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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mabch 4, 1896. 



YACHT BUILDING IN BOSTON. 



OF eou^e the main feature this year of Boston yachting -will he 

 toe two la> ee sloops. but there promises to be lively work in 

 tbe sm ther classes, and building has been brisk all wint r. Some 

 fllty yachts are now building alone the Eastern coast, about two- 

 thirds o£ the number bo. .8" around Boston. The visit of the Cruiser 

 two seasons aeo gave a fresh impulse to op»n boat sailing whieh still 

 continues. The Cruiser has made a reputation for her builder, E. A. 

 Willi*, of Port. Washington, Long Island, and he has lately Rone into 

 parrne'Ship with Mr. Dinsmore, of < ambridge. They have leased of 

 the Boston Y. C. the shop once occupied by Pierce Bros., and will 

 soon begin wot k there. Mr. Dinsmo e has nearly finished at his old 

 shop, in Cambndgeport. a cu ter for Mr. Goo (I. ftrowne, of Charles- 

 town. She is 3<5ti. on deck, 31ft. loadline. 7ft. Ciu. beam, 6ft. 6iii. 

 draft, -with 4.0C0 pcunds on ke< 1 md as much inside, all iron. Her 

 mutis-it'D ds.-t 'O iip);r cvo ' maBthead 4ft. tiiu , tonnnst 2lfr.., 

 boom 25ft. «in., gaff 3m., bowsprit 17fr. outboard, top<ai! vard 24ft. 

 £in., and foot vard 18ft. The dimension* of the sails are: Mdnsail, 

 21fc on the foot, 17fi. hoist, isfr,. 6in. head; foresail, lifr. on the foot, 

 18ft. on leach, 9n on tne. hoist ; jtb 31 ft. hoist, 20ft lea-m an.i lfifc. foot. 



Mr. Dinsmore has aho i i hand a 27ft open boat, 24fr. on loadline, 

 from a design by Mr. Wilis; for Mr. Cnarles Armstrong The dimen- 

 sions <if sails and spars ar- : Boom, 2s.ft ; gaff, 18ft ; with 22ft. boi-t: 

 jib, 20fl. on foot, with 21'^'t leach; topmast, Itift.; topsail yard, 19Et ; 

 club. 12Lt.; workijg jibtopsafl, 38fr.. hoist and 22ft. leach; spinuaKer, 

 33ft. on the foot. The new firm bave a contract for a 25ft. keel oat, 

 for Messrs F. Stark and G Scott, of Savin Hill WiNon will ii.ake 

 the sails for the three. E. L WiUiam< has an order for a yacht for 

 Thouns ^cannell, of South Bos'on. Weboer has lately finished plank- 

 ing a n-w catboat. A uew y ard has lately heeu opened at the foot ot 

 O street. Ci'y Point, by John Bertram, measurer of the South Boston 

 Y. C. Smith, n ar by. is at wors overhauling the Thetis' < spars aud 

 will also cooper the Huron t lis spring. Hutebia* & Pryor have 

 finished a keel cat for < r. Rliddjfcjk. Her sail will he 21fc. foot. 18lt. 

 hoist, and 14!t. Sin, b^-ad. Wilsou will make it Mr. Hutchlcs nas «lso 

 de-igned a keel slo'>p 25ft. Oin. over a 1, lull. beam, ana 3ft. draft, with 

 inside ballast for Mr. liritiis. of Cambridge. Another keel hloop 38ft. 

 over all, 8ft. 6m. b^«m, aid4r't. draft with iron keel and insiue bal- 

 last. The same firm are at w ork on a cut yawl, a Keel boat, 21ft. over 

 all, 19ft loadlme. 3ft. beam, and 4ft. dralt, wiJi 1,000 pounds outside. 

 The imzzen will be.stepped just abift the cockpit. Mr. Alexander 

 "Williams, of i'onaf<et. is the owner. 



Wood Bros , of Etst Boston, are husv wi'h their steam yacht and 

 the Adelaide. Mr. Underbill's new yacht. McKee has a steam yacht 

 by Mr. Bnrges- i» frame, and Martin has a catboat nearly completed. 

 In Cbarlestown. Nash Bros, are building a steam launoh. O. Sueldon 

 & Son nave built a number ot em 11 launches for vaaous parties, and 

 bave also finished aloft catboat. They are now tju-y with a com- 

 promise cutter for Mr. A. N Ran'oui, of Harvard College. She is 

 31ft. on deck, 27L. wateriine. 10ft. beam and 6ft. draft, with W ton on 

 keel and 3 tons inside; Nicker?on will make her sail-=. McManus & 

 bon are making a new su.tfor the J. S Poyen, Jr., and th~ school er 

 Vishnu. At Monument beaih Mr. Dunn is building several cttboats. 

