May 27, 1880.] 



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third has almost ceased to exist, members of the A. Y. C. dapped 

 a stopper on tallr, and lent a hand and a dollar to wlu the lead 

 they have taken, and they riohly desorvo the eucoess that for 

 years lay at the feet of othors too fait-ntant to bond their backs, 

 too listless to braoe around to the fair wind which has blown so 

 often in their favor. 



Figurehead Commodores,— There are plenty of thorn around, 

 because tbey don't know their business; butthe San Francisco Y. 

 C. has not got one of that sort. During- the April cruise sundry 

 members disregarded the Commodore's instructions and signals, 

 whereupon the latter promptly tendered his resignation. Good 

 nag officers being extremely i-aie, the club requested Commodore 

 Harrison to reconsider his intentions. Should he order his swal- 

 low-toil lowered, it would be a serious loss to the club. 



Thb Isabel.— This little " cat-yawl,'' belonging to Mr. J. Bu- 

 chanan Henry, Stonington, Conn., has been found to work ex- 

 ceedingly well under all three sails, as a cat under mainsail only, 

 or under jib and ralzzen, with the mainsail stowed. She is a modi- 

 fication of the San Francisco yawl. 



LANCASHIRE Witch.— The steam yaoht, Lancashire Witch, on 

 Which Sir Thomas Hesketh is making an extended cruise around 

 the world, has left San Francisco and gone to Puget Sound, tbeuee 

 to Victoria, British Columbia. After a cruise, on thoBe waters, 

 the yacht will take tho inside passage to the north, and cruise 

 along tho Alaskan coast for u time. Sir Thomas will return to 

 San Francisco by the end of July, so as to join tho Sun Francisco 

 Yacht Club fleet, on its southern coast cruise in August. They 

 are going to Santa Cruz, Monterey, etc., in squadron for a week 

 or so, and the Lancashire Witch will join company. With her 

 Bteara power, she will be handy to have along In easo of calms. 



Keels »oh Rough Wateh— The schooner yacht Pearl, of the 

 San Francisco Yacht Club, bas had her eenterboard removed, and 

 a keel substituted. She has been overhauled and coppered, pre- 

 paratory to a voyage to Nicaragua, Central America, with her now 

 owner and family on board. She came off the waj-a on the 1st of 

 May, and as soon as her supplies are on board will be ready for 

 sea. So even San Francisco bows to the keel. 



Yachting on the PACinc. Our correspondent sends us the 

 following: The schooner yacht Ariel, formerly of Now York, 

 and brought to tho Pacific for Capt, Wiloox, was sold last summer 

 to Edgar Mills, Esq., of the San Francisco Yacht Club. Mr. Mills 

 being about to leave California for a time, has sold the Ariel to 

 B. S. Floyd, Esq., who is also a member of the S. F. Y. C. The 

 yacht has been thoroughly overhauled and refitted during the 



winter, and is one of the handsomest in San Franeisco Bay 



A new schooner yaoht, 53ft. long, called the Daphne, has been 

 lately launched for Mr. W. H. Martenstein, a member of the S. F. 



Y. C George Farmer, a boat builder on Oakland Creek, has 



turned over to Mr. Billings, of San Franeisco, a 25ft. cabin sloop 

 called the Chiviota (sea-gull). She is a dandy little yacht, and will 

 be the smallest of theS. F. Y. C. fleet when her owner joins the 

 olub, as he proposes to do. The QavUita has proved very fast. - . . 

 The 33ft. cabin sloop Myrtle, built by William Stone last fall, has 

 been purchased by two young gentlemen, who will Boon By the 

 S. F. Y. C. burgee at the masthead. She is a good deep boat, with 

 head room in cabin, plenty of freeboard, and is altogether aflne, 



weatherly little craft The little Bermudiau sloop Lively, the 



ehampionof the smaller yachts of tho S. F. Y. C, has changed 

 hands. She now belongs to Mr. Fennel, a member of the club, 

 her former owner, Mr. Williams, having taken so kindly to salt 

 water as to have gone cruising to the Sandwich Islands on a deep- 

 water vessel. 



