£36 



[April 12, 1888. 



"buoy tender boats were to keep 1,500 buoys and over 100 lights in 

 good order all the time. 



Thursday, Jan. 26, opened with the wind N.W. fresh, ther- 

 mometer 40 and barometer rusted into its old place. Daring the 

 day the tugs chased up and down the canal, occasionally bringing 

 up another schooner from Buck Island, which is the point on 

 Morth Ra\*qr that tire tows arc made tip at. All through the day 

 the small canal steamers passed us, going both ways, the ice hav- 

 ing now been thoroughly broken up; but there was not yet water 

 enough for our fleet. Once we grew disgusted and tried to raise 

 sail and work across by ourselves, for every passing craft seemed 

 to select us as a desirable piece of wood to nump into; but after 

 getting worse jammed than ever we gave it up, and fell back to 

 our old place at the end of the string. 



In the afternoon the lighthouse tender Jessamine came up 

 with three barges and a pile driver in tow. She had just finished 

 with Roanoke Light, and as she had the right of way at the wharf 

 there was some profanity until the tow was strung out along the 

 other bank. This woke our tugs up and they concluded to run 

 whatever of the fleet they concluded to run whatever of the fleet 

 they could over into North Landing River. They started with 

 the Edna A. Pogue, a schooner, which had left Newberne three 

 days before we did; but as she stuck on the bar outside the canal, 

 they gave it up and let her lay there. 



The canal only guarantees 7ft. of water, yet every loaded 

 schooner in the fleet drew over 7ft; so that the fault was with 

 the fleet and not with the canal. And as they would not take 

 one without taking all, the deep-laden ones kept the whole fleet 

 back. 



There were now in our fleet thirteen sail; among them was the 

 Pogue, noticeable in that although she was a three-masted 

 schooner, yet she had a pointed stern; then the old Centennial, 

 built in 1876, at Bridgton, Iff, Y.; she was built of logs, bolted 

 together and entirely without timbers. She is not particularly 

 successful financially, although had she been built as usual she 

 would have been in pieces long ago. When she goes ashore now 

 her crew light pipes and it down to wait until something comes 

 along to pull her off, for they know that no tackle at their com- 

 mand is heavy enough to heave her off, and no sea heavy enough 

 to pound her to pieces; indeed, they say that when she takes 

 bottom the shoal itself sends around to the life-saving station to 

 come down and heave her off, for she breaks the shoals through; 

 that, however. I presume is a libel. 



Friday morning, Jau. 27, the wind was still N.W. fresh, but the 

 thermometer had risen to 15° and barometer to 30.20. so that we 

 had slight hope of a change. The wind not being strong enough 

 to hold the waters hack any longer, thev were coming in slowly 

 and the tugs concluded to give us another try, so taking half the 

 fleet between them they took us up to Deep Bend, North Landing 

 River, where they left us, thirteen miles from where we starred 

 from. At 6 o'clock in the afternoon the tugs came back with the 

 rest of the fleet. In bringing them to, one tug ran under the bow- 

 sprit of the schooner Geo. Taulane and carried away the end of 

 her flying-jibboom and rigging, but we didu't mind a little thing 

 like that by this time. We again got under way and at, the ferry 

 picked up another small schooner, then got under way again. 

 Shortly afterward the Bell ran up on a sunken log. She was at 

 the head of the fleet; the rest, of course, kept on. In about Ave 

 seconds we had one of the prettiest messes ever seen. One 

 schooner in his anxiety to check his headway, threw overboard 

 his anchor, but as he. had shipped it tor canal work and taken the 

 stock out and the chain off, it gave him little satisfaction. He 

 dropped his yawl-boat over and moored it where the anchor 

 dropped, then swept for it, caught it shortly after the fleet moved 

 on, rowed after us, and arrived at North Landing nearly as soon 

 as the fleet. After pulling at the Bell for a couple of hours the 

 tugs gave it up, and leaving her for the water to rise, took the 

 rest of the fleet in tow and arrived at North Landing, another 13 

 miles, at 3;30 A. M. Saturday. 



