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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 17, 1889. 



ranoe and resting on the coaming. It is held fast by hooks and 

 screw eyes or bf a knee, 8 on each side with a thumb screw, t, 

 whTch sets 'uV under the coaming. An end bracket p > ie ; some- 

 times used, and makes the seat stronger. Placing the • staaiD on 

 the canoe proper instead of the coaming, bur it otters a drag when 

 the boat is heeled. The sliding part of the seat, o, lies on top ot 

 the fixed part, being held in place by the slides, ^.scievved be- 

 neath it. The two pans are of the same length, irom 30 to mn 

 A small piece of rubber set in the fixed part serves to Md the 

 sliding part in position, while a cord, with one end attache 1 to 

 each part, prevents the sliding part from running off the other 

 entirely, in use the seat is shoved to leeward as the canoe goes 

 aCt, thus projecting to windward and «<!*»^*3^3« aa 

 bodv when on the new tack. It is necessary that the slides, qq, 

 and kneef .^should be specially strong, as the leverage is . very 

 great and a broken seat means a bath, as many have lately learned 



Another -ood method ot construction is shown m the Tassaic 

 detk seat Figs. 8, 9 and 10, made by the Passaic River canoeist, 

 Mr J T kolden.'Kutherford C C. In this the ^Mf**' » v" 

 stiffened by the guides, >vu\ of hard wood, about lXMm. I he 

 t iding seat: o, slides on top of the other, being Held down by a 

 strap, v, of sheet brass, in the center. At eacb endot o is a head, 

 w. which serves as a stop to prevent the seat sliding entirely oft. 

 The construction is strong and simple. In each seat the sliding 

 part o is stiffened by three pieces of hard wood about 3 X >4m. set 

 into the lower side and running across the gram, as at it. 



We do not know who first invented the thwartship tiller which 

 is such a necessary accompaniment of the slid tag seat^SnlUt not 

 the ii 

 make 



STARTING SIGNALS FOR RACES. 



Editor Forest- ami Stream: . „ ... . . „ „„j 



I desire to raise the question whether it would ■ not be a good 

 idea to incorporate, in the sailing rules of canoe clubs, .and .the .A. 

 O.A.a general method of signalling a start in Sailing or Otnei 

 races, so that every one interested may readily is m h ft- 



are .... 



side^f the^^e istrazed a s 9 7ti^"o7a T-acic" c. The sleeve d is 

 fitted to turn freelv on t he mast tube, a part ot trie tore side being 

 cut awav, as shown, to permit it to pass over the rack c. ibe 

 bottom of fl is stiffened by a band e, which must be also cut away 

 enough to pass over c. To the sleeve d a second tube / is brazed 

 at right angles, forming a socket for the tiller, a round stick of 

 asli or hickory, to which the rudder lines are attached. This 

 represents the tiller in its simplest form, but it has been further 

 improved by a locking attachment, holding the rudder m any 

 position, and also by fitting the tiller so that like the seat it may 

 be slid out to windward, within easy reach of the hand when ly- 

 ing out on the seat. The locking gear includes, m addition to the 

 rack c already mentioned, a second rack, cut in a bar ff, about % 

 X3-161D. This bar is about 12in. long and at each end is fastened 

 to a ferrule ft, on which is a groove I for the rudder line. The bar 

 a fits in a groove cut in the wooden tiller. When m place the 

 rack bar a is run through the socket / and the ferrules h are 

 rivetted or brazed fast, one on each end of ff. The tiller is then 

 slid through f. holding the rack bar firmly m place. The sleeve 

 ri and socket f are cut away where they cross, leaving an opening 

 wide enough to admit the rack on ff. The rack bar ff is fitted with 



same time a turn of the wrist brings the teeth ot the rack bar a m 

 gear with c, effectually locking the whole gear. A slight turn 

 downward of the tiller throws the teeth out of gear and allows 

 the sleeve to revolve and the rudder to swing freely. The, lines 

 are spliced rather loosely around the grooves i, allowing the fer- 

 rules to turn without tightening them. An extension tiller is 

 absolutely necessary with the sliding seat, and this torm is more 

 convenient than the regular fore and aft tiller with a jointed 

 piece on the handle. 



CORINTHIAN MOSQUITO FLEET REGATTA. 



THE Corinthian Mosquito Fleet sailed its fall regatta on Hemp- 

 stead Harbor on Oct. 13, the starters being: 



Unique Openschooner. . .18ft. 9in F. B. Jones. 



Vagabond Canoe 16ft. r . 0. J. Stevens 



O-nat Yawl lift. 7m Thomas Clapiiam. 



Lestris Yawl 13tt. Sin Dr. T. Ledyard. 



surf Oat lift William Hicks. 



E Cat lift. Sin G. G. Clapham. 



