MiY 11, 18»8.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



The Gardner-Mosher Steam Yachts. 



Tni.^ ■^ipam yaoht whiclj has been so long under way at Woods's yard. 

 it.Ylslauil. .ifsignefl hy Messrs. Gardner & IMosber for W. B. Oogges- 

 eil, r.f Sju'acuse, In. V., is slowly approaching completion, and will 

 Iniinclied this week from the ways where she has lain all winter, in 

 r d r to makt^ room for launching other yachts. She will be named 

 'fi.-^rea. Her dimensions are: Length I'Sft., beam 9ft. 6in., draft 3ft. 

 Lie ijiill, which was buiit under lock and key, was completed last 

 fn<\ niirt the engines have been i)ut in during the winter and 

 IP Li'-w nearly completed, but the lioiler is not yet in place. After 

 niij.:ijiog the boat will be hauled out; for completion prior to hef trial 



Tl irough the winter a Bet oud and larger boat by the same designers for 

 [r, H ugh Barter has been under way at Woods's, and is now completed 

 n f;ir as the hull is concerned, though the engines and boiler are not yet 

 I .^ Ir Lite tlie Feiseen she is intended for very high speeds, and to 

 ! in I end the weights have been cut down both in hutl aud machinery. 



eonstruction is the same as the other i iriat. .lud in each Messrs. 

 V.yi-d have done admirable work, 'i'he n j i Imdjle, an inner 

 kin of B^in, yellow pine and an outer "i - ' i ' .cany, and the 

 iHfidirtr model of the hull calls for skillful - . i.tlly about the 



in 'I, The vacht is ar>ft. long, lift 6in. iip..i;i ic-i r: hout 7ft. depth, 

 H i I l; - i I - 1 .'i it, stem at right angles to a nearly straight keel, straight 

 i i I I nip. a nearly flat floor, with a round bilge amidship, the 

 11 ji ,v, round tWard the bow, but nearly flat as it runs aft 

 vatii it iK shghtly hollow over the wheel. The stern is of the hoiu-- 

 ;iass pattern, semi-circular on deck and below, just touching the 

 vat.n- and tapering in .sharply from top and tiottom. 



'[ The frames are all steamed oak, spaced 12in. on centers, each third 

 i-ame being sided SJ^in. and molded l?|in-, the two intervening frames 

 )eing sided'iy.in. and IMm., diminished at the ends of the boat to 1% 

 ><i%\n. The shelf is Zxa^m. amidships, diminishiug toward the ends. 

 The wale is a solid piece of oak, 7in. wide, with a molding worked on 

 ;lie upper edge, as in the HerreahofE boats. The two Ireelsons are 

 spaced llin. on each side of the center line and each is made of two 

 lalf-I beams back to back, each Sin. deep and 1%m. flange. The hang- 

 ag knees are of hackmatack, sided %in. Themain deck beams are of 

 ak, sided 2W;in. and molded 4'm., the other deck beams being molded 

 Ji^in., two out of three sided Um., the third sided IMin , all spaced 



■•sin. on centers. The deck is also of two thicknesses, the inner of 1.^iu. 

 -ellow pme and the outer of i^in. mahogany, laid in paint with no 

 aulking. 



The aifter half of the boat, to within 10ft. of the stern. Is covered 

 -pvith a trunk 7ft. wide and 2ft. high, with large windows lighting the 

 laloon and owner's room. The trunk, as well as all the .ioiaer work, is 



Kf mahogany, the carlins are sided -^in. and molded l^ln., spaced 7in. 

 enters, the top of the trunk being two thicknesses of mahogany and 

 Sellow pine, each -Jsin. , „,.,., . 



The fli-st 6ft. of the boat is given up to the f orepeak. abaft this being 

 ihe forecastle, 13ft. long. The next 7ft, is given up to the galley, and 

 r.ben comes a room with two berths, one on each side. The pilot house, 

 ivhich is Oft. long, is directly over this room and projects for 3ft. more 

 over the galley. The floor "of the pilot house is simk some ISin. below 

 .the deck, so that it occupies the entire center space in the after room 

 and projectmg into tlie galley, leavmg just enough room on each side 

 ;to give access to a berth. 



