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sails are of lOoz. duck, the halliards of Win. manilla, and the 

 sheets of lj^m. 



The Witch is used mainly for sailing and racing about Marble- 

 head, and is fitted accordingly, having a flush deck and a large 

 cockpit aft. As her depth of hull is only moderate she has little 

 cabm room without a trunk of any kind; but such a boat can have 

 very good accommodations, if desired. The draft of the Witch 

 is now as given above, but the draft as shown in the plan is as 

 originally designed; she has since been trimmed to draw 4ft. lOin. 

 bho has raced m the Beverly, Corinthian and other clubs since 

 she first came out in 1881, her record being; 1884, 8 starts, 3 firsts, 1 

 second; 1885, la starts, 3 firsts, 1 second and 1 third; 1880,12 starts, 

 8 firsts. The cost of the Witcn was about $1,200 complete. 



LAKE ONTARIO. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I was much amused by reading the following in a recent issue 

 of the New York Herald: 



"Mi- J - knelling, of this city, is fitting out the racing sloop Norah, 

 of Belleville, Ont. The Norah will be remembered as an antagonist 

 of the sloop Atahuita on the lakes. She has been lengthened some 

 5ft. on the waterline by Capt. Cuthbert, who threatens to bring 

 rpV 1 ' here next summer as a competitor of the challenging yacht 



If tins jolly captain, who is an excellent talker, made the state- 

 ment attributed to him, he must have been in a a facetious mood; 

 but lest some of the "sloop cranks" might fear another descent 

 upon the custodians of the Cup by a sloop engineered by Captain 

 I uthbert, let me assure them that there is no such danger in store 

 for them, and for these reasons: First, Capt, Cuthbert does not 

 now, and never will control the Norah. Secondly, the yacht is too 

 small to race with the slightest chance of success against such 

 craft as have defended the Cup, being under 80ft. waterline; and 

 finally, the owner of the Norah is niffc a racing man, but keeps his 

 yacht tor the pleasure and use of his family and himself, and only 

 ahows her to race at home and at Kingston. The Norah will, 

 however, be a very handsome and very speedy craft this season, 

 and 1 shall not be surprised to see her win whenever she races. 



The second class boat which ex-Commodore Rov had under 

 way and which he sold, when obliged to remove to an inland 

 town, to Montreal parties, is rapidly nearing completion; but as 

 her outfit will be poor she will not do justice to herself until a 

 better is given to her. 



A deep draft sloop of about 22ft, waterline is being built at 

 Hamilton for Mr. Geo. Webster, of that city, an old and experi- 

 enced yachtsman. She is to be named St. Elmo. The cutter 

 VV histlewing, of Hamilton, is having two tons of ballast trans- 

 ferred from inside to outside, which change will make an im- 

 provement in her. 



The change in classification proposed by a Toronto correspond- 

 ent of your journal, namely, to put the largest of the first class 

 yachts ou the lakes into a class by themselves, drawing the line 

 at say o0ft,_ sailing length, is a good one, and the reasons which he 

 advanced m support of it are undeniable; but if the smaller 

 boats m the first class, such as White Wings, Cygnet, Whistle- 

 wiug, Verve, Gen. Garfield, and others, were to be* formed into a 

 second class, and our present second class reduced to third class, 

 thus forming an additional class, the difficulty with some of the 

 classes would be m raising a sufficient sum of money to divide up 

 among so many classes. 



The result would assuredly be smaller prizes and fewer of them, 

 and probably fewer entries. However, as our yachtsmen gener- 

 ally race more for the love of sport than for the" money that they 

 win— which, at the best, usually falls short of paying their ex- 

 penses—the experiment ought, in justice to all concerned, to be 

 given a trial. 



The rumor has been received that the famous iron sloop Mis- 

 chief, which successfully defended the America's Cup in 1881, has 

 been purchased by .Messrs. Sackett, of Cape Vincen*, and will be 

 brought to Lake Ontario. I doubt the truth of the report. Manv 

 there are among our lake yachtsmen, however, who would o- a 

 long way to see the Atalanta fight her battle over again with "the 

 iron pot." 



If the little Puritan, which is being built for Mr. A. Ames, of 

 Oswego, at Boston, is not a tub in model she ought to beat the 

 fight weights folanthe and Laura, which are very close together 

 in point ot speed, and win the championship of the second class, as 

 it at present exists. Pout Tine 



Belleville, Ont., March 11. 



BUILDING NOTES. 



T , A ^ LEY ^ S0N have tne keel Doa t fcr Mr. C. F. Adams 

 ±J all caulked and finished outside and the decks laid. She 

 is to be cutter-rigged with H% tons of lead on her keel. The 

 frames are of oak, sided 8r>. aijd spaced 12in. with galvanized 

 floors at every frame. The planking is l^in. yellow nine. Mr 

 Ames s centerboard boat is also planked, with mm. vellow pine, 

 and the deck beams are laid, the frames are moulded 3 1-5 and 

 l%m. and. sided 2m., the spacing being 12&4in. She will have a lead 

 keel ot about i% tons. The firm are also at work on a new catboat 

 from Mr. Burgess's design, for Mr. W. G. Saltonstalf, a center- 

 board boat with a lead keel; 20ft. l.w.l., 9ft. beam, and with an 

 overhang aft of 3ft, 6in. Mr. Mowry's steam yacht is nearly com- 

 pleted and the noiler is at hand ready to go in pUce. 