Saturday, Jan. 28.— The wind was still N.W.. fresh, thermome- 

 ter 35°, barometer 30.15, the water had risen a little and the tugs 

 had brought the Bell up, and at 9 o'clock got underway again, 

 through the Virginia cut. All went well until we reached the 

 second drawbridge in the canal, when the Taulane, which was a 

 hard steerer and had been yawing all over the canal, ran her 

 nose into the bank, parting her line and bringing up all standing; 

 she was the second boat in the string and the rest of us piled upon 

 her rather suddenly. We received another trade mark. 



The tugs went to work to straighten us out again, and while 

 they were doing it the small packet W. B. Rogers came along, 

 bound the same way with us. Instead of waiting for the jam to 

 be cleared up he began to push his way through, and when abreast 

 of us he reached a slightly open spot, the Taulane was still lying 

 across stream, her bowsprit in the trees and her mainboom nearly 

 across the canal. At this point the Rogers rang her jingle bell 

 and in ten seconds sparks began to fly, the mainboom of the Tau- 

 lane went in one door of the Rogers' pilot house while her captain 

 went out the other door, the roof sailed up in the air and the sides 

 fell in like the sides of a card house, then the boom broke, the 

 steamer stopped and the onlookers started in to pick up camp 

 stools and duffle. 



It was an hour before this mess was cleared up, then the head 

 tug took the Rogers astern of her and ahead of the. second tug so 

 as to steer her, while the tow had the benefit of the Rogers's en- 

 gine. Two darkies were placed at each steering chain; the cap- 

 tain stood on the hurricane deck and passed the word through 

 from mouth to mouth to the darkies who pulled on the chains, and 

 bo she was kept in the canal. 



We passed out of the canal at Great Bridge into the Elizabeth 

 River and for a mile down the river, when a lumber barge took 

 bottom and we were all tangled up again, a small schooner carry- 

 away her main shrouds. 



The tide was rapidly falling, and before we were straightened 

 out it had fallen so that half of us were aground. The tug took 

 thase that were afloat and went on, returning for us at 6:39 P. M., 

 when we were all afloat, and at 8 P. M. we dropped anchor in the 

 East Branch at Norfolk. 



Two days were spent in visiting Norfolk, and Monday night we 

 took the Bay Line steamer for Philadelphia via Baltimore, to 

 return when the weather was warmer. CHAS. L. Wobk. 



STARLING.— The steam yacht built for Mr. E. A. Seccomb, 

 of New York, from Mr. J. L. Erisbie's designs, was launched on 

 April 7, at La wlor's yard, East Boston, where she was built by M r. 

 A. D. Story, of Essex. She is a wooden yacht, 122ft, over all, 101ft. 

 l.w.l., 20ft. beam, and 7ft. 6in. depth, with about 150 tons displace- 

 ment. The launch went off successfully, Miss Grace Seccomb 

 christening the yacht Starling. The engines will he put in by 

 Neafie & Levy, of Philadelphia, and the yacht will bo completed 

 by the middle of June. Capt. W. A. Withey, who has superin- 

 tended the building, will command her. 



THE RETURN OP THE ALVA— Mr. W. K. Vanderhilt's 

 steam yacht arrived at New York on April 0, and anchored off 

 the New York Central docks, Sixty-fifth street, N. R. She left 

 New York on July 3, arrived at Queenstown on July 11, since 

 Which time she has cruised in the Mediterranean and European 

 waters. She left Gibraltar on March 10, touched at Madeira on 

 the 12th, Teneriffe on the 14th, Nassau on the 28th, and Bruns- 

 wick, Ga., on the 30th, where her owner left her. 



