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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mabch 4, 1886. 



On Monday, Aug. 8. the wind was southeast, which told us a storm 

 was coming:, and about 10 o'clock it did come. That night a furious 

 thunder storm came up, which caused our tent to leak a little, wet- 

 tine: a few of our r-1 dbes. 



Aug. 5. — H. in the Maud and G. in his own canoe, the Arrow, with 

 some others went to Pawson's Park and Double Beach for the day. 



On Saturday morning we had some paddling races, which were 

 quite amusing. We stood up and paddled, jumped out into the water 

 and then back again. 



Tuesday. Aug. 11, needing- a good many provisions, we rode over to 

 Branford Point, and returniug we took a sail to New Haven Light- 

 house and back. The owner of the Maud not feeling very well, went 

 to spend a few days in New Haven with friends, H. therefore becom- 

 ing the crew of the Maud, 



Aug. 12.— H made a new rudder for bis canoe, as the old one had 

 warped so it- could not be used, in order to go to Branford Point in 

 the afternoon. We had a fair wind both ways, which made it much 

 more enjoyable. Our canoes being 32in. and rather heavy, it is no 

 fun padnling them any great distance. 



Aug. 14.— We were up earlier than usual, as there was a fine sail- 

 ing breeze, and as we were going to have some races sometime, de- 

 termined to have them to-day. The course was out around a small 

 rock, and at the signal we spun across the line, the Arrow talcing the 

 lead, and increasing it won by 200ft. The Arrow won the next race, 

 thereby winning the rac?. The owner of the Maud returned from 

 New Haven only to leave again for Hartford, as he was not well 

 enough to remain, leaving his canoe in care of H., who kindly con 

 sented to sail his canoe home to Hartford. W. arrived in the after- 

 noon, having left his canoe at Pine Orchard. 



Saturday, Aug. 15. — We were up rather early, and at 8 o'clock 

 started for Pine Orchards, where W. was to get his canoe. Id was a 

 large cruising craft 15fr.x35in.. and as stiff as a yacht; was rigged 

 with the lateea sails of 53 and 18ft We sailed back in about an hour. 



On Monday, Aug. 17, at 7 o'clock, P. and W. in the Cricket, G. in 

 the Arrow, and H. in the Maud, left for New Haven. By the aid of 

 the string breeze which was blowing, we reached N. H., 7 miles, in 

 less than an hour. The N. H. Y. C. received us kindly by taking care 

 of our canoes and offering us sleeping accommodations. 



Tuesday, P. and W. started for camp at 10 o'clock, G. and H. soon 

 following. It was rather a rough trip coming home, but the canoes 

 accomplished it without an accident. 



Wednesday, P., W., G„ H., in the three canoes, started to spend the 

 dav at Indian Neck and Pine Orchards. We met Mr. and Mrs. Par- 

 mele, who invited us to take dinner with them at the Neck. They 

 were cruising alone the Sound in their canoe Oabu. 



We then s"t sail for Pine Orchards, where we spent an hour or so 

 in looking about the place. On our way home we were joined by Mr. 

 and Mrs. P , who pitched their tent near ours for that night. 



On Thursday W. took a sail to Indian Neck, while G. and H. took 

 some young ladies out sailing, who enjoyed the sport very much. 



Friday. Aug. 21, the day set for our departure, we were up very 

 eany, and got our things ready to pack up in our canoes. We were 

 all ready by 4 o'clock P M., but being advised to wait until the next 

 day as it was very rough, deci Jed to remain. 



Saturday. Aug.' 22 —We got off at 8:50 A. M. for Madison, with a 

 fine breeze dead astern, and at- 11:29 the Arrow arrived, followed by 

 the Crickpt 11:32 and the Maud 11:35, the distance sailed being 18 

 mile-. We pulled up ac the ship yard for Sunday. In the afternoon 

 we went up to the store for a few provisions. When we returned we 

 found a number of visitors examining our boats; of course, we were 

 asked numerous questions in regard to toeir speed, etc. It was cloud- 

 ing over, and we expected rain before morning, so it was necessary 

 to prepare for it. 



