FOREST AND STREAM, 



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§moqmg. 



~™ f A 3 ,' and also notic8S in advance of meetings and races and 

 ■ fc a ame ' Can oeists and all interested in canoeine aro 



requested to forward to Forest ash Stream their add wsaes wit h 

 w£?J?» ? rms ? 8 < ma PS, and information concerning ■ thlir ioo,l 



ate g ptmi of boats and 



THE OPEN CANADIAN CANOE. 



T R & H nlfc^° y Wt™^ 8 ^ 01 wMch we are indebted to Mr. 



w,^ V1 ,S g i° ^ n orance and misconception on the part of the early 



mmMmmsm 



Draft iUi „ 



Freeboard ', - »» t?g n - 



Sheer bow XX 



stern £ m - 



Weight -^lhc 



lft Wtt , ?! ni stem at waterline, Stations 1 to 9 spaced 

 itt. bin. Waterlmes Ira. apart below water and Sin. above. 



TABLE OF OFFSETS. 



0 



Heights. 



Gun- 

 wale. 



Keel. 



1 7< 





1,... 



1 3* 



1* 





1 2" 



12 





1 2 



0' 



4 *f 



1 1« 



0* 



5.... 



1 l 4 



0* 



6.... 



1 1^ 



0* 



7. .. 



«1 l" 



o< 



8 ... 



-.1 l 6 



0 6 



9.... 





1 



10. . . . 



1 6"j 





Half-Breadths. 



Gun- 

 wale. 



10' 

 1 0' 

 1 r 

 1 0 ! 

 ll 2 

 8" 

 5 

 0i 



B. 1 A. 



0 

 5 

 0> 

 1 0 ! 

 1 2 s 

 1 3 

 1 2" 

 1 1 



9« 

 1 0 3 

 1 2 

 1 2« 

 1 2 2 

 1 0 8 



LWL No. 1. 'No. 2. 



V 

 ll 8 



l it 



1 2* 

 1 2 

 1 0 s 



a- 



2< 



'Of 



11 



1 V 

 1 2 

 1 I 3 

 ll 6 



7? 

 3" 

 0 1 



No. 3, 



1 0 

 1 1 

 1 0 



10 2 



0" 



3 

 1 



10 3 



IP 



10« 



7« 

 4 2 

 l a 



No. 4. 



2 T 



cinS 0 «® in »hn]?r^h« S Ji±f 8 is , . essen «ally different from that in 

 uanaaa, about the great cities, the centers of cpnoein^ thp 

 waters are broad and best fitted for sailing: there it^ittWf-l® 

 nn r rS?? n D ^h-? nd hun «?S' and no need to u!e the canoe for this 

 FrKw Tt! iSrPo 061 !- 8 aS 8 r '^ le ha J e less leisure for extended 

 tups tnan their Canadian cousins, their spare time outside of a 

 two weeks' vacation being limited to a few hours™! an "afternoon" 

 or a day a week, on Sunday. Under these conditions racine has 

 grown at the expense of cruising, and the canoe that has been 

 developed is first of all a sailer, either for racing or ordinary °a?l 



under paddle. Ihe deck and compartments, too, afford facilit iV« 

 lZ k *T m •^ dd ¥ lg a nd duffle dry, and it is no . d sldvantage that 

 the canoe will not carry two or three men and dogs and nerham 

 a slam deer, as such work is never expected of it. When the first 

 and a te?ffS a th FS °/ ^ 6 /- ?• A " a " ived at Lake George in 18ffl 

 SSwIp ™E?$w v he d ?? u ed caDOes tnere tn e first objection they 

 v £ v a ? that Xt Wol ^ d be ^Possible to carry a deer in them. The 



theT-Mef \m*nn? l vn 1 , 1 lH P i 0mptly ^ y the &tat ement that forVem 

 tne c tnei difficulty would be m getting the deer. 



