The Model Yachtsman and Canoeist: Volume 10, Issue 5 – May 1893

TEE achfsman & A panoeist. Monthly Journal of Model Yacht Construction, Fitting and Sailing; Canoeing News, Doings of the Clubs; Yachting Items; Correspondence; Sale and Exchange; &c Vol. X.—No. 5, MAY, 1893 All Communications (except Canoeing) must be addressed Our Desienine Competrrion.—-We have been ** THE EpItor of The Afodel- Yachtsman, favored Talbot House, Hessle Road, Hull.” Elim or, Lodge. Hornsea, designs. Hull, BIRK long large number of letters satisfaction from with the Many express a hope that we shall ere hold another Amateur the winner of the first prize subscription. ae| THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN & a expressing Judge’s decision, and criticisms on the various ‘ 161 & 162, High Street, Hull.” oe with competitors CANOEING Communications must be addressed “THE Epiror of 7he Canoeise Price 3a., Post-free 34d Competition, kindly and promises a The winner of the second prize, by the aid of CANOEIST ‘Cremona’ is Mr. John Fanning, of Jarrow. It 1s satisfactory to find that we changed the is published on the Ist of each month, and can be had of any bookseller, or will be sent on application to the Pub- conditions governing the prizes, as the winner of the first prize would find a Model Yacht of no lishers, on the following terms :— use to hin, and has elected to have Yachting Books instead. The other prizes we are arranging for, and the Certificates of Merit will be Post-free to any part of the United Kingdom, Europe or America…… paid in advance…… 3/6 per annum, Jed. or Id. stamps may be sent in payment. printed, N.B.—In sending for single copies, 344d. in slamps must signed, and despatched as soon as possible, be enclosed to cover postage. —p-— New Crvugs ror our Ruaister.—lIt gives us HuLL: pleasure to place two fresh names THOMAS GRASSAM, I61 & 162, High Street. LONDON: Racing Association,” send us a report which will be found in another column, and the “ Elder DVERTISEMENTS should reach this office not later A than the 2ist of the month, to secure insertion in the following issue. on the list. One in America, the “‘ Minneapolis Model Yacht E, MARLBOROUGH & Co., 51, Old Bailey. M.Y.C.,” Govan, will further particulars later on Rates on application. no doubt favor us with To Foreign Subseribers!—All subscriptions must be sent by Post Office Orders, payable to Tuos. GRASSAM, HULL; HOW or, if sent in Foreign Stamps, please send value in M Y at Fitsne a few iy The w | +4 Road, IT. Hull. A. All Bruce, orders Talbot for House, papers or initiative the must subject. come from one man. Where is the man? If he is in existence let him come forward. else ALL communications for the Editor to be addressed words again on He must be prepared to do the work of organising secretary or tind someone Gditovial Motes. ‘ M.Y.B.A. the subject of a Model Yacht Racing Association, advocated by “Talisman.” So we will just write a ADVERTISE iN THE A We are requested to make further remark on will mo/ for the future be 5 FORM ——— one or two stamps only, of high value.—P.O.O. made pay- able to “The Afodel- Yachtsman’ accepted, TO | notmarch. Hessle will, Under existing circumstances is necessary, or the scheme will Where is the man with time and management that can gather round him advertise- and , ments to be addressed to the publisher, Thomas Grassam, 161 & 162, High Street, Hull. who the sanction and support of a number of the principal clubs of , influential the committee, principal clubs, secure and the a strong adhesion formulate a pro- gramme that will have the general benefit ing of the sport as its leading feature, so that it may THE 82 MODEL-YACHTSMAN cormmand respect.? There is only one locality suitable for the head quarters of such an Association and that is London, and we are not aware that the London clubs pull sufficiently together to give color to the hope that collectively they might take this matter in hand and make it successful. Whether it can be done on the initiative of one club remains a question, until it is tried, but we should like to see it attempted by some one, and would give it our cordial support. “THE BOYS OWN PAPER” On Mopirn- YACHTING, The Annual Review of our sport was published in the number of March, and we regret to say, is not a very instructive nor interesting article. Probably this is owing to lack of space accorded the writer, who having but afew short moments in which to appear before his audience, elected to try a hop——skip—jump and double somersault kind of entertainment, as being more attractive than a lecture to the boys of England. The writer thinks that when a Model Yacht Racing Association is formed, and a uniform measurement adopted, he will then be able to give a tabular list of winners, with some hope of its being trustworthy as well as a test of quality. We coufess we don’t understand this statement, although it follows after the announcement that the M.Y.R.A., is to have at least one open ce a ee event during the year. Where five or six yachts like the 40-raters of last year sail together, in a long succession of matches, a test of quality is thoroughly applied and the result appreciated, but a test of quality founded upon anything likely to result from a Model Yacht Racing Association would be no test at all. A test of quality is applied in the tournament matches of the Corinthian Model Club, where the starting of all the foremost yachts from week to week is pretty regular, and the same thing occurs in the Kingston Club, where ‘Harkaway’ captured the record for 1892, ‘Susie’ for 1890 and 91: (These two boats being sent to the Aquarium Exhibition on account of their deeds accomplished.) Other clubs apply the same test, and thus get to know their best boats, but unless these best boats could meet together a reasonable number of times during a season to test their various capabilities, we should have no gure guide to enable us to judge which took the lead, and in what order the others followed. The reviewer speaks hopefully of 1893, and then says a good word for the L. & 8. A. rule of the Y.R.A., which must be followed by all model-yachtsmen if the sport is tothrive. This AND CANOEIST opinion, however, by no means seems to permeate a large section of the model-yachting fraternity ; Manchester, Dundee and Southport find salvation in weight classes, whilst scores of new boats of the 1730 class are being put on the water. The Corinthians have gone in for a LxBxD class suggested by Mr. Fife, and our feeble advocacy is raised for a class of fixed dimensions. Short of elbow room, however, as our flippant friend the reviewer is, he finds space for a paragraph, which says our list of clubs is chiefly valuable as a mine of curious information, and culls an instance from it, that the Centennial club of New South Wales has its measurement from outside of stern to inside of rudder head. This, says he, would make an excellent subject for a prize competition. How far do they go outside the stern? How do they get inside the rudder head? And when they get there, how do they arrive at the boat’s tonnage? Probably on the principle of parallax? Reimarking on this exceedingly funny paragraph, we have tried the principle of parallax to see if it would give us an idea how the notion of tonnage got into the head of our critic, but it does’nt seem to answer. We own to the printers’ mistake of stern instead of stem, but why all this ink should have been spilled over it is not by any means patent, The Centennial club thmk that outside of stem to inside of rudder head, good enough for them. Its meaning is plain enough, although from foreside of stem to foreside of rudder head would be clearer, but even this might be taken exception to, as literally neither stem nor rudder head has . a foreside, Suppose we made the following a subject for a prize competition. ‘How is the notion of tonnage derived from a length measurement? and when you have found it out on what principle can you turn it into a sail-plan?” MINNEAPOLIS RACING MODEL YACHT ASSOCIATION, – For an opening year the model yachting season in Minneapolis was a very good one, although racing was almost entirely confined to the 10There were very few races in the rating class. larger classes, and the boats being unevenly matched the races were not so interesting as those of the 10-rating class, unless we except the one race between the 14-rater ‘Nellie’ and the 16-rater ‘Belle.’ Racing opened in the 10-rating class with three contestants in the field: ‘Valkyrie,’ ‘Shadow’ and ‘Marguerite,’ all cutter rig, the latter being a centreboard. In four races ‘Valkyrie’ and ‘Shadow’ evened matters up, while ‘Shadow’ THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN up to advantage under that rig. That she had speed in her was proved by the way she reached away from both ‘Valkyrie’ and ‘Marguerite’ in a strong breeze under reduced canvas. About the Reports for publication not light breezes, snowy canvas, and gracefully lying over fine The Ima Owner. Starts. Wins. 29 5) 26 18 20 W. Higgins 16 2 9 3 14 5 4 J 3 | 2 {-RATERS. Fairy Midget E. Fuge J. Hwing LARGE Yacht. Nellie Belle Lillian Torpedo Queen Mab Rating. 14 16 27 20 27 CLASS. Owner. — OQ, Mehlin C.H.Mehlin Starts. 2 1 Wins, 0 ©.H.Mehlin 2 2 J. Hwing 3 1 J. Hadden was not fitted up in time for racing. We have afine piece of sailing water of 14 miles by { mile in Lake Calhoun. Our officers for the ensuing season are :—-Commodore, Chas. H. Mehlin; Vice-Commodore, L. Ross; Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, John Hadden ; Sailing Committee, above Officers and O. Mehlin and C. Ross. Asmall typewritten weekly Model Yachtsman, by the Secretary of the club, now in its third volume, helps to keep up the interest in model yachting. The racing between ‘Queen Mab’ and ‘Lillian’ is being looked forward to, and it expected others will build for this class, we will also have a larger class. One, however, the to the ‘Telephone’ She could therefore take no part in the contest , but later in the afternoon, when Mr Twizel succeeded in recovering her, after most persevering efforts, everyone joined in congratulating him on his success. The Regatta was held on the American tournament principle, every yacht ra- 10-RATERS., J. Hadden W.H. Mills ——— W.