STREAM. 



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but at the samft time the ballast canoes have been greatly in the 

 minority of late, and have not pushed their side of the question 

 a,t all in t he races of the past year, nor are they likely to this 

 year. Just now the "no ballast" canoes are in favor, consequently 

 the displacement is cut down to the last ounce. This reduction 

 of displacement has, so far as we know, been done mainly in one 

 way only, by reducing the beam and bilge, cutting the model 

 away greatly, as in Fecowsic and Lassie, boats of considerable 

 deadttse. This of necessity makes a very unstable boat, and 

 however fast she may be, there can be little comfort in sailing 

 her. The canoe here shown was designed in February last by 

 Mr. W. P. Stephens for Mr. O. J. Stevens, N. Y. O. C, the specifi- 

 cations being for a racing canoe 10x39, not to displace over 2751bs. 

 with crow onboard. In keeoing within this small limit of dis- 

 plays '.men t, the aim has been to preserve the greatest amount of 

 stability consistent with the limit, of beam, and to this end the 

 deep V-section has been abandoned and all superfluous projec- 

 tions in the form of keel and deadwood cut away, the bulk heing 

 arranged so as to preserve the greatest area of waterline plane. 

 The rocker at both ends was given for the purpose of reducing 

 the surface and also to aid in turning, a point in which many 

 Canoes have been deficient. 



So far as the canoe has been tried, she has proved very sti fi" and 

 easy under sail, and the question now comes up: Could not 

 the same principle he well utilized by extending the beam to 

 olHin. with a length of 15ft., retaining the same displacement by 

 cutting away the depth of hull below water, giving somewhat of 

 a saucer shape to the midship section. Such a canoe should be 

 very stiff without ballast., the crew could sit far out to windward, 

 and the lines would stilFbe fine beyond anything in the shape of 

 a yacht. We know thus far of no canoe of such a model, the 

 nearest approach to it has been in boats like Notus, with a flat 

 floor, boats that really are fitted to carry a heavy load, but which 

 are sailed above their lines. Neither of the two methods, by nar- 

 row beam, depth and Y-section, or by a flat-floored boat of the 

 usual model sailed at a very light draft, commends itself as a 

 thoroughly satisfactory solution of alight displacement problem; 

 and the best method would seem to be through a comparatively 



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while the actual weight ot boat, fittings and crew, as carried, 

 proved to be 2471bs. The dimensions are: 



Length 16ft. 



Beam, extreme 29in. 



* 1-w.l 25%in. 



Draft 4^in. 



Freeboard Gin. 



Sheer, bow 5J^in. 



stern Sin. 



Displacement 256.751bs. 



Displacement per in. immersion 1091bs. 



at 5in. draft, about 3701bs. 



Area midship section 48sq. ft. 



Area lateral plane 4.37sq. ft. 



centerboard 2.17sq. ft. 



Total Oisq. ft. 



L.W. plane 19.60sq. ft. 



C.B. from stem 8ft. 



C.L.R. from stem 7ft. lO^in. 



inc. board 7ft. 5in. 





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The Vagabond was built by McWhirter Bros., West New Brigh- 

 ton, S. I., and is of ribband carvel build. The sail plan is rigged 

 as shown in the Forest and Stream of April 19, 1888, the sizes 

 ?«t he v ii l 7£ us s £t ls bei PS : Mainsails, 65ft., 50ft. and 35ft,; mizens, 

 15ft. and 10ft. The weights of the sails and spars complete are 

 respectively 91bs., 71bs., 5^1bs., 31bs. and 21bs.; probably the light- 

 est lowering rig ever put on a canoe. The spars are smaller than 

 described m the article referred to; in fact, the largest mast and 

 yard have proved a little too light, The canoe will carry easily a 

 larger area, and a new suit is now being made for her. The 

 weight of hull is 921bs , board included, the latter about 81bs. 

 The rudder weighs 2^1bs., and is a plain brass blade of the Barnev 

 pattern, running well below the keel, but not fitted to raise. The 

 canoe is fitted with simply a circular well, 18in. diameter, in which 

 the canoeist can put his feet; no provision is made for sitting be- 

 low or for steering by the feet. 



THE AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



LAST week the American Canoe Association opened its 9th an- 

 mial camp not far from its birthplace on Lake George, where 

 it was first conceived in 1879 and formally organized in the follow- 

 ing year. Up to 1879 there was but one club and only a hundred or 

 so ot canoeists m the United States. Many open canoes were 

 then in use 111 Canada and a few in the United States, but of 

 ? T ec .fd cedar canoes there were probably not over 150 in the 

 KS^1 d states up to 1879; all of the Rob Roy or Nautilus model. In 

 1879 the New \ ork C. C. held a regatta on New York Bay, the first 

 tor five years, and in fact the first successful canoe regatta sailed 

 m this country. 



During the same summer a number of canoeists visited Lake 

 George and were present at the rowing regatta off Crosbyside 

 and some extra prizes were offered for canoe races, which were 

 hurriedly arranged. Just above Crosbyside, the headquarters of 

 the boating men, was the beautiful home of one of the earliest 

 and most enthusiastic of America's canoeists, Mr. N. H. Bishop, 

 and it was in his fertile brain that the idea of a national associa- 

 tion of American canoeists first originated, and the general 

 scheme, as well as its details, were planned. Mr. Bishop was at 

 the time disengaged from business, and he took up the new idea 

 with all that dash and energy that characterize his many adventur- 

 ous cruises. In the highest story of his beautiful house, over- 

 looking the lake far and near, he set up an amateur printing 

 press, and in 1879 began his missionary work in behalf of canoeing 

 He was soon in correspondence with the leading English, Scotch 

 and Canadian canoeists, and in a little while had made the ac- 

 quaintance by letter with the few American canoeists, then dis- 

 united and isolated; a couple of dozen in New York, two or three 

 111 Cincinnati, one in San Francisco, and others in different locali- 

 ties. It was solely through Mr. Bishop's labors that the arrange- 

 ments were made for the meet of canoeists at Crosbyside, Lake 

 George, in August, 1880, with sailing and paddling races, those 

 present to organize a national association. 



Help was promised from all quarters, but the promises were 

 not kept, and when the first meeting was called to order only 

 thirteen men responded. The New York C. C. sent Messrs. W. L. 

 Alden and W. P. Stephens; Mr. Arthur Brentano and one or two 

 more, who organized the Knickerbocker C. C. on their return, 

 were also present. From Cincinnati were Messrs. Longworth and 

 Wulsm, and from Boston Messrs. Meredith and Hubbard. Mr. 

 Rushton was also on hand. This baker's dozen of canoeists 



