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the quarter-deck or the mariner’s only action p tr f “f !; 
during his lonely vigil. But then perhaps there are to be fair 
ones accompanying "the gallant tars to \ nllejo, and they re- 
quire protection, more so of a dark and stormy night. There 
S he overcoat to be shared, and there is the protecting arm 
of the sailor to ward off the spray from dainty figures, and 
there arc other matters. On the wholc it a best the moon 
should be a little late in showing up that night. 
Haverhill Yaout Club— T his club elected the following 
gentlemen to act as officers for the ensuing year : Commodore, 
F F Brown ; Vice-Corn., A. L. Reed ; Fleet Capl., J. W. 
Dow ' Sec., J. E. Collins; Trees., W. M. Dresser; Meas., 
Harvey Doanc. Regatta Com.: L. H. Spaulding, J. E. 
Heath, Clias. Stacy. The pleasant spring weather has en- 
livened the boat owners, ami preparations for the summei s 
sport are well under way. The first launch this season was 
Vice-Commodore Reed’s dainty Linme May, quickly followed 
by the sloops Myrtle, Foster, Lizzie Warner Captai* Titcemb 
and Notice, owned by J. K. Heath. T lie f awrky, also 
launched, has been sold out of the club, much to the regret of 
the members, she being fast and of pretty appearance. For 
new yachts, Harvey Donne lias nearly completed a steamer 
for Barnard Martin, 24ft- in length, anil lias on the stocks a 
keel-sloop for W. M. Dresser, about 25ft. over all. Messrs- 
Tuxbury and Heath are having built n 0. B. sloop, 27ft. in 
1-ngtb, handsome model and fast lines. Much is expected of 
her Secretary Collins has ready to launch a -Oft. sloop, 
which some think will make up those in her class the commg 
Z&son. She is deep-bodied, quite fiat sided, 
down and wide V stern set low down ou dead wood. There 
are three 18ft. cat-rigged boats to come out this spring, winch 
are all the new craft known to he building. Owing to the 
JJriSi freshets, which are liable to continue late into the 
spring, no fixtures have been made yet 
sions. 
April 15. 
[From our correspondents letter it will be seen that times on 
the Merrimack River will be quite lively ere long.] 
Sloop Yaoht Maggie B.-Tlus sloop sailed for Florida, 
Aoril 14 in charge of her owner, Captain Tumbridge. Tile 
tSwiJ wSformwly the property of Tom Thumb, and her 
present owner is to sell her to Florida parties, upon his arrivM, 
tor a Dilot boat. At last account? she had reached the Dtla 
ware Breakwater windbound. She is 44ft. on load J 1 "®’ a ? d 
10ft beam, well built aud will make a handy pilot cutter for 
smooth waters, though her spars will require reduction for 
regular work. Her owner is navigating the boat himself, and 
holds a master’s certificate m the merchant service lbc 
. Maggie experienced a heavy southeast gale and put into Ilamp 
ton Roads under four reefs. 
-In his new yacht, just launched, Mr. Pearce, of the 
Atlantic Yacht Club, has a handsome and able-looking affair 
nmlpr his feet. Her model, by Gorman, the builder, bears 
re^mblanS to the Hare, bis last turnout Length over all 
40ft beam, 15ft. 3in.; hold, 5ft. 24m.; length on load line, 
41ft’ 5^ mast, 63ft.; boom, 43 ft.; gaff, 22ft. ; bowspri 
outboard 28ft., and topmast, 21ft. The frame is of oak and 
hackmattack, yellow pine planking, galvanized iron fasten- 
in.r Centre-board, 13ft. long ; mam saloon, 9ft.; two state- 
rooms W C., pantry, and forecastle. Her dead rise is mode- 
rate floor timbers straight, rather quick turn at the bilge and 
SlXto from >». water up. Forward thu Mow « sbsbt. 
upon June 12 and 13 for its regatta. The .Laureates have 
withdrawn from the concern. Hereafter the finish 
course will be opposite the boat-house of the Cohoes Cluu. 
Entries close June 5. and must be addressed to the Secretary 
11. R Richards, Troy, N. Y. There will be on the 'tort day 
races for fours, trial heats; second, pair-oars; third, wit i 
heats, junior single sculls; fourth, senior singles, beconu 
day— First, trial heats for fours ; second, trial beat for junior 
singles; third, double sculls; fourth, final heat, junior 
singles ; fifth, six-oared gigs. 
Watkins Regatta. -The silly rumor that the great . meet- 
ing on Seneca Lake had been abandoned has been official y 
denied. The races will take place as originally announced in 
the circulars and in Forest and Stream. 
