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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 34. 1884. 



"YACHT AND BOAT SAILING." 



WE have received from Mr. Dixon Kemp the fourth edition of his 

 popular and comprehensive work. "Yacht and Boat Sailing." 

 Excellent as the third edition was. this new issue is a vast improve- 

 ment even upon its predecessors. Not only has the book been mate- 

 rially enlarged, but the chapters added are of such an interesting 

 nature that we reserve a more complete review till next week. It is 

 enough at present to say that new topics have been introduced re- 

 lating notably to small yachts and to steam yachting, while the 

 branch of canoeing has likewise been more fully covered. Especially 

 commendable are the numerous examples of the latest English prac- 

 tice in the designing of small craft from three to ten tons, and accom- 

 modation plans of steamers of various sizes. The book is not only 

 of value to amateurs, but ought to be in the hands of all our builder's 

 and prjfessional people, who can study its teeming pages with ad- 

 vantage to their interests. The book is excellent proof of the wide 

 range of experiment and diversity with w r hich English yachtsmen 

 and constructors have made themselves familiar during recent years. 

 There is scarcely a conceivable type of boat from one extreme 'to the 

 other, keel or centerboard, which has not a fitting representation in 

 this volume, which will be hailed by all hands as a prize precious 

 to every yachting interest under the' sun. Published by Horace Cox, 

 Field office, London. Price in England, 85. To be ordered through 

 newsdealers or news agents in this country. 



SOME CORINTHIAN RULES.— The Cheshire Y. C. of England, 

 has a rule prohibiting lead ballast to restrict the cost of small yachts. 

 Ihe club has 150 members devoted to small craft, the racing class 

 being composed of 5-tonners. Six matches are arranged for the 

 year, including a "Channel Race,'" distance 45 miles. Last year this 

 i>ig race was won by a "J^-ton yawl. That kind of thing looks like 

 real business and not like the ten-mile smooth w r ater play of our own 

 snJjll boats. Why should we not race yachts of 25 to 30ft. at sea 

 just as well as large vessels? It would be ten times the sport and 

 infinitely more instructive, useful and dignified in its results than 

 the boyish make-believe in sheltered waters. 



DETROIT NOTES.— Mr. E. B. Wendell has designed a new schooner 

 for Mr. H. C. Hart to be used on the St. Clair flats. Length over all 

 68ft., on deck 66ft. 3tn.. on waterline 53ft.. beam 20ft. 8in.. draft 2ft. 

 lOin. without board. Frame 5x7 at heel, and 5X5 at head. Keel 

 14X14, board 19ft. long, plank 2in. oak, sides tumble home 2J^in. The 

 same designer hasalso struck in a steam launch 35ft. x8ft. 6in., which 

 is now in frame. A deep boat 18ft. long, sharp ends, has been added 

 to toe Detroit fleet. She is said to be very fast. The Jennie June 

 will be lengthened and receive a 3-ton iron keel and hardwood cabin 

 13ft, long. 



LAKE Y. R. A. — A gentleman writes that it was proposed to send 

 a reply to I he contemporary we took to task last week for i's reflec- 

 tions upon the judgment ot the Association in choosing sail area 

 measurement, but that it was not deemed worth while to give that 

 publication any attention, as it is without influence around the lakes. 

 Before the Toronto meeting the subject of measurement had been 

 thoroughly canvassed, and the Seawanhaka rule was found to be the 

 fairest to all classes of boats; hence its adoption. 



AMERICAN Y. C— Has presented colors to the Arctic expedition 

 vessels, Thetis and Bear, to be given up to club upon return. The fol- 

 lowing officers of the expedition have been elected honorary mem- 

 bers: Commander W. S. Schlev, Executive Lieutenant U. Sebree 

 and Chief Engineer George W. Melville, of the Thetis; Lieutenant 

 W. H. Emory and Executive Officer T. H. Crosby, of the Bear, and 

 Commander S. W. Coffin and Executive Officer C. J. Badger, of the 

 Alert. 



BOSTON Y. C— Has 200 members, 23 schooners, 30 sloops, 9 cutters, 

 12 cats, 12 steamers, 1 yawd. One of the schooners is Steers's old sloop 

 Silvie, built in 1851, now belonging to Mr. C. C. Manbury. Silvie 

 crossed to Cowes in the fifties, but was handily beaten by the old 

 time cutters. Three cutters were added to the fleet this yaar, Sara- 

 cen, Edna and Beetle, also Mr. Bryant's semi-cutter Thetis. Club 

 owns property worth $15,000. Next meeting at club house April 30. 



