266 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



covered with Brussels. Length 01 

 :3ft. tin.; length overall, i:n. Din. 

 cutwater, an OTorlia.ngiiis inboori 

 OH water 



■ 



seat'. She 



Kttr 



you ha 



.!•■■■!;. i 



al de •: 



Idships, 8ft, : add to 



► the foot, 

 bed in oil. 

 stay, 15ft., 



"ft.; gaff- 

 ast. and is 

 ayeelf, the 



saved for 

 id blacked, 

 with iron. 



entrance, 



U|>\ 



ir. 1 



■ i!i., 



only 

 WliBl 



El It •:■ 



BlNOHAMTOJf, H". Y. 



NEW YORK YACHT CLUB. 



SEViSRAIj mo.iilications hi 

 rates have been adopted, 

 tho club until launched and n 



Eai 



width. 



i.v clie 



Slid III 



been n 

 otft, tii 



p'i-i'.-ly. 



. additions to the by-laws and sailing 

 No yacht can have representation in 

 ■js.ii-. -.:. over 15 tons and a decked ves- 



i. The measurer may, to save time, 

 r_- . No yacht out of commission two 

 vseiitiuioii. Lonirth of club pennant 



to be half an inch for each foot of 

 Width; equal two-thirds tho length. 



pennant, tiiiec-quarters of an inch in 



height and one-touth tho length for 

 colors 90 that they may bo understood 



pennant serves to complicate matters 

 .hap" of privat(> burgees seems to have 



swallow tails, in place of rectangular 

 nfonnded with Hag ofticers' broad pen- 

 ih the standard in etiquette and pro- 

 .- rectangular. In thai ease tho shape 

 ie meaning of the flag. We trust this 

 . professional eyr-s a private swallow 

 i out of place asa "cutaway" ata full- 

 ties over 4u ft. water line may show 

 privileges. The following new clause 

 d commendable one: "The model of 

 itta St ill bo the property of the club 

 , and no person other than a United 



ponnittod to copy it. except he shall 

 v from tho ownor of the vacht. nor 

 iiority from tho secretary of the club, 

 .led for that purpose a record of same 

 reach model and to any changes that 

 b- on « seal., of lhrc.-eighr.hs of one 

 if eighty feet water line and over, and 



by-law." 



And in 

 of wim-,1 

 organjza 



models: 



theopini 



The drai 



paper ba 



stuteineii 

 dimensic 



etc.. etc. 

 Til" si 



have bei 

 llrltulu i 



lifter ill" 



March 3 



of 111. 



Of HUH 



led clause insisting upon the deposit of the linos 

 with the club, tho good examplo of a younger 

 50 acknowledged: 



ght of the lines of each yacht winning a prize in a 

 .•posited with and become the property of the club, 

 rictions as to removal, etc., as apply in the case of 

 lit shall be expected to furnish such draught if. in 

 ommittee, she shall have won by a fluke. 

 > boc 



p.-l.--'i.-, 



ompanied by a 

 lars, including 

 dud of ballast, 



e day a 

 . R. A. 



p'l'ai',',.,1 



id incomplete, 



ules of Great 

 rule will tore- 



keel to 



. b. 



■ntal 



fr, 



l thai 



meets. CbOll. 

 implied with r 

 sloop or outtei 

 than half thai 

 adopted, the j 

 rank, a son oi 

 efcy. fJol : la - 



take ltjS place, 



ly childish, an 



soul outsldo bbi 

 two, three, foui 

 nothing with it 

 jackal wiih elu 

 and the Uki . a • 

 have a place oi 

 every man of tl 

 lsbing gold lace 

 beginning until 

 s.-rs. and a pea 

 lotion ih istati 

 lulg ship-shape 

 from n mimic ..- 

 fill] H 



denlv jumped In 

 .1 .»•.- a cock 

 Mowed 'I'h ••-.-. 

