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perience might prove of some use to any one thinkmg 
of cruising in a small boat. 
I have cruised more or less along the Jersey coast, 
snipe hunting, in the late summer and early fall, aiid 
consequently employed rather a small yacht. The boat 
in which 1 did most of my crui.sing was a 23ft. cat, of 
the fore-and-aft overhang type, and it was necessary to 
have a stove which could be .stowed out of the way when, 
necessar}', but Avhich would perform efficiently the du- 
ties required of it. I first used a gasoline stove, which 
I found heated the cabin to such an extent when pre- 
paring supper that it was very difficult to get it cool 
enough for comfortable sleeping on warm, quiet nights 
by the time we were ready to turn in. At the same time 
gasoline is rather an uncertain quantity, and one does 
not care to take too many liberties with it, particu- 
larly as I often foitnd it necessary to cook, eat and sail 
all at one time. 
I used the gasoline stove for one season, and then 
purchased a three-burner kerosene-oil stove. I had 
nuire satisfaction out of this one little stove than one 
would imagine. It iifiver seemed to make the cabin 
uncomfortably hot, and in the evening this is most im- 
portant, as any one who has cruised along the Jersey 
coast during the warm months will readilv understand, 
owing to the unceasing efforts of the Great Jersey Razor- 
bill (mosquito), who makes cooking or anything else in 
the open air in the evening next to impossible. It never 
appeared to me to be in any way dangerous, and I 
never felt anxious when my boat was knocking about 
in a small sea and the stove was going at the same 
time. 
Another advantage which a coal-oil stove possesses 
over some others is shown by the ease with which kero- 
sene may be procured almost anywhere, while it is com- 
paratively hard to find gasoline and some of the other 
stuffs used for burning in stoves. My stove had three 
burners, set over the I'eservoir for the oil, and over each 
burner was a grating on which to set pots, kettles, pans, 
or anything else, all joined in a solid too. It was about 
3ft. long, i;^ft. high, and about ij^ft. across, with no 
"outrigging," so to speak, which could be in the Avay. 
The reservoir held, I should think, about 2 to 3 gallons. 
Altogether it answered exactly the purpose for which 
I wanted it, and never gave me the slightest trouble. 
I have written this simply from my own experience, 
which has not been a very extended one at the best. 
And it will probably interest only those who care to do 
the kind of cruising which I do; but for such purposes 
I do not think any one can verv much improve on a 
stove such as the one I have just described. 
Charles M. Harris. 
Alttmmttm in Naval Construction. 
Apropos of the important paper on Defender and 
aluminum in naval construction by R. P. Hobson, As- 
sistant Naval Constructor, U. S. N., recently reprinted 
in the Forest and Stream from the Proceedings of 
the U. S. Naval Institute, the last quarterly issue of that 
journal contains the following, by Prof. A. H. Sabin. 
My own (unpublished) experiments have shown that 
rolled aluminum plates have a foliated structure, and 
while the corroding action of sea water is rather slow on 
the sides of a plate it is rapid and penetrating where 
it acts on the edges. A plate Y^m.. thick was not rusted 
through by immersion in sea water (in a cask) in eight 
months, but was entirely destroyed to a distance of lin. 
from the edge and the edge was swelled up to a thick- 
ness of ^in., looking like a bunch of paper. The plate 
experimented on was pure aluminum, and was not ex- 
I'tosed to galvanic action. It seems to me that this 
throws light on the corrosion around bolt holes and the 
like; the water gets in and then it destroys the metal 
around the edge of the hole. This agrees with the 
statement of Mr. Hobson that the joints swelled and 
strained the rivets. No doubt the presence of some other 
metal aggravates the trouble by inducing galvanic ac- 
tion. 
