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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 3, 1887. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication should fee made out on the prin f *d blanks 

 prepared by the Forest ami Stream, and furnished gratis to club 

 secretaries. Correspondents who favor us With Club scores are par- 

 ticularly requested to write cm one side of the paper only. 



NARCOOSSEE, Fla., Oct. 34.— There was a fair attendance at 

 the trap on Wednesday afternoon. In shooting off the tie, best 

 out of three clays, Mr. Haycock scored 1, Mr. A. E. Woodham 3, 

 All shot 12-gauge guns, except Mr. A. E. Woodham, who used a 16- 

 gauge. Appended are the scores: 



F Tans Agnew 01101—3 E L Drurv Lowe 00100-1 



H W Atkinson 10010-2 E J Shaw 00000-0 



H T Butler 00101-2 V L Woodham 11001-3 



W J Stat ter Carr 00001—1 A E Woodham 11101—4 



A H Haycock 10111—4 



SARATOGA, Oct. 22.— Notwithstanding the unpleasant weather 

 to-day six members of the gun club sJrot clay pigeons at Glen 

 Mitchell with the appended results. The first event, a 200-bird 

 match between Messrs. Pike and Thomas and Messrs. Bockes and 

 Levengston, fifty bird? each, was woa by the former by fourteen 

 birds, the latter allowing the winners fifteen birds. The score: 



Pike OOOHOOluj I OHOOUlllOOllllll— 27 



Thomas 00100000001010100000100110<J1101(I11000(_K)11 1 10111101-21 



Total, including the 15 birds. 03. 



Levengston C0101000110011000001001111011111101111001011111010— 27 



Bockes 001010001001110000!X«011101100100C0101110010111100-22 



individual match at 10 birds each: 



Pike 1111101110-8 Bockes 0001001100-3 



Levengston 1110011001—6 Meehan 1010000001—3 



Thomas 0011111060—5 Re-entrv 0010000110— 3 



Clark 1010100011-5 



Oct. 25.— The gun club held its regular shoot at Glen Mitchell 

 to-day. The club trophy in the 50-bird match was won by Pike, 

 closely followed by Levengston, who secured second prize. The 

 following are the scores in the 50-bird match: 



Pike 100111101011101 1101 10110111 10011010001110111100010— 31 



Levengston OlOnuOlOOlOlllllOOlOOOllllllOllOOOOllllOlOOllllOl— 20 



Bockes 010111111000011101011130111010010001)110010010001110—25 



Thomas OllOiMilOOUOlOlllCICKMlllllOOllOOlOOlOOlOllOOOllll— 25 



Individual match at 10 birds each: 



Clark 1111111100-8 Pike 1001101010-5 



Bockes 0110111110-7 Thomas 0001111000-4 



Levengston 1110111001-7 Meehan 0100010100-3 



BROOKLYN, Oct. 24.— Many sporting men to-day went to Still- 

 well's hostelry, on Coney Island Creek, where the members of the 

 Coney Island Rod and Gun Club held its seventh annual shoot 

 and dinner. Tweuty-six members went to the traps to sho^t at 

 seven birds each, distance 25yds. H. L. Greenmanand E. Maguus 

 killed all their birds and divided first prize. H. Goodwin, E. 

 Bushnell, J. Defraue, E. Rockfeller, J. E. Lake, Dr. Shields, C. W. 

 Jones, W. A. Stuart and H. McLaughlin killed six out of 3even. 

 H. Blattniaeher, H. Schweiekert and H. Donnelly killed five each. 

 It being too late to shoot off the ties the money was divided. After 

 dinner, the president of the club. Mr. H. McLaughlin, said that 

 the Coney Island Rod and Gun Club was one of the largest, if not 

 the largest, shooting organizations on Long Island, and, from the 

 number of members that had joined during the vear.he thought 

 that the continued prosperity of the club was assured. The fish- 

 ing prizes were then presented to those members of the club who 

 had taken the largest striped bass and weaktish from the waters 

 of Gravesend Bay and Coney Island Creek. The first prize, a 

 handsome silver-mounted combination fishing rod, was won by 

 Mr. William Weber, for a striped bass weighing 2^1 bs. Mr. Post 

 Van Pelt was the winner of second prize, but waived to claim it, 

 and it was presentel to Mr. H. L. Greenman for a 2t£lb. weakfish 

 caught in Coney Island Creek. The score of the shoot is as follows: 



