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FOREST AND STREAM. 



|Feb. 16, 18c8. 



the crew to sleep in without interference by bulkheads or center- 

 board; the opening of this well shall be not less than 5ft. long 

 and 18in. (or 17in.) wide in the clear. Deck seats shall not pro- 

 ject beyond the side of the canoe. Centerboards, when housed, 

 must not project below the keel nor above the deck or coaming. 

 The limit as to well and cockpit, will affect very few boats now 

 except some with trunks in the well, and if the opening is large 

 enough and sleeping space guaranteed, save for the board, these 

 existing boats might be exempted. The object of course is to 

 preserve the cruiser, who must have an onen well and good sleep- 

 ing room, from being handicapped against a racing boat with 

 little or no well, that cannot fill even if capsized. If this is done 

 the man who has now a board between his knees may be allowed 

 to retain it there; but it would seem to be time that men went 

 seriously at. the centerboard problem and solved it instead of 

 dodging it as they have nf late. The double board offers one solu- 

 tion and there are doubtless others if men will look for them. At 

 any rate in anything deserving the name, of a canoe there should 

 be room to sleep and to paddle in comfort. As to housing the 

 boards, it too can be doue and is done so often that there is no 

 reason why the clumsy and unmeehanical arrangements seen of 

 late should be permitted. The intention of the clause is to limit 

 the upper edge of the board to the surface of the deck, where the 

 t runk is below the deck, and to the upper edge of the coaming 

 where the latter projects over the trunk. 



Looking now at the race programme, the much discussed "75ft. 

 limit" race might as well go. 



A proposition lately made in our columns by Com. Gibson has 

 not yet met with the attention which it deserved, in fact it 

 appears that canoeists generally do not fully understand it. It 

 was to the effect that the sails which a canoe carries in one race 

 must be on board, though not necessarily set, in all the races. 

 Perhaps we are going further than Com. Gibson intended, but we 

 offer this suggestion, to include all racing furniture used in pad- 

 dling as well as sailing races; thus in paddling races the canoe 

 will carry her board or boards, deck seat, sails and masts, and in 

 the sailing races she will carry her racing paddle and paddling 

 seat. If a man wants to sit on a soap box to paddle, as many do, 

 why let him; but he must carry it while sailing as well. If he 

 wants a mast 16ft. above deck and as big as a tree, and a center- 

 board of GOlbs., well and good, but they must be on board when he 

 paddles. Each man would be obliged to set apart the furniture he 

 intends to use for racing, spars, sails, rudder, tiller, board, hatches, 

 paddle, seat and any other gear, and to carry all this in every 

 race. It would not be the intention to prevent a man from replac- 

 ing a broken paddle or rudder, but to compel him to carry practi- 

 cally all his racing gear in his boat, and not to have a couple of 

 ext ra chests on shore. This plan would bear hard on some men in 

 the first year. We remember going from New York to Clayton 

 once in company with a canoeist and a chest as big as a Saratoga 

 that contained nothing but, his ballast and small racing fittings, 

 not sails. It may be urged that the result would be a small, light 

 racing boat, with very small sails and simple rig, easy to paddle; 

 but here comes in the former clause, if the man must provide for 

 good sleeping space, and a board in addition, he is not able to cut 

 away bis model to a serious extent. There is another matter that 

 might well be discussed in connection with these proposed 

 changes, the creation of a larger class, but we have given plenty 

 of food for thought to canoeists for the present, and the larger 

 canoes can well wait until the questions above have been fully 

 discussed. We invite the opinions of all our readers, but must 

 request them to be as brief as possible, aud to confine their letters 

 strictly to the subjects under discussion. 



THE ATLANTIC DIVISION MEET. 



T7TCE-COM. STANTON has appointed Messrs. W. P. Stephens, 

 V N. Y. C. C, Wm. Whitlock, Brooklyn C. C, and H. M. Car- 

 pent er. Sing Sing C. C. as a committee on camp site for the first 

 division meet of the Atlantic Division. The date and place have 

 not yet been decided cn, but the former will necessarily be some 

 time in Julv, giving time for those who wish to visit the A. C. A. 

