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[Dec. 10, 1891. 



snug rigs, intended for knocking about Mirblehead; they 

 carry a mainsail and oae headsail, with task to stemhead. The 

 firm have miie a number of sales during the fall, the latest 

 being the keel 30 Salaiin, built and sailed for two seasons hy Mr. 

 Fowle. 



At Liwley's yard a large fleet is laid up afloat in the basin, 

 while the rather limited beach is crowded with the sm%ller craft. 

 Volunteer lie^ on the railway, while aming those hauled up are 

 Tomahawk, Saladin, Gladys, Mildred, Rosalind, Alga, Thelma, 

 Nerissa and the little craiser Orinda, well known to all of our 

 readers. The Lawlevs have struck a popalar type of baat in a 

 steam yacht of 60 toTOff., of moderate power and witti very fair 

 accommodations, of which they have desigaed and built a num- 

 ber. Ju3t now they have two 60t't. yachts well advanced aad 

 are laying the keels for two 70 footers. On the beacb to the north 

 of the joiner shop a new and much-needed ship house is nearly 

 completed, a much lighter and better building than the old shed; 



Back again to Tarr & J ames yard and there is seen a third ves- 

 sel by a local designer whose boats have been very successful, the 

 eonstructioQ bsing still farther advanced, the planking being 

 partly completed. T He vessel is a large one and of good model, 

 but quite hollow in the bows. She is built with a garboard of 4in. 

 thickness, the rest of the planking being but 3J^in., all of oak. 

 The thick garbo\rd is edge bolted into the. keel in order to 

 strengthen the bottom. The next stage of canstruotion is seen 

 in Story's yard agaiu, the successor to the Phillips, mentioned else- 

 where. The vessel is pla iked and called and ready for the deck 

 frama. She is the finest looking of the fleet, a large, bold-looking 

 and shapely craft. 



Just across the road in Adams' yard is a fifth fisherman, just 

 ready for launching, a boat that has already attracted a great 

 deal of attention about B )3ton. The '"Gioriana fisherman," as she 

 is called, was desigaed by a student of the school of designing 

 in Charlestown, whose modesty has led him to conceal his name. 



THE "GLORIANA FISHERMAN. 



and in it the keel of the Gardner schooner will be laid as soon as 

 the steel is received from the mill. From the accompanying 

 rough sketches it will be seen that the new boat is fully up to date 

 in the matters of ends and oddity, having a shovel snout and a 

 chicken bone keel. 



The design, which is for Mr. Louis M. Clark, of St. Louis, was 

 made last spring, but after seeing Gloriana Mr. Gardner was not 

 slow to appreciate the value of her full lines, and the new design 

 was filled out in the bow until very like the Herreshoft' boat. The 

 alteration, however, was much less than would commonly be 

 imagined, being mainly above water. As the full sections of 

 the bow necessitate a very shallow forefoot, it became necessary 

 to cut away freely: and this, in connection with the position of 

 the center of lateral resistance required for the peculiar sail 

 plan, led to the keel outline shown in the drawing. The yacut 

 is somewhat of an anomaly; her owner has stated that he is 

 building her for cruising and not for racing; and the draft, but 

 13ft. 6in. on 90ft. waterline, should be nearer i;o 18ft. if she is to 

 go to windward with Volunteer. At the same time she has a sail- 

 plan that outdoes the latter in size and proportions, the main- 

 mast being, as stated, Ot't. longer and stepped at the middle of the 

 loadline, while the foremast is even further forward than Volun- 

 teer's. It is needless to say that her model is fair and easy 

 throughout, and with a lead keel 38in. wide on the bottom and 

 34iH. deep she will carry her ballast low, and with 23ft. 6in. beam, 

 about Sin. less than Volunteer, she should stand up under her rig. 

 If she is well handled and raced in earnest the trial between the 

 centerboard and keel will be an instructive one. 



BUILDING AT ESSEX. 



IT is well worth half a day of a yachtsman's time to run up to 

 Essex for a look at the fleet of fishermen in all stages of con- 

 struction in that busy little town. Within a radius of a hundred 

 yards of the little drawbridge over the Essex River, a vessel may 

 be traced through all the stages of her growth from the time her 

 keel timbers are hauled on to the ground until she is finally 

 towed away down the nari-ow and winding stream to the sea. In 

 the yard of Tarr & James there was laid last week the keel of the 

 new Fredonla model, the scarpbs being cut and the first sections 

 of the keel in place. At Story's yard, over the river, was a part 

 of the keel with most of the frames of the forebody set up, for a 

 fisherman of 70ft. l.w.l. and light draft, from a design by Mr. 