THE MUSQTJITO FLEET RA CE, April 5.-As usual, the season 

 opens with the annual race of the Boston Musquito Fleet, 15 and 

 13ft. boats, and in spite of a good S.S.W. breeze and a cold rain, 8 

 out of 11 entries sailed the course, which was from a mark boat 

 anchored off McElroy's to the smelting buoy off Thompson's 

 Island, leaving it on starboard, thence, to white sloop anchored off 

 Nautilus House, foot of O street, leaving it on the port, back to 

 Smelting Buoy, leaving it on port, to finish, about 4 miles. Sprite 

 capsized when nearing the Smelting Buoy for the first time. The 

 times were: 



TTIRST CLASS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Lucy, Howard Stickney 14.10 00 47 00 00 47 00 



Minnie, Henry Jackson 14.10 00 48 45 00 48 45 



Baby, J. W. Brandon 13.02 00 55 00 00 53 21 



Lizzie, H. McDonough 13.03 00 55 02 00 53 40 



Sprite, H. W. Wells 14.04 Capsized. 



SECOND CLASS. 



Egeria, W. J. Condon 12.01 00 56 17 00 53 34 



Bunty. M. Ransom 12.11 00 56 15 00 54 43 



Bessie, W. C. Gharri ngton 12.02 1 06 10 1 03 27 



Lucy takes first prize, $10; Minnie $5 and Baby $2.50. In second 

 class Egeria takes $10, Burty $8 and Bessie a pair of oars presented 

 by the Boston Yacht Agency. The judges were; J. Bullard, 

 chairman; C. L. Crockett, F. Williams. Baby made a protest 

 against Minnie, but it was not allowed. 



HORIZONTAL KEELS.— The Halifax, N. S., Daily Echo of 

 March 13 publishes the letter by "X." in the Fokbst and Stream, 

 with the following comments: "A member of the R. N. S. Yacht. 

 Squadron who had often heard Mr. J. E. Butler, the well-known 

 yachtsman and builder of the Hebe, Esme and a host of other 

 good little boats, speaking on the subject, showed him the above 

 letter. 'Why yes,' said Mr. Butler; 'as you know, that is an old 

 idea of mine. I got the notion away back— about 1860. The two 

 brothers Allen— Ambrose and John— used to sail a couple of 

 schooner-rigged boats about 25ft. or 26ft. long against one another, 

 and one or them, I think it was Ambrose's, was always beaten 

 going to windward. Her owner kept puzzling what to do to 

 remedy the defect, and one evening before a race he hauled his 

 boat up in a field and fastened a piece of board Sin. or 6in. wide 

 in the middle, and running to nothing at each end, on the bottom 

 of her keel, making it look like a capital T upside down. Next 

 day instead of being beaten she walked out to windward of the 

 other boat in a way that astonished them both. Ever since then 

 I have thought that there was a great deal in the idea. 1 tried it 

 in the shape of a concave-sided keel on the Esme, and I always 

 believed it helped her greatly going to windward.' " 



BUILDING AT BOSTON.-At McKie's yard Mr. Fabvans' 

 steam yacht is planked, the frames for Mr. Coehrane's schooner 

 will be started this week. Mr. Stetson's Sapphire is planked and 

 the joiner work is partly completed. Smith has the Albert well 

 along and will launch her on the spring tides, about April 26. 

 Daisy, cutter, is being well overhauled, and Aglaia, formerly 

 Maud, will have a ton of lead added, while Thelga, cutter, will 

 have half a ton of lead on keel. Francis, sloop, has been changed 

 to cutter rig. Raven, sloop, has had 3,5001 bs. of lead added to 

 keel. Mr. Taylor's cutter is well along at Pryor's yard, and a 

 similar craft, also from Mr. Borden's designs, will be built for a 

 Providence owner, to be 39ft. over all, 12ft. beam and 7ft, draft. 

 Lawley & Son, beside the launch of Marguerite this week, have 

 latelyput overboard a fleet of smaller yachts, nearly all cutters; 

 Messrs. Eaton, Messrs. W T elch and Wilkinson's craft, while the 

 Fowde and Flint yachts are both ready for the water. 