 If he is a sailor 

 aboard aabjp— i] 

 about upon ever 

 thing from a do; 

 bo nearer th m. 

 is the full ban. If 

 tho club books c 



ido 



of the load-line above tholatt 

 ••■f gaining in allowance, although more of a 

 liltofyhood, will no longer hold out any induce 

 .•1 think a definite percentage of length can be 

 vachtsof all sizes. Three percent, in a 60ft. 

 ins only Ift. llin. freeboard, which is little more 

 nodern design. A. sliding scale should have been 

 itage increasing with a decroaso in length. Official 

 v soldier" still gives the club a good deal of anxi- 

 been abolished! hut modest black braid steps in to 

 . ihis who!- business of rank in clothes Isthorough- 



app: 



li-s in full icgula 

 heavy hhieic si 

 Med garmoni, i 



:,;c.- 



,vy black silk braid." Ilea 



innate that 

 leu. Ahol- 

 Uowupthe 



buttons, is 

 been licked 

 i graduated 

 Militia into 

 '.'. is more than oven 

 . Uut silly as stripes 

 ludicrous in eonipel- 

 Faney the stout old 

 scarce tell which is 

 s new purchase, sud- 





aji; 



■:r i 



i- ila 



•; hut. t 

 lOye 



Ugh 



obber l 

 to la 



trk nine times our of fell, linnet, volunteer colonel 

 ! tape tomfoo If tv exists in 

 mly. and comparatively little of it is seen in practice. 



AN EXPERIMENT WORTH MAKING. 



Editor /'..,..<( a, -I siram- 1 

 if your exub earn expressions over the 



,,,.- to pather more ridiculo <!han I care I 

 I have - nt-rboard very 



bottom of this are I'm- hundreil and li 

 the wind this ••• below i 



1 he wale'- line. Mi- a 

 ereas ■ h.-r bu .. 



contemporaries appears u. know ver 

 .presumes to gi . ns In li 



n.-s.o. iam, an 



deed ben won! I 



Yaol aed to wri 



of Ih- ; -dirlyt.-.r 



and the writer in your eoue. 'nporai y .-. 

 Dare Dev ii is ihe ..Ie.-,. ■ 

 around N. ■-■■ York, and with all duedefi 

 I think the ablest. ' .... depth of tri 



length. 37ft, li.l . aed ! 

 ward." 



[The l ia.i i I if! d is well known as the 

 pf her class about New York or 111 any l 



imposed conversion of the 

 incht Club" afford you 

 test. I have no objection. 



Bled; .-.!■• 



• p. 



nine 



of lei 



5 the 



(in 

 feet below 

 bility, but to in- 

 iriter in ono of your 

 bout her, and yet ho 

 s issue (if that paper, 

 ong. That would in- 



dy for the edification 





w. 



1. liiL.w.,imi. 



bles 



and one. 



of the smallest 



-.-LL-r 



, and the 



experiment of 



loading the cohterooard to lighten up on other bait 



boat "out," a little mOreis one well worth 



si. ,n thai lead was to be placed on the boat's bottom was di 



reports current which, however, had no foundation in fact. | 



i fullrigged 

 : gaffraisaen 



..■■[.sail. 'I'h. 



a recent lei tea-, if a 

 id. I think Mr. Bice 

 a-.l Stay to the head 



id plates, 

 ontopn 



•ntopni; 



KINKS IN YAWLS. 



Editor Forest aAd Stream: 



lu reading over Mr. Kieo's very interesting account of bis expen- 

 "— White Cap, 1 sen ho proposes to rig his ini/zeuuiast with 



praast, in oilier to carry a mizze- - 



; oae of tue. reasons T asked you, 



anlil not be better than any other 



nistake in carrying his nuzzentoi, 

 of his mainlopuiasl. it will be directly in the 

 and being the only stay connecting tho two n 

 mast wilfbo very much spruug forward by tho 

 on the mainmast, thcru being no springstay, as < 

 this strain on both masts. My idea for nilzzeut 

 a fore and aft spreader, extended from mizz 

 then pass tho stay through an uye in end of tb 

 to deck at foot of m izzenmast, or stay could I 

 carrying each part buck to the mizzonshi 

 carry in mv vacht what might bo Called! 