Sunday we passed in entertaining many visitors, and on Monday, 

 packing up, we h-ft for Westbrook at 9 o'clock, had a fair wind all 

 the way over, reaching there about 10 o'clock. Distance, 8 miles. 

 When off Westbrook the Cricket ran on a rock but sustained no 

 damage. Ac night it rained at times, out we managed to keep dry. 



Tuesday, left for Fenwick at 9 o'clock with a stiff wind dead ahead, 

 with a choppy sea. When off Fenwick it began to rain, and we 

 thought it about time to get in shore Blankets in hand, with a little 

 grub we all piled into a fisherman's hut, where we intended to spend 

 the night. After it stopped raining we went to Saybrook, meeting 

 there Messrs. Fenn andlugraham, who were cruising up the river in 

 their canoe Rambler. 



Wednesday, started at 10 o'clock and made a short cut through the 

 breakwater at Saybrook. Having a head wind we tacked up to 

 Lyme where we laid up for the rest of the day. The crew of Arrow 

 wanted a hot supper, so he went to the Bacon House. The others 

 took snpper in the usual way. We then took the canoes out of the 

 wafer and repacked tbem in readiness for the boat, which arrived at 

 13 M. 



Thursday. Aug. 27.— Arrived home 7:80 A. M., having spent a most 

 enjoyable summer. We were none the worse for our trip, and fully 

 determined to go off next summer, with an addition to our party. 



Saunders and Gilbert. 



THE HUDSON RIVER MEET.— We have received the following 

 letter from the secretary of Rondout C. O— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: The annual Hudson River spring meet will be held at Cod- 

 dington's Dock, a private landing four miles north of Rondout, on the 

 west shore nf the Hudson, under the auspices of the Rondout C. C. , 

 on May 29. 30. 31, 188(5. Sufficient seclusion, a fine beach and excel- 

 lent camping grounds 'make this point particularly adapted for the 

 purpose. It is easily reached via following routes: By steamer Mary 

 Powell from Vestry street pier, or night boats from pier 34 N. ft., 

 New York to R ndout, thence by sail or paddle or towing by little 

 passenger yachts at small cost; by New York Central and Hudson 

 River Railroad to Rhinebeck or Bajrytown; by Hartford & Conn. 

 West Railroad to Rbinebeck, or by steamers Tretnper and Martin of 

 the Albany and Newburgh line direct to landing. Passenger yachts 

 running at frequent intervals during the day place Rondout within 

 easy access of those wishing to procure supplies. A cordial invita- 

 tion is extended to all canoe clubs and unattached canoeists to be 

 present on this occasion, and they will confer a ra vor by advising this 

 club of their intention in the matter. Any further information will 

 be gladly furnished by F. B. Hiobard, Secretary. 



ffzehting. 



FIXTURES. 



June 17-N. Y. Y. O. Regatta. 

 June 17— Dorchester Y. C, Nahant, Open. 

 June 19— Hull Y. C, Pennant race. 



23- Bosron Y. C. 

 26— Corinthian Y. C. Race. 



3-Hull Y. a Race. 

 4 - Boston Y. C, Regatta. 

 10-Hull Y. O, Novelty Race. 

 10— Corinthian Y. C. Race. 



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

 17— Hull Y. O, Champion Kace. 



21— Hull Y. C , Ladies' Day. 



22 - Boston Y. C. 



24— Dorchester Y. C. 

 24— Corinthian Y. C, Ladies' Race. 

 31— Beverley Y. C. Swampscott, Second Champioaship. 

 31-Hull Y. C, Cruise. 



7— Corinthian Y C, Open Regatta. 



14- Hull Y. C. Open Regatta. 

 Aug. 11— Beverley Y. C , Nahant, Third Championship, 

 Aug. 21— Beverley Y. C, Marblehead, Open Matches. 

 Aug. 25— Hull Y. C, Ladies' Race. 



Aug. 28— Corinthian Y. C. Race. 



Aug. 28— Hull Y. C , Champion Race. 



Sept. 2— Boston Y. C. 



Sept. 4-Dorchester Y. O, Fall Race. 



Sept. 4— Corinthian Y. C, Champion Race. 



Sept. 11-Hull Y. C, Champion Sail-off. 



Sept. 11— Corinthian Y. C, Sweepstakes Regatta. 



