March m, 188%.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



178 



Thursday, Ool 18. U:t6A. M, Ool under war with light westerly 



■V.n.l. Shifting UtOSOUtll • • ■ H I . - - t i 1 . TIV\ M. i'uvnl Tl..)lll:is "I 1 . an'l 



Lug but little progress. (1:16 

 a M. Anchored below I'Ium Poifll Landing in a calm, 24 nautical 



m i ■ omingin fn.ni iK.rihv.csl got 



»av iiikIi i- lore slavsnil and lnhy, 



11. "11:1.-. 1> M Oove Poiul Light bears west; wind 



V.iVt. 1 1. l-J:-ln_\ ;.]. i .., 



ale tud sea running very high, •: S M. ilaldu 

 Point Lookout Light ju 

 ' ■'■! Curiifield Harbor under lee oi Po 



l'.. ut 3SU 





utical 



time a li 

 i i houra ir 



n deckle I 



[aged in tii.- Msli-oil bin 

 i nautical ? i . ; i — . time 

 Sunday, Ool. iC. 8: 

 founded buoy No. 1 oil 

 I3;la P. M, paasei 



;is strong :iji uieaiiernoon. we 

 ..int. where wu anchored in a 

 s water to leeward. 

 iderwav; wind south. T-.'!'. A 



oinl Lool t. H:KA.M. Sunt 



off Smith's Point. 10 A. 11. 

 L.n:t«il.-.l buoyoff Fleet b Point, 



harbor 12:55 P. M. Anchored 

 nt «>r Northorn fishermen en- 

 ■ from anchorage in Potomac 



south bv 



8 until Too's ■•■ 



sail Lookei 

 biirougbbrei 

 .-iili long gi 



:;[ r 



fa: 



Si. 

 T.-I 



Lawrence 

 icb appsa 



r. -.1 

 y i] 

 pe 





lo in whie 



ith 





ship in m 



ii.-i 



light 



. ross the border had noi been Idle. 



al Canadian V.C bad cruised a number of 



:i yaw], and several other yachts bad been 



i.ilii.in.-- n.inirally finding 



the Dominion. Small boats had 



pr,. h satisfaction. A new pawl of 15 tons 



• will" harbor, an. I Toron',, yachtsmen wciv 



i»l)s and luggers handsomely beaten by the 



:i on a former occasion. In Hali 



p;. we believe, and in ado a cruise about the 



after by Mr. F. 0. Sumichrast, au 



ever equate ppy and absorbing 



■ i carry the i eauei right aboard 



tmdiaa yawls, though deserving a place in 



,• first m the hast, ha.l hllle or no influence 

 •s, being too distant to point a moral way 



r Violet, of Boston, we believe, essayed the 

 mi/.z.n. att'l with a numb, r of guests on board nunl.- a cruise along 

 thejcoasl of Maine, though bow the change agreed witbher wado not 

 know. Then Mr. David Ma:; l-h.-e. ..f l-:,.-ton. a gentleman much given 

 to experiment and always open to promixiug innovations, brought out 

 his schooner White cap as a yawl, this being the largest yaehl in 

 America which has yet ventured upon the change. Hitherto only 

 Sloops had sougb.1 greater Ijaudiaess in ridding themselves of over- 

 hanging booms an,! big mainsails, inn Mr. Kiev's Undertaking would 

 appear to haw.- csi.ibiM.-i ,i nia.-h wider Held Of usefulness for the 



Wlitjyof tb- vaw! lo s;ho,,::..-rs, and largo o. if-.- at that. Mr Hie., 

 rendered a service which should go on record to hi, credit. The 

 perimeut he made last yea. bas been found such a success thai s 



ralGloi^esb-r lis!., -cine. i contemplate following suit, so that, for 



qnidnunos and 

 eross-flrei I that 



who see no Mill her than tin 

 fal rtain changes were 



ailure 



-i to 



dure. They 

 Cap Is to re- 



very decided 



„" Hi 



. i, with a request to 

 ■ that i • allow so hrcorveul a statement 

 i furthi e imcontrailictod would perhaps deter Others, who desire 

 y an inpioyomct from doing SO. Ill the first place lot me say 



the-hoit irial .. '.' a ] a -. - Mn.r bn in,-s engagements allowed int- 

 ake Of the yawl i •. ■ Last U..' -. »ei-.- so ..a p. factory us to war 



. lion oi the original plan of rigging the yacht in full the 

 la season. To explain this it must bo understood that onlytke, 

 t spars .!■ 3et. uplasl fall, to try the effect of the 



handling of the vissel, ami wiLin ii ii .. 



i cauvas in i' i 1 . a i ipeed could be expected in the light 



weather whi.ii as .a rule prevailed upon the days on which she was 



sailed. I p. m oi ■ isi..n only did we have anything approximating 



to the chop sea for which Boston Bayfs noted, and then nothing 



it amusement, and in all soi 

 fiat part of the amusemo 

 mainsail in n blow, or furl 



lent bi 

 i plan 



. i.e., with 



ins about the 



Its boom is 



foot and III'i. 



lot, 



ud the Jib 27ft. 



