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defeat by aacribing his poor finish to "hidden obstructions." 

 This is a little too silly for any one to accept. IE Courtney 

 made any such statement he should he plaeed under a doctor's 

 care as Buffering from "hidden obstructions " on the hraiu. 

 What has been the moat objectionable side of his conduct in 

 connection -with the race, is his tendency to braggadocio, both 

 before and after the race. lie talks very freely, as though 

 he had actually been the winner mid hot his opponent. To 

 speak slightingly of Hnolau'3 abilities in a boat is a grotesque 

 assumption, and does little to restore him to popular favor. 



The American Mediterranean.— As abroad our British 

 cousins conscientiously make their annual pilgrimage to the 

 Mediterranean in whole squadrons and fleets, so, too, Ameri- 

 can yachtsmen are becoming more and mote alive to the beau- 

 ties and pleasures of winter cruising in the South. The 

 Florida coast and West Indian Archipelago bid fair to draw 

 within their waters a constantly increasing number of our 

 yachts every year. hUre.pid, A mwssudress, Mr. Contoit's new 

 schooner, a small sloop from Boston, and a number of 

 steam yachts suitable to the Florida waters and lagoons, are 

 on the berth for warmer climes. As the many attractions, 

 convenient distances aud ports, different languages, customs 

 and historic associations of the islands become more generally 

 appreciated, and with the introduction of a more seaworthy 

 model the annual migration southward promises to become 

 ere long a leading feature among the followers of the sea for 

 sport, and the day maybe not far distant when it will become 

 as usual a thing to see in West Indian harbors the American 

 yacht ensign apeak, as it is even now to meet the blue Ad- 

 miralty colors of British craft in all seaport towns of Europe's 

 inland ocean, 



YACHTING NEWS. 



Boston Ocean Match.— In the matches sailed off Boston, 

 Oct. 9, there were entries in all four classes. First class, 

 sloops over 30ft. sailing length ; second class, schooners over 

 SOft.j third class, centreboard sloops under 30ft ; fourth class, 

 keel sloops under 30ft, The following is a summary of the 

 sailing : 



FIRST CLASS. 



Actual Correct 



Time. Ttme. 



Name Owner b. m. s. b. m. s. 



VikiDg Gorman 3 19 as 2 21 IS 



Snadow Bryant 3 ill 24 3 22 T 



Violet waning withdrawn. 



Kiipo.euu Gouu vi in withdrawn. 



SECOND CLASS. 



Breeze Whlttler 3 15 33 2 ST 16 



Mist. Weston 3 35 44 2 42 57 



KfUle Q .. Hall withdrawn. 



THIRD CLASS. 



Eureka Fuller 3 0130 2 10 12 



FOCBTH CLASS. 



Annie Anderson 3 17 57 2 32 81 



Gaul Mccormick withdrawn. 



First prizes were awarded the Viking, Breeze, Eurelta and 

 Annie, and second prizes to the Shadow and Mist. 



Haysrhtll Yachting-.— In a match sailed Oct. 10, Lizzie 

 Warner (Capt. Titcomb) beat Eclipse (Capt. Doane) in In. 

 2m. 25s., over a course on the Merrirnac, from Haverhill 

 Bridge to Groveland Bridge and return. 



Drowning Casualty— While returning to the yacht Julian, 

 off Peekskill, in a skiff, Mr. Tucker was drowned, owing to 

 the rilling and swamping of the skiff. Mr. Pucker was a 

 nephew of Mr. Augustus Schell of this city, and his loss will 

 be deplored by his many friends. Dr. May, owner of the 

 Julian, who wa3 in the skiff at the time, saved himself by 

 swimming ashore. 



JIablbm Regatta Association. 



The second regatta of this association was held on the 

 Harlem, Saturday, Oct. 19. All events were one wile straight 

 away, with stream, the start in the morning being from Flor- 

 ence's Dock to Gates', this order being reversed during the 

 flood of the afternoon. The weather was unpropitious and 

 the water rough. Tne events were promptly called, and as a 

 whole the arrangements were of a decidedly satisfactory kind, 

 order and authority prevailing all day, The results of the 

 day were in some instances urdooked for, the Ariels of Newark 

 winning, quite contrary to expectation, in the gig race, and 

 the Nautilus pair were badly beaten by the Atalantas and the 

 Gramercys. Mr. J. T. Goodwin acted as referee, assisted by 

 Mr. A. G. Swan, of the Atalanta Club, and Mr. Julian Kene- 

 dy. The first race, called early in the forenoon, was the first 

 trial heat for junior single sculls. Entries, B. S. Keator, 

 Yale College B. 0.; Wm. Tompkins, HigtilaudB. C; August 

 Schneider, Friendship B. C, and Geo. .Norton, Gramercy B. 