The engine space is about 18ft. loDg, abaft it being the owner's room, 

 iwith a bed on starboard side and a berth to port. The saloon is 1.3ft. 

 long, with a locker on each side about 9in. high at the fore and 6in. at 

 the after end. The headroom in the saloon and owner's room ia 7ft, 

 The next space of 4ft. is given to the companion and toilet room, and 

 remaining 8 or Oft. in the stern forming a laaarette. The companion 

 opens on a smaU deck aft, ^vith a si te deck along the cabin trunk lead- 

 ing forward. The yacht is copper fastened, everything being rivetted 

 or' screwed, and the finish of ti e woodwork is most excellent. The 

 smaller boat is practically the same in model and construction. The 

 engines and l»ilers for both boats were designed by Mr. C. D. Mosher, 

 and are of remarkable lightness; that for the JTeiseen is 9%, 18, 18 and 

 34 by lOin. 



The Britannia and Valkyrie. 



The buildmg of the cutters Britannia and Valkyrie at Glasgow dur- 

 ing tlie past i;\'inter has occasioned much speculation as to what miglit 

 be the model Mr. G. L. Wattion, the designer of both, would adopt. 

 Since both cutters wore built xmder locked sheds in the yard of Messrs. 

 Henderson, Meadowside, Partiek, and as no information could be 

 obtained, much gossip was indulged in over the imagiuary models of 

 the cutters. To the surprise of those who were guided by the success 

 of Sir. Waton's,40-rater centerboard Queen Mab last season, the Bri- 

 tannia and Valkyrie are not centerboards. Both are keel cutters, but 

 ill model are far away from any previous keel cutter Mr. Watson has 

 designed. No dimensions are known, except the load waterhne of 

 86ft., and, as a. consequence, only guesses can be made at the beam 

 and draft of both cutters. Both look as if the deck measured across 

 some 3s!ft., with a length over all of about ISOEt. Since both cutters 

 have very little overhang forward, this extreme length includes their 

 very long counters. Both yachts 1 lave. w^hat will be rememljsred as 

 Queen ]vS.b bows, which means tliat the stem is convex, aud uot the 

 form known as the fiddle bow. Tlio counters of the cutters are 

 simply prolongations of the stern Mr. Watson has made a feature of 

 in his yachts. Of course, the extreme length adopted has eualjle.d the 

 designer to fine olt the lines aud leave no trace of where quarter and 

 body run into one another. 



The Valkyrie's bow will bring to remembrance the old Vauduara's 

 bow, which had not a hollow line in it. The great beam of the Val- 

 kyrie permits the bow to run well aft, and not a trace of a shoulde^r is 

 to be seen. For bursting through a head sea, Mr. Watson has not been 

 so successful in any of his wind jammers, at least, as far as a look at 

 the bow is a guide.' Inside the forecastle the cutter looks as if she had 

 an excessive flare forward; but in this respect she has less than the 

 Britannia. 



