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boats, besides being a better sea boat and easier to han- 
dle, owing to her greater deck room and shorter bow- 
sprit. 
I have designed a somewhat similar vessel to the 
Blonde, fourteen tons (illustrated in the last edition of 
"Yacht Architecture"), but with slightly hoUower gar- 
boards and more beam in proportion, and more forward 
overhang. The following are some of the dimensions: 
Length over all, s8.4ft.; waterline, 41.5ft.; beam, 13.5ft.; 
and draft, 7.5ft. She is about thirty-five tons Thames 
measurement, and twenty tons register. 
It is surely fairly conclusive, when a smack owner says 
he must have a spoon bow, that it is something more 
than just following the fashion; and he is probably far 
better able to judge as to the best sea-going type than 
most yachtsmen, who do not, as a rule, keep the sea dur- 
ing the winter, as a smack has to do. 
I may also remind your readers that one of the first 
yachts with an overhanging bow was designed by one of 
the largest smack owners in England, and raced by him 
with such success that she fairly swept the ten-ton class. 
I refer to Buttercup, designed and built by Mr. Robert 
Hewett, the commodore of the Royal Corinthian Y. C. 
This gentleman has also had a thirty-ton T. M. cruiser, 
designed by me, of very similar type to the smack de- 
scribed above, but with the hollow profile forward under 
water, now in use in both cruisers and racers, and less 
beam, and more depth in proportion to length. So far 
as my own personal experience goes in small cruisers, I 
have no hesitation in saying that there is no comparison 
between a boat with fair overhangs and one with a 
straight stem, when it comes to really heavy seas. With 
a properly canvased boat of the modern type you can 
drown out a boat of the old style of twice the size. In 
saying this, I am going upon actual passages I have 
made in boats of both sorts. 
One of my first cruisers was the Haze, a big displace- 
ment boat of 20ft. over all, 7ft. gin. beam, and about four 
and one-half tons displacement, with two and a quarte'- 
tons of lead, one and a quarter tons being on the keel. 
(See "Yacht and Boat Sailing," last edition.) She was 
a better sea boat than any of the other small cruisers T 
niet, and fairly fast, and on one occasion made a passage 
from Shoreham to the Thames in very heavy weather. 
But she was nowhere as a sea boat with my last cruiser, 
Induna — a boat one-fourth her displacement, 26ft. over all, 
only sft. 6in. beam, and 2ft. Sin. draft, with iscwt. of 
lead on her keel. She was easily driven with 260 sq. ft. 
sail area, while Haze was badly under canvased with 
500 sq. ft. Induna was 19ft. waterline, while Haze was 
20ft. as altered 1887; but Induna could have drownc'l 
Haze in a sea. I took her round the South Foreland in 
the teeth of a hard southwester into Dover, when it was 
so bad that a lot of yachts of twenty to thirty tons would 
not leave the Downs, and even big craft of sixty and 
eighty tons were running back into Dover under head- 
sails rather than go round Dungeness. 
Though the seas were heavy, breaking over the bows 
of a sea-going brigantine of some 300 or 400 tons, which 
was close to me, half way up her fore course, Induna made 
capital weather of it, standing oflf from Deal to the South- 
Sand Head Lightship in the worst of the sea; then, stay- 
ing as easily as if she were in the Thames, she fetched 
well to windward of the Foreland, and beat the brigantine 
half a mile dead t© windward in the one tack, having 
started dead to leeward, and crossed her bows, and when 
I came about again under the land near Dover she was 
nearly out of sight in the big sea. 
It is said by many that the modern boat with no fore- 
foot will not heave to, but on this and many other occa- 
sions (when I have been single-handed) I hove her to 
for some time, the sea about as bad as it could well be 
for such a small boat; but she lay perfectly quiet, slightly 
head reaching, under a scrap of foresail' with sheets flat 
amidships, and a three-reefed mainsail with the sheet 
eased off a bit. Most of the time I Was astride of the 
stem passing preventer lashings on the roller foresail, as 
the tack was chafed, and even in that sea she never put 
her head fairly under, though, of course, seas broke con- 
stantly all over me. 
