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[Jan. 26, 18&a. 



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laws or rules, as it is evidently most desirable that any changes which 

 might be required should be framed by the new committee who are to 

 admiaister them. There were some doubts as to the correct meaning 

 and reading of Rule X., but the general ijrovisions of the rules as they 

 stand seem to be satisfactory. 

 The full accounts of the i-egatta committe are as follows: 



PRIZE FUND. 



Receipts. Expenses. 

 Subscriptions, as per list. . . .$85.00 Paid Eehm & Co. for 3 bunt- 



ing flags 84.50 



$85.00 Balance in hand for prize 



fund 80.00 



$85.00 



GENERAL EXPENDITTEES. 



Printing circulars, Corlies, Macy & Co $3.50 



Exchange of log, as arranged by Com. Lawson, S. Thaxter & Co. 5.00 



Sailing numbers, E. M. Little 35.00 



Rope and wire for buoys 9.11 



Labor at camp 36.50 



i49.11 



Vouchers for these items are herewith submitted, 



Respectfully submitted, 

 (Signed) R. S. Oliver. "i 



E. H. Barney, | 



H. Lan.sing Quick, |- Regatta Committee. 



Ford Jones, | 



R. AV. Gibson, Chairman.. J 



REPORT OF CAMP SITE COMMITTEE— 3892, 



Ex2}enses. Receipits. 



Labor. $215.57 Lumber, floors and labor. . .$186.44 



Lumber 332.82 Lumber and floors sold Mr. 



Hardware 20.28 Baber 60.00 



Net cost to A. C. A 128.23 



$374.07 



(Signed) 



William R. Hitntington, Chairman. 



Singlehanders and Small Cruisers. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



At the close of the racing season on White Bear Lalce in October a 

 sailor comrade who is quite hand}^ as an amateur woodworker asked 

 me to fix up a spoonbill within Ms ability as a builder for use on the 

 river under either sails or oars. Residing in town he desired a fairly 

 light and fast bo>it for occasional cruises, with or without a com- 

 panion, on the Mississippi, Minnesota and lower St. Croix, on such 

 days when the yachting contests at the lake would not demand atten- 

 tion. So one evening the following design was pro.iected. Before ice 

 interfered with aquatic sport he had completed and given it several 

 trials. The little cruiser is iGft. over all, 33ft. l.w.l., and 3ft. lOin. 

 beam, carrying a main and miz/en of 125 .sq. ft. with an extra mast 

 step for a single rig. 



As the deep dropping board is frequently a cause of embarrassment 

 in river sailing, the device illustrated was adopted and with good 

 results. This form of board is not new to some boatmen, but its mode 

 of suspension whereby either end, or the entire plate, can be dropped 

 or housed without jamming has not to my knowledge ever been 

 utilized by any other than the subscribing boat crank. The plate and 

 arms are of quarter inch plate iron copper bronzed, and wlien dropped 

 the upper edge hes just withm the external keel, and by dravring a 

 couple of pins the whole board can be quickly released to f aciUtate 

 sundrj' purposes in lightening the boat. The floor is raised to the top 

 of the shallow trunk, on 'either side of which are detacliable floor 

 strips to give foot room when working a spruce breeze. 



pine enters solely into the construction, except the ribs, which are 

 of white oak, a,nd the clamps and coaming, wrought out of elm; 

 planking is %vq.. thick, i-ather broad strakes put on carvel build, and 

 the deck is of M™- stuff covered with muslin laid in paint and varnish. 

 Tight bulkheads are fitted at stations 1 and 7, being the moulds used 

 in building. The total cost of materials used in the hull, rig and 

 fittings, fen inside of $15, but tiie estimation of value reaches a fair 

 figure based on careful workmanship and finish as weU as ability of 

 performance. 



Mingo, the present design, shows several departm-es from the .sneak- 

 boat type, and approaches the orthodox style of moulding in which 

 fair lines dominate, and are augmented forward by the addition of the 

 false stern or moulded keel band which carries out the lines, giving a 

 fine entrance. 



But the original sneak-box method of construction is preserved 

 which, while being strong, having the rigidity of a well hooped barrel, 

 and offering no direct lines of resistance to any shock of collision, or 

 trusting, strain, is so well adapted for amateur work both in economy 

 and facility of construction. Cayuga. 