H MeJbaugldin 1011)11—6 H Schweiekert 0111110—5 



W A Stuart 1110111-6 P Van Pelt 0001011-3 



C W Jones 1101111-6 W »Veber 000H00-2 



A Rockfeller 1101010—4 E Magnus 1111111—7 



D r Shields 1111110-6 W White 000110(1-2 



J E Lake 0111111-6 J White 0011000-2 



H L Greeuman 111U11— 7 J Simpson 1110100—4 



G L Hayes 1010111-4 Judge Courtney 1100)01-4 



E Rockfeller 1101111—6 Captain Mever 1001000-2 



P Hagadorn 0010111—4 J Still well 0100111-4 



J DeFrane 0111111—6 E Bushnell 1111011—6 



H Donnelly 0111101-^5 H L Bushnell 1001010—3 



HBlattmacher 1110101—5 H Goodwin 1111011—6 



Referee, Mr. H. Laughlin. Scorer, Mr. R. Hooper. 



KANSAS CITY, Oct. 20.— The shooting park on the Blue was 

 filled with sportsmen to-day, and in spite of high wind and unfav- 

 orable conditions the scores were up to the average. The Kansas 

 City Gun Club medal was won by Major Cross. 



D Underwood 1110011001—6 A ABrumbach 0011011011—6 



C Bassett 1011 100001-5 J E Riley 1111100 -00—5 



J Boland 1110100111—7 J Underwood 0111010001—5 



J Duulap 0111111000—6 A Wetzel 1011100011-6 



G Mock OlUlllOOO-6 G Yeomans 1111111100-8 



W Shaw 1111010 >11— 7 Major Cross 1111111011—9 



F J Smith 1110110100-6 



For the shoot for the Llewellin setter there were 15 entries. Mr. 

 Baehr did some of the best work seen at the park this season. He 

 shot for himself and two others. There was no shoot-off, the win- 

 ners agreeing to divide the value of the dog, the entrance netting 

 875. 



W Shaw llO'llllll-O A G Parker 1001101110—6 



D Underwood 1101110101-7 R C Van Horn OlllllHoO-7 



D Fairman 1110100011-6 W V Reiger 0111111110-8 



F Deuser 1 100010'JOl— 4 F J SmithfBaehr s'gdllllOllOl— 8 



J E Riley HlOllClOO-6 F W WilUiams.. . . .1110111011-8 



C W Barker H11111010— S (Baehr shooiing)1111111011-9 



Quail 10101101U-7 J Underwood OOlllOw. 



W J Baehr 1111111011-9 



BOSTON, Oct. 19,— The clay-pigeon matches were shot here to- 

 day with a fair attendance. In the early part of the afternoon 

 the Macomber badge match was shot, and Snow captured the 

 golden trophy. Following are the results in the several matches: 

 Macomber Badge Match. 



Snow 1101110111 



Nichols 111111011 IJ 



Adams llllOimi 



Stanton 1111101001 



Smith 1101011111 



Warren 0011010110 



Merchandise Match. 



Smith 1111111111 



Warren 1111100111 



Stanton 1010101111 



Snow 0111101101 



Jones 0010111000 



Adams 1001001011 



Nichols 001b 00111 



Visitors' Match. 

 E J Neal 001100 110 



Sweepstake events.— 1. 6 clay-pigeons, Adams first. 2. 6 clay- 

 pigeons, Nichols first. 3. 6 Macomber birds, Stanton and Snow 

 first. 4. 10 Maccmbers (badge sweepstakes) Adams first, Snow 

 second. Warren and Joues third. 5. 5 pairs Macombers (badge 

 sweepstake) Snow first, Nichols second, Stanton third. 6. 10 clay- 

 pigeons (merchandise sweep) Smith first, Warren second, Stanton 

 and Snow third. 7. 5 pairs bats (Merchandise sweep) Warren first. 

