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FOREST AND STREAM. 



the drawings shall bo one-half inch to the foot for yachts o 

 80ft. overall and under, and three-eighths of an inch to ttif 

 foot for yachts over this size. Any yacht whose drawings 

 may be on lile with the club, and shall, subsequent to such 

 survey, have any change made in her model, shall be subject 

 to the provisions of this rule as though she had not been pre- 

 viously surveyed. The drawings shall consist of a sheer plan, 

 body plan and half-breadth plan. Concerning ballast, the 

 club's rule admits of no doubts, being likewise intended to 

 encourage honest racing, and cot the abominable machine sail- 

 ing under the stupid custom of shifting or rigging out ballast, 

 ltule XII. reads: No yacht contending for a prize, after hav- 

 ing taken her position, will be permitted to start watir bal- 

 last. No booming out of ballast allowed in a race. All 

 yachts must bring home the same ballast with which they 

 started. Among the sails allowed is the spinaker. 



The Canok Regatta. — It will he borne in mind that this 

 regatta takes place June 7, and is open to all canoes of the 

 connlrv under very liberal sailing regulations. The entrance 

 fee is $2, for either or both the paddling and saihng race. 

 Seventeen entries have been received, and others are contem" 

 plating taking part The Staten Island Rowing Club has 

 courteously tendered, the hospitalities of its bout-house at the 

 cricket grounds on the Northern extremity of the island. The 

 regatta committee consists of Messrs. Sutherland D. Smith 

 (N. V. C. C), 21 Nassau St.; Chas. E. Chase (J. C. C. CO, 

 ;>S? Broadwav ; L. P. d'Oremieulx, 170 Broadway ; W. P. 

 as [Jersey Blue P. C), Chester, Pa., and K. N. Putnam 

 (Resolute C. 0), 54 Wall s'. All restrictions concerning rig 

 and keels having been removed, 1he race will be full of inter- 

 est as a teat of the many different types and appliances in the 

 way of keels, leeboinU, etc. What with the presence of the 

 Heralds. Rub Roiis, centreboard Sluidow, Qui Vives, the '..-.', 

 lug gunther, sharpie and leg-of-mutton, the scene will not be 

 lacking in the picturesque anymore than in the instructive 

 lessons to be drawn from the result, 



Albany Yaoht Club.— At a meeting of the Albany Yacht 

 Club held May 12, 1870, the following officers were elected 

 for the coming year : Com.,MasonF. Cogswell; Vice-Corn., 

 Alfred J. Stone ; Treas., Robert D. Evans; Sec, John Houri- 

 gan. 



Nereus Yaoht Club.— At the annual meeting of the 

 Nereus Y. C, May 6, the following officers were elected : 

 Com., C. Coughtry; Sec'y., Thos. F. Miller; Treas., Louis 

 M. Moler. A spring regatta Will be heln May 30. Course, 

 from Oapt. Decker's, Harlem, to and around City Island 

 buoy and return. Yachts to be sailed on Corinthian princi- 

 ples. 



Madison Items. — Capt. E. H. Freeman has launched his 

 steamer Afendola on Fourth Lake, Madison, Wis., and is pre- 

 pared to take sportsmen for a trip or a sail on that delightful 

 sheet of water, and no one is belter able to do so than the 

 gallant captain in his pretty little steam yacht. 



Mahulkiieao Regatta — The sixth annual reaatta at 

 MarblPhead, Mass., bass been set down for June 17. First 

 class: Sloops and schooners 38ft. and over on Wider line; one 

 prize to each division. Second class : Schooners less than 38 

 ft. on the water line, two prizes ; all keel and centre-board 

 sloops 2gft and less than 38ft. on the water line, two prizes 

 for keels and two for centreboards. Third class ; All sloops 

 and cat -rigged boat 8 20ft and less than 26ft. on water line; 

 also all keef boats less than 28ft.; two prizes for keels and 

 for centreboards. Fourth class: All centreboards less 

 than 20ft. on water line, two prices. Special class: Open 

 boats and dories, regardless of length, two prizes for each. 

 There will be no restriction as to sails. The committee of 

 arrangements consists of Luther G. Pitman, David K. Phil- 

 lips, Isaac Atkins, C. A. Choate, William Brydges, S. P. 