 C, their stations being given from the New York shore. 

 Keator took the lead and won with ease, 7m. 391s.; Tomp- 

 kins, second, 7m. 52s. ; Schneider, third, 8m. 7^-s.; Norton 

 last, am. 25s. Second trial heat, entries: Irving A.Lyon' 

 Dauntless B. C; I, B. Kipp, Highland B. O., and James L.' 

 Gladwin, .Nereid B. O. Lyon got the best of the start and 

 maintained his advantage ail the way, winning in 7m 68*3 • 

 Kipp, am. UJs.; Gladwin, 8m. 18Js. Senior single' sculls! 

 first trial heat, entries i R. W. Ratilhorne, New York A. C. 

 and K. B. Hartshorne, Hew York R. G. Bathbone won as 

 he liked in 7m. 434s. j Hartshorne, 7m. 40s. Second heat, en- 

 tries: E. Mills, Jr., New York A. O.; H. Livingston, Yale 

 College B. C, and H. B. Lain, Highland B. C. Mills and 

 Livingston made a close race, but the tormer drew out ahead 

 and won in 7in. 7}S.; Livingston, 7in. 174s.; Daiu, 7m 354s 

 This finished the morning's work. AtSr. m. the pair-oared 

 race was called, entries ; Atalanta B. C, W. K, Downs and 

 J. E. Eustis; Gramercy B. C, T. Williams and H Milis- 

 Nautilus B. C, Fred. A. Levien and Wm. Ghilds. Atalantas 

 went to the front with Gramercy second. Opposite the 

 Athletic Club grounds the Nautilus pair put on a spurt and 

 fouled the Atalantas. Both stopped rowing, and when they 

 got clear the Atalantas outrowed their opponents and came in 

 first; time, 6m 54£s; Gramercy, 7m 4|s ; Nautilus disquali- 

 fied. Eight-oared shells, entries .- Nassau B O— J B Robert. 



a length ; time, 5m 6"6is ; Columbias, om 68s. Final heat, 



junior sculls, Lyon and Keator. The latter led off, but was 

 passed by Lyon at the quarter mile, who won in 7m 404s; 

 Kcfltor, ftb 50£8, Final heat, senior scull?, Rathborne and 

 Mills. Won readily by the lal tor in 7m 15s; Mills 7m 2(U'< 

 Four-oared she Us, entries; Mutual B G, Albany- CE Bulgar! 

 bow; Henry C Graves, Abr.im Mull, W S Mosely, stroke, 

 Atalanta B C—W H Downs, bow; IIW Rogers, II G Mc- 



bow ; J Wells, J G Janeway, C G Peterson, J H AbelL Jr, 



J D Foot, Badgely, W Robinson, stroke ; A T Klots, cox. 



Columbia College B C— R T P Fisk. bow ; C Eldridge, H P 



Brown, F D Browning, J B Newberry, O L Boyd, H G Rida- 



bock, B Parsons, stroke; Cogliill, cox. Nassaus tookthelead 



and kept it in spite of the vigorous spurts of the college crew. 



When Boyd slipped his seat their victory became certain, to choose between the out tor or English rig and our ordinary aloop 



The Nassau* crossed the hue wtth a lead of three-quarters of ' rig. Being short-handed, except on special occasions, I will rig 



