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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 7, 1884. 



We now began to 

 spent a good part of the 

 ied up to neglect to bring 

 • on the Illinois, but we 

 id been mistaken. J?or 

 the Mississippi, and the 

 plentiful as blackbirds, 



sorted out about 10:3:) with the expectation of reaching the city by 

 IS o'clock at the furthest. 



However, as we approachnd the city, it seemed to recede, and in- 

 stead of finding it on tin- Mississippi as we supposed.we were surprised 

 to find on arriving at tie moiitri of the Ohio that a two-mile pull 

 against the current of that stream was necessary before teaching 

 the town. The Mississippi was rising and set hack rata the Ohio, 

 so our row was not as hard as it tnlght haw 'nam. About, 4 o clock, 

 just as we had finished stocking up with provisions, we werefav 

 ored with our customary rain storm, and things soon began to as- 

 sume a decidedly moist appearance. 



For some time we were uudecided whether to "sit it out" all night 

 on the wharf boat under a sort of projecting roof, or make for a 

 camp. We finally determined to row down to the month of the Ohio, 

 where we had seen a .-traaidod barge, and see if nc could Bad Shelter 

 in her- On reaching the bar. we commenced to unload our truck 

 after having pitched the tent, and were soon visited bv a man who 

 told us he lived iu f lie shanty on the barge, and invited us to come up 

 and get dry by his stove. We aeeep ed the invitation, and proposed 

 that, lie join us iu our repast which I proceeded to prepare. He joined 

 us, or perhaps T should say we joined him, for the way he did stow 

 grub was a caution, Meat, potatoes, bread, coffee, ail disappeared 

 with lightning rabidity, * , , . „ , 



After eating until the visible supply was exhausted, he informed 

 us that it was the besi sniper he dad eaten for months, and I was 

 almost inclined to think the only one. lie then went on to tell ns 

 about his affairs— how he had been laid up with fever and ague all 

 the summer, and was just beginning to be around— and got us so 

 much interested thai we resolved to fill him up tight in the morning, 

 and I guess we did, but there was a very percept dale hole made in 

 our supplies. We left him and his barge thai morning about II o'clock 

 with a stiff northwest wind, and had good sailing all day. We passed 

 a place in the river near Wolf Island, below Columbus. Ky., where 

 the river rims like a mill race. 



1' was by ail odds the wildest water in the whole length of the river. 

 The eddies became veritable whirlpools, strong enough to have ren- 

 dered sailing in a head wind quite dang 

 meet any quantity of ducks and geese, ana 

 time anathematizing the hard luck tiiatc tit 

 guns. We thought we hud seen some gam 

 quickly came to" the conclusion that we h 

 eve y duck on the Illinois we saw fifty on 

 gees'e of course were extra. Ducks were as . 



ami the ge< se went in docks of from teu to one hundred. On one «■ 

 easion I saw a bar fairly covered wilh them, and think that there must 

 have been fully one thousand. This may seem an exaggeration, but 

 when the fact, 'is considered that the bar was about two miles long, 

 and that the geese were stretched out in line over its full length like 

 a regiment in review, I don't think my figures will look so largo. The 

 birds were very wary, however, au | could be bagged with nothing 

 but a rifle. , . . , 



We got in revolver range several times, but the unsteadiness of the 

 boat destroyed our chances. A man with a good rifle going down 

 the rive i- as we did could not only have lots of sport but could also 

 pay lis expenses, as each wild goose brought to a landing is worth 

 from $1 to Si. 30. and I think we could have got ten a day at least. 

 The landing stores are filled witii canned goods of all sorts, so that 

 the geese would act t he part of a well-filled. purse. This would not 

 be pot-hunting. I think, and SO could not be objected to as being un- 



We reached Memphis Nov. 3. fho distance from Cairo being 250 

 miles in round numbers. We were laid up about three days by rain 

 aud head winds on the way. but made a fair average notwithstand- 

 ing. The river between Cairo au<:l Memphis has a great many 

 "chutes." which may be described as one of the passages around an 

 island, and so called to distinguish it from the other passage called 

 the channel, I believe that by taking the chutes between Cairo and 

 M'-mpbis ve saved about twenty-five miles, and even more between 

 Memphis and Arkansas City. 



