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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. U, 1887. 



CANOES VS. SAILING BOATS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Pictures speak sometimes louder than wcrds. for which reason I 

 add the inclosed sketch, to the discussion of canoes vs. sailboats, 

 believing that it will illustrate one of the reasons why a broad 

 canoe is better than a toothpick one. The drawings are all made 

 to one scale and are accurate. All four boats have the same water- 

 line length, but vary in beam and depth, viz.: 



Canoe. Ducker. Tiickup. Hiker. 



Beam 31^ 48 54 £6 



Deoth 11 13 14 16 



Sail area, square feet 95 112 177 432 



Whatever advantage is given in the drawings is in favor of the 

 canoe. Last year there was only one canoe on the Delaware River 

 that carried 95 sq. ft. of sail— it went out three times and upset 

 twice, so that 95 sq. ft. is certainly the maximum amount of sail 

 for it. With the duTkers, however, there are two on the river 

 that have carried 150ft. for several seasons, but as 112ft. is the 

 usual rig, and ducker men are usually men who have graduated 

 out of hikers and are satisfied to take things cool, the larger sails 

 have not become fashionable. 



The tuckup could swing 300 sq. ft. if desired, but the clubs limit 

 sails to 56ft. length of hoi trope and that restrains them within 

 limits. 



The hiker is unlimited as to sail, with the result shown; to keep 

 a hiker right side up requires nearly as much ingenuity and is 

 quite as great strain on the mind as to prevent a canoe turning 

 turtle. 



We have a new canoe club at Gloucester, organized in December. 



C. L. W. 



A GOOD IDEA IN TENT BUILDING. -A new tent, invented 

 by Capt. Newburgh-Steward, R. N., is described by Land and 

 Water as follows: "The novelty consists in the manner in which 

 the gallant sailor has avoided the necessity of anything like sticks 

 or poles, or even tent pins, and the economy in space aud weight 

 thus effected. The framework of the tent is composed of eight 

 ribs, or laths, of American elm, which are socketed together at 

 the top. A staple is fitted in at the point of junction, and the tent 

 is skillfully stayed in either of two ways. Either a rope is passed 

 through the staple and threaded through a double galvanized iron 

 block, secured by an ingeniously simple and holding staple of 

 Capt. Newburgh-Stewart's invention, which is let into the center 

 of the floor of the tent and hauled taut, till the ribs of the tent 

 bend into the beehive shape so commonly seen in gipsy encamp- 

 ments, or a weight is suspended from this rope, which has the 

 same effect. In this last case the advantage is obvious. Travel- 

 ing in a desert, where there would be no hold for the staples, pins, 

 or stays, an empty bag, of no weight to carry, may be used and 

 filled with sand, after it is suspended, until the required strain is 

 attained. The particular tent I saw was beautifully made of an 

 extra stout unbleached duck. The doors and windows are a vast 

 improvement upon those of the older types. They are oval aper- 

 tures cut in the tent and fitted with blinds working up and down 

 within canvas doublings, like those in use in railway carriages, 

 which effectually close tiiem. Time, weight and space Capt. New- 

 burgh-Stewart economizes." 



DRAWBRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS. — Editor 

 Forest and Stream: I have been frequently compelled to go ashore 

 while canoeing and unship masts while coming to a drawbridge 

 by the bridge-tenders refusing to open the bridge, saving that 

 "them little fellows (canoes) aint got no right to make us open the 

 draw." They seem to draw the line somewhere between a ducker 

 and canoe. Can you give me any information regarding our 

 status in the different States?— Iakthe. LA search through the 

 laws of iNew York and New Jersey disclosed no reference to ob- 

 struction by drawbridges, but no such obstruction of the navi- 

 gable waters of the United States is permitted by the 

 laws of the United States, and no discrimination is 

 made as to the size of the boat. Bridge-tenders, as a rule, 

 are averse to opening for small boats, but an application to head- 

 quarters will sometimes prove effective, as the law is on the side 

 of the boat. Perhaps some of our readers who have had experi- 

 ence in the matter can give further information.] 



