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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mabch 29, 1888. 



EXCEPTIONS WHICH MAKE THE RULE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



A few weeks ago the London Field, made the startling discovery 

 that the centerboard was "a powerful machine,' destined to drive 

 deep keel craft out of existence. This announcement has heen 

 modified in the Field of March 10, to tne considerahle extent of 

 excepting "small yachts," the wily Field placing no particular 

 definition upon '"small," leaving the limit open up to 90ft., should 

 the future render such interpretation politic. So far, thee, b, 

 agitation in England has not got beyond some desultory news- 

 paper talk, the quality of which can be judged from the FiehVti 

 ludicrous proposition to have c. b. casing wide enough to get at 

 the board for scrubbing, and a o.uack rule for prescribing areas of 

 midship section. There are a lew open c. b. boats of the gig style 

 building for the Clyde, just as they always have been built. They 

 represent no change of sentiment in respect to regular yachts. 

 Fife is, however, putting up a decked yacht with a small c.b., this 

 craft being intended for cruising on certain shoal rivers. Unless 

 there are some new developments, we are likely to hear the last 

 of the c. b. in England very soon. Just now this subject, thrashed 

 bare in America a hundred times over, strikes the London Field as 

 a new topic available for filling up the '"dry season." The Field is 

 not able to add one iota to the information already possessed con- 

 cerning board and keel, unless if be to mix things up by repro- 

 ducing scraps of gossip obtained from Lieut. Henn and riding 

 afresh its skin friction hobby. AMERICAN YACHTSMAN. 



FACTS AGAINST WIND. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



As an example of the prejudiced and superficial manner in 

 which the daily press of New York deals with yachting matters, 

 let me cite the Tribune, which in a recent labored article bolster- 

 ing up the centerboard, avers that large keels are not being built. 

 Even the Tribune canuot deny that among small craft the keel 

 has bscome the favorite institution, because such denial would 

 be absurd upon the face. It will be information for the Tribune 

 to learn that the two largest yachts built this season are the keel 

 schooners Yampa and Alert and that Mr. Burgess has an order 

 for another large keel craft for Col. Cochrane. Furthermore, the 

 new schooners Marguerite and Com. Canfield's, although supplied 

 with small boards, are so much nearer the keel that the boards 

 are not worth bragging about. The big schooner Palmer has also 

 heen altered to a keel. New York papers might learn something 

 about yachting if they followed the example set by the Boston 

 Globe and substituted knowledge for wind. New Yorker. 



PORTLAND Y. C— The annual meeting was held on March 7, 

 the following officers being elected: Com., C. \V. Bray: Vice- 

 Corn., Geo. C. Owen: Fleet Capt., K. NY. Miller: Sec'y, Chas. D. 

 Smith: Treas., C. F. A. Weber; Meas., Jos. H. Dyer; Fleet Sure:., 

 Walter Woodman; Trustees. Com. (ex-off.) K. D. Atwood, John P. 

 Thomas, Wm. Senter, Jr.; Regatta Com., Com. (ex-off.) H. R. Vir- 

 gin, P. R. Stevens, H. E. Duncan, R. Samuel Rand; Membership 

 Com., T. Hall Chase, C. J. Farrington, Edw. H. York, Secretary 

 (ex-off.); House Com., Chas. E. Rolfe, Jas. C. Fox. The annual 

 challenge cup regatta will take place June 1C, at 10 o'clock A. M. 

 The annual cruise will begin June 30, ending July 4. The club is 

 prospering and interest in yachting is active. The membership 

 is increasing, and this year will bring the addition of some new 

 boats. TJie flagship will be the Yira, formerly enrolled in this 

 club, but for several years past of Salem. She will have new 

 main and topmasts, and be cutter rigged. Work has already 

 begun ou several of the boats, and some of them will be in commis- 

 sion early in April. The centerboard sloop Elaine, owned in Mas- 

 sachusetts but iiauled up on Cape Elizabeth, is undergoing import- 

 ant alterations. She will be raised several inches and nave an 

 overhanging stern. 



IROQUOIS.— Mr. Coolidge's schooner left New York on March 

 10 at II A. M. with a fresh S.E. breeze, increasing until on the 

 following day (Sunday) at 8 A. M. the mainsail was reefed and jib 

 stowed. The weather grew worse through the day, until at 11 P. 

 M. a gale was blowing from S.E., but a few minutes later it went 

 round to N.W.,blowihg still harder. Through the night the yacht 

 was hove to under maintrysail, and on Monday a drag was thrown 

 out and oil used, being pumped, two spoonfuls at a time, from 

 the forward closet, 15 gallons being used on Mondayand Tuesday. 

