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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 22, 1888. 



tachting. 



Every person who is sufficiently interested in the National 

 Park to do his share toward securing protection for it, is in- 

 vited to send for one of the Forest and Stream's petition 

 blanks. They are sent free. 



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

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

 Canoes. By a Stnnsficld-Hiclss. Price $3.50. Steam Machinery. By 

 DonahlSMn Price $1.30. 



FIXTURES. 



5. Mosquito Fleet, Boston. ^ KtL 

 May. 



19. Monatiquot, Club, Inside. 30, Wizard-Vivid Match, Larch- 

 30. Great Head Trophy. mont. 

 30. South Boston Open. 



Junk. 



9. Larchmont Spring Pen. 18. Dorchester, Open. 



9. Buffalo Club. 21. New York Annual. 



9. Great Head Open. 21. New York, N. Y. Annual. 



12. Atlantic Annual. 22. Great Head Moonlight Sail 



13. Columbia, Annual N. Y. 22. Bay View Moonlight Sail. 

 16. Monatiquot, First Pen. 23. Seawanhaka Annual. 



16. South Boston Club. 23. Hull, Hull Pennant. 



16. Cor. Marblehead Pennant. 30. Cor. Marblehead, 1st Cham. 



17. Chelsea, Dorchester Bay. 30. Great Head Pennant, 



18. Bay View, Club. 30. Monatiquot, Club, Fort Pt. 

 18. Quaker City Annual. 30. Dorchester Club. 



July. 



4. Larchmont Annual. 18. Bay View, Ladies' Day. 



4. Buffalo Annual. 20. Great Head Moonlight Sail. 



4. Beverly, Mon. Beach Cham. 20. Bay View Moonlight Sail. 



7. Beverly, Swampscott Cham. 21. South Boston Club. 



7. Cor. Marblehead, Club. 21. Cor. Marblehead, 2d Cham. 



7. Hull. Club Cruise. 21. Beverly. Mon. Beach 3d Open 



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



13. Monatiquot, First Cham. Race. 



14. Great Head 1st Cham. 28. Hull, Hull Regatta, 



14. Beverly, Marblehead, Open 28. Beverlv. Mon. Beach Cham. 



Sweep. 28. Great Head Club. 



14. Hull, Hull 1st Cham. 28. Bav View Club. 



14. Chelsea, Dorc hester Bay. 31. Monatiquot, Third Pen. 

 17. Monatiquot, 2d Pen., Inside. 31. Dorchester Club. 



August, 



— Larchmont Oyster Boat. 18. Bay View Annual Cruise. 



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



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



4. Beverly, Nahant, 2d Cham. 18. Cor. Marblehead, Oup Race. 



11. Beverly, Mon. Beach Cham. 20. Great Head Moonlight Sail. 



11. Cor, Marblehead, Open. 25. Beverlv, Marblehead, Open. 



11-20. Buffalo Cruise. 28. Dorchester Club. 



15. Great Head 2d Cham. 29. Bav View Club. 

 15. Monatiquot, Ladies' Day. 29. Great Head Club. 



17. Bay View Moonlight Sail. 29. Monatiquot, Open Sweep. 



1. Hull, Hull Open Race. ' 8. Hull Cham. Sail-Off. 



1. Larchmont Fall. 12. Great Flead Club. 



3. Newark Fall. 15. Buffalo Club. 



3. South Boston Open. 15. Be-'erly, Mob. Beach, Open 

 3. Beverly, Marblehead Cham. Sweep. 



3. Cor. Marblehead Cham. 15. Dorchester Club. 



18. Cor. Marblehead, Sail Off. 18. Chelsea, Dorchester Bav. 



YACHT BUILDING ON THE CLYDE. 