Sept. 18— Beverley Y. C, Nahant, Fall Matches. 



June 

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 Aug, 



the Gibson House, Cincinnati, Ji^ssrs u. narry uarunn- auu o. r. 

 Pennewell of ( leveland ; O. A. Woodruff, Dayton; Cha«. Melville, 

 Sandusky; H. D. Prane, Geo. D. Ellard, Dr. H.J. Groesbeck. Nicholas 

 Longworth, J. O. Shiras W. W. Hite and Wm. Greenwood, of Cincin- 

 nati being present. Twenty-one new members were elected, and 

 appiicatioDS were received from others. The programme of the races 

 was arranged, Mr. Chas. Melville was chosen Superintendent of the 

 Camp. Messrs. Crane, Gardner and Shiras were appointed a Regatta 

 Committee and Messrs. Hite. Greenwood and Groesbeck, a committee 

 to design a flag. The meet of 1880 will be held at Ballast Island. 



TORONTO C. O— The annual meeting of this club was held on 

 Feb 22 at the club nouse, sixteen members attending. The follow- 

 ing officers for 1886 were elected: Commodore. HughNeilson; Vice- 

 Commodore, Fred W. Mason; Secretary -Treasurer, W. G. McK>n- 

 drick- Executive Committee, John L. Kerr and D. B. Jacques. The 

 club resolved to attend the A. C. A. meet in a body this year. A new 

 club house will probably be built shortly. Mr. Baden Powell was 

 elected an honorary member. A resolution was also passed disap- 

 proving of the increase of the A. C. A. dues, and suggesting that the 

 detailed accounts of the Association should be published each year. 



CONNECTICUT RIVER MEET. — Messrs, Bowles and Knappe, of 

 the Springfield Club, and Abbot, Parker and Parmele, of the Hartford 

 Club made a cruise (on foot over a muddy road) to Calla Shasta erove 

 near Springfield, on Wa-hington's Birthday, to look over the site of 

 the proposed three davs' meet of New Eogland canoeists. Springfield 

 and Hartford are working up the details with great enthusiasm, and 

 there is no doubt that it will be a grand success. Full particulars 

 will soon be announced. 



HARRIS BURG C. C— This club will celebrate the first anniversary 

 of its organization on March 1. at the residence of one of the mem- 

 bers The programme includes the election of officers, the readiDg 

 ofahisoryof the club by Mr. W. G. Spicer, a song by theclub. a 

 recitation by Mr. Frank H. Davies, a reading by Mr. Wm. W. Say- 

 ford, another song bv the club, and in conclusion, the club prophecy, 

 by Mr. Geo. G. McFarland. The club now numbers fourteen mem- 

 bers. 



OAKLAND C. O— Mr. Bvrnes has sold the Hattie Bell to Mr. Mc- 

 Woods, of San Francisco, a new member; and Mr. Wright, of Ala- 

 meda, now owns the White Cap. The Zoe, Man, Mystic and Zephyr, 

 lately made a pleasant cruise about Alameda and San Leandro Bay, 

 spending Saturday afternoon and Sunday afloat. 



A FFRRY TO GRINDSTONE. — The Chicago Granite Quarry Co. 

 are considering the question of running a small steamer between 

 Clayton and their quarries on Grindstone Island. 



A C A MEMBERS.— Mr. Chas. M. Whitelaw, Montreal, and W. 

 E. HaitFenn, of Hartford, Conn., have been proposed as members of 

 the A. C. A. 



THE A C A. TROPHY— The amounts received since the last 

 notieeare: C. A. Sheda, No. 178, $1; W. H. Hillier, $1; Robert Ty- 

 son, $1. 



CRUISE OF THE COOT. 

 The "Cruise of the Cool" will be continued in our next number, 

 the installment intended for this week having come to hand too late 

 for Insertion. 



THE NEW ATLANTIC. 



