The Model Yachtsman and Canoeist: Volume 6, Issue 2 – February 1889

§ (ANOEIST A Monthly Journal of Model Yacht Construction, Fitting and Sailing; Canoeing News, Doings of the Clubs; Yachting Items; Correspondence; Sale and Exchange; &e. Vol. VI.—No. 2. Price 3a., Post-free 3¥d. All Communications (except Canoeing) must be addressed Cditorinl ** THE EDITOR of The Afodel- Vachisman, _ 161 & 162, High Street, Hull.” CANOEING Communications must be addressed “THE EpiItor of The Canoetst. 46, Chesilton Rd., Munster Park, London, S.W.” THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN & CANOEIST is published on the 1st of each month, and can be had of any bookseller, or will be sent on application to the Pub- lishers, on the following terms :— Post-free to any part of the United Kingdom, Europe or America…… paid in advance…… 3/6 per annum Jad. or 1d. stamps may be sent in payment. N.B,—In sending for single copies, 334d. in stamps must be enclosed to cover postage. HuLL: THOMAS GRASSAM, I61 & 162, High Street. Lonpon: E. Mar.Boroucu & Co., 51, Old Bailey. DVERTISEMENTS should this office not later A than the 2Ist of the month,reach to secure insertion in he following issue. Rates on application. To Foreign Subseribers!—All subscriptions must e sent by Post Office Orders, payable to THos. GRASSAM, TULL ; or, if sent in Foreign Stamps, please send value in né or two stamps only, of high value.—P.O.O. made pay- ble to ‘‘7he Model-Yachisman” will not for the future be ccepted, Tr Scarboro’ club will DPotes, hold their second exhibition in March, particulars of which may be gathered from the club’s report. The exhibition will be held in the Aquarium, and it is intended to show a number of models afloat, as well as the collection on the tables. All clubs having good models should endeavour to be represented at these displays, to raise a spirit of emulation in the matter of finished work and general appearance in models. —-O—— Mr. G. Hats, of the Serpentine club, speaks highly of the sail-area rule, and thinks if it were adopted we should hear very little more of ‘‘models running off their helms.” We endorse this opinion so far as to say, that the evil would not be nearly so prevalent, as there is considerable safety in beam, and also in modera te sail-plan, Those who have tried the rule and found it a success, should give their opinion s freely in our columns, and also forward the movement fora M. Y. R. A. What is wanted to gain adherents to the sail-area rule is a simplified method of calculation, so that those clubs with a large number of boats could take it up without throwing too great an amount of work on their officers. New rules are not lightly taken up by clubs with a large fleet, as – THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN 22 the duties of the officials are no sinecure, even if things go on in the old sweet way. —p— Tur Editor begs to acknowledge with gratitude New Year’s greetings, especially, yachting cards, &c., from nnmerous friends, which many duties have prevented him from replying to direct. –O-— LOWESTOFT TO THE I’ront.— Upwards of £100 has been subscribed for a model yacht pond, the site is secured, the pond area staked off, and before this is in the hands of our readers, excavating operations will have commenced. A CORRESPONDENT from Bradford writes that he eannot get his Afodel- Yachtsman through the local news agent, except at such a lengthened period after publication that it is of no use; he furthermore says that the editorship system is disgraceful and lax that cannot supply a copy under a month. So it would be if the blame of such delay could by any possibility be laid at the door of the Editor, but if this should meet the eye of our correspondent, let him apply direct to the office at Hull, or to Messrs. Marlborough, London, he will find that no delay will then trouble him. ——O— Tae Southsea Club, which we wrote about in our last issue, is in thriving condition, we are glad to learn. The Hon. Sec. has favoured us with a report, too late for insertion in this month, but as it will no doubt prove of great interest, it will have due prominence in our next. core @ Deed THe AmMEEICA’s Cup.