[May 20, 1884. 



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THE MERLIN. 



OF the many new boats of the cutter type now building in New 

 York and the East, none is better Worthy of notice than the 

 cruiser now building in South Brooklyn from the designs of an ama- 

 teur, who has devoted some study to this class of boat." 



The main objects of her designer were safety and accommodation, 

 speed being but of secondary importance; but we shall be disap- 

 pointed if she does not make almost as good a showing in the latter 

 respect as in the former two. The boat has the wave form through- 

 out, the calculations being based on the theories of Mr. Colin Archer. 

 The radius of the construction circle (lft. 61n.) was so selected, how- 

 ever, as to make the center of gravity of the curve of areas nearly 

 coincident with the centers of buoyancy, etc. 



The frame is of white oak, keel sided and moulded 8in., stem and 

 stern sided 4in , frames all of steamed oak, 2>£x3 at heels, tapering to 

 2x 1W at heads, and spaced l2iu center to center. The bilge clamps 

 and wales are of yellow pine, the plank lin. thick, of white cedar, 

 and the ceiling of white pine. The planksheer is of white oak bent 

 on cold, and the deck of narrow white pine, laid with the side line. 

 The fastenings are all of copper, riveted over burrs. 



On deck forward is a hatch opening into the forecastle, over the 

 cabin is a eomoanion and skylight in one, and aft a cockpit 5ft. long. 

 Immediately under the cockpit is a drawer for ice, below which is a 

 water tank In the run. On descending the companion ladder there is 

 a closet to starboard, just aft of which, and partly below the cockpit, 

 is a sail locker; while on the port side there is an extra berth running 

 back beside the cockpit. A narrow door at the head of this berth, in 

 connection with the similar door of the closet opposite, serves to shut 

 off this portion of the boat from the main cabin. 



The cabin proper has two lockers, the seats of which are arranged 

 to fold out, making large berths for sleeping. On the starboard side 

 forward is a washstand and mirror, the former provided with a hinged 

 top, making a small tabie of it if required, and opposite, on the port 

 side, is a space bulkheaded off for a w. c. 



A door abreast the mast gives access to the forecastle, where a place 

 is provided for a stove and a berth for one man. The chain locker is 

 just forward of the mast, thus lessening the weight in the bows. 



T. e workmanship throughout is of the first class, and in every way 

 she is a credit to her builder. Mr. Daniel 0. Bernard, who may well be 

 proud of her. Her sails, the drawings of which we will publish next 

 week, are being made by Wilson & Griffin, of South street, and in 

 quality will be in no way inferior to the rest of the work. 

 The following are here principal dimensions: 



Length on L.W.L 35ft. 



Length over all 30ft. 4in. 



Beam extreme 7ft. 



Draft of water 5ft. 



Height of freeboard lft. llin. 



Midship section aft center of length L.W.L. . . lft. 9in. 



Area Joad water plane 59.79 sq.ft. 



Center of gravity ditto forward section 133ft. 



Area midship section 17.47 sq. ft. 



Center of buoyancy forward section 144ft. 



Center of buoyancy below L.W.L 1.468ft. 



Center lateral resistance aft center of length 



L.W.L 2ft, 



Center effort of lower sails aft center of length 



LW.L lft. 6in. 



Displacement in long tons 7.14 



Ballast inside 2W tons. 



Balla-t outside 2 tons. 



Mast, from foreside stem 10ft. 



Mast, deck to hounds ." 23ft. 



Topmast, fid to sheave 19ft. 6in, 



Boom 26ft. 



Gaff 17ft. 



Bowsprit, outboard 13ft. 



Area lower sail 730 sq. f t. 



Masthead 5ft. 



Angle of gaff with horizontal 51 deg. 



FOOD AT SEA-CHEESE VS. SALT JUNK. 



