March 16. 1883 1 



FOREST AND STREAM 



137 



ALBANY.- .\ stormy .it'ti moon greeted the marksmen at RenSselaer- 

 wyolc Thursday . Hail, snow, rnin and sleet foil all the afternoon, and 

 ttooughit all the marksmei ith •unerring 



ai :n until n.-ir.-n. ■■ e match was for an Imperial 



ft ncll laid iS 



300 yards, and tb The bulls- 



eyes begun to come on the opening round;; and, n-tv. iili-a.in.img ill.- 

 Wion. excellent -civs wore made, Mr. ((. !•'•! i ;■.•:. i 1. 1 ivin- 

 ning with S3aud31, or a total of 6f outof the possible 70. The details 

 of the match were as follows: 



J. aph Match -800 Yards. 



G Fan-child, M Q .,..6 5 1 5 5 4 S S3 5 5 ! 5 5 5 5—34—67 



G II Oharlos, May S 4 3 5 4 5 4 5^-82 5 -I -1 5 B B 5-33— 05 



• I S. . I 4 45 5.4 5 -SI 5 :. -1 t 5 5 5-33—01 



R.I Will,:. ::.-,! S . ... I 5 4 5 *S 4— ffl B 5 3 3 4 4 (5— 31 02 



Four competitors withdrew. 



DUBUQUE, lo : The groat riile match between M. 



Grnu of chi. -a;... and c Her- oi !>:i.v «• i. has been looked forward 



to with great "in!, i moon at 3 o'clock. 



: ,• they had to stop, as they 

 could no; nit of the heavy fog. Out of the 



twenty-five shot i.r.i. • head thirty -nine ri 

 expected Mm to come out victorious. At Q o'clock to-day the shooi- 

 ii ■ turned, when TVT, Grati madi a surprising score and came 



oni. i It- victor Ahl gh the wea ■ tin-iv u.-i-.- 



a great uin . , sen,. Out of possibli 



300 yards" distance and offhand, the following are tfi • acbra s; 



ir> 18 21 31 34 21 19 1719 17—103 34 17 34 I! 1 38 32 31 17 21 24—211 



21 IS IS 38 IK 15 IS. 23 21 I7-1D0 22 25 25 S3 2" 23 21 22 17 22 221 



! 22 19 21 21 IS l'J 21 21 24 3Q—SI09 



.■ 331 33 31 22 22 31 21 f, ■ 



25 21 2! .' ■ ■ 338 S3 18 22 22 82 19 31 31 20 19—396 



1070 1060 



'•■'ATI, Feb. 2i>.— The Empire Rifle Club had a meeting last 

 week, with scores as follows: 



Doughinuu 11 12 11 <J 10 12 ID 11 2 10 10 10 11 10—148 



Stickels U 10 8 10 111110 8 10 12 9 U 10 8 10-145 



Hall 11 II K 10 10 7 9 10 Oil) till 10 il 11-1-15 



Randall il 9 10 7 8 11 10 10 10 9 11 11 12 2—137 



Curtis 1110 011 8 8 10 12 5)0 9 10 7— 123 



Jackson C '-' '■' 8 10 10 7 o ii 1 7 5 10—103 



Doughmun being handicapped seven points, and Hall not competing 

 for tin prize. .S:i,-ke!s *vw:i tin- liallard ritlc for the first time. The 

 Hamilton County Gun Club, at their lust regular shoot, made the fol- 

 lowing sc 



Bandle 5 4 4 A 3 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 5—01 



Brooks I I 3 3 2 2 4 -1 4 5 4 4 3 3 2—51 



1-14 3 5 4 3 3 3 5 5 4 4 4 3-58 



Drube 1 4 1554433544 4 5 3-01 



Forbis 4 4 5 5 8 5 5 -1 4 4 5 5 4 4 4—65 



BuidBle I -1 1 1 5 4 4 4 4 4 -1 4 I 4 3-60 



Meyer t •! 3 :: 3 4 i 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3—54 



Paris i i S 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 -1 4 I l 5 56 



Lorraine . -i s i i -3 5 5 5 i ■) 5 B 1 4 3-03 



Stevens -i 1 I l :; A I 5 5 3 5 5 4 4 3-61 



Skimls 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4—60 



Weston I -1 4 -1 5 4 1 -1 4 5 -14 4 4 5-63 



Forbiis won the cup for the second time. 