Valkvrie is hner forward than Britannia, but she is fuller aft than 

 the Priiice of Wales's cutter. Whether or not thi.s means that the 

 Valks^ie wih be the reaching cutter and the Britannia the wind jam- 

 mer, remaiGS to be seen, and in both cases it is a mistake to go upon 

 any old-fashioned "rule of tlmmb" saws, since nothing ^ike either of 

 these cutters has been built in the United Kingdom, tfad any wise 

 person-seen either of them some 20 years ago, he must ha\ c eithe 

 "laughed or wept" over the departm-e. But it is liardly fair to .juote 

 Carlyle in connection with novelties in yacht designing, since "tlie 

 Chelsea philo.sopher" cunsigned all sports to the ealegorv of bumau 

 afflictions, including ■■\viiidbass," which may or may uot tiave Ijeeu 

 iU-made mainsails. After tire Britannia was launched and so much of 

 her model under water, she lool:ed-to prejudiced people a reasonable 

 vessel. From the bow to tlie tatfraU the easiest aud sweetest of hues 

 was apparent, aud the turn of the bil^e being submerged, the cutter 

 looked fit to carry canvas in any weather. A.hove water no teuderuess 

 is visible, and with atiout SO tons of lead on her keel it isjjut hkeiy that 

 any mistake has been made, In au\- breeze Imth itrii auniaandValljyne 

 wiU find a load w-aterliue, se.me ^(Jf t. louger tiiau i hen- otlioial measm-e- 

 ment. aud this means )-ii)\M r as well as speed. The bilge of the Amer- 

 ican Volunteer was sudden Iv Tiirnt-d ill just below her wateriine with 

 the curve of a steamljoat lioiler, but tlie bilge of Valkyrie is carried 

 by an easy curve into her keel v, bieh begins somewhere near the mast, 

 and develops as it goes aft. The only type or reseioblauee to the lloor 

 of the Valkyrie was Dan Hatcher's f.amous 10 ton KoTnan, that wiped 

 out the later 40s. The old Norman was buflt like a c.-wal lighter, to sail 

 on the top of [ii- v :rr, i ". itb a centerl>oard keel. ^Vith plenty of lead 

 andaValkyiT ir ■ old Norman might friebteti the bestof the 

 new JOs yet. 1.1- - jiotioiis of displacement were not under- 



stood in 'his tinie. Tlie writer had unfortunately only one opportunity 

 of a chat with Dan Hatcher, and his surprising onntempt for anything 

 that came out of the Clyde was crushing. Nor in an has proved that 

 he hved quite a generation too soon. At the same time, it is not to he 

 supposed that either Britannia's or \'alky rie's tauhd has been suggested 

 by the Norman. Both cutters have heen evolved out of Mr. Watson s 

 experience, with possibly a toucli of that .genius which is bound to do 

 "whatit must while talent does what it can." The lies o' Britannia 

 and Valkyrie are not the mere dead wood ar I'aii rr , , . a mer- 

 ica Cup defenders, but retain sweet lines down i ' ,:-'d. Into 



which the design runs. The enormons massof lr:._ - . - . , .;ii.jwfhe 

 bulb look of earlier lead keels. From the stern i.osi lo n .e mast step 

 the keel swetps in an easy curve, carried rigSit up lo [he stem head. 

 Some 3t)in. deep at the sternpost. the lead runs off to neithing about 

 'the mast step, every pound of it appareutly invokmg some algebraic 

 equation in case any mistake should be. made, and to judge by previous 

 designs, 31r. Watson is not hkely to have made any mistalce. 



What excites amazement is that, aftei- the experience of the Thistle- 

 Volunteer matches in l\'ew York Baw Mr. Watson should .still fight out 

 the battle for the America's Cup on the old hues of a British keel 

 cutter against- an American ceuwrboa-rd. But to have adopted the 

 centreboard would I'l ve tieen a t irin ssion of we.akness which Lord 

 Dunraven was not e: i ; , ' ■ , ■ ' ' •' ; i all the keel cutter Valkyrie 

 should recapture tl , : , .11 the more honor for what 



some might call the I,::, , -givestn. A freehand sketch 



of Valkvrie might Ij-j of at.M^-uiu.-f. to understanding hT general 

 contour! but since the American ])re.vs has ! jt-eu deluged with humor- 

 some outlines of the cup defenders, it woidd hardly do to follow such 

 apopular exanjple. Fnonah l-^-s bc-:i -^aid tn ^lu'V.- rliat r,b- \'alkTiie 

 and Britannia ha\ e no iio;-.^if."V i'._ ■ ■ i 'I . i 'i. - [■ ■ i. ' ■ . . i I . fj- 



pieted in the Auieriean oj - ' f . . 



it is Lhe'bnsiiv-^'.-i'^ ^1 - ' - - -< - 



Whih- r!i.- -i' . ■:. ■ I- . , 1,-id Val- 

 kyrie nmy h-: . , ■ .ii_. - , . .:.,d what 



ishuh in a br,^.-z,- o! -::ua,:.il ^.c^~,-,i:.,,.c :'<!:..( Air. ft. . vr^. -u L:,s discov- 



ered that to use up an untaxed and useful element is the correct 

 interpretation of the existing rule of measurement. He has evidently 

 discovered that an excessive overhang forward means tons of broken 

 water getting on board when it is not wanted. Old Jullanar was 

 suddenly arrested for her ornamental counter, that included some 

 sixteen tons above her measurement, and, of course, when the present 

 rule has developed counters into roomy and comfortable vessels, 

 there will be some protests. 



