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FOREST AND STREAM. 



jffihgre, and sbe didn't require blocking to keep her uprl gbt. 

 iKhcn night, came I could sleep comfortably in ber and have room 

 to spare; and if 1 was restless there was no danger of being 

 tumbled out on the ground. Sbe was heavy, but, 1 "carried ber 

 tin a pair ol' baby-wagon wheels with the mainmast as a "neb," 

 after i he fashion of a handcart, and sbe went easily anywhere. I 

 could take tho wheels aboard, so they were always ready for a 

 carry. I could stow a large quantity of stores into ber and she 

 ! ABB never crowded, and when I portaged it wh s not necessary to 

 lighten her and make half a dozen ( rips with duffle, 

 i 3Sho was a splendid sea-boat, and why not. Her model wassimi- 

 ,_Lr to the famous Gloucester fishing dory in Which the Grand 

 Bankers haul their trawls. These dories can live in a sea that 

 wtould speedily swamp a keel boat of equal length. Three of them 

 ci ossed the Atlantic, and made good passages. Were their 

 els not suitable for heavy seas and good qualities tinder sail, 

 voyages would never have terminated successfully. In 

 ncetown, Mass., dories are used by the shore fishermen, and 

 are remarkably fast. Two spritsails are used and some of 

 the boats have a jib. Their centerhoards are large, and with 

 plenty of ballast they can go almost anywhere. Two of these 

 HOVtneetown dories have a local reputation for their speed, and 

 have several times won in races where keel sloops and eat boats 

 Bailed over the course with them. 



Brow I would ask why t he cheap, easy-built, flat-bottomed canoe 

 iBTiot the boat for cruising purposes? Tahhmoo. 



PRESENT TENDENCIES OF CANOE RACING. 



-Visitor Forest and Stream: 

 "Two things are essential to the realization of the progress we 

 ' c; the declaration of a principle and its incarnation in action.'' 

 Y. C. A. are not such as to push 

 progress of canoeing, has been 

 it article upon the subject was 

 e tendencies of the Association 

 . :h the Association affects and 

 sive development of the canoe, was to 

 canoeists, and to substitute therefor 



That the present methods 

 forward the natural and healt 

 opnclusively proved. Your rec 

 of itself enough to show that 

 jtooes, the medium through wl 

 even eontrolls the progres 

 destroy the canoe and tin 



the racing machine and the mug hunter. Of course the majorit,, 

 roles, and if the majority of the members of the Association 

 prefer to bunt mugs in a craft with a Hin. cockpit and an out- 

 rigger, the Association should continue to give them an oppor- 

 tunity to fulfill their heart's desires. In that case the genuine 

 canoeist will be compelled either to seek the good of the sport and 

 ctf their craft individually or through a new organization. If, 

 however, the majority of canoeists still believe that canoeing is 

 the art and science of using the canoe, and that this should be 

 •encouraged by the Association, the sooner they adopt Mazzini's 

 maxim, and first declaring their principles, unite upon some 

 method of incarnating them in action, the better will it be for 

 the Association themselves as canoeists, and the canoe. 



What, then, are the underlying principles of canoeing which 

 progressive canoeists must declare? Is not the crowning virtue 

 of fiie canoe her universality; and is it not to this virtue that it is 

 due that more enjoyment can be derived from her use, with less 

 unpleasant exertion, than can be got out of any other form of 

 crafti' If this is the ease, and I for one believe it is, it follows that 

 the only true development of the canoe must, be that which iu- 

 creases her universality and makes her more meritorious; that is, 

 mere generally useful than she now is. The principle, therefore, 

 ich toe Association should base all its actions in dealing 

 with the canoe and its methods of continuing her development, is 

 that 1 he good of the canoe is the increase of her universality, and 

 that the ideal canoe is the one that sails fast and paddles easily. 