ALGONtJl IV i .:■; CLTJB.— Regular" semi-monthly contest, March 2 



Bill 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0—13 



Premier i 1 o o I I i l i l l I t l 1 l l— 15 



Hamia 1101110001010 011111 1—13 



Wilson 1 10 0110111111101011 0—14 



Tan Sclinick 1 1 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 1 1—9 



Lundie i l 1 l l l 1 l i l l J l l 1 1 1—17 



Qriswold o loiiioooioi 11 liooo l—n 



Male 0101001111101010101 l— is 



Saner Ill 0:0 11111111111100 1—15 



Cassebeer 11 il 1 1 11 t 1 10 1 1 0,1 1 1 Q 1—17 



Becker 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1-- 13 



Auld 1 111111100101010011 0—13 



Greener 10 Oil 1100011110011 1—12 



Callerv 10 10 10 110 110 10—8 



in tfesehol Off, Cassebeer -won first budge; Brenner second. 



wki.uni.to.v v 1:L ...-Tii.- Raymond Club had a pleasanl shoot 

 B . ■ siderinethtefaoil 



ati.'ii.le I meet had been held at. the same place on Wednesday, theat- 

 . •;,,!•>. The principal match vasat 

 twenty el.iv pigeons, ton yards ris-. and the resull was! G. A. Samp- 

 son I-, c. ,|., i,,- 17, F. I.oring Hi. S. Campana 10. 11. Donovan !■!, Ii. 

 Abbot 13, J. G'Niel 13, I. Hopkins 10. W. Lewis 10. A.Taylor 7, J. 

 Antoinette 7. 



DHE v'il.LLYM.SBCRGH ATHLETIC CLUB, of Brooklyn, will hold 



their spring n I ing on Decoration Day, May 30, instead of May 27, as 



previously announced. 



esandnedit was found that wliile depth could bo utilized in a small 



boat, like theMadge, -with, all this ballast outside depth could not be 



boat, Ui, i- giving di pth a 



pwhBng m\d (j^moeing. 



SEAWANHAKA YACHT CLUB. 



Bailing Tonnage4 LWL ^)»-" x(^- r T S -^gg) 



4000 

 Or expressed in words, the S lili-i g Tonnage of schooners is equal to 

 Length on Load Line plus om-lif!'.: i i.-rhang. this sum multiplied by 

 nine-tenths and the product again multiplied by the Sum of the area 

 of Lower Sail and Topsails less One-fifth the area of Mainsail and Fore- 

 sail, the whole product to be divided by -1,000. 



In the formula above OH stands for Overhang, LS for area Lower 

 Sail, TS for area of both Topsails. MS for area of Mainsail and FS for 

 Area of Foresail. 



FOR SLOOPS AND COWERS, 



Sailing Tonnage=( LWL+ ?) «*< («H **"?) 



Or expressed ii 

 equal to the I.ei 

 this sum multip 

 of LowerSadwi 

 sail, the 



Inthisformuj 

 Topsail and MS 



One-iifththe: 

 sailed) ■ 

 thi immuhe. 



*e of a sloop or cutter is 

 ifth i he Overhang added, 

 u multiplied by the area 

 oiiB-lifiu the area of Main 



;ail goes free of tax for the area of top- 

 i the area of topsail is subject to tax by 



such a 



type. 



Doard, 



Wh-.l 



2i)l'l . li 



11 Ir.nf 



p Club.— It i: 



vas discarded 

 of heavy dis- 

 ffiomary. Bui 



if the committee to the club is as folio 

 CoMuoDonv: Ami Getmjaum; of tos Bbatvanhaka Y 



duo to the Club that somo explanation should be gh 



reasons!!,. imil otoselecl the measi 



fore you, a. number of meetings have been lield, 



measure: inn i m have iieou reviewed. 

 First in order earn.- I he cubical measurement. Th 



for the reason ;ha; tlie | r ... .im is a be 



.an has been 



cubical ii. 



this we will sel 



3ft. and 3-10. ' 



that ha 



hoard would b( 



freeboard. Th 



2 iiiin.. 



to allow ihopr, 



to the I 

 specu. . 



Lei ns now 

 Grade's water 

 before. Simila 

 sions. 



Therefore, assume the water line at 7lft. foi 

 cube oil i is to the cube oi 75, so is the content; ._ 

 to tho contents .of the Gr.i, . euMcfeet. 



:h. . outents 5.227. is the 

 same valuct . v.-jth cer- 



tahity thai . is nof trui and dismiss the cubic measure- 



in, ni . 



Secondly, comes mean length. This is a very good me 

 for small bo U i. and fpr all boats th.it : re >.f the ■.-. 



glMUlid is talo .: 



::'. in type, 

 and length could nol be used with fairness to all, b lehgti 

 mont in variably tending to wide and he 

 fast in smooth water, but nol fitted for long cruises. 