Launched — From the yard of Piepgrass, Greenpoint, May 

 18th, the steam yacht Julie, for Edward Bulbach, of Newark. The 

 model was furnished by the builder. Her midship section is of 

 the "peg-top" variety, clean run, but rather full forward. She 

 is fitted with the usual cabin and pilot houses on deck, has a rak- 

 ing stem, stump bowsprit and a cutter stern, and is rigged as a 

 schooner, length 73ft., beam 13ft., depth 6ft. She has been en- 

 gined by Clute Bros. & Co., Schenectady, N. Y., and they have 

 guaranteed 14 knots. Compound engines 18 and lljin., cylinders 

 Win. stroke, boiler 8ft. 6iu. in dlam., and 6tt. 9iu. long, of the loco- 

 motive type, 150 lbs. working pressure. Propellor tft. 6in.in 

 diam., and 8ft. pitch, from which it is evident that the engineers 

 have departed from ordinary practice, as the pitch is excessive 

 compared to the diameter. In England experiment has shownthat 

 small piteh and high velocity of engine is best adapted for great 

 speed. It remains to be seen whether the new experiment will be 

 successful. We trust that faith in this yacht's speed will not be 

 lost should she fail with her present wheel, but that other wheels 

 be tried in succession. That there is some particular wheel best 

 suited to every form of hull is now universally accented among 

 engineers, and as much as 25 per cent, may be lost or gained on 

 this score. 



Side-wheel Steam Yacht.— What we believe to be the first 

 bona Me- side-wheel steam yacht in America was launched 

 last week from Piepgrass' yard, Greenpoint. She has been built 

 for special service in the shoal waters of Great South Bay for Mr. 

 Wm. K. Vanderbilt, and for a shoal boat is quite sightly. Length 

 61ft. on deck, beam 12ft., depth 4ft., draft 221n. The engines are 

 of the inclined direct acting type, cylinder Miu. diam., 20in. long, 

 vertical boiler. Wheels 8ft. diam. We bear that other similar 

 vessels will soon bo put in hand, as there is quite a demand far 

 light draft steam yachts on many of thu shoal bays which afford 

 good fishing and shooting la this latitude, ns we.l as in some of 

 the inlaud reaches of tho Southern coast and Florida. 



The Comfort.— Mr. Lord's new compromise cutter is rapidly 

 approaching completion at Gorman's shop, foot of Court street, 

 South Brooklyn. The natives don't like her; she is not enough 

 of a clam shell to suit their mud-sailing propensities, but the 

 Comfort will be an excellent craft for all that, and a safe one into 

 the bargain. She was designed by Com. Hyslop, owner of tho 

 smart little Petrel, and, like the latter, ts a perfect specimen of 

 wavo-line design, both in areas and water-lines. She is .Hit. long, 

 12ft. beam, 5ft. liin. doep. Ballast, one ton iron on keel and four 

 inside. 



Cbuisino South.— Tho Magic, Francis M. Weld, has been on an 

 extended cruise in Chesapeake Bay and adjacent waters. She 

 was in Washington during the Courtnoy-Hanlan race. 



Coming West.— We hope tho report that the Now Bedford Y. 0. 



proposes sailing in squadron to New York will pioye true. They 

 will nicer with a hearty reception from the N, Y, Y, C, Atlantic 

 Y. C, and Soawanhuka Y C. Mr. Thomas Lord has presented the 

 N. B. Y C. with a cup to be sailed for at their annual regatta 

 some time in July. 



Foil Cuba.— Smedley is building a 25ft. racing boat for parties 

 in Cuba. It will be the twenty-firth, boat lie has sent to those parts. 



The INTIIEPID.— This schooner, Mr. Lloyd Phoenix, N. Y. Y. C., 

 sailed May 20th for Cowes, Isle of Wight, via the Sound. 