 M seaworthv and handy alike in a seaway and a rapid, and which 

 gives her skipper not only enjoyment by her beauty, security by 

 her strength, general satisfaction because of her general ability, 

 but a good bed at night after she has tired out his muscles, net his 

 nerve-, ample stowage room for his comforts, and is withal not 

 too big to be easily handled when ashore. 



i jut how is this principle of universality lo be incarnated in the 

 rules and regulations of the A. C. A. races? There have been a 

 good many suggestions as to how this was to be done, ranging 

 from an Association cruise to the abolition of the 75ft. limit 

 race, and there appears to be some danger that partisans will 

 sorimg up, a very dreadful thing, particularly in a presidential 

 year, The great danger about all racing rules and regulations is 

 that they necessitate the supposition that their framers know 

 exactly what form the development of the craft the rules govern 

 Should take. This is not possible; all that the rule makers can 

 know is what is, and what is not, a fair type of craft, at the pres- 

 ent time. Another trouble about racing rules is, that "jockeying" 

 in some form or another is almost certain to arise. The "sliding 

 seat" or "hiking hoard" is, for instance, not far removed from a 

 piece of jockeying. Not only is this hurtful, because it prevents 

 true merit from achieving its reward; it causes a misdirection of 

 inventive energy, which instead of being devoted to solving true 

 canoe problems, is, made use of to specialize the craft. My pri- 

 vate opinion publicly expressed is, that the way to avoid these 

 dangers, is to so alter the conditions under which a portion at 

 (leas; of the Association races are sailed, as to prevent anything 

 I hut a true canoe from taking part in them, and that this can be 

 idone hy means of au Association cruise. I admit, however, that 

 Bps is but an idea, a,nd that until a successful Associa- 

 ■Ep cruise has taken place it is impossible to state pos-i- 

 I tively that there is anything but an alluring possibility 

 • in the scheme. What is wanted, however, at present, is 

 (something more than a possibility; a something that will, 

 I without revolutionizing existing methods, relegate the "machine" 

 I to the limbo of a special class, if it does not completely destrov it, 

 land will make the canoe the favorite of the Association. The 

 I scheme for effecting this, which you have proposed, is, I think, a 

 practical one, and that it would be effective in removing some of 

 [ the worst tendencies toward specialization is certain. It can 

 > hardly bs asserted that the craft in which a man cannot sleep 

 I comfortably, which has not a cockpit, big enough to enable her to 

 ■be worked from the inside, and which is not big enough to accoin- 

 I modate her deck seat and centerboard, is not a canoe at all. She 

 J is a machine on the face of it and should not be allowed to race 

 las anything else, if at all. To embody this idea in the rules of 

 ] the Association would be simply to carry out to its logical con- 

 Ichision that section of Rule 1 which gives to tho regatta eommit- 

 Itee the power "to disqualify any canoe which, in their opinion 

 lis built with an evident intention to evade" the rule as to meas- 

 \ urement. I certainly think also that Mr. MacKendrick's sugges- 

 IthJnthat standing rigs should be ruled out should be adopted.' A 

 Wt>, cockpit and a centerboard in the middle of a cance would 

 loot necessarily ren der her unsafe, hut I cannot eoncei ve of a stand- 

 ling rig and safety being combined in one and the same craft. 

 [My experiences in a canoe have certainly been of such a nature 

 Hbh> convince me that you cannot get a sail that will come down 

 ■Smartly enough to insure safety on all occasions, simply because 

 ;rea - d lightning is slow compared with the way a squall' arranges 

 ■natters for tho personal discomfiture of a canoeist when it makes 

 ■ttpTts mind to do so. I must confess, however, that 1 have never 

 B&d a standing rig of any kind, nor have I ever seen one used 

 Ithat was big enough to leave a border around a postage stamp 

 jind the men who use them with success may have effected a 

 wpecial arrangement with the squalls. 



f Tf. do not understand very clearly how Commodore Gibson's 

 licbeme of one racing rig for all races can be worked . The canoe 

 lihat can sail a good race would, in a paddling race, with all her 

 bear on board, have but little chance with an out and out paddling 

 jsanoe, and vice versa. The effect of the rule would probably be, 

 her, lore, to confine canoes more rigidly to their special classes 

 j.han Heretofore, which would be no improvement. If this scheme 

 •jonld be practically carried out, however, the result upon the 

 ■JgVelopment of the canoe would bo exactly what is wanted. It 

 ■fjbuld compel all racing men to work down their rigs to tne sim- 

 |$est. handiest and lightest form, to subordinate each part of the 

 rig to the other; in fact, to increase the universality of tho canoe. 

