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FIXTURES. 



Mar 88 Qiilncy V. ('.. Mass., Spring Begatta d P, M i. 

 Hftj 30 Smibllo-imiY. r.."i«-u Maidus 

 Miii- ■'■' -lvnnsvl.ani..i V. C. 



M I.'iiiliv Y .(•..< 'p.-ning Cruise. 

 M.n ::•> Ni-w Huvi-n Y. c. np'-niiis Cruise. 

 Hay 30 Sewanha a Y. i .. ' "p-ning Cruiso. 

 May 30 -.h-rsev City Y. (.'.. Opening hull. 

 M--i\:ji Kniokcrb.ielo-i Y C.. Sp.iiu: Regatta. 

 Mar S ' Pennsylvania Y. C. Spiiug Regatta. 



Atlantic Y C . Opening Cruise. 

 June .v Hud on Kiv. r Y. C . Annual Regatta. 

 .Inn.- !) I.nrcliinont Y. C.. Pennant Match, Classes 1, S, 3. 

 June II OuaUci Ciiv Y. C . Annual Regalia. 

 .Tune 12 Oui.n v. Mms.. Y. C. First Kaee "J 1'. .M... 

 June 16— LarcbmOnt Y. 0., Pernio i .11 itch. Classes 4, 5. 

 June Hi -Dorchester, Mass., Y. C, Annual Regatta. 

 June is- New Jir-t-y Y. C., Annual Regatta. 

 Jui.e 1H— Hull. Mass., Y. C, Union Regatta. 

 June 16 Cooper's Point Y. c. Annual Regatta. 

 June 1!>- -Atlantic Y. C. Annual Matches. 



Jun, •. I (' .Second Eacef3:30P. Mi 



• the Eastern Y, C. off Marblehead. 



Jul e 80 to July 4— Chicago Annual Matches. 



Julj 1 Uiri-i.iuoni Y.C.. AinualR.gaUn 



duly 

 July 

 July 

 Jnlv 

 July 

 July 

 July 



AUJ 



7— Beveriv Y. C . in hlch"ud. First Champions 

 7— Hull. Mass. Y. < .. i-'iisi Club Regatta. 



12-Ouincs . Mass., Y. C. Third Race (3:3(1 P. M ). 

 II j .ii- Umont"! 0., Pennant Match, 



31— Larchmont Y. C, Pennant Match. ( hisses !. 



21— Hull, Ma-s.. Y. c. s-, ond cii.'i Regatta. 



Aug. 

 Aug. 



Aug. 



■ Iford Rendi /v. .us ai New London. 



lO-QiihieyaSu-'s '. Y.'c'. Kour'tb Malch (3 P. M. 



11 -Larehmont Y. C. Pel nam Hatch, Cl.i-s.-s 1. 



11-iiull. Ma^.. Y. C. Thi d Club Regatta. 

 Aug. 1- I.archmont Y. C, Pciinaut Match, classes 1. 

 Aug. I- - Hull. Mass . Y ('.. Ins, Championship Segl 

 Ai: :. 28 ■-I.arehnioiil Y. ( '.. Pennant Mutcn, Classes B, 

 Aug. 35— Dull, Mass , Y. C., Open Regatta. 

 Sept. I -hull. Mass.. Y. (.'.. Si cond Champion Regatl 



: Beverly X C . Marblehead Open Hat hi 

 Sept. 8 Liiieum...nt Y. C, I'.-nnant Match, Classes 1, 

 Sept. 8 Hull, Mass . \ . . Third Championship Ucg 

 Sep! s- it iiiuy. Mass.. -, c, closing Regatta. 

 Sept. HI- Heverlv Y. C . Sw .imp-cow., third Cnamploi 

 Sept. Ii— Beverly, Miss . Y. C, Tliird Cnampionship R 



s- ,.!. !.", Lai-chmontT. C . Pennant Match, Classes -1,5. 

 Sept. 22— Larclimoiu Y. c, Pennant Matot, Classes C, 7. 



ihip. 