CANOEING PROSPECTS. -A correspondent in Dubuque writes 

 that they have seven canoes and more in prospect for the spring. 

 Some of the canoeists will visit Ballast Island in July. Mr. Rush- 

 ton has just received an order for eleven open canoes from Dav- 

 ton, Ohio, and one Mohican No. 1 from Cincinnati. He is now 

 busy on an order for fifty Douglas canvas boats for Squires, and 

 up to Feb. 18, the month's orders are in excess of those for the 

 same time last year. 



A NEW FOLDING OUTRIGGER.— Thos. Laughlin & Son, of 

 Portland, Me., have just introduced a new outrigger and row-lock 

 for canpes and boats that may be folded inboard when not in use. 



Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Put). Co. 



FIXTURES. 



March. 

 Mat, 

 June. 



25. Cor. Club, Marblehead. 

 25, Oswego, jLadies' Day. 

 July. 



5. Ocean Race, Start. 



28. Oswego Cruise. 



9. N. Y., Annual, N. Y. 

 18. Hull Peun., Hull. 



2. Beverly, Open, Mon. Beach. 16. Cor. Cham. Marblehead. 



2. Hull, Penn., Hull. 18-31. InterJakc, Put-in-Bav. 



4. Beverly. Cham., Mon. Beach. 20. Hull, Ladies' Dav. 



9. Hull, Club Cruise. 23. Beverly, Cham,,' Nahant. 



9. Beverly, Cham., Marblehead. 30. Beverlv. Cham., Mon. Beach. 

 16. Beverly, Sweep, Mon. Beach. 30. Hull, Ciham., Hull. 

 16. Hull, Cham., Hull. 30. Cor. Open, Marblehead. 



August. 



6. Beverly, Chain. .Swanipseott. 20. Beverlv, Open. Marblehead. 

 13. Beverly, Cham., Mon. Beach. 27. Beverly, Open, Mnu. Beach. 

 13. Hull, Open, Hull. 30. Hull, Cham., Hull. 



15. Cor. Ladies' Race, Marble- 30. Cor. Cham., Marblehead. 

 head. 



S-EI*T E AI BER. 



10. Beverly, Sweep., Mon. Beach. 17. Cor. Sweep., Marblehead. 

 10, Cor. Cham., Marblehead. 



THE OCEAN YACHT RACE. 



ON Feb. 16 Messrs. Colt and Bush met at the New York Y. C, 

 and in their presence the following agreement was drawn up 

 by the secretary, Mr. J. H. Bird: 



"R. T. Bush, owner of the Coronet, and C. H. Colt, owner of the 

 Dauntless, with respect to the terms and conditions of the ocean 

 race between their respective boats, agree as follows: The vachts 

 will start from Owl's Head at 1 P. M., on March 5, 1S87, provided 

 the Coronet can be got ready by that time. If she cannot be got 

 ready by that date, then the start will take place at as early a day 

 thereafter as possible from the same place, and at the same hour. 

 The regatta committee of the New York Y. C. will signal the start. 

 The yachts may carry any sails at will. The Dauntless will burn 

 a blue signal light at night, and the Coronet will burn a red signal 

 light at night in presence of passing vessels. The finish will be off 

 Roche's Point, Cork harbor, when the light thereon bears east 

 southeast (magnetic). The yacht Coronet in crossing the finish 

 line will fire five guns in quick succession, and immediately there- 

 after discharge three red rockets, one perpendicularly, one due 

 east and one due west; and the yacht Dauntless at the finish will 

 fire three guns in quick succession, and immediately thereafter 

 discharge three blue rockets, one perpendicularly, one due east 

 and one due west. The sum of $10,0(10 each shall be deposited bv 

 the giving of a certified oheck to the order of F. W. J. Hurst, 

 treasurer of the New York Y. C, between the first and the fourth 

 days of March, 1887, the entire amount of which, less the expenses 

 of the judges' boat, shall be paid by him to the winner upon the 

 receipt by him of definite knowledge to his satisfaction of the re- 

 sult of the race. The start shall not be made unless the wind is 

 westerly or tending thereto. The oiler of the Royal Cork Y. C.to 

 judge at the finish is accepted with thanks bv both parties." 