Below Arkansas City, which is ab»ut 330 miles above \ leksburg, 

 there are few short cuts, although line river is full of bends. It is 

 very encouraging, 1 assure you, to come upon a stretch of ten or fif- 

 teen miles and 'then see away off to the right, abreast of you, the 

 smoke of some steataer and realize the painful fact that you will 

 have to go twenty or twenty-five miles by river when a straight line 

 would probably bring yon to the same point in about eight. 



The current, however, is always on hand, and one is not very long 

 making i wr-utv-Jive miles. 1 think the average current was about 

 four miles an hour, and this, together with a pair of oars, would send 

 n- alum" aboui seven or eight miles au hour steadily. At first we 

 Were disposed to take short, cuts, hugging the points, skirting the 

 bars etc instead of taking the full curve: but we soon learned that 

 too longest way round was in fact the shorest; for the swiftest cur- 

 Cakes the longest sweep, and more than makes up for the dis- 

 tance gained in the "cut," The "chutes'' for this reason are to be 

 avoided below Arkansas City, but above the current is about as 

 Stt 6ng in the "chute" as in the channel. In going around Island 35, 

 which is just below Randolph. Tenn., we had a smashing breeze over 

 the starboard quarto: and took the "chute," which saved four miles. 

 The current ran like a mill-race full six miles au hour, and this 

 together with the wind, sent us along faster than I had ever gone 

 before in a, small boat. We just "buzzed" by the snags, and I estimate 

 ou>' speed to have been nc b less than twelve miles au hour. 



J. W. Kkogb\ 



THE WINTER CAMP-FIRE. 



ated by the other hand. A number of very fine pictures taken with 

 this camera by an amateur were shown with it. 



Mr. Barnard exhibited a small but very compact camera mounted 

 on a tripod Called the "Reporter's Camera." as web as some views 

 taken with it, after which Mr. Seavey explained the process of de- 

 veloping the plate, illustrating his remarks by developing two 5x8 

 plates exposed during the day. The subject for the next meeting, on 

 Feb. 1!), at the same place, is "Tents and Camp Outfits." The meet- 

 ing adjourned at 10:30 P. M. 



PITTSBURGH CANOE CLUB. 



Editor Forest and. Stream: 



The first social mee'ing of ihe P. C, C. for 1884— a dinner given 

 by our newly married Lieutenant ou the fffh- was promptly followed 

 up, and eight members- all who are now in the city —gathered around 

 the festive board of the commander of the Lotos •-- lower at au early 

 hour on the evening of the 35th. The good things thereon were, only 

 equaled by the teas t of reason and flow, etc., and, starting with many 

 a reminiscence of the ever memorable progress down the Allegheny 

 last season of "eight canoes and a grub boat." the conversation 

 quickly pread to all things pertaining to our noble pastime. 



At length, the table being cleared, and eight pairs of legs extended 

 thereunder with great sense of personal comfort to their owners, 

 amid the fast thickening but wholly peaceful smoke, tne idea was 

 advanced that our "camp-fire" must surely be as pleasant as any 

 held this winteCin your city of New York. " a amp-tire, ' quotha! as 

 well call it an oil stove." The suggestion was received with the 

 approval It so well merited, and for all time to come the archives of 

 the P. C, C. bear record that at the second Oil Stove of January, 1884, 

 such and such important business was transacted. 



Among the quesiious discussed was that of the proposed change in 

 our burgee, already noted in Sorest and Stream, and a committee 

 was intrusted with the task of ascertaining whether a device suf- 

 ficiently like an oak leaf to be recognizable cm be produced in gold 

 upon a blue field. The proposed A. 0. A. badge was heartily ap- 

 proved, and most present seemed to prefer the A. C. A. burgee, (lie 

 colors of which cau doubtless be sufficiently represented by ye eun- 

 ninge artificer in ye preciouse metalls. 