 A 25ft. sloop is now building for Mr. Henry Turner, of the Great Head 

 T. C. M>e wUl be 22ft. on wa'erllue and Oft. beam, with iron keel and 

 weighted e»nte-boar.i. At Gloucester. Mr. Geo Wheeler is building a 

 oatooat 18ft.x9.no ove haDg and >-imilar to the ba^sacus. Messrs. 

 Higgius & Gifford are building a sloop for Mr. McDonalo from a model 

 by the oesigner of the Black Cloud. She is 25ft. over all, no over 

 Imn^, 9ft. 6m. r. earn, and \ervli*bt draff. They have also a sloop 

 for Mr F. A. Hotnans, 23ft. over all, 20ft. loadline, 9ft beam. lOin. 

 draft, with 9 pounds of lead uuder her ootom. At Bri-dol, R. 1., a 

 boat is building from a model or Mr G M. McClain, of Rockporr, for 

 his brother. Sue is 3. ft. over all. 24ft. loadline, 4ft. draft, wdh a cen- 

 terboaid. Rer ballst will be Sums, the mast will be 35ft., boom 

 82ft., gaff 22ft., bowsprit 10ft. outboard. 



MAYFLOWER. 



GENERAL PAINE has decided on the name of Mayflower for tbe 

 new yacht La riey & -,on bave her iu frame and the lead keel 

 bolted ^n:'clamps, deck beamsand garboard strakes are also fa<tened 

 and the planking «ill soon be completed. Wecopv the following de 

 scriDtiDn anr specifications from toe Boston Globe: 



••In the first place, tbe lines of the Puritan have been pretty gener- 

 ally followed, aud the difference in dimensions from last year's pro- 

 ductions, flip Puritan and Priscilla, is slight. Tbe new Bo>ton yacht 

 will be plainly finished, boi h ou'side and inside. Costly decorations 

 and elaborate fisi gs are not called for by its owner, but speed, 

 strength and practical abilitv i re the things sougbr. Judging from 

 the models rhe new sloop bids fair to rival her last year's sister, both 

 in symmetry of lines and qnabt.es that 'end to speed. An easy en- 

 t' auoe. a remarkably handsome and clean run and clearance are very 

 marked in the model. In the following table the dimensions of the 

 New York sloop Atlautic are given for the sake of comparison: 



" piir'.K-.n Ma efl - AHantio. 



Length over all (stem to extreme end 



at te.ffrail) 



L->ngth on wateriine (stem to ste n- 



post) • 



D pth frc m keel to 'top of beam 



Dep'h in h 4d 



Draft at srernpost 



Draft amidships . 



Draft 4ft. abaf >. < f stem 



Draft with cen'erboard 



Leas' freeooard 



Sheer , 



Height of stem from water line. — 



Height of bulwarks amidships 



Ov-rnang forward 



Overhang aft • • • 



Ft. In. 



Ft. In. 



Ft. In 



93 00 



99.03 



95.01 



81.01 



85.00 



82 01 



22 07 



•23 00 



23.02 



21.08 



21 09 



22.08 



11 01 



12.03 





8 10 



10C6 





9 00 



8.07 





8.00 



8 10 





4.00 



4.03 





18 00 



20 f6 





3 01 



8.03 





3 03 







6 Ott 



7* 66 





1 07 



1 C3 





05 



0.11 





14.07 



10.08 



102.01 



102 01 



100.00 



7981 00 







13 56 



13 75 





The cenTerboard will be of yellow pine, about 21ft. in length and 

 10ft. in deo^h, 4in. thick, with lower course of oak; ti e whole to be 

 bolted with 1% steel h Its. Three hu"dred pounds of lead will be 

 run into the top of the board to suik it easily, and it « ill be stK-d 

 with boiler iron, doubled over edges, and worked sharp and fair, 

 The whole board will be hung similar to that of the Puritan. The 

 centerboard trunk will have the lower logs 12x6 of oak. find bolted 

 l8in. apat t wPh llu. iron. It will not be sheathed, and t be planking 

 will be smoothlv finished and beaded. 



The mainmast will be made of Oregon pine, and will measure 

 about 80ft. in length and 20in in diameter. Tne topmost will be of 

 spruce, about 48ft. long and llin. in diameter; the bowsprit of Ore- 

 gon pine and about Pott, long and I4in. in diameter. 