A triangular course was laid from the head of the harbor down 

 to Mott's Point (two miles), over to the opposite shore (one mile), 

 and back to start (two miles). Time reckoned on five miles. 

 Order of sailing, to leave stakeboats on starboard hand. 



The wind from start to finish was from the southeast, steady, 

 and strong enough for small craft, to keep lee decks awash. 



The start was made at 1:30, the last of the flood, trom a one- 

 minute signal, the six boats going over the line in as many sec- 

 onds, making a very pretty start. Down the wind they flew, each 

 boat describing a curve of its own to the first mark, at which 

 point, the entire six endeavored to round at once, and so close were 

 they {hat a general mix up seemed unavoidable, but only tor a 

 second and away thev went, for the second mark with sheets 

 trimmed half down, and each making its individual curve again. 

 At this mark Vagabond was first, with Unique a close second. 

 Gnat third. Surf fourth. From here it was almost a dead beat, 

 with enough wind to give good sailing and a show for pointing 

 and footing. On this leg Vagabond and Unique both held to the 

 port hand going up. Gnat keeping in midstream, with Lestris 

 working the starboard hand, in which work she soon crossed 

 Gnat's bow, the former being on starboard tack. Hie Vagabond 

 was declared to be handled beautifully; Gnat seemed to make a 

 few too many tacks. . . ., 



On the first leg Lestris had a mishap and lowered mainsail, and 

 on the second leg parted windward stay; but after that good work 

 was done, beating her rival over eight minutes. • 



Mr Stevens gets the cup offered by Mr. Jones tor fastest cor- 

 rected time. Surf wins from Rita. Lestris wins Commodore 

 Smith's cup to yawls and a pennant presented by Mrs. Thomas 

 Clapham. Following is a summary: start 



^S«a.:::::-::.:.: ::■:::::::::::::::::::::::::! f| 



Surf i 1 5nm 



Lestris 1 » 00 



Gnat 1 » 80 



Rita 1 20 00 



ounTthe a sign°ils was so preposterously ^f^^S^t 

 the writer failed to hear a single signal ot to/^WXi" 

 bp ffiVpr and the winner of the race had to sail his boat up xo me 

 starlers 'and hail them to know if the signal had bee n given; on 

 receiving an affirmative answer he at once staited oft and lett 

 two of the boats waiting for what never came. 



Our sailing rules are. I believe, derived from those ot the JN. Y 

 V O Imagine if you can, a yacht race, where, at the start, a 

 yacht hSls the regatta committee to know if the signal has been 

 liven. Aside rom T he question of unfairness to those entered 

 snch a start Is also unfair to the guests invited to view the sport, 

 a" of courS III fairer the start, and the greater tbe number en- 

 gaged, the more interesting must it be to the spectators. 



Now I propose as a remedy, a starting signal to be generally 

 adopted! so that it may be recognized on any . occasion just as 

 easily as any other technical point in canoe racing, and I would 

 suggest for the instrument a horn which can be readily heard at 

 any distance likelv to be covered in maneuvering for position, the 

 fir«t signal five minutes before the start, to consist of three blasts; 

 i^S^^W^Mmm start, two blasts; third, one blast, 



g °l'f any one can suggest something better I should be glad to 

 have it adopted, but 1 am satisfied that some general signal 

 would save much trouble to the regatta committees and facilitate 

 the starting of our canoe races. Kandom. 

 New York, Oct. 9. 



[We have learned since our report of the New York C, C. re- 

 gatta was writt en that the reason why Random and Ellida did 

 not start promptly was not on account of the tide, but because no 

 signals were heard. Unfortunately, it requires no great effort of 

 the imagination to picture a similar state ot confusion at a yacht 

 race, though in the leading clubs the starting arrangements have 

 improved greatly in the past few years, and are now tolerably 

 satisfactory, save in the fact th at there is no umtormity, and the 

 start of one club on Tuesday may ne totally different, trom that 

 of another on Monday. The signals should be given by means ot 

 flags, whatever other means, such as a horn or pistol, may be 

 used; A certain flag signifies that the preparatory interval has 

 begun, while- a second flag shows that the start has been given. 

 As flags are sometimes invisible, blowing directly toward the 

 starters, thev can be replaced to advantage by colored balls, two 

 or three barfel hoops lashed together, with a cloth bag drawn over 

 them. In addition lo the flags or ball, a horn should be used; but 

 the latter alone will not, suffice, as there is nothing to tell a man 

 whether the signal has been given without, being heard or whether 

 tbe time has not, yet expired. An addition to No. XIII. of the A. 

