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HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEK. 



Date. 



Boston. 



Sew York. 



Char hsten 



Jan. 11 



Jan. 12 



Jan. 13 



Jan. 14 



H. M. 



8 18 

 i 43 



41 



9 43 

 T 48 

 S 52 

 9 51 



H. M. 



1 20 



1 59- 



2 43 



3 36 



4 3T 



5 38 



6 31 



H. M. 



18 



1 (14 



1 58 



2 59 





4 03 



Jan. 16 



Jan. 17 



5 09 



6 08 







BOAT AND YACHT BUILD- 

 ING. 



BY NATJTIOUS. 



A sportsman's canoe. 

 The drawings represented by diagrams No. 34, 

 35 and 86 are for a boat of all work, either duck- 

 ing, fishing, or travel. The dimensions of the 

 canoe are thirteen feet long, thirty inches wide 

 and nine inches deep at midships. With the 

 sheer represented on the drawings, the stem 

 and stern would be one foot deep. If thought 



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le, two or three inches more sheer may 

 be given. The design may be lengthened by 

 placing the cross sections further apart, making 

 the canoe fourteen or fifteen feet long. The 

 dwwiugs give one-half the length of the boat, 

 both ends being precisely alike. The general 

 construction of the boat is the same as the row- 

 boat, alreadyj described. Planking, cedar, one- 



quarter or three-eighths of an inch thick. If 

 quarter-inch planking is used, the ribs should 

 not be more than four inches apart. Ribs — for 

 throe-eighths planking — may be placed from six 

 to eight inches apart. The ribs may be from 

 three-eighths to one-half inch thick ; keel, seven- 

 eighths to one inch thick ; stem and stern, 

 deadwood, of a corresponding size. The rails 

 are three-fourths of an inch thick and one and 

 one-half inch deep. Diagram No. 37 represents 

 the manner in which the deck beams are joined 

 to the rails. The deck beams are one-half inch 

 thick and have a rise of three inches. If more 

 sheer is given to the boat than is represented 

 in the diagram, the rise of deck is increased in 

 like amount. Curved deck beams may be used 

 if preferred. Two boards— one-half inch thick 

 —are nailed to the ridge or deck beams, and can- 

 vas stretched over all and fastened with tacks- 

 The length of cockpit may be about five feet ; 

 wash-boards on side of cockpit, four inches wide, 

 supported bv knees ; combing projects one and 

 one-half inch above deck. The deck may be 

 constructed as described in the article on the 

 Skip-jacK Canoe. Outriggers for rowing are fit- 

 ted in such a manner as to be readily removed. 

 Paddles for ducking, about three feet long ; for 

 cruising, seven and one-half or eight feet long. 

 With the aid of a few supplementary sugges- 

 tions, the reader will be in possession o"f all that 



large loads, or is to be used in very shallow wa- 

 ters, the midship section should be similar to 

 that of the sportsman's canoe : if only designed 

 for light rowing, a midship section of less area 

 is desirable. The proportions of ribs, planking, 

 etc., depend as much on the service required as 

 on the size of the boat. A ship-boat, twenty- 

 four feet long and six feet beam, has ribs about 

 one and one-half inch thick ; frame in propor- 

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may enjoy all its privileges upon the payment of 

 a small fee for the season. The officers for the 

 ensuing year are: Com., William Astor; Vioe- 

 Com., Chas. J. Kenwortby; Captain, Mellen W. 

 Drew. 



MESSRS. TIFFANY & 



is necessary to enable him to design row-boats 

 for any required service. The proportion of 

 depth of hold at midships to length, for ordi- 

 nary row-boats, is one-twelfth or one inch in 

 TOptL to each foot in length. The proportion of 

 width to length varies from one-fourth to one- 

 .-ixth. Boats to be used in rough water require 

 more sheer than others, unless they are decked 

 v, when it is a matter of indifference. 

