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FOREST AND STREAM 



[Oct. 2, 1890. 



EXCELSIOR GUN CLUB SHOOT. 



CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 27.— The Excelsior Gun Club, a young trap 

 organization of Morgan Park, a suburb of this city, closed its 

 first tournament, a very pleasant little nfifair, this evening. The 

 shoot lasted thr<-e days. Sept 25, 26 and 27, but very little was done 

 1 o-day, most of the visitors having gone home. The shoo 1- , was 

 very successful, about 40 shooters being on hand, thus showing 

 the truth of the recent Faying that little shoots are better than 

 big ones. But small as this shoot was. it at I ranted from afar such 

 shooters as Budd, Gaboon, Ruble, Latshaw, O'Neill. Skinner and 

 others of that grade, and these had it much their own way. 

 Messrs. Price, Farmer. Eich, Shepard, Reeves, Steck and others 

 of this- city ran out and shot a while. The shoot was held at live 

 birds, bluerocks and tin pigeons. The weather was not very good, 

 rains and high winds making shooting very disagreeable. Smrcs 

 are appended: 



Shoot No. 1, 10 single tin pigeons, entrance $1.50, live tnonevs; 



Cop 0001111111—7 Atwater 1111111111—10 



Ashley 0011111111-8 McAllister 1101010001— 5 



Calmon 1110111111- ! 



A W Reeves HOimoio- ' 



Lewis" Ill 11 01111— 9 



W H Skinner 1111111110-0 



Atwater first, other ties div. 

 Shoot No. 2, 10 tin pigeons, entrance $2.50: Atwater 10, Lewis 8, 

 Ashley 10, Skinner 10, Cop 7, Gardner 8, McAllister 1, Roll, 7, Ga- 

 boon 9. 



Shoot No. 3, 7 live birds, entrance 85, five moneys: 



Geo T Farmer 2112211—7 Ca hoon loOllll— 5 



As hley 22 12123—7 Ca irn cross 1 1 31 o01-5 



Skinner. ...2121211-7 Budd 2111211—7 



Atwater 20210ol— I Cop 0012120—4 



Tokington 1111211—7 Reeves 0)02211-5 



Gardner 0121121— fi Latshaw 1121121—7 



Lewis 0022121-5 Eich 1112211-7 



Price 0112212—6 Ruble 2122120- -6 



Merrill 1111010-5 



Farmer, Skinner, Budd and Latshaw first; Gardner. Price and 

 Ruble second; Lewis and Cairncross third; Atwater and Cop 

 fourth. 



Shoot No. 4. 20 tin pigeons: Atwater IS, Lewis 12, Roll 17, Cop 18, 

 Gardner 17, McAllister 14, Hart. 17. Ashlev 19, Skinner 19, Marble 

 13. Ames 10, Gaboon 18. All lies except for third moncv, which 

 was won by Gardner in the shoot-off, were div. 



Baker won third in shoot-off. Hamilton and Green fourth, Steck 

 fifth. 



Shoot No. 6. .20 tin pigeons, entrance $3: 



Ashley.. ..HUltmilllllllOOl— 18 Lewis OlooilOOiKSii olOlOOl 0- 6 



Gaboon ...111 1111111 11111 11111-20 RoU 1 IU101U11101 1 11 11010-11 



Atwater.. 0101 1111111111111111-18 Ames 111100111111 umilll 1—1H 



Skinner., 01 .11 1111111111111111-19 Marble... .01 1 1 001 1 1 1] 1 01 1 0101 1 - 1 1 



tt'AllieteiOlOUOlllllOOllOllll-14 Hart 11111111101101111011-17 



Cop ... 11111111110111111111—19 Gardner .dlllJIllOlllOllOlHl— 10 



Gaboon first. Cop second; other ties div. 



Shoot No. 7, 10 tin pigeons, entrance $1.50: Skinner 9, R/dl 8, 

 Cop 8, Price 0. Hart 9, Ashley 7, Atwater 9, «haroo 2, Marble 10. 

 Cairncross 9, Gardner 10, Gaboon 9, Eich 9, Campbell 4. Ames 7, 

 Reeves 9. Marble and Gardner first, Skinner and Atwater second. 

 Other ties div. 



Ext ra No. 1, 10 single bluerocks: Hart ti, McAllister 0, Ames 6, 

 Roll S, Marble 7, Airey 8, Iglehart 4. 

