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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 22, 1887. 



THE CRUISING CUTTER PILGRIM. 



TO the many readers of the Forest and Stream who have for 

 two seasons followed the little Pilgrim in her cruise along 

 the coast of New England, the accompanying plans will he of 

 more than usual interest; while to those who are looking forward 

 to similar pleasant excursions afloat they offer many valuable 

 suggestions. No doubt the model is capable of improvement, a 

 better boat in many respects may he produced on the same dimen- 

 sions, but in the Pilgrim we have a boat that has fulfilled the 

 actual requirements of three seasons' cruising on big waters in a 

 most satisfactory manner, in spite of the fact that a moderate 

 cost was kept in view along with the requirements demanded by 

 rough water cruising. The object of the owner, an old sailor, was 

 to secure the necessary accommodation for himself and his three 

 young boys in a boat that could be safely handled by such a crew 

 at all times, that could make long runs in coasting with perfect 

 safety and independence; and how thoroughly he and the builder 

 have succeeded is well told in the interesting log that has appeared 

 in our pages. Depending on himself and his young crew of lands- 

 men, with an extra crew at times, the owner, Dr. W. H. Winslow, 

 left Boston in August, 1885, and made his way as far east as Mount 

 Desert, returning to Boston by the middle of October. In the fol- 

 lowing season he left Boston in August, going over the same 

 course and spending some weeks about Mount Desert and Penob- 

 scot Bay, Anally laying the boat up in October. The Pilgrim was 

 designed and built in 1885, by E. L. Williams, of South Boston, 

 builder of the little cutter Mamie, whose lines have appeared in 

 our pages. As stated above, she was designed solely for cruising, 

 and her builder was limited to a certain amount. Her dimensions 

 are: 



Length overall 24ft. 



l.w.1 31ft. 3in. 



Beam, extreme 7ft. 2in. 



l.w.l 6ft. 9in. 



Draft 4ft. 6in. 



Least freeboard 1ft. 5in. 



Iron keel 33151bs. 



Iron, inside 8001bs. 



Lead, inside, added 1886 6001bs. 



Total ballast 47151bs. 



Mast from fore end, l.w.l 6ft. 9in. 



Deck to hounds 18ft. 3in. 



Head 2f t. 6in. 



Topmast, fid to hounds 14ft. 



Bowsprit outboard lift. 



Boom 23ft. 3in. 



Gaff 15ft. 



Topsail yard 16ft. 



Spinnaker boom 21ft. 6in. 



Area mainsail 312sq.ft. 



Staysail 63sq.ft. 



Jib 71sq.ft. 



Total, lower sails 446sq.ft. 



Working topsail 97sq.f t. 



Jibtopsail 60sq.ft. 



The designed waterline was but 20ft. 6in., and the draft 4ft. 3in., 

 but in her second season 6(J01bs. of lead was stowed as snugly as 

 possible among the iron ballast aft, trimming her by the stern to 

 a draft of 4ft. 6in., the draft forward being about the same, and 

 lengthening the waterline to 21ft. 3in. The boat is shown at this 

 new waterline in the drawings, bat the waterlines in the half- 

 breadth plan are as in the original design. At the same time that 

 this change was made the rig was altered by the substitution of a 

 topmast in place of the original pole mast, with a staysail and 

 yard topsail, but still the area is small for any purpose but cruis- 

 ing with a small crew or alone. The room inside, of which we 

 shall say more next week, is of course very limited, the headroom 

 of 4ft. 2in. is not enough where a man lives aboard for days, and 

 on the same length and beam it would be possible to deepen the 

 hull so as to give much more room in all ways in the cabin, while 

 the performance in rough water would be improved, the 

 additional draft of 6in. or even a foot being no detriment for such 

 work as the Pilgrim has done. This, however, and the substitution 

 of lead ballast, would have carried the cost far above the original 

 figure, and the owner's experience has been that he has obtained 

 a maximum of good qualities at a moderate cost. After two 

 seasons' cruising the Pilgrim was sold to be replaced by a larger 

 craft as soon as business permits another cruise. 



BURLINGTON Y. C.-Mr. W. S. Phelps has received a full set 

 of plans for a yawl or cutter, designed by Mr. Kunhardt. She is 

 32ft. 6in. on deck, including clipper overhang forward. Waterline, 

 24ft.; beam moulded, Oft. 2in.; draft, 5ft.; least freeboard, 2ft. Sin. 

