Nov. 22, 1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



35? 



1 WONA • 



-SAIL PLAN. 



very similar to that noted flyer. Her dimensions are as follows: 

 Length, over all 27ft. 6^in. 



2ft. 



6 



in. 



3ft. 



6 



in. 



7ft, 



9 



in. 



•ift. 



8 



in: 



Mr. 



10 



in. 



5 







2.1-2 







.54 







Area, L.W.L. plane 112sq. ft. 



lateral plane 87=q. ft. 



midship secti >n 



Mast, from stem at L.W.L 



deck to hounds 21ft. 



head 3ft. 



Topmast, fid to sheave 15ft. 



Boom 24ft. 



Gaff , 15ft. 



Bowsprit outboard 12ft. 



Spinaker boom 25ft. 



Area lower sails 650sq. ft. 



87=q. ft. 





14sq. ft. 





7ft. 11 



in. 



21ft. 3 



in. 



3ft. 6 



in. 



15 ft. 





24ft. 9 



in. 



15ft. 9 



in. 



12ft. 





25ft. 





650sq. ft. 





has a good looker on each side, with a deep closet at the after end 

 and a sideboard and locker at the fore end. Tlie forecastle gives 

 good room for cooking and stowing lines and stores, or even for a 

 bov byway of crew. The yacht is cutter rigged, with standing 

 h ivvsprit, housing topmast, and jib set on a stay, though origin- 

 ally rigged to set fl.s ing. The lead is all on the keel, 6,1001bs. The 

 construction is simple but strong, and no room is wasted about 

 the boat. 



Last summer the Wona was purchased by Mr. F. L. St. John, of 

 the Atlantic Y. C., who now owns her. She was raced verv little 

 in her first season, and has sailed but one race here, on Aug. 25. 

 She was not regularly entered for this, as she carried a small 

 sprittopsail (nor, the clubtopsail shown in the plan), which is not 

 allowed by the cluo rales. She was allowed to sail with the 

 Gleam, Frolic and Wave, all of which carry very long topmasts 

 and working topsails. Tue result was that sue beat all three cen- 

 terboard boats easily to windward, and finished within 18s. of the 

 winner. Frolic. 24ft. "Oin.XlOft. tiin. On corrected time she would 

 have won by 2m. In the little brushes about the Bay she has 

 proved fully able to hold her own with the centerboard boats, 

 though kept for cruising and sailing lather than racing, in fact 

 to compete successfully under the club rules it would be necessary 

 to increase her topmast materially. If raced in good shape next 

 season she will give the centerboard boats all they want to beat 

 ber, though not up to the limit of her class; and in the 41ft. class 

 the new Lawton boat is likely to make it equally exciting for her 

 classmates. 



This boat, as we have previously stated, is 39ft. 6in. Lw.l., about 

 13ft. 6in. beam and between 8 and 9ft. draft, with heavy lead keel 

 and no centerboard. In addition to these two, Mr. Burgess has 

 still another new yacht in the Atlantic club, the Beatrice, owned 

 by Messrs. Duuham. She is a compromise boat, lead keel and 

 centerboard, about 35ft. Lw.l., with a very neat sheer and an over- 

 hang at each end. With the advent of these boats there begins a 

 new era in yacht building at Bay Ridge, the end of the period of 

 addition and alteration by which it has been sought to make old 

 models and methods equal to new, and ttie beginning of a period 

 in which the place of the trained designer will be recognized as 

 even more important than the skillful and conscientious builder. 



" WONA" BODY PLAN. 



The cabin is 8ft. long, and 5ft. from floor to underside of roof, 

 the forecastle is 7ft, 6in. long, and the cockpit 6ft. 9in, The cabin 



DUCK SHOOTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. 



(Concluded from page 836). 



THURSDAY", Sept. 25.— Ashore in about ?A£f t. at low water, hav- 

 ing made no water in the hold, which speaks well for the 

 strength of the boat. About 7 A. M. Mr. Anthony Adams, of 

 Neguac, came along in his birch canoe, kindly offering to send us 

 any assistance we might want. He had spent the night in a tent 

 in the point of woods spoken of on the road into the plains. They 

 got a goose on one of the ponds just after we left, and would have 

 got more had not darkness come on so soon; had the wind held 

 to eastward they would have remained longer. 



To return to our narative, Walter said he would go to Neguac 

 with Mr. A. and send down a good man accustomed to such work 

 as we would require, Mr. John Graham, whom we expected would 

 be there on his way to Tabusintac. Charley also went with him, 

 to get a dry cliange of clothes. Walter said on leaving that if we 

 could spare him he would continue on up river in the steamer 

 that afternoon and report our safety to our friends up river, so 

 we consented to his going. He got up to N, just in time to catch 

 Graham harnessing his horse for T., and persuaded him to come 

 down to us. 



