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Canoeing. 
Racing Canoe “Much Quicker.” 
H. Lansine: Quick, of the Yonkers Canoe 
Club, has had built by Thomas Fearon, of 
Yonkers, a new racing canbe, a modification 
of his last year’s scow, a description of which 
follows: Dimensions, 16ft. long by 30in. beam, 
with a draft of hull of gin. There is a 
flat deadrise of din. with a quick turn at 
bilge and vertical sides. The waterline is 
just at this turn of the bilge and therefore only 
one and one-half inches of the full beam is lost 
at this point. There is very little sheer, the 
depth being comparatively near the same through- 
out, but the deck has-a decided crown. Timbers 
are %in. by “in. hackmatack, natural bend knees 
for the sharp bilges, spaced gin. centers and each 
pair of timbers has a 3in. by 4in. cedar floor 
timber and a 3in. by 1%4in, cedar deck beam, all 
riveted together. Frames are all built in units 
from body plan, and then set upon the keel, 
which with keelson, is one piece of oak, rebated 
to receive planking. The stem and stern are 
made of natural oak knees. The planking is of 
14in. white cedar, joined with a smooth lap, three 
planks to a side. The extremely hard bilge re- 
quired an unusual method of laying out the 
planks. The garboard is very wide, running over 
twelve inches at the widest part, and goes to the 
turn of the bilge. The side plank comes down 
on the side to a relative point above the turn 
of the bilge, and the narrow space between, about 
three inches, required a plank 14in. thick and 
t8in. wide, in order to fill the space. This plank 
had to be worked into the form of a gutter, and 
when completed, laid in place without steaming. 
The deck is Michigan cedar with a wide 
mahogany center strip. The deck is nailed down 
and the strip is screwed on so that in case of 
accident the center strip can be removed for ac- 
cess to interior without disturbing the deck. The 
cockpit is 18in. by 18in. self bailing. The cen- 
terboard is 3ft. 3in. long and is made of Sgin. 
mahogany. The rudder is also of mahogany, 
connected to tiller with Norwegian gear. As no 
dandy sail is used a special post had to be built 
in for the steering gear. There are no bulk- 
heads, the deck having two 6in. brass hatches for 
to the interior. 
[he rig will be a single boom and gaff main- 
sail of 112 sq. ft., the mast being about 3/%ft. from 
the stem and provided with shrouds and head stay. 
Lawley hollow spars will be used, and the sail 



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is of the lightest Egyptian duck. The main sheet 
will Jead to a traveler aft, and be arranged end- 
less, and controlled from each side of the cock- 
pit, as is usual. 

A. C. A. Meet. 
Commopore Geo. P. Douctass, of the Ameri- 
can Canoe Association, in a circular letter an- 
nounces as follows: 
The time has now arrived when it becomes 
my pleasant duty to send you information re- 
garding the arrangements which have been made 
for our twenty-eighth annual meet, which will be 
held on our own property, Sugar Island, St. 
Lawrence River, from Aug. 9 to 23. 
Just a word about Sugar Island and the A. 
C. A. meet to those who have never been there. 
Our island and its surroundings are beautiful 
beyond the possibility of disappointment. The 
water is clear as crystal. The air is cool com- 
pared with New York, and there is never the 
oppressive heat, due to humidity, which is so 
common in many other places. It is a very 
simple matter to get settled in camp, and the 
fact that you may be a stranger should deter no 
one from coming, for I can assure you, inside 
of twenty-four hours, you will feel very much 
at home, and inside of two days you will be one 














[JULY 20, 1907. 

of the crowd and having the best time of ‘your 
life. 
You will probably arrive in:Clayton or Gana- 
noque early in the morning, where you will find 
a regular boat running to camp, arriving there 
by 9 or 11 o’clock, as the case may be, in time 
to select your site before lunch. In the after- 
noon you will have your tent pitched,* and set- 
tled, ready for two weeks’ of health and pleasure 
in any way you desire. 
The camp will be run on the usual lines, and 
you may depend that no pains will. be spared to 
make your time spent there both comfortable 
and pleasant. I shall make every effort to have 
the evening camp-fires at headquarters as -enter- 
taining as possible, and especially urge all who 
can play musical instruments to bring them along, 
that we may have a camp orchestra’ as in the old 
days. ‘A day’s cruise and picnic in canoes among 
the islands will be arranged if practicable. It 
will be early in the first week, and this, together 
with the early start of the races, should bring 
the members to camp as early as possible. 
For the general arrangements, which come 
directly under the supervision of the commodore, 
I can answer that the two of most importance 
to the members, the mess and the camp store, 
have been settled most satisfactorily to myself, 
and I trust will prove equally satisfactory to you, 
as you make use of them in camp. 
The mess wil be run by Mr. D,. McElveney, of 
Albany, who ran it satisfactorily at the meets 
from 1896 to 1899, inclusive, and I believe he 
will cater to your wants in a way that will please 
you. He writes me: “It is my purpose to run 
it right in quality and quantity of food to be 
served.” The rate will be $1.25 per day. 
The store will be located at the mess tent, 
while the permanent store building will be used 
as the headquarters of the camp site committee. 
It seenred to me that the logical solution of this 
problem was for the caterer to also run the 
store, as it could be handled with much greater 
economy, both in the ordering, transportation and 
handling in camp, as well as in the item of waste. 
Perishable food can be used to better advantage 
in the increased opportunity of selling to the 
members, and using on the table, or vice versa. 
Considerable help can be dispensed with, a dupli- 
cate force for each of these departments being 
superfluous, and yet necessary with them divi- 
ded. I have therefore arranged with Mr. Mc- 
Elveney to sell supplies to the campers who’ do 
their own cooking, and he has agreed to fill their 
wants at reasonable prices. It is my hope and 
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