Aug. 2, 1888.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Canvas Canoes and how to Build Them. By Parker B. Field. 

 Price 60 cents. Canoe and Boat Building. By W. P. Stephens. 

 Price $1.50. The Canoe Aurora. By C. A. Neide. Price $1. Canoe 

 Handling. By C. B. Vaux. Price $1. Canoe and Camera. By T. 

 S. Steele. Price 1.50. Four Months in a Sncal(box. By N. H. Bishop. 

 Price $1.50. Canoe and Camp Cookery. By ''Seneca.'" Price $1. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., ol 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

 waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items 

 relating to the sport. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Officers, 1887-88. 



Commodore: R.W.Gibson I Alhrmv N Y 



Secretary-Treasurer: F. L. Mix. J A1Da,i y> 



Vice-Com. Rear-Corn. Purser. 



Central Div..R. W. Bailey W. R. Huntington J. K. Bakewell, 



110 Diamond St., Pittsburgh. 



Atlantic Div.W. P. Stephens.. .L. B. Palmer F. L. Dunnel), 



186 Jerolemon it., Brooklyn. 

 Eastern Div. .H. E. Rice, M. D..Maxton Holmes. ..H. D. Marsh, 



Springfield, Mass. 



N'thernDiv. .A. D. T. McGachen. W. G.McKendrick. S.Britton, Lindsay, Can. 



Applications for mem oership must be made to division pursers, accom- 

 panied by the recommendation of an active member and the sum of $2.00 

 for entrance fee and dues for current year ($1.00). Every member attending 

 the general A. C. A. camp shall pay $1.00 for camp expenses. Application 

 sent to the Sec'y-Treas. will be forwarded by him to the proper Division. 



Persons residing in the Atlantic Division wishing to become members of 

 the A. C. A., will be f urnished with printed forms of applicati on by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore— J. R. Bartlett, Fremont, Ohio. 

 Vice-Commodore— D. H. Crane, Chicago, 111. 

 Rear-Commodore— C. J. Stedmau, Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 Secretary-Treasurer— O. H. Root, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Executive Committee— C. J. Bousfleld, Bay City, Mich.; T. P. Gaddis, Day- 

 ton, O.; T. J. Kirkpatrick, Springfield, O. 



FIXTURES. 



August. 



2. Mohican, Gibson Badge.Alb'y 10-24. A.C. A. Meet, Lake George. 

 4. Springfield, Cup, Springfield. — . Springfield,Cup,Lake George 

 4. Ianthe Record, Newark. 



September. 



6. Mohican,GibsonCup.Albany 15. Ianthe, Newark, Annual. 

 8. Brooklyn C. C. Regatta. 15. Springfield, Cup,Calla Shasta 



13. Mohican, Oliver Cup, Albany 20. Mohican,Gibson Badge,Alb'y 



October. 

 6. Springfield,Cup,Calla Shasta. 



IRIS— CANOE YAWL. 



THE accompanying design shows a very good type of large canoe, 

 of sufficiently light draft for most waters where such craft 

 are used in preference to the Class B canoe. She has ample room 

 for two, or even three persons with their stores and duffle for a 

 long cruise. The Iris was built in 1887 by J. A. Akester, of Horn- 

 sea, near Hull, Eng., and is now owned bv Mr. Holmes, owner of 

 Cassy. The hull is carvel built. The mast is fitted with a taber- 

 nacle for lowering, the sail plan being shown in plate. The inside 

 ballast is in four blocks, two being generally carried, while the 

 lead keel weighs 4501bs. A centerboard could readily be fitted to 

 work entirely beneath the floor, and would be a great aid to the 

 boat in windward work. The tiller is of iron, and curved as 

 shown so as to work about the mizen mast. The dimensions are 

 as follows: 



Length overall 18ft. 



l.w.l 17ft. 4 in. 



Beam, extreme 5ft. 1 in. 



l.w.1 4ft. 7 in. 



Draft, extreme 1ft. 4 4 in. 



Least freeboard : 1ft. 1 in. 



Sheer, bow 10 4 in. 



stern 7 in. 



Ballast, keel, lead 4501bs. 



inside, lead 2251bs. 



Mainmast, from stem 2ft. 3 4 in. 



deck to truck 15ft. 3 in. 



Mizenmast, from stem 17ft. 3 4 in. 



deck to truck 7ft. 



Mizen boomkin 2ft. 3 in. 



Main boom 15ft. 



yard 15ft. 



Mizen boom 6ft. 



batten 6ft. 6 in. 



Mainsail, area 168 sq. ft. 



Mizen, area 25 sq. ft. 



Total 193 sq. ft. 



TABLE OF OFFSETS. 



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45 



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7 1 



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3 



2 





2 



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1 



8 6 



1 5 





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3 1 



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2 



6 2 



7 



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5 3 





4 4 



2 3 4 



2 



2 



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1 



6 1 



3 2 



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2 



5" 



7 



4 





6 2 



2 



5 6 



2 4 7 





3 4 



2 l 2 



1 



8 4 





12.. 



2 



6 



6 6 





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34 



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72 



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THE W. C. A. MEET, BALLAST ISLAND. 



THE GARDNER CUP WON BY GEO. A. WARDER, CANOE IF.— W. C. A. 

 TROPHY WON BY READE W. BAILEY, CANOE NOTUS. 



BALLAST ISLAND, July 23. -The fourth and most successful 

 meet of the Western Canoe Association is nearly completed, 

 and we pause in the week of gaiety to fulfil our promise to send you 

 a report. Camp was opened Saturday, July 7, with some twenty 

 canoes, which number rapidly increased till the score on Tuesday 

 showed fifty-nine craft, including Commodore Bartlett's yacht, 

 Mr. Ware's sloop, and seven Class C, or larger than the limit, 

 canoes. Cincinnati was first unon the field, then the Ruckawas, 

 of Dayton, and Jabberwocks, of Springfield, drove their tent 

 stakes, and soon the little emerald isle of Ballast was once more 

 dotted with white, and alive as only true canoeists can awaken it, 

 at their annual outing. 



The races were called on July 10, and the "free for all" sailing, 

 twice ai ound Ballast Island, showed that some of the new boats 

 had not been built in vain as prospective "mug winners." The 

 wind was brisk and a good sea running, much to the dismay of 

 the "fair weather canoeists," who had relied upon a large spread 

 of canvas to carry them to the front; 30 entries, 13 starters. The 

 Jabberwock canoe If led and held it to the last leg, when Wood, of 

 Chicago, in a new boat designed by Capt. Crane, passed him, win- 

 ning by a few seconds. Nat. H. Cook, of Chicago, (Class C) third, 

 J. B. Keogh fourth, Geo. B. Ellard fifth, Commodore Bartlett 

 (Class C) sixth. O. A. Woodruff fouled Dr. Henshall, capsizing 

 the latter. 



Race 2. Class B, sailing on the mile and a half triangular course, 

 twice around, no limit to ballast or rig.— A good stiff breeze in the 

 N. E. and some sea that wrecked the gear of several who had not 



