FOREST AND STREAM. 



407 



in America by along stretch, but, which now, through a too 

 conservative policy, is in danger <.f being outsailed by some 

 of tie younger and more wide-awake institutions. Barring 

 these little laches, In'e recent match of tlie N. Y. Y. "went 

 off swimmingly, though a trifle more breeze might have 

 added to the interest of the affair and affected some of the 

 results we have to chronicle. But perhaps the breeze thought, 

 it best to keep in tone with the temper of the club, and so 

 blew mildly and sleepily alf day long, but never gave out 

 entirely. 



The entries, though meagre, brought to the line a verym- 

 ,,,, oi goers. In the keel schooners, Mr. Phoenix's 



ii; seagoing ship and the Vice-Commodore's big one had a 

 in ,: , in ercatiag match, and ■ w- landed the prize, 



had it not been for the short rig of Intrepid, and the 



tin canvas, the day wou 

 Mr, A. Carey Smith had the 

 way she was worked shows tha 

 the wheel as at designing able, 

 To windwardi Intrepid outsailed R 



e told a diff. 

 g of Intrepid, and the 

 gentleman is as good at 

 vessels for sea strvice 

 '•!'-)■ pretty roundly ; it 



■whs only on the. run home, after casing off at the Spit buoy, 

 that (tie Vice's big one got away with her— a little more tbau 

 enough to cover her tune to the Poillou-built rchooner. But 

 tjieh Rambler was, iu the stereotyped phrase, "a cloud of 

 canvas, " while Znirepufappeared is exceedingly modest duds, 

 With nothing in the way of balloons but a moderate sized 

 main topmast staysail, besides being generally under rigged. 

 Among the large centreboards, Tidal Wave was the only 

 she hauled down her racing colors and went over 

 the course " for fun." fn the second class, Estelle and Peer- 

 less had a brush. Nereid bring out of the race frotu the first, 

 bavin . bad to make a board to clear Fort, Wadswortb on the 

 way Ottt. ft soon became evident, however, that Estelle, 

 though neatly fifty per cent, larger, was no match 

 at all in mild weather— at least for Peerless; for, 

 ere the first mark had been fetched, Mr. Max- 

 well had planted his schooner well to windward, and 

 With a good lead over his opponent. The question of superi- 

 ority between these two schooners in ordinary weather must 

 be considered as settled in favor of Peerless by a big margin. 

 What Estelle may do in a lop and lanyarder remains to be 

 seen, though even then «• question much whether she can 

 save ber time on the crack of Gowanus. Vision am ng the 

 big sloops had a walk-over, and until the new 7 iron Mischief 

 makes New Yoik waters from WilrningtoD with Mr. Busk's 

 colors at the peak there will be nothing for Via 

 worthy o the name, as the -prospects of Or; 



mast has been shifted aft, so as to make room for a full cutler 

 rig, barring the sliding bowsprit; but here, too, the hero of the 

 marlinspike had his way, and she came to the Hue with fore- 

 stay "come up " and a huge jib in consonance with the true 

 Bourbouism lhat, holds sway among all old barnacles. 

 Glance did not, sail a great distance, when, for some reason 

 unknown, she gave up, but she was a beaten craft at the time, 

 Volatile being too much of a good thing for her. Intrepid 

 brought up the rear of the starters, though Tidal Wave fol- 

 lowed across the line, and her time was taken as a matter of 

 curiosity. As the fleet went through the Narrows, the wind 

 kept hauling, and stiffened up a bit, UDtil outside it was 

 struck 8. E. This necessitated a board to the N.E., off Coney 

 fsland Point, and from there a long leg to Ruoy No. 10 on 

 the Spit, wind having hauled well to the southward. Tidal 

 Wave gave one of the keel sloops a bad blanketing, something 

 the big schooner's skipper should avoid iu future. Intrepid 

 here winded ou Estelle in most unmistakable manner, show- 

 ing that the race is not always to the boards. On the stretch 

 down liegina did not point, and carried a balloon jib topsail, 

 which she took in finally, wdien it was long before apparent 

 that the sail had no business set. It was here that kegina 

 lost her race to Vixen. The schooner Nettie worked down 

 with the fleet, and showed some pretty fair sailing, though 

 ■Rambler went by after taking the wind out of her sails. The 

 wind did not hold, and the sloops began to walk up, but the 

 way in which Rambler led them down to Buoy No. f was 

 worthy of note. Away oil to the northward Wanderer, Mr, 

 Stillmnti, was made out -a grand sight, with her square top- 

 sail sheeted home, as she bore down to watch the fray. 