 Smith second, Adams and Nichols third. 8. Walk-up match, 3 

 pairs clays. Smith first. 9. 6 clay-pigeons, straightaway 35yds., 

 Stanton first. 10. 5 clay-pigeons (Arkenson match) Nichols and 

 Adams first. 11. 5 clays straightaway, Nichols first, 12. 6 clay- 

 pigeons, Stanton and Nichols first. 13. 5 bats, Stanton and Smith 

 first. 14. 6 bats, Stanton first. 15. 6 clay-pigeons, Stanton first. 

 16. 6 clays straightaway, Stanton first. 



OMAHA, Oct. 18.— The general shoot which took place at the 

 Omaha Gun Club grounds this afternoon was participated in by a 

 large number of shooters. First, the Penrose and Hardin team, 

 who are practicing for telegraphic matches with Eastern teams, 

 shot a trial shoot of 100 birds, 25. to the man, 18yds. rise, with the 

 following score: 



Penrose 1111111 1 1 1 111111111111111 —25 



Hardin 1110111111111110111101111—22 



Petty 1111111111011111111001111—22 



Mertz lOllUlOlllllllllOlimi 11—21—90 



Following this came a general shoot by the following gentle- 

 men: 



Penrose 1111111111111111111111111-25 



Brewer 1111111101011111110110100-19 



Petty 1111111111011111111111010—22 



Ketchum 1011110111101111101111111-21 



Thompson 1111111011011110010110011— 18 



Mcrtz 1011010111111111101111111-21 



Hardin 1110111111111101111011111-22 



The shoot at double birds resulted as follows: 



Hardin 11 11 10 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11—21 



Mertz 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 01 10 11 11 11—21 



Ketchum 11 U 01 00 11 11 11 ll 11 11 1C 01-19 



Brewer 10 11 " 



11 11 11 10 11-17 

 11 10 11 10 11-16 

 10 11 00 11 10-15 

 10 10 10 11 10-14 

 10 II 01 11 00-14 

 00 10 00 11 00- 8 



11 11 10 11 01-18 A 

 11 11 11 11 01-17 B 

 11 11 00 11 11-15 C 



10 10 11 01 10-13 D 



11 11 11 10 10-13 E 

 01 10 11 11 10-12 F 

 11 11 11 10 00—12 



10 11 00 10 00- 8 G 



PALATKA, Fla., Oct. 20.— The regular semi-weekly practice of 

 the Palatka Gun Club took place this afternoon on the grounds 

 west of the junction. The wind wasa little troublesome, but there 

 was a good sky. The match was shot with standard birds from 

 three traps, 18yds. rise, 10 singles and 10 doubles. After the match 

 an event of singles was shot, the score of which is given with the 

 match score below: 



Vertrees 1010010100—4 11 10 00 01 U— fi— 10 



Hawes 0000000101-2 01 11 10 U 01-7— 9 



Hargrove 0001100011-4 00 00 00 00 00-0— 4 



Dalton 1000101110-5 00 00 11 10 10—4- 9 



Bailey 0111111111—9 10 00 00 00 01—2—11 



Yeaton 1101110011-7 01 11 10 11 00-6-13 



Griffin 1010100111-6 11 01 10 11 11-8—14 



Evans 0111111110—8 00 01 11 11 10-6-14 



Vertrees 1110010111-7 Yeaton 0000 1 10100-3 



Hargrove 0011100111—4 Griffin U11110001-7 



Dal ton 1 100101010-6 Evans 1001611000—4 



Bailey 1110001110-6 



After the shoot one of the members proposed a match at fever 

 germs, Dr. Ames to secure the "birds." 



ALBANY, Oct. 20.— At the shooting tournament at Chatham to- 

 day, which was attended by seven sportsmen from Albany and 

 one from Troy, seven matches were shot out, in which Albany 

 was successful in winning the greater portion of the purses. The 

 first event, at 10 blue rocks, resulted in first money for Bradford. 

 In the Second event, at 10 clay pigeons, Gardner won first money. 