 Wm. Waterhouse. The vessel is of moderate dimensions, rather 

 wide and shoal, with little deadrise and a quick bilge. The work 

 of timbering her out was going on rapidly and she is probably in 

 frame before this. 



While a good look at her Is enough to stamp as a myth the current 

 rumor that she was really designed by Herreshoft to demoralize 

 the fishing fleet, her likeness to her famous prototype is plainly 

 seen. Her general outline is shown in the drawing, the dimen- 

 sions being 98ft. over all, 79ft. l.w.l., 22ft. 9ln. beam, 12£c. draft, lOft. 

 depth of hold. The forward overhang is 18Et. and the after over- 

 hang 15ft. As yet she has no outside ballast, but there is talk of 

 adding some, and she is likely to need it. The bowsprit is 23ft. 

 outboard, miin boom 61ft. and fore boom 23ft. 9 in. While laying 

 claim to the salient features of Gloriana, the whole character of 

 the desien is different, the bow being much deeper, consequently 

 calling for fuller sections, while the after body is finer. Tne ves- 

 sel does not show the same distribution of the displacement as in 

 Gloriana, even making a full allowance for the difference between 

 a yacht and a fisherman. She has. at the same time, met with a 

 general approval from the many critics who have inspected her, 

 and may turn out a success. She will be launched this week. 



Back again to Tarr & James's yard, and the last vessel is found, 

 lying afloat beside the bulRhead nearly ready to be towed away, a 

 duplicate of one of the later Burgess designs; the original, built this 

 year, having been christened Gloriana. This U a large vessel, but 

 with a hollow bow, which results in a marked fuUness forward of 

 the chain plates to a degree that is unfair to the eye. As one boat 

 leaves, another is launched, a third is decked in, and so the work 

 goes on until the visitor is led to wonder what becomes of the old 



A YACHTSMAN DROWNED AT SEA.-A very strange story 

 was cabled from Gibraltar to New York on Dec. 7, announcing 

 the drosvning of Mr. Oswald Jackson, a well known New York 

 yachtsman. From the meagre details given it appears that Mr. 

 J ackson, who sailed from New York on Nov. 38 on the Pulda, of 

 the new Mediterranean line, fell or was washed overboard on 

 Nov. 30. On the evening of that day a man was seen swimming 

 astern of the ship and every effort was made to save him, but by 

 the time the great vessel had been turned and stopped he could 

 not be found. It was not for some time that Mr. J^aekson was 

 missed, and nothing is known as to the way in which be fell from 

 the ship. Mr. ./ackson built the sloops Mistral and lola, and 

 later the schooner Fenella. He was 53 years old and served with 

 eredit in the rebellion, reaching the rank of major. He leaves a 

 wife and two children. 



CAIMAN.— The new Lorillard houseboat recently put into Nor- 

 folk, having sustained considerable damage to her topsides. She 

 sailed from Wilmington, Del., for Jacksonville. 



TITANIA.-It is reported that Mr, C. Oliver Iselin, who ha 



just returned from Europe, will race Titania next season, with 

 Capt. John Barr at the wheel. 

 WADENA, steam yacht, Mr. J. H.Wade, has arrived at Boston. 



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X. T. X., Philadelphia. — A few days ago while tramping through 

 a marsh I had the misfortune to get my new hip gum boots filled 

 with salt water. Do you know of any method or process to adopt 

 for thoroughly drying the same? The boots have felt lining, and 

 my boatman tells me they can never be made dry again. Ans. 

 Hang them up In a warm dry place and they will dry out, or heat 

 up some oats or sand and pour in and out. 



S. C, Chillicothe, O.— Last evening some of our hunters got 

 into a discussion as to the breed we call the quail and the South.- 

 erners the partridge. I remember reading an article in your 

 paper in which the bird was discussed, and the writer suggested 

 we call it "Bob White." If it is possible to find that paper I 

 should like very much to bave it, and if not please refer me to 

 some inexpensive book by the authority of which we can settle 

 our questions. Ans. The writer who suggested "Bob White" was 

 the late Walter L. Steele, of Rockingham, N. C. The best book 

 on the subject is Trumbull's "Names and Portraits of Birds which 

 Interest Gunners." Price $3.50, for sale by Forest and Stream 

 Publishing Company. 



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