Feb. 26, 1885.] 



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INTERIOR PLANS OF SCHOONER YACHT. 



MB. EDWARD BURGESS, of the Eastern Yacht Agency, has lately 

 designed a small schooner of a type well adapted for cruising 

 ou our coast, the interior plans of which we publish herewith. The 

 leading dimensions of this boatare, length overall 73ft. Cin., waterlme 

 60ft., beam 17ft., draft 8ft. (iin.. displacement 60 tons, area of midship 

 section 65sq. ft. The draft has been limited by the location of her 

 home moorings, but is enough to give safety in connection with the 

 lead keel shown and to take her to windward, while it will allow her 

 to enter most pprts without regard to tide. A cabin trunkis necessary 

 to obtain the head room, 6ft. 3in. The main saloon, 14ft. Hin. long, 

 is fitted with four sofas, back of which on each side is a berth with 

 curtains. Aft of each berth is a space for lockers, and forward of 

 each is a sideboard or bookcase. A stove is placed against the for- 

 ward bulkhead, and a table below the skylight. On the starboard 

 side of cabin is a door opening into the owner's room, 12ft. 9in. long. 

 This is fitted up with sofas, lockers and berths similar to the main 

 cabin, while against the center bulkhead is a bureau and washstand. 

 The mainmast, being well forward, is out of the main cabin. On the 

 port side is a gangway, on which open two staterooms fitted with berths 

 and washstands for a guest and the sailing master. Forward of the 

 latter is a galley with convenient lockers for fuel, ice and stores, with 

 a door opening into a roomy forecastle. The w.c. is arranged just 

 forward of the owner's room, with which it communicates, while a 

 second door opens on the passageway. The handsome overhang 

 gives a large roomy deck aft, while the gangways are 2ft. 9in. wide 

 between house and bulwark. The cockpit rail incloses a portion of 

 the deck, making a convenient seat, and keepiug out all water, 

 while from the cockpit is an easy entrance into cabin. A hatch in the 

 cockpit floor gives access to the sail locker. In this class of yacht the 

 cost both of cb-nstruetion and maintenance is moderate, a small crew 

 is required, while the accommodations, which may be varied some- 

 what according to the desire of the owner, are ample for a small 

 party. On such a boat the summer could be spent in a pleasant and 

 healthful manner and with no lack of amusement at a tithe of the cost 

 of a sojourn at any fashionable watering place. 



SOUTHERN YACHTING WATERS.-Painesville, Ohio.-Editor 

 Forest and Stream: I have just returned from a three months' cruise 

 of southwest coast of Florida, including an extended tour up the 

 Myaka and Caloosahatehie rivers, and desire to say through the 

 medium of your paper that should any of my brother yachtsmen and 

 lovers of gun and rod wish to get any pointers of nature of game and 

 country, 1 would be happy to hear from them at above address. In 

 return will you inform me what kind of a yachting country the coast 

 of North Carolina is along in Currituck and Pamlico Sounds in winter 

 and fall months, as it is then I have to do my yachting. Would it be 

 too cold to cruise all winter, and what game does one find there? 

 Kindly inform me, if possible, about this coast, and if not, please ask 

 some of our friends to post me. If I have suitable reports of this 

 locality I shall have a little cruiser built this coining summer for the 

 purpose, probably in New York. Having seen a good deal of Florida 

 this past winter I am led to ask you to publish this in the hope that I 

 can be of some assistance to some one.— Geo. E. Andrews. [The 

 waters of Currituck and Pamlico Sounds are quite shoal and not well 

 fitted for cruising. Weather is usually mild with occasional cold 

 snaps which freeze the Sounds over. Game consists of ducks, geese 

 and swans on the water, deer, snipe and quail on the land. The shores 

 are largely owned by private parties who do not allow gunning. Non- 

 residents are forbidden by law to shoot on the water.] 



BUFFALO Y. C— Editor Forest and Stream: The Buffalo Y. C. 

 held its annual election of officers Wednesday, February 18, result- 

 ing as follows : Commodore, Harry N. Vedder ; Vice-Commodore, L. 

 G. Northrop ; Secretary, E. P. Field ; Treasurer, Fred S. Bennett ; 

 Measurer. M. C. Provoost ; House Committee, H. N. Vedder, chair- 

 man ; H. D. Williams and William Watts ; Regatta Committee, 

 Henry B. Doyle, chairman ; John F. Ellsworth, C. Lee Abell ; 15 new 

 members were admitted. This club will have to do some sharp work, 

 as its younger competitor, the Buffalo City Y. 0. has some of the 

 best yachts now sailing in Buffalo waters, and, being a strong off- 

 shoot, of the original B. Y. C, will make it very warm for them. 