 The third event, at 10 glass balls, gave Gardner first money. 

 Fourth event, 10 Peoria blackbirds, Gardner first. Fifth event, 5 

 double blue rocks, Greer and Skidmore divided first. The live 

 bird event followed with 13 entries, when Gardner and Dunn 

 divided first money. The final match was at 5 double balls, where 

 Gardner secured first money. 



WELLINGTON, Oct. 29.— At the weekly shoot of the Welling- 

 ton club to-day, the following were the winners in the sweepstake 

 matches: First, 6 blue rocks, Swift first. Second, 6 clay pigeons, 

 De Rochemont and Moore first. Third, 6 clay pigeons, Shumway 

 and Swift first. Fourth, 6 blue rocks, Evans first. Fifth, 6 clay 

 pigeons, Stanton first. Sixth, 6 blue rocks. Stanton first. Seventh, 

 6 blue rocks, Swift and Perry fisrt. Eighth, 6 clay pigeons. Swift 

 first. Ninth, 6 blue rocks, Stanton first. Tenth, 6 clay pigeons, 

 Perry first. Eleventh, 6 blackbirds, Meleher first. Twelfth, 3 

 pairs blackbirds, Snow, Swift and Perry first. Thirteenth, 6 clay 

 pigeons, Swift first. Fourteenth, miss and out, won by Swift. 



BREWER— GRAHAM.-.Iohn L. Brewer defeated William Gra- 

 ham, of England, Monday afternoon, Oct. 24, in a match at Mer- 

 chantvi Jle Driving Park. The contest was decided under the Hurl- 

 ingham rules at 100 pigeons, and was for $200 a side. Graham was 

 shot out on the 91st bird. The score then stood: Brewer killed 81, 

 Graham killed 67. The score follows: 



Brewer..33233agl8118U21111021110121110012l2U11121211121112112122011 

 100112221111101212021111121110111-81 



Graham . . .11201002^1110^Uim()0001112000111111111101012111211121102 

 1221101101K)12(M210milll010-67 

 The referee was Mr. Edward Maher. 



UTICA, Oct. 28.— The Oneida County Sportsmen's Club held a 



frize shoot for the Booth-Ehrsam prizes at Riverside to-day. 

 ollowing is the score: 



Thomas 110100110100100- 7 Horton 111001111010111—11 



Elliott 111100101010110- 9 Wheeler 011110110101111-11 



Beck 110111100101110-10 Rose 111101111111111-14 



Rose won first place and Wheeler second. 



DAVIS AND CANNON.— W. C. Cannon, the phenomenal one- 

 arm shooter of the J. C. H. G. C, has got his dander up again. He 

 shot a match some time since, as we reported in you paper, with 

 Geo. Davis, of Greenville, which he lost; but W. C. is plucky and 

 knows not how to squeal. He has made another match with Mr. 

 D., $100 aside, 100 birds each, to be shot at Dunellen on Thanks- 

 giving Day; and Will says he has $100 more in his inside pocket 

 that George does not get away with him this time. As Davis al- 

 ways shoots to win and Cannon means business, it will probably 

 be a good match. We shall try to see it. 



BUDD AND GRAHAM have made a match for some time this 

 month at Chicago, 100 birds, Hurlingham rules, $250 a side. 



..10 11 10 11 11 10 11 11 10 11 01 01-18 



§<mating. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Foresi' 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 forw r ard to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

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

 relating to the sport. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Officers, 1886-87. 

 Commodore: B. J. Wn.Kxs, Brooklyn, NT. Y. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: Wm. M. Caiiter, Trenton, N. J. 



Officers-Elect 1887-88. 

 Commodore: R. W. Gebsox.. . . . > .,,«.,,. w v 

 Secretary -Treasurer: F. L. Mix. J t *>**r 



Vice-Corn. Rear.Com. Turner. 



Central 111 v.. Henry Stanton... R. "W". Bailey E.W.Brown, UGB'way, N.Y. 



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



N'therci Div. .A. D. T. McGachen. W. G. McKendrk-k. S. Brllton, Lindsay, Can. 



