlncloss' little 

 vessel will make a host ol converts here. 



EAST RIVER YACHT CLUB— Has elected the following officers tor 

 ISS2: Commodore, Matthew Charde; vice- Commodore, ,1-mes C. Ren- 

 Hosey; Treasurer, Edward Grlssam; veas- 

 'lilelrl, E, !•:. 



•, John 1J Iscoll. Hfgatia Committee: J. 

 Brown, John 11. Gerard, George Baker, Ed 

 Hughes. 

 THE NEW CLUB.— We have received l 

 club di 



9 and John 



■ names tor the 

 . may be deemed 

 ;rta1n. In rur next Issue we will nave I :.- .mywliyihe 



ot support and why an interested in floating 

 iing to gam i i. the establishment ] ropoeed. 

 :•: yacht CLTJB. The Elut -, arniu il BfOl -' IP, 

 air. commodore Bosweil had BUartre 01 the 

 d by Mr. J. Weir Andeison. 'Io club seen Iary. 



ue Horticultural Gardens 



I . .,, , o- 



tliul tney ere! 

 - loops 



ich.- Frrn - i -..' 