 Extra No. 2. 10 single hlueroeke: Hart 0, McAllister 7, Amos'T, 

 oil 9, Airey 9, Iglebart 9, Steck 9. 



Roll , . 

 Extra No. 3. 10 bluferocfc 



Hart 4. Steck 7, Roll 



., Krueger 5. 



Marble 7, Lauterbach 4, Green 4. McAllister 5, McEUlgot 3, Ames 



6, Iglehsrt 5, Airey 8, Ruble 10. E. C. H. 7. 



Extra No. 4, 15 bluerocks: Park (3, Gaboon 12, Eich 13, Steck 11. 



Extra No. 5. 15 bluerocks: Airey 14, Budd 13, Merrill 10, McAl- 

 lister 10. Marole 8, Ruble 13. 



Extra No. 0. 10 tin pigeons: Latshaw 10, Steck 4, Hart 9, McAl- 

 lister 7, Ruble 9. 



Seeond Day. 



Shoot No. 1, at 10 single bluerocks. entrance $1.50, a monevs: 



Budd 1111110111- 9 Skinner 1011100101 -fi 



Park 1110110111- 8 Davis 11100ol0Ol—i 



Gaboon 1111111111—10 Schorling 1010011001-5 



Cairncross 1111110111— 9 Morgan 1101010101— ti 



Merrill 0011010001- 4 Palmer I00001001O-4 



Glover 1001101001- 5 Airey 1111111101-9 



Cop 1010111111— 8 Torkington 1011111111-9 



Ruble 1111111101- 9 Gardner 1111111101-9 



Gaboon first, Budd and Cairncross second, other ties div. 



Shoot No. 2, at 5 live birds, entrance $3, 4 moneys: 



Wilcox 11111-5 Airey 10100—2 Gardner 11111-5 



Richards 10101—4 Lauterbach. .11100— 3 Mutford 00111-3 



Hi I s 00111-3 G.p....; 11110-4 Budd 11110-4 



Merrill 11111-5 Palmer 11011—4 Cahoon 11111—5 



Skinner . . . .4.1111— fi Cairncross. . .01110—3 



Cahoou and Merrill first, Budd second, Cairncross third, Airey 

 fourth. 



Shoot No. 3, 15 single bluerocks, entrance $2:50: Budd 13, Cairo- 

 cross 14, Park 13, Lewis 12, Merrill 9. Airey 10. Gardner 13, Cop 14, 

 Schorling 9, Glover 10, Skinner 9, Cahoon 12, Ruble 12. 



Extra No. 1,10 bluerocks: Budd 9, Park 8, Cairncross 9. Cop 9, 

 Campbell 3, Gardner 7, Ruble 8, Lewis 9, Airey 7, T. W. Taylor 1, 

 Cahoon 7. 



Extra No. 2, 10 bluerocks: ^Park 3, Merrill 6, Cairncross 8," Budd 

 9, Ruble 9. Skinner 7, Cop 10. 



Extra No. 3, 10 bluerocks: McAllister 9, Spoiling 3, Glover 5, 

 Davis 6, Cahoon 9, Morgan 6. 



Extra No. 4, 10 bluerocks: 



Budd 1111111111-10 Davis 1110000101—5 



Cairncross 1111111111-10 Morgan llQPOOOOOO- 



Park 1111101111- 9 Airey OOOlllllll— 7 



Skinner 0100101111- G Schorling 0101101110-0 



Cop - 1111101101- S Lewis 1011101110-7 



Glover 1101001101- ti Gardiner 1111101111-9 



McAl'ist.er 0001001100— 3 Merrill 11100011 10 — G 



Norfolk OOlllOOOuO- 3 Ruole 1111111111-10 



Cahoon 110110111.1— 8 Torkington 1000111000-4 



Extra No. 5, 10 bluemcks: Cop 8, Morgan 8. Schorling 5, Glover 



4, Palmer 3. Taylor 3. Davis 3, Gardner 10, Campbell 0, McAllister 

 9, Park 10. Price 7, O'Neill 7. 



Extra No. 6, 10 tin pigeons: Campbell 5, O'Neill 10, Morgan 7, 

 Glover 4, Schorling 3, McAllister 5, Park 7, Price 5, Waters (3, Steck 

 8. Ruble 8. 



Exira No. 7, 10 tin pigeons: Cahoon 9, Budd 10, Skinner 7, Mer- 

 rill 5, Gardner 9, Cop 8, Lewis 8, Cairncross 9 Ruble 8, O'Neill 8. 

