FEB. 2, 1893.] 



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TABLE ni.— SPEED RECORDS OF AMERICAIJ YACHTS, 1893. 21-ET. CLASS. 



Date. 



Club. 





Distance sailed. 



Ootirso sSiilcdi 



Wind 

 from. 



Wind velocity. 



Tide 

 ran. 



Tide velocity. 



Sea. 



s 



Exile. 



Eomance. 



1 



6 



— 



Sirocco. 



Freak. 



Gadfly. 



1 Tadpole. 



Eoorali. 



ft 



Caprice. | 



Reaper. 



Kraken. 



1 Vanessa. | 



Spurt. 1 



1 Alpha. 1 



6 



May 80.. 

 June 11).. 

 1?'.., 



S.Boston. 

 Hull 





7 

 7 





S.S.W... 

 S.W. ,,, 



13 



s.s.w. 



0 25 



Smooth. 





4.27 





























4.61 









15 



N 



o' 



Choppy. 







4.77 











4.69 











4.54 





5.01 





Mass 





<?i 



S . W. 



s w 



12 



w.s.w 



0.30 



8.09 



3.72 





3 so 







3.80 





3.54 







3.65 



3.44 



3.72 





3,86 





" 17... 

 " IT... 









S w 



15 



w;s;w 





Rm Ant",)! 





6 16 





5;89 







6.08 











5.83 





6.18 





6.17 











N.NibyN.V.V;!!! 



S.W. .... 



15 



w.s.w 



U.oO 



Smooth,. 



7.12 



8 05 





7 14 













4;i4 





7;29 





7,61 





7;68 



..... 



" 35... 



Hull 





I 





Hresh. 



N 



0 



OiJ-l.'-'UL'lJ.. 



Sixiootti . 

 omootla. 









4' 55 



















4;44 





4 58 

 4.64 





.Tilly 2. . , 

 4... 

 " 16... 

 " 23... 

 " 23... 

 " 28... 

 " 28... 

 " 28... 

 " 28... 



28... 

 " 28... 

 " 39... 

 " 39 



Cor 



Hull 





7 

 10 

 7 





g 



W N 'w 

 W.S.W.. 



g 

 E 









4.55 



5.82 









4 03 

 5;05 







5.56 





4.61 











Fresh. 





0.3 





4.85 











4.78 



4.85 



4 82 









5.15 









Cor 



Eastern, . 





6 

 10 



T 



S.E 



S.S.E — 



Light.. 

 Light.. 

 8 



N 



N.W . . 



0.10 

 0 



Smooth. 

 Smooth . 



4. Ob 



3.99 







4 15 



4.39 



4.65 













4.53 





4.04 





4.17 







S.B. by S 



D.Ji..Dy Mj 



N W 



0.15 



Smooth. 



3 35 



2.. 52 





3 55 



2.36 



2.97 





2.40 









2.79 





3.68 





3.82 



2 39 



'■ 3d leg, " " 



" 3d leg, " " 





S.B. by S 



H V TP, 



E.S.E. . . 



8 

 7 



G 



N.'w ; ; 

 N.W ; ; 



N.W . . 



0.10 

 0.05 

 0 



Smooth. 

 Smooth , 

 Smooth. 



.3; 18 

 4;94 

 3 06 



3.40 

 4.15 

 3.96 





343 

 4.39 

 3 31 



3.09 

 4.40 

 2.98 



3.12 

 4.38 

 3.46 





2.93 

 4.33 

 2.78 









3.03 

 4.35 

 3.23 





3.15 

 4.18 

 3.17 





3.21 

 4.39 

 3.50 



3;75 

 4.24 

 2 92 





" 3d leg, " " 





W. 5^ S 



E.S.E. . . 





0 



Smooth. 



3.31 



3.13 





331 



2.91 



3.10 





2.94 





.... 





3.08 





2.99 





3.11 



3; 93 

 4; 41 





1 



N.N.E 



S.E. by S 



E.S.E. . . 



4 





0.05 



Sniooth . 



5 15 



5.03 





4; 91 



4.65 



4.63 





4.64 









4.91 





4.94 





4.39 



Beverly.. 







