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FOREST AMfi STREAM. 
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as on new wood, but if there still remains some varnisll 
apply a rubbing coat and then a finishing. If there are 
any checks, cracks or open j pints in old work fill .same 
with beeswax before varnishing. 
Having now explained the necessary painting op-ir- 
ations we have to say a word in regard to paint and var- 
nish brushes. These should be selected with care, and 
above ail beware of cheap brushes, it is impossible to do 
a good job with cheap tools. 
Paint Brushes.— Most every paint bi'ush will shed 
when new, and to prevent this soak the brush in water for 
a day or two before nsing. 
Most new paint brushes are too long and it is custom- 
ary to wrap or wind with good string from half to one 
inch of the brush, beginning from the bolster or butt, 
taking care to pull both ends through the wrapping so 
that they can be tied around the butt of the handle, which 
prevents the wrapping slipping down as it otherwise will 
•do. 
Cle.'Vning Brushes. — After using brushes should be 
cleaned and put in water. Bore a small hole through the 
handle, through which run a stout wire and by this 
means suspend the brush in the water so that it does not 
touch bottom. This will always keep the brush straight and 
in good order. Turpentine is good to clean brushes but 
the writer prefers kerosene and afterwards thoroughly 
rinse with naphtha or gasolene, as they can then be laid 
damp rot and also keeps the boat from becoraing satu- 
rated from the smell of drying bilge water, etc. A very 
good plan is to take up the floor pieces and give the 
entire run a coat of whitewash, it being a good disin- 
fectant and preserving the wood. Owing to dryness and 
wind the under water body of a boat laid up is very 
liable to check, particularly the stern post, dead wood, 
keel and stern. This can in a great measure be prevente^l 
by giving these parts a good heavy coat of equal parts of 
raw and boiled linseed oil with a small part of Japan 
dryer. ■ • 
In launching the same process is reversed, taking care 
in both cases that the boat is not allowed to nni back, as 
in that case the result i.s almost sure to be a broken rud- 
der or skeg, at the very least. In order to avoid tearing 
of cleats, chocks, etc., run a bridle around the entire boat 
and fasten the hauling tackle to that. 
[to be concluded.] 
A 25ft. Fast Cruiser. 
The yacht here illustrated, recently designed by Mr. 
Wm. H. Hand., Jr., of the Buzzards' Bay Yacht Agency, 
New Bedford, is similar in model to the 2f-footer re- 
cently shown in our pages; but the increased size brings 
her into a class where it is possible to obtain more than 
away ajid. allowed to dry. If the brush becomes clogged 
or an accimiulation of dry paint on the outside hold the 
brush down flat on a board, then take a pti^ty knife 
and scrape it down, holding the knife at an angle as if 
you were going to scale up, do not be afraid to bear down 
and push hard on the knife, it Avill not cut the bristles, 
after the brush has been once in use. In using a seam 
brush do not allow the paint that necessarily gets on the 
outside of planking to dry but wipe it off at once, other- 
wise it Avill show, no matter how many coats are given to 
cover it. 
Old Paint. — Do not use either paint or varnish that is 
not fresh, as both become grimy by age, and although 
dealers will say it does no harm we know to the con- 
trary and good fresh materials cost no more than old 
stufif. 
Hauling Out. — Hauling out is always attended with 
some risk of damage, and to avoid accidents everything 
should be provided in order that no makeshifts have to 
be used. After selecting the locality, which should be 
some place protected from northwest winds, a temporary 
ways should be laid, which may be made by laying dov/n 
some joists or good stout planks which can be held in 
place by driving a few stakes on each side and nailing 
these to the ways. When the ground is uneven it will 
be necessary to shore up under the ways where they are 
liable to bend. 
The next things required are some wooden rollers, 
-although if these are not at hand old iron pipe will an- 
:swer, but this is liable to damage the keel unless it is pro- 
vided with a shoe. Haul the bow out on one roller and 
:as it works aft keep putting other rollers under, taking 
tcare not to allow the whole weight of the boat to rest on 
any roller or rollers under the midships only but to dis- 
Iribute the weight as much as possible. 