After this the conflict raged between the advocates of veneer and 

 clinker build, all manners of steering gear held up for admiration 

 aud ruthlessly torn to pieces; and the fact developed that our small 

 assembly embraced all classes; from the admirer of "simplicity" as 

 exemplified by the. lateen to one who, not satisfied with jib, fore 

 and mainsails 'on a St. Paul, is now designing a. topsail. 



The oil stove burned brightly until the small hours, and then we 

 wended our way homeward through an atmosphere thick with hoar 

 frost. As we crossed the suspension bridge over the Allegheny we 

 looked down shudderiugly at the icy waters beneath, and. when the 

 end was reached, cleared the chunks of ice from our moustache to 

 hail the loll collector as to the state of his thermometer. The laconic 

 answer came back' "Two below." Katkina. 



THE GALLEY FIRE. 



AN IEISH STEW. 



I JUT a few splinters of wood in bottom of pot, on them place about 

 one-quarter pound pork, sliced, and about one quart of water ; 

 let it boil ten minutes, and add two parsnips, pared and sliced, boil 

 ten minutes longer, skim if necessary and season with pepper and 

 salt; then place in half a dozen potatoes and boil twenty minutes 

 longer or until the potatoes are done. This makes a hearty and 

 savory mess. Q. 



CANOE PHOTOGRAPHS.— We have received from Mr. C. M. Shedd 

 of Springfield, two very handsome photographs of the S. C. C. and 

 their fleet of canoes, the work of Mr. E. J. Lazelle. The picture is 

 token with a "revolving camera," the only one used in the United 

 States. The camera is first pointed directly across the i iver, and then 

 revolved toward the north, giving the appearance of great width to 

 the river. The results are very fine, especially when it is considered 

 that the boats were in a swift current, and the house, as well as ihe 

 raft on which the camera was placed, were both in motion. 



HARTFORD C. C— The H. C. C. have adopted as a sailing signal a 

 red crescent one inch in length for each foot of length of .canoe, with 

 a red five-pointed star next the upper comer. 



AMATEUR CANOE BUILDING.— This subject will be continued 

 next week. 



fachting* 



FOURTH MEETING. 



AMONG the inventions that have been perfected to a point of prac- 

 tical utility within the last ten years, three stand out promi- 

 nently from alTtheotheis, namely, the telephone, the electric light* 

 and dry-plate photography ■ The last of these, while perhaps the 

 least valuable to mankind in general, is of the greatest importance to 

 the traveler, the explorer, and, above all, t® tne canoeist, as while in 

 his ease it may lie carried without the least extra trouble, it is a com- 

 panion for his leisure moments, it records faithfully his cruises, and 

 enriches and verities his log book. 



The last "Wiiit -r Camp-Kire," held on Jan. 29. at y.3 East Fourteenth 

 sii-e.-t was devoted "entirely to this subject, and proved by far the 

 most interestui'-' meeting vet. held. The Kit Kat club roots was orna- 

 mented with canoe pictures of all kinds. On the walls were a large 

 number of very fine photographs by Mr. L. W. Seavey, mostly taken 

 • n canoe cruises, while on the easels were several fine oil and water- 

 color pictures of Scotch canoes and scenery, as well as large photos 

 of the Mersey and Clyde canoe clubs, loaned by Mr. King. 



Among the pictures sent in were two very uice ones, a trophy of 

 fish rods, etc., and a snow scene, bringing home a deer, by Mr. J. G. 

 Walton, of Shorbrooite. Can.; some small views taken or, cruises by 

 Mr Van Deusen. of Rondout. and two pictures sent by Mr. Shedd, of 

 the t'pringtieldc. C. The latter, taken by Mr. Lazelle, a photographer 

 uglield, are very fine pictures, and were greatly admired. 