 Dated New- York, Feb. 16, 1887. 

 In presence of John H. Bird. 



• (Signed) R, T. Bush. 



Caldwell H. Colt. 

 Some discussion lias arisen over the question of signals, and at 

 Mr. Bush's suggestion the yachts will display the club signal, a 

 green, red and green Coston light at night, Dauntless burning a 

 blue light immediately after and Coronet a red one. It is also 

 stated that rockets can only be used as danger signals under the 

 English law, and so the signals at the finish must be changed. 



The Dauntless has been lowered from the screwdoek where she 

 has been refit ted under the direction of Capt. Samuels, who will 

 command her. Some six tons of lead have been removed from in- 

 side and cast in the keel at various places. Eight spaces have 

 been cut in the wooden keel and filled with lead. As the boat has 

 been lightened a shoe 6in. deep has been added. Her copper has 

 been well cleaned and repaired and the topsides are newlvpaihted. 

 The masts have been shortened 5ft. and the topmasts lengthened 

 as much, while the jibboom is 3ft. shorter. Masts and spars have 

 been thoroughly scraped and varnished, the rigging has all been 

 removed and put in perfect order at Mr. Low's loft before being 

 replaced, and Mr. Sawyer has gone over all the sails. The topmast 

 and jibbooms are sp fitted as to be quickly housed, Coronet has 



been at Poillon's yard, where Capt. Crosby has had charge of her 

 fitting out. She also will have some ballast transferred to her 

 keel, about 15 tons of iron being removed from inside and 8 tons of 

 lead cast in the keel. The foremast has had 4ft. cut off the heel. 

 The bowsprit is strengthened with a truss, two wire ropes passing 

 from heel to outboard end. and over iron struts set over the stem. 

 She has not hauled out yet and may not be ready by March 5, in 

 which case the start will he postponed until she is ready for sea. j 



NOTES PROM THE DELAWARE. 



THE Southwark Y. C. has had trouble for a long time on ac- 

 •,r-^, count of no water at low tide at their headquarters foot of 

 Mifflin street, and are agitating for a removal to better quarters. 

 Any place would be an improvement over Pitt wharf. 



The owners of club houses at Gloucester have been annoyed 

 lately by a thief who has broken into three houses. A short time 

 ago the owners held a meeting, formed the Edgewater Protective 

 Association, appointed a watchman, and offered rewards for the 

 apprehension of the thieves, and since then no further trouble has 

 occurred. 



The water front for nearly a mile at Gloucester is covered with 

 boat houses. There is no other city in America that can show 

 such a front, and it is well worth inspection by visiting yachts- 

 men. 



The Quaker City Y. C. held its eleventh annual meeting at 1227 

 Chestnut street, followed by a banquet given bv the newly elected 

 officers at Rudolph's. The officers elected were : Chas. E. Ellis, 

 Commodore; Thomas S. Manning, Vice-Commodore ; William H. 

 Mickle, Rear-Commodore : William H. Vallette, President ; S. B. 

