li 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



f arW mA gijat iwiWetJ, tU. 



OSGOOD'S vmm canvas boat ^e'sw, ror tro.t »Mng, 



.ndpa.)dl... 321b,. Whh s(rot;h,'r^I.rb„„V!°°^^^^ 

 wait, Btocils mid oiir», 401118. Willi tiottom boar*. 

 ->-:: "lc-l)0nrtlii, Bonnnlei, Btools and 



oars, 50lbii. This eut shown 

 tweWe-foot boat. 



17 iiidtia wide, Is iucli«3dv(.i) 



THB BB9T1 "^^^^^ufi^V J 

 TH* SAFEST 1 



The Llghest 1 The Steadiest T 

 The Staneheat and Xost Dorablo t 

 ImpOMlble t» tip It orer b; Rocking I 



Ksax to Rov 1 Safest and Best Hunting and Fishing Boat made. 

 Oan and paddle are joined and pack In chest with boat without extra charge 



Maltes up fo'ir different weights, the 

 same as four boats combined in one 



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 eq^ual to the 

 best by any other builder* 



SEND 2-CENT STAMP FOR 48 PAGE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. 



J. H. RUSHTON, Canton, N. Y. 



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



BUILDERS OP THE FAMOUS COASTIKG CANOES " 



-Atlantis, liambler, R-og-ae, Fido:et„ B^tc*. 



All of first-class records, ^" 4.11, AND KOW BOATS, T^lSNlifaaODELB 



Smooth Lap Streak Shells, Deflecting Centerboard, Metallic D'-^k. liuddcr with the most practical 

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



THE RADIX 



Patent Folaing Centerboard. 



Endorsed by prominent canoeists, boat builders, etc. 

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Sailboats, Canoes, Sneak Boxes, 

 Gunning Skiffs, Etc. 



Gives yen a Flush Floor and Superior Sailing 

 Qualities. Made entirely of Brass. 

 Awarded Gold Medal of First Class, Kew 

 Orleans Slxposltioa. Send for Circular. 



THE RADIX M'F'G- 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 afford? 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, 

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

 for Catalogue. 



H. M. SPKAGUE, 



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 lowest Prices. 



RENTON BROTHERS, 



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Bet. Third and Fourth Avenues, NEW YORK. 

 Send 10 cents in stamps for catalogue. 



BIG BARGAIN. 



Elegant Steam Yaclit. 



70ft. X lift, ov^r all. New this season. Used eight 

 times. Cost S7, 000 : wll sell for $3,600. Free stor- 

 age till spring. Also several launches cheap. 



F. E. KOBKKTS, I07 Liberty Stree^^ N. H. 



THOMAS CLAPHAM. 



Yacht Builder & Designer, 



ROSI.TN, t« I., N. T. 



Unsinkable and non-capsizable light draft yachts 

 for ducking and cruising. Unequaled in seaworthi- 

 ness, comfort and speed, i 



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 Hide Ughts In the Mar- 

 ket Awning Hardware. 



SPECIALTIES IN BRASS MADE TO ORDER. 



The Shelton Brass Hardware Co., 



BIRMINGHAM, CONN. 



New York Wabbrooms: 96 Chambers Street, 

 Chicago 177 Lake Street. 



The American Yacht List 



FOB 1885. 



Published with the ofllcial sanction and imder the 

 patronage of the New York and Eastern Yacht 

 Clubs. 



Contains a complete register of the Yacht dubs 

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

 Ofttcers, Names of Vessels and Owners, Dimensions 

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



Also. Chromo-Lithograpn of 



CLUB PENNANTS AND PRIVATE SIGNALS, 

 COMPILED BY NIELS OL8EN, Steward N.Y.Y.O. 

 PRICE, 98.00. 



To be had from the author, or HENRY BESSEY, 

 Sole Agent, 47 Cedar street. New York. 



Folding Canvas Boat 



MANUFACTURED BY 



FRANK HOLMES, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. 



SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 



HIGGINS & 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. 



JOHN HARVEY, M. I. N. A., 

 Naval Arobitept, 



241 "West moTarteentli St., N. Y. 



AU classes of steam and sailing yachts designed 

 andihuil'ding superintended. 