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

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

 for entrance fee and dues for current year iSl.oO), 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. 



A BOAT FOR SAILING AND CRUISING. 



fPHE many inquiries concerning sneakboxes, tuckups, small 

 JL sharpies and similar craft that constantly come to us show 

 that there is a general demand for small sailing craft of good 

 design, both for ordinary pleasure sailing and for more or less ex- 

 tended cruising. This demand may be largely ascribed to the 

 influence of canoeing, as it has arisen since the latter sport became 

 generally popular in this country. There are many to-day who 

 have given up the canoe after a fair trial, and many more who are 

 ready to do so, but this is not on account of any defect in the boat. 

 The general popularity of canoeing, together with the moderate 

 expense, leads many novices into it not because it is just the form 

 of sailing which they prefer, but because they know of no other 

 which would suit them better. After a time some find the canoe 

 too small to carry a party of friends, others wish a boat exclusively 

 for sailing in open waters, and others again wish to carry an 

 amount of stores, guns and tackle, for which the canoe never was 

 intended. This proves nothing against the canoe, a boat adapted 

 to wider range of use than any other pleasure craft, but when a 

 man gets to this stage and begins to long for a sneakbox or a 

 sharpie, he is better out of a canoe than in it, though there is no 

 reason why the bond between him and the man who still swears 

 by a 15x30 canoe should be severed; they are both cruisers and 

 sailors at bottom, though their craft may vary. 



The Forest and Stream has given many designs of small craft, 

 the sneakbox family in particular having been very thoroughly 

 described, hut it is evident that the perfeot boat has not yet been 

 reached. Some correspondents have lately asked about the Dela- 

 ware River tuckup, believing it to be adapted to general cruising 

 purposes, but without going fully into a description of these boats, 

 a little will serve to show that they are not fitted for cruising, or 

 even specially adapted for ordinary sailing. The term "tuckup" 

 is applied in a general sense by the boat builders about Philadel- 

 phia to a method of building, in which the keel, instead of being 

 straight or nearly so for the whole length of the boat, with dead- 

 woodon ton of it and the garboard laid in a rabbet cut in the 

 latter, is bent up precisely as in the boat here shown and the 

 sneakboxes and cruisers previously described in our columns. 

 After the boat is completed a steenpost and scag are fastened on. 

 This method of building is used in the hundreds of small sailing 

 boats that are found on the Delaware River about Philadelphia, 

 and to which the name "tuckup" is also applied. The favorite 

 size now is 15ft. long, with a limit of 4ft. 7in. beam, and a depth of 

 about 18iu. midships, with 9in. sheer forward and 6in. aft. The 

 boats are used mostly for racing, carrying a rig which they will 

 not stand up under when afloat and with no one on board. No 

 ballast is used, but the crew of five all hang or "hike" out to wind- 

 ward. In racing if the wind drops one or more of the crew are 

 ordered overboard, to swim ashore, the boat proceeding with the 

 lessened amount of ballast and taking the chances of an increase 

 in the wind. The boats are all cat-rigged and with square dagger 

 boards. It will be seen that they are little adapted for cruising or 

 for any purpose but racing. 



The boat shown in the accompanying plans, the Delta, was 

 planned bv Dr. H. G. Piffard, former owner of the sneakbox 

 Bojum, illustrated in the Forest and Stream of Jan. 8, 1885, and 



is an attempt to combine the best qualities of several boats. The 

 bottom of the sneakbox is preserved, but with the bows of the 

 ordinary rowboat, as well as a higher side, while the overhang 

 and rudder of the sharpie are added. The boat was intended for 

 pleasure sailing about Greenwich, Conn., to carry half a dozen 

 comfortably, and yet to be easily handled by one. While a fair 

 amount of speed was looked for, the boat was not intended for 

 racing, and if wanted for such a purpose, to carry all the sail the 

 model is capable of with a crew on the gunwale, a heavier con- 

 struction would be advisable. For all ordinary work the boat has 

 proved amply strong, and the .construction here given can be 

 followed in all details. 