ANYonewhoisable to find a substitute for salt junk is a bene- 

 factor to our seamen, and it would appear that such a benefactor 

 has arisen in the person of Mr. W. Mattieu Williams, F.C.S., who has 

 lately been delivering the "Cantor" lectures for the year at the 

 Society of Arts to crowded audiences. The subsiitute is cheese. Not 

 cheese eaten as it is purchased, but cheese to which has been restored 

 the proper amount of the salts of pota-s necessary to convert it into 

 nutritious and digestible food. It is well known that the chief reason 

 why salt meat is unwholesome and not nutritious is that the salts of 

 potass nave been driv n out of it in the pickling. It is now known 

 that one reason why cheese is indigestible is because the salts of 

 potass originally in milk are absent fro a cheese. 



As regards the. relative nutriment in meat and cheese the Professor 

 tells us that— 



"Taking the composition of a whole skinned and prepared sheep or 

 ox as it hangs in a butcher's shop, the amount of nuti iment in it is 

 about equal to one-third of its weight of cheese. The fat is about the 

 same in both, but the difference is oue to the bones and excess of 

 water. Thus twenty pounds of cheese contain as much nutritious 

 material as a sheep of sixty pounds weight and would have the same 

 value as practical nutriment of it could be as easily digested. "Cheese 

 is the most, portable of all food, even more so than wheat, on account 

 of the greater value in a given bulk." 



Mr. Williams goes on to tell us that the common English or Ameri- 

 can cheese is the best for the purposes of food. Here, then, we have 

 in our midst the most valuable food to be obtained, and it is not used 

 simplv for the reason that o »ing to absence of salts of potass it is in- 

 digestible. Make it digestible by restoring the potass, and we have 

 food for our toiling millions on shore, and for those at sea a food 

 which will go far to not only nourish the consumer, but to make him 

 proof against scurvy as well 



Here is the recipe, and we would advise our readers who are master 

 mariners to copy it into their private logs, and those who are lands- 

 men to have a copy made for use in the kitchen. Cheese prepared as 

 below is not only good and sufficient of itself for a meal with potatoes, 

 rice, etc, but forms a most useful, digestible, and appetizing adjunct 

 to the vietvu of even a "swell" dinner. 



1. Cut the cheese into shreds, or grate it, or chop it up fine, like 

 suet. 



2. To every pound of cheese thus treated add quarter of an ounce of 

 H-carbonate of potass. [This as nearly as possible puts back into the 

 cheese the amount of potass that was taken out of it in separating 

 (by rennet) the curds in the original milk.] 



3. Put the mixture cf cheese and bi-carbonate of potass into a 

 saucepan with either three times its bulk of cold water or four times 

 its bulk of cold milk and mix well. 



4. Put the saucepan on the fire and bring the mixture slowlv to the 

 boding point, taking care to stir it all the time. 



5. Having got it to boil, keep it hot until the cheese is melted which 

 does not take long. 



6. Turn it out into a dish, and the result gives a beautiful nutritious 

 mixture which thickens like a custard in cooling. This custard may 

 be eaten with impunity even by those persons who would be ill after 

 eating a piece of cheese the size of a nut, and is peculiarly adapted 

 as food for all persons who work hard with either brain or muscle 



Fancy dishes may be made by the ship's cook in the following 

 manner for the captain's and passengers' tables, e. g.. take the mix- 

 ture of cheese and bicarbonate and water (or milk) given above, and 

 add to it two eggs, white and yolk beaten up together, for every 

 quarter of a pound of cheese in the mixture. Put into a dish or a 

 series of disnes (previously buttered) and bake rill brown. This must 

 be eaten with bread or biscuit. Another way is to make the mixture 

 a little thinner by adding a little more milk or water, and to put it in 

 a pie dish with slices of bread laid one over the other. The custard 

 should be poured in cold and left for an hour to soak before it is 

 baked. This dish is a great improvement on the ordinary bread and 

 butter pudding.— "Sea Cook" in Nautical Magazine. 



