IfOY» 4, 18860 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



29B 



STEAM YACHT "HANNIEL." SAIL PLAN. 



THE STEAM YACHT HANNIEL. 



THE steam yacht Hanniel was designed last winter by Mr. Ed- 

 ward Burgess for Mr. Daniel S. lord, of Boston, publisher of 

 the YoutWs Conrpaiiioii, to meet the demands of the owner for a 

 fast and comfortable coasting steamer of moderate size. Her ser- 

 vice is chiefly to carry her owner between Boston and his home in 

 Marblehead, which she has performed to his complete satisfaction, 

 making the trip miickly and comfortably. She was also seen about 

 New York and Isowportin attendance at the races. Her dimen- 

 sions are: 



Length over all 97ft. 



Length on L. W. L Soft. 



Beam 15ft. 



Hold 9ft. 



Draft 7ft. 



The engine space, 19ft. 9in. long amidships, contains a compound 

 engine with 14 and 25in. cylinders, by Webb & Watson, of East 

 Boston, and her vertical steel boiler, by Robinson & Co., is l^tt. 

 diameter and 10ft. extreme height. 



Abaft the engines are the owner's quarters, two staterooms each 

 7ft. 4in. long and 7ft. wide, fitted with berth and drawers, closet, 

 Avashstand and bureau. These open into the main saloon, lift. -tin. 

 long, and the full Avidth of the boat, liandsomely fitted with lock- 

 ers, sofas, etc. At the after end is the main stairway, with w. c. 

 and toilet on port side and a stateroom on the other. 



Forward of the engines is a roomy galley 6ft. in length and as 

 wide as the boat, with ice box, etc. The captain's room, forward of 

 the galley, is 6ft. square, while opposite to it are berths for the en- 

 gineer and ceok. The forecastle is 12ft. long. The deck is flush, 

 with a pilot house forward, the after part making a saloon. The 

 yacht spreads a good area of sail in a schooner rig with two pole 

 masts and lug-footed sails. The Hanniel lias made 14J^. knots on. 

 trial, and has run from Boston to Marblehead, over 17 miles, in 

 Ih. 15m. 



THE FLEET OF SMALL CRUISERS. 



THERE is a growing desire to ovm yachts of a manageable size 

 among those who cai e to really skipper and feel the boats 

 they own in every particular. The keel and outside ballast seem 

 to receiA'e preference, owing to immunity from capsizing and in- 

 creased room in the cabin, things of the greatest importance in 

 small yachts. The Lawleys, of Boston, ha ve recently launched a 

 25ft. cutter for Mr. Archibald Rogers, of the big crack Bedouin. 

 Commodore Chard, of the East River Y. C, is having a three- 

 beam cutter of 80ft. loadline built by Driscoll, of Greenpoint. A 

 small craft of 17ft. loadline has just been launched by H. C. Ford, 

 of Bordentown, N. J. The first mentioned have already been 

 described. Particulars of the last one are as follows: The Lark 

 resembles in general the Mignonette, illustrated in "Small 

 Yachts," but is an improvement in. form. The average boating 

 man, accustomed to shoal centerboards, will hardly understand 

 how a full-fledged yacht can be produced on such limited length. 

 To him a visit to the Lark would be a surprising revelation. He 

 W'OUld find a smart, able and even quite roomy little vessel, brought 

 about by the introduction of depth and the omission of the board. 

 The Lark can accommodate three hands below, and with ample 

 stowage room and sloop rig, is prepared to undertake cruises of 

 any length. Many will agree that a much greater return in the 

 way of yachting is to be expected from this boat than from an 

 open racing machine. 



She is a vevj stylish boat in her lines as well as in profile and 

 cut of her rig. The cabin house, which is low, is as handsome a 

 piece of joiner work as can be seen on any sloop. In all respects 

 the Lark is an example of superior taste and the best class of 

 workmanship. It would be hard to surpass her, for she is thor- 

 oughly "one boat" fore and aft, each part being in perfect har- 

 mony with every other. Very few boats can pretend to this dis- 

 tinction. 



DIMENSIONS OP THE LARK. 



Length over all 21ft. 6in. 



Length on load line 17ft. 



Beam across deck 7ft. 



Beam on load line 6ft. Sin. 



Depth, deck to top of keel 3ft. Sin. 



Least freeboard 1ft. Sin. 



Draft 2ft. from stem Sin. 



Draft aft 3ft. lOin. 



Rake of post in 1ft Sin. 



Depth of keel amid.ships 1ft. 



