May 7^ 18910 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



SAIL PLAN OP STEAM YACHT "SEMmAMIS." 



ing heap upon tbe little table under it— tlie camp stove— tlie fish 

 ing mds leaning against the tentaupports— the white muslin bags 

 containing provisions hanging around from twigs or nails driven 

 into the trees, out of reach of prowling "varmints" and gleaming 

 ghostly white in the momentary flasbes — all being distinctly ob- 

 Bervable without apparent notice being taken of them, 



"Well, It's an easy matter to reconsider, and buy some more 

 provender and resume the cruise in the morning," I replied. "For 

 my part, between the unusual heat and the unusual low water, 

 I don't care for any more cruise in mine. In fact. I would not 

 paddle that big, heavy ship of mine tlirough the miles and miles 

 of 'eddies' between here and Harper's Ferry for her value twice 

 over." 



"Well, I really agree with you," said Lacy. "We've been out 

 two weeks and have had a royal good time, and a fine cruise, and 

 I think, under all the circumstances, we might as well go home; 

 but we've had such a good time I am very sorry indeed now its 

 all over, that it is over. What are your views, George?" 



"I vote to go home." replied that individual, removing his pipe 

 from his mouih. "The cra<se has been a success from beginning 

 to end; but it's too hot and the river's too low, and the worst of 

 the river is still before us if we go on." 



"Why. how do you mean?" said lacy. 



"He means simply that tbe remainder of the trip on the present 

 stage of water is but little less than hard work all the way 

 through," I replied. "There is considerably less fall in this part 

 of the river than above, and this fall is by no mpans evenlv dis- 

 iributed; nearly half of it— fully lOOft. being found in the six or 

 seven miles at the lower end, down near Harper's Ferry; and we 

 ■will have nothing Imt several days of hard work at this end of the 

 cruise. Why, "White Horse Eddy' alone, down near Berryville, 

 is six miles long, and you know what that means." 



"Yes, it means paddle, boys, paddle, over that much absolutely 

 still, currentless water, the way the river is now," added George, 

 as he rose and walked over to his tent, while Lacy and I followed 

 his example. 



Monday morning dawned cold, wet and drizzly again, with a 

 clammy fog wreathing its gray folds around the trees; which 

 loomed up vaguely overhead, and under whose smoke-hke folds 

 the cold, black surface of the river could but dimly be discerned; 

 and the forbidding roar of the invisible dam below seemed sub- 

 dued and far off to our ears as we unwillingly turned out. There 

 was a steady drip, drip, from the leaves overhead npon our tents, 

 and the tempcation to linger among our warm blmkets was great; 

 but our train passed at 9:30 and we had no time to lose; and we 

 were speedily shivering under the protection of the flv and dis- 

 posing of our last breakfast; which consisted principally of 

 George's big eel; which had been despatched the evening before 

 and nailed through the head to a tree, and its tough, slippery 

 hide stripped oflf by means of a pair of pincers; supplemented by 

 fried potatoes, hot coffee and biscuils. 



1 had already arranged with a wagoner to haul our canoes 

 across the village to the railroad station (the httle hamlet did 

 not possess a dray); and by the time we had them packed and 

 ready for him he was on hand with his wagon, and the Frankie, 

 Rosa and Clyde were soon lying corapanionably side by side on 

 the depot platform, their cargoes all snugly packed inside, the 

 hatches fastened down and the muslin aprons tightly drawn over 

 the foot and half open space which remdined for the crew and 

 securely fastened, while the long bow and stern painters of each 

 canoe were tied together and wrapped round and round the 

 canoes amidships as fenders to protect them while in transit. 



Half an hour later the staid and dignified oocupmts of the rear 

 sleeper of the daylight train on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad 

 looked with grave disapproval upon the sudden irruption of three 

 tramp-like individuals, clad in flannels and short nnmentionablps, 

 much worse for the wear, long stockings, canvas shoes and slouch 

 hats (for the unsightly but useful helmets had been relegated to 

 the inmost receisses of the canoes) carrying their personal belong- 

 ings in rough yellow oiled canvas navy bags, who esconsced them- 

 selves in the stateroom at the rear end of the coach. 



They appeared to be in solvent circumstances, however, in spite 

 of their disreputable appearance, and beyond testing the capacity 

 of the buffet to its utmost— proved to be entirely narmiess. 



Staunton was finally reached in the midst of a drenching rain- 

 storm; and we were only too glad to take a close-coverisd car- 

 riage, which possessed the additional advantage of getting us 

 through the streets of the city in our disreputable attire without 

 attracting an undue amount of attention, for your canoeists is a 

 modest fellow and shrinks from notice— when clad in his cruis- 

 ing habilaments— and Lacy was soon landed at his home, while 

 George and I in the seclusion of our rooms at the Hotel Mozart, 

 doffed our canoeing rigs and donned the apparel of civilization 

 again; and as we came down stairs and received the cordial greet- 

 ings and congratulations of our friends we realized that the 

 cruise was now but a pleasant regretful memory, already laid on 

 the shelf in our minds along with our other cruises, and I'emem- 

 hered among the things of the past. 