It is qiiite practicable to coat aluminum so a? to ef- 
fectually protect it from sea water. The "pipe coating" 
described in my paper gives pratical protection. The 
trouble with any coating is that it is liable to be scratched 
or worn off, and I do not see how this difficulty can ever 
be avoided. For example, it is of very little use to de- 
pend on a coating for protecting the sides of a hatch 
because it will be rapidly worn off, while an air pipe or 
cowl may probably be kept in good condition for a long 
time. Even if it gets scratched off in places, these may 
be retouched by some suitable air-drying varnish; but 
no coating can ever be depended on for resistance 
against constant wear. No coating has ever been applied 
which is of considerable thickness, and in the nature 
of things it is liable to be worn or scraped off. I have 
no confidence in protecting the outside of the bottom of 
a vessel by any coating if the metal is aluminum; on 
steel, which is much less liable to corrosion, it may pos- 
sibly be of some substantial use. All our experiments 
show, and I think have fairly proved, that by far the 
best protection is given by a properly made baked coat- 
ing; and this is reasonable, for if the material used will 
stand the heat it is hardened and made more imperme- 
able, while its adhesiveness is not lessened. It 
is entirely practicable to apply this process to articles 
of considerable size; it has already been used on pipe 
sections 25ft. long and 5ft- in diameter, and it can be 
quite as well applied to even larger objects. It would 
of course be advantageous to get the same results with 
a coating not needing baking, but it has not yet been 
done. Some of the varnishes have, however, given ex- 
cellent results. If a varnish is used it should be of 
special quality, and a considerable nuniber of coats 
should be applied- — not less than three, and probably 
eight or ten would be better, I have no doubt that in 
this way aluminum may be efficiently protected, but 
if the coating is scraped off the protection ceases at 
once. 
Andrew Peterson, the Excelsior boat builder, is in receipt of 
an order for a mahogany sailing yacht, to be 40ft. over all, 30ft. 
l.w.l., to cost $1,000, and be of a different type from the class that 
made him famous. She is to be a keel boat, and when com- 
pleted will be shipped to China. Rumor has it that the order 
came from John Goodnow, Consular-General at Shanghai. The 
boat will be sloop rigged. — Minneapolis Tribune. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Ibis, steam yacht, of Boston, arrived at Nassau en Feb. IJ. 
Utowana, steam yacht, A. V. Armour, is now in Florida waters. 
May, steam yacht, Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer, was at Sa- 
vannah on Feb. 19, eii route from Philadelphia to St. Thomas. 
Peiielope, steam yacht, nee Cleopatra, under charter to John 
Shepherd, of Tioston, sailed from New York on Feb. 20 for 
Tampa, Fla. 
Barracouta, steam yacht, D. P. Rei.ghard, arrived at Nassau 
on Feb. 12 from Philadelphia. 
Hildcgarde, schr., G. W. Weld, has wintered at her builder's 
yard, Wilmington, where she has been refitted recently with 
a new sea-going rig, under the direction of A. S. Chesebrougli, 
her designer. She will sail this month for a West Indian cruise. 
The Spalding St. Lawrence Boat Co. has made a change in its 
catahjgues this year. In place of one laj-ge catalogue it is issuing a 
number of smaller ones, each describing a special branch of it's 
work. One of these is devoted to small power launches, an- 
other to small sailing craft suitable for one-design classes, and 
a third to yacht boats. The latter contains some excellent photos 
of dinghys, cutters and gigs lately built for diflerent sail and 
steam yachts Buccaneer, i ampa, Enterprise, Intrepid and others. 
The February meeting of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C. was held 
last week at the town club house. The race committee announced 
that it/ proposed to build one and possibly two 20-looters from 
designs by C. H. Crane, tlie estimated cost being $2,000 for one 
and .f.j.SOO for two, including the expense of sending one boat to 
Montreal and racing lier for the cup. It also announced that 
the members of the Corinthian C. of Philadelphia who would 
own the new one-design knockabouts were desirous of visitin.g the 
Sound for a series of intercity matches; and on motjon the coin- 
mittee was empowered to issiie a challenge to the Corinthian Y. 
C, and to make nil arrangements for such races; also to chal- 
lenge the fleet of the Country Club to a similar series of matches. 
It was also announced that the races for the Seawanhaka inter- 
national cup would begin on Saturday, Aug. 13. 
Mr. li. B. Crowninshield lias an order for a design for a 32ft. 
R. M. cutter under the rules of the Y. R. U. of the Great Lakes 
for Mr. R. FT. Fenwick, of Chatham. Ont., and also for a 
racing yacht 26ft. over all, 18ft. l.w.l., 7ft. beam and 2ft. draft, for 
Mr. John Robson, of Jioston. 