Mr L W Seavey, an artist who uses both the canoe and camera to 

 him in his work, the painting of photographic backgrounds, in- 

 troduced the subject, comparing the work of the painter when pur- 

 doors as in summer, requiring time and more or less milky materials, 

 besides much .skill, with that of the photographer, with a compact 

 camera a id packages of plates, requiring but. little time, and giving 

 very valiiahi'e results. Touching on the discoveries of Daguerre and 

 Talbot, Mr. Seavev described briefly the old process, and then passed 

 to the modern one. first comes the question, "What to photograph 

 on a cruise." The speaker suggested first a view of the canoe, its sails, 

 Kear ",.;,. and afso the crew, then when ouce started, the camp each 

 day,Yiaiural scenery , characters, and on the return, crew and boat 

 again, making, with brief notes, a full ami accurate iecord of the. 



' AS an example of the value of photography, Mr. Seavey exhibited 

 a sketch and phonograph of the same object, one the work of an hour 

 or so, the other, more accurate in e rj be swork of .« moment. 



After describing in detail the pictures of his cruise , Mr. Seavey ex- 

 hibited aud explained the neees-ary apparatus, first, showing several 

 holders for containing the prepared plate, and keeping it perreeiiy 

 dark, also the manner of keeping a record ot exposures on each 



An 8x10 camera was tlnm shown, and the various parts explained, 

 This camera was arranged with one large leuse and two small ones 

 for stereoscopic work, on one front, either the single one or the pair 

 sliding into position at will. The drop shutter was also shown and 

 explained. Another camera, a I'earsall, like^i was arranged very 

 compactly, dispensing with an outside cavryingbox,-. Twpno 

 m this apparatus were a small roller curtain of tracing cloth to re- 

 ecive the image in focusing, instead of the ground glass commonly 

 used, and a .second bellows hinged to the back, aiso used m focusing 

 hi place of the focusing cloth. 



One of the latest novelties in cameras is the gun camera, a box for 

 ixh plates, fitted with au instantaneous shutter worked by a tneger. 

 thew .ried on a common gun stock. A sight is used on 



top of the box; still another similar instrument is known as the 

 "Detective Camera," an oblong box about -Cx Buse and 



shutter being in one end. On top is a brass handle, aud on one side 

 is a small tense and a tocusfag glass about Jm. sftuare, on which is 

 shown, to a reduced scale, the image on the mate. J he box is held in 

 one hand the position of the image on the plate adjusted by obse rv- 

 jng the iuiage thrown by the supplementary lense, aud the drop op er 



THE BOOM IN CUTTERS. 



TVTEVER before were so many cutters on the stocks at such an early 



i_\ date as this season. We have already given particulars of four 

 new cutters building by Lawley & Son, at South Boston; one by 

 Williams & Stevens, of Lowell, Mass ; two on the stocks in Driscoli's 

 yard at Greenpoint. and one-iu the shop of Stephens, on Staten 

 Island, which, with the Daisy to be imported, makes a total of nine. 

 We now add number ten, the' keel for which is to be Jatd by Poil- 

 lon, of Brooklyn. She is 51ft. loadlme, from designs by her owner, a 

 member of the Seawanhuka Corinthian Yacht Club, and will be simi- 

 lar to the Oriva. Number eleven is to be the biggest yet attempted 

 in this country, for the owner of a well-known schooner. The design 

 is now being struck in by A. Cary Smith. She is to measure 75ft. 

 loadline, with four and three-quarters to five beams. W T e also know 

 of many other cutters contemplated, and count on twenty or more of 

 the kind for next season. The readiness with which we are taking to 

 the cutter is the best proof of the growingfondnessfor real yachting 

 in contradistinction to insipid dawdling:. 



COST OF YACHTS. 



