280 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 16, 1S80. 



Finish. Elapsed. 

 4 51 20 2 21 20 

 4 53 00 2 23 00 

 4 50 00 2 23 00 

 not timed. 



Corrected. 

 2 16 39 

 2 18 05 

 2 20 00 



HAMILTON Y. C— At the meeting of the Hamilton Y. C. on 

 Oct. 7 with Vice-Corn. Greening in the chair, the prizes won during 

 the season were presented to the successful sailors as follows: 

 White Wings' cup and flag— White Wings. Capt. Brierly. Monck 

 cup and flag— Samoa, Capt. Jarvis. Marguerite cup and flag (for 

 30-footers)— Maud "B," Capt. Burnside. Dufferin medaL and flag 

 (for 25 footers)— Nad jy, Capt. Malcoluison. Championship flag for 

 35 and 40-footer.-) -Alert, Capt. Vallxnce. Championship flag (for 

 21-footers)— Eclipse, Capt. Dillon. Trotman anchor (for 30-fooiers) 

 — Echo, Capt. Smith. Sweepstake pr ze and marine painting, pre- 

 sented by Mr. Win. Bruce— Samoa— Capt. Jarvis. Messrs. Jarvis, 

 J. F. Monck and Lee were appointed delegates to the annual meet- 

 ing of the Lake Yacht Racing Association which is to be held in 

 Toronto next month. On Oct. 4, the final race of the season was 

 sailed, the times being: 



Start. 



Samoa 2 30 



Echo 2 30 



Psycho 2 30 



Coquette 2 30 



CORINTHIAN NAVY.— The committee having the amend- 

 ments to the constitution and by-laws in hand will report at a 

 special meeting, which Com. Connolly has called for Nov. 7. Mr. 

 Geo. D. Gideon, 17 North Seventh street, Philadelphia, has been 

 authorized to organize the Delaware River Squadron.- The Phil- 

 adelphia small boat owners are comiog in, and Mr. Gideon re- 

 ports that 1891 will see a goodly-sized squadron in this vicinity. 

 It is pretty positive that the navy will extend their limits to 25ft. , 

 and will mate strong inducements to the owners of the racing 

 twenties to come in and encourage them in their efforts. Pro- 

 posed for membership, Geo. D. Gideon. 



NEW YACHTS.— The only bona fide orders yet placed are those 

 of Messrs. Belmont and Thayer for 46-footers, with the Lawley 

 Co., and one for a keel cruiser, designed by Mr. H. J. Gielow for 

 Mr. F. P. Ketchum, to be built by Wintringham. She will be 

 45ft. 6in. over all, 33ft. l.w.L, 12ft. beam and 6ft. 9in. draft. The 

 contract is ready for a new Gardner cutter for the 25ft. corrected 

 length class, and more of these boats are sure to be built; but 

 there are no signs yet of a 90 or even a 70-footer about New York 

 or Boston. 



YACHT BUILDING IN BOSTON.-In a very short time the 

 new corporation of Geo. Lawley & Son, which will succeed the 

 firm of that name, will have in operation a complete plant for 

 steel and composite construction, the present yarn at Soutn Bos- 

 ton being enlarged and remodelled. Tne new concern will have 

 the best of modern appliances for ship building in wood or rnetcl. 



HAWES FUND SCHOOL OF DESIGNING.— The sixth season 

 of the Hawes Fund Schood of Designing was opened on Oct. 6 in 

 the Lincoln school house, Charleston. Prof. Frisbee is in charge, 

 as usual, and there were many new applicants for admission. 



MASSACHUSETTS Y. C— On Oct. 1 the summer quarters of 

 this club at Kowe's Wharf were closed, and the winter quarters, 

 No. 90 Boyleston street, were opened for the winter season. 



NORN A, schooner, has been sold by L. H. Smith to Mr. Coleman, 

 who will fit her out at once for a cruise to the West Indies. Capt. 

 Wm. Dennis will be in command. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

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

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and raoes, 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 tne s port. 



CANUCK, 



THE accompanying drawings show the arrangement and fit- 

 tings of. the canoe Canuck, whose lines appeared in the For- 

 est and Stream of Stpt. 18, together with me dimensions, table 

 of offsets, and enlarged body plan. The canoe is built with a 

 smo th lap, the edges of each strake being tapered, the material 

 being white cedar slightb ovtr J4 ] e. thick; 6 strakes to a side. 

 Tne ribs are of oak, %X%m„ spaced 3J^m. The Keel is of hard 

 pine, of the snape shuwu in the section, witha 5 , 6 iu. oak shoe 

 under it. It will be noticed, that the rabbet is cut a little abive 

 the bottom of the keel, tiie outer line in the half breadth plau 

 representing the half breadth ot the bottom of keel, the inner 

 line being ihe nail breadth of the oak shoe. The raboet is shown 

 in the sheer p^ao as touching the bottom o£ keel m the middle of 

 the boat, but it reall> is a trifle tngner, as the jarge sectiun shows. 

