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[Feb. 4, 1886. 



ENGLAND'S CHAMPION SHOT.-Graham the English shot sailed 

 f or;bome ou Saturday la«t, having failed to make any definite arrange- 

 ments for a meeting with the crack shots here. Just before his depart- 

 ure, 'speaking of his plans Mr. Graham said: "I have'beeni'cbampion 

 wing- shot- of England' for the last four years. I will shoot three 

 matches with Captain Bogardus or any oue else, as follows:— Match 

 No. a— To shoot at 100 pigeons each at 30 yards rise. Match No. 2— 

 To shoot at 100 pigeons each; I to staud at 24 yards and my opponent 

 at 80 yards, I to use one hand only against his two. Match No. 3— 

 As a special inducement to Captain Bogardus I will shoot him a 

 match at 100 pigeons from the 28 yard mark, I to use one hand only 

 agaimt his two, if he in this ma' eh stakes $500 to my $250. The first 

 twoniatcn.es for $600 a sid*. The Hurlingliam rules, under which I 

 offer to shoot all these, I find are the ones adopted by the leading 

 American guu clubs, with whom it has been my privilege to shoot 

 during my short stay here. I have had a pleasant time here, and 

 am coming back in a month's time. I don't want the shooting 

 public to think I am running away. I am only going home to shoot 

 a big money match and will return in the next steamer." 



MIDDLESEX GUN CLUB. — A meeting of the Middlesex Gun Club 

 was held at the law offices of Suydam & Stillinan, this city, on Sat- 

 urday evening last, and final arrangements perfected whereby the 

 organization became complete. Changes have been made in the 

 Board of Directors, which now consists of the following named 

 gentlemen: Messrs. E II. Robinson; A. Wordcn, of Dunellen; F. R.. 

 Stevens. L'bas. B. Theirs, Geo. P. Suydam, S. G. Smith, Dan Terry, of 

 Plainfleid ; John D. Voorhees, Bound Brook; John Day, Jersey City; 

 M. W. Mulford. Elizabeth ; J. Blendermauu, New York. The officers 

 are: President. E H. Robinson. Secretary,',M. W. Mulford, Treasurer, 

 George P. Suydam. The building will be erected at Dunellen and 

 fitted' up appropriately for the use of shooters. The regular weekly 

 shoots of the. dub are on Saturdays. Live and clay pigeons and 

 glass balls are tarnished in abundance. The initiation fee is fixed at 

 five dollars with fifty cents monthly dues. Life members are con- 

 stituted by the payment of $25 each. A large number of prominent 

 sportsmen have already become members. This club, while labor- 

 ing under difficulties in its formation, starts out under most favora- 

 ble circumstances, and promises to eventually be a prominent or- 

 ganization of the State.— Plainfleid (N. J.) Constitutionalist. 



National Gun Association Tournaments.— Special Notice.— Mem- 

 bers desirous of organizing tournaments in their vicinity, under the 

 auspices of the Association, are requested to notify the undersigned. 

 All the expenses of the same will be naid by us. Make your arrange- 

 ments for 1886. We propose to establish a circuit of tournaments 

 annually. Claim your dates now. General office and headquarters, 

 Macon, Ga.— Matt R. Freeman, Vice-President and General Manager; 

 F. C. Ethfedge, Secretary, Macon, Ga. Send 10 cents for hand book 

 containing rules, constitution, etc. "Fairly started and its future 

 depends entirely upon the manner in which the sportsmen throughout 

 the country respond."— C. M. Stark, April IS, 1885.— Adv. 



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FIXTURES. 



17— Dorchester Y. C Nahant, Open. 



19— Hull Y. G, Pennant race. 



23— Boston Y. C. 



20— Corinthian Y. C. Race. 



3- Hull Y. C. Race, 



4 -Boston Y. C, Regatta. 

 10— Hull Y. C Novelty Race. 



10— Corinthian Y. C. Race. 



IS— Beverley Y. C, Marblehead, First. Championship. 

 IT— Hull Y. C, Champion Race. 



21— Hull Y, C, Ladies' Day. 



22— Boston Y. C. 

 84— "Dorchester V. 0. 



24— Corinthian Y. C, Ladies' Race. 



31— Beverley Y. C. Swampseott, Second Championship. 

 31— Hull Y. C, Cruise. 

 7— Corinthian Y C, Open Regatta. 

 14 -Hull Y. C Open Regat ta. 

 14— Beverley Y. C , Nabaut, Third Championship. 