THE NEW HERA- Will spread 2.000sq. ft. in lower sails. Mast, 

 53ft. Bin., topmast 30ft., mainboom 38ft., maingaff said tobe2?ft., 

 bowsprit outboard 22ft. 6in„ which is a whacking big rig on 36ft. 

 loadline, but the boat is very powerful, and needs a lot to drive her. 



SOUP ON THE TABLE.— At the last London Fisheries Exhibition, 

 some crockery for yachts was displayed, having a rubber bead round 

 the base to prevent slipping from the cabin table. This is a good 

 idea where "swing tables" are not adopted. 



SAN FRANCISCO Y. C.-Officers for the year: Commodore, C. H. 

 Harrison, yawl Frolic; Vice-Commodore, W. Letts Oliver, yawlEmer- 

 ald; Secretary, Chas. G-. Yale: Measurer, Matthew Turner, ship- 

 builder; Treasurer, F. Bangs. 



THE SAIL AREA RULE- Is steadily gaining ground abroad. The 

 Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Y. O, the Corinthian Y. C. and the 

 Junior Thames Y. C, will sail their amateur Channel matches under 

 the new rule this season. 



THE WHITE CAP.— Mr. Wesley Webber has finished a handsome 

 and lifelike oil painting of the yawl White Cap, off Hull Gut, which 

 Rear-Commodore David Hall Rice has presented to the Hull Y. C. 



SARACEN.— Mr. Fowles's little cutter has been on a trial. Looks 

 smart and sails w r ell. Lawleys are putting up two steam launches, 

 said to be for New York Herald shipping news service. 



SOUTHWARK Y. C— Officers for the year: Commodore, H. D. 

 Baizley; Vice Commodore, A. J. Fox; Rear-Commodore, J. Rutter; 

 Secretary, Francis George; Treasurer, Isaac Sharp. 



NEW CLUB.— Rockport, Cape Ann, is going to organize a new club. 

 Seems to us consolidations among small clubs would be better policy. 

 Little local enterprises never amount to much. 



MOHEGAN.— Mr. Henrv D. Burnham's new schooner was launched 

 April 19, from Palmer's yard, Noank. Dimensions in our last issue. 

 John Lyvere will skipper the new one. 



FOR EXPORT.— Higgins & Gifford, of Gloucester, have turned out 

 a batch of six deep sloops 31ft. long for the West Indies. They are 

 12ft. beam and 4L£ft. depth of hold. 



PETREL.— The lines of this cutter have been much admired by our 

 English readers, but they object to the transom stem and would" spin 

 her out into an archboard finish. 



SINGLEHANDERS IN FRANCE.— The Sport Nautique de l'Ouest 

 has included in its programme some races for amateurs in single- 

 hand yachts to be sailed in June. 



CAPSIZED.— Friday last a sailboat was picked up in the Narrows 

 bottom up. Three persons drowned: Samuel Hopkins, Stoddard 

 Hopkins and Samuel West. 



NEW CUTTER.— The 36ft. cutter built by the Law leys during win- 

 ter, has been bought by Mr. E. M. Tylor, Boston Y. C. and Hull Y. C. 



NEW CUTTER.— The owner of the Hattie G.. of Gloucester, is re- 

 ported as intending to build a eutter, having sold his former boat. 



THE NEW IDEA.— Sloop Vidette will rip out board and change to 

 keel, with 600-pound iron shoe. She is 20ft. long. 



IRON KEEL.— Miller, of City Point, has got out a keel sloop 26ft. 

 81n. long, with l,0001bs. of iron on keel. 



WANTED.— Address of Michael Horton, who is buiUing a 35ft. cut- 

 ter at East Boston. 



NEW CUTTER.— Mr. A. P. Thayer, Hull Y. C, is building a 21ft. 

 cutter in Boston. 



sanoemg. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signals, etc., of 

 their club«. and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 reports of the same. Canoeists and all interested m canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local waters, 

 drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating 

 to the sport. - 



FIXTURES. 



May 30 and 81.— Spring Meet at Newburg. 



May 30 and 81. -Spring Meet on Connecticut River. 



A NEW CANOE SAIL. 



A SAIL has long been in demand which combines the short boom 

 and reefing possibilities of the balance, lug with the simplicity 

 and short mast of the Lord Ross lateen. On any sail that could be 



Fig. A.— "Mohican" Sail. 



