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NANITA-MADGE.— A match for a handsome piece of silver 

 will be sailed early in May, between the cutter Nanita, Mr. Ohas. 

 Coughtry, and the cutter Madge, Mr. W. G. Newman, both of the 

 Knickerbocker Y. C, the cruise being from Port Morris around a 

 staKeboat off New Rochelle. The two yachts are of the same 

 size. 18ft. l.w.L, 6ft. heam, and about 5ft. draft, Nanita being built 

 from the lines of the Windward, in the Forest and Stream, 

 while Madge was built from the lines of the Irish yacht, Heathen 

 Chinee. 



NEW YACHTS.— Mr. Burgess has an order for a yacht 39ft. 6in. 

 l.w.l. and 6ft. draft for Mr. Horatio Hiskock, of Burlington, Vt. 

 She will have a centerboard in her keel, like Vandal. He also has 

 an order for a yacht similar to the Merle, for Mr. Robert Shoe- 

 maker, Jr., of Philadelphia. She will be 36ft. l.w.l., 13ft. beam, 

 5ft. draft, and will have a centerboard. 



CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP.— Hinda, steam yacht, formerly 

 owned by Dr. Dawson, has heen sold to go to Chicago Bohe- 

 mian, sloop, formerly the schooner Caroline, has been sold to W. 

 T. Lambert — Signal, sharpie, has been sold by T. B. Williams to 

 G. E. Riesthal.... Madge, cutter, 10 tons, is reported as sold to 

 Rochester parties. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C— An amateur musical entertainment 

 will be given on Saturday evening at the club house, under the 

 direction of the Committee on Music. Ensign Hayden's lecture 

 on Saturday last was well attended and was one of the most in- 

 teresting yet delivered. 



"RUDER .ALMANACH."— We have received a copy of the 

 "Ruder Almanack" for 1888, published hy the Wassersport in Ber- 

 lin, a useful little book for sailors and oarsmen, containing full 

 lists of all the European rowing and sailing clubs, with the races 

 of 1887. 



SACHEM.— Lawley & Son now have men at work at New Bed- 

 ford casting ahout 10 tons of lead on Sachem's keel. This will 

 give her about 36 tons outside. She will also have a larger main- 

 sail and jib. 



PSYCHE.— This is the name selected for the cutter building at 

 Hamilton, Ont., for Collector Kilyert. The burgee will contain a 

 butterfly. Over 200-members have joined the club. 



BARRACUDA, steam yacht, now being lengthened hy Smith, 

 at South Boston, will have a new engine by F. O. Wellington & 

 Co. Her name will be chansed to Corona. 



VOLANTE, sloop, will have an iron shoe of 2,0001bs. put on by 

 Pryor & Co., and her mast will be shifted aft 2ft. 



GALATEA AGAIN.— It is reported that Lieut, and Mrs. Henn 

 will sail for America in Galatea on May 3. 



CORONET.— Mr. Bush's schooner was to sail to-day from New 

 York to San Francisco. 



FORTUNA.— Captain Newcomb sailed on March 17 for South- 

 ampton to fit outFortuna. 



TITANIA.— Mr. Iselin's yacht will sail with a white hull this 

 year like all of her sisters. 



§xnaring. 



Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 



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. 



Canvas Canoes and how to Build Them. By Parker B. Field. 

 Price 50 cents. Canoe and Boat Building. By W. P. Stephens. 

 Price $1.50. The Canoe Aurora. By C. A. Neide. Price $1. Canoe 

 Handling. By C. B. Vaux. Price $1. Canoe and Camera. By T. 



rdc. Price 1.50. Four Months in a Sncakbox. By N. H. Bishop. 

 Price $1.50. Canoe and. Camp Cookery. By "Seneca." Price $1. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, 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 their local 

 waters, drawings or descriptions of hoats and fittings, and all items 

 relating to the sport. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Officers, 1887-88. 



