Deo. 28, 1895.] 



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The vqte of the A. K. C. on the cropping question failed 

 to abolish cropping from A. K. C. jurisdiction on account 

 of the constitutional restriction concerning a two-thirds 

 vote, but a majority of the votes were against cropping, 

 and many of the delegates, who as such voted in favor of 

 cropping, repudiated the sentiments of their clubs and 

 announced their personal disapproval of the practice. 



The Southern Field Trial Club has declared its trial off 

 and the club has disbanded. 



The judges who have been engaged for the hrst Cham- 

 pion field trial competition are: Messrs. A. Merriman, W. 

 S. Bell and John King. 



lachtmg. 



Practical Yacht Designing. 



It can hardly be said that any pressing need exists of treatises on 

 naval architecture and of its application to the designing of yachts 

 and boats; any deficiency in this direction has long since been made 

 good by the standard works of several well-known wrilers. For those 

 who can afford the expense of several rather costly works, and the 

 time necessary to their careful study, there is no lack of practical and 

 reliable information ; but the inquiries which we constantly receive 

 from the readers of the Forest and Stream prove that there are many 

 to whom, for one reason or another, the existing works, extensive 

 and thorough as they are, must be practically sealed books. There 

 has been for some years a growing demand for a simple treatise on 

 practical yacht designing, presenting the subject in a way that may 

 be readily understood by anyone of ordinary intelligence and possess- 

 ing a desire to learn and a knowledge of arithmetic. 



With the first number of the coming year the Forest and Stream 

 will begin the publication of, a series of articles designed to meet this 

 demand, the author being Mr. W. P. Stephens, for the past twelve 

 years in charge of the Yachting and Canoeing Departments of the 

 paper. Mr. Stephens is specially qualified for this task by his long 

 experience as an amateur designer and builder, and as a critical and 

 technical writer on yachting; and by his close intercourse through 

 the Foksst and Stream with those for whom the work is specially in- 

 tended. His personal experience as an amateur designer and buildar, 

 dating back to a time when text-books on these subjects were un- 

 known, have shown him what the amateur and the tyro want to know, 

 and his later work at building, designing and writing has fully quali- 

 fied him to teach what he has learned. His book on "Canoe and Boat 

 Building for Amateurs," though written in 1883, is still recognized as 

 the standard work on small craft; and within its limited scope a 

 thorough text-book of the subject. 



The new work will cover a much wider field: the designing of pleas- 

 ure craft, from canoei and boats up to such sizes of yachts proper as 

 would be likely to engage the attention of tho amateur. The same 

 methods will be followed as have proved so successful in "Canoe and 

 Boat Building," the thorough presentation of the leading principles 

 and the elaborate attention to these details, apparently trivial, which 

 are essential to success in any mechanical work. 



The opening chapters will deal first with the object of designing— 

 * the production of some sort of floating vessel— the means to this end, 

 from the first consideration of the conditions of the particular case to 

 the turning over to the builder of the drawings, specifications and 

 tables of .offsets. The many intermediate steps will be treated of in 

 detail, the first considerations, the selection of the class, the principal 

 dimensions and the elements of the design, tne tools, materials and 

 work of drawing, the calculations and the specifications. The articles 

 will be fully illustrated, and will continue through the year to such a 

 length as the subject demands. 



Lord Dunraven and Mr. Glennie sailed on the Teutonic on Dec. 18 

 and are due at New York on Christmas Day. Mr. Herreshoff was 

 recently in New York for a day and in conference with Messrs. Iselin, 

 Kane and Duncan. It is about settled that Joseph H. Ohoate will 

 represent Mr. Iselin before the committee; but it is not known whether 

 Lord Dunraven will have a legal adviser. The first meeting of the 

 committee will be held on Dec. 27. 



A Handy Sailing Boat. 



The accompanying design for a small sailing boat of light draft was 

 made by Messrs. Carl L. Holmer and F. J. Trist, of Cleveland. The 

 form of the boat is very easy and at the same time powerful, and 

 with the lead ballast outside she should make a comfortable little 

 craft for those who do not care for the lively hiking called for in a 

 racing 15 or 29-footer. The after end would have been improved in 

 appearance by a longer overhang. The boat is arranged for after- 

 noon sailing, with large cockpit and seats for several people. The 

 dimensions are: 



Length over all 22ft. 6 In. 



lw.l 18ft. 



Beam, extreme 6ft. 6 in. 



Lw.l 5ft. 10 in 



Draft, hull 1ft. 3J^in. 



with board 3ft. 4 in. 



Freeboard, bow 2ft. 



least 1ft. 0J4in. 



stern 1ft. 3 "in. 



Displacement, fresh water, lbs 1,920 



Ballast, lead, on keel, lbs 500 



Mainsail, sq. ft 220 



Jib, sq ft 50 



The boat is shown with both jib and mainsail and canoe rig, gunter 

 sails being used in each case. 



New Steam Yachts. 