 That is a light sail, set (lying, from head of 



short distance aft of mainmast. 1 think this ,..,,,„. ,..,,„. ,. : . .••,, 



light sail for boam to quarter-winds. SrttXBOAT, 



EASTON.Md. __ 



THE VERY FIRST YAWL IN AMERICA. 



Editor Forest m& Stream: 



in 18:25 Mr. Jones, master shipwright of H. M". dockyard at Halifax, 

 built a yawl, tho Molly Dumps, about Soft, water line and 8ft. 8in. 

 beam. She was {clincher built, oak frame, copper fastened, and 

 ballasted wholly with lead; very deep, with heavy drag aft and light 

 draff forward. She was decked, with a small cockpit and low cabin 

 hatch, rigged as a full yawl, with reefing bowsprit, housing topmast, 

 and thoroughly fitted lu every respect. Sho carried mainsail, fore- 

 sail, jib set flying, gaff topsail, and fug mizzon. Tho mizzen had no 

 boom, t*»o bumpkin being longer than tho foot of the sail, and tho 

 sheet led through a sheave at the end and Inboard. After sailing for 

 Several rears ui this rig. sho was lengthened amidships by Mr. 

 Chevalier, naval store-keeper, who rigged her asa Bermudian sloop 

 and sailed her in that rig for several seasons', dually .iltering her into 

 a cutter. She. was sold at auction eventually, and her purchaser, 

 after taking out the lead and copper, sold her again, hut shy was 

 not used as a yacht. There was no other yawl on the harbor until 

 Nymph.ea, already described by me, was buill. P, C StlMIbHRAHT. 



READ AGAIN. 

 Edito?. I'nri'si tmti Stream: 



I was somewhat surprised at the broad misrepresentation in your 

 last. In your answer to "Common Sense" v.,u state that there are 

 only "five clubs that retain length rules, and the Boston is the only 

 reprcsontativo Kast." You certainly are not posted. 1 can count 

 nine clubs imro that still retain the old rules. KkncE. 



i if ..in- correspondent will read again he will find the mistake on ha 

 side. His letter is published because others have written to 113 in ,i 

 similar spirit. We referred very distinctly to yacht clubs rooifjg 

 cabin boats only, and our statement was correct in every war. At... 

 oue who ft ill not take the trouble to read with reasoiialileatteution what 

 another lias to say is not tho person to sot himself up lis a critic. ] 



"THE Slll-:i:ir[."S."-Tacht owners, especially those affecting 

 small craft, moored along the Staten island st'i. .re. will be glad to learn 

 that Mr. Dcnysc. nx-sheriff of Richmond coaity. has greatly im- 

 proved his snug lillle hostelry near theTotnpU-insville Ian. linn, lie has 

 run out a Yery convenient pier in the little cove sheltered by the 

 steamboat docks, increased tho size of his summer garden and sup- 

 plied new appointments throughout. A float will soon he added to 

 facilitate accoss to boats, and an experienced, trustworthy hand will 

 "bo around" when wanted to take charge of yawls from the yachts 

 over night, and to keep a weather eye on the little flyers at. their 

 moorings, give more scope in a blow, pump the bilge or lose sail to 

 dry as requirod. If the Sheriff does not make pretences to ihe "pala- 

 tial" in his establishment, he cau al all events be relied upon for a 

 well-cooked, neatly served meal at all hours, for stores, ice and pro- 

 visions for the yacht, and besides will fumi-di a fund of information 

 as to tidesaud winds, "soft spots" to dump the killiek. give bearings 

 of hidden obstructions and be pleased to attend with uspatphtoaJl 

 coin :i. e- Ions in his line at moderate charge. As some such establish- 

 ment has long been needed by those obliged to leave their yachts for 

 daily business in the city, we besp.-ak for the Sheriff the patronage of 

 all interested in supporting headquarters where a faithful dis. 

 obligations accepted will insure, safety to DUO'S TaCbtS and ready at- 

 tention to the many little wants and supplies the small boat .ma,'- re- 

 quires to complete his happiness. !Mr. llanysa personally will be 

 found polite ami agreeable, and' hij assistants tho right men in the 

 right place. 



