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FOREST AND STREAM, 



[A^mh 80, 1891. 



w 1 Tied to tlie canoes with tbe news of my find, and Lacy 

 as finHlly persuaded that an open river bank, witli nothing on it 

 except long, wet grass and a few rocks, and nothing to drink 

 except river water, was not the most pi-oroising place in which to 

 luDch, particularly in a I'visk shower; so we re-embarked and pad- 

 dled on down through the falls uu'il opposite the farit-houge, 

 where we crossed and made a landing on the sandy bank, the 

 storm, meantime, rapidly pasMug over as we progressed, and 

 finally diif Ling away over the Blue Ridge in a thin curiHin of 

 mist which hovered n.nd drifted arouud over the mountain tops 

 and enveloped the peaks in white, fleecy folds for the rest of the 

 evening. 



It was long after two o'clock when George returned across the 

 fields from ttie farmhoxise, laboriously lugging a bucket of water 

 in which the good housewife had thoughtfully placed a lump of 

 lee; and, truth to tell, we were about as nearly famished as was 

 Lacy, and that we did ample justice to a bounteous repast goes 

 wituout saying. 



"1 f^av, Commodore, we've made a good run so far to-day, and 

 as tor me I'm tired. What do >ou say to finding a place and 

 going into camp?" said G-sorge, as we lingered ovt r our pipes. 



"Now you see the pffect of waiting so long bpfore eating your 

 lunch," said Lacy, striking in. "We put. it off so long that we 

 Avere all faint and tired from want of it." 



"You're quite right, Lucy," I rejoined. "We do all feel the 

 efl'ects of the delay; but I do not quite see how wo could help our- 

 selves. I am willing to go into camp for my part," I continued, 

 turning to George. 



"There nsed to bs an old mill a mile below here at the foot of 

 the eddy below the falls there where the river narrows again. It 

 has entirely disappeared now. hut the dam is still doing business 

 at the old stand; pprhaps you remember it— a low stone dam 

 which we shot last cruise and got several bumps api-ce amnng 

 the rocks below in the operation. I think it likely we may find a 

 place down there to camp, for there undoubtedly must have been 

 a spring somewhere near the mill." 



"VV^eLl, we'll drop down therH and see," said George as we re- 

 emharHed and pushed ont into the river. 



"Hello, Uncle!" he sang out as we were passing a couple of old 

 chaps lishiog from a ski ft' anchored out in the stream a short dis- 

 tance above I be oli dam referred to. 



"Is there a spring anyways about here?" 



"Yf s," replied one of them, as they tnrued and looked after us 

 with great interest and curiosity. "Half a mile below ttie dam 

 there's a creek comps in from the right wicu an iron railroad 

 bridge across it a little ways up from the river. Just follow along 

 up tne creek until you get almost to the bridge and you'll find a 

 good spring. Where'd you all come from, and where— Good 

 Lordv, boyg! yon a.int goin' over that dam! ! !" 



"Why noiV" I shouted back in reply as I stood up in my canoe 

 and look a look down the tumultuous mass of waters that poured 

 over and through a somewhat broken down piece of the dam and 

 went pitching and tossing down the steep rocky slope below and 

 saw at a glance that tue shoot, though rough, was safe, with good 

 management. 



They dropped their fishing rods and, standing up in their boat, 

 watched us m open-moutbed wonder and astonishment ns we shot 

 wildly ovev the dam and through the rapid below; our little canoes 

 bot'bing up and down like corks on the rough, choppy waters, and 

 as long as we could see them they still remained standing motion- 

 less in their boat, their fishing suspended, gazing after us as 

 though wondering what kind of lunatics we were. 



We leadily found the creek, as tbe bridge was visible fer some 

 distance up the riter, but we had some difficulty in making a land- 

 ing, as the bar oft' the month of the creek — which at the present 

 stage was mostly above water— extended so far out into the river, 

 and the waier shoaled so gradually along its outer edge, that we 

 found it impossible to get within two or three boat lengths of the 

 shore. 



