The Model Yachtsman and Canoeist: Volume 10, Issue 10 – October 1893

ye achtsman & A Monthly Journai of Model Yacht Constructi on, Doings of the Clubs: Yacht ing Vol. X.—No. to. Sailing; Canoeing News, items: Correspondence, Sale and Exchange: &ec OCTOBER, All Communications (except Canoeing) must be addressed “THE Eprror of The Afodel- Vachtsman., Talbot House Fitting and anoeist. 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All orders for papers or advertise- ments to be addressed to the publisher, Thomas Grassam, 161 & 162, High Street, Hull. — GOLIGHTLY.–A correspondent furni shes informa- tion which may prove interestin g to some of our He has made a reduced size ‘Golightly’ from our design of February, 1892, and finds she readers. keeps a good course and sails very fast. also He has made a reduced model of ‘Cherub,’ which carries her sail well and sails fast, but her behavior is troublesome and prefers ‘Golightly,’ not reliable, and he much —O— A CoRRECTION.-We have recei ved information that our outline sketches of ‘Britannia’ and ‘Valkyrie, published in the Augu st number, were hot correct in respect to the keel. There should have been no drop in the midd le, with shallower finish aft, but the drop of keel is continued to the foot of sternpost, whic h is of great rake. —_o—. 5o the Brenton Reef Chal lenge Cup, won in America by ‘Genesta,’ will return to that country by the prowess of ‘Navahoe .’ The race was one of the most noteworthy of modern times, being a test of speed in a good blow and plenty of sea, on that point of sailing where the greatest speed can be attained. It proves beyond the shad ow of a doubt that ‘Navahoe ’ is a capable sea-going yacht, with a hull fashione d to be driven through the water at a pace only attained by yachts of tip-top form. For 120 miles ‘N avahoe’ and ‘Britannia’ raced along and yet were never two minutes distance from each other, and although the prize was thought to have been secured by ‘Britannia,’ the committe e of the R.Y.S. eventually decided that ‘Navahoe ’ had won by forty or fifty seconds, This decision of the committee, arrived at owlng to Mr. Carroll’s prote st that the shifting THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST 182 of the markboat had affected injuriously the chances of ‘Navahoe,’ will not satisfy everybody that ‘Navahoe’ won; many are too much in love with their pet ‘Britannia,’ ever to accept it as a certainty, but when we consider how close the as Mr. Carroll has over here, and although we are not amongst those who are confident of ‘Valkyrie’ winning, we believe it would be a good thing for international racing, if the cup did not always remain in one country, and therefore of every scrap of evidence that could be brought forward in her favor. We don’t say there was Or the four American yachts specially built to defend the cup against ‘Valkyrie,’ ‘Vigilant,’ contention on clear evidence, but if there was not absolute certainty it is evident the minds of the cominittee were satisfied, and it is pleasing to reflect that they were able to decide the matter without further dispute. The Cape May Cup, another challenge cup won by the ‘Genesta’ in America, has been the least worthy of the four, whilst ‘Jubilee’ has made a very good showing in all the races when finish was and how worthily ‘Navahoe’ had acquitted herself, she should have the full benefit a doubt. We believe Mr. Carroll proved his decided in quite a different way. No possible doubt could creep in to mar the brilliant victory scored by ‘Britannia.’ The weather being just the kind to suit her, she made a wholesome gain each mile they sailed and won by 36 minutes. —oOo— Mr. Carrouu, owner of ‘Navahoe’, has given to an interviewer his opinions of his own vessel, and also his opinion of ‘Valkyrie’s’ chance of carrying off the America Cup. He thinks his vessel faster than ‘Britannia’ in running and reaching, but her inferior in turning to windward. He also thinks her as good as ‘Satanita,’ but we think 1f ‘Satanita’ had been on that journey to Cherbourg and back in a strong reaching wind, she would have lost the ‘Navahoe’ in the first forty miles, good reaching boat as ‘Navahoe’ undoubtedly is. Mr. Carroll thinks his yacht might be altered in some way to improve her windward qualities, in which he is undoubtedly correct, as a lower keel would most surely effect it, at the same time it might slow her down a bit for running and reaching. Further, he thinks some tnistake has been made in the design in calculating her stability and sail-carrying power, and the ballast should be lower. ‘‘She is a good staunch seaboat, as good as any of them, is fast in a fresh breeze, sluggish in light weather, and when it blows hard does not go to windward, as she cannot carry her sail properly.” Mr. Carroll has a high opinion of the English crews and the perfect way our yachts are handled. On the subject of the America Cup, Mr. Carroll thinks ‘Valkyrie’s’ chance a very poor one; he hopes she will sail a good race, but thinks that ‘Vigilant’ is faster than any of our yachts. Taken altogether his remarks are fair and sportsmanlike, and show that he has a generous mind as well as a plucky spirit. We doubt not that Lord Dunraven, win or lose, will make as good an impression in America hope that ‘Valkyrie’ may win. —- O-— designed by Herreshoff, has been selected as the champion. ‘Vigilant’ has a good powerful hull, with deep draft keel, and has shown considerable superiority over the light displacement built fin-keelers, ‘Jubilee’ and ‘Pilgrim. The latter, the most extreme of the type, has been proved true winds prevailed. HOW TO FORM A MODEL YACHT CLUB, Cycling gives the following directions for forming a Cycling Ciub, and as many of the items will apply to the case of a Model Yacht Club, we make no apology for publishing it. How to Form Aa CycLIng CLUB. A question that crops up with pertinacious regularity upon our query files, is this—‘‘We are thinking of forming a Cycling Club. How shall we go about it?” If we gave the answer to this inquiry which conscience dictates to us should be given, is would be: “Don’t attempt it; join a club that is already well established and of good repute, and thus save yourself much labour.” But this soft answer of ours does not always suffice, we fear. The man who puts the query is ambitious, and his ambition is made of stern stuff; he has in short, according to his lights, a mission to perform, and he will benefit his fellows by founding a wheel club, that, so his ambition prompts him to hope, will some day lead all others. Such has been done, but rarely. The average club that is formed by a few choice spirits assembled in the back room of a village “pub.,” is not, as a rule, destined to play a prominent partin the history of the sport, 4, indeed, it is destined to exist for a longer period than twelve calendar months, not without exceeding hard labor on the part of its executive, who, perchance, form the membership roll, as we have known to be the case. But, candidly, the formation of a cycle club now-a-days, is a very serious matter. You must, in the first place, gather your likely members together, and imbue them ‘vith a spirit of genuine enthusiasm. It will be astonishing what a number of really _—_—-—-—_- —_—_———- THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN enthusiastic fellows you have got together. © There will, doubt less, be one sanguine individual who will rise to propose a racemeet in the Summer, with teu-guinea firsts, and a fifty guinea challenge cup. amorous young hopeful will suggest that one Then you will have to elect your A worker, not a figure-head with a big sounding name. Then as to the secretary. This is the important office; so Important, in fact, most that we do not hesitate to say the success or failure ofa newly formed elub depends almost entirely on the energy and gener al go-aheaded- ness of its hon. secretary. secretary, must combine A man, to be a model mmany good qualities. If he is to push the club to the front rank, he must be a boomer; he must not object to spending his fortnight’s summ er vacation in working up the club’s big racemeeting, and he must not mind being called a fool for doing it; he must take an enormous inter est in the club, and must submit to adverse critic ism at nearly every general meeting. Model hon. secretaries since gone under, general apathy. martyrs to cliqueism After all, the secret of a club’s club, feet. once long We shall start the racing season in September or October. | For information ve-neasu rement, the length of our first-class boats is taken from the outside of the stem-head to the insi de of the rudder-head on deck, and must not exce ed 37 inches ; overall, clear of everything, not to exceed 43 inches. We have no restriction with regard to beam or depth. Sail unlimited. We consider this the siinplest and best way of measuring models, it prevents pointing, and does away with unsightly overhangs. Mr. Editor, do not supp ose fora moment that our models are all alike, I can have plenty of variety. assure Last season we raced in a pond that you we was not suitable on account of weeds, the length of this pond is 310 yards, widt h 100 yards. The fastest time done was when the weeds were all out. We race in heats of four boats, We started from the end of the pond on a wind, way a8 we race. Racing as way of bringing out good It took we men do is the best and sinart in handling models. I wish to state we have used the sliding finkeel since year 1885 (inv ented by one of our members), we would neve r think of sailing in a match without it. Length of slide 3 inches, our IN AUSTRALIA. boats average in weight abou t 28lbs, the length 18 inches, the depth 8 inches, Our rig is the sliding Gunter (more commonly August 8th, 1893. 