#H. Mills J. Hadden breeze. owned by the Secretary, Mr Twizel, had suffere d some damage in being taken from the station, and unfortunately sank in about 30 feet of water, The following are the records : Yacht. ensure west, and a bright sun making the surroundings ‘Valkyrie’ proving superior in harder weather. In larger classes ‘Lillian’ 27 rater beat ‘Torpedo’ (20) twice, ‘Torpedo’ beat ‘Nellie’ (14) once, and ‘Nellie’ beat ‘Belle’ (16) once. Valkyrie Shadow Marguerite Corsair Gloriana to look at their very best. The race was arranged to be for 15-raters, and the west ‘vind made it a dead beat up the lake. Thirteen yachts arrived, and the owners soon had them clad in their ‘Gloriana’ showed her speed by in one on the old Waterworks reservoir, permission for this being kindly granted. The weather was perfect, a fine breeze blowing all day from the Winning 9 races right off the reel, and she had no difficulty in winning the championship, Her sailing month, Newcastle M. Y.C.—The members of this Club took advantage of the general holiday on Easter Monday to journey to Hexham, to holda regatta M.Y.R.A. in a light air, when she came in second, ‘Gloriana’ being first. ‘Valkyrie’ easily kept head of the class through half the season, when ‘Gloriana’ came out and forced her to take was 83 and forwarded to the Eprror later than the 20th of each insertion in the following issue. race in which she showed to advantage being the opening match for ten-raters of the Minneapolis point must be legibly written, on side of the paper oz/y, middle of the season she was changed to cutter rig, bué did not do any better, the only other strong CANOEIS’ Doings of the Clubs. lost her fifth, and last race to ‘Marguerite.’ ‘Corsair,’ a schooner ten, Game out soon after, but though a fast looking model she did not show second place. AND is while | cing against every other. This involved the formidable nuinber of 60 heats. Racing commenced at 11 o’clock and by steadily continu ing the last heat was finished at 5, the result being as follows:—Mr. Williamson’s ‘Spider’ scored 10 points, and took first prize; Mr. Roxborough’s ‘Ragian’ and Mr. Andrew’s ‘Gondola’ 9 points each, and on racing off the tie ‘Raglan’ won, and took second prize; Mr. Randal’s ‘Job White’ took fourth prize with 8 points. Then followed Mr, Waite’s ‘Maggie,’ 7 points; Mr. P. McGill’ s ‘Kate,’ Mr. Thompson’s ‘Arrow’ and Mr. A. Me Gill’s ‘Wasp’ each scored 5 points; Mr. Smith’s ‘Highland Mary’ and Mr. Black’s ‘Mary’ each 3 points; Mr. Stevenson’s ‘Wild Flower’ and Mr. Armstrong’s ‘May Flower’ 1 point each. Several of the heats were most closely contested, and were only won by a yard or two. At the conclusion of the racing, the members adjour ned to the caretaker’s house, and did ample justice to the excellent tea provided by Mrs. Young. All agreed they had never spent a pleasanter day, amid such perfect surroundings, both as to delightful scenery and glorious weather. The winning yacht ‘Spider’ is 46in. long, 84in. beam, and had a deep V shaped section originally, but the lead keel was taken off and recast in the form of a drop keel, about 4in. deep; she sailed very well and steadily. ‘Raglan,’ which was con sidered the best yacht, is 46 x 84, similar deep – 84 THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN V section, and draws I think nearly 12in. Both weigh about 42lbs. in sailing trim. ‘Gondola’ is saine length but has a fuller and rounder section, deep draft and heavy. very nearly equal, These three were ‘Raglan’ beat ‘Spider’ about half its length, and ‘Gondola’ beat ‘Raglan’ in the first heat they sailed. There was a strong wind and the heavy boats had a great advantage. ‘Arrow’ is only 42x 94x 10in. draft, weight 33lbs., and was overpowered in the strong wind by the heavy boats. Her owner also sailed her very badly, and only got her going at the last when the wind was more moderate. She then beat the ‘Maggie,’ a very heavy 10-tonner over 50lbs. with 6in. beam, which had beaten the ‘Raglan’ in the strong wind. It was a great pity about the ‘Telephone,’ as she is a totally different model, 49in. x 12, about 40lbs. weight, and only moderate draft. She goes remarkably fast through the water on our own small lake aud we were most anxious to see how she would work to windward on the larger water. Clapham M. Y. C. (Lendon)—The 3-vater match fixed for Saturday, March 25th, did not fill. On Bank Holiday started at 8-80 a.m., in First division: lugger 6-4; the following a match for ‘Phyllis,’ cutter 5-6; ‘Arctic,’ cutter 5-78. boats 6-raters. ‘Ariel,’ Second divi- sion: ‘Brisk, 5-8; ‘Lark,’ 5:6; ‘Madge,’ 5-2, all three cutters. The following four yachts were in the final: ‘Aretic’ 18. ‘Phyllis’ 17. ‘Lark’ and ‘Brisk’ 14 each, and in run off ‘Lark’ won. The 6-rating match fixed for Saturday, April 8th, did not fill. On Saturday, April 15th, a mateh for 3-raters was held. At 4-45 p.m. the following boats sturted: ‘Daphne,’ cutter 2-48; ‘Atalanta,’ cutter 2-91; ‘Hnid,’ cutter 1:7; ‘Dorothy,’ lugger 1:5, The wind was 8.W. and fairly fresh, and after two hours close racing the scores were: ‘Enid’ 47. ‘Daphne’ 88. Dorothy 33. ‘Atalanta’ 32. The next match is on Saturday, and is for 10-raters. May 6th, Start at 4 p.m. Lowestoft M. Y.C.—This club loses the services of Mr. Symes as one of its secretaries, who has resigned, and Mr. F. J. Tausley takes his place. The club still progresses, having more boats this year than last, and showing an improvement in speed. Unfortunately neither of the secretaries have much time at command to devote to model yachting, but it goes without saying that each will do his best for the interests of the club, and we hope Lowestoft will be favored during the season by some Model Yachtsinen from other places, Serpentine M. Y. C. (London ).—On April 5th, a dinner was held at the Holborn Restaurant to celebrate the completion of the 21st, year of the | AND CANOEIST. The Commodore, Col. New Serpentine Club. Sterling, Commanding Coldstream Guards, was in the chair; the Rear-Commodore, B. Tolhurst, Esq., taking the vice-chair in place of the Vice- Commodore, T. G. Ross, Esq., who through A full muster illness was unavoidably absent. of members was present, together with some of After dinner the usual the old club members. loyal toasts of the Queen, the Prince of Wales (a dear one to Serpentine men), and Royal Family were drunk, the Chairman then gave ‘‘Success to the club and model yachting,” and in the course of a humorous speech recounted his early experiences of inodel sailing in the ‘‘forties’” on the Serpentine, coupling the toast with the name of the late Hon. Secretary, Mr. G. Hale, who Then ‘The responded suitably for the club. Chairman” was proposed and drunk with muAfter an interval of music the sical honors. Hon. Secretary proposed the ‘Visitors and the Metropolitan Clubs,” to which Mr. Lanchester, Hon. Sec. of the Dulwich M.Y.C., responded in a few well chosen words, expressing the pleasure it gave him to be present on behalf of his club and hoping to meet—and beat—the Mr. Miller S.M.Y.C. in amicable contest. presided efficiently at the pianoforte, while Messrs. Purchase, Fuller, W. Lander, $. Lander, &e., rendered some capital sougs, and Mr. G, Hale some violin solos, and thus was passed a very pleasant and enjoyable evening. On April 15th, a 15-ton match, the first of the season, was sailed off in a good breeze from the westward but rather shifty, the course being about a-beam. First heat: ‘Irene’ Mr. Kight yachts started. Roper; ‘Flo’ Mr. Winter; ‘Dora’ Mr. Brown; ‘Neptune’ (L5-rater) Mr. Hale. Second division: ‘Minerva’ Mr. Lear; ‘Orizaba’ (10-ton) Mr, Hildersley; ‘Galatea’ Mr. Cooper; ‘Nellie’ Mr. Hill. Atthe completion of the first hour ‘Dora’ and‘Neptune’ led the first division with 9 points each, while ‘Nellie’ headed the second division Final with 14 points, ‘Galatea’ second with 7. hour, ‘Nellie,’ ‘Dera,’ ‘Neptune’ and ‘Galatea.’ It was the rater’s day and the most was made of it: ‘Nellie’ and ‘Galatea’ making a hard fight of it for second prize. Score: ‘Neptune’ 20 points, Umpire ‘Galatea’ 16, ‘Nellie? 15, ‘Dora’ 1. Mr. Sanders. Dundee M. Y. C.—The yachting season in connection with this club was opened on Saturday April 8rd, on the Stobsmuir Pond. The race was a hurry-scurry one for all comers, and the weather was excellent for yachting, there being a good breeze. There was a good turnout of yachts, and the attendance of visitors was large, including Mr G. Gilroy. Fourteen yachts took part in the first race, and the result was as MODEL-YACHTSMAN J. Welch; and 3 R. Webb. After the races the yachtsmen spent some time in testing their yachts, to get them into trim for the coming season. 85 and won easily. ‘Hypatia’ getting in second, ‘Yoette’ a new boat, her first match, did very well at first but fell off later, ‘Bendizzy’ and ‘Gwendoline’ coming in for bad luck in the way of fouling, especially the former, she fouling several boards in succession. Both of these inatches were as usual sailed on the tournament system, London M.Y.C.—This club opened its season on ‘Thursday, April 6th, with a match for 1st class boats, 15-raters. ‘This mateh was for three special prizes, presented by Mr. E. R. ‘atchell, which produced the good entry of 18 boats, of which 11 started, in a good wholesail breeze, nearly due east, giving a dead beat to windward and run home. ‘The entries were as follows :— CANOKEIST, ‘The Annual General Meeting was held in the boat-house, on January 28th, and the Annual Dinner on March 27th. The club has grown both in sailing and non-sailing members, and boats lately, the Ist class being by far the most popular. It will be seen by the above report that in the 15-rating match all the four prize winners are of different rigs. Matches are arranged for every Thursday afternoon up to the ‘Undine’ B. cutter Mr. HK. J. Power. end of July, and more will be Autumn. ‘Gitana’ ‘Nyleptha’ ‘Guinevere’ ” 3B. yawl ” Mr. Greenhill, Mr. P. Tatchell, Mr. E. Tylee. George M. YC. ( London ).—This club opened its racing season on Saturday, April 8th, with a ‘Gladys’ B. yawl Mr. C. Sidgwick. ‘Falcon’ ‘Alcestis’ ‘Coronilla’ ‘Heloise’ cutter lugger Capt. R. Methven. Mr. B. J. Collyer. » – Mr. J. Sheddan. Mr. Drinan. ‘Kathleen’ ‘Arethusa’ » ” Mr. Greenhill. Mr. P. Hawker. ‘Irene’ ‘Isabel’ » – Mr. Brandrar. Mr. P. Joulin. . All started at 2 p.m., except ‘Irene’ and ‘Isabel.’ Several of the above boats are either new or have been altered, ‘Coronilla’ and ‘Gitana’ being practically new boats, while ‘Undine,’ Guinevere’ have changed owners, ‘Guinevere’ being considerably altered. ‘Alcestis,’ ‘Guinevere’, and ‘Nyleptha’ soon took the lead, and a capital match between these three, and ‘Undine,’ ‘Falcon’ and ‘Gladys,’ ended in ‘Guinevere’ (45in. wl. and 2741bs. displacement) winning the first prize with 34 points; the second prize going to ‘Alcestis’ (484in. and about 294lbs. displacement) with 29 points ; ‘Faleou’ (45in. by about 29]bs) third prize with 26 points ; ‘Undine’ (45 by about 32lbs) fourth prize (a sweepstake) after tieing with ‘Gladys,’ (42ins. by 29lbs); ‘Nyleptha’ (424in. by 254]bs.) being also well up. The 10-tonners had their turn on Thursday, April 13th, in a very unsteady squally wind fron the N.N.E., which necessitated great care in the sailing. There were five entries, and all started for a club prize at 3 p.m., viz :— ‘Galatea’ ‘Gwendoline’ ‘Yoette’ ‘Bendizzy’ ‘Hypatia’ B, yawl cutter ” B. cutter Mr. C. Sidgwick. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. E, Tylee. C. Scholefield B.J. Collyer. Power. The two most powerful ‘tens’ did best, and ‘Galatea’ sailed right away from all her rivals ; sailed in the ist class match for the Hon. Secretary’s prize. The following 10-tonners competed :— ‘Bendizzy’ ‘Thistledown’ ‘Petrel’ ‘Lucy’ cutter Mr. B.J. Collyer. B. yawl ” Mr. Currie. My. C.J. Collyer. cutter 7-tons Mr. Hillead. The wind was light from the N.E. and the course a close-haul and three quarter reach. A good match between “Lhistledown’ and ‘Bendizzy’ ended in the latter winning the prize, with ‘Thistledown’ second. On April 10th, a match was sailed by the 2nd class—5-raters, when the following competed, viz :— ‘Milly’ ‘Mayflower’ ‘Tara’ B. yawl sloop B. yawl Mr. Currie. Mr. C, Sidgwick,. My. B. J. Collyer. The ‘Milly’ was the winner with 21 points, and ‘Jara’ (2ft. l.w.l.) second prize with 14 points; ‘Mayflower’ 13. The wind was E. by §., and light. On Saturday, April 15th, the “tens” sailed a match for the 1st class challenge cup, which was held last year by ‘Petrel,’ but unfortunately her owner was unable to compete. Five boats came to the line in a strong Ist suit breeze, viz: ‘Galatea’ ‘Gwendoline’ “Thistledown’ ‘Bendizzy’ ‘Hypatia’ B. yawl ” – cutter B. cutter Mr. C. Sidgwick. Mr. E. Tylee. Mr. Currie. Mr. B. J. Collyer. Mr. Power. ‘Galatea’ and ‘Bendizzy’ sailed a good match, the former coming off best, especially to windward, she winning the cup with 16 points; ‘Bendizzy’ 2nd prize with 11; ‘Hypatia’ and ‘Gwendoline’ had a very close finish in the last board to windward which settled the destiny of | follows:—l D. Wood; 2 J. Cruickshank; 3 A. Abbot; and a second race, in which thirteen boats _ competed, resulted as follows:-~1 R. Mathers; 2 AND a THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN 86 the 3rd prize; ‘Hypatia’ winning on the line by barely a length. ‘The ‘Galatea’ therefore holds the cup for this year. On April 17th, the second class sailed another match for a club prize, in a second suit breeze from the east, which was very squally at first. The following entered: Mr. Toulmin. B. yawl ‘Riviera’ Mr. Sidgwick. sloop ‘Mayflower’ Mz. Collyer. ‘Tara’ (8rd class) B. cut. ‘Lady Mary’ (8rd class) sloop Mr, Power. (Sailed by Mr. Sicol.) The little ‘Tara’ though only 2ft. l-w.1., sailed so ; well as to beat the fives, making 18 points ‘Riviera’ second with 15 points. We hope to have several more matches to report next month. Kingston At. Y¥. C. ( Huli).—-The Annual Meeting of the club was held at the Friendly In the absence Societies’ Hall on March 21st. of the Commodore, at Manchester, Mr. W. H. No report was Roberts «ccupied the chair. submitted to the meeting, but the Balance Sheet, which showed a progressive financial condition, was adopted. Votes of thanks to the retiring Officers were passed and the same crew selected to pilot and work the ship for the coming year. Mr. N. G. Andrews was elected Boat-House Secretary, and Mr. W. H. Roberts as VleePresident. Much work has been done at the pond in improving the banks, and when the weeds have been cleared, the pond will be in its best condition. A meeting was held on April 10th, when the season’s programme was drawn up, which arranges for matches every Saturday afternoon, Monday Evenings and Bank Holidays up to the end of September. About halfa dozen new 10-tonners have appeared and one or two 15-raters, but so far nothing has been seen that is likely to far outstrip the cracks of last year. Some interest has been evoked by a 40 x 10 ten- rater of 26lbs. displacement, that bids fair by her performance to argue strongly for a 40 x 10 class, of either a weight limit or a sail limit. She can readily dispose of the 10-tonners and is not easily dropped by the 15-raters. Corinthian M.Y.C. (London )—In consequence of all our best models being at the Aquarium Exhibition we have only been able to begin the season on Saturday, April Ist, when a sweepstakes was sailed for by ‘Gleam’ Mr. Barraclough 404 x 74x 9, 32 lbs., ‘Irex’ Mr. Burgess 44x 8x 84, 28lbs., ‘Wyl Wyn’ Mr. Harris 38x 9 x 83, 26 lbs. ‘Gleam’ is a 10-ton 17380 rule, the others are the first of the 15-ton Fife rule TM%8*” this being the first trial of the last 2, they were not quite in fighting trim, so ‘Gleam’ had an easy win. The score being as follows: ‘Gleam 18 points, On Easter Monday, ‘Trex’ 9, ‘Wyl Wyn’ 1. AND CANOEIS’T April 8rd, another match was sailed for a sweepstakes, when a very keenly contested race was competed for by— ‘Gleam’ Mr. Barraclough 10-tons ‘1730’ 403x 74×9 32lbs. ‘Wyl Wyn? ‘Trex’ ‘Vanessa’ Mr. Harris Mr. Burgess Mr. Flint Fife 38s 9x 8} 26,, », 4448×865 28,, 84/ ,, ‘1730°38x 7x 7% 21,, 15 16 ,, ,, ‘Wyl Wyn’ and ‘Irex’ were in much better trim to day and they made ‘Gleain’ do her very best, as will be seen by the following result: ‘Gleam’ 24 points, ‘Wyl Wyn’ 22, ‘Trex’ 20, ‘Vanessa’ 18, so that ‘Gleam’ took 1st prize, ‘Wyl Wyn’ 2nd, the little ‘Vanessa’ did remarkably well and she will make a very good 10-ton Fife rule, only 1 lb. being required to be taken off her to adopt her for this class. On Saturday, April 8th, another of the matches for Mr. Hugo’s ‘Sunbeam’ was sailed for to day by ‘Gleam’ and ‘Countess’ 40 x 10x 9 2841bs., the former had the best of it on every point of sailing and won easily, scoring 31 points against 14 by ‘Countess’ —the others which competed formerly for this prize have withdrawn, so the finish is left to On Saturday, April ‘Gleam’ and ‘Countess.’ 15th, a match was sailed for a club prize and others from entrance fees between— ‘Dragon II’ ‘Gleam’ Mr. ‘Trex’ ‘Wyl Wyn’) Mr. Hugo 10-tons ‘1730’ 424 x 7 x 9 44x 7×9 » Barrac ough 10 ,, Fife 44 x 8 x 8} Mr. Burgess 15 ,, 38x Ux GE 5» Mr. Harris 16 ,, 30 Ibs, 32 ,, 28,, 26,, There was a steady moderate breeze from 8.W. which gave a beat up and a run down the pond, and it is a long time since we have had such an exciting race, nearly all the heats being very closely contested, in some cases only a few inches separating them, neither of the new Fife rule 15’s weie yet in proper trim, but from the way they went at times, it is quite evident that this rule is going to produce very fast and good looking handy models, and it took ‘Dragon IT’ all her time to get the better of ‘Wyl Wyn’ and ‘Trex.’ ‘Gleam’ was not well canvassed, so she did not do so well as usual. The scoring was: ‘Dragon II’ 27 points, ‘Irex’ 20, ‘Wyl Wyn’ 20, ‘Irex’ and ‘Wyl Wyn’ tied for 2nd ‘Gleam’ 17. prize, so that they had to sail 2 heats again when ‘Trex’ won both easily, ‘Wyl Wyn’ is rigged as a lugger with jib, and had too little canvas on during the last heat as the wind had gone down considerably. Gateshead M. Y.C.—The members of this club had a 15-ton class race on Saturday, April Ist, being the second race of the season according to programme, And in the final heat Mr. Tindale’s ‘Iverna’ won first prize; Mr, Williainson’s ‘Spider’ being second, and Mr. Avery’s ‘Billy’ Mr. Crimson officiated as starter, and third. Mr. G. Huntley as judge. On April 8th, the members competed ou Saltwell Lake with 10-ton THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN mocels, fora 1st prize given by a local gentleman, and a second and third given by the club. In the final Mr. Roxborough’s ‘Greyhound’ took first honors, Mr Avery’s ‘Geranium’ being second, and Mr Harris’s ‘Cateh Me’ third. The members of the South Shields and Gateshead model yacht clubs had a 10-ton inter-club race on Saturday, | April 22nd, on the Shields Park Lake. Fourteen models entered, the course being a beat to windward, the best of three runs each and in the final the following boats of Gateshead elub took first, second and third prizes respectively. Mr. Williamson’s ‘Coolaman,’ Mr Tindale’s ‘Atalanta,’ and Mr Roxborough’s ‘Greyhound.’ The weather was beautilully fine, with a good breeze, and a very pleasant day was spent by the visitors. Correspoudertce, Letters must bear the name and address of the (not necessarily for publication). writer, Anonymous letters and enquiries will not be acknowledyed. All communications to be addressed to THe Epiror, Dundee, April 18th, 1893. THE Epiror, She Model- Yachtsman. Dear Sir,—In reply to your criticism on measurement by weight I do not see any great difficulty in it, and as for the length stretching out to Soin. I have little fear an that score. The member who tries that will only do it once as he invariably gets punished, especially in waters such as ours, where the loch is small and you require to turn quick. A long boat generally comes off with the worst of it. If anyone inclines to go to extremes it is generally in beam, and then they get punished very often; if there is anything like a breeze at all they make too much lee way; the only time they have a chance is in very light winds. But for an all round weather boat the best proportioned boat is generally the most successful. At an odd time a boat with a great beam may get @ chance in very light wind, strong wind they are too light and blow to leeward. butin a A long boat, again, if she falls of the wind is too long of coming to the wind again, and is in general too far to leeward, and is out of the race, whereas a boat with a medium length and beam will hold her own in almost any weather. As for sail-area, your tonnage will regulate that ; if you go to extremes in sail your boat will not carry it, and we find from experience that whether your boat be long and narrow or short and of large beam you will only carry about the same amount ofsail, and you will find that they sail very close on each other. But Tam not opposed altogether to length and beam, but you will find that your tonnage will regulate that to a great extent. About 20 or 25 years ago we used to build both steamers and sailing ships with great length and small beam, expecting to get great speed out of them, and they generally had great depth of hold which was a great inconvenience and expense to Ship owners, having to load up and lighten their ships at anchor. Now we build both steamers and sailing ships with more beam and less length, also less depth of hold, and get greater speed, more stability, so that from more carrying capacity, those personal and experiences I have no fear of any practical yachtsman stretching his ten- tonner out to your §cin. = If he does it once I don’t think he will repeat it, Iam, yours respectfully, JAMEs Cant, Hon. Sec, Dundee M.Y.C, AND CANOEIST. 