 In hy should it be necessarily presumed that the cruiser's outfit 

 I won Id be rougher and less effective than tne racer's? I believe 

 f.hat from the different necessities of their positions, the cruiser's 

 Wig should be worked down finer and be more effective thau the 

 ■gpis. The winning of a race is all that depends upon the racer's 

 ■ra, but the cruiser must often trust his life to his outfit, and the 

 Measure of having things right, tight and scamanlikc, i« as keen 

 KL; a thrash round a point as round a buoy. Let us bend our 

 energies in the future toward developing the canoe and her out- 

 ■w With the end and aim of getting a craft that is a canoe with a 

 mg equal to as many vie iss tildes as her hull still is, and racing will 

 mmtmc the less enjoyable after the revolution than it was before. 



Kbtaw. 



ECANOE RACING IN ENGLAND.— The first race of the season 

 Iras sailed Feb. 8 in a strong X. W. wind, by the Oxford University 

 ■jailing Club, at Oxford, three canoes, Iris, Ariel and Wasp, taking 

 Kttrt, with four sailing boats. The canoes gave up on account of 

 Ihe heavy weather. 



Ilfred. C. Molloy, Arlington, N. J. 



ATLANTIC DIVISION MEET. 



Editor Forest and Stream; 



In response to your request for suggestions as to date and time 

 for holding the Atlantic Division meet, I beg to submit the 

 following, and for the reasons given suggest that the meet be 

 behl late in July, and he of at, least ten davs' d mat, ion, even 

 though it displease those who say, "I expect to have two weeks' 

 vacation during August and to spend it at the A. O. A. meet, at 

 Lako George; if we must have a Division meet let it he, say 

 from June ;«) to July 5, live days. This will include Saturday, 

 Sunday and the Fourth, and enable me to attend it by being 

 away from toe office but two days. Also by being early in the 

 season it will not affect attendance at Lake George, nor will the 

 mosquitoes be so troublesome aa they will be a week later." 



As it now stands the A. C. A. meet will be held in this Division 

 every fourth year, and the division meet will he the only one held 

 in this division during the three intervening years, for various 

 reasons many do not attend tho A. C. A. meets. In fact, com- 

 paratively few, not over 20 per cent., reach it, each summer, there 

 remains then, a large majority of the Atlantic Division canoeists 

 who will probably not attend the meet at Lake George and of 

 these many have expressed themselves as unable to get their 

 vacation during the last weeks of August, but they must take it. 

 earlier, for that or other reasons they have never boon able to 

 attend au A. C. A. meet. They wish to attend, not only the 

 customary early spring meet, but also a longer one later in tho 

 year, or, say, ten days or two weeks' duration, ami want the 

 division meet to he to them what the A. O. A. meet is to those who 



are fortunate enough to attend it, a place to. si d their vacation. 



In which case a short five days' meet would hardly prove 

 satisfactory. 



Of those whose vacations are limited there are few who would 

 desire to include the Fourth, of itself a holiday, in the short week 

 or two allowed thom, nor would many care for so early a vacation. 

 July I is quarter day, when office work is unusually heavy, and 

 until the second week there will be no moon, without which' camp 

 loses half its charm. The Passaic meet is, to be held from ,11100 30 

 to July 5, and Philadelphia asks for fhe third week. Therefore, 

 would it not be advisable to hold fhe Atlantic Division meet, say 

 from July 1) to 31, and give those who constitute a. large majority 

 of our division an opportunity to attend a real good meet, instead 

 of a little one of but a few days, which would scarcely pav them 

 for the distance traveled. A. C. A. 1,038, 



[We are not aware of any official statement that the division 

 meet would be limited to five days, but the expectation has been 

 to make it as long as the A. C A. meet, about ten days, though 

 men may come or go at any time. Naturally the chief interesi in 

 the meet will center in the racing, and it was suggested Unit if a 

 holiday in mid-week could he bad it would give many a chance to 

 visit camp for that day.] 



