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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 1, 1886, 



THE BERTHON FOLDING BOATS. 



THE Berthon boats are well known to persons familiar with Eng- 

 lish yachting an<i nautical ma ters. but only a few have found 

 their way to rhis country The loals have been manufactured for 

 ov«> ten'yea r s, and more than 6.000 are m use in all "limates. of si"es 

 ranging from large ship's boats to the lift le 7ft oingby. The com- 

 pany has a 1 ree factory in operation in the pretty little town of 

 Rom^ey, in Hampshire, ah ut fifteen miles from Southampton, under 

 the charge i f the inventor of the boats, Rev. E L. Berthon, Vicar of 

 Romsev. who divides his attention between his f ictory ana the care 

 of a large parish with a beautiful old Abbey Cburch The R-v Mr. 

 Berthon is a great admirer of Yankee mechanical skill, and nis work 

 be.irs close resemblance to our best, examples of lightness and 

 st ens' b, wbil- combining with those qualities the best English ideas 

 as to thorot ghness. Tne large war-rooms of the company are at 50 

 Holb'Tn Viaduct, London, ihe chairman of the company being Lord 

 Dun^any, and di ectors uapt. Price, R. N., M. P., Col. Oolgethorn and 

 Rev. E, L Penhon 



The design of the inventor was not to make a boat which should he 

 lighrer than a wooden boar of same size, nor one which would come 

 to pieces and pack into a trunk, but to p'ovide a boat which, while in 

 ev»>y respect as strong, safe, well shaped, capacious, fast and dur- 

 able as a wooden boat, should possess the p ssihility of such close 

 stowage that it need not encumber the deck of a vessel. The Berthon 

 boat consists of a framework of longitudinal members, coveted inside 

 and out with waterproofed canvas. When folded it occupies its 

 original length, but only otie-fif oh of its origiual width, and can be 

 laid Bat again -t the rail, or on the deck or cabin roof of a vessel. It 

 caii be opened un and launched wiciun halt a minute. It. will stand 

 any weather, will last forever, and is as buovant and handy as a 

 duck. The keel, stem and sternpost are permanent, while the gun- 

 wale and three ribs on each side are hinged from the top of stem 

 and sternpost, and when the boat foids these drop down agaiust the 



keel like the leaves of a book when closing. The ribs are thin but 

 several iuches deep, leaving a space between inner and outer skin 

 which, r eing div ded off by the ribs, furnishes eight absolutely water- 

 tight compartments capable of floating the boat when the latter is 

 full of water, also rendering the puncture of the skin in any one 

 place of Utile consequence. Each rib. a- also the keel, stem and 

 s"ernpost and gunwales, is composite, being built up of thin strips of 

 Canada elm, steamed. be> t and riveted througo, making a pe manent, 

 stiff hut elastic curve. There are no transverse rios. but a bot'om 

 board, i tinted longitudinally down the middle and hinged to two ribs, 

 cover- the bottom. The levcs ou each stJe extend from this board 

 up under the gunwale and hold the boat oprn. They are rapidly set 

 up and clamped 



The skiDS are of the best long flax canvas, carefully water-p-oofed 

 and covered with a flexible paint. Cracking or j eehngare unknown. 



As to their durability, the agents in New York have an Ifffc. boat 

 which has been in active use on board a merchant ves-el for over 

 seven ye*rs. and is as good and serviceable as when new. This boat 

 was used at a trial in January last at the Biooklvn navy yard. She 

 was swung from the davits, opened, lowered with a few men, then 

 a crew of fifteen men boarded ber an ' pulled around 'he basin This 

 test wa- ordered by the navy department and was held before a board 

 of officer* appointed to examine (he boats. This board b-is made a 

 most favo a de report, and recommends the boats highly. The boats 

 can be ea-ilyand rapidly repaired, A rent in canvas can be quickly 

 sewed up or patched, and when painted with the special pr paration 

 is as good as new The excellence of the boats in extremes of climate 

 is shown by the facts that < apt. Sir G Nares had several with his 

 A-c'ic expediti >n. and large numbers a' e in u*e in Tudia and Central 

 Africa. As to their seaworthiness, in September, 1882. Oapt. Harvey. 