Ballast on keel I,0001b8. 



Ballast inside l,2G01bs. 



Mast from stem 5ft. Sin. 



Bowsprit outboard 10ft. 



Diameter at stem 4in. 



Mast over all 25ft. 



Mast, deck to hounds 19ft. 



Masthead Sft. 



Diameter in partners ... — Gin. 



Diameter at hounds Sin. 



Boom over all 24ft. 



Diameter 4in. 



Gall over all 14ft. 



Diameter %{n. 



Topmast over all 17ft. 



Diameter at cap 3j>^in. 



Area mainsail SOOsq. ft. 



Area jib 125sq. ft. 



Area clubtopsaiL llOsq. ft. 



Area lower sail to square L.W.L 1.47 



Specifications as follows: Keel of white oak, 6x12; stem and stern- 

 post sided, 4in.; frames of white oak, double, 3x4 at keel and 2}.^x3 

 at deck. These frames are boxed into the keel and through riv- 

 eted.: clamps of white oak, lx4in., sprung to sheer and m one 

 length; ceiling of Norway pine, J^xSin,; deck beams of yellow- 



pine, 2x4, witli taper at ends; breasthooks of oak; knees of hack- 

 matack; planksheer, 1x3 oak, sprung to side line; mast partners 

 or king plank, 13.^xl5in., running from stem to cabin house, with 

 chocks between the mast beams for additional bearing to the 

 wedges; deck of white pine, lx3,coA'ered with canvas and painted; 

 waist, 1x3 oak; caprail, 1x2, oval section; cabin house of IxlSin. 

 oak boards sprung to shape and paneled on the outside with ^in. 

 pine. There are six brass air ports in the house; cockpitfinishedin 

 walnut and chestnut; cap of cherry, 1x2^^; cockpit floor covered 

 with canvas and painted; hatches and fittings of hard wood; in- 

 terior is hard oil finish, with hardwood trimmings and plush up- 

 holsterv; closets in cherry; the rudder is one piece of lin. oak; 

 tiller of locust; lower sails of 8oz. duck, close bighted; topsail of 

 6140Z. yaclit drill. Photographs of the Lark and her plans can be 

 seen at this office. 



The same builder has contracted for another fine keel yacht of 

 82xl0ft. for Philadelphia owners. She will be, in general, like 

 the Mignonette. Also a third keel boat of SOft., for Beverly, N. J., 

 owners. A large number of similar keel yachts are in various 

 stages in the Boston yards, so that safe and rational yachts of 

 small size premise well for the future. 



The Lark has been tried under canvas and excels in light 

 weather. She also on one occasion carried her sail longer than a 

 39ft. centerboard sloop. 



Mr. Ford is now erecting new shops at Bordentown and looks for 

 a lively season, as many new craft are In contemplation. 



NEW YORK YACHT CLUB.-A meeting was held on Oct. 28 

 with Com. GeiTy presiding. The correspondence relating to the 

 Clyde challenge was read and acted on as noticed elsewhere, after 

 which Mr. G. M. Edwards, of the Gaviota, offered the following 

 resolution, Avhich was adopted: "Resolved, That the thanks of the 

 New York Yacht Club are due to the owner of the sloop Mayflower 

 for his gallant defense of the America's cup, and that the club, to 

 show its appreciation of the same, hereby authorizes and empowers 

 the regatta committee to select a piece "of silver commemorative 

 of the event and present the same, in the name of the club, to 

 General Paine." The following candidates were elected: D. A. 

 Egleston, Edward M. Field, Albert W. Nickerson, James Renwick, 

 Herman Beekman, Buchanan Winthrop, Frederick Grinnell, 

 William Wall, John W. Loomis, Thomas Manning, John H. 

 Flagler, J. G. Chapman. W. F. Burden, Jr., W. H. Thomas, Thomas 

 H. Thomas, Clarence F. McKim, F. C. GriflSths, R. F. H. Durkee, 

 Thorndike Nourse, D. A. Lendley, Ludwig Marx and James E. 

 Martin. The nominating committee elected included the fol- 

 lowing: Owners— Lloyd Phoenix, Joseph P. Earle, G. G. Haven, 

 Edward M. Brown and Gouverneur Kortricht. Non-owners— Philip 

 Schnylerj John R. Piatt, Chester Griswbld, Frank T. Robinson 

 and William Krebs. 



