Nov. 24, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



457 



We propose later on to deal with the details of construction for the 

 heneflt of those who may ;vish to build from the lines. 



DIMENSIOSB AND ELEMENTS. 



(The small figures indicate eighths of an inch.) 



15ft. 4iDj^. l.w.1. 18ft. l.w.l. 



FT IN. B'T. IS. 



Length over all . . 21 4" 25 



l.w.l 15 4* 18 



Overhang, bow 2 1« 2 6 



stern 3 lOa 4 6 



Beam, extreme 4 8^ 5 6 



l.w.l 4 33 5 



Freeboard, least lOs 1 



Sheer, how 11' i 1 



stern 4'^ 5 



Draft, without board or fla 7"^ ti 



Kound of deck 4'^ 5 



Displacement, pounds 1838 



per inch immersion, pounds. . . 342 



Area, midship section, sq. ft 2.80 



lateral plane. 10.00 



l.w.l. plane 64.29 



Fore end of l.w.l. to- 

 midship section 9.00 10.50 



C.B 8.85 9.72 



C.L.B 7.80 9.09 



TABLE OF OFF.SRTS— T5FT. 4]4ltf. BOAT. 



Stations spaced 1ft. 34gin. Waterlines spaced a^^in. Buttock lines 

 spaced % ol exu-eme beam' Diu^'oiials as in body plan. 



0^ 



45 



78 



1 38 



1 V 



6 



2 5 



2' 



a gfi 



7" 



2 1'' 



43 



2 



24 



1 104 



IS 



1 92 



0« 



1 8- 



01 



1 



1 



1 63 

 1 6» 

 1 61 

 1 61 

 1 6S 

 1 6'' 

 1 .7* 

 1 88 

 1 101 



Half-Bkbadths. 



Deck. 



0' 

 4« 

 11 

 1 41 

 1 82 



1 IP 



2 2 



3 3s 

 2 4 

 2 42 



2 4 



3 S 

 3 1" 

 1 II 

 1 8 

 1 43 



11' 



Wateblinks. 



N0.6 N0.5 N0.4 No. 2. No. 1 



1 



1 103 



2 12 

 2 3 

 2 3' 

 2 41 

 2 8' 



1 2' 



2 11 

 I 10« 

 1 72 

 1 22 



11' 



1 4« 



1 91 

 3 04 



2 23 

 2 34 

 2 3' 

 2 33 

 2 2" 

 2 0« 

 1 9s 

 1 53 



9* 



1 2' 

 1 7« 



1 111 



2 IS 

 2 26 

 2 8 

 2 25 

 2 14 

 1 111 

 1 76 



1 IS 



1 03 

 1 53 



1 9 



1 11 



2 12 



2 1« 



3 1^ 

 1 IP 

 1 8' 

 1 3 



1 1 

 1 5« 

 1 9 

 1 10 



1 114 

 1 11 



1 8' 

 1 4 

 5" 



6 



113 



1 3' 

 1 61 

 1 



1 5a 

 1 1 



3'-i 



0^ 

 £■ 

 1 0' 

 1 6' 



1 n-- 



2 3: 

 a 6 



2 8 



3 



2 



3 92 

 2 8 

 2 .55 

 2 31 

 1 IV' 

 1 75 

 1 3 



n 



01 

 3 

 91 



1 21 

 1 .5" 

 1 7' 

 1 94 

 1 100 

 1 111 

 1 lia 

 1 10' 

 1 10 

 1 8B 

 1 5« 

 1. 2' 



103 



*Transom. 



TABLE OF OFFSETS — 18pT. BOAT. 



Stations spaced 1ft. 6in. Waterlmes spaced 3in. Buttock 

 spaced of extreme beam. Diagonals as in body plan. 





Height.?. 



Half-Breadths . 



i 





0 





Waterlines. 



Diagonals. 



Stat: 



Keel 



Deck. 



N0..6' 



No. 5. 



N0.4. 



LWL 

 No. 3. 



N0.2 



No.l 



No.l. 