 21— Boverley Y. C, Marblehead, Open Matches. 



25— Hull Y. C, Ladies' Race. 

 28— Corinthian Y. C. Race. 

 28— Hull Y. C, Champion Race. 



2— Boston Y. C. 



4— Dorchester Y. C, Fall Race. 



4— Corintniau Y. C, Champion Race. 



11— Hull Y C, Champion Sail-off. 



11— Corinthian Y. C, Sweepstakes Regatta. 

 lK_Beverley Y. C, Nahant, Fall Matches. 



THE STATUS OF GALATEA. 



SINCE it has been decided that Galatea will come out next year to 

 sail for the America Cup, her challenge having been duly accepted, 

 the question has been raised in some quarters as to her claims to be 

 a representative British yacht. In the Field of Jan. 9 the following 

 letter appeared: 



SiR'— 1 see it reported in Tuesday's Times that the owner of Galatea 

 intends racing for tnis Cup, and has already issued a challenge. This 

 course a 1 ! yachting men must deprecate, for, though we know that 

 any one has the right to challenge for this Cup, it must be borne in 

 mind that as the race is more or less regarded as an international one, 

 the yacht sent over should at least have some pretensions to being a 

 prize winner in home waters. 



I think something should be done this year to retrieve our lost 

 laurels, and with the view of avoiding the blunder made last year in 

 seuding out an untried yacht (it seemed madness to send Geneva out 

 afVr such important alterations, without a trial), I would suggest 

 tha,t the various yacht clubs contribute to a prize to be sailed for 

 under the same conditions that are applied to the America's Cup, it 

 being of course understool that the winner goes to New York as our 

 representative, yacht. If this course were adopted, I think £1,000 

 would be easily raised. John. 



A week later three more letters appeared, which we give with the 

 editorial comments below, two of them being in answer to former 

 letters: 



Sir— I sincerely trust you will use your influence and write strongly 

 against the absurd match proposed to take place with the. Americans. 

 It is nothing but courting defeat. A yacht should be built specially 

 for the purpose. Channel, Islands. 



Sir -As to the sailing capabilities of Galatea, I think "John" is at 

 least a little premature. Last season can hardly have fairly tried her, 

 as she sailed in so few matches, and, like Irex in her second season, 

 may yet be a prize winner. I think it is a pity that cold water should 

 be thrown on the sporting endeavor to regain the America's Cup. No 

 doubt, if any yacht owner (doubting Galatea's powers) may still de- 

 sire to enter for the Cup, the N. Y. Y. C. will, as last year, accept two 

 entries. We have yet to see the two distinct types in a seaway; so 

 may a breeze like that at. Dartmouth last August be on the match 

 days, and I venture to say that it will not be "by fluke or otherwise" 

 if the white red St. George's cross is flown under the burgee. 



Jack (yard). 



[To save trouble to our readers, we may mention that Irex started 

 in twenty-nine races the first year she came out, and won eight first 

 and two" second prizes, amounting to £690. The Galatea started in 

 fifteen races, and won two second prizes, value £50.— Ed.] 



Sir— Your correspondent "John" has made the statement that 

 Genesta went to America an "untried yacht." Will you allow me to 

 inform this gentleman that his statement is incorrect, inasmuch as 

 she was tried both before and after her "important" alterations. 

 Possibles judged by his incorrectness on this one point, "John' may 

 be incorrect "also in his knowledge of these alterations, terms of 

 the "deed of gift" of America's Clip, etc., as he certainly does not 

 appear to understand the terms of the six months' notice, John B. 



[Whatever opinions may be entertained as to the propriety of send- 

 ing the. Galatea to New Y r ork to compete for the America Cup— aDd no 

 doubt some very strong opinions are likely to be expressed about it- 

 there can be no' doubt that the Genesta bad unexceptionable creden- 

 tials, and was quite a fit representative of British yachts. As this 

 matter— the question of the capabilities of the Genesta— was so thor- 

 oughly thrashed out in our columns, we cannot now re-open the sub- 

 ject, and so far as Genesta is concerned, the correspondence is closed. 