In conclusion, I can only say that if I were going to 
build a cruiser to-morrow, for a hard-weather craft to 
keep the sea, I would give her a cutaway fore-foot and 
a good overhang, so as to have a roomy, dry deck, and a 
boat that would always keep on top of the seas and not 
go in up to her mast, nearly smashing her bowsprit every 
time she takes a dive. Linton Hope. 
The First Voyage of Zulu.— IL 
We were still a long way from Lake Erie, but luck 
was with us, and a pleasant breeze sprung up from the 
north. So we rigged out the spinaker boom and got the 
sail on her, and glided along comfortably for many a 
mile, bothered only by the numerous bridges, which ob- 
stinately refused to swing until we were close up to them, 
and then, just as we lowered away, we would see a man 
run out from a littk cabin and turn a crank, and then slow- 
ly the bridge would swing aside and Zulu would squeeze 
through, with a foot or two to spare. The breeze came 
fresher and fresher, until it began to blow a brisk sum- 
mer gale, and in one of these anxious moments, _ when 
it seemed as if a crash were unavoidable, the spinaker 
halyards were let go by the run, the boom dropped into 
the water and broke short off against the shrouds — a bad 
business, but the only mishap which marred the trip. 
The spinaker being useless, and the mainsail too heavy 
for such lively work among the bridges, we had recourse 
to the mizen for the remainder of the run, and found it, 
as I have before, a wonderfully good sail for running in 
strong winds. Being nearly in the center of the boat 
amidship, there is little tendency to lufif into it unless the 
tiller is put down, and the steersman's view is entirely 
unobstructed; and when the tiller is put down the boat 
flies into the wind like a top almost in her own length. 
After a short stop in Welland we again got under way, 
and after seven or eight miles more sailing we suddenly 
rounded a sharp bend, and close ahead of us was the 
village of Port Colborne, and out between the piers we 
could just catch a glimpse of Lake Erie itself. 
It was 6 o'clock by the time we got through the guard 
lock, and every one, from skipper to cabin boy. was thor- 
oughly tired out with our thirty-six-hour run. So, though 
t?'OR:^st And STFiEAMo 
the night was fine, we tied Up, and after a hearty meal 
turned in early and never woke until 7 A. M. next day. 
After a run up to the telegraph office, we at once got 
sail on her, and with a light air in our faces, stood out 
of the canal on the final ninety-mile stretch of our voyage. 
Once fairly outside the air became a light breeze, and by 
ID o'clock the breeze had freshened to a gale and need- 
ed a double-reefed mainsail, and yet Zulu was logging off 
a good seven miles per hour, with sheets well started to 
port. The sea began to get up as we came abreast of 
the Mohawk Light, and increased so fast that we hauled 
up a little so as to keep the weather shore until we could 
see what was going to come; but toward 3 o'clock in the 
afternoon it began to take off a little, and the course 
was laid for Long Point, distant about twenty miles. The 
gale subsided almost as quickly as it had risen, and by 
6 o'clock we were becalmed, with barely steerage way, 
and Long Point Light still five miles away. With sun- 
down came a light air from the north, and the spinaker 
boom was fished and got out to starboard, and as the 
waves rose at 9 o'clock, we glided past the great revolv- 
ing light and were soon in the track of the Buffalo fleet. 
Two of our hands turned in, while the third remained on 
deck to keep a lookout. Several steamers passed us at 
a good distance, and finally a pair of eyes, red and green, 
appeared bearing directly down upon us from the east. 
ZULU. 
Designed and Buflt by H. K. Wicksteed, 1898. 
The hand showed a light on the quarter, and the big 
steamer shifted her helm and slid by astern, but so close 
that we could hear the breathing and thumping of the en- 
gines. Meanwhile the breeze had freshened and a big 
swell was rolling up from the northeast and increasing 
every moment. Sail was reduced to whole mainsail, and 
being clear of the track of commerce now the watch was 
sent below and the skipper was left alone with the night. 