SIX months since, on the eve of the great races, we discussed at 

 some length the issues at stake and the principles involved, and in 

 considering the characteristics of the Boston yacht, it was made evi- 

 dent that she in no way embonied the ideas and beliefs of that large 

 portion of the American yachting world who have contended obstin- 

 ately and boldly against the ideas which have been advocated in our 

 columns for the past seven years and who have just as firmly ranged 

 themselves on the side of the American cetiterooard sloops and of 

 light draft, great beam, light displacement, high ballast, and lofty, 

 narrow sloop rig. As we then demonstrated, the Puritan, while 

 technically a centerboard sloop in her hull, was really a complete con- 

 tradiction of the skimming dish theories, "nd represented in her de- 

 sign a careful and judicious selection ef the various features employed 

 bv yacht designers, irrespective of nationality or origin: and her suc- 

 cess, while a victory for moderate, as opposed to extreme nar- 

 row beam, was in itself a death blow to the fond delusions of a 

 past age which once gave us Fanny, Julia, loming, Gracie. Vision, 

 Addie and ihe other boats which made the reputation of the Ameri- 

 can centerboard sloop. The Cup was retained, the victory rested 

 again for the fifth time on the western shores of the Atlantic, but it 

 was a victory in which old prejadicss. national ideas and ancient 

 dogmas, whose only backmg was a so called patriotism, had no part 

 at all. 



Not satisfled with his defeat, the plucky Britain proposes to make 

 another trial and is now preparing, as at this time last year, for a voy- 

 age across the Atlantic, and again on this side we are building two 

 boats speciailv to meet him. e of these, the Mayflower, we have 

 already noticed, a lengthened Puritan, aud we need not discuss her 

 here, as the difference between her and her predecessor are only in 

 detail and no radical change has been made. With the second of the 

 new boats, however, we arc more directly concerned, as she marks 

 a very important point in the history of American yachting. 



The ideas and principles which the Forest and Stream has ad- 

 vanced have been generally known as English because they have for 

 many years been thoroughly incorporated in the every-day practice 

 of the English designer and builder, and at the same time have been 

 in diametric opposition to the methods on which our entire fleet was, 

 until very recently, constructed, and to the openly expressed beliefs 

 of the men who built, owned and sailed American yachts for the 

 quarter century preceding the year 1880. The reception that met the 

 first enunciation of these ideas is now an old story; how they were 

 scoffed at and ridiculed far and wide, how by degrees they were lis- 

 tened to with attention by a few, how Madge came at an opportune 

 time, a successful incarnation of all we had contended for, and how 

 the tide finally changed completely in the opposite direction. The 

 opponents of the "cutter cranks" have been many and powerful, but 

 the most bitter and obstinate of them all have been Mr. Phillip Ells- 

 worth, the modeller of many boats of undoubted speed, and a large 

 number of the members of the Atlantic Y r . C. 



This club has been exclusively a centerboard club frpm its organi- 

 zation, keel boats have found no place in its fleet until a very recent 

 date, and under its red and white pennant have sailed som* of tne 

 very fastest of the purely American type of shoal wide centerboard 

 boats, with the sloop rig in all its primitive beauty. Mr. Ellsworth 

 and the Atlantic Y. C. have throughout the whole contest been the 

 most determined advocates of shoal draft, light displacement, high 

 and bulkv ballast, one jib, narrow and lofty rig. short topmast and 

 the other features peculiar to the sloop rig, and also the ordinary 

 method of construction followed for years in American yards. 



Even at this late day, in spite of the universal prevalence of mod- 

 ern ideas, their boats give incontestable evidence of the principles on 

 which they were modeled and built, and the racing record of some of 

 these same boats furnish the best and the only argument for the re- 

 tention of features which have been proved dangerous and undesir- 

 able in any vessel. Last year, it will be remembered, Mr. Ellsworth 

 presented a model of a large sloop to the New York Y. C. and much 

 disappointment was felt by his friends because the yacht was not 

 built. This year, however, in view of the coming of Gal .tea, the de- 

 sired opportunity has been afforded him, and m the fullest manner 

 that ample funds and a thorough sympathy on the part of a large 

 and influential club can give. Considering the views so long main- 

 tained by the gentlemen interested, it ought to be no difficult task to 

 say approximately what style of yacht they would put forward as 



91ft. 

 81ft. 

 2«t. 



5ft. 9in. 



.28 

 .85 



Atlantic. 

 95ft. 

 83 ft. 



2ift. 2in. 

 8ft. 10m. 