The question has often been asked, "Why not put a boat bow* on 

 a sneakbox ?" and for all save hunting purposes there seems no 

 reason why it should not be done, in fact this boat is a practical 

 answer to the question. The Delta was built in the spring of 1886, 

 and has thus been in use two seasons, giving perfect satisfaction. 

 In order to meet the wants of the single hand cruisers the draw- 

 ing is given with two scales, by which a boat of 13ft. extreme length 

 may be built, as weU as the original length of 18ft. The former 

 should make a remarkably good little craft, larger, faster, abler 

 and far handsomer than the sneakbox, and little more costly. 

 The bow is not so well adapted for beaching, and the boat is too 

 large and high to serve as a blind or shooting battery, as a sneak- 

 box often does, but as far as sailing and general cruising are con- 

 cerned the odds are all in favor of the Delta as compared with any 

 form of "box." The dimensions of the two sizes are: 





18BT. 



BOAT. 



13ft. 



BOAT, 





18ft. 





13ft. 





L.w.1 



16 ft. 





lift. 



6 3 in, 





oft. 



4 in. 



3ft. 



10'in. 







8 in. 





6 in. 



Depth at gunwale, amidship 



. 1ft 



5 4 in. 



1ft. 



OHn. 







7 in. 





5'in. 



Stern 





3 in. 





2'in. 



Crown of deck 





2 in. 





2 in. 



Foreside of stem to— 











Trunk, fore end of slot 



4ft. 



9 in. 



3ft. 



5 3 in. 



After end of slot 



, 9ft. 



6 in. 



6ft. 



lOMn. 





, 8ft. 



9 in. 



6ft. 



4 in. 



After end of slot 



.15ft. 



9 in. 



lift. 



•i 5 in. 



Rudders tock, center 



.16ft. 



8 in. 



12ft. 



OMn. 





lift. 



7 in. 



8ft. 



4*in. 



Width of well 



4ft. 





3ft. 



10'in. 



Distance of stations apart. . . 



. 2ft, 





1ft, 



5'Jin. 



Waterlines apart. 





3 in. 



2V.in. 



TABLE OF OFFSETS, 18FT. BOAT. 



ions. 



Heights. 



Hale-Breadths. 



Stat 



Deck. 



Keel. 



Deck. 



No.l. 



No. 2. 



No. 3. 



No. 4. 



Keel. 



0.. 



2 0< 





0' 



0' 











1.. 



1 10 





1 P 



ll 2 



9 7 



8 a 





i s 



2.. 



1 7 3 





I W 



1 8» 



1 7* 



1 4 5 



1 0» 



v- 



3.. 



1 6 2 





2 4 7 



2 3 3 



2 V 



1 11< 



1 6« 





4.. 



1 5 1 





2 1* 



2 6-> 



2 a* 



2 3 



1 11 



2 6 





1 5« 





2 8 



2 6' 



2 5 7 



3 3» 



2 00 





6.. 



1 5« 



s 



2 7 



•i 5» 



2 4 s 



2 1" 



1 9 3 



2 7 





1 6* 



2* 



2 4 s 



2 2 



1 ll 7 



1 V 



7« 



S> 



8.. 



1 7 s 



9 



1 11 



1 3» 









2 T 



9.. 



1 8^ 



1 8* 









2" 









TABLE OF OFFSETS, 13FT. BOAT. 



00 



a 



Heights.' 





Half-Breadths. 





o 



















1 



















55 



Deck. 



Keel. 



Deck. 



Nb.l. 



No. 2. 



No. 3. 



No. 4. 



Keel. 



0.. 



1 5* 





l 



1 







1.. 



1 3 s 





9« 



8 3 





G 



4 s 



1 



2.. 



1 2i 





1 4« 



1 3 



1 P 



1 



9* 



P 



8.. 



1 K 





1 8 T 



1 7" 



1 6 6 



1 5 



1 P 



P 



4.. 



1 0* 





1 10 4 



1 10 



19 



1 7 J 



1 I s 



1' 



5. 



1 0* 





1 IP 



1 10 3 



1 9* 



1 8 



1 5 3 



2 



6.. 