6m 84s ; Atalantas, 6m 15|s; Palisades, Om 34s. ° Double- 

 sculls, entries : lale College B C— E P Livingston, bow ; H 

 Livingston, stroke. Olympic B C, Albany, N Y- -J H Girvin, 

 bow: Martin Monahan, stroke. New York A O-Rff Rath- 

 borne, bow ; R L Newton, stroke. At the quarter mile Yale 

 had a slight lead, and a little further on Olympics went out of 

 their water and fouled them, but both crews kept on. Ath- 

 letics then fouled Olympics twice and Yale had it her own 

 way, winning in 7m 15£Sj Olympics, 7m 24s ; Athletics, 7m 

 85s. Six-oared gigs, entries : Ariel B O, Newark, N. J— W 

 Trautz, bow ; J Bennett, W Mack, F Freeman, R Ross, Jr, 

 H M Jury, stroke ; Frank Allen, cox. Atalanta B C—W H 

 Downs, bow ; J H Kent, H W Rogers, Eugene Conger, H G 

 McVickar, J E Eustis, stroke ; Edward Blake, cox. Colum- 

 bia College B C— H P Brown, bow ; C Eldridge, J B New- 

 berry, FD Browning, H G Ridabock, H P Parsons, stroke; 

 Nathan, cox. Dauntless B C— Frank Gillelan, bow • II W 

 Peckwell, C E Knapp. S B Pomernv. H W Walter, David 

 Roach, stroke ; J J Duff, cox. New York A C—W F Shore, 

 bow; G G Stowe, M G Fatterson, W G Dcmarest, J W Car- 

 ter, II West, stroke ; R W Rathborne, cox. Ariels took the 

 lead, and, without being hardly pressed, won by nearly three 

 lengths in 6m 38s ; Atalanta, 6m 43s : Columbia, 6m 4SAs; 

 Dauntless, 6m 524s ; Athletic, 7m 2s. 



Meeting or thb N. A. 01- A. O.— At the meeting of the 

 Executive Committee of the National Association, held at the 

 Metropolitan Hotel, Oct. 19, a resolution of thanks to the 

 Common Council of Newark was voted, also one to the Pas- 

 saic boat clubs for the courtesy shown by them during the re- 

 cent National Regatta. The Fairmount Rowing Association 

 was reinstated as member. A committee was appointed to 

 consider the presentation of cups to be rowed for bv the col- 

 leges, which were offered by the Eureka, Triton and Passaic 

 clubs. Application for membership by the Longueil Club, of 

 Montreal, was denied. Mr. O. M. Remington, of the Narra- 

 gansett B. G. of Providence, R. I., was elected President of 

 the Association, and Mr. Henry W. Garfield was re-elected 

 Treasurer and Secretary. 



Yision-Graoik Matches.— In the first match of these two 

 sloops, sailed Tuesday, Oct. 15, Grade carried away her upper 

 peak block and gave up. Vision snapped her bowsprit at 

 the knight heads aud put back for a new one. The wind was 

 fresh with a moderate sea. 



The race was sailed Oct. 22, in a light breeze and smooth 

 water. Won by Grade in' 6h 39m 23s, beating Vision by 

 18m 46s, or, with time allowance, 13m 46s. 

 ■• — . a , ■ . 



CORINTHIAN CRUISERS. 



New Yobk, October 10, 1878. 

 Editor Fobest amd Stream : 



As it seems to be in order, 1 will give you my ideal of a small 

 cruiser needed by Corinthians in these waters, having had some 

 little experience and what I consider sound reason for considering 

 her the perfect vessel, aud well adapted to the purpose intended. 

 My object in giving my views is not to advise those who have am- 

 ple time and money, so that they may experiment to their heart's 

 content, hut to aid the young yachtsman who lovea to sail hie own 

 vessel, and most of the time cruises with bnt ono companion, or 

 at most one man before the mast. 



To be perfect my cruiser must have strength, speed, stability, 

 strong, handy rig, and plenty of room on deck and below. 



In determining the size of this perfect Corinthian cruiser, we 

 must keep in view the fact that she is to be run and handled by 

 myself and man Friday. Om means being limited, and unable to 

 indulge in many barrels of beef forward. At the same time, we 

 must take into consideration that we always wish we had a larger 

 vessel, especially when ontsailed by one who is just a little too big 

 for us ; for if anything more than another makes us feel bad, it is 

 to haul f or a " bung nose" near 113, and get warmed. Besides, at 

 times we may wish to have some of our friends with us, as it is 

 not pleasant at times to sail alone, especially when we all know 

 eomo good fellows who enjoy it so very much. We will make our 

 cruieer as large as can be easily managed by two. 



Now we wan t four berths in the cabin, and room forward for a man. 