 Vision, for some reason, was not doing well, for she sagged 

 to leeward — she, too, had shifted from double head rig to jib- 

 but having a walk-over (the Owning not starting), she was 

 probably taking things leisurely. Kites were handed upon 

 reaching the mark, as it was a close haul out to the ship. 

 The mark was rounded as under: 



F&mnler 



Vixen 



liegma 



Intrepid , 



Tidal Wave 



likely to put in au appearance ate sli . 

 Iraustered his affections to the bigger Dwmtless. Ilegi 

 V&c&n had a terribly close match of it, and had the fori; 

 bteti frightened out of her honest rig into that of the slo 

 rather think her owner couid have counted one more 

 her plate locker. As it was, Vfaen, always smart in s 

 wafer, gaiw d her laurels by Lhe small margin of 21s., and had 

 it not hei-ii tor Regina' s I ailing to point as she did in the Atlantic 

 match wheu rigged with staysail and jib, Vixen could never 

 ,.,,,„. Region also held on to a balloon jib topsail much 

 too long on the wind while trying to fetch the weather mark. 

 But fj i this the result would have been reversed. Under any 

 circumstances, rough wafer excepted, these flyers are so even- 

 ly matched that it*is a toss between the two; but. if Regina 

 returns to her double headrig we should pick her as winner 

 every lime. Never before did sloops do such pointing and 

 traveling too as Regina on the memorable June 7, and why 

 aftei such evidence she should again be seen afflicted with a 



big bag of a conn trifled jib is difficult to Understand, unless 

 jack-Is nife and slush-pot authority has held sway abaft the 



t iDStead of forward, fn the keel sloops, Volatile simply 



did wonders; the rest of her class were nowhere, and more- 

 over, down to the Hpit this smart and able little cutter led 

 many of her big sisters such a merry dance to windward, that 

 Peerless, Vision and other notables had to take water at their 

 best business. In seaworthiness, roomino-s, comfort, safety, 

 handiness and appearances Volante is as much superior to the 

 average paint -bedaubed, uncouth sloop as a piccolo to the 

 rude horn of a savage. Give her a few feet more length to 

 ,i her lines and she is more than a match for the who! 

 lot of frying pans, while as it is she has all the speed any 



! i ,, icing can ask for in a safe yacht fit for all-round 

 work- With this much in the way of review, the account of 

 the racing will be better appreciated, 



This regatta was open to yachts of the club only. Course, 

 the Usual duo course, from Stapleton, around Buoy No. 10 on 

 Spit, then around Lightship and home by same 

 course, keeping to the east of Buoys 11, 13 and 15 on the West 

 Bank and outside of Buoy off Sandy Hook, leaving Buoy 10 

 to port and turn the Lightship to starboard. One prize in 

 each class, and time allowance asunder. The starters were: 



n. w. s. H. M. s. 



,.i2;w io Peerless 124434 



..12 33 05 Kstell.' 12 45 •>,; 



1 J ■■' -in Vlclori 12 4(i 18 



.12 S-i 38 Volante 12 47 00 



.32 43 05 Psyche 12 49 42 



Rambler stood in for the Jersey sands, while Vixen, rail 



awash, and Regina standing up better, hauled up smartly 



and got every 1 lung flat. When the former wont about, she 



just weathered the rival crack. BsteUe had hitherto hung on 



pretty well to Peerless, though the latter had the best of the 



position, and, with Vision, were well to leeward of the buoy 



, as they were timed. Volante, on the contrary, had held such 



to race , a wind that she luffed short round, and was really a long bit 



g vessel I ahead of the above named, though her time was taken later, 



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SECOND CLASS Ck.ntkk.boaKD SCHOONERS. 



Peerless 11 85 45 4 41 is 



NercnJ 11 24 40 a 48 90 



Estelle n 2< in on au 



FIE1-T dliASS CEN'TRK-POAitTl 



Vision. n 24 io s ttb is 



SfcX'ON !' CLAriH OENTF,K-Bi'.>.ARr 



"Vixen It 21 12 -1 35 68 



Ueglna ,11 22 4ti 



kkkl st.oors. 