 meet in the following month. The only location Thus far brought 

 to the notice of the committee is on Lloyd's Neck, either on Oyster 

 Bay or Lloyd's Harbor, a part of Huntington Bay. The committee 

 will be glad to receive suggestions of other available points, 

 especially those nearer New York, and will investigate all eligible 

 locations' suggested, but in order to save useless labor, those mak- 

 ing suggestions are requested to inform themselves fully as to the 

 advantages of the sites they propose, and to give all the informa- 

 tion possible to the committee. The site must offer a dry and 

 more or less shaded camp ground of several acres area, with a 

 good spring or other fresh water supply. It must be reached by 

 boat or by rail from New York, there must be good sailing and 

 paddling courses, and the beach must offer some facilities for 

 landing canoes. Those knowing such locations will confer a favor 

 bv notifying the chairman of the committee, W. P. Stephens, 30 

 Park Row, New York. Any suggestions as to date will also be 

 welcome. The owners of the proposed site at Lloyd's Neck state 

 that tho best time to be sure of avoiding musquitoes is in the first 

 part of July. - 



HE AD y U A H T EK S ATLANTIC DIVISION, A. O. A., I 



Feb. 14, 1888. \ 

 To the Members of the A. C. A., Atlantic Division: 



GbntIjEMEN— You will please take notice that the following 

 named gentlemen have been appointed the Regatta Committee 

 of the Atlantic Division, the first named being chairman, namely, 

 H. C. Ward, Brooklyn C. C, 15 New street, New York city; L. B. 

 Palmer, lanthe C. C; E. H. Piatt, N. Y. C. C. The following 

 namen gentlemen have been appointed the committee on the 

 meet and camp site, the first named being chairman, namely. \V . 

 P. Stephens, N. Y. C. C, 40 Park Row, New York; Wm. Whit- 

 lock. Brooklyn C. 0.; H. M. Carpenter, Shattemuc C. C. The 

 latter commit tec- is requested to make its report to the Vice-Com- 

 modore on or before the 15th day of March, in order that the com- 

 mittee on transportation, to be hereafter appointed, may have 

 sufficient time before the meet to make arrangements with rail- 

 road and steamboat companies. Respectfully, 



Henry Stanton, 

 Vice-Commodore Atlantic Division. 



"CANOE HANDLING." The indications are that the present 

 will be a most active season in canoeing, especially in the matter 

 of new recruits. We are constantly in receipt of questions from 

 novices and beginners as to the most desirable model of canoe, 

 the best methods of use. the way to form a canoe club, where to 

 find a model constitution, etc.? The answers to these questions 

 have at times been given in our pages, but they all will be found 

 in that indispensable handbook of canoeing, "Canoe Handling," 

 by C. B. Vaux. The writer, one of the first American canoeists 

 and connected prominently with the A, C. A. since its birth, is 

 an authority on all that pertains to racing, cruising and club 

 matters, arid in "Canoe Handling" he has anticipated and 

 answered those questions which every novice is sure to ask. 



COM. GIBSON.— Not contented with becoming an American 

 citizen, Com. Gibson has lately become a resident of New York 

 city, the occasion for the change being the selection from a num- 

 ber of competitors of his designs for a large building in Wall 

 street, which he will superintend during construction. Though 

 the Turtles will miss him, New York canoeists will rejoice in such 

 an addition to their numbers. 



PRIZES FOR PADDLING RACES. 



THE paddle always puts new life into me, even in February, 

 and the "Paddle" in last week's Fokbst and Stream did the 

 business this time. The regatta committee of the A. C. A., of 

 which I am chairman, have as yet published nothing as to their 

 doings and deliberations, but have not been idle, let it he under- 

 stood. Mr, Butler and myself talked the matter of paddling 

 prizes over a month ago and arrived at some conclusions, but did. 

 not polish up details sufficiently to publish the results. It was 

 thought advisable to arrange tor such a prize as "Paddle" sug- 

 gests—two prizes— one for a paddling champion, one for the win- 

 ner of the combined race. Heretofore there have been no appar- 

 ent differences between cheaply won prizes and those hardly 

 fought for, with one exception, the sailing trophy. We propose 

 to have four honor men each year— sailing champion, paddl- 

 ing champion, and two cruising (if you like) champions — the 

 winners of the record and the combined race. The paddling 

 championship will not, however, be decided in Class I. canoes. 

