Junh 29, 1882 J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



435 



ATLANTIC Y. C, JUNE 24. 



IF nothing more than a sort of "go as von please," the "ladles' day" 

 of the A, Y. 0. was not without its deserving features. It mav be 

 a question w-hether the ends of '■legitimate - ' sport are furthered by 

 reduciug matches from the high estate of professional racing, to the 

 lower rank of a sail about wound up with a selection of festivities 

 foreign to the purposes of a vaaht olub, and more closelv allied to 

 the aims of a "yachting" club. But as it is onlv once in a" year that I 

 the sociability, vocal exorcises and more or less high living usurp 

 the usual order of things, a ladies' day may be accepted as not with- 

 out redeeming quuh ties. Possibly no'.-ic s'are attracted bv the de- 

 vice, and some may suddenly be seized with an insatiable passion for 

 the deep blue sea, as they find that life upon such a special occasion. 

 The enchantment of fair company may bring a recruit here and 

 there who, in time, may develop from a delicate Aesthete into some- 

 thing of an old tar. And, again, a general interchange of introduc- 

 tions and compliments niay knit together more closelv the material 

 of which the club is formed. Beyond this It is difficult to see Why a 

 yacht club should resolve itself into a sort of lawn party afloat when 

 there are plenty of other opportunities for basking in the smiles of 

 one's inamorata, and every owner can, upon all occasions, ship as 

 many pretty angels as he sighs for without awaiting concerted action 

 of the club.' This is prompted as a check to degeneracy from a 

 sporting club to a society for the promotion of fandangoes, a danger 

 which, fortunately, does not threaten the A. V. C. to the same extent 

 as it does another club of hi; " 



_ "ladies' dt 

 lieve" race, with apblitxo 

 pened to be on board at 

 over appropriate to Che hit 



incorporation, in which v 

 with the mysteries of uavi 



fathoming ihr f 



'The dav was fair and sunn 



11- a f: 



lite 



r cargo, and a "make be- 

 f the milder sex who hap- 

 wy nice, and pretty, but not 

 iseof the club's articles of 

 something about grappling 

 ?. but nothing at all about 

 :k or laughing sky blue eyes, 

 ■st that befeli the dear dames 



y jet bla 



:dthe wc 

 was a Waning of complexions which will take infinite toil and many 

 boxes Of —hut that is not our business. The muster of ya.- 



food, as it always is in ineA. Y. C, and with their crews supplem i ted 

 y numerous visitors, dispatched to the varioti i craft bytheindefitfe- 



a'ble Re. option Committee, Messrs. W. W. Richards. "Goo. B. Abbott 

 and Wm. H, Beebe. Tne racers got away to a single gun send-off. 

 trimmed a little by (he stern. The ladies maj congratulate them- 

 selves upon having b-eu spared the tedious sight of the Indian file 

 start, and ought to thank the powers that be for taking a hint from 

 Forest and Stream, albeit anchors were down instead of catted. 

 Course eight miles, from club house around stake-boat mar Oyster 

 Island; thence around stake-boat off Totnplrinsville. and borne. " Bal- 

 looners not allowed. Entries and time on mean length as under: 



CLASS A— SCHOONERS. 



Sailing Length. Allowance. 



Name. Owner. Ft. in. M. 8 



Atalanta Commodore Yermilye 90 4 Allows 



Clytie A. I 3 . Stokes 81 2 1 08 



CLASS B— SCHOONERS. 



Lotus W. A. Cole 



Agues L. A. Fish. ... 



CLASS H— SCHOONERS. 



Sunshine William Beet 47 11 



Madcap F.D.SUaw 45 i% 



OLAS3 C— SLOOPS. 



Gracie HiutA Earlq 75 2 



CLASS D— SLOOPS. 



Eclipse E. A. Willard 



Dolphin J.W.Cooper 



Stella H. H. Hogins..- 



Pirate. T. A. Howell 



LizzieL Dr. Johnston 



CLASS E— SLOOPS. 



Dream Gibb Brothers 43 3J4 Allows 



Kaiser W. II. Field 40 3% 16 



Wave Dr. Barrow — — 40 



Clarita H.W.Banks 35 7% 2 27 



Caprice David Williams ...34 7 2 54 



Angler J. B. Morgan — — 6 47 



Tourist T. L. Arnold — — 8 86 



Amazon F. Beanies — — 6 54 



Venture H. G. Peabody — — — — 



CLASS K -ul'-GN SLOOPS. 