MONTAUK.— Mr. S. R. Piatt's now schooner Montauk was launched 

 from Poillon's yard, Brooklyn, Monday last. Her model is by Mr. 

 Philip Klsworth", and Mr. J. G. Prague hft3 designed Sttings and fur- 

 niture as well as carried out some calculations. This seho-.a.-r, being 

 something of a departure from tho "sausage" or "flat-iron" styles 

 prevailing among our large vessels, is deserving of more extended 

 examination, which we reserve for another issue. Her Length c re ' 

 all is 103ft. IQltfin., length on load line 94ft. S^in. : extreme bean, iTift. 

 ■'!•", in.; depth of hold 8ft. lOKin.; draft of water without 

 3lgin. Tonnage, a, M.,193.26' ton*. Cubic contents, 8,504, 10ft. 

 terhoard Sift. long. Ballast said to be " 

 to hounds, (lift, fiiu.; masthead Oft. 

 .leek to hounds. .V.ii't. Gin.; masthead i 

 sprit and board 22ft., cap to heel Soft. 

 i!er lift., iiuiinbooin 80ft,, gaff 33ft f. 



nr.l 7ft. 

 i. Cen- 



shonl- 



a'Jft wide. Slate 



Mai 



vide, reached from the companion through 

 maliogonv aoors. Two berths outsldo the "sofas" ...- transoms. Ma- 

 hogonyslUllug doors lead into thft owner's room, lo.vufl.. connect 4 

 with bath room, etc., forward. A narrow passage leads along cue 

 Bide of the centerboard trunk, and into tho passage open two state. 

 rooms after the usual manner, one for guests, tho other for the sail- 

 ing master. Large pantry mid galley, with tho customary accessories 

 Opposite these is the steward's room and lamp room, and forward a 

 forecastle 18ft. long. 

 EARLY BIRDS.— The great majority of the fleet is still high and 

 •ith little or no signs of soon lining afloat. A few, 



hi '-.-.- 



who appro 



oud I" 



advantage of the "glorious sailing weathei 

 weeks. Unci. Mr. Hopkins. 8. O. Y. C, ' 

 like, a mirror and a« trim on deck, aim 

 most fastidious could wish. She has b 

 ports many flue runs made in weather 

 enervate. " Muriel, culler. Mr. Paul Tn 



■ past tv, 





island. Sh 



id has take: 



Mr. Wii 

 S.C. V. 



s Keif 



lo 



ho 



oks win 



met-. M 



a si 

 • S 



awar 



ii fine 



, S. (.' 



litilosfi 

 V. C., U 



al 

 1) 



id 



sluppc 

 iy last. 



mi 

 Mia 

 I he 



i it 



us be 



in, A 



e by o 



orele 

 V. C. 

 r last 

 ee lh< 



iving r. 

 has als, 

 Veok, oi 



(V'etni 



ed, yet the majority are waiting tid V 



only to looso a fortnight's sport, all for the fault of takin 

 forelock. 



WHY NOT.— We hoar of several i.-entlemen owning • 

 not over 3'lft. who propose living on their eraft t 1 -: 

 This is an excellent plan which we hope to m-r more 

 lowed. Health, partly constitution, bright mind and a g 

 rection are the natural consequences of leaving ashore i 

 business cares evejw evening the lustanl you step aboaj 

 be she ever so small, the iuvigorttiinc etfeets or pure 

 nights, exercise anil refreshing variety for the mind are t 

 same in the tiny two-tonner as aboard the "palatial" SC) 