We solved the difficulty, however, by simply stepping out into 

 the shallow water, painter in hand, and wading ashore; dragging 

 the canoes af ler us, out of the water and up on to tlie firm, white 

 sand of which the bar was eompised. 



■'I 'm going to ie;i ve my canoe right here to-night," said George. 



"Why. man! it isn't sis inches above the water," said Lacy. 



I don't care," said (ieorge, '"I'm not- ffoing to lift it up on the 

 bank t/iere. although chore is a very good place up there for the 

 canoes. I'll risk it right here." 



"Well, I will too," said 1. "We'll place them all side by side 

 rieht on this sand bank, and make the up-stream painters fast to 

 this willow here on the point; and if a chance rise should come by 

 morning we'll simply find ourselves lying side by side along the 

 bank nere. However, we'd better place the camp stove, mess 

 table, etc., up on the bank under these trees here—" 



"Now, then, fellows, the camp's all in order for the night," said 

 Lacy, some little time later, wben we had completed our various 

 preparations, "and as it's not near supper time, I propose to utilize 

 the time by going in swimming." 



"A really brilliant inspiration!" cried George, as he sprang to 

 his fret and be?an to shuck off his garments. "Your example 

 shall he duly followed. And in a few niinuies, with a run and a 

 splash through the shallow water, followed hy a plunge into the 

 det-p, still pool off Tlie steeply sloping outer edge of the bar, we 

 were all enjoying that most delightful luxury— a swim, 



"I say," .--aid Lacy half an hour later, as he sat, barefooted and 

 half dressed, on a camp stool out on tlie bar in about three or four 

 inches of water, idly splasliing his canoe pennant to and fro "to 

 wash the dust out of it, the rivpr was so low," he explained. "How 

 far IS it to Riverton from here'?" 



"About ten miles," I replied. "We can easily make it by lunch 

 time to-morrow, as it is pretty much all still, smooth water." 



"There's one dam to porCHgc," George observed. 



"Yes; the Blakemore dam," I added. "You can try the shoot. 

 Lacy, if you want to. I don't want to, for ray part." 



"jS!o, thank j'ou; I'll take your word for it." he replied. 



"Just to illustrate what a difference a few inches more or less 

 water makes in cruising the river, Lacy," said George. "The 

 Commodore and 1 made the trip from Massanulton to Riverton, 

 last cruise, in two days, while wtien we reach there to-morrow it 

 will have taken us thegreater part of four days." 



"Thau's about the way of It," I added. "In places where we 

 have worked down slowly and with great care, George and 1 

 sailed smoothly right along without the least trouble on a foot or 

 so more water." 



"On the other hand," said George, "more water means rougher 

 water; and, with but few e-Kceptions, our last cruise was a much 

 rougher one than this. You will remember. Commodore, that 

 hardly a day piSsed that we were not more or less wet; for at 

 nearly every fail or rapid the water washed our decks from stem to 

 stern, and frequently came aboard by tbe bucketful." 



"Yes, and in some places it didn't hesitate to come aboard by the 

 tubful," said I, laughingly. 



THE ZEREGA SAIL COMPETITION. 



THE following are the complete conditions for the Zerega sail 

 competition previously announced. The date for entries has 

 been extended to June 5: 



Ahoisting and lowering rig competition will take place on June 

 6, from 1 o'clock P. M. until sundown, at the house of the Brooklyn 

 Canoe Club. Mr. W. P. Stephens has consented to act as judge, 

 and from his decision there shall bd no appeal. 



The contest is open to members of tlie Kew York, Brooklyn, 

 Knickerbocker, lautho and Arlington canoe clubs. Two prizes 

 will be offered for five, and three for ten competitors. Entries 

 will be received up to and including June 5, and must be sent to 

 W. P. Stephens, 31S Broadway. 



Conditions governing the contest are as follows: Rig to consist 

 of at least two sails, canoes must be under way, and all maneuvers 

 executed at command of judge. The contest is to be judged by 

 points, which are to be counted as follows: 



Hoisting 3 points. 



Lowering and properly furling 3 points. 