 R N with a crew ot fotir hands, sailed a 28ft. Berthon boat trow 

 Cape Finisterre to the Scilly Islands and thence up the channel to 

 Southampton, a distance in all of 700 miles, in six days sailing. All 

 H M. I dian transpo' ts, several steamer lin-s, and nearly all the tor 

 pedo vessels of Great Britain and the Coutine t are equipped with 

 Berthon boats. A great number of styles and siz-s are made. After 

 the ship's boats come the yacht dinghies, especially recomm-nded 

 for small yachts ana steam launches, wmch find a wooden tender a 

 great nuisance. Many of these dinghies are fitted with centeiboird 

 and mast and sail to step in forward thwart. The shoot.iug and fish- 

 in-' boats are made ligh'er and less beamy. They claim to excel all 

 others in strength, and cirryiug power. The Berth, n decked canoe, 

 is an ingenious little craft. The 10ft. canoe folds into 4in. width, and 

 can be carried in a shawl strap. It has a very elegant appearance 

 when op-ted up, and is an excellent sailer, fast and safe in rough 

 water Tbey are sure to become popular in thts country- The 

 Canadian caroe is a specinl style for inland waters. They are of 

 single skin, very light, and made on lines of tne Indian canoes. 



It is claimed by the liettnon Company that their boats have no 

 rivals for sea service, and that the\ poetically monopolize the field 

 in that direction. Tuey have taken a long line of high awards at ex- 

 positions f'om 1K75 down. At the London Fisheries, in 1883, they 

 were awarded the highest prizes over all competitors, gelling two 

 gold meuals and the 1 special p> ize for the oe-t portable, boat." The 

 company J>as tatelv established an agency In New York at 35 Broad- 

 way w iere several of their boats may be seen, among them a yacht 

 dinghy of small size. ^^^^^ 



LLOYDS' YACHT KEGISTER. - This valuable book appears this 

 vear in a still greater siz- than before, the regular lists being fuller 

 and more complete; while several interesting aud valuable tables 

 have been added. The most important of these gives tonuage, de- 

 sc-iotion and nationality of all the yachts on the register, a total of 

 ocmq Vc .=sels of 107,313 tons. Of these 907 are steam and 2.943 are 

 soiling craft, the tonnage of the former being 8(3,407 and of the latter 

 80 936 Great Britain claims 778 steam yactits, 494 being of wood; 

 and 2186 sailing vachts, 2130 being of wood. Only a lew American 

 vachts are included in the list. Another similar table gives a list of 

 vachts owned in various countries. A list has also been added of 

 Vacht- classified according to their tonnage, which gives some inter- 

 est in =■ figures The largest private yacht is the Alva, now building 

 for Mr. Vanderbiit. 1238 tons, while the next is also an American 

 vacht Le Bretagne, 1172 tons, built at Baltimore for Mr. Leon r-ay. 

 The third is the Nourmanal, Mr. Astor. 939 tons, then Amy, Mr. 

 Stewart, a Scotch yacht of 812 tons, then Mr. Bennett's Namouna of 

 740 tons All these are steamers, hut the largest sailing yacht is also 

 an American. Ambassadress. 496 tons, white the old Sappho comes 

 next at 392 tons. Another new list is that of builders and designers, 

 with names and tonnage of yachts built by them. The list of yachts 

 is larger and more complete than ever before. The book is bound 

 and printed in the same handsome style as usual and is in every way 

 a credit to the great society which it represents. Now that the Y. 

 R A has adopted length on waterline it seems time that Lloyds' 

 should add that length in the tables as well as the draft of the yacbts. 

 Length from stem to stern post on deck, the dimension given cou- 

 vevs no idea of the size of a boat, as waterline length does, and sim- 

 ilarly i.!epth of hold shows little as to draft of water, and these latter 

 figures are ine ones that yachtsmen need. 