The assumption that Galatea is not such a vessel as will make a 

 good fight for the Cup, and that her qualities are not such as to 

 Tustify the expense and -trouble to which the holders will be put, is 

 based' op the summary of her season's work as concisely stated 

 above, two seconds to fifteen starts and a total of only £50 prize 

 money. TWs :ip truth is her record, flpd if it were all there might be. 



some reason for the complaints made against her posing as a cham- 

 pion; but to those who have followed the season closely and who are 

 familiar with all the ins and outs of Galatea's work this year, there 

 is really no ground yet for condemning her, or for asserting that she 

 will not be found in a. better place next season. An analysis of her 

 races will show that while always beaten she was in reality but very 

 little in time behind a very fast boat improved by a season's trial 

 and the alterations which it suggested. Undoubtedly Galatea, from 

 the time of her launch has been a most unfortunate boat in several 

 respects, but the source of the principal trouble is known and steps 

 are now being taken to remedy it, and thus far at least it is too soon 

 to pronounce her a failure or a fraud, and to deny herthe same 

 rating accorded here to Genesta. She. was built with 'the object in 

 view of racing for the Cup? her owner, an old sailor, is ready— not to 

 take a pleasure trip which will cost him little and throw all the 

 expense on the defenders, but to spend a large amount of money on 

 a venture which can bring him no return in kind in the event of 

 victory, and which can only be mortifying in case of defeat. Her 

 designer, too, whom we may suppose is not only pretty well 

 acquainted with his own work, but is now thoroughly posted on the 

 requirements of a boat for our racing, and whose prestige is largely 

 involved in the result of the coming race, has sufficient confidence in 

 the boat to decide to bring her out after Genesta's failure. Each of 

 these gentlemen, who has comparatively much more to lose than to 

 gain by a defeat, and who have had better opportunities of kuowing 

 the boat than any one else could have, are willing to risK the trial; 

 and having challenged in good faith, are entitled to the same consid- 

 eration they would receive if they came with a string of twenty 

 winning flags flying. 



THE ATLANTIC. 



THE members of the Atlantic Y. C, Messrs. L. A. Fish, J. R. Max- 

 well and N. A. Law ton, have been appointe.1 a committee to 

 manage the building of the new slop for the club. The drawings 

 have been made from Mr. Ellsworth's block model and plans and 

 specifications are now ready for the builders, several of whom will 

 send in estimates. The dimensions as given are: 



Length over all 95ft. lin. 



L°ngth on load line 83ft. 



Beam extreme 23ft. 2in, 



Beam at load line 22ft. Sin. 



Depth from rabbet to planksheer lift. 



Freeboard 3ft. Sin. 



Draft 4ft. from stem 4ft. 5in. 



Draft amidship 8ft. lOin. 



Draft at stern Sft. 7in. 



Draft with centerboard 20ft. 6n. 



Area of midship section 92sq. ft. 



Area of lateral plane 550sq. ft. 



Displacement 108 tons. 



Ballast ou keel 33 tons. 



Ballast inside 9 tons, 



The sail plan shows a rnast 30ft. from foreside of stem and 00ft. to 

 hounds, with a 40ft. topmast, 70ft. boom and 44ft. gaff. The bow- 

 sprit will be 35ft. outboard, spinnaker boom 72ft. and hoist 54ft. The 

 new boat will be built at once and will be ready by Decoration 

 Day. Captain Joe Ellsworth and his crew will sail her. 



NEWSPAPERS AND CLUB SCANDALS. 



IN the active hunt for news among a number of daily papers 

 private affairs which concern no one but the parties directly in 

 terested are often dragged before the public, regardless of the harm 

 that may result when once the matter is made tne subject of general 

 gossip. A recent example of this sort of journalistic enterprise is 

 given in the case of tbe Seawanhaka C. Y. C, in which a family jar 

 that in no way concerned or interested any one outside of the club 

 has been made public by the papers in a manner which has only 

 widened the breach. What the New York Herald thinks of such pro- 

 cee 'ings is well told in thefirs-t of the following extracts, taken from 

 its editorial columns of Jan. 30. What it does in a similar case is 

 shown in the second extract from its news columns of Jan. 13. The 

 latter paragraph, immediately on its appearance in the Herald, was 

 denied by the leading men of the American Y. C, and was further 

 disproved by the harmonious meeting and the treasurer's report 

 which followed a few days latter. 



On the other hand, in spite of the Herald's direct assertion to the 

 contrary, there is a decided difference of opinion among the members 

 of the New York Y. C. and more excitement over the coming election 

 than has been felt for many years; but aa yet the matter is simply a 

 private one, with which the members only are concerned. 



N. Y. Herald, Jan. 30. JV. T. Herald, Jan. 13. 



YARNS ABOUT THE NEW YORK Y. C NOT STEAM ENOUGH TO KEEP GOING. 