A "PLANK ON EDGE."— The term "plank on edge," first applied 

 derisively to anything whose moderate beam did not entitle her to 

 the designation of "flatiron," seems likely to become almost literallv 

 true, if we may judge from the drawing of the new three-tonner We 

 Plus Ultra, described by Mr. Dixon Kemp in a late number of the 

 London Field. The principal dimensions of this remarkable craft 

 are as follows: Length over all. 60ft.: length on L.W.L , 38 5ft : 

 beam extreme, 3ft. ; draft of water, lift. ; ballast on keel, 15 tons' 



, -- ----- — "*- "■" '«".**ftc.a ou^u u. uuat cuiuys tilt-. 



only possible under the arbitrary rule at present in vogue in England 

 and tney would at once disappear under any rule that gauges even 

 approximately the size of a boat; but it is to be hoped that the me- 

 chanical difficulties attendant on such an extreme form may be suc- 

 cessfully overcome, and also that a crew long and lean enough to 

 live aboard and work her may be found, as her success will hasten 

 the abandomnent of the present rule of measurement. 



GREENWICH, CONN —Indian Harbor will be lighted and buoyed 

 from June 15 to Sept. 15 for the benefit of yachts entering there 

 Yachtsmen desu-ing to enter can obtain sailing directions byaddress- 

 /ng H. F. Winslow, Indian Harbor Hotel, Greenwich, Conn 



SAN FRANCISCO Y. C— While the Nellie was out on the ways she 

 had iron keels put on alongside the wooden ones between the fore 

 and main chains on both sides. Some new planks were also put on. 

 Some inside ballast was removed and a little more lead added to the 

 keel. The plans and a model of the yacht to be built for James V. 

 Coleman have been received. The model shows a hull of graceful 

 lines, predominantly suggesting speed. The yacht will have some 

 novel features, such as an unusual "drag" aft, or greater draft abaft 

 midships; a considerably raking stern post and largely overhanging 

 stern. The deck will present the appearance of being flush, the small 

 house only extending over the after staterooms, and rising no higher 

 than the skylights over the saloon and gangway from the saloon for- 

 ward. A sectional view shows that there will be a stateroom on 

 either side of the companion way and two on either side of the gang- 

 way between the saloon and galley, making six in all. The saloon 

 will be 15ft., mearuring fore and aft by the full beam of the yacht, 

 The pantry and galley will be forward of the gangway and will bear- 

 ranged with an eye to more cruising than the bay affords. The 

 dimensions of the 'yacht will be 79ft. iOVjjin., length of deck 65ft. on 

 water-line, 16ft. 5in. beam, 10ft. draft, and least freeboard 3ft. Her 

 timbers wdl be all natural crooks of white oak, and her floor timbers 

 rights and lefts. There will be 11 tons of lead on the keel, and a total 

 ballast of 35 tons, all of lead. The furnishing has not been all de- 

 cided upon, nor the interior decorations, but both will be elegant and 

 luxurious, while preserving the strength and substantial quakties 

 demanded in all the appointments of a sailing craft intended for use 

 more than show. Mr. Coleman says he has about decided to have his 

 craft built in the East, as all the details of the plans were made with 

 reference to the building materials in use there, and under such cir- 

 cumstances yachtsmen consider it inadvisable to proceed with con- 

 struction with materials not considered in the plans. 



THE LAST OF A FEDERAL CRUISER.— A recent London dispatch 

 announced the abandonment at sea of the bark Elliot Ritchie, Capt. 