HUf L Y. 0.— A special meeting will be held on July 3, at which the 

 following propositions will be discussed: To build a club house, and 

 to buy or hire land for that purpose, and to raise money tnerefor by 

 the issue of bonas or otherw ise, or to renew the lease of the present 

 club house; to hold meetings of the members of said cluo monthly 

 or of i ener, especially during the summer season; to amend Art. 8 

 of the by-laws by stt iking out the word "five" in the second line and 

 inserting the word "ten," so that the annual assessment shall be §10 

 af t< r the current year, or otherwise amending said by-laws: to take 

 such measures as may seem best to strengthen and aid the financial 

 inierests of the club; to amend Art Oof the by-lawsof the club by 

 allowing the privileges of the club, except the right to vote, to per- 

 sons uuder 21 years of age, upon applica'ton and election in the man- 

 ner provided with respect to members; to amend sailin? regulation 

 No 4 by striking out therefrom the words "this rule applies only to 

 yachts under 26ft. sailing length." or by striking out the words 

 "26ft " and substituting therefor "Soft.," or by striking out said regu- 

 lation No. 4 and substituting therefor the words "no prize will be 

 given to a boat sailed by a professional," or otbewNe amending said 

 by-laws; to amend sailing regulation No. 25 by striking out therefrom 

 the word '"one-third" and substituting therefor the word "one-fifth," 

 to conform to the rule as to sailing length adopted by the New Eng- 

 land Yacht Racing Association and by other yacht clubs. 



THE ALTERATIONS IN THE ATLANTIC. — The new Atlanta 

 is now in her old berth at Mumm's Basin, where she has b en 

 stripped in preparation for some radicil alterations' in lur 

 rig. The yacht has leaked badly ever since she was launched, 

 and an effort will be made to find the leak and Stop it. It may be 

 necessary to haul her out and remove her garboards, but the leak is 

 now thought to be in the vertical seam of the keel logs. It seems not 

 improbable, in view of the manner in which the lead was cast, that 

 the. trouble is about the bolts. These, of lJ4in. diameter, were driven 

 through the keel logs and the lead, 35 tons -md about 35ft. long, was 

 all melted and poured about them as quickly as could be done, the 

 whole operation occupying only half a day. so that the entire mass 

 was heated through at one time. No provision was made for the con- 

 traction of this huge piece, which w ould be, about 5in. in length and 

 of practical ly irresistible force so, it seems probable that the br>lts 

 nave been drawn through the wood, making the holes larger and of 

 oval form, and admitting water readily. The mast will be shifteo aft 

 {h. la Priscilla) as far as the trunk will permit, some 2ft.; the two for- 

 ward cnainplates on each side will be removed and one of each be 

 added abaft the two reraaing ones, so that there will be three instead 

 of four on a side The boom will b^ replaced by a lighter one of white 

 pine and the galf and topmast will be reduced in diameter, white the 

 weight aloft will be lessened as much as possible. The headsaih will 

 have to be recu\ the jinstay will be moved in 2ft. and the extra stay 

 will probably be di pensed with entirely. When the alterations are 

 completed she will be ballasted lo her painted waterline and tried 

 again in that trim. 



OSHKOSH Y. C— At the annual meeting of the Oshkosh Yacht 

 Club, held June 19, the following officers were elected for the ensuing 

 year: Commodore, ii.fi. Felker; Vice-Commodore. J. A. Dickinson; 

 Feet Captain, Henrv F. Meyer; Measurer. S. P. Garey; Secretary, 

 H T. Griffith; Treasurer, Frank Heilig. Regatta Committee.: Robt. 

 Brand, chairman; H. T Griffith, F. U. Hillard. The annual regatta 

 was set tor Aug 14, and the commodore's c ui-e for July 15. 16,17. and 

 on the '7th will occur the annual race for the Felker Challenge Cup. 