JAMAICA BAY RACES.— The third and last of the series was 

 sailed on Oct. 31 in a strong N.E. wind, the boats turning in sec- 

 ond reefs. The course was from Ruffle's Bar to the spar buoy in 

 the inlet and return. The start was made at 12:36 for first class 

 and 12:41 for second. The times were: 



CLASS 1.— CAT-UIGGED TACHTS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Aurora 12 36 2 05 35 1 29 35 1 26 30 



Secret 13 36 3 02 55 1 26 55 1 26 .55 



Julita 13 36 2 05 15 1 29 15 1 28 15 



Amphion 13 36 3 07 50 1 31 30 1 30 05 



Gypsy Baron. . ; 13 36 3 00 15 1 33 15 1 33 25 



CLASS 3.— CAT-RIGGED TACHTS. 



Florence 13 41 2 11 25 1 30 25 1 30 15 



Ethel 13 41 3 11 20 1 30 20 1 30 20 



THE COOT AS A CRUISER.— A correspondent writes to know 

 why Mr. Kunhardt made his cruise in a caf.rigged centerboard 

 boat instead of a keel yawl as advocated by him for cruising. The 

 reasons for taking such a boat were set forth in the opening 

 chapters of the "Cruise of the Coot," and the experience of the 

 entire cruise only served to prove her unfitness for such work. 

 The small cruiser is as yet a rarity in New York waters, and none 

 were in the market last fall, the Coot being the best boat obtain- 

 able without building to order. "WTiile better in model than most 

 of her class and -with a small rig for winter work, she was a poor 

 makeshift at the best for a singlehanded cruise, and that she 

 went through all so well is due chiefly to the pluck and determin- 

 ation of her skipper. In a boat like the Windward or Columbine 

 the work would have been far less trying, the danger would have 

 been greatly lessened, and life on board would have been comfort- 

 able, whereas in the Coot it was at times hardly endurable. 



A NEW LIGHTHOUSE ON DELAWARE BAY.-An iron light- 

 house to be erected on tlie Fourteen-Foot Bank, Delaware Bay, Is 

 being constructed at the H. A. Ramsay Engineei-ing Works, in 

 Baltimore. The lighthouse will stand on an ir«n caisson already 

 in position, and the focal plane of the lantern will be 59ft. above 

 the sea. The structure will consist of a gallery 40ft. in diameter, 

 surmounted by a cast-iron parapet and rail, with iron cranes or 

 boat davits. From the parapet will rise an iron cctagonal struc- 

 ture 26ft. in diamater, three stories in height, surmounted by a 

 tower in which there will be a watch-room for the lantern keepers. 

 On this gallery will be an ornamental gallery and the lantern. 

 The completed lighthouse was erected in the works of Mr. Ram- 

 say and inspected by the United States officials having charge of 

 the work, and the first consignment of the tower has left Balti- 

 more.— T7(c Iron Age. 



DISTANT CRUISING.— The steam yacht Lancashire Witch, 

 known from her cruise around the world with Sir Thomas Hes- 

 keth, has left England for Bombay, India. Her present owTier is 

 Mr. James. The Sunbeam, steam yacht. Sir Thomas Brassy, will 

 soon sail from the same port. 



RAMONA.— The new steam yacht Ramona, built at Newburgh 

 for Mr. Jas, Bigler, made her trial trip lately on the Hudson. 



TARTAR.— This well-known catboat has been sold by F. L. Dunn 

 to J, B. Forsyth, 



LAWLE Y & SON.— This firm is now beginning a steam launch 

 i.f^X 10ft. for Mr. R. S. White, aind a keel sloop 26ft. over all, 22ft. 

 L.W.L. and 9ft. beam for Com. J. B. Neer, Boston Y. C. 



JOSIE.— This sloop, now owned by Messrs. Wright & Young, is 

 at Smith's yard. City Point, where an iron keel of 2,.5001bs. is being 

 bolted on . Her board has been removed . 



ARETHUSA— Schooner, Com. Savage, Dorchester Y. C, is at 

 Dinsmore's, City Point, for alterations below. The cabin will be 

 lengthened, a stateroom added, and the cockpit a,nd companion 

 rebuilt. 



DELPHINE— Catboat, has been sold by F. J. Bradlee to S. F. 

 Freeman. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signaJ, etc., of 

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

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

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning tlieir local 

 waters, dra^vings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items 

 relating to the sport. ^_ 



A SITE FOR A SALT-WATER MEET. 



