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are fitted and riveted fast, and sometimes bilge keels, which 

 are strips of hard oak fin. square and about 4ft. long, are 

 screwed to the bottom about over the second lap, protecting 

 the boat iu hauling up. 



The outside of the boat and the inside of well has now a 

 coat of raw linseed oil, and the inside of the compartments, 

 the bottom, under the floor, and the deck frame, is painted 

 with white lead and oil, sufficient black being added to make 

 a lead color. Now, the bulkheads should be tested, to do 

 which the boat is securely blocked up a short distance above 

 the floor, and each bulkhead in turn tilled with water, the 

 leaks, if any, being carefully noted and marked. After the 

 ends are tested, the water may be bailed into the middle of 

 the boat, and the leaks there marked also. When these have 

 been made tight, the decks may be laid, the pieces being 

 first fitted, and then the under side of them being painted, 

 and the edges of the gunwales, ridge pieces and bulkheads 

 being also covered with thick paint or varnish. While this 

 is fresh the pieces of deck are laid in place and fastened with 

 fin. No. 5 brass screws, placed 3in. apart, along the gun- 

 wales, ridge pieces, deck beams, bulkheads and side pieces 

 oi the well. In all the older canoes the screw heads were 

 countersunk and puttied over, but it is customary now only 

 to screw them flush with the wood, allowing the head to 

 show. If puttied over it is difficult to remove them, and 

 the decks will be more or less defaced in clearing out the 

 hard putty in order to do so. 



After the deck is on, enough quarter- round heading of 

 mahogany must be got out to go around the well, and also 

 some half-round, to cover the seam down the center of the 

 deck. These are nailed with half-inch brass or copper nails. 

 The decks are next oiled, the mast plates, cleats, screw-eyes, 

 and other fittings screwed fast, the rudder, hatches, etc. 

 completed, and all the outside of hull and inside of the well 

 is varnished with some variety of wood filler, of which there 

 are several in the market. This first coat is merely to fill the 

 grain of the wood, and has no polish of its own. After it is 

 thoroughly dry, a coat of spar composition should be given, 

 and allowed full time to dry before using the boat. 



REFERENCES TO DRAWING. 



i, shifting bulkhead. s, hatch. 



k, forward bulkhead. ti, ridge pieces. 



I, partner beam. it, floor boards. 



vi, mainmast. a, sides of well. 



n, mizzenmast. .r, deck beams. 



p, coaming. y, knees. 



q, chock. a, floor ledges. 



rr, frame of well. 



a, stem. 



b, keel. 



c, sternpost. 



d, chock. 



e, mainmast step. 

 ", mizzenmast step. 



, after bulkhead. 



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THE LAKE GEORGE C. C. 



''pHE third annual meeting of the Lake Geore C. C. convened at the 

 -L residence of Mr. S. R. Stoddard, 22 Elm street, Glens Falls, N. 

 Y., on the evening of Feb. 21, to elect officers for the ensuing year. 

 Dr. Charles A. Neide was re-elected captain of the club, Mr. James 

 Knight was chosen mate, and Mr. F. F. Pruyn was elected purser, 

 which last office covers the duties of a secretary and treasurer. The 

 members of the club, who must be active canoeists and canoe owners, 

 are known as skippers, this being the American title for the com- 

 mander of a fore-and-aft schooner or coasting vessel. Messrs. W. F. 

 Hanger and Charles Obienis were elected members of the club. 



Dr. Neide spoke of his desire to encourage local camps of canoeists 

 throughout the country, as many A. C. A. members cannot attend the 

 annual Association meetings. These local meets w r ould do much to 

 encourage local canoeing; and as there were some old members of 

 the A. O. A, and many new ones, who desired to visit the birthplace 

 of the A. C. A , Lake George, he proposed that a committee, consist- 

 ing of Messrs. E. W. West James Knight aud W. F. Ranger, be ap- 

 pointed to arrange for a local meet of canoeists, at the Canoe Islands, 

 Lake George, to take place after that of the Newburgh-on-the-Hud- 

 sou and before the A. C. A. gathering on the river St. Lawrence in 

 August, 1884. 



The above named gentlemen were appointed to draw up a call to 

 be issued, inviting canoeists to camp upon Lorna Island, Lake George. 

 Skipper N. H. Bishop, in the name of the owners of the Canoe Islands 

 (Messrs. Longworth and Wulsin, of the Cincinnati C. C, and N. H. 

