li 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



with slretcher, slde-boaisls 



-•■■1 paddle, 25 lbs. With stretcher, slde-l)oard«, snniralc 

 ■ndpaddle, 82 Ilin. With stretcher, sldo-honrds, eun- 

 — -tools and oars, 40 Ills. With hottom bo»rd. 



tide-boards, gnnwale, stools and 

 oars, SOlbs. TliisBntshows 

 twelve-foot boat. 



TffiE SAFEST ! 



The Llghest ! The Steadiest ! " 

 the Stanehest and IHost Durable ! 

 Impossible to tip it orer by Rocking I 



Kas7 to Kow I Safest and Best limiting and Fishing Boat made. 

 Oart and paddle are joined and pact in ehest with boat without extra charge 



The above is a view of the Boat in its compact forra, showing 

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

 and Packing Chest. Oars and Paddles are jointed and packed 

 with Boat in Chest. 



Sportsmen Going to Florida 



Will be glad to learn that JT. KC. R.-U.asll.-tOXl 



has established a WINTER HEADQUARTERS at 



under charge of DR. C. A. NEIDE. 

 BOATS, CANOES and FITTINGS. 



Call and see the 



BUILDERS OF THE FAMOUS COASTING CANOES 



-A.tlarLtis, Kambler, Rogne, Fidget, Etc., 



All of flrstKslass records, SAII< AND KOW BOATS, IKENE MODEI,. 



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

 and safe braces. No more cuss words. Combination Canoe Saiis, Romad, Copper-tipped Paddles, Spring 

 Jam Cleats and other noted fixtures. Write your address plainly and direct to Lock Box 305, ©lens 

 Falls. No X. Send 50 cents for six photos and 16-page catalofrue, or 5 cents for same catalogue alone. 



THE RADIX 



Patent Folding Centerboard. 



BIG BARGAIN. 



Elegant Steam Yacht. 



70ft. xllft. over all. New this season. Used eight 

 times. Cost S7,000; will sell for $3,600. Free stor- 

 age till spring. Also several launches cheap. 



E. E. KOBEKTS, 107 Utoerty Street, N. Y. 



Endorsed by prominent canoeists, boat builders, etc. 

 — FOR— 



Sailboats, Canoes, Sneak Boxes, 

 Gunning Skiffs, Etc. 



Givea yen a Flush Floor and Superior Sailing 

 Qualities. Made entirely of Brass. 

 Awarded Gold Medal of First Glass, New 

 Orleans Expositioa. Send for Circular. 



THE RADIX M'F'& 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. Send 2-cent stamp for Catalogue. 



H. 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, 



106 EAST NINTH STREET, 



et. Third and Fourth Avenues, NEW YORK. 

 Send 10 cents in stamps for catalogue. 



THOMAS CLAPHAM, 



Yacht Builder & Designer, 



ROSI^TN, I.. I., N. T. 



Unsinkable and non-capsizable light draft yachts 

 for ducking and cruising. UnequaXed 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 GANOE TEIMMINGS. 



Cheapest and Best Side Ughts In tbe 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 official sanction and under the 

 patronage of the New York and Eastern Yacht 

 Olubs. 



Contains a complete register of the Yacht dubs 

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

 Officers, Names of Vessels and Ovmers, Dimensions 

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



Also, Chromo-Lithograpn of 



CLUB PENNANTS AND PRIVATE SIGNALS, 

 COMPILED BY NIELS 0L8EN, Steward N. Y. Y. O. 

 PBIC£, «3,00. 



To be had from the author, or HENRY BES8EY, 

 Sole Agent, 47 Cedar street, New York. 



Folding Canvas Boat 



MANDFACTUHED BY 



FRANK HOLMES, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. 



SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 



HIGGrNS & GIFPORD, 



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 Arohiteot, 



241 "West inoTirteexitli St., N". Y. 



All classes of steam and sailing yachts designed 

 and:bufl(iing superintended. 



Estimates and specifications. 



Designer of Volante, Sea Belle, Miranda, Alex- 

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

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



Cellar Boarils for Boats ai Canoes. 



ALSO 



Hackmatack and Boat Knees. 



G. F. HODSDON, 



74t2 & 74:4= Water Street 



Near Grand Street Ferry, New York. 



Sailing and Steam Yachts 



DESIGNED BT 



J. BEAVOA-WEBB. 



STEAM YACHTS A SPECIALTY. 18 Oranley 

 Garden, London, S. W., England. 



Chester Folding Anchor. 



The Mo8t Simple, Cemplete and Compact 

 Anchor for Small Craft ever invented. 