 .28 

 .38 



grand 



pointment. With Fanita, Grayling, Montaum, and many oiner suc- 

 cessful models to choose from, the modeler has departed from his 

 previous idols, and in the Atlantic has started in anew direction. 

 The difference in dimensions is best shown by a comparison with 

 Montauk and Grayling, the other large boats. 



Montauk. Grayling. 



Length on deck 103ft. lOin. 



Length on waterline 94ft. 8in. 



Beam extreme 25ft. 4m. 



Draft 7ft. 4in. 



Ratio of beam to length .27 



Ratio of draft to beam 29 



The length and breadth of the new boat do not differ materially 

 from the proportions of the other two, or from the dimensions of 

 Priscilla. Puritan and Mayflower, but the contrast between the depth 

 under water is a marked one, the draft of Montauk being only .29 of 

 her beam, and Grayling . n 5. while the new boat runs to .38. 



This of itself is a marked departure, but it is emphasized by the 

 fact that this depth is made up by a lead keel of 33 tons 83 per cent, 

 outside of the hull, as in all the mode -n cutters of English and Anien- 



^What'has become of the statements so often reiterated as to the 

 evils of low ballast, the "logyness" of lead, and all the maDy virtues 

 of light, draft, that have resounded for years as the war cry against 

 cutters? When the time comes that the best must be had at all costs, 

 consistency is unceremoniously jettisoned to make way for a huge 



^Before'going into details the general dimensions first demand no- 

 tice; they are: nE ., 



Length over all 



Length on waterline «re. 



Beam extreme 



Beam at waterline wff- 



Least freeboard d «- 



Draft 4ft. abaft stem 



Dra't amidships . °rt. 10i n. 



Draft at sternpost. JS" £?• 



Draft including centerboard i auit. tun. 



Area of midship section ....... - 02sq. ft. 



■■, Area of immersed longitudinal section. 550sq. ft. 



Displacement" : - 10 S l ? DS - ' 



Ballast on keel 33 tons-. 



Ballast inside.". . ..V A «»*• 



Total ballast i ^ toDa * 



Ratio of ballast to displacement .39 



The sheer plan shows a stem that is almost plumb, overhanging the 



waterline but 1ft , while below it rounds into a well cut up forefoot 

 and rather straight keel below. The sheer is fair, but turns up rather 

 quickly aft. and the counter is a marked modinea f ion of the modeler's 

 peculiar style. Looked at from astern it shows tbe same familiar 

 triangle, but in this case very much smaller than usual, as the width 

 at. the archboard is extremely narrow. Looked at in elevation it 

 shows almost a fair line from tuck to archboard, tbe angle at which 

 the triangular face meets the lower line of the counter being very 

 acute, making almost a straight line, and lessening the usual sawed 

 off appearance. In fact all the lines of the after body, below and on 

 the deck, converse so rapidly that a few more feet would make the 

 boat a double ender. 



The midship section starts out with a broad base of 18in., the lower 

 side of the lead keel, which is here 3ft. deep, and rises with an easy 

 curve to a point above the rabbet, bevond which point tbe floor rises 

 straight at a sharp angle, almost a V, until it meets the easily curved 

 bilge, which lies near the loadline. Above the water the sides rise 

 with an easy round, the increased breadth being but 3in. on each side. 