Ranger Commodore Vermilye — — Allows 



Pilot Charles Hazard 24 8% 1 19 



Corinue H. B. Powell... 23 144 2 27 



CLASS G— CAT-RIGGED. 



Hypatia H. N. Haven .— — — — 



Ajax A.S.Wells - _ 



Wind light from s.w. and tide just turning ebb. It was a cabin- 

 window breeze to the first mark, and Gracie reached away from the 

 lot, followed by Agnes, Lizzie L. and Clytie in the order named. On 

 the wind took them all to the Tompkinsville turn, and then, with 



. 60 3 



...57 5% 



.,..49 1% 



45 2 



...45 3 



....43 9% 



....42 3)4 



to the finish, the winner _ 

 e L., Wave, Corinne and 



booms over to starboard, they all slid 

 being Clytie, Agnes, Madcap, Gracie, Liz 

 Hypatia. 



Distribution of prizes, collation, illuminations and fireworks of the 

 usual description wound up the day, the excellent vocal renditions 

 by the Dudley Buck Quartet Club, being a pleasing relief among com- 

 monplaces. As a matter of record we append the following sum- 

 mary: 



CLASS A— SCHOONERS. 



Xame. 

 Atalanta... 

 Clytie 



Start. 



H. M. 8. 

 3 39 00 



8 39 00 



CLASS B— SCHOONERS. 



Agnes 3 89 00 5 17 00 



Lotus 8 39 00 5 25 26 



CLASS H— SCHOONERS. 



Madcap 8 89 .00 5 33 00 



Sunshine 3 39 00 5 52 39 



CLASS C— SLOOPS. 



Grade 3 39 00 5 09 10 



CLASS D— SLOOPS. 



SteUa - 3 44 00 5 10 47 



Pirate 3 44 00 



Eclipse 8 44 00 



Dolphin 3 44 (X) 



Lizzie L 3 44 00 



CLASS E— SLOOPS. 



Caprice 3 44 00 5 84 11 



Amazon 3 4-1 00 



Dream 3 14 00 



Kaiser - 3 44 00 



Angler - 8 44 00 



Wave 8 44 00 



Clarita 3 44 00 



Venture 3 41 00 



Tourist 3 44 00 



CLASS T— OPEN SLOOPS, 



Corinne.. 3 44 00 5 58 14 



Ranger! 3 44 00 5 57 47 



Blot .....3 44 00 5 57 40 



CLASS G— CAT RIGGED. 



Hypathia - 3 44 00 5 50 26 



Ajax 3 44 00 5 57 59 



Finish. 



H. M. S. 



5 20 10 

 5 18 10 



5 88 13 

 5 22 07 

 5 21 04 

 5 15 40 



5 51 32 



5 80 as 



5 27 10 

 5 S3 17 

 5 24 33 



5 47 34 



6 69 20 

 5 64 00 



H. M. S. 

 1 41 10 

 1 39 10 



1 30 10 1 30 10 



1 35 47 

 1 39 13 

 1 38 07 

 1 37 04 

 1 31 40 



1 50 11 



2 07 32 

 1 46 25 



1 43 10 



2 13 17 



1 40 33 



2 08 30 



i is ao 



2 10 00 



2 14 14 

 2 13 47 

 2 13 30 



1 33 51 

 1 37 17 

 1 33 07 

 1 30 16 

 1 29 19 



1 47 17 



2 00 38 

 1 46 25 



1 42 54 



2 06 30 



1 39 53 



2 01 03 

 not m. 

 2 06 24 



2 11 17 

 2 13 47 

 2 12 21 



NEW HAVEN Y. C— JUNE 21. 



THE first annual match of thi 



New Haven: then down the harbor, leaving Beach an 

 to star/. uri:i i i Orane's bar buoy to port: then U 

 Rock buoy, leaving it on atarboai i hand-; taeu to bu 

 point of Charles island and home over sane- course, li 

 dington buoy on port hand. Judges— Morris W ba, 

 Miner and Dr. T. S. Rust. Breeze fresh from s. w., ti 

 The steamer Corning took the guests out to \ ie 

 judges and press were.aooozimodated aboard the tu 

 Regatta Oommittee— Tin a urn do) b. J. Gallagher, J 

 F. C. Anderson, W. H. Reynolds. The arrai gements \ 

 in all respects, showing that experienced hands wer 

 Entries tilled in classes <_'. ,i,.d l> > ri/e in class C 

 45ft., a silver cup presented by the Derby Silver Com 

 D, 25 to 85ft., a cup presented by the New Haven Jivu.a 

 as the Register Cup. 