THE sixties were years ago the boats— Mosquito, Vanguard, 

 Neva were the arrivals at racing anchorages that stirred the 

 crews. The nineties took their place, and the sixties were for- 

 gotten, unless Neva ran up her colors and kept the big ships go- 

 ing at their best. The building of a new racing sixtv in these 

 times is a nine days 1 wonder, and at Particle the wonder mav be 

 seen. Messrs. Henderson are going on with a new composite sixty 

 in their yard at Meadow Bide, and a handsome vessel the new rac- 

 ing cutter is. With a rake in her bow and the longest and most 

 attenuated of counters, the cutter looks wonderfully small for 

 her tonnage. Indeed, yachting experts passing overhead on the 

 Underground are constantly mistaking her for a ten, which 

 abundantly testifies to the symmetry and grace of Mr. G. L. Wat- 

 son's design. The cutter is broader than the old rule sixties, but 

 is uarrower in proportion than Thistle, the designer being satis- 

 fied that "Yankee notions" are not so exceptionally perfect as 

 certain admirers insist they are. The cutter is all in frame, and 

 is being reticulated with angel steel in all directions— steel bulk- 

 heads, floorings, and newly-devised "cranks' for the blacksmith. 

 The keel, of solid wood, looks rather old-fashioned, but with tons 

 and tons' of lead bolted on to it, will be quite in keeping with 

 modern requirements. The lead keel, for convenience, has been 

 cast in sections in sand moulds alongside, whore a lead furnace 

 has been built for lead keels, into which the pigs were being 

 dropped when our survoy was made as ruthlessly as they are at 

 Chicago. Of course, the lead keel for this new sixty is an "un- 

 known quantity," and information about the fixings generally is 

 impossible, since the hands at work belong to the '•know-nothing" 

 side of affairs. As to measurements, even the fabulous figures 

 available in former years are not to be obtained, and it must suffice 

 to say that this sixty, measured under the existing rule of the 

 Yacht Racing Association, will be entered in regatta programmes 

 as 60 sail tons. The cutter is being built for Mr. Paul Ralli, of 

 London, a Greek merchant, who intends racing the yacht in Brit- 

 ish waters. To Americans who were scandalized at the secrecy 

 observed in the building of the Thistle, it will be of importance to 

 know that this new sixty is a sister cutter to the cutter Mr. Sweet, 

 of London, intended to build and challenge with for the America's 

 Cup, had the new deed of gift not shut out any chance of a fair 

 contest for that trophy. Mr. Sweet has not canceled, his order as 

 placed in Mr. Watson's hands, but it is not possible to premise 

 whether in the event of some modifications of American restric- 

 tions the intended challenge is to be renewed with the next season. 

 Mr. Ralli's cutter, like other racing craft of late years, may suffer 

 from the absence of an antagonist, unless it so happens that the 

 40-ton May is put under her racing flag. 



Mr. Watson has at last got a 20-iouner in hand, the craft being 

 built at the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company's yard at Troon. Ac- 

 cording to the Y. R. A. measurement' this cutter will be 20 sail 

 tons, but by the old rule will be about 18 tons, and is, conse- 

 quently, included in the class between 10 and 20 tons, which 

 means that she will go with the tens and the cruiser. This cutter 

 is wholly built of steel, and wit h long counter and rake in stem, 

 will resemble Mr. Watson's 10-ton Ulerin, but will have some 

 more beam. She will, consequently, be more comfortable in the 

 rough water of the Irish Channel, her destination being Kings- 

 ton. Her owner is Mr. Thomas Hodgens, who will put her in 

 charge of the man who sailed h is 3-ton Pitti Sing, and he will race 

 her at the Irish Channel and Clyde regattas. The same designer 

 has sent the lines of a 10-ton cutter for racing to Mr. Hintz, of 

 Helsingfors, in the Gulf of Finland, where the craft will be built. 

 She has been designed for the girth measurement, and is intended 

 to defend the Challenge Cup of the Finland Y. C. 



For Count Landberg, who sails on the Stanberger Lake, Mr. 