 So, to get a house 13 or 14 ft. loDg, with 5 or 6 ft. in cookpit and 

 room forward of mast, will require 30ft. keel ; we will therefore 

 make our keel that length, and put on a counter, making a total 

 of about 34ft., over all. As to width, we want all wb can get with- 

 out hurting the speed of our vessel ; and besides, width means 

 room on deck and below, and ability to carry sail: I will give her 

 plenty of a good thing, say 12 or 13 ft. As to depth, being rather 

 lengthy myself, and knowing by experience how unpleasant it 

 to get into unmentionables while sitting ; and as depth mean 

 like width, power and sail capacity, and wo need plenty of free- 

 board and only a low house, we will make her 4ft. 9in. or 5ft. 

 deep, which, with crown of deck and house, and plenty of ballast 

 low down, will give us about 6ft. in our house. 



Now before going further, I know our good friends who are 

 rather touchy on the " English diver," will Bay she will be a per- 

 fect caravan. "But," we answer, " we want depth and breadth 

 for our purpose, and intend to have them in our cruising yacht." 

 Our vessel, as above described, as far as dimensions go, if pro- 

 perly shaped and calculated, will require about four or five tons of 

 cast-iron ballast, placed aa low down as possible, and will have a 

 draught of about 3ft, 9in. aft without keel. The question of oen- 

 treboard or keel comes up next. If I put a keel on this vessel 

 she will have a draught of at least 2ft. more, making not less than 

 5ft, 9in., with a loss of say 10 per cent, of speed ; but, as I wish at 

 times to cruise iu Now i*ork Bay, and visit places where I do not 

 wish to engage a pilot, nor sacrifice what I consider indispensable, 

 speed, I give the preference to the centreboard. My vessel, from 

 her depth, being necessarily of sharp floor, will require but a short 

 one, say 8 or 9 ft., which 1 will place well forward, so aa to injure 

 our room below aa little as possible. Concerning the rig of this 

 vessel, the question to my mind ia easily settled. We have only 



her as simply as possible, keeping in mind only strength and util- 

 ity. I will put in a long mast with a short stationary topmast, short 

 bowsprit, with all the canvas in mainsail and jib my vessel oan 

 carry with ease in our usnal fresh southerly breezes, Will have 

 club-topaall, jib-topsail and balloon-jib for racing purposes ; a 

 Bmall storm-jib to be set "flying,'' strong gronnd tackle, and sho 

 ia about complete. 



Now let us see what we have. Our little cruiser has accommo- 

 dation below for captain, three guests, and a man or boy before 

 the must. Our cabin is lift, long, 9ft. 6in. wide, and Oft. high, 

 with a clean width of Gft. between the berths, clear floor aft of 

 centreboard. This, it is true, cuts the forward end of onr house 

 in two parts, but we must have a table in either oase, and it mat- 

 ters little whether wo have daylight betwoen the legs or not. Am- 

 ple room for cooking purposes, stores, tanks, ice box, spare sail, 

 etc. Big of simplest kind, so that fow mistakes can be made by 

 the "greenhorns." Altogether we have a powerful, able vessel, 

 which oan be driven to win a cup occasionally in competition with 

 vessels of her length. 



Having determined size and rig of onr ideal cruiser, wo will say 

 how Bhe ehall be constructed. In my list of indiapensables I have 

 first mentioned strength. She shall, therefore, have a keel of 

 solid white oak, extending her length, which Bhall not be less than 

 10xl2in. at centreboard, and beveled forward and aft to suit shape 

 of vessel, the rabbet for garboard being placed near the outside, 

 so that she may have a solid back-bone. The frame shall he of 

 oak, 2X*4in. at keel, and 2}^x3 at top, not more than 12 or 14 

 in. from oentres, and eaoh and every of these frames securely 

 tennoned and bolted to keel ; and, iu fact,. everything appertaining 

 to the hull as strong as wood and iron can be put together ; for 

 how pleasant for us to know, when we are lying in our berth below 

 in an open harbor, with our well-tried ground tackle diving into a 

 heavy Bea, or " oracking it on to her" iu a hard race, we oan cry 

 out, "Let her rip, she's all oak, " and not feel it were necesaary 

 to sound the well. Beware of plank keels and wringing racers. 

 We know that a vessel sails by her shapo and rig, and that 

 "wringing" qualities, however highly lauded by builders who con- 

 struct such vessels, is all bosh! Wo've been there, and tried it. 