 The cups suggested by "Paddle" therefore fit into our scheme, 

 and will be gladly received and provided for on the programme, 

 the details of which I hope soon may be made public. We propose 

 to present to each cup or trophy winner a Sag bearing the year 

 (1888, etc.) in which the cup is won, to be winner's property, and 

 to be hoisted over his tent at, future meets, if he wishes, to bear 

 testimony to his work of the past. These flags wall in future be 

 made of the same color and design as those of 1888, but bearing 

 different dates— if our suggestions are approved. More anon. 



C. Bowter Vatjx. 



THE SPRING MEET.— Nothing has yet been suggested in re- 

 gard to the usual local or spring meet of the canoeists of the 

 Hudson River, which has been held for the past four years. There 

 is no body or committee having power to arrange for these meets, 

 but they have been entirely informal, some place being suggested 

 through the Forest and Stream. Such suggestions for the 

 coming season are now in order and we will be glad to hear from 

 all interested. The meets heretofore have been held on the Hud- 

 son River, but it might be well this time to go below New York, 

 say on Staten Island, where different water can be found. Such 

 a meet would also have the advantage of the attendance of a new 

 set of men, and coming when it does, too soon to conflict with the 

 Division meet in July, it would serve as an introduction to the 

 latter. The regular date has always been Decoration Day, which 

 this year comes on Wednesday. 



CLEVELAND C. C— The annual meeting of the club took 

 place Feb. 2, the election of officers resulting as follows: J. I). 

 Cox, Jr., Captain; A. H. Van Gorder, Mate; O. A. Root, Purser. 



Small Yachts. By C. P. Kunharclt. Price $7. Steam Yachts and 

 Launches. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $3. YaeliU, Boats and 

 Canoes. By 0. Stanslicld-Huiks. Price $3.50. Steam Machinery. By 

 Donaldson. Price $1.60. 



FIXTURES. 



June. 



16. Cor. Marblehead Pennant. 23. Hull, Hull Pennant. 

 21. New York, N. Y. Annual. 30. Cor. Marblehead, 1st Cham. 

 July. 



4. Beverly, Mon. Beach Cham. 21. Cor, Marblehead, 2d Cham. 

 7. Beverly, Swampscott Cham. 21. Beverly, Mon. Beach 3d Open 

 7. Cor. Marblehead, Club. 28. Cor. Marblehead, Ladies' 



7. Hull. Club Cruise. Race. 



14. Beverly, Marblehead, Open 28. Hull, Hull Regatta. 



Sweep. 28. Beverly, Mon. Beach Cham. 



14. Hull, Hull 1st Cham. 



August. 



1. Hull, Hull Ladies' Day. 11. Cor. Marblehead, Open. 



4. Hull, Hull 2d Championship. 18. Cor. Marblehead, Cup Race. 

 4. Beverly, Nahant, 2d Cham. 25. Beverly. Marblehead, Open. 

 11. Beverly, Mon. Beach Cham. 25. Hull, Hull Open Race. 

 September. 



3. Beverly, Marblehead Cham. 15. Beverly, Mon. Beach, Open 

 3. Cor. Marblehead Cham. Sweep. 



8. Cor. Marblehead, Sail Off. 



LARCHMONT Y. C. 



THE annual meeting of this prosperous club was held on Feb. 8, 

 at Delmonico's, the following officers being elected: Commo- 

 dore, Girard C. W. Lowrey; Vice-Commodore, Henry W. Eaton; 

 Rear Commodore, Chas. A. Stevenson; Secretary, Wm. G. Scott; 

 Treasurer, Eugene L. Bushe; Measurer, Frank E. Towle; Trustees, 

 Wm. S. Alley, August in Monroe, Wm. Murray r , Girard C. W. 

 Lowrey, E. L. Bushe. Twenty members were elected, filling the 

 limit of membership, 500. New courses were, adopted, all visible 

 from the new club house. The alterations in the house will be 

 completed by the beginning of the season. The main hall is of 

 large size, with fine open fire-place and stairs leading to the second 

 floor, where is the library and ladies' parlors, the third floor being 

 used for servants' quarters. On the east side of the house an ex- 

 tension 180x70ft. will contain the kitchens, wine cellars, main din- 

 ing rooms and twenty-eight bedrooms for members. The hand- 

 some stables now on the property will contain the billiard hall, 

 locker room, storeroom and workshop, and quarters for men ser- 

 vants. Near the billiard hall are the bath houses and a fine beach, 

 while lawn tennis courts will be laid out on the west. From the 

 main house an iron bridge will lead to a large landing stage, a 

 second stage for ice and stores being placed at another point. 