 Bishop, of the L. G. C. C.) offered the free use, under sanitary con- 

 ditions, of Lorna Island for the local meet. 



It was understood that the above meet w T as for the purpose of 

 strengthening the ties of brotherhood among cruising canoeists, and 

 also for the encouragement of independent camping. At the late 

 Canadian canoe meet the Lake George Canoe Club was credited with 

 being the only party of canoeists present which did its own cooking 

 and catering! The* local meet to take place at Lake George is in 

 tended to make canoeists independent of hotels, restaurants and 

 other inappropriate aids to successful canoeing. 



It is hoped that all cruisers who gather at our "Sacred Lake""next 

 summer will exert themselves to come as independent cruisers with 

 means at hand to cruise and live as far as possible by their own ex- 

 ertions. There will be no hotel racing at the lake the coming sum- 

 mer under the auspices of any canoe organization. Canoeists, how- 

 ever, can act independently and individually in this matter, accord- 

 ing to their own wishes after the local meet at the Canoe Islands 

 has ended. 



The committee may be addressed at Glens Falls, Warren county, 

 N. Y. Its chairman will soon issue, through the usual organs, all in- 

 formation that may be needed by those who expect to aid us in put- 

 ting canoe-cruising upon a substantial and independent basis. Parties 

 who are not canoeists, but desire to join the brotherhood, are invited 

 to come. 



When not canoe owners, but owners of cruising boats, they will be 

 received as brothers of the cruising fraternity, and will be invited to 

 connect themselves with the meet. McGreggor, Baden, Powell, and 

 other English canoeists, were boatmen or yachtsmen; and from this 

 large class of experienced watermen we hope to fill our A. C. A. regis- 

 ter, which now numbers about COO members. Three thousand canoes 

 have been sold by the American builders to Americans. The A. C. A. 

 membership should increase to 1.000 during the next yaar. Let each 

 canoeist contribute his mite to attain this object. To do so, help the 

 local meets and increase the local clubs. 



After the members of the Lake George C. C. had completed the 

 business of the meeting, the newly re-elected captain ordered the 

 members present to cook a supper for those in attendance. It was a 

 most encouraging sight to see five cooks at one time around the si ove 

 in Mr. Stoddard's kitchen, working industriouslv, without confusion, 

 in preparing their individual dishes. As one setof cooks retired from 

 the large stove, other took their places, in an hour's time the meal 

 was upon the long dining-room table, and the club sat down to feast 

 upon their own cooking without fear of injury to stomach or temper. 

 Ail this good menu was the result of a determination on the pari of 

 the members to fit themselves for the duties of cruising canoeists; 

 and it is expected that every gentleman who hereafter connects him- 

 self with the club will learn to cook. 



Cannot an educated man learn to accomplish what an ignorant 

 Irish girl can do? Lorna. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION DUES. 



DR. NEIDE writes that he will have to drop many names from the 

 roll before the publication of the Association book, which will 

 be ready next month. Most of these men are active canoeists, and 

 men to whom a dollar is no'great sum, but who neglect year by year to . 

 pay their dues. W r hile they will be a loss in one sense'to the Associa- 

 tion, some means must be taken to put an end to the evil. 



Canoeists, even at such a distance that they cannot attend the 

 meets, should take a pride in the Association, and not only join it, 

 but use every effort to extend its influence in their immediate locali- 

 ties. There is no limit to the valuable work within the scope of the 

 Association in the way of collecting information concerning our vast 

 water courses, and this work must be done, not by a few officers, but 

 by the mass of American canoeists. Each man, in return for such 

 information as he can collect with little time and trouble, has at his 

 disposal accurate data concerning almost any waters he may desire 

 to cruise on, and in addition, if a member of A.C.A., he may obtain 

 the addresses of fellow members ready to aid him on his cruise. 



Since the executive meeting in October, nearly thirty members 

 ban e joined, and there is every prospect of a large increase of mem- 

 bership as soon as the season opens. 



Not only shoidd the officers of a canoe club, above all others.be 

 members, but it devolves on them to secure as many from their club 

 as possible. The expense is but nominal, and nothing more is needed 

 to become a member than to send $2.00 to Dr. C. A. Neide. Scliuyler- 

 ville. N. Y., $1.00 for initiation fees and $1.00 for dues for current 

 year, the further expense being but $1.00 per year, no assessments 

 being allowed. 