 Goodwin and others. Judges — S. S. Goodwin", W. H. Tol- 

 man, J. M. Ooarnock, William Kasselt, George A. Palmer, L. 

 G. Pitman, David K. Phillips. 



Tun Yawl Rig. — A correspondent writes us: " It makes 

 me sick to see our sloops bungling about in their helpless way 

 when the yawl rig is a quick, cheap and satisfactory solution 

 of all I heir troubles." 



Fkbsu&ving Canvas. —As many yachts visit Gloucester, 

 Mas"., it maybe well to let them "know that while in port 

 they cau have their sails treated by the best process known, 

 preventing mildew, rot, stain, etc. This process has been 

 patented by Chresten Nelson, of 307 Main street, Gloucester, 

 and has given such thorough satisfaction to all who have had 

 their sails treated by him that we lake pleasure in recom- 

 mending him to owners who may be thinking of an Eastern 

 cruise. Testimony of the strongest kind has been placed be- 

 fore us by disinterested parties, while the process has the in- 

 dorsement of many shipmasters and fishermen sailing out of 

 this port. 



Hardiness of the Cutter.— The cutter Enterprise, of 

 Boston, wii] not come out in a sloop's jib, as has been report- 

 ed. Her owner is well satisfied tbat he can get as much 

 speed out of the cutter rig as out of the sloop. Moreover, 

 we learn that the hands before the mast express themselves in 

 favor of her present rig, as it is easier work for them, espe- 

 cially in shooting aft on a wind. 



Toledo Y t aoht Ct.UB— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 Toledo Yacht Club was organized in Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 25, 

 1878, with a membership of eleven. Scarcely ten weeks have 

 elapsed since that time, yet the club now numbers over seven - 

 ty-tivJ members, with a squadron of eight yachts of the first 

 and second class, and are financially in an excellent condition. 

 Much of their success is due to the conservative yet liberal 

 and generous, manner in which the club is managed. While 

 great care is taken in the selection of members, the yacht club 

 Offers the very finest inducement to the sport-loving members 

 i e community. Their club rooms being probaely the 

 finest yacht club rooni3 in the State, and a commodious club 

 house situated on Guards Island in the bay, about eight miles 

 from the city, afl'oads a pleasant terminus to a splendid yacht- 

 ing course, besides being in the heart of the best hunting and 

 fishing grounds. Some eighteen miles of river, a large bay 

 and the open lake beyond make the sailing grounds an un- 

 equalled one on the gnat, lakes. At their recent election the 

 following officers were chosen : A. L. Smith, Commodore , 

 G. U. Cone, Vice-Commodore; A. W. Williams, Secretary; 

 C. P. Doolittle, Treasurer ; O. M. Hepburn, Measurer. The 

 Executive Committee— A. L. Smith, Chairman; E. P. Day, 

 F. G. Doolittle, II. n. Suydam, A. E. Klauser, N. W. Dyer. 

 A. W. Williams, Sec'y. 



Detroit Yaoht Cllb. — Editor Forest and Stream: It 

 has been decided to hold a Club Regatta on July 4th, wind 

 and weather permitting. Our club was organized in June, 

 1878, and held a regatta open to all comers on the 4th and 0th 

 of July of that year, which but for a lack of wind would have 



been one of the finest held on the Lower Lakes for a number 

 of years, as we had over thirty entries m all classes. We. had 

 a very light wind and on the first day were unable to make a 

 race, and the second we got one or two boats of each class in 

 within the proscribed time, but it was a very slow race. W r e 

 are now trying to get the Lake Erie Clubs join in with us 

 and hold a union regatta at some point convenient for all. 

 We have another new yacht here besides the ones mentioned 

 in your last issue. She is called the Myrtle, schooner-rigged, 

 30ft. keel. We have revived the yachting interost in this 

 section very much. Since our club was organized they have 

 formed clubs at Toledo, Cleveland and Buffalo, all of which 

 are in a flourishing condition. The election of officers. May 

 13, resulted as follows: Com, Alex. H. Major; Vice-Corn.", 

 George Newberry ; Rear-Corn , O, W, Baker'; Sec'y., Ed. H. 