 Watson has designed a 25ft. pleasure boat of a fast model. He 

 has also in hand a 17ft. boat for Mr. H. W. Robinson, which is 

 being built by Macfarlane at Kilcreggan; and another of the 

 same dimensions for Mr. N. B. Stewart, Jr., which Adams at 

 Gourock is building. Both boats will be half -decked, and have 

 lead keels, with other appliances for racing. For a new fancy 

 class Mr. Watson has designed two 15ft. centerboards for Glas- 

 gow owners. The conduct of these two boats will be narrowly 

 watched, since any advantages they may show will lead to the 

 further use of center boards. Besides racing yachts Mr. Watson 

 has been applied to for designs for a cruising "yacht, to be used 

 also for fishing, for Mr. Bailey. This cutter, now being built at 

 Brixham, will be 10 tons builders' measurement, and will be a 

 very handsome craft. Mr. Donovan, of Cork, has also got designs 

 for a powerful yawl of 70 tons to be used either for fishing or for a 

 pilot vessel as may be required. 



For Mr. Baird, of Knoydart, Mr. Watson has in hand a 70-ton 

 cruising steam yacht of steel, with engines by Messrs. Muir & 

 Houston on the triple-expansion principle. This steamer will 

 be schooner rigged, have staight stem and resemble the s.s. Bessie, 

 owned by Mr. John dark, of Paisley. She is intended to lie in 

 Loch Nevish, and will be a good sea boat for passages around 

 Ardnamurchan. Mr. Watson has another steam yacht on hand 

 for a Glasgow owner. In addition to the yachts referred to he 

 has also building at Fairlie a centerboard 10-ton cutter, which in 

 form and draft resembles the 10-tonners built a few years since. 



SINGLE-CYLINDER COMPOUND LAUNCH ENGINE. 



She is intended only for cruising, the centerboard having been 

 adopted on account of the shallow harbor where she will be 

 located. It will be seen that yacht building, although in a de- 

 pressed state, is not altogether stagnant.— Glasgow Herald, March S. 



CORINTHIAN Y. C. OF CHICAGO. 



E have received the year book of this club for 1888, contain- 

 ing a full list of the club's races in 1887, its first vear. The 

 success of this club so far shows what may be. done by men who 

 really desire to racse. The races were sailed under the following 

 agreement: "We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to enter our 

 yachts in a series of regattas to be sailed at Chicago, commencing 

 on July 16 at 1:30 P. M. * * * over a course often miles, these 

 regattas to be sailed, every other Saturday at the same hour and 

 starting place until the entire series of five races has been sailed. 

 The yacht crossing the home line first shall receive 3 points; 

 second, 2 points; third, 1 point in each race, the yacht winning the 

 greatest number of points to be awarded the first prize, next 

 greatest the second prize and the third greatest the third prize. 

 Open to all decked yachts 14 to 18ft.. both inclusive, whose owners 

 shall sign this agreement and pay the entrance fee. before the 

 starting of the first race. There shall be no time allowance and 

 time shall begin for all yachts as. soon as any yacht shall have 

 crossed the starting line after the signal to start. All vachts to 

 be sailed by their owners and volunteer crews, no paid crews 

 allowed. An entrance fee of $5 to cover the entire series, shall be 

 charged. Measurements shall be made on waterline, with one- 

 tmrd of overhang added. Should two or more yachts win the 

 same number of points, the tie shall be sailed off on the following 

 Saturday at Hie same hour and place. No prize shall be divided, 

 but shall be sailed for or forfeited. In cases of ties upon the com- 

 pletion of the series the prizes shall be awarded as follows: The 

 winner of the Bail-off shall be entitled to the prize for which he 

 was tied; the second yacht to sail off the next lower, and so on. 