AMATKUlt HO AT BUILDING. — Philadelphia. Pa. - Could 

 "Deja" and some others visit, Norristown, Pa., they would cer- 

 tainly change their opinion as to an amateur's inability to build 

 a boat. Not only do the members of the club build their own 

 boats, but the record of the Gracic, a 12x34, against the tnek- 

 ups, shows that they know bow to sail them. She is in commis- 

 sion already this year, with an 86ft. balance lug and a new steer- 

 ing wheel, which may prove very successful. From the speed she 

 shows on certain points of sailing, she will certainly push the 

 tuckups harder this year than last. The much over-rated tuckups 

 have pleaded the baby act and ruled the canoes out. The canoe 

 yawl Princess, "an enlarged American cruising canoe," is another 

 good specimen of amateur skill. Another member has built a 

 Notus, which is a perfect copy of the lines published in the Fon- 

 BST AND Stream. As her owner is no novice at sailing, she may 

 prove fast. The club has a new two-story house, and, from ap- 

 pearances, aquatics may boom there this season.— Squid. 



APRONS FOR DOUBLE CANOES.-Ertftor Forest and stream: 

 Will some of the many canoeists who use a tandem canoe single 

 inform me bow the apron behind the back rest is made, and how 

 it is most easily fitted to the coaming without cutting the canoe? 

 1 cannot find anything that suits "me in the several works on 

 canoeing I have examiued; they are too complicated. I want a 

 light apron that can be quickly adjusted and easily removed. 

 The distance from rear of the oval cockpit to back rest support is 

 about lain. 1 would prefer a Cloth covering to wood, and the 

 lighter it is the better it will suit me. If some of the fraternity 

 will help me out. of my difficulty my eternal gratitude will he 

 theirs.— Chapoouoit. 



fxchHng. 



Secretaries of gun clubs and otliers who are, interested , 

 protection of the Yellowstone National Park are invited 

 operate with this journal hi/ seeming signatures to the pe 

 printed elsewhere. See instructions on editorial page. 



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

 Launches. By C. P. Kvnhardt. Price $8. Yachts, Bouts and 

 Canoes. By 0. Slausiichl-Hicks. Price $3.50. Steam Machinery. By 

 Donaldson. Price $1.50. 



Larchmont Spring Pen. 

 Buffalo Club. 

 Great Head Open. 

 Atlantic Annual. 

 Columbia, Annual N. Y. 

 Monatiquot, First Pen. 

 South Boston Club. 



FIXTURES. 



May. 



Monatiquot, Club, Inside. 30. South Boston Open. 

 Great Head Trophy. 



Junk. 



16. Cor. Marblehead Pennant. 



21. New York, N. Y. Annual. 



22. Great Head Moonlight Sail. 



23. Hull, Hull Pennaut. 

 30. Cor. Marblehead, 1st Cham. 

 30. Great, Head Pennant . 

 30. Monatiquot, Club, Fort Pt. 



July. 



Larchmont Annual. 17. Monatiquot, 2d Pen., Liside. 



Buffalo Annual. 20. Great Head Moonlight Sail. 



Beverly, Mon. Beach Cham. 21. South Boston Club. 

 Beverly, Swampscott Cham. 21. Cor. Marblehead. 2d Cham. 

 Cor. Marblehead, Club. 31. Beverly, Mon. Beach 3d Open 



Hull. Club Cruise. 28. Cor. Marblehead, Ladies' 



South Boston Club. Eace. 

 Monatiquot, First Cham. 28. Hull, Hull Regatta. 

 Great Head 1st Cham. 28. Beverly, Mon. Beach Cham. 



Beverly, Marblehead, Open 28. Great Head Club. 