It is rather remarkable that an The American Y, C, it was ru- 

 organization of such high stand- mored yesterday, is now in the 

 ing as the New York Y. C, cannot throes of dissolution— caused, it is 

 conduct its election of officers said, simply by the lack of inter- 

 without being subjected to a series est taken in the organization by 

 of malicious yams. Absurd ru its members. It was also rumored 

 mors of dissensions, which were yesterday that a proposition had 

 said to threaten the very existence been made by a prominent mem- 

 of the club, have gone the rounds, ber of this club to a prominent 

 and some people have been simple member of the New York Y.C. for 

 enough to give them credence, thelaiter organization to admit the 

 On inquiry we find that the sensa- members of the American Steam 

 tional stories have not the least Y. C. en bloc It is doubtful, as 

 foundation in fact; that the club far as a Herald reporter could 

 was never in a more salisfactory learn yesterday, whether such a 

 condition ; that harmony prevails proposition would be enter'ained 

 instead of discord, and that, in a by the New York Y. C, though 

 word, tbe scandal mongers have some individual members might 

 simply drawn upon their imagi- perhaps favor such action. In 

 nations for what they are pleased view of the American Y. C.'s 

 to call their facts. It is time that record the present state of its 

 such slanders should cease. affairs is certainly to be regretted. 



A PRIMITIVE LATEEN RIG. 



ICE boats in the neighborhood of Fall River are merely make- 

 shifts, not the finished yachts of the Hudson. This is naturally 

 the case, as our bay is seldom frozen over to make good ice for the 

 sport. However, when such is the case, our yachtsmen generally 

 manage to utilize sails and jibs and build platforms with runners, 

 which answer quite well for sport, and in strong breezes frequently 

 attain good speed. 



Ten years ago this very winter we had a long cold spell, and, the ice 

 admitting of if, several such boats were built and launched (if Hie 

 latter term wilt apply to tbe process of putting them on their proper 

 element), bith sloops and cats. Not to be outdone, your correspond- 

 ent had some runners cast and with what stock he had on hand built 

 an ice boat. Her dimensions were as follows: Length between run- 

 ners and rudder, 16ft. ; distance between runners, 12ft. For a sail was 

 used the jib of the Una, a 25 f t . yacht which belonged to the aforesaid. 

 This was 20ft. long on foot, with a leach of about 24ft. , containing 

 about 240sq. ft. On first rigging this boat the main boom (a spare 

 one) of the Una was bent to the luff of this jib, and the masts (sheer 

 masts) set plumb over the runners, Of course when the sail was 

 hoisted the boom made a first-rate yard for my lateen, and the masts, 

 being hauled together at the top, made a nice pah of shears to hold 

 the yard. The lower end of the yard was, of course, made fast to the 

 end of the bowsprit. Having carried away two or three sets of masts, 

 4iD. spruce. I at last determined to have something strong, and taking 

 an axe went into the woods and cut a couple of hickory sapphngs for 

 the purpose. These never broke, but have probably long since fur- 

 nished firewood for some one's stcve, as the boat was used only one 

 season. She was indeed short-lived, but I think that it is safe to 

 assert that none ever furnished more sport than did that one. Being 

 always readv and always at the disposal of my friends, she was in 

 motion nearly all the time when the weather was fit, and as her deck 

 was large her accommodations were equally so, and with strong 

 breezes her crew and passengers frequent ly numbered a dozen. As to 

 speed, in light breezes she was nothing, being easily beatan by sev- 

 eral of her rivals. This was, of course, due to her weight, which 

 could not have fallen short of 600 pounds. However, when the wind 

 was strong tbe result was reversed. The other boats were simply 

 nowhere, as the lateen could outpoint them fully a point, and toot 

 three feet to their two. The cars were nowhere, let them put on 

 never so much steam. 



Now for the lesson. The shape of the lateen sail is probably better 

 for pointing close to the wind than any other, as the whole luff and 

 head is held exactly fore and aft, and will therefore not shake so 

 soon as one where the head swings off. I think, too, that it furnishes 

 more proportionate driving power per square foot of area, as the 

 whole of it can be used for that purpose, even when lying very close 

 to the wind. There are objections to it, however, as used by me, the 

 chief of which is its awkwardness. The yard is a very clumsy spat- 

 to handle, heing so long, and, for that reason, so heavy, as great 

 strength is required. Furthermore, the leach being perpendicular, 

 peak'and dew beiug in one perpendicular line, it made so much ot a 

 lifting sail that it required a great deal of weight aft to hold her 

 rudder down hard enough to get a good grip on the ice. 