Quite a good lot put iu an appearance, and so mut 

 manifested by the public and the press that a long 

 i! red for tne club as long as animated by the 

 spirit which brought about tiieseinatenes. 



For some lime n.:-a :d . :■ ig world about .New 1 



awaiting with bated breatu - Iventofa new colt 

 Graves has had in hand. shipissaid to 



ment of a well-consid re .. Mi Gra 



practice in building sharpies and oinci boats, bhe h ., 

 wall-sided topsides and ateep deadrise on straight floor timbers, low 

 ballast and a regular cutter rig, with lofty topmast and all the para- 

 phernalia which go to make up tho rig of all rigs. But Mr. Graves's 

 new wondw did not come to the Una, though it would have been jugt 



and prosperous 

 . same sporting 



Iaven has been 

 er a hich J. 31. 

 jc the erabodi- 

 loed from long 

 • belle 



here was breeze enough to bring out the good points 

 eel. We hope to chronicle something of this bout's 

 • racing season slips by. The starters were the fol- 

 '■ ;; hiu ,1... M ,-. ,'!', .V<-.Yf. -Kindle, 3-;f; . J Paul Ken- 

 ■■.uhere. of Groton; .-tarlight, 41ft., Fleel- 

 rhite. Class D-Cabin sloops, 25 to 35ft. -Zephyr, 

 lley, Fleet-Captain: Stranger; Endeavor, 33ft., tho 

 :en, the Vice-Commodore • Mystery, 26ft. Oin., F. N. 

 ■e. ('has. Waterhouse; Lbrene, -.'ft., Mr. Munson; 

 Ir. Voorhies, .and Trio, 34ft., S. W. Babbitt. The 



ra, 11:36:16; Starlight, 

 r. 11:28:29; Endeavor, 

 nee, 11:32:02; Lorelie, 



0. E. Dudley, Fleet-Captain: Stran, 



Baldwin; Del i ce, : has. WaterhouBe; Lc' 

 Maritaaa, 33ft., .Mr. Voorhies,. and Trio, 3 

 start was a flyiag one, and the Ueet got aw 



Class C— Cabin sloops— Ripple, 11:35:15; 

 11:87:11. Class D— Zephyr, 11:27:32; Steal 

 11:29; Vixen, 11:31:15; Mvsterv, 11:31:25; D 

 11:32:12; Maritana, 11:32:22; Trio, 11:32:40. 



The wind was fresh from a. w. outside and the flood just making. 

 Endeavor burst her bobstay shortly after starting, and her topmast 

 went over the side in consequence. It was a close haul down and 

 a free sheet home, so there was little in the way of windward work 

 to test the yachts and work the crews. Quite a" bubble was met as 

 the Sound was opened, and the big ones dropped their smaller com- 

 petilo.'s hi consequence. The i Inarles Island buoy was luffed around 

 by Flora in the lead at 1:49:54, Starlight, at 1 :55:47. Vixen at 2:2:20 and 

 Ripple at 2:4. Sheets were at once eased out and liallooners run up 

 Ripple proved good at running, going into third place. For the rest 

 of the course it became a procession, ending as under, the rear guard 

 not being timed: 



class c. 

 Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



H. M. 8. H. H. S. H. M. S. H. M. S. 



Starlight 1137 11 3 22 34 3 45 23 3 45 53 



Flora 1136 16 3 18 28 3 42 12 3 38 39 



Ripple 1135 15 8 35 58 4 00 43 3 56 50 



CLASS D. 



Zephyr 1127 32 354 38 4 27 06 42582 



Defiance 1132 03 4 03 21 4 3119 4 27 21 



Vixen 113115 3 36 04 4 0-149 3 58 47 



Stranger 1128 29 3 50 18 4 2149 4 17 11 



Flora and Vixen take the prizes. A reception at the club house in 



the evening brought a memorable day in Now Haven's yachting 

 annate to a close. The N. H. Y. C. is an incorporated institution, 

 with headquarters over the Vale National Bank. Herbert D. Billard. 



sloop Endeavor, is Commodore- James G.-Beecher, sloop Vu 



nodore: Geo. E. Dudley, sloop Zephyr, is Fleet Captain: 

 it-rill White, sloop Starlight, is .Measurer; Secretary, F. F. Tyler, 

 el Treasurer, A. W. Ada 



V: 

 Me... 