 When installed in its new quarters the club will be the best housed 

 in the country, if not in the world. Regatta Com., H. B. Willard, 

 E. J- Greacon and F. M. Scath. The revised constitution and 

 .rules, including the new classification, have been adopted. 



THE NAVAL RESERVE.— A very interesting meeting of the 

 New York branch of the U. S. Naval Institute was held on Feb. 10 

 at the house of the Seawanhaka C. i r . C. to listen to a paper by 

 Capt. A. P. Cooke, U. S. N., on "Our Naval Reserve and the 

 Necessity of its Organization." After the reading the paper was 



It's. M.'C; Lieut.' Clover, Lieut. Hunker, Lieut Strong, Lieut. 

 Cowles, Lieut. Tremain, Commander Hooker and a number of 

 yachtsmen. 



MORE GIFTS FOR GEN. PAINE AND MR. BURGESS. — The 

 Atlantic Y. C. have just presented to Gen. Paine a handsome 

 group in bronze, and to Mr. Burgess a cup containing fifty $20 

 gold pieces. 



SAPPHIRE.— This name has been selected for Mr. Stetson's 

 new yacht. 



STEAM YACHTING. 



THE STEAM YACHT LUCERNE. 



THE accompanying drawings show a useful class of steam 

 yacht that is apt to be popular in this country for a long 

 time, in spite of the increasing demand for high speeds and steel 

 and composite hulls. While the man who wants to be carried 

 home from business to his villa on the water must have a Stiletto 

 or a Now Then, there are still many purposes for which the 

 wooden yacht of moderate cost and speed is in demand, for hunt- 

 ing, fishing and exploring parties, for ordinary pleasure use in 

 summer; while that fact that these boats can be built by ordinary 

 good mechanics and without an expensively equipped shipyard, 

 is certain to keep them in use in spite of improvements in speed 

 and light, construction. The Lucerne was built for work rather 

 than pleasure use, but at the same time she is well fitted for gun- 

 ning and hunting parties in the Southern sounds, and many other 

 purposes. She was designed and superintended by Mr. Henry J. 

 Gielow, Assistant Engineer for the use of the Engineer's Depart- 

 ment of the TJ. S. A., to be used in surveying and inspecting the 

 river and harbor works along the coasts of Virginia and the 

 Carolinas. the requirements being moderate cost, to meet an 

 appropriation, moderate draft, aud good sea-going qualities. 

 She was built by E. J. Codd, of Baltimore, Md., the wood work 

 being done by McCosker & Co., of that city. The leading dimen- 

 sions are: Length overall, 75ft.; l.w.L, 69ft. Sin.; beam, 14ft.; 

 draft, 5ft- 6in. The displacement is 40 tons. 



The specifications are as follows, the details of construction 

 being shown in the drawings. The keel is of the best quality of 

 white oak, siding 6in., molding 6in. at center and 11 and lOin. at 

 stem and stern respectively. The frames arc of white oak, 

 dotible, siding 3in., molding Sin. in the throats of the floors and 

 3in. at the planksheer. They ate spaced 22^in. from center to 

 center; the spaces between frames in the central portion of the 

 vessel, for a distance of 25ft., are filled in solid with floors extend- 

 ing 3ft. from center line to either side. The stem is of white 

 oak, a natural crcok, siding Gin. The sternpost is of the 

 same material, siding Gin., except at center of shaft, where it is 

 lOin. The keelson is of yellow pine in two lengths, siding and 

 molding Gin. Her bilge strakes are of yellow pine in two strakes, 

 siding Oin. and molding 3in. The clamps are of yellow pine in two 

 strakes, each 3 by Oin. Deck planks are of the best quality of 

 white pine, long and free from all defects. The planksheer is of 

 yellow pine sprung around the sides in long lengths, and without 

 being too much "grain cut;" it is 9in. wide and 2}6in. thick. The 

 outside planking is of yellow pine of the best quality in long 

 lengths, having a uniform thickness of 2in. She is thoroughly 

 copper fastened to Gin. above loadline, and from there up with 

 galvanized iron. 



The cabins are finished in cherry and ash. The upholstering is 

 in crimson silk plush. By lowering the backs of the seats they 

 are converted into berths, and the cabins are subdivided into 

 compartments at night by means of curtains. The forward cabins 

 are for the use of the engineer, officers, the crew being placed aft. 

