FOREST AND STREAM. 



185 ' 



B3s. ; Triton, 13b. 3Sm. 4s. Among the smaller sloops, Mm- 

 bus went, around with a very long lead, set light Bails and was 

 off for borne, followed a quarter of an hour later by Win*Omt 

 Btid GmiO; The big fallows now had a drift or it in 

 out to the Hook, with the Qtst of the flood just beginning to 

 make. Balloon maintopmast staysails were in order, but when 

 the. Hook whs rounded, all hands had to trim aft again as the 

 wind backed m. re to the east. In the light swell outside, 

 Peerless took the lead, but Dolphin and Sadie hung well on to 

 her and kept a hotter wind, Orion was either not driven 01 



3., and Pee 



Bhe 



whoU 



Bheai 



Barri 



Light 



2b. 2i 



4m. c 



ward 



ship close 



Agnes, be 



liter. G'< 



With the Hood tide and a 



was in store. Ballooners 



very long, for the wind aj 



once more jam on the win 



big jihtopsail, which set 



her usual form, for she was dropped by tbe 

 in to the Ship without trouble. Sadie forged 

 earned to be doing better in the light wind. 

 jii.'i] shift of sail nothing transpired till the 

 tied. Tri.lon. was first to haul around at 

 t, at. 3h, 2m. 42s.; Dolphin third, at 2h. 

 'is having gone about some distance to lec- 

 h full headway, rounding the red painted 



her ste 

 beiug tal 

 mi iteto 



?.ing in between her aud 

 n at 2b. 4m. 3os , with Agnes 5s. 

 i soon followed, and Orion later. 

 •esheniug breeze a rapid run home 

 rere again at a premium, but not 

 in chopped to the S. and it was 

 Dolphin alone holding on to her 

 i excellent form, by the way, ami 

 stood her in good stead. Down to the Homer Triton led the 

 way — she was evidently better with sheets lifted than when 

 trimmed in flat. All the yachts, however, kept pretty well 

 together, the schooners a short distance ahead of the sloops. 

 When the Homer was dropped they could bear up a little 

 more, and light canvas again came into play. Triton bore 

 away to the northward to get into the flood coming through 

 the East Ohaunel, but she ran out of the wind, and Peerless 

 and Agnes went to the front. Tbe small sloops were now 

 overtaken, Winsome with a good lead. 



A violent squall bad been brewing on the Western horizon, and 

 was rapidly drawing close, an immense ink-black cloud over- 

 hanging the upper bay. It came along with tremendous veloci- 

 ty, aud if was a lucky thing that the yachts saw the fishermen 

 and working craft, under bear poles scudding before it. Had 

 they delayed a moment longer we would have had to record 

 some terrible spar breaking and capsizes. As it was the 

 escape was a close one, but excellent seamanship seemed to 

 distinguish every yacht in the fleet during the trying moments. 

 Peerless was first to take in kites and settle away foresail. She 

 paid broad off and received the heavy gust broadside on, with 

 hardly steerage way. But her canvas was nearly handed and 

 she was out of danger. Agnes was handled with rapidity like- 

 wise and escaped the worst of it. Triton's skipper managed 

 his craft with consummate skill that deserves ail praise. Dur- 

 ing the excitement be kept bis wits about him, kept his craft 

 a good full, so that when struck she should have way on ; 

 then lie settled away his fore halliards and hauled down the 

 jib. When the wind struck her she was luffed into it, payed 

 off and luffed again, until the worst was over, when she at 

 once commenced to beat up the bay, for the wind had come 

 out in very wicked blasts from the N. W. She was not long 

 in getting foresail on her again, aud worked up to the lino with 

 lee gangway awash all the time. We have never seen a 

 racing cfajt under full canvas put through such a terrific 

 squall in a more, ship-shape fashion than was Triton 

 on this memorable day. She went over the line 

 a long way ahead in good trim, without a rope-yarn adrift. 

 Nor should we fail to mete out justice to Agnes, for she, too, 

 was thoroughly well tooled through the most of it, and, 

 though a little slower in getting on her course again, she 

 managed to save her time, aud crossed a winner by 25s., after 

 a race in which she and her crew did themselves much credit. 