 Perkins, from Brunswick, Ga,, to Buenos Ayres. The crew were 

 landed at Pernambuco. This vessel was the last of a once celebrated 

 Federal cruiser— the Harriet Lane. She was named after President 

 Buchanan's niece, that estimable and popular lady who did tne honors 

 of the White House so gracefully during Mr. Buchanan's term of 

 office. During the war the Harriet Lane made things lively for block- 

 ade runners along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. She was a very fast 

 vessel under steam or sail. She was once captured off Galveston, 

 Tex., over which there was great rejoicing among the rebels, and was 

 carried to Havana as a prize vessel by Admiral Semmes. Her engines 

 were taken out and she was converted into a sailing vessel, bark- 

 rigged, and was one of the fastest sailing vessels afloat. She was an 

 ola trader along the coast, latterly belonging to Savannah, and wa9 

 loaded with lumber for Buenos Ayres when she was abandoned at 

 sea.— JV". T. Herald. 



SEAWANHAKA CORTNTHIAN Y. C— The fleet will rendezvous off 

 the club house, Edgewater, Staten Island, on Friday morning, May 

 30, upon the arrival of the 10 o'clock boat from New York, for the 

 annual Decoration Day practice sail. On signal, yachts will pass in 

 review between the flagship and the club house, saluting the commo- 

 dore's flag by dipping colors. Signals will be as follows: Prepara- 

 tory signal, gun and V of code; starting signal, ten minutes later, for 

 yachts to cross the line as above, gun and M of code. The fleet will 

 then proceed upon one of the following courses, to be announced 

 from the flagship before the starting signal is made: To and around 

 Buoy 8^ on the Southwest Spit, thence to and around the Gedney 

 Channel Whistling Buov, thence home; or, to and around Buoy 8}* 

 on the Southwest Spit, thence to and around the Scotland Lightship, 

 thence home, leaving Buoy 8J^ on the starboard hand. 



NEW LIGHTHOUSE IN THE HUDSON RIVER.— Notice is given 

 by the Lighthouse Board that on and after May 24, 1884, a fixed white 

 light willbe exhibited from the structure recently erected at Lam- 

 pneresDoek (Narrow Channel), Hudson River, New York. The light 

 should be seen in clear weather from the deck of a vessel twelve feet 

 above the water ten nautical miles. The structure is a hexagonal 

 frame portable beacon eleven feet high, on a brick foundation, one 

 foot above the ground. 



LENGTH AND SAIL AREA RULE ABROAD.— The Royal Alfred 

 Y. C. will sail their six Channel and Corinthian matches thiR year 

 under the "Length and Sail Area Rule," the six Champion Cup 

 matches being saded under present Y. R. A. rule; a practical test of 

 the new rule that, it is to be hoped, will lead to its permanent adop- 

 tion. 1 he Royal London Y. C. wdl also sail some of their races under 

 it. 



H^atweing. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest anu 

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

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 reports of the same. Canoeists and all interested in 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. 



May 80 

 May 30 

 May 30 

 June 14 

 June 19. 

 July 9 

 July 14 

 July 19 

 July 24 

 Aug. 1 



FIXTURES. 



—Pittsburgh C. C, First Annual Regatta. 



to 31. — Hudson River Meet, Newburgh. 



to 31.- Connecticut River Meet, 



to 16.— Merrimack River Meet. 



—Rochester C. C, Summer Regatta, L-ondequoit Bay. 



to 15.— Chicago C. C„ Annual Cruise. 



.—Allegheny C. C, Cruise at Conneaut Lake. 



—Chicago C. C, First Annual Regatta. 



to 26.— Lake George Meet. Lorna Island. 



to 12.— A. C. A. Meet, Grindstone Island. 



DESERONTO C. C. 



DESERONTO C. O. Deseronto, Canada. Captain, F. S. Rathbun; 

 Mate, Geo. Clinton, M.D.; Purser, E. C. French. Organized 

 March 17, 1884. Thirteen members. Burgee, red diamond, two blue 

 triangles, letter D in white. 



CANOEING IN THE EASTERN STATES. 