Fig. B.— Single Reef. 



spais toggled together of the Ross lateen, are used with the addition 

 nor IZ fiL^ e eiul o°l boom - Tn e sail is set in the usual lateen man- 

 ?urh f™,? f &v u?^^mes virtually a high mast, and is treated as 

 the ,™ ™7tf y g - h - bambo ° battens are put in the sail to increase 

 and from tw ™-^'V S attached to the spar, B, as far up as the ring, 

 bvhSrrtfi 5-Th t0 a ba t ten <<*>* and tbis batten ts attached to B 

 tI "i n?h,t ». pa , SS , eS through block to foot and back to hand, 

 u^al mZ? of tens. * haU,ard (6) ° r taken off mast ' A ' iu tbe 

 The first reef is taken by letting go halliard and pulling in reef line 



Sftil?^ 911 °f - tbe , ? ther > uatil bat?en touches loom 

 The Dot b reefing gear is used m this instance, ari i ably 



fhe second reef is taken by unshipping boom C from mas A and 

 hooking it again to A by the jaw. Batten No. 2 drops to No 4 and 

 the slack is taken up by reef line, as shown, and the sail becomes an 

 ordinary lateen Tne halliard and reef line may be made fast on 

 boom, and should be so when sail is stowed away 



I claim that this sail can be unshipped and stowed exactly as the 

 lateen, and with the same advantages. We always stow our 'sails on 

 deck, made fast to side of coaming: that it has the reefing advan- 

 tages of the balance lug, the short boom, and the heighth to catch 

 light winds, with none of the disadvantages as to many ropes and 

 high masts. v 



A is the jaw; B, the spar or topmast; C, the boom; E, block for 

 reef line; b . block for halliard: G. hook for second reef. 



Fig B shows sail with one reef and Fig. C with two. First reef 

 can be taken in before the wind; second reef cannot, unless first 

 reef is repeated with a parallel batteu. 



In case leg o' mutton form of sail is used the area is much reduced. 

 but all butKo. 4 batten may be omitted, and the sail made fast to 

 spar B by rings, and hoisted and lowered as in ordinary leg o' mut- 

 ton sails. It has been tried both ways successfully. 



'Robert Shaw Oliver, A, C. A. 



THE LOG BOOK. 



Fig. C— DoublIP Reef. 



devised to lower or reef when the boom is out of reach of the hand, 

 there must be, as a minimum, at least a halliard and reefing line to 

 hand. Granting this point, I believe that the "Mohican" sail, sub- 

 mitted herewith, "(ills the bill." 

 Fig. A represents the sail set. The short mast with pin, and the 



VII. -THE EAST COAST OF FLORID A. -CRUISE OF THE ALLI- 

 GATOR. 



ON Feb. 5, 1884, three of us, my wife, who is an honorary member 

 of the A. C. A., and myself, in the sneakbox Alligator, and Mr. 

 Hugh Willoughby, A. C. A., in the caDoe Windward, left St. Augus- 

 tine for a cruise down the eastern coast of Florida. 



We had prepared for an early start, but as our course was due 

 south, and asa strong wind with heavy sea came directly from that 

 quarter all day, we delayed our departure until afternoon, hoping 

 for a change of wind or a lull. As neither came, we finally decided 

 to make a start, and at least establish a camp somewhere beyond the 

 city limits. After four hours of hard work with oars and paddle we 

 reached a point on Anastasia Tsland about fire miles from the city, 

 where we established Camp No. 1. There was no fresh water at this 

 camp, but we had brougnt plenty with us, and no wood for a fire; 

 hut with our alcohol lamps we soon had supper prepared, and were 

 comfortably fixed for the night. 



On the second day a beam wind led us to hope for a good run, but 

 our hopes were dashed by the centerboard of the Alligator which, 

 swollen by water, refused to move into its box. and it as well as our 

 hopes were frequently dashed in emphatic language. After making 

 a few miles under oars, with the Windward sailing ahead and wait- 

 ing by turns, we landed, unloaded the "box," turned her bottom side 

 up, and spent three hours in planing the centerboard down with an 

 axe. 



Finally got under way again late in the evening and ran until after 

 dark among marshes that afforded no camping ground, until uecame 

 to a bit of low beach raised but a few inches above the water on which 

 we landed and made ourselves as comfortable as circumstances per- 

 mitted. 



The water was so shoal here and the flats so extended that an hour 

 after we landed the falling tide had left us nearly half a mile inland. 

 Our only chance of escape was to take advantage of the next high 

 tide, which necessitated our s.arting before daylight in a dense cold 

 fog next morning. 



Soon after sunrise we landed on a wooded point, dried our tents 

 and blankets and cooked breakfast, but were forced to make a 

 hm-ried departure by the rapidly receding tide which threatened 

 to leave us high and dry. At noon we passed the old Spanish ruins of 

 Fort Matanzas and the Matanzas Inlet from the ocean, out on the bar 

 of which we could see the great rollers combing in an unbroken line 

 of foam. We made a pleasant camp that night in a grove of cedars 

 near plenty of wood and water. 