The fastest time that I ever made with her was in one ot our heavy 

 northwesters. With six men aft and eight hundred pounds of rock 

 piled on forward, I succeeded in sailing three-quarters of a mile m 

 35 seconds from the time of straightening the rudder. 

 F4t.iv River, Mass. J- Borden, Jr, 



INTERIOR OF THE CUTTER IVIELUSINA. 



GIVEN a certain amount of space, measured by the number of 

 cubic feet contained within the eeiling and below the deck of a 

 yacht, the problem is how to dispose of it so as to secure the greatest 

 amount of room for a man. It matters little how wide it may be if it 

 has not heignt, or how long if it is too narrow for comfortable move- 

 ment. On shore the architect starts out with at least or 7ft. in every 

 direction, but the naval architect is tiammelled and bound down by 

 the absolute necessity of limiting himself to a hull whose dimension's 

 are dictated by many other considerations besides the personal com- 

 fort of the dwellers therein, and who has not the resource of his 

 brother ashore of putting on a bay window here or a mansard roof 

 in another place. He is confined to a very contracted space, and the 

 results of his planning depend partly on his individual skill, but still 

 more on the form of hull in which it is exercised. His work must be 

 laid off by one unit of measurement, the height of a man, which will 

 be about Oft., and the space to be distributed is valuable or otherwise 

 as it contains this factor. If the height is less than this a man cannot 

 stand erect, but must always retain a constrained and uncomfortable 

 position: if the length is less a man cannot lie down to sleep; and 

 while less breadth may give passable accommodations if coupled 

 with length and depth, Oft. is as little as will give a berth or transom 

 on each side, and a passageway between. 



Measured by this standard the shortcomings of the ordinary shoal 

 centerboard boat are easily seen by aglance at a transverse section. 

 In a boat of 14 or 15ft. beam for instance, drawing under 5ft. and with 

 the ordinary low freeboard, and centerboard trunk amidships, when 

 the required width on each side of the trunk is laid off the floor line 

 has been raised so high that to obtain any head room a high cabin 

 house is necessary, with its attendant evils of weak construction, 

 limited deck room, and unsightly appearance. Referring to tbe ac- 

 companying cut it will be seen that a large part of the space is 



divided into small portions of awkward size, one under the floors and 

 a small triangular space in each wing, none of them of much use. 

 The fore and aft disposition is still worse. No room in the fore peak, 

 a height of 8J£ to 4ft. only in the galley, the center of the boat taken 

 up with the centerboard trunk, the main cabin forced aft, cutting out 

 any after stateroom, and a damp and ill shaped hole under the cock- 

 pit, difficult of access and when reached of limited capacity. Besides 

 these are the wings already mentioned, and small spaces under deck 

 alongside the cockpit, sometimes utilized for stowage. Tbe main 

 cabin must be depended on for the principal dormitory; the state- 

 room, if there is any. is hardly more than a closet with a shelf up 

 under the deck, dignified by name of berth. Aided even by the extra 

 space stolen from above by the cabin trunk, the accommodations of 

 the ordinary centerboard sloop are nearly always of a makeshift and 

 unsatisfactory character. 



With the boat of moderate or even narrow beam and a fair- dep I li 

 the case is entirely different. The space, no greater in cubic feet 

 than in the former case, is now in the form of a solid, approximately 

 rectangular in section, at least as high as a man, nearly as wide as 

 high, aud keeping these dimensions for a length of three or four 

 times the measuring uuit— say 25ft., with large space beyond at each 

 end. It is obvious at once that a man can walk from eud to end of 

 this space, erect and with arms extended, and the division of it that 

 would naturally suggest itself would be: One length, say 7ft., state- 

 room; one length, 8ft., cabin, and the remaining length added to the 

 portion at the bow, for galley and forecastle. An excellent example 

 of this type of boat and its capabilities is shown in the accompanying 

 plans of the Melusina, prepared from sketches furnii-hed by her 

 designer. Mr. George K. Boutelle, to whom the credit of the general 

 plan is due, the details being designed and carried out by Mr. Edward 

 Burgess. 



Inspection ot the lines of the Melusina, published in the Forest and 

 Stream of Dec. IT, will show that her actual beam of 10ft. on deefe, 

 decreased only by narrow skylights and companion in places, gives 

 ample deck room, iu fact greater than in shoal boat* of much larger 

 beam and length, whose decks are cut, down by a clumpy cabin trunk 

 to a narrow gangway, often blocked by the boats and spare spars. 