 The hawser of the drag parted after being in use but a short 

 time. It was not until 3 P. M. on Tuesday that the yacht could 

 resume her voyage under maintrysail, setting foretrysail and jib 

 a little later. During Wednesday the yacht was under trysails 

 and double-reefed forest.aysa.il. running very fast. At 6:20 P. M. 

 on March 16 she anchored in the Savannah River. All ou board 

 speak in the highest terms of the yacht's behavior during the 

 most severe gale known in years. Iroquois is but 80ft. l.w.l. and 

 was designed by Mr. A. Gary Smith. 



CEDAR POINT Y r . C— Saugatuck, Conn., March ?6.— At the 

 annual meeting of the Cedar Point Y. C. the following officers 

 were elected for the ensuing year: Com., Francis Burntt; Vice- 

 Corn., J. H. Jennings; Sec, Edwin Tliorne, Jr. ; Treas., P. G. San- 

 ford. Membership Committee, L. K.Young, J. H. Jennings, E. 

 S. Wheeler. Regatta Committee, R. H. Wheeler, Fred Hurlbut, 

 A. S. Cram. The opening regatta of this club will be held on 

 Decoration day. Com. Burritt has matched his new boat Pro- 

 fessional, 21ft. Oin. w.l., against Mr. Hitchcocks' Rival, 21ft. w.]., 

 for $200 a side, the race to be sailed on or about June 7 off Bridge- 

 port, Conn. Professional, by Webber of New Itochelle, is now 

 about completed. Rival is being built by Thatcher of New 

 Haven, she will be sailed by Capt. Ed. Sturtevant, of Bridgeport, 

 and Webber will handle Professional. A close race is anticipated 

 as both boats are very complete, both in construction and de- 

 sign.— Judge. 



WIZARD— VIVID MATCH.— The match at Larchmont on May 

 30 will be sa^ed under the following conditions: The race to be 

 under the direction of the Regatta Committee of the Larchmont 

 Y. C, and governed by its sailing rules and regulations upon all 

 points not otherwise specified in the agreement. The yachts to 

 be sailed by amateurs, except that each yacht shall be allowed to 

 carry and use its regular crew. Besides the captain each yacht 

 shall be allowed to carry one man for every five feet of length 

 over all or fraction thereof. The course shall be from Larch- 

 mont harbor to and around a stakeboat anchored in Hempstead 

 harbor (course, S. S. E.), thence to and around a stakeboat an- 

 ohoied one half mile S. W. J4 W. of Stamford Lighthouse (course 

 N. E. M F.), and returning over the same course W> Larchmont 

 harbor. 



NEW BRITISH YACHTS— The new yacht for Capt. Daven- 

 port, a cruising cutter from Mr. Clayton's design, was launched 

 at Fav's yard, Southampton, on Mai-' h 14, being christened Tam- 

 bourine. She is 71ft. on deck, 51ft. 1. w. 1., lift. 7in. beam, 8ft. 

 draft. She has a main cabin and ladies' cabin, the fittings being 

 of white pine, with teak styles and rails and black mouldings. 

 On March 10 was launched at Woolston, Southampton, by Oswald, 

 Mordaunt & Co. a ketch rigged steam fishing vessel for Mr. F. W. 

 L. Popham. She is 131ft. long. 20ft. Gin. beam and 10ft. 9m. hold, 

 with cvlinders 12?^. 19 and 3l£gx*4, with Joy's valve gear. The 

 working pressure is 158 lbs. telle left the ways with steam up 

 and started at once on her trial trip. Her name is Remus. 



PATTERSON'S "YACHTSMAN'S GUIDE."-Tlie latest ad- 



Capt. Paterson's reputation both as a skilled navigaior and as an 

 instructor of practical navigation is a sufficient guarantee of the 

 valne of his new book, and in the portion devoted to navigation 

 he covers the subject most completely, and in a clear and simple 

 style that maybe understood by all. Starting with the instru- 

 ments used in navigation, the learner is introduced to the simpler 

 problems; and when these are made plain, the more intricate are 

 taken up, the principles involved being clearly shown in each case. 

 The third part of the hook deals with rules of the road, etc.; the 

 fourth section with knotting, splicing, rigging and the handling 

 of a yacht; the book concluding with a very complete vocabulary 

 of nautical terms, besides much other useful matter. 