The club 

 practical sailors and yachls in propo; 

 than any organization on the Sound. 



EASTERN YACHT CLUB-JUNE 21. 



THE annual match was sailed in Marbiehead Bay, June 24, and was 

 witnessed by numerous spectators ashore, and a large fleet of 

 yachts and steamers were out accompanying the racers. Tne cutter 

 Maggie met with an accident and faded to finish, tliough her sailing 

 gave evidences of good speed. Hesper won iu first-class sloops and 

 cutters, and is a yacht of the '•medium type." Tne Herreshoff 

 Shadow did some fine sailing, as is her wont, and we should say the 

 improvements made Ian winter were a success. The taird class was 

 composed of small cotters, the prize going to the Beetle. Summary 

 as under : " 



THIRD CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Actual Corrected 



Time. Time. 



Name. h. m. s. h. m. s. 



Hermes 4 06 17 4 03 49 



Mist Disabled. 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS AND CUTTERS. 



Hesper 3 14 27 3 06 47 



Ariadne..- 3 12 12 8 08 23 



Anna 3 31 05 8 17 39 



3Iaggie Disabled. . 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS AND CUTTERS. 



Shadow 3 23 20 3 21 56 



Hera 3 29 50 3 28 55 



Valhalla 3 30 23 8 30 23 



Viking 3 32 30 8 31 35 



Sigdnfta - 4 03 27 4 08 00 



THIRD CLASS CUTTERS. 



Beetle 3 51 58 



Mavis 4 02 02 



Kelpie Did not return. 



BOSTON YACHT CLUB. 



r pHOSE who, for want of more than a provincial range of vision, 

 X are fond of considering New York the yachting center of Amer- 

 ica, far beyond approach by any other locality, will find it difficult 

 to reconcile the meager entries of at most a dozen yachts in these 

 waters with the overwhelming crowd of sixty or seventy boats at the 

 stait as witnessed in the open matches of the Boston Y. C. sailed 

 June 17. Such a strong muster, though quite common in the East, 

 is a spectacle New York has never yet beheld. Possibly some of our 

 large schooners represent more wealth or more lavish display of 

 wealth than the small knock-about craft of Boston waters, but wealth 

 is not the criterion of popularity at all. In point of numbers Boston 

 is so far ahead of New York that, as Mrs. Partington would remark, 

 "Comparisons become odorous.' 1 In vessels of three to ten tons, a 

 dozen can be found around the Cod to every one nearer home, and 

 as these small fellows are the school from which tne. best sailors 

 graduate, and aiiord most sport on the least money, we regret their 

 absence from metropolitan waters. More attention is now being 

 drawn to yachts of modest tonnage, since Forest and Stream has 

 given Idem creditable status by pointing out their superior claims to 

 favorable consideration by regatta committees, and we look for 

 numerous accessions to the Corinthian squadron in the fuutre. It is 

 becoming understood that the sand bag sailing machine is not the 

 only, nor yet the most desirable, form a small yacht may take on. 

 The old i.otion that only large yaehta were ttt for tne sea or distant 

 cruising is fading away in the light of increasing experience which 

 demoustiates that, wnen properly modelled, the tiniest ■ two-tonner 

 can be made as effective a cruiser on a small scale as the most impos- 

 ing two-sticker ever launched. We note in the Boston regatta no less 

 than 2, sloops under 40ft. in length, and out of 24 starters in second 

 md I lird classes no less than 14 keels against 10 of the center tins, 

 and even among tne open boats a respectable portion were of the 

 keel persuasion. 



There was a lively easterly wind blowing on June 17. aud prospects 

 for an exciuag day's work. Boston does not take its cue from New 

 York, that is very evident, for the start uais da> wa etl ted from 

 an ancnor, tne Boston Ulobe describing it as most successful in every 

 way, and a test of seamanship which insures us popularity in the 

 future. Though our choice is for the one-gun start, after the English 

 fashion, the anchor start is much preferable to the slouchv ten 

 mil .-- interval devised for the especial benefit of nurslings and 

 lazy skippers shunning the competition and brisk activity incidental 

 to other m ... .'.-. As seamanshi p and good judgment contribute 

 most materially to the day's' results throughout the entire race, there 

 is no good reason why the start should not benr its share. Frrurs. 

 tardiness and lack of perception should no more be met by a com- 

 promising spirit in the start than in any other portion of the race. A 

 skipper who "overstands' : or foolishly bucks the strength of the tide 

 receives no indulgences for his slips during the race, and we fail to see 

 why grace shouiu be meted out for the same shortcomings at the start. 