THE DEATH TRAP CRAYLINC. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 

 Upon the very eve of ray return from Central America the disastei 



i ■ I . ■ .,-■-. . . i - ' Ii,": !:. iriv Sli re.i in- 111 the face ii! Stiff. 



■ ' '.. r , .,- pi ■ ■: - J' -.-■;-■ -i c !-i'-. i. -I- -.; -• < ---" - iii'-- 



eye. 



i . .!_■ 



vessel, Notably did 



who may yet have the 

 the RruyliW. while s 



trap, in whi. h - t <ani 



what I 



-ill pe 



;, Moulauk an 



Graving 



e:- ted pe. 



at the bol* 



camel's hack. Tffat in 



not now mourning The 



supp Tt has not 



level I 



ick i 



s, of dro 



. latched 1 



Providence, i 



could 



the Grayling 

 iti, s pui-poses; that ene was 

 feet disregard for the rudiments 

 11 kno.vu to every competent 



liable terms of what mignt be 

 . still on the sioc-ks an untried 

 judgment to Mr. N. 1). Lawton, 

 aek and white u,at I pronounced 

 lOtning better i ban a dangerous 

 1 . isk die at sea. But glaring as 

 nodel was, and crude and pro- 

 3r beam and light displacement, 

 t retribution for the Jefiance ot 

 s was so nign at hand as events 

 ens have eome home to roost! 

 in the ful.est sense ignominious, 

 oniinious because a vessel large 

 d over sue luuhs to a casual puff 

 npared to the seas: disgraceful 

 neanesl intelligence in the fash- 

 ichts: and disheartening because 

 t of the grandest of all sports, 

 ish the sorrowful exhibition of 

 ; lower bay last Sunday as inter- 

 to be misled as to the real facts 

 splay, this last straw upon tn 



Mohawk dis- 

 , incorrigible 

 blessneBs, flying in the face of 

 onanism sense. The public can- 

 oi laborijus defense and lame 

 im a source cramped in honest 

 : personal favors in the past and 

 l less can tho wool be pulled over 

 s dished up in the World in the 

 s the stamp of romance upon its 

 c. far too close a shave upon the 

 st casual. A yacht sails, down 

 inks to the bottom. Her crew 

 uitv of another vessel. But for 

 aiseraule ra.s. That is the whole, 

 a d-sinal commen. it is upon tne 

 l in general, and a crushing ver 

 iroduclic.ii of such an ill-starred 

 led to the yacutiug fleet of this 



s she 



i too 11 



anuupro-:: 

 . and Mat of itself 

 ..leiitli exeir.iiliiiei, 

 ilk. Facts mnum- 

 i yachts built upon 

 nmd. whose incep- 

 nes, refuses to rise, 

 the occasion to see, 



-,■ ;■ s;i-.-:-: lie- -l.ee 



;1 gram of 



tin OUgh BUC 

 from the qui 



: 1 



>ui upon 



tares like Gr 







weieh oienai 



"- ■ -i, 



hai ei 



r theu i uosea! Howlongls 



-tai-ded bjthe multip] 



:hme. nay worse, for she and her 



kindare at best but sand-baggers, without the bags under the weather THE MADGE, SCHEMER AND WAVE CUP. 



The Grayling 

 Loudly as the si 

 by the ignorant 



tha 



re-ofe, 



<t a yacht, she is not suited to yachting purposes. 



ingquallti- s of our schooners have been cxinlled 

 -, ii.eislme-ly procluiin them 111 for any voyage, if 



such misconceptions as the Grayling ana her proto- 

 types, is to assume the responsibility- of being a party to deliberate 

 manslaughter. That is the view the law may take of such shameful 

 exhibitions as these days again witness. 



Compensation f.u- less ;.- grante.i where ships leave port in an un- 

 seaworthy condition, nor de.es the lav.- excuse ieuoranoe of the fact. 

 When damages are colled e J for losses b\ i he capsizing of a yacht so 



•'.■ii 1 1 ," e, -,.-s e-'i '.-, .. \ , . |. i- :' : . c.irre.l ■■ • . - '. . e e 



cial stress may act as a v.-holesotne corrective, and preserve the pub- 

 lie from the n: '. force Ml them by freebooters and quacks in a 



science far beyond their ken. 