CORONET.-On March 22, at 11:20 A. M., the schooner Coronet, 

 Mr. R. T. Bush, hauled out from Pier 8, East River, New York, 

 where she has fitted out. Her gun was tired, colors run up, and 

 she started on a long voyage to San Diego. Cal. There her owner 

 and his family will join her for a cruise to China and Japan, and 

 perhaps around to New York again. Coronet is in charge of Capt. 

 Crosby, who sailed her in the ocean race last year. With him as 

 a passenger is Dr. Frank Abbott, of Brooklyn. Coronet carries 

 ten men oefore the mast. She was last reported at 1:30 P. M. off 

 the. Highlands in a heavy snowstorm. 



A NEW CENTERBOARD.— A centerboard has lately been de- 

 vised in England in which two arms are used, similar to those in 

 a parallel ruler, to support the board, the latter is .hung by 

 the two arms from the top of the trunk, and raised by a pen- 

 dant, the board carrying aft as it rises. The trunk of course 

 must be well aft. A similar plan was tried for canoes some 6 

 years since by Mr. W. P. Stephons, the object in that case being 

 io keep the trunk fai forward and allow the board to drop aft, 

 but it was never put into actual use. 



SMITH'S PRESERVATIVE COATINGS.-Now that the time 

 has come for fitting out, yacht owners and skippers will find it 

 to their advantage to try the preservative coatings made by 

 Edward Smith & Co., New York. The coatings are made in two 

 grades for outside work; spar undercoat, for filling the raw wood, 

 and spar coating, a hard, brilliant and elastic varnish for all wood- 

 work exposed to the weather. The firm also makes several 

 grades of varnish for inside work in yachts. 



THE FISHERMAN'S RACE.-Vice-Com. J. M. Forbes, E. Y. 0., 

 has been selected as referee for the race of April 5, and he has 

 named Mr. Geo. H. Richards to act as judge for the Boston boats, 

 and Mr. Henry Hovey for the Gloucester craft. A subscription is 

 being raited in Boston and Gloucester fo. a sum to be divided 

 among the crews of each boat which should start. The four en- 

 tries thus far, the Phillips, Roulette, McManus and Merritt, have 

 put up the final deposit of $75 each. 



WHIM.— This schooner, owned by Mr. W. G. Brokaw, sailed 

 from New York on March 9 for Norfolk, where her owner and 

 friends were to join her and cruise to Florida. No news was 

 heard of her at Norfolk and some anxiety was felt about her, but 

 she has at last been reported safe at Barnegat, where she arrived 

 on March lti. It is reported that she went ashore and her crew 

 was taken off by the Life Saving Service, the yacht drifting out to 

 sea, but coming fn again with the tide, the crew regaining her and 

 sailing for Norfolk. 



LAKE ONTARIO.— A correspondent writes that Rochester 

 gentlemen have bought the celebrated 10-ton cutter Madge, and 

 that ten new cutters will be added to the fleet on Lake Ontario. 

 At OakviUe, Chisholm's little 18ft. cutter has been planked. She 

 is pronouueed a beauty by all who have seen her. There is much 

 interest in the small classes and prizes for the encouragement of 

 singlehand craft will be a feature of the coming season. Mr. 

 Chisholm has named his cutter Erchless, after the family man- 

 sion. 



VOLUNTEER.— Capt. Haff was in Boston last week, and under 

 his supervision Volunteer was scraped on the bottom and cov- 

 ered with two coats of red lead, over which two coats of the 

 cement used on Thistle and Galatea will be laid. The bottom was 

 allowed to rust all winter to remove the scale, and now will be in 

 a better condition than ever before to hold the paint. Gen. Paine 

 has not yet made any plans for the season, and it is not certain 

 that Volunteer will lit out. 



CENTERBOARDS IN LARGE YACHTS— The Boston Olohe 

 bears testimony as to the waste of room caused by the center- 

 board case, even in large yachts, as follows: "Putting the center- 

 Soara of the Burgess schooner Marguerite below the cabin floor 

 makes a wonderful improvement in her cabin room over that of 

 the Mayflower or Puritan." Even though the plan should not be 

 successful, it is unlikely that the owner will cut up his fine cabins 

 by a big trunk of the old style. 



GREAT HEAD.— Mr. J. N. Colby, the builder, has completed a 

 shop OuXfOft. at Great Head, and is now busy with new work and 

 repairs for the fleet of the Great Head Y. C. He is building a 

 cutter for Messrs. Wm. Wyman and Edward Cook, to be 31ft. Oin. 

 l.w.l., 10ft. 2m. beam, and 7ft. hold, to draw oft. Gin. Her keel 

 will carry S.OOOibs. of iron. Many of the yachts of the Great [lead 

 are being altered, the ballast being stowed lower. 