MR HARVEY states tlsat to build a large schooner he has designed 

 in America will cost fully one-third more than in England. The 

 prospective owner has determined to build in EngJaud. As the yacht 

 will cost about $«J,000, it was thought a little too high to pay $s;0,000 

 for ihe privilege of an American register. As the move for tree 

 trade in ships is now gathering force, the new schooner may after all 

 be entitled to the flag of the country by the time she appears in au 

 American port. It is even now found cheaper to buy yachts as good 

 as new abroad and pay duty than to build in our yards. This can 

 only be done' with vaci its under twenty tons which cau be imported 

 upon a nominal valuation as ''wood manufactures." The Madge was 

 assessed at $ 1 ,600 and the duty paid was $500. Her original cost with 

 outfit was under $1,500. She could not be duplicated here for less 

 than $0,000. It is likely more yachts will be imported as the number 

 of good vessels at reasonable figures to be had abroad is legion, with 

 i he advantage of all sizes, kinds and rigs to pick from. The ten-ton 

 cutter Florence, for example, with a record as a racer, can be had 

 for $2 500 or less than half the money a new yacht of the kind could 

 be built for here. She is about of the Madge's proporti « ns. The. impor- 

 tation of foreign yachts is something which has only just begun and 

 is likely to assume great proportions before long, it is well to warn 

 builders in time of what the near future will disclose, so they can 

 shape their policy accordingly. 



Orcater business tact and more enterprise are needed if the compe- 

 tition from abroad is to be staved off. An English yacut, three to 

 five years old, from the hands of a crack builder, whichhas been well 

 taken care of all the year around, is not only cheaper, but a stronger, 

 better and more stylish job than a brand new yacht from any of our 

 yards, as she is built to much more thorough specifications in the first 

 place and will outlive home built craft two years to one, to say noth- 

 ing of the outfit which comes along. There are those silly enough to 

 confound throwing dust in people's eyes with ■patriotism. ' They are 

 the worst enemies of all yachting interests in America. Unless 

 our builders wake upon all tacks, they will find their avocation slip- 

 ping from under, free Bhips or uo free ships. We know, as an illus- 

 tration, that the. cutter Daisy, only two years old. fully as good as 

 new and of vast deal better build and fittings than boats ot hersize 

 Of American origin can he imported, duty paid, for little more than 

 half the cost of a new yacht, inferior on all points, built in New York 

 or Boston W e know that she will cost afloat in these waters less than 

 the figures at which four-year old sloops were offered, with their 

 noverfv-strickeii rigs and forlorn equipment. Seven years hence 

 those sloops will he. worthless for aught but firewood, Seven years 

 hence the i Daisy, fairly well looked after, will still fetch halt the 

 money laid out.' Can any one blame her owner for his good sense in 

 looking after his interests and buying abroad when such advantages 

 are held fortH? And is it not liuely a great many will follow his ex- 



ai \vill our builders take warning while there is still time, or wall they 



can stay the influx^ for a long while to come. There is no desire on 

 our part to cry "wolf." We are posted on the drift of public opinion, 

 aud know that many have in mind purchasing abroad, because they 

 set more and better for their money. Pot bellies.- nd stuh-tail stems, 

 ffieap and hemely rigs, paint bedaubed decks aud graceless super- 

 dructurs's, clumsy scantling and stingy fastening, crude taste, offend- 

 ing want of symmetry and corelation in alt parts and bi -■■ 

 gawkiness aloft. Uncouth pose, and the provincial vapidity all over, 

 one aud all. and a great many other technical laches must give way 

 to a more discriminating and exacting taste, a higher degree of 

 intrinsic worth and superior mechanical completeness. 



SOME REM1N1SCENECES. 



A GENTLEMAN of life-long experience, in yachting writes us that 

 betakes great interest in the development of seaworthy boats, 

 % that his Hen observations lead up to conclusions identical with 

 r own. As far back as U3W, when t he Nor! hern Ligld; was built by 

 the late Col. Winchester, he made several runs m her from Boston to 

 Newport and the westward. She drew toft, of water with ballast 

 moulded as low as it could lie got She was a keel boat, and nobody 

 r asked how the weather was going to be, for she was always got 

 underway at the hour determined and took it fair or foul and ro igh 

 or smooth, as it happened to come. In 1810 he built, the Cypsy, 39ft. 

 loadline, laft. beam and oft.Sin. hold, with 7ft. draft and a keel, as all 

 good boats were built in tunes gout! by. She was ran four years 

 about the coast, gunning and fishing. When it blew she v,, 

 down, and when it came out too heavy to look to windward, she was 

 allowed to lie to. In 1845 he built the Pet. B3ft, loadline. 18ft.. beam. 

