Sept. 6, 1883.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



118 



Bar buoys on the starboard, to the judges' 

 and i lie fl'agboa'. 



From off ihe club house, through the Nar- 

 > Tsland. Mix's Male bell buoy. (Inlloupe's 

 and Point Allerton buov on liie starboard. 



. to tin- Judges' boat, passing be- 



ig Win. 11. Clark, and the guests 



earner Pope Catlin. The vaehis 

 iiie. and alter waiting for the last 



first class counted as: follows: hi"' 

 Blpop Nimbus. 33.3ft., B. Jenny. Jr 

 bert: sloop M.iguoi. :i.".fi.. '. W. Ai 

 fiii.iili., Com. Jacob I'lnfi : keel ( 

 Wnittier. All of these paid off to 

 short hitch tj port and came rout 

 Rcbie. 29ft.. J. P. Phinnev; Frolic. 

 R. Tvler, is.nri..a!l lengths being) 

 looked heiter. Her mainsail was a 

 a good deal of attention can ina 

 with balloouers. She Is about fan! 

 body is concerned. She is o e boa 

 favor ii was claimed that sbe st.iv 



11. K. 



llslelel 



ail. (i. 



Wnat a 

 cited wit 



since it a 

 has a hoi 

 though e 

 has had : 



bede.lic. 



and that. 

 almost t 

 parlicul. 

 water. 



ii lei 



:iy bo: 



bit sorry, 



arboards, her frame being 0-0 in it's mould, and 

 idling, a splendid outfit and attention to detail 



a (l-op hoat hv eomp ii-ison with the general run, 

 ind displacement do uot prevent her winning 

 rom everything of ner size in America. She is 

 windward, and better than lighter boais in rough 



principal competitor, has a rounder frame and 

 her less draft- She is always a dangerous rival, 

 o believe that she would divide honors with Dr. 

 e in equal condition, but with old mainsail, a 

 ad small spinnaker, it is little ute expecting to 

 in these days, when races are often decided by 



high, 

 and we h 



Bryum's 

 working 

 make a c 

 seconds. 



Mr. Lamberl 's Anna is a nice looking vessel, in very fair trim, but 

 not quite good enough for the best of her class, and Magnet was the 

 "* tiaguetic! unless in the production of anathemas aboard 

 boat as she slowly and complacently wafted up to the 

 i; after the ivst, without a spinnaker, or as much as wing- 

 H would have serve..! her i ight had the judges declined 

 r arrival and saved many a precious Hour. We are at a 

 v what can induce a vessel like Magnet to mix in coin- 

 ich she has not a ghost of a show without racing canvas. 



ing her ji 

 to await u 

 loss to km 



acquired a reputation as a fast cue, and In >r 

 if sat.s attest the possession of speed. She is. 

 I.v schooner of mouerate tonnage in the East. 

 •ington's productions, and rather too bluff to 

 *e of quite wholesome appearance. There is, 

 le to all yachts of Eastern origin. In poiut of 

 are too suggestive of the smack to be very 

 ows had a veiy fair representative in Heine, 

 I either. They made an excedeut race all day, 

 round the Hardings Bell Buoy. 

 I at 1037:33 to light auJ tickle airs, the first of 

 rom the sea. All the Urge yachts canted to 

 g the maze of moorings and boats off City 

 Point, pinched as high as they could lo weather Spectacle Island. 

 The sin .Hit trio weni e:isi for a few lengths, then hove about in the 

 w&ke 01 the big ones. MihIius piloted all hands out. with Shadow 

 high up on her weather and holding the best wind. Atlriennc and 

 Tempest followed Inshotc. Rebie a quarter mile astern, with Frolic 

 six lengths in her Make. The entire lleet had Clubs above the gaff, 

 Adrienne a small mainropmast staysail, with foregafftopsau 1 stowed, 

 Temped sho.ving both gad 'topsails'. Tne yachts had barely got clear 

 before Shadow and Nimbus ran up jibtopsails, and Adrienne tried 



SchuOnei 

 easy side 

 perhaps, 

 l-'enrless 

 be driveu 



taking 

 and ft 

 and In 



starboard, a 



ballooner. 