That was a glorious midnight sail, the boat reeling ,and 
swaying along on the broad-backed swell, with the main 
boom swung away off to starboard, the moon glowing 
large and red on the edge of a fog bank to the .southeast, 
and the lights of Erie showing ahead, first as a dull glow 
reflected from the sky, and then as a glow with one or 
two bright points showing, and finally as a myriad of 
needle points of bright light as we lifted them higher 
and higher. 
Meanwhile, fresher and fresher came the wind, until 
the mainsail became almost too much for the boat; but 
the lights were close ahead now, and the mast was of 
tough spruce, and the backstays of }iin. steel wire, and 
the skipper concluded to hang' on till the last moment. 
The watch was- called on deck again, and as Presque Isle 
Light swung out from the rest on the starboard beam 
a bright lookout was kept for the gas buoy at the en- 
trance to the channel. The lookout picked it out by its 
motion a good half mile away, no bad feat for a new hand 
among the bewildering maze of electric lights, and 
squaring away round it, we raced off before the wind for 
the pier head amid a roaring of wind and waves. In a 
few moments the great stone tower was far up over 
the crosstrees, and in another minute Ztilu was running 
quietly in between the piers. Ten minutes more and we 
were in the smooth water of the harbor and hunting for a 
berth. The moon hung low over the land now, leaving 
all the ships in shadow, and a red light, kindly and 
thoughtfully hung out to guide us at the club housfr, 
was regarded with suspicion and distrust, but we found a 
berth at last, and just as day began to break we turned 
in for a well-earned sleep into the cozy cabin, well pleased 
that we had accomplished the trip without mishap, except 
as before mentioned. 
With the exception of the exasperating and protracted 
calm off Toronto, we had been moving steadily along, 
and had tested the boat in all weather and on all points of 
sailing, and I think the main regret of the whole ship's 
company was that we had not further to go — that is, on 
the lake. Every one was satisfied with the amount of 
canaling. 
Next day, or rather the same day, after it had developed 
a little and the crew turned out after a sleep, was Sun- 
day, and we had barely time to get things in order be- 
fore the owner appeared on shore, and we formally 
turned the ship over to him. A little later we got sail 
on her and made a trial spin around the bay. Still blow- 
ing hard from the northeast and Zulu under mizen, stay- 
sail and close-reefed mainsail, had all she could manage, 
but we continued to keep ahead of a big schooner-rigged 
fishing boat which was tossing about under full sail, with 
a dozen men on her weather gunwale, and were well 
pleased with the boat's speed and weatherliness, though 
she seemed to be at her best in light air. 
The afternoon was enjoyably spent about the club 
house and the city. Erie boasts quite a fine yacht club, 
with quite a number of boats and a goodly number of 
sailors of the proper stamp. Unfortunately, the boats, 
although quite numerous, are somewhat ill-assorted as to 
size, making regular racing of a satisfactory kind very 
difficult; but the club is young, and ao it grows older and 
■ settles on the type best suited to the locality, the old 
boats will be discarded and a more uniform lot will take 
their places. 
Except in the matter of coal, smoke and dust the site 
is almost an ideal one, with a harbor similar to but larger 
than that of Toronto, and affording plenty of room for 
racing inside with the small fry, while making an excel' 
lent base for short cruises about the lake. At all events, 
the crew of the Zulu were much pleased with the place and 
with the yachtsmen, and it was with regret that they part- 
ed with their kind host and boarded the train for Buffalo, 
Niagara Falls and home. Henry K. Wicksteed. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The annual meeting of the Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht 
Club of St. John, N. B., was held on Feb. 7, the follow- 
ing officers being elected: Com., Edgar H. Fairweather; 
Vice-Com., Fred. S. Heans; Rear-Com., Howard Hol- 
der; Sec'y, F. Herbert J. Ruel; Treas., Robert Jardine; 
Measurers, C. F. Langan, William Holder; Executive 
Committee, George B. Hegan, Arthur Kirkpatrick, J. 