No. 2. 



n 

 I 

 0 



2 10 

 1 5* 

 9 



2 10 





01 

















01 



0' 



3S 



2 8= 

 2 5' 





54 





04 















6.1 



1 





76 





51 



34 





01 











1 



96 



W' 



1 



S 



2 3' 



1 





1 



2' 



1 



1 



10' 





76 





24 









9s 



43 





3 



2 21 



1 





1 



9 



1 



73 



1 53 



1 



23 





9^ 





0= 



2 



32 



1 84 



3 



14 





3 



36 



2 



2 



2 



08 



1 m 



1 



81 



1 



3« 





7 



2 





1 11 



4 



0" 



1 111 



2 



68 





53 



2 



43 



2 3 



2 



OS 



1 



8« 



1 



la 



2 



111 



2 12 



5 



02 



1 I0« 



3 



7.' 



3 



74 



2 



6« 



2 66 



2 



33 



2 



04 



1 



62 



3 



12 



2 24 



6 





1 9' 



2 



S5 



2 



86 



3 



81 



2 71 



2 



53 



2 



2« 



1 



91 



3 



2= 



3 31 







I 93 



3 



9 



2 



6' 



3 



84 



2 74 



2 



6 



3 



33 



1 10 



8 



31 



2 32 



8 





1 91 



2 





.2. 



S 



8 



2 71 



2 



54 



2 



3* 



1 



83 



3 



20 



2 26 



9 



0" 



1 9 



3 



7s 





7a 



2 



6" 



2 56 



2 



3' 



2 



OS 



1 



4 



3 



12 



3 1« 



10 



36 



1 9 



2 





2 



53 



2 



40 



2 ii^ 



2 



02 



1 



6« 







2 10' 



1 116 



11 



5a 



1 9'i 



3 



3 



2 



4'-' 



2 



12 



1 W 



1 



C 











2 





1 8' 



12 

 13 

 14 

 15* 



9 



1 90 



1 113 



1 10» 





83 



1 3" 















2 



3° 



1 5 



1 



1 lOs 



1 

 1 



7 



1 



44 





10- 











1 



10' 



1 01 



64 

 22 



1 63 



2 0' 



1' 















1 





1 102 



2 3 





9 













1 



06 





Transom. 



































All measurements to outside of plank. Small figures are eighths 

 of an inch. 



The Cruise of the £lsa. 



■TowAHD the end of the summer the writer launched, upon Lake 

 Ontario a canoe yawl, built from his own designs for sailing and 

 cruising, and from the lime her keel was laid the idea of sailing her 

 upon her own bottom to Slontreal was ever present with him. She is 

 lOfc. on waterline, 20ft. over all, 4ft. 6in . beam and 17in deep, with 

 9iu. least freeboard, and carries a oenterboard weighing llBlbs. and 

 3501bs. of iron ballast under her floor beards. Tne lines are very 

 similar to those of La Gloria, lately published in the Fobe.st and 

 Stheam; the floor not quite so flat and the waterline not quite so full. 

 The rig will be readily understood from the photo, the total area 

 toeing about 230sq. ft. 



For a month atter her launch her skipper contented himself with 

 short cruises and scrub races with the other small craft about, and 

 worked diligently to get her into her best trim; wMch being at last 

 accomplished, Elsa proved herself by no means the slowest boat on 

 the lake. Then as the summer began to wane and the equinoctials 

 to blow, the desire for a longer ramble became almost irresistible, 

 and after waiting froui day to day from one cause or another, Eisa 

 at last cast off her moorings and tilled away under jib and mizen to a 

 brisk northwest wind on a bright morning in early October, 



The N,W, wind is apt to be puffy and strpug so l&te to tiie season, 



and the present case was no exception to the general rule, so the 

 mainsail was kept in the gaskets and we (Elsa and I) jogged along 

 comfortably and at fair speed under a weather shore. At noon the 

 sky cloudert and the barometer was away down, and the putts began 

 to come more vicioiisly over the eravel beach and low clay bluffs, so 

 that at times we were fain to luff a litde, even with our shortened 

 sail, and hug the shore close to avoid the short chop which occasion- 

 ally sent a shower of spray over our decks outside. 



In three hours we had run abreast of Lakeport Pier, and stood in 

 to allow the skipper to stretch his legs and get a bite of lunch ashore 

 under shelter from the keen wind ; and refreshed and comforted es to 

 bis inner man after half an hour s shore leave, the boa-t was got 

 under way again and the run continued. Ominous lookiog clouds 

 gathered to windward and drifted overhead, and occasional squalls 

 of more than ordinary violence swept out of the bays and made the 

 skipper thankful that he had a goodly quantity of ballast under his 

 feet. 



