| Show DAYS OF PREPARATION FOR AMATEUR YACHTSMEN I This Is the Time of Year thc Young Mans Fancy Turns to Boats and Boating Getting the Sailing Craft In Shipshape For Summer Cruises Sensible Advice From an Old Hand at the Sport as to Calking and Painting Copyright 1SOSJ > This Is I the time ot year fthen the amateur jachlsman begins lo ponder over promises which he made to himself him-self last fall When the Molly Dawn the Sweetheart or the Wholeverhername Is i was hauled out ot water leaky cov red with barnacles and sadly In need of general Overhauling Ile remembers his resolution not to launch his boat again until she is I In first class eondl 1 I I r V i1 1A J e 1 I I I r r f z 1 I Irl 77 II l i t J if I i 5 p 1 I ifW 6 loe I s W Qf 1 = ljfPf1 J ZV Q W 1 I V R n Z Z I V i l I M T I I t l 7e t Vt I f 1 1 1 t ihf I GETTING liEn READY tlon but when ho considers the work ill this Implies he Is tempted even In I the face of last years experience to patch her up as best ho may and total to-tal chances once more With a pang he remembers that there are ts dozen or route leaks near the garhoard streak and the centerboard trunk which require calking There are also three or tour coats at paint which were hurriedly daubed one over the other between tides and which have left the surface of the boat rough and lumpy and In poor shape for making peed and a hundred and ono other thing ot mora or Jena I Importance which require attention before the yachtsman may feet assured ot a season ot sport unmarred by temporary disablement and similar annoyance every now and again Of course there tire yaehtmn to whom the difficulties of small yacht ouneri tire unknown They however awn larger craft During winter their sloop and schooners lie nt the dock ota ot-a yacht basin As the olllng season approaches carpenters and a mall at my ot othr mechanics put the vessel In trim anI the oners after tooting the bills step aboard as they would onto on-to n ferryboat and give their orders to a captain The Ideal nchtmn however commands com-mands his own boat Aside from expense ex-pense he prefers a small boat It Is I more exciting requires greater klll and offers more opportunities 10 test last experience than can lo found In I the handling nf a big schooner ur n sloop 110 learns to overcome any dif ficultles that may present Ihemelye If his boom breaks he knows how to I ret along without It If his gaff given way he knows how to repair It and It he sees ho Is going to capsize bo knoo how to do that too No sport Is I more apt to cultivate self reliance and decision than Is yachting No yacht Is more likely to develop aTm 1 5 I Ix 7 N I I N I I I 0 1Z I I I I 1 A 1 4 114 I I I I 1 W I I I 11 I 11 I 1 11 I I I I r IZZ 1 I U r N I N I lit s I I y V A 6 114J I bJ 111 I Z I I 1 1 I I I j I P L n lt = Z = rz L = = aZZ7 a TRYING Hint OUT good Pallor than the small boat The captains of the so called mosquito fleet are nowhere suipassed Put them In charge of n big yacht and they are at home but look out It the conditions be reversed Sa very different In I boat sailing from sailing a bilge sized yacht that many owners of the latter class are also up I plied With 11 small boat When Cap tells Joe EIIworlh of America cup tame had a Pleasure boat built for himself him-self he chose a catboat anti for years until she foundered oft IIottera on her way to Florida the Mary won race after aft-er race under the able management of her skilled captain During April and the early part of May yachts all over the country are being put In shape For those who groom their own boats a little advice from all old hand In I not amiss Ot course much depends on how much time one can opor In the work uf overhauling over-hauling a bout but there Is I one point above all which should be attended to before launching make sure that jour boat will not leak Ever small yacht providing she Is I speedy Will begin to leak In the course of a few seasons A catboat Is I of necessity built lightly to reduce weight and thereby decrease the i power required to drive It At the same i time a mail ot sumolent proportions to i withstand n heavy strain without stay Is I placed In the weakest part ot the hull Owing to this there Is aVer > natural tendency to wrench the boat Gradually this strain will open seams ahlch will cause the boat to leak so that recourse must bo Ilea to cotton or oakum The locations of old leaks tire of course known to the boat owner In the Impatience of the days preceding a launching he Is I apt to turn his attention atten-tion only to defects that were apparent last season forgetting that there will be a dozen neW placals Ihlch vsIll cause trouble It they are not remedied NothIng Noth-Ing Is worse In recalling a boat than a slipshod method which 1s no method at all To recalk u boat Properly