—There are no challenges for the cup up to date. All the late rumours have been contradicted, and without any great hope of a visit from any of the American Flyers. International yachting seems likely to remain a dead letter for another year. It is no small enterprise to equip and take a yacht out to America for racing purposes, You cannot get a gate and pay the exes, of the visiting team as in cricket and football. It is a large venture in £s.d., and until the clubs take the matter up as a body it is likely to be slack work. —_o— Inuustration Pagses or Last Montu.—The scales marked on the drawings of Mr, W. E. C. Phelps’ 10-ton model cutter, were transposed : the body-plan should have been 4in.=1in., and the other two plans }in.=lin. We are sorry the error crept in, but our readers would no doubt see the mistake at a glance. —_—O— Tue sixth edition of Yacht & Boat Sailing is just published, in which appears for the second AND CANOEISY time the design and sail-plan of a Yarmouth yawl, supplied by Mr. F. J. Tansley, an ardent model-yachtsman, of Lowestoft. Tue QuEEN anD Mopeis.—Her Majesty has recently been presented with a splended model of the new hospital ship for deep sea fishermen, the ‘Queen Victoria,’ which was sent to the Queen by the members of the Mission to deep sea fishermen. Her Majesty expressed herself highly pleased with the beautiful model, and asked a number of questions about the vessel it represents, and the sister smack ‘ Alberta,’ which is to be launched shortly. Her Majesty has also been presented with the two models in silver by the officers and men of the Royal Navy, representing the ‘ Britannia,” three decker, 120 guns, flag-ship, in 1837, and the ‘Victoria, modern ironclad, 1887. They are gaid to be the most complete and highly finished models ever exhibited in London. IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPULSION BY THE SCREW. —On Jan. 14th, Mr. Charles Spinks, Balerno, exhibited in Leith harbour a small working utodel (6ft. long) of a vessel with improvements in the construction of the propeller, which he has invented and patented. . The vessel is con- structed in the ordinary manner until towards the stern, where, instead of ending in a single keel, a double keel is formed, which completely encases the propeller, and on either side the keels are fitted with sluices, to be used as required. t is claimed that from the position of the propeller between the two keels, it can never be thrown clear of the water, consequently rendering it safer and greatly reducing the strain on engines and machinery, and also, from the protection so afforded, is not nearly so lable to accident as is the case with propellers as at present situated. It is further held that a higher rate of speed will be reached by the improvements. From the tests the vessel appear- ed to go as fast astern as ahead. In the case of going ahead by raising the starboard sluice, an additional motive power was gained by the rush of water through the aperture acting on the propeller as on a horizontal turbine, and on _ reversing the engine, by closing that sluice and opening the one on the port side, a corresponding acceleration of speed was the result in the backward movement. A large number of Leith shipbuilders, engineers, and shipowners watched the experiments.—Glasgow Herald. THE CRAFTS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. There are several types of craft on the rivers and coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk that are not to THE be seen elsewhere. MODEL-YACHTSMAN The yachts are sloop rigged, with large jibs, mainsail and topsail, for racing, are very fast and handy ; the general size is 4 to rotons. The ‘Lateener’ was once a favourite rig, with lateen foresail and lug mizen, inast raking over the bows; they the fore- are generally broad, shallow boats, with bluff bows to support AND CANOEIST. duly adopted. 