 Winsome received the brunt of the blast with her club topsail 

 aloft, and, her gear getting jammed, she went over to it down 

 to her skylights. Tuere she lay a moment, with her crew up 

 to windward, apparently taking things very easy, when 

 slowly she came back, and, after minutes of suspense, righted, 

 none the worse for her knock-down. She made sail again 

 and worked up home in tbe pluckiest manner. Had she not 

 been a deep craft she would never have come back, but would 

 have shared Mohawk's fate. There is no time for finding out 

 the value of a model as when it blows great guns, and Win- 

 some's crew will have a good deal more faith in depth than 

 heretofore. The match was finished as under : 



SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. 



Name. n. m. s. h. m. s. 



Peerless 11 W an i 51 33 



Triton 11 01 10 4 M 81 



Agnes II 69 115 4 38 51 



CLASS C— CABIN SLOOPS. 



Dolphin 1» S3 55 5 10 29 



Badie in OS 05 5 11 51 



CLASS D— CABIN BL00P3. 



Winsome 11 08 51 4 43 03 



Geuia. 11 07 65 Nottlmed. 



CLASS E— CABIN SLOOP. 

 Wiiiuua 11 00 05 3 31 00 



The pennants were awarded to Agnes, Sadie, Winsome and 

 Nimbus. 



Pkovidknok Yacht Club.— In the annual regatta of this 

 club, held off Rocky Point, R. I., September 20, Wanderer, 

 Mr. Ben Davis, beat Lucille, Genevieve and Peck & Dixon in 

 2h 29m. 56s. 



Empire Yacht Ci.uis. — In a fifteen-mile race of this club, 

 held on tbe East river September 26, for tbe Howling Chal- 

 lenge cup, the Brothers won in 3h. 25m. 40s., beating Emma 

 D., who capsized, Comet, Mary D. and Hogan. The latter 

 carried away some gear and gave up. 



Montbbai Yaout Club.— The second annual regatta of 

 this club was sailed on the St. Lawrence September 21. 

 Course, twelve miles. Wanderer carried away her tiller, and 

 the others shipped a good deal of water. Won by Maud, Mr. 

 Brewster, M. 1)., in 2h. 7m. 55s.; Waterioich, Mr. J. C. Jen- 

 kins, second, iu 3h. am. 31)8., beating Stranger, Sappho, Eu- 

 roclydvn, llaitie. Wanderer, Peerless and Iowa. 



OAR AND PADDLE. 



Exori.kiou Boat Club. —The regatta of this club took place 

 Sept. 24 on the Passaic, at Palerson. Coursu, one mile and re 

 turn. Weather unfavorable. Single sculls won by Harry 

 Lister in lilui. '15s., beating It. Coobby. Working boats won 

 by John Lister iu 80m. 25s:, beating J. C. Zutterkirch. Sec- 

 ond heat, J. H. Call beat J. O. Hincbman in 19m. 37s. Third 

 heat, Harry Lister tieat J. H. Hanug in 20m. 20s. Gig race 

 awarded to M. L, Ward on a foul. Single sculls, W. Laver- 

 ack beat C. Post in 30m. 453. 



Aloyonb Boat Club.— The regatta of this club was held 

 Saturday, Sept. 21, off Bay Ridge, L. I. Six-oared gigs- 

 entries i The Blonde— O. H. Taliaage, bow, W. 0. Field, C, 



J5 apsert 

 Tune. 

 H. u. H. 

 5 CI 03 

 5 33 11 

 5 39 49 



Corrected 



Time. 

 H. M. s. 



5 51 0.1 



5 29 05 



6 27 10 



10 34 

 6 10 01 



5 16 32 



6 IU 01 



31 12 5 34 IS 



24 65 4 24 B5 



E. Wilmot, T. H. Terry, O. U. Grant, H. 0, Field, stroke, 

 andC. 8. Whitney, coxswain. The Brundk—W . B. Pinto, 

 bow, T. Drew Bunnell, K M. aridity, A, N. Waterbouse, J. 

 J. Aalhom, Harvey Hewitt, stroke, and W. A. Rend, cox- 

 swain. Brttrtette'gqt away first, bul the Blond.-* overhauled 

 them with their long swing and won in 8m. l(H.i. Course, 

 mile and a half. Four-oared gigs— Entries: The Flirt— R. 

 H. Bunker, bow, Siduev Green, M. P. (Ihristensen, Louis 

 Saulnier, stroke. The Coquette— W. T, Sharpe, bow, T. G. 