BROOKLYN C. C— The full programme of the Brooklyn C. C. 

 is as follows: May 9.— Opening— Paddling and trophy races. Mav 

 29 to June 3.— Annual cruise. June 27. —Annual regatta. 1. Junior 

 sailing race, li4 miles. 3, Senior sailing race, 3 miles. 3. Canoe 

 yawl sailing raco. 3 miles. 4. Tandem paddlmg race, 1}4 miles. 

 5. Deck canoe paddling race. SOOyds. July 2.5— Swimming race, 

 100yds. Sept. 13.— Combined race, 3 miles. Sept. 26.— Closing of 

 season— Sailing and paddling trophy races. No regular club races 

 except during the season. Trophy and cup races open only to 

 members. All other races, except swimming, open to members of 

 A. C. A, or any recognized canoe, yacht or athletic club. Swim 

 open to A. C. A. members only. Sp^'Cial programme wiU be an- 

 nounced on each race day. Tne "Record" for club memhers will 

 be made up from: Unlimited sailing, first challenge cup, first and 

 last double blade paddling, combined and swimming races. 

 Regatta Committee— Com., Jos. Rudd, Jr., ex-officio; M. M. Davis, 

 John Johnson, R. J. Wilkin, Cnairman. Challenge Cups (for 

 members only).— Sailing cup, presented by Mr. Thomas G. Rud- 

 dington, in 1836, 3 miles on triangle. Sail limit, 75-q- ft. Time 

 limit, two hours. May be held five days, and then subject to chal- 

 lenge. Blue silk pennant. Paddling trophy, presented by Mr. 

 Joseph Rudd, Jr., in 1891. 800yds.. straigat. Competed for by 

 either single or double blade, but must be defended by a similar 

 blade and canoe. Subject to chall^'nge five day s after race. Red 

 silk banner. Pagan cruising trophy, presented by Mr, Chas, P. 

 Weekes, in 1891. Sail limit, 65 sq. ft. Sailed for on annual cruise. 

 The regatta committee to arrange in. camp each race, time limit, 

 »te, JTo Btaadlng rig or epeeial racing Rppliaaces aliowsd, 



A HANDY CANOE TENT. 



THE tent shown in the accompanj^ng illustrations, the inven- 

 tion of Mr. A. S. Comstock, of Evanston. 111., is especially 

 adapted for canoeing and boating, being very compact for stowage 



and yet giving room where most needed. It is a shore tent, set 

 with but one pole, and is of a isvramidal form, the back having a 

 wall. Along this wall is room for a bed for one or two, while at 

 the front, near the pole, there is sufficient height to allow a man 



to stand up, thus combinuiGf floor room and standing room where 

 most needed, and with a minimum of weight and bulk. A special 

 feature of the tent is the triangular fly, which may be used either 

 as an awning and screen for tLie door, or by reversing it as a fly in 

 ease of rain. The tents are made in various sizes, the smallest 

 being suitable for two persons. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.- Central Div.— N. L. Weatherbee, 

 Troy, N. Y. Eastern Division— Edward Shattuck, Jr., Winches- 

 ter. Conn.: J. R. Bartlett, Jr., Bostoa, Mass. Northern Division 

 — H. W. Mowat, Toronto; E. C. Arnoldi. Montreal; G. E. Hague, 

 Kingston; C. 8. Clarke, Ottawa. Atlantic Division— T. E. H. Bar- 

 rington, Washington, D. C. 



Model Fachts and Boats. Their design, malivng and sailing, loith 

 desigm and working drawings. Postpaid, $-^. 



SEMIRAMIS. 



THE steam yacht shown in the accompanying drawings is of n 

 type but little known as yet on this side of the Atlantic, hut 

 which is each year increasing in numbers, and which is likely 

 before many years to far outnumber the fast river or day boats of 

 great size which have thus far made up the large tonnage of the 

 steam pleasure fleet. This type of yacht has as yet received but 

 little attention from American designers and builders, the ex- 

 amples now in the American fleet, Alva, Namoun."), Catarina. 

 Sultana, Utowana, Corsair and Conqueror, being all of British 

 design; as is the Semiramis, her designer being Mr. Alfred H. 

 Brown, N. A., of London. Mr. Brown has made a specialty of 

 steam yacht designing, among his larger yachts being Eros, of 737 

 ton=, length 219ft., beam 27ft.; Star of the Sea. a composite vessel 

 of 383 tons; Blerrie England, also composite, 411 tons; and the 

 present vessel, ot 703 tons. Her dimensions being as follows: 



Length between perpendiculars 206ft. 4in. 