 C A Sailing Rules, defining the signals to be used, flags or bails 

 'd a horn, would lead to one common system by all clubs.] 



the bolts were backed out, being found sound and good; but since 

 then they have not been examined. When the boat was hauled 

 out a few weeks since it was discovered that the keel was miss- 

 ing, and a search showed it snugly tucked away in tbe mud in 

 which the yacht had rested at low water. The bolts were eaten 

 away about the joint of the wood and lead keel, the ends being 

 tapered off like the point of a conical bullet or a cigar. The bodies 

 of the bolts were badly rusted, all traces of the galvanizing being 

 gone; but the heads and nuts were comparatively perfect, the gal- 

 vanic action apparently having been confined mainly to the im- 

 mediate vicinity of the joint between the wood and lead. The 

 boat had been floating as usual to all appearances for some weeks 

 after the keel had gone, simply rising a little out of water. She 

 was uninjured, needing only new bolts, which will probably be of 

 composition this time. The occurrence may serve as a warning 

 to yachtsmen having iron bolts through lead keels. 



MONTGOMERY SAILING CLUB. — Semi-monthly regatta, 

 Sept. 29. Norristown to Indian Creek and return, 5 miles, wind 

 light westerly: , _ 



Length. Corrected. 



Nellie, tuckup lo.OO 



Volunteer, tuckup » mw 



Igidious, tuckup If JW 



Gracie, skiff 12.00 



Iola. ducker 15.00 



-Pennsylvania, hi ker .lb .00 



The tuekups Stranger, Playford, Priscilla, A esuvius and Lmma 

 L. withdrew. Pennsylvania was ruled out for touching the mark 

 at Indian Creek. Judge, William Alcorn. 



The above race was the last of the series for the season of 1889. 

 The standing of the boats for the season is as follows: 



Races. Poiuts. 



1 53 50 



1 53 20 



2 02 00 

 2 26 00 

 2 32 30 

 1 15 80 



Igidious, tuukup. 



J. S. Lever, tuckup 



Gracie, skiff 



Priscilla, tuckup 



Stranger, sharpie 



Vesuvius, tuckup 



Flying Eagle, tuckup 



Josephine, tuckup 



Cocktail, tuckup 



Volunteer wins championship trophy.— E. A. Leopold, Sec y. 



10 



89.09 



10 



77.28 



9 



73.48 



10 



63/97 



7 



50.6i 





3(5.31 



9 



32.53 



9 



31. eo 



0 



26,37 



7 



25.75 



8 



2i.85 





80i0l 



5 



10.17 



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8.10 



i 



4.00 * 



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1.00 



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1.00 



CANOES VS. SAILING BOATS. 



TO those of our readers who have followed the many and 

 lengthy discussions of the relative merits ot canoes and 

 small sailing boats that appear at intervals in the Fokest asd 

 Stream the race of Saturday last will be very interesting. But 

 one eanoe started against, five boats of all lengths from 11 to 19ft. 

 and of various models, including two of Mr. Olapham's i wide and 

 shoal craft. The course was on the home waters of the latter 

 boats, which were sailed by Mr. Clapham and his son, while the 

 canoe was in strange waters, and consequently handicapped by 

 her crew's lack of local knowledge. In spite ot this the canoe 

 beat four out of the five boats on even time, while tbe fifth, a 

 large sailboat with schooner rig, led her by only 10s. elapsed 

 time, the canoe receiving an allowance of over lm. The canoe, 

 of course, was sailed by one man only, while the boats weie al- 

 lowed two men. The Clapham boats, we believe, were also sailed 

 singlehanded. Their decisive defeat of nearly a quarter ot an 

 hour ought to settle the merits of the canoe, as V agabond thus 

 far has not shown herself equal to several other well known 



^"No Notice Tafcen of Anonymous Correspondent*. 



tacffting. 



Finish. 

 3 13 50 

 3 14 00 

 3 17 10 

 3 18 40 

 3 26 14 

 3 27 45 



CORINTHIAN MOSQUITO FLEET.-Proposals for member- 

 ship: C. J. Stevens, 7 Bowling Green, N. Y.; O. M. Bird and G. G. 

 Murray, Larchmont, N. Y.*, F. B. Lewis, 218 Mam street, Hart- 

 ford, Conn.; J. A. Stow and G. G. Stow, 218 East Tenth street 

 New York. The last regular meeting for the season will be held 

 at the Sturtevant House, New York, Oct. 21, at 8 o'clock. 



BROOKLYN C. C— Nov. 5, Election Day.— Paddling race for 

 decked sailing canoes; paddling race for open canoes,, single- 

 blades; tandem paddling race, decked canoes double blades, and 

 open canoes single blades; sailing race for canoes, cruisers, duck- 

 ers, skiffs, etc. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.— Northern Division: M. K. Dunlevie, 

 Ottawa. Atlantic Division: Daniel B. Goodsell, New York. 



A 2SFT. STEAM LAUNCH. 



THE handsome little steam launch shown in the accompanying 

 drawings was designed by Mr. E. R. Bowdish, secretary 

 of the Bowdish Mfg. Co., of Skaneateles, N. Y ., builders of small 

 steam and sailing craft of all kinds. Her dimensions are as fol- 



iows: ft.In. 