 Wells, P. T. Lawrence, W. C. Howard, stroke. Won by 

 Flirt in 7m. 4B|s. Pair-oared Bhells— Entries: Cwrletn— 

 Daniel Chatincey, Jr., 'and H. W. Maxwell. Petrel— U. C. 

 Duval and William Arnold. This was a close race all over 

 the course until Petrel's stroke caught a crab, when Curlew 

 won in 4m. Distance, one mile. 



Ui'PBR Hudson Regatta. — This regatta at Albany was 

 brought to a close the first day— Wednesday, Sept. 25— in- 

 stead of spreading the races over two, as intended. Four- 

 oared shells, Muttials of Albany beat Olympics in 8m. 58£s„ 

 one mile and a half straightaway, Douhle sculls w T on by 

 Olympics in 9m. 5Hs.: Minimis second. Senior silicic sculls 

 won by Lath rop, of the Mutual 01ub. iu 10m. Ills.; Fuller, 

 of the Mohawk Club, second and Hiagins, of fhe Oboes 

 Club, third. Junior single sculls won by Orant, of the Ulys- 

 ses Club, in 10m. 51s ; Sheeby, of the Olympics, second, 

 Hoffman, of the Mutuals, third. Pairoared race, Olympics 

 had a walk-over. Six oared gigs— Olympics kept the lead 

 till near the close, when Mutiials spurted aud won a well- 

 contested race. 



Quints: Rowing Association. — This is I he name of a new 

 organization started at Quincy, Mass , with the following 

 offlcers: President, James McG'rat.b ; Vice-President, William 

 D. Webb; Secretary, John Avery; Treasurer, William Craw- 

 thorn. Directors— James Sullivan aud John Harkins. 



Challenge By Er.r.is Ward.— Ellis Ward, of Philadel- 

 phia, has issued a challenge for a two, three or live mile work- 

 ing-boat race for $1,000 a side. Aa he was recently badly 

 beaten by Myers, his challenge seems a little rash. 



Ambrious Boat Club. — Members of this club pulled a 

 double-sculling match, Sept. 23, on the Harlem and East riv- 

 ers. Distance, eight miles. Wou in lh. 30m., by William 

 and Edward Allen, beating Morris Powers aud Maurice Allen 

 by three minutes. 



HARD-WEATHER YACHTS. 



New Yobk, Sept. 19, 1878. 

 EDrron Forest and Stbeaji : 



You do not, in my judgment, give tho New York sloop credit for 

 tho sea-going capabilities she really possesses. Consider, for in 

 instance, tbe oyster boats of tbe Commodojv and Admival type. 

 TheBe vesselarun the beachfront hern In Virginia steadily llnoogh 

 the season, and certainly this Bide of the North Atlantic after No- 

 vember is not a calm sea, yot wo never hear of oub of thorn coming 

 to grief. AgaiD, how few, compaiativoly, of tho small trading 

 sloopB and schooners which ply but wi on North Carolina and the 

 oast end of tbe ground are lost by strong of any weatber that tbey 

 encounter? Yot these vessels are, almost without exception, 

 centreboarders, and in point of gear not exceptionally well found 

 Personally, I have nearly come to the conclusion, after some ex- 

 perience with cutters and a good deal with sloops, that while the 

 heavily weighted cutter is a sine nun non in Iho short, high seas 

 and rapid tide rips of British waters, it will be found that the 

 modified centreboarder — not Ibe extreme skimming dish- 

 will encounter the comparatively long, easy swells of our side of 

 tho Atlantic with practically equal safety with tbe cutter, whit 

 for first-class speed under ordinary circumstances, handiuess of 

 rig with a small crew, dryness when hove to, owing to her drifting 

 off instead of holding on, the modified centreboard sloop has 

 a deoidod pull over the keel type. Of oourse, in advocating the 

 sloop rig I allude to vessels under 55ft. water fine ; over that 

 I should have my canvas on two Bticks. 



Tho English and American typos of amah craft are a product of 

 thoir respective environment, and as such, each one is hcBt suited 

 to its own water. It is true that tho centreboard well does cut 

 up a Bmall ship badly ; but, after all, there is very little room in 

 any kind of a small craft, and the bost of them arc very uncom- 

 fortable for a voyage of many days. G. M. 



