Feb. 19, 1891.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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THE RILEY & COWLEY ENGINES. 



MESSRS. RILEY & COWLEY, of Soutli Brooklyn, the yacht 

 engine buiWerj, have lately talcena contract lor a high-speed 

 rU am launch for the Yale University Bont Club; the hoat, which 

 is now well under way, being designed for special service of a 

 scmewhat unusual sort, and which demands a high degree of ex- 

 cellence in hull, boilers and engines. 



She is intended for use in coaching the Yale crew, and conse- 

 q.uently must be able to start at full speed and quickly nass an 

 eight-oared shell, and then drop back again; and this without 

 blowing off steam or forcing the fires. These requirements call 

 for great power and ease In handling. She is being built under a 

 guarantee that she will cover 90 milesi av, tlie rate of 1-1 miles per 

 hour. The dlniensions are, 52fc. over all, Hit. fiin. bf am, 3ft. lOin. 

 depth of hold. The machinery consists of a triple expansion engine 

 6in.. 8in,, 13><jin.X Sin., and a Roberts coil boiler with Itisq. ft. grate 

 surface. She is an open launch with car top over boiler and 

 engine, and canvas awninga over forward and aft cockpits. The 

 hull is of cedar, with white oak !;eel and frames and yellow pine 

 clamps. Independent feed and air pumps of the Worthmgton type 

 are to be used, and an outboard pipe copper condenser. All pipes 

 and valves are of brass. A steam syphon is to be used for quickly 

 cleaning out any bilge v ater. The propeller wheel is of composi- 

 tion, four bladed, and a true sorcw. Stern bearing of composition. 



The cut represents a three-crank triple expansion engine with 

 cylinders 6in., lOin., 16in.X lOin. stroke. The cranks ai'e placed 

 120 deg. apart and are arranged in the sequence high, low and inter- 

 mediate. The cylinders are of cast iron, in ooe piece, and are 

 carried by a cast-iron frame at back which forms the slide, and 

 by tour wreught-iron columns at the front. The combination of 

 cast iron and wroiight iron in the framing thus, resists both com- 

 pression and tension most perfectly. The bed plate is of the box- 

 girder pattern. Piston valves are used throughout, the low-pres- 

 sure cylinder being provided with two, the high and intermediate 

 with one each. These valves are simple in construction, easily re- 

 newed, and perfectly balanced. There are no links, and but one 

 eccentric for each cylinder. The three eccentr'cs are keyed upon 

 a movable sleeve, at the rear end of the crank shaft, which loose 

 aleeve is capable of being rotated about on shaft by means of 

 spiral in sleeve and straight keyway in shaft, engaged by pin 

 moving in second loose sleeve carried forward and aft on shaft by 

 rack and pinion mechanism. The motions of the eccentrics are 

 communicated to the valves by means of concentric rack shafts. 

 Pumps may be attached. The bearings ai'e extra large, of best 

 composition. 



SENATE BILL '4S2:1 . 



THE New Y^ork Y. C. at its last meeting appointed a committee 

 to consider the bill introduced by Senator Frye at the sug- 

 gestion of the Commissioner of Navigation, W. W. Bates, by 

 which it is proposed to exclude from American waters yachts of 

 foreign build, an<! at the same time take from small American 

 yachts the privikge of flying the American yacht ensign. The 

 following correspondence has ensued between the committee and 

 Senator Frye. It is unlikely that the Inll will become a law: 



Dear Sir— I have been appointed a member of a committee by 

 the New Y'"ork Y. C. to look into the bill offered in the Senate by 

 you regarding foreign yachts. Among my associates are .1. Pier- 

 pont Morgan, Elbridge T. Gerry, and others, ilay t ask if it is 

 likely to be reported this session, and if an, whether you would not 

 hear us before it is? 1 will make only two su.i.'gestions to you. 

 The first, that yachts are built only for pleasure, and cannot 

 under any circumstances receive a dollar for carrying freight or 

 passengers. Yachtsmen never receive any revenue. Thev aisvays 

 pay out money. Second, very few foreign yachts come to America. 

 The notable foreign yacht clubs have heretofore challenged the 

 New York Y. C. to race for the America's Cup. wonVy the schooner 

 America in 1851 seven times. It has been held by us. Would it be 

 lair to tax them or their yachts for coming to America to make 

 an international race? The expense of any yacht owner in a for- 

 eign country, challenging, is enormous in sailing to this country 

 and making the race. They now complain that wc do not treat 

 challenges fairly. If this bill should become a law I fear they 

 would think the United States Government was helping the Now 

 Y''ork Y. C. to hold the America's Cup by making a la w that would 

 add largely to their expense in pursuit of pleasure and honor if 

 they won the Cup, and thus really prohibiting a challenge being 

 made by any foreign yacht club. If it is to be offered by the com- 

 mittee under you as chairman, can't we have notice? Yours 

 truly, James J). Smith. 



