Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-08

! extends in an arc from the bow of the yacht
/ up 10 the top of the mast and beyond, the
/ eall covering the whole space from stem to
stern. This TIC Is one Of the fastest known
modern rigs as applied 10 ordinary sailing
/ craft the feluccas of the south of Europe
/ being proverbial for speed, and consider
/ able interest is felt as TO the result when
/ the good properties Of this rig are fully
| demonstrated. Jacob L. Bucbhout, the
POughkeepsie ice-yacht expert, favOrs the
sloop RIG against any other that may be IN
troduced.
The ice-boat il not difficult thing 10
make. and modification Of one that VIII
sail well may be made by any one who
/ knows anything of the carpenters art.
The rest IS easy, as any blacksmith VIII
give estimates for a set of three blades,
aud in city the hardware store will OBJ
tain quotations and goods from the makers.
Take dry-goods-hox, about five feet long
and four feet wide, and cut down TO a
depth Of two feet. Clamp the bottom
and sides Of the box with pieces OF
iron, so as TO make 10 sufficiently
strong to bear the strain that will
be put upon it. 70 the sides Of the
box-fOrwards attach two planks, which
meet at the points, to form bow. These
blanks are shaved away 80 as to present an
upward slant At the apex. Underneath the
box, crOsswlse. attach plank twenty feet
long with equal projections from the box
on each side. This plank should be nine
inches wide and two inches in thickness.
Lengthwise OF the box, at point midway
between its sides and at riget angles to the
long plank fastcn another so that 1t eN-
tends underneath the box backwards,
TO form keel end projects from the
box rearwards eight inches. In tins
projection cut q hole IN which 70 insert
the s,ernpost: al the base OF tins stern
= A. 4 g "a 81 IA . a
the other two are fastened at each end OF
the long plank. These skatcsare the bases
of support upon which the craft rests.
The sternpost is 50 adjusted that when the
rudder-handle i turned 20 port or star
board the skate turns also and directs the
course Of the boat in the same way -
would be done by Tuddcr. The mast Is
stepped into a SOLID foot which rests upon
a long plank running crosswse underneath
the box and this mast is strengthened and
steadied by passing through second
piece Of planking placed crosswlse on top
of the box. Tho sail Is simply the SAL OF
cat Doat. only made smaller and lighter TO
suit the boat. Any one with any knowledge
OF the carpenters art and the ordinary re-
quirements of boat can make an ice
yacht for comparatively few dollars out
side o. the first cost OF the skates.
Snow SAILING CRAFTS.
One Of the most interesting sail inven-
tions of the past year is that Of the snow
yacht. which Is stated to be the product OF
the brain of a Kansas man. The lce-yacht
is designed to skim over the frozen surface
of the lakes and rivers, but the snow has
hitherto proved an impossible expanse,
with the exception Of the sleigh and the
snow shoes. By the application of this
new idea, however, the snow becomes
equally under the subsection OF the
sportsman in any district where there
is enough Of it and where the country -
open enough for il TO be undistrbed.
The principle is almost the same rs the
ice-yacht. but applied TO the toboggan.
4 large toboggan is made. and the runner
planks are set ten feet apart and are
thirty-two feet long by two feet WIDE.
These rest, of course. under the tobogSan,
which is about twenty feet long by ten
feet broad. and is only different from
the ordinary tOboggan in the matter
Of lee-bOards about six inches In
height. which run along each side. The
mast is stepped into wooden =" foot" or
square block of wood. and IS about twenty
feet in height o. such boat the dlmen-
sions of the boom would be about twenty
two feet and gaf twelve feet. The boat -
n peculiar one in appearance. bpt sails well
as soon as crust forms upon the snow.
The one ] saw last year was fitted at the
masthead with peculiarly bent piece