Length ^^•;; : ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:v;;;:;;;;;;: | g 



Beam, extreme * § 



L.W.L * 3 



Least freeboard imy 



Sheer at bo w , 



stern ~r * 



Draft, extreme * A 



The motive power, also designed by Mr. Bowdish, includes a 

 two-cylinder compound engine 3 & 5x4m., with a water tube 

 boiler, the latter being arranged for either coal or oil as fuel, the 

 propeller is two-bladed, of 21in. diameter and o4m. pitch. The 

 vacht is of a very convenient size, seating 14, the machinery being 

 well amidships and the seating space aft. The space heside the 

 boiler is used for bunkers when coal is burned. I he rudderhead. 

 is fitted with an iron tiller beneath the after deck, to which the 

 lines are run in addition to the tiller shown above deek. As the 

 drawings show the yacht is very graceful m sheer and outline, 

 far more so than most boats of her class. 



J. S., Boston, Mass.— We have no record of Red Lassie. 

 Keonk, Harrisburg, Pa.— We know nothing of the dog men- 

 tioned. 



A. W. S., Cortland, N. Y.— Dash Ranger was second at St. Paul, 

 1888. He is owned by Mr. L. C. Gould, St. Paul, Minn. 



B. L„ Santa Barbara, Cal.— Wet the canoe and paint while wet 

 with boiled linseed oil and Japan dryer, using any desired color. 



Wm. H. Fenduicu, Columbia, Pa.— The catamarans are practi- 

 cally out of use in New York and Boston, and no one manufac- ( 

 ture's them for sale. 



ROBIN, Staten Island, N. Y.— The law of 1880 permitting robin 

 shooting was at one time repealed, but in 1887 (Chap. 641) it was 

 declared lawful to shoot robins and blackbirds on Long Island 

 and Staten Island from Nov. 1 to Jan. 1. 



V. B. M M Raleigh, N. C— 1 have a canvas gun case that I desire 

 to render waterproof. Can you give me information? If 1 use 

 paint will it not so stiffen canvas that when case is folded it will 

 break or crack? Ans. See directions given "Camper." 



Killdee, Richmond, Va.— A deep centerboard boat will be the 

 most serviceable for your purpose. Though a small keel boat 

 would have some advantages, you would probably have to build 

 in order to get just what what you want. 



W. H. M., Wilkesbarre, Pa— Canvas canoes, if built for sailing, 

 are much heavier than the cedar canoe s. But few canvas canoes j 

 are used in the A. C. A., but they make a very good boat for pad- 

 dling and river cruising, being strong and durable as well as 

 cheap. A new cedar canoe, fitted complete, will cost from £150 

 to $200. 



E. P., Philadelphia.— I am one of those unfortunate individuals 

 who love to shoot quail, but whose business will not admit of ab- 

 sence during the shooting season in the North. Can you direct i 

 me to a place in the South, say within 24 hours ride of Philadel- - 

 phia, where first class shooting can be had during January. Ans. 

 The locality named in our game columns last week, Rocky Hill, 

 S. C. will meet your desires. 



Camper.— Can you tell me how to make my canvas tent water 

 and" mildew proof? Ans. The recipe given in "Hints and Points" 

 reads: "Dissolve Yi pound each of sugar of lead and powdered 

 alum in a bucket ot rain water, and pour the solution into a tub. 

 Soak your tent for twenty-four hours, and then hang it up to dry 

 instead of wringing it dry. Rain will hang to it in globules, but 

 won't go through the cloth. It will also prevent mildew." 



A. N. C, Philadelphia.— I would be greatly obliged if you can 

 give me anv idea as to tbe quantity of nuts that should be pro- 

 vided for a squirrel for one year's consumption. I have a number 



LEAD KEELS WITH IRON BOLTS. 



THE little keel sloop Corinne, once well known as the Gael, of 

 Boston, has lately lost her lead keel while lying m the basm 

 of the Corinthian Y. C. at Tompkinsville. The lead keel of 

 2,0001bs., replacing an iron one ot about 1,200, was put on about 

 twelve vears since, the bolts, twelve in number, being of 9»m. 

 galvanized iron. When the boat was sold to New York, m 1880, 



■quantity, because the number of defective trees is limned, and to 

 have them all filled with nuts in excess of the requisite quantity 

 would result in having the depositories tilled with rotted nuts. 

 Ans. An allowance of six hickory nuts each per day will ha suf- 

 ficient. They will eat more than this and grow tat, but will 

 thrive on the rations named. 



IN FORMATION WANTED. 

 M. R.— Information wanted by two gentlemen as to where they 

 can procure one or two weeks good duck shooting after Nov. 5, 

 Chesapeake or Virginia preferred. Full particulars asked for. 



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