 1 his rule shall hold good in all cases of ties. The first prize shall 

 pe $75; second, $50; third, $25. All entries to be made before July 

 16; the course to be sailed over twice, with one-quarter windward 

 work if possible; actual sailing time of at least one yacht not to 

 exceed three hours to make a race. Ballast not to be moved dur- 

 ing any race; number of persons on board not to exceed five. The 

 lace of July 16 to be sailed with mainsail and jib in regular posi- 

 tion; after that date no restrictions as to canvas. All buoys to be 

 left to port; the rules as to right of way. etc., to be those of the 

 Chicago Y. C. Any question as to violation of any rule during 

 sailing to be decided at once by majority, each yacht sailing being 

 entitled to one vote," 



Seven yachts entered under this agreement, the result being a 

 very exciting series of races lasting until Sept. 18, five regular 

 races being sailed, besides ten extra ones. Some of these were in 

 connection with excursions to neighboring points for clambakes 

 and fish dinners, with a race home for some prize. The record of 

 every yacht was kept for each race, the result being a sharp com- 

 petition among the fleet. It is needless to say t hat the experiment 

 was a complete success; there was plenty of racing, the interest 

 was well kept up through the season, while the social features 

 aided greatly in' strengthening the club. This season the same 

 plan will be followed, with revised rules. The prizes will be $75, 

 $40, $25, $10. A silver yacht, valued at $150, will be offered to any 

 yacht -winning the first prize for two successive seasons. A gold 

 medal will also be given to the new yacht, built this winter or 

 prior to the opening of the season, which shall make the best score 

 in the series. The entrance will be $10 for the five races; 10-mile 

 course, 3-hour time limit; no race to be postponed except by a two- 

 thirds vote of owners entered. All ballast must be carried below 

 the floor, and no change shall be made in it during a race. The 

 sails are unlimited, a crew of five is allowed, but one of the own- 

 ers must sail the boat, no professional being allowed. Under these 

 rules a successful season may be looked for; new boats are now 

 being built, and yachting in Chicago, after failing to make head- 

 way under the direction of the owners of large yachts, is taking a 

 new and healthy growth in the hands of the Corinthians. Their 

 example can well be followed in scores of other places where there 

 are a number of men fond of sailing and racing. The institution 

 of a class of 18ft. boats, costing at the most under $500 with racing 

 outfit, will with good rules give plenty of racing, bring in new 

 men, and lay the foundation for yachting on a larger and more 

 elaborate scale. 



STEAM YACHTING. 



YACHT BUILBING IN BOSTON.— The recent severe weathei 

 has caused a change of plans as to Mr. Seccomb's steam yacht, and 

 she will be finished inside by her builder, beiug kept on the stocks 

 until she can be towed at once on launching to Philadelphia, 

 where Neafie & Levy will haul her out and put in the shaft and 

 engines. It was intended to have her joiner work put in at New- 

 ark, N. J., but it wiR now be done, as far as possible, while on the 

 stocks. Shewi^lhavea main saloon 13ft. long and 10ft. 6in. at 

 fore end. The owner's room will be to starboard, and a guest's 

 room and steward's pantry to port, with two quarter staterooms. 

 8ft. The galley, officers' and crew's quarters are forward. The 

 load displacement of the yacht is 165 tons, her boiler weighing 26 



tons3cwt. She will he fitted with electric lights and bells At 



McKie's yard Mr. Fabyan's steam yacht is partly planked. The 

 main companion will be at the fore end of the saloon, a room 13x 

 16ft., the headroom being 6ft. 4in. There will be four staterooms, 

 6ft. 6in.X8ft., with toilet and bathrooms in the run. The engines 

 will be 15^ and 30iu.Xl5; the boiler 6ft. 6iu. diameter and 20ft. long. 

 The shatt will be 6J^in ...At the Atlantic Works the keel, stem 

 and sternpost are up, and the frames are partly bent. Mr. Stet- 

 son's steamer; Sapphi|e, is partly planked At Lawley's yard 



Marguerite is painted outside. Sawyer will make her sails 



Smith has finished the caulking on Mr. Bryant's schooner. 



YACHT BUILDING AT BORDENTOWN, N. J.— Mr. Ford is 

 now busy with a single-hand yawl for Mr. J. D. Green, of Wood- 

 bury, N. J. She will be 28ft. over all, 21ft. 6in. l.w.l., 9ft. beam, 

 4ft. draft, with 3,0001bSi of iron in keel and a board beneath the 

 cabin floor. She will carry 3,0001bs. inside. At the same shop is 

 a shoal eatboat for Mr. J. W. Hammer, of Beverly, 20ft. 6in, 

 long, 9ft. beam, and 18in. draft, with an iron centerboard, a rac- 

 ing boat. Besides some alterations in the steam vacht Sunset Mr. 

