The sun., 1896-08-23
CHANGES IN CANOES.
improvements that Make Them Faster and
Ensier to handle.

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So. .oi ,,5 5''' =. ~ ''' N'u
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larger than a dish cloth. AS the racing craze
increased and n larger sail was REQ Ouired to mako
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."' .'Noo f"''' ins'o'' !. was iou1u heeessary
10 uhe considerable ballast. Even with 100
pounds OF shot and heavy centreboard the
earIv cano,s,s ,v.re se,do,, ,bl. 20 s,ro,d or.r
60, oo ,.N. r., "oto " op' e,- o,.t
80 or 90 feet OF sail. Fifteen years ago the
,Yos r.,.rd.d ne, hol5 to,,o,r 60 ,.r,En Goo,
was tes"'ueu "s d Doiu Ic'io"' to-uaS lou ieet
in sail has come, OF course q complete
cb,,c. G., tho hr;Id ond rf,,. -, oono.. Iv;,h;n
the past six or eight years almost all tho ft-
tincs for pasts and snars in canoes have
changed. In sir yenr, All former ideas Of sail
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distribution have been reversed.
Before 1885 the canois, sat on the bottom of
IN. ho,, which bo,d ho,rr houos, A, -.
.Ao . oo"t' " mn'en HeIu hea'y oai'as'. Az 'ne
American Canoe Association meet of that year
Mr.. Barney appeared with his historic canoe,
p.cow.,, ~ rot or,,, dioo,.,.a Ill ,u..,
..1"o'o. iie n'' o",S uis'arueu a't patiasU'
put ne sat on the deck and depended entirely
pom leaning out to windward TO keep his boat
on her feet. TWAS startling innovation. But
as Mr. Barn.v won almus, avery Tacs in which
he entered, the clever idea was quickly adopted
Atevery meeting OF the association there ia an
interesting Comparison Oh new inventions that
have been made since the last meet In 1887
III. snr,nrdcld canoes known as p.cowsic and
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lhcowsic showed development OF centre
boards which completely ruled out all idea of
u.ing the canoes for cruising or canning MR.
noses The narrow beams made them wet
fCn,s I, rn,gh ,rs.,ber In6aaJ !, 80 49,
evident that the two boats had been built with
csn.cinl rnfsrcnCe to rnCin, and M, fnr Gan, raj
nse TIE fnrmrr eyncrrnrSnts with fnresnda ~ r.
centreboarts Appeared To- nave been sbandoned
ana Tho rnnoist vas anna aran,Iv ohIiTad 20 giys,
nm nm The idea OF crnis1nsif he ssxnected N rsce
TPen ton iHcre was conside-ehi n0veity ~ d.
i,iavad in he on, ~ sails Ths two hoats ssh1wa
eoned showed All, taste5~S I" sbs mos
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thaH ,hc sais womId -" ,urp ~ snthcr ,vban ,ect
Inc III cnnrse mis- incrp,scS fhe risk ~ ca
Gei, hec.rs ,hcre,s p ,nsihI W v"p,
,.E;", IN saGi ercant Nv min, Nu, tIa ,nos Va
Hn";hnr .nh MN - ~ Mn Svas incoS IN
the mast in such a way that as soon as the hall
"a "a vas Inoscnn6 theI arine ,rnuId ho Ionsan"d
anI TINS Tho snI trSnn.d To the deck wttbout
MI tho weI.ht and troubie of metallic rings OF
",nn nndcr The name ~ :em0tcrs nr yy~nH
nations OF the same. but even the oidiash
Nv brivara nnnearcd and r. stiii apnesrs
Tbe tendenrv IL, Si Of ,bsss r,ys w,s - bavs
muen Lighter and more delca!e sails for TIC
some wears hetore
u'nare .rn aI.n rurther i,pnrovemepts In ils
Tho ndvnntayes of Tho nid r,sbinnsJ i i.yo'
mntton sail in the important points of iiaht
,yeiybt ni"ft and himnitcjtv of riu wer" so an.
nnrsnt that il WAS not snririsinr 10 fnd thnt
Will" ,n"d,iS and rivs ware nt trs, imuortei
| from England. the lug and gunter sails were
| soon discarari in Amsrica for the less commit
Gated leg.o'.mutton which had b,en until
lately the sail In general use here Rom the lng
| and Iunter reoulred some care in rirying and
| more block = and gear but the main trinnvuIar
| snW of tGe snarnis was 1nsilv made afisr a
| fashInu md riurrt to match I'm IN Mn This
!
| states hui ns racing BECAME more pouular tL,
| iur wns Introduced and soon droy. IL ont The
: fanlts nr the ir,,.o.mtitton sail were thai The
| mast must be ySry long in orr.er IL obtain the
| area aud Tho sail wns di0icuit 10 host and
! lover. owing TO the number OF mast rings re-.
| ouirud making IL "A slow and uncertain matter
| 10 reef or shake out
A mast OF from fourteen TO fifteen feet such
! as was necessary Tor a j5-foot sail was a
| troublesome stick in n narrow boat even il OF
| bnmboo. Naturally, the idea OF cutting this
| stick in two had suggested itself leading TO the
| sliding guut.r rig hut "A mechanical diffiCuIty
was met that caused the guu,er sail To be aban-
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