The bearing of all the communications received touching 

 heavy-weather yachts seems to point in one and the same di- 

 rection. Our correspondents are ready, one and all, to ac- 

 knowledge that the ordinary skimming dish can be improved 

 upon by verging more towards a "medium model," one 

 which shall be deeper, heavier and somewhat narrower than 

 the present type. If they will follow out their propositions a 

 little more in detail they will find themselves landed aboard 

 the lull-blooded cuttor before tbey know it, for to this craft 

 Ihe changes they grant as beneficial will evidently lead, if their 

 reasoning he followed to an end. Tbe sloop can be improved 

 upon, they acknowledge, by a little more displacement ; very 

 well. Also a little less beam perhaps (point number two); 

 possibly a shallow keel, some add. Put all these confessions 

 in one and what do they amount to after all, nothing short of 

 the cutter model. " G. M." prefers the centre board, but with 

 what aim in view? If oystermeu aud fishermen have to dp 

 their work on banks and fiata, the board may be a necessity ; 

 but for a sea-going yacht its claims cannot be considered equal 

 to the advantages of a keel, which are many aud very essen- 

 tial, though our correspondent has overlooked them. With 

 less beam there will be a lack of stability ; this must be made 

 up by a tow centre of gravity. Iu no way can it be so readily 

 and effectually done as by splicing some thirty to fifty per- 

 cent, of the ballast into the keel amidships. In fact this step 

 becomes a matter of necessity and is not open to choice. The 

 keel boat, moreover, is very much more reliable iu stays at sea, 

 she is easier on her helm, will not yaw when off the wind, nor 

 broach to, and will hold her own when hove to. " G. M." 

 very truly makes the point that the centreboard is easier in a 

 sea-way, with headsbeets to windward, because she drifts 

 down tbe wind; hut an uncongenial proximity to a rocky 

 shore under the lee has led us to prefer an occasional soaker 

 to a continual scanning of the breakers in hopes of finding 

 some soft rocks to bring uvj on. Wo much COBOT 



for the present. If we pass on tq the rig, Ihere can be little 

 ddubl that closer inquiry will convince our correspondent of 

 Ihe superiority of the cutter for oraieihg. A more clumsy, 

 unhandy rig Ihau that of the sloop il, would be difficult to con- 

 ceive The cutter-rig is the very reverse, as the following 

 points will serve to show, To be well adapted for cruising no 

 one will venture to dispute as absolutely essential: first, safety ; 

 second, bandiness ; third, efficiency. With regard to the first 

 demand, the cutler's sails are smaller as a whole and individu- 

 ally, therefore under better eoutrol ; her sticks are less lofty, 

 and therefore stronger ; her bowsprit reefs and is less liable to 

 be snapped ofT in a jump ; weight aloft is reduced by sending 

 the topmast on deck. It will not, do to point to the smacks 

 about the coast. In them everything is sacrificed to low first 

 cost, and their little stub end bowsprits, though ample for I he 

 purprws intended, have to bo discarded in the yacht and a 

 long Blender Stick substituted. While the stub does uot dip 

 in a sea, or if it does can stand a good deal, the longer and 

 lighter slick of the yacht would be in danger, oral least would 

 interfere with the hoat's sailing by dodging into the swell. 

 Wo have seen one of our largest, sloops ignomintously turn 

 tail in a seven-knot, breeze, unable to make any weather of it 

 in a very moderate swell, for she would at every dive bring up 

 a bobbed jib full of water, and finally was compelled to up 

 helm and run for home, in weather that would have been the 

 glory of a little ten-ton cutter. If men had been sent out on 

 her head booms tbey would have been washed off, certainly 

 they could have done no work. The haudiness of the cutter 

 rig can be easily enough discerned upon a little reflection. 