S.E 



9 



N.W. . 



0.10 



Smooth. 



2*74 



3.61 





2 59 





2.95 





2.44 



'2; 14 





'3;i6 



3.63 



'i;67 



2.70 



'3;33 



8.81 



3;53 



" j 3d leg, " " 





W. % S 



N.io;. .::..: 



S.E 



8 



N.W. . 



0.05 



Sm'th. 1 



4.90 



4.96 





4.82 





4.73 





4.46 



4.48 







4.68 





4.66 



4.78 



4.90 



4.46 



" 39.';; 



Aug. 1... 





" 1 3d leg, " " 



i 



S.E 



8 



N.W.. 



0 



Sm'th. I 

















Match.. . . 







N.E 



N.E .... 



15 



N.N.E. 



0.15 



























3.13 











8.57 







S.W 



N.E .... 



15 

 6 



N.N.E. 



0.15 



























6.73 











6.51 



1... 



" 12... 

 " 18... 

 " 10... 



Hull 





T 



N 



O.GO 











5.08 











4.69 



4.23 







5.01 





5.17 





Cor 





11 



T 



S.E 



10 



N.W.. 



0.10 



Kough.. 

 Lumpy . 



5.76 



5.95 





5.83 



5.37 



5.86 









5.87 





5.73 

















S.S.E... . 



12 



E...... 



0.03 



3.73 



4.38 





3.90 





4.63 





3.98 



3.69 







4.50 





3.54 









" 19... 







SW.byW^N.E.byN 

 N.N.E 



S.S.E.. . . 



12 



NWbN 



0.05 



Lumpy . 



6.73 



7.08 





6.60 



'h'M 



7.07 





6.52 



6.41 







7.00 





7.06 









" 20... 

 " 30... 

 " 31... 

 Sept. 3... 

 " 3... 





" beat first leg and last leg. . . 

 " reach and run, 2d & 3d legs. 



m 



N.N.E. . 



Strong 

 Strong 

 12 



B 



0.05 



Lumpy . 

 Lumpy . 

 Smooth, 





3.95 







4.12 













4.32 





4.27 













N.N.E. . 



E 



0.05 





6.26 







5.95 



6.43 













6.50 





6.42 









Hull , 





T 



S.W 



S.W... 



0..50 





6.09 



t5;57 















5.27 





5.73 





6.01 





6;35 





Cor 



Hull, 





11 



6 





S.S.E.... 



14 



N.W.. 



0.05 













5.88 











6.53 













IIuU 







Light.. 

 Fan- .. 



S, 



0.40 

 0.50 



Smooth. 

 Smooth. 



■3;98 



3.79 



3.71 















3.50 





3.62 

 3.92 





3.90 





" 10... 







7 





S.E,, 



N 

















3.75 



3.69 















Abbreviations.— W, windward; L, leeward; T, triangular coui'se, generally equilateral; Q, quadrilateral course, or two sides thereof and reverse. Distances are in nautical miles; tides the same. Wind 

 velocities ia statute miles. 



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DETAILS OP CHOCK AND RUNNER. 



A Cheap Ice Yacht. 



The excitement of ice-yachting is only equalled by its uncertaint3% 

 and oven such severe cold weather as that recently experienced about 

 New York gives no guai'antee of good sailing; in fact the deep snows 

 have stopped the sailing and racing which began so early this winter. 

 Except' in specially favored localities, an ice yacht, when wanted at 

 aU, is wanted in a very great hurry, and being a cumbrous and un- 

 wieldy thing to house and care for, it is likely to sufifer neglect and 

 abuse in the long intervals of disuse. The accompanying drawing, for 

 which we are indebted to a correspondent, shows an ice-yacht of very 

 simple and inexpensive construction, which is very satisfactory as a 

 sailer, and yet can be taken apart or put together in a few minutes. 

 The boat is the seventh built by her owner, and is decidedly superior 

 to the earUer ones. 



There are many locahties where a small ice-j'acht of this sort kept 

 always ready to be put together would furnish a great deal of sport; 

 the construction being Uttle more difficult or expensive than the manjj^ 

 crude makeshifts which are thi'own together in a hurry wherever a 

 clear field of ice ^Jresents itself; and which, when the saiUng is done 

 with, are left to fall to pieces on the shore. The dimensions of the 

 craft are: 



Runner plank 10ft. 