St. Paul, January, 3893. 



P. S. I trust both the editor and ray esteemed Cobourg controversial- 

 ist will.not Institute proceedings for any infringement on their "spoon- 

 tail" form of architecture. C 



With or Without. 



The Herreshoff fin-keel is now generally admitted to be a sailing ap- 

 pliance of undoubted value, combining as it does the lowest possible 

 center of gravity with the most effective plane of lateral resistance. 



In practice it 'is usually a rectangular plate with a "cigar" of lead 

 attached to its lower edge, and it is either fastened permanently to 

 the keel or drops vertically through a low trunk; and while it is un- 

 questionably an efficient device it becomes a source of danger when 

 sailing on unknown watei-s. Now, it is for just this kind of work that 

 the old pivoted boat or "Dutch lead fine" is admirably adapted, as it 

 will rise at once on taking ground. 



The writer has sought to combine the desirable features of both 

 board and fin-keel in the board he has devised, and the reader can de- 

 cide in how far successful he has been from the accompanying draw- 

 ings. The lead houses entirely in the keel and is held there by the 

 rods C C (Fig. 3), which screw into sockets in both ends. The board, 

 as will be seen, is pivoted at its forward end in the lead and is worked 

 like, and in fact is, an ordinary centerboard. 



Now, let us suppose we are sailing in deep water with insufficient 

 ballast and a puffy wind, under the very conditions that a fin-keel be- 

 comes invaluable. To obtain the keel one has only to push a pm 

 through the middle of the board at E or rather the pin would already 

 be in place with the board housed, then unscrew the rods C C when 

 the pin, E. would take the whole weight of the board and lead, with- 

 draw the pin and drop the board until the handle. D, rests on the top 

 of the trunk. The lead will now hang horizontally at the bottom of 

 the board supported at the forward end by the pivot A and at the 

 after end by the projecting spur B, which cannot pass through the 

 slot in the lead, and there you have your fin-keel, 



"MINGO' 



-SPOONBILL CRUISER. 



Very good, you will say, but you forget the big slot which will tear 

 up the water to the detriment of speed, as it would undoubtedly do 

 were it not for a stout brass plate. Fig. 5, which lies on top of the 

 lead and just fits the slots. The plate, which is slotted for the board, 

 would drop with the board were it not for the smaO ears, A, Fig. 5, 

 which bring up on the brass edge of the centerboard slot, making the 

 bottom flush and smooth. The radial sweep of the front and rear 

 edges of the board are alike for the " purpose of filling the slot in the 

 brass plate when lowered in order to prevent any swinging in a fore 

 and aft direction. The sweep will cause the board to drop aft slightly 

 as it goes down, but this is rather an advantage than otherwise, as it 

 changes the center rather less than if it dropped vertically. Fig. 4 

 shows the horizontal section of the lead. In Fig. 3 the shape of the 

 lead as shown is not arbitrary and could very well be changed to a 

 triangular section should it be thought that the flat top as shown would 

 affect the scending of the boat. 



I will say in conclusion that the board has not been carried beyond 

 the drawings, which b,y the way are not accurate enough to work 

 from, although they will answer to illustrate the principle. I have 

 omitted many details in the drawings lest they might obscure the 

 principal features of the plans. Robt. H. Peebles. 



CANOE NEWS NOTES. 



At the annual meeting of the Shuh-Shuh-Gah C. C, of Winchester, 

 Mass., the following officer^ were elected: Capt.. Raymond Apollonio; 

 Lieut.. F. B. Moulton; Sec'y. Hari-y C. Holt; Purser, Roland Cutter, 

 Member of Ex. Com. at Large. J. Murray Marshall. 



The Park Island Canoeing Association held its annual meeting on 

 Jan. 33 and elected the following officers: Pres., C. E. Booz; Vice- 

 Pres., E, D. Andersoi); Sec'y-Treas., C. Lawrence; Trustees, Fred 

 B. Yard, J. B. Agnew, (jlark Cooper, Fred W. Donnelly and J. Wallace 

 Hoff. 