Balance (to be determined by sailing without 

 rudder and with fixed centerboard over a 



short course to windward and return) 5 points. 



Merit and beauty of design 3 points. 



Neat and seamanlike finish 3 points. 



Possible score 17 points. 



Should the score of any boats tie, such beats muse be re-judged, 

 and on the same day if possible. Double entries permitted, but 

 orly one prize awarded to any competitor. Reefing not considered. 

 Rudders may be carried in the third trial, but mqst swing fi'eeiy 

 and not be used during the trial. 



ELLIDj^..~Mi'. Schuyler Sehieffelin's canoe has been at Mac- 

 Whirler's »hop for alterations, the single;iong centerboard trunk 

 being replaced by two trunks, located in the center of the boat, 

 each, tbe forward one beginning at .5ft. 5in. from stem and end- 

 ing at 8ft., while the after one is within a few Inches of the other, 

 ending at 10ft, lOin. As the two trunks nearly touch, the great ad- 

 vantage of the double boa^d, space in center of tbe boat, 1b entirely 

 lost,. 



IRRAWADDI C. C— The Irawaddi C. C, of Davenport. Iowa, 

 held its annual meeting on April 6, at which the following offlcera 

 wereoh'cttd: Com., M. Bunker; Yice-Com., Geo, E. Copeland; 

 Sec.-Treas., E. E. Snider. The executive committee reported 

 finances in good condition, bills all paid, and money in the treas- 

 ury. Tbe club house will be further improved by a large addition 

 to ground floor. A new uniform was adopted and a committee 

 appointed to purchase the same. The matter of purchasing a war 

 canoe was favorably discussed. A number of cruises were planned 

 for the season- one on the Iowa River about May 1, ana the regu- 

 lar Memorial Day cruise, from the club house via steamer to the 

 head of Rock Island Rapids, returning in canoes, ladies to accom- 

 P'lny the party, and ono of about ten days with the ladies, on the 

 Maquoketa River, in August. The L C. C. have come prominently 

 before the public as the originators of the Davenport River Cat- 

 nival, whicn has become an annual attraction, drawing large 

 crowds of people from far and near to see it. It is now under tlie 

 management of the Davenport Carnival Association, incorporated 

 for the express purpose of perpHtuating it. Last year there were 

 about two hundred decorated boats on the water beautifully illu- 

 minated and well supplied with fireworlts. It is expected that 

 this year's carnival will bs much more attractive than hereto- 

 fore; 100 boats will be built at once for this purpose in order to 

 have a good supply, one of the chief difficulties being to obtain a 

 sufficient number of boats. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.— W. G. Maxwell. Geo, Stevens and A. 

 W. Belman, Amsterdam, N. 1".; E. B. Elliott, Jr., Newark, N. Y.; 

 T. J. Kirkpatrick, Springfield, Ohio. 



Model i"acht-i and Boats. Their design, mtMng and sailing, with 

 (Icsiijiu and worHing drawings- Postpaid, $n. 



Yacbtsmen who do not see what tbey want under this heading 

 will please lookunder the hatches of the Canoe, peep into the 

 Kmnel, squint down the barrel of tbe Rifle, open tbe Fish Car and 

 Game JBagi, inquire of the Sportsman Tourist, and if t heir yearn- 

 ings are still unsatisfied, push their explorations into the Ediloriai 

 and Advertising Departments. 



WORK IN THE YARDS. 



THE most important yticht building about New Yorls, in fact 

 tbe only one of any size, is the 4tift. racer designed and build- 

 ing hy Wintriugham, at Bay Ridge, for Air. J, Pioger Maxwell, 

 owner of Shamrock and former owner of Daphne, Crusader, Peer- 



probably be named Nautilus, is important as the sole, representa- 

 tive of New York in a class that preunises to monopolize ther ictng 

 of this and possibly next season. Two others of the fleet of 9 new 

 boats will probably hail from New York, the Belmont boat, 

 Mineola, and tbe Herresboff boat, Gloriana, owned by Mr. Morgan, 

 but bo tti of these are designed and built m Eastern yards, and 

 simply represent New York ownership, and not the skill of her 

 designers and builders. Tho Maxwell boat is now planked and 

 the deck frame is in, so thai; her model and construction can be 

 fully appreciated. In drRft, displacement and sail a'-ea she is 

 more moderate than any of her classmates, and Mr. Wintringham 

 has relied more on harmony of design and light eonstruciiou than 

 on power alone. None of the fe tures common to modern crtift, 

 long overhang, reduced forefoot, raking sternpost, or draft, are 

 carried to an extreme, hut the whole design bears evidence of a 

 careful study of proportions and adjustmBut of the various 

 details. 