 The shape of the midship section is a matter 

 of importance. If the boat is designed to carry 



tion; planking, seven-eighths or one inch thick : 

 ribs placed ten or twelve inches apart. A North 

 River shad fisher's boat is from eighteen to 

 twenty feet long, five and one-half to six feet 

 beam, and three to three and one-half feet wide 

 at the stern ; depth at midships, eighteen inches; 

 at bow, twenty-seven •inches; at stern, thirty 

 inches ; planking, five-eighths or three-fourths 

 of an inch thick. As these boats carry heavy 

 loads on the stern, the water lines are made very 

 full aft. There are many other methods of con- 

 struction besides the one already described. In 

 diagonal planking, one end of the planking is 

 fastened to the keel, the other bent up in a di- 

 agonal direction to the rail, and there fastened. 

 The planks are fitted close to one another and 

 bent over frames made to give the desired shape. 



After one course of planking is completed, an- 

 other course is laid over it, crossing the first 

 course at right angles. The two courses of 

 planking are firmly riveted together and no ribs 

 are used. Double planked boats— without ribs 

 — are also made by running the planking fore 

 and aft as usual, lapping the planks of the se- 

 cond course on those of the first, and riveting 

 all together. Boats are made of paper, and 

 there are many different ways of combining 

 wood and canvas ; but the "original Jacobs "— 

 fore and aft planking on good oak frames — is the 

 very best method yet devised to make a service- 

 able and lasting boat. Thero are many objec- 

 tions to the use of metal for small boats, and it 

 will never be popular except for large craft. 



Commodore Voorhis, of the Brooklyn Yacht 

 Club.— We regret to announce the death of Ja- 

 cob Voorhis, Jr., Esq. Mr. Voorhis joined the 

 New York Yacht Club in 1868, and later became a 

 prominent member of the Brooklyn Yacht Club. 

 In 1872 he was elected Commodore of the Brook- 

 lyn Club, which office he held until ,1876. Dur- 

 ing his management all the details of the club 

 were wisely and carefully carried out. Lately, 

 with declining health, Mr. Voorhis had been 

 spending a portion of the year in the South. 

 The late Commodore was well known as the 

 owner of the schooner Madeleine, which vessel 

 was selected as the champion of the N. Y. Yacht 

 Club in the last content for the America cup. 

 Originally the Madeleine was built as a sloop ; 

 she was rebuilt by Mr. Voorhis, until as a schoo- 

 ner she became so conspicuous for her victories 

 as to win the proud title of Queen of the Fleet. 

 Mr. Voorhis, from his genial character and high 

 sense of honor, was respected and esteemed by 

 all who knew him. 



The Florida Yacht Club.— The yachting sea- 

 son for the winter was most auspiciously opened 

 last week by a ball given by the members of the 

 club to their friends in the newly completed 

 Yacht Club House, which is a handsome struc- 

 ture of Swiss architecture. The Florida Club. 

 whose organization and work have been recorded 

 in former numbers of Forest and Stream, is 

 composed of the citizens of Jacksonville and 

 gentlemen visitors who make that city their 

 winter headquarters. Besides affording pleasure 

 to residents and members, the doors of its .new 

 club house are always open for the entertain- 

 ment of strangers properly recommended, who 



CO., 

 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK 

 City, have made extensive prep- 

 arations for the approaching 

 HOLIDAYS. 



Their Stock of Diamonds, 

 Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, 

 Bronzes, Pottery, Stationery 

 and Fancy Articles, is the larg- 

 est and most varied in this coun- 

 try, and includes novelties from 

 abroad and choice goods of their 

 own tnanufaeture, not to be 

 found elsewhere. 



A special department has been 

 organized for sending goods to 

 persons at a distance from New 

 York, and any one known to the 

 house, or naming satisfactory 

 references, can have careful se- 

 lections sent for inspection. 



They have lately published a 

 little pamphlet containing a con- 

 densed account of each depart- 

 ment, and lists of articles appro- 

 priate for presents, which they 

 will send to any address on re- 

 quest. 



Piper Heidsieck 



For Sale Everywhere- 



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45 Beaver street, New York, 

 and 

 44 St. Sacrament street, Montreal, 

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