The Knickerbocker C' C^ has elected the following officers: Com., 



E. C. Griffin; Vice-Com., A. E. AVhitman; Sec'y, J- K- Hand; Treas, J- 

 P. O'Shea; Meas., F. C. Moore. 



The Canoeists' Club, of New York, held a meeting on Jan. 38 to re- 

 organize for the present season and electt^d the following officers: 

 President, Wm. Whitlock; Vice-Pres., L. D. Palmer; Sec'y, C. V. 

 Schuyler; Treas., F. L. Bunnell: Members of the Council, B. !Peebles, 



F. C. Moore, Jas. O'Shea, H. C. Ward and W. S. Elliott. 



The Brooklyn C. C. has selected June 30 for its annual regatta off 

 the club house, Atlantic Basin. 



The present purser of the Central Division is Mr. Chas. E. Wardwell, 

 Rome, N. Y. 



Mr. W. T. Markham, 5 Wiley street, Jersey City, is the secretary- 

 treasurer of the Crescent C. C. 



The annual meeting of the Hartford C. C. was held on Jan. 17, the 

 following officers being re-elected: Pres., Dr. Geo. L. Parmele; Com., 

 John D. Parker; Sec'y, Frederick B. Lewis; Treas., Wm. D. Davidson. 

 These and Geo. D. Wright comprise the executive committee. The 

 annual dinner of the club is to take place at the Heublein on Jan. 28. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Officebs, 1892-93. 

 Comjiodore: Lieui.-Col. W H. Cotton, Klngstou, Ontario, Canada. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: R. Easto^i Burks, Klnpstoc, Ontario, Canada. 



ATLANTIC DIVISION. 

 Officers: 

 ViCE-COM.; J. R. Lake. 

 Rear Com : H. L. Quick. 

 Purser: F. L. Bunnell, B'klyn, N. Y. 

 Ex. Com..- M, V. Brokaw, W. E. Law- 

 rence, W. E. Dodge. 



CENTRAL DIVISION. 

 Officers: 

 VicE-CoM.: T. H. Strvker. 

 RtAR-CoM.: W. C. Wltlierbee. 

 Purser: C. F.. Waidwell, Rome, N. Y. 

 Ex. COM.: C. V. Wlnne, W. R . Hunt 

 Ington. 



EASTERN DIVISION. NORTHERN DIVISION. 



Officers: Officers: 

 VicE-COM.: Geo. L. Parmele. Vice-Com.: J. N. MacKendrlck. 

 Rbar-Com.: F. a. Sears. Rear-Com.: F. Minns. 

 Purser: F.B. Lewis, Box 89, Hartf'd. Purser: W. G. MacKendrlck, Tor. 

 Ex.COM.: Paul Butler, W. U. Law- Ex. Com.: C. E. ArchbalTl, J. H. Car 

 son, R. Apollonio. " " 



Appllcailona for membersiph must be made to division pursers, accom- 

 panied by the recommendation of an active member and the sum of $2.00 

 for entrance fee and dues for current year. Every member attending 

 Che general A. C. A. camp shall pay $1.00 for camp expenseji. Application s 

 sent to the Sec'y-Treas. will be forwarded by him to the proper Division. 



Persons residing in any Division and wishing to become members ol 

 the A. C. A., will be fm'nlsheu with printed forms ot application by address 

 Ing the Purser. 



CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore— G. M. Hunger, Em'eka, Kan. 

 Vice-Commodore— F. W. Dickens, Milwaukee, Wis. 

 Rear-Commodorc— F. H. Gary, Oshkosh, Wis. 

 Secretary-Treasurer- F. B. Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis. 

 Executive Committee— G. H. Gardner, W. H. Crawford, S. N. Maxwell. 

 Regatta Committee— 6. P. Mathes, J. H. Ware, G. G. Case, M. D. Smith, 

 Applications for membership should be made to the Sec.-Treas., on blanks 

 which may be obtained from him, and should be accompanied by $2 

 initiation fee and dues for the current year. 



NEW ADVERTISEMENTS THIS WEEK. 

 Yachts and Boats. 



Daimler Motor Company. 

 Safety Vapor Engine Company. 

 W. O. McHeath. 

 J. G. Eraser. 



For Sale, Wants and Exchanges. 

 J. F. Rogers — Salmon waters. 

 A. Watson — Property for sale. 

 G. Hills— Koe buck horns wanted. 



Routes and Resorts. 

 Illinois Central B. B. 