New Yobk Yacht Club— At the meeting of tho club, May 

 iJOtb, the following fixtures were deoided upon; Brenton'a Reef 



Challenge Cup. June 29; Capo May Bilco, Sept. 0; Bennett 

 Schoonorand Sloop Cups, Juno loth, during the regular annual 

 regatta, and the annual cruise will commence Aug. 11th from 

 Glen Cove, the Eastern Y. C. being invited to loin. 



The New Steam Yachts.— Great secrecy has been maintained 

 about the two big steam yachts building at Cramp's yard, Ken- 

 sington, Philadelphia, and nothing has been published about 

 them beyond what has appeared in those columns. Recently, 

 however, a World man was equal to the occasion, and climbed 

 over the fence after tho following ; Tho yachts aro named Corsair 

 and Stranger, bothalike in model, the former belonging to Mr. 

 Charles J. Osborn, lately owner of the Dreadnought, and the lat- 

 ter belonging to Mr. George A. Osgood, formerly of the Fleelwing. 

 They are said to havo full midship bodies (probably judged from 

 the warped standard of our shallow river steam yachts) and line 

 ends. Length over all, 185ft.; on deck, ITOft. Oin.; on keel, lf>0ft.; 

 beam, 23ft.; hold, ;l2ft.; draft forward, Tft., and aft, 10ft. Flush 

 decks, mahogany combings, etc.; schooner rig, with lug sails to 

 brail up and down the masts. The latter aro 00ft. deck to hounds, 

 with 28ft. topmasts heel to truck j gaffs, 42ft. Engine and boiler 

 space inclosed in iron bulkheads. Saloon, 18x10ft, inn., a long 

 passageway from aft leading into it. On one side of this passage 

 is the owner's suite of rooms, 22ft. long, lift. 6in. wide, divided 

 intosleoping cabin and sitting-room, with bath and toilet rooms 

 attached. On the port side of the passage are; staterooms for 

 guests, all of course fitted up in the most luxurious and tasty 

 manner with electric bolls and other conveniences, mirrors, side- 

 boards, etc., of a cosily kind. Forward of the engines is the 

 officers' mess-room, galley, pantry, etc., and a roomy forecastle 

 for tho crow, besides four staterooms for the officers. On deck is 

 a pilot-house, chart-room and smoking-room forward of the 

 smokestack. These yachts will measure 450 tons, C. H. Engines 

 compound, direct acting, surface condensing; cylinders, 44 and 

 2iin. diam., with 24in. stroke, to turn up to 150 ; shaft, Kiln. 

 diam. ; propeller, lift, diam.; 1,1ft. pitch ; expected speed, 10 

 knots; two tubular boilers, 10ft. Din. long, lift, diam.; each 

 boiler has 148 3iu. tubes Tft, long, and two furnaces 3ft. 9ln. diam., 

 made of corrugated iron ; each has 42 square feet of grate, 

 and 1,000ft. heating surface; the shells arc 13 16 of an inch thick, 

 00 lbs. working pressure; smoke-stack, 24ft. high, 4ft. diam.; 

 bunkers carry 40 tons, enough for only four days when steaming 

 full power. The Stranger has a stump bowsprit, with an eagle 

 for figure-head, and the Corsair has her rail and stem carried out 

 into a " built-up" bowsprit after the usual pattern. Each yaoht 

 is said to cost about $100,000. There is also some probability of a 

 third vessel of tho kind being laid down soon f or Mr. E. S. Jaffrey i 

 of this city. 



Quaker City Yacht Club.— The spring regatta of this livo 

 club willbe sailed May 31st. We acknowledge receipt of tickets 

 and sailing rules. Commodore Bancroft's General Orders No. 1 

 might be studied to advantage ty Now York clubs. The Q. C. Y. 

 C. has no less than a dozen fixtures for the season. Itis a club in 

 fact as well as in name. 



Shawanhaka Yacht Club.— Fleet Captain W. Howard Mitchell 

 has issued his orders for the opening cruise May 31st. Yachts will 

 meet off Tompkinsville, S.T., and at 10 30a.m. will get underway 

 on signal from the Commodore, pas3ingnoxtin Hue under his lee. 