The construction is probably as light as any of the Boston boats, 

 and the weight is also well distributed, the topsides and dfcR 

 being noticeably light. There are 10 steel angle frames, each with 

 its deck beam of the same material, the spaciotr being ^ft. 6m., 

 while at intervals of llin. are ste'imed oak frames sided 234in. and 

 moulded 2m. at heads, with deck beams square on each, one 

 corner of each beam being cut away by machinf ry, making the 

 beam of the approximate L form of an angle iron. The main 

 clamps are of 2x7 yellow pine, with an oali shelf 4^4x3}^ ruunins 

 well aft and bolted t ) the quarter timbers. These are of raa.hogan y, 

 neatly worked out to form the planksheer and taper part of the 

 bulwarks; the archboard, also of mahogany, forming a continua- 

 tion of the same parts. There are three diagonal steel straps 2J4 

 Xj^in. across the frames abreast the mast, two leaHin:r.aft ana 

 one forward on each side. The garhDards and lower planks are of 

 oak, with yellow pine from below the bilge upward. Tue fasten- 

 ing on the steel frames are composition screw bolts, and through 

 the wood copper bolts only are used. The joiner work will be very 

 light, and the companion, which is ready In the joiner shop, shows 

 that no weight will be wasted in tho dt-ck fittings. 



The Boston papers have spoken rather patronizingly of the new- 

 boat, and especially of her construction, which they assume was 

 learned from the various Burgess boats built and overhauled at 

 Bay Ridge; but the Maxwell boat is far and away ahead of CUisp.i, 

 Mariquita, Nymph and the othei Eastern built craft that pre- 

 cteded Gossoon, being radicallv different aud far more suggestive 

 of Clara, Yama and Lins. With a good crew in her, as she is 

 likely to have, the new boat will have a fair fighting chance, the 

 odds in point of numbers being of course heavily against her as 

 opposed to the large Burgess fleet, with Fife, Herresboff and 

 Paine thrown in, Tlie worn is going ahead very satisfactorily, 

 and with a continuance of the present good weather she should 

 soon he in the water. 



On April 21 the little cruising cutter built for Mr. A. W. Ket- 

 ohum from designs by Mr. H. J. Gielow. was successfully launched 

 at Wintringham's from the shed where Ya'na was built, being 

 christened Saona. She is 45ft. liin. over all, 83ft. l.w.l., 12ft. heam^ 

 6ft. 9in. draft, with a lead keel of 9 tons. She has nearly 6ft. of 

 headroom by means of a wide, low house, the interior being in 

 one large cabin with two fixed berths aud two folding ones. 

 There is a good toilet room and w. c, and ample room for stow- 

 age, ice-box and pantry. The companion is much wider than 

 necessary, being the full width of the house. There is a large 

 cockpit in the deck, the mahogany coaming inclosing a part, of 

 the deck for seats. The boat is quite neatly finished in mahogany. 

 Tbe decks are payed with . I ett'ries marine glue. She is intended 

 solely for cruising, and in fact fits no racing class. 



The only other new boat at the yard is a catboat designea by 

 Gardner for Mr. F. W. Meeker, a centerboard boat of handsome 

 model and with a very neatly turned counter. She will be 20ft. 

 on l.w.l., with a large shoal cockpit and a cuddy under a low 

 house forward. The centerboard is of a novel form, the after part 

 being of the usual width, extending up to the floor of cockpit 

 through a narrow well. The greater part of .the board is cut 

 away so as to fit in a trunk below the floor of the cuddy, thus in- 

 terfering but little with the interior space. Mr. Wintringham is 

 now completing the two stock boats started last season of 35 

 and 35ft. 