About 4 P. M. we came abreast of the Islaud lying oflE Presque Isle 

 Point, and .stood off before the wind for the narrow gap between it 

 and tne mainland. Lowering the mizen and tricing up the center- 

 board, we ran through without much trouble under the jib. although 

 the rudder bumped and hammered once or twice upon the flat rock 

 bottom, and iu a few minutes the mizen was got up agt-in and the 

 boaij laid by the wind leading for the lighthouse. 



Dusk was coming on as we passed it. and the wind lulling some- 

 what, first a reefed and then a whole mainsail was hoisted, for the 

 beat into the harbor. With the mtiltiplicity of red and black buoys 

 and rangelights. this was rather anxious work in the gathering dark- 

 ne.»s, and in the teeth of the spiteful puffs, and against the short 

 choppy sea; but Elsa behaved nobly and clawed to wind ward iu 

 wonderful St vie, so that before the darkness became complete the 

 skioper hailed a schooner lymg alongside the wharf and inquired for 

 the snuggest berth for the night. 



One of the pleasantest features about singlehand sailing is the in- 

 terest which all the water .side people take in the cruiser and his 

 boatj and theii- eagerness to help him, and here, as is generally the 

 case, the local boating crank came forward with his aid and advice 

 and in fifteen minutes Eisa was snugly berthed, and her skipper on 

 his way to supper under the guidance of his new found friend, 

 turned out to be an ex master of the famous Atalanta of America 

 Cup fame and the owner of a handsome boat of his own. 



A smoke and a chat with mine host on yachts and yachting filled 

 out the evening pleasantly until bedtime, and the skipper's slumbers 



ELSA. 



were none the less soimd t'^at he had got over the most uninterest- 

 ing and exposed portion of the coast without mishap or discomfort. 



-M-oming showed a fierce gale from due north, tearing over rhe 

 water of Presque Bay, and the skipper felt more than ever satisfied 

 that the outside work was over for the present. Uuder jib and reefed 

 mizen again Elsa's h^^ad wxs turned eastward toward the mouth of 

 the Mm-ray Canal. Just as we got under way a sail appeared at the 

 mouth of the harbor, and soon a fine schooner loomed up, beating 

 into the bay. Coming about off the wharves, she headed after us, 

 and came booming slor g under all plain sail like a .steamboat. 



Elsa does not claim to be a match for a hundred ton schooner reach- 

 ing in a gale of wind, but she was not going to be overhauled without 

 a struggle, so we tucked a couple of reefs in the mainsail and stag- 

 gered along with rail awash, giving the big fellow quite a chase until 

 within a few hundred yards of the mouth of the canal, where the 

 channel became so narrow that Elsa got only an occasional puff while 

 the schooner's lofty sails got an almost steady wind over the tops of 

 the trees Our turn came again, however, for the wind headed the 

 schooner as she entered the canal and drove her on to the lee bank, 

 while Elsa, holding a better wind, scraped by her and taking a short 

 hitch to windward went on her way rejoicing. 



With an occasional puff from over the tree tops we managed to 

 make a couple of miles an hour, but it was near noon before we had 

 cleared the last drawbridge and settled our loll at tne canal office, 

 and the gray, wind-tossed expanse of the Bay of Quinte appeared 

 ahead between the entrance piers. The schooner had meantime 

 warped herself off, and, beautifully handled, came rushing along 

 with a large-sized bone under her forefoot and jaassed us just at the 

 entrance. The way in which she lay down as she caugnt the full 

 fury of the wind out of the mouth of the Trent River showed 

 that Elsa was going to have all she could stagger imder, and .sad was 

 again reduced to jib and mizzen. 



This, however, while comfortable enough to run to leeward, did not 

 seem to be the right thing for our beat to windwai'd into Trenton, 

 and heading to under the lee of a little island, tne jib was stowed and 

 a close reefed mainsail substituted for it. The changed proved to be 

 a judicious one, and Elsa soon clawed her way up into smoother wa- 

 ter under the land, but got aground among the weeds and mud flats. 