Tbe hatchways and fittiDgs wid be finished in mahogany. The 

 eibin below decks will be finished in white and have mahogany trim- 

 mings. Aft of the compahionwav will be a state room 7ft. in length, 

 with two berths and transoms on either side. At the foot of the com- 

 sanionway, which will be immediately entered in going be!o<v deck, 

 :s the main saloon, 16ft. in length and of the breadth of tbe boat. It 

 will be plainly finished and have transoms all around. Forward of 

 the mam saloon, on tbe starboard hand, wiU be a door lending into 

 th" owner's Rtate room. 9xl5}^ft., with a large and mo'rnt berth. On 

 one side will be a fixed basin, the whole to be fitted for convenience 

 rather than show. On the other side (port), corresponding to the 

 owner's state room is a smaller room e.itered from a passageway 

 which runs from the mam saloon forward. This will be the guests' 

 room, and will be nearly square. Adj •miag tbe guests' room, upon 

 the same side of the passage, is a large, locker room. Acoss tue pas- 

 sage from this apartment, forward and adjoining the owner's state- 

 room, is a stateroom to be used by the Stewart, cabin boy and assist- 

 ants. N-xt comes the galley, which is at the end of the passageway. 

 It is of tbe full width of the yacht, and about square. Forward of the 

 galley are the ere v'8 qnar'ers. 



Tbe exact dimensions of the masts, spars and sails have not as yet 

 received any great attention from the owner or designer, bur tney 

 will probably not vary much from those of the Puritan. A larger 

 spread of ci'nvas would necessitate larger spars, aud larger spar->, 

 with the experience obtained last year by the handlers ot tbe Puritan, 

 would be extremely difficult to manage. Messrs. Boynton & f'ompanv, 

 he manufacturers of tbe canvas for the Puritan, have commeoced 

 . Don tne duck for tbe new sloop Who is to make the sails, whether 

 Boston or New York parties, is not yet decided. Ti e amount of bal 

 last., or the placing of it, has not been set'led upon. Experiments 

 will have to be made, as with tbe Puritan, and as Mr. Burgess sue 

 ceeded so well list year, although much against the opinions of 

 others and the rules that were always thought essential, the placing 

 will assuredly receive ihe same attention and good judgment as « as 

 shown last year. Work is to be pushed on this yacht, and it is ex 

 peeted that she will be ready for launching in the latter part of April, 

 and in time to enter some of the early regattas. 



ineiouo^mg ^lutii iu«» " <=• ^ „ „ — 



de-igner, Mr. Burt.e-s, to thebul de^s: 



O lality uf Materials and Workmanship —In carrying out the spec! 

 ficaiions. it is to be understood ibat only uhose materials that are uest 

 adipted to ^ peed sha'1 be employed. AU the woods mu>t be sound, 

 r-iear and fi ee from defect. Ad tne iron work, except the floors and 

 frame pi -ces snail be galvanized. All spar band<, bults. braces, the 

 chain and runner flats, bob.-.tay, curnbujkles and similar things about 

 the yacht shall be of the o-st Norway iron. 



Keel — Tbis is to be of white oak, souad and clear. The required 

 siding "will be not lass tjan30iu. Tne scarf shall not be less ta^n. 

 7ft. long, bolted «i»h lin. yellow metal bolts, and the bolts shall not 

 be more than lft apirt. . ■ , ... 



L"ad Keel -This is to be cast in not more than A pieces, with 

 scarfed ioints. and bolted with yellow metal lin. bjlcs, nutted on 

 top, not more than IlWio. apa- t. The i builder u to (Mst all oal last 

 needed inside, in such anapes as to fit between the timbers, as laid 



° U Siem°— TOs^o^e of white oak, sound and Clear grained, 9in. sided 

 above and 7in. below, to work at least 3in. aft of rabbet. Both stem 

 and sternpo-t to be worked fair with plank lines. " . 