Sooth Carolina Regatta.— A special meeting of the Re- 
gatta Association of South Carolina was held at Chaileston, 
Thursday, 18th, Mr. I. P. Lcsesne in the chair. The allow- 
ing committees were appointed : Finance— Geo. 1>. Bryan, 
A. T. Smythe, I. L. Walker, R. D. Mure, 
boat looks like-a fast one. 
YACHTING DRIFT. 
Mr W T Powell bos presented to the committee in charge, 
as a special prizefor the catamaran making best time at the 
New York Bay Regatta, a handsome silk 
Ola, icc C. H. Rend, Esq., is being overhauled at Far Rock- 
' SIood North Star, formerly of New Bedford, and 
?he handiwork, we believe, of the blind 
0.1,1 in Mr Chas A. Stevenson Mr. rrank 8. lowie n.is 
? «i‘edbi»iop She is 22ft. 
o f , -un hold...... Farrell has in hand a racing sloop 24ft. 10m. 
long foot of 80th street, E. R Captain Hinsdale has fim 
wi.fr’l for Mr T. H. llinton, for use on Onondaga Lake, a 
“5“ launch 27 ft. long, 5ft. lOin. beam, 2ft. 10m. deep, en- 
X S^wct aiding, inverted, high-pressure , screw 
f*£ diameter. Same builder is engaged on another for Mr. 
W J. Sanderson, length -Oft. Gin.; beam. Gft. Om dept , 
•Mt • encine 5 lL P-, condensing ; cylinder, 44x5 ; 1 km er, 
4 ft. long, 27in. shell, with 94Jin. tubes of - brass. Hggg 
rffcfc 6 5S*V engine^" 
34x4in°each ; propeller, 30in. diam on the same 
lake h having a new set of engines put in by W. J. £» nd ®*" 
7’of Syracuse Jerolamon has launched the steam-launch 
C D 1\ Gibson, belonging to the Jersey City Yacht Club 
Sloop Sadie will be overhauled at Port Jefferson. 
THE OAR AND PADDLE. 
Metropolitan Association. -At the lost meeting of the 
Metropolitan Association of Amateur Oarsmen, there were 
delegates present from the Argonauta, Atalanta, Carman 
ItoSg Association, Columbia College Boat Club, Dauntless, 
Knickerbocker, Athletic, Nautilus, Neptune, Vesper and \ i- 
, . n „ r>f Elizabeth N- J. The meeting was an adjourned 
one’from March last. It had been called for tlie purpose of 
adoptin'- certain amendments to the constitution, and to ar- 
range a pregramme of races for the next Fourth of July re- 
SSra The following contests were fixed upon: Single 
Ha senior and single sculls junior; pair-oared and four- 
scu ‘‘, . civ-oared gigs, with coxswain; eight-oared 
Xes with coxswain. The Regatta Committee consists of 
SScers of the association and the following gent demon : 
a U Warner, of the Argonautas; L. C. Biuce, of tlie 
.KnJu'prhnckers • T. J. Goodwin, of the Columbia College 
Jf. n . c . T soulard of the Carman’s; Gen. M. T. McMahon, 
w ii 7 E s of the Atalantas; J. 1*1., 
^ ‘ Lm!' Van Buskirk, Mystic Boat Club; Mr. Phillips. 
Nereids; Mr. Nan DusKin , ^ T ShunJ) Nl .ptuues, Staten 
TsKd B ThV CoinmHtec on Qualifications consists iff General 
A Shaler udg^H- A. Gildersleeve, Commodore Dickerson 
A. Shaicr, juugc A. Buok. In view of the 
aa d Messrs D. M- J d the status of American 
a9I>e ,r®. 1 1 < ^ 3 «^Lll their atlent.on to this very able committee, 
nlfdflhouidour English cousins choose to take the treubicto 
and shouia b Qf the entlemen composing this com- 
in ^, lg .hev will not find it a very difficult task to trace their 
in^New York society, and will probably become con- 
8 ^ a ° d ,i°M, a t amateurship in America is not lax, and a good deal 
SoStton a fast and loose convenience as it is in England. 
UjPZB Hudson Regatta.-TIds association has deeded 
u. muK., x.. - , J. B. Bissell and 
A. Vandcrhorst. Ou Entertainment— C. R. Holmes, Chair- 
man : F. W. Dawson, Sam Wrngg and J- Ancram Simons. 