The counters of Britannia and Valkyrie are sights to see. Uroru 

 their spread or flare there is quite the cabin accommodation below of 

 an old 40-tonner. with the awkward interference of a balustrade of 

 angle steel on each quarter to support the deck and tie the deck 

 beams to the angle steel strops that run fore aud aft all over the 

 yaclit. The floorings, until they disappear under the keelsons, are 

 steel belts, strong enough to hold an ironclad together. Indeed, the 

 unruly nature of the wind and sea may be arfcurately calculated from 

 the number of diagonal steel strops included in the wooden planking 

 of both vessels. , , , „ 



In the meantime, the cabins are only outhned by the yellow pme 

 planking run up to carry the French-polished panels to be introduced. 

 The buUders will fit up both yachts, but the cabin upholstery is to be 

 suppUed by Mr. T. L. Watson, a cousin of the designer. The ironwork 

 iadicates the excessive dimensions of the spars, and how both cutters 

 wiU carry them belongs to the miracles of the present generation. 

 Of course, both cutters are coppered, and are in the meantime painted 

 black, without any adventitious decoration.— PZudda in the Field. 



Measurement About Boston. 



In common with other of the Boston yacht clubs, the South Boston 

 Y. 0. has been engaged during the last month or so in active discus- 

 sion of the measurement question, many of the members favoring a 

 change from the old rule of length plus one-fifth overhang. The 

 matter has been argued at length, coming up for action at a meeting 

 last week, with the result that the old rule was in substance retained, 

 the only change being the inclusion of the forward with the after 

 overhang. The following notice sent out by the club contains a sum- 

 mai-y of the proceedingsr „^ 



A meeting of yacht owners South Boston Y. C. was held after the 

 regular meetmg of the club, May 3, 10 o'clock P. M. to consider and re- 

 vise measurement rules. The request for the meeting was as follows: 



"South Boston Y. C March 20. Com. C. F. MorriU: Whereas this 

 season, '93, requires from the S. B. Y. C more than usual, a demon- 

 stration of position and influence in yachting, and that the present 

 sailing rules are by us not considered in keeping with our club and 

 times, wft respectfully request you at your earliest convenience to call 

 a meeting of yacht owners of this club to consider and revise the 

 same. Signed by six yacht owners." 



Note.— Present rule of the club being: wateriine plus one-fifth after 

 overhang. 



The regatta committee recommended as follows: 



To the ofificers and yacht owners of the South Boston Y. C. Gentle- 

 men—Your regatta committee herewith present the following majority 

 report. Kecommendation: That the South Boston Y. G. adopt the 

 following rae.asurement rule: Wateriine plus one-fifth forward and 

 afti'.r ovprbau.g. Signed by four members regatta committee. 



To tin- officers and yacht owners of the South Boston Y C. Gentle- 

 men~rour regatta committee herewith present the following mmority 

 report. Becommendation: That the South Boston Y. C. adopt the 

 following measurement rule: Wateriine plus squ.are root of sail area, 

 divided by two, equals sailing length; sail area being obtained by what 

 is known as Seawanhaka formula. Our reasons are: 



That above rule Is in keeping with the spirit of the request of yacht 

 owners through the commodore to the club to improve present rule. 



That it would place the South Boston Y. C. in an undignified 

 position before all yachtsmen and mislead its members, for yacht 

 owners to adopt any rule without foundation, or without giving 

 proper reasons for same. 



That above rule is used by all leading clubs and they' express satis- 

 faction with its effects and results. 



That above rule is modern and progressive, a measmement rule 

 which measures, was formulated with great care by eminent naval 

 architects and yachtsmen, and under its workings tlie most marked 

 improvements "in the history of yacht racing have been, made, and 

 future improved rules will be made on its basis. 



