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[April 28, 1887. 



had taken out his papers from a very moist portmanteau onboard, 

 but we adjourned to his lodgings and examined its contents at 

 leisure, for the crowd was a little too curious, and the cabin was 

 exactly the place for an interview. Every bit of paper was endued 

 with a romantic halo. There were all manner of mysterious 

 packets done up in scraps of old newspapers, certificates, mail 

 papers, note-books and photographs. But the log-book was the 

 most interesting item in the collection, for Capt. Nilson has had a 

 careful training, and his log-book has been kept in the most 

 minute manner. 



"In this voyage the crew was divided into two watches, the 

 captain taking the first four hours, the other two taking the next 

 four, and so on. They suffered much from want of sleep, the 

 longest spell being three days and three nights. It is remarkable 

 that they shipped a rat on board somewhere, and only got rid of 

 him after a long chase, driving him clean overboard. In the 

 tropics a huge shark followed them for a week, which was a little 

 uncomfortable, but it sheered off eventually. Capt. Nilson was 

 put to some queer shifts during his voyage. He had no chronome- 

 ter, and it was often difficult to take the sun, owing to the low- 

 ness of the boat in the water, so that many of his courses were 

 steered by dead reckoning alone, but the constant handling of the 

 boat had reduced the uncertainties of the log to a minimum. St. 

 Helena, which is but a spot on the ocean, was hit, so, too, was St. 

 Michael, in the Western Islands, and Dover after a while. After 

 leaving the Azores the log-line was lost, and then the eye alone 

 measured the distances run, but still she hit the Isle of Wight. 

 The little boat was in a sad plight more than once, the whole deck 

 being submerged over and over again." 



BOAT SAILING ON THE SC HT7YLKILL.— Norristown, Pa., 

 April 20.— The Montgomery Sailing Club was recently organized 

 at this place, the officers being: Com., E. A. Leopold; Mate, E. P. 

 MacAUister; Sec.-Treas., Wm. Sullivan. The racidg rules of the 

 Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. wore adopted with slight modifi- 

 cation, to suit the small boats used by members of the club. The 

 boats vary in length from 12 to lfift., and the handicaps in racing 

 are based upon the rule of the Thames Valley Sailing CI ub of Eng- 

 land. The following table gives names of boats and owners, with 

 main dimensions and cubical contents of hull of each boat: 



Length. Girth. Cubic 

 . , ' , , „ Ft. in. Ft. In. Feet. 



Little Tycoon, Palmer and Boucot 16 00 10 06 54 



Igideous, Win. Rotchell 15 05 10 04 51 



Flying Eagle, J. Berndt 15 04 10 04 51 



Josephine, E. Sowers 15 05 10 00 48 



Cocktail, Max Berndt 14 09 10 00 46 



Elsie, E. P. MacAUister 14 10 09 00 38 



Ino, Sullivan and Pickering 15 02. 08 11 38 



Gracie, E. A. Leopold 12 00 07 04 20 



The club course is 5 miles, 2H> miles up the Schuylkill River and 

 return to starting point. The first club cruise took place April 17, 

 and the boats were timed as follows: 



Start. Finish. Corrected. 



Cocktail 8 59 00 10 34 59 1 34 59 



Josephine 8 59 30 10 34 59 1 34 54 



Elsie 8 56 00 10 35 30 1 36 38 



Igideous 8 59 30 10 38 32 1 39 02 



Flying Eagle 8 59 05 10 48 20 1 49 15 



Gracie 8 58 00 11 00 30 1 SB 27 



The Josephine was the winner by 5a. The wind was fresh from 

 the northwest, making the first half of the course a beat almost 

 dead to windward. Tne Josephine carried 27yds. mainsail, Cock- 

 tail 20yds., Igideous 28yds., Flying Eagle 18yds. These are tuck- 

 ups, and the measurement of sails is Philadelphia style, Oft. to 

 the yard. The Elsie is a ducker, and carried 18yds. The little 

 Gracie carried 66ft. in main and mizzen, and led the Flying Eagle 

 over the first mile of the course, after which she was terribly 

 blanketed by a large boat which was not in the race, and was 

 forced off her course several times. This latter boat is a hiker, 

 15ft, in length, and carries a mainsail of 50yds. The conduct of 

 the captain was freely commented on by those who witnessed the 

 occurrence.— E. A. L. 



NOTES.— The model of the schooner Fortuna, designed by Mr. 