 Budd first, ties on 9 second, Ruble third. 



Extra No. 6, 10 tin pigeons: Campbell 6. Steck 9, Cahoon 9, Ruble 



7, Skinner 7, O'Neill 10, Schorling 4, Budd 10, Cairncross 10, Merrill 



8, Palmer 8. Park 8, Wilcox 6, Cop 9, Meeks 9, Richards 8, Lauter- 

 bach 0, Mulford 5, Hecks 7. 



Extra No. 9, 15 tin pigeons: Cop 13, Palmer 10, Richards 11, Cairn- 

 cross 14, Meeks 10, Budd 15, Hicks 12, Cahoon 13, Ruble 13. Budd 

 first, Cairncross second, Ruble third. 



Extra No. 10, 51ive birds, three monevs: 



Merrill 11011-4 Torkington , .01011-3 Lucktemyer .10101-3 



Wilcox 11110-4 Airey Ulll-5 O'Neil 11111-5 



Hicks 11111-5 Mulford 10000-1 Steck 11011-4 



Park ..10111-4 Lewis. . 11111-5 McAllister. . .10111— 4 



Gardner 11110 -4 Campbell . . . .11111-5 



O'Neil first. Steck second, ties for third div. 



Extra No. 11, 5 tin pigeons: Steck 4, Cop 5, Richards 4, Ruble 5. 

 Cop and Ru'le first, Richards second. 



Extra No. 12. 5 tin pigeons: Steck 3, Cop 3, Richards 5, Ruble 4, 

 Cahoon 4. Richards first, other ties div. 



Extra No. 13. same as preceding: Steck 3, Cahoon 3, Richards 



5, Cop 4, Ruble!. Richards first, Cop and Ruble second, Steck 

 third. 



Extra No. 14, 5 tin pigeons: Ruble 4, Cahoou 5, Merrill 4, Rich- 

 arris 4. Cop 5. Hicks 3, Palmer 5, Camnbe.il 1, Steck 5, Davis 2. 

 Exrra No. 15. 5 tin pigeons: Richards 4, Cahoon 3, Hicks 3, Ruble 



3, Cop 5. Palmer 3. Cop first, Richards second. Ties for third 

 shot off on doubles, miss and out. Hicks and Palmer winning. 



Extra No. 16, same as above: Ruble 4, Cop .5, Hicks 4, Richards 



4. Cahoon 5. Merrill 4, Palmer 3, Campbell 4. Cop and Cahoon 

 first, Ruble, Richards and Merrill second, Palmer third. 



Extra No. 17, 10 single tin pigeons: 



Buid 1110101111-8 Richards 1100111101-7 



Wilcox 1011001111-7 Skinner 1 110010100-5 



Cairncross... 1111011111-9 Cop 1111111110—9 



Cahoon 1111111100 -S O'Neill 1101011110-7 



Watezs 0000000001-1 Dr Meek 1101111110-8 



Merrill 1101111111-9 Mulford 1111111110-9 



Ruble 1111111011-9 Steak 0111110100-8 



Hicke 0110111101-7 



Extra No. 18, 10 tin nigeons: Ruble 10, Campbell 3, Steck 7, Mc- 

 Allister 6, Park 7, Wafers 3, Pride 4, O'Neill 9. 



Extra No. 19, 10 tin pigeons: Pride 4, Park 9, Steck 9, Ruble 8, 

 O'Neill 7, Schorling 6, Campbell 3. 



Extra No. 20, 10 tin pigeons: Gardner 8, Palmer 4, Park 7. 



E. Hough. 



HARRISBURG. 



A full report of the Harrisburg tournament will be given next 

 week. 



TOURNAMENTS OF THE EASTERN NEW YORK TRAP- 

 SHOOTERS' LEAGUE for the month of October.— Albany Gun 

 Club at Elm Grove Shooting Park Oct. 7; special prizes for 

 highest aggregates. Catskill, Oct. 14, contest for the E. N. Y. 

 League medal; George F. Tolley, manager. Trojan Gun Club at 

 Young's Grove. Lansingburgh, Oct. 21; A. Paul, secretary, Cohoes. 