My De.ar Sth— Yours of the Oth received. Being a born sports- 

 man I naturally act very slowly in anything which affects sporting 

 interests. I probably shall not report the bill touching yachts at 

 this session. It is entirely clear to me, however, that something 

 should be done concerning the purchase of foreign-buil t yachts. 

 I think when they have been brought over duties have been paid, 

 but none where they have sailed across and been purchased 

 here. They, in my opinion, should pay a duty in case of purchase. 

 Where foreign ya' hts simply come to this country for the purpose 

 of entering in races, and are then returned, I do not believe myself 

 in any limitation. If I conclude to bring the matter before the 

 committee for consideration, I will notify you. I am verv truly, 

 W, P, Eh YE.' 



GEN. PAINE AND THE 4.6FT. CLASS. 



DISCUSSION of the tSBf t. question has assumed a new phase dur- 

 ing past week. Mr. Foster's Fife boat has been pretty well 

 talked out, and now the position of Gen. Paine is the absorbing 

 topic. Whether he wishes it or not, it is evident that the famous 

 cup defender is considered thoroughly "in the light," and most 

 of tlie arguments among yachtsmen now reduce to a discupsion of 

 "Paine versus Burgess." 



For the first time since they began their memorable partnership 

 in 1885, these well known yachtsmen will be interested in op- 

 posing craft. Gen. Paine and his son John together have pro- 

 duced two very successful craft in the Swordtish and Hornet, and 

 now they have jumped into a class where the behavior of their 

 prodtictions will receive national attention. 



At first the general was disinclined to admit any connection 

 with the new -16 and referred to her always as "John's boat." But 

 his friends were unwilling to accept his version of the case, and 

 praduallythe general has come to admit that he advised with 

 John all throtigh and that the boat as produced represents his 

 ideas exactly. 



Gen Paine himself stated bis positiOQ 4 day or two ago as fol- 

 Jpwe: 



"I expect to do my cruising on the new tfi-footer, and to let John 

 race her. 1 have engaged Capt. Haff for the coming season. In 

 fac^ he has nevpr been out of my employ for the last four years." 



Well informed yachtsmen who have talked with the gener.il.are 

 not inclined to allow him even this loophole, and predict that he 

 will he seen aboard the Paine craft In the races and that Capt. 

 Haff will steer her. However this may be, it is conceded that the 

 ne w Painfi 40 repreaejits the Ideas of Gen. Paine as opposed to those 

 of Mr. Burgess, and the coming season will demonstrate the cor- 

 rectness or fallacy of the ideas upon which the various designers 

 have constructed their craft. 



A gentleman who expects to do some sailing in the 46-foot class 

 says: 



"I think that Gen. Paine will strike a harder class to beat next 

 year than he has ever been in. Hp is opposed to Burgess and Fife 

 boats, all handled bv the best skippers that are obtainable any- 

 where. It will be a hot class, and 1 don't think any one boat will 

 get all the prizes." 



It transpires that the Paine boat's dimensions are even more ex- 

 treme th.in they have been published. Her beam is ,1ust a shade 

 »uder 14ft. Oin., and her draught is 10ft. 3in. This is much the 

 widest of the new le-footers. and shows that the Pame craft will 

 have tremendous initial stability. As she has also a very heavy 

 lead keel, it is plain to be seen that her sail carrying powers have 

 not been over-estimated. 



The mould of the P«ine lead keel has bfen made, and it lies 

 alongside that of the Fife cu^tel•. Tlie exact dimensions of the 

 latter were printed in the Olobe last Sunday, and those of the 

 Paine boat's lead keel are as follows: Extreme length, 35ft.; ex- 

 treme depth, oOin.; width on top, at after end, .5in.; at widest part, 

 27in.; at forward end, SJ^ain.; width of bottom, at after end, S^^in.; 

 at widest part, SOin.; at forward end, 8V^in. 



Unlike the keel of the Barbara, the lead keel of the Paine cutter 

 is straight up and down on the siaes. Mr, Fife has put considnr- 

 abie hollow in the sides of his lead. By this means Mr. Paine 

 has kept the weight of his lead very low. The profile of the Paine 

 cutter shows more curvature than any of the other boats.— Bcsfon 

 Glo^jc. 



BARBARA AND THE BURGESS BOATS. 