N. Sutherland, G. E. Holder and A. P. Macintyre; Sail- 
ing Committee, W. G. Stratton, P. Sinclair, A. McAr- 
thur, Sydney L. Kerr, E. Harrington and Lewis Mun- 
roe. The Secretary's report showed that the last season, 
the fifth of its existence, had been the most prosperous 
in the history of the club. The membership has doubled 
during the year, while the fleet has increased in number 
from twenty-two to thirty-three. The racing season 
proved very successful, several handsome cups and a sil- 
ver shield being presented to the club by members and 
by interested citizens, while the annual cruise some 
100 miles up the River St. John, and lasting ten days, 
drew otit twenty-five of the fleet. During the year the 
club petitioned Her Majesty, the Queen, for the privilege 
of using the prefix "Royal," which petition Her Majesty 
was graciously pleased to grant. The outlook for the 
coming season is most encouraging to all' lovers of this 
greatest of all sports, and before its close it is probable 
that both in membership and in fleet St. John will possess 
a club even more than at present worthy of representing 
one of the great winter ports of the Dominion of Canada. 
One of the recent additions to the extensive series of 
technical catechisms published by J. J. Weber, Leipsic, 
is the Illustrated Catechism of Rowing and Sailing Sport, 
by Otto Gusti. This little work, which is in . German, 
covers in compact form the kindred sports, the portion on 
rowing treating of boats, the stroke, the crew, training, 
racing, rowing, cruises, etc. The second portion of the 
book deals with sailing, treating briefly of the design 
and lines, types, the yacht and her gear, cruising, navi- 
gation, etc. A special chapter is devoted to ice yachts. 
The book is well written and quite modern in its ideas, 
and it is well adapted to the wants of the tyro and the 
young amateur. It is illustrated by numerous diagrams 
and a chart of the German and Austrian rivers, with the 
locations of the dift'erent rowing and sailing clubs plotted. 
Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co., New York, announca 
a new book on Naval Architecture, devoted to the laying 
off of iron, steel and composite vessels, by Thos. H. 
Watson, lecturer on naval architecture at the Durham 
College of Science, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 
War Canoes at the Meet* 
The Northern Division men are at work this winter 
training for war canoe races at the A. C. A. meet, the To- 
ronto, Kingston, Brockville and Ottawa clubs being in- 
terested. It is probable that the Central, Eastern and 
Atlantic divisions will be represented by crews from 
Rochester, Boston, Auburndale, New York. and Tren- 
ton. The new Western. Division is looking for an active 
season and a return of the old-time interest in canoeing; 
a war canoe crew from this division at the general meet 
would make matters still mor^ exciting. One firm of 
Canadian builders reports orders for seven 30ft. war 
canoes and a larger inquiry for canoes of all kinds, sail- 
ing and paddling, than is usual at this time of year. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
FLORIDA. 
Petsonafly Conducted Tour via Pennsylvania Railroad. 
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company's third tour of the present 
season to Jacksonville, allowing two weeks in Florida, will leave 
New York and Philadelphia by special train of Pullman Palace 
Cars Tuesday, Feb. 21. Excursion tickets, including railway 
transportation, Pullman accommodations (one berth), and meals 
en route in both directions while traveling on the special train, 
will be sold at the following rates: New York, 550.00; Philadelphia, 
$48.00; Canandaigua, $52.85; Erie, $54.85; Wilkes-Barre, $50.35; Pitts- 
Ijurg, $53.00; and at proportionate rates from other points. 
For tickets, itineraries, and full information, apply to ticket 
agents; Tourist Agent, 1196 Broadway, New York; 789 Broad 
street, Newark, N. J.; or address Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General 
Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. 
IVlr. W. J. Cummins, of Bishop Auckland, England, maker of 
superior salmon and trout rods, flies, reels, lines, etc., writes U3 
that he will be glad to send his catalogue to any of our fishing 
friends who may wish to receive one. He adds: "I have been 
an advertiser in your journal for some time, and intend to con- 
tinue so, and have now an increasing trade with your readers." 
Mr. Cummins' advertisement is found on another page of Forest 
AND Stre.'^m. 
With the appearance of the index of each volume of Forest and 
Stream, many subscribers wish to bind up the volume, and look 
about for a competent binder. Attention is called to the adver- 
tisement m another column of Mr. Chas. F. Brockel, of Danbury, 
Conn., boolcbinder, who invites correspondence on this subject. 
Adv. 