 Saratoga Gun Club, ()nt. 28; H. M. Levengston, Jr.. manager, Sara- 

 toga Springs.— Horace B. Debut, Secretary Eastern New York 

 Trap-Shooters' League, 448 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 



'"'West India Hurricanes and the Great March Blizzard.^' By 

 Everett Hayden, U. S. Hydrographic Office. Large quarto, with 23 

 lithographic plates. Price $1. Contains fvll history of the great 

 storm of March, 1888, vMh practical information how to handle a 

 vessel in a cyclone; use of oil at sea, etc. 



THE BUILDING SEASON, 



THE prospective owners of two of next season's racers have 

 shown their wisdom by placing their orders early, with a cer- 

 tainty of having their boats in good time for the opening of the 

 season. The spars for the new Belmont end Thayer 46-footers 

 are now being roughed out with the whole winter to dry, a big 

 handicap in itself from the boats which are likely to be ordered 

 for the class next February, and whose sticks will at that time 

 probably be part of a raft of spars yet afloat. In cases where men 

 have made up their minds to build there can be few reasons for 

 delay, nearly all questions of type and dimensions can be settled 

 now as well as in midwinter, the advantage of knowing what 

 others are. doing is very slight, and more than balanced by the in- 

 evitable delay over later orders. The man who has his yacht 

 ready for launching in March, with the sails and gear waiting in 

 the lofts, not only has a better built boat than those whose decks 

 and planking are, being rushed on at that time, but he has a fail- 

 show to win the earlv races from which the late boats will be 

 absent, and at the same time to enter the summer races in far bet- 

 ter shape. Now is the time to get rbe best work from the de- 

 signer, the builder and from all the mechanics whose labor goes 

 to make the complete yacht. Before the short days and the cold 

 weather, before the designer is busy with other work and the 

 builder has his sheds full, is the time for the yachtsman to decide 

 on wha t he wants and to go to work immediately to get it in time 



WINTER WORK. 



COMPARED with last, season, the present one has ended very 

 quietly and peaceably, and with little prospect of a renewal 

 of the measurement discussion which occupied last fall and win- 

 ter. That this is so is not due to the fact that the question of cor- 

 rected length classification has been abandoned, or that any less 

 interest is taken la it now than last year, but to the conviction ou 

 the part of many that though such a classification must come in 

 time, there is no pressing necessity for it as matters stand, and 

 everv reason why careful and deliberate action should be taken. 

 So far from being dead, corrected length has made quiet but 

 steady progress throughout the year; many wbo were opposed to 

 it at first because it was new and strange to them have, as the result 

 of last winter's discussion, given serious thought to it this year, 

 and either favor it or admit that though they do not yet approve 

 of it, the change must come in a short time. While it is still 

 probable that under the present rules power may be made to pay, 

 and that in good hands a "brute" may be built that will win from 

 the present boats, there is no i mmediate danger of such an attempt 

 being made in any class save the smallest, and for tire next year 

 or two the influence of Minerva and her fellows well predominate. 



Such being the case, there is no need of pressing for any change, 

 but at the same time there is work to be done in every club in the 

 country in the way of improving and strengthening the racing 

 rules, especially in the direction of uniformity. The old, old 

 question of the organization of some general body on the coast, 

 similar to that which has been in successful operation on Lake 

 Ontario for the past 7 seasons, is heard of late in the clubs, and it 

 is evident that the time is nearly ripe for such a movement, though 

 it is impossible to predict just what form it will take; a union of 

 such clubs as the New York, Larchmont Eastern, Seawanhaka 

 and Atlantic, or. as in Great Britain, an organization of indi- 

 viduals only, regardless of clubs. The obstacles which have always 

 existed in the past are slowly disappearing, and before many sea- 

 sons the way will be opened for an association of some sort. 



There is already an opening for work in this direction iu the 

 elimination of the minor differences that exist in the various 

 rules, and the publication by these clubs in concert of one book of 

 rules, which shall contain all the information which a man needs 

 to sail a race at Marblehead, Newport, Larchmont or New York. 

 With the exception of the classification of the Larchmont Y. 0. 

 the rules of these clubs show no important point of difference, 

 and it is probable that more good will be done in the end by all 

 working together with such rules as suit the majority than by 

 any one pushing ahead alone, however real the advance may be. 