THE question which now causes the most discussion among 

 yachtsmen is: "Will the Barbara in her class make such a 

 showing as the Minerva did in the 40ft. cla«sV" 



At the outset it would probably be safe to say no. Instead of 

 being first the new Fife boat should hardly average better than 

 the majority of the other boats in her elass. She has a very large 

 sail plan and in its area it is not much different from the Mineola's. 



Now one of two things is certain. If Mr. Burgess has cor- 

 rectly calculated Mineola's power then the Barbara will not be 

 able to carry her sail spread, especially at times when she will 

 need it. The Fife boat has not the stability of the Mineola. con- 

 sequently she cannot exert the same power. There is a wide dif- 

 ference between the midsections of the Mineola and Barbara, the 

 latter carrying her extreme beam to the deck, falling awav very 

 fast at the loadUne, with a very faint bilge. The Mineola has 

 more iniiial, natural and artiBcial stability: consequently, is bet- 

 ter able to carry the same sail spread as the Barbara, though she 

 may not be so easily driven. 



It has been found on some of the dO-footers, whose midsections 

 resemble the Barbara, that they could not carry sail with a boat 

 like the Gossoon. The Burgess 46-footers, while finer in form than 

 the old forties, are still more powerful and will be bettor able to 

 carry their large sail spreads than the forties. Pro rata for 

 length, they have less wetted surface and there is more intelli- 

 gence displayed in their design than in any other class yet built 

 on this side of the water. 



From what the -writer has been told by first-rate authority, the 

 Barbara promised to be the most tender of the 16-footer8, and the 

 same authority says that all the Burgess boats, notwithstanding 

 their lighter draught, will, on account of the better placing of 

 the lead of the keel, have their center of gravity of the lead keel 

 in about the same as on the Barbara: so that in this respect the 

 Fife boat has no advantage, while the boat itself loses on account 

 of having less nat^ural power than the Burgess 46-footer8, 



Of the four 4i3-footers now being built at Lawley's, several of 

 our leading yachtsmen incline most strongly to the Mineola, 

 though Mr. Burgess inclines to the Turner boat. Against the 

 above the experience of such a crack designer as Fife should have 

 great weight, and it is only fair to him to ."^tate that in giving the 

 Barbara her large sail plan he acted intelligently and knew well 

 what he was doing. Fife says she is an improved Dragon, and, 

 knowing as hemustalmost to a certainty the power of theDragon, 

 in making the sail plan of the Barbara he had intelligent data to 

 govern him. In any event, if the Barbara is able to carry her 

 present sail plan, more spread can be given the Mineola. 



In the matter of handling the boats, the owner of the Bitrbara 

 says he would rather have her beaten than that any one else 

 should sail her. In certain quarters comments are made that the 

 Barbara will suffer from handling, and that she will not be seen 

 at her best. 



Yesterday Gen. Paine wrote Capt. H. C. Haff, and the latter has 

 been engaged for another year, and that means that the Volun- 

 teer's skipper will be on the Paine 46-f ooter racing against his son, 

 who will sail the Mineola. This means that Gen. Pame is going to 

 push matters for all they are worth in the 46ft. class. When Gen. 

 Paine goes into anything he docs so with a will, and from this out 

 will figure out for himself how he can improve his boat. 



New Y'ork yachtsmen certainly have shown little local pride in 

 the 46ft. class, though it might be said that two of them are build- 

 ing Burgess 4ti-footers. Mr. Wm. Gardner, when interviewed a 

 few days ago, said he had no order for a 46-f ooter nor did he ex- 

 pect one. and Mr. A. Cary Smith has the lines of one made, but 

 thus far no order for the same had been placed with him. From 

 the above it certainly looks as if the New Workers had neither in- 

 terest nor confidence in home talent; in fact, they are buying 

 second-hand Boston boats.— Uosfon Qlo7)e. 



BOSTON Y^ACHT AGENCY.-A CORRECTION.-Tb rough an 

 error of the types we last week stated that the new catalogue of 

 the Boston Y'^acht Agency would be ready by Nov. 1; the date, of 

 course, should be March 1. 



AN AMERICAN Y'"ACHT FOR HOLLAND.-Mr. Burgess has 

 lately completed a design for a 37ft. "Cape cat" to be built in 

 Holland. 



;BR00KL YN Y. 0.~The fixtures of the Brooklyn y. Q. are, May 

 80 ojpsnliig eail, June 20 sprisg reeattH, Sept, 7 i^^n regatta. 