 The latter is part of the race as much as any ot herportion.and when the 

 gim is given, concessions of all sorts suould cease. This view has 



teen taken by the Boston Y. C. in saddling each skipper with the re- 

 sponsibility for his own start. To say nothing of the greater simplicity 

 aud infelhgibiliiy of a single gun to tne straggling line, With pap 

 dished out to the laggards in the way of corrections for a late start, 

 off to one gun, be it dying or from moorings, lends zest, snap 



., win. 

 ining of be 



nlist c 

 rfr< 



atri 



In the first class, schooner Adrienne was off in lm. -15s. The second 

 . . _'ed 2ui. in clearing, and the smaller yachts payed on al- 

 i ourse for first class, twenty miles: lor second 

 class, fourteen miles: third and fourth class, eight mile a 



Lfth class, ifachts to start from an anchor, all sails down. 

 . be slipped at jrilL Thesignals a li pi la [interest ii 



A steam A - ''clock sharp will be 



the signal for all classes to form in line, at 11 o'clock it will be 

 ._'din, and a flag lowered. ..; toe signal for start- 



ing the first class; five minutes later il will be sounded again, and a 

 flag lowered, as a signal for the second Clara to start; live minutes 

 I. der it wiU be sounded again, and a Bag lowered, as a signal for the 

 third and fourth (special i class to Start: five minutes later it will be 

 . aiu, auo a Bag lowered, as a signal foj the fifth class lo 

 Stai l. due J atnis in earn class wdl, as far as possiole, nil away on 



tack. 



The Regatta Committee included Messrs. Jas P. Phinney, F. E. 

 Peabody, C. H. Plimpton, J. B. Moody audChas. JT, Loring, who went 



over the course aboard the steamer Nat Wales. The judges, Messrs. 

 Thos. Dean, Eben Denton and Coolidge Barnard, had lively work cut 

 out for them at the finish taking times, as the flyers arrived home 

 in bunches, each displaying the number previously allotted. It, was a 

 physical impossibility to follow iudividual yachts in such a oro-.vd, 

 and so far as the spectator is concerned, fewer yachts would have 

 been better relished. Adrienne made her time off big Alice. Anna 

 si, ., i , now owned by the Commodore, of the, Hull Y. C, disposed of 

 Recreation. LUlie handsomely beat both Hera and Viking, which 

 proves her to be one of the best about Boston, and perhaps fhe most 

 dangerous customer a foreign 10-ton cutter could find to tackle in 

 American waters. Sunbeam protested Banneret, and got second 

 money to swell her long list of winnings, and Nonpareil had the usual 

 number of victims at her mercy among the small fry. We append 

 the summary : 



FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Length. Actual Cor. 



Yacht and Owner. Ft. Iu. Time. Time. 



Adrienne, J. Pfaff 43 II 4 07 30 3 31 28 



Alice, W. L. Lockhart T7 03 3 47 30 3 39 48 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Anna, W. B. Lamber 39 04% 3 58 13 3 17 11 



Recreation, Abbott & Merrill 43 00 4 03 52 3 26 62 



SECONn CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Bessie, C. P. Curtis 26 06% 3 00 30 2 2153 



Lorelei, C. W. Jones 82 10 2 56 55 2 22 01 



Hermes. E. B. Robins 35 07% 2 5S 20 2 16 18 



SECOND CLASS KEEL SLOOPS. 



Lillie, Bond & Dillingham -...37 00 2 14 55 144 06 



Hera, Charles Wei, . ... d, uit,, ■.; ;l . ; 55 2 , 27 



Zula, A. L. Jackson 21 OS 2 43 06 2 02 02 



ie, M. J. Driscoll 3TO0 £4885 2 06 35 



Viking. S. P. Freeman 36 04 2 80 11 2 07 45 



Countess, C. Armstrong 30 06 2 47 51 2 10 18 



Cdeam, R. V. King 00 00 2 58 50 2 19 10 



Mermaid, W, C. Cherrington 28 10 2 59 48 2 20 15 



SECOND CLASS CENTERBOARD SLOOPS. 