 The greatest breadth on the loadline is nearly 60 perc-nt. from the 

 fore end, and all the lines of tbe forebody are very fine, while the 

 afterbody is fined away also to a much greater degree than in the 

 other bo-tts. The midsnip section has a strong rake, aud the bow and 

 buttock lines show up very easy and f -ir in tbe drawing. The mo-t 

 noticeable feature of the model is the manner in which it is cur away 

 at all points, every line being fined out to the extreme limit. The 

 long easy bows of the Ellsworth motels are no new thing, but in the 

 present boat the departure from the old landmarks is very plain in 

 all parts, the whole style of the boat is in an enii'ely new field, and it 

 will take a wise man now- though every fool will know it all by next 

 fall— to say whether Mr. Ellsworth and those interested wiihhim 

 have done well to swap horses in crossing the stream. Of course they 

 here had the benefit or Mr. Burgess's experiment, and Puritan basset 

 lied the lead question for them ; but there are still further differences 

 from the established models which can only be regarded as experi- 

 ments. Tbe specifications of the yacht have been drawn with great 

 care to insure both strength and lightness, a point in itself a decided 

 novelty after the lumbering construction usually followed 



The keel construction, though widely heralded in the daily papers 

 as anew and wond-rful discover}', is o< ly new to Bay Ridge, as it is 

 the same that has long b?en known here through Mr. Kemp's books, 

 and which has been largely followed in Boston and also in the For- 

 tuna. Surf. Rajah. Carmelita, and other New York boats. Instead of 

 the old plank keel of the centerboard boat or the edge keel of uni- 

 form siding with the stem, a very wide keel of wood is used, shaped 

 iu siding to the outline of the bottom at the rabbet, while below is a 

 wide mass of lead also taking the shape of the hull. In other words, 

 the wood and lead keel is considered in the design as an integral part 

 of the boat on which its shape depends, and not an extraneous fea- 

 ture which may be cut away or add el to at will. The fair surface of 

 the hull begins at the boitoin of the keel, extending up to the deck, 

 and the position of the rabbet is dependent only on the weight of 

 lead desired and the width of wood k>-el obtainable; it mav be" lined 

 out two inches above the lower side of tne keel or 5ft., if wide enough 

 timber can be had. In the old methods the position of the rabbet 

 was of course rigidly dictated by the siding of the keel, whether flat 

 or edge. The width of the main section of the wooden keel is 4ft., 

 and such a stick of timber 6tift. long could not be had in the New 

 York maruet: in fact it was with difficulty that two pieces, 

 each 2ff. square, were procured as substitutes. These two oak 

 logs will be laid side by side and well bolted together, making 

 the main part of the keel, which will be 4ft. wide and 2ft. 

 d«ep, The centerboard slot will be cut through the two along 

 the line of the joint. At each end a piece of oat will complete the keel, 

 the stem scarfing to one and the sternpost to the other. The lead keel 

 will lie under the two main logs, its upper side conforming to thetr 

 lower, all being fastened with 2in. Muniz metal bolts. A serious ob- 

 jection to this construction is the number of pieces required, there 

 being four in the keel itself with a longitudinal joint aud two trans- 

 vere ones, all being weakened bylhe inherent faults of all centet- 

 board coustructions. To compensate for these, heavy iron floors, 

 4XlJ4tn.. will be used, and in addition a system of tie rods of iron, 

 running through the keel and up through' the deck beams along the 

 sides of the trunk, each rod being set up by a turn buckle, fcxira 

 precautions have been taken to secure the requisite strength, but 

 when the immense lateral strain of a heavy board, added to the 

 weiuht on keel and the cutting away of the very foundations of the 

 structure necessitated by the trunk are considered, it will be seen that 

 the danger of straining is vastly increased by the fact that this large 

 keel is built up of four or six separate pieces. The vertical strains 

 have been provided for, but the side strain on the keel and trunk are 

 of still greater importance. 



Tne 6tem, of white oak. is sided 8in. aud moulded 14in., with knight 

 heads of Sin. locust. The sternpost will be of white o ik, sided 8in. 

 and moulded lOin. at heel. The frames will be of white oak below, 

 with upper timbers of hackmatack, sided Sin. amidships, 4%in. at 

 ends, moulded 10 and 5in., and space! 2Gin. The planking will be of 

 Oregon pine, 2}4in. thick amidships, and the wales of 3in. oak, taper- 

 ing to 2}4iu. at tbe ends. The shelf will be 12x1, and the clamps 

 12x3in.. with ceiling 2in., and four bilge strakes on each side 3x6, all 

 to be of selected yellow pine. Tne deck beams will be partly of 

 white ani nartly yellow pine or hackmatack, sided 6, 7 and i2m and 

 moulded 5 and Bin. There will he plenty of 5in. hackmatack hanging 

 knees. The frames will be strapped with 3x^in. iron, scored into 

 their planking face. The planksheer will be 12x2^in., with white 

 pine decking 2>6in. square; the stanchions w'll be of locust with a 

 15in, hulwark of lj^tn. white pine, capped with a rail 3xG>sin.;the 

 fastenings below water will be of copper with locust treenail-; the 

 centerDoard trunk will be of oik and yellow piue, 4iu. below and 3in. 

 above, and the board will be of 5iu. white oak with iron plate below. 