Commodore: R. W. Gibson ) . w v 



Secretary-Treasurer: F. L. Mix. \ A1Dan y. w - * 



Vice-Corn. Rear-Corn. Purser. 



Central Div..R. W. Bailey W. R. Huntington J. K. Bakewell, 



110 Diamond St., Pittsburgh. 

 Atlantic Div. Henry Stanton.. .A. S. Pennington .Ji.W. Brown, 146 B'way, N.Y. 



Eastern Div. .L. Q. Jones Geo. M. Barney. . . .W. B. Davidson, Hartford. 



N'thern Div. .A. D. T. MeGachen. "W. G . McKendrick. S. Britton, Lindsay, Can. 



Applications for membership must be made to division pursers, accom- 

 panied by the recommendation of an active member and the sum of $2.00 

 for entrance fee and dues for current year ($1.00). Every member attending 

 the general A. C. A. camp shall pay $1.00 for camp expenses. Application 

 sent to the Sec'y-Treas. will be forwarded by him to the proper Division. 



Persons residing in the Central Division wishing to become members of 

 the A. C. A., will be furnished with printed forms of application by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore— James Fanning Latham, Chicago, HI. 



Vice-Commodore— J. R. Bartlett, Fremont, Ohio. 



Rear-Commodore— T. J. Kirkpatrick, Springfield, Ohio, 



Secretary-Treasurer— Geo. A. Warder, Spring-field, Ohio. 



Executive Committee— H. G. Hodge, Dayton, O.; C. F. Pennewell, Cleve- 

 land, O.; C. J. Bousfield, Bay City, Mich. 



The annual meet for 1888 will be held at Ballast Island, Lake Erie, July 7 

 to 23. Regatta begins Tuesday, July 10. 



CANOE BUILDING AND FITTING UP. 



THE large and increasing demand for canoes of all sizes has 

 stimulated the inventive powers of builders, both amateur 

 and professional, with the result that many new methods of con- 

 struction have of late been tried with more or less success. The 

 first American canoes were all lapstreak, and when, in 1881, the 

 writer first introduced the ribband-carvel method of building a 

 smooth-skin boat, then used in England, it met with no favor from 

 American canoeists, there being a strong prejudice in favor of 

 the lapstreak. Fashions change in canoes as in dress, and for the 

 past two years smooth-skin boats have been the rage, perhaps for 

 no better reasons than those once urged against them. There are 

 to-day half a dozen excellent methods of construction from which 

 the canoeist can choose with a fair certainty of having a first-class 

 canoe, and it would be a very difficult matter for an unprejudiced 

 judge to say which, if any, is absolutely the best. After some ex- 

 perience in building and using canoes, and some familiarity with 

 the different methods of construction, we feel safe in recommend- 

 ing the lapstreak, if properly built, as the best for cruising; 

 whether she will prove the fastest alonsideof some of the smooth- 

 hulled racers is still an open question, and most canoeists would 

 say "No" to it, but some badly built lapstreaks have done so well 

 in the races at times that there is every reason to think that an 

 absolutely smooth skin counts for little against fine and well 

 laid laps, even in the closest races. 



Of lapstreak work there are all kinds, from the clumsily-built 

 pram of the Norwegians, with wooden plugs in place of nails, to 

 the carefully planked canoe with a land something like that 

 shown at 3. The edges of both plank must he very accurately 

 beveled, the outer edge to a thickness of l-16in. or a little more, 

 being rounded off as shown in sandpapering. The common lap is 

 shown in 2, a strong joint, but giving a poor surface. The strength 

 of the lapstreak has repeatedly been proved beyond question, it 

 will stand both wear and hard knocks, while it is very light. 

 With the requisite care and skill the bottom of the boat may be 

 made to compare very favorably with any of the smooth-skin 

 methods, and after a season of rough cruising the lapstreak canoe 

 will probably be in better condition than the others. One method 

 of securing a smooth skin is shown in 1, the plank being cut with 



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