In addition to the 135ft. composite steam yacht Hiawatha, which 

 Messrs. Charles L. Seabury & Co. are building for Mr. Charles 

 Fleischmann, and which will be commanded by Capt. B. F. Smith, and 

 the 85ft. twin-screw Steam yacht building for a Brooklyn gentleman, 

 they have also secured another order for a composite steam yacht, 

 which they are to build for a New York yachtsman and member of 

 the New York Y. C. The principal dimensions are 140ft. over all, 114ft. 

 l.w.L, 17ft. beam, 9ft. 6in. depth, 7ft. draft. The keel, stem and stern- 

 post will be of white oak; frames, reverse frames, keelsons, breast 

 hooks, deck beams, diagonal straps and fore and aft plates of steel. 

 The planking will be of yellow pine, one thickness below waterline 

 and two thicknesses above. All fastenings will be of Tobin bronze 

 through bolts. There will be four steel bulkheads made watertight. 

 The rudder will be of bronze. The yacht will be flush decked and 

 schooner rigged, with awning to extend full length of the vessel, and 

 fitted over bridge. .The dining room and pantry will be in the deck 

 house. 



A chain locker will be fitted in the forehold; aft of chain locker will 

 be the crew's toilet room. Aft of toilet room will be fitted berths and 

 lockers for crew. Next aft will be arranged two staterooms— one for 

 captain and one for engineer— fitted with wide berth each, with 

 drawers underneath; also small dressing case. All these rooms will 

 be thoroughly ventilated and lighted by port lights. Aft of the state- 

 rooms will be the galley, to extend full width of the vessel and fitted 

 with large ice box, dish rack, dresser, locker for coal, sink and pump, 

 range, etc. Large skylight fitted over same for ventilation and light. 

 A large ice box will also be fitted under floor of crew's quarters. 



Aft of galley will be arranged the boiler and engine room. The 

 bulkhead aft of boiler will be protected with a non-conducting ma- 

 terial. 



Aft of the boiler space will be arranged owner's staterooms, 8ft 6in 

 long, and the two to take up the full width of the yacht. These state- 

 rooms to be finished in maple with bird's-eye maple panels. There 

 will be one berth thsvartship and one fore and aft. There will be a 

 dressing case, folding washstand and clothes closet arranged in either 



SAIL PLAN Jib and Mainsail Rig. 



room. A sliding door with full length mirror on both sides will con- 

 nect the rooms. There will also be a sliding door connecting with a 

 starboard room with a toilet room directly aft, which will be fitted 

 with w. c. and wash basin, to drain overboard. This room finished 

 in mahogany. 



Aft of the toilet room will be arranged a single stateroom, ma- 

 hogany finished. Aft of stateroom will be arranged the bath and 

 toilet room, fitted with copper tinned bathtub arranged to pump 

 water from the sea or tank, fitted with w. c, wash basin, etc. Also 

 furnished with hooks, towel rack, etc. This room will be lighted and 

 ventilated by part of a skylight in deck, also by ports in sides. Aft 

 of toilet are arranged- two closets for use of clothes, painted white 

 inside. 



On the opposite side of the yacht will be arranged two guests' state- 

 rooms, with a passageway 30in. wide between these rooms and the 

 rooms on the starboard side, the passageway to be finished in white 

 and gold. These tw o rooms to be fitted with two berths, dressing 

 cases, etc. 



Directly aft of the owner's staterooms will be the main saloon, fin- 

 ished in ivory and gold. This room will be furnished with desk, 

 racks for bric-a-brac, and space for piano. The headroom will be 

 Oft. 4in. 



The engine will be a Seabury design triple expansion of latest type 

 and a Seabury safety water tube boiler, fitted with everything neces- 

 sary to conform with the U. S. Inspection Service. The guaranteed 

 speed in contract is sixteen miles per hour for three consecutive 

 hours over measured course. Besides a launch she will carry three 

 other boats. She will be lighted throughout by electric lights, with 

 pearch light on bridge forward. She will be ready for commission by 

 June 1, 1896. J 



Important Changes in Hydrography. 



The U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey gives notice of some impor- 

 tant changes in the hydrography of two localities much frequented by 

 yachtsmen, off Marblehead and in Long Island Sound. 



The resurvey of the coast of Massachusetts, between Boston and 

 Cape Ann, has developed many changes in the hydrography. The 

 following dangers to navigation, re3ently determined by Lieut. Robert 

 G. Peck, United States Naw, Assistant, Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 commanding the steamer Bache, have been reported to the office of 

 the burvey and are shown on the charts on the bearines- 

 (a) A rock with 13ft. over it- " 



Roaring Ball Spindle N.E. % E., distant % mile. 



Dread Ledge Spindle W. % -!. 



Ram Island (center) ..N.W. X(> N. 



(6) A rock with 16ft. over it- 

 Roaring Bull Spindle NE, distant M mile. 



Ram Island (center) W. hy N. M N. (northerly). 



Flying Point N. y, E 



(e) A rock with 18ft. over it- 

 Roaring Bull Spindle .S W. % W., distant \ mile. 



Tom Moore's Rock Spindle N.N.W % W 



Marblehead Light , . . N. by W. % W 



This is the rock on which the yach", Volunteer struck in 1892 



(d) A rock with 18ft. over it near S.E Breakers— 



Halfway Rock Baaeon W.S.W. % W., distant I'™ miles 



Baker Island Light .N.N. W. % W 



Marblehead Light w. V % N. (northerly). 



(e) A rock with 4ft. over it off Gale's Point- 

 Baker Island Light S.W. U S., distant Vi, 10 m ii es 



SAIL PLAN Canoe Rig, 