Mr. G. arrived with Charley about 11 A. M. It. was agreed that 

 nc thing could be done but to prepare a Sampson post, and get down 

 a good pair of double blocks and tackle for the same. The latter he 

 had t.o go back to N. for. Our pr neipal hope was that one of our 

 steamers was expected down in the aiternoon with a tow of 

 barges on her way to Tabusintac. Being in charge of Mr. G. he 

 had left word at N. that as soon as she arrived she was to go on 

 down to us with two barges, and our plau was to get one on eacb 

 side and lash the boat to them at low water and float her off. We 

 could see we were not goiDg to cause her any delay in her work, 

 for from Neguac, fully to Tabusintac, she would have to take her 

 tow outside the beaches, which she could not do that night any-. 



way, on account of the roll outside. Our hope was that it would 

 not be too rough for her to come down the inner bay. Walter 

 also said he would watch for her and let her know we wanted 

 her assistance. It turned out afterward that he got the Mira- 

 michi to go out of her course to speak to them, which they very 

 kindly did. We were not forgotton up river, for the Commodore 

 had given the Laura orders to keep a lookout for us. 



Having a good view as far as Hay Island from where we were 

 stranded, au anxious watch was kept for the steamer with our 

 glasses; in the meantime we rigged our sampson post and carried 

 out both anchors. The former we rigged at her bow, and as the 

 water rose we tried to lift her bow and drag her into deep water 

 with her head off shore, but our tackle was not strong enough and 

 the tide rose very slowly; in fact, there was very little rise, not 

 more than a foot up to 4 P. M., and we made little or no headway, 

 and we began to despair of getting off that night if the L. did not 

 come with the barges. Much to our gratification she did appear 

 in sight about 4:30, running for the bay but leaving her barges, at 

 which we were disappointed, and coming down alone to us, for 

 we thought she could not possibly get us off without them, and 

 were fearful that she would do us some damage, there not being 

 tide enough to float the yacht on an eveu keel. However, as time 

 was getting short and dark approaching, we decided to let her 

 have a try any way. Fortunately she had a long towline. I sup- 

 pose she had to anchor 100yds. from us. We sent out our double 

 canoe (log), the latter Graham had borrowed at R., our dingy 

 being too small, and brought the line to us and made it fast to our 

 bittt, and got everything ready before dark; but as the tide was 

 not expected to be lull till about 9 P. M., we allowed those on the 

 steamer to take their supper before taking a pull at us, while we 

 waited. 



The wind began to rise from S.W., blowing pretty well on to 

 shore, which made us more anxious to get off, as she was begin- 

 ning to lift and pound some, of which we thought we had had 

 enough on the previous evening. 



Vv'e arranged a code of lantern signals the same as those used 

 on the railway— waving backward and forward to go ahead, up 

 and down to stop, and from left to right to go to right and Dice 

 Versa to left. This was so arranged on account of the captain of 

 the Laura having once served some time as a locomotive iireman, 

 except the last two signals, supposing a railway train to know 

 neither right nor left. 



_The time having come for a trial, it now having grown quite 

 dark, with a good stiff breeze on shore and able to see only the 

 ligliLS on the steamer, it became quite interesting. When all was 

 reported ready the lantern was waved and we got a pull that sent 

 us on our beam ends and broke the line to our bitta, but hauled 

 our head off shore. Fortunate it was the line parted, for it would 

 have done more damage, probably have hauled tne bowsprit out 

 of her. The lantern was raised up and down pretty lively for a 

 minute or so till we had her stopped. We found it was not the 

 main tow line, but a smaller piece tnat we had doubled and put 

 on to make the line long enough, that had parted at the bitts; so 

 Graham and Charles took the canoe again, ran out to the steamer 

 and got auother long, strong rope, pic&ed up the tow line again 

 and ran bacK to us. We then ran tne line entirely round 

 the yacht under her counter, just above the rudder, fast- 

 ened it secuiely, and put a line over deck of yacbt at cock- 

 pit and forward at mast to keep it from slipping down on 

 ner bilge, and then took the tow line, fastened it to this sling, 

 leaving a long enough end to take a whole turn round, the mast 

 without making a ia,t, and put Tom at the end to bold and give 

 the mast a little of the strain as well, but wiih strict orders to let 

 it run should anything give way causing all the strain to come on 

 mast. The bottom was of very gradual rise shoreward, for the 

 steamer must have taken more than a dozen pulls at us (with a 

 steady pull she could do note ing,) oetore we began to feel tnat 

 the yacht was off, at first only a root or two at a time, then in- 

 creasing to 4 to tilt. At last away she went, much to our joy, 

 about 1U P. M. We had some little excitement at times during 

 the tugs at us, it being so dark that it was impossible to tell just 

 when we were, going to get one. During one of tue lulls I thougnt 

 I might have time to fill and light my pipe, so set tne lantern 

 down on deck outside the cabin trunk, had tilled and was bring- 

 ing the lighted match up wheu the pud came. 1 had not t.me to 

 grab the lantern beiore it was overboard and lost, and 1 saw Tom 

 groping around for his rubber boots wliicn were outside drying, 

 but they were nowhere to be found; they had apparently shared 

 the late of the lantern. Having a spare one or the ratter it was 

 easily replaced, but the former were gone till washed up on the 

 snore, to be picked up by some poor beggar that wanted them 

 more than Tom. 