In the Atlantic Basin the Cape cat Iris, formerly Mucilage, and 

 the cutter Kathleen have been in commission for some tune, and 

 a number of larger yachts are busily engaged in the spring over- 

 haul, among them being Katrlna, Shamrock, Chispa, Athlon. Au- 

 acouda. Chispa has her name and port on her small archboard 

 in letters black enough and ugly enough to satisfy even Com- 

 missioner of Navigation Bates. 



At Ayres's yard, next to the Atlantic Y. C, the Ellsworth sloop 

 Kangaroo has had a very fair looking counter added, the work 

 being done entirely Mr. Ayres. The Yale laimoh is well advanced 

 and the yard is full of other steam launches of 50 to 60ft. At the 

 same place the Ofeldt Company is busy with a number of engines 

 and launches. 



The winter has been a duU one at City Island, hut little beyond 

 repair work being done. At Piepgrass's yard Mr. Trotter's new 

 Burgess schooner FleurdeLys which has been hauled out all 

 winter, was lately set afloat, and the cutter Ileen will he the next 

 to follow her into the water. Beside the ileen lies the 20-rater Jes- 

 sica, Mr. McDonough, now fitting out for racing in the 46ft. class. 

 She has been newly coppered and refitted, with an entire new 

 outfit of larger racing spars and sails, aud will undoubtedly make 

 a hetter showing than in her first season, though she is not the 

 boat for the present left, class. Being built for racing in British 

 waters, she was originally canvassed just to .20-rating with the rig 

 uspd by Decima in 1889, that is, with no jibtnpsails, and a spinaker 

 setting to the masthead instead of the topmashead. When she 

 came out here it was with thismsufflcient outfit, and what racing 

 she did was with the small spinaker andno jibtopsails, in addition 

 to which she was undersparred for American weather. Both of 

 these defects will be remedied this season, by longer spars and the 

 usual American outfit of sails, including baby and other jibtop- 

 sails and large spinaker, and in light weather she is likely to have 

 A fair chance in the new class. 



LylBg near lier are Titania, Nonpareil, yawl, Monteoitoi yawl, 

 Jately vM to a» owner whom it 1b to be lioped will change her 



name to something a little l»ss clumsy and inappropriate, and the 

 40-footer Gorilla. Under her new owner this yacht has been im- 

 proved by the addition of a sort of square p-^n on deck, such as is 

 used in the country to confine young chickens and ducks, and 

 which has effectually spoiled the appparance of her clean flush 

 deck. On the other railway is Lirls, now an ex-racer, on which 

 Mr. Piepgrass has done a great deal of work during the winter. 

 The ligbt double-skin deck has been replaced hy one of the usual 

 construction, the seams payed with marine ^glue. while an oval 

 cockpit has been added, with a wheel in place oT a tiller. Tho low 

 racing bulwarks have been replaced by substantial ones of teak, 

 about Sin. forsvard and tapering considerably aft, capped with a 

 light op-k rail. The interior is unchanged, hut the hull has been 

 coppered, while the rudder has been changed from its original 

 Shape by a widening at the bottom, to improve the steering. The 

 same rig will be carried, hut the yacht will not race unless in some 

 of the handicap or cruising rig races. Near her lies Mocassin, 

 sriU on shore aud in her winter fittings, while Banshee is afloat in 

 the basin. 



In I he next, yard, Woods's, are two Gardner yachts, one a center- 

 board boat of 80f^ l.w.l. for Mr. C. T. Lowodes, of Charleston, 

 8. O. She bas a cabin house and cockpit of the usual form, but 

 the centerboard is similar to that already described in Mr. Meeker's 

 boat, the after part forming a narrow projection which risps in a 

 trunk about 30in. long in a fore and aft direction, the rest of tho 

 board being under tue floor. The cabin is verv neatly finished in 

 white, pine, with panels of mahogany. Tne other boat is a keel, 

 for Mr. C. W. Wetmore, owner oi' Liris, aud is for the new 25ft, 

 corrected length class. Sue is a very handsome little cutter, sim- 

 ilar to Smuggler, and very neatly and expensi vely built, the top- 

 sides being of Spanish cedar. In the main shop is aa 18ft. l.w.l. 

 keel catboat designed by IMr. A. Cary Smith for a Newport yachts- 

 man, a very good type of boy's sading boat, for which purpose she 

 is intended. 



