ov 1887.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



ROWING AND SAILING BOAT. Designed and Built by E. A. Leopold, Norristown, Pa. 



yellow pine, mizen in ast of white pine. The mainsail is fitted to 

 reef to a lateen hy means of a jaw at B on the Doom, so placed 

 that no change of the halliard is necessary. The batten is fitted 

 with cleats O. 0, 0, C, of spring brass, with a single reef point 

 opposite each. The boom is lifted, a reef point made fast by one 

 turn about the cleat, then the boom is shifted until the second 

 jaw engages the mast. The other reef points may then be made 

 fast at leisure, though in a short squall the jib is dropped, the 

 mainboom made fast by but one reefpoint, and shifted to set by 

 the inner jaw. The mizen is never reefed. In making the sails 

 the spars were bent to position on the floor and the shape marked, 

 then the stuff, a single width of sheeting, was cut and sewn. The 

 weather grip, adopted after many experiments, is 3ft. 7in. on top, 

 2ft. on bottom and l^in. deep, being immersed lOin. The top edge 

 is thick, bottom J4in. The distance from side is 2ft. 4in. and 

 the immersed area 295sq. in. A keel has also been added, 4in. deep 

 in all, of which the lower half is lead, 251bs. The area of keel is 

 335sq.in., or with grip 630sq.in. The grip is hung from the sockets 

 for the rowlocks by two crosspieces of wood in the form of an X, 

 rivetted where they cross and also to the top of the grip. The 

 boat does not point as close as some of her competitors, but goes 

 enough faster to make up for it, making sometimes five tacks to 

 their four. 



The table of offsets is as follows, both ends being exactly alike: 



Stations. 



Deck, 

 Height. 



Half-Breadths. 



Deck. 



No. 1. 



No. 2. 



No. 3. 



No. 4. 



and 12 



1 8 



o* 



01 



1 







land 11 



1 5 3 



5« 



32 



2 4 



1« 



- or 



2 and 10 



1 3 3 



9" 



7 2 



6 



45 



2 s 



3 and 9 



1 2 



1 6 



ll 2 



10 



8" 



5 2 



4 and 8 



1 1 



1 3 



1 2 1 



1 l 2 



11° 



8 s 



5 and 7 



1 2 



1 43 



1 4 



1 3 3 



1 2 2 



ll 7 



6 



1 



1 5 



1 4« 



1 41 



1 3 



1 0° 



Some particulars concerning the club and its boats were given 

 in our last issue. 



GALATEA AS A SEABOAT. 



WE have received the following abstract of Galatea's log from 

 Lieut. Henn: 



Oct. 11. Weighed and proceeded from Bay Ridge toward Sandy 

 Hook. 3:30 P. M. took departure from Lightship; distance, 1}4 

 miles. 



Oct 



Course. 



Dis- 

 tance 



Wind. 



12.. 



S. 85 E. 



223 



N. N. W 



13.. 



N. 87 E. 



123 



W. N.W.to S.W. 



14.. 



N. 85 E. 



187 



S. S. W. to N. W. 



15.. 



N. 88 E. 



224 



W. N. W. to N... 



16.. 



N. 73 E. 



257 



N. to N. N.W.... 



17.. 



N. 68 E. 



110 



Northwesterly. . . 



18.. 



N. 74 E. 



92 



Calm to easterly. 



19.. 



S. 87 E. 



159 



E. toN.E 



20.. 



N. 78 E. 



197 



N. N. E. to N. E. 



21.. 



N. 68 E. 



136 



E.N.E. to East'ly 



22.. 



N. 45 E. 



142 



East 



23.. 



N. 74 E. 



151 



E. to S. E 



24,. 



N.68 E. 



196 



S. E. to S. by E... 



25.. 



N.45 E. 



67 



S. E. to S. S. E... 



26.. 



N. 74 E. 



127 



S. to W. S. W.... 



27.. 



East... 



209 





28.. 



S. 86 E. 



225 





29.. 



N. 85 E. 



200 



W. to S. W 



Fresh, sea smooth. 



Moderate to light. 



Moderate, sea smooth. 



Fresh, sea moderate, 

 j Strong, heavy squalls, sea 

 I rough. 



J Light; hove to 3 h. Fishing 

 1 Bank of Newfoundland. 



Heavy ground swell. 



Moderate. 