7:32 A, M. 

 Wicomico Bivorand trimmed in to beat down 

 .. d of buoy on 

 Rappahannock Spit. i ■-.:;.■ P, M. Having set in :.:-./•• wc took a care- 

 ful departure aUtl prepared to keep d-ad reckoning: Stingray Point 

 bears north-uorlhu a had west, and Stingray Point light north 

 or..- .|iiaii.-r- : ■-.- 3P, ii. Clear again: Wolt 'leap Lightbears west 

 iviiitt south and I'Uing. t. P. .M. Wind very strong ami sea 



gelling l.i.-.e Ul ll '. light I'or every inch wc gain, it being dark 



.. .• la! I our course as follows; Bringing 

 •asi. and Too's Toiut light t., bear we^t-north- 



est bj "■-I one hair wesi.al tSU naulieal 



light boro west by south. Thenw 

 0:05 1'. M. Ancho.ed jus; below Yorkloun. Di-.ianee 



lorago in Coulde Creek.ol nailtical mile-s. Time, 14 hours, 



. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thnrsda-y, October 17th to 20th, 

 before Yorktowu. 



October 21. 5:3JA.M, Wm. I norl beast, got under war to run 

 C:&3 \.M. Passed Too's point light, iliiil A.M. 



,;i.-.,uioasl. 

 «:'.•"' I'. '>'._ : . w. seli'idiinvs! half west. 



Man P.M. Wind v.or,-ing toward tiV sputbwatd! " 13:0? Midnight; 



Saturday, October •'-' Ii:!j5 A.M. Smith's Point light bears west. 



BdoA SI. I .in- ! :,»ii light Ij.-ars wost. 0:1.", AM. ( 'ovo Point light 



bears wi-sl '.., mi 1 .'. s : ii.\ ;,i Ahoul ih:- :p.:e. • sent up topmast and 

 ' -ei' |U:.V, All. S-; jib top :i t'..e .:■-! Cm- sim-o 1,-aving 



•oinl light 



12:23 A :•! Saa ly i . : .. iking i I a. as. 1:07 P.M. 



i P Vi. MaMngO^ kuots. 3:40 P.M. 



How. \.\i I'oinl abeam.- a:iop.M. Turk. -v 'point light bears northwest 

 bv uoi-iii, wind light. 8:21) P.M. An-iv.-l at Chi .-ap-.-.ike eitvaft.-r feel- 

 ing our way up the creek in die darkness with hardly windenougli for 

 way. 

 Distance: York-town to Rappahannock, 33 nautical miles, in 14 

 ::>■■■ . ,,, Turkey Point, 1:31 nautical miles, 

 in -:n bonis :,-, ii lime..-,; Tm k.-y :>oint to Chesapeake, city, ll>/j uauti- 



■ n 'he p Little, of Boston, essayed tho 



yawl rig on a small b i it and rep irted favorably of her peifonnane,-. 



in l8S9.Mr. Merrill, of Boston, hat] a IS-ton Hush deck yawl imih by 



':;■:- a. Mas- . : ai over bv R-.ilsey. This 



- :■ remarkable for both com- 



■■ agr.-eing thai they eoual 



ii-niu. and 7ft. ! 

 Til.- internal 



md lockera, a 

 .;■ I. as nrell as 



ist, low hoist, 



l is lo bend a 

 inch speed is 



Now. .. . 

 diminished, . 



on ..-•'■ i. in. I. . . 

 and, it ought m \„- gaid 

 imnt only, and, of com 

 windward under all of 

 staysail, or \. ithoui m 

 stead of the mainsail . 

 •d, andth 



results. I (hid that my effiicll 



hil,- I hat. of the light sails will 



be i 



lieii 

 .1,1 ea 



l.i-l". 



mid on the 



specially going f 



close to the wind when i 



oing to windwn'r 



1.' In a seaway, upon the 



only occasion that we ha 





feeze, she works farbottei 



than as asohooner. Twi 



men can get tin 





jib. and have done i! "as 



ly and quickly, t 



'hen it roqtdred time and 



four ill. 11 at 1. 1 



the schooner rig 



I ought, to say thai tho 







tot hoist any more easUy. 



rr.-jfc.i- iKtv V; V .';",'; ," 



Ti^i's.'i.andlshli 



ills a failure in :• rvvWinu. 



expel iin.-ni. and test it l 



ully before conct 



ding that they are correct. 