 The galley is also aft, opposite the after companion. The berths 

 are made up by dropping the backs of the seats and swinging up 

 to the deck the hinged panel, shown in the sections. The space 

 behind the seats is used for stowing the bedding by day. The con- 

 struction is such as to allow four deck beams uncut across the 

 center of the boat over the boiler, greatly strengthening the hull. 

 The pilot-house is nearly amidship, in the center of the cabin 

 trunk. The engine is a 10X10 Westinghouse, with two single- 

 acting cylinders, 50 horse-power. The boiler is the ordinary return 

 tubular,'but differs from the locomotive type in having the water- 

 legs on each side of the firebox extending the full length of the 

 boiler, including the back connection. The bridge wall at the 

 back of the firebox is a 12in. tube, connecting the two waterlegs. 

 The length is 9ft., height Ht.UHin.. width 4ft., with 50 2V£in. tubes, 

 7ft. long. The grate surface is IGsq.ft. and tho beating surface 

 300sq.ft. The working pressure is 1301bs., but the designed speed, 

 10 miles, is obtained with 951bs. of steam and 287 revolutions. The 

 screw is two-bladed, 48in. diameter, and 45 to 51in. pitch, the steel 

 shaft being 2%in. diameter. Under full pressure, ISOlbs., a meas- 

 ured distance of 4^ miles has been run at a speed of miles. 

 The height of stack above grate is 20ft. Bin. The handrail shown 

 has been raised to the height of the cabin top, 30in. all around the 

 boat. 



A NEW STEAM YACHT.— Mr. Burgess has an order from New 

 York for a steam yacht of the same size as Mr. Stetson's— 130ft. 

 over all, 115ft. l.w.L, 19ft. beam, 8ft. Gin. draft. She will be built 

 of steel by the Atlantic Works at East Boston. 



A WINTER CRUISE IN THE SOUTH. 



WHEN we last came to anchor we had just arrived at New- 

 berne, N. C, in the yacht Monarch after a quick run. Our 

 route back lay to a certain extent over our course down, but as 

 we had arranged to take ample time in returning to get a fair 

 idea of the country, and avoided covering the same ground (or 

 water) any more than was necessary, taking the western shore 

 going south and the eastern in returning, we had better oppor- 

 tunities for observation than on our way south. 



Newberne we found a town of 7,000 inhabitants, 5,000 black and 

 2,000 white. One captain described it to me as a "finished" town, 

 the citizens not thinking it necessary to do any more work upon 

 it. As a consequence its wharves are decaying, its few manu- 

 facturing establishments have a seedy look, the stores were small 

 and poorly stocked, and the dwelling houses sadly needed paint. 

 There we're of course exceptions, as there are to all rules. A 

 large sawmill with an excellent plant was in active operation on 

 the banks of the Neuse River in the upper part of the town. The 

 Hotel Albert, recently constructed, had all the modern improve- 

 ments even to gas, and next door a new bank building was going 

 up, small, but of the modern design. The churches wore a sin- 

 gularly prosperous look. This I noticed in all the towns we 

 passed' through, indicating a healthy religious feeling among the 

 people, and one large dweiling situated about three squares from 

 the sawmill in the best part of the town, was of modern design 

 and brilliant with many-colored paint, but this exhausts the list. 



The people we found friendly, as we expected, and little courte- 

 sies were tendered constantly. The postmaster sent aboard all 

 the Northern papers he could find, the editor of the Daily Jour- 

 nal went out of his way to show us the few features of interest in 

 the town, the custom house officials sent us all the official printed 

 matter at their command relating to the waters we would pass 

 through, and the officers of the revenue cutter made time pass 

 quickly; but these are only samples. 



The composition of the population makes it somewhat difficult 

 to keep the political control in the hands of the whites, but With 

 the help of the State Legislature the trouble has been surmounted. 

 Two of the wards are almost entirely inhabited by the blacks, 

 while three are as entirely white; the three white wards, there- 

 fore, are given the privilege of electing to city councils what are 

 called alternates, who have pract ically all the powers of the coun- 

 cilmen proper. These three wards, therefore, having double 

 representation and a safe working majority on all questions, it 

 only remained to make all city officials appointive by councils to 

 have everything work smoothly, so this was of course done. The 

 sole exception is the City Solicitor, who is an elective officer, and 