7he Model Vachisman, called the leg of Mutt on Sail). We have no surplus rigging —one stay on each side of the mast. For the bowsprit a bobs tay-—no whiskers or shrouds. We have four racing suits , No. 1. This seems to put a damper on for very light winds, the othe r suits in proportion some of our members. to winds. We are about one mile further away —it is out of the regular track of visito rs, but we have There is pure fresh length is about a quarter of a mile, width 200 yards, the ends 20 yard s, and 80 yards, I should feel very much obliged if you could give any account of fast raci ng about in the same success is | water to sail in; we have not a crowd of specta tors getting ‘We have adinghy, and put @ member on each island during raci ng, to put the models off should they get on. The race finished. Time of race, 36 minu tes 10 seconds, wind moderate north east, second suits . and Since we have moved to our sailing pond we have not the number of spectators we had at more sport. trouble course three times over , making in all six time s, Dear §1r,—I wish to let you know that the Centennial Park Club is sailin g fairly well, Moore Park. greatest No stopping, but sailing continuously till the ous one. THE Epiror, our four tacks to get up, then a dead run back, this obtained, and the principle rigidl y adhered to, the career of any cycle club should be a prosper- YACHTING was boats having to sail in betw een them. concerted action, and general co-operation by members and executive. If this can only be MODEL boats properly; we are not annoyed by dogs two flags placed at each end 19 feat apart, the are somewhat rare, they are a little lower than the angels, but not much. In forming your jump on cliques at the outset with both We could name many clubs that were thriving organisations, but which have 183 in our way, and preventi ng us attending to our in the matter of two islan ds, of Select a good man for a president. CANOEIST at Moore Park); but we certainl y have drawbacks, scale never before attempted by any cycle club. The same man will, doubiless, rise to intimate. that three dances and a ball should be held during the “off” season, while others possessed of much energy, as proposers, will be equally ready with advice, but loth to act on the working commitiee. AND Swimming (this Another animated and the earliest fixtures should be ladies ’ day, on a officers. – | Fleight of mast from deck 3 feet, boom 4 feet, bowsprit out board 3 feet 6 inches. The spars are all made of Spruce pine in one piece. The elastic we use for the jib sheet is french stay laces, THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN ANI] CANOEIST 184 We never hear anything of the New Zealand Club except through your paper. I expect to hear of a club starting at Adelaide, South Australia, shortly. We have one of your old model-yachtsmen here, Mr. Falkner, builder of Pressing business the ten-tonner ‘Sparkler.’ will not allow him to take an active part with us at present. He has two models with him, but he says he would have no chance with our boats. He is in favor of fin-sliding keels and thinks they are the best that can be used for models, I am very sorry we cannot meet you in competition, for I am sure we could give a good account of our models—-we are only working men and could never think of crossing the big Iam taking up lake to meet you. Iam afraid too much of your space. I will conclude with best wishes for yourself and brethern, Yours truly, J. M. Donatpson, Hon. Sze, Centennial Park Club, N.S.W. OUR ILLUSTRATION. Hassersport, the organ of yachting in Germany, has published the lines of the ‘Meteor,’ late ‘Thistle,’ and whilst we should not advise any of our model yachtsmen to use the design for a model, we feel sure that the lines will be of considerable interest to the fraternity in general. A look at the design wili at once show how it was that the ‘Volunteer’ so easily disposed of her in the windward work. There is uot sufficient depth of keel to make her effective to windward. THE Epviror, 7he Model- Yachtsman. Dear Srr,—I beg to enclose you the body plan of ‘Iernia’ as also that of another boat built by me in May, 1891, which turned out very well. Perhaps you may think fit to publish them in your valuable paper. Yours truly, J. D. McCarray. Doings of the Clits. Reports for publication must be legibly written, on one side of the paper en/y, and forwarded to the EDITOR not later than the 20th of each month, to ensure insertion in the following issue. Manchester M.Y.C.–Wind and weather were alike unfavourable for the eleventh prize meeting of the season, which was held on Saturday, August 26th, to compete for a handsome prize given by Mr. H. Storey and two others given by the club. The event of the day was a handicap for boats of all weights, and twelve entries were arranged in three heats. Owing to the shifty nature of the wind fouls were more numerous than usual, and played havoc with the scoring, and sorely tried the patience and skill of the skippers. First heat:—Com. Hall’s ‘Zingara,’ Mr Dempsey’s ‘Hnequ,’ Mr Water’s ‘Boomerang’ and Mr. Waterton’s ‘Wyl Wyn.’ The heat was won by ‘Enequ’ with 10 points, which was largely owing to her escaping the fouls which befel all the other boats, ‘Boomerang’ having very hard lines, but coming second with 7 points, ‘Zingara’ 5, and ‘Wyl Wyn’ 2 points; the last named retired after her first course owing to being overcanvassed. Second heat proved an easy win for Mr. Avery’s ‘Syrinx’ which sailed as usual very steadily, and won three out of four courses with a score of 10 points, Mr. Pearson’s ‘Pearl’ was second with 7 points. This heat was quite spoiled by the fluky wind which blew in turn from nearly all points of the eoinpass, the yachts fouling time after tine, especially Mr. Barker’s ‘Starlight’ and Mr. Brockbank’s ‘Mystery’ which were very unfortunate, and in the last two courses were overpressed by the strong, gusty wind. ‘Mystery’ scored four and Third heat showed ‘Starlight’ three points. some very close sailing, the weather somewhat improved and three boais in one course ran a dead heat ; at the finish Mr Goldthorp’s ‘Dolphin’ was first with 11 points, Mr. Gill’s ‘Lapwing’ second with 6, Mr. Robshaw’s ‘Tansley’ 4, and The final Mr. Bower’s ‘Daphne’ three points. heat was a very keen struggle between ‘Hnequ’ and ‘Syrinx.’ Both boats were very smartly handled and were sailed with excellent judgment, the latter was unlucky in colliding twice in her first course with ‘Dolphin’ when close to the flags which let in ‘Enequ,’ though at the time of fouling she was along way astern, At the finish which was extremely close, Mr. Dempsey’s ‘Enequ’ proved the winner with 10 points, this being her third victory during this season. The second was taken by Mr. Avery’s ‘Syrinx’ with 9 points, and Mr. Goldthorp’s ‘Dolphin’ came third with 5 points. The 12th prize meeting, September 9th, again brought out a good number of boats to sail for a water-colour drawing given by the artist Mr. W. Barker, and two other club prizes. There was a moderate sailing breeze from the north which veered round at times to the north-west and now and then to due west. These constant changes caused some very erratic courses and much tribulation among the owners, and one or two boats which seemed likely winners lost a good number of points through fouls and other accidents. There were fourteen entries of yachts not exceeding 25lbs., all starting from scratch. The four heats resulted as follow: Mr. Robshaw’s ‘Petrel,’ Mr. Saunders’ ‘Firefly,’ THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN of the maximum. ‘Gloriana’ and ‘Firefly’ only scored 6 points each, while the little ‘Petrel’ had very hard luck in running twice into the slack water under the trees and did not score. Second heat :—Another new boat inade her trial trip in this heat, this was Mr. §. Bishop’s ‘Cigarette,’ a very handsome and well-built cutter of 10-tons. She proved very fast and steady, but owing to being overpressed once or twice she took only second place in the heat with 9 points ; when in proper trim she will doubtless turn out a flyer; on the whole her debut must be pro- nounced a success, as it was she was only beaten by one point by another good racer, Mr. Avery’s ‘Syrinx. Mr. Dempsey’s ‘Lily’ suffered twice fron penalties and only scored 3 points. Third heat :—Mr. Muth’s ‘Pioneer,’ Mr. Bradbury’s ‘Ruby,’ Commodore Hall’s ‘Mosquito, and ViceComuicdore Covbett’s ‘Plixine’ crossed the line to a capital start and although the inevitable fouls again happened, the heat was very closely fought out. At the finish only half a point separated ‘Ruby’ and ‘Pioneer,’ viz: 74 and 7 respectively, ‘Mosquito,’ which somehow or other has not kept up her last season’s form, came a very good third with 54 points, after losing a point or two through a bad foul. ‘Plixine’ was in bad luck and only scored two. Fourth heat :—Another change in the weather occurred, and the wind almost dying away, the heat was little better than a drifting mateh ; it 185 more showed her fine sailing qualities and added another to her already long string of winning flags. Mr. Avery’s ‘Syrinx’ fairly shared the honors of the day and came a very excellent second with 7 points; this is the third consecutive time she has gained that place. The third prize was won by Mr. Gill’s ‘Lapwing’ with 6 points, and the fourth place was taken by Mr Bradbury’s ‘Ruby’ which was rather out-classed, and only scored two points. Anerican M, Y.C.—August 26th, the races for the Clapham prize was sailed on this date, and resulted as follows :—First class, ‘Neola’; second class, ‘Girofle’; third class, ‘Maria.’ The prize is a model of the celebrated ‘bouncer boat” preseuted by Mr. Clapham’s son. The final race was postponed until September 4th, on account of the light wind. Serpentine M, Y. C.( London ).—On a 15-ton match was sailed off. fresh. Seven yachts started. Sept. 9th, Wind N.W. and First division: ‘Tris’ (10-ton} Mr. Burt, ‘Niobe’ (15-rater) Mr. Hildersley, ‘Venture’ (15-rater) My. Till, and ‘Irene’ Mr. Roper. At the end of the hour’s sailing ‘Niobe’ led with 12 points, the ‘ten” being second with 8, ‘Venture’ and ‘Irene’ 7 points each. Second division: ‘Galatea’ Mr. Cooper, ‘Alarm’ Mr. Miller, and ‘Flo’ Mr. Winter. ‘Flo’ won the heat with 18 points, ‘Alarm’ just beating the old champion ‘Galatea’ by one point for second place. Final hour :— ‘Flo,’ Niobe’ ‘Alarm’ and ‘Iris. ‘Flo’ was undoubtedly in best form but unfortunately missed bounds in two boards letting ‘Niobe’—badly sailed—in for scoring, ‘Alarm’ pinched too close to be formidable. Score: ‘Niobe’ 18, ‘Flo’ 17, ‘Alarm’ 10, ‘Iris’ 7 points. ‘Niobe’ is a new boat 46:5 l.w.l. of very light displacement, long overhang at each end, fin and bulb keel; and should prove a flyer in light winds. could hardly be called sailing as the boats lost all steerage way and one or two were disqualified through touching the banks oftener than was allowed. Mr. Gill’s ‘Lapwing’ carried the heat with 8 points, while Mr. Bowers’ ‘Daphne’ and | Mr. Goldthorp’s ‘Dolphin’ made a close struggle for second and third places with 5 and 4 points | respectively. The final heat was a long and exciting tussle between ‘Oll,’ ‘Syrinx’ and Dundee M. Y. C.—The 5-ton Cup race was ‘Lapwing.’ At the end of the second course resailed on Sept. 8th. The visitors included a each boat had scored 4 points. The wind in the number of dogs belonging to—well, persons who third course played some queer tricks as it either allowed them to go, or put them into the veered round from north-west to north-east and pond, to the great annoyance and hindrance of back again to north, but ‘Oll’ managed to stick those who took part in the racing. Would the doggedly to her course, closely followed a short Recreation Committee mind taking a look at the length behind by ‘Lapwing.’ The fourth and steps leading to the boathouse? They—the last course was a run home before the wind, steps—-were long in a dilapidated condition, but which as if to make amends had now steadied now they have taken their flight altogether. A down to the west. ‘Syrinx’ set her spinnaker race for five tonners was held on Saturday Sept. and every stitch drawing well. She showed a 16th., on the ponds at Stobsmuir. The race splendid dash of speed, and romped in an easy was for a field glass presented by the Commowinner by quite 40 yards. On reckoning up the dore, Mr. Wm. Anderson, and it was sailed card, the winner of the first prize proved to be | under special rules prepared by the Commodore, Mr. Holmes’ ‘Oll,’ with 9 points, which once | in order to test the best sailing qualities of the J tion of her well known speed and steadiness, and came out with a fine lead of 11 points, one short CANOEIST. a My. Holmes’ ‘Oll,’ and Mr. Cassidy’s ‘Gloriana’ were drawn together. ‘Oll’ gave another exhibi- AND 186 MODEL-YACHTSMAN various yachts. Ten yachts entered, and the race, which was somewhat exciting, was ultimately gained by Mr. George Ritchie’s ‘Red Light,’ sailed by Mr. D. M’Kay, Jun. Her time was 1 hour 12 minutes. Mr. J. Cant officiated AND CANOEIST to be more effectual. Oneof the beach yawls, Mr. Thurtle’s ‘Georgian,’ did the pond 125 yds. in 75 seconds broad reach, second suit. Her average was 78 seconds. She is 484 by 9 ins. and weighs about 12 pounds. as umpire. Kingston M.Y.C. ( Huli).—Qn Saturday, Sept. 2nd, Mr. Story’s ‘Susie,’ Mr. Walker’s ‘Pollie,’ Mr Andrew’s ‘Melody,’ and Mr Oglesby’s ‘Edith,’ 10-tonners, sailed a match in a hard steady northerly wind, which blowing right down the pond, made it a dead beat to windward. They all carried third suits and had a lively time of it for the first two boards, there being enough sea on to set them playing a game of pitch and toss, and sufficient curlers to come aboard and wash decks from end to end. ‘Pollie’ made the best weather of it, pointing well up and keeping all canvas nicely drawing, she cleanly scored her three heats. ‘Susie,’ not as well sailed as usual, scored two, ‘Edith’ one, and ‘Melody,’ stopping too frequently to shake her feathers, got the duck egg. ‘Harkaway’ appeared on the scene too late to enter, having been away for keel alteration. Three new tens are building from a design by the Commodore, ‘Whiff,’ ‘Puff’ and ‘Trip,’ and one by J. Mills, builder of ‘Harkaway’ and ‘Melody.’ Saturday, September 9th, ‘Pollie’ stood out, as previous Saturday’s winner, and ‘Susie,’ ‘Melody,’ ‘Kdith’ and ‘Harkaway’ had a good match to windward. The breeze was not always true and constant, but nevertheless it was a better than an average test of windward going under whole suits, ‘Susie’ in good trim went best and scored 8, ‘Edith’ 2, ‘Harkaway’ 1, ‘Melody’ 0. Saturday, September 16th, four 10-tonners competed for prizes given by N. G, Andrews, owner of ‘Melody.’ ‘Susie’ elected not to sail, and ‘Pollie’ entered to make the requisite number. The fight really lay, however, between ‘Snowdrop,’ Capt. Reed, » Maxwell Boats. Doree and Maggie Queen Mab _,, Kuvera » Bella ” Chrissie ” SEMI-FINAL. and the Glasgow Boats, = Stag Faleon Daisy Essie Ina Corra Mr. J. Ballantyrie’s ‘Calluna,’ beat Mr. Fulton’s ‘Vera’; Mr. W. Hindman’s ‘Viking,’ beat Mr. Clark’s ‘Jen’; Mr. J. T. Blackadder’s ‘Valkyrie,’ beat Mr, J. Hindman’s ‘Gipsy.’ FINAL. Win. Hindman’s ‘Viking’ winner of plate J. Ballantyrie’s ‘Calluna’ 4nd prize J.T. Blackadder’s ‘Valkyrie’ 3rd prize ‘Valkyrie’ got well away aa the start, and when beating up for the last time was leading by about half the length of the pond, when it got into a corner, and before it could get out, ‘Viking’ made the buoys and got away first in the run for home, ‘Calluna’ chasing hard and making an exciting finish, ‘Valkyrie’ coming in third beaten by a few boat lengths. Warrespouderice. DISPLACEMENT IN VOUNDS OF MODELS. Tuk Evrror, he Model- Vachtsman. Sik. —T trust that the following Equivalents may meet the requirements of designers of Model Yachts. It is clear to me that what they require is the equivalent for tons, express- ed in pounds of displacements for the model. This is an intricate problem, and is not to be mistaken for the simple process of converting tons of ballast into pounds of ballast. The equivalent for ten tons measurement is fifteen pounds of displacement ! For 12% tons the equivalent is 18°774 lbs. of displacement! For 15 tons the equivalent is 22°529 lbs. of displacement. These equivalents are likely to be of great service to designers of madels, in that the equivalents will tell them at a glance and defore running out a design, whether the model will turn out a balanced vessel, or one inclined to fulness, or the reverse! My formula for tons actsin a similar way, but of course in tons and not in pounds, and for designers of actual yachts in tonnage. As an example ofa balanced model, I quote ‘Melody’ of 28°88 ls. displacement! Had this vessel come out 32 lbs, it would have inclined to fulness, and had it, on the other hand, come out 23 Ibs., it would have gravitated to leanness. Now this displacement in pounds can be ascertained to a certainty before a line of the design is struck, and it also 188 THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST, Uachtina, allows the designer to readily estimate what the dimensions of length, beam and depth, including breeboard, should be. This method may be of the first service to a designer, in that, at present he has to go through the labour ofa design, and has then to sum up its sections, before he can ascertain what the displacement will come out in pounds, and before he can ascertain what the dimensions should be in order to give a precise required result in Lbs. of displacement. The act of ascertaining the necessary dimensions has always been one of the first difficulties of the designer, and especially if the dimensions are in advance of former designs ! I will now give one of the various formulas by means of which I find the Ibs. of displacement, without any design or sections, Aggregate of dimensions x “14724 = lbs, of model! 27°75 As an example I will take the first prize winner, model ‘Cherub,’ of 21°13 lbs, of April 1893, Af, Y. & C. Beam 9125 4o Length 365 ‘000 1o°291 Depth ——— 365000 7875 D. 2°416 F, 10°291 total Depth 32850G0 730000 365000 PRINCIPAL Starts. Britannia 43 WINNERS, 1893. 1st. 2nd. Srd. Value. 24 8 1 £1549 in additien to No. 1 Champion Cup (Dublin), Meteor Shield, Royal Victoria Cup and Cape May Cup. Valkyrie 24 Satanita Calluna Navahoe 36 36 18 Iverna ri 9 3 ~ 2 6 6 3 1 2 0) £955 £784 £320 £225 also Brenton Reef Cup. 3 0 £170 ta 0 0 £105 £695 and value of private match with Meteor. Meteor Lais 40 Varuna i, 39 15 Vendetta Creole B2 29, 9 11 132 8) ‘i 4 0 0 £590 £495 £330 Castanet 17 4 Colambine 20 3 Dragon Dierdre Molly 5 0 £188 34 34 29 23 10 7 3610 O 0) £448 £299, 3 7 0 £90 5 0 £160 Red Laucer heads the list of the 5-raters, Gareth 24-rater, Saccharissa l-rater, Coquette 4-rater. 3756°215c00 “14724 MODEL YACHT CLUB REGISTER, 15024860000 7512430000 26293505000 15024860000 3756215000 27 °75)553°06509660000( 19°93 Ibs, 2775 27556 24975 “25815 24975 * 8400 I have given ‘Cherub’ 2 5/12 inches of freeboard, which should be an ample allowance, but in spite of this the result falls below 20 lbs., and as the design gives 21°13 Ibs., I conclude that ‘Cherub’ inchnes to full lines, too stout for a successful yacht in tons, though perhaps not much amiss as a diminutive model, Further a glance at the scale of equivalents shows me that ‘Cherub’ is just a little above thirteen tons as an actual yacht as resulting from 19°93 lbs. 7/9/93. BRADFORD MOOR.—1730 and length, Station.—-Bradford Moor Park, T. E. Barker,—Address wanted. BRADFORD.—Y.R.A. and length. Station,—Bxley., Reservoir. Frizinghall, Lewis Crossley. 15, Springfield Place, Mannmgham Lane, Bradford. BELFAST—Ulster.—Rule 1730, Station— Waterworks, Antrim Road W. H. MacKey, Adam-street. CENTENNIAL (New South Wales.)—Meastrement from outside of stem to inside of rudder head ; also overall. J.M. Donaldson, 46, Rose-street, 8. Sydney, N.S.W DUNDE#.— Weight. 12 lbs. to t ton.—-Station.—Stobsmuir Pond J. Cant, 60, Watson Terrace, «: lebe. GLASGOW.—Alexandra—”L. & S. A.” Rule, ttation—Alexandra W. Crawford, 181, Comely Park-street, Park, Glasgow. GLASGOW.—Tonnage.—‘94”’ Rule. Station.—-Hillhead Pond Robt. 8. Nicholson. 16, Nightingale Place, Kelvinhaugh. HULL.—Kingston—Length taken on Lw.l.; also 1U-ton eluss Y.B-A, Station-—-Club Lake, Inglemire Lane, Beverley Road. J.B. Windsor, Bankside, Senicoates. Albert—Tonnage—Y¥.h.A. Club Lake, Chalk Lane. S. lL. Tucker, Belgrave Terrace, Rosamond St. fast Hull.—17386 rule, Hicssle Rd. Station.—Eaxst Park, B. P. Bell, 18, Gladstone Street. LONDON.—London.—15-rating class and 10-ton class Y.R.A Station— Round Pond. Kensington Gardens. Mr. Waiter Greenhill, L.M.Y¥.C., Kensington Gardens, W Telegrams :—Bermudian, London Postal :—-L. M. Y. C., Kensington Gardens. Serpentine—Tonnage—Y. R. A.and L.&S Tam, LiguT. MIDDLETON. Stattion—-The Serpentine, Hyde Park. J. Spurygin, 39, Hans-road. Brompton, London, §.W. Corinthian.—10 and 15-tons 1730 Rule, also 10, 124 and 15-tons Fife’s Rule Lx BxD, weights limited to Wlbs., 251bs. 200 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. A SUBSCRIRER.—Was too late last month. for getting an answer If he had sent his name and address we might have written to him by post. We regret that the body-pian of October 1892, design isnot correct. Our correspondent must correct the body-plan from the sheer-plan as to depth of sections, and from the half-breadth plan as to width. and 28lbs. Canvas unlimited. Station—Long Pond, Clapham. Robert Shield, Monteayle House, Camberwell, London, 8.W. Clapham —Tonnage—Y.R.A. Clapham Common. Baldwin Crescent Station.—Loug Pond W. J. Bailey, 147, Elms Road, Clapham Park. S.W. M. Y¥.Sailing Association—-Length taken on low. Station—Round Pond, Kensington Gardens. J. Pollard, 32, Spring-st., Paddington. MED W AY.—Chatham.— Tonnage Y.R.A.’ J. H. Read, 16, Gorst Street New Brompton, JARY, 1893 ww il art. a! Pian of Canvas BucKer WELL. CANVAS BAG fi As FITTED To CANOE YAWL, SPRUCETM — Wooven Frame AN \ > _fLoor Booros : {CS CANVAS BAG | wy” L Deck THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.— Station—The Mere. W. W. Gibson, Sec., Westborough, SOUTH SHIELDS.—Hxelsior—Tonnage ‘1730’ and Length. Station.—South Marine Park, T. 8. Downey, 16, Saville Street. TYNEMOUTH.—Tonnage—Y.R.A. Thos. oster, Sec., 10, Albert Terrace, North Shields. TORONTO.—I. Gardiner, Sec., 762, Queen Street, Canada. Ke” The Fee for constant publication in the Register is 5s. per annum the wind dropping light. These St. Lawrence skiffs are simply enlarged canoes, ranging in size from 2aft. x 4ft. to 27ft. x 3ft. gin, and carrying from 360 to 650 sq. feet sail-area, with a crew of 4 BRIPISH CANOE CLUBS.» ROYAL C.0.—T.G_F. Winser.See., 72, Mark Lane, London MERSHY C,C.—Perey Cox, Mate, C 9, Exchange Bldgs., Liverpool. to6. CLYDE C.C.—Mr. Steven. Ardlin House, Helensburgh. the first round ‘Wesp’ kept in first Only two of them completed the course of6 rounds. LONDON NOTES, By MAVPLY. | THAMES CAMPING & BOATING ASSOCIATION.—Anthony Walter, Hon. Sec., 14, Duke Street, Adelphi, 3.W. NORTHERN C C.—L. McPherson, White House Buildings, Neweastle. ULSTER C.C,—R, HE. Workman, (Capt.}, 19, Bedford Street, Belfast. Corrections Solicited. Absence from usually allotted town and the fact of the space these notes being taken for to reports of the British Canoe Association prevented EDITORIAL NOTES AND COMMENTS, the appearance of notes on last month. HE accounts to hand London canoeing for —_—0o— ofthe American Canoe Association Meet at Cruises have been all the order of the day, prominent amongst Londoners 1 may mention Webster, Hodson, Futcher, ©’ Malley, and B, de Quincey away in Ireland, and Baden Powell, Bryant, and Rodewald on the Solent. on the Messrs. show that it was a very successful camp. There – were about 250 in the camp, which number is up to the average of Nisbet, —0O— Mr. Walter Steward has been having a mst successful vacation on the Broads in the‘Challenge,’ and her lockers are now richer by several Challenge The racing did not bring the Meet of late years. large entries, nor’ were any striking novelties in build or rig brought forward. Only five men competed for the record, whichis taken on three races, Sailing, Paddling, and Sailing and Paddling, and as there were four prizes and (;. P. louglas and C. E. Archbold were bracketed first, being equal, the five received a prize each, The Trophy Race nine miles, 6 rounds of a triangular course, had only seven starters and was won in 1 hour 40 mins. 15 secs. by Paul Butler in the ‘Wasp,’ for the second time. The race must have been a pretty exciting one to watch, as capsizes were frequent. Four men finished, two only, ‘Wasp’ and ‘V.’ being timed. forest G& Stream, to which we are indebte! for the above particulars, remarks that “Some fine exhibitions of skill were “afforded by the many puffs and the consequent “hiking. In connection with the unlimited race “it demonstrated the absolute necessity for a small For position, but as the breeze lightened the tremendous sail-area of the skiffs brought them out ahead. WEAR C.C.