Frames — They are to be of white oak of natural growth, double 

 and spaced 33iu., aud boiled together with % galvanizsd iron, box- 

 keyed into Ueei. and well bolted forward and art; bolts 10 go through 

 from one side to the other. ,.,,„.. ■ t u a 



Chain Plates.— The^e will be oak and sided 6m. in one length. A %in. 

 iron t.late will oe 4m. wide at heel and 3m. at head, to be suapeu i.Ee 

 the frames and fl'ted between tbe two halves of tacn ch m plate and 

 through-boiled « ith % n. nutted bolts. It is expected that six pUtes 

 liU bfVuired. An Averted V-shaped strap ot %m. iron will also 

 be worked on the in.-iJe uf the frames to distribute, ihe strain on the 



"In oor's.-These forward and aft of the centerboard trunk will be of 

 best gun iron and wilt extand to the d •adw.jods and will ba 6X » m 

 throat, Wit b arms 3ft. long, tapering to the top. Tne center stringers 

 -wid be 8x4 and tbe two on eachsioe 8x3. 



De k Vrames. -These will be of hackmatack with moulded face and 

 finished brigbt in cabins 6 (moulded) X5 (dovetailed), and will go lin. 

 into shelf and n. Ilea thrujgh each end of shelf. t 



Deck -It will be laid with well sea^ooed clear white pine free of 

 knots, spiued and 2%x£^ said fore and af i. „ .... . 



bulwarks. - They ire .o be of dry wh.te pine of one width en I 

 stained mahogan in-ide. They willhave a t'ucK lowero-u se2Xl?4i |- 

 and w"ll be gi ooyed for gilt stripe. There will Le three por.B ou cajh 



81 Planking. -The garboards will be of {Hp, while oak, the boltom and 

 bilge uf turned clear white oak 10x2^ Tne : topsides w,ll be > of 

 yellow pme2Min. an 1 there will be uob mo^e than thre* lengths in 

 any course, exoept ,hree courses which maybe laid in four lengths 



"TCwholaliuU tfto be <-arefullv joine red and smoothed, and the 

 planking will be thoroughly flllea with red lead, and recme two 

 Foils of best c pper bi oniie ou bottom and ceuierbo ird, and three 

 coasof w,!te leau on ,op>i .es. Two galvun lZ ,d iron tanks, one on 

 each side will be built and put under flooring, capable of hoidl jg 

 4tKl eallons of water. An improved force pump will be so pla ed as 

 to artin lowetfc part ot the bilge and discharge iato tue center- 

 bpar4 i^k. 



ANOTHER VINDICATION. 



F any further proof of the shortcomings of the American shoal 

 _ draft model he needed, it may be found in the following log of the 

 Nirvana, a typical boat of the class, once better known as tne sloop 

 Julia, but converted into a schooner. Tnis "tight little vessel" left 

 New York for a voyage to Nassau, a thousand miles distant, on Dec. 

 S9. leaving tbe lightship about noon and passing Barnegat. Light 

 about dark. She ran into Delaware Breakwater on Dec 31 and mde 

 out a blow there, starting again on Jan 1." under full sail and with a 

 light, wind, being abreast of ChincoteagueLightatnoon. Next day tbe 

 wind came fresh from S. E. with light sea. increasing at night, so 

 that, she was glad to run into Hampton Roads on Jan. 4, where she 

 lay until Jan. 6. Two days later there was more trouble, told in the 

 U>g as folio a s: 



January 8 —Wind SS.E, cloudy sky and blowing "great euns," 

 the vessel aU reefed down. Heavy rain and light sea, but the yacht 

 making excellent weather. At 10 o'clock there was heavy lightning 

 in tne W. N. W, At 12 all hands were on deck; no rain but it was 

 blo«lng a strong gale and the barometer stood ut2940. At4:30the 

 wind hauled to the westward, and at 8 o'clock the sea was in a 

 smother of snow white foam and tbe gale was ho vling. The star 

 board wa'ch went below for a wh le. the yacht being on the star- 

 board rack. At 11 o'clock a big sea came aboard over the starboard 

 side, filling her up and throwing the vessel down on her beam ends. 

 It carried away the port boat, smashed the forward skylight and 

 floated it away down to leeward and t.wept the steering gear cover 

 overboard. Everything movable below deck was upset. The stove 

 was cairied awey and, turning topsy turvv, set the ki chen on fire. 

 The captain was badly scalded by the hot water in the boiler on ihe 

 stove When the vacht righted again we found that a barrel of 

 stores had jumped down to leeward and jammed the cabin table in 

 the aloon against rne woo t work of the <-abin. marring the finish of 

 the bulkhead greatly. Kept the yacht off finally before it and, haul- 

 ing down the main trysail, let her run under bare poles, her course 

 varying from N. E. to E. S. E. . . . , . , „ 



January 9.— Heavy sea running and it was blowing hard. The ves- 

 sel was scudding under bare poles and all bands were lashed on deck. 

