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FOREST AND STREAM. 



f »(ftt m& ^niXMt tU. 



OSGOOD'S FOLDWG CAMAS BOAT.^ ?.'g'-t. for tront nshing, 



— -— — — — — with stretcher, side-boards 



and paddle, 25 lbs. « ith slretcher, side-boards, gunwale 

 and paddle, 32 ibs. » Uh stretcher, sldo-boards, enn- 

 wole, stools and oars, 401bs. With bottom boari, 

 ilde-boards, gnnwale, stools and 

 oars, SOIbs. Thiacntshows 

 twelve-footboat. 



Size of Chast. 38 inches long, 

 17 inches wide, 18 inches deep, 



THE BEST! 

 Vm SAFEST I 



TheMghest ! The Steadiest !^ 

 Tht Stanehest and Most Durable t 

 Impossible to tip it orer b; Bocbtng ! 



Kasj to Row I Safest and Best Hasting and Fishing Boat made. 

 Oars and paddle are joined and pact In ebest with boat without extra charge 



The above is a view ot the Boat in its compact form, showing 

 Boat folded, Bottom-Board, Camp-Stools, Gunwale, Stretcher, 

 and Packing Chest. Oars and Paddles are jointed and packed 

 with Boat in Chest. 



Canoes, Pleasure & Hunting Boats 



I build FINE goods and guarantee my lowest grades equal to the 

 best by any other builder. 



SEND 2-CENT 8TAJIP FOR 48 PAGE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. 



J. H. BUSHTON, Canton, N. Y. 



DR. C. A. NEIDE, General Traveling Agent. 



BUILDERS OF THE FAMOUS COASTING CANOES 



-A-tlantis, Hambler, Rogue, Fidget, Etc., 



All of flrst-class records. SAII. AND ROW BOATS, IBEmB MOI>x;]:» 



Smooth Lap Streak Shells, Deflecting Centerboard, Metallic Drop Rudder with the most practical 

 and safe braces. No more cuss words. Combination Canoe Sails, Round. Copper-lipped Paddles, Spring 

 Jam Cleats and other noted fixtures. "Write your address plainly and direct to tock Box 306, Glens 

 FaUs. N. T. Send 50 cents for six photos and 16-page catalogue, or 5 cents for same catalogue alone. 



THE RADIX 



Patent Folding Centerboard. 



Endorsed by prominent canoeists, boat builders, etc. 

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Sailboats, Canoes, Sneak Boxes, 

 Gunning Skiffs, Etc. 



Gives y»u a Flush Floor and Superior Sailing 

 Qualities. Made entirely of Brass. 

 Awarded Gold Medal of First Class, New, 

 Orleans BxpositioH. Send for Circular. 



THE RADIX M'F'a CO., 



39 Old. Slip, N". Y. 



Sneak Boxes, 



Pleasure Boats, 



Do you desire a most beautiful pleasure boat or 

 canoe? One of the finest the world can aflEord? One 

 you can place in your parlor and show to your 

 friends? Sprague's prices beat everything for fine 

 quality and honest workmanship. We have in stock 

 Sailboats, Centerboard Boats, Sneak Boxes and 

 Canoes. Call in store 105 East Ninth st., New York, 

 KfiNTON BROS. , and see Boats. Send 2-cent stamp 

 for Catalogue. 



B. M. SPRAGUE, 



PARISHVILLE, ST. LAWRENCE CO., N. Y. 



Three Diplomas for our Goods at 

 New Orleans Exposition. 



Boats, Canoes, Oars, Pad- 

 dles & Trimmings 



In Greatest Variety and at I^owest Prices. 



RENTON BROTHERS, 



105 EAST NINTH STREET, 

 Bet. Third and Fourth Avenues, NEW YORK. 

 Send 10 cents in stamps for catalogue. 



Folding Canvas Boat 



MAHTJFACTIJBED BY 



FRANK HOLMES, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. 



SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 



HIGGIISrS & GIFFORD, 



GLOUCESTER, MASS. 

 Manufacture to order Yachts, Rowboats, Yawls, 

 Excelsior Life Boats and Seine Boats. Two medals 

 awarded at the London Exhibition. 3,000 boats 

 built the last thirteen years. 



BIG BARGAIN. 



Elegant Steam Yaclit. 



70ft. Xllft. o.ver all. New this season. Used eight 

 times. CostS7,000; will sell for $.3,600. Free stor- 

 age till spring. Also several launches cheap. 



E. E. ROBERTS, 107 Liberty Streei, N. Y, 



THOMAS CliAPHAM, 



Yacht Builder & Designer, 



ROSI-TN, I.. I., N. Y. 



Unsinkable and non-capsizable light draft yachts 

 for ducking and cruising. Unequaled in seaworthi- 

 ness, comfort and speed. 



Nonpareil Sharpies, Roslyn Yawls, Racing Yachts 

 and Sailboats of any type. To order only. 



Models and sail plans made promptly to order 

 and sent anywhere. 



Ship Chandlery Hardware. 



NIOKEL PLATED OANOE TRIMMINGS. 



Cheapest and Best Side l^ights in the Mar- 

 ket. Awning Hardware. 



SPECIALTIES IN BRASS MADE TO ORDER. 



The Shelton Brass Hardware Co., 



BIRMINGHAM, CONN. 



New York Warebooms: 96 Chambers Street. 

 Chicago " 177 Lake Street. 



The American Yacht List 



FOR 1885. 



Published with the official sanction and under the 

 natronage of the New York and Eastern Yacht 

 Clubs. 



Contains a complete register of the Yacht Cluba 

 of the U. 8. ana British Provinces, with List of 

 Officers, Names of Vessels and Owners, Dimensions 

 of Yachts, their Builders, Home Ports, etc., etc. 



Also, Chromo-Lithograpn of 



CLUB PENNANTS AND PRIVATE SIGNALS, 

 COMPILED BY NIELS OLSEN, Steward N.Y.Y.O. 

 PRICE, fS.OO. 



To be had from the author, or HENRY BESSEY, 

 Sole Agent, 47 Cedar street, New York. 



JOHN HARVEY, M. I. S. A., 

 Naval Architect. 



241 "West Foizrteenth. St., 3Sr. Y. 



All classes of steam and sailing yachts designed 

 and.VAiil'ding superintended. 



Estimates and specifications. 



Designer of Volante, Sea Belle, Miranda, Alex- 

 anda, Catarina, etc., in England. Oriva, Bedouin, 

 Wenonah, Been, Surf, Wanda, etc., in America. 



Ceiar Boards for Boats aniCaioes. 



ALSO 



Hackmatack and Boat Knees. 



G. F. HODSDON, 



74rS &0 74=4= Water Street 



Near Grand Street Ferry, New York. 



Sailing and Steam Yachts 



DESIGNED BY 



J- BEAVOR-WEBB. 



STEAM YACHTS A SPECIALTY. 18 Cranley 

 Garden, London, S. W., England. 



Chester Folding Anchor. 



The Most Simple, Complete and Compact 

 Anchor for Small Craft ever Invented. 



^ Experiments have shown 



Bthat It is much superior in 

 holding power to the ordi- 

 nary Anchor of the same 

 weight, but its great advan- 

 tage consists in its compact- 

 ness and the small space it 

 occupies when not in use, 

 as it takes up less than one- 

 fourth of the space of an 

 ordinary Anchor of the same 

 weight. It has only to be 

 seen to be appreciated. 

 It is invaluable for small 

 craft where eco- 

 nomy of space 

 is a desideratum 

 being especially 

 adapted to the 

 wants of Canoes, 

 Rowboats. Sail- 

 boats, Yachts, 

 Steam Laimches 

 etc. 