 The need of one system of sailing rules, of starting signals, one 

 allowance table and one classification is more evident each year, 

 and now that the great drawback in the past, the difference in 

 the rule of measurement, has disappeared , the minor differences 

 should be eliminated with small difficulty. This work might be 

 done as well this winter as at any time, and once accomplished 

 the united efforts of all the clubs concerned could be turned to 

 the further perfection of the minor details of sail measurement, 

 etc. , , 



As for the classification, the question with it now is not whether 

 it shall come at aU, nor when it shall come, but in what form, 

 under what measurement rule, what allowance table, and what 

 the class limits shall be. The great point is not to do it quickly, 

 but to doit well, so well that when once adopted by a majority of 

 the clubs, it shall be adopted by all with the agreement that it 

 shall be tested without change for a period of at least three years. 

 No partial trial by one or two clubs or for a single year can prove 

 anything, but the measure must be taken up by aU together for a 

 snfficient period to give some opportunity for building and racing. 



That the time for such concerted action has not yet come will 

 be apparent to all who have given any thought to the matter. In 

 one way this is a matter for regret, there is now a fair promise of 

 building for next season and in some practically new classes. As 

 eacb new keel laid makes any change of rule more difficult, it is 

 unfortunate that the change, if it is to come at all, has not been 

 made before any further building begins, but the new fleet is 

 likely to be confined to such types as will accommodate them- 

 nelves fairly well to the proposed corrected length classes. 



Hindsight is a great thing, or would be if it came sooner; the 

 proposition was made two or three y-ears since, first by Mr. J. 

 Beavor Webb, if we recollect, that the new 40ft. class, then with 

 only two or three boats, should be made a trial class under a cor- 

 rected length measurement, say of 48ft. It is easy to see now that 

 if this had been done in 1888 we should have been several years 

 ahead of where we are now in a knowledge of the practical work- 

 ing of the rule. Minerva was then built, and Liris, Mariquita 

 and Gorilla would probably have been built and raced, but with 

 them we should have had a dozen others of various proportions of 

 length and sail. The result in any case could have been no worse 

 than the actual state of the 40ft. class to-day. with only three or 

 four boats left to race, the rest for sale or in use as cruisers. 



The Atlantic Y. C. has lately shown an unwonted spirit of enter- 

 prise that speaks well for the foresight of its officers in establish- 

 ing a similar trial class with a bmit of 35ft. corrected length. 

 This wiH include yachts of about 20ft. l,w\l., boats within the 

 means of the younger men in the club. There is little doubt that 

 the class will take, and that in addition to some exciting racing 

 next, year there will be a. substantial addition to the data now at 

 hand on the subject of corrected length. A class of this kind in 

 the Corinthian Y. C. of Marblehead, a club that numbers more 

 young amateurs than any other in the country, should be a suc- 

 cess from a racing standpoint, and also as a practical experiment 

 in corrected length. The present 20ft. l.w.l. class of the club is, 

 we believe, in a rather poor condition just now, Mr. John B. Paine 

 having topped the class with bis new Hornet just as be did the 

 25ft. class two years ago with Svvordfisb. Such a change as this 

 would be likely to give a new life to the class, especially as Boston 

 has so many amateur designers among her yachtsmen. The 



Larchmont Y. C. has already such a class on its books, but no 

 yachts in it. Such boats, however, would be admirably fitted for 

 a Saturday' afternoon class, to race every Saturday in summer, 

 and a little eucouragement from the club in the way of an early 

 promise of suitable prizes might be enough to induce building 

 during the winter. It is not to be expected that the results of 

 trials in so small a class will show beyond question the winning 

 types in all sizes, but. a great deal may be learned from the racing 

 of half a dozen boats of the same corrected length but of different 

 proportions of sail, length and beam. 



Another change that is coming nearer eacb year is the separa- 

 tion of the racers and cruisers; a very difficult matter, but one 

 which will have to be dealt with some day if racing is to continue 

 in any but the classes under 61ft., and especiallv in the large 

 schooners. Such a measure will not be a complete panacea for 

 the lassitude and lack of spirit which has characterized the past 

 year, but it may be made to increase materially the entries and 

 the interest in the. large regattas and to restore some of their lost 

 importance. At the same time the tendency is toward the substi- 

 tution of match races between the smaller racing craft such as 

 have been so numerous this year, for the once popular spectacle of 

 a big regatta with twenty to fifty yachts, many of large size. Such 

 spectacles, with a big fleet scattered over miles of water and only 

 partly visible from anyone point, are losing favor with yachts- 

 men who have been able to follow every maneuver of such boats 

 as Minerva. Gossoon, Mariquita and Liris over the Larchmont and 

 Marblehead courses; and however important they may be in their 

 way as appealing to the public and keeping up the general interest 

 in yachting, they are likely to be few in number eacb year. The de- 

 tails of a definition which shall admit the cruisers to certain races, 

 while barring the recognized racing cracks, will be difficult to de- 

 cide on; but. no harm can come from atrial in this direction this 

 winter, to be put into use next season. 