 „ 8 Weep. 31. Monatiquot, Third Pen. 



Hull, Hull 1st Cham. 



August. 



Larchmont Oyster Boat. 15. Monatiquot, Ladies' Day. 

 Hull, Hull Ladies' Day. 18. Monatiquot, 2d Cham, Ft. Pt. 



Hull, Hull 2d Championship. 18. South Boston Club. 

 Beverly, Nahan t, 2d Cham. 18. Cor. Marblehead, Cup Race. 

 Beverly, Mon. Beach Cham. 30. Great Head Moonlight Sail 

 Cor. Marblehead, Open. 25. Beverly, Marhlehead, Open. 



•20. Buffalo Cruise. 29. Great, Head Club. 



Great Head 2d Cham. 21). Monai iquot, Open Sweep. 



Septemheh. 



Hull, Hull Open Race. 8. Cor. Marhlehead, Sail Off. 



Larchmont Fall. 8. Hull t !ham. Sail-Off. 



Newark Fall. 13. Great Head Club. 



South Boston Open. 15. Buffalo Club. 



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



for. Marblehead Cham. Sweep. 



THISTLE IN NEW HANDS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The famous Thistle has become the property of Mr. Coates, of 

 Madge tame. This gentleman is a fighting yachtsman, so there is 

 a chance of proving what Thistle can be made to do. We know 

 on this .side of the Atlantic that there is nothing wrong with 

 Thistle s body, for sue goes through the water as fast as Volunteer, 

 and that with less sail area. Hence the proportions and the 

 relation of beam to displacement, as well as the shape of her 

 "dues" are all tnat can be desired. But, Thistle is, like most large 

 British cutters, lamentably deficient in holding on to windward. 

 There are good judges in America who will guarantee to make 

 Thistle the smartest yacht afloat, and a "world beater" by very 

 trifling modifications to her plane of lateral resistance, bv'one of 

 the following methods or a combination of both. 



First, increase the draft by IBin. by attaching a deep plate held 

 by fore and aft angle irons to the old gutter keel, said plate to run 

 from nothing at the heel with gradually increasing depth to about 

 amidships, them slowly rounding up to nothing under the forefoot. 

 Or a second deep gutter plate of required mould could he hung 

 below the old gutter keel. This wotdd be the better plan, as bal- 

 last could be lowered and the arrangement would not be damaged 



or "folded up" upon taking ground, as the first mentioned might 

 be. 



Second plan. Rivet a flat plate horizontally across present keel, 

 with angle steel along the keel for greater security upon taking 

 the ground. Said plate to project 4 to Oin. each side, tapering to 

 nothing at the round-up of forefoot- 

 Had the Thistle fallen into American hands such improvements 

 would have been undertaken at once, as they were under private 

 discussion at the time she was offered for sale, it remains to be 

 seen whether John Bull lias enterprise and intelligence enough to 

 make the experiment. 



This idea of flat-plate keels, projecting at the side, offers a field 

 of innovation destined to come' into wide use, for it is a solution 

 of the question of combining the greatest "weatherliness" with 

 limited draft in keel vessels. That it will be successful is hardly 

 open to doubt, as I have testimony of the strongest sort in support . 

 A friend spiked up a broad plank underneath the keel of a shoal 

 "skipjack" in Florida waters and found the boat to be a regular 

 wind-jammer. I know of other keel boats with keels whose cross 

 section is nearly like an inverted V, and they out-look and out- 

 fetch the best centerhoards of their length. This is much on the 

 same principle as tho broad shoe, which seeks to make a stop in 

 the angle between shoe and keel by which a "nip" is got on the 

 water, preventing the yacht sliding away in leeward. 'Snob shoe 

 plates also enable yachts to rest, plumb on the mud, with a ,<„f,-t.\ 

 guy each side from the masthead. 



Thistle can also have ber canvas increased by 10 per cent., as she 

 was stiller t ban Volunteer, which, in view of their respective 

 dimensions, shows Thistle to b • under-canvassed by comparison, at 

 least for racing in American wafers. 