 Ford is building a tender for her, a very light boat 10ft. x4. He 

 has also been busy with repairs to two steam yachts. 



EASTERN Y. C— At the meeting lately held the following 

 committee on classification was appointed: Vice-Com. Forbes, 

 Gen. Paine, MessrB. Burges3, Richards and Hemmenway, 



A NEW STEAM LAUNCH. 



THE engine shown in the accompanying cut is the invention of 

 Mr. F. W. Ofeldt, the mechanical engineer of the Hohenstein 

 Mtg Co. of Newark, N. J., and is used in the steam launches built 

 by the firm. The engine and boiler have been specially designed 

 for steam launch use, the ends in view being economy in space. 

 Weight and fuel, with safety and a strong and simple construc- 

 tion, so that the services of a skilled engineer are not necessary. 

 The motive power is steam, generated in a boiler composed of 

 vertical stand pipes and a large number of small tubes surround- 

 ing them. It is claimed that water pumped in at the base of the 

 stand pipes vnll pass out at the top in the form of steam in from 

 three to five minutes. Any fuel may be used, naphtha, gas, kero- 

 sene, wood or coal, as desired. The engine shown is a single 

 cylinder compound marine, the firm also building stationary en- 

 gines for offices and small shops where power is required. There 

 is but one piston, working in the upper or low pressure cylinder, 

 the lower part, in the form of a trunk piston, working in the high 

 pressure cylinder, the area being about one-third of the low 

 pressure. An oscillating valve admits the exhaust from the high 



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one, two or three cylinders in the same bedplate. The company 

 has lately established large works on the Passaic River, at New'- 

 ark, with boiler, machine, and boat shops, where steam launches 

 of all sizes from the small steam tender to those of 40ft. can he 

 seen in stock. These launches arc specially recommended for 

 yacht tenders, as they are very light, powerful and fast. They 

 can be carried at the davits, steam being raised in a few minutes, 

 before lowering away. Besides their use as tenders and for shore 

 duty they can be used for towing in a calm, a great advantage in 

 a sailing craft in summer. Besides the regular line of open 

 launches the company is prepared to build to order small cabin 

 yachts and special craft of all kinds. ' 



AMATEUR Y r ACHT BUILDING.— A correspondent in Hamil- 

 ton, Out., writes us as follows concerning the little cutter St. Elmo: 

 "In looking over the Forest and Stream of Dec. 8, 1886, I was 

 much pleased with the lines of the 53ft. cutter by W. Fife, Jr., 

 and decided to reduce them and build a yacht of about 4 tons, 

 though but an amateur builder and not even a carpenter. The 

 dimensions as reduced were 31ft. over all, 26ft. l.w.l., 5ft. beam 

 and 6ft. draft; least freeboard 18in., greatest freeboard 3ft. Bin., iron 

 keel, 4,4001 bs., with a cavity large enough to hold 1}$ tons of lead 

 if needed. With two friends to help, both amateurs, the work 

 was begun on Feb. 1 of last year, and working only by lamplight 

 the yacht was launched on May 28, and made her trial trip on 

 June 11. The keel was of white oak, 16ft. 6in. long, Win. wide and 

 4V»in. deep. Stem and stern sided Bin., frames sawn, moulded 3in., 

 sided 2in., spaced 24in.. gar boards, sheerstrake and covering board 

 of white oak, lj#n., deck frame oak, 3 >:2in., deck of lin. clear 

 pine. The deck is flush, with small well for steersman, self bail- 

 ing; a circular hatch abaft the mast gives plenty of air below. 