 Several new members were electe '. and the outlook now indicates a 

 renewed activ'ry in yachting. The club has a fine sheet of water, 30 

 mileslonor by 12 wide, and the shores are one continuation of fine 

 c imping grounds, while there is hardly a lake in the country in which 

 there is a larger variety of good fishing, blhck and rock bass being in 

 the majority. About six miles from the city, and near the shore, is 

 an island known as Island Park, which is fi ted up with club house, 

 hotel, and all the necessaries for an enjoyable time. The club would 

 be happy to have yachtsmen bring their boats here, and find for 

 themselves the merits of our boats, both the sailing and steam 

 yachts. Regattas for sailing vachts are sailed under the Seawanhaka 

 rules. The Felker Cup is a fine silvered gold cup, 30in. high, and is 

 a perpetual prize to be sailed for annually at the commodore's cruise. 

 For tne annual regatta, Aug, 14, the prizes have not been secured 

 further than the champion pennant, but either money prizes or a 

 fine cup will be put up. 



NEW YORK Y. C. PRIZES —An official measurement of Bedouin 

 makes her 70.17ft. on load line, or .17ft. above her class limit. In view 

 of the fact that she was never intended to race in the large class and 

 properly belongs to the 70ft, class, and with the consent of the own- 

 ers of the others in that class, she has been awarded the second class 

 prize and will henceforth sail in that class. It must be remembered 

 that she gains nothing by this, as her time allowance is based on her 

 actual lenetb. 70.17ft., and she i* only classed with the others as 70ft. 

 The other prizes awarded were: In the keel schooner class -Fortuna, 

 Oom Henry S. Hovey, Eastern Y. C. Second class schooners— Gray- 

 ling ex-Corn Litham A. Fish, Atlantic Y. C. Fir-t class sloops— 

 Priscilla.Oom A Cass Oanfield, Seawanhaka C Y. C. Second class 

 slonp^and outters-Beioum, ex Com. Achibald Rogers, Seawanbat-a 

 CYC. Third class sloops and cutters— Clara, Mr. Charles Sweet, 

 N.Y. Y. C. 



NEW STEAM LAUNCHES.— Cbas. P. Willard & Co., of Chicago, 

 who make a specialty of fast s'eam launches, have recently shipped 

 to J R Purchase, Minneapolis. Minn , fcr use on Lake Mmnetonka. 

 a 3'lft, launch with vertical boil-r 6X8 high speed engine and 8tv 

 wheel and to Geo. E. & Chas. A. P inter, of Pittsburgh, Pa , a 2oft. 

 launeh with vertical boiler, and 4)^X5 engine for use on the Monon- 

 gahela Ri-er. They have in process of con-drucio". among other 

 work, a 45fr. launch for Messrs. E. & J. C. Covert, of Farmer Village, 

 N Y for u.-e on Cavtiga Lake. Mess's Willard & Co believe in 

 ample power, where high speed is the desideratum, and some of their 

 launches now in prosress develop over 10 indicated horse power for 

 each ton of displacement of the hull. 



NEW YORK TO MARBLEHEAD -On June22 both Mavflower and 

 Puritan arrived at their moorings at Boston, the t wo sailing in com- 

 panv from Sand's Point, which they left about 2 P. M on June 20. 

 Wa'ch Hill »as passed at 6 A. M. on the 21*t. Bedouin, Clara and 

 Ulidia have also gone around, and on Friday Priscilla towed up 



If~auy of the sloops have ventured around Cape Cod it has been done 

 very quietly, and they have not vet been reooried. Clara las hauled 

 o it at Beverley for cleaning. Ulidia will sail her first race in America 

 on Tuesday. 



COOPER'S POINT ^ORINTHI \N Y. C— The second series of races 

 of the Cooper's Point Corinthian Y. C took place on June 15. The 

 Norcross, first class, wins the club flag twice. The R G. Willnns, 

 second class, wins the champion ti*g twice. The Charles Anderson, 

 third class, wins the commodore's flag first time. Each flag has to be 

 won three consecutive times to make the possession permanent. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C— No quorum was present at ihe regular 

 meeting on Friday night, as the commodore, secretary and most of 

 the yacht owners were off for Boston. The matter of a squadron 

 cruise >vill be decided later on. 