 Nearly all of our f esh water was spoiled. At 5 P. M. a heavy sea 

 -pooped" the yacht and filled her up completely, and, as she 

 broached to. the jihboom was carrictFaway, tue gig smashed and the 

 port bulwarks s ove in. , , ^ 



January 10— Wind blowing a hurricane and a terrible sea running 

 until 4 P M.. when It moderated. At 8 P. M., after having teen 

 tnree days under bare poles, we set the forestaysail an I trysail aud 

 pointed her for Bermu ia to get some fresh water. At 12 it was blow- 

 ing a strong gale and was cloudy : barometer 29 60. No observation. 



to the N W . when we took in the drag and kept her off to S. E. by 

 8 ano let her run under baie poles. At 12 the gale had not abated, 

 and it was very cloudy : barometer 29 00. „ 

 January 12.- Wind N. and moderate, with heavy sea; set the main- 



S8il 



January 13 —Made Bermuda at 4 P. M. t . (t 



This record tells Its own story of the behavior of a shoal boat in a 

 sea— unrna..ageab:e. de- k.s washed and cabin flooded, and only by 

 nood luck reaching a place of safety, having made aoqut 700 mdes 

 in two weeks, ar d being almost as far from her destination as wnen 

 she started That she finally brought up somewhere instead ot dis- 

 appearing entirely as others of her kind bave done before, is evi- 

 dently due in no way to tbe qualities of tne vessel but to a happy 

 cnaroe, and yet we are asked to accept this record as an evidence 

 of the seagoing powers of a shoaldraft centerboard boat. On her 

 arrival at Bermuda she was vi. tually a wreck, sails and rigging gone, 

 bulwarks smashed, boat* stove in and cabin badly damaged and 

 half full of water. After five days spent in repairing, she put to sea 

 again and on Jan. 30, one month out from New \ork, she made Nas- 

 sau, her original destination. 



ICE YACHTING. 



TTJST as it seemed as though the warm weather had ended the ice 

 d yacht season, a succession of blizzards has frozen all over 

 u'htlv again and given new life to the sport. A race was saded on 

 Feb 17 by the Orange Lake Iceboat cluo, on Grunge Lake near New- 

 bure N Y , for the champion pennant of tne cluo. The course was 

 ten miles, quadrangular, with a stro u? S E wmd Tue entries 

 were Alert. Geo. Trimble; Dare. Wdlet Ktdd; Impulse, B. Miller; E J; 

 quJmau, Homer S RarusdelL Zig Zag, H. C. Uiggiuson and Viyi 1, 

 t,. Van Wagner. Dare won on allowed tune, in 28mm., though Alert 



W Ou fi Feb i 23 several races were sailed at Hyde Park, in a high N. w. 

 wmd 'Ihe Bes le won the first, beating Ariel (lateen), onowflake, 

 and Snowball. The secoad race was between tue latter two boats, 

 Saowtlake throwing out Messrs Rogers and Paton, but, without 

 hu ting them, and then running away. A "duffer's" race was then 

 SSled by John Kingsford, David Paton and Thomas Paton. This 

 time the Ariel ran away, throwing cut her crew. Ine last event w»a 

 aTaje against time, in wnicn Mr. Archibald Rogers sailed the Bessie. 

 lW miles m M minutes. Next day a race » as sailed between the be. 

 NTcnolas. Mr? A. ttogers; Snowfiake, Mr E. P .*ORer*; Bessie a u d 

 SnowbaQ &t. Nicholas won witn Sno.vtt ike second. On fleb. 

 tK was a very heavy gale from N. W. and some furious sailing 

 was done, vvitb close reefs in mainsails and jibi.. Tue St.. Nicholas 

 and Jack Frost were hrst sent away to test tne ice, covering ; the six 

 mile course in six minutes, the latter tearing her mainsail aod finish- 

 ing under jio Ta* first race was a over two rounds ot the six. nu.e 

 course, net ween tie St. Mciolas, Mr. E. H. Rogers, ana Jack r rose 

 filr A. Rogers. Tne Jack IfTost won m 24 mmutes. with St. Nu no as 

 10 seconds later. Soon after a squad struck tbe former boat and 

 Jnetm-ewler owner out, but he caugnt on tne boom and was 

 draggelT for some distance After he Ml off she continued at great 

 spefd among ^ tne skawrs. spectators and other boats, finally runnit g 

 Violent!-/ into Bord's Koek on the shore and smashing he ree f to 

 t, e -es Considering the number of pei sons about it is wouderiul t hat 

 Sort no one in neV wnd race. Tais i* tne second boat of the same 

 name that Mr. sogers has bad wrecked in tbw way. Aaotherrace 

 wtssahed between the Bessie, Snowball, and bno » flake, the f or tner 

 winniug in emin. Tne .essie and Sa > .v oal I next H.^ h t 8 fln»l 

 courser Bessie winning in 7}6tnin. The same P" r "»^£ e 

 race. Snowball this time wU.mng in 7muj. l«ec., with resale .win. 