 A Perley wheel will be used for steering. 

 The present dimensions of spars are; 



Mainmast, heel to cap .8lft. 



Diameter 20in. 



From fore side of stem — 30ft. 



Boom 76it. 



Diameter loin. 



Gaff 48ft. 



Diameter llin. 



Topmast 48tt. 



Diameter llin. 



Bowsprit, over all 54ft. 



Diameter, 17in. 



Spinnaker boom 75ft. 



Diameter 12in 



The boat will be practically cutter rigged, except the fixed bow- 

 sprit and laced mainsail. 



To build and race her successfully will leave little of $">0.000 should 

 she be selected for the Cup contest, and it is hardly liKely that the 

 gentlemen who are paying the money will care to take such a risk as 

 a veritable sloop rig of even a mongrel rig with one jib would entail. 

 Cut er rigged she will be, however it may be salved over with ni ce 

 names and petty modifications, and while she is in no way an English 

 cutter, she is a complete and utter surrender by those who are build- 

 ing her, of the positions they have so long and obstinately held, and 

 have quitted only when no other course was possible. 



The contract for the hull nas heen awarded to John Mumm, of Bay 

 Ridge, that for the rigging to Phillip Low, who rigred the Priscilla; 

 the wire will be furnished by Manning, Maxwell & Moore, and will be 

 of crucible steel, and Waterbuiy & Co. will furnish the running rig- 

 ging. Mr. Mumm has a large force at work and the frame is now 

 nearly ready. The lead will soon be cast aud the frame set up. It is 

 expected to have the Atlantic afloat by Decoration Day. 



lin. 



2in. 

 Sin- 

 Sin. 

 5iu. 



THIS SETTLES IT, Said a gentleman of the Atlantic Club to a 

 Mail and Express reporter yesterday in a colloquy on the coming 

 event. "There is no probable chance for the Galatea in the coniest. 

 So certain am I even at this early date of her defeat by our represen- 

 tative that I consider it a foolish thing for any two persons to debate 

 the subjecc. Your paper about two months ago published very 

 sound reasons why the Galatea could not hope to attain much honor 

 here. I entirely concurred with those arguments at the lime, and 

 though several "foolish persons have been endeavorine to change my 

 belief since then, I still manage to maintain that she will be defeated. 

 I am English by birth, and naturally would Itke to see the colors of 

 that country on top once m a while, but I am also conscientious and 

 for that reason cannot retrain from telling what I consider a truth- 

 ful notion. I admit the artempti of Galatea since she was launched 

 have given me the idea that she caunot sail even a little b t. Now I 

 understand her designer, J. Beavor Webb, is moving heaven and 

 earth about Engliud in the endeavor to remedy the defects in the 

 boat's hull and space. I have had a number of chats with gentle- 

 men from the, other side, and they itdorse my assertion that he can 

 do nothing unless he expends twice as mueh as the reputed racer is 

 worth. After tbe Galatea has come to New York and ha* been de- 

 feated, you will find, mark me, that the rage for cutters, which is so- 

 obnoxious to the native lover of the renterboard style of boat, will 

 die a natural but sudden death. And happy am I to foster the opin- 

 ion.""- N. Y. Mail and Express, Feb. 20. 



QUAKER CITY Y. C— The officers fur 1886 are: Commodore, ('has. 

 E Ellis Olga; Vice-Commodore, Tdos. S. Manning, Sunbeam; Rear 

 Coamo'dore, Chas. L.Wilson, Ariel; President. Dr. W. H Valette; 

 Secretary, W. S. Hoffman: Treasurer, Samuel P. Wright; Assistant 

 Secretary, Richard W. Kerswell; Measurer. Kufus W. Willrins; Trus- 

 tees, Henry D. Walls, R. P. Thompson, S. A. Wood, ThotnasMaDning; 

 Regatta Committee. William J. Walker, E. A. Rildebrandt, Henry C. 

 Funk, Oswald McAllister, R. M. Fitch. Jr. 