 ing, and v 



from Spe 

 Until a Iri 



Spectacle Island n was purelv a matter of (luk- 

 ated nuking at that. ."hful airs would lift first 

 .,• iw.,-chooncrs closing ii)i with the leaders, but 

 ough to weather, i hey were obliged to fling out 

 midchannel. which they did in close company, 

 breath and fanned clear, ,f her sister. Anna bad 

 : rear with a patch of a jibtopsail as an apology 



ted Magnet was -well Up with the crowd, lift d 

 of equilateral cut and rather odd-looking. Shadow 

 qtovo up on .MiiiuiLs aoreast of Spectacle Island, and the other sloops 

 were Strang oiT Thompson's in a second division. Anna then caught 

 airs, and looking quite nigh along Spectacle, she skimmed Long Island 

 Without a ding-off, in this way dropping the rest and going into third 

 berth, all but the leading three being obliged to bitch out into chan- 

 nel oiT Long Island to weather the hell buoy on the Mate. By the 

 lima Sntfdow with Nimbus close aboard, oore round Nix's. Anna was 

 abreast of the lighthouse on Long Island. The breeze now came 

 in siea.lv and light from the east, and 



Bel 





later. 



emir, h 

 (., np-b 



More 

 pace t In 

 position 

 VJPi'i; A 

 UJ:oB, ! 

 le.u'i. w 

 The tl. r. 



Adrici 

 about* 



open.'. 



ailing a smart ra.-. was fourth around 

 if a mile astern of the Anna, and Frolic 

 Uhei -quarter, with Wait a tew lengths 

 another Short board to clear, so Adri- 

 hat to windward, was first of the couple 

 ows. the sloop Magnet closing the festive 

 ■re in order through Nantasket Roads. 

 r to perfection, but skipper Hull Kept 



nil at 



mice being 



i," Shadow 

 ipest. The 



led and Sbi 



d her 



i to. 



ebb i 



.... sloop s 



bar time allowance, lint Shado 

 bored through the strength of thi 

 isli with plenty to spare in S:B5S 

 schootn r being a good second. 

 Tempest follow ing. and Magnet 

 tanced. 

 Mi. Connor's new steamer Ut 



nil 



tiuie, the Commoii 

 s a fair third, Anni 

 Chapter pretty wel 



light 



though clipped aw; 

 the length of thebt 

 fashion, when one • 



1 ending in a long Hat 

 ere housed in a small cockpit. The canoe is driven 

 oscillating cylinder with cut-off of Mr. Roper's own 

 steered by earning the propeller as required, the 

 i a universal joint at t ae end of the shaft. The whole 

 ad original and in the little cockle di.ll Mr. H. .per 

 it in all kin.ls of weather with impunity. The boat, 

 v to a razor edge, rises readily to a swell owing to 

 ,v. and lifts clear of an oncoming tea in cutter 

 ould expect her nose to be driven under. 



SENSIBLE CEO. COULD. 



, . [From the Boston Sunday Globe.] 



»<>T BELIEVE." sail Mr. Gould, '-in encouraging our home indus- 

 X tries, and when 1 build a new yacht it win be a cutter, and she 



will he built here.'; 



SENSIBLE WASH. E. CONNOR. 



|Frnui the Boston Sunday Globe,! 

 •»T HOPE our Dext race will prove more interesting, and it Is my 

 JL desire to Farther a friendly feeling between Boston and New- 

 York cluos, so that when a pace occurs in the waters of either city, 



the i mlits of the other will participate, thus making the 

 larger." 

 Mr. Connor mar be voting at yachting, but the above sentiment 

 shows his head to tie extremely level. It is a sentiment which will he 

 seconded by FOREST .lnobtrhim.bo that yachting records in America 

 may he lifted from the groove of provincialism to broad national sig- 



CHESAPEAKE BUG EYE. 



CHESAPEAKE BUG EYES. 



.Editor Forest and Stream: 



""he inquiry contained in paper concerning the Bug Eye, as it is 

 called by our oy stermen. is a step in the right direction, aud Mr. 

 Roosevelt can obtain nav in r,.rmat:on lie tn.-iv desire from Cupt. Jas. 

 L. Harrison. Tiigh man's Island P. (>.. Talbot county, lid. Capt. Har- 

 rison is the builder of the fastest boat of this type on the Chesapeake. 

 If this model is peculiar to this section, there remains in store a treat 

 for all who adopt it in other waters, where sliced and safety are de- 

 sired. The boat is not perfectly flat-bottomed, as Mr. R. supposes, 

 but built so as to combine light draft and carrying capacity. The 

 centerhoard is constant . also single head-gear, tin- jigger is always 

 stepped so as to trim sheets to traveler on deck. Many of them are 

 built with round sterns, with overhang as in the cutter. ' Schooner rig 

 prevails to great extent, but adds nothing to speed. These boats are 

 extremely' fast, and brave the heaviest gales of our winter. Larger 

 vessels often capsize, but- the Bug Eve never. I inclose you the 

 dimensions of the bout thought to he the fastest iu the whole lleet, 



v.itl. a sketch showing rig: f ..••■,.-_■ P d : i'I . I -.'i'ii. COP Paul rise. 



lHui. to the foot: draft light. 3ft.; centerhoard, 12ft. T.u.bot. 