NEW HAVEN Y. O. REGATTA.— The race of the New Haven Y. 

 C. was started on June 22. but failed for lack of wind. It was late 

 when the boats drifted in, and no times were taken. 



Don't twist your neck off. but use Allen's bow-facing oars. Little 

 catalogue free. Fred A. Allen. Monmouth, 111.— Adv. 



(^anoeing. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Fobest anb 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signals, etc , of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 reports of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 (e4 of cruises, nsaps, and information concerning their local waters, 

 drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating 



to the spurt. 



FIXTURES. 



Mohican Races every Thursday through the season. 



July 3-5-N. Y. C C, Trials International Races. 



July 8-24— W. A C A. Meet. Lane Erie. 



July 10— Brooklyn O.C.. Paddling Race. 



July 10-N. Y. C. C, 3d Race Commodore s Trophy. 



July 24-N. Y. C. C, 4th Race Commodore's Trophy. 



Aug 7- N. Y. C. C. 5th Rice Commodore's Trophy. 



Aug. 7— Brooklyn C. C, Paddling Race. 



Aug, 13-27— A. C. A. Meet, Grindstone Island. 



Auff. 21- Lske St. Annual. 



Sept. 4—BrooklyD C. C, Paddling Race. 



Sept. 4— N. Y. C. C, International Cup Races. 



Sept 11— N. Y. C. C, 6th Race Commodore's Trophy. 



Sept.' 18— Brooklyn C. C, Sailing Races. 



Sept. 25— Brooklyn C. C . Challenge Cup. 



Sept. 25 -N. Y. C. 0„ 7th Race Commodore's Trophy. 



Oct. 2-N. Y. 0. C„ Fall Regatta. 



SAIL FOR "FOREST AND STREAM" CRUISER, 



ONLY three forms of sail are in common use in American waters, 

 the, boom and gaff, ihe leg "f mutton or sharpie, and the split, 

 and of these the former is by far the most common. In spiie of its 

 serious disadvantages, and the fact that there are many better tigs, 

 it has held its own for many years, and is still as popular. Within a' 

 half dozen years the canoe men have, given to the world a number of 

 new rigs, either of new design or adopted from abroad, and in this 

 point of good and efficient sail--, these new sailors are far ahead of 

 the older boat-sailing experts with far more experience. Chief 

 among the new fangled ideas of the canoeists is the balance lug, an 

 English adaptation of a Chinese sail, now extensively used in tnis 

 country and applicable to all small Vioats. 



Tii is sail has been chosen for the Forest and Stream cruiser, and 

 as far as tried has worked veiy success! ully. It will be remembered 

 that during the winter an account was giv^n by a correspondent of a 

 trial of the lug and its failure, followed by a substitution for it of a 

 boom and gaff sail and jib, witn better results An investigation of 

 this particular case indicates that the sail in question was far from 

 perfect, and very poorly rigged, aud that, it failed under the Con- 

 di' ions will surprise no one w T ho has sailed small boats. 



Of course the first rt quisite in going to windward is a taut luff, as 

 with it shaking nothing can be done. With a hadly cut and made 

 lug sail this cannot well be had; but a boom and gatT sail has this 

 doubtful advantage, that by means of two halliards it may be 

 strained aud stretched into some kind of shape, though never wliat it 

 should be. With a properly cut sail this advantage in favor of the 

 boom and gaff disappears. 



On a small boat one sail, if rigged so as to be easily handled, is not 

 ouly faster, but much more easily managed thau two, one being a 

 jib. It is, of course, mucn better to windward or free, while there are 

 fewer lines. The requisites for such a sail are different in a large and 

 in a sma'l boat, as in the former there is much more room to stand 

 and work halliards and lines; there are usually more to nelp, and the 

 mast is always kept standing. In a small boat thesail must hoist and 

 lower easily, surely and quickly; it must be readily removed from the 

 mast for slo.vage or in rowing, and it must he so placed as to nalance 

 properly in connection with the keel or centerhoard. I all of these 

 particulars the sail shown is better for sneak boxes, yachts' yawls, 

 rowing and sailing boats, and other small craft, than the boom and 

 gaff. The former has no mast rings to jam in hoisting and lowering, 

 as they are always liable to do; it can be quickly removed from the 

 mast; the latter is stepped much further from the bow, keeping the 

 weight aft and being easily reached and unstepped, while before the 

 wind the sail is not all on pnB side of the mast and boat, but a large 

 portion is so placed as to help balance the outer end. 