 A. Cary Smith, which was sent some time since to the Liverpool 

 Exhibition, has been sent to Havre, to be placed in the Exposition 

 du Havre Maritime National — Anixa, sloop, left Moorehead City, 

 N. C, on April 21 for New York. Her owner. Mr. T. B. Asten, has 

 returned by rail . . . Reva, steam yacht, Mr. Pierre Lorillard, has 

 been hauled out for cleaning at Greenpoint, after a winter in 



Southern waters Clytie, schr., is now at Beverly, Mass., in 



charge of Capt. Stone, who is refitting her for her new owner 



Fortuna, schr., has left her berth and is refitting at Foster's 



Wharf, Beverly Ex-Com. Hovey is expected home soon from 



a trip to the Sandwich Islands Latona, schr., ha s also left the 



Bridges at Beverly Rebecca, schr., will toon haul out. She 



will come out this year witn a single spar for a bowsprit and lib 

 and staysail — Prince Karl— Mr. E. L. Williams, nas launched his 

 new cutter and has made several trial trips. She will sail in the 



South Boston Y. C. open regatta Puritan is 'to have a new jib 



and staysail made, by Lapthorne & Ratsey. . .Cythera, vawl. was 



at Norfolk, Va., at last reports Angler, sloop, has been sold to 



Mr. Burrowes — Viola, steam yacht, has been sold by Mr. Schroe- 

 der to Mr. L. S. Bent — Hope, sloop, Mr. J. H. Benedict, has beeu 

 sold to Mr. H. G. Seguine. 



RESTLESS.— This steam vacht, built for Mr. W. M. Singorlv, 

 by Houston & Woodbridge, Marcus Hook, Pa., was launched on 

 April 20, being christened by Miss Mabel E. Meredith, grand 

 daughter of the owner. The yacht was lately described in our 

 columns. 



GEN. PAINE'S NEW YACHT.— No official statement of the 

 dimensions of the new yacht have yet been made, and her exact 

 beam is as yet unknown. She will have a housing bowsprit, and 

 Captain Hank Half, of the sloop Fanny, will command her. 



COMET, schooner, Mr. W. H. Langley, is at Jones's Railway. 

 Port Richmond, Staten Island, for a new deck and other repairs. 



QUAKER CITY Y. C— This club has lately adopted the meas- 

 urement rule of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C, with the following 

 classification : Schooners— First class, over 60ft. l.w.l.: second 

 class, under 60ft. Sloops— First class, over 38ft.; second class, 

 between 32 and 38ft.; third class, between 27 and 32ft. Open 

 yachts— All yachts under 27ft. l.w.l., shall be designated as open 

 yachts, and shall be. subdivided iuto classes as the regatta com- 

 mittee shall direct. The committee is required to keep a. record 

 of such a division and to hand to the secretary a copy at least 

 forty-eight hours before any regatta. The time allowance in the 

 last sailing class is to be calculated by an allowance of one-half 

 minute for each ten miles of the course to each foot or less of 

 length on! load waterline plus one-half of the overhang. From 

 this is to be deducted one-half miuute to each ten miles for each 

 25sq. feet of excess of sail area of standing sail. 



A NEW CRUISING SCHOONER.-Mr. A. Cary Smith has 

 received an order from a yachtsman, whose name is withheld for 

 the present, for a cruising schooner of 110ft. l.w.l. She will be 

 built of steel, will have about 25ft. beam aud 13ft. draft or over, 

 with all lead in keel. The design is not vet begun, nor the exact 

 dimensions settled upon. Messrs. Harlan & Hollingshcad will 

 build the boat, pushing the work as rapidly as possible. Mr. 

 Smith has lately completed a design for a ce'nterhoard cruising 

 yacht of the Cinderella type, 40ft. l.w.l., 14ft. beam, 6ft. draft, with 

 7 tons of lead in keel. The stem is plumb, but the counter is simi- 

 lar to Cinderella's. The rig will be the modified cutter, with laced 

 mainsail and fixed bowsprit. Poillons will build her at once. 



cruise has beeu as follows: Left Plymouth, Deo. 10, 1886; arrived 

 at Bermuda Dec. 27, 1880; sailed from Bermuda for Charleston, S. 

 C, Jan. 1, 1887: encountered cyclone Jan. 2; arrived at Charleston 

 Jan. 4; sailed for Fernandina Jan. 13; thence to Havanna, remain- 

 ing tnere for three weeks; theuce to Key West, Gorani Pass, Bow 

 Pass, Charlotte Harbor, Tampa Bay, Tarpon Springs, again to 

 Tampa Bay; then to Pensacola, St. Andrew's Bay and St. An- 

 drew's Sound; thence to Fernandina, returning to Bermuda on 

 April 17. 



YACHT DESIGNING IN BOSTON.-Besides the two large 

 yachts for Gen. Paine and Mr. Iselin, Mr. Burgess has designed 

 this season a steam yacht for Mr. J. M. Forbes, a 45ft. l.w.1. 