If the English public, instead of following the foolish cry raised 

 by the London Field in favor of centerhoards, will keep cool heads 

 and institute a few practical tests, thev will discover more in a, 

 few weeks for themselves than tav blindly accepting the loose 

 talk of theorists who are not informed as to the facts in fhe case. 



THE FISHING FLEET. 



ON March 3 Capt. Chas. Harty, of fhe schooner I. J. Merritt, 

 - Jr., and Capt. T. P. MCManus, of the schooner John H. Mc- 

 Man us. met at the office of tho Boston <jl„hc and arranged for a 

 sweepstakes race, drawing up the following invitation: 



We. the undersigned, representing the "fishing schooners John 

 U. McManus and 1. J. Merritt. Jr., invite all the vessels of the fish- 

 ing beet, barring the Carrie E, Phillips, to enter a sweepstakes 

 race with us on the following terms: The course to be 20 miles to 

 windwaid and return. Each vessel to put up $100, the total 

 amount to be divided into live prizes, as follows: Winner to take 

 40 per cent.; second vessel, 25 per cent.; third vessel, 20 per cent.; 

 fourth vessel, 10 per cent.; fifth vessel, 5 per cent. 



Race to bo sailed Fast Day, nothing to interfere with a start ex- 

 cept fog, storm or a calm which, in the referee's opinion, would 

 prevent a finish. 



Vessels to be allowed to carry the following sails, but no of hers: 

 Mainsail, foresail, forest aysail, jib, flying jib" standing maintop- 

 sail, standing foretopsail, main topmast staysail and working jib- 

 tdpsail. Any vessel to be allowed to substitute a working main 

 jib for the toreslav.sa.il and jib. No lug foresails to he allowed. 



ISo lead ballast, to be allowed. 



Entries to be made with the yachting editor of the Gitibc, each 

 entry to be accompanied by a deposit of #25. All entries to be 

 made within two weeks of date. The final deposit of :ST5 to be 

 made by each vessel on or before Mondav, March 25. 



Thomas F. McManus, 



For J. H. McManus. 

 Charles Harty, 



Boston, March 8, 1888. For I. J. Merritt, Jr. 



It will be noticed that tho Burgess boat is expressly excluded 

 Capt. Harty freely acknowledging that, she was too fast for the 

 fleet, it is suggesied that a match be made at the same time be- 

 tween the Carrie E. Phillips and the pilot boat Hesper No. 5, to be 

 sailed over the same course, starting just previous to the fisher- 

 men's race. The da to chosen is just at the time the vessels are 

 docked and cleaned, so all will be at their best. It is expected 

 tnat several other schooners will enter. Capt. Cannon, of the 

 Carrier Dove, is Milking of a new boat from Mr. Burgess's original 

 design, a mate to the Phillips. 



BISCAYNE BAY Y. C. REGATTA, FEB. 22. 



r T— E second annual regatta of this, the most southerly yacht 

 X club in the United States, was held on Washington's Birth- 

 day and proved a most interesting and successful a ffair. Of the 

 111 yachts entered for the races 17 started and finished. The large 

 boats were sent over the regular club course, which is triangular 

 and 15 miles in length. Starting from a stakeboat off Coeoanut 

 Grove this course took them across the bay to and around the 

 inner buoy of the Cape Florida Channel, thence up the eastern 

 shore, but inside of Key Biscayne, to and around the Bear Cut 

 buoy, and back to the p'l.nt, of departure. For the smaller boats 

 a 5-mile triangular e.mrse was laid off near the western shore of 

 the bay, and they were sent twice around it. In the first class 

 there were but two entries, the Amy, a large New Haven built 

 sharpie, owned by Mr. F. S. Morse, of Boston, and W. R. Bnekell's 

 Ada, a 40ft. sloop which was l'oimerly tho flagship of the Bavonne 

 Y. C. These two made the prettiest, kind of a race the whole 

 way. The sloop was restricted to jib and main.ia.il, and under 

 this canvas proved such an even match for the sharpie that the 

 lattter only beat Iter by 8s. 