THE CHESAPEAKE FLATTIE. 



MUCH of the sailing that will be done in the next 6ix months 

 wiU be in the Chesapeake and south of it, and mainly in 

 localities where the depth is limited. The accompanying cuts 

 show a boat of cheap and simple construction that may be built 

 by the amateur or any good mechanic, and which will prove a 

 very serviceable craft for camping and hunting in Florida wafers 

 or on the sounds ot the Atlantic coast. The boat is properly a 

 native of Chesapeake Bay, where it is known as the "Flattie." 



In general she may be described as a beamy sharpie. The bot- 

 tom has but little camber fore and aft, and the run is helped out 

 by some rise to the floors. With the aid of the accompanying 

 plans, any one handy with simple tools can put a keelless flattie 

 together in the following manner: . 



On the building stocks the keel plank. A, is sprung to shape by 

 blocks underneath and shores from overhead. This plank maybe 

 10 to 12iu. wide in wake of center board and taper a little toward 

 the ends, although an oven width may be preserved fore and aft. 

 The frames 1, 3,3, 4, etc., are got out by sawing scantling to the 

 requisite lengths obtained from the body plan and uniting their 

 heels to the floors, giving the frames their respective flare, stay- 

 lathing them as necessary. Each frame is then set up in its place 

 across the keel plank and then nailed down. In the run, ft ors 9 

 and 10 can be cut out of plank deep enough to allow for the rise on 

 each side. Frame 11 will have the floor in two pieces, the heels 

 nailed to the keel plank and connected by a deep floor plank, F, 

 as shown in the diagram. The clamp, C, is run round near the 

 heads of the frames, and a piece of scantling, D, along the corners 

 of frames and floors as a further tie between them. The sides are 

 then planked up, after putting in enough beams to secure rigidity 

 to the frame. If not too large, the boat can be turned bottom up 

 and the bottom plank nailed on in fore and aft lengths, the inner 

 plank being brought up to the edge of the keel plank to permit 

 tight caulking. Tne counter has also in the meantime been shut 

 in with cross plank. The rest of the deck framingis then finished, 

 the hatches, house and cockpit built and the deck laid, all of 

 which will be understood from the diagrams. Beams are notched 

 down, into the clamp and spiked to it, also nailed through the 

 plank from outside. No fore and aft carlins are needed for house 

 and cockpit, the thick coaming being itself sufficient to support 

 the inner ends of the half beams, ffl, by nailing. The house can 

 be built up upon the coaming in one or more depths nailed down, 

 or vertical staving can be nailed outside the coaming. The dead- 

 wood aft is composed of a filling piece, M, nailed up to the keel 

 plank and a shoe piece, S, underneath, with a post aft, the rudder 

 being hung to the latter. For additional stiffness a flooring is laid 

 fore and aft inside. Around the gunwale a chafing batten, Z, is 

 nailed, and a low waist, IF, along the sheer. The deck is laid fore 

 and aft, the outer plank or planksbeer being, however, sprung to 

 the shape of the side, 



A stout piece of plank crossing two floors, and a block of wood 

 make the mast step. The partners, P, consist of a block let up 

 between the beams. Forward a solid triangular piece of wood, T, 

 fills the eyes of the boat abaft the stem. It serves as a breast 

 hook, and has the bitts or sampson posts down through it. A knee 

 ties the heel of the. stem to the bottom plank. This stem is, of 

 course, iabbeted to receive the hood ends of the side plank, as 

 shown in the half-breadth plan. The hatch coamings are simply 

 nailed down to the beams. The covers are held in their place by 

 their own cross framing. The companion slide travels in a groove 

 taken out of the coamings as at G iu the cross section. A lip 

 uuder forward end of the slide brings up against a ledge A r , nailed 

 down to the cabin top between the slide coamings, when the slide 

 is closed. A clasp from side over the door and padlock secure the 

 entrance, the door being first bolted on the inside by reaching 

 over. The rudder can be nailed up of three thicknesses to avoid 

 bolting according to diagram A", or else spiked together out of 

 narrow pieces and strapped by an iron band. To protect the bot- 

 tom upon grounding, a chafing plank should be nailed on under- 

 neath the bottom plank, as Y. If carried up to the counter as a 

 strengthening to the keel plank, it. must be put on before the dead 

 wood is added. 