TT/'HAT'S the matter with Shinnecock Bay? Nothing. That is 

 V> what my friend B. and myself thought, so the Girofle was 

 packed and on Oct. 12 was shipped for said bay, the crew leaving 

 Springfield on the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 14, on the Boston & 

 Albany R. R. to Palmer, Mass., then the New London R. R. to 

 New London, Conn., arriving there at 11 P. M. The next morning 

 leaving New London on the steamer Manhanset at 8:55. we arrived 

 at Sag Harbor at 13 noon. The crew then took dinner and left at 

 1:55 on the Long Island R. R. for Good Ground, arriving thei-e at 

 2:£0, and finding the Girofle at the freight hon.se, loaded her on a 

 wagon and started for the house of Wm. N. Lane on Shinnecock 

 Bay. The crew then unpacked her and went for a short sail. Oh, 

 how refreshing the salt air was to us inland land lubbers. The 

 wind was from the northwest, so we laid our course southwest for 

 the life saving station on the West Bay, distant about three 

 miles. Arriving there very soon, we landed and enjoyed a view of 

 the Atlantic Ocean that was just immense to one who had seen 

 nothing larger than the St. Lawrence River or Lake George for a 

 couple of years or so. We then sailed home. The wind was very 

 steady, and I enjoyed the sail more than any I have had for many 

 moons. 



I do not intend to give our log, and what I am trying to get at is 

 this, to let canoeists know what a perfect place Shinnecock Bay is 

 for the A. C. A. meet for 1887, and, having spent some fifteen davs 

 cruising on its waters, will try and explain. Shinnecock Bay is at 

 the southeast end of Long Island and is separated from the ocean 

 by a nairow strip of sand about twenty feet high and about three- 

 hundred feet wide. It is divided into two bays, one called East 

 and the other West Bay. It is ten miles long and from one and a 

 half to three and a half miles in A^'ldth; it is from four to eight 

 feet deep; there is no tide, and during my stay there of two weeks 

 I could not see that it rose or fell as much as an inch. The na- 

 tives told us they did not have any tide, as the inlet from the At- 

 lantic was closed generally during the summer. They also in- 

 formed me that they always had good -vrinds, and I kno'w we did 

 every day during our stay. 



There are two places I would recommend for our camp. The 

 first is in the West Bay or Tiana Inlet, where a three or five mile 

 course can be laid out. This is my choice, as the shore is very 

 fine, with some shade trees and some open ground, also a very 

 fine sandy beach. The Long Island Railroad runs within twenty 

 feet of the head of the inlet, thus doing away witli any trucking 

 of canoes from railroad to water. There are several good board-' 

 ing houses near by, Avhere canoeists can get their meals, and ptenty 

 of fresh Avater right near at hand. 



The second site is at the East Bay, near Canoe Place Inn, where 

 there is a hotel and all the fixings. This bay is large, and with 

 the wind in the south or southwest or southeast becomes quite 

 rough, but not any more so than we have it at the Thousand 

 Islands. The railroad runs within 500ft. of the bay. The shores 

 are all fine white sand. No rocks to be found anyAvhere on the 

 bay. 



Now as to provisions. Good Ground is about half way be- 

 tween these two bays and it has several grocery stores and mar- 

 kets, and they will run their wagons to camp (if we have one there) 

 several times a day, so that canoeists can get anything they may 

 want in their line. In regard to transportation of canoes, the L . 1. 

 R. R. Co., I think, without doubt, will stop for us anywhere. Shin- 

 necock Bay is about three hours' ride from New York, and canoe- 

 ists from the North and AVest can reach it best from that point. 

 Those so desiring can cruise inland from Far Rockaway through 

 Great South Bay, then through East Bay, through canal at Quogue 

 into Shinnecock without a single carry. Then, canoeists from 

 the East can cruise from Greenport or Shelter Island through 

 Peconic Bay— that is. Little Peconic into Great Peconic— then 

 through the new canal now under process of construction into 

 Shinnecock. Now, what do we want better? The earth with, a 

 fence around it? No, let us have Shinnecock. Look at the cruis- 

 ing ground we would have in East and Great South Bav, with . 

 its shores lined with summer hotels, and then Peconic bays with 

 Shelter Island. I have heard Peconic mentioned, or .Jessup's 

 Neck, for a camp. They are no good, for it is very rough there. 

 And then look at the rise and fall of the tide; several feet, I am 

 informed, and that it is very strong. No, Shinnecock is the place 

 for us. I saw the name of Dr. Curtis and his canoe Minna regis- 

 tered at Canoe Place Inn. I should like to have him give his \'lews 

 of the place, a.nd hope it "vrtll be Shinnecock for 1887. 



0. M. Shedd ("Girofle"). 