When there is no cradle for the boat to rest in it is 
sometimes customary to have sufficient help to hold the 
boat up on an even keel. This makes a lot of unneces- 
sary trouble and often results in the boat being 
dropped. By far the best plan is to have a goocl 
plank, lay it under the bilge parallel with the keel 
and so it will rest on the rollers, now take a gunny 
sack and fill it with hay or shaving and place it on 
the plank, allowing the bilge to rest down on it thereby 
avoiding to have to keep the boat on an even keel. A 
good four-part block and fall is generally all that is neces- 
sary for hauling power. This can be fastened to a stake 
driven in the ground if nothing else is at hand. If this is 
not sufficient a watch tackle can be rigged. This is done 
by taking two sets of tackles, making the hook of the first 
fast to the hauling part of the tackle on the boat, thus 
by hauling on the first j'ou have the entire power of the 
fir.st tackle to haul on the original tackle. Care should 
be taken to keep the boat from getting oft the rollers. 
When in proper position shore up with good blocking at 
each end and also midships, taking c'arc, however, that 
the middle blocking does not bear as hard up under the 
keel as the ends, as should the end blocking settle it will 
throw the bulk if not all the weight on the middle blocks, 
which will cause the boat to hog. Good substantial 
shores must be so placed as to keep the boat on even 
keel. 
The next thing is to drive out the bilge plugs or open 
the sea cock, as the case may be, in order to allow any 
rain water to escape, after which the boat is ready to be 
covered with anything at hand. If canvas is used for 
covering an air space should be left in order that a cir- 
culation of air can enter the boat, which prevents dry and 
mere day accommodation, and she is both able an I 
roomy enough for general cruising about the Sound and 
the eastern coast. Her dimensions are: 
Length — . ■ 
Over all 39ft- 9>'>-r'.. 
L.W.L 25ft. i;/2'n. 
Beam, extreme nft- I'li- 
Draft- 
Hull to Rabbet ift. lom. 
Hull without board..-. 4ft. 6m. 
With board 7ft. 
Freeboard 
Bow 3ft. 7K'iii- 
Least 2ft, 3K'i-i- 
Counter 2ft. SyivA. 
Displacement i3,ooolbs. 
Ballast, in keel 4,50olbs. 
Sail area goosq.fi. 
The construction is strong and substantial, and tho> 
oughly durable, but at the same time it is simple and not 
specially expensive. The keel is bent from a 4^p- plank 
of oak, sided 4in. where it scarfs to the stem just for- 
ward of the water line, increasing to loin. amidships, ami 
tapering to 4in. again at the transom. The frames are oi 
oak, ijl by ij4, spaced 10 inches, the clamps are sided 
3in. and moulded 2in.; the bilge stringers are of yelljw 
pine. The upper strake is of oak and the rest of the 
planking is of a long^leaf yellow pine, lin. thick, in 
single lengths, the planksheer is of oak, ij^in. thick, 
3i^in. in the middle and 2j/2in. at the ends, with deck 
sprung to side line of 2 by i^in. white pine. The cabin 
trunk is staved up with i by 3in. matched pine, sheathed 
inside and out with ^^iri- white pine; the top, of i by 3in. 
matched pine, being covered with canvas. The outside 
keel, 4,5oolbs. of iron, is fastened with 14 bolts, ^w.. 
each, set up on top of the cross floors, of oak, 3 by 4in, 
across keel. 
The cabin is uncut by the trunk, the board housing 
entirely below the floor, with a wire pendant leading to 
the cockpit. The headroom is 5ft. sin. and there are tw 1 
lockers, each loft. 6in. long. On the port side forwa^rd 
is a small toilet room and opposite to it is a snug galley, 
with lockers, racks, etc. The space in the cabin is very 
well utilized, with lockers and transoms. There is a 
wardrobe on each side against the after bulkhead. There 
is little headroom in the forecastle, but otherwise there is 
good room for one hand. The sail plan includes main- 
sail and jib, a total of goosq.ft., with bowsprit 4ft. 6in. out- 
board and boom about 4ft. abaft end of counter. 
A SaiUngf Dinghy, 
The little dinghy here illustrated was designed by J. 