 Tnere is an inwale of pine, %X% u., and on each side of the well 

 are 3 light pine knees. The uuue was not outic for a deck seat, 

 but tnif year Xvlr. Jo: es has used one in all his sailing. Tne cen- 

 terboard trunk is very strong and ue-av , being built ot %\a. pine, 

 the fore end carried up to ihe <itck. The slot is %m. wide, the 

 board being J^in. thick, but a score is cut on the inside of the 

 trunk to admit the iron nandle of tue board. The decks are of 

 mahogany. The well has the ordinary pointed oaK coaming. 



Tne m^st tubes are circular at the deck, Z% and 2%lx\. in diam- 

 etei; but below deck they are square. E.erytam^ about the 

 canoe is strong, though unnecessarily heavy in places, hue in all 

 her races at tne meet and about N- w York, sue never oroke down 

 in hu 1, fittings or rig, a point of great advantage m racing. The 

 centeib am is a steel saw-Oiade, Cat to the peculiar dippt-r-shape 

 shown and hung on a holt, not hting removed wnen the canoe is 

 housed. On tne after end of tne trunk is a spring of flat sieel, 

 with a loop handle, ihe end of which engages in the noiches shown 

 in the board. When tully lowered the lifting handle drop.i into 

 the trunk, leaving a loop on the end, oy which it may be seized in 

 raising. 



Canuck is a very good example of the modern racing canoe, in 

 which the portion of the boat originally used by the canoeist is 

 given up entirely to the board, cue well at the same time being 

 greatly shonentd. She has, it is true, a rather longer well than 

 many of the racers, but when the deck seat is once bolted fast, as 

 It must be for sailing, the w> 11 is made shorter oy a foot, and for 

 all purposes for which the boat is used the coaming might better 

 stop at the foreside of the seat. Tne equipment of the canoe in 

 racing includes a stout pair of paoriles, stowed In the well, but 

 they can only be reached by unshipping the deck seat, a matter of 

 some difficulty. 



The following calculations were made to the in. level line, 

 parallel with the 4 and 6tn. lines shown on the sheer and body 

 plans; those marked *, however, were calculated from the actual 

 loadiine as measured afloat with crew on board, with a draft of 

 4}4in. forward and h%m. aft, above the base line shown in the 

 sheer plan. The displacement to the 5m. level line, 3271bs., is 

 hardly enough, but the increased immersion aft, as shown by the 

 actual trim, would make up the difference. 



This matter, of the actual draft of racing canoes, is one that in 

 spite of its importance has received but little attention, and 

 though the lines of all the leading canoes have bee a published at 

 one time or another, but little data is available regarding the 

 actual draft, displacement, and center of lateral resistance. 

 Every canoe before she is taken from the stocks should have at 

 least one distinct mark on stem and sternpost by which her draft 

 at any time may be ascertained, in nearly all canoes for many 

 years the rabbet line amidships has been practically parallel to 

 the load line, and it is usually taken as tne b ise line io the de- 

 sign, so that all measurements may for the sake of uniformity be 

 made from the rabbet line. Permanent marks should be placed 

 on stem and sternpost at 3, 4 and Sin. above this base line, then 

 when the canoe is in racing trim her actual draft may be quickly 

 read off. In connection with this the spirit level used a few years 

 since is a good thing, only it should now be placed in a more con- 

 venient place than the bottom of the canoe, as on deck or on the 

 side of the trunk. When the canoe is completed this level should 

 be adjusted to show the designed trim, then when the proper trim 

 is found after some sailing a mark can be made on the level for a 

 permanent guide. It very frequently happens that a canoe goes 

 off her tiim in a race, from leakage forward or aft or some similar 

 cause, without the crew being aware of the trouble for some time, 

 but a glance at the level now and again will serve not only to call 

 attention to the trim but as a means of keeping it right. 



It would be very interesting if the owners of some of the fast 

 canoes would make a few experiments with their boats by meas- 

 uring the exact draft at each end wh^n in the best sailing trim, 

 and then measuring the exposed area Of board and rudder, from 

 which the center of lateral resistance can be calculated, and also 

 the exact sail plan, so as to obtain the center of effort. Of course 

 every canoe undergoes constant changes of canvas and trim in 

 racing one day or another, but the measurements should be taken 

 as she does her best sailing in a good working breeze. 



Some years since, when canoes ranged in length from 14 to 16ft., 

 with comparatively few of the longer, we adopted a plan of making 

 all designs to a uniform length of 15ft., the length of the majority, 

 aad we have since published & number of designs pf this sise, in 