 Oft. hold and ii'aft. draft, with Batons moulded to the floors. She, 

 too. was a keel, and no one objected ou ihe score of her draft. 

 YTtchtsruen were sailors then and knew how to appreciate a good 

 boat. She was sold to Savannah pilots after a successful career as a 

 racer in all kinds of weather. She left Boston in company with a 

 ship bound the same way. aud a purse was made up for a match into 

 port. Pet captured the money, half the voyage under tw r o reefs in a 

 gale of wind. 



In Id40 he constructed and fitted the Coqtiette for Jas. D. Perkins. 

 She was 66ft, long, l:)ft. beam, and loft. Gin. draft with keel. This 

 was the memorable boat which took Ihe starch out of Stephen's big 

 smooth-water machine Maria, in a match twenty-five miles to lee- 

 ward and return off Sandy Hook. Oct. 10, 1840, in blowy weather aud 

 a jump. Time, six hours and fifty -six seconds. Maria was much the 

 larger of the two, but depth and draft were tneu as now, more tlian a 

 match for board and flat bottom. The* same gentleman now has a 

 deep catrig yacht SS^ft. Jong, which lords it over Buzzard's Bay in a 

 reefing breeze. Two things, he writes, his experience has demon- 

 strated necessary in a good boat. You must have depth with draft 

 and weight for the most satisfactory peiformance. Beam may be 

 left an open question, as it will adapt itself to the rest, or else the 

 boat wJLibe indifferent under sail when beam is carried to excess. He 

 sailed the sloop Una, a deep boat with tour beams to length. She 

 was a trump iu a nreeze and sea. In the good old days yachtsmen 

 were on the right track. All the m ore strange we should ever have 

 swerved so far from the lessons of experience, and all the more 

 reason why we should sheer broad off from the flat bottom river 

 traps, aud once more return to honest construction with the depth, 

 draft and weight a good boat ought to have. 



HOW NOW? 



easuremenfe 



IN the report of the British Y r . R. A. committee on 

 for small yachts occurs the following passage: 



"The fact cannot be overlooked that a rating by length would fail 

 entirely to class boats unless they were all of oue particular type. 

 For instance, during the past two seasons the Chittywee and Mas- 

 cotte. two yachts of three ions, built to compete under the tonnage 

 rule, sailed against the most receuf specimens of 30-footers with the 

 result that they (Chittywee and Mascottej were beaien over a seven- 

 teen mile course by about 13mm, This result was due mainly to the 

 fact that the broad SO-ft, boats are able to carry a. much larger sail 

 spread than tiie narrow 3 tonners, in consequence of i heir greater 

 weight and beam." 



That is to say, the experience gamed by sailing small, narrow 

 cutters against larger, heavier, bulkier boats' in Southampton waters 

 has plainly demonstrated that bulk on a given length, when properly 

 shaped, is an element of speedl That it cannot be fair to sad small 

 and large boats of like lejjjgth. without an allowance to the smaller 

 oue for the greater possibilities for speed possessed by the larger 

 boat. 



The committee therefore proposed to roughly measure such differ- 

 ences in size by taking the larger sail area of the larger L 

 or bigness which finds its expression in sail area iu yachts of normal 

 shape and like construction is then, according to the Y. R. A. com- 

 mittee's conclusion, really the jus! basis for allowance between boats 

 of like length. A stronger anil more obvious indorsement of the 

 equity of bulk measurement from be'ter authority could not be 

 forthcoming. The recommendation amounts to this: Y'oti are to be 

 limited for classification purposes to a certain length and pay for 

 differences of bulk on that length as expressed in the sail area. As 

 there is no especial reason whatever fur limiting a designer in the 

 choice of one dimension more, than in the remaining two. the nexL 

 step in common logic will tie to permit the free selection; of length 



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Thecommittc 

 concerning the 



length rule leads directly. .„^ - 



and rig. The greatest outlay of money and the exclusion of all mod- 

 erate forms and rigs of the same length. In place of a long boat of 

 economic il proportions, the length rule induces a shrinkage of useful 

 length and eschews economy, prohibit!! 

 all boats which are not the clumsiest, u 

 in connection with the least practically ; 



The committee's decision is a death st 

 abroad and will not. be without its ji 

 clearer understanding on this ^ide of the Atlantic 

 and evil tendencies of measuring by "simple length. 