The following morning we entered the canal that is being cut to 

 connect the Matanzas and Halifax rivers, and thus establish unbroken 

 water communication along the entire coast, and about noon reached 

 the dredge at the head of the cut. Here a carry of six miles con- 

 fronted us, and as but one team could be obtained, Willoughby de- 

 cided to retrace his route about five miles to another point, from 

 which the carry could be made, although from there it would be 

 much longer. 



We separated, after appointing a rendezvous on the Halifax, and 

 late that evening the Alligator and her crew were deposited beside 

 "the basin" on the headwatersof Smith Creek, which flows sluggishly 

 into the Halifax. 



The following day being Sunday, we rested quietly in camp, and on 

 Monday desceuded'Smith Creek to its junction with Bulow Creek, be- 

 low which the two streams are called Halifax Creek, in reality the 

 head of Halifax River. This was where we were to have met the 

 Windward ; but instead we found enly a roll of charts ana a note from 

 Willoughby. forwarded by special messenger, which stated that he 

 had been taken ill after leaving us at the dredge, and had deemed it 

 best to return to St. Augustine. 



From here the Alligator cruised alone down the Halifax past 

 Ormond, Holly Hill and Daytona, making a three days' stay at" the 

 last named place; past Mosquito Inlet, whtre a new lighthouse is in 

 prospect of erection, into the Hillsboro River, past New Smyrna, 

 where we found letters, and through the tortuous windings amid the 

 beautiful mangrove islands of the Hillsboro into Mosquito Lagoon 

 to Oak Hill. Ihis is a sportsman's paradise, and here i- the Atlantic 

 House, ihe best kept and most popular sportsman's hotel in the State. 



From Oak Hill a run of twelve miles before a brisk norther took 

 us to the "Hau lover," which is really a narrow and shallow canal 

 about 300 yards long, connecting the waters of Mosquito Lagoon and 

 the Indian River. A mile from the Indian Kiver end of the Haul- 

 over is the Dummit orange grove, the most famous grove in Florida, 

 and here we lingered so long picking, eating and rilling every vacant . 

 space in our boat with the delicious fruit that it wanted but an hour 

 of sundown before we started on the ten-mile run to Titusville, on 

 the western bank of Indian River, which was our objective point for 

 that night. The river at this point is between seven and eight miles 

 wide, and is known as the Bay of Biscay. 



The long-continued northers had raised a tremendous sea in the 

 bay and the heavily-laden Alligator had all she could do to hold her 

 own' amid the angry waters, although two reefs left but a small 

 show of sail. Sunset found us still far from land, and the darkness 

 which almost immediately followed, rendered the situation extremely 

 unpleasant, not to say dangerous. After an hour of the most anxious 

 we reached the coast, and whirling around Sand Point, amid 

 a smother of white water on its long bar, reached the comparatively 

 quiet water beyond, and were soon comfortably housed in the Titus- 

 ,*i Ik- Hotel. ■ , , ,_ 



For the next hundred and fifty miles we had a delightful run down 



the broad expanse of Indian River, taking advantage of favorable 



and camping, sometimes for days at a time, and exploring the 



tiom uutil'at length the first of March, 'found us camped : 

 Lisht, at the extreme southern end ot the Indian River. 



We were now in the land of cocoanuts, bananas and pineapples, 

 where the mangrove attains tree-like proportions. Here perpetual 

 summer reigns and only the sensitive convolvuli showed trails of the 

 slight frost that had been felt twice during the winter. At this point 

 we were fired with the ambition to go still f .-.rther south and pene- 

 trate the beautiful but little known region of Lake Worth. 



From Jupiter two routes lay open to us, the outside via Jupiter 

 Inlet through the breakers, and down the coast ten miles to Lake 

 Worth Inlet, and the inside, through a series of the most bewildering 

 creeks penetrating the vast saw grass swamps that lie between the 

 coast and Lake Okeechobee. With a breeze from the west or north- 

 west the outside passage could be easily and safely made; but at this 

 season the southeast trades that blow so steadily all summer had al- 

 most set in and it seemed impossible for the wind to blow from any 

 other direction. 



&notber boat containing two men was about to attempt the laby- 

 rinthine passage of the saw grass, and we decided to accompany *. 

 The distance was fifteen miles, and after three days of desperate 

 work, and two nights spent in our boats, amid the wild solitudes 

 of the saw grass, we accomplished it, and reached our goal, Lake 

 Worth, the most beautiful spo'. in Florida. 



Here the light est frost, the faiutest breath of winter, is unknown. 

 Here the India rubber tree grows in stately luxuriance, cocoa nuts, 

 pineapples, guavas, sapodillas, mangoes, and an infinity of tropical 

 fruits, are amotig the ordinary products of the soil. The surrounding 

 forests abound in game, the lake teems with the finest fish, among 

 which the toothsome pompano is pre-eminent, and the ocean beach 