At Hawkins'.s yard is the cutter Medusa, still on the wavs, where 

 she has Ifiid all winter, but nearly ready to go o IT, .and the little 

 cutter Rajah, the latter receiving a complete overhaul, topsides 

 scraped and painted, copper repaired, etc. On the beach below 

 the yard are the sloops Sebeinpr and Lone Star, while at the 

 neighboring yard is the cutter Maggie and the Ventura, both on 

 the ways yet. 



Important changes are now being made at the Harlem River 

 terruiiius of the railroad that will make City Island far more ac- 

 cessible. A continuation of the bridge over Second avenue is be- 

 ing built, from the level of tht» bridge to the grade of the railroad 

 tracks in the Harlem yard, while on the New York aide a con- 

 necting section of track is beint; built between the Second and 

 Third avenue elpvar.ed road on 120ih street. When this work is 

 completed, about June 1, it will be possible to leave the elevated 

 cars at the New York end of the Second avenue bridge and take 

 the c»rs of the Harlem River in'auch on an adjoining track, thus 

 avoiding thfi present long walk over the old bridge to the termi- 

 nus. Trains vyill run every hour to Birtow, where the horse oars 

 connect, for City Island. A steamboat line is also projected to 

 run from various points abnut New York and Broolvlyn to the ex- 

 treme westerly end of the Island, at B^slden's P.not, where ex- 

 cursion grounds are now -being fitted up. City Island is one of 

 the most convenient stations about New York for yachts, having 

 a harbor, deep water and good yards, hut the lack of suitable 

 transit has been a great dr.dwbaok, tbe trains being few, the ter- 

 minus in New York in a very inaccessible location, while the 

 dirty bobtail cars of the horse railroad are generally so over- 

 crowded that riding is most uncomfortable. With better transit, 

 however, the place is certain to be more popular with yachtsmen 

 as an anchorage and a place for laying up in winter. 



YOKOHAMA SAILING CLUB. 



WE have received the report of the Yokohama Sailing Club for 

 the past year, showing in detail tho racing done oy the club, 

 which now numbers 81 members aud 20 boats. The cla-siticatioa 

 by length and sail area has received another year's trial„ihe com- 

 mittee indorsing it as follows: 



"In this connection the w-orking of the new rating must be 

 notPd, both Lady Louise and Molly Bi.wn cutting down their 

 sail plans somewhat and seemingly in both instances benefitting 

 by the reduction; the loss of speed in light winds not being 

 noticeable, while in good breezes, and especially in windward 

 work, a most marked improvement was made in weatherliness 

 and actual speed. It would seem from the prpsent f xperieuce 

 that the former measurement encouraged the use of almost use- 

 less sails and spars, and under thp heavy tHX now imposed on sail 

 this excess can be done away with to the benefit of the craft in 

 everyway. Our present rule allows a, wide margin in the choice 

 of dimensions and sail spread, so that intending builders should 

 he able to suit; their various idea'? as to the right proportions, and 

 much useful information may be gained by the racing of the vari- 

 ous result ing types," 

 The club last year established what is called a 17-rating class, 



the rule being y ^ ^ ^ = Rating. This would be nearly equiva- 

 lent to Itft. correcled length. Three boats were built from the ' 

 lines of the Zi'initi, in ivwrap's "Ydclit and Boat Sailing," over all 

 18ft.; l.w.l., 17ft. Din.; bnam, 4ft ; draft. If c; with board, 2 t. Sin., 

 and two sails, mainsail liiO and jib 'dy-q.ft,; crew or flvt; aud no 

 ballast. Some interesting figures relating to speed are given as 

 follows: 



"Ttie total distance sailed by boatfi over 17 rating was about 208 

 sea miles hy the chart, and by boats of 17 rating and under ddyi 

 miles. The average speed made by the record prize winners in 

 fach class over tbe distances given, was as follows: 



.39 raters. Maid Marion iulf, milts at 4.54 knots. 