1 shall make some depart 



urea from vawl 





illustrations, and propose 



including a fuii-i 





mizzen. and connecting i 



t l.j a slav with 





above the main galVniiil 



gatf (op.o-ol. Th 





driver topsail held in pla. 



1 bv. what for wa 





a gaff sprit. It is tr 



philosophers and srathet 



10 that liunier. 

 •shave matte th- 



lean',, all a.'Tv, r.,e to i:. it 



eluded, I may give the t 



iirlli. •!• res, i"in, il 



s^hSSrtSH 



may be assured I shali ei 

 satisfied if 1 may nol be 



jov trj'in^ it as o 



tittly *; I m:;y'b" ilh w-. "l 



soi. down for ottn 



i-tlian 1 am, a sailor who 



enj .ys bin,, water and tl 





edge of his ship which her 



practical management ea 







In the fall of last year 





Roslyn. fitted one of his 



nonpareils with a yavel rij 



- ,r In own devil 



e, as illustrated in a pre- 



vious issue. He has sine 



tgiveh the rig th. 



prefereneo to all others. 



and has low. several of hi 



s light drafts on t 



he stocks, all of which will 



appoar with tho jib-head e 



d muslin, cut aft 



Tthe plan of the Roslyn 



orC'lai.ham yawl, which 



las met with ind 



.r-e-m.nl from those who 



have given it atrial, toth 



e extent that the 



y would as soon think of 



going back to the ol I Phi 



sriician stones to 



anchors, us to the sloop 



rig for cruising. In g-ie- 



al we do not advj 



so jib-headed sails of any 



kind for deep or 1 



n-hts. Such sails 



serve excellently on boats 



of the nonpareil and shar 



pi- orders, where 



only small area is required, 



To obtain a large spread, 





jinplishcd by resorting to 

 re also the most effective, 



gaffs and yards. Sails bi 





particularly in light windf 





of a triangular llei-mudian 



giving the wind a poor eh 



anee to uecomplis 



b the wort of transmitting 



i'.s pressure to the sail. } 





ng the large areas neces- 



sary in yachts of great po 



wer, leg of nnui 



.m mizzens would call for 



long and stout spars lo pi 





hereas (he use of a guff or 



ot a matter of much consequ 



riseo the triangular 

 neeven there prefer the usual 

 .'htsare vary much midcrcan- 

 riiey are, in fact, under storm 

 mi as a precedent for us with 

 iistoms and experience. Be- 

 enterof abroad-headed sail 

 Into triangular shape, though 

 e in stiff boats. 



THE FITIST YAWL. 



Edit 



In last 

 the Cap 

 The Edit 



/•'. ; 





London that ye 



say the first cabin yawl on the Atlantic coast was 

 iu't tho Edith, of Boston, abend of the Caprice! 

 nched in June of lHSk went round the cape to New 

 and down East as far as Bar Harbor last j ear. 



Boston. 

 es us right the Caprice was changed to a yawl in 

 In that case the Boston vawl was one year ahead, 

 . ... bnili yawl on the Atlantic. But another 

 correspondent reminds usof Mr. Kaion's little three-tonuer Coquette. 

 imp. Tied from England ill IsiS. as th" lirst of her rig in our waters. 

 Alter experimenting as a sloop she has settled back to the cutter with 

 all the othodox kinks. | 



Editor F,»;:*t and Bireato.: 



In your history of the yawl vou have omitted to men 

 Coquette, brought from "England in 1878 by Mr. H. \ 

 has b.-ea in New York waters ever -inee. bin' v,.a .- last f 

 cutter, which rig she has at Rreseiit. Her dimensions 

 Length over all. gSft.; water line, 20fi : beam. 6ft. ! 

 nutboai-d, 8f(.: mizzen bumpkin outboard, aft.: dandy 

 S.. WostN 



in the lilttlc 

 Eaton. .Site 

 I rigged as a 

 •e as follows: 

 n.: bowsprit 

 iangular. 

 r Brighton. 



A YAWL IN A PIPER. 