 Williams; Treas., S. II Ives; Meas,, Wm. II. Steinbrecher; 

 Regatta and Executive Committee, Edwin Jerome, Jr., 

 Charles Nehl, Addison Lyous, David A. Thayer, Charles 

 Boston. E. H. Williams, 



Sec'y. Detroit Y. C. 



Charleston (S. C.) Items. — Our boating men are on qui 

 woe, and we will probably have some splendid racing here 

 on the 30th. The races this year have been gotten up by the 

 three rowing clubs of the city— the Palmetto, Carolina Indc- 

 pendants, and Electrics — and the entire management of the 

 whole will be in the hands of the Presidents of the above 

 clubs. Each of these clubs will enter a four-oared shell and 

 four-oared gig crew, and each a single-scull. Augusta will 

 be represented by a good crew for the four-oared shell race, 

 and, if reports are correct, will probably give our hoys a 

 severe pull for first place. The Electrics are the favorites 

 among those who have seen the practice work, but the Caro- 

 linas and Palmettos both have hosts of friends, wdio are not 

 afraid to back their crews. The crews have not trained as 

 long or as carefully this year, as it was very uncertain up to 

 a short time ago whether we would have any races at all 

 this spring. It'ls to be hoped that some sailing races will be 

 gotten up for the occasion, as there are several yachts out this 

 spring, and this would be'a splendid opportunity for testing 

 their speed and merits. X. 



Buffalo Yaoht Club. — Schooner Eleetmng has gone on 

 a cruise to Point Atrim, Canada ; schooner Mystic and sloop 

 Kittie B. followed May 34. The fleet has gone for black 

 bass, reported plentiful on the Canada shore. Pennant. 



Salem Items.— The old-time sloop Rebecca., known to 

 metropolitan waters as the first ship property of Mr. Jas. 

 Gordon Bennett, has been altered to a schooner at Brown's 

 yard. She is a sister to the Una. A big fleet of small craft 

 of all kinds has gone into commission, and lively limes are 

 expected in Salem waters. The Carrie E., Mr. Benson, is 

 for sale. Mr. Geo. W. Mansfield has been appointed Secre- 

 tary pro tern, of the Salem Y. C. , on account of the depart- 

 ure for the West of Mr. R. L. Newcomhe. 



Longuethl Boat Club. — At the annual general meeting 

 of this club, held on Saturday evening, 17th inst., the fol- 

 lowing officers were elected : President, T. Boyd ; Vice- 

 President, Duncan McDougall ; Secretary, J. Tlios. Ostell; 

 Treasurer, Jas. F. Walker; Committee, John O'Flaherly, E. 

 M. Lovelace, F. Foster, D. Lewis, W. J. Gear, J. Lesper- 

 ance. The club will begin operations immediately. 



PROSPECTS ON THE THAMES. 



Londos, England, May 1, 1879. 

 Editob Fobest Attn Stbeam : 



How we look forward to the day when my little smart 15-ton 

 cutter will be at her moorings oil Greenhithe, and how I shall 

 think of your correspondent, "Podgers," if we are unlucky 

 enough to get ashore and have breakfast at a good angle of heel, 

 which I have often experienced in my younger days ; but now, as 

 then,! always pick and buy a deep boat, — and can' t we lick the 

 shallow fellows to windward, tho beat point of sailing ? Our boat 

 draws 7ft. aft, cutter rigged, with running bowsprit, of course. 

 Her dimensions aro 42ft. by 10ft. beam, and most of my cbums, 

 except very long fellows, can stand upright in the cabin. I offered 

 to lend her to an American yachtsman fur a cruise, and ho has 

 done me the honor to call and ask if she is ready, so when he has 

 had a sail I shall know what he thinks of a small English yacht 

 for cruising in comparison with the usual type of American 

 sloop. AU our yachts on this side are now busy fitting out, but 

 numbers oan be bought, and at very reasonable prices, too, if 

 firm offers are made. Business being so dull, I am afraid the 

 racing part of the yachting season will not be kept up with such 

 spirit as in the good old days ; still, the racing among the larger 

 vessels will no doubt give some capital sport. G. W. 