ROCHESTER Y. C— This growing and enterprising club is in- 

 creasing its fleet by several new additions, the latest being the 

 Scotch cutter Madge and the Boston cutter Majel, the latter 25ft. 

 l.w.l. and 9ft 9iu. beam, built by Lawley & Son. The handsome 

 little Velnette, built last year by Williams, lias created a demand 

 for similar craft, while the older yachts of the club are at tho 

 same time being improved and rebuilt. 



NEWBURGH.— At Marvel & Co.'s yard the cutter Bedouin is 

 hauled out, and near her is the small Burgess cutter built, in 188t5 

 for Mr. Rogers. The steam yachts Glide, Adela and Dashaway 

 are also hauled out. The tirrn have commenced the construction 

 of two steel ferryboats to be propelled by a screw at each end, 

 the first of the kind to be tried about New York. Both will have 

 triple expansion engines. 



NEW HAVEN Y. C— Officers, 1888. Com., C. Cooper Clark; 

 ice Com., H. A. Seymour; Rear Com , D. H. Waruer; Sec, 



ley and S. H. Read. 



PROV1NCETOWN Y. C— Officers, 1888: Com., Thomas Lowe; 

 A 7 ice-Com., A. W. Cushman: Fleet Captain, Wm. Roberts; Sec. 

 and Treas., J. A. Reed. Trustees— G. H. Holmes, A. R. Hannum, 

 J H Dyer. Standing Committee— George W. Holbrook, E. O. 

 Snow, John E. Freeman. Regatta Committee— G. H. Holmes, J. 

 H. Dyer, J. H. Hopkins, E. O. Snow, F, E. Williams. 



GALATEA.— The latest reports from Lieut. Henn state that he 

 will be det ained at home this summer by a suit against the build- 

 ers of Galatea for the faulty casting of her lead, but will sail 

 next fall for the Windward Islands and Florida, coming to New 

 York a year from now. Meanwhile he is building a centerboard 

 boat 18ft. long, for fishing. 



CYTHERA.— Nothing has yet been heard of the yawl Cythera 

 since she was spoken off Barnegat on March 11, shortly after 

 leaving New York. She was bound for Jamaica, with her owner, 

 Mr. W. A. W. Stewart, and Mr. C. Smith Lee, owner of Oriva, 

 and her regular sailing master, Capt. Phipps, with a crew of six 

 besides cook and steward. Mr. Stewart had partly intended to 

 call at Bermuda first, but the yacht has not yet been reported 

 from there. It is probable that she has been driven out of her 

 course by the severe gale, and will be heard from soon in some 

 West Indian port. As the cable service is poor at best in these 

 islands, there is no cause, lor alarm in her not being reported. 



THE BOSTON YACHT AGENCY.— We have received from 

 Messrs. Borden & Clark, of the Boston Yacht Agency, their new 

 list of vachts for sale, comprising crafts of all sizes and prices. 

 The firm is also connected with W. K. Pryor & Co., builders, in 

 South Bo3ton, and is the agent for New England of Mansfield's 

 patent hollow spars. 



ANOTHER SCHOONER.— Mr. Hugh Cochrane, owner of Tioga, 

 schr., has ordered a new yacht rrom Mr. Burgess, a schooner of 

 75ft. l.w.l., 19ft. beam and 12ft. draft, a "fast, cruiser" with lead 

 keel. She will be built by Wm. McKie, of East Boston, who is 

 now at work on Mr. Fabyan's steamer. She is to be completed by 

 July. 



SACHEM.— The alterations to Sachem's keel comprise the cut- 

 ting away oi 3ft. 6in. of wood keel forward and 12ft. att, the spaces 

 being filled with lead; 114 tons forward and 534 tons aft, making, 

 according to the best reports, a total of 45 tons. 



ATLANTA.— Steam yacht, Mr. Jay Gould, arrived at Fernan- 

 dina last week and left her owner, sailing again for New York, 

 where she arrived on March 23. She is now in the Erie Basin and 

 will lie there until she refits for the summer. 



SEAWANHAKA Y. C— The club house was crowded ou Satur- 

 day night by members and their guests, to listen to a musical en- 

 tertainment by amateurs of the club. 



YAMPA.— Mr. C. W. Chapin's schooner arrived off Staten Island 

 on March Z3, from Florida. She will fit out at once for a trip to 

 England, with her owner and friends on board. 



CHANGES OF OWN ERSHIP.— Ethel, sloop, has been sold by 

 Mr. Merrill, who has bought tho sloop (ir&cie G. from Mr. E. P. 

 Pride, of Newburyport. 



