Jul 1891. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



B09 



JACK O" LANTHORN SAIL PLAN. 



JACK O' LANTHORN. 



THE sail plan of the 3}^-rat.er Jack o' Lanthorn, whose lines 

 appeared in onr last issue, is of special interest just now 

 from the fact that the same riK has just made its appearaoce in 

 American waters on the new Needle, designed by Mr. Gardner. 

 On the Solent and the r-lyde thf- lug sail has superceded entirely 

 the ordinary boom and gaff for racing boats. The dimensions of 

 tine above rig, compared with some corrpspon'^ing measurements 

 of the Gardner boats, Smuggler and Mr. Wefmore's imnamed 

 craft, are as follows. Both of the American boats carry the 

 ordinary boom and gafl mainsail: 



Jacli o' Lflnthorn. Smuggler. Wetmore. 



Mast from fore end l.w.l .5fT.. 9in. 



deck to highest sheave.23ft. Sin. 25ft. lin. 25ft. 7lAm. 



Boom .26ft. 27ft. 9in. 26ft. 9m. 



Yard orgaif 26ft. Sin 16ft. 5in. 



Base line of sail plan 86 90 4I.S'; 88 83 



Mast, foreside to jib tack.. . . 10 40 13.45 11.45 



Mainsail, area tq. ft .480 



Jib 338 



Total 618 



Y. B. A. rule 594 



SeawanhHka rule *633 666 618 



Sail area, square root 2514 25 69 24 87 



L.W.L 25.70 24 08 24.87 



Corrected length 25.43 24.88 24 87 



* The regular Seawanhaka rule makes no provision for lug sails, 

 but the rule as lately adrpted by the Corimhian Navy has a spe- 

 cial proviso, by which 80 per cent, of the yard is added to the base 

 line. In this case the acmal area of sail is over-meapured by 14 

 sq. ft. To make the even 2}4 rating by the Y. R. A. rule, the sail 

 plan will he reduced to 580 sq. ft. in place of 594. 



BOUNCER BOATS, 



Editor Forest and Streav^: 



Gloriana, the new British 2J^-rater, Bouncer, and its suc- 

 cessors, like the Arab dhows or the ancient galleys of Phoenicia, 

 all demonstrate the virtue" of their pi-otntype, the "Flying Pon- 

 toon," first, built by Mr. Clapham, of Roslyn. inasmuch as all do 

 away with dead wood and depend on beam mainly for stability, 

 with a scow-like disregard to perpendicular sharpness at bow. 

 Not one of them however, has the beam designed by the inventor 

 of the Flying Pontoon. Some day you'll see a "shovel-nosed shark" 

 with a square deck pl>in that will be able to hold out a tow-rope 

 to even the best of Herreshoff's productions. Red Trefoil. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Noting your some - hat sarcastic remarks concerning "a non- 

 descript from Long Island Soimd, one of Mr. Clapham's original 

 'creations'," I will say in reply that some time ago th" Fore«t 

 A2JD Stream asked the foUosving contmdrum: "If Mr. Olapham 

 ttiinks his light draft boats can sail with the deeper craft why 

 does he not en'er some of the regattas about New York?" 



So on June 32 1 sailed my new yacht Chippewa in the regatta of 

 the Corinthian Y. C. Toe Chippewa has a waterline length of 

 23ft. 6in„ beam lift., and draws 15in. Of water, her racing length 

 being pls,ced at 25.50jf t. 



Her class competitor was a racing cutter by one of the most 

 successful designers in the w^-rld. Her racing length is 26.71ft. 

 She is deep and sharp, with much lead in the place where "it will 

 do the most good." 



Well, in the race of 19 miles Chippewa beat her more than 14m. 

 with a good breeze blowing on every point of sailing. 



Not only this, but at the same time Chipnewa beat, dead to 

 windward, anotlier extremely narrow and deep cutter measuring 

 36.10ft. sailing length. Chippewa carried a very shiall cru'sing 

 rig and no ballast, ai, all. Thomas Ct-apham. 



Roslyn, L. I., June 29. 



EASTERN Y. C— A series of special races is announced by the 

 Eastern Y. C. for July 23, the classes being: For \ acbts of any 

 club in racing trim —First class Sfhooners, over 75ft. waterline, 

 $100; second Ciass sohooners, over 30ft. and not over 75ft. water- 

 line. $100; fifth class, sloops, over 40ft. and not over 46ft. l.w.l., 

 $100; seventh class, sloops, 30ft. and not over 35ft. l.w.l., $75. For 

 yachts of the Eastern Y. C— In cruising trim with handicap al- 

 lowances, first and second class schooners as one class, $100; ihird 

 and lourth class sloops as one class. $75; sixth class, sloops, $75. 