ever hear it of the VonvUess, winch has a break in her deck amid- 

 ships? Even the very fishermen that " Beverly Cove " thinks so 

 strong all have a break in the deck amidehips. lie does not see 

 what is gained by it. When you have a flush deck aft and no 

 cockpit, and are driving your yacht to windward in a heavy head 

 sea, if you have no break in the deck and happen to ship a barrel 

 or leas of water forward, just as you come in stays, that whole 

 barrel of water comeB making down upon your a rter 1.,., 

 surging and swashing from Bide to Bide before it can escape 

 through the scuppers. The break in the deok stops all I hia in- 

 convenience, because it stops all water forward of the break until 

 it can have time to escape. When I am driving throngh a chop 

 sea close hauled, at the rate of twelve miles an hour, aa I have 

 frequently done in Boston Bay, I find that no water ever gets aft 

 of my break in the deok. I adopted this feature deliberately, in- 

 stead of the homely and inconventont low board wall built round 

 like a cockpit on the decks of so many of the best flush-decked 

 New York yachts. I find it comfortable and convenient. 



"B. 0." says a visit to my schooner will show bow well the 

 specifications I gave of her build were carried out. " No butts in 

 deck plank, butts to break, etc." I invite a visit to my schooner 

 for inspection on this head. There are only two butts in the main- 

 deck plank (whioh were so located they could not be helped), 

 which do not break joints as stated in tho specifications. Iu jus- 

 tice to the builders of my yacht (at whom I have reason to believe 

 this criticism is aimed), I must reaffirm that these specifications 

 were substantially carried out nudor my own inspection, as well 

 as that of my agent. 



"B. C." is ''certain" I could have secured a craft inhere'' 

 faster, for he can name fishermen that have beaten my famons 

 model in her own weather, etc. I will not quarrel with him about 

 thai, because if he has found any such fishermen the watching 

 public ought to know it, and the sooner the bettor. " B. O." may 

 consider himsolf the benefactor of yachtsmen, and I will do all I 

 can to help him bring out hia fisherman to public notice. In 

 order to help him in bis good work, I propose that WB eaoh of na 

 deposit $100 in the hands of tho editor of Forest and Stbeam, 

 and ho pick out hia fisherman, and we have a fair and square race 

 into the heavieat easterly gale we can select, either dead to wind- 

 ward from Boston Light to Proviuoetown and back, or around 

 Boon Island and back, as the case may be. If his fisherman wins 

 my $100, to go to pay her expenses, etc. If I win, " B. C.'s " $100 

 to be put up as a prize for a race between the best of our fishing 

 schooners, of a size suitable to use as a yacht model, say less than 

 100ft. long. If "B. C.-' ! selects a fisherman larger than my craft, 

 the race to be governed by the rules of a reputable yacht club on 

 time allowance to mo, or viae versa. Thus wo shall have some- 

 thing more than an empty talk, and help settle a question of great 

 interest just now to yachtsmen— the question of type. I will give 

 some idea of the time I made last summer by the watch. For in- 

 stance, from Handkerchief Lightship to Butler's Hole Lightship, 

 Nantucket shoals, close hauled, against tide, was made in twenty 

 minutes ; from Butler's Hole to Pollock Bip Lightship was made 

 in fifteen minutea ; from Highland Light abeam to Boatoa Light 

 abeam, close hauled, was made in four hours and forty minutes 

 against tide ; again, from Minot's Ledge to Boston Ught, against 

 tide, close hauled, was made iu forty minutes, showing a speed of 

 eleven to fifteen miles an hour. I think 1 am justified by these 

 figures in proposing a plan which, if "B. 0." is right, will show 

 us a wonderful fishing boat of the size of mine, say 61ft. water 

 line. OSES Sua. 



In connection with this Esses schooner, the opinion of Mr. 

 J. D. Law lor, of Chelsea, Mass., will be of interest. He 

 says: " Take out the twenty-six tons of iron ballast and re- 

 place it with eighteen tons of lead on the keel, aud I will as- 

 tonish the country with her speed. She can beat anything of 

 her size." The most satisfactory way to test the new de- 

 parture in model which " Open Sea " has made, would, in 

 our opinion, be to enter her for a series of matches, or come 

 to the starting line iu the ocean races to come oil this season. 

