April 13, 1882 ] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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RACINE ST. PAUL. 



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RACINE SHADOW. 



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TYPE IN CANOES. 



FOLLOWING up our recent article on the predominant features in 

 canoes, we this weak present in two examples the actual lines of 

 well known and approved models as built by the Racine Company 

 whose interests are in the hands of Thos. Kane & Co., >M8 Wabash 

 avenue Chicago. As Indicated in the" fflustratioflri, these canoes are 

 made of veneer board, three thicknesses being pressed together in 

 the required lengths and breadths and moulded by machinery into 

 the shape required. Avery stiff ooat with smooth side, large capacity, 

 and free from leakage is thus obtained. All canoes, speaidng gener- 

 ally, can be assigned to one or two classes. In the first sailing quali- 

 ties are predominant, and in the second p'aadlingrhas been mainly 

 kept in view. No better way of describing these two varieties can be 

 formulated than by recourse to the language due to Mr. Baden- 

 Powell, of England, which has now received extensive recognition 

 throughout the canoeing world. The first Mr. Baden-Powell styles 

 "paddleable sailing canoes, ami ;■'-■■ ■■.<■:•,■..„; ••.■„■, ;:..!,■,■ ochifi,... 

 canoes. As uniformity in definition is always to be desired in dis- 

 cussing sporting: or technical subjects; it is advisable to adhere to th e 

 very appropriate and expressive phraseology just mentioned. It is 

 true that as models differ more widely from the average they will 



•i|'. , "'u-i eitl : i extreme, and gain In one direction what is sacrificed 

 m the other. Thu3 we have some canoes in which great excellencey 

 in sailing has been the object arrived at, almost to the entire exclu- 

 sion of portability and progress under the blades. These have great 

 beam and flat floors, supplemented with one or more heavy iron 

 centerboards, ballast, and large, complicated rigs. 



'" "':'" !■■ ■. i:-;:u>:' have x' ibili: ,. an I ,• ■■;•_■;(■,: _"., ,.,. ,•; . i ;,,-, o : 



oe has even become merged into the yacht, retaining little of the 

 aev i i, Bave sharp ends and similarity in structure. To this 

 - helung the whale-boat canoes of the Clyde and sundry varie- 

 ■rinsi.r, canoes to be found in British waters, with a length of 

 ■ 1 Jti. beam. Only recently we were amused by a correspond- 

 ... the London Meld in which one enthusiast proudly declaimed 

 ■ >t climbing- to the masthead of his canoe without The least danger of 

 ;. capsize, and wondered why all others did not follow like dimensions 

 Such boats are really beyond the legitimate species and cannot be 

 i I ii i mil < canoes, their weight being so great that one hand 

 experienced difficulty in dragging his boat across some sands on 

 rm '-'/) h e J- 1 grounded in the mouth of the Thames. Portability we 



lum iti <t iL boats claiming a place in the ranks of canoes 



As soon ii.. i . Id , ,i m < I , t 



aiid always completely within the management of a single man, the 

 permissible bounds have been passed and the realm of the yacht in- 

 vaded. On the other hand, extreme speed under pad, i^ mis given 

 ■mill to a style so long narrow and shoal, that sail cannot be carrh d 

 unless with a free wind, and even then but a mere mitten can he 



envii ,',,,.,,,. biv.x,'.c. Ti gh l.-gilmuife i-ii.,i)rii u:-; inir-.i pa. Ida - 



earioes. coram anees of eel-like proportions will had fmlmvers om 



"' x .ne, ,,, ■ ■ :-. , : , ,l, ■;-,,- . ca . -,r ;■ a ,, , ,..- a ,.■ ,,,.. ■ .,., ,-,,-,. 



I l t 1 i s .f ports- 



' ■■■' ' h to a combination of qualities, in order to give 



e e i call, i.ne widest, range of iililitv, for m thai is found the chief 



value ot the sport, and that renders it distinct from yachting and 



racing in their special spheres. 



The knowledge that with your canoe you can take wind and water, 

 .and and river, sea or lake, day and night, just as tilings happen to 

 ••ome— ther.-m lies the great attraction, the enticement of perlect in- 



pe.rleem- and 1 lie satisfaction of constant preparation. These af- 

 l 01 ; 1 l "-' swinger of the blades a calm contemplation of the work 

 aeiure lum. which, once experienced, is sure to leave a lasting favor- 

 ai.le impression, wiiicii grows rapidly into a passion as time adds the 

 ess..,is ol experience and gives to the venturesome crusader retlec- 

 ooin; o! the i-asi. ■.■.-imiling ai .: .appetite lor ecac juesrs fresh ami 

 piquant iu their novelty. The outlit most suitable to his wants -and 



-"'dee federal ■-, .„■■■ legion in America— v. ill be sure to fall 



within the two classes already named. He wants to sail and he wants 

 b. paddle. He has got to paddle manyamilc.no matter whether he 



mimes i.v- i-ini,.,,.. coui- v of - ;•■ tippling brook, w a ill 11, o union-' 



ails ,.„. beneath overhanging boughs of sh I g no mat- 



ter whether his course be boldly laid out upon the open sea. The 

 wind will fail, and Paddy's breeze of spruce must then try the skip- 

 . : muscle. Paddle she must, or she is no canoe. A canoe which 

 will not move to the dip of the double is a barkie not worth having 

 But there always will be some born to the smell of tar and the love of 

 sheet and tiller, and to t, i, i ppeals t I i,,p , ^nomi- 



nated the "paddleable sailing.' 1 



Our illustration of the Racine Shadow, combining a vast amount of 

 experience and thought, serves in explanation of what we have writ- 

 ten. Her nest panic is under muslin, yet -.he , „ ,-,;cv fair o ai . ,,-,,-,-: 

 ■i l by dmt of physical labor. A comparison of her lines with 

 ilio.m of the St.. Paul, a representative of the second class, will prove 

 fit interest to flic many constantly inquiring as to the proper selection 



iln which to meet their ends. Both are drawn to the same scale. 