That the above rule if adopted by this chib and put into effect after 

 June 1, for the championship races, wUl allow the chtb to become 

 familiar with the rule, and will increase the interest in the races, 

 through the following facts: 



That some yachts of the club wiU not be taxed for overhangs they do 

 not use. 



That others whl benefit by their smaller sail area. 



That above rule will be the most favorable rule that yachts of this 

 club will I'ace under in regattas given by other clubs. 



And we believe that the adoption of above rule would assist to place 

 the South Boston Y. O. in the position it formerly occupied as one of 

 the leading yacht racing organizations of the United States. Signed 

 ijv three members of the committee. 



'^lotion for first above rule of majority report of regatta committee 

 was made as an amendment to motion taken from table. 



Motion f cnr second above rule of mmority report of regatta committee 

 was made as an amendment to an amendment, was put, and lost. 



The amendment was carried. 



The measurement rule of the South Boston Y. C. now is: waterhne 

 plus one-fifth forward and after overhang. William. i^LERTO^f, 



Secretary S. B. Y. C. Regatta Committee. 



International Racing. 



The Field of April 29 discussed the general question of international 

 racing as fo'lows, after speakuig of Lord Bunraven's request for an 

 earUer date: 



'■The mention of this matter brings us to consider the very unsatis- 

 factory and one-sided conditions which now govern the challenge for 

 the America Cup and the Royal Victoria Y. C. gold cup. We believe 

 that experienced yachtsmen on the otlier side have no more hope that 

 Ka vahoe wUl capture the gold cup than we have that Valkyrie wUl 

 recover the America Cup. The Valk-yrie's looks a very hopeless case; 

 five vachts are being built to pick a defender from, and if this defender, 

 after crucial trial trips, does not defeat Valkyrie, all previous records 

 and experience will be upset Navahoe. on the other hand, will have 

 to beat the better of two tested boats, Britannia and Calluna (the lat- 

 ter is the cutter buildmg by Mr. Peter Donaldson's syndicate), aud 

 also possibly the 94ft. Satanita for the Brenton Reef and Cape May 

 cups. The challenger, it must be remembered, has to deliver his chal- 

 lenge ten months beforehand and forthwith build his yacht, aud must 

 stand or fall by her— that is, he cannot substitute anotlter yacht should 

 the one built fail to come up to expectations. On the other ha[id, the 

 club challenged can itself, or through its members, build as many 

 yachts as it pleases to select a defender from, and there is no doubt 

 'that this gives the chahenged party an enormous ad\-autage; in fact, 

 it may be regarded as an irresistihle advantage. The case would have 

 been very different if the Royal Yacht Squadron could at the end of 

 July select a yacht from the four building to send across the Atlantic 

 to tackle the Cup defender. We think this a very important matter, 

 and should receive the attention of the New York Y. C, as well as the 

 Royal Victoria Y. C. The most satisfactory plan would be for these 

 tw^o clubs, as owners of the two challenge cups, to draw up uniform 

 conditions to govern future challenges. It would be useless now for 

 the New York Y. C. to say they are bound by the new deed of gift. 

 They have abrogate'! that deed, and it cannot again be brought for- 

 ward in connection with the America Cup. The Royal Victoria Y. C. 

 has reserved power for altering the challenging conditions attached to 

 the gold cup, and so really no dififtculties nofv stand in the way of 

 arranging, internationally, conditions to govern challenges for both 

 cups. 



'•Another advantage which the chaUenged party has is the perfect 

 freedom enjoyed as to form, type or construction of a boat selected 

 as a cup defender. The challenger must buihf a yacht which is capa- 

 ble of sailing across the Atlantic on her own bottom. This nteans 

 that she must- have considerable body and weight, and only a limited 

 portion of this weight can be utililized as ballast, as the fabric must 

 be stout and of strong construction. All the chaUenged club has to 

 do is to build something that will hold together whilst the matches 

 are being sailed, and this of itself is an advantage which ought to 

 secure perpetual possession of the cup. A proper consideration of 

 the advauta,2-es w Yiich exist for the cup defenders will convince any 

 one of L'l^ drji o: impossible task Lord Dunraven has undertaken. 