Length l.w.l ]94ft. 



Beam extreme 27ft. lin. 



L<^ast freeboard 6ft. 



Depth moulded 16ft. 



Depth hold 14ft. 6in. 



Draft extreme 14ft. 6in. 



The yacht is of steel throughout, the hull and engines being 

 built by Ramage & Ferguson, Leith, in 1889. She is classed lOOAI at 

 Lloyds and marked "Lloyds M.C." in rtd, her machinery having 

 been surveyed by Lloyds while building. Her engines are tripe 

 expansion, cylinders 18, 29 and 47in. by 33in. stroke, indicating 

 730 H.P. Her bunker capacity is 150 tons, the consumption at 10 

 knots being 8 tons; while on 13 tons she has made a steady speed 

 of 13 knots. It is expected that on long cruises she could easily 

 steam 4,000 miles at 10 knots on her bunker coal. The total space 

 given to the machinery is 47ft. 6in.; engines 15ft., boiler, double 

 ended, of steel, 1601bs, pressure 27f f., and thwartship bunker 5ft. 

 6in. 



Tbe space below as shown in the cabin plan, is very large and 

 excellently arranged. The main saloon is 15ft. long and 33ft. wide, 

 finished in fumed mabogauy, the panels being hand painted. The 

 furnishing includes a large table with two smaller ones, a writing 

 desk, corner cupboards, a sofa and a large semicircular divan, 

 two sideboards, a piano, and large revolving arm chairs at the 

 fable. Abaft the saloon is the owner's private room, also finished 

 in fumed mahogany, with large bedstead, writing desk and sofa, 

 a bath and toilet room adjoining. This room, with two smaller 

 staterooms for guests, finished in birdseye maple, opens on the 

 main passage at tbe foot of the companion, there being at the 

 after end a dumb waiter to the deck and hold, and a press and 

 drawers for linen. Forward of the saloon is a second passage, 

 leading to a bath room and pantry, on which open four more state- 

 rooms, two of them (juite large. These, as well as the 5 after state- 

 rooms, are finished in white enamel, with polished black walnut 

 fronts to sofas, bed berths, etc, 



ImmeeUately abaft the augiaeB is & smoklog selooai 19x9ft„ 



finished in polished American oak, with large table and sofa. 

 From this room open five staterooms, finished in enamel, as des- 

 cribed, and a large bath room. The mess room is 18x8ft„ with six 

 staterooms for petty officers, in addition to large rooms for the 

 captain and engineer. 



On deck there are two teak deckhouses, a bridge, and a teak 

 steering house on the latter, not shown in the drawings, as it was 

 subsequently added. The forward house is 19x9ft. Bin. inside, 

 forming the deck saloon. The after house is 3ft. shorter and fitted 

 up as a chart room. The galley is in the fore end of the boiler 

 house, on the main deck. The plumbing of the yacht is very 

 complete, each of the three baths being heated by steam. Electric 

 lights are fitted throughout, even to the stoke holds, the engine 

 and dynamo being located, as shown, on the starboard side of the 

 main engine room. The steering gear and capstan are both 

 operated by steam. The rig is a schooner, with yards on rJie fore- 

 mast. The Semiramis was built for Mr. John Lysaght, who still 

 owns her, though he "will probably replace her by a smaller vessel, 

 for which Mr. Brown has prepared plans. During his ownership 

 the yacht has done a good deal of cruising, visiting Norway and 

 the Mediterranean. 



THE CHANCES IN NEW YORK BAY. 



THE changes in the lightships and buoys about New York Har- 

 bor, which will be made next week, will necessitate altera- 

 tions in the courses of the New York, Seawanhaka, Atlantic and 

 Corinthian, as well as the smaller clubs, as the familiar marks, 

 such as Buoy 10 and Buoy 8}^ will be obliterated, new ones i,akinsc 

 their approximate places. On April 28 the New York Y. C. held 

 a special meeting, at which the changes weie made in the club 

 courses, so that they will be as follows: 



No. 1— Start across an imaginary line drawn from the judges' 

 boat anchored to the east of Buoy 11, and about two cables' 

 lengths from it to Buoy 14 near Southwest Spit, passing to the 

 west and south of it; ihence south of Buoy 12 and north of Buoy 5, 

 off the point of Sandy Hook, to Sandy Hook Lightship, turning 

 from the north and east and returning over the same course. 

 Tbis will shorten that course about IJ-^ milfs. 



Course No, 2— The same as course jNO, 1, substituting Scotland 

 for Sandy Hook Lightship. All yachts must pass to the eastward 

 of West Bank buoys No. 7 and 9, both going and returning. 