I'lphia make 



JUMBO'S GRANDFATHER. 



IN our issue for duly S6, a new steering gear of V'hila 

 was illustrated under the trade name of ■•Jumbo." 



is built much upon similni -principles. Tin- gear was applied to the 

 schooner Sharpie Quinnepiac, of Bridgeport, six years ago. and has 

 slood the test of time with very lit tie wear and never has failed to do 

 its duty. The fault with most gears is that they "skip 1 ' or jump the 



tt^z 



I latchet 

 sloops unfortunately 

 sr-att from the wheel 



, ing box, and t he bevel pi 



For the rest, the ratchet 



nt Is cast from a patter" and slipped 



ing down through the boat in ordinary 

 :s. The bub of the ratchet should be 

 in large yachts, the quadrant might 

 : underside, traveling 



i its . 



We 



•ally 



i and allowed 

 ay. the apparatus refuses to 

 ■age gear is a deplorably un- 

 the quadrant on the rudcler- 

 ; of a wooden head. The lin- 

 gs cannot be overrated, and 

 upon it by owners and skip- 

 rove upon nearly all gears in 



SEAWANHAKA Y. C. 



THE Corinthian match for open boats was sailedAugust 30, in the 

 bay. Open to Larchmont and Atlantic Y. C. < lasses for sloops 

 over and under 25fr. mean length, and cntboats over and under asft 

 810 In each class. Also open to cauoes for prizt 

 five feet of deck and traction. Fixed ballas . ] 

 bo deposited according to club rule before reee 



mil. Start flying, five minutes to 



ten Island. 



r.der 25ft. 



to plain lo 

 club house, 8W 

 arouud red cai 

 line of start, i 

 hours. Enrrie 

 Sloop Cruise: 



Rid 



nd i 



Tii 



Course from 

 arrows, then 

 teef buoy to 

 f race, four 



... . 'in . IV. s. Alley, George Clark, C. Smith Lee, 

 H. A. Sanderson. H. A. Groesbeek and A. Brvan Alley 



Sloop Fedora, Sift, lOin.. N. I). Law-ton. F. M. Scott. T. F. Haskell, 

 Albert Gallup Frank E. Towle and E. H. Wales. 



CutTruani. gift. Sin,, I). B. Wright, Henry Jlubbard, James Wright, 

 Irving Putnam. Arthur Pike ami Charles Pi'-yer. 



Cat Pet, 17ft., W. A. W. Stewart, W. Howard Mitchell and E. W. 

 Sheldon. 

 ' Canoes Elsa, C. B. Yaux; Freak, C. V, R. Schuyler; Theresa, Wm 

 1 Whitlock: Tramp. C. P. Oudin. 



Wind was variable and light from north with tide last of ebb. Yachts 

 got off in straggling order and with libs boomed to port went down 

 to Hamilton mark, then hauled on the wind reaching across to Long 

 Island in fitful puffs. The wind died away and then came out light 

 and tolerably steady from southeast. Truant had kept the lead, but 

 Cruiser a-;d Fedora drove bv. gomg to second mark. Pet bringing tip the 

 rear. Wind abaft the beam took them to Bobbin's Reef. Then a few- 

 .; them in to shore and club house against a strong flood In 

 pretty close ur'Pe T:w. wi:j:: dp-cr teaeo c :i note:- on; aril the coi;-,- 

 mittee wound up the race on finish of first round as under; 



Elapsed. 



Fedora 149 29 



Cruiser 1 13 10 



Corrected. 

 1 99 99 

 1 4i 95 



Truant 



Pet 



Cruiser and Tr 

 found elsewhere. __ 

 mg tlown wind in the light br 



159 97 159 27 



2 0113 153 53 



_ the winners. Report of canoe race will be 



noticeable : Cat tbey held the big boats sail- 

 v. but no sooner had they hauled on 



ing that a measurement* by length aloi— .. 



the way of depth and beam, or sail area, which amounts to the 



tiling, would operate most unfairly between small and i .'■-.' r 



a length. On simple length the canoes would have been measured 

 with prejudice, but it -ails were included, something like a fair rating 

 would he reached were it. at any time desired to race the canoes and 



eats, ii:- me. large : vn ;i -, n a I , : .: , - -: ig- 1 ' ,-, r ei-,g-|-i: r 



ELEMENTS OF SAFETY. 