 The mast steps nearly amidships and, with the lesser area of 

 canvas required, reduces the size of tbe mainsail by twenty-five 

 per cent. The head sail is cut in two, each portion more 

 easily sheeted aft, hoisted and stowed, and shifting a jib for a 

 smaller one from tbe forecastle is a safer, easier and more sea- 

 manlike job by far than the lubberly " bobbing," or taking off 

 a bonnet in the sloop. Finally, concerning efficiency, there is 

 little to choose between the two styles. For smooth water 

 racing the sloop is a little tbe better, bat for outside work the 

 cutter's head sails have the advantage of being more quickly 

 shifted to suit the breeze, while reefing the bowsprit, thereby 

 keeping it clear of the sea, will more than compensate what 

 benefit belongs to having the canvas more in one. In making 

 and taking in sail, reefing and shaking out again, in every re- 

 spect, iu short, with the sol'3 exception of racing in smooth 

 water, (lie cutler is so vastly superior to the sloop that we fail 

 to see why it should not be universally adopted by all whose 

 aim is something else than polling mugs in. fair weather and 

 smooth water. Tbe racing man who cares for nothing hut 

 racing, and that in laud-locked water, may retain the sloop, 

 for he will sacrifice anything and everything to bis desire for 

 silverware; bul the cruiser, or the yachtsman who likes to race 

 and cruise as his tastes incline, or opportunities offer, can 

 there he any justifiable grounds for his tenaciously clinging to 

 Ihe clumsiest of all rigs ? 



Willi our correspondent we agree that the dish model may 

 he exchanged with material gain for one less beamy and of 

 greater displacement. Tbe keel follows as a matter of require- 

 ment and will improve sea-going qualities. The rig recom- 

 mends itself. And, pray, what else have we then hut the 



cutter? 



■ — -». — . 



KEEL, AND CENTREBOARD. 



Lynn, Mass., Sept. 20, 1878, 



> to aay a few words about yaobts, especially tho 

 ,d centreboard boat. Now, I don't much wonder at 

 the average New York model a saacedisb, if what I 

 from tboro are fair specimens. Dou't condemn tho 

 centreboard on account of a faulty model, but lay tho faidt where 

 it belongs. My experience, covering nearly a score of years of 

 boating, is that, other tbiugs being equal, the centreboard yaobt is 

 tbe ablest aud fastest. 



The grout trouble with yachtsmen is that the draught of boat is 

 taken from tbe bottom of tbe keel, or shoe, as tbe depth of tho 

 boat. Now, a koi-1 boat may bo drawing six feat of water, and a 

 isions on deck may draw but, say 

 r boat, because that draught dooB 

 ' keel. Wnila the body of the can- 

 deep as hor draught, I am inclined to think 

 3 that the deep keel boats you bear of would, 

 Mr that part below tie gaiboards— was cut off, find 

 that it is the keel that makes tho draugho, aud not the body of Ihe 

 boat, in a groat many cases. O! course, I do not wish to refer 

 this statement to the extreme English model, as I don't think 

 many of pnr American yachts arc built on Bucb extreme lines as 

 regards depth. 



:e loads me to tbe belief that of two boats, one keel 



Em™ fobs 



I would lil 

 much malign 

 sailors cabin 

 havo 



centreboard of tho sar 

 five feet, and yot be tt 

 uot include two or inor 

 t reheard is nearly 

 that any one will 

 if tbe keel— or till 



ixpci 



and o 



:aho»ra. built fro 



tbe 



till be both ublei 



ad fas 



irk ha.. 



tihe 



i her hell 



est off the 



rind ai 



boat.beeau, 

 to the oonvi 

 centreboard 



pared with tho keel. We have on the E astern Be 

 bio number of deep centreboard yachts, and tbe o 

 are beatou on any point by keel boats are exceed 

 own idea of a comfortable cruising yacht would be 

 ■in to 50 It. | beam, from 12 to 15 fi. ; draught, fr 

 rather high Iroehuatd, Willi a moderate sized 61 

 false keel, and culler rigged. A boat (if that oat 

 ISOO-tonner, can be handled almost anywhere oral i 

 men, and would have accommodations lei twice that number. A 

 yacht of tbcsn or similar fi'mBtisioHs, with cutter rig (sail not too 

 , I, 'Hid ho able to go anywhere that any vessel could, 

 1 beljeyejo luepntfr ■■ i ' '" - " 'M ungainly appeals 



idol, the centreboard 

 dicr, and bo better in 

 steer hai'dei- than tbe keel 

 i quicker. And I am forced 

 he general upiniou, that the 

 J best on the wind, as coui- 

 .-. E late) b coast a considora- 

 iea where tbey 

 Edy rare. My 

 Length, from 



in 5 to 6>-6 ft. ; 

 ilrobiiaid; no 



aie by lour 