 Thirdly, a dononsiou rulo wa^ broached, but when it was carefully 



As the 



equal about i 



Tins put an i 



At length ; 



IL was found 



length, thus allowing boats to compete that cot 



The reasoning (haded to the adoption of the I 

 The axiom ••Length gives speed" is agreed to by a 

 Next to length domes thepowej-to carry sail. 'Tl 

 by beam, or oniside lead with less beam. Beam is 

 water, but oui-ide lead i~ better for rough wate 

 gether the important factor of. safety. Stability 

 but uot only would the calculation be too co'mpl! 

 poses, but stability changing with every angle of 

 doubtful utility if it were calculate,!. But lower ! 

 " mtly acci 



am. a-: t.h< 7ft., 

 been found to be 



all ballast inside. 





.it I 



The 



Svery 



signer me greatest latituai; ot ciioico ot dimensions and modes of bal- 

 lasting, and any shape of overhang can be put on, t (filer forward or 

 aft. Al the same time as much sail can bo eairi'-d oil . 

 before. 



LIST OP BOATS UNDER T!!K NICW MFJAsrKErtfENT. 



[The column of lengths includes one-fifth of the overhang.] 



Hail. Tons.Lenqtlt. Ft. Area Sah. ft. 



Intrepid 172.2 103 7206 



Tidal Wave 165.4 109.7 6002 



"Wanderer 150.7 108 B455 



Clytie ?9.8 79.5 4173 



Qraoie ; . 60 7 70,9 4090 



Mischief 55.1 02.4 8938 



Oriva 2S.1 52.2 2400 



R»ffhin 20 47.9 2117 



ValKv 24.1 48.1 2327 



Hesj.er 22.2 JO. 9 2115 



Madcap 21.4 43.9 2166 



Rover 17.2 43.0 1787 



Schemer 13 37.8 1539' 



Muriel 12.9 11.3 1400 



Respectfully submitted, A. Cary Smith, 



Chairman of the Committee. 



| If we are not entirely in accord with tho reasoning by which the 

 committee deduced the above rules, and if \*e might venture to dis- 

 pute some of the conclusions with regard to measurement by bulk; 

 We have no desire to quarrel uith the new rule, but deom'itfidlv 

 worth extended trial in practice. As an empirical method, it is at all 

 events far ahead of anything yet attempted, and its workings is cer- 

 tain to be of great benefit in its good tendencies to modify model in 

 the fleet. It discountenances extravagant forms of all sorts. Extreme 

 forms belong to one of the following three orders: very short and 

 wide, very narrow and deep, or very long, narrow and shoal. The first 

 is discouraged by taxing the large sails due to great beam, tho second 

 by taxing large sails due to great depth, the thud by taxing excessive 

 length. Excessive beam is discouraged most, because initial stability 

 grows fastest with its adoption. Inordinate length of body is weighted 

 next.sinee length contributes to stability in a faster ratio than depth and 

 finally depth is levied upon the least through sail area, as depth adds to 

 stability (lie slowest of the three cardinal dimensions. The rule is much 

 to be preferred to simple length measurement, for all types may meet 



into the 



heii 

 Tho n 

 ing of 

 the at 

 radiet 



ule; 



commei 

 conside 



chunkv 



i complicated, but it i: 



a, certain: type. 

 VV< b 4d thai 



• will acknowledge 



crforming a few simple multiplication's and 



THE YAWL IN AMERICA. 



[CONTINUED."! 



Atlantic coast is of recent 



THE introduction of the yawl alon 

 date, and due to the publicity gi 

 Fokest and Stbeam. The uuaniiniti 

 it a trial agree that it even Burpaes 

 increase in the number of boat - i iggi 

 great uumber of inquiries reaching i 

 point to the permanent habitation 

 surely as the cutter has made a place 

 upon undeniable merits, willi the aii 

 the yachting public through these col 

 that the yawl is to suppla ' 



but that it 

 vessels, as a 

 weatherly ai 

 good reason 

 will, of con; 

 ancient ordu 

 Of the yawl 

 again be left 

 keels, outside 



popular as a 

 ife rig for prolonged v 

 even handier rig than 

 doubt. The unprogress 



f things, but in the Ion 



lich l 

 v ated 



appre 

 ady havi 

 ... cutter. Font 

 iu cutters, and now hopes likewise to eai 

 ''father" of the yawl in onr waters. Hut we i 

 judge and advocate in one. for through the Ui 

 owners we are enabled to bring to bear the 

 In half of the va 



S . !' 



i^- 



rda , 



ist. th 



thirty years ago by Mr. Moo . 