EASTERN Y. C— The annual meeting of the Eastern Y. C. was 

 held on Feb. 10, the following olBcers being elected: Com., Alan- 

 son Tuoker; Vice-Com., F. Gordon Dexter; Rear Com,, Augtistus 

 Hemenway; Seo'y, Eriward Burgpss; Treas., P. T. Jackson, Jr.: 

 Members of the Ooun cil—C. O. Foster, J. Malcolm Forbes; Regatta 

 Committee— William S. Baton, .Jr.; P. T. Jackson, Jr.; Richard 

 Sears, F. E. Peabody, H. H. Buck; Committee on Admissions— J. 

 Malcolm Forbes, F. Gordon Dexter, Percival L. Everett, Augustus 

 Hemeuwas'. B. W. Crowninshield, Amory A. Lawrence, T. Deunle 

 Board man, Henry D. Burnham, E. V. R. Thayer. George O. Adams; 

 House Committee— F. E. Peabody, Gordon Dexter, Edward B. 

 Haven, Hugh Cotton. Some minor changes in the sailing rules 

 were made, conforming with the rules of the Seawanhaka and 

 New V'ork clubs. , 



CAPE COD YACHT AGE^X'Y.- We call attention to the ad- 

 vertisement, on another page of tne Cape Cod Yacht Agencv, 

 recently established by Mr. V. U. Bacon, of Barnstable. Mass. 

 Mr. Bacon, who is known to our readers through a number of 

 cruises and sketches in the Forest aitd Stream, has had a long 

 experience with the Gape Cod catboats, and is now prepared to 

 turnish designs or to have boats built to order. He also has a 

 very large and complete list of catboats for sale. 



CORINTHIAN MOSQUITO FLEET. -At a meeting of the ex- 

 ecutive committee of the Corinthian Mosquito Fleet, held in New 

 York on Feb. 7, it was decided that the annual regatta be held on 

 May 30, off Larehmont, the next event to be otT New RocheDe on 

 June 20, An appropriation for regatta prizes for the season was 

 made, so that the regatta committee will have the prizes on hand 

 on the day of any regatta. The fbllowing names were received 

 for membership: Harold Sanderson, John Hvslop, William 

 Gardner. 



MASSACHUSETTS Y. C-The first of the serifs of lectures for 

 the season of 1891 was given at the winter quarters in Boston, on 

 Feb. i;^, the subject being The Wreck of the Mount Lebanon on 

 the Coast of Borneo, by Captain Charles H. Ntslson. 



CATARINA, steam yacht, was launched from the dry dock on 

 Fpb. 17. Mr. Piepgraes has made an excellent job of the repairs to 

 her bottom, under the supervision of Lloyd's surveyor. 



CORINTHIAN NAVY.-Proposals for membership: Albert A. 

 Simpson, .John H. Gibson. New York; Wm. Daessler. C. P. Tuttle, 

 Camden, N. J.; H. E. MoCormick, 0. B. Haag and Win field Van 

 Denser, Philadelphia. 



MANHATTAN ATHLETIC CLUB.-On Feb. 14 a very inter- 

 esting lecture on seamanship was delivered by Ex.-Com. Center 

 before an audience of yachting members of the Manhattan Athletic 

 Club. 



ALVA, steam yacht, Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, will sail shortly for 

 the MediteiTanean, calling at Bermuda and Madeira. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Officers, 1890-91. 

 Commodore: Walter V. Lawson, Boston, Mass. 



Secretary-Teeasurer: Ralph F. Brazer, 47 Central street, Lowell, Mass 

 Hegatta Cojciuttee: .1. A. Gage, Lowell, Mass.; W. a. MacKenthiok. 

 Toronto; L, B. Palmer, Newark, N. J. 



NORTHERS DIVISION. 



Officers: 



VxcE-COM.: W. H. Cotton, Kingston. 

 Rear-Com.: J. C. Edwai-d.s, Lmdsay. 

 Purser: 



Ex. Com.: CoUn Fraaer and F. H. 

 Gisbome. 



ATLANTIC DIVISION. 

 Officers: 



VicE-COM.: I. V. Dorland, Arlington 

 Ebar-Com : E.D. Anderson.Trenton 

 Purser: Rich'd Hob.art, Newark.N. J 

 Ex. Com.: H. L. Quick and H. M 

 Kreanier. 



Applications for meiriDershin must be made to division purscrc;, aoconi- 

 pamed by the recommoudatioii of an active member and the mmi of $2.00 

 for entrance fee and dues for current year. Kvery member altendlna 

 the general A. C. A. camp shall pay Sl.OO for camp expenses. Application 

 seat to the Sec'y -Treas. will be forwarded by him to the proper Division. 



Persona residing In any Diviaion and wishing to become members of 

 the A. C. A., wUZ be furnlshea with printed forma ol application by address- 

 tog the Purser. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore— D. H. Crane, Chicago, 111. 