On Prizes— F. W. Dawson, chairman; A. Vandcrhorst and 
A. T. Smyth. On Rowing-A. B. Murray .chairman ; EH. 
Sparkman and H. B Bull. On Saillng-Chas. H. CJlidden 
A. L. Tobias and N. Ik Murray. Mr. J. Ancrum Simons was 
elected secretary. Tlie annual regatta will plai ce on 
Thursday aud Friday, May 30 and 31. On Thursday, SOtli, 
there will be four races, the first for four-oared shells ; the 
second, gig race; third, Whitehall; fourth, boys race. On 
Friday, 31— In the morning the race for the English Challenge 
Cup will come off. In this race only Charleston clubs will 
he allowed to enter. On the same day there will be a race 
for first and second class yachts. It is generally regretted 
that the Regatta Association did not make up their programme 
before, as there is but a short time for the crews to tram 
between now and the 30tb, and we fear that our friends from 
Savanuah and New Orleans, whom we expected to he with 
us this regatta, may not be willing to cemc over on such short 
notice. If they do come, however, they will receive a hearty 
welcome from the whole community in general and from their 
old friends, the Palmettos and Carolinas, especially. I he 1 ai- 
mettos have the following small fleet ready for action : One 
four-oared shell. 4lft. Gin.; one single scull shell; tour gigs; 
one Whitehall, 21ft. One or two of the racing crews of the 
Palmettos have been out several times lately, are pulling well 
together and making good time. A splendid “First Crew 
has been made up aud will go to work ou or about 1st ot 
May. If they pull up to their former records, the Palmettos 
will hang up the champion flag for 1878 alongside of the 
champion flags of ’73, ’70 and ’77, which Biey hold now 
They also hold the Georgia Champion Flags for i3, i4 ana 
'75, and several very handsome pieces of plate, won in various 
races in South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana. The Garoli- 
nas have the following crafts on hand this season : T wo four- 
oared shells, one cedar and one paper; two gigs and one 
Whitehall. We regret to hear that the Carolinas have not 
made up any crew, but we trust that the recent action of the 
Regatta Association will infuse new life into this crack club, 
and that by the 30th of May they will have one or t wo crews 
at least who will represent tlie Carolinas as well as they were . 
represented in ’74, ’75, ’7G and ’77, and we are certain that ! 
they will not submit to having tlie “ English Challenge Cup 
wrested from tl#m without one stroke for its defence. It is 
said that the Electric Boat Club intends to put. one or two 
very strong crews afloat this season. The Electrics are keep 
in" very quiet, but will certainly be heard from on the oOth 
anti 31st ^ EN0TS - 
Rosirr»N’s Rob Roy Canoes.— Mr. J. H. Rushton, of Can- 
ton, New York, writes us April 20 : 
“lam now building to order, for gentlemen in Louisville, 
Ky., two Rob Roys of the following dimensions : Length, 
I 14ft., width inside, 2Gin.; depth between floor and deck, ldin.; 
deck rise or curvature, 4in. This gives plenty of room for 
I sleeping ; depth of keel below siding, lfm. ; water tight bulk 
' heads about 3ft. from ends ; planking, white cedar, 5 in. thick; 
deck timbers, sawed cedars; keel and stems, oak; ribs, elm, 
1 i inches apart, with three broad (1]- inches) ones at centre 
and each end of cockpit, which will be 3ft. Gin.xlTin., combing 
bent, making round corners fin. thick, about Hin above deck. 
The deck will be 3-lGtli cedar, covered over with strong drill- 
ing, laid in paint and finished as coach tops and carnage 
work. You cannot tell it from wood when finished, and it will 
always be tight ; mast socket as usual. I can get up such a 
canoe, and a real fine one, for $75 for the boat alone, t. <•, 
without most, sail and fixtures. On “rigs” I am not very well 
posted, and would rather sell “ boat alone.” The boat, ot 
which Mr. Wm. Lyman, lias a “cut.” in his advertisement in 
your columns is one of three I built for him the past 
runs through a canyon with perpendicular walls, and a cur- 
rent too swift to stem with paddles, and too deep for setting- 
poles. Cress-logs and fallen trees are not taken into account 
by canoemen. — E d.] 
Canoeing. — In our last issue we gave a list of the officers 
of the N. Y. Canoe Club. As the large number of canoes 
building of wood, and paper as well, attest the growing inter- 
est taken in this, perhaps one of the cheapest and healthiest 
of sports, an account of the cruises undertaken last year by 
the boats of the leading club will be instructive and inter- 
estin'-' We doubt whether in England, in spite of the vast 
constituency the sport there possesses, any club can show such 
a brilliant record of enterprise and adventure as the N Y. 