 Of coil. , : II Hanged party could be bound down to scantlings of 

 certair <}:■ 1,1 1 sQch aregulation would be extremely unsatisfactory. 

 One cousLruetor may use 70 tons of . materials and GO tons of baUast 

 in building a vessel of 80 feet water line and yet not produce a vessel 

 as stanch and strong as another constructor who has only used 50 

 tons of materials and 70 tons of baUast. It might he said that the 

 construction should be subject to the jiidgruent of an expert, but this 

 method of pntting tlie ehallenfed and challenger on equal terms 

 would be highly oijjectionable: and, indeed, if it etmld be regarded as 

 satisfactory, a sort of expert nmpii'e could be appointed, wdio should 

 say which jmrty had i>rodiiced the better vessel, and have no matches 

 sailed at all, but simply a competitive exhibition. If th-^ Atlantic has 

 to be crossed, tlie chsadvantages of construction has to be borne with." 



The iii-w steam yacht Intrepid was out last week for swaping and 

 riauuinL.' on Dow'nuiff & Lawrence's ways, the work being done, of 

 eoinse, by David Cla'-k. the vacht painter. Mr. Clark has had the 

 greater yiart of the v-w Yi i t,- fl^-et in hand, but the continued wet 

 weather has hindei ru rii-r oi i.-nte painting seriously and the work is 

 , now behind. 



liord Dunraven's 20-Rater. 



DiciBOKE, the new cutter built by Messrs. Eeid & Co., Glasgow, for 

 Lord Dunraven^ from the design of Mr. G. L. Watson, has been 

 launched, and is fitting out in Gourock Bay. The cutter is a keel yacht, 

 and a small edition of the new Valkyi-ie. She is painted white, and 

 looks, as far as appearance goes, quite fit to meet any boat of her own 

 rating. She is what is now called a semi-composite yacht, which 

 means a steel frame with a couple of bent timber frames on each side. 

 Years ago, the builder of this cutter, Mr. James Reid, built Merle and 

 Florence, famous 10-tonners. as well as his own cutter, the 20-ton 

 Leander, which won many prizes, and is still a good-looking cutter. 

 To iVIr. Reid must be given the credit of first understanding what lead 

 keels meant.— ^'ieZd^ 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



At Pofllon's yard, South Brooklyn, the new schooner Loyal is ready 

 for the launch which was to take place this week, the outside is com- 

 pleted and the spars are stepped, but she will not be put over for a 

 week yet, the joiners being still busy inside. She is a handsome boat 

 in model and Poillons have done very good work on her. As she will 

 make her moorings in shoal water, her centerboard has been mafle 

 unusually long, occupying the full distance between her masts. Beside 

 her is the sloop Indolent, built at Poillon's old Bridge street yard in 

 1884. for S. V. R. Cruger, of Oyster Bay, from a design by A. Gary 

 Smith. She has held her own m the racing until last year, hut as it is 

 necessary to go faster to keep up with the present fleet, she has been 

 hauled out and stripped of her planking for radical alterations under 

 Mr. Smith's dh-ection. Her keel will be replaced, the worms having 

 attacked it; her bow frames have been padded out about an inch, the 

 frames in the run have been padded out ahout Sin. on the bilge, making 

 the counter some 6in. wider on each side below, the width on deck 

 being unaltered. Amidships new futtocks have been put in beside the 

 old frames, with about 3in. more hoUow, the old frames being cut 

 away almost entirely in places. On the bilge the old frames have heen 

 hipped out about l}4in. The result is that the bilge diagonal Is 

 materially fuller for the whole length of the boat, the bottom is much 

 more hollow, and the sections show a decided S shape. The result of 

 the alterations will be very interesting, as the boat has sailed with a 

 number of others in the past by which her performance may be gauged 

 in the coming summer. 