6in. l.w.l. centerboard sloop for Mr. Allen Ames, of Oswego; a 

 steam yacht for England, a 27ft. centerboard sloop for Florida, a 

 passenger steamer tor Portland, Me., the 90ft .l.w.l. fisherman 

 for Boston owners, a 35ft. centerboard sloop for Judge Brown, of 

 Newburgh, a 22ft. 6in. cutter for the Messrs. Cunningham and six 

 catboats. 



THE JUBILEE RACE.— Genesta is having a new outfit of spars 

 and canvas for the B ClaoS, and will enter for the Jubilee Race 

 around Great Britain. The other proposed entries thus far are 

 Aline, schooner, Prince of Wales; Gwendoline, schooner. Major 

 Ewing; Cotonia, schooner, Sir E. C. Guiness; Water witch, schooner, 

 Lord Kevelstroke; Dawn t yawl, F. Harris; Wendur, yawl, H. R. 

 Laing; Florinda, yawl, J. E. & E. Jessop; Corisandc, yawl, F. 

 Sartoris; Bridesmaid, ketch, E. W.IFuller; Sleuthhound, cutter, 

 Lord Francis Cecil. The race will start on June 14, from the South 

 End pier, at the moutn of the Thames, and finish on a line from 

 Dover pier to the High Light, on the South Foreland. 



THE LAUNCH OF THE THISTLE. — The new challenger for 

 the America's Cup, the Scotch cutter Thistle, was launched on 

 Tuesday last at, Henderson's yard, Partick on the Clyde. Besides 

 her designer only a few of those directly interested in her were 

 present. The yacht was hung about with canvas from deck to 

 keel, so that nothing could be seen of her form as she slid into the 

 water. She stuck for a moment on the blocking, but was soon 

 hauled off. She will be rigged at once and will sail her first race 

 on May 28, in the Royal Thames Y. C. match from Southend to 

 Harwich. 



A CHALLENGE FROM THE CRUISER.— The following letter 

 from the owner of the well-known Cruiser explains itself: April 

 22.— Editor Forest and Stream: The open boat Cruiser (20ft. 6in.) 

 would like to sail a number of matches during the month of June 

 with boats under 22ft. Should any of your readers who are in- 

 terested in sport of this character desire such a contest, a com- 

 munication to the following address will receive attention: 

 "Cruiser, 114 East Twenty-second street.. New York." 



OSWEGO Y. C— The first of the annual club books we have re- 

 ceived is that of the Oswego Y. C, one of the largest and most 

 active clubs on the lakos, though only in its seventh year. The 

 roll includes 143 active and 24 honorary members, and the fleet 

 numbers 20 yachts. The book is neatly bound in canvas, and con- 

 tains the constitution, rules, etc., with code and allowance tables. 



RESOLUTE.— The old schooner Resolute, lately purchased by 

 Mr. C. A. Postley, will soon haul out at Poillon's tor a new bow 

 and other alterations under Mr. A. Cary Smith's direction. The 

 bow will be lengthened some 8ft. on l.w.l., with a modern over- 

 hang forward, the masts will be moved forward, mainmast length- 

 ened and jibboom cut off, the sail plan being much improved. 



AN EARLY OPENING.— The deadly catboat has begun in good 

 season, and has scored six drownings by the. middle of April. Four 

 of these were made at one time on April 17 by the capsizing of a 

 catboat from Communipaw, all on board boing drowned. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C.-A meeting of the S. C. Y. C. was held 

 on April 25, at which the new constitution was submitted and the 

 by-laws adopted. Twenty candidates are before the club for ad- 

 mission, and fifteen more have been proposed. 



SOUTHWARK Y. C. -Officers: Com., James Daley; Vice-Corn., 

 V. V. Dorp; Rear Com., A. Troutt; Measurers, William Baitzel 

 and George Creascy; Sec, Francis George; Treas., Isaac Sharp; 

 Steward, John Snyder. 



GITANA.— In addition to a round bowsprit Gitana will, this 

 year, carry a jib and staysail only, sloop fashion. She is now 

 nearly ready and will soon have her new suit of sails, by Wilson, 

 ready for trial. 



WONA.— Mr. E. E. Cunningham's cutter, also building by 

 Digging & Gilford, wid be christened Wona. She is 27ft. 8in. over 

 all, 22ft. 6in. l.w.l., 8ft, 6in. beam, and 4ft. lOin. draft. 



TRUDETTE.— This name has been given to the cutter built by 

 Higgins & Gilford for Mr. L. M. Haskins. Sue is 29ft. 3in. over 

 all, 23ft. lOin. l.w.l., 9ft. beam, and 4ft. 6in. draft. 



A YACHTSMAN'S SCRAP BOOK.— Under this title Brentano 

 Bros, will shortly publish a book bv Mr. J. F. Loubat. one of New 

 York's oldtime yachtsmen. 