 She was soon clear, however, and running into a slip belonging to in 

 old deserted sawmill on the outsku-ts of the town the dinner can was 

 got out and a cup of tea was made for dinner. 



The boating maa soon made his appearance and chatted with the 

 skipper, holding fast the while upon the masts of a very shaky- 

 looking old sloop tied up close at hand. Lunch over, sail was made 

 again, and with eased sheets now Elsa tore away toward Belleville, 

 dashing tne short, choppy seas off her bows, sending a long, foamy 

 while streak off on either hand. 



A fiercer gust than usual carried the skipper's old felt hat away, 

 and his hands were so fidl of business, on even a straight keel, that 

 the chances of his picking it up before it swept by coming into the 

 vrind then bearing downHipon it seemed to be too i-emote to be 

 worth the wet and hard work which it wotild involve, so he re- 

 luctantly let the old tile go, and coming to under the lee of an island 

 a little further ahead, ,a woolen cap was fished out of the clothes 

 bag which did duty for the remainder of the voyage. 



Here we found a'flshing party on bourd a steain yacht, the Juanita, 

 witH a couple of beautiful St. Lawrence skiffs in tow. They were 

 just setting off for the afternoon, and the elabarate outfit of the 

 lisbei'meD. overcoats, waterproof aprons and gloves, and easy swivel 

 chairs to sit in, while the tu-ed boatmen pulled them about, com- 

 pletely abashed the homely little Elsa and her roughly togged 

 skipper, who was glad to turn the nose of bis boat eastward again. 



Tbe bay of Quinte became narrower now, and Elsa sped on and on 

 until tbe great bridge near Belleville hove in sight. A number of 

 teams were going across snd we had to heave to for a minute, and 

 then in response to a bail the ponderous draw swung aside, and 

 flllingaway again, we shot through and laid our course for Bellveille 

 light. 



Beating up the nam jw harbor, Elsa came to at last in such aristo- 

 cratic company as the Norah and some others of the Bay of Quinte 

 Y. C, and on a slip hard by was the Atalanta, being rebuit. I'Yom 

 the momentary gUmpse the skipper caught of her it seemed af if the 

 alterations in the shape of long overhang aft and increased free- 

 board had been well considered and carried out, and she had quite 

 the look of an able and handsome craft, which, in spite of their repu- 

 tation for speed, can not be said of some other of Cuthbert's produc- 

 tions. 



A half hour's run after letters and telegrams and the crew was 

 aboard again, and sweeping out of tbe harbor into the wide bay. 

 Crossing to Missisauga Point was a rough traverse and Elsa had all 

 she wanted before she got under tbe lee of Point Anne, Evening was 

 drawing on, and sppns a gehiog \)Qikt »bead, sb§ w»e oy«rbaul9d 



and hailed and inquiries Inade for a resting place for the night. The 

 fisherman, with characteristic hospitality, immediately volunteered 

 a meal and a shelter, and as Shannonville was some distance off and 

 at the bottom of a deep bay, Elsa's crew was glad to avail himself of 

 the offer. 



The fisherman proved to be an old-titner, and entertained the 

 skipper much with his experience of Lake Ontario in bygone days. 

 True stories of rough seas and .gales and narrow escapes from ship- 

 wreck such as his kind can always teii to a sympathizing audience. 



The barometer rose a little during the evening, and we hoped for a 

 fine day on the morrow, which broke stu-e enough with good promise 

 of fair weather. The wind had hauled to the west dm-ing the night, 

 and with her raainsheet paid out to its extreme end, and mizen 

 stowed, Elsa raced away from the little cove which had sheltered 

 her for the night, and was soon sliding over the long easy swell from 

 the westward, at the i-ate of six miles an hour. 



Passing Trident Point the bay narrowed again, and for an hour we 

 had a delightful run with dry decks, a lovely landscape and the 

 skipper taking his ease on the cockpit floor. Soon the smokestacks 

 and steeples of busy Deseronto came into view, and the Prince Ed- 

 ward shores became higher and bolder. Dotibling a beautiful tree- 

 clad point, Elsa was luffed up, got under her old mainsail and mizen 

 canvas for the long reach to Pictou. 