In the second class the Mischief, Vice-Corn. Hine, beat the 

 Egret, Com. Munroe, by 14m. tis., and of the five boats following 

 them two made exactly tho same time, while a third was but a 

 few seconds ahead of these. The third class prize was won bv 

 the Mamie, a new boat owned by Mr. Chas. Peacock. She de- 

 veloped extraordinary speed and excited the admiration and 

 envy ot all the boatman of the bay. 



The prizes in each class consisted of an American yacht ensign 

 and a challenge whip, which must be won three times by the same 

 boat before becoming its permanent property. As all three of the 

 winners have already been challenged to sail match races for the 

 possession of these whips, we are looking forward to some lively 

 work during the next two mouths, while the merits of the 

 respective boats forms the all-absorbing topic of conversation 

 from one end of the bay to the other. The annual meeting 

 for the election of officers and the transaction of general 

 business was held on Feb. IS at the house of Mr. Kirk Munroe 

 commodore of the New York C. C, who has a winter ris d mce at 

 this place. Fifteen members attended the meeting, and the officers 

 elected for theensuing year were: Ralph M. Munroe, of Sti ton is- 

 land, Commodore; Edward Hine, of New.iek, N. J., Vice-Com- 

 modore; KirkMuuroc, of New York, Secretary, and .lean d'Hedou- 

 ville, Treasurer. A new constitution and by-laws were adopted 

 and a club book ordered to be printed. The yachting season 

 here is officially announced as beginning the first" day of 

 December and extending to the first day of .lime. The flag of the 

 Biscayne Y. C. has undergone a slight change, and may "now be 

 described as being a pointed burgee of red. bordered by blue and 

 hearing in white on the red field the device 25 N.," which rcfeis 

 to the latitude of the club bouse, and designates tins as the most 

 southerly yacht club in the United States. 



A few days ago one of the early members of the New York 

 Canoe Club, Mr. Sutherland Smith, arrived here from Nassau 

 via Key West, and launching his paddling canoe Ariel, is now 

 busily exploring the beautiful, rock-bound shores of the bay and 

 the several streams that flow into it from the everglades The 

 officers of the Biscayne Bay Y. C. extend a most cordial invitation 

 to all yachtsmen cm ising in Sou them waters during the winter to 

 ruu in back of Cape Florida and take a look at these waters. To 

 all such, who will make t heir presence known at Coeoanut Grove 

 they will gladly furnish pilots or give minute sailing directions 

 for all parts of the bay and its adjaceut cruising grounds. All 

 canoeists may also be sure of a, hearty welcome from 



®* Chobee. 



TENDENCY OF THE TlMES.-AYWor Forest and Stream- 

 There is a growing impression that the upshot of the improve- 

 ments made in American yachts in consequence of the cutter agita- 

 tion is certain to pilot us into the keel vessel in due course of time 

 This opinion has cropped out frequently of late. The Sun, Feb 

 28, has an editorial, concluding with the following likely prophecy: 

 "In the interest Of true sport we cannot consist enly wish that 

 they will never have that cup over there some day. And yet be- 

 fore it goes there we trust that the form of our yachts will have 

 undergone another transformation, such as the Britisher does 

 not dream ot. May it be that by the time he hasjjerfected his 

 centerboard model our centerboarders will have deepened and 

 solidified into keels, faster than anything yet evolved, the 

 pioneer forms of the ultimate and perfect boat."— American. 



TAKING TO THE KEEL.-JSdftor Forctt and Stream: It is evi- 

 dent that New York is swinging into line in favor of the keel 

 wherever the draft will permit. A visit to Bay K nitre discloses a 

 number of yachts receiving more and deeper outside lead until 

 these craft have virtually oecome keel boats. The sloop Genia at 

 Pamrapo is having her board ripped out and a keel substituted. 

 VV bile John Bull has gone all astray on the centerboard question 

 we m New York are following Bostou into cutters and keels,— x' 