C. 0. scores upon the pages of its history from SMI 
Among the many trips iuland and at sea we select the f^low- 
SXoe Alice, John Habberton, length, 15ft Herald 
model ; cruised in 1877. in company with Bess, Violetta and 
FAhd from Rouse’s Point, N. \ to Sorel, P. Q- Canoe 
Best, Herald model, length, 17ft., C.fL. Norton ; ermsed in 
1875 from New York to Grcenport, L. I., via bouth Bay, 
with’ Violetta ns far as Southampton, and Walrus as far as 
Peconic Bay ; in 1877, from Rouse’s Point, N Y., to Sorel, 
R Q with lfe, Violetta and Ethel. Canoe Ohp, Nautilus 
model, length, 14ft., J. E. Roosevelt; cruised with Grctehen, 
Stntrm Island to Rockaway and Rockville Gen- 
fn 1873, from Staten Island to Rockaway and Rockville Gen- 
re keeping* even with New York steamboat for 
over three miles. This would give to the canoes 
something like a speed of twelve miles. C/np 
also sailed in 1874 from Rockaway via radar ^ aml to Say- 
ville L. I. Canoe Ethel, Nautilus model, length 14ft., 1- H. 
Upton, cruised in 187G from Newport Vt . to 8kerbreoke P 
Q., via. Lake Memphremngog and the Magog ^api(^, aud 
from Wells River, Vt., to Pompauoosac, \L, With 
and Ha/riAi. These cruises were made under her first 0 ^ ner > 
Mr C. L. Norton. From 1877 Mr. Upton took command and 
cruised as before mentioned in company with Alice, Bets and 
vZue Canoe Floy, under Mr. W L. AUlen’s colors m 
1872, made the trip ■with Walrus from Rouse s Point M. i ., 
to Quebec, P. Q. In 1873 with Walrus from Staten Island to 
Rockaway ; in 1874 with same companion from Southampton, 
L. I., to Easthampton, L. I., aud return. In 187o again with 
her faithful mates Walrus and Bess from Fiushmff D L to 
Southampton, L. I. In 187G with and Mrigi f tom 
Newport, Vt., via Lake Memphremngog and the -JLigog 
Rapids to Sherbrooke, P. Q , and from Wells River, Vt., 
Is the Uri’Bi: Kennebec Navigable ?— T wo or three weeks 
ago a correspondent asked us if the Kennebec was navigable 
from Augusta to Moosehead Lake with a por’able boat ? We 
answered, “Yes." Now there is a gentleman at Augusta, 
Maine, who probably knows more about the river than we do, 
who says it is not so navigable. He says ; 
“ It lias so much quick water as to mnke it necessary to 
« carry ’ a quarter of the way. There are many rapids, a <1 
in one place it runs so wild that no boat could stejn it for five 
or six miles, and tlie banks are a perfect wilderness, and there 
is no ‘carry,’ trail or tote %id. Please explain liow you 
usually ‘ navigate’ under such circumstances? The river is 
descended during high water in the spring by the river 
drivers in batteaux, but I should pity the poor fellow who 
undertook to go up, no matter how ‘ portable ’ his boat was. 
He had better put it on wheels and go up by horse power.” 
down the” Connecticut** to* Pompanoosac, Vt. la 1877, with 
Alice, Bess aud Ethel from Rouse’s Point, N. l ., to Sorel, P. 
Q — a fine showing for the Floy and that veteran hero of the 
paddle, W. L. Alden, Esq. This gentleman has transferred 
his recent property to Mr. T. II- Uptou, of N. V., and has 
had a new traveler built by Everson, of WiUiamsburgh, L. I. 
She is named the Shadow, Shadow model, length 14tt. Con- 
cerning this new type we hope to give our readers further 
particulars. Canoe nattie, Nautilus model, length I3tt., J. 
M Barnes, went in 1876, in company with Kleuie Fritz, from 
Hornellsville, N. Y. . via Canisteo, Chemung, Delaware aud 
Schuylkill Rivers to Philadelphia. In 1877, from Green Camp, 
Ohio' via the Scioto River, to Ripley, Ohio. In lb 1 7. same 
company, from Covington, Va via James River, to Thorn- 
I hill’s Falls. ■Canoe Lotos, Nautilus model, length lift. 10m 
I G L Morse, cruised in 1872 with Violetta from Rouse s Point, 
N Y to Quebec, P. Q. In 1873, with Violetta, from Staten 
Island to Rockaway. In 1874, with Violetta, from Northamp- 
ton, L. I., to Easthampton, L. I., and return. In 1875, with 
Violetta and Bess . from Flushing to Northampton, L I., and 
with Bess from the latter port to Sag Harbor. In 18/0, with 
Violetta and Midge, from Newport, Vt.. to Sherbrooke, P. Q. , 
and from Wells River via the Connecticut to Pompanoosuc, 
Vt Canoe Rosalie , Nautilus model, length 15ft., B. B. Bron- 
son, Secretary N. Y. O. G, cruised in 187G from Harlem to 
New Baltimore, N. Y., with Titanm and Puck. In 18/7, 
with Titan/a, from Harlem via. Hudson River, Lake Cham- 
plain, Sorel River and St. Lawrence River to Gananoguo, 1 . 