are none to give "hack sass," and 

 Live aboard your boats and beeoin 



p.-.t 





XARKAGANSETT YACHT CLTJB.-Ui 

 Governor Lippltt. of Rhode Lsland.anew 

 with Xewport a« its station. A charter hat 

 Colore adopted as follows: Club burg< 



d parcel 



■lor the 

 yacht , 



of e.v- 

 ,-aniznm- 



eeenti 



Colors adopted as follows: Club burgee, pointed, width equal, ■■.-. .- 

 thirds the length, blue field with red anchor in center, Commodore 

 swallow-mil. same color and device. Vlce-comSttpdorc, rod field with 

 tearaonunodore, white Held with blue anchor, 



NEW BEDFORD 



3.— The s^eretarv 

 at in the eml., a) 

 i boats in the duh 

 t;d upon its rapli 





Well built, v. el' furnish, 

 bo bought abroad Cor hi 



MADGE.— Tho Secretary of the Treasury has decided, m 

 ton cutter must pay duty as imported wood munufticturers if sho 



11 i po3sibl • fh t : a ■■ ■■ ■ ■ r-dl pay the rlul 

 •;■ r to the ■■ ^ i..rk "i . c. Bu 

 ■ eheap wholes... ■. 



maud for cutters 

 ery long. 



* not. lot such* craft lay 



for sale one.- In fch< •• 

 . Two days hitertbi) 



■II quicker through 

 rial, and thai I he de- 

 •oiunl looking for an i 



ANOTHER- —Schooner Albatross, Vice-Commodore Humphrejta 

 S. O. Y. C. is to /Hive her main boom shortoned, and gaff lengthened 

 coretopimist has bkew is- been cut down, the truck sbowln 



he water than the main, English fashion, and a most seo- 



ViVlD.-Thi 



b has be^ 

 -This s 



LEATIIEA 

 Boston, audi 

 akeel in plaeeolee, ,:..!..,... 



VISTON. This large. BlOOJ 

 due.ed Bft.; and gaff lengthe.i 



" M. W W Tonip- 

 , li ugtbe . 

 ngbeeii set up 



Mr T Parker, of 

 f Salem, receiving 

 he limes. 



ainsftil. Hoist re- 



A STORY OF THE COACHING DAYS. 



THE .sketch of "Two Cold Days at the Club Hoiise," in 

 a late number, widra the writer deaoribee i li<- d 

 the parties, reminfls nn- of onepf my youthful adVerrture. 1 

 tliink it wns in January, 1824, ™tt I crossed Ihe Brittsli 

 Channel in one of tho then government Bteam packets 10 

 Weymouth. Arriving too late for the Londorj coach, eigra 

 of us agreed to take that to ^'vrthamptdn, whicb would gW| 

 us tho chance of reaching London early the following 'uerti- 

 in.tr by mail or oighl coaoh, This would bo in tier than 

 remaining al Weymouth waiting for the next roach, which 

 ran only tri-weokly. 



When we mustered at tho coach ollioe a more molly groupi 

 I have rarelj seen. Russian wiuter coots mid caps, Spanish: 

 cloaks, Italian capotes and hoods, long, red .-ashes, etc., etc., 

 till combined, reminded me of a band of Italian brigands, 



lncendiavv fin- had been jccvaleiii for gome time in the 

 county of Dorset, one half of which we had to cross, and 

 Mich was the excitement, by the burning of so many firm 

 houses, corn and hay ricks', etc., that all trampg and sus- 

 picious persons were sure to be brought before a magistrate. 

 Several coaches having la-en robbed, ivo all agreed that we 

 were a suspicious lookintrsel, and v.-ln-n [mentioned brigands., 

 mv fellow travelers dubbed me chief. Occupyiug the box 

 se.ii [ was; as a malt! r of coarse, the most' conspicuous. 

 After tho first stage we passed, ihe smoking utius of a teem 

 house, and I perceived that tue people coffeeted there eyed 

 us very suspiciously, there remarks leading me to think we 

 might be stopped at the first, village. 1 expressed my fear? 

 to my friend, the coachman, who stated thai, he did uot like 

 to mention it, but. he felt certain we should be stopped at Ihe 

 nest village, Wariiutm, 1 believe. Our prospects were rallu-r 

 gloomy. TO be surrounded by a mob of stalwart son* of toil, 

 dragged before a magistrate, perhaps roughly bandied, and 

 be baulked in our plan of starting for London that, evening, 

 might be a v.'i-v interesting adventure for romantic yonih'v, 

 but did not suit my practical ideas, i therefore sel m] raiti 

 lo wnrk to devise some scheme try 'which to cheokmate the. 