 Boston. She was an open boat, but wh, 

 or not we eann.. ( s;;v. The next on rec 

 built, we believe, some seven years ago f 

 of Washington, 1). ('. She was the hand 

 pilot, and does him credit in heroonci 

 and out yawl, though with a sprit mail 

 well, was found particularly adapted to 1 

 search of luck with gun or fishing taekk 

 shape under mainsail mil v. or under ii ; , a 

 brails fove oil so that it could be gathcu-ei 

 for a squall. 



Length on load lino 14 ft. 8 in. 



Beam at stem 3 ft. 8 hi. 



Beam 4 ft. from stern 4 ft. 1 in. 



at Biainmasi 2 ft. 10 in, 



Least, ii. oaj ... , 1 ft i in. 



Depth.amid8hips 2 ft. 1 in. 



2 ft. tin. 



Centre-board drop l ft. 



Centre-board aft of mast lft. 10 in, 



Ballast, two sand bugs SO lbs. 



Mamma-', hoisl 8ft.0in, 



Main i.. ■■ m Btt. 7 in, 



:. head .... Bffe 



: •■.• 12 ft. 



Bowspri 3 l'i . P in. 



Mast from stem 3 ft. 6in, 



Mlzzen, hols! 5 ft. n in. 



Mizzen, foot 5 ft. 2 in. 



Miz7.e.n,head 2 l't in. 



8 ft; 



rd 3 ft. 



.... I ft. Oin. 



!'!'!. Oin, 



Bpril d Bfl oil,. 



There was a single line of reef points in the mainsail, SCI 

 foot. The ballast consisted only Of a coupl • of 351b, sand bags, as the 

 for carrying on. Tun Mobile p 

 en and "weni" them "oue better." Ho sewed 



from the .'.'nit f the strap, secured a toggl 



tossed the ba 



tl 



i- 1 he n 



thee side, nud there let ii 

 a pins. Mr.T 



n blowing, ho 

 ng outboard, 



ve both shot, and Id 



led one which 



longer than our boat. 



TbiBvasin a 



seldom penetrated. 



It was nearly 



iw: and in a few mi 





Is distant from us. 



[i appeared to 



lenllv. witli hostile il 



:, ntions, when 



with a muzzle-loailii 



gpistol, which 



lie had 1 



-, -. and one of 





thai 1 ever 









if hi- bail will 





htea rffle, and 



■i,l !'.a'li:ir'iiij//Ie. 





.!,:. 1 loaded with a 



latch oi linen 



all was conical, and i 







' 



sion shot the heads 





X,',r;lu , 'n, ! w!itwJ!'"''wh'en'in ;s?5. Air" Vhie'hJn^uVn'em-V.'lu' New'vorl" 

 had a One deep-hodied bIood designed byOhas. Hilliuan, and bufll fly 

 Lennox, South Brooklyn, it was proposed to give her a mizzen. but 

 for some reason the project was nol carried out. Later, howc \er, iu 

 l'* 1 . Mr. lb il," a trial, much to his satisfaction, on 



another boat. The question arose how to rig ;> catboat snugly, for 

 family sailing .nil of Stonington Harbor, and yet have sail enough for 

 Kght wi.r.;:i w-iu-i. Jailed I'c EhfC : i:l Mr li;,r. ;;nfni);ed ths 



This boat was built bv'wallm at his old shop, foot of Court Street. 

 Brooklyn, and proved a perfect success. She was pssentially a snug 

 catboat, with a short bowsprit run out ahead, and a leg-of-mutton 

 mizzeh to Counterbalance the jib when in use. Both the small .-. ; !s 

 could be taken In at short notice, leaving a small cut mainsail with 

 the boom only reaching to the rudder head. This sail was enough 

 for ordinary purposes, and when set alone in strong winds w as equal 

 to a couple of reefs down. Even the builder and ids men. usually so 

 averse to any innovations, took kindly to the arrangement, .and spoke 

 highly of her performance under all sail, under mainsail only, or 

 under jib and mizzen. We believe the Isabel has retained this rig, 

 and will come out again in the same fashion this season. 



The honor of" bringing out the first cabin yawl on the Atlantic 

 belongs to Mr. David Williams, of New York. After sailing the Sloop 

 Cap, ice for one year he essayed a full-fledged van I of the orthodox 

 style, his object being the attainment of greater safety ami comfort 

 in cruising. Subsequent experiences have demonstrated the wisdom 

 nf the choice made, for as a yawl Caprice has urn, gi.id.-n • | i;;im,s 

 for herself during some extended sailing, including a cruise to the 

 Yorktown celebration and back. So far as can be judged the yacht 

 lost only a trifle in speed in light winds, and nothing at ail in anything 

 from a working breeze up, while she gained materially iu stiffness, 

 and from an unhandy and dangerous sloop became as a yawl per- 

 fectly under confrol, always prepared for anything that might turn 

 up. The old school would have advised altering to a schooner to 

 secure these very desirable points, but in prof. ,, : ;.- ti ■■ ..•.'.. I.Mr. 