The Corinthian Y. C. of Marblehead aimoruiccs the follow- 
ing fixtures: Jime 18, club race; July 2, club race; July 16, lirst 
chamviionship; July ;^0, club race; Aug. 3, 4 and 5, midsummer 
series (invitation); .A.ug. 6, open race; Aug. 13, second champion- 
ship; Aug. 27, third championship; Sept. 3, 4 and 5, Labor Day 
cruise. Ladies' day to be announced. 
At its annual meeting on Feb. 21 the Jeffries Y. C, of tiast 
Boston, elected the following officers: Com., Elmer E. Gray; 
Vice-Corn., F. Ii. Tilton, M.D.; Fleet Capt., Walter S. Mc- 
Lauthliu; treac,.. Ambrose A. Mai tin; Sec'y, Alfred E. VVell'.ng- 
fon; Treas., Walter S. McLauthlin; Regatta Committee: Ambrose 
A. Martin, Jacob Rood, Charles L. Joy; Directors: Elmer E. 
Gray, William B. Pigeon, Charles L. Joy, W. B. Starkweather, 
Arabi-ose A. Martin, Jacob Rood, Alfred E. Wellington, George 
A. Anderson, Walter's. McLauthlin, Flerbert F. Vaughn, John 
Marno, Frank H. Tilton, M.D., H. H. Smith, E. A. Skinner. 
On May 1 the club will celebi-ate its twenty-fifth anniversary. 
Muriel, c. b. sloop, has been sold by Flerbert F. Nute, of Bos- 
ton, to F. M. Randall, of New York. Muriel has been very suc- 
cessful as a racer in the Y. R. A. races about Boston. 
The Norwalk Y. C. held its annual meeting on Feb. 26, the fol- 
lowing officers being elected: Com., Philip G. Sanford; Vice- 
Com., George A. Jennings; Rear-Corn., John H. Ferris; Treas., 
Jos. R. Taylor; Sec'y, Horace S. Hatch; Ass't Scc'y, Robert G. 
Mitchell; Meas., Orlando I. Allen; Governing Committee: Gil- 
bert E. Bogart, Alfred E. Chasmar, Aurelius J. Meeker, Herbert 
A. Mathewson, Herbert R. Smith; Regatta Committee: Samuel 
Lynes, Wm. F. Acton, Frank Nash. 
mailing* 
American Canoe Association, 1897-98. 
Commodore, F. L. Dunnell, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Sec'y-Treas., C. V. Schuyler, 309 Sixth avenue,. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Librarian, W. P. Stephens, Bayonne, N. J. 
PURSERS, 
^AUantic Division, Wm. M. Carpenter, Main street, Sing Sing, 
Central Division, Laurence C. Woodworth, Gouverneur, N. Y. 
Eastern Division, F. J. Burrage, West Newton, Mass. 
Northern Division, Edgar C. Woolsey, 37 Charles street, Ottawa, 
Can. 
Annual dues, $1; initiation fee, $1. 
Western Canoe Association, iZ95-96* 
Commodore, C. F. Pennewell, Detroit, Mich. 
Vice-Commodore, Nat. H. Cook, Chicago, 111. 
Rear-Commodore, E. H. Holmes, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Sec'y-Treas., W. D. Stearns, Detroit, Mich. 
Executive Committee: R. M. Lamp, Madison, Wis.; C. J. Stead- 
. man, Cincinnati, O.; F. W. Dickens, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Tlie Buffalo Canoe Clob Dinner. 
By One who was There. 
Five commodores, ex-commodores, vice-commodores 
and rear-commodores, by name Dunnell, Hogan, Dater, 
Hale and Pinkney, set sail for Btiffalo on Saturday night, 
Feb. ig, to attend the fifteenth annual dinner of the 
Buffalo Canoe Club on the eve of Washington's Birth- 
day. The commodores landed about lo o'clock the next 
morning, and were immediately seized upon by Com. 
Forbush, VVilly Williams, Frank Danforth and Walter 
English, -with his latest double-spinaker collarette, who 
jostled them into a nearby restaurant, after the prelimi- 
nary cordialities had been finished, and filled them up 
with the good things of this life, as the train was over 
two hours late, and five aching voids needed attention. 
This was but one instance of the genuine heartiness of 
our welcome, and the cordial attention extended us dur- 
ing our entire stay. Truly, the Buffaloes are right jolly 
blades, and ideal hosts. We New Yorkers will doubly 
certif}^ to that, even if Ave are awakened in the middle 
of the night to do so. 