FOR some unknown reason canoeing has been of much slower 

 growth in the Eastern States than in the Middle States and Canada, 

 there having been, previous to 1884, but fewelubs in Massachusetts and 

 Connecticut, though the number of individual canoeists has increased 

 steadily. Of late, however, a number of new clubs have formed, and 

 the coming meet on the Merrim .ck River will doubtless add largely to 

 the ranks of canoeists. The following from the Lowed Courier shows 

 the growing popularity of the sport: 



\j-°" ing is at a low ebb in the Vesper club, although the plan of 

 holding the annual regatta so early in the season may tend to awaken 

 a new interest. Thus far only two or three members are known to 

 be taking regular practice, but several others are out occasionally, 

 and the number will increase as the weather grows warmer. The 

 new Lowell Rowing Association seems to be having up hill work, and 

 the new boat house is still a thing of the future. There is some diffi- 

 culty about getting a suitable lot of land, and the recent benefit ball 

 netted but a comparatively small amount, though it is hoped to swell 

 this by a picnic later on. 



"By far the most active local interest now centers in canoeing and 

 in this popular sport the Vespers have taken the lead. Prominent 

 oa smen of former years are now enthusiastic canoeists and have ex- 

 changed the toil of rowing, with the strict training necessary to its 

 satisfactory accomplishments, for the more easy, graceful and quite 

 as healthy exercise of paddling. Single and double blades are seen 

 glistening in the sun of a pleasanfafternoon, while tiny sails flit about 

 on the river and add to the witchery of the sDort. From the very first 

 the canoe interest has steadily grown, while' the fleet of canoes has 



at the same time increased proportionately in numbers. Indian 

 birches, which are perhaps more romantic though not so dry or com- 

 fortable as modern canoes, were first introduced and the Vesper 

 house now contuins niue of this class, largely imported from New 

 Brunswick at comparatively small cost. Next came the lisht open 

 lapstreaks which have proved quite popular, owing to ease of making 

 a portage with them. 



"In addition to the Vesper fleet there are numerous canoes housed 

 elsewhere. Corbett's house contains two small ones used by boys, 

 At McFarlin's are four canvas canoes, three of which are decked and 

 used with double paddles. There is also one open lapstreak. Two 

 finely finished home-made paper boats of flue model and good sailing 

 capacity are housed by Williams, while a Racine St. Paul with several 

 lapstreaks and canvas canoes are kept by individuals in various parts 

 of the city. Altogether the number of" canoes owned and used In 

 Lowell will not fall short of forty, and probably runs higher, so it will 

 be seen that the sport, which is yet. comparatively in its infancy, has 

 already readied extensive proportions and is still growing. 



"Boating men in other ciiies along the Merrimack are also taking up 

 the sport, and there are'a number of active canoeists; in Manchester, 

 Nashua and Lawrence. Among the canoes in the latter city are sev- 

 eral built of canvas and modeled exactly like a birch. They were de- 

 signed by Mr. J. H. Treat, a veteran woodsman, who has used them 

 not only on our own river but often in the wilds of Maine. Going on 

 down the river we find canoeists in Haverhill and Newbnryport, with 

 still more in Salem. Cambri Jge has a club and Boston two, both of 

 which were recently organized and one confined to birches while the 

 other embraces legitimate cruisers. Leading cities throughout the 

 country all boast their canoe clubs nowadays, and as showing how 

 they do things in the West it may be stated that the Chicago club, or- 

 ganized Jan. 11 , already has over forty members, nearly all of whom 

 own canoes, and has arranged not only a regatta but a whole 

 week's cruise to come off in July. Over all stands the American Canoe 

 Association, with its 600 members, many T of whom will meet, camp 

 and race at the Thousand Islands in August. 