With the Indolent is the Ellsworth sloop Gertrude, also built by the 

 Poillons in 1887, on which a very shapely stern has just been built 

 under Mr. DriscoU's direction. The Ellsworth boats do not lend them- 

 selves easily to alterations of this sort, the after ends being tucked in 

 so sharply that the carrying out of the lines to a greater length brings 

 them nearly to a point; but Mr. DriscoU has succeeded very well in 

 this case, the building of new sterns on old boats has become quite a 

 specialty at this yard since they rebuilt the big schooner Resolute in 

 1888 under Mr. Carv Smith's supervision, and in the case of Avenel, 

 Gertrude. ^Egir and other boats the improvement is very marked. In 

 nearly all cases the -work is done from a drawing, the new timbers 

 being gotten out often before the hull is cut into. 



The schooner Crusader is now lying in Poillon's basin and fitting out, 

 after receiving her new rig with a pole bowsprit, designed hy Mr. 

 Smith. With this new spar and a shorter foremast, her appearance is 

 greatly improved. Astern of her hes Coronet, just setting up the rig- 

 ging on a new mainmast, together with main boom, main gaff and two 

 now topmasts. Yampa has shipped her new pole bowsprit and a new 

 main boom, and is fitting out under the direction of Captain Eldridge, 

 who has commanded all of Mr. Chapin's yachts— Whim, Julia, Iroquois 

 and Yampa. She will carrya single jib. but the gear and ironwork are 

 practically the same as before, so that for sea-going a stay can be set 

 up and a second jib carried. 



The officers of the Oswego Y. C. are; Com., John T. Mott; vice-com. , 

 George B. Sloan, jr. ; fleet capt., J. M. Schuler ; sec. treas., W. C. Couch; 

 meas., W. P. Judson; fleet surgeon, J. W. Eddy, M. D.; directors, 

 Allen Ames, J. D. Henderson, G H. Sayward: regatta committee, 

 A. H. Ames. R. S. Sloan, F. D. Wheeler, Karl Kellogg, F. L. Bates, 

 J. P. Doyle, A. C. Mattoon; house committee, J. P. Phelps, J. B. Mc- 

 Murrich, G. N. Burt: membership committee, C. H. Bond, Wm. Hind- 

 haugh, jr., George D. Hart. The club has now 175 members. 



The Miramichi Y. C. on the Miramichi river, New Brunswick, held 

 its seventh annual meeting at Newcastle on May 4. The following 

 officers were re-elected: Com., J. 0. Bliller; vice-com., J. L. Stewart; 

 rear com.. John McKane; meas., Thos. Crimmen; sec.-treas., J. R. 

 Lawlor W. R. Gould offered a sUver cup for competition, but the 

 terms on which it is to be sailed for were not decided upon. Another 

 meeting wiU be held at Chatham on July 8, to end in a steamboat 

 excursion. Several new members were elected. Two new yachts are 

 building. The Oriana, a 2;334ft. w.l. sloop, designed by H. C. McLeod 

 for J. L. Stewart, is nearly'ready for launching from the shop of 

 Jas. Henderson & Son. Slie is a beauty and is expected to be fast. 



Miranda, schr., has been at Washington lately, from Hampton 

 Roads, in charge of Capt. H. E. Betts. 



At Ayer's yard the second Scarecrow. El Cisne. owned by E. H. 

 Burtis, of the Riverside Y. C, will be launched this week, having been 

 completed for some time. She will carry a Tobin bronze centerboard 

 of l,501bs., the rest of the ballast being ca.st to fit the skin, and a yawl 

 rig with a very large mizen, the jib requiring a bowsprit. She has the 

 high floor and self-bailing cockpit of the first Scarecrow. Her owner 

 has fitted her to steer with a wheel in place of a tiller. The thu d of 

 the model, for Dr. R. N. Denison, of Brooklyn, is also completed and 

 is waiting for her centerboard, which wiU be weighted with several 

 hundi-ed pounds of lead. She wUl carry the yawl rig, .jib and mizen 

 of about the same area. The sails for the three boats were made by 

 F. M. Wilson, of Port .lefferson, of a special light drilling. The spars 

 were made by C. K. Young & Co., of Bridgeport, Conn., and are beau- 

 tiful specimens of lightness and strength. The smaUer boats of the 

 same model, very similar to the Scarecrow, but of 15ft. l.w.l and 4ft. 

 lOJ^iu. beam, also designed by Mr. Stephens, are well along. They 

 are for Messrs. Elliott and Allen, of the Marine and Field Club, and 

 will carry iron centerboards of moderate weight. Sawyer & Son are 

 making the sails for both. Another boat that is planked and decked 

 in Ayer's shop is for Mr. L. J. Boury, of the Marine aud Field Club, 

 former owner of Smuggler aud Badger. She was designed by Mr. 