The barometer began falling again, and the wind, which had been 

 blowing a stiff' breeze all morning, now increased to a hard gale, 

 which came in perfect sledgehammer puffs off the bold hills ta 

 windward. Close reefs were again in order, and even with these the 

 skipper had to keep a sharp lookout and luff repeatedly to the more 

 vicious of the squalls. 



Getting out abreast of the mouth of Hav Bay the skipper was 

 glad to take a rest after the strain on his nerves and to run in along- 

 side a fisherman's boat for a cup of lea and a chat. The usual kind- 

 ly welcome was accorded and the shanty placed at his disposal, and 

 as the next few miles entailed a run in the trough of the sea, which 

 could be seen racing furiously out of Pictou Bay and breaking on the 

 low, rocky shores to leeward, Elsa's crew did not hurry to leave the 

 hospitable shelter. 



Still the barometer went down and the sky became overcast and 

 the sun obscured by flying scud. A little steam tug came in for the 

 fish caught the preceding night and reported very heavy weather, 

 and presently from the eastward came plowing in a schooner, pitch- 

 ing her bluff' bows into it to the itnightheads, and throwing showers 

 of spray which wet her headsails and foresail half-way up to the 

 crosstrees. Clumsy and bluff'-bowed as she was she made a hand- 

 some picture as she doubled the Point and squared away for Dese- 

 ronto, lazily rising and falling on tbe now quartering swell, and with 

 every shred of canvas pulHng as if it would go out of the bolt-ropes. 



All these things looked ominous for the Elsa, but after waiting in 

 vain tor signs oC a clear up, her crew, tired of inaction, concluded to 

 I ry at any rate whether it was as bad as it loo-ked, and safi was made 

 and a course laid for Barker's Point. By careful steering she eased 

 I hrough the heaviest of the puffs and sea, and went along dry enough 

 until the Point was under her lee. Then the mizen was lowered and 

 iiiainsheet paid out for the broad reach. At the first touch of weather 

 iielm the boat darted off like an arrow, cut the top off a wave with 

 her bow, and running from under it allowed it to come down in a 

 shower of spray on the skipper's knees. In half a minute this per- 

 formance was repeated, and again and again until the water was 

 visible swashing about in the bilge. 



Both of the skippers hands were busj^ with mainsheet and tiller, so 

 bailing was out of the question, and it looked as if the boat would be 

 luilf full before we could again reach a lee. Keluctantly he brought 

 her in stays and headed her back with her nose to the sea. Immedi- 

 ately she began climbing over the steep short seas dry and easy. The 

 skipper breathed more freely. Sm-ely matters were not so bad as he 

 had thought, and we went about again for a second trial. Same re- 

 sult as before, and savagely the helm was put down again, and as the 

 boat came round the skipper registered a vow that never again would 

 he go to sea in so able a boat without at least a canvas cover for the 

 open cockpit. Doubling Barker's Point for a second time we squared 

 away for the little harbor behind it, with the high, angry swell roar- 

 ing astern. An unusually sharp sea crept up behind, got under the 

 quarter, and up, up went the stern and down, down went the bows, 

 the jib was stowed on the very light bowsprit, which with no sup- 

 porting stay above and a taut wet bobstay below, was arched until 

 I he end was far below the sheer line. 



Elsa rushed forward under the impulse o£ the following wave, throw- 

 ing the foam off on either bow as a snow plow on a down-grade throws 

 the snow out of a cutting, and in her headlong rush stuck her bow- 

 sprit in the sea ahead of her. For a moment the tough ash bent like 

 a hoop and then crash I and it was under her bows and towing along- 

 side. Luckily the inboard end with the sail on it remained and the 

 lashings held fast, and in a few seconds more wo were floating 

 calmly under the lee of a point and clearing away the wTeck. 



Atter waiting an hour for signs of a clear up, which did not come 

 the skipper concluded to try and beat up for Pictou under the lee of 

 the bluffs; but the day was too far spent, and after two miles of hard 

 and cautious sailing darlmess began to gather. Such sailing was 

 bad enough in the daylight, but watching for the squalls sweeping 

 down upou us first from one direction and then from another in the 

 dark became at last a little too exciting, and Elsa was run into a little 

 cove and made snug, while her tired crew climbed the bluffs and 

 made for a handsome farmhouse on the top. Again, after a momen- 

 tary suspicion that they were being asked to harbor a tramp the 

 story of the solitary voyage brought hearty welcome for the voyager 

 from the simple minded farmer, and with a tear in his voice he told 

 how his son had spent nearly all the ready money on hand in build- 

 ing the fine house ard then had gone oft" and left him in his old age 

 to ;manage the farm alone with none but his hired belp. The story 

 was a sad one and was another instance like the many which we 

 meet with in these progressive days, where a maii;leaves home com- 

 fort and duty behind him in search of change and wealth, which last 

 in most cases he never gets, and when perchance he does, does not 

 know how to use. Henry K Wicksteed. 