Fresh, head sea. 



Moderate, head swell. 



Moderate, sea do. 



Moderate, sea lumpy. 



Fresh, heavy head sea. 

 j Gale, heavy confused sea; 

 ) hove to 13 hours, 

 i Strong to light; hove to 

 1 2^ hours. 



Fresh, squally; high sea. 



Fresh, squally; high sea. 



Moderate to light. 



2:30 P. M., passed Roche's Point, Cork Harbor. Actual time 

 from Sandy Hook Lightship, 17 days, 18 hours, 30 minutes. At 3 

 A. M. sighted the Fastnet light, one point on lee bow, and passed 

 it at 6:00 A. M., the wind falling light all the time and petered out 

 after passing Roche's Point. Total distance sailed 3,023 miles; 

 close hauled and unable to lay course for nearly 1,000 miles. Hove 

 to 18 hours (15 hours in a gale). Ran 1,918 miles in 9 days, a dis- 

 tance equal to that of England to Malta. 



It will interest the many American friends of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Hen a to know that they have reached home safely, all hands on 

 board being well, down to the coon. The following extracts are 

 from a private letter, and not intended for publication, but they 

 serve to show what Galatea is as a seagoing vessel. Lieut. Henn 



writes: "We had one heavy gale from S.E., and had to lay to for 

 fiiteen hours, and though the ship behaved splendidly and made 

 good weather of it, the gale and the east wind which we had for 

 1,000 miles spoiled our run. The cutter was on her keel all the 

 time. During the last three days we were running before a strong 

 breeze and high following sea. The ship ran like a hare and 

 never shipped a drop of water, though it looked pretty awkward 

 at times, and I was getting the oil bags ready. We caught enough 

 cod and haddock to last all the way across, the cod weighing from 

 18 to 201bs. We are all well pleased with the ship's seagoing 

 qualities, she is without doubt the finest sea boat I have ever been 

 on board, easy, buoyant and dry; and to see her getting through 

 the heavy seas at a high speed was delightful. We never carried 

 away a rope yarn, and the fore scuttle was closed for only one 

 day." 



Galatea left Queenstown on Nov. 2, and reached Plymouth after 

 26 hours, being hove to for 3 hours in a very heavy gale, which she 

 weathered in good shape. 



YACHT BUILDING IN BOSTON.-Mr. Burgess has an order 

 for a design from Mr. John Stetson, a steam yacht, 115ft. on l.w.l., 

 a fast boat, with triple expansion engines and steel boiler. She 

 will be built of wood, probably at Bath, Me. Among his smaller 

 orders are the two 39ft. 6in. sloops for Messrs. James Means, of 

 Boston, and C. R. Flint, of Larchmont, both of which will be built 

 by the Lawleys. Of keels, Mr. Burgess has in hand a cruising 

 yacht, 62ft. l.w.l., 19ft, 6in. beam and 10ft. draft, of course with a 

 clipper stem; and also two 29ft, 6in. boats, one for Mr. C. S. Eaton. 

 This one will have 10ft. 2in. beam, 6ft. 9in. draft, a flush deck, and 

 will displace 11 tons, with 6)4 tons of lead on keel. A small cutter 

 of 19ft. 6in. l.w.l. has also been ordered by Mr. W. M. Jameson. 

 Mr. Burden's schooner will be 79ft. 6in. l.wl., 21ft. beam and lift, 

 draft, a centerboard boat, too. The timber is ready and the 

 moulds are now being made. The work on Grayling has been 

 nearly completed 27 tons being placed outside. The fisherman 

 will make her trial trip this week. Her ballast is partly iron and 

 partly copper dross. A race is talked of between her and the 

 pilot boat Hesper, to take place in the spring. Lawley & Son have 

 in hand the schooner for Com. Meers, and they will build a single- 

 sticker from the same lines for Mr. C. A. Welch. They have also 

 an order for a 28ft. l.w.l. yacht from the owner's designs. Smith 

 is busy with the new Speedwell, her keel of 37 tons being already 

 cast, a very large lump. Beside some repair work and alterations 

 on Mist, Posy, Barracuda and other boats, two new ones of 41 and 

 25ft. l.w.l. are in prospect. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C.-The first lecture of the season will 

 be held at the club house on Saturday next, the subject being— 

 "Hydrography History, Theory and Methods of Chart Making.' 