A SUCCESSOR TO THE PILGRIM.— Mr. E. L. Williams will 

 comnence work at once on a cruising cutter from his own designs 

 for Dr. W. H. Winslow of Pittsburg, Pa., to take the place of the 

 lit tle Pilgrim, so well known to all the readers of the Forest And 

 Stream through her owner's interesting logs. The new yacht 

 will be 38ft. over all, 29ft. l.w.l.. Oft. Sin. beam, and 6ft, draft, with 

 an iron keel of 5 tons. She will have a high freeboard, giving 

 over 5ft 9in. under deck beams, but with a iong and handsome 

 clipper stem and a fine counter she will not show her height. On 

 deck she will have a very small cockpit for steersman. Below 

 there will be two cabins Oft. Sin. long, each with two berths beside 

 the sofas. The galley is large with good headroom, and will have 

 a berth for man, with icebox, tanks, etc. The arrangement will 

 be very good, every inch of space being utilized. The yacht will 

 be cutter rigged and will be ready in time for a cruise this 

 summer. 



IMPROVEMENTS AT M AR BLE HEAD. — The Eastern Y. C. 

 proposes to build a float on the neck side of the harbor, in front of 

 the club house, which will be a convenience, but what is impera- 

 tively needed if the place is to be made popular with yachtsmen 

 is a good float on the town side, where yachtsmen can land with- 

 out being victimized by local organizations. The approaches to 

 the water from the depot are also much in need of improvement. 

 Marblehead can easily be made the leading yachting station on 

 the Eastern coast, but to do it the townspeople, who will reap the 

 chief benefit, must show some disposition to accommodate yachts- 

 men and to offer reasonable conveniences, now entirely lacking. 

 Some improvement in the harbor is promised by the removal of 

 all moorings on the town side, leaving a fairway for vessels 

 coming in or going out. 



HAMILTON Y. C.-The Hamilton Y, C. held its annual meet- 

 ing on April 2, when the following officers were elected: Com., 

 F. E. Kilvert; Vice-Corn., John Stewart; Capt., J. F. Monck; Sec, 

 J. G. Watson; Treas., G. F. Bailey; Meas., Henry Lee; Committee, 

 Messrs. iEmilius Jarvis, F. S. Malloch and Geo. Webster. Two 

 hundred and thirty-five members were reported on the club 

 hooks. It was moved, seconded and carried unanimously that the 

 new incoming Governor-General, Lord Stanley, of Preston, be re- 

 quested to act as the club's patron. The club has twenty-three 

 sailing yachts and three steam yachts, a number of which are 

 new, and will come out, like the club, in fresh paint. The club 

 house at the foot of James street will be ready in the course of a 

 few days, as the carpenter work is finished and the painters are 

 rushing it through. 



ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN A DORY.— Capt. W. A. Andrews, 

 of Boston, who with his brother crossed the Atlantic in the 15ft, 

 dory Nautilus in 1878 in 46 days is having a smaller dory built in 

 Boston and will start for England in her on June 17, intending to 

 return next year. Capt. Marcus Kenney has bought the old 

 Nautilus. 



ELMA— PRISCILLA. — Mr. Belknap has decided to change the 

 name of his schooner, formerly the sloop Priseilla, and she will 

 be henceforth known as the Elma. Wilson & Griffin are making 

 her sails and she will be ready in good season. She will carry a 

 naphtha launch made by the ¥5as Engine and Power Co. 



DAWSON.— Dr. B. F. Dawson, a well-known New York yachts- 

 man, died in this city on April 3. Dr. Dawson built Valkyr, the 

 first compromise with lead keel and board, and afterward owned 

 the schooner Ranger and the steam yacht Hiuda, 



CRUISING.— Nirvana, schr., Gen. H. W. Perkins, arrived at 



Matanzason March 24, sailing for Havana on March 28 Loando, 



steamer, Mr. T. H. French, arrived at Charleston from Jackson- 

 ville on April 7. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C— On April 7 the club house was well 

 filled by members and guests to listen to the lecture on "Sails and 

 How to Make Them" by Mr. Wilson. The lecture was read by 

 Mr. Tarns, Mr. Wilson explaining the diagrams. The subject was 

 treated in a thoroughly practical manner, much valuable infor- 

 mation being given. Mr. Wilson's long experience and close ob- 

 servation make him an authority on the subject and his lecture 

 was the most valuable of the course. 