Experiments have shown 

 that 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 Anchorof 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 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 sUdes 

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

 iwsition 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 uatil 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. C. CHESTER, Woods HoU, Mass. 



Or for sale at HENRY 0. SQUIRES, 178 Broad- 

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

 treet, Boston. M:a8s. 



For Above or Below Water Line. 

 NO TANK~NEEDED. 



ALFRED B. SANDS. 



Plumber, Steam Fitter and Coppersmith 

 134 BBKB3IAN St., Nbw Yobk. 



Parties going South during the winter will find the 



Metallic Sectional Boats 



to be just what they want. 



Adjustable Rowing Gears for all Boats. 



Two Beantifnl Illnstrated BooKs 

 PADDLE AND PORTAGE 



AND 



Canoe and Camera. 



BY THOMAS SEDGWICK. STEELE, Of Hartford, Conn. 



123 exquisite fflusfa-ationa of life in the woods, 

 with map in each copy. 



The humorous as well as the serious side of camp 

 Ufe is vividly represented, while Mi-. Steele's well 

 known artistic perceptions, and a most intense love 

 of nature, has made the work all that could be 

 desired. 



Seven EDmous of these works sold. Most popu- 

 tr b30l£3 in the market. Cloth. Price $1.50 each. 



A NEW MAINE MAP. 



The headwaters of the 



AroostooL PenolSGot and St. Jolm Eiyers 



Compiled by Thomas Sedgwick Steelb. 

 The chart is 30x30 inches, printed on Gtovem 

 ment survey paper and monnted on »loth. Sent 



postpaid on receipt of pricfe, $1. 



FOREST AND STREAM PUBUSBDUfG CO. 



39 Park Row, N«w York. 



BORDEN & WOOD, 

 Yacht Designers. 



Dratvings made, specifications furnished, and 

 building superintended Models furnished if de- 

 sired. Correspondence solicited. Address, 



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



New York and Eastern 



YACHT AGENCY, 



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

 BURGESS BROTHERS, 1.3 Exchange Place, Boston. 



Yachts and vessels of all kinds sold, purchased 

 and chartered. Special attention given to buUding^ 

 repairs and alterations. Surveys and inspections 

 made. Designs and estimates furnished, A large 

 number of flrst-class yachts now for sale. 



For Sale.— The English cutter DAISY. 



E. L. WILLIAMS, 



Yacht Builder and Designer. Single-hand yachts 

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

 Pilgrim. E. 9th St., City Point, So. Boston, Mass^ 



FOR SALE CHEAP.— SCHOONER YACHTf. 

 75ft. over all; good as new; especially well 

 adapted for family cruising, hunting, fishing or 

 scientific purposes. Large staterooms with water 

 closets. Cabin 18ft., vrith six large berths. Large 

 forecastle and kitchen, ice boxes, complete, new 

 sails by Sawyer, b'ocks by McMillan Built by day's 

 work in most substantial manner. Outfit complete. 

 Will exchange for productive city real estate. 

 Address SCHOONER YACHT, this office. 



FOR SALE CHEAP.-14' 8"X30' CilNOE, NEW. 

 first-class, folding board and 70ft. batten lugs'. 

 Address H. L. CAMPBELL, 48 Herkimer street, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. decl7,16 



CANOE 



THE Forest aud Stream began a year ago the 

 publication of a series of papers on canoe con- 

 struction, by Mi-. 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, and with numerous additions are now 

 published in a handsome volume under the title of 

 "Canoe and Boat Building for Amateurs." Jlr. 

 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. ReaUzing fully the difficulty of ex- 

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



AND 



and with which he is entirely unfamiliar, tho book 

 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 plaiu' 

 instructions in designing as will enable the beginner 

 to select intelligently the proper craft for his pur- 



BOAT 



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, 

 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 settoe, 

 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 outfit 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 all its parts in such a 

 manner as to make clear the principles involved, 

 and theu- application to any form of boat, either 

 lapstreak or carvel build. 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 paddluig, sailing, cruising 



FOR 



and racmg, with their sail plans, rowing sailing 

 boats, large canoe yawls, and various boats for 

 special purposes, such as gunm'ng 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 IT to 20ft. long, and suitable for a crew of two 

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

 knoivn 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 boat with the same excellent qualities. The boats 

 and canoes illustrated are in all cases among the 

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

 lish, Scutch and American craft, and are all diawn 



AMATEURS. 



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

 The plates, for convenience in usin^, are placed 

 loose in a tough manilla envelope and accompany 

 the book. „ , . ^ . 



Pp. 16S. with 24 plates of working drawmgs. 

 Price $1.50. Address, 



Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 



New Yobk K T. 

 LONDON: DAviBa & Co., 1 Finch Lane, Comhill. 