87 [Our correspondent finds that a weight class makes a good class in Dundee. The Manchester club have found it satisfactory in Manchester, but these trial the 50 inches that we spoke of. will not prevent So far as turning quickly on small waters, a §0 inch weight class boat could be turned with as much facility as a 15-rater of 46 or 48, and no difhculty that we have seen is experienced in turning these as expeditiously as the 10-tonners of 384inches. A considerable amount of contention arises in many matches that they are turned with too much way on them. ‘Fhe notion about good proportions is a correct one, but is too vague in its application to furnish sufficiently exact standards of comparison. The most successful style of yacht of the present day, with a canoe-like body and fin keel, would not have come into the category of ‘‘good proportions” of a few years These yachts succeed however, and that abolishes all ago, arguinent against their ability to do so, says tonnage will regulate sail-area. Our correspondent That is not found to be so in practice, and if weight tons regulate it better than Measurement tons, yet the regulating process does not alter the fact that some forms of hull are more easily driven than others, though each have the same quantity of sail. The information Mr. Cant sends concerning the improvement in ships, though interesting, scarcely helps us on, in a criticism of yacht measurement. And respecting his concluding paragraph it is only necessary to say that 40 and 42 inches were at first looked upon as plenty of length for 15-raters, but now there need be no hesitancy in saying that 48 and 50 inches are successfully adopted. We see no reason therefore to depart from our prediction, that a 25]b. weight class might easily extend to 50 inches of I.w.1. length, and from our opinion that such a class of boats would not be desirable for inter-cluly competition.—Eb.] THE Eprror, 7he Model—Yachtsman, SIR,—Being invited to spend a half day at Shields a little while ago to witness a model yacht race between the members of the Gateshead and South Shields clubs, I was agreeably surprised to see the harmony that exists there between the Park authorities and the yachtsmen, and mind Sir, the Park at Shields is no play ground but is second to none within twenty miles for its landscape beauty, magnificent flowers, etc. I was specially struck with this harmony knowing the trouble the yachtsmen have in my own town, with, I wont say the Park Committee, but with one individual who appears to the outward eye to be the sole authority and invested with too much*power, one of the great unpaid who no man has a good word for, whether in the Church or out of it, Sir, preserve me from jiving under such circumstances. Now why should there be this great difference of treatment by those in authority towards men who could not possibly be employed in a more harmless recreation than model yachting, The Shields Corporation made the lake specially for model yachting and built the members a splendid Boat-house with lavatory. The lake in my town was made only for the ducks and other kindred fowls. I speak, Sir, withuut fear of contradiction because pleasure boats were never dreamt on at that time, and then the yacht club was formed which have without doubt the approval of the public, but it has always been an eyesore to the man whose private time hangs heavy on his hands, the yachtsmen while sailing, especially an inter-club race on their own lake are watched by an officer in blue according to his instructions to see that they the sailors don’t get upon a piece of forbidden grass, or over any of the hurdles (traps) which have been placed to bar the sport of the model-yachtsmen. If this particular lake is frozen over in Winter to bear skaters, and you pay threepence, the charge made to go on the ice, you can traverse any part of the place, which would be high treason if the same was done by the yachts nen, therefore I say Sir, that that must ‘be animosity which requires investigating. “LOOKER-ON.” THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST. 38 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. HERBERT FISHER,—Tbanks for your continued interest in our journal, we congratulate the Model Yachtsmen of America on the institution of a Challenge Trophy, and hope the interest in the sport will increase. REVIEW OF BOOKS. We don’t know sufficient of Canoeing to pose as an authority, and we don’t pretend to pass the stern critic’s judgment on Canoeing, anew book by J. D, Hayward, M. D., price 2/-. Having been favored with a copy of the book, however, it lies within our province to notice the publication if we think proper, and having gone through its pages, we do think proper to make it known that it is an interesting and useful book. Its interest for the general reader consists of a short canoe history, a clear and precise description of the various types of canoes, and some good pictures of There are ample directions for sailing and paddling. fitting out, sailing and paddling the various kinds of craft, which are included in the category of canoes, and plenty of drawings to explain the construction and use of the rig, sails and fitments. The bock should prove a good teacher for beginners, a useful companion for practised hands, and let us hope a means of introducing new men into the sport of Canoeing. The publishers are George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. aachting. REMARKABLE EVOLUTION. The following account of how a Model Yacht Club changed into a Royal Yacht Club will be of interest to our readers. We are indebted to Mr. Geo. J. Daly, of Monkstown, for the history of it :— If one can judge from the movements already made by the local clubs, the South of Ireland Yachting Season will unquestionably surpass all This will in no small measure gone before it. be due to the energetic Committee of the Royal Munster Yacht Club, Monkstown, Co. Cork, who have been for the last five years mainly instrumental in bringing Cork Harbour Yachting to its present flourishing condition. Readers of the Model Yachtsman will find a peculiar interest in the history of this enterprising club. Instituted in 1872, by a number of “Model Yachtsmen” under the title of Munster Model Yacht Club, it sprung into popularity year by year. At the outset its members only Just numbered twelve, but twelve who worked most assiduously in the interest of their little boats. Bach one had his model, and every Saturday the dozen met to try conclusion. The little matches goon became an attraction, and subsequently it wasarranged to have a regular miniature regatta. Several pleasure boats, &c., were requisitioned for the oceasion, and once more the twelve little craft put forth to sea to gain distinction. Quite a nuinber of spectators watched the races throughout and manifested remarkable interest in them. With the following years’ reunion the public were treated with highly exciting rowing and sailing contests. Soon the little club swelled its ranks to the formidable number of 70, and permission was granted by Lord de Vesci to hold the bi-weekly matches and annual regatta on the Sandquay, as it is lceally called. The little club was no longer worthy of the name ‘“‘Model” and hence forward it was styled the “Munster Corinthian Yacht Club.” Still its ranks were recruited in large numbers, and owners of yachts of 20-rating were amongst its members. Last year it obtained a Royal warrant through the instrumentality of Mr. Daniel Horgan, Mayor of Cork. It runs its old cousin, the Royal Cork, (1730), very tight in the race for successful seasons, financially and otherwise. This year the members of this thriving club will have among its competitors eight new oneraters, built from a design by G. L. Watson. Certainly when its known that six are from one design, in every respect identical, smart contests ought to be the ruling feature of the season. MODEL YACHT CLUB REGISTER. We shall be pleased to insert particulars of all Clubs, and invite the Secretaries to forward the necessary information also, to notify any change in Names and Addresses, AMERICAN.—Lenzth taken on L.w.t. Station—Prospect Park, New York. H. Melvin, 141, Park Place, Brooklyn, U.S.A. BRADFORD MOOR.—1730 and length. Station._-Bradford Moor Park, T. E. Barker, 32, Dudley Hill, Undercliff, Bradford, BRADFORD.—Y.R.A. and length. Station.—Exley,, Reservoir. Frizinghall. Lewis Grossley 15, Springfield Place, Mannimgham Lane, Bradford. Rule 1720. BELFAST—Ulster.— Station— Waterworks, Antrim Road W. H. MacKey, Adam-street. CENTENNIAL (New South Wales.)—Measurement from outside of stem to inside of rudder head ; also overall, J.M. Donaldson. 46, Rose-street, 8S. Sydney, N.S.W DUNDEER.—-Weight. 1} lbs. to 1 ton.—Station.-Stobsmuir Pond J. Cant, 60, Watson Terrace, (lebe. GLASGOW.—Alexandra—”L. & 5. A.” Rule. W. Crawford, 181, Comely Park-street. GLASGOW.—’Tonnage.—‘94″” Rule. Station—Alexandra Lark, Glasgow. Station.—Hillhead Pond Robt. 8. Nicholson, 49, Lumsden-street, Overnewton. HULL.