 However, this pleasant rivalry will give yachting just what we've 

 long looked for here, and that is a thorough waking up. Lake Erie 

 is frozen over as far as the eye can reach, and you can see about 12 

 miles up the lake, and present indications are not very encouraging 

 for an early season. I trust in my next to give you the name of all 

 yachts in both clubs, and, from what I can find out, there are going 

 to be several new boats in each club, and all deep drafts. No 

 more fiopovers, but good safe yachts.— Pennant. 



QUAKER CITY Y. C.-Camden, N. J., Feb. 16,-Editor Forest and 

 Stream: With the club incorporated, a site for a club house purchased, 

 a more equitable rule of measurement adopted, a board of examiners 

 for captaincies appointed, papers catering to manly sports found 

 in the club room and other progressive measure's adopted, the 

 Quaker City Y. C. will enter on a new era. Several new cabin yachts 

 have been enrolled in the club, and others now building will follow 

 suit. A new cutter will make her debut in the third class at the 

 annual regatta. The Sunbeam, centerboard sloop, first class, is un- 

 dergoing alterations and will have iron on keel. The Nahma, 

 third class, will be lengthened aft with a long fantail, and other 

 yachts of the fleet are being improved. The secreiary has sent you a 

 list of officers for the ensuing year, they are men of ability, and the 

 club is a unit.— C. R. 



A LIGHT DRAFT SLOOP.-Mr. A. Cary Smith has just completed 

 the design for a sloop for use in Florida waters. She will be 44ft. 

 over all, 40ft. waterline, 14ft. beam, and will draw but 2ft. She 

 is sloop rigged, the mast being stepped well aft. The cabin house is 

 necessarily quite high to gaiu headroom in so shoal a boat. The top 

 of the house will be made of three thicknesses of thin wood, crossing 

 each other and tightly riveted together, a layer of canvas being laid 

 between two of the layers of wood, making a very stiff top. The boat 

 will be built in Florida. 



READY IN SEASON— Mr. Winslow's new schooner will be com 

 pletely finished and canvas bent before launching, and when she 

 leaves the ways she will need only extra ballast before hoisting sails 

 for her trial trip. 



A NEW STEERING GEAR.-Laughlin & Son, of Portland, Me., 

 have lately put on the market a strong and simple steerer, which 

 they offer at a low price. The wheel is geared so as to work the re- 

 verse of a tiller. 



HAMILTON, ONT.— Molly will enter some of the races on Lake 

 Ontario next season. A new 10-tonner is being built for Mr. Jarvis, 

 a deep cutter, and another ten, with a centerboard, for Mr. Webster. 



BOSTON.— Messrs. Burgess Bros, are now finishing the two Herald 

 launches built for them by Lawleys. They have just completed a 

 design for a deep centerboard catboat. 



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Eg™" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



F. R. H. — Write to the Ligowsky Company. 



N. E. W.— There is no bend in the bore of a gun. 



E. H., Chicago.— For receipt for whitening sails seethe Forest and 

 Stream for Sept. 13. 1883. 



R. C. R., Westfield, Mass.— Write to J. L. Smith, P. O. Box 104, 

 Hackettstown, New Jersey. 



C. C, City.— Go to the Adirondacks. You will find no game in 

 June, that is a close month. 



E. N., Kingston, Ontario.— See yachting columns for announce- 

 ment, of the forthcoming book on Small Yachts. 



W. T. B., Brooklyn, N. Y.— Sour question can only be intelligently 

 answered after an inspection of the arm. Take it to a gunsmith. 



The Cook.— It is not unusual to see the white ptarmigan in the New 

 York markets. A few barrels of them are received nearly every 

 winter. 



L. B., Brooklyn, N. Y., wants to know of location for camping in 

 Adirondacks on lake accessible from North Creek, where guide is not 

 necessary. 



Constant Reader, N. Y. — There is no book exclusively devoted to 

 building canvas boats. The subject is treated in -'Canoe and Boat 

 Building," for sale at this office. For dimensions of canoes see 

 "Canoe and Boat Building." 



S. A. C, New Haven, Conn.— Can you tell me where I can dispose 

 of some stuffed owls and ducks, having more than I care for? Ans. 

 Write to J. Wallace, 16 North William street, or Fred Sauter, William 

 street, New York. Almost all taxidermists will buy owls. 



C. G. M., Andover, Mass.— The lead shoe will cost about four cents 

 per pound for lead and one and a half cents for casting. A wooden 

 pattern will be needed, costing about $3 to $6. Any iron foundry pos- 

 sessing a large iron pot can cast it. Cruiser was built by E. A. AVillis, 

 of Port Washington, Dong Island. She is probably at Larchmont at 

 present 



c. ts. W., East Hadclana, Conn.— The Mamie is much narrower and 

 deeper than the ordinary skipjack, and has not the bilge of the latter. 

 She bears the same relation to a keel sloop or cutter that the skip- 

 jack does to the shoal centerboard boat. The loose-footed mainsail 

 can be stretched or slacked off according to the state of the weather, 

 the tack can be triced up, reducing the area quickly and easily, and 

 1 the gaff is held in closer to the line of the keel. 