first assume I as-sume that she leaks In every Inch of her scams still then satisfy yourself that she doesnt If a flour sieve can be made to hold water then a boot may surely be made tight In the first place It the paint on < the boat Is thick remove It I Take a painters rasollne burner and a scraper 11 11 I I I I 11 2 1 Z 4 11 3 T ya f N I i I in 9 I Ill 1 1 x I I LZ Tr7I KX11 Tr7 Z = FIRST RACR or THE SEASON and burn slid crape unlll the natural color of the wood ahws and every vestige of paint has been removed Then take seam fof seam and butt for butt and wherever the calking chow decay remove It entirely Whatever calking appears sound had better be left In place New calking may be put In on top of the old As before take each peam and each butt separately When talking use cotton rather than oakum and da not drlvo It too tight Expansion must be allowed for Oth rwlse the calking will swell I with such force as to split the planking Depending on how wide the seam ire either while lend I and putty or seam paint should be used lo nil m over tho calking and to finish the seam smoothly The mixture of white lead and Putty NNIII nnor nil purposes for narrow learn but A wide earn cano can-o stopped only by seam pnlnt A can of this paint when open for a few hours will become thick and may then besmeared be-smeared like lard Gradually Ills paint will harden In tho seam so that It will not discolor any white paint when spread over It While seam paint pro sects tho calking and has sufficient adhesive ad-hesive power not to fall out of the seam It remains permanently elastic and 14 I not affected by the wrenching of a boat After the paint hao hardened sandpaper sand-paper and It need be gloss or a Ins liana thould be used flfely A boat when In propel condition should fee and appear like a glass bottle smootl and as If made In one piece Then the first coat of point may be applied I A practice which Is steadily gaining favor vNith boat owners consists con-sists In grinding the white lead with Just sufficient oil to make It pasty and then to add turpentine until the pain becomes of the desired consistency Paint mixed In this manner Is I ot due zllng whiteness It dries quickly I under un-der the brush never turns yellowish and when soiled may be readily scrubbed I scrub-bed clean Coat on coal of thin paint may be spread over the boat without I ever becoming so thick as to require I butnIng I and scraping Home argue that 1 turpentine paint will wash I on l This In 1 not the case The fleet of II Clue New Jersey Athletic club has Ulf turp paint for the last mc Iran I In no case did It fall to give aflafi Ion tlonFor For the bottom jf the boat any 01 ot 11 dozen liable copper paints m be used Beware of new and Unti points and If jou have on a Mrti beautiful hun green paint whichMrti sales verdigris On the cradle no 100 look Irlller lIn one that hall green mater line but once In the If tr It looks different Somehow th color soon fades Besides verdigris 1 no better than any other piini an not as good as sore An intlfoullu paint of some kind Is I necessary hOl ever out 10 preserve tile IJOat aoa I ae the labor of hauling outfre n2ni ty Too much must not be expected i I copper paint and from time to ti a boat will require cleaning even IVI the best of paint I haio seen a Ihri Inch layer ot barnacles on plate 1 cOPN Itself One every Fix AvPeLs the bol torn of n hoot should bo exmlnea Much difficulty Id i f Often exPerlonri In trllllng a water line The Vater 11a ut a Political should 10 tO or this inches above the actual water tell I The easiest way to stilke such all I properly Is I to float the boat In hollo quiet water Adjust the ballan as Is I Intended the boat Khali ride Rod b i means of a plank or Jilco Boated bar alongside mark or scratch on Ihe hoi over the edge of the plank hi the pars NaY As n pencil anti ruler are ua t draw lines on paper Once the line fin fi-n determined It should te > majewl monent by scratching with a knife t chisel The boat > Itself being In proper hlP1 there remains nothing but the top him per mast spars and sails 10 I be aU1 e1 10 Unless a sail requires mOOlln let It alone H takes a sallinaker t alter a sail If n i mil Is I stained Ise It eo and do not try to bleach IL ell Vas Mas not Intended to o1lbI homemade bleaching processes sbld would blister the surface ot in luro Plate Thero Is no way of MtachlMi > sail without Injury to Its fabric Masts and spars should be cnV and sandpapered once a year All i covering III Is sufficient to Mirjim nlsh without first treating tti M wllholl In Ibis xNay a lighteloiWi finish Is I obtained Itegardlng blocks and tackles n few words are near 1Ie Oat O-at When you put them up put ta there to stay and as 0 Worthy mcol ot the mosquito fleet youll nol b caught napping I D nUnD |