aa ni t ,i ed V th Jeeboard s and a large lateen the open canoe is often 

 sailed, and some very skillful work has been shown at Ume« in the 

 races at the meets; but at this work it cannot compar Erftt ithl 

 American decked canoe with centerboard, rudder and raeink 

 sails, in the paddling races, though the s ng'e blade > has tW^ 

 discarded for the double long since, the opln canoe has held its 

 own with the > decked racing cauoes from the States hut under 

 h co n<M«ons it seems probable that the snoon shaped bot- 

 tom of the Canadian canoe will be driven out by the deener and 

 sharper models of American origin when it comes to a question 

 of speed only, as m the trophy races at the meets. ^estion 

 At the same time, racing has always been one of the princinal 

 uses of the open canoe, and more good races have heen naddFed 

 in just such canoes as the one here shown than in all varfeties of 

 decked canoes combined. In Canada a great deal of ' Hie 

 especially tandem is done in boats like this, ordinary ™rvtee 

 craft of good model and light build, but designed primarily for 

 & P u S oses ^ r aci ng. The present craft, with a Sat of 

 65 bs used constantly by her owner as a yacht's tender, has won 

 all the tandem races on Lake St. Louis last'vear, besides the Lake 

 St, Louis cups, the "blue ribbon" of the single blade ra^oing There 

 is a danger now that this most useful type of bhat may besun 

 £ a ^ d b + l tne new 401 i ,s - Paddling shell, the trouble being not so" 

 much m the races at the meet as in the ordinary club races which 

 S?„ n rt A ' °- A - rules; and some spechS^^s&hould 



^^pu^^^™™ ° f the new P dtfinSoVa S 

 So far as the bottom is concerned, with its ample bearinss and 

 easy, graceful form, it is admirable for sailing, and i has flryed 

 as a model for more than one decked canoe; but its other features 

 and fittings are not the best, the sheer, "he freeboard! thl stem 

 the tumblehqme of the sides, and the wide RunwKnouah n™' 

 feet for running rapids, are not those of a sailing craft Trans 

 formed by the addition of deck, centerboard tmnk, rudder and" 

 tK™W™ e ° Pe? ? an ° e 10863 h6r 8pecial ^od Sues and at 

 canoe? inferior to a regularly built decked sailing 



The material used for these canoes is mainly ba«swood a 

 strong, tough wood that can be had entirely See from knots 

 which cannot be said of cedar. It is liable to decay from moi* 

 +? r f m a . canoe ' which can be kept dry and completely pro- 

 iff^f » y t pa !? t K° r varnish - th i? is no serious objection, and P the 

 life of a good basswood canoe is indefinite, some being 20 vears 

 ^f 11 ^ 111 g0 ? d condition. In building the stem and stern? of 

 bent oak, with the keelson, are set up on a last or comnlete 

 mould over which the ribs are first bent. The planks a^then 

 nailed to the inside keel, stem and stern, and ribs after wnich 

 the boat is removed from the last, and narrow battlnf are nailed 

 over each seam and between the ribs. The canons are decked for 

 a foot or so at each end, and have two or three fixed thwarts be- 

 tween, as shown, the paddlers kneeling on the flo^ partly seated 

 on the thwarts. The dimensions are as follows; 7 

 Length over all igf t 



B ea meS-v.v.v:;:;:::;.v:.v- 



^• WlL • »ft, 5m, 



Kno'e?^" 8 ^ mea8ured from a Wline^in. below bottom 



RED DRAGON C. C.-Eclitor Forest and Stream: The fire fiend 

 has again rendered the Dragons homeless: the club house went 

 upra smoke on Tuesday, Nov. 25, fortunately in ^ tne day time 

 The loss will be very trifling compared with our past experience' 

 n^^ S Q i°°^ red b y msurance. This style of smoker If Entirely 

 original with ourselves, any claims to the opposite will be earn Si v 

 fc'!, ;.^ ^e obtained quarters in an unoccupied dwelling 

 L^Twerel^-ored"^ can be erected. LuckiFy n^ftl 



BOATBUILDING IN FLORIDA.— A correspondent asks for tho 

 address of a competent boatbuilder in Morida; nlrhans some n? 

 our readers can furnish the information. lua ' P erna P s some of 



H&clfting. 



i Yachtsmen who do not see what they want under thic . 



will please look under the hatches of The Cano^ neen }^yi B 

 Kennel samni down the barrel of the BiM open the Msh Car an! 