"Volante 11 21 30 5 32 33 



Psycho 11 25 56 5 3D llfl 



Glance n 25 43 o oo oo 



Prizes go to Rambler, Peerless, Vision, Vixen on lime, and 

 Volante. 



San Francisco Yacht Cram— A. race took place on May 

 31 over the S. F. Y. C. course, between the sloop Lively and 

 a new sloop called the Faun for a $100 prize. This was the 

 closest mce ever held in the bay, and one of the slowest also, 

 the wind falling light. The club rule as to lime limit of five 

 hours was suspended. The Lively was oh. 43m. 40s. and the 

 Faun 5h. 44m. 47s. As the Lively is Oin. longer than the 

 Faun, she had to allow her f 8s. allowance, and thus beats 

 her 48fs., the closest race over the course ever made. The 

 whole fleet accompanied the competing yachts. The Faun, 

 owners have since challenged the Lively lo a race for $500. 

 The Lively offers to put up $50 if the Faun will buy a $100 

 prize to be sailed for by any boat in the bay under 25ft. water 

 line, but will not sail for money. Both the yachts are small 

 ones, the Lively being the smallest in the club fleet. The fa- 

 mous Consuelo, winner of the Asbbury Cup, three annual 

 prize Bags, and numerous other prizes, has issued a challenge 

 to sail any yacht or pilot boat in the bay over the club course 

 for $1,000. It has had the effect of stopping a good deal of 

 "blowing" among other people who thought they had faster 

 boats, but as yet, no takers have come forward. The S. F. 

 Y. C. fleet left San Francisco on June 7, under Commodore 

 Harrison, for a cruise up the bay to Martinez for a couple of 

 days. The annual cruise to Napa Creek comes off on July 3 

 extending to the 7lh. All the cluh yachts and a number of 

 invited yachting clubs will participate. Several new yachts 

 are being built in San Francisco, of which we shall have a 

 description shorily. The annual regatta of lhe club comes 

 off August 2. The members are puzzled what to do with 

 the catamaran Zarefa in their race. They can't classify her 

 satisfactorily. The Model Yacht Branch of the S. F. Y. C. 

 holds its firs', annual regatta off the club house, at Saucelito, on 

 July 10. The models are 44in. on wafer line for first claB3 

 and 22in. for second class. A number of competitors are an- 

 nounced. Prizes will be 8100 for first and $50 for second 



Cubic Ft. Allowances. 

 Allows 

 l.tl 



Name. Owner. 



B-nuhltr '■■ <.''■' an I'a , n;H u..m« 



luitCDill -MiLiuja Pncens 



iiUSI 1 CLASS CENKKEROABD SCBOONER 



Tidal "Wave MiCtiOU SUM 



SECOND CL4BS CKNTBEBOAJUP SCHOONKBB. 



Kflteile MrJ iBSmitS s/rai 



.;,,., e, a Mr K. ana-™ ax -veil 3.S43 



^7r 3Ul fi..«l' ■■■,,K,v. 2,133 



F1BST CLASS nKMKI-IXAKU SLOOP. 



-Vision Mr Alexander 3,922 



SECOND CLASS CEr,TBhBOAJU> SLOOPS, 



tj, „,,,,. Mr W A W Stewart 1,875 Allows 



V,£"u.;: Mr lOauk Lawrence 1.H18 .43 



Allows 

 10.62 

 28.50 



1,932 

 1,611 



1,453 



Psyche itrEOrum... 



Glance J" f u terra..,. 



Volante MrttiichcocK ... 



As a matter of course nearly all hands got below the line at 

 the start, and had the usual difficulty working up into posi- 

 tion against the ebb. This accomplished, they bore down for 

 the line with booms to starboard and the wind from the N. 

 and E., ihe start being a dying one. Vixen carried an extra 

 puff across, getting a good sendoff as she went over in the 

 lead with a club aloft and balloon jib topsail drawing finely. 