Wilton Morse, Esq., of Toronto, for vacation sailing on 
Georgian Bay, in a part \vhich is a perfect network of 
islands, narrow channels, rocks and reefs. The boat was 
intended to carry three comfortably, to beat to wind- 
ward through long channels only a few yards wide, anil 
to be easili' launched and housed by one man. All of 
these ends have been successfully attained, the boat h?s 
proved verj'- handy, and quite fast under a small rig. She 
is dry and stiff, and easily carries a fourth person. The 
centerboard is of wood, weighing about i25lbs. As 
shown in the plate, she has a man of i6olbs. aft and a 
7Slb. sand-bag in the bow. She would make an excellent 
dinghy for a yacht. 
Dimensions of sailing dinghy: 
Length — 
Over all • • • • 12ft. 
L.W.L loft. 
Beam 4ft- 
Freeboard, least 
Sheer — 
Bow ■- 
Stern 
Depth amidships 
Draft 
Displacement 
Spars — 
Mast. lift. 
Boom lift. 
Yard 9ft. 
Sail- 
Luff 4ft. 
Leech 14ft. 
Foot lift. 
Head Qft- 
Throat to clue lift. 
Sail area 70 sq 
Planking yi'm 
Ribs H^J'H oak spaced 5in. 
6 in. 
7^in. 
n in. 
7 in. 
3 i^'- 
18 in. 
7 m. 
8ooIb.5. 
6 in. 
6 ill. 
6 in. 
6 in. 
JO in. 
ft. 
cedar 
center 
If you want your shoot to be atiaouaced here send in 
notice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
First and ttiird Fridays of eacli montli. — Watson's Park, Bura- 
side III.; Semi-monthly contest for Montgomery Ward & Co.'s 
diamond badges, 
April U-ia.— Elkwood Park, Long Branch, N. J.— The Inter- 
state Association's seventh annual Grand American Handicap 
tournament. Entries close April 4. Edward Banks, Sec'y, 318 
Broadway. 
April 18-21.— Lincoln, Neb.— The Lincoln Gun Club's second 
annual interstate tournament; targets and live birds; $500 added. 
Geo. L. Carter, Sec'y- 
April 18-19.— Dallas, Tex.— Tournament of North Texas Gun Club 
League. 
April 17-22. — Baltimore. Md.— Prospect Park Shooting Associa- 
tion s tournament; $500 added. Stanley Baker, Sec'y, 
April 19. — South Plingham, Mass. — Annual tournament of the 
Hingham Gun Club. 
April 22. — Wissinoniing, Pa.— Philadelphia Trap-Shooters' League 
tournament. J. K. Starr, Sec'y. 
April 25-27. — Kansas City, Mo. — ^Ninth annual tournament of the 
Missouri State Amateur Shooting Association, under auspices of 
Washington Park Gun Club; $400 added money; target and live 
birds. Walter F. Bruns, Sec'y. 
April 25-26. — Gretna, Neb. — Target and live-bird tournament; 
$200 added; open to all, H. M. Hardin and C. B. Randlett, 
Managers. 
April 25-28. — Baltimore, Md. — Tournament of Baltimore Shooting 
Association; targets and live birds; Money added. H. P. Collins, 
Sec'y. 
April 25-27.— Osceola, la.— Osceola Gun Club's tournament. 
April 26-28. — Temple, Tex. — Texas State Sportsmen's Associa- 
tion's tournament. 
May 2-5.— Lincoln, Neb.— Nebraska State Sportsmen's Associa- 
tion's twenty-third annual tournament, under the auspices of 
the Capital City Gun Club; six amateur and four open events 
each day; targets and live birds. R. M. Welch, SecV. 
May 6.— White Plains, N. Y.— Live-bird handicap. E. G. Horton, 
Manager. 
May 9-13.— Peoria, 111.— Illinois State Sportsmen's Association's 
tournament. C. F. Simmons, Sec'y. 
May 16-19.- Erie, Pa. — Ninth annual tournament of the Penn- 
sylvania State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the 
Reed Hurst Gun Club. F. W. Bacon, Sec'y. 