But, it will be argued. ! . rayhr.g is oversparrcd, and that if canvased 

 within reason she miget oave been spar-.-d the ignoble farce wnich 

 has befallen her the first test she met. She is not oversparred for 

 speed, though she eertainlv is for safety. Granting for the moment 

 that the slipshod reasoning which forms the foundation for her gro- 

 te que proportions possessed '.he truth and weinht her or ginators 



till r 



lotbe 



lels o 



I pr 



rely, 



this idle claim of superior speed no lunger exists, and, s 



robbed of her speed the Grin-ling and her class have nothing 

 ever to recommend them to favor over yachts designed with refer- 

 eiio.- io -he -,vei---. si h-,-,1 sir -yacht eight tn lie caparte of accom- 

 plishing without distress, much more without critical danger to 

 hefsell "and crew, 



The Grayiing had no cockpit, her ballast did not shift, nothing gave 

 way, She went to the bottom out of sheer incapacity to keep right 

 side up in a puff no stronger than likely to be met with a score 

 of times in a year. As an example of naval ai eh i lecture the Gray- 

 in:.- represents 1 1 -- lowest stage or its development. She is an effort 

 to accomplish bv ijl-digesteo floundering and by brute force what Un- 

 skilled and liberal mind brings about by n-iined balancing, by well 

 considered adjustments, by "give and take," and above all by a 

 proper respect for the experiences of all men, of all nations, and of 

 all times. 



The Grayling is a poir.th.es hobby ridden to death, and ten fathoms 



ider t e sea. she lies mil em [ ,. - o. in 'ii -an, 



the o 



tot , 



itha 



> be 



the spread of populai 



If tilt 



. hull-luck, is reporter 

 be true, it is fortunah 

 mless as a hulk to can 



. laughing stock to profe ___. 

 most regi-etablv of all, a check to 

 faith in the Intelligent and manlv s 

 Her owner, still among the living 



still higiilv plc-ased s. h.ii ns yacht 

 Grayling would be unsaleable in in. 



By language may seem strong. It is no stronger than the llagran 

 trespass upon the credulity of the public, of which the daily pres 

 has been guilty in this matter, requires at o corrective. Ii is n 



stronger than imperatively demanded if 'he public is to be saved tli 

 disastrous consequences of fashion run riot tin such man traps as tl 

 Grayling. C. P. Kunh.uuit. 



the 



NAUTICAL MAGAZINE— Our readers who favor the idea of being 

 lushed along by the kettle twiddling a wheel, will read with interest 

 in-- conclusions Mons. .1. A. Xorniauti comes to in a paper he read 

 lefore the Institution of Naval Architects at their spring meeting, 

 t forth in this journal. A speed of 20 knots at sea with a little 



t- Ere 



loOti 



ispla- 



DORCHESTER T. C— Our correspondent writes us of the race 

 coming off on June Hi, that it is to bo an open race in deep., open 

 water, and there will be a good entry of 33-foot sloops and cutlers. 

 The class will be probably 88ft. L. W. L. and under. 



THE doings of lb,- lh tVE=;-Iish cutler M.i.-'.ge -, -.ill '•„- v.. -I l _ .. 

 bered io- istti- roieiers The three ,-. eiO sis oirie- ,,ti' in the fall 

 races of the Seawanhaka Y. C. of New York in 1881, and resulted by 

 the following being engraved on the cup which we give illustrated 



.-llfl-.-h of hi i lit-. Issue- 



YVon by the 



Scotch Cutter "Madge," Ten Tons, 



James Coats, Junr., 



In the Races over the New York Course, 



Sailed under the Auspices of the 



Seawanhaka Y'acht Club, 



September 27, 23, 80. 1881. 



Actual Corrected 

 Time. lime. 



' ■ ■ :':'. - I fee ' I , :-i I ■ . 



Beating S.oop "Wave" 11m, 41s. 25m. 89s. 

 Beating Sloop "Schemer 11 5m. 17s. 17m. 6s. 