 SO&eo, 



YACHTING NOTES. — Dr. Bain, of Clayton, N. V.; has lately fin- 

 ished and shiDped to the Rbipman Engine Co. a small launch for one 

 of their engines, and is now at work on another. 28tt long. 5fi. beam 

 and 28in. deep, for Mr. F. G. Geduey, of New York. The same engine 

 will be used, and w hen it is in plit e the yacht will he shippe 1 by rail 

 to New York .. .R. J. Douglass & Co.. successors to Powell & Doug- 

 lass, are building five small launches all to be fitted with the Shipman 



engine The steam yacht Electri will have a new Munton ya -ht 



windlass this season Waikna, steamship, which Ipft New York 



lately for a crui e in tue West Indit s, has oeen sold to the Govern- 

 ment of Honduras ...Meta, sloop, has been sold by J. E Suydam to 

 E. E Benedict... Sappho, steam yacht, of Providence, has been sold 

 to Dr. W. Se«ard Wet.b ...Wave" Crest, ■■ ehooner, has been partly 

 rebuilt aud has received new spars at Nyack ... Mi-chief, stoop, will 

 probably not fit out this year, as her owner will be anroad for •> part 



of theseison Pi ritan - McManus & Son are busy witn new sai s 



aud also are overhauling the old ones . Norih i tar, sloop, former ly 

 owned by P. D. Chandler, of Boston, has been sold to Chit-. Wills, of 

 Newburyport, Mass ., A new yacht club, tbe Han orer, has lately 

 been organized in Boston — The centerboard . loop D ivid Crockett 

 has been s-old by H. Put- am to Wm. Croaker, of Nut. Island. She is 

 22ft. 9in. on deck, 20fr. llin. wateiln e and 9ft. bin beam, built at Well- 

 fleet in 1877 f. B. Harrington, the builder, has lately sold io Mr. 



Putntm a catboat 20ft. on deck. 18ft. water-line, 8fc. beam aud iHin. 

 draft. Her sail Is 22ft, on foot, 20ft. hoist and 14f<. on head . . Kit i- 

 wake. sloop. E. * uouingham, will come out in a new raomg rig as a 

 jib and mainsail bout, her hoist being reduced l8in. aDd boom length- 

 ened 3rt. The Turasner. eatlxnt, will also f flow the same rig; 

 mainsail, 23ft on f. o\ 20fe. Cin. hoist, 15ft. 6in. head; ji i, 2i'ft. on 

 foot, 32ft. on stay and 2lft. on letcn. with 18ft, outboard in bowsp- it 

 and a lemrth from jib tack to end of boom of 481 1. Tne Petrel. Mr. 

 Howard Paul, will also give up the cat rig for jib and mainsail, and 

 will be lengthened 4ft 8m. afr. placing her in a lafger class. Evi- 

 dently ihe Ciuiser's vi-dt has taught something to tasteru yai-hts- 

 men . . It if prcpo^ed by the Lighthou- e Board io eieet a small light 

 on Governor s Island, opposite New York, as an experiment, to be 



replaced bv a large liirhtu"use if found de.-irable A race has finally 



been arranged between Mr. P. M. Bono's Em Ell Eye and Mr. S. P. 

 Freeman's Thisbe, both cat rigged, to take place early in June, over 

 the South Bo-ton Y. C. cour-e, nine miies, n:> limit to sails or ballast. 



A «team yacdt is now bunding in Milwaukee for Mr. Jas Sheriffs, 



to be fl.ted with a Kutistadterpropellor .. Win e Cap. yawl, is offered 

 for sale, as 1 er owner. Mr. David Hall Rice, is going abroa :. The 

 White Cap is IKted so that she can readily oe changed to cinter rig if 

 desh-ed, t >e must step, etc., being all ready . Mr. L. M. Haskius his 

 sold the 17ft. 6in. catboat Callie, and will sail the sloop Lorttta this 

 season, witn a round stern and 2ft overhang added — Echo, Keel 

 sloop, now owned r>y Dr. W. H. Litchfield, Jr.. and F. L. Bonnell, 

 Hull Y. C, will come out in a new racing rig — Vega, schooner, ar- 

 rived at Fernandina, Ela., on Feb. 25. after experiencing f-omeveiy 

 heavy wtather on her trip from NewYoik — Nooyu. steam yacht, 

 Mr J. H. Andrews, sailed on a southern cruis-i ou March 2 . . Mou- 

 tauk left Nassau ou Feb. 26 for Havana . . .Norseman, schooner, Mr. 