CoBooRG, Canada. 



[continued next week.] 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Annual Meeting of Executive Committee. 



The general business meeting of the Executive Committee of the 

 American Canoe Association was held, pursuant to the call of Lieut 

 Col. Cotton, the new commodore, at Kingston, Ontario, on Nov 17 



Situated just at the point on the Canadian side where Lake* On- 

 tario narrows to form the St. Lawrence Kiver, and just opposite the 

 first group of the Thousand Islands, Kingston,' close to that part of 

 the river between Clayton and Gananoque, well known to A C A 

 men; and the location was very convenient in that it gave the com- 

 mittee an opportunity to visit any proprosed sites. 



Owing to the length of the journey, but few members from the 

 States were present, but Mr. Winne, the retiring commodore, with 

 Messis. Appollonio of Boston, Lawrence of Trenton, and Stephens of 

 New York, reaching Kingston Wednesday afternoon. In the even- 

 ing some of the party attended a reception and dance at the Ar- 

 tUlery Barracks. 



When the meeting was called to order in the parlor of the British 

 American Hotel at 11 A. M., on Thursday, there were present Com- 

 modore Cotton and the following representatives. Northern Divls- 

 ion— J. N. McKendrick, Ualt ; J W. Span-ovv, proxy for F Minns 

 Bobcageon ; W. C. Kent, proxy tor C. E. Archbold, Montreal. ' Central 

 Division— C. V. Winne, Albany. Eastern Division— Appollonio, Boston 

 Atlantic Division — W. C. Lawrence, Trenton; W. P. Stephens proxy 

 for H. L. Quick. There were also present Messrs. B B. Edwards 

 Peterboro. W. E. Chrystie, Montreal, and E. E, Burns, Kingston ' 



Since h'.« election in August, Mr. C. E I. Porteous has removed to 

 Montreal, and consequently tendered his resignation as Secretary- 

 Treasurer. Mr. AppoUonlo was elected temporary secretary of the 

 meeting, and the minutes of the last meeting in camp were read and 

 approved. The resignation of Mr. Porteous was then read and ac- 

 cepted on motion of Mr. Winne, and Mr. McKendrick ;presented the 

 name of Mr. B. Easton Burns, of Kingston, as his successor Mr 

 Burns was unanimously elected and Mr. Appollonio resigned his 

 place to him. 



Although it has been practically settled since the meet that the 

 next camp would be on the upper St. Lawrence, no definite site has 

 been mentioned, but Commodore Cotton had made arrangements for 

 the committee to inspect one near Kingston, and a recess was taken 

 in order to do so. After the arrival of the boat from Cape '^'incent 

 with Mr. W. R. Huntington, of Rome, on board, Mr. Folger, the owner 

 ol the steamer, took charge of the party and invited them on board 

 After a pleasant trip of half an hour, the boat landed at Long Island 

 Park, a little peninsula on the north side of Abraham's Island and 

 in company with Mr. Brophy, the owner of the park, the ground was 

 thoroughly inspected and approved by all. 



After tte'e return to the hotel, the committee resumed its sitting 

 the accompanying report of Secretary-Treasurer Wackerhagen' 

 showing the payment by the retiring officers of the whole of the 

 deficit left by tffeir predecessors, was read and discussed Mr 

 Stephens moving to accept the report, with thanks to Messrs Winne' 

 Wagkerhagen and Huntington. ' ' 



The question of the camp site was then taken up, and after an 

 agreement was reached with Mr. Brophy by which tne A. O A is 

 to have entire control of the point during the month of Atigusl for a 

 nominal rental of $1, Mr. Brophy conducting the camp store the 

 wotJon was wade by Mr, Bu«cto§ton, eecoaded jay W, Lawrepce, 