Magi-:, E. C. Neal 31 16 2 20 35 1 44 12 



Waif, C. F. Adams, Jr..... 2 -44 20 2 06 01 



Laxen.... 2 48 10 2 06 31 



Oriole, W. W. Keith 2 43 11 2 06 48 



Lizzie, Warner T. Lutted 26 00 2 50 25 2 07 01 



Civile, F. Cunningham 39 08% 2 40 40 2 07 415 



Hattie, C. M. Cook ...27 2 65 40 2 13 53 



THIRD CLASS CENTERBOARD SLOOPS. 



Rebie. J. L. Phinney , 23 00 1 39 26 1 08 55 



,n McKenzie & Stace* 27 08 189 10 1 IS gS 



Jennie L., C. H. Lockhart 21 03 1 40 34 1 14 37 



THIRD CLASS KEEL SLOOPS. 



Raveu, Elwell & Co 25 08 135 36 110 81 



Judith, E. T. Pigeon 21 01 1 40 32 1 14 03 



Sunbeam, W. S. Nickerson 25 02 140 00 117 30 



TV Idle wing, Charnock Brothers 22 03),s 1 46 34 1 18 18 



Kitty. N. M. Thayer... 24 OOJ-ii 1 51 SO 125 19 



Banneret, F. A. Daniels not meas. 136 23 



FOURTH CLASS OPEN BOATS— KEEL AND CENTERBOAKDB. 



Ibis, ,1. K. Souther, Boston 20 08 135 04 105 06 



Amv, E. W. Baxter, Hull 2103 13150 105 81 



i),:> .'id Crockett. 11. Putnam, Hull 21 07% 1 88 06 1 09 08 



Ailic, Wattles, A Chapman, Hull 22 08 1 37 18 1 09 28 



Joker. George Collin, Hull. 20 07 1 39 42 1 09 63 



: ,li, W. B. Smith 20 06 13 ,T 36 109 83 



Posey. F. C. Hersey . . - 22 00 1 38 10 1 09 44 



Tnorn, F. M. Randall 22 08 1 42 u5 114 15 



ThiabB, S. A. Freeman 2105 140 10 115 02 



Sadie, G-. B. Cordon 1 44 11 1 19 03 



FIFTH CLASS CENTERBOARDS. 



Peri, H. Parkman, Beverly 19 04 1 2G 35 106 52 



Flora Lee, S. A. Freeman, Hull .-17 00 1 20 40 1 08 02 



.H.A.Kedh. Quincy 18 01 129 11 108 28 



Nautilus. H. M. Faxon, cjuiuey 17 10% 1 33 21 1 09 36 



Corsair, W. H. Mills, Hub 18 U 1 30 19 1 10 17 



Sneerwaler, W. N. Merrill, Hull 13 08 1 31 45 1 11 31 



Flirt, J. P. Bullard, South Boston 16 05% 1 34 15 1 12 03 



Janet, W. L. Phinney. Boston IK 10 1 32 10 1 12 04 



Glance. J. M. Knight, Quincy 18 09 1 32 29 1 12 19 



Diadem, L. Haywnrd, Quincy IS no 1 35 45 1 16 23 



I il,' -wild. H. N. Curtis, Hull 17 03 187 25 115 69 



Zip. G. W. Morton, Quincy 10 07 14138 119 35 



Hippie, A. B. Dunham, Hull 16 10 143 31 12145 



Hallo ween, G. L. Turnbull, Hull 19 03 14*34 124 48 



Sylvan, J. Bertram, South Boston 14 09 1 49 43 1 25 47 



FIFTH CLASS KEEL. 



Nonpareil, E. Lanning 17 04 136 08 114 46 



Vesper s Bezmer Brothers 19 01 135 02 115 08 



Charlotte, (i. G. Garraway 18 11 138 45 118 02 



Lizzie. Porter A Jeffries 19 06% 1 87 50 1 18 10 



edsie. J. L. Clark 16 07 143 45 12112 



Meteor, C. Barnard.. 17 00 1 43 10 l til 3d 



Inez, Goodrich Brothers 19 07% 1 41 08 1 21 37 



Chiquita, W. H. Wedger not meas. l 5u 31 



Adrienne takes silver cup valued at SSd; Anna, silver cup valued at 



fcSu: Lillie. silver salver valued at •fad; Hera, silver pitcher valued at 

 Kin; Magic, silver salver valued at, §5u; Wad', silver pitcher valued at 



,S.:;,i; Rebie, $25; Raven, $25: Judith, §15; Sunbeam, $H>; Icis, $20; 

 Amy, S10; Peri. $20; Flora Lee, $15; Wildfire, $10; Nonpareil, $20: 

 Wsper, $15; Charlotte, $10. 