—_Kingston—Length taken on Lw.1.; also 10-ton class ¥.R.A. Station–Club Lake, Inglemire Lane, Beverley Road. J.B. Windsor, Bankside, Sculcoates. Albert—Tonnaye—Y.f.A. Club Lake, Chalk Lane. Hessle Rd. S. I. Tucker, Belurave Terrace, Rosamond St. Station.—East Park, Bast Hull,—1730 rule, B. P. Bell, 18, Gladstone Street. LONDON.—-London.—15-rating class and 10-ton class ¥.R.A. Station—- Round Pond. Kensington Gardens. Mr. Walter Greenhill, L.M.¥.C., Kensington Gardens, W Telegrams :—Bermuadian, London Postal:—L. M. ¥. C., Kensington Gardens. Serpentine —Tonnage—Y. R. A.and 1.&8 Station—The Serpentine, Hyde Park. J. Spurgin, 39, Hans-road, Brompton, London, S.W. Corinthian.—10 and 15-tons 1730 Rule, also 10, 124 and 15-tons Fife’s Rule and 28lbs. Lx Bx D, weights limited to 20]bs., 251bs. Canvas unlimited. Station—Long Pond, Clapham. C. H. Harrig, 491, Wandsworth Road. YHE MODEL-YACHTSMAN Clapham-—Tonnage—Y.B.A. ‘Station.—Long Pond ANID CANOEIST. 93 MAX WELL,—John H. Neave, Blairbeg, 82, Dalziel Drive, Pollokshields Clapham Common. W. J. Bailey, 147, Elms Road, Clapham Park, S.W. MARYPORT, Cumberland.—Tounage—Y.R.A. J. W. Hodgson, 20, North-street, MOORAGH.—Particulars wanted. MINNEAPOLIS MODEL YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION, . John Hadden, Secretary, 3425, Hennipin Avenue. PHILADELPHIA, U.8.4.—Length overall. E. W. Fowler, 3426, Walnut-street, Philadelphia, Pa. PORT GLASGOW,—Tonnage “4” Rule. Siation.—Lower Dougliehill Pond. J. Brash, 5, William Street PORT OF PLYNMOUTH.–Particulars Wanted. W. I. Behenna, 30, St. Aubyn Street, Devonport PORTSMOUTH. Tonnage Y.R.A. and length l.w.1.) Station.—Craneswater, Southsea M, Y. Sailing Association—Length taken on l.w.l, Station—Round Pond, Kensington Gardens. J, Pollard, 32, Spring-st., Paddington. MEDWAY.—Chatham,— Tonnage Y.R.A. 4, H. Read, 16, Gorst Street, New Brompton. NEWCASTLE W&ST END.—-Tonnage—Y.R.A. P. McGill, 19, Hamsterley-rd., Neweastle-on-Tyne. SCARBOROUGH.—Tonnage 1730, 10 aud 20-tons, also Weight class. 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. TORONTO.—F, Gardiner, Sec., 765, Queen Street, Canada, Capt. Haldane—Wolverton House, Lennox Road, Southsea RYDE, (1.W.)—Length, taken from stem-head to stern-post, on deck bi Station.—Canoe Lake. G. Beazley, Ryde Dispensary. =” The Fce for constant publication in the Register is 5s, per annum SOUTHPORT.—Tonnage—¥.11.A. with depth and freeboard limits Station— Marine Park Lake. ANGLESEY.—Tonnage—Y.R.A. A. F. Haslam, Menai Bridge BRADFORD EAST-END.—1730 and length Station—Bradford Moor Park BANGOR (Ireland).—Length and Y.R.A. A. Cullen, Upper Clifton, Bangor. J. ©. Smith, 60, Sefton-street. SOUTHSEA.—Length lw]. Station—Craneswater John Whitty, 27, Cleveland-road SOUTH SHIELDS.—Tonnage—Y.R.A. Station ; T. T. Anderson, 7, Albion-terrace. BHLFAST.—Length, taken frora stem-head Station.—Belfast Lough SHEERNESS—1730 rule. BOSTON-—Tonnage—Y.R.A. SUNDERLAND.—Station, Roker Park.—1730 rule and L. and §.A R. Mariborough, 11 Brookland Koad, Sunderland James Gardner, 6, Old Park, D, Lewis, 28, Station.—River Witham W.C. Meggitt, Sail Loft, Libsey Lane. BLYTH.—Particnlars wanted D. Jackson, 1, Upper Stanley Street, Blyth- CARNARVON.—-Length Station.—-Menai Straits J, H. Lees, Bronserial, North Road. CARDIFF—Leneth on 1.w.1. Station.—Saltmead Pond | J, Ash-Thompson, 28, George Street, Bute Docks WELLINGTON (New Zealand).—Tonnage—” 1200″ Rule. G. Norton, Wellington, N.Z. Station—The Harbour. WATERFORD.—Length—1780 rule F. H, Alexander, Newtown School, Waterford } COWFS, L.W., MEDINA,—Length. Wm. Silbeck, West Cowes, DELHI, Canada.—Particulars wanted. W. 8. Crysler, Delhi, Ont., Canada. DUMBARTON.—Tonnage—Y.8.A. CANOEING. Station–Meadow Park D. Forsyth, 54, Glasgow-road. EXE.—Tonnage—L. & =, A. Station.—Turt Arthur Kempe, M.D., 14, Southernhay, E., Exeter. FOWEY.—Length, |.w.1. Station —Fowey Harbour, W. 5S. Lacey, Fore-street: GOOLE.—Tonnage—Y.R.A. and Handicap by Manchester Rule BRITISH CANOE CLUBS.x ROYAL 0.0.-—-T.G.F. Winger, Sec., 72, Mark Lane, London MERSEY C,C.—Percy Cox, Mate, C 9, Exchange Bldgs., Liverpool. CLYDE C.C.—Mr. Steven, Ardlin House, Helensburgh. Station—Raweliffe Brick Ponds. J. 8. Simpson, 8, Albert-street. GATESHEAD.—Tonnage—Y.R.A. J. Wilson, 44, Whitehall Road, GUERNSE Y.—Tonnage—Y.RB.A, WHAR C.C.—T. O. Todd, Sec., 7, Winifred-terrace, Sunderland. HUMBER YAWL CLUB—G., F, Holmes, Mate, Elim Lodge, Hornsea, TYNE C.C.—T. Warkman, Sec., 17, Hutt Street, Gateshead-on-Tyne. BRITISH CANOE ASSOCIATION.—H. Thorpe, Sec., Danecliff, Lymm. A. Carrington, ‘Treas., Carlisle House, Great Wartford, near Knutsford. Station—Gateshead Park Station—Model Yacht Pond] J. B. Randell, Allez-street. GREENOCK.—Tonnage—“94” Rule. R. MeNair, Junr., 10, Antigua-street. GRIMSBY.—Tonnage—Y.f.A. Station—Alexandria Dock, Secretary’s name and address wanted, (The B.C.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 GOSPORT .— particulars wanted. GUVAN.—Hilder— THAMES CAMPING & BOATING ASSOCIATION.—Anthony Walter, Hon. Sec., 14, Duke Street, Adelphi, S.W. NORTHERN CC.—L. McPherson, White House Buildings, Newcastle. ULSTER C.C.—R. E. Workman, (Capt.), 19, Bedford Street, Belfast. Wm. Reid, 3, Langland Road, Govan, HARRINGTON.—Sailing Ruies, Y.R.A. Station— Harrington Reservoir. J, A. Young, Gas Works, Harrington, Cumb. JARROW & HEBBURN.- — Toennage—Y.B.aA. siation — Hebburn Hall Lake. G, Johnsen, 31, Carcline-street, Jarrow-on-Tyne. KINGSTOWN (Ireland.|–Tonuage, ¥.BR.A. Station—Kingstown Harbor. L. H. Douglas, 6, Marine-road. Atalanta—Measurement Y.R.A. ‘ tation. John W. G, Kelly, 1, Albert Terrace, ; Corrections Solicited. EDITORIAL NOTES AND COMMENTS. Kingstown Harbor Crofton Road, Kingstown, Co. Dublin. LEEDS.—Tonnage—Y.R.A. A. Fordsmith, Sec., Chapel Allerton, Leeds. LOWESTOFT.—Length and Tonnage. Station.—North Dene Councillor T. Thertle and F. J. Tanley, 87, Park Terrace, Lowestoft, LLANDUDNO.—Leugth. ANOEING literature has received freeboard. Station—Sefton Park Lake on our Canoeing, Station— Hound Pond. Kensington Gardens. E. Tylee, 20, Oxford Square. Hyde Park, Dulwich.—Lengthl.w |. and ¥.R.A. 10 and 5 tons only Station— Print Works Reservoir, Levenshulme R. W. Gill, Green Hill, Edgiey, Stockport. welcome ty neat lite volume bearing also 10-ton ¥.R. Highgate—Boats handicapped by weight. Station—-Highgate Ponds. H. P. Reynoldson, 2 Beaconsfield-ter., Archway-1d., H’ gate MANCHESTER.—Length, taken on ].wl.; also 10-ton class, ¥.R’.A very which we foreshadowed last month, of Dr. Hayward’s | R. Richmond, 95, Townesend Lane, Anfield, Liverpool. htation-——Peckham Rye R. H. Lanchester, 181, Malpas Road, Brockley, S.E. a addition by the appearance, Station–Liandudno Bay, >. Melsom, Post-Uftice. LIVERPOOL.—Tonnage—Y.B.A., with limited depth and minimum LONDOWN.—George—Length on lw.l.; L.&8.4. 10, 15, and 20 tons. (Ima Street, Marine Town and New York. In fifty pages, there is simple and concise service to those who favorite 4 sport. Lngland Series, price 2/,1s published by G. Bell & Sons, London the course of its hundred and much information, given in language, which will be of have recently begun, or who- 94 THE MODEJ.-YACHTSMAN are thinking of taking up, canoeing or canoeyawling, and there are many hints which are hkely to be useful to those who cannot fairly be classed as novices. Doctor Hayward is a AND CANOEIST. hada fair meed ofsuccess in competition with river gigs and dinghies. canoeist and yaw] sailer-of some years standing, besides which, as our readers have had opportunities of judging, he has an interesting way of saying what he has to tell. The book has several (photo) illustrations, lines, &c., and instead of giving any longer notes about it the best advice we can give to the hrethern of the paddle is, ‘‘ Order a copy at once.” —O— The recent action of the M.C.C. in changing their classification rules, more into harmony with those of the R.C.C. came rather as a surprise. We are glad to note, however, that they have moved with the times by permitting the use of the sliding seat. ‘This adjunct to the sailing canoe is pronounced by those who have used it in this country, as in America, to be a great improvement, as, besides the greatly increased leverage giving greater sail carrying power, the position with the use of the slide is much less fatiguing, and is also much dryer. An appliance, the use of which tends to make canoe sailing more comfortable, as is the case with the slide, may with propriety be permitted by the clubs which have as their object the improvement of canoes, and, in our view, if such permission be not accorded, it can only have the result of increasing the already big tendency to forsake the canoe in favor of the canoe-yawl, or some larger class of craft. —O—_— We have received from the Northern Canoe Club a very full card of fixtures. There is a race, a chase, or acruise for every Saturday afternoon, between April 22nd and September 30th. The Northern Notes of to-day, taken in conjunction with the list of events mentioned above, make it seem probable that 1893 will prove quite a ‘record’ year for canoeing on the Tyne. —o-— The B.C.A. book of photos, to which we referred in the November number, has been sent round to subscribers. It is a very interesting souvenir of the meet, and very moderate in price. The thanks of canoeists are due to Mr Fred Evans, Eastgate Buildings, Chester, for the trouble he has taken in its production. —6o— MERSEY NOTES. The Annual Meeting of tae Mersey Canoe Club took place on the 27th of March. My anticipation that no important change of rules would take place has been incorrect, for two very important alterations were made. Owing to the fact that, until recently, the great majority of the canoes used by our members were of the sailable-paddling variety with the crew seated below, known as the first-class and these the boats larger were canoes formed the second-class. The more activemembers now use the beamier boats and the deck-seat position and, at the last two or three Annual Meetings, efforts have been made to alter our classification to accord with that of most other British canoe clubs; but in vain. Just within the legal period notices were sent round, that a motion on the subject would again be proposed and seconded, and at the meeting, after vigorous discussion, this was carried. Our rules on the subject now read thus :—ist Class. Any material ur build; greatest length over all, including stem and sternpost, 18 feet, with a limit beam of 2 feet 3 inches; but the beam may be increased by ¥% inch for each full inch of length decreased, until the limit beam of three feet is reached ; greatest depth, at fore end of well under the centre of the deck to the garboards, not more than r6ins. Second Class. Clincher or carvel build of wood, decked with wood, greatest length not more than 16 feet, maximum beam 27ins., minimum beam 26ins. The other alteration concerned the sliding seat, the rule forbidding any seat to extend beyond the deck edge of the canoe was rescinded and in its place was inserted: That deck-seats be allowed to extend beyond the sides of the canoe, not exceeding its own beam. The officers were re-elected and Mr, Berey was added to the committee. The report and finances of the club were satisfactory, and a sum of money was voted to the regatta fund. Several canoes and four or five of the larger boats visited Hilbre Island for the Easter holidays; a most enjoyable time was passed thanks to the lovely sailing weather we have had. ‘ Tavie.’ Unfortunately our London correspondents notes have not arrived in time for insertion in this No. From what we are able to gather through letters received, beyond the doings of the new ‘Atalanta’ (mentioned last month) and the ‘Bernice,’ there is but little to report. These two canoe-yawls have NORTHERN NOTES. The members of the Northern Canoe Club commenced the season in right good earnest on April 22nd. There was a full turn out for the first THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN event, a two mile sailing race in which five canoes competed. Uniortunately three members were barred from sailing owing to their boats being still under repair, otherwise the turn out would have been larger, but as it was, great interest was taken in this, the first record race. The competitors were :— ‘Amethyst,’ L. McPherson; ‘Argonaut,’ F. Smith; ‘Banshee,’ R. W. McKenzie; ‘Cluny,’ W. B. Ellis; ‘Sunbeam,’ Joseph Ellis. There was a‘fine breeze from the east, which was fully appreciated in coping with the flowing tide. Starting with a beat to windward ‘Amethyst’ crossed the line first with ‘Cluny’ in same length. Then came ‘Banshee’ and ‘Argonaut’ together, ‘Sunbeam’ being far in the rear, making a Lad start. In the beat down, ‘Amethyst’ kept ahead, and ‘Banshee’ passing ‘Argonaut’ and ‘Cluny’, followed cluse astern. ‘These positions were kept, the distances between each being increased, ‘Amethyst’ running home first and won an easy race, the time from Start to finish being 23 minutes and 20 seconds. —-O0—— A new canoe-yawl arrival of in the Oxford Tyne fame). is the ‘Spruce’ Her owner, Mr.’ Ernest Kipling. intends using her on the sea, and during the summer months her head quarters will be Cullercoats. | a AND CANOEIST. 95 Several members were up the River Hull, (with steam launch and two spoken). On Hornsea Monday, April Mere, 3rd, house-boats—low be it the afternoon of Easter found dodging about for gunfire. six of the 13-footers ‘Fhe wind, about E.S.E. gave a run to west mark, a reach to the north buoy, and a turn home. The race was, as usual, a handicap, but with amount of windward work there was, the scratch boats might have been further Four rounds were sailed: penalized. Boat. Ethel, Spectre, Clarice, Swan, Owner. Start. G, F. Holmes, scratch 2-56-0 G, H. Denison, 4 min. 2-55-30 W, Field, scratch 2-56-0 J. H. lonsdale, $ min. 2-55-30 Finish, 4-18-40 4-20-20 4-20 32 4-23-8 City of Wakefield,J R Eldridge, 1 min. 2-55-0 4-23-10 Waterlly, A. S. Haller. 3 min. 2-53-0 — 4-28-0 There was a good race between ‘Spectre’ and ‘Clarice’ (a new boat), and between ‘Swan’ and ‘City of Wakefield.” The wind was about as much as was required for the boats to do their best under whole sail, with crews out on the weather gunwale, and did not drop as it often does when there is any racing on the way. ‘The latest addition to the fleet on the Mere is Mr. Henson’s purchase from Liverpool, the ‘Olwen.’ She should do something towards reviving the racing in the 18ft. class there, —-Q— OUR The usually quiet and secluded boat-house of the N.C.C. at Scotswood on Tyne promises to be quiet no longer. Adjoining it the members of the T.A.R.C. have erected a large and handsome boat-house and cries of “Keep yer back straight !” “Hi, you there, don’t sit like a red herring !” ete. greet the ears of the canoeists. Let us hope the two clubs will be good friends and pull together for each others benefit, for a long time to come, —_9—- The regatta this year promises to be a most interesting event, it being intended, besides the ordinary races, to introduce a few novelties in the way ofa race on empty barrels etc. HUMBER YAWL CLUS. Those members of the above club who had their boats in commission at Easter had every reason to be satisfied with their early start. If the ordering of the weather had been in their hands, it could hardly have been better. Whereas last year those who went cruising up Trent had to begin by shovel.ing the snow off their decks, this year not a drop of rain fell and the sun shone every day. A nice muster of members and their friends were away from Friday to Monday evening, in boats ‘Ina,’ ‘Godiva,’ ‘Zulu’ (late ‘Manx Queen’) and ‘Eveline’, the latter two craft have recently changed hands. ILLUSTRATION, We are indebted to her designer, Mr. Charles Livingston, for the lines of the ‘Olwen,’ which was built in 1891 for Mr. C. S. Madan, Bond, the well-known Mersey builder. by ‘‘Sam.” The boatis built (clinker) of white pine with teak topstrake and cedar deck, and has no internal fittings other than a shelf each side and one across the boat just under the after deck. locker She has a (box) stern seat,a movable thwart for sculling, and water-tight compartments fore and aft. She is of the following leading dimensions; — Length… ec ccccecenceecececesenees 16 Beam coc ecececcsceceeset ceceeee eseueaess 4 Freeboard bow ……..cccceceeeeeee ees 2 ” amidships ……….seceees r » Foo 8 | 1 |e: » With centreboard…………… Mast from stem head :to centre)… Length of well…….ccceceeceeeceeeeees Greatest width of well ………..c008 Centreboard of steel, Length……… ” ” Width……… 6 9 0 44 94 o 6 2 4 4 ro} 8 0 3.0 4 10} Io Weight……… about 7olbs, Area of mainsail…….cecceececeeee eee 125 sq. feet. Fore triangle ….c..ceccesesseneeseenees 36 THE 96 MODEL-YACHTSMAN The rudder is of wood with galvanised drop-plate pivoted on the port side; the yoke is connected by lines with the deck yoke, which has Madan’s im proved tiller arrangement, “Her pecularity” writes her late owner “is in her rig, which is exactly the same as the New Brighton Sailing Club boats, viz., small jib and N.B. lug, short bowsprit, single rigging to mast. The result is a very able and fast little boat, good single hander, and better still double handed for racing or cruising. Lots of room in her, a good sea boat, and with only 24 cwt. of lead in her, lively and easy steering. She is close winded, and reaches and runs very fast; pulls very easily. In fact couldn’t be a better all round boat of her size. She has only be:n raced twice, in 1894, and 1892, for the M.C.C, Challenge Cup. The first time she beat my old ‘Galatea’ (15 x 4 C.B. canoe-yawl) with considerable ease, and the second time won avery even race with Dr. Hayward’s ‘Tavie,’ a larger boat, in weather fair to both. ‘Tavie’ is quite the best yawl in the M.C.C. — All ‘Olwen’s’ cruising was confined to the Dee, and she was very comfortable, having so much room. Altogether I can speak thoroughly well of her, and especially of the rig, which is both handy and effective, there being so very little gear.” ‘Olwen’ has recently been purchased by Mr. J. R, Henson, of Hornsea, and is at present on Hornsea Mere. She appears in a moderate breeze to be slightly slower running than the best of the 13-footers in use there, but headreaches much faster when close hauled than they do, whilst at the same time pointing about equally close. She is quick in stays, and steers very steadily, ze. does not require constant ‘“‘ruddering” to keep her on her course. Besides that, she 1s stiff, as might be expected from her lines, and should, in model at any rate, make an excellent cruiser. The mainboom seems a somewhat heavy spar for so light a a boat, but its weight (as well as its stiffness) probably has something to do with the excellent set of her (freefooted) silk lugsail. MY ONian es FIRST CRUISE IN FIRST MY CANOE. aster never passes without bringing up recollec- tions of my first canoe—and cruise—if that first short journey I made in her may be dignified with such a title. It was some time ago—longer than I care to dwell upon—when I bought the ‘Ida’ but, long ago as it was, I well remember the glow of pride and gratification with which I contemplated that “all my own” craft. She was lying at Bedford when I, a Londoner, on the morning of one Good Friday, started to AND CANOEIST. fetch her to home waters, walking from London to Luton whence I took train to Bedford. Qn arrival I jaid in a small stock of provisions and, at midday, set out on what was to me a voyage of discovery down stream, for I had but a school-boy’s knowledge of the river. ‘The weather was cold with a brisk breeze, rather against me if [recollect aright, but I made good way, carrying around the locks, all of which were overgrown with grass and weeds, and, to all appearance, disused. ‘The exercise and surroundings were alike quite new to me, and I went along gaily, past Rivinghoe Castle, of which I caught a glimpse, and the remains of an amphitheatre which [ couldn’t see at all— making light of portages which, on account of high banks and a variety of obstructions, would have been very troubles. me with any but a very small canoe. And so to Ruxton where I had a cup of tea and other refreshments, but was soon compelled by the increasing cold to push forward. But cold was not the only drawback I had to contend with, for it soon began to snow, slightly at first but more heavily and steadily as evening advanced, until wet, cold and half blinded, I ran ashore, and, turning the canoe upside down in a field, set out in search of shelter for the night. It was some time before I found a road, and still longer before a boy