 In the Melusina, as in all her of type, the space for working ship is 

 ample, a deck 42ft. long by 10ft. wide and with space along tbe middle 

 line. Her relative beam also, 27 per cent, of her ioadlice, when 

 coupled with depth and ballast, is sufficient to insure a fair amount 

 of that initial stability demanded by many in a cruising boat. In 

 compliance with Americau ideas, a cockpit is provided for the steers- 

 man and large enough to accommodate three or four persons. Abaft 

 this cockpit and made as part of it is a hatch opening into a sail 

 locker. Forward of the cockpit is a skylight over the after or ladies' 

 cahin, then a space of deck between the latter and the main compan- 

 ion. This is in one with the main skylight, which lies just ahead of 

 it. The companion is placed a little to starboard so as to leave room 

 below for a door from the main to the after cabin, this door of course- 

 being on the port side of the companion stairway. Just above this door 

 is a small sklight as long as the companion proper, and forward of 

 both is the main skylight. 



Entering the cabin from the deck by the main companion, the 

 visitor is landed in a small but cosy room, not vastly different from 

 a snuggery ashore, except in the absence of windows. This room is 

 Of r. square and about. Oft. high, finished in hard wood, cherry. On 

 each side is a comfortable locker with cushioned seat and back, 

 making a bed at night or a lounge by day. Opposite to the stairway 

 is a handsome tile stove, and above it is a bookcase, Abreast of these 

 is a door, as shown, leading to the galley, while on each side at the 

 head of the transom is a cellaret locicer, the top making a table with 

 a closet above, the top making another shelf. The after bulkhead 

 contains a door to port, abreast the gangway, leading to the after 

 cabin or stateroom, and at the foot of each transom is a closet for 

 coats, dresses, etc., allowing them to hang at full length. Below the 

 transoms is additional stowage room, and under the floors are the 

 water tanks and spaces for coal, potatoes, etc. The cabin is well 

 lighted by the skylights, and with its polished furniture, bright 

 cushions and hangings and cheerful stove, it is always homelike and 

 inviting Leaving the cabin by the after door the visitor enters the 

 after cabin, a roo.-n 0ft, 6in. long, with ample head room. On each 

 side is a permanent berth made up, with drawers and lockers under 

 it as shown, giving ample and accessible stowage for clothes. A 

 dressing case and mirror will occupy the forward bulkhead, next to 

 tbe door, while between the berths at the other end is a water closet. 

 The washbasin is arranged in one of the drawers at the foot of the 

 port berth, and may be drawn out for use at any time, the waste pipe 

 being flexible. Abaft this cabin is a large sail locker, and space for 

 spare lines, cables, brooms, mops, etc., the only opening being on 



Now going forward through the main cabin, the galley is reached, 

 clean, lofty, roomy, with lockers for two men forward, a stove, 

 pump, etc. On the port side is an icebox and refrigerator, with 

 water tank below, and next to this a dresser and cupboard, offering 

 every convenience for cooking. No low, confined, smoky hole sucn 

 as is' too often found in the ordinary sloop, but a light, airy and 

 comfortable room, easily kept clean. In length it extends quite up 

 to the bow, keeping a good head room for the entire distance. 



This general plan is found in all boats of the cutter type, from 

 Genesta whose plans were published in the Forest and Stream last 

 fall, to the small fives of 5ft. beam or less; and in all cases it gives 

 an amount of practical accommodation which cannot be had m the 

 common centerboard type for the same length or cubic capacity. 



A large cabin or room enough for a hotel range are not tbe prune 

 objects in designing a boat, but in deciding on the controlling 

 features and dimensions of his design each owner should consider 

 the opportunity for a proper distribution of room. Careful study 

 and a little skill combined with appropriate dimensions will give a 

 roomy and commodious boat at no greater cost than an ill-arranged 

 and uncomfortable box; size alone will not always insure proper 

 accommodations, and it is often money well spent to call in the aid 

 of the experienced designer, who by his skill will make the boat 

 worth the money she costs. 



GEN. PAINE'S YACHT.— Work is progressing steadily on Gen. 

 Paine'a new boat. The keel, stem and stern have been got out, 

 and the frames will soon be ready. The joiner work is going for- 

 ward at the same time, so that her batches, companions, etc,, will he 

 ready before the deck is laid, 