—T. 0. Todd, Sec., 7, Winifred-terrace, Sunderland. HUMBER YAWL CLUB—(+.¥. Hulmes, Mate, Elim Lodge, Hornsea, TYNE C.C.—T. Warkman, Sec..17, Hutt Street, Gateshead-on-Tyne. BRITISH CANOE ASSOCIATION.—J. D. Hayward, Sec., 15, Princes Avenue, Liverpool. Mr. Hodson, Treas. (Address Wanted) (The B.¢.A. is established for the promotion of cruises and meets whereby canoeists of the United Kingdom, irrespective of clubs, may unite for the purpose of cruising and camping.) SUNDERLAND C.C,.—J.3tephenson, Sec.. 28, Chester-rd., Sunderland Lawrence, ie A special race was also held for St. Lawrence racing skiffs, in which two canoes took part. It was, however, robbed of much of its interest by CANOEING. St. CANOEIST. “bucket cockpit, a hull of exceptional strength, a “‘shding seat of 5ft. length and a thwartship tiller “of the same length and able to bear the weight of “a heavy man at times without breaking. Com“pared with the successful canoe of to-day, the “racing fleet at Stave Island in 1889 has no more “chance of winning than the original ‘Nautilus’ “would have.” Wm. Twizell, Sec., 5%, Clayton Park, Square. SCARBOROUGH.—Tonnage 1780, 10 aud 20-tons, also Weight ciass. Wolfe Island, AND Cups. —o— The writer while recent’y on the Broads came across several yawls, one belonging to Mr. Mills, of the Humber Yaw Club, and another of the “turnabout” or “sooner” type named the ‘Violet,’ which had one of the projecting counter stems, and on this account possibly upon as a yawl at all. should not be looked —o— A question that will in all probability come up for discussion at the Autumn Meeting of the Royal Canoe Club is the amount (if any) of overhang that ought to be allowed abaft the rudder post or i pillar. Undeniably a much more effective rudder can be put on to a yawl or canoe if a certain amount of such overhang is allowed, and the only objection that can be urged against the idea would seem to be the danger whilst cruising; this to some can be guarded against by owners not extent THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST. 194 dropping the rudders below the extreme draft with centreboard housed. The most prominent, if not the only yawl in London waters that has adopted this style of rudder, is the ‘Atalanta,’ of Messrs. Waterlow and R. de Quincey, and she certainly, especially as regards her rudder, has been a great success. She has, up to the present, won 13 prizes out of 16 starts, and for her size is undeniably as fast as anything on the Thames. If this style of rudder is put to a severe test anywhere, it is on the Thames, {We rather question this.—Ep.] but so far as we know no harm has resulted to her at any time from taking the ground. Bi! Already as presaged by the correspondence that appeared in the columns of this paper recently, some drastic alteration of rules will probably come forward for discussion at the Autumn Meeting of the R.C.C. Judging by the season’s sport in town things could hardly—it is no good disguising the facts, unpleasant as they are—have been worse, and several prominent members have expressed themselves as quite willing to agree to an alteration of the rule giving greater latitude for beam. But two things rather stand in the way, more especially as regards racing, and they are sliding seats and increased sail-area, It is said if you give increased beam it should be for a good cruising class, letting the slide, and old sliding scale at present in use as regards beam, be only for the first or racing class. The matter, more especially from the standpoint of old racing members, is one fraught with difficulty and a full and dispassionate discussion on the subject may lead to some wa media being discovered. —o As regards the Sliding Seat, it would seem that most if not all opposition to its introduction into the rules is at an end. It certainly was curious to see one of its bitterest “pponents recently sitting at the end cf one when cruising for three days, and as more than satisfied with it. expressing himself or general purpose canoe, without restriction as to planking, probably we in London would find better We are designed and fitted boats in every way. told that the only reason why the two boats that we have named were built with overlapping lands, was that the local builder wou’d more likely make jobs of them than if he attempted the ribband carvel type. -——0O-— The ‘Bernice,’ canoe-yawl, has been doing some remarkably good performances at Burnham-onCrouch against much larger boats in a sea way. On one occasion she easily saved her time on boats several times her rating. —o— The ‘Free Lance’ after a successful time at Bourne End has been racing a great deal at Dartmouth, where she has recently taken 11 flags for 15 starts, eight of which were first prizes. It seems a pity that this style of craft does not take on more in London, with her lightness, small rating (only °3), good beam, and capabilities for a passenger without inconvenience. It would seem that the type is well suited to persons who are disposed to a style of boat with some degree of comf rt, combined with speed. —-O—- The Solent cruise has been very little heard of, and the question as to who was to blame will It all doubtless soon come up for discussion. along seemed a pity to fix upon a date so close to Should, the time arranged for the B.C.A. Meet. however, the question of holding a cruise another year arise the question of time may be avoided, as it seems probably that the B.C.A. meeting for once may be held much earlier in the year. BRITISH ASSOCIATION CANOE REGATTA. . LoucH ERNE, IRELAND, AuG. gth, 1893. —o The question of Sail-Area is if possible one that is likely to provoke more contention even than the The sail-area to which first and one as to beam. second class canoes are at present limited, more eepecially as regards the latter, is in all conscience small enough. Probably the two best second class canoes of the present day are the ‘Tweedledee’ and ‘Tweedledum,’ of the Ulster Canoe Club. Both are fitted with slides, and are of excellent shape with plenty of floor and good stowage capacity, and they both carry first class limit of sail-area; and furthermore, cruise with the same sails on open waters such as Belfast Lough and Liugh Erne. if an increase were allowed in the second or what it is to be hoped will be the new second, or cruising Race 1.—Saiing Handicap for Canoe yawis, about four miles, crew not to exceed two. Sealed handicap. The entries were: Xantho Dwarf Spruce Ulidia Martlet M. .u. M.C.C, N.C.C, WG. R.C.C, Boat. Club. Owner. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. F. G. E. R. E. Handicap. Evans scratch 5 Keller 3 Kipling 4} E. Workman 4 S. Hodson 4 Mr. P. Nisbet R.C.C. Lilly The wind was very strong from the south with at times heavy gusts, but the day was most perfect in ‘The sailing course w.is a triangular every way ene out from Portora Castle, four times round. Start at 12-35. From the way that the buoys were placed there was very little windward work. ‘The THE ‘Ulidia’ having sprung MODEL-YACHTSMAN mast did not start. ‘Xantho’ crossed the line first, followed by ‘Spruce,’ ‘Martiet,’ ‘Lilly’ and ‘Dwarf’ in the order named. A very fast sailed race resulted in the ‘Xantho’ several of the natives was got to land, and came Boat Finishing times Xantho Spruce 1-22-30 1-30-45 Dwarf Lilly Tweedledee Amethyst Dolphin Lily Irene Boat. Spruce Leila The Tweedledee Isalo Club. Martlet Lilly Mr. L. McPherson Northern CC, Tweedledum Mr. J. W. Corry — Ulster C.C. Mr. G. E. Webster Royal C.C. Amethyst Leila Mr. J. W. Lemon Ulster C.C. The ‘Leila’ led out, ‘Isalo’ with her small sails however going very fast on the run. At the end of the first round ‘Leila’ ran the buoy at the top very close, but managed to squeeze round. Soon after, “l’weedledee’ had a capsize, without , however, taking much water in, but thought it desirable to shorten sail. ‘Leila’ went over in the third round, on the run, when it looked as though the race was all but in her owner’s locker. ‘Isao’ shortly afterwards in a very heavy puff also went over and lost her chance, which was a guod one, she being passed both by ‘Amethyst’ and ‘I’wee diedee. A must interesting race finished as follows: Tweedledee 2 oe a Tweedledum Isalo 2 3 30 214 30 2 14 45 did not finish, The race was really won by a very smart piece of sailing on Mr. Webster’s part towar ds the end of Mersey C.C, Mersey C.C. Royal C.C, Mr. T. Wilson Mersey C.C. Mr. S. Futcher Royal €.C. somewhat Northern C.C, Leila Flying Mr. P. Nisbet Irene ran the others but was easily passed by the others when paddling. Won by the ‘Dolphin’ Mr. R. McKenzie Amethyst Paddling race. Mr. T. C. Wilson Mr. Bartley easily, canoes and canve-yawls. withou a slide t or ballast, great credit is due to him for the very admirable way in which, in spite Tweedledum Rack 4.