 Williams made a choice far more commendable. There was i'0 main- 

 mast to straddle the centerboard and rack the cabin house, no such 

 multiplicity of gear, no sucli expense as in the schooner, while 

 greater efficiency under canvas was preserved, wil h a better opportu- 

 nity for reduction of sail to meet emergencies, with economy in time 

 and labor, and Involving less risk than with the schooner. It is 

 enough for us to add that after two years' trial Mr. Williams sees no 

 cause to regret his innovation, and that Caprice will again be seen 

 disporting the mizzen this year. 



DETAILS 01' CAPEIOE, TAWL. 



Length over all 30ft. lOin. 



Length on load fine 32 ft. 4 in. 



Beam extreme 13 ft. 8 hi 



Depth of hold -liLOiin 



. Draft without board :i it. in. 



Draft with board 10 ft. 



Least freeboard in io m 



Displacement 



ballast, inside, iron .jl-j " 



Length of centreboard j i ft. 



Drop of centreboard 6 ft. in. 



■ mend load line 10 ft. Sin. 



Hoist of mainsail n ft. 



Foot ot mainsail gg.ft. 



Head of mainsail ]sa. 



Leach of mainsail 3g flf. 



Topmast, cap to truck 1 9 ft. 



Bowsprit, stem to topmast stay 20ft. 



Mizzenmast aft of end load line a f I 



Luff of iug mizzen u ft 6 in 



Footof mizzen 13 ft. 3 in. 



Head of mizzen :i i 



Leach of mizzen ' ' ' 20 ft. 



Boomkin outboard ..'.'..'. 8 ft! 



Jib on foot jsfi 



Fore staysail on foot ir> ft.' 



Area mainsail 577 sq.ft. 



Areajib 252 sq. ft. 



Area fore staysail 2i0sq.it. 



Area mizzen go&Sq. ft, 



Area working topsail 370 sq ft 



Area jib topsail 425 sq. ft. 



Area lower sail 120!) sq. ft. 



'Che sails of Caprice wove laid out by Mr. .John Sawyer, and considor- 



i nol set dying, but. pilot boat 



stay to the bowsprit eud. The 

 •rn, sits very Hat and has been , 



aVht'Mr. 'NVd'li'ai'ns'wH'ii-s 

 the 1)1 h hist.. I hill th- !:•: 



•Vhe result aim, I 

 in heavy weather with.. 



tochange her to a yawl, with a much longer housing teromasl '™j 



i sail, As I went (,. Kurm.c e.irlv iu Febrnarv before rhnsn 



alterations were ,,,:,, 1,.. ma.. • of tl,-,! '■: ns*I should lin™ 



■■nthorso 

 .15! but little tailing, the priiieip.ij 



alls- wasdown to i*orl I ro a - to atti ed I 



lion. Th- ■.. about eighty v.i "--., a (h- ]ie : a 



longer to run down th- cin-sapeuke than we expi cted, b, cause I had 

 business m Ballimor 



Ea favorable wind ilmt would have 



'•■day wasallbeat- 



i headwind, which was gen. rally nine;, loo stron ■ with a 



■ ,i:.-:,,/h-iighi. We made two good runsat night 



■hid. the whole of one and ftOlyhalf of the other heme 



,: 111, I !,„,>; !y ; .iil ,,n'y. I 



the sld I,.-. ! I, ■ , ,.,.i pave v, ntured to 



:.|r I, US 



. ! In ii cahn, it 



ead 



a long stretch on our way, until about half-pawl threein 



a i accoivlingly ,iin into 



ing against 



I, , , \ ..-:,. . 



before the \ 

 under mizz, 

 made unde 

 start upon; 



New York 



won iiua miiiu imi, lU'-ii *uni vw-m- t,ri«:iu Kit'," i".Ll"'i. Ji>; taCWCU 



a rope strap around the middle of the bag, and to a ihort Bin. pennant 



While in light weather the sloop rig: has Its i 

 i-vej'v unhandy and even dangei 

 reef/; and in eniising 1 consider . 



any weather an 

 v on can almost iii a moment's notice , educe i • 



. -till ha\e ii .:. 

 knowledge you can often 

 mind, while your neighbor vita th 

 takes what he knows to be an unwarranted risl 



[to he ooJiTDfiratn.] 



■a:,,-, ii, 

 >e able to 



