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A CHEAP ICE-BOAT. 
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Notice. 
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always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 
A Cheap Ice-Boat. 
The yachting season in most parts of the country be- 
ing comparatively short, yachtsmen are naturally ready to 
take up any substitute during the winter months. In- 
terest in ice boating has increased during the last few 
years, and as we have had many requests for a design of ■ 
an ice boat that combines, simple construction and small 
expense, we publish one this week that has been tried and 
found satisfactory.. • She will no doubt interest all boat 
sailers, whether yachtsmen or canoeists, who contemplate 
taking up the sport. 
The excitement of ice boating is only equaled hf" its" 
uncertainty. Except in specially favored locations an ice 
boat when wanted at all is wanted in a hurry, and being- 
cumbrous and unwieldy things to house and care -for, it 
is likely to suffer from neglect and abuse in the long in- 
t'^^rvals of disuse. The accompanying drawings show an 
I e boat of very simple and inexpensive construction 
wh oh is very satisfactory as a sailer and yet can be- 
take^i apart or put together in a few minutes. 
There are many localities where a small ice boat of 
this sort kept always ready to be put together would 
iornish a great deal- of sportj the construction being only 
a little more difficult or expensive than the many crude 
makeshifts which are thrown together in a hurry wherever 
a clear field of ice presents itself, and which, when the 
sailing is over, are left to fall to pieces on the shore. 
The dimensions are as follows : 
Runper plank .j . , . loft. 
Keel 1 . . . 17ft. 4 in. 
Maim plank 12ft. 3^in. 
Mast- 
Heel to hounds 12ft. gyoin. 
Diameter at heel 3j4in- 
Boom 14ft. 9 in- 
Gaff 8ft. 8 in. 
Mainsail — 
■ Hoist 8ft. 7 in. 
Leech 20ft. 
Area I3S sq. ft. 
Jib- 
Luff 13ft. 3 in- 
Hoist I2ft. 
Foot 4ft- 6 m. 
Area 27 sq. ft. 
Total saiLarea 162 sq. ft. 
Total weight about 20olbs. 
The keel is a stick' of dry white pine 6x6in. tapered to 
4X4in. at the after end, and from the mast forward cham- 
fered and then rdimded to a diameter of 2in. at the band. 
The runner plank is also of white pine 4in. wide, 7in. 
deep at the middle and tapering to 3>^in. at each end. 
One bolt of 3^iri. diameler connects it with the keel; at 
edch end is a casting of iron with a socket on top, into 
which the end 'pf the plank fits, being secured by two 
■■•bblts, one, an eye: bolt and one a plain machine bolt J^in. 
; tapped ■irttb tHe: casting. On top of the keel is a plank of 
white pinie , j5ln. -Wide and lih. thick, stiffened beneath by 
' chocks- of ■■•l-^in. pine': The plank is bolted through the 
■li^el, as shown. The -rudder stock is a cornposition of 
iriDn casting,%or 5ak ;hiay be used, being cheaper. It is 
"slotted for the ruririef, -which is held by a f^in. bolt, the 
hole in 't-he runner being ^in. All runners are of cast 
iron ^in. thick and 4^in. wide, the two main runners 
being 2ft. 6in. long and the rudder ift. 8in. long. The 
booni is i^ili. in diameter and the gaff i^in. The sails 
are of - 6^oz. single-bighted cotton, costing $12. The 
jib stay shrouds and side stays are of l4'm. galvanized 
iron wire rope, all set up with turnbuckles and shackles. 
The plank will hold three persons, the weight being so 
d'stributed that there is little strain on the boat. The 
cost of the whole construction, including sails and riggin^, 
is under $45, the castings for runners, chocks and rud- 
der stock, with the necessary fittings, costing about $12. 
Interlake Yachting Association* 
A MOST enthusiastic and harmonious session of the In- 
terlake Yachting Association was held to-day in Toledo 
for the purpose of arranging the time and place of the 
regatta for 1901, and for the transaction of such other 
business as ttiight be presented. The representatives of 
the various organizations included: W. R. Huntington 
and I. N. Richardson, Cleveland Y. C. ; W. D. Moebs, 
Detroit Y. C. ; J. B. Rathbone. Detroit Boat Club Yachts- 
men ; George T. Bliss, Erie t. C. ; F. B. Rawson, San- 
dusky Y. C. ; M. B. Vorce, Lakewood Yachting Asso- 
ciation, Cleveland; R. D. Potter, Toledo Yachting Asso- 
ciation; F. B. Kruse, Maumee River Y. C, Toledo; F. B, 
Pritchard, Up-River Y: C, Toledo, and William Haas, 
Put-in-Bay Y. C. In addition to the gentlemen named, 
who were the regularly accredited delegates to the meet- 
ing, there were present a number of the leading yachts- 
men from the various cities of the Association, with a very 
liberal sprinkling of Toledoans. 
Prior to the business session, an elaborate course din- ■ 
ner was served at the Boody, at which about fifty of the ^ 
visitors and their hosts were seated. Ex-Com. S. O.' - 
Richardson, of Toledo, formerly Commodore of the In- ■ 
terlake Association, presided, and very happy after-dinner 
talks were made by Ex-Com. Anderson, of Sandusky; 
Ex-Com. Bliss, of Erie; Com. Huntington, of the Gleve- •' '■ 
land Y. C, Cleveland; Com. Dexter, of Detroit; Com: •■ 
Richardson, of the Lakewood Y. G, of Cleveland, and '■ v. 
Com. Haas, of Put-in-Bay. The general spirit of the V 
remarks was that it was lime to "get together," brushing 
aside all prior differences, and make the forthcoming,, '* ' • - 
regatta the most successful in the history of the Associa-' 
tion. 
Arrangements for the regatta were perfected this even- 
ing at a business meeting held in the rooms of the Toledo 
Yachting Association, Com. Huntington, of the Interlake 
Association, presiding, and Mr. .W. F. Seitz acting as 
secretary. The Maumee and Up-River clubs were ad- 
mitted to membership, and the resignation of the West' 
End Y. C, of Detroit, previously tendered, was accepted 
without comm.ent. E. W. Ryder, of Detroit, and S. O. 
Richardson, of Toledo, were chosen as delegates to future 
meetings of the Yacht Racing Union. 
When the question of the location of the coming regatta 
was under consideration, invi ations were tendered froin' 
Erie, Sanduskj' and . Put-in-Bay. The latter was sec- 
onded by Manager McCreary, of Hotel Victory, who made 
some very definite as well as satisfactory promises of. 
co-operation. On a vote of the delegates, Put-in-Bay ' 
crossed the finish line an easy winner. ■ 
The details of the regatta were placed in the hands oi'^' 
committee consisting of Messrs. Geo'rge F. Anderson, of 
Sandusky, chairman; John B. Rathbone, of Detroit; John 