 The fleet will round the Southwest Spit, and returning drop 

 anchor off Pavilllon Hotel, New Brighton, S. I., whore dinner will 

 be served. If this pro ves a poor harbor for the weather, yachts 

 will be signalled to anchor off Tompkinsville, where conveyance 

 to the Paviilion Hotel can be procured. Yacht owners should 

 send notice to tho Chairman of the Committee, Mr. F. 0. 

 do Luze, 18 South William street, of the number of guests ex- 

 pected. The sailing rules for tho Corinthian matches can be ob- 

 tained from the Secretary, O. E. Cromwell, 34 Liberty street. 



The Lake Fleet.— A correspondent writes from Toronto : We 

 hadahiuneh in this neighborhood on the Kth lust, of al7-ton cut- 

 ter, built for Mr. Junes, of this city. She is built for cruising, and 

 draws over six feet. Two years ago we had only one cutter 

 here, the imported iron Rivet, IT tons, and this summer there will 

 bo four. Evidently people are coming to their senses again, 

 though slowly. 



Nonpareil Yachts.— Mr. Clapham, of Rosyln, L. I., has just 

 finished a 22ft. eat boat, "nomoarell" model, drawing only 12in. 

 water, for parties on Lake Geneva, Wis. He will also lay the keels 

 of several more of the same kind shortly. These light draft boats 

 seem to supply a demand felt in shallow waters better than the 

 ordinary jib and mainsails, and they aro said to be fast and ser- 

 viceable, as well as lower in price. Mr. Clapham has also intro- 

 duced several novel features in the rig of these boats, the reef 

 points being attached to a light batten running across the 

 sail. 



Books Received.— We are in rocoiptof " Lloyd's Yaoht Regis- 

 ter," "Kemp's Yacht and Boat Sailing," "U.S. Report on the 

 Herreshoff Boiler," " Walton's Model Yachts," " Mines of Maine," 

 " Strength of Wrought Iron and Chain Cables," by Kent, revised 

 by Cofcn. L. A. Beurdslee; "Nautical Magazine," "Van Nos- 

 trand's Engineering Magazine," S. W. Silver's "South Africa," S, 

 W. Silver's "Australian Grazier's Guide," and others, which will 

 be reviewed at earliest opportunity. 



Portland Yacht Club.— Our annual regatta was sailed May 

 20i h in a variable wind and fog, which somewhat affected the 

 number of entries, but for all that, there was a fair proportion ol 

 the fleetat. the line. Fifteen minutes were allowed for crossing 

 the line, No starters In the first class, the cup for whicli is now 

 in possession of the olub, tho Viva, which held it lust, having been 

 sold. In the second class schooners Nellie, held the cup, and tho 

 second class sloop cup had been twice won by Twilight, tho cup 

 for the third class being offered for tho first time this year. Course 

 for second class, 18 miles ; third class, 12 miles. Time of sailing, 

 for second olass, 8 hours; for third class, 6 hours. Cups to be won 

 three times to become property. Entries, second class schooners : 

 Nellie, John E. Bradford, 28ft. w. 1., and (.•inline, E. H. Chase, 24l't! 

 4iu. w , I. Won by the latter in 4h. 20m. 19s. Entries, second class 

 sloops; Tempus, W. W. Gould, 37ft. 2in. w. 1.; 3faric, T. L. 

 Kimball, — ft.— in.; Twilight, W. A. Charlton, 36ft. Tin.; Afary.F. 

 W. Bailey, 22ft, Sin.; Idler, George C. Amen, 2(ft, Sin.; Clarence, B. 

 W. Jones, — ft, — in. Won by Mary. Entries, third class sloops ; 

 A llie, A. L. Johnson, and Curo. Won by the former, with 8m. 24s. 

 to spare. Regatta Committee, T. K. Jones, G, W. Rieh, J. T, 

 Wyer, F. L. Moscly. R, 



Launched— From tho yard of D. O. Richmond, Mystic, Conn., 

 a lino schooner for Mr. Chas. 11. Mallory, of New York. Length 

 SOifc, beam 22;;f i, hold Tft, Sho has been huilt in accord with Mr. 