Mr. Martin is busy with the cutter for Mr. Wilbur E. Cummings, 

 80ft. over all, 2ott. l.w.l., i)ft, beam and 5ft, 2in. draft, with 5,70U1d« 

 of ir..n m the keel. 



• Woo K d Bros, have finished for Mr. George E. Whitney an open 

 launch o,ft, 5m long and 8ft. beam, ana are at work on another. 



W . B. Smith has nearly finished the cutter for Mr. Holt, ana has 

 laid down a catboat from a model by Captain Crocker 



Mr. J. Borden, Jr., of the Bosion \acht Agencv, has lately 

 designed a cruising boat for Dr. F. C. Reilly, of New York, to be 

 21ft. over all, 18ft. (5m. l.w.l., 8ft, beam and 2ft, Bin. draft. She will 

 be yawl rigged, with a large mainsail and a small mizzen and a 

 pb on a steel bowsprit. Mr. Borden has also designed a catboat 

 tor Mr. V. H. Beserick, which v\ ill be built by Nichols, of South 

 Boston. She will be 21tt. over all, 9ft. beam, and 2ft, draft. 



Mr. Win. Eddy, of rdarblehead, builder of the Witch whose 

 lines are gi ven this week, will build a similar yacht of his own 

 design for Mr. Jas. Mullett. She will be 27ft. over all 22ft Gin 

 Lw.l., and oft. 2m. draft. Mr. Eddy is also at work refitting the 

 Eugenia, 



About New York the Titania is in frame and three streaks of 

 plating are laid, and work is going on rapidly with the Shamrock. 

 ... . Messrs. Poillon will soon begin a sloop for Commodore Henry 

 Pierson Jersey City \ . C from a model by Mr. Phillip Ellsworth. 

 She will be 40ft. over all, 3oft. fiin. l.w.l., 14ft, beam and -ft. 3in 

 draft, with 6 tons of insiae ballast. It is also reported that Mr. 



CT ^f 1 ' agu 1 e wlU bmld a slo °P .from Mr. Ellsworth's model, for 

 the Clara class. ... At Islip, L. 1., Mr. Alonzo E. Smith is buildirg 

 a centerboard sloop for the second class, for Mr. C. A. Cuppia, of 

 New York. 



CRUISING.— Magnolia, steam yacht, was last reported at 

 Nassau, on Feb. 27, from Key West. . . .Lurline, steam yacht, Mr. 

 J. M. Waterbury. called at Savannah, Ga., on March 5. on her 



sailing the same day for 

 Cuba. She arrived at Santiago de Cuba on March 1, having 

 called at Port Royal on the way. Shortly after her arrival a boat 

 from a Spanish gunboat capsized in the harbor and her crew were 

 rescued by a boat from the Alva. On March 10 she arrived at 

 Nassau, sailing on March 14, for Brunswick, G a. ...Rex a, steam 

 yacht, Mr. P. Lorrillard, left Key West on March 8, and arrived 

 at Jacksonville on March 12.... Gleam, steam yacht, Mr. T H 

 Garrett, was at New York on March 8, on her wav from Newport 

 to Baltimore, bhe will have a new boiler before the season opens. 

 Namouna, steam yacht, Mr. J. G. Bennett, arrived at Calcutta 

 from Bombay on Feb. 24. 



ATLANTIC Y.C.— At the annual meeting of the Atlantic Y.C 

 on March 14. the following officers were elected: Coin., F C 

 Swan; Vice-Corn., John Cartridge; Rear-Corn.. N. D. Lawtom 

 Recording Secretary. Paul H. Jeannot; Corresponding Secretary 

 J. L. Marcellus; Measurer, George W. McWulty; Treasurer 

 Richard C. Field; Trustees, Stephen l^oines, Chairman, and J r' 

 Maxwell, William Peet, N. D. Lawton, A. H. Parrington and W.' 

 H. Thomas, Jr. ; Committee on Membership, William W 

 Richards, Thomas L. Arnold and Henry Earll; Regatta Commit- 

 tee, Charles F. Price, George W. Chauneev and Henry B Howeil 

 The Sailing Regulations were amended, by the adoption of the 

 classification lately proposed by the Fobest and Stream for 

 single stick yachts 75ft. and over, 05, 50, 48, 41, 35, 30 and 26 The 

 schooners were divided at under and over 75ft. The courses were 

 also changed, the finish being at Buov 15 instead of at Bay Ridge 

 Five members were elected. 



MAYFLOWER AND SACHEM.— Mr. Burgess will probably 

 arrange to have Mayflower sail for England about June 1, which 

 will make her too late for the Jubilee race. It is now probable 

 that Sachem will also go across and will race in British waters 

 this season. 