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rippled or swept away altogether by the coming deluge of 

 onsf This is certain, "patriotism" must be hove overboard 

 Instead of blowing upon achievements in the past, the 



wait till 

 importations 



at once. Instead of bfowmg upon aomevemeuts in m.- poov, ys. 

 stem present must be.looked iu ihe face. Our yachts are J<&W 

 wanting in equipment, style and finish whatever may be thought 

 about model and method of build. People who travel arc learning to 

 appreciate the truth of all this, Once let importation obtain tull 

 sway and neither progress nor real merit of our home productions 



GIVE IT SUPPORT. 



WE publish herewith an appeal to all hands of more than ordinary 

 importance, and hope that at least the proposal to build up 

 general yachting headquarters will at once receive enough support 

 : rytaking 1 tinner steps. Whatever may be thought about the 

 prueiical.ilit v of forming a racing association for the government ot 

 clubs, th,' scheme to institute ; , !; >-eai central rendezvous with accom- 

 modations and facilities of use ami benefit to every owner and friend 

 in sympathy with yachting ougnt not to be allowed to tall through 

 for lack of encouragement to the committee having the matter m 

 - In unity there is strength, and shoit'd the New Lug^id 

 izations all contribute to tne establishment of acongresCTilv- 

 ini n able existence, the move, would be a step ahead of anything 

 yet undertaken, and would redound to the credit of the prime movers 

 and the whole of New England, as it, would likewise be of inestimable 

 benefit to the progress aud popularization of the sport. Centraliza- 

 tion and action us a united body would quickly supplant in uuences 

 only spasmodic aud local with wide-reaehing sway aud prestige in- 

 stead. It is above all else the one thing most, needed for the growth 

 and prosperity of yachting. There are a hundred peisons who might 

 aud ought to own yachts to every one actually flying his burgee aloft, 

 and nothing would contribute so much to fresh accessions to ihe fleet 

 as a common heart to reflect the pulsations of yachting life. It is to 

 the activity of Mew England and the ripe development: of its yachting 

 we look for the birth of ideas and practices in time to become the 

 standard along tne whole coast, and we hope the expectations raised 

 in' the' subjoined proposition will not be doomed to disappointment 

 Individual letb irgy or fatal delay. All hands should clap on 

 any hesitation. Aid and abet the scheme now while aid from 

 every man is needed: 



NEW ENGLAND YACHTING ASSOCIATION. 



YACHTING CONGRESS. 



Among the yachtsmen of New England, especially those residing 

 near Boston and belonging to many of the clubs, there baa long been 

 felt a desire for a greater uniformity in measurement, time allowance, 

 and all the details of yacht racing rules and regulations. 



In order to effect this, and establish a permanent congress lor the 

 consideration of these points, aud also the best method of promoting 

 their adoption, it is prop. - annually, each club appoint one 



or more delegates, who 3l I tneel as )ften as may be necessary. 



Tt is also suggested that such a congress would afford a proper au- 

 thority for the settlement of any important questions ansiug during 

 the racing season. 



YACHTING HEADQUARTERS. 



As important and desirable as the foregoing, is the establishment of 

 headquarters for all yachtsmen belonging to any recognized yacht 

 club, to be supported by its individual members . 



The advantage of such a headquarters is manifest to all yachtsmen. 

 It would afford a rendezvous for the meeting ot those heartily inter- 

 ested m yachting thereto discuss the events of interest in seasons 

 gone by, and to arrange and plan for the future The best types of 

 bull, and Ehe beat Tigs ' ! he thoroughly owe 