Keel 17ft. 4in. 



Main plank 12ft. SJ^m. 



Mast, heel to hounds 13ft. 9i^in. 



Diameter at heel SJ^in. 



Boom 14ft. 9m. 



Gaff 8ft. Sin. 



Mainsail hoist 8ft. 7in. 



Leech SOft. 



Ai-ea 135sq. ft. 



Jib luff 18ft. 3m. 



Hoist 13ft. 



Foot 4ft. 6m. 



Area 37sq. ft. 



Total area 163sq. ft. 



Total weight, about 3001bs. 



The keel is a stick of chy white pine 0x6in., tapered to 4x4ia. at the 

 after end; and from the mast forward chamfered and then rounded 

 to a diameter of 2in. at the band. The runner plank is also of white 

 pine, 4in. wide, 7iu. deep at the middle aud-tapei-hig to 3>^in. at each 

 end. One bolt, of J^in. diameter, connects it with the keel. At each 

 end is a casting of u'on with a socket on top into which the end of the 

 plank fits, being secured by two bolts, one an eye bolt and one a plain 

 machine bolt, %in., tapped into the casting. On top of the keel is a 

 plank of white pine 15ia, wide and lin. thick, stiffened beneath by 

 chocks of IJ^in. pine. The plank is bolted thi-ough the keel, as shown. 

 The rudder stock is a composition of hon casting, or oak may be used, 

 being cheaper. It is slotted for the runner, which is held by a %xq. 

 bolt, the hole in the runner being J^in. All of the runners ai-e of cast 

 iron %ia. thick and 4J4in. wide, the two main runners being 2ft. 6in. 

 long and the rudder 1ft. 8m. long. The boom is IMiH- diameter and 

 the gaff IJ^iu- The sails are of Bi^oz. single bighted, costing §12. The 

 jib stay, shrouds and side stays are of J^iu. galvanized iron wue rope. 

 aU set up with turnbuckles and shackles. The plank will hold thi-ee 

 persons, the weight being so di.st,ributed that there is httle strain on 

 the boat. The cost of the whole construction, including sails and rig- 

 ging is under §45, the castings for runners, chocks and rudder stock 

 with the necessary fittings costing about $12. 



Banee. 



Messrs. Read Bkos., at Fall River, are at work on a 30ft. keel yawl 

 for H. W. Eaton, of the Seawanhaka and Larchmont clubs, to replace 

 the yawl Rajah, recently sold to Mr. Walter C. Hubbard. The new 

 yacht was designed by Mi-. .John Hyslop, in collaboration with Mr. 

 Faton, to carry the same yawl rig which the latter put on Rajah last 

 season, the end in view being a crm'ser fast enough to be raced at 

 times. As the sail plan is quite moderate, the displacement has been 

 kept down, the model being of the semi-fin tj^pe of the Southampton 

 boats of two or three yeai's since, and like the Gardner boat Pyxie. 

 The dimensions are: Stem head to taffirail, 42ft., l.w.l. 30ft., beam 

 10ft. Sin., di-aft 6ft. 6in., displacement 13 tons. The accommodation 

 will be quite exten.sive, including a main cabin 7ft. 6in. long, forward 

 of which is a statei'oom, separated by half bulkheads and curtains 

 6ft. 6in. long, with w.c. and pantry forward, and then a good forecastle. 



The height under a low trunk is 6ft., with neai-ly 5ft. in forecastle. The 

 cockpit is 6ft. long and 3ft. wide, The rudder will be of the balanced 

 spade pattern. The yacht wiU be- named Ranee, the feminine of Rajah. 

 Messrs. Read have just completed a cat sloop for A. H. Skinner, of 

 Fall River, from their own design, 36ft. over all, 34ft. l.w.l., lift. 6in. 

 beam, 3ft, di'aft, the mast being but 4ft. 6iu. abaft the end of water- 

 line. She has a cabin, with very good head room for the draft, and a 

 roomy cockpit. 