23 ‘The chairman in speaking of the doings of the club during the year, showed that in the inter-club races the Gateshead mem- bers had been very successful. The principal event of the evening was the presentation of a challenge cup, kindly given by Major Dance. This handsome and coveted prize was won during the season by Mr. A. E. Long, and the chairman in making the presentation spoke in illustrious terms of the winner, and he, in the foremast—they are very quick turning. ‘The rig is giving place to the balance lug, with the foremast placed upright. The trading wherries are always objects of interest to visitors to the Broads—their graceful lines and large brown sails are the admiration of all yachting men. They are nearly as fast as yachts, and sail closer than any other craft afloat (three and this will be looked forward to with much pleasure, the recipient being one of the chief admired for the beauty of their lines, and splendid on our river, The next important feature was the presentation of a magnificent marble timepiece, bearing a suitable inscription, to Mr. J. points). Within they can be worked by one man, and make comfortable cruising yachts. The celebrated Yarmouth yawls are always appearance under sail: they mostly carry two enormous lug sails some three), and are used for salvage and pilotage service. The beach gigs are similar craft for rowing purposes, with six to eight oars double banked; they are worked by the beachmen, who also form the life-boat crew. The life-boats are always objects of interest, and are of a type peculiar to this district, having been in use for 80 years on this coast, are noted for speed and stability. Designs and sail plans of a Norfolk and Suffolk racing sloop, wherries of the Broads, Norfolk and Suffolk life-boats, have been published in Ave/d and Yacht & Boat Sailing, 5th edition; there is also a drawing of Lowestoft ‘Lateener,’ in the same publication, which gives description and plans of several yachts and boats of this district. Doings of the Chibs, Reports for publication must be legibly written, on one side of the paper ovy, and forwarded to the Epitor not later than the 20th of each month, to ensure insertion in the following issue. Gateshead M. Y.C.—The members of this club held their annual general meeting on Saturday, December 22nd, at the Pavilion Café, High Street, Gateshead. At 7 p.m. they sat down to a knife and fork tea, which reflected much eredit upon the proprietress of this now well-known establishment. After ample justice had been done to the good things provided, the general business of the club was proceeded with. Major Dance, in the unavoidable absence of the president (Mr. Arthur Newall) occupied the chair, and the vice-chair was ably filled by Mr. G. Huntley. The assistant-secretary read the minutes of the last general committee meeting, also the balance sheet for the year, which were responding, thanked the donor for his gift, and kindly promised to read a paper on model yacht building at some future meeting of the members, draughtsmen at the largest shipbuilding yard Wilson, for the satisfactory manner in which he has conducted the club business. The vicechairman, on behalf of the members, made the presentation, and the assistant hon. secretary suitably responded. The same gentleman presented the prizes won during the season to the successful members, who were as follows :— Major Dance, Mr. Angus, Mr. Black, Mr. Fanning, Mr. Tindale, Mr. Neville, Mr. Brunstrom, Mr. J. Huntley, and Mr. Nino. Mr. Crimson moved a vote of thanks to Messrs. Dance, Newall, and Angus, for the Basket provided at annual trip, and Mr. Jared Dobson moved a vote of thanks to the president for his valuable book prize, won by Mr, ‘indale’s ‘Mikado.’ The vice-chairman, on behalf of the meinbers, thanked Major Dance for the challenge cup. Mr. Crimson was re-elected commodore, and Mr. Tindale vice-commodore. The hon, secretary, Mr. Dobeson, having removed to Whickham, tendered (very much to the regret of all the members) his resignation as an active official of the elub, and Mr. Wilson wag unanimously appointed as his successor. Mr. G. Huntley was voted as honorary treasurer and boat-house keeper ; Messrs. J. Crimson and J. Gallon, as auditors; and Messrs. J. W. Wood, J. Huntley, T. Sutherland, and T. Stohoe were elected on the committee. Messrs. J. Huntley and J. T’widale favoured the company with solos during the evening, and Mr. Dobeson gave an overture on the piano. , Melsom, Post-Office. LIVERPOOL.—Tonnage—Y.R.A., with limited depth and minimum freeboard. Station—Sefton Park Lake R. Richmond, 6, Cance-rd., Anfield, Liverpool, LONDON.—London.—Length (l.w.l.