"Canoeing properly embraces camping in connection with cruising, 

 and it is to be regretted that so few local members of the fraternity 

 indulge in this branch of the sport. A complete cruising canoe 

 affords facilities not only for paddling and sailing but for sleeping as 

 well, and when this craft takes the place of the other variety now so 

 common, as it properly should and eventually must, there will be a 

 more true appreciation of the field of canoeing. And it is not the 

 racer who paddles to score as many miles as possible, but the 

 'dawdler' who drifts leisurely along some picturesque stream or 

 threads ids way among the islands of a beautiful lake, that fully en- 

 joys himself arid nis canoe. At frequent intervals he stops to lunch, 

 to bathe, to sleep. He is constantly in the open air and in close com- 

 munion with nature. He it is who catches the spirit of canoeing, a 

 manly pastime free from the taint of professionalism. He it is who 

 reaches the acme of the outer's happiness, the maximum of health 

 and pleasure at the minimum of expense." 



THE ASSOCIATION BOOK. 



THE third annual report of the American Canoe Association has 

 just been completed and sent out by Secretary Neide in the form 

 of a neat little book from the press of the Forest and Stream Pub- 

 lishing Company. The officers of the Association are: Commodore, 

 F. A. Nickerson, Springfield, Blass. : Vice-Commodore, C. K. Murrroe, 

 New York City: Rear-Commodore. Col. H. C. Rogers, Peterboro., 

 Ont., Canada; Secretary and Treasurer, Dr Chas. A. Neide, Schuvler- 

 ville, N. Y, 



The Executive Committee is composed of the officers, with Messrs- 

 Robert J. Wilkin, of New York, W. B. Wackerhagen, Albany, and 

 Hugh Neilson, Toronto, Canada.; the offices being so distributed, 

 geographically, as to represent all localities in turn. 



The Regatta Committee for 188-f is as follows: William Whitlock, 

 New York C. C, New York city; E. B. Edwards, Peterboro C. C. 

 Peterboro, Ont., Canada; L. Q. Jones, Hartford C. 0.. Hartford , 

 Conn. 



The list of members shows four honorary, twelve lady members 

 and 524 active, compared with 215 active last year, a "gain of 309 

 members. An inspection of the list shows that a large majority of 

 the members are from the Middle and Eastern States, and Canada, 

 the Association thus far having made but little progress in the West, 

 although there are a large number of active canoeists west of Pitts- 

 burgh, whose interests are identical with those of Eastern canoeists, 

 and whose names should be found in the book. The list of canoes in- 

 cludes 257 names. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 1883. 



The third annual meeting of the Americon Canoe Associatien was 

 held in the Headquarters Marquee on Juniper Island. Stony Lake. 

 Canada, on August 23, 1883. Officers present: E. B, Edwards, Com- 

 modore, and Dr. Chas. A. Neide, Secretary and Treasurer. 



The meeting was called to order by the Commodore The Treasu- 

 rer read his report for the year ending August 3, 1888, showing nis 

 expenditures to be two huudred and seven dollars and twenty seven 

 cents ($207.27), and a balance on hand of three hundred and sixty-six 

 dollars ($366) 



The Secretary's report showed a membership of four hundred and 

 fifty (450). 



The report of the Committee on "Fouls" was then read and ac- 

 cepted. On motion of Mr. R. J. Wilkin, an appropriation of one hun- 

 dred and fifty dollars ($150) was voted for the Secretary's use for 

 clerical hire. 



The Nominating Committee then made their report, and the Seciv 

 tary was directed to cast one ballot for each nominee, which resulted 

 in the unauimous election of Messrs. Fred A. Nickerson for Commo- 

 dore; C. K. Munroe, Vice-Commodore; Col. H. C. Rogers, Rear-Com- 

 modore; Dr. Chas. A. Neide, Secretary and Treasurer R. J. Wilkin. 

 Hugh Neilson, W. B. Wackerhagen, three Members-at-Lirge. 



On motion of Gen. Robt. bhaw Oliver, a vote of thanks with cheers 

 was given Rev. Geo. L. Neide for his services as As istant Secretary - 

 Treasurer during the past year, and the request that he act in the 

 same capacity in the absence of the Secretary during the coming 

 year. A vote of thanks, backed with cheers, was given Commodore 

 Edwards. 