A CHALLENGE FROM ST. JOHN'S.-A rumor is current 

 that Mr. David Lynch, of St. John's, N. B. has prepared a model 

 of a coming challenger, a yacht somewhat similar to Volunteer. 



VOLUNTEER. — The cementing is now completed and Volun- 

 teer will soon be launched to lie in Lawley's Basin all summer. 

 Her crew has been offered to Capt. Craven for Mayflower. 



MARGUERITE.— On April 10 Mr. Burden's new schooner Mar- 

 guerite was successfully launched at Lawley's yard. South Bos- 

 ton. 



EURYBIA.-This sloop is owned hy Mr. Chas. Pryer, N. R. Y. C, 

 not Mr. Lawton, as erroneously stated last week. 



ANACONDA.— Mr. J. C. Prague will put a double head rig on 

 his sloop, the single jib having been a failure. 



CYTHER A— Nothing has yet been heard from Cythera in any 

 of the West Indian ports. 



MAYFLOWER.— Rear Com. Morgan's yacht is now afloat at 

 Port Jefferson. 



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W. K., Chicago— See hack volumes of Forest and Stream for 

 waterproofing receipts. 



R, S. F.— When will '"Sam Lovell's Camps" he ready for distri- 

 bution? Ans. We don't know yet, 



W. N. S., Hazzard, Pa— Rules of the N. R. A. from secretary of 

 the association, Temple Court, New York. 



L. P., Philadelphia— Galatea was painted black in 1885, white 

 when she raced here in 1886, and black in 1887. 



G. F. P., Philadelphia.— You are eligible for membership; read 

 the notice at the head of our Canoe Department. 



Lateen, Philadelphia.— Step the mast against the beam at fore 

 end of well. The keel will not be enough to sad to windward 

 with. 



W. B. A., Fort Simpsou, B. C— Varnish making requires long 

 experience and expensive plant. You had best buy a good marine 

 varnish, as advertised in our columns. 



F. O. DEL., New York.— Can you, perhaps, inform ine if there 

 is any change in the game law, anv bills affecting Long Island- 

 any passed? Ans. We know of none as yet. 



E. A. H., Philadelphia. -The largest folding board is suitable 

 for an open boat of about 18ft, of moderate beam. For a sailboat 

 such as the ordinary 18ft. cat, it is too small. 



F. W. M., Toronto.— The design you mention is not like Pap- 

 poose, but she would make a good cruiser. If you desire a racer 

 try the Bedouin in the last edition of "Yacht and Boat Sailing." 



J. H. C, Bro6klyn, N. Y.—l. Do English bull-terriers make good 

 house dogs, and can pets be made of them? 2. Which is the bet- 

 ter, a bull or a Scotch terrier? Ans. 1. Yes. 2. It is a matter of 

 taste. 



H. E. D., Brooklyn.— No definition of amateur and professional 

 is made in the printed constitution and rules of the Larchmont 

 Y. C. A prof essional is by usual definition one who earns his liv- 

 ing by T manual labor about the water. 



A., Middlesex.— 1. Can you furnish the "Gazetteer," by Hallock, 

 and at what price? 2. What is the cause of a setter losing control 

 of his hind parts— not sore to rubbing nor stretching? 8, What 

 causes another to bite at flanks; she is spayed? Ans. 1. No; it 

 is out of print. 2. Paralysis; worms, perhaps. 3. Fleas. 



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Wi A. T., Philadelphia.—]. Can you tell me the best place to go 

 to for the Potomac black bass fishing? 2. Where moderately 

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 Philadelphia, where it would not be necessary to wade? Ans. 1. 

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