The Bouncer Type. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



There seems to be a general misconception as to what is the 

 Bouncer type of boat. Most of my correspondents evidently assume 

 that a yacht designed on the Bouncer principle must of necessity have 

 a di-aft of water not exceeding a few inches, while as a matter of fact 

 the same method can be successfully used in modeUng boats of any 

 depth or- di-aft, and the only reason why all the Bouncers I have de- 

 signed to date are shoal boats is that my experience teaches me that 

 better speed can be attained with great beam and Ught displacement 

 than with a narrow wedge-hke section. 



The Bouncer system of designing maybe defined as follows: The 

 use only of curves approximating as nearly as possible to segments of 

 circles for all longitudinal hues below the water's surface. If this 

 rule is strictly adhered to it is impossible to produce a slow boat, ijro- 

 vided the proper proportions of beam and immersed body ai'e selected. 

 That is to say, the deeper the immersed body the narrower it should 

 be and vice versa. It is, however, possible to design a fast boat with 

 both narrow beam and light displacement if outside weight be hung 

 at the bottom of a centerboard, either fixed or movable, as shown by 

 the iJerformance of several flyers that have appeared within a year or 

 two. But I have always thought that such use of outside weight is 

 just as unfair in racing as the shifting sandbag or the weather plank 

 with men on it, in vogue sometimes on sharpies and canoes. 



It is not my purpose here to give the best piroportions of length, 

 beam and depth, as such action on my part would be treating unfairly 

 persons in vai'ious parts of the country who have procured models 

 from me and are building on then" lines; but I wiU with iDleasure indi- 

 cate how any one with a knack for such matter can design for himself 

 a fast and handy boat. 



The fii-.st thing is to have an implement with which circular segments 

 can be quickly struck, and I have found nothing better for this pur- 

 pose than a thin batten of straight-grained white pine with a piece 

 of string stretched from end to end in such manner that by tautening 

 the string a short radius is obtained, and by slacking it the radius is 

 lengthened. The batten should be, say, 36in. long, J^in. diameter at 

 center and tapered to about J^in. cUameter at the ends. The way to 

 use the batten is as follows: 



Firsts Mai-k a straight base line (A) and, having decided on the 

 length of waterline, freeboard at stem and stern, and di-aft of water 

 desired, bend the batten until the cm-ve obtained wiU strike the points 

 (C) (B B) and CD D), then mark the curve with a pencO. 



Second— Mark the straight line (E) and at center of same measure 

 downward until you get the amount of sheer you wish. Again bend 

 the batten to the curve (F) which gives you this sheer, and mark the 

 curve as before. 



Third— Bend the batten until the curve strikes points (D D D) ; mark 

 this Une and you have the longitudinal curve of the bilge. 



Haviag fixed these cmwes, and, assuming that your boat is to have 

 vertical sides above the bUge, it is appai'eut that any amateur builder 



can from the hues so laid down take off the shape of the boat when 

 her breadth of beam has also been estabhshed. It being vmderstood 

 that the horizontal curve of the outer edge of her deck is the segment 

 of a cu'cle, and that she is sharp at both ends, Uke a canoe. 



This is the simplest form of the Bouncer type. It is easy to build, 

 yet if given plenty of beam will outsail any other land of boat (not a 

 Bouncer), either with or without shifting ballast. Some persons have 

 objected to the angular bilge, but while Bouncers can be, and are. 

 built with a round tm-ned bUge, I have as yet been able to find no im- 

 provement in speed by the change, though the cost of construction is 

 greatly increased. Speaking of the fact that boats designed on this 

 principle can never get out of trim fore and aft no matter how fast 

 you drive them, I wiU add that in a regatta of the Indian Harbor 

 Yacht Club, with wind blowing half a gale abeam, the Chippewa 

 (length on waterline 34ft.) frequently had ner stern somewhat below 

 the level of the water, yet at the same time was skating right away 

 from the 85 and 40-footers; she standing up and going, while the big 

 fellows were rooting, laboring and carrying away their topmasts in a 

 manner that must have been discouraging to the believers in "lead 

 hung low, you know." Thomas Clapham. 



RosLTO, L. I., Jan. 21. 