Having a high head of steam. Jack, the engineer of Laura, gave 

 us a tast trip, about twice tne speed we ever made under sail, up 

 to tne wharf at Neguac, about i wo and a half miles. Going across 

 the bay it was pretty rough, but the speed never slackened, and 

 we did not get back witnout a little txcitenient. Tne double 

 canoe (called double here because they are too large to be made of 

 one tree, half.ot canoe being holloweu out from one piece of tree 

 and the corresponding half irom another) oroKe adiift, but hav- 

 ing one of our anchors in it, the line being coiled up on our stern. 

 When it broke away Chailey made a spring to do something, 

 landing on the coil of rope, wnicn, before he knew wiiat he was 

 about, was hauled out irom underneath him, wnich gave him a, 

 great scare; tho wonder being that it did not eaten a turn round 

 his legs. Foitunately he escaped. Up to tnis time the writer, who 

 was steering, did not know the alienor was in tne canoe, a ad was 

 surprised to see a very taut line coming from the bowastern right 

 alongside of him. Turning round he just caught sLiht of tne 

 canoe taking a frantic sneer off to windward, ana then pass away 

 out of signt in the darkness; tue alienor having broken its hold on 

 the bow deck of canoe aud jumped overboard, then jumping 

 along on the bottom. 1 expected every moment to see the rope 

 break, but it was a good new one, aud Kept tne anchor skipping 

 along on the bottom. The lantern was waved up and down fran- 

 tically, but on tae steamer they were not expecting any such sig- 

 nal, and it appeared to us some little tinio Deiore we got her 

 stopped, got our ov\n little boat from the Laura, and sent two men 

 after the canoe, and got our ancnor up again. 



When the steamer got ready to pun on us the anchors that we 

 had out had to be taken in; this one being the last happened to 

 be left in tne canoe to be out of the way, the coil of rope being 

 laid on tne stern and the painter made fast and forgotten in tue 

 hurry of getting the boat off. 



Arrived at the wharf at about 10:30 and made fast outside of the 

 Laura, and turned m shortly after a cup of tea kindly tendered 

 us by the crew of the steamer, and a talK over the events of the 

 past two days. 



Friday, Sept. 28.— Turned out about 6 A. M.; wind S.W., weather 

 unsettled. Laura served us with some nne frcsn mackerel lor 

 breakfast, which was a toothsome dish after so much cauned 

 meats. While at breakfast we were agreeably surprised by a 

 visit from our friend Mac, an enthusiastic Quebec yachtsmen, 

 about the last person we expected to see in this out of the way- 

 part of the country. Being dotvn on business he happened to see 

 at the wharf a rig which he thought looked familiar, having been 

 out once before on a cruise with us during the summer. On look- 

 ing down the cabin the first greeting we got was, "Holy Smoke I 

 I'm surprised to see you!" We hardly needed to look up after 

 hearing the expression to know who our visitor was. 



Charles promised to sail up to Chatham with us, but he never 

 put in an appearance, perhaps he had had enough of it. Walter 

 having gone left Tom aud the skipper to sail up alone. After the 

 buffeting we had had we came to the conclusion that we were 

 rather snorthanded for the trip, so we tried, there aud then, to 

 impress Mac into service, but he said he could not possibly go with 

 us from there, but would come aboard at Churcn Point, .having 

 some business that must be attended to there; so there was noth- 

 ing for it but 8 or 9 miles without bim. After breakfast we com- 

 menced our preparations for a start; the weather looking dirty, 

 and first part of sail likely to be roughest we doable reefed main- 

 sail, lowered topmast, reefed bowsprit and foresail, and with good 

 wishes but shakes of the head as to the weather we were going to 

 get, bid our friends of the Laura good-by and shoved off, making 

 a close haul to clear spar buoy oil nay Island. We have omitted 

 to give the results of the gale we experienced at Neguac; 4 small 

 schooners were high and dry above the wharf where we thought 

 we might have run for anchorage. Mr. Adams's yacht of 25 feet 

 had also broken adrift, the whan was considerably damaged, and, 

 as we approached Hay Island, we noted anotner good sized 

 schooner had come to grief, being high up on point of the island. 



The wind fell light, giving us all we could do to work up against 

 wind and tide by the island but at last we managed to get tne In- 

 dian church at Burnt Church abreast of us, when in the dis- 

 tance we saw what looked like a small steamer coming down 

 the bay, which we soon made out to be the Lily stearn launch in 

 charge of the Commodore with Messrs. Yeoman and Hutchinson 

 as ci tw, who were on their way down to the wreck. Tliey were 

 given a hearty greeting from our log horn, wnich tuey responded 

 to with their whistle. Many were the congratulations on our safe 

 delivery from our mishap 



They kindly offered to give us a tow, but before doing so we 

 asked them to run up to Church Point about a mile and get our 

 friend Mac, which was another surprise to him aud brought out 

 his favorite expression again. 



Having got alongside again we invited all the crew of Lily, ex- 

 cept the engineer, to come aboard, and gave them our crew Tom 