Estimates andispecifications. 



Designer of Volante, Sea Belle, Miranda, Alex- 

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

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



Cedar Boarils for Boats anil Canoes. 



ALSO ; 



Hackmatack and Boat Knees. 



C. F. HODSDON, 



743 <fc 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 

 that It is much superior in 

 I 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, 

 a^if! t&kes 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, 

 Steani Launches 

 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 which 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 tmfold 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, 367 Federal 

 treet, Boston, Mass. 



For Above or Below Water Line. 

 NO TANK~NEEDED. 



ALFRED B. SANDS. 



Plumber, Steam Fitter and Coppersmith- 

 134 Bekkman St., Nkw Yobk. 



PICTURES OF 



Puritan and Oenesta. 

 THE GREATUCHT 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 indo-tint sheet, 

 151^X23 inches, showing fifteen views of different 

 phases of tbe 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. 



Two Beantifil lilnstratel Boob 

 PADDLE AND POmGE 



AND 



Canoe and Camera. 



BY THOMAS SEDGWICK STKKLK, of Hartford, Conn. 



123 exquisite illustrations of life In the woods, 

 with map in each copy. 



The humorous as well as the serious side of camp 

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

 known artistic perceptions, and a most intense love 

 of nature, has niade the work all that could be 

 desired. 



SKViEK Editions of these works sold. Most popu- 

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



A NEW MAINE MAP. 



The headwaters of the 



iroosloftt Penobscot and St. Join Elyers 



Compiled by Thomas Sedgwick Stebxj:. 

 The chart Is 20x30 inches, printed on Govern 

 ment.survey paper and mounted on <1.oth. Sent 

 postpaid on receipt of price, Ji. 



FOREST AND STREAM PUBUSHINa CO. 



39 Park Row, New York. 



BORDEN & WOOD, 

 Tacht Designers. 



Dramngs made, specifleations furnished, and 

 building superintended. Models furnished if de- 

 sired. Correspondence solicited. Address, 



P. O. Box 33S, Fall River, Mass. 



New York and Eastern 



YACHT AGENCY, 



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

 BURGESS BROTHERS, 13 Exchange Place, Boston. 



Yachti and vessels of all kinds sold, purchased 

 and chartered. Special attention given to building, 

 rei>airs and alterations. Surveys and inspections 

 made. Designs and estimates furnished. A large 

 number of flrst-class yachts now for sale. 



For Sale.— The EngHsh cutter DAISY. 



E. L. WILLIAMS, 



Yacht Builder and Designer. Singte-hand yachts 

 a specialty. Designer and builder of Dr. Winslow's 

 Pilgrim. E. 9th st., Ciiy Point, So. Boston, Mass. 



FOR SALE.— A NAUTILUS CANOE. IT IS IN 

 good order and has a complete outfit. Will 

 sell cheap. Can be seen or address 638 Atlantic 

 St., Brooklyn. 



CANOE 



THE FoBEST AND 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 

 published 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 difficulties attending 

 a learner, taken a prominent place among canoe 

 builders, due both to the model and workmanship 

 of his canoes. Realizing fully the difiSculty of ex- 

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



AND 



and with which he is entirely unfamiliar, the boot 

 begins with a description of the various classes o£ 

 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 intelligently 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 

 build 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, 

 f ollowing 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 operation 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 all the varieties in 

 use by canoeists, down to the new Mohican settee, 

 with directions for making, rigging and measuring 

 them, while the method of proportioning the sails 

 to the boat is clearly explained, all the calculations 



BUIIiDING 



being worked out in detail. The many minor points 

 of a canoe, paddles, steering gears, ruddera. 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 consti-uction being taken as 

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

 manner as to make clear the principles involved, 

 and their application to any form of boat, either 

 lapstreak 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 full 

 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 

 drawings of canoes for paddling, sailing, cruising 



FOR 



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 fdr 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 wiU 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 cauoes idustrated 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 workmg drawmgs. 

 Piice $1.50. Address, 



Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 



New York N. Y. 



T /^xrr.r^w i Davies & Co., 1 Finch Lane, ComhiU. 

 LONDON. J^ ffQBKiE & Wilson, 156 Slinories, E. C. 