 Stephens and though similar in general lines to the Scarecrow is of 

 quite different dimensions. Torpedo, as she will be called, is 18ft. 

 l.w.l., 35ft. over all, but with more overhang forward and less aft 

 than the Scareci-ow, as well as a little more draft and freeboard. 

 She is about 3ft wicler and will carry a much larger rig in two sails, 

 main and jib Her centerboard will be weightetl. carrying the greater 

 part of the ballast. She will have the usual cockpit of an open cen- 

 terboard boat, but with two water tight bulkheads. In the shop 

 beside her is an electric launch of fine model, designed by Gardner & 

 Mosher. The boat is of double skin build and of light but strong con- 

 struction throughout. Com. Gerry's new catboat has been launched, 

 but Iris (Mucilage) is still canvassed over on the beach. 



At Wintringham's yard the steam yacht Vesta, designed by Mr. 

 Gielow for H. A. McLaughhn, is ready for launching, and the deck 

 work is well along. The first of the three Olmstead cutters, to be 

 named Narona, has been run out of the shop and the keel cast; the 

 second, also a 30-footer, is nearly completed under the small shed 

 where Yama was built. The third, a 34-footer, the smooth-skin 

 mahogany boat, is planked, decked and ceiled. She is unlike any- 

 thing yet built about New York or Boston, her planking is of mahog- 

 anj% d'eck and entire ceihng of Spanish cedar, and cabin house and 

 joiner work all of mahogany. As a fad the work is very handsome, 

 but the appearance by no means justified the heavy expense, as a 

 white pine deck and a judicious use of other woods would have set off 

 the mahogany skin and comisanions to better advantage. 



The Gardner patent rudder on the 25-footer Nameless has recently 

 been changed b.y Wood & Son, being built out aft by the addition of 

 two sheet iron sides to make an ordinary balanced rudder. Nameless 

 is now fitting out. Pyxie is ready to launch at any time, but nothing 

 has yet been done to Nemad^. 



At Piepgrass's yard Katrina has been struck over on the cradle 

 preparatory to launching, and her shrouds have been rattled down. 

 Liris has had her mast lifted out to be replaced by a new one. 



In no department of marine architecture has there been a greater 

 departure from the models of five or six years ago than in that of 

 catboats. The new boats of last year and this are entirely lacking in 

 the "sawed-off" stems and sterns t'aat were formerly strikingly ugly 

 characteristics of this class of boats. In their place are to be seen the 

 graceful sweep, both fore and aft, of the racing yacht of the larger 

 class, with the result that no type of racer sits more gracef uUy in the 

 water or looks prettier uuder sail than the modern catboat.— iJostow. 

 Merald. 



The old Studio Building on West Tenth street. New York, is really 

 the cradle of yacht designing in this country, as it was there that Mr. 

 A. Csa'y Smith was located, following his" profession of a marine 

 painter in company with other artists, where he made the design on 

 paper for the cutler Vindex, in 1871. The stir which this new model 

 and new method created grew into a furious battle a few years later, 

 and when Intrepid was designed for TVfr. Lloyd Phasnix in 1878, the 

 yacht -men of New York were divided into hostile camps, a handfld of 

 progressive men who ui iheld the designer, and the great body of yacht- 

 owners and "prominent yachtsmen" who still swore by the builder atd 

 his wcodeu model, ft was )yy slow degrees that the tide was turned 

 by such y.-.ichts as Jli^ctiief. Fortuna, ValkjT, Cmderella and on down 

 to Iroquois u.nd Yamija, aU designed in the same dingy and dreamy 

 studio O'i late years the easel has been pushed into a cornei- to make 

 room for models and dra.wing boards, both growing larger as Mr. 

 Smith has progre.9sed fi-om yachts to the largest passenger steam- 