 MalJory'S own Ideas, and is cut away very sharp. Nearly thirty 

 years ago Mr. Mallory owned the Richmioid, a sloop 45ft. long, 

 well remembered by older members of the N. Y. Y. C. Subse- 

 quently ho became the owner of Maxwell, now belonging to Mr. 

 Bloomer, of Pawtuxet, R. I., next the Kate, Mallorg and Zuave, 

 all of which wore considered very successful craft in their class. 

 The new schooner le expected to show epoed, although comfort 



and safety as a oruiser have not been overlooked. Also, last Mon- 

 day, a new sohooner, tho Southern Cross, from tho yard of Mr 

 Decker, foot of Twenty-first street. South Brooklyn, built for 

 «x-Com. John A. Monsell, Atlantic Y. C. As she went off tho 

 ways, Miss Annie M. Monsoll, the owner's daughter, suooessfully 

 christened the new vessel, Sho is ",3ft. over all, 65ft. w. 1., 18*lt^ 

 beam and Tft. 9in. in depth, this latter a most commendable qual-* 

 ty, being more than customary. Spars ; mainmast, dock to 

 Jhouuds, tilft.; foremast 62ft., topmasts, heel co truck 38 and 32ft., a 

 good deal loftier than usual, and another good point for the now 

 yacht, as they are rigged to house. Main boom 43ft., gaff 30ft., 

 for© boom 22ft., gaff same. Bowsprit 43ft., of which 38ft. Is out- 

 board, the head booms being all in one. The Crone being stiff in 

 form will take only six tons of iron inside. Tho forward end of 

 her board, 18ft. long, can bo lowered a couple of feet by a device 

 of tho owner. Cabins finished in ash, walnut and cherry. At the 

 foot of the companion aft is a stateroom on each side, abaft of 

 them the sail-room. Forward of tho main saloon on tho star- 

 board side is the owner's room, on the port side two other state- 

 rooms and the usual pantry, ice-box, galley, etc. A tank of 160 

 gals, has been built over the forward half of the center-board 

 trunk to supply water to the lavatories, etc., and a second tank, 

 of 80 gals., beneath tho floor. 



Ca noe Congress Regatta— Tho canoe offered by Rushton as 

 a prize is now on exhibition at H. C Squires' store, No. 1 Cort- 

 landt street. Conditions are :— 



First— It is to be a paddling race. 



Second— Open to all canoes and canoeists. 



Third— Single or double paddle. 



Fourth- Must be twenty startors. Sho is a beauty, and worth 

 paddling for. 



Provincetown Yacht Club.— The following officers were 

 elected for the year 1880 : Commodore, G eorgo H. nolmes ; Vice- 

 Commodore, A. P. Hannum ; Secretary and Treasurer, H. H. Syl- 

 vester; Trustees, N. B. Freeman, Joshua Snow, J. H. Dyer ; Re- 

 gatta Committee, E. N. Young, Alexander McKenzle, Thomas 

 Lowe, Joseph A. West, James A. Small ; Measurer. Joseph S. At- 

 wood. The union regatta, open to all yacht clubs, will take plaoo 

 about Aug. 1. Many now members havo joined the club, and the 

 season of 1880 will be a lively one. 



NEW YORK BAY REGATTA. 



An annual match in New York Bay open to all comers, at least 

 the first year, seems now to be an assured fact, as the manage- 

 ment of affairs has been placed in efficient hands. New York 

 seems finally to bo waking up in this matter, and a public race 

 after the Eastern stylo will henceforth be among our fixtures. 

 The date of the race has been set down for Monday, Aug. 9th. 