The Anchor has a straight, stockless shank, to the 

 lower end of which are attached the four arms or 

 flukes; these arms have a flat inner surface extend- 

 ing nearly to the point, giving the maximum hold- 

 ing power. On the shank is a ring whieb slides 

 down over the points of/the arms, to hold them in 

 position when folded, where it is retained by a pin. 



When it is desired to unfold the anchor, the pin is 

 removed, the ring is raised to clear the arms, and the 

 latter unfold and spread apart, dropping to the 

 position indicated in Fig. 1, the ring slides down 

 the shank until it brings up against the unfolded 

 arms, and at a point in the shank just above the top 

 of the ring when in this position is a second hole, 

 in which the locking pin is inserted , so as to hold 

 the ring down upon the arms, which are thus held 

 securely open. 



Orders and communications regarding it should 

 be addressed to 



H. G. CHESTER, Woods HoU, Mass. 



Or for sale at HENRY C. SQUIRES, 178 Broad- 

 way, New York, or L. W. FERDINAND. 267 Federal 

 treet, Boston, Mass. 



For Above or Below Water Line. 

 NO TANK~NEEDED. 



ALFRED B. SANDS. 



Plumber, Steam Fitter and Coppersmith- 

 134 Bkekman St., Nkw York. 



J. M. SAWXEB & SON, 



7ACET SAIL MAKERS, 



(Established 1852.) 



85 South St., New York. 



The largest makers of yacht sails in the United 

 States. Thirty-two years experience. This fli-m 

 confine themselves exclusively to making yacht 

 sails of every description, and can therefore give 

 sail plans with estimates on the most reason- 

 able terms. Particular attention given to race sails 

 for open yachts. All work guaranteed. 



PICTURES OF 



Puritan and Crenesta. 

 THE GREAtIaCHT RACE. 



A highly finished cabinet photograph of these 

 two yachts together or of either of them alone, 7X 

 11 inches, will be mailed, postpaid, to any address 

 on receipt of 50 cents. Or a large mdo-tint sheet, 

 15J^X2-3 inches, showing fifteen views of different 

 phases of the race, will be sent in a pasteboard 

 roller for 75 cents. Mention this paper. Address 



JOS. G. HATCH, 



p. O. Box 2,844, New York City. 



New York and Eastern 



YACHT AGENCY, 



A. CARY SMITH, 51 West Tenth Street, New York. 

 BURGESS BROTHERS, 13 Exchange Place, Boston. 



Yachts and vessels of aU kinds sold, purchased 

 and chartered. Special attention given to building, 

 repairs and alterations. Surveys and inspections 

 made. Designs and estimates furnished. A large 

 number of first-class yachts now for sale. 



For Sale.— The EngUsh cutter DAISY. 



BORDEN & WOOD, 

 Yacht Designers. 



Drawings made, specifications furnished, and 

 building superintended. Models furnished if de- 

 sired. Correspondence solicited. Address, 



P. O. Box 338, FaU River, Mass. 



CANOE 



THE Forest akd Stream began a year ago the 

 publication of a series of papers on canoe con- 

 struction, by Mr. W. P. Stephens, of the New York 

 C. C, widely known as an expert on canoe design 

 and building. These papers, having appeared 

 through the year in our columns, have since been 

 rewritten, ana with numerous additions are now 

 pubUslied in a handsome volume under the title of 

 "Canoe and Boat Building for Amateurs." Mr. 

 Stephens is peculiarly fitted for the preparation of 

 such a work, beginning as an amateur, and having 

 after a long experience of the difQculties attending 

 a learner, taken a prominent place among canoe 

 builders, due both to the model and workmanship 

 of his canoes. Realizing fully the diflQculty of ex- 

 alning to a novice an art in itself far from easy, 



AND 



and with which he is entirely unfamiliar, the book 

 begins with a description of the various classes of 

 canoes in general use, with their main features and 

 dimensions, and definitions of the terms used in con- 

 nection with them. Numerous examples of canoes 

 are given, and in connection with them, such plain 

 instructions in designing as will enable the beginner 

 to select intelUgently the proper craft for his pur- 



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pose, and to plan her dimensions, details and fit- 

 tings. To this end designs of all classes of canoes 

 are given, with full dimensions and details. The 

 object has been not merely to enable the tyro to 

 buUd one boat as described, but to teach him the 

 principles of designing and building in such a way 

 that he may construct such a craft as he desires. 