It is to be regretted that the owner of the Madge has not found it 



convenient, to race his boat since. She is, excepting the Maggie, of 

 Boston, Mass.— which is but a tolerable representative of an English 

 racing and cruising boat— the only lit tie craft, v. e have in our Eastern 

 ports that has much of a record. Bedouin has been raced, and no 

 doubt will again meet in competition with our skimming dishes, with 

 that awful spread of canvas and will, ccniei-ooiird.s wbieh 1. .-.',.- o 

 about one-third more than Bedouin has depth. Then Oriva and 

 Wenonah, with their restricted draft of water, will tackle the smaller 

 craft. The new Marjorie may come in time, and the new forty -lonner 

 we heai' Harvey is alen.t to bitihi during (he summer mouths may be 

 ready for the fall races: still for ibe spring races and summer cruising 

 the cry is. Where is Madge? 



If th owner of Madge would put her into the races and accompany 

 the er ises this summer, he would do much toward forwardmg that 

 type of boat which we are destined to take our pleasure in, and our 

 sailors would recognize sooner the comfort of boats iu which, after 

 racing for the day. they and their owners have somewhere to shelter 

 i-iiem-e! , es, ,e i heir full stature. 



YVe are pleased to see that Mr. Carv Smith's new little cutter build- 

 ing by Dnscoll, at tlreei, point, is made like '.he proportions of Madge, 



and teat I lie [a ..lie-, ;, , ,-_e , , ,.., ,,,■ era, I ln.s onnva' i a -, , , i ,, a 



that designer. She already assumes in the few frames that are 

 stuck up, showing her form quite the Harvey & Pryor contour, and 

 reminds us of a visit we paid lately to some of the yacht building 

 yards in England. 



Making such great strides as this from the time Oriva made her 

 * bid in the waters round about. New York, and nating how all the 

 boats building a a Boston, Mass., and other ports are stretching out 

 in their proportions of length ami depth , augurs well for the future, 

 and makes us regret thai Bedouin's owner did not, on ordering her 

 design, consent to have imported into her qualities which would 

 have made her a better defender of the old America's cup, a cup wo 

 are all -o proud of, and which we have now held for so many years. 



The cup. Maih-e s cup, so ably von from Wave and Scaeiner, has 

 left our snores for England. I. is a tropin- of victory we should take 

 a lesson from if we arc to hold the tropin- won bv the old America. 

 Miranda, the winner of all the pots from boats of her own outline 

 of drapery, and some from those of the cutter and yawl rig in EDg- 

 I ind. must find fresh waters for her owner's chief 'amusement, and 

 should she pay us a vis-it a second defeat w ill surely follow, for, with 



same length, and 

 any of th-'i 



o.-r-l: emeiii ,-x Jim. . .. 



with nearly 20 per cent, less beam, she would drown ..... 



when the water is ever such a little ruffled and play- a wiunin - game 



on most fine days. 



Messrs. Dommick & Haff, of New York, the designers and manu- 

 facturers of the cup won by Madge, deserve great praise fur their 

 work. It is one of the most suhable trophies for the purpose wo 

 have seen for a long time, and the workmanship is excellent. Mr. 

 Coats will not be proud of it for the victory it, represents alone, as it, 

 is both in design and workmanship a fair "illustration art has made 

 iu this country. 



SLOOP vs. CAT-RIG. 



Editor Foi 



st and Stream I 

 1 have so frequently been asked "Will a eat-rig go clqser to the 

 wind than a sloop-rig? 11 that I tako this method to reply. A boat 

 shaped to suit a cat-rig. especially with a small boat with the well- 

 casing abaft the center, ami the 'sail not over large, so as not to in- 

 terfere with its distribution, the cat is the best. One sail always hos 

 more power ou a wii d than the -aine area cut up into two pa ts. 

 The wind striking the luff of the sail, gathers power continually until 

 it passes out ol the leaeh. When brought, directly on a wind, a well- 

 proportioned hull, with suitable sail, etc., will go one point uearer 

 the wind. On the other hand, however, in tho case of open yachts, 