 Open to all ; entrance money for yachts over 20ft., $5 ; for yachts 

 under 90ft., $3. Course in the lower bay not yet settled upon 

 The committee are desirous of receiving entries at an early date, 

 so that a definite list of prizes can he announced beforehand,' 

 They will all be In cash. Entries, until further notice, should be 

 made at the committee rooms, Monday evenings, in the bank 

 building, corner Eighth avenue and Thirty-fourth street, where 

 further information is to be had, or they may be addressed to 

 Post-Office Box 2.OT0, or to any of the under-mentioned mumbers 

 of the committee; Chairman, R. V. Freeman, H. R. Y. C.j Treas- 

 urer, T. H. Rogers, N. J. Y. C; Secretary, Henry Woods, N. Y. C; 

 J. H. Kreymeyer, P. Y. C; Andrew Brush, E. Y. C; J. A. Weaver 

 C, Y. C; A. J. Prime, Y. Y. C. 



THE CANOE REGATTAS. 



Editor Forest and Stream :— 



I notice In your paper of May 6th a lettor from a Canadian can- 

 oeist commenting on the definition of a canoe, and urging that it 

 not only shall not bo clinker built, but shall conform as closely as 

 possible to tho "birch-bark" model. It seems to me that this 

 wouldreally be "Hamlet" with the Prince's part left out, as it 

 would exclude exactly the boats which have made canoeing pop- 

 ularinBngland and America, viz., a decked boat with keel and 

 some sheer, and usually clinker built. 



The writer is evidently unaware that, modern canoeing, as 

 understood in the United States and England, is carried on al- 

 most entirely in such craft, the open canoo being almost unknown 

 in England and but little used in the United States, except for 

 sporting purposes. As to the birch-bark model, it is entirely un- 

 suited to our requirements of a fast-sailing canoo for rough or 

 smooth water, and should the writer visit Lake George next sum- 

 mer he will see the models we prefer. 



As to clinker-build, nearly all tho wooden canoes in the United 

 States aro lapstreak, over three-fourths of the boats of the New 

 York Canoo Club being of that build ; and while there may bo a 

 better mode of construction, there undoubtedly are many worse, 

 and it will be well to stick to tho lapstreak until it is positively 

 decided which if any of the other modes is better. 



W. P. Stephens, N. Y. C. C 



Railway, N. J., May 20(.?i. 



SAN FRANCISCO YACHT CLUB'S OPENING CRUISE. 



THE "opening of the season " at San Francisco was celebra- 

 ted by the San Francisco Yacht, Club on April 24th, in a very 

 satisfactory manner. The guests assembled at the club house, 

 New Saneelito, at 2 p.m., the fleet being anchored in front all 

 docked out with their new seta of signals. There were some 100 

 guests present, who amused themselves during the afternoon in 

 dancing, visiting the yachts, etc. After a late lunch had been 

 served, signal was made for the yachts to " prepare to got under 

 way." Flags were hauled down and mainsails set. The guests, 

 who were to return to the city by the ferry, unassembled to see 

 the start for Mare Island, some thirty miles up the bay. The fleet 

 looked very pretty as they got underway and stood off up the 

 bay. Tho steamer went out of her course through Raccoon 

 Straits, behind Angel Island, and passed among tho yachta. 



Owing to " calm streaks " on tho way up, the yachts arrived 

 all hours at Mare Island, some getting up at 11 p.m., and others 

 not till 3 in the morning. The Annie arrived up first. 



At 1 p.m., on the following day, preparations were made for the 

 1.80 start for a beat back to San Francisco, this being the interest- 

 ing part of the cruise. The New York sloop, ,A»mfe, was expected 

 to beat the California yachts, and she and the now sloop Nellie 

 bad never been with tho fieet before. 



The fieet was composed of the following yachts ; Frolic (flag- 

 ship), Consuelo, Ckixpa, Annie, Clara, Nellie, Startled Fawn, Lolita, 

 Virgin, Lively, Gavlota, Magic, Mollle, Enid. Daphne, Fleur de Lis, 

 Myrtle and Laura. Several of the yachts of the club had not been 

 able to attend the opening, owing to the bad weather of the pre- 

 vious few weeks, keeping back painting, etc 



At 1.80 the signal gun was fired, and ihe yachts went off in a 

 bunch. For about a mile, on Waro island Strait*, tliq wind la 