1 0" 



1 



1 10 s 



1 9* 



1 8< 



1 6° 



1 S' 



2 



7.. 



1 P 



1' 



1 8= 



1 7 



1 5- 



1 l 7 



!r> 





8.. 



1 V 



6* 



1 



1 U' J 









1' 



9.. 



1 2 s 



1 2" 









V 















Those not familiar with the tables will find their use fully de- 

 scribed in "Canoe and Boat Building for Amateurs," page 22. The 

 tables are carefully prepared to the outside of the planking, but 

 the lines should be laid down full size on a floor, as described in 

 "Canoe and Boat Building for Amateurs," and accurately faired 

 before the moulds are made. Small errors are apt to creep in 

 which are greatly magnified in working from a small to a large 

 scale, and these are best rectified in a full-sized drawing before 

 proceeding to the woodwork. The fractions given in the tables, 

 as previously explained, are all eighths of an inch; thas, 1 3 8 sig- 

 nifies one foot three inches and six-eights, or three-quarter, inch. 



The scantling for the larger boat will be: Keel of oak, thick 

 and 5in. wide: stem of hackmatack or oak knee, sided :h'n - ; stern- 

 post, oak, lx2iu.; scag, yellow pine, lin. thick; planking, cedar, 

 %in., the garboard %mr. deck, cedar or white pine, ^in. scant; 

 coaming, oak, %\n.; deck beams, 1J4XU4; rlDS ' lXj&n., spaced 9in. 

 A clamp, 2A%iu. at middle, tapering to l^x&in. at ends, will be 

 run inside from the bow to the bulkhead, being riveted through 

 the ribs and upper streak. It should be set so far below the gun- 

 wale as to allow the deck beams to rest on it. A solid chock 

 should be fitted in place of a breast-hook at the bow, below the 

 deck and on top of these clamps. The after bulkhead will be of 

 lin. pine or spruce. The well for the centerboard will have head- 

 ledges b b of oak, lx2in., with bed pieces, also of oak, 3i^in. deep 

 and lJ4in. thick, the sides above being of lin. clear white pine, 



The keel is %\n. extreme thickness, but it may be tapered begin- 

 ning at station 5 and reducing it to M'm. at the after end, so that 

 it will bend more easily. It will be thicker than the garbcards, 

 but when the planking is completed the bottom will be planed 

 down on the edges to meet the latter. 



The smaller boat will have keel %in. thick, stem sided IJ^m., 

 ribs %X%in. spaced Sin., planking $in., deck %in., coaming %m. 

 scant, deckbeams lin. wide and lj^in. deep, headledges lj£x?4in., 

 bedpieces 3xlMin. In construction, the keel is first laid on the 

 stocks and the stem is got out aud fitted. A mould is made for 

 every station, see "Canoe and Boat Building," that for station 8 

 being carefully beveled and fitted, as it is to remain permanently 

 as a bulkhead." A mould is now made of common stuff to fit the 

 upward curve of the keel from station 5 to the stern, and is set up 

 on the stocks, the keel beingshored down into place. The moulds, 

 eight in number including the bulkhead, will then be set in place. 

 Only half as many moulds would be used by a regular builder, 

 but the amateur will find the work easier if he has plenty of 

 moulds. The shape of the stern is given by t wo pieces // termed 

 quarter timbers. These need be only of lin. pine or spruce. They 

 must be marked out from the lines on the floor and carefuUy 

 beveled. They are screwed to the keel and also to the bulkhead, 

 being let into the latter. 



A number of ribbands of oak or yellow pine, with clear, straight 

 grain are now run round the moulds, about six on each side. The 

 ribs are now planed up, steamed, and bent into place, being held 

 by a nail partly driven through each ribband. Each rib is long 

 enough to lap the full width of the garboard, the two tha': go to 

 make a frame lying side by side where they cross. When the ribs 

 are all in and fastened permanently to the keel and temporarily 

 to the ribbands, the lower ribband on each side is taken off, the 

 garboard got out and set. The next ribband is then removed and 

 another plank set and so until the boat is planked. The piece o 