 She has a pole mast with 600ft. in lower sails. The ballast was in- 

 sufficient, so she was hoisted with a large crane, a hole was bored 

 in the wood keel, and 8001bs. of melted lead poured into the iron 

 keel to put her a little by the head. She is fast, though rather 

 under-canvassed, and she is both dry in heavy weather and close 

 winded, in spite of the cutaway forefoot. We have comfort, safety 

 and speed, no holding on to the sheets, and we fear nothing so 

 long as we have 6ft. of water under us." 



YACHT BUILDING AT HAMILTON. — Besides the cutter for 

 Mr. Kilvert from Mr. Kunhardt's design, Mr. Thos. Dalton, 

 builder of the Mollie, is at work on a cutter 30ft. over all, 25ft. 

 l.w.l., 8ft. beam, and 5ft. draft, with tons of iron on keel. Mr. 

 Wm. Patterson is also building from his own design a cutter 30ft. 

 over all, 20ft. l.w.l., 6ft. 6in. beam, 6ft. draft, with f% tons of lead 

 on keel. The model is cut away below water and of small dis- 

 placement. The planking is in narrow strips, %in. square, each 

 edge nailed to the preceding one. Messrs. Arthur Molley & Co. 

 are building a compromise centerboard sloop, 34ft. over all, 2tift. 

 l.w.l., 9ft. beam, 5ft. draft, with-2 tons of iron in keel. She will 

 make a roomy cruising boat. Messrs. Smith & Hunter are build- 

 ing from a design of their own a centerboard sloop 32ft. over all, 

 86ft. l.w.l., lift, beam-, 2ft. draft, with a wide counter. Mr. H. L. 

 Bastein is building for Mr. Wyland a steam launch of American 

 design, 33ft. over all, 30ft. l.w.l., 6ft. 6in. beam, and 2ft. draft. 



WEST LYNN, Y. C— Officers for 1888: Com., Ozro Rideout; 

 Vice-Corn., Ed. F. Rich; Fleet Captain, Wm. Sproul; Sec, W. 

 Francis Robinson; Treas., F. G. Olin; Meas., Samuel Guilford; 

 Fin. Com., Wm. Sproul. H. VV. Robinson, A. T. Brown; Reg. Com., 

 W. S. Sawyer, Earnest Howe, P. S. Rideout, Geo. W. Oliver, Fred 

 Smith; Amuse. Com., Ed. F. Rich, Ozro Rideout, J. Fred Tarbox: 

 Trustees, Chairman, B. Spun*, J. Fred Tarbox, James Bessbm, 

 Wither Warren, Geo. W. Oliver. 



CRUISING.— Wanderer, schr., Mr. G. W. Weld, was at Barba- 

 does on March 13 — Ladoga, steam yacht. Mr. J. S. Hutchinson, 

 arrived at Morehead City, N. C, on March 16. from Charleston, 

 having encountered some heavy weather on the way, anchoring 



for 60 hours Montauk, schr,, Mr. J. E. Brooks, arrived at 



Charleston on March 14 fromFernandina Comfort, of Trenton, 



N. J., has been cruising all winter in the Chesapeake. 



YACHT BUILDING IN ENGLAND.— The 60 rating cutter 

 building at Fay's yard, Southampton, from Mr. Richardson's 

 design, is for the Earl of Dunraven. She will have a lead keel of 

 37 tons, cast in one piece. Fay will also build a 40 rating racing 

 cutter, to be named Mohawk, from Mr. Clayton's design, and a 10 

 rating cutter for Mr. A. D. Clark. Irex is now fitting out at the 

 same yard. 



SHEERWATER. — Mr. J. M. Forties's steam yacht was fitted 

 last year with a Belleville boiler of French build, which failed to 

 comply with the U. S. Government regulations. The yacht was 

 allowed to run, though the dome of the boiler was said to be of 

 defective material, but in order to secure a licence this year the 

 boiler is being altered at the Atlantic works, in East Boston. 



A NEW CUTTER FOR LAKE ERIE.— Hepburn Bros., of 

 Toledo, will build a cutter from the lint s of a four-beam yawl in 

 "Small Yachts." She will be 29ft. over all, 24ft. l.w.l., 6ft. beam 

 and 5ft. draft. 



