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FIXTURES. 



.— Eclipse Y. C, Opening Cruise. 

 . — Oswego Y. Ci, Opening: Cruise, 

 .—Boston Y. 0., Opening Cruise. 

 ,-Q'iiucy Y. C, First Match. 

 .—Knickerbocker Y. C, Spring Matches. 

 .—Atlantic X. Q Opening Cruise. 

 ,-StMvark Y. C, Spring Match. 

 .- South Boston Y. C, Spring Match. 

 . City Point Mosquito Fleet, 13 and 15ft. boats. 

 -New Haven Y, C, Opening Cruise. 



.—Boston Y.C., First; Match, Connor and Commodore's cups. 

 —Portland Y. C, Challenge Cup. 

 —Savannah Y. C. Opening Cruise. 

 —Atlantic Y. C, Annual Mateh. 

 —Hudson River Y. C, Annua) Match. 

 —New York Y. 0., Annual Matches. 

 .— Seuwanhaka Corinthian Y. C, Annual Matches. 

 —Fast River Y. C, Annual Matches. 

 -Newark Y. C. Open Match. 

 —New J ersev Y. C, Annual Match. 

 —Hull Y. C, Pennant Match