 Displacement, 6 tons; ballast on keel, 5,0001bs, iron. Mast steps 

 6ft. from forward perpendicular, and is 23ft. 6in. long, deck to 

 hounds, with a 4ft. masthead in addition. Topmast 15ft., cap to 

 hounds. Mainboom, 20ft.; gaft, 17ft.; hoist of mainsail, 19ft. 

 Bowsprit beyond forward perpendicular is 13ft.; jib on foot, 17ft. 

 . 9in. The mizzenmast steps 20ft. abaft the mainmast, and is 14ft. 

 3in. deck to hounds; boom, 12ft.; gaff, 8ft. 3in., and hoist of sail 

 lift. There will be 5ft. lOin. height in cabin under a 12in. house, 

 and about 30in. floor. This is the fifth yacht of cutter model fur- 

 nished by Mr. K. since October. 



THE ENGLISH LENGTH CLASSES. — On Dec. 2, a conference 

 of half a dozen English yacht clubs was held at Southampton, at 

 which it was decided to adopt the Y. R. A. rating by length and 

 sail area, and to abolish the length classes. This will throw all 

 the length class boats, of great beam and depth, in with the nar- 

 row cutters of about the same length. The results of such racing 

 cannot fail to add much to the present knowledge of the value of 

 beam and depth. 



LENGTH AND SAIL AREA RULES.— The Engineer of Nov. 25 

 contains a very interesting paper on the rating of yachts ?»y an 

 anonymous contributor, who has expended much labor in the 

 preparation of a diagram shewing graphically the relations 

 between length, beam and sail area in the leading racers. 



SEAWANHAKA O. Y. C— The navigation class, under Captain 

 Howard Patterson, opened on Saturday night with 25 scholars. 

 After the class a supper of roast oysters and welsh rarebit,' pre- 

 pared by the members, was served in the kitchen of the club 

 house. 



NEW YACHTS FOR THE SECOND CLASS.-Besides the yacht 

 designed by Mr. A. Cary Smith for Mr. E. S. Auchincloss, which 

 will be to the full limit of the class, a model and design for a 

 centcrboard boat by Mr. Watson for a New York owner is now on 

 the way. 



WINTER CRUISING— Nonparielle, yawl, Mr. Sanford B. 

 Pomeroy, is now fitting out at the C. Y. C. basin for a cruise to 

 the West Indies. Montauk and Yampa will sail early in January, 

 and Gitana will sail from Boston about the same time. 



No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



H. B., Flatbush, N. Y.— We can supply them. 



E. D. B., New York.— Opinions differ. See letter from Mi- The- 

 odore Roosevelt in last issue. 



G. M., Newark.— Can quail be raised in a wire coop, and how 

 large should it be for a dozen? Ans. Yes. Cage should be at 

 least 6x8. Change the sand often. 



J. J. C, Philadelphia.— It is impossible for us to tell you who 

 owns the best St. Bernard dog and bitch, for we do not know. Ij 

 you want to buy, you will find good stock advertised in our adver- 

 tising columns. 



J. F. L., Salem, Neb. — I have heard prairie chickens hooting on 

 at least two occasions this fall; on the morning of the 17th was the 

 last. Is it common for them to hoot in the fall? I have never 

 noticed it before. The weather has been warm and dry for some 

 time. Ans. The hooting in fall is not very uncommon. RuJl'ed 

 grouse drum in fall and winter, and why should not the pinnated 

 grouse hoot. 



Snare, New York.— Myself and friend went on a shooting excur- 

 sion to Konkonkoma, Long Island, about a week ago, and found 

 quite a number of quail. While in the fields I destroyed a dozen 

 snares, all within a mile of the Waverly Gun Club grounds; and 

 when I was about to destroy another one, a farmer jumped out of 

 a thicket and told me if I destroyed it he would have me arrested, 

 I did not destroy it. Could he have had me arrested if I had 

 broken the snare, and what would have been the damage? Ans. 

 He could not have had you arrested for destroying the snare, and 

 he would not have done so. If you were trespassing on his posted 

 land he might have you arrested on that score. 