The sail shown is for the 16ft. cruiser, and is made of yacht drill, 

 lfi^oz., double bighted. tne bights running parallel with the upper 

 portion of the leach. The gear is rigged as follows: The boom, 2in. 

 greatest diameter, is 14ft. long, to allow for s' retch, and is laced to 

 the foot of the sail, the latter having about Sin. roach or rounding. 

 A single brass block (*) is lashed to the outer en i for the sheet (/), 

 Just abreast of the mast is lashed a snaphook. As the greatest 

 strain on the boom is at this point, it is s iflVned by a lacing batten 

 (ZJ)of oak. J^in. square at middle aud tapering to ends, the length 

 being Stt. Ibis banen is la>hed to the boom by lour lashings of fine 

 ti>iue. and adds materially to the strengin, v, hile lighter and le3S 

 olnms'v than an enlargement of the fore end of boom «o fid be. 



The'head of the ;-ail is cut with a round of 9in.. lin. per foot, for 

 the following reason: A straight stick, like a yard, is very elastic, 

 even if of considerable size, and will bend greatly at the ends. If, 

 however, it be curved in the first place, it soon requires some force 

 to bend it further. The principle is well shown in tne common bow, 

 which is easily strung, but then reqiires a heavy pull to bend it. 

 Another important advaniage fellows this form; the yard or bow is 

 first curved in a vertical plane and held there by the sail. Now with 

 this tension on it, it resists powerfully any lateral strain that would 

 throw the peak to leeward. Tnis is aided by the peculiar cut of the 

 sail. The yard is brought far down the luff and a large part of its 

 length is forward of the mast. Wnen the luff is properly set up a 

 very strong leverage is put on the yard, holaing the head well to 

 windward. The sail is approximately square in shape, as this form 

 gives the maximum area with a minimum average of spars, mast, 

 boom and yard. Tne clew is cut off, as will be seen, as a shortening 

 of the yard by a foot or so lessens the area hut little. Two batiens 

 are plucd in the sail as shown, with reef points, and a hand reef may 

 be added, such as has been described previously m our columns for 

 canoes. It will be simpler to run the hand reef to a cleat on boom 

 instead of on deck, as a man can stand up readily in a large boat, and 

 can reach the boom near the fore port, while in a canoe he must keep 

 his seat, consequently tne lints must lead to his hand, at the cost of 

 simplici y. The battens are l]4x% at middle and >%in. square at 

 enus. and are run in pockets in lue sail. 



The yard is i^j diameter at largest part, the middle third of its 

 length, ana is rieged as follows: A rope strap (o) is worked on it, a 

 lacing batten (m m) being used as ou the boom The. eye of the 

 strap is large enough to admit a snaphook on halliard, or better yet, 

 a snatchbloek may be employed The halliard (a a) of 9- nreaa ma- 

 nilla rope, leads through a sheave at masthead, thence through a 

 deck pulley near mast, and is belayed on one of two cleats on deck 

 at the fore end of well. In its upper end a snap or gaff topsail hook 

 is spliced, and on the mast is a 4in. gal. iron or brass ring (n) bent 

 into oval form, about. 3tiix4%in. Ic must be large enough to slide 

 readily without danger o£ jamming. The halliard is passed through 

 the strap on yard and ttieu hooked to the ring. Wnen hauled taut 

 tne yard is always held in to the mast, whether full sail or reefed is 

 carried. 