hove in sight who, with the hope of reward, guided me to Eaton Socon. ‘That boy must have been inspired, for the Inn there yielded everything that I, wet and desired. weary, It is true that my advent on foot on such a snowy night, for it was quite dark by that time, created some surprise, but I was svon seated at supper in front of a blazing fire, the supper being preceeded and followed by sundry special cordials, to keep the cold out, as the genial landlady said. (Day’s run about 1§ miles.) The next morning I was awakened by brilliant sunshine, and started off to hunt for the canoe whichI had so unceremoniously abandoned the previous evening. ‘The snowfall had been heavy, and mine was no easy task, for several times I was leg-deep in snowdrifts before a slight mound in the white expanse revealed the whereabouts of the ‘Ida’. She was quickly launched and away we went still down stream and with a fair wind, which occasionally filled my little pocket-handkerchief of a sail. The wintry aspect of the country soon succumbed to the sun’s warm rays, and, by the time I reached St. Ives (about 18 miles) all traces of snow had disappeared, while the river had changed from a clear green to muddy brown and was perceptibly higher and faster. After a night’s rest I availed myself of the prosaic Railway for transport to Rye House, and from there I paddled down to Lea Bridge over a stretch THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN of which I write, afforded me endless amusement boating, which had, in fact, been my aquatic cradle. ‘TRENT, MALTA BOATS. Continued from April number. it is an awesome sight to see them with their vampire like wings, rushing before the wind. THE Gozo Boat is our favourite trading craft. an awning as shown in the sketch, and when the wind is strong enough they set a very small sail, usually a spritsail, The model and fittings are almost exactly the same as the dghaisa, but is fullerended. They are about of about the same area as the sail shown on the canoe below. The mast is stepped about 3/6” from the stem, and as they have only 3 inches of 40 feet long and ro feet beam. The sails consist of two beautifully sitting settees and a jib, which drive the boat very fast, and they go out in all weathers, very rarely reefing. Itis a splendid sight to see them tearing along with top of washboards nearly under water, then as they rise after a puff keel they will not point very close. An oar over the stern is used for steering. The oars are generally made of beech, with straight broad blades and are rather heavy. ‘They are connected to wooden thole pins by a piece of greased platted rope wrapped round three times, knotted, and a couple of feet of one end left loose, by means of which the oar can easily be transferred to another pin, an additional and longer loop of thin cord is also attached and used when alongside the quay so that the oars can be hung fore and aft alongside (they are never shipped) from which position they will not move. When a boatman meets a boat, ‘buoy or other obstruction, he does not lay the | blade of his oar aft and slide past, but in the first case feathers it under the object and in the second points it forward and dodges it with considerable the water spurts out of the lee trough drain holes in little cascades. Ingenious as these troughs are, we think they would be much better replaced by ordinary side decks, as the water entering must reduce stability, besides the extra weight and the space they take up. When alongside the wharf the washboards are removed to facililate loading and discharging. They are fitted thus :—Posts 2ft. Gin. long and gin. square are inserted into holes, about 4 feet apart, in the gunwale. These posts are grooved on fore and aft sides, into which the washboards of about r5in. deep, are slid. About 8in, of the posts project above the boards and, being rounded off, are used as thole pins, so that oars can be worked from any part of the boat, a great convenience, when loaded with general skill. simply mal-formed Government boats are dghaisas, the stem post curves aft ina most un- plice for manipulating the boat The f.rm of midship section is also regulated by moulds kept at the Custom House. Tue FisuHinc Boat is a craft very similar to the dghaisa but generally larger. – cargo. They are seaworthy boats, smart in stays, and very skilfully handled. Four or five tons of stones are carried as ballast when empty. To be concluded. alongside the quay. ‘They have generally considerable shoulder and quarter, the idea probably being to make them drier, but the opposite is the effect, as they slam and throw up the spray, besides spoiling the speed. Asarule, however, they are not fitted with “troughs,” which is a slight improvement. Goverment boats run up to 24 ft. in length, but ordinary dghaisas seldom beyond 22 ft. They will carry a dozen passengers. All passenger dghaisas are measured by the Custom House and certified to carry so many persons. 97 crescence in front of stem post (see sketches) strengthened by a horizontal knee which the lithographer has omitted to show. An equally singular feature is the fearful and wonderful spritsail which, as might be expected, sits about as flat as half a balloon and is no good close hauled, but off the wind the boat can ramp along and with spinnaker or shadow sail set, simply flies. © On a dark night and sport in the shape of fishing, bathing and symmetrical circle, the stern post falling for’ad and then curving out with a move graceful swanlike sweep. Thus shaped the posts are of course utterly useless, and merely so much weight and windage, an upright iron bar taking their CANOEIST. A curious feature they have, the use of which we ~ have been unable to find out, is an angular ex- of water which had, even in earlier days than those In summer the Dghaisas carry AND They have not the platform but have deeper and longer washboards, Correspondence. Tue Eviror, he Canoetst. Danecliff, Lymm. DEAR S1r,—The remarks of your Mersey Correspondent about the alterations recently made in the ‘Cacique,’ call for a few wards from her owner, in reply: To begin with the question of ballast, he writes ‘‘I am in favour of ballast in this advantageous position (ze. on keel) Therefore, however good, for sea going canoe-yawls.” ‘Cacique’ may have been with inside ballast, he must admit she will be better with it in a more ‘‘advantageous position.” ‘Cacique’ is very nearly 18ft. x $ft. 6in. on L. W. L. and as I never considered 6 cwt. sufficient ballast I have increased the sail-area, and can now carry any desired weight of ballast, from the original 6 cwt, upward, However, your correspondent’s chief grievance is the alteration of the deck plan, Now my chief grievance was an abomination called ‘ta deck yoke and steering gear.” This 98 THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN contraption was continually coming to grief (I believe a certain well-known Mersey canoe-yawl has had hers repaired several times) soit was decided to give ‘Cacique’ an ordinary iron tiller. To do this, it was recessary to get the helmsman further aft, so the small steering well (affording ample room and comfortable seats for two} was made, and yet the after deck is still as long as in the ‘Daisy’ H.Y.C., of same length, Therefore the weight is no more in that end. The “‘big round hole” is a circular hatchway toa locker, formed bya W.T. bulkhead, 2ft. 6in. from sternpost. It is not very heavy whea empty, and I have no intention of stowing spare ballast there. This hatchway is 1 14 inches diameter; it will be handy for oil-skins, spare light gear, etc. The C.B. and tiller can be reached from either cockpit or (original) well. To come to the ‘“‘seriously though” a canoe-yawl has been turned:intua‘‘canoe-yacht,” /ossidly so, butas there has been no additional deck, (indeed a reduction), no coach-house rm of or cabin, the term may say, I hope covering in the “house boat” requires explanation. to make well, some but When the hatches would be arrangement certainly not better on, I for entirely sliding hatches. the crew may be required forward, and to go forward quickly and safely on hatches is a difficult matter. |My idea is, to have fore and aft decking quickly removable and four jointed, the two centre parts to fold over on the two outer parts, leaving when folded back, a narrow passage the full length of the well forward. This decking might save a good deal of baling, etc., if caught, for instance, on Rhyl flats. A certain canoe-yawl, most ably skippered, was last year detained four days jout of a brief holiday) in harbour, whena cockpit and well covering might have justified her’ in proceeding, especially if her ballast had been transferred to her keel, She was a larger boat than ‘Cacique’. I may say ‘Cacique’ would not cruise with six passengers, but they could now be in the well, out of the way of the skipper and he, being 15 inches higher, would be better able to see what he was about. more weight aft, than no As in I have shown there is other well designed and thoroughly well tried boats. I may say that forward is a W.T.B. 3 feet from stem. The iron keel is concentrated about amidships, fore and aft ends are light and do not come within 3 feet of either end. Finally when running before broken water (with my cock- it full) how thankful I shall be that it is cut off a bulkfivad from the great well forward, and if that is myby friend’s experience I shall hurry up with my fore and afi hatches. Yours, &c., CACIQUE, P.S.—I fear the consequences may be serious, but would ‘Tavie’ kindly say, if it would be better to have the dinghy smal} enough to go in the well or just large enough to fit over the coaming, and su, bottom up, make a cabin. And ‘Cherul’s’ ‘*Wren” side pieces could be fitted to gain extra head room. AND CANOEIST. With seven miles before us and a strong adverse tide, it did not look very like getting into Blyth that night. I was almost exhausted with paddling when the mate sang out “steam-tuy astern.” I stowed the paddles and had the tow line ready just as she came up. Recognising her as a Scotswood boat we hailed her “Foster Bros, ahoy !” “What do you want?” “Can you give us a tow 2” “What port?” “Blyth!” ‘Throw us your line.” The line is thrown and made fast and away we go. Oh! what a lively time we had, rolling first to port, then to starboard, then stopping, then rushing ahead with a jerk, expecting every moment to be capsized or left behind; but we made the river at Jast with nothing worse than a wetting. T would recommend anyone who should find it necessary to be towed at sea in a smail boat, to get on board the steamer and leave the boat to look after itself, [We are not surprised that the ‘Isalo’ did not tow very steadi’y, as her greatest draft is forward. (See lines in March number), She would have towed much better stern first, with rudder triced up, and no crew on board.