Editor .Forest and Stream: 

 Your persistent advocacy of the deep keel model for yachts, has 



\-,-ry proper]}- called forth a svm pathetic response from all those who 

 desire to see the healthy and 'delightful sport of yachting rendered 

 reasonai.lv safe. It must lie a great sou roe of satisfaction to you to 

 note how steadily this view of tin- question has been gaining favor . 

 with the public. It appears to me, however, that in vour efforts at 

 refomi you have not paid due attention to a most 'useful though 

 d.o i ems variety of boat, the so-called ca boat. The great major* 

 ity of men who indulge in sailing do not care to own a jib-aud raaiu- 

 11 boat:, as it is not adapted to their wants. They prefer the cat- 

 man can easily manage without any assistance, and 

 ,sts much less than a sloop or cutter. For short trip* 

 her. the ordinary eatboat may certainly be used with 

 But occasionally a man desires to venture somewhat 

 im home, taki. g his family with him. Caution, how- 

 make him hesitate about taking a voyage of this 

 e catboais that are to be found iu the waters near 

 le may start out in the morning with a clear sky, a 

 and a smooth sea, to cross the Sound for a quiet sail 

 unl on returning later in the day, may find himself 



r a :. s1.ioug nun In-asr r ami a :,e: v, e-i 

 mn would certainly hesitate about exposing his fatn- 

 weatl.or in -m open boat ut such no; aaor-:e, char 

 acteristics. This brings me to the practical question which I am sure 

 very many of the readers of Forest and Stream would like to see 

 ansa ere. 1 in iis columns, viz.: Is it practicable to construct, for a rea- 

 sonable sum of money .-'cv>ij ;,-, $3.;,fn. a eatboat tweuty feet iu length. 



" Ll ■' ''-a,', bo'-l' ! " asalei-. u a- eg .., - a ■ ■_., .. ., .!.; a 



yet wiiicli is capable of sailing at a respectable rate of speed? This 



| La. j .iu, low weights, aau precautions against filling, are the re- 

 quirements to insure immunity from capsiaing or sinking. If these 



i.-oiir.-sare me, a o [j.-.n a . i pi .. - - _ , . , of ■ -, -, . 



design or rig, the end our correspondent seeks will be attained. This 

 mai involve a moderate increase in draft, but not enough to luta-r- 

 fere in p> actice with the adaptability of a boat to all prop cr purposes. 

 We wdl recur to this subject when tne space is available.] 



boat, w'ulch on. 

 which usually < 

 'rpleas^tw'ci; 

 perfect safety, 



to Loi 



ily to" 



TRAPS OUT OF FASHION. 



r Forest and Stream: 



a copy of the London Graphic lately, Aug. IS, I came 



models that I feel constrained 

 will be able to reproduce it in your j 

 those who waste their time ,.nd money 

 Ridicule will sometimes accomplish 



ir, U. S. ... 

 nth live ballast in flat-i 

 1 attention to it, hoping 

 urnal for the edificau.,.. 

 in this pseudo kind of spot 



of 



— than argument, and ■ = 

 sledge-hammer blows at death traps have failed to convince 

 some, perhaps an opportunity to "see themselves as others see 

 them'' will show the absurdity of building and maintaining such 

 caricatures on yachts as can be seen at anchor in the waters about 

 New York. I say at anchor, fur it is seldom, except on i egatta days 

 that enough live ballast can be secured to navigate these skimnung- 

 dlsheo. 1 must congratulate you on the evideuce we have tha. vour 

 efforts for the introduction of safe and able eoats are not in vain. 1 

 have always been a strong advocate of small beam, deep draft keel 

 boats, and although in times past such notions were considered 

 eretical, I have held on, believing that tne day wouli come in this 

 generation when common sense principles w-oalJ to applied to yacht- 

 ing as well as toothers] orl — a idtnattime has come sooner than 

 any oi us expe. -led. for deep draft keel boats hove come to stay. A 

 few- years more will suffice to weed out all the traps now allout", and 

 ' ■■ ..agi-i- o be -a o-i, , o .. ., ,p 



giving sport. 

 New Y 



IE, Sept. 1. 



a. Ben: 



CUTTERS ON THE LAKES. 



atter yacht p.lanthe. a photo of whose plans I sei 

 has proven a decided success. Her sail plan was 

 iivei than on draft. I have beaten a 47-foot sloop 



aiso loiinii our by 



the keel. For all of which I 



and its able yachting editor. 



__ allowance .... 



tical experience the value of a ton of 



indebted to the Foeest and 



G. H. W 



it you 



made 



yacht 



and 