SAN FRANCISCO.-Mr. II. Peterson has had built by W. G. 

 St one a schooner yacht 05ft. long, 18ft. beam, which he has named 

 San Diego. 



MR. EDWARD BURGESS has been appointed by Secretary 

 Whitney to the commission to consider the designs for the new 

 warships. 



HELEN.— Schooner, Mr. C. D. Middleton, arrived at Phila- 

 delphia on April 24, after a cruise of six months in Southern 

 waters. 



HOPE LESLIE.— This schooner, built last year, is out at East 

 Boston for a 16-ton lead keel. She is a keel boat. 



ENTERPRISE, cutter, now owned by Mr. H. H. Hogins, has had 

 a new mast stepped, 5ft. longer than the old one. 



VARLTN A.— George H. B. Hill, owner of Miranda, has sold his 

 schooner Varuna to Mr. G. L. Rives. 



NAMOUNA.— Mr. Jas. Gordon Bennett's yacht was at Colombo 

 about April 1, from Bangkok. 



MR. FORBES' STEAM YACHT.— The plating has been com- 

 pleted on this boat. 



UNA. — Schooner, will have a shoe added to her present keel at 

 Lawle.y's yard. 



LURLINE.— Schooner yacht, arrived at Georgetown, S. C, on 

 April 2. 



Jlmwers to {^orrezpondmtg. 



iSST" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



X. Y. Z.— The shells have been tried, but not exhaustively. Of 

 ten shots fired some did just what was desired, others went as 

 solid balls. 



H. S., Toronto.— You will find good black bass fishing in Lake 

 Erie either at Kelley's Island near Sanduskv, at Point Pele Island 

 below Detroit, or on the St. Clair Flats. In Wisconsin go to Fon 

 Du Lac or Green Bay. 



C. H. M.— The New York seasons are: Trout April 1, black bass 

 June 1, with exceptions; ruffed grouse Sept. 1, woodcock Aug. 1, 

 gray squirrels Aug. 1. For Vermont law address Fish Commis- 

 sioner Herbert Brainerd, St. Albans, Vt. 



Eagle Elk.— 1. There are a few buffalo outside the limits of 

 the National Park, but we do not know where they are now to be 

 found. 2. Bozeman, Montana, will be the point to fit out from, 

 and there guides may be had. 3. The arm is large enough. 



J. B. A., Wakefield, Kans.— Will you kindly answer through 

 your valuable paper— 1. What time black bass bite best in tne 

 extreme northern part of Michigan? 2. How early do they com- 

 mence biting'/ 3. What arc the best localities in those waters to 

 find them? Ans. 1. June, July and September are the best 

 months. 2. June. 3. Bays and inlets. 



A. B., South Boston, Va.— 1. Where can I obt ain a supply of 

 black bass fry ? 2. Will California trout live in a pond as far 

 south as lower Virginia? If so. where can 1 get them? Ans. 1. 

 Write to Col. M. McDonald, U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, 

 D. C. 2. It is very doubtful. Col. McDonald is the fish commis- 

 sioner of your State and can furnish them. 



W. H. B., Nashua, N. H.— I have a 12 g. gun, 7 lbs. 6oz., 31>j}in. 

 barrels. It is the best shooting gun I ever owned, the only possible 

 faults being the length of the barrels, and too close shootingwith 

 the right. Am thinking of having it cut down to 28 in. vVhat 

 effect will that have upon its shooting (barring cutting off choke) 

 as regards pattern, penetration and amount of powder burned? 

 Will it do as good service for an " all round " gun as in its present 

 length? Shall have the right barrel bored cylinder even if I do 

 not have it cut off. Ans. : We have known some guns to shoot 

 better with shortened barrels than they did before. The result 

 cannot be determined with certainty beforehand. 



T. M. D., Wheeling, W. Va.— I have a large galvanizod iron can 

 holding about "ill gallons of water, for transporting minnows for 

 fishing; the top of the can is pierced with small holes to give 

 them air; it seems almost impossible to keep them from dying, 

 even by constant watering. 1. Is the galvanized iron injurious 

 to minnows or fish? 2. Should the top of can be almost entirely 

 open for air? 3. What number of minnows should be allowed to 

 each by gallon of water, when transported, when watered occa- 

 sionally? 4. Does pounded ice injure them when put iu the can 

 for transportation? Ans. 1. No. 2. Yes. 3. Not more than ten if 

 the fish are over 3in. long, or twenty if under 2in. 4. No, ice is 

 good for them. The colder the water the better they keep. Put 

 in some water plant with fish and they will keep better. We 

 would prefer smaller caus and more of them because of ease in 

 handling. Wrap a wet blanket around your can to cool it. 



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