 Bamfiler followed with a huge mainlopinusl staysail, arid 

 Rtgina shaved through on her weather, with the big jib set in 

 place of her wind jamming get-up. Eidelie crossed next with 

 balloon jib reaching abaft the foremast, followed by lhe cutter 



Volante with the well-known figure of Mr. Robert Centre 

 at the wheel, aud the, old-time Psyche iu her wake under 

 somewhat scant looking dimity of a cut that smacked of 

 by-gone years. Peerless aud JS'eeeid were to leeward, near 



the 8l a> en Island shore, and got away soon after in company 

 with Vision, Glance took her cue from Ptyehe, and went 

 away in her wake. Glance has been altered to a keel and her 



has In the work up along the Hook, Peerless walked through 

 and | Vision's lee. When the black buoy off the Hook was left 

 not under the lee it became a long and short leg for the ship. 

 ■ we The sea was quite smooth, and the breeze lightened up some- 

 p in I what. The sloops were shaving the wind to their utmost, 

 '" jib topsails having been taken in for the purpose. Off Rock- 

 away shoals they eatne about, excepting Rambler, who stood 

 on too long, coming down to the Ship with room to spare. 

 With another short board, the mark was hauled around as 

 follows : 



H. M. S. H. at- 8. 



Vixen 2 19 52 Intrepid 2 4T 48 



Regina 2 22 30 Vola-ne 2 48 44 



Feene-s 2 3>i 13 .Rambler 2 50 27 



Vision 2 39 37 Payette 2 5s 22 



Tidal Wave ,,.,.2 to 21 



With the race in hand, Vixen was not slow in getting bal- 

 loon jib topsail set and boomed out. and, with board triced up 

 was off for home before Regina hauled into the wind for the 

 round. The latter was well handled, setting light sails to lee- 

 ward before getting away, wilh the wind over the port quarter. 

 The schooners showed smart work in making sail, and 

 Intrepid called forth much praise at the easy way in which 

 she parted the water and rose and fell to the kmg swell with- 

 out breaking a bucket full. The little sloop Elepliant went 

 around with the rest, having put iu some good work to wind- 

 ward on the way up. Volante rounded the mark with no 

 more fuss or ado than if bound on a fishing trip, everything 

 aboird that little cutter runs like clockwork. 



The flood had made aud a speedy run home was the con- 

 sequence. Estelle failed to fetch the lightship, but made for 

 home through the Swash, f eeriest badly outrunning her in 

 spite of having to round the Spit Buoy again. Of course the 

 latter ran for the beach outside the Hook, and sure enough 

 got a nice little slreak, as Mr. Maxwell always does in that 

 latitude. The Spit was jibed around by Vixen with 2m. 36s. 

 between her and Regina. A large portion of this the latter 

 made up during the very close and exciting final run for the 

 finish; partly this was due to Regina' s taking the wind out of 

 her leader, though better things were expected of Vixen down 

 the wind. Finishing at buoy 15 outside the Narrows is a 

 most excellent plan, for it saves the tedious work for big ves- 

 sels inside the Narrows, where an easterly wind always fails 

 aud thereby allows the laggards to draw up and often save 

 their lime owing to the van being checked in the doldrums. 

 With jibs half hoisted and balloons boomed out the two crack 

 sloops drew nearer to thefinish amid lliemost intense interest. 

 They finally bowled across the line, Vixen winner by 21s. on 

 time allowance, aud Regina winning ''flat." So the prize 

 goes to Vixen, but the question of the best flyer among the 

 couple still remains "as you were." Regatta Committees 

 should instruct or request accompanying steamers, the club 

 steamer at all events, to await the "time" signal from the 

 judges' boat before selling up their yelling and piping to the 

 confusion of the judges and time-keepers. Among the big 

 ones, Rambler, with all her kites flying, got, away from Intre- 

 pid on the run up and made a first prize for Vice-Corn. 

 Thomas. 



Little remains to be said concerning the rest of the fleet: 

 they came up to the finish one by one as the table below will 



SEAWANHAKA YACHT CLUB. 



Corinthian Matches, June 21. 