Vloe-Comraodore— N. B. Cook, Chicago, 111. 



Rear-Commodorc— O. A. Woodruff, Dayton, O. 



Secretary-Treasurer— J. H. Ware, ISORialto Building, Chicago, Tli. 



Applications for membership should be made to the Seo.-Treas., on blanks 

 which may be obtained from him, and should be acc^mMnied by S2 a& 

 initiation fee and dues for the em-rent year. 



CENTRAL DIVISION. 

 Offioers: 



VicE-CoM.: C.V.Wlnne, Albany. N.T. 

 Rear-Com.: T. P. Gaddls, Daj ton, 0. 

 Purser: Howard Brown,Albany,NY 

 Ex. COM.: .T. K. Bakeweil .and H. M. 

 Stewajt. 



EASTERN DIVISION. 

 OfflBers: 



VioE-COM.: J. W. Oartwrlght, Jr. 

 Rear-Com.: G. L. Parmele, Hartford. 

 Purser: R. Apollonio, Winchester. 

 Ex. Com.: Paul Butler, E. S. Tovvne 

 and Sidney Bishop. 



FIXTURES. 



FEBRIIAKT. 



6. Canoe Reunion, Harvard Rooms, New York, 



3IAY. 



;10. Bayonne, Annual, Bayonne. 



.ITJNE. 



6. Hoisting Sail Competition, 20. New York, Sandy Hook Race 

 Brooklyn. 27. Brooklyn, Ann., Bay Ridge, 



13. New York, Aranual, S. I. — , lanthe. Spring, Passaic Riv, 



JULY. 



11-26. W.O.A. Meet, Ballast Island. 



ATiauSI, 



fi-37. A. C. A. Meet, Lake Champlain. 



SEPTEMBER. 



V. Tanthe, Ann., Passaic River. 



RACING IN THE NEW YORK CLUBS, 



THE February number of the Sail and Paddle contains a very 

 good suggestion In regard to the arrangement of races among 

 the clubs about New York, or from Y'onkers to t he Passaic River. 

 It is proposed that the circuit plan, of a .stiecession of races open 

 to all the clubs, which is uov? in partial operation, shall be dis- 

 carded, and that one or two big events, such as that of the Marine 

 and Field Club last year, shall be substituted. This would serve 

 the purpose of bringing all the racing men together in one big 

 race, and at the same time would not kill off the weekly work iu 

 each club, as is now the case to an undesii-able extent. The plan 

 is perfectly feasible, and we should like to see it carried out. The 

 Sail and Paddle, says; 



"The suggestion was made in this paper last year that the clubs 

 about New York join issues iu their regattas and hold them all in 

 one place. The absence from the club houses for six weeks last 

 year of the leading racers was not an element of strength, and no 

 aihount of winnings made up for the depressing efiEect of a dull 

 club house. The outlook this year is still more depressing from 

 the club point of view. There will be more races than ever before, 

 and if a man so chooses, he can leave his club house in May with 

 his racing canoe, go into a race every Saturday during the sum- 

 mer, attend the meets and not return home till autumn. 



"Local crttising and short races at home with one's fellow-club- 

 men are getting to be things of the past. Even the club regattas 

 are not what they were — races for everybody— but are now simply 

 trials of speed between a few racers. Racing is too common, and 

 cruising rare. Prizes are cheap, and a fairly good boat and man 

 who makes the rounds can win a number of firsts and seconds, 

 and yet not even secure a place in the trophy race at the meet. 



"The suggestion has been made that one or two really test events 

 be held, like the Marine and Field races last .Tune, in which the 

 experts of all clubs near New York take part, and iu which the 

 prizes won mean something, and that the club regatts, if held at 

 all, be merely a local event in which only the memoers of the club 

 take part, and to which the friends of the club members can be 

 invited. 



"There is another argument in favor of this plan. The men who 

 make the rounds get into their canoes but once a week, and have 

 little or no practice except in the races, and, therefore, are not in 

 the best of form-nvhen they go to the meet. Is there not some- 

 thing in these points worth considering?" 



MODEL YACHTSMAN AND CANOE 1ST.- With the current 

 number of the Model racMsman and Canoe-M Mr. T. H. Holding, 

 who has edited the canoeing department for four years, retires 

 from his position. His place will be taken be Mr. George F. 

 Holmes, an amateur sailor and builder, who is known to our 

 readers by his contributions to the Forest and Stream. The 

 Model yachtsman and Ca.noeM is the only British .journal which 

 gives special attention to canoeing, and w« wish Mr. Holmes a liiU 

 jneaenra ol euooess in co;»neciion with it, 