} multiplied by beam, not to exceed 240, also 10-ton class ¥.R.A. and L. & S. A, 15-ton class. Station— Round Pond, Kensington Gardens. F, T. Harrison, 11, Gordon-place, Kensington, London, W. M. Y.Sailing Association—Length taken on l.w.1, MODEL YACHT CLUB REGISTER. invite the We shall be pleased to insert particulars of all Clubs, and Seeretaries to forward the necessary information; also, to notify any change in Names and Addresses, ent—Tonnage—lin. to 1ft. Y.B.A. (1883) Rule of Measurem squared, multiplied by beam, diLength (l.w.l.) added to beam, vided by 1730. ength (lw.1) less “94” Rule of Measurement—Tounage—L , divided breadth multiplied by the breadth and by the half-breadth ; by 94. Length lit., to in. nnage—l ment—To «©1900 Rule of Measure the breadth, (Lw.l.} taultiplicd by length, and the product by divided by 1200 AMERICAN.—Leneth taken on 1.w.1. Station—Prospect Park, New York. G. Pigott, 92, Douglas St., Brooklyn, U.S. Station. ANGLESEY.—Tonnage—Y.B.A. A. F. Haslam, Menai Bridge. BANGOR (Ireland).—Length and Y¥.RA. H. Cullen, Upper Clifton, Bangor. BOSTON-—’Tonnage—Y.RB.A. Station.—River Witham. W. Thompson, 15, White Horse Lane. to stern-pdst,on deck. BELFAST,—Lengzth, taken frora siem-head Lough. Station.—Belfast James Gardner, 6, Old Park. Ulster.—Measurement wanted. Station—Waterworks, Antrim Road. W. Wilson, 124, Cogsgrave-street. BRADFORD.—Y.B.A. and length. Stations — Bradford Moor Park and Manningham Park Lake. W. G. Richardson, 36, Leamington-street, Manningham, tontaken on l.w.l. up to 3ft., then Length FERRY.— TY BROUGH Station—Claypots Castle Pond. nage—Y.R.A. Geo. Ritchie, 17, Ambrose St., Broughty Ferry, N.B, COWES, I.W., MEDINA,—Length, Wu. Silbeck, West Cowes, CARNARVON.—Length. Station.— Station—Menai Straights. J. H. Lees, Bronserial, North Road. DELHI, Canada.—Particulars wanted. W. S. Crysler, Delhi, Ont., Canada. DUNDEE.— Weight. 12 Ibs. to 1 ton. Station._—Stobsmuir Pond. J, Cant, 60, Watson Terrace, Glebe. Station—Round Pond, Kensington Gardens. J. Pollard, 82, Spring-st., Paddington. Vietoria—Length, taken overall and on lL.w.l. Station—Victoria Park. W.8. Melville, 16, Frederic-place, Bow, E. Serpentine—Tonnage—Y.R.A. tine, Hyde Park. Station—The Serpen- G. Hale, 178, Hampstead-road, London, N.W. Station.—Long Pond, Clapham—Tonnage—Y.R.A. Clapham Common. W. J. Bailey, 94, Lorrimore Road, 3.E. Prince of Wales.— Station—Victoria Park. Measurement and See.’s Name wanted. Alexandra.—Do. Do. George—Length on lew.l.; L.&8.4,; also 10-ton class, Station—Round Pond, Kensington Gardens, E. Tylee, 29, Oxford Square. Hyde Park. Highgate—Boats handicapped by weight. Station—Highgate Ponds. H, P. Reynoldson, 2 Beaconsfield-ter., Archway-rd., H’gate Station.—Long Corinthian.—Tonnage Y.R.A. Pond, Clapham. G. C. Church, 4, Strathleven Road, Acre Lane, Brixton, $8.W, Goodrich Road School.—Lengte |.w.1. and ¥.R.A. C. L. Outridge, Goodrich Road School, E, Dulwich, LOWESTOFT. E. J. Tansley, F, C. Bird, MANCHESTER,—Length, taken on Lwl.; also 10-ton class, Y.R.A. Station—Print Works Reservoir, Levenshulme. R. W. Gill, Green Hill, Edgley, Stockport. MARYPORT, Cumberland.—Tonnage—Y.R.A,. J. W. Hodgson, 20, North-street, Station MEDWAY.—Chatham.—-Length multiplied by beam. G. Luxon, 39, Copenhagen Road, New Brompton. D. Bartlett, Thorald Road, Chatham. MOOR PARK (New South Wales.)—Length, taken from stem-head to stern-post on deck; also overall. J.M. Donaldson, 22, Myrtle-street, 5. Sydney, N.S.W PORT GLASGOW.—Tonnage—‘“‘ 94’? Thule. Station.—Lower Dougliehill Pond. J. Brash, 5, William Street. PORTSMOUTH.—Tonnage—Y¥.R.A. and length (1.-w.1.) Station.—Craneswater, Southsea, Capt. Haldane—Wolverton House, Lennox Road, Southsea. RYDE, (1.W.)—Length, taken from stem-head to stern-post, on deck. Station.—Canoe Lake. G. Beazley, Ryde Dispensary. THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN SCARBOROUGH.—Length, taken on 1.w.1.; also, 10-ton class, Y.R.A Station—The Mere. David Maynard, 29, Dean Street. Station,— SOUTHAMPTON.—Length, taken on l.w.1. SOUTHPOR|! :—Tonnage—Y.kt.A, W.W. Nightingale, The Glaciarium, Lord St. SOUTH a= —Tonnage—Y.R.A. Station— T. T. Anderson, 7, Albion-terrace. AND CANES BENBY WaiTTy, WELLINGTON (New Zealand).—Tonnage—* 1200” Rule. Station—The Harbour. IRECT “| The Latest sigeSA ‘9 gBo* a a e Cu apial IVORY CARDS BY RETURN POST