TT is always a pleasure to record the sailing races of a club 

 possessing life and imbued with a spirit of progress, such 

 as characterizes all the undertakings of the S. Y. C. As 

 might have been expected, the Oorinthian matches of June 

 21 not only formed the chief event of the year in the club's 

 history, but were unsurpassed in the interest they created 

 among the yachting fraternity. Though we had been 

 troubled with nothing better than off shore winds and smooth 

 water so far, the ruling powers seemed to recognize the fact 

 that the Corinthians of this club are the best heavy weather 

 tars we have, and so sent them a fresh breeze from seaward 

 and rolled in a nice easy swell, enough for the smaller clasess, 

 but hardly up to the needs of such a sloop as Vision, with her 

 20ft. beam to mash what she did not rise to. The promptness 

 of the regatta committee was most commendable, for the 

 gun was fired at the hour named, yachts or no yachts; and 

 so it came to pass that most of the racers found themselves 

 heavily handicapped by a late start, for which they only had 

 their own shiftlessness to blame. Possibly they have learned 

 a lesson, and will be ou hand when wanted the next time they 

 sail under S. Y. C. auspices. We may here say that the 

 committee, composed of Messrs. M. Roosevelt Schuyler, Jas. 

 H. Elliot, C. Wyllys Betts and Louis P. Bayard, understood 

 their duties thoroughly and caused the club steamer to be 

 handled in a most satisfactory manner, and moreover, to one 

 of the committee, Mr. Elliot, was assigned the_duly of re- 

 maining at the finish to time the smaller classes, should they 

 return sooner than the club steamer, a precaution which 

 should be followed generally, or wrong times aud protests 

 are sure to crop up. The manner in which all the yachts 

 were handled was so near perfection lhat professional crews 

 could have done no better, and we doubt very much if in 

 America a finer body of yacht sailers could be gathered from 

 any class than that which manned the racers on ihis day. 

 But one thing occurred to mar the sport— the fact that 

 Vixen, while hunting Regina very close on the run home 

 lost a man overboard, ano had to come by the wind and pick 

 him up. Of course, this delay gave the race to Regina by 

 more than a quarter of au hour, but as they rounded the 8. W. 

 Spit within 47s. of each other, the question of superiority 

 the two, left open in the New York regatta two days 



show. Good able craft are evidently becoming popular if 

 one is to judge by the remarks of the crowd as Volante fetched 

 iuhome: "Pretty little ship," " Fills the bill," " That's the 

 boat for me," and the likes, indicating that public taste is im- 

 proving and that the seagoing yacht has prospects of more 

 general adoption, while seamanship is beginning to be appre- 

 ciated at its true value. The Nereid, though virtually out of 

 the race, bravely kept at it, rounded the lightship and made 

 the whole course with a "never say die "that others might 

 take a lesson from. 



KEEL SCnOONEBS. 



Actaal 

 Name. Start. JTinlsh. Time. 



U. V. S. H. 11, s. H. M. s. 



Kamblcr 11 U 43 5 IIS 14 5 45 31 



luireplil 11 29 21 5 20 35 6 51 14 



ITBST CLASS OBNTBE-BOABD SCB0ONEK3. 

 TidalWave 11 80 00 4 43 08 5 13 06 



Corrected 



Time, 

 n. ir. 8 

 5 45 3 

 5_5U 1 



betw 



before, has not yet been settled. Two such even races in 

 good breezes, point to the fact that there is little to choose be- 

 tween these cracks in fairly smooth water, as long as Mr. 

 Stewart clings to his single jib. Vision very wisely set up 

 her forestay again, and the manner in which she sailed all 

 day certainly left nothing to be desired. It remains to be 

 seen whether Regina will follow the good example of I ",/,,,,. 

 or be conteut with losing to Vixen by a few seconds every 

 time, unless helped along by a duke or accident. As the lat- 

 ter received lm. 16s. allowance from Megina, she was ahead 

 of her time at the Spit, with about half a minute to spare 

 and, moreover, would have stolen Regima's wind 

 all the way to the finish. But for losing the 

 man overboard, the race would undoubtedly have gone to 

 Vixen. The Vision proved a much better ship to windward 

 than on June 10, when she was hampered with the baggy jib, 

 and Mr. A. Carey Smith, who no doubt had a voice in the 

 matter, handled the big craft in connection with the rest of 

 her crew in a most creditable style, giving the Peerless 

 schooner a lively rub of it most of the time until sheets were 

 eased, when of course the bigger schooner left her, but reached 

 | the line with only moderate water to spare, having outsailed 

 6 13 06 Vision "flat," but losing to her "on time" had they been 