 S. Barth, Secretary ; William S. Hoffman, Corresponding Secre- 

 tary ; Joseph J. Arbelo. Treasurer; Rufus G. Wilkins, Measurer; 

 Prof. W. J. McConnell, Fleet Surgeon. The new Board of Trustees 

 are Robert P. Thompson, Alfred Box , Samuel A. Wood and 

 Oswald McAllister. Regatta Committee. William J. Thorman, 

 A. F. Bancroft and Chas. L. Wilson. The new constitution was 

 adopted after some little argument, except the clause relating to 

 time allowance, which was referred back to the committee. Some 

 few fossils are trying to do away with time allowance altogether, 

 hut the progressive members will win and a modern table of 

 allowances will he adoptsd eventually. The secretary reported 

 that 31 new members had been received in the past year, making 

 105 members on the roll. After this, to use the general objector's 

 words, the deadwood was cut out, leaving the club with only 

 active members in full sympathy with it. Three new yachts were 

 enrolled, the steam yacht Volante, Alfred Box, owner; first class 

 sloop Vesper, R. S. Nickerson, owner; third class sloop Gretchen, 

 Chas. L. Work, owner, making 37 yachts enrolled on the club list. 

 After adjournment the banquet was discussed with considerably 

 more vigor than any previous motion, to an accompaniment of a 

 gentle flow of wit from the president, ably seconded by the C. K. 

 (constitutional kicker). 



The yacht Volante, enrolled by Alfred Box, was formerly the 

 steam yacht Rosaline, owned for several years by Jay Gould in 

 your waters. Mr. Box has taken out the old Herreshoff boilers and 

 put in two new boilers of his own construction. They are coil 

 boilers with horizontally inclined tubes, and give him greatly in- 

 creased speed. She is now the speediest yacht on the river. 



C, L. W. 



THE JUBILEE RACES.-No further particulars of the pro- 

 posed races have been made knows, but the course announced by 

 the Royal Thames Y. C. has been generally criticised by English 

 yachtsmen as well as by Americans. Lt. Henn lias written 

 strongly against it, proposing the substitution of one of the fol- 

 lowing courses: From the Needles or other points in the English 

 Channel, to and around one of the Azores, distance about 2,300 

 miles. Round the Bcrlengas Islands, off the coast of Portugal, 

 and back, distance about 1,700 miles. Round the Fastnet Rock, 

 Cape Clear, Ireland, and hack, distance between 700 and 800 miles. 

 As no final arrangements have yet been made, it is to be hoped 

 that the R. T. Y. C. will decide to change the course for a fairer 

 one. An English yachtsman writes to the Field as follows: "As 

 an old member of the R. T. Y. C, and having sailed round Great 

 Britain in my own yachts sixteen or seventeen times, I am desir- 

 ous of adding my testimony to that of Mr. Frank Willan as to the 

 inexpediency of choosing such a course for a sailing match. So 

 uncertain would be the result, that the owners of the yachts com- 

 peting might as well draw lots before, the start for the possession 

 of the prize.— W. Obd Marshall (Algiers)." 



NEW YACHTS FOR THE DELAWARE.- EMor Forest and 

 Stream: I am in receipt of some fine views of Mr. Wm. Howell's 

 cutter, built by Collins, Cooper's Point. She is full blooded in 

 form, and is receiving a thorough cutter rig at Cramp's yard. 

 Doctor Howell, though approving his son's choice, adheres to the 

 yawl rig especially for cruising. "When we make changes we do 

 not expect to fully realize our anticipations. But when the re- 

 sults are in excess as in the Sea Gull (yawl) then indeed we have 

 cause to rejoice. I put her to a crucial test last year on the coast 

 in as bad weather as I ever experienced, and I could not have 

 wished her to do better," said the Doctor with some warmth. 

 After she has been altered forward she will closely resemble a 

 low-bilged cutter, and will perform even better than now. The 

 Minerva, of Trenton, has had four feet taken off her mast, and 

 gaff proportionately increased. More lead Will be placed on bot- 

 tom. Commodore Charles Ellis will probably give Mr. Burgess an 

 order for a 70ft. sloop. In that event Mr. Coiburn, owner of the 

 Venitzia, will, no doubt, vote strongly for a suitable time allow- 

 ance.— R. G. Wilkins. 