—Sailing and start. Royal C.C. buoy and eventually Nisbet just winning the Race 6,—Handicap race for Cup presented by the residents of the County of Fermanagh as a Trophy, value 10 guineas. Sealed handicap for Deckie was left on the Committe boat. Consid ering that Mr. Webster was sailing in a Strange craft, Owner. This was won by ‘White Wings’ belon ging second prize. it being explained that there was a mistak e the Canoe. B.C.A. won two men were allowed in a canoe, and ‘Tweedledee’ came up to the line prepared so to start, but on Isalo very to Major Irvine. Futcher was first round the RACE 2.—Sailing race for Canoes (first class.) about four miles. ‘The programme gave out that the race. was Rac 3.—Sailing Handicap race for local boats, Trent 1-34-50 of these drawbacks, he sailed following started at 12-50: bad start her performance (no name) Mr. P. Nisbet 1-32-15 1-38-50 had, course about 12 miles, for a Cup presented by the Lily 1-27-45 1-37-15 s RAcE 5.-——Paddling race, Rob-Roys, about one mile. on Handicap. I-22-30 195 e Considering the very very easily, The times were as follows: CANOEIST. the last round. the ‘Amethyst’ creditable. taking the first prize and ‘Spruce’ second . Doubtless ‘Spruce’ would have performed better if her yard had stood instead of sagging off so much, ‘Martlet’ early in the race had a near escape of | capsizing, only just escaping by a very hard luff. The ‘Lilly, with but a small] sail-area, worked into the second place in the third round, but was sub. sequently passed and had in the third round to give way to ‘Dwarf.’ The ‘Martlet’ subsequently capsized and filled, but with the ready assista nce of | out for the handicap race in the aftern oon. AND ee her Owner. The following started : Mr. E. Kipling Mr. J. W. Lemon Start. —4-2-54 4-3- 9 Mr. G. E. Webster 4-3-9 Mr. McKenzie 44-28 Mr. Hodson Mr. P. Nisbet 4-2 0 4-3-6 Mr. J. W. Corry 4-3-55 Mr. McPherson 4-3- 8 Finish. 5-10-51 5-13-32 5-13-34 5-25-40 5-26-18 = 5-30-44 5-31- 2 capsized The ‘Dwarf’ and ‘Xantho’ were not eligible to start. ‘The ‘l’weedledum’ capsized in the run down, and in being brought up again went over, and shortly afterwards retired. The wind had certainly moderated considerably, and the canoes were better able to stand up to their canvas. At the end of the first round ‘Spruce’ was first, followed by ‘Leila,’ “Tweedledee’ and ‘Martlet’ in the order named, and except as regards the last named, the positions of the leaders was not afterwards change d throughout the rest of the race. The handicap allowance was as follows and as a necessary result, Mr. J bn W. Lemon, of the Ulster Canoe Club, holds the | first Challenge Cup belonging to the B.C. A. for the ensuing year. Throughout he sailed a remarkably good race, and thoroughly deserved his win, which was exceedingly popular in the district , owing to the fact that the Cup remains in Ireland . Mr Kipling was unfortunate in the wind moderating, which gave the canoes a much better chance against him. Mr. Webster’s was also a very fine THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST. It is proposed to have mid-week races next year, performance and the finish, only about four feet | light summer evenings a very good 196 dividing the canoes, was exceedingly close. HANDICAP, Spruce Isalo T weedledee Amethyst 7 mins oe Oe x TOs Seratch | Leia 6 mins. | Tweedledum Lilly Martlet 6i ,, 6: ,, CORRECTED TIMES. Leila Tweedlede Spruce as during the A handrace could be sailed, starting at seven. some solid silver match box, with the burgee of the Club enamelled on it, was presented by James W. Corry, Esq., for the seventh race, and was won by the ‘Ripple.’ The result of the season’s racing is as follows :— Boat. 5-19-10 5-22 14 5-24-32 5-6 -32 | Isalo 5-7 -4 | Lilly 5-10-51 | Amethyst Ripple Ulidia Leila Tweedledum Pixie Tweedledee 5-16-18 | Tweedledum capsized Martlet Owing toa foul with a local boat before the first race ‘Leila’ lost her mizen mast, and was sailed with mainsail only. Race 7.—Paddling and Capsize race. to be turned completely over, half a mile Canoe. Lily Pe ean) Dolphin (no name) Sailed by. Mr. T. M. Keilet Mr. Ginders Mr. T. C. Wilson Mr. G. W. Kellet (xo name) = Mr. P. Nisbet Canoe Chib. Egremont 8.C. Hoylake 5.C. Mersey C.C. Egremont $.C. Royal C.C. Race 8.-—-Sailing and Capsize race. Mr. B. de Q. Quincey Royal C.C. Leila Ulster C.C. Tweedledum Mr. J. W. Corry Mr. McPherson Won somewhat easily by the ‘Leila.’ After the customary supper the Commodore presented the prizes (his own design and gift) to the successful competitors, the prizes being very tastefully made scarf rings of silver, and with the them accomplished facts. Yankee notions are fast gaining ground here, The tendency is all towards the bath tub-well; the only limit to the length of sliding seat used being what amount of strain existing boats will Association badge in enamel on them. So far as the sport went the Meet vied with many that have been got up with considerable Mr, Inglis trouble and expense at club regattas. endure, the object being to produce, first the safest, then the fastest canoe that will be fit to cruise in. The advisability of making a substantial increase to the sail-area allowed is a matter of serious Some members hold that if consideration. more than rs2 sq. feet were allowed it would effectually put a stop to the building of light dis- was a most efficient starter. CLUB. This, the second season of the U.C.C., has been our boats a most successful one in every way. were added to the fleet, two being canoes and two of them larger. During the early part of the season Seven aces were held the racing was excellent. before the B.C.A. Meet in which, as a rule, four canoes and two yaw!s siarted, but after the Meet only two races took place, three boats starting in one, and two in the other. 7 0 7 2 Ones) BT 35 0 6 1 The U.C.C. had six representatives at the B.C.A. Meet on Lough Erne, who were so much delighted with the place that they are determined to visit it again at the earliest opportunity, and they spin such fine yarns about bathing, and other delights of camp life, that even already recruits begin to come forward. Half a dozen new boats are being talked of and every effort will be used to make started. CANOE 1sts Inds 8rds starts at the B.C.A. Meet. Mersey C.C. Race 9,—Race in Camp in oilers and sea boots. Won by Mr. J. W. Corry, Mr. P. Nisbet being second, and Mr. B. de Q. Quincey third. Nine ULSTER Owner. 1 4 J. Workman JI R.E. Workman 3 ee ee J. ‘\. Lemon OPS J. W. Corry 2 Oo G. McNeill O J.G. Crawford 0 The ‘Ripple’ was formerly ‘Pearl’ of 1886, and her present owner has quite altered her original character, having last winter redecked her and put in two new water-tight bulkheads, also reducing the length of her well to 4ft. 6ins, She was sailed with a 1024 sq. feet balanced lug mainsail, 94 sq. feet bafter mizen and a three foot sliding deek seat. ‘Ulidia’ is a very handy little yawl of r5ft long by aft. gin. beam, is sloop rigged with gunter main sail and roller jib. Her owner considers this sailplan a great improvement on the heavy balanced lug main and mizen he used on Hendon, and states that her speed is much improved by the reduction of the sail-area and the removal of the ‘Leila,’ whose lines greater part of her ballast. ZY. & C,, appeared in the July number of the in addition to the above, won the Fermanagh Cup Won by ‘Dolphin, Mr. G. W. Kellet being a good second, Mr. Ginders caused considerable amusement at his inability to successfully imitate a wellknown Thames canoeist in getting into a Canadian. Amethyst canve yaw] canoe canoe yawl canoe placement canoes. THAMES | NOTES. Concurrently with the desertion of Hendon, which formed the subject of the ‘Life Member’s” complaint a few months ago, the head-quarters of THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN the R.C.C. have this year been the scene of exceptional activity. More particularly has this been AND cup, CANOEIST. postponed from 197 the regatta of the Canoe Club, took place on Saturday, Mersey Sept. 16th. noticed at the camp ground, where all the available It may space is occupied by tents, while so many canoes, yawls, and other craft are to be found alongside at week-ends that late comers find some difficulty in effecting a landing. weather was so rough that all the boats except ‘Lita’ either capsized or gave up, and the owner Sailing, paddling, bathing and fishing have been freely indulged in, to say nothing of racing at local regattas, camp fires, fireworks, illuminations and other festivities. ‘This is as it should be, and, had “Life Member” only honored the camp with his presence, be would doubtless have enjoyed the fun. Although there was no Ciub racing, no two boats ever met on the sailing reach without covertly trying conclusions, and contesting points as keenly as though they were pot-hunting round the buoys, The season however draws to a close, and, ere these lines are in print, more than one brown patch will shew where a tent has been; the merry rat will find himself on short commons, while the swans, those Molochs of the river, will look in vain for choice morsels from the breakfast table. — Canoeists, seated round their own particular fires, will cruise, camp and fight their battles o’er again, and tell each other, perhaps, of their new ideas and what they mean to do next year. HUMBER YAWL CLUB. Cruising has been the order of the day amongst the members ot the ab ve Club. A good sized contingent have their boats at Bridiington Quay. ‘Mugwump’ and « thers went to the Broads about the middle of August, and towards the end of that month, ‘Godiva,’ ‘Op ssum’ and ‘Daisy,’ each with a double crew, went to Antwerp by steamer, Their route was down the chelde and by the Hansweert Canai across South Beveland, through Keeten Maastgar and over the Kramme to Oolt gensplaat ; by the Hollandsch Diep and de Kil to Dordrecht, on the Merwede to Gorinchem, then via the new canal to Vianen, Vrieswyk, Utrecht, and Weesp: on to the Zuyder Zee at Muiden, then up to Marken, Volendam, Edam and Hoorn, returning to Amsterdam, thence home by steamer. A very pleasant time was spent. Hornsea Mere is now exceptionally low, owing to the long continued drought. An extra piece has had to be built on to one of the piers in order to effect a landing in boats drawing 18in. to 2 feet, and it is quite a difficult business to launch the 13 footers and other smaller craft, as the water is so extremely shallow for quite a long distance from the margin of the lake. MERSEY be remembered that, at the regatta, the of this ship declined to finish alone. starters appeared the owners Only four of the other boats entered being engaged or away holidaying. The breeze was N.\W. light, but puffy. Of all the wobbly, uncertain, acrobatic varieties of sailing, that experienced sitting on deck of a first-class canoe, before a wind which comes in puffs over either quarter by turns, is the most risky and difficult to negotiate. The boats started well together before the wind. ‘Banshee’ evidently funked the run and, after a painful roll, wore ship before reaching the top mark. ‘Daisy’ gybed to accommodate a foul puff, and then found himself by the lee, a state of affairs which so annoyed him that he settled to give up the contest and take a bath instead. ‘Mascotte’ lost a little time through standing-by the ‘Daisy’ until a flat’s punt arrived. The race ended :— 1.—‘Celtic’ 2.—‘ Banshee’ Percy Cox, John D. Hayward. 3.—‘ Mascotte’ Phillip Cox Mr. Percy Cox will have his name inscribed all over the Challenge cup. American built canoe with ‘The ‘Celtic’ is an batswing sails and a mizzen ;—she also won the challenge race in 1891, when she was sailed by Mr. Edwards. How sweet to sail your little bark, Where solemn silence reigns, And where the woods that fringe the stream, Have never heard the strains Of London’s latest comic song, That greets our ears each day, Where valleys never echo with ‘*Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-aye.” Where for a while you can forget The ‘‘Rowdy-dowdy Crew,” Your meditation undisturbed By ‘Eh. boys, twiggy voo?” Where, too, the ‘Man that brvke the Bank” Ne’er breaks the silence, where Of ‘“‘Daddy’s” gifts and ‘‘Murphy’s Home” No mention you will hear. Instead of ‘Mr. Porter” you Will hear the reed-bird’s note, As watchful of her callow brood She challenges your boat ; And full of thankfulness and praise, Contented, free and gay, If sing you do, it will not be **Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-aye,” Piymouth. BRITISH CANOE C.G.D. ASSOCIATION 1894 MEET. NOTES. The race for the first-class canoes Challenge As Salcombe Harbour has been provisionally chosen by the General Meeting, at Lough Erne, 198 THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN for the site of next year’s Camp, and as the writer is mainly responsible for the choice, it may be well to take a preliminary cruise with him on paper, from Plymouth up the coast to the eastward, and ascertain the lay of the promised land. Plymouth is the natural rendezvous for London and Liverpool men, indeed, for all who would use coastwise steamers, for the transport of themselves and their beats and impedimenta. I will assume that we sail from the Great Western Docks, and that the wind is north or north west, this being so, we open Plyinouth Sound at once, and checking the sheet with boom on starboard quarter, under the lee bow we see Drakes Island, a strongly fortified place garrisoned by Royal Artillery, abe:d on the weather bow lays Bovisand Fort, and the eastern end of the Plymouth breakwater, on which is fixed a beacon and ball shelter cage, towards this we steer, and there is nothing to prevent a smail vessel laying a straight course to pass between Bovisand and the east end of the breakwater, passing the latt- ras close as we like. We then sight the Shagstone, a large rock with another beacon and ball cage fixed thereon, which we will give a berth to port, and then on the weather bow, a mile distant, looms The Mewstone, a good sized rocky islet, once inhabited, but now abandoned to goats, rabbits, and rats, and the landing is somewhat difficult, except in smoothest water, so we will keep away a trifle to leave the Mewstone buoy, moored off the Southern end of the island on our port hand, and lay our course for the inside of a distant headiand which is known as the Bolt Tail. This course will take us along about the ro fathoms line, but I propose to haul my wind a bit towards the co.st so thatI can point out to you several places of interest before running off to Bolt Tail. The entrance we see to port after passing The Mewstone is that to Yealm River, containing the picturesque villages of Newton Ferrars, and Noss, perched on opposite sides of a iittle creek and inhabited principally by crabbers. The nearest headland on the port bow, whereon we sight a white look-out shelter for coastguards, is Yealm Head. We are now about six or seven miles from Plymouth, and 1 would just mention that the Yealm River is easily entered by small vessels using a chart and ordinary care, but once inside you will find all winds fluky, so stand by with the trusty blade. Standing on, however, ourselves across Wembury Bay, towards Yealm Head, we may look astern to sight Wembury (burch. The next point is Stoke Point and the coast is bold and rocky hereabouts, and high up on the cliffs we see a carriage drive, which was made by Lord Revelstoke to enable him to circumnavigate by land his property, and a nice little drive of ten miles or so itis; keeping away around Stoke Point we open Revelstoke Point, on which, close down AND to the sea, CANOEIST. stand the ruins of a small Church, formerly the Parish ( hurch, this is worth a visit from the artist did time permit. We are now about to sail across Bigbury Bay, sometimes called Mothecombe Bay at this point, and the Erme River debouches herein, this river is navigable fur a short distance only, but if we required shelter any time, “it would do for the likes o’we”. Erme Head is somewhat to the eastward of the actual entrance to Erme Mouth, and in sighting this we are far enough inshore and can square away a bit for the Bolt Tail, on our voyage. The next object to notice is Burr, otherwise Burrow Island, this is to the westward of the Avon Mouto. The river Avon rises away on Dartmoor, and runs down through Brent and near Loddisweil, and becomes tidal at or near Aveton Giffard, up