May 16-20.— St. Louis, Mo. — Tournament of the Missouri State 
Fish and Game Protective Association. H. B. Collins, Sec'y. 
May 17-18.— Oil City, Pa. — Interstate Association's tournament, 
under auspices of Oil City Gun Club. F. S. Bates, Sec'y. 
May 23-25.— Algona, la.— Tournament of the Iowa State Asso- 
ciation for the Protection of Fish and Game. John G. Smith, 
Pres. 
May 24-25. — Greenwood, S. C. — Annual live-bird tournament of 
the Greenwood Gun Club; 25-bird Southern Handicap. R. G. 
McCants, Sec'y. 
May 26-27.— Tyrone, Pa.— Target tournament of the Tyrone Gun 
Club. D. D. Stine, Sec'y. 
May 30.— Canajoharie, N. Y.— All-day target shoot at Canajo- 
nane, N. Y. Charles Weeks, bee y. 
May 30-June 2.— Erie, Pa.— Ninth annual tournament of the Penn- 
sylvania State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the 
Reed Hurst Gun Club. Frank W. Bacon, Sec'y. 
June 5-10.— Buffalo, N. Y.— New York State shoot, under the 
auspices of the Buffalo Audubon Gun Club; $1,000 guaranteed; 
over $2,000 in merchandise, and $1,000 added money in open events. 
Chas. Bamberg, Sec'y, 51 Edna Place. 
June ,6-9. — Sioux City, Pa.— Fifth annual amateur tournament 
of the Soo Gvm Club. E. R. Chapman, Sec'y. 
June 21-23.— Columbus, O.— Tournament of the Ohio Trap-Shoot- 
ers' League, under the auspices of the Sherman Rod and Gun 
Club. J. C. Porterfield, Sec'y, O. T. S. L. 
June 14-15.— Bellows Falls, Vt.— Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under auspices of Bellows Falls Gun Club. C. H. Gibson, 
Sec'y. 
June 14-16.— Cleveland, O.— Cleveland Target Co.'s tournament. 
June 20-22.— Wheeling, W. Va.— Third annual tournament of 
the West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association, under the 
auspices of the Wheeling Gun Club, Wheeling, W. Va. John B. 
Garden, Sec'y. 
June 27-29.— Altoona, Pa.— Target tournament of the Altoona 
Rod and Gun Club, Wopsononock Heights. G. G. Zeth, Sec'y. 
July 1-2.— Milwaukee, Wis.— Grand tournament of Milwaukee 
Gun Club, in Carnival Week. S. M. Du Val, Sec'y. 
July 19-20. — Providence, R. I. — Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under auspices of the Providence Gun Club. R. C. Root, 
Sec'y. 
July 18-20.— Little Rock, Ark.— Arkansas State tournament. 
Aug. 9-10.— Portland, Me.— Interstate Assocaition's tournament, 
under auspices of the Portland Gun Club. S. B. Adams, Sec'y. 
Sept. 6-7.— Portsmouth, Va.— Tournament of the Interstate As- 
sociation, under the auspices of the Portsmouth Gun Club. W. N. 
White, Sec'y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
C/u6 secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
■these columns^ also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
Oft all events are considered as divided unless otherwise rejiorted. Mail 
all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company , ^^6 Broad- 
way, New York. 
The programme of the Interstate tournament, to be held at 
Oil City, Pa., under the auspices of the Oil City Gun Club, May 
17 and 18, provides ten events each day, 15 and 20 targets, $1.50 
and^ $2 entrance, respectively. All purses are divided on the 
equitable system. Guns and ammunition forwarded to Mr. F. 
S. Bates, Oil City, will be delivered on the shooting grounds. Price 
of targets, 2 cents, included in all entrances. Lunch will be served 
on the grounds. The Interstate Association rules will govern. The 
Interstate Association's manager, Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, 122 Dia- 
mond Market. Pittsburg, will manage the tournament. '-} 
At the March shoot of the Florists' Gun Club, of Philadelphia, 
\vhich was the last of that series, Messrs. Anderson and Harris 
tied on 15 points for the year. At the last shoot, April 4, the tie 
was shot off, Anderson first, Harris second; scores 48 to, 45,' 