Speed. — Iu this most important and indispensable particular we 

 need experience and practice ; and since speed depends greatly 

 upon shape, the question is how we shall obtain that form most 

 desired. We ourselves only know from experience that vessels 

 of onr length of vastly different shapes develop speed ; sharp ves- 

 sels like the Nymbus, and shoal vessels like the Beecher, sail re- 

 markably fast and about alike, although exactly opposite in shape 

 —the WymbUs narrow, the Beecher extremely wide and flat. In 

 this consideration I think it best under the circumstances to con- 

 sult some party who has been successful in modeling speedy 

 vessels ; give him my dimensions, and get beat shape his talent 

 may suggest. I then have a perfect draught made of this Bhape, 

 and give it and specification to a builder to work from, and in no 

 case the model. The draught alone being given, necessitates the 

 veBsel being properly laid down, and can be certified ; thus yoa 

 can get wl at you wish, not merely an approximation by rule of 

 thumb from a model. Of course, in getting auoh a model you will 

 have a vessel of character, such as the party fancies most to whom 

 you apply. But you may at least console yourself with the reflec- 

 tion that experience will not make a bad failure, and generally a 

 success in the desiderata, wanted. 



Stability.— Our cruiser being 12 or 13 ft. wide, or nearly one-half 

 her length, possesses groat natural stability, besides being assist- 

 ed ty depth and ballast low down. But, let us ask, ia it well to 

 give my oruiser so much width, even if I do wish room on deok ? 

 Let us, for a moment, glance at our opposite, the vaunted, but as 

 yet untried, Muriel. ThiB vessel is about 40ft. water line, 9ft. 

 beam, and 7ft. deep— no deck roam there, nor below either, ex- 

 cept a lane. Now, from her shape, necesaary from her dimensions, 

 she has little stability. In fact, it iB probable that without bal. 

 last she would roll over and sink under spars alone ; so ahe 

 depends almost entirely upon ballast for sail-carrying power, and 

 to utilize this ballast her angle of inclination must bo auoh that 

 you could not stand on deok without holding on even in a mode- 

 rate breeze. These vessels being dependent greatly upon ballast 

 for stability, must necessarily be made to sail upon their aides, 

 since inclination is necessary to utilize ballast ; whereas, in onr 

 vessel we have width, aud therewith natural stability, bo that Bhe 

 may sail upon her proper lines, and utilize her ballast iu moments 

 of extra sail pressure. We sail in our vessel standing up like a 

 house in our usual southerly breeze, and our lady friend, if aboard, 

 may walk our deck if so disposed ; whde our cutter friend along- 

 side in the same breeze tells their friends aboard, when their feet 

 begin to slip and teeth chatter, not to be afraid, as she rolls very 

 low before she lifts her ballast. And it is perfectly safe and theo- 

 retically correct, although they seem to have their doubts about 

 the case as they glance toward our oraft. 



Rig. — I adopt the sloop rig in its simplest form, and make it as 

 light as possible consistent with ample strength, for with it I oan 

 drive my veBsel to windward faster, and shorten sail in one-half 

 the time with the same crew, than with the English rig. In faot, 

 I regard the cutter rig, with its reefing bowsprit, housing topmast, 

 and multiplicity of blocks, cringles, eyes, stays, fids, and other 

 tackle, as an abomination, invented by some good English soul 

 simply to furnish aboard English yachts redundant employment 

 for seamen. In Tact, cutter rig your oraft, go slow and double 

 your crew, and I prophesy that said rig evontnally die a natural 

 death, except among harbor sailors in these waters. 



Mr. Editor, it was my intention to take you a abort trip in this 

 ideal cruiser, in company with one of our modified cutters, that 

 we could oompare their adaptation to these waters, but I will 

 postpone doing so uutU some future occasion. Cobinthtan. 



Our correspondent has evidently gone into the question of 

 small cruising yachts categorically and with unbiased mind 

 in a manner creditable to himself. We regret all the more, 

 therefore, our inability to subscribe to M3 proportions and 

 ideas, and request him to follow this line of reasoning. To 

 drive his enormously wide and deep boat at fair speed, assum- 

 ing for the moment that such were attainable, he will require 

 an immense spread of canvas, a necessity which we cannot by 

 any means approve, much as " Corinthian" seems to glory in 

 the big sails his ideal cruiser will stand up to. On the con- 

 trary, does it not betoken higher skill to so model a craft that 