to which small barges can sail. inside Avon Mcuth is the Village of Just Bantham, containing the Sloop Inn, and although the harbour is small with a bar entrance, small vessels will find good shelter, both inside, and under Burr About one or two miles further to the Island. east we sight the Thurlestone Rock, and in behind it some fine sands. This rock has a peculiar arch Thirled or pierced into a hole about 20 or 30 feet high by Io or 12 feet wide, into which the water rushes in a gale of wind with a far sounding noise. We now see the pretty fishing village of Hope Cove just behind the bold headland of rock called the Bolt Tail. Hope Cove, consisting of two villages, the Outer and Inner Hope, are worth a special cruise, and a turn round the scuttle butt of the Hope and Anchor Inn. Clearing Bolt Tail we pass under cliffs 400 to 5co feet high and quite inaccessible, on the top are beautiful breezy uncultivated lands, called Bolbury lowns, whilst along the whole of this grand bit of coast there are numberless rocks and inlets, nearly all bearing names asssociated with some shipwreck; there are some outlying rocks but a few yards off the mainland called the Ham Stone and Gregory rocks, but only one cove called Sewer Mill which had better be approached from the land; giving all a berth with seamanlike care we round the Bolt Head, and yet another Mewstone rock, called Salcombe Mewstone, and leaving them to port Salcombe Harbour. we open The cruise of 18 miles I have taken your readers can easily be followed by them with the aid of W. H. Smith & Sons reduced ordnance map of Plymouth and environs. I will try to describe Salcombe Harbour, and the B.C.A. Site for 1894 Camp in my next paper, with a map on a somewhat larger scale than that of the ordnance, which I will trace for you, and hope that it willbe useful hereafter to those following in my wake. ¥, C. Lane, R.S.W.Y.C., R.C.C., B.C.A. THE THE FOUR AGES OF MODEL-YACHTSMAN THE CANOEIST. “7am not so young and active as in the In youth with graceful elegance And supple limb he slides, And steady spite the varying breeze Tis little barkie glides. Down Portishead down Severn to Clevedon, back to Avonmouth, N.E. fresh,—Sea rough”—vide daily papers.] The ‘Argo’ is what is termed a second-class canoe ; she is clinker built, 1434 feet long by 28 inches beam, is steered No diminution knows, Still older, as the years fly past, He takes his seat below, But keen as ever trims the sail by means of a foot-yoke by a crew sitting below, has water- tight compartments and a well-apron. And bids the breezes blow. Reluctantly with failing strength He gives his pastime o’er, But still to memory recalls The days that are no more. Plymouth. CGD. OUR ILLUSTRATIONS. A WATERTIGHT WELL. We have had an enquiry from a correspondent for particulars of the fitting up of a watertight canvas bucket cockpit, and by the courtesy of Mr. Ernest Kipling, the present owner of ‘Spruce,’ we are able to give sketches showing how it is fitted. 1s very simple being merely a watertight canvas bag attached to a wooden frame. The wooden frame is made to fit outside the coaming of well {which is only % inch above deck level) and it may be secured to deck by six screws. The bottom of canvas bag lies on the flosr boards, so one’s weight does not come on the bag. To the bottom of the bag are attached two loops whereby the bag can easily be turned inside out to eject water, and to facilitate this action the area of the bottom of the bag is somewhat smaller than the space at the top.” 199 In less than three weeks the canoe ‘Argo,’ manned by Mr, Thomas M. Porter, M.C.C., logs as follows :— From Hilbre Island round the East Hoyle bank to and up the Avun to Bristol. [Bristol to the Estuary of the Thames, by steamer.] Dr pped from steamer off the North Foreland made Broadstairs ;—thence to Ramsgate,—Dover,— Folkestone. From Folkestone across the Channel to Boulogne [‘*Wind When older grown, upon the deck He seeks an easy pose, Less active, still his early love Her owner writes as fullows:—‘It CANOEISI. Birkenhead, [Birkenhead to Hereford, by train.] the Wye, from Hereford to the mouth [68 miles.] Acruss the Estuary of the Severn to Portishead. days that were.”—Dr, J. D. #. in construction, AND Anyone whose cruising 1s likely to take him into rough water occasionally, should be able to fit a bag similar in principle to the above, THE LOG OF A MERSEY CANOE For THREE WEEKS. Tue Epiror, The Canoeist. S1R,—In reply to a correspondent, who enquires in your last issue :—‘‘Is there such a thing now as a Rob Roy canoe?” you reply :—“The Mersey canoe, an improved Rob Roy, is still to the fore.” Having long held that, for cruising purposes, this pattern of canoe is not only ‘‘still to the fore,” but is the only one entitled to such a description, I venture to send you the doings of a typical Mersey canoe during three weeks of August last, and should like to hear fromm the deck-sitter, or canoe-yawler, who can go one better. old mere meet of the B.C. A. in 1889, [née ‘Curlew.’] The above cruise shows the all-round character of this pattern of boat, both shallow river and rough salt-water work, During the Wye cruise the ‘Argo’ ing amount of gear, stores and camping ‘Argo’ carries a balance-lug mainsail ; she keel and a mizzen-mast step, but these are carried a surpris- materials. The has a tiny droprarely used and are not improvements. I write this note just after a sail on the Mersey on the sliding-seat of a first-class canoe: I admit the excitement and effectiveness of such sailing ; but, for cruising purposes, whe would venture on a voyage anything like the above ina first-class canoe? The first-class canoe is admirable for racing under sail, and for shurt trips on smooth water ; but is heavy to move ashore or under paddle, usually requires ballast, is complicated in its gear and unsuitable for rough water ; for these reasons, although there are many such in the Mersey Canoe Club, nearly all the cruising is confined to the second-class boats. For satisfactory cruising the light boat, the below position, the foot-yoke, well-apron, and one sail, are preferable, whether on river or sea ; and it is by a process of nstural selection, that the active canoeists of this country use either such boats or the canoe-yawl. In asserting that the boats of the type of the ‘Argo’ are the best single-handed cruisers for all-round work yet devised, I do not detract from the merit of Mr. Porter’s performance ; even in such a craft, few of us profess the endurance, skill and pluck for a channel crossing, and it is to he hoped he will give your readers some account of his voyage. Yours sincerly, to the cockpit of his craft, and thereby keep the interior of the boat, and his stores, dry. @orrespoudence. She is now an beat and was built by Sam Bond of Birkenhead, for me in 1887 ; she is an example of the sailable-paddling canoe, as may be seen from the facts that she has won sailing races in the Mersey Canoe Club and at the Hoylake Regatta 1888, and, amongst other paddling races, she won at the Winder- “TAVIE.” TUTBURY, BURTON-ON-T RENT. THE Epitor, 7he Cangeist. DEAR SiIR,— Will ‘Cherub’ or Cacique,’ or some other old hand at cruising, kindly give me some ideas as to sleeping on board a sea-going yawl. Can fore and aft hatches be arranged to be easily stowed and yet kept watertight, and would they allow enuvugh head room for dressing purposes when my wife wasaboard, Can any sort of mattress be used and kept dry, ifso, how, what price would one be? Are air mattresses reliable, and Would four feet be long enough? What is the usual tent carried hy yawls for camping on shore in, and if three people were cruising could a tent be carried for the third in addition to tent for boat or hatches aforesaid. Would 2ft. 6in. be too much draft for cruising all over the Broads. I might add that from top of combing to floorboards 1s in my boat 2 feet 6 inches. Yours truly, ‘VITAL SPARK.” 200 tHE MODEL-YACHTSMAN xchange & Sale Coluntn. The charge fer inserting advertisements in this column is 4d. for twenty words, and td. for every additional five words or portion thereof. Name and address when published are counted in and charged for, and if a number at this office he given instead, Id. extra for each advertisement is charged. ied. or Id. stamps may be senlin payment. Advertisements must be written on one side of the paper only. ANI For SALE,—R.C.C, Ist class 15 x 31 racing and cruising canoe ‘‘REDWING,” (‘‘Nina” of 1888.) Handsome model, strongly built of mahogany, and well fitted out. 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