Course No. 3— Start from an imaginary line between Buoy 14, 

 near Southwest Spit, and a mark boat anchored snuth of it; thence 

 south of Buoy 12 and north of Buoy 5, off the point "f Sandy Hook, 

 to and around Sandy Hook Lightship, turning it from the north 

 and east, thence to and around a stakeboat anchored near the 

 buoy on Shrewsbury rocks, turning it from west and south. This 

 ■will lengthen the course a little. 



The club also adopted new devices and ribbons for the uniform 

 caps, which are to be copyrighted. The insignia of rank for 

 members' caps will be a gold foul anchor and the club flag crossed. 

 For captains two foul anchors over the club flag. The commodore 

 will have a star on each side of the latter device and une above it. 

 The vice-commodore a star on each side of it, and the rear-com- 

 modore one above it. The rating badges will be for sailing mas- 

 ters silver anchors on the right sleeve; mates on the left sleeve; 

 quartermasters an eight-spoke wheel; boatswains an eagle and 

 coxwalns crossed oars. 



The annual dinner of the club wiU take place to-night at Del- 

 monico's. 



THE CORINTHIAN MOSQUITO FLEET.-Some important 

 changes are now in contemplation in the Corinthian Mosquito 

 Fleet in order to adapt the rules to the new 25-footers. The present 

 limit of the fleet is 30ft. l.w.l., which it is proposed to extend to 

 35ft. As some of the 35ft. corrected length racers will be over 25ft. 

 l.w.l., it 18 proposed to admit them to the class, provided that 

 their racing length does not exceed 25ft. The class limits will 

 probably he arranged as follows: Under 15ft. l.w.l., 15 to 18ft. 

 l.w.l., 18 to 21tt. l.w.l., and 31 to 2.5ft. l.w.l., or if over 25tt. l.w.l.. not 

 to exceed 2oft. corrected length. The two smaller classes will race 

 under the present allowance of the fleet, 6 seconds per foot per 

 mile, which has worked very well in practice: but the two larger 

 classes will race under the Larchmont rules and allowances. The 

 limit of crew will probably he extended to three men In the largest 

 class. It is proposed to hold monthly races for the 25-footers and 

 other small craft through the season. 



THE NEW 25FT. CORRECTED LENGTH CLASS.-Com, Law- 

 ton, of the Atlantic Y. C, is ready to present a cup for tMs class, 

 providing 4 yachts wUl start. The Corinthian Mo.-quiio Fleet has 

 under consideration a proposal to enlarge its limits to take in the 

 new class, m which it will give a race on Memorial Day. The 

 first of the class was launched on April37, at Webber's yard, New 

 Bochelle, Mr. L. .J. Boury's Smuggler. Apart from tbe ments of 

 her design, she is remarkable as a specimen of fine handwork. 

 She had her trial under .'ail on Saturaay. Mr. Weober is now at 

 work on a slightly longer and narrower cratt for Mr. 0. G. Jen- 

 nings, to be named Ntedie. Mr. J. C. Summers, of " Wuo Won?" 

 fame, will have a third, to be named Colleen. 



LIEUTENANT HENN.— Lieutenant and Mrs. Henn have been 

 in New York for some days, Mrs. Henn sailing on the Umbria on 

 May 3, witn a colony of five coons captured in Florida. Lieuten- 

 ant Henn will remain for another week, to be present at the din- 

 ner of th3 New York Y. C, on Thursday. Galatea is now fitting 

 out at Plymouth under Captain Bradford's charge and her 

 owners will join her on their return. Lieutenant Henn will buy 

 or build a shoal draft yacht this summer, taking her to Florida 

 for the winter. 



REPBESENTATIYE AMERICAN YACHTS.— We have re- 

 ceived the second part of Mr. Peabody's handsome book, cotain- 

 Ing 10 photogravures of the leading 40-footers. The plates are 

 printed in different tints, and each is artistic enough to be framed 

 alone. Mr. Geo. A. Stewart, of the Bos. on Globe, contributes a 

 brief but interesting history of the boats and of the 40f c. class, in- 

 cluding the records of two seasons, 18S0-90. The agent in New 

 York is Wm. CuUen, 61 William street, 



CORINTHIAN NAVY.-The following members have been en. 

 rolled during April: New York Bay Squadron: J. J. Pinlay, W. 

 H. BlankJey. Long Island Sound Squadron: Geo. Vassor, Jr., 



A. H. Sleigh, Walter Eichbaum, W. W. Hollingsworth, S. S. 

 Brewster, A, H, Day, S. B, Pirie. Delaware River Squadron: G. 

 W, Holloway, L, N. Ohevrier, J. M, Coward, M. R. Muckle, Jr., Q, 



B. Wiltebead, T. 0. Smitli, East River Squadron; L, C, Jloblierd, 



