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sball have the right to select the competitors for the international 

 races irre«ppctive of the result ot the trial races. 



13. SUould the cup be won by the American contestants in the Tn 

 ternational race: First, an active member oE the c'ub holding the cup 

 must score one victory to entitle that club to retain it. Second, if a 

 member (or memhers) of any other club wins two races, his club will 

 hold the cup. Third, should the two races be won by membt rs of 

 two clubs, neither being the holder of the cnp, the tie will be sailed 

 off subsequently 1o determine which club shall take the cup. 



C. J. Stevens, Sec. N.Y. C. C. 



THE SNEAKBOX FAMILY. 



II.— THE BARNEGAT CRUISER. 



THE cruising fraternity of America., whether they use the birch, 

 the dusrout, the modern canoe, tlie conmion rowboat. or the 

 sneakbox, all who cruise alone or In small parties solely for pleasure, 

 owe a debt of gratitude to one ra.in above others for the work he has 

 accomplished in their behalf. Himself an ardent cruiser and explorer 

 he is never so happy as when engaged in some scheme for the exten- 

 sion of cruising or the improvement of boats After several long 

 cruises thi- gentleman. Mr. N. H. Bishop, then of Lake George, started 

 in 1879 to organize the canoeists of America into one national canoe 

 association, with what success is now well known. With the A C.A. 

 firmly organized and in good hands his labors were at once turned 

 into a new b'st parallel channel. Residing for a part of the year on 

 the New Jersey coast, Mr. Bisbop was perfectly familiar with the 

 boat described' in the Forest and Stream of Jan. 7, and recognizing 

 its many excellent qualities he set to work to improve the gunning 

 boat into a craft better adapted for general cruising. As a result of 

 his untiriug efforts in this new field the American Single Handed 

 Cruisiug Club has been organized, with a membership of fifty. The 

 boat herewith described, the Barnegat cruiser, has betn designed and 

 for some time past has been undergoing a series of tes-ts as to model, 

 build and rig; and an extensive establishment ha? been started to 

 build them. 



As previously mentioned, the sneakbox is essentially a gunning 

 boar, and many alterations were needed to fit it to the wants of the 

 cruiser. The low sides have been raised, the daggei board ha« been 

 supplanted by a steel-plate board, the crurie fiitings, rowlocks, etc., 

 have been replaced by brass and iron work of special manutncture, 

 the primitive rig has'been discarded for more improved foruTJ. and 

 the method of construction nas been changed in the direction of less 

 weight. The model of the hull is the same as that of the best sneaK- 

 boxes, except the increased depth; and the washboards, in an im- 

 proved form, have been retained. 



Dimensions of Barnegat cruiser: 



Length over all 14f r. Oin. 



Length on waterline lift. 9in. 



Beam 4ft. Gin. 



Depth at guiiR-ale 1ft. liu. 



Sheer, bow 8'in. 



Sheer, stern 4in. 



Draft, loaded tiin. 



Freeboard 7m. 



Crown of deck Sin. 



i< ore side of stem to— 



Mast tube -■ 2f ". Q^n. 



Trunk, fore end 3ft. lin. 



Trunk, after end 6ft. 3ni. 



Well, fore end o't, lOin. 



Well, after end lift. Oin. 



Rowlocks , 9ft. lin. 



Bulkhead 12ft. Om. 



Diameter of mast tube Sin. 



TABLE OF OFFSETS - FOCRTEEN-POOT CRUISER. 



Half-Erbadths. 





Keel. 



Deck. 



Deck. 



No. 1. 



L.W. L. 



No. 3. 





FT. IN. 



FT. IN'. 



FT. IN. 



FT. IN. 



FT. IN. 



FT. IN. 







1 94 



1 10 











2 



111 



1 65 



1 1 









4 



35 



1 41 



1 8~ 



1 3 



9 7 





6 





1 22 



2 1- 



1 101 



1 73 



1 32 







1 1 



2 3 



2 0" 



1 9' 



1 6 



10 





1 r- 



2 2e 



2 0= 



1 94 



1 63 



12 



33 



1 p 



2 04 



1 85 



1 31 





14 



9 



1 2 



1 96 























JS'ote.—Tiie fractions are all eighths of an inch. 