But I am digressing. An elegant little dinner at the 
Niagara Hotel was enjoyed a few hours later by eighteen 
or twenty of us; a drive to the Country Club through 
the handsome residence portion of the town, and a 
delightful little supper at Mr. Danforth's for some of us, 
while the rest were most royally entertained by Charley 
Forbush, finished up the first day of our stay in that 
royal city. 
Next morning we arose at 6 o'clock, and Dad Thorne 
engineered a trip to the Canoe Club house, which is 
delightfully situated on the Canadian shore of the lake, 
but which is rather difficult of access in the winter. The 
trip nevertheless was most interesting, and all who went 
were most enthusiastic. 
Remember, the Buffalonians housed, fed and trans- 
ported us, and in every way evidenced that brotherly 
love which is common to all canoeists, be they navigat- 
ing the land or the water, and the unanimous verdict of 
the five commodores was that they would not "do a 
thing" to the boys when they again struck New York. 
Com. Forbush (God bless him!), those royal good fel- 
lows ex-Com McNab, Willy Williams, Charley Skis- 
senhoefer (who will lead the choir at next year's meet), 
Allen Monroe, Kelly, the Messrs. Lansing, Potter, Jar- 
vis, and a host of others, certainly did everything up 
to the queen's own staste, as Howell, Sparrow and 
Wilson, the commodore of the Toronto Canoe Club, 
will certainly testify. 
The dinner occurred Monday night. But before go- 
ing any further I wish to state that a party of thirty 
of us went to Niagara Falls Tuesday morning in a 
parlor trolley car, a distance of twenty-three miles, stop- 
ping en route at the site of the Pan-American Exposi- 
tion to be held some time in 1898; the famous power 
house, through the medium of which the great falls are 
harnessed, and to the bottom of whose pits the water 
falls iSsft. on turbines. The rest of the day was spent 
about the Falls, lunching, and a trip down the "George," 
as Ho called it. About ain. of snow had fallen the 
night before, and as there had been no wind the effect 
on the trees and "shrubbage" (again Ho) was extremely 
beautiful and enhanced the natural attractiveness of the 
scenery. 
And now the dinner. Ye gods! Last Monday riight, 
and I am still smacking my lips. Dad Thorne worked 
like a slave to decorate the large dining room of the 
Niagara, and it was a fairyland when he rested from his 
labors. Flags, plants, pictures, trophies filled all the 
available crannies, and testified to the ability and artistic 
instincts of the Captain. The dinner itself was delight- 
fully served and excellently cooked, and the liqueurs 
slipped down one's throat as though one had been used 
to such things all one's life. Com. Forbush presided 
most gracefully, and again and again evidenced the 
merits which had elected him to his office. Com. Dun- 
nell was the first s'peaker, and outlined to the boys the 
nature of the A. C. A. camp, and gave them a clear 
understanding of the royal good times we have there; 
and when he had finished Com. Forbush promised him 
thirty men from his club at the 1898 meet. Com. Dun- 
nell acknowledged the courtesy of the Buffalo Canoe 
Club in agreeing to use the one and one-third fare round 
trip granted by the railroads, as this enabled him to 
carry out his plans, which would probably have other- 
wise miscarried. Speeches were made by the organizer 
of the club, Mr, Lansing; Com. M. T. Bennett, who 
was the guest of Dad Thorne, and who was not included 
among the five commodores first mentioned, as he did 
not travel with the "push;" Com. Dater, Captain "G. 
B. Y." Hogan, who borrowed Harry Dater's hearty 
"God bless you," and almost improved upon its deliv- 
ery — but not quite; recitations by Mr, Paul Jarvis, who 
itltimately responded to the toast, ''The Ladies;" and 
songs by an excellent quartet, of which Charley Skiss 
was first tenor, which sang admirably, as did one or 
two others present; all of \Vhich tended to make the 
dinner one of the most successful that had ever been 
held by the Buffaloes or any other club. 
We New Yorkers went home Tuesday night, vowing 
that the Buffaloes were the best fellows that ever lived; 
and I do not think we came far from it. As I said be- 
fore, they are ideal hosts, and I have left many warm 
friends there whose acquaintance I hope to renew at 
the meet, if not before. As Ho and Harry Dater say, 
"God bless them." H. 
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