 The handicaps will be posted on the evening before the race; Tiie 

 committee also offer to arrange sweepstakes in the racing classes 

 should owners desire it. 



CLUB CRUISES.-The fleet of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C. met at 

 Oyster Bay on July 1, wailing over until the morning of the 4 h, 

 when it sailed lor Larchmont, being prestnt at the regatta. The 

 cruise of tbe New York Y. R. A. btgan with a rendezvous at City 

 Island on July 4, the fleet sailing eastward on Monday morning. 

 The cruise of the Coiinthian Y, C. of Marblehead began on July 

 4, the fleet sailing to Islf< of Shoals, where it anchored all nigut. 

 The cmise of the Larchmont C. Y. O. will probably begin on Sat- 

 urday next. The Yorkville and Harlem clubs each started on 

 July 4. 



RIVERSIDE Y. O. REGATTA.-The Riverside Y. C. has issued 

 a specially good programme for its regatta on Saturday, a large 

 chart of the Sound, from David's Island to Long Neck Point, 

 being given on one side. The race will be sailed under the club's 

 new classification by corrected length. Seawanhaka rule, and will 

 be open to yachts of the New York, Seawannaka, Atlantic, 

 Larchmont, Corinthian, American, New Rochelle. New Haven, 

 Oyster Bay and Cherry Diamond clubs. 



BARBARA.— A ton of lead has been taken from Barbara's keel 

 at Lawley's, and she now floats within her class. 



SATELLITE, steam yacht, has been sold by J. A, Aspinwall to 

 AUred Van Santwood. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 Mo Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



R. W. P., Island Lake, Dak,— The manufacturers have been in- 

 vited t" send us a gun for testing. 



X Y. Z., Oakland, Cal.— Rev. Myron W. Reed, of Denver, Ool. 

 once campt-d out a week or two with "Nessmuk" in Pennsylvania 

 and there are other camp companions of his in Wellsboro, Pa. 



PREPARATIONS FOR THE A. C. A. MEET.-We are re- 

 minded by the list of ten new A. C. A. members from the Mohican 

 C. C, published this week, that now is the time for the clubs to 

 make suitable preparation for the A. C. A. meet next month. 

 Any members desiang to join the A. C, A. should be proposed 

 immediately, and each club should be canvassed for men who can 

 and will go to the meet. Arrangements for transportation, mess, 

 etc., are to be made, and the usual supplies of club badges and 

 lanterns are to be provided. It pays every club down to the 

 smallest to have a good representation, no matter how small in 

 numbers, at the annual meet. 



REGATTA OR RACE.— In our yachting columns we call atten- 

 tion to the difference which exists between a regatta and a race, 

 something that canoe clubs as a rule do not recognize. There 

 may be some question as to what does constitute a regatta, but 

 there can be no doubt that there is one thing that does not, and 

 that is a mere display of fancy sailing and balancing in front of 

 the house piazza for the whole afternoon, to the exclusion of all 

 general racing. 



THE CHICAGO 0. C. is figuring to bring back the vast maior- 

 ity of the prizes from the VV. C. A. meet at Ballast Island. Lake 

 Erie, July 11 to 26. Mr. R. P. Marks, of this city, offers as a prize 

 for a free-for-all rare an elegant blanket, which must he seen to 

 be appreciated, but which I have not been able to see yet, though 

 Purser C. W. Lee tells me it is on exhibition at one of the large 

 stores here.— E. Hough. 



A. 0. A. MEMBERSHIP.— Central Division: Rufus H.King, 

 Jr., ThoB. S. McLaughlin, Alfred S. McLaughlin, Matthew Van 

 Alstynp. Geo. O. Halcott,S. H. Ransom, John T. Bender. D. Stew- 

 art McKmley. R. K. Palmer, Samuel Anahle, 3d, all of Mohican C. 

 C, Albany; Wm. C. Jupp, Detroit, Mich. Northern DivisioT>: ,Tas. 

 E. Browne, Toronto; John O. Donnell, Bobcaygeon; T. W. Butler, 

 Lindsay. 



ATLANTIC DIVISION MEET. -The races of the Atlantic Di- 

 vision meet at Chesequake Creek were sailed on July 3 and 4, 

 the camp breaking up on Sunday after a pleasant meet. The full 

 report of the races will appear next week. 



ARLINGTON C. C.-The annual regatta of the Arlington O. C, 

 will be held on the morning of Sept. 7 oq the Passaic River. The 

 club at Its last meeting elected five mpmbers, and decided that 

 only canoes would be allowed in the boat house. 



Names and Portraits of Birds, by Gurdon Trumbull. A 

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 identify without question all the American game birds which 

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