 Dorsetshire rusticg, "I have it:" I exclaimed, "lis 

 sir!" said the coachman, "A door of esoapsfrom our diffi- 

 eulty. i lace not London dcteetiv-s been senl down to nv 

 and discover the incendiaries'''' "(JertAinly, sir. I broughfl 

 two along this road on .Monday." "GbodJ a..w, if we are 

 I'leiy to be molested, please 't.-ll the rustics we arc picked ' 

 men from Scotland Vara sent down in disguise." Scotlana 

 Yard is ihe police itcadrpiartcrs in London. "Oapitalj 

 rjuoth tlte diiver. "That is really a good idea, um\ 1 have 

 no doubt it will enable us to get through without any diffi- 

 culty." 



At that period Ihe stage coach was. the universal travelers' 

 mode of conveyance throughout the United Kingdom. The 

 guard, who wag a necessary appendage of the four-bor.se 

 coach, always blew his horn as you approached any t0W« 

 village or stage where a change of horses took place, and the 

 well-known sound duringtheday always brought all idlers 

 to the wind. nvs and doors, and q few always asseml.led 

 around the coach ofiicc, more especially at this period, when 

 all were anxious lo learn the news whether any trtore far™ 

 or stacks had been burnt, any incendiaries captured, etc. 

 Accordingly, as we entered the village, all eyes v,,iv turngj 

 toward tin! coach, many men anil hoys running after us, • 

 that when we pulled un'at the office a good crowd was od 

 looted oud the queer apnearanceof our petty was being iieeiy 

 discussed, 1 overheard the following colloquy between D 

 litic old Bpocunen of a John Hull and our driver. "I saa 

 mister, what he them cpieer looking chaps vott're brlnglM 

 along?'.' "Tut, man," said the knight of the whip, "litem's 

 some picked London policemen seal down to ferret out i.heni 

 rascals what^a destroying the country!" "Whie. paon,"ea| 

 claimed John, "but that's grand! 'Blow me tight, boyffl 

 (turning to the crowd) if them's not, wide awake gciitnian, 

 then 1 in v.r seed any!" 



Friend coachman hurried up, and i can assure the readoj 

 1 was delighted to hand him the reins and sec the coat b wi H 

 started. Piubii- Vir.f.K'i'. 



Baron 8 1, lflBS. 



[TTTE&ES'TOTfJ Intem.ICENCE.— Young Vv'olfe, the X'-w 



Jersey lover, whose passion for MisBJacohus wasof such au 

 ardent nature thai he fired a charge of buck shot into her. is 

 now languishing in the Paterson jail. It is reported thai the 

 pending civil suit agamst Wolfe will probably be withdrawal 

 inasmuch as the couple are likely to marry, 'if they do. we 

 Hiss Jacohiis, before the marriage, to make her lovnj 

 sign a total abstinence pledge against the use of buck shot iu 

 any form. 



Cmpton, a village near Cincinnati, 0.,"bonstaa big cn.w 



roost, where thousands of birds congregate nightly, 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 

 We hoxkkd, the other dar, '" the window of v, s. Harria'fi 



slor,-, :it. 117 Ih-oailivay. a iiiiuuuioch leather collar, and on ioi[ou y 

 learned that it »■«< mode for She celebrated elephant Juml 

 Medford Fancy fioods Co., Stl Duane street. It was 

 EorJtuabo to wear it, a6 his head is smaller than his n..cl;, indit. 

 would therefore slip off and annoy him. To (rive some idea of tM 



:.-eof this e,,ll,u- we will slide that it is nine feel. I.. 



one foot wide, and required three sides of leather in its man 



It is probably tho largest leather collar ever made and 