—Ep.| After thanking the skipper we cast off, and went in search of the Livingstone. We found her at last and got our ship hoisted on board, As we had no camping gear with us, and did not intend staying in Blyth all night, we started for the station at once, to flnd that the train had just gone, and there would not be another for two hours. After having some refreshments we decided to walk, as it was very uncomfortable waiting in our wet clothes. It was a lovely night and we were well repaid for our long journey. ‘The road is very pretty, winding in and out by the sea shore, On Blyth links we passed the Boys Camp, and a very charming sight it was to see the poor lads in their clean white calico suits, enjoying themselves at cricket, football &c. These camps I may say are got up by a number of ladies and gentlemen of Newcastle and district for the street arabs. may see them going cff in batches and thirty at a time, pale, dirty, You of twenty-five ragged looking cripples, and after a fortnight in camp with good food, exercise and fresh air, you see them come A SEA TRIP IN THE ‘TISALO? Being entered for a canoe race at Alnmouth Regatta, a friend whom we wili call the Mate, and I, left Cullercoats Haven at 3-30 p.m. for Blyth, at which port we were to go on board the steamtug Livingstone, which was bound for the regatta the following day with a party of her owner’s friends. The wind was from the N.W. and gradually dying away ; in fact before we had gone a mile it dropped altogether. The mate was quite a new hand, and consequently not very good at paddling. back straight, clean, healthy lads. I am wandering from my subject and I am afraid, wearying my readers. We arrived at home at last, hungry and footsore, (having only indiarubber slippers on) to surprise the good folk by eating very nearly everything they had in the house. Next morning we awoke just in time to catch the first train to Blyth, where we found the Livingstone ready to start as soon as all the other guests were on board. They all got on at last and we were soon steaming slowly out of the river. It was rather choppy outside and a good many of the passengers suffered from M/al de Mer. We THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN reached our destination about midday after a very pleasant passage and dropped anchor off the mouth of the Aln. There was a coble in attendance to set off for the station where we This was very annoying, because we travel by, it is only about twelve miles to Cullercoats, you have to chanze twice and it takes one and a half hours to get there, yesterday it only took us that time to walk, of course it is not quite so far by road. Next morning the wind was much too after dining explored the neighbourho:’d. When we returned to the beach we found a number of children very busy trying to lad the little ship with sand and water. After come trouble we got her cleaned out and cnce more afloat, The wind was blowing from the east and as we had then no interest in the regatta we amused ourselves by sailing about until it was time to go on bo.rd the steamer again. Here was a strong to think of bringing our ship home by sea, so we set off to walk to Blyth by the shore, amusing ourselves by gathering shells, throwing stones and bathing. By the time we got there the wind had gone down considerably and as it was from the S.W. it was very favourable because we would almost be able to close haul it. We soon had the little ship launched and paddled down to the end of the piers — The wind had increased and the sea was getting lumpy, making the Zzvzngsfone pitch about a good deal, where we should certainly be smashed to pieces if we tried to go alongside. There was nothing left for us but to run into the river again. Here another difficulty presented itself. We now noticed for the first time that the tide had fallen considerably and that a heavy surf was breaking almost across the bay, only leaving a small opening. There was a coble making for this opening and she would be there just about the same time as we would; so we waited until we thought she was far where we hoisted sail went off at a canvas (75 (in was then 3-15 p.m.) and spanking pace square feet), under We full soon cruising overtook a fishing boat with a pleasure party who, after being toid where we were bound for, advised us to turn back. Ofcourse we scorned their advice and stood on, only to repent, for the wind gradually increased and when we got beyond St. Mary’s Island, we get it hot. Every wave came over the top of us. Had it not been for the very small well opening, we would have been swamped. The sails being new, I had not had time to fit reefing gear, consequently we were unab’e to reef, so had to labour on as best we could. We had to enough atLead; but we found that we had miscalculated our speed, for we overtook her right in the opening and as it was impossible to turn, we tried to pass her to windward, and as ill luck would have it we ran ashore, and had to get out to prevent the stand straight on, for we dared not put her on the other tack to get under shelter of the land; if we had we should have been capsized. At 4 o’clock boat from being pounded to pieces by the surf. Luckily it was a sandy shore and we escaped with a wetting only. we were directly off f’ynemouth, about six or seven miles out to sea; having done about eight miles in 34 of an hour. We now lowered the sails, feeling confident that we should never have been able to carry thern so far if we had not been fitted The next difficulty was how to get on board the steamer. After puzzling our brains for some time the mate shouted, “I have it, put her on a coble.” with a sliding deck seat. We soon had her into the coble that was acting as tender to the steamer, and got her on board without damage; but with the accompaniment of a little excitement with some ladies who were going aboard at the same time. The mate now manned the pumps and (a cap, towel sponge) while I tried the paddles. It took me ail my time to keep her head to the seas, We tried to attract the attention of two or three passing craft, but they either did not see us or did not think we were worth picking up. We kept straining The anchor was hove up and we steamed for home with two racing cobles in tow. The wind gradually increased, and we pitched about a good our eyes to see if there was a boat putting off from Cullercoats, as our friends were sure to be on the | deal. All went well until there was a cry of “Stop her!” On looking astern we saw that one of the cobles had broken her tow line. After some difficuity another and stronger line was made fast. We were just uuder way again when, bump! bump! clatter! clatter! one of the floats of the starboard were fortunate enough to catch a train; or unfortunate | ought to say, for it is the most wearying line anyone could had come with the full intention of winning. However, this did not prevent us from enjoying ourselves, for after pulling the ship ashore we went difficulty we had not bargained for. 99 ship would not be in the way where she was, we We soon had our ship over the side and went off to the committee boat, only to be told that there would be no race for canoes, as ours was the into the village and CANOEIST. paddle had come loose. After another twenty minutes delay we were again under way and reached Blyth without further mishap. After bidding our host good bye, and, being assured by him that our take anyone ashore who wished to go. only entry. AND look ow. No! there was nothing. We had been paddling here for three hours The wind died down a little and the sea became a 3 little calmer. The order is passed to leave the pumps and _ hoist the mainsail, but it was full of water and refused to be hoisted. After struggling with it for some THE ico MODEL-YACHTSMAN time it suddenly gave in to superior force. We now headed straight for Cullercoats; but soon we began to wonder what made her sail so heavy. AND CANOEIST. “MODEL DOCKYARD.” q FITTINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR The wonder was soon dispelled when we found that the forward compartment was full of water, for her bow scarcely ever rose, being buried almost ‘ MODEL YACHTS. CANOE wanted to take us in tow, once more on Both 86 inches wide. ¢erra firma surrounded by triends, » Bull’s The charge fer inserting advertisements in this column is 4d. for twenty words, and 1d. for every additional five words For SALE,—-The Oxford Yawl ‘WARRIOR’ new last autumn, cedar, 18 x §, 2 suits sails, all in thorough order, £30. ALSO the sister boat ‘LYNETTE’ and same price. exactly like ‘Warrior’ The above boats are up to date ‘‘turn about boats.” not canoes, Write for photos. but are For SALE.—A Novel Racing Canoe-yawl 18 x 4, not yet finished. T’wo sliding seats, safety canvas well. Cedar and pine. A handsome boat. Designed expressly for speed, rating °3. Twosmart canoeists could prove her fastest craft of her rating afloat. Other desirable boats also on Medley, Oxford. Price £40. to be sale by THEO. the Belfast. MIDDLETON’s Yacur BooKks.—‘‘ Choice Winning Proportions for Racing Yachts,” §s., contains 67 examples. ‘Cruise of the Kate,” 6s. 8d., or ‘*How to defend England ” contains 16 splendid flyers. ‘‘ Sail Tons,” 2s. 6d, ‘* Cubic Yacht Measurement,” 3s, 6d.— MIDDLETON, Cosy Nook, Eastwood, Essex. FoR SALE.—New 1o-tonner 38% x 8, displacement 23lhs, with one set of polished pine spars and sail-plan, 4o0/-. New Io-tonner 414 x 74, 24] bs. displacement Special design for windward work. With one set polished pine spars, 4o/-.. Apply T.H., this Office. For SALE.—1c-ton Model Yacht, well fitted up with brass fittings, &c., and likely to turn outa fast boat. 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