 Ugden Goelet, will soon sail for England. . Vedette, steam yacht, 

 arnved at Savannah Feb. 26. fiom New York ...The keel schooner 

 Rena has been sold by Mr. E. H. Town6end to Sir Roderick Cameron, 

 of Stat en Islaud, who will cruise as far ue Gulf of Kt. Lawrenr-e 

 uext summer.... Higgius & Gifford. of Glouce«ter. Mas*., have built 

 two yachts for Jamaica, W. I. One is a centerboaid sloop, 85xl2ft. 

 and 4tt. dep. h, with op»n cockpit. Her name is Bnghte.\es. Tne 

 otner is a tteel boat, cutter rigged, 36xi2ft, 6in. and 5tt. depth. The 

 former goes to Kingston and the latter to Port Moratt — C. b. Har- 

 rington is budding a schoo er 61ft. W. L aud 70ft over an for Mr. 

 Wm. Minot. of boston .. .Mr. Burgess has designed a cutler for Mr. 

 Archibald Kogeis of the Hedonin, to be 33ft. 8in. ovtr all, 26ft. watef- 

 line, 8ft. 8m. beam, and 5ft. llin. draft. 



SANDY BAY Y. O— Taking time by the forelock, the Bandy Bay 

 Y. O are early in the field wi n a loi g list of fixtures. Tue pro- 

 gramme mc'udes fifteen races, under vurious conditions that give a 

 cnancetoall classes of boats, som-i races being limited lo working 

 sails only, while in oihers there are no restriction-,. A handsome 

 cup has neen presented oy Mr. Chas. E Cunningham as a prize f„r a 

 srri- s r>f three races during the season. We commend the louowing 

 programme to ctber club's whose racing consists of one or two cut- 

 and dried regattas every year, and would prescrioe a dose of some- 

 thing similar, 10 betaken every thiee or four weeks, a* a tuueb- 

 neeoed invigoratoi : May 31. a triangular raci., off Rockport, 12 uiuVs, 

 wth working sails, for the Cunningham cup. Junel2 uiangujar 

 race, off Gloucester, 12 miles, working sails, tor Lunnioghatn cup. 

 June 17, for Cunningham cup. iff bquam, 6 miles, to windward or 

 leeward, aud returu. July 4, opeu race, off Squam. July 10, first 

 pennant race, eff Rockport, no restrictions as to sails. July 17. uo--- 

 iuthian racH, off Ro.kporc, » orking sails only. July 24, hecoud pen- 

 nant race, off Gloucester. July 31, to be obsei veo as l»uie.> day, 

 when the cluo will take a cruise with lady friends. Aug. 2, open 

 i ace, Off Kockport, i o restrictions as to sans. Aug. 14. ciUo race in 

 Squam River. Aug. 28, open race, off i-quam. Sept. 4, thiid pennant 

 rJce, off Rockport. Sept. 11. sweepstakes, off Gloucester, oept. 18, 

 final race, off Rockpoit. he rules governing the races are to be 

 the same as those ot ihe Huh tiuh, except ballast. '1 no conditions 

 under which tue cup is to oe raced for are tnat each >acht win oe 

 rated according to its posiiijo in each race, irrespective of time, a 

 yacht a^ent from any race being rated as last in that race, uu tue 

 cruise the fleet will join the Hull Y. C. and continue with them. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. O— The annual meeting of tbe Seawanhaka 

 C V. C. was held at Dehuonicr>'s on Feo. i.6 The officers for ibfU 

 were elected as follows: Commodore, A Cass Canfleu, owner of the 

 cutter I-is; Vice-i oiumodore, William E. L.elin, Vulture; Rear-Com- 

 modore, R. H. Elds, Regma; Secretary, L. F. o'uremieuix; Treas- 

 urer William B. Siuionds; Measurer, John byslop; fleet burgeon J. 