Editor horest and Stream 

 This is h.uv Seveial sloe 



readers kno-.v what a peguli 

 his yacht Erolie 

 vawl-weil. nnvi snn.' Jin 

 lifted his hook for a short c 

 of coming to off San Queni 

 us further. Bv 1 



ien were converted to the yawl, i 

 id salt our worthy commodore Is. 

 often iii your columns, That she 

 )nly a short time ago the 



;h, 



s\;i> 



id tie 



spi 



• !hi 



..pel, 



thisp, 



er. and keiil an 

 Ml lo the easti 

 icd au early hi- 



■ il.-i\ 



■- her the (ly- 

 ring the night 

 ig. ami by the 

 to southeast, 



: ih. 



rd. r 



! Jigger 



out of Mi 



!•■ 



siand 



, and b 

 mid be n 

 .till smoi 

 'or VOU 1- 

 faithful' 



■!,,; 

 am 



111. 



lei 



•d, so 



N,.v 



. At 



theast gale you ki 



eovereii me inamsail entirely, settled nwiry the topping-lift until 

 main sheet could be hauled two-blocks. Then lashed the boom 

 solid to th,- jigger-mast and hooked '.!■•■ reef I -. . • 1. 1 ■ ■ to strap aroj 

 the. same ma-t. hauled out tie- earing and tied the points at our 1 

 lire, working entirely inboard in the cockpit and on the house top 

 ' the yacht all the time bowling along 



al I 



Ifefo 



all 



i p ( 



ills: of Mir i 

 1,1 il looked l 



Ml. I 



el.i 



- sa lid I no 



• who had b« 



i.ig Ihei 



re! , 



. and wind we wanted. 

 ' ballast told like busi- 

 ooi-ings again. 1 heard 



v of the interest 



nltogelh, 

 how olio 

 public. 



LAST OF THE AMERICA CUP. 



ouahtoknow that the 



nreignei-.s out m r .i_-bi 

 , who holds the Cup or 

 a somewhat uauseati 6 



TT is immaterial who is to blame. 

 ■ Cup Is no long,-,- a trophy i 



is of gifts 



the I... 



edup 



sure they will forgive n 

 yawls are exciting your way, and for the benefit of yachting man- 

 kind in general. An Admirer. 

 San I-'h.\m:k( ... Mai-.-h 80, 



this 

 BIG l.'MD- We have on our ,i-.-sk nearly seventy letters, three 



plans for .va.vjr.. Iw, !',„• ellMel-. tllfee lor lead keel--, a can or paint to 



.-Mm. in.-, photograph^ -,-nt hj thoughtful friends, patent i.e. locks, 

 half a dozen outs for illustrations, and a stack of mal, rial, all or which 

 is valued at full worth and v, ill receive attention as early as a pm:s of 

 business will permit, 



sii 



s put to 



on Field, no Brii 

 h to honor the Cup with a dial 

 i- e-i.ilv issued by the N,-u Sor 



mich abused and bedraggled ol 



ne of the very first demands of a e 

 .j bolh sides. It requiies ::•■ . 

 ingforone side the right to nam 

 In-fore the start, according to the 

 mp-! the other side lo take bis cha 

 cither fair nor sportsmanlike. T 

 ustiCS sitting astride a f.-ne.:- won 



New York" Y. C. I 



-edofgifl. Wo a 



e grave of the Cup, but that th 



6 without due consideration. 



mtlemen in the club who uuderst. 



- tin 



smartest I'orli, 



-rnaiionpl enib 

 the deed he I 

 of sporting ti 



nan wu! be 



10 show 

 yacht a 



I at the 



nj such 



1180 of a. 



Ploposl 



as latest 



hoi ha- 

 ,,--s was 



I ■ 



tier, enough 



,.. ..-,,:- Of 



el and pa! S 



i-et another 

 ai :i,iie that 



iiitimations 



al be ...ollld 



pin disgust, 

 lifj mate 

 hi i p to the 



as tVOl) ask 



oil,- Villi il. 



ic odds, and 

 .. could lend 



■ ■■ conclude 



P.;- the Cup 



iktfti] spoons t 

 the glass, im 

 ist feol at this 



importation of si 

 should come to o 

 selection of our y 

 unjustifiable pii' 



Hul . shall International racing com. 

 without honor abroad!' Let us hope ut 

 York Yacht Club might show ts good C 

 of §6,000, generously offered by the fla 

 making a purse of 310,000. a pri/.c which 

 to try his chances. The pot may seem 1 

 a liberal inducement to attract British 

 .way from the rounds of their 6 



hes: Is it a won - 



-cause ihu Clip is 

 est that tii" New 

 ng to the aiuoimi 



sum of s.-.uoa, 



: 

 B, but il Will take. 



1 thousand miles 



enticements of Nice and other French ports, where more prolii and as 

 much glory is to be reaped, 



AN ENGLISH OPINION. 