A lug sail can hardly be set taut by a halliard, but a tack tackle 

 must be employed, and a very powerful one is rigged as follows. On 

 the mast is another ring to which is lasbed abrass block (d.l. On deck 

 is a deck pulley, at po- 1 side of mast. The tack line (b) is made fast to 

 the deck abaft the pulley, the end is rove up and forward through the 

 block (d) thence down and aft through deck pulley to cleat at fore 

 end of well. Insetting sail the mast is stepped, book on boom is 

 snapped into the eye of block (d), the two parrels ou tne bottom are 

 tied, the halliard is passed trom aft forward through the strap on 

 yard and hooked to upper ring \ then ihe sail is hoisted as hign as 

 possible, after which, when the halliard is belayed, the ta"k is hauled 

 dowu until the sail is peifectl> flat. In reefing or lowering it is best 

 to start the tack first, then when the halliard is set up the tack is 

 hardened down again. 



A toppinglift (tj Is thus fitted: The lme is double, running from 

 masthead down each side of sail and sphcing into one just below 

 boom, leaving enough slack to lower the latter. On the boom is a 

 fairleader (fc) lashed fast, and thtougn this the toppinglift is rove, 

 theuce to a cleat on boom. It may thus be easily lvacned for a pull 

 at any time, even with boom hard off. In hoisting or reefing the 

 toppinglift should take tne weight of the boom always. 



I,i removing the sail the end i- cast off an J the lift remains on the 

 mast. In selling sail the latter is first dropped into tne bight of the 

 toppinglift, ihe fore end of spars on deck at port side of mast. The 

 lift is made fast to cleat, raising the sail, the tack and halliard are 

 snapped on, and all is ready for hoisting. 



Ou each batten a parrel is made fast, to hold the sail to the mast on 

 the starboard tack. There are small lines about 2^ft. long, the fore 

 ends fast to the oartens, while the after ends are tied or hooked into 

 rings lashed to tne battens. 



The sheer in a small boaX is always a trouble, wherever it may be 

 made fast it is always in the way. The plan adopted in the present 

 case is perhaps as good as any. The sheet runs through a block (i) 

 on boom and an eye splice is worked at each end. On deck are three 

 cleats one (y) just abaft the ruddernead. and the others (7i> on 

 each tide of well! When on the wind th.i- after eye of sheet is hooked 

 over the after cleat (a) while the sheet is held in the hand or belayed 

 to one of the forward cleats; or if desirable the eye may hook over 

 one of the latter. When the boom is off the sheet is cast off ft om the 

 cleat and its whole length is used, the eye at the end preventing i1- 

 from unreeviug from the block. By this method a very short sheet 

 is required, while a good pmohase maybe had when on tbewind 

 end tne sheet can always be arranged to be out of the way of the 



Sai ih ted as described the sail will be found a very effective one, and 

 once accustomed to it there is no difficulty in handling it quickly 

 while it is much less troublesome and cumbrous than a mam>ail and 

 lib If for any reason the latter must be used it can be flae.i on a 

 stav the luff of the sail being cut down as much as possible, so as to 

 allow room for the jib, out in almost all small boats the single sail 

 will be found best. 



BAYDNNE C. C, FIFTH ANNUAL REGATTA.— On July 5 this 

 club wilt hold their fifth annual spring regatta on Newark Bay. The 

 races are open to all, and members of neighboring clubs are invited 

 to enter. The races are as follows: 1. Sailing. 2. Sailn g paddUng- 

 3 Double paddliug, junior. 4. Double paddling. >-enior. 5 Single 

 paddl ng, junior. 6. Single paddling, senior. 7. Standing paddling. 

 8 Handpaddliner. 9 Upset. 10. Tub race. Suitable prizes awarded 

 to winners. A place has been provided for any who wish to get their 

 boats to Bayonue before the 5th or may wish to leave them after that 

 date until such times as may be most convenient for their removal. 

 A place also will be provided for the friends of the visitors from 

 which they may have a full view of the races. First race to start at 

 10 A. M. sharp. Committee: Robert Peeble?, T, B. Collins, Ed. R. 

 Smith Tnose intending to take part will please send entries on or 

 before the 3d to Ed. R. Smith, Com. B. C. C, Box 49, Bayonne, N. J. 