 W. Roosevelt; Fleet • haplam, G. R. Vander«ater. sading : Commit- 

 tee— L P Bayard. F. U. De l-uze, Rooert Center, J. William beek- 

 man, Jules Jiontant. The retignaik.ns of Vice-Commodore S'ewart 

 and a number of other members Were read and accepted. Messrs. 

 William B. bitnonus. S. Van Reueselaer Kruger and i banes H. 

 Lt land were appointed a committee io secure new quarters for tne 

 ciuo. 



KEY "WEST.— A correspondent in Key West writes us that there 

 are no pleasure craft to oe nad there, and no yachts are o*ued in 

 this city of 15.0o0 inbabnauts andsurrounded by water. Tue schooner 

 Whim, 'of New 'York, arrived early in Hebruary. and on ihe arrival of 

 her owner, Mr. Chester Cbapin, accompanied oy his fneno, Mi . Chas. 

 Miihr she left on the 16th for Chaiiotte Harbor and inuipu. Mr. 

 Miller whl soon return to New Yum uuu Mrs. Cnapm will join Ler 

 husband on ihe yacht for a cruise along tbe west coa^t and men to 

 Jacksonville. On Feb. 16 two small stoops from Boston, ihe Osm-o, 

 Capr. Barker, and Mamie, Capt. Bobbins, put into Key West. Tne 

 (jora, Mr. MorrL-, also stopped ihe.e lately. 



CRUISE OF THE CARLOTTA.— Afier her departure from New 

 Yoik for St. Kitbs on Feb. 10 the Cariotta met witn aturious uusnap, 

 her captain becoming deranged when only a few hours at sea, and 

 being violent and unmanageable. Tbi o>vner, Mr. H nry Belkuap, 

 took command, out his troubles were increased uy tue seaticiaiess 

 of tne crew aud the approach of bad weatner. The Carlotta was .ost 

 for a tune in the fog, but linally she mine Fenwics's lsiand, aud ou 

 the 14th anchored at Delaware Breakwater. One of the owuer s 

 friends biougnt the captain to New Yoik aud returned with Captain 

 Reubsn King, once of the fcchoouer In.repid, and the yacht sailed 

 again on her cruise. 



THE BOSTON YACHT DESIGNING SCHOOL.-Th is school is now 

 in a piospeiou* condition, being supported uuc of the Hawe* tuud, 

 left to South Boston tor edu'.-anonai purposes. It has uo,v tweu y- 

 tl.ree pupils, aud many more applicants f..r whom mere, is ; not yet 

 room Tne school will be open on Tue days and 'Ihur^days from 7 to 

 op jf until Apull. Auyaebolaraoseut for three evenings without 

 good cause wih lose his place in the school. Next year id is expected 

 to enlarge the t-eoool and have t^-u rooms, one tor advanced pupils 

 and one for beginneis. The attendance at present includes some 

 yachtsmen and several builders. 



A NEvV CENTERBOARD YACHT.— The yacht that Mes=r=. Borden 

 & Wood, ot Kail Kiver. have designed for Mr C. W. Anuionv is n w 

 building by Read Bros. , of Fall mver. Sue is 43rt. overall. Jift. water- 

 fine lift. oin. beam, oft. 6m. draft, and carneis an irou keel 22fc. long 

 and I3.n deep of a.290 pounds. Her wooo keel i, 18.n vi,*, irunk 

 logs I2xl«in. and *tli. long, single steamed framesMoeo im. moulded 

 mm 'spaced 12>^iu. centers. Yellow pme piank l%m. Tue cabin 

 wid be 17fl. loDg. 



A MUIINY ON A YACHT.— Captain Geo. T Thorp, master of the 

 steam yacht C. G Green, Jr.. lately arrived in Philadelphia, and s ates 

 thTt his crew mutinied on acooumof the cold weaker aud refused o 

 w ont tne acbt, in consequence oi which she ran agrouod. C,ptain 

 Thorp lived on board aione at, er tbe crew dfed teo for eight uays 

 whuoub money to secure nelp and » ith little lood. The yacht 

 finally rescued. The circumstances bave not yet been iu veatigated. 



LAUNCH OF THE REV A —The lo *• tides of Wednesday prevented 

 the launch at the time appointed, although all was ready, but on 

 Thursday last at 8 P. M. ittooK place in a ueavy rata storm. As she 

 lVrtine way- Mis EmUy Pine, a niece of the builder, broke the wine 

 bottle and cLristento hei . After i tie launch, Whicn was very success- 

 f id, two tugs towed tbe yacht to East Fiftu street, Ne* YofK, WfltrW 

 *bv wUl rec T iv» ber enfiaw. 