Editor Purest and $tr$ami 



You are handling the cudgels right manfully against skimming 

 dishes, and we wish Forest ani> Si-ream everv sue, ess. Mow aiivone 

 can have the face to praise (hem (the dish. s. up wc in Liverpool can't 

 see, and we only wish to catch them at tlu-.r best in n b,-av\ uor'wcsf 

 iy"to " 



add 



i- the 



la le: 



f the Lord. Yo 



seas we get here at times. The last i 

 this season will have 11 tons of lead 

 water. Name, Katie. Builder. Innir 

 there is any chance of the Am, ricai 



under the terms Ha they Stand att 



up the frying-pans 

 rate ten-tonner noi 

 hito a cocked hat. 



,- thi 



Eoth Buttercup aud N'eplmie c 



STANDARD 



THERE are many who think a 

 board. We have no fear in tl 

 cure itself upon furl her oxp none 

 anexamiile of this tendency. It 

 record has been ma le in races sai 

 •size and often as mere •• 

 The Tidal Wave is a very induTei-< 

 only on a reach. With conipetito 

 be beaten so often in a turn to wii: 

 panied by a proportional e inei-ea 

 delusion." The Mischief is almost a 

 except on a reach, despite theirdi 

 boats of her own size hut of Misel 



board would meet with a cheek 1 

 mistakenly ranked as a fast yacht 



sailing vessels length without cor 

 supposed to be. In mam 

 length and the bulk thus saved pu 

 would be a beneficial ne. . 

 surface in excessively line ends ai 



FREEBOARD. 



mlk ride ten Is to c 



nto whicu i 



ag c 



shape 



low freeboard thedifflci 

 ■ ..,,-■ • allowing those 



choose without ia.xai.ioi 

 New York Y. C. to folio 



the next meeting. 6b 



■u s |-.- ■.-.•- -Jii-'iTi...; f'tk' : . e- 

 abiained by the usual fornnda." 



all-sided 

 i-ionnei's 

 v lift. Din. 

 1*1 tbiiil; 

 cutter or 

 icting for 

 ■ 



No man 



I will 

 ed as 



I \'.rr 



r hi .- 



itle-r 



meet 

 id of 



'-■,."■':■■ 



a in size 



..,: eaiiaiag eapa, ii ,y 

 oilier eai 

 Supposed L> induce 



■ i ii-d M-,c- 



■: ..S thC-J 



■ ifore ike 



■dnp, ,, at 



. th. o,d. 



sol al rest, 

 ,- would mid no cause 

 'le actual load water 

 d pari a ml a section 

 el tons. The ar.-a in 

 . rom the rabbi i 



i ■::■ Of le el for 



■ill e L 

 - plonk -da i r at anj 

 Im- the ,'icuial hi Igllt 

 ih i e used 

 utents Shall then bo 



NEW HAVEN YACHT CLliS.-AV//m /•,.,-,.< and Stream: < hil- 



ar club is prospering. Sevemv m. 

 uopefora full hundred before the season 

 P iM.sl.o.l in a previous issue bm as i-„m- 

 give ciedi! where due. I think the names ,, 

 logo on record in the eolimia.-. ,.| the prln 

 America. They are as Goliows: E, S. Pe r 

 Beecher. Frank p Tyler, W. W Price ; 

 Baldwin, A \V Adams, e. R, w ; - 

 son. M. White, llenii \\ Vail, I ■ 

 1'. Kennedy. Jam,.-.-. DeEBj', K. .1. llamilloi., ... 

 Lee and t: K. Wutei-hoiisc. Jr. uur ileol includes the following 



......lil-^. Viol . l> \c \v... I i - ,.. . i • ,„ inr*. r t. .- i r" 



the !,-:. and wc 

 over. The ofnci r 



. tpei I- eJua.i s read_\ to 



i he Incorporators' ougbl 



iu.il vaeliiiug journal in 

 ,"H. I"l. l:il.a:,!..l. 



ia.-aol.-v I-'. 11. 

 V P, A.eiv. C W, R:iw- 

 [ludley \'l. i Seaman. ,1. 

 I., a. lOlliott, Ehlwiird B 



... . Midget, 33ft, 



E. 1'. Avery- Vivienne, 30ft,, John J Phelps 'IVio :-. W . ! . 



Meiiden; ais,, sloops Endeavor, Commodore H, V. Billard; Vixen 

 Vice-Corn, J. Q-, Beeohsr; Zephyr, Elect Captain ii. E. l.hid 

 two eehoonera of Rortvich, Next meeting April fg, Ot" 