CRUISING.— Mr. Waterbury's steam yacht Lurline made the 

 run from Sandy Hook to Beaufort, N. C, in 32 hours, arming on 

 Feb. 18, and stopping for coal before proceeding to St. John's 



River. On Feb. 19 she sailed for Savannah Wanderer, 



schooner, (Mr. Geo. W. Weld, left New Bedford on Feb. 18 for 



Bermuda and the West Indies Norma, steam yacht, is fitting 



out at South Brooklyn for a cruise to Florida Magnolia, steam 



yacht, arrived at Key West from Fcrnandiua on Feb. 18, and on 

 the same day the Sans Peur, steam yacht, left Key West for a 



cruise along the coast Schooner Helen, Mr. Chas D. AliddLton, 



arrived at St. Augustine, Fla., on Feb. 13. Should the cruise not 

 be changed her southern objective point will be Cuba. 1 he owner 

 is very much pleased with the trip and the way his ship behaves 

 and expects the log to make a good showing on the return to Phil- 

 adelphia. The run will he off shore. 



OSWEGO Y. C— A hard rubber button is being introduced to 

 take the place of the brass button which, although it has never 

 been officially adopted, has found its place in every buttonhole in 

 the club. Mr. Burgess's new design for a 38ft. racing sloop for 

 ex-Vice-Commodore Ames, is the sensation of the day; she is 

 being built by Lawley, and it is expected that the long, uninter- 

 rupted series of victories that has fallen to the Canadians will be 

 abruptly terminated when the small Puritan flaps her wings as 

 she rounds the home flag. The Ariadne is for sale; Mr. Sackett 

 wants a larger craft.— K. G. 



WORK AT CITY ISLAND.— The name of Titania has been 

 chosen for Mr. Iselin's steel boat. The material is now on the 

 ground, the frames are bent and punched, the keel laid and the 

 eenterboard trunk nearly completed. The stem is bent and drilled, 

 and as a number of men are at work the frames will soon be in 

 place. Mr. Burgess is to visit City Island this week and inspect 

 the work. Cinderella has been launched from the railway and 

 now lies afloat in the basin. The new timbers are in place in the 

 Palmer, and her bottom is being replanked with oak. 



A NEW CATBOaT.— Thomas Fearon, of Yonkers, N. Y., has 

 now in frame a catboat 28ft. over all, 25ft. waterline and 12ft. 

 beam, to draw 2ft. She will have a cabin house about 7ft. in 

 length, cockpit and corupanionway to be_ finished in mahogany; 

 she will steer 'with a wheel and be fitted with one of Mr. Fearon's 

 patent reefing booms. Those who delight in good workmanship 

 would be pleased with this craft. She is building for Mr. R. 

 Underbill, of sloop Adelaide. 



ALVA— On Feb. 15 the Alva left the foot of Sixty-fifth street. 

 North River, N. Y., and steimed down the bay bound on a short 

 cruise to Bermuda and the West Indies. She anchored off Tomp- 

 kinsville over night and passed cut to sea about 7 A. M. on Feb. 

 16. Besides her owner and his wife and children, were Messrs. W. 

 S. Hoyt, Gould Redmond, F. O, Beach and Dr. E. L. Keyes. The 

 crew number 55 all told. 



ICE YACHTING.— The North Shrewsbury f. Y. C. has chal- 

 lenged for the pennant won by the Jack Frost, and a race will be 

 sailed soon. The following races are now to be sailed as soon as 

 the weather permits, for the Edwards challenge pennant, and for 

 four silver prises presented by Judge Gildersleeve, of New York. 

 A proposition has been made to form an association of all the 

 clubs in the Hudson River.. 



THE BRETAGNE.— We learn from private advises that Mr. 

 Henri Say's fine steam yacht is offered for sale- It will be remem- 

 bered that she is an American built vessel, being built in Balti- 

 more in 1881. Her length is 240ft. and beam 32ft. 6in., and she is 

 bark rigged. Her equipments and furnishings are of unusual 

 elegance. 



NAMOUNA.— The Namouna, with Mr. Bennett and a party of 

 friends on board, was at Aden on Feb. 4, en route for Bombay. 