EAST RIVER Y. C.-JUNE 26. 



rpiIE third annual match was sailed June 26 over the elub course, 

 JL from Greenpoiut to and around the Gangway buoy off Sands 

 Point and home to Hunt's dock. The steamer Americas was 

 chartered to accompany the race. The flood tide was making and 

 the wind of wholesail strength from northwest. As in other races 

 of the .iunior clubs, the increasing number of cabin boats was quite 

 noticeable, only four open boats in three classes being found at tht> 

 line. Start from an anchor, a very good plan where the channel is 

 narrow and collisions likely if the entries were to box about awaiting 

 the signal, besides being more interesting and livelier ivurk t ban the 

 plan of following your leader with ten minutes to make up your 

 inmd or to eaten a lucky slant. A sharp squall overtook tne fleet 

 after rounding the upper mark, and brought the Mistake and Marie 

 to grief. The former is an open racing machine, and, spilling her 

 sand bags, was kept afloat and her or a , . , ,■ . i.-s. ued. The 

 Marie, however, was sailed into the worst of the squall with gaff and 

 jibt psail, under the impression that she was non-capsizable, as lie 

 liad a keel and some outside ballast. This proved to be a delusion, 

 for her outside weight was not enough nor sufficiently low to prevent 

 the catastrophe. She was knocked cockpit under when the mam 

 -Ie- i was mailed, the boom end dipped, and the yacht refused to 

 "come out." The water rushed in, and as soon as righted by a lino 

 from the steamer Americus, she sank to the bottom in li.ims. of 

 water, and will probably not be raised. 



An attempt has been made by an ignorant reporter of the New 

 York World to blame keeLs and outside weights for the disaster. 

 B'roin such a poorly informed quarter nothing better was to' be ex- 

 pected, but the readers of Forest and Stream are intelligent enough 

 ,, understand without further explanation that Marie's keel and low 

 weights only prevented a more sudden crisis, which might have in- 

 volved the loss of life in addition. The mere fact of being a keel or 

 centerboard had no influence upon her upsetting or sinking. All 

 boats with fixed ballast will sink if rilied, no matter what tl.eir model 

 or method Of slowing weights may be. and for that reason .sued boats, 

 especially if small, should be so built as to make the Hooding of the 

 cabin as nearly impossible as may be. The ease of the Marie is an 

 excellent warning to those wno deem their yachts safe because they 

 have a few pounds spiked to the keel, and that not low enough down 

 to be of much effect. Such half-way measures are likely to prove a 

 delusion and a snare and are apt to induce a lack of appreciation of 

 danger in critical times. The Marie sank after filling tor the very 

 good reason that her ballast and load of water combined weighed 

 more than her displacement when immersed up to the level other 

 deck, a condition of affairs which is an imperative and natural neces- 

 sity in all boats carrying fixed ballast, and therefore to bt found in 

 every regular yacht in the world. The :.. d simply be- 



cause she did not have enough weight on her kee. not was it low- 

 enough to answer its intended purpose, secondari;;. -..•• upset be- 

 cause she carried on too heavily in an ugh pint, and because her 

 huge open cockpit and cabin doors allov.eo hei to fill. 



Tne disaster wuich o\ ertook her was not due to an error of princi- 

 ],. i , construction, but to ihe tact that the principle »as not carried 



I , tne extent it should have been to achieve complete immunity 



from a capsize. Ignorance will lay the blame to the principles in- 

 . - a i :d, but Forest and STREAM w IU giv e ignorance seen a black eye 

 every time, tfiat sound design shad not suiter from the snalou super- 

 ficialities of newspaper report! r ie..ad . ■. u, n ,m..n training or 

 clear conceptions of the -- 



warning cry against the daiigi codtpjls and low 



sUis. but for slighting these points, the Marie, even as she was built, 

 would have come out of her trial unha 



rejoicing. Vi ith greater depth and more outside banast, however, 

 she eould have pulled through in safety with cockpu just as it is. 

 The lesson to be learned by her loss U just the one we have been 

 preaching no long— that In build and nmngs f »w of our yachts w* 