The stations are 2ft. and the waterlines 3'n. apart. 



The planking is of %\n cedar, deck of J^in. cedar, frames of sawn 

 cedar IJ^Xl^^in., spaced lOin. Ceiling of i^gin cedar, truok of ^in. 

 worked pine, head ledges i^^iin. thick, of oak. The keel isshaoed, 

 bent and screwed to the stocKS as pi eviously described, the moulds 

 and transom are put in place and ribbands run over them, three on 

 each side. The framing" and planking of all this class of boats are 

 very peculiar. The planks do not end in a rabbet in the stem, but 

 run up to the gunwale. The dotted lines in the body and halt-breadth 

 plans show the different planks. The actual breadth of a plank on 

 any- rrarae may be measured on that ^frame in the hody 

 plan. The lines in the half-breadth plan are the projections 

 of the plank on a flat surface, and except for the keel and gar- 

 boards, they vary more or less from the proper shape. The after 

 ends of the planks are screwed to the transom, as in an ordinary 

 boat, but some support is necessary for the fore ends while building. 

 To secure this two harpens, A, are Imed out from the draft on the 

 floor, each fitting the inside surface of the planking at tne lower side 

 of the deck. They may be of pine or spruce lin. thick and 2in wide, 

 and long enough to reach to the straight post near midships. These 

 pieces are now fastened in place, their fore ends being screwed co 

 fore end of keel, while the miadle and after ends rest on the moulds, 

 being jogged in to the proper height. When in place the topside of 

 each harpen will coincide with the lower side of deck, while the 

 outer edge, properly beveled. will coincide with the outer sutfaee of 

 the moulds and ribbands or inner surface of the j)lanking. 



Now the frames, either steamed or sawn, are put in place, secured 

 to the ribbands, and the heads of the first five or six on each side 

 are fastened to the harpens. This completes the frame for planking. 

 The garboards run along, of course, on each side of the keel, turning 

 up at the fore ends, where they are sci ewed to the harpens. The suc- 

 ceeding planks are put on iu the same way. When all are made 

 and rivetied up the moulds are removed and the deck beams, lin. 

 wide and IJ^in. deep, spaced 10 inches, are put in. The ends rest 

 under the harpen, being jogged out the thickness of the latter, so 

 that the upper surfaces are flush. Knees, as shown, are put under 

 the side decks, then the deck is laid and coamings set. and the boat 

 finished as described in "Canoe and Boat Building." The mast is 

 stepped in a galvanized iron tube. The washboard is in five pieces- 

 two on each side and one (the latter held by two square staples) on 

 the stern. 



Tne side pieces are bolted to an iron casting at the bow which 

 forms a fairleader for the cable. They are held to the deck by 

 small iron catches, shown at a 6. The part a is pivoted, and when 

 turned aside allows the washboard to be slipped back from b. The 

 bottom of tne boat is protected by two wearing strips of oak. The 

 rowlocks are of galvanized iron. The builder of the Barnegat 

 cruiseris Mr. John D. Gtfflord, Toms River, N. J. The price of the 

 improved boat. 14ft. long, with rig and oars, is $128. The boat is 

 fitted with a balance lug sail of 118ft.. a plan of which will appear 

 later on. 



A smaller boat lately completed and now used by our correspond- 

 ent "Seneca"' is ]-3ft. long, with jib and mainsail, of the following di- 

 mensions: 



Mast— Deck to hounds lift. 2in. 



Hoist of mainsail 8ft. 



Foot 13tt. 9in. 



Head 5ft. Gin. 



Leech 13ft. 10 in. 



Jib— Luff. 8ft. 6in. 



Leech 7ft.. 9in. 



Foot 2ft. 6iu. 



THE A. 0. A. TRO PRY. —Editor Forest and Stream: I beg to 

 acknowledge this week: M. V. Brokaw, Brooklyn C. C. $1; Cdarles 

 S. H. Buchanan, New Orleans, $1; previously acknowledged, Si>72. 

 Total to date, S74.-WiU[,iAM Whptlock. 