33 raters, Daimyo 119 miles at 4.07 knots. 



30 raters. Lady Louisa 199 mi ies at 4.11 knots. 



17 raters, Jessie 44 miles at 3 88 knots. 



Molly Bawu and Princess Maud also maintained a good average 

 speed during the season. Molly Bawn sailed 143 miles at 4 11 

 knots, and Princess Maud 178 miles at 4.13 knots. The 17 raters 

 were nor so fortunate as the larger craft in the average amount 

 of wind they experienced, but on one occasion, the 12cii of July, 

 they wore enabled to make extra quick time over their course, of 

 4.3 miles. This race was won by t'le Jessie in 47;4m. The start 

 was at 2 P. M., ten minutes after high water. Wind strong and 

 puffy, water fairly smooth. The Jessie is 17ft. !)in l.w.l., and she 

 carried whole sail, viz., a lug mainsail and jib; total, leHiq. ft. 

 Crew of five men, no ballast. The usual standard adopted for 

 comparing speeds of boats of various lengths; viz., that the ex- 

 treme speed equals about IM times the square root of l.w.l. length, 

 gives 5.263 knots lor Jessie," 



The Seawanhaka Corinthian Y". C. has lately been tho recipient 

 of a large model of a junk from the Yokohama Sailing Club. 



LAUNCH OF THE CORSAIR.— The steam yacht Corsair, the 

 second of that name, designed by J. Beavor Webb for J. Pierpont 

 Morgan, of New York, was successfully launched at Neahe & 

 Levy's shipyai-d at 1^'hiladalphia on April 23 The new Corsair is 

 much larger than her predecessor, being 238ft. over all, 204ft. 

 l.w.l.. 27ft. beam, 18ft. hold, and about 14ft. draft. She is entirely 

 of steel, with a double bottom, forming water ballast tanks, and 

 her outfit will include a complete electric light plant with other 

 modern conveniences, such as ico machine, condensers, etc The 

 engines will be triple exnansion. with two boilers lift. Sin. in 

 diameter and lift. long. Capt. B. H. Hawes will bs in command, 

 with J. G. Hermes as chief engineer. She will be in commission 

 by July. 



A MISNOMER.— It is becoming the fashioB here to misapply 

 the English terms "rating" and "rater" to any yachts built to a 

 corrected length class; an error which will soon leati to serious 

 confusion. The new class of 25ft. corrected length yachts are 

 generally spoken of as "25-raters," taut no such class exists; if 

 there was one it would include yachts of about 4Sf t. l.w.l.. and not 

 24 to 26t't. The new class are properly iYi rating by the rule 

 of the British Y. R. A., and it is consequently absurd to term 

 them 2.5-raters. LTntil some better term is devised they may 

 properly he called "corrected-lengthers," which at least will be 

 accurate, though cumbersome. 



CATABINA, steam yacht, formerly Sans Peur, has been re- 

 named Romola by her new owner, Mr. Pulitzer, who will sail her 

 in European waters under the American flag. 



SHONA, cutter, has had a new deck and ceiling in cabin, at 

 Frisbie's yard, Salem. The 46-footer Beatrice is now in fi'ame at 

 the same yard. 



NEW YACHTING JOURNAL. — A weekly yachting paper 

 called The Yachtsman has just been started in London. 



FENBLLA, schooner, has been sold hy Oswald Jackson to 

 Arnold Tfiayer, late owner of tho 40-footer Choctaw. 



R ANGER, schr.. has been sold by G. E. Chisholm to D. R. Van 

 Nostrand for $3,500. 



CANUCK,— Mr. Ford Jones advertises his racing canoe for sale 

 on another page. 

 QANNET, yawl, few bees BOld by H. W. Eaton to E. D. Rullmrt 