 The Shadow is a modification of Commodore Alden's original moulds 

 the alterations having been derived from observation and practical 

 test. She presents a bold, round body, in which considerable depth 

 large fore and aft section, smart sheer, buoyancy and power all go to 

 give predominance to good behavior under sail. Yet the absence of 

 the violent sneer of the Kayaek or Nautilus pattern, and a limit to the 

 cust mai i li I , i I gluofids tide boat render 



her perfectly satisfactory for cruising under paddle. She has large 

 i v. can readily take aboard all her outfit proper, tent, 

 blankets, cooking stove, clothing, provisions, tools and implements 

 loi knocking over the tip-up on the beech, or to ensnare the unsus- 

 pecting tinny-denizens of the deep. The Shadow's weight is 051bs 



convenient enough for portage ,,.- . ■,. tcih-i i. ,■' 



l«t.; gi i n lil I i I i I 1 m in- 



side. 



[to be continued.] 



LENGTH MEASUREMENT. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have seen it stated that length measurement is gaining ground in 

 spite of your able exposition of its faults. Is this really so ? 



Common Sense. 



Length measurement is not gaining ground. Statements to the oon- 

 a.ar.v arc devoid of truth. There are eighteen cabin yacht clubs on 

 the Atlantic coast and the lakes, as follows: Royal Nova Scotia Port- 

 land. Salem Bay, Eastern, Dorchester, Boston, Beverly, New Bedford 



ot, New York, Seawanfiaka, Atlantic, Quaker City Buffalo 



Cleveland, Toronto, Bay of Quiute and Royal Canadian. Of this list 

 p.!. two or more years ago. To-dav only live 

 have retained length measurement; the Boston as the sole represents 

 atrve Last, tne New Bedford and Quaker'' 'hv, both having many small 

 open boats in Ihcti-ef. induenemg their action, and 1 he Atlantic and 

 the La re ilia, out both reprosomh.g what may be termed the unlit draft 

 sloop interests of New -fork. There are 49 British Yacht Clubs listed 

 in Lloyds, not a -mgi- soPtarv one of which sails or thinks of sailing 

 under a length rule. We also have records of one Swedish, two Dan- 

 i-:i, one Belgian, three French, one Portuguese, and one Italian Yacht 

 Club. Not one of these sails or thinks of sailing under a length rule. 



Out of a total of seventy-six regular yachl dabs, live, or in reality, 

 only three regular cabin yacht clubs I Boston, Larchmoni. and 

 Atlantic , sad under a length rule. E\ en the Larchmont and Atlantic 

 have on their list a lot of sailboats, and shifting ballast machines at 

 that, but for the sake of having more than one club figuring in the 

 light side of the scale, we have thrown in these two along with the 

 best ,n to keep the latter from feeling lonesome out in the cold. So 

 far from becoming more popular, our correspondent will see that 

 length measurement for cabin yachts is practieallv extinct, and we 

 hope to make it even " extincter" in course of time, 



THE DIFFERENCE. 



On her southern cruise, when off Elberon on the Jersey coast, 



April 2, the schooner Dauntless took a knock down to a severe squall 

 which sent her almost on her beam ends. She righted, and with noth- 

 ing worse khan some parted gear, continued on her voyage. Probably 

 no persons are better able to bear testimony to the sterling truth o'f 

 the lessons preached in these columns than the gentlemen, accom- 

 i , a the owner of this schooner. Had thev.been aboard a Colum- 

 bia, a Fanny, e.t hoc genus omne, the community would have been 

 thrown into grief over a fearful •• yachting accident, " by which six 

 well-known citizens of New York were drowned, to say nothing of 

 captain and crew. 



That is the difference between deep and shoal boats. The Dauntless 

 had a large, well-conditioned crew to take the sail off her as the 

 squall approached. How much more necessary then, that the short- 

 handed Corinthian, the little knock-about craft, should be of safe 

 model as much as the Dauntless '.' There were some believers in light 

 draft on board that schooner. The'.- have probable been converted to 

 better ways of thinking. 



MODERATION IN MODEL. 



Mr. GouvemeurKortright had a fine sloop, the Wizard, built last 

 year. She was in type the extreme of beam combined with more 

 dead rise than usual. She swung an enormous spar to make so big a. 

 lumponher length go through. No more capable man than Mr. 

 Philip Els worth couldhave been found to do the modeling upon such 

 extraordinary dimensions. Wizard was as fine, handsome and 

 clean as ever a block was chiseled. Yet she has completely failed in 