Speed Records of American Tachts. 



[Continued from Page 83.'] 



The accompanying table gives the speed records of the 21ft. class, 

 those of the classes from SOft. upward having been given last week.. 

 The 35ft. class and the records of the Lake Y. R. A. fleet will be given 

 next week. 



Tachts at Chicago. 



The following letter appears in the Chicago 'Tribune apropos of the 

 recent article in the Forest and Stream, a portion of which is quoted 

 by the writer: 



Chicago, Jan. 23.— Editor of the Tribune: Eastern yachtsmen have 

 been formaUy invited by the World's Fair authorities to visit the Ex- 

 position next summer with their boats. The intention of many to do 

 so and the widespread interest in the subject is evidenced by the de- 

 sire for information regarding the details of the water route hither and 

 harbor facOities on arrival. In reply to many inquries from its sub- 

 scribers. Forest and Stream of Jan. 19 publishes an interesting arti- 

 cle on the subject. Asa postscript the author makes the following 

 discouraging statement of facts: * * * 



Is Chicago wUling to let such information as this be cu-culated 

 among so lai-ge a number of her invited guests? Must she aUow it to 

 be truly said that if yachtsmen value their boats, not to mention their 

 own personal safety and comfort, they are warned not to come within 

 fifty -five miles of her inhospitable coast next summer? Or will she 

 recognize the humiliating fact that in all the twenty mUes of her wa- 

 ter front there is not one fit place for a yacht either to lie in safety or 

 to land its passengers, and with her characteristic energy set about 

 with vigor to provide some suitable shelter for jjleasure craft and 

 make the lake accessible for both her guests and her own citizens? 



C. D. Irwin. 



Greenville Y. C. 



Saturday night, Jan. 21, was ladies' night at the Greenville Y. C 

 and the historic o.ld club house on the Jersey shore of New York Bay, 

 once the homestead of the Vreelands, and in revolutionary times a 

 receiving station for slaves, was made to ring wdth merry laughter and 

 joyful music. The old house is one of those few remaining to mark 

 the more generous and hospitable hfe of bettei' if not so wise people; 

 a wide hall runs thi-ough, and on either side are large rooms with an- 

 tique fii-eplaces, broad and high, four of which were filled with fires of 

 logs that sent 'merry sparks fiying out into the night as a sort of 

 welcome as we approached in a large old-fashioned sleigh. 



The guests were entertained with dancing, interspersed with music 

 and recitations. The daughter of the commodore, Mss Simmons, re- 

 cited "Fannie McNeil's Ride." W. T. Markham, pm-ser of the Jersey 

 City C. C, rendered the tent scene from Juhus Csesar and a humorous 

 selection entitled "The Ghost," which were both weU received and ap- 

 plauded, and Jas. F. Lane discoursed sweet music upon the centoharp 

 and guitar. A generous feast and more merry dancing followed, and 

 everyone went home declaring they had had the best time of the sea- 

 son. May the Greenville Y. C. live long, and prosper. 



Conway called upon Mr. Trenhohn and telling him he thought he 

 had a pm-chaser, obtained an order placing the vessel at his disposal 

 for purposes of inspection. Mr. Trenhohn was greatly surprised when 

 his Norwegian skipper caUed upon him on Jan. 13 and told him that as 

 the boat had been sold he would look for other work. Mr. Trenholm 

 told him the boat had not been sold, but the saUing master assured 

 him she had been, for Mr. Conway, after bringing several persons to 

 see her, had come alongside with a steam Ughter on Dec. 37 and told 

 the skipper the yacht was sold. Conway had then taken away aU the 

 pig lead ballast, the skipper said. Mr. Trenholm found Conway was 

 not known in Charlestown, and meeting him in the street yesterday in- 

 duced him to accompany him to his office at No. 11 WaU street. There 

 he was ai-rested by Detectives Madden and Gates, of the Old slip police 

 station- Conway claimed in comt that the permit given to him gave 

 him a right to dispose of the lead. He sold the metal to the New York 

 Refining and Smelting Company for f 60 a ton.— iVeiy York Herald. 



GENERAL PLAN OF BOUNCER BOATS 