 Her sailing then would go on official record to the satisfaction 

 of alL Under any circumstances there can be no question 

 as to the excellent sea-going qualities of this schooner, for 

 they are attested by the ready manner in which her owner 

 puts to sea iu her in all weathers. 



THE QUESTION OF TYPE. 



Bosios, Mass., May 5, 1879. 

 Editob Fobest and Stbeam: 



I do not know that I have any fault to find with " E. Centre's " 

 ode, dedicated to me. I am sorry, however, that the subject 

 should have made his Muae sea-sick, as it evidently did. Befer- 

 ringto the letter of ''Beverly Cove," inareoent issue of your 

 paper, I did not say, and do not think, tbat a 60ft. sea-going 

 keel yacht can be built to draw less than 6}& or Mt. and work to 

 windward. He takes exception to the style of my yacht. lie 

 passed her frequently last summer, and would not even have 

 "suspected" Bhe was a yacht but for her ensign. I have no 

 doubt "Beverly Cove " is a critic on yachts, but still some people 

 who are supposed to have some taate and judgment on a yacht's 

 lines differ from him. Mr. D J. Lawlor, who is one of the oldest 

 and most experienced marine architects on the Atlantic coast, and 

 whose vessels have been especially notod for grace and beauty of 

 lines above water, has stated publicly that he would bo pleased to 

 have designed so handsome a boat above the water as my yacht. 

 1 have heard many gentlemen exclaim, "What a handsome 

 yaoht I" when they oame in sight of my schooner, and they were 

 apparently no novices in the matter of yachts and veaaels. New, 

 Mr. Bailor, was it not a little pardonable vanity on my part to 

 think that the best known naval architect in Boston and tho pub- 

 lic might know something about grace and beauty in my 

 yaoht ; aud is it not a little bard to have my gentle critic, " Bev- 

 erly Cove," descend so gracefully upon my illusion, and show the 

 ignorance of our naval architects and the public ? He wants to 

 know whv, if my yacht was built for strength, she was not given 

 a flush deck ? Did any one ever hear that the America was want- 

 ing in strength because she has a break in her deck ? or did any one 



THE SAN FRANCISCO YAWLS. 



New York, May 16, 1879. 

 Editor Forest and Stkbaie: 



Some weeks ago I read with much interest " Saucelito's '■ reply 

 to my remarks on the Fawn's performance In Sun Francisco Bay, 

 going to wind ward under all sail iu a 35-mile breeze. "Sauceli- 

 to's" last letter soema to make an even greater necessity than 

 formerly existed for the fullest and most precise information on 

 the eiibj'Ct discussed, which, it appears to me, may afford not 

 ill. interest hut instruction also to some of yoiu- readers. It is 

 not to be supposed that a writer who expresses himself in such 

 excellent spirit is at all chargable with had faith, aud the figures 

 by which he now sustains himself make it sufficiently evident that 

 strong breezes and able yaehta are to be found in San Francisco 

 Bay. If I now make rejoinder to ''Sauoelito's" letter, it is as 

 much to bring up the whole question of these yachts and their 

 models aa to mako inquiry in an nndogmatic way into the strict 

 accuracy of the belief which "Sauoolito " aud his frienda have of 

 their powers of going to windward in a seaway and standing up 

 to their canvas. If a boat 37ft. long can be tn-ide to gu to wind- 

 ward ill open water, carrying all plain sail, even with it moderate 

 rig, in t, 35-mile breeze, I am convinced that nothing in marine 

 architecture oan be found that will prove hotter deserving of 

 study. 



It would be well worth while, at the close of the yachting season 

 just now coming on, if our California friends will send on the 

 lines of Fawn, with particulars of her ballasting, etc., to make 

 some calculations of her properties for illustration in your pages. 

 To make this subject interesting to year readers, I will refer to 

 some yachting events likely to ba remembered, and give the 

 velocity of the wind at the time, aa observed at the Signal Office 

 on the Equitable Building; asking that the fact be kept in mind 

 that the wind, moving at the rate of 35 miles per hour, exorcises 