 1 wi 1 L% 1 1 , n(1U,r ?. ?J , the 8 Por^nan ToWfe^and if their yearn 



CLYDE YACHT BUILDING. 



PongS™^ o 1 ?^ 9 °/ Clyde yachting contain no 



most startling intimation of what maybe expected of the Olvrt? 

 racing season of 1891 is the changes that have been made in t hi 

 building yard of Messrs. Mfe, of Fairlie. As lngM^tam 



°K f alterat i°n that might endanger the famous Mlow bows 

 °1 a ?7 Ptber point which insured the speed of the Fairlie ciiDnerl 

 The Fairlie yard has been modernized as much as the Fairlie cfin' 

 pers have been. Draughting sheds, offices ^and otto 

 ments have been completed, besides a new palisade of nlanks S 

 completely surrounds the building yard-and one Tis left te donht 

 wnether or not he has arrived at Fairlie Dt 



Messrs. Fife have not commenced the building season hut fh» 

 farm never had a more promising future. Mr John Inehs (of 

 v^?H rS ' ^n aDd J " In ^ lis ' Glasgow) has commissioned the frm to 

 build a 10-rater, which will be a fine addition to the r\i T^rfr? 

 assist in its resurrection. Tbis craft wm be a ^wooden ve4el 2n 

 over, with enough of lead to keep her all right, and Mr TnSis has 

 perhaps the best amateur hands in the Clydl at ^is command ^ This 

 Fairlie forty will no doubt he a big Dragon! which "SHa vrtn 

 make a big record Dragon is for sale, but it is not k™own whether • 

 she will be replaced or not. Besides this forty, a 20Ttonner is to hi 

 n™ 0r aD , nnknpwn owner The firm has a 10-rater f or a Welsh 

 Flnsmith nd an ° tller f ° r a St - Petersburg ownerof the name 0 f 



For Clyde owners, the firm has four new 2kJ-rateva nf tha -Rct, 

 dersnatch type, which means that all the^anfas w fl be St 

 the mainsail, with a spitfire jib to stay the boat With th^ J, 

 stepped into the bows of these cutters, the rfg ^is rimnlv ^the^ld 

 L na r.g with a trifle of a jib. The rig is ^uncommonly handy in the 

 ^% el 17av^^ 

 ll^n^ug^^ 



that was on it went over the side. But the Trig -and Uofnlse fare in 

 favor as the newest fad, and, as a conseauenceff out ? Sf toese 

 raters have been ordered from Fife. They belong to "the nlvho^ 

 class in tavor at Calshot Castle, and theUyde ?fmatw£^h^n 

 £?£ e a J? w lessons from the fair timoneers of the Caft?e OlVh 

 Other 2%-raters are spoken of at Fairlie, where the keels of tW 

 craft are lying about to pick and choose from, as if the saw mfll 

 had been running them off by the score 1 

 Mr. G. L. Watson, of Glasgow, has completed his desien for rh« 

 new.40-rater which is being built in the y^ird of Messrs A and T 



very little camber in the keel, and less forpfw +ht J „^S P fff ' 

 Watson's cutters, Thistle notevm eMrob^ Mr w Q t^ ny - of 

 satisfied that a deep forefoot III atdoWSgSw 6 

 ^HhZ^ nd ' and 0f c ° urse he can refer to f yem£ wMch veslf 

 vvith her deep forefoot, was no use turning to windward allinst 

 Thistle, the latter surprising even Americans hv ht^ ■ a ^i^ 

 draught forward. Mr. Watson has ii? hand a Crater for U ?Z 

 Messrs. Allen to replace their 10-rater Doris which ^has wrTn Tftt 

 prizes but, being built under the old rule of the Y R a t Jptnl^ 

 outruled. This new boat is to be built hv Mr aA*Z. ^3 ^ getting 

 the builder of t he 10-rater Phlntom S sSng,whfe??e?8how^ 



Of course Messrs. Allan wiU sail their new 10-rater in the MmR 

 perfect style their Doris was sailed in. Sir. Watson has lot ^« 



t,2 SBFfi.fSSi' • ? sor ^ 6 Qooderktm, o« Toronto, win htvn 