On motion of Gen. Oliver, the Executive Committee was requested 

 to look over the amended Sailing Rules and reject what they consid- 

 ered unnecessary. 



Mr. R. J. Wilkin moved, as instruction to the Executive Committee 

 that the terms Junior and Senior be abolished. 



The newly elected officers and Messrs. Toker and Wood then made 

 short addresses, following which the meeting adjourned. 



MEETINO OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. OCT. 13, 1883. 



At the call of the Commodore, the Executive Committee of the 

 American Canoe Association met at the Delavan House, in the city of 

 Albany, N. Y., on the afternoon of Oct. 13, 1883. There were present: 

 F. A. Nickerson, Commodore: C. K. Munroe, Vice-Commodore; Col 

 H. C. Rogers, Rear-Commodore: Dr. Charles A. Neide, Secretary - 

 Treasurer; Mr. R. J. Wilkin and Mr. W. B. Wackerhagen, Meinbers- 

 at-Large; Mr. William W hillock and Mr. R. E. Wood (the latter rep- 

 resenting Mr. E. B. Edwards, who was unavoidably absent), of the 

 Regatta Committee for 1884. 



The meeting was called to order by the Commodore, in the chair 

 Vice-Commodore Munroe presented a motion that the present offi- 

 cers' flags be changed to a flag 12x18 inches, on which shall be dis- 

 played a pair of crossed paddles, with the letters A. C. A. in the three 

 upper corners and a star in the lower one. That of the Commodore 

 to be of blue with device in white, that of the Vice-Commodore to be 

 of red with device in white, and that of the Rear-Commodore to be of 

 white with device in red. Unanimously carried. 



The motion of Mr. W. B. Wackerhagen, seconded by Vice-Commo 

 dore Munroe, that a committee of three be appointed by the Chair to 

 design an appropriate membership badge, was unanimously carried 



The committee then elected the following named applicants to 

 membership in the Association, viz.: William A. Rogers, New York 

 city; Edwin M. Gilmore, Rochester. N. Y.; n M Stewart, Rochester 

 N. Y.; G. C. Edwards, Ottawa, Canada; Chas. V. A. Decker, Ron- 

 dout, N. Y. ; Williams Lansing, Buffalo, N, Y. : Livingston Crosby 

 New York city; F. W. Batiershall, Albany, N. Y.; James K Hand 

 Sing Sing, N. Y., and F. J. Kirkpatrick, Springfield, Ohio, Mrs C k' 

 Munroe was elected a lady honorary member. Vice-Corn Munroe 

 then made an address on the advisability of a permanent home for 

 the A. C. A., and made a motion, seconded by Mr. R. J. W r ilkin "chat 

 this body recommend to the Association at its next annual meeting 

 that the American Canoe Association have a permanent home " The 

 motion was unanimously carried. 



The members present then expressed their views as to the location 

 ot the 1*84 Camp; and Rear-Corn. Rogers reported that the Canadian 

 local committee would have about one hund ed and forty dollars to 

 hand over to the Treasurer of the A. C. A. The thanks of the Com- 

 mittee then, on motion of Mr. Wilkins, were voted to Messrs. Edward 

 Wood, Toker and White, for their curtesies during the Stony Lake 

 meet. Mr. Whitlock, ot the Regatta Committee, presented a motion 

 "that the present rule of the Association, which defines that a boat 

 shall be measured between perpendiculars, be changed to read 'A 

 boat's sailing length be defined to be her water line length- total 

 overhang allowed, to be defined to be not more than six inches. " 



The recommendations ot the Regatta Committee for 1884 were then 

 presented and accepted. 



On motion of Commodore Munroe, the terms Senior and Junior 

 were abolished, and the term Novice adopted, the latter to mean 

 "one who has never sailed a race prior to January of the current 

 year." 



Applications to offer special prizes to A, C. A. races were acted on 