Tho centerboard trunk is built as follows: A stout plank, E, is 

 nailed to the bottom inside over the slot previously cut. This 

 plank reaches between frames 3 and 8, on top of this fit two fore 

 and aft logs, K, jogging the ends over floors 3 and 8 upon which they 

 should also rest. Bolt down through the bottom plank with or 

 % iron to ties all together. These logs are intended to transfer 

 tne weight and thrust of the trunk to the whole cross floors of 

 frames 3 and 8, otherwise the weight would fall upon the bisected 

 floors of frames 4, 5, 6 and 7, which are without support in the 

 wake of the slot, other than that derived from the bottom plank. 

 Insert the headp03ts of the trunk between the logs K and plank 

 up tne sides. The split floors will be supported if jogged over the 

 stout plank and may also have a knee up the sides of the trunk. 

 It is important that the trunk and boat's oottom be rigid to avoid 

 troublesome leaking. 



The centerboard is dowelted together and strapped with light 

 iron at each end. The pin is an ordinary bolt, which should be 

 driven a tignt fit to prevent leaking. The pennant for hoisting 

 passes up through the cabin roof, over a half round block of wood, 

 and has a single sheave strapped in the end. A whip is rove 

 through this sheave, one end being fast to the cabin top and the 

 hauling part belaying to a cleat on the after end of the cabin 

 within handy reach. The interior of the cabin can be lightly 

 ceiled over and supplied with transoms and lockers to suit. A 

 drawer under the cockpit will serve as ice chest, and water may 

 be carried in a breaker or small barrel on deck. 



The diagrams have scales for 30 and 26ft. boats over all length. 

 The cross sections are on double scale. Scantling for a 30ft. flattie 

 about as follows: Stem, 6in. sided; keelplank, 10xl!^1n.; frames, 

 234X2J& floors 3x294; clamps, 6xlJ4ia.: corner tie 3in. square; 

 deck frame, 2J4X2J4; nottomplank, 1J4; side plank, P4; deck stuff , 

 3 or 4xlin.; inside flooring, Hin. thick; centerboard bed plank, 

 Sxl^m. each side of slot; truuk logs, 8x2>£in.; siding of trunk, 

 2in.; head posts, 3t't.x3in.; chafing plank on bottom, 8xlJ^in.; 

 deadw r ood, 2 to 3in. thick; coaming of house, lj^in. thick; mast, 

 5iu. at partners; sails, lOoz. duck. Caulk with cotton and putty 

 or pitch the seams. Ballast with stone as required. 



It is customary in working boats to bring the tack of the jib to 

 the stem head, but a short bowsprit can be spiked down to the 

 deck, affording more headsailfor cruising purposes. By the ex- 

 ercise of some taste, it is possible to model quite a handsome and 

 fairly smart boat on the foregoiug ideas. A slight hollow may be 

 introduced in the bow frames and a round to the quarters without 

 resorting to other than straight grained stuff. The chief point is 

 to give the model good clearance, as dragging water aft is very 

 detrimental to speed. The body plan can be got by squaring 

 across the block model at frame stations, and deducting thick- 

 ness of plank for getting out the frames. The cost of a flattie 

 should be less than half that of a round-bottom yacht, according 

 to finish of detail,^ 



TITANIA.— On Sept. 33 as Mr. Iselin's yacht Titania was cruis- 

 ing on the Sound, bound from Newport to New York, she carried 

 away her mast wheu off Fisher's Island. She was towed back to 

 Newport, and later was towed to City Island, where she will 

 lie up. 



MINEOLA..— Mr. Belmont has selected this name for the suc- 

 cessor to Mariquita: the design is about ready and Lawleys will 

 begin work at once. It is reported that a match has already been 

 made between the new yacht and Jessica. 