RESOLUTE, schr.. Mr. C. A. Postley, has had her name changed 

 to Ramona. She will haye a new stern and new decorations in 

 cabin. 



HESPER— Pilot boat, No. 5, of Boston, will have 4ft. on main 

 boom and a longer bowspril, with a new suit of canvas for the big 

 spars. 



THISTLE— La nd and Water, of March 17, denies in Mr. Wat- 

 son's name the report that Mr. Coats has bought Thistle. 



MONTAUK, soli.. Mr. J. E. Brooks, sailed from Charleston, S. 

 C for New York on March 22. 



Imtvers to (^orrespandmt^ 



' No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



Svlvan, N. Y.— The flags may be 12xl8in. 



F. P. B., Boston.— There is no agency or similar firm in the 

 United States. 



J. M. D., Boston, Mass.— Turk is by imported Rajah and out of 

 imported Brenda. 



G. C. J.— The oil implied is linseed oil, raw and boiled. We have 

 no further information about "Seneca's" muslin boots. 



F. U. R.. Appleton, Wis.— We do not recommend mr use the 

 powder you mention, suspecting that it may be dangerous. 



ADMntAii, Philadelphia, Pa. — Several sizes and styles of yacht 

 stoves are kept iu stock by New York stove dealers. You can 

 probably obtain them through a Philadelphia dealer. 



X. O. X., Brunswick, Me. — 1. Thirteen is a large litter, but not 

 remarkably so, as you will see by consulting our kennel notes. 2. 

 Bailey's Tom is by Stockton's Dash and out of White's Fly. 



C. M., Lewiston, Pa.— 1. Is the Lyman sight used by rifle clubs 

 in their matches? 2. Is it a peep sight?. Ans. 1. Not exten- 

 sively; it is rather a hunting sight. 2. It is one variety of peep 

 sight. 



Constant Reaper, Newark.— It is difficult to see what there 

 was to protect against. The Our Own Club was unfortunate in 

 not taking better care of their guns and the referee's decision 

 seems to be the only just and correct one. 



G. M. S„ Greenfield, Mass.— These rifles carry as far as game 

 can be shot, penetrate sufficient to kill and hold just where the 

 shooter's skill can put them. They are entirely first-class, and 

 their cheapness is only that of all classes of firearms just now. 



W. C. D., New York.— 1. Is the .32-40 Winchester cartridge too 

 heavy for such game as rabbits, foxes, woodchuck, etc.? 2. Will 

 it kill a deer under ordinary circumstances? 3. Is the single-shot 

 Winchester rifle as reliable and as good as the repeater for this 

 kind of shooting? Ans. 1. No. 2. Yes. 3. Yes. 



E. W., Utica, Mont.— Will you please answer me a few questions 

 about Alaska? Can 1 go there and trap and hunt any place that 

 1 want to? Ans. You can hunt and trap anywhere except on 

 lands covered by the lease of the Alaska Commercial Company; 

 in other words, anywhere except on the PrybUoff Islands and 

 waters adjacent thereto. 



J. W.„ New Lisbon, Ohio.— The Indians make furs of skins by 

 pinning them out to dry, fleshing thoroughly, breaking the inner 

 fibre with a scraper after they are dry, and then rubbing in brains 

 with a great deal of elbow grease. Skins are most easily prepared 

 by soaking in alum water. When quite dry, damp sligntly. and 

 scrape inner surface to render it pliable. Guns of 1G and 18 bore 

 are lighter, require less charge and will kill as far as a 10 or 12 

 bore, but will not cover as big a surface. 



ADlntng Car Line to the Pacific Coast.— The completion of the all rail 

 line between Portland, Ore., and San Francisco gives the Pacific coast trav 

 eler an opportunity to patronize the famous Dining- Car and Yellowstone 

 Park Line, the Northern Pacific Railroad. The sportsman traveling in the 

 West, whether a lover of the rod or gun, naturally seeks this road, pene- 

 trating as it does the lake park region of .Minnesota, and running through 

 the valleys of sueli trout streams as the Yellowstone, Oallatiii, Hell Gate, 

 Clark's Fork, Spokane, Yakima and Green Rivers, for a distance of fully 

 1,500 miles, as well as lying immediately contiguous to the finest hunting 

 grounds In the United States, viz., The Big Horn, Snowy, Belt, Bitter Root, 

 Coeur D'Alene and Cascade Mountains. Information in regard to this 

 region can be obtained by addressing Charles S. Pee, General Passe n 

 and Ticket Agent, N. P. R. R., St. Paid. Minn.— Adv. 



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