6., an extended and most interesting sail. Canoe JLtUmia, 
also of the Nautilus variety, length 14ft. Gin., F. Sherman 
Smith, cruised in 1873 from Harlem to New Baltimore with 
Rosidie and Puck for company. In 1877, from New Balti- 
more to Harlem, distance 139 miles, time 39h. 50m. Again 
in 1877 from Harlem to Gannanogua, Ont., via. Hudson, Lake 
Champlain, St. Johns and St. Lawrence Rivers and among 
the Thousand Islands. The club flag is well known on New 
York waters, and if the zeal of the organization bears fruit in 
proportion to the efforts of its members, it will be known ere 
long on all the rivers and in all the harbors of the land. The 
flag is a pointed burgee, red ground and white horizontal 
stripe in centre. 
BOWING RIPPLES. 
The Columbia College Boat Club will have a benefit amateur 
magical entertainment at the Union League Theatre, May 8, 
to aid in raising funds for their European trip Gookin 
Remarks— We print the above because we do not wish to 
disappoint any of our correspondents, or get them into 
trouble; still, we have always found any river navigable 
where logs can he driven down. We have poled up many 
quick headwaters where wc had to work a part of our pas 
sage by lifting the canoe over shoals and carrying around 
falls, dams, rapids, jams, etc., and we are ready to do it again. 
We have been familiar with the waters of Maine and Canada 
for twenty years; four of them during a permanent residence. 
We have traversed many thousand miles in a canoe in all 
parts of America, and are willing to undertake to navigate the 
Kennebec from its outlet to its mouth in a portable boat of 
the proper weight, length and draft, and at a proper stage of 
IU ttiu 111 laioiug *».*.*VW 1 , * . 
Bros., Faulkner and Reagan are the prospective professional 
“four” of the Hub this year Biglin and Frank Bellau will 
sit in a pair and paddle round Harlem Mr. M. F. Davis, of 
Portland, is taking some of the avoirdupois off of Plaisted, 
preparatory to his race with Ilnnlon, the lad of Toronto 
Shawmut and City Point amateurs will send sixes to Silver 
Lake, Boston. Kelly, the old champion of England, con- 
siders Trickett a match for any one, and is willing to lay 
pounds to shillings on him against Courtney. Kelly does not 
think much of American professionals. How about the clean- 
ing out the Ward Brothers gave to the British professionals 
at Saratoga Lake ? Has friend Kelly forgotten that so soon ? 
....Reagan, Boston’s north-end pet, and Frenchy Johnson 
seem likely to get foul of each other. Reagan’s friends want 
$100 dowD, and a thousand more to see the thing through. It 
is worth that much, Frenchy. Just think of the champion of 
New England ! Ilow nice that sounds. Pony up, Frenchy. 
The Columbia crew will leave for England May 22. 
Feaion lias made them a boat Harvard boat-house con- 
tains twenty-five single sculls, eight doubles, two pairs, seven- 
teen sixes, four eights, one barge, two Rob Roy’s, three 
wherries and one Whitehall Potomac Club, of Washing- 
ton, have ordered from Waters, of Troy, a new paper four 
Analostans are at work Silver Lake professional re- 
gatta takes place Decoration Day Messrs. Sage, Eldridgo, 
Ridabock, Edson and Goodwin, the Columbia four to go to 
England, are in training Mutuals, of Albany, will row a 
paper boat, 40ft.x20iu., at Watkin’s Nothing new from 
Henley yet Thames Rowing Association having voted not 
to buy the boat-house of Columbia Boat Club, Brooklyn, will 
build one from plans and specifications furnished by Noank 
parties, New London, Conn Captain Bancroft, Messrs. 
Weld and President Dnnforth, of Harvard Boat Club, have 
engaged accommodations for crew of a Mr. Lamb, on Groton 
PVI^IU, luugvu — I I O 
water. The only absolutely impracticable river is one which 1 side of river, near Naval Station. 