 J? oil owing the chapters on designing, the construc- 

 tion of a canoe is taken up in detail, the tools and 

 appliances being first clearly described, as well as 

 the various materials, after which follows the actual 

 work of building. Every oi)eration is taken up in 

 order, from the selection of the keel to the varnish- 

 ing of the finished boat, and illustrated with numer- 

 ous diagrams. 



A chapter on sails describes aU the varieties in 

 use by canoeists, down to the new Mohican seit-ee, 

 with directions for making, rigging and measuring 

 them, while the method of proportioning the sails 

 to the boat is clearly explained, all the calculations 



BUILDING 



being worked out in detail. The many minor points 

 of a canoe, paddles, steering gears, rudders, aprons, 

 and camp eutflt are also described at length, while 

 a chapter is devoted to canvas canoes. 



The subject of boat building is fully treated, a 

 rowboat of the usual construction being taken as 

 an example, and described in aU its parts in such a 

 manner as to make clear the principles involved, 

 and their application to any form of boat, either 

 lapsireak or carvel buUd. Each of the numerous 

 technical terms belonging to the subject is defined 

 clearly when it first occurs, and as the index is fuU 

 and complete, the book is in itself a glossary. 



In addition to the numerous diagrams in the 

 body of the work, twenty-four large plates are 

 printed on bond paper, containing the working 

 drawngs of canoes for paddling, sailing, cruising 



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and racing, with their sail plans, rowing sailing 

 boats, large canoe yawls, and various boats for 

 special purposes, such as gunning boats, yacht 

 boats, and the widely known sneakbox. 



The canoe yawl, a boat between a canoe and a 

 yacht, is illustrated by examples of various craft 

 from 17 to 20ft. long, and suitable for a crew of two 

 or three on a cruise. This class of boat, while little 

 known among us as yet, is admirably fitted for 

 cruising, and will meet the wants of many who 

 object to a canoe as being too small, and yet desire 

 a beat with the same excellent qualities. The boats 

 and canoes illustrated are in all cases among the 

 best of their class, the list of canoes including Eng- 

 lish, Scotch and American craft, and are all drawn 



AMATEURS. 



to scale, so as to be available as working drawings. 

 The plates, for convenience in using, are placed 

 loose in a tough manilla envelope and accompany 

 the book. 



Pp. 168. with 24 plates of working drawings. 

 Price $1.50. Address, 



Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 



New Tokk N. Y. 



LONTDON: 



j DA.VIBS & Co.. 1 Finch Lane, Comhill. 

 I NoRHiE & Wilson, 156 Minories, E. C. 



Tf 9 Beaiitifnl Iliistratel Bool[s 

 PADDLE AND PORTAGE 



AND 



Canoe and Camera. 



BY THOMAS SEDGWICK STEELE, of Hartford, CODIX. 



123 exquisite illustrations of Uf e in the woods, 

 with map in each copy. . . 



The humorous as well as the senous side of camp 

 life is vividly represented, while Mr. Steele's well- 

 known artistic perceptions, and a most intense love 

 of nature, has made the work all that could be 



Seven EnrriONS of these works sold. Most popu- 

 ir books in the market. Cloth. Price $1.50 each. 



A NEW MAINE MAP. 



The headwaters of the 



Aroostook. Penoiscot anl St. Join Rlyers 



Compiled by Thomas Sedgwick. Steele. 

 The chart la 80x30 Inches, printed on Govern 

 ment survey paper and monnted on 'loth. Sent 

 postpaid on receipt of price, $'1.. 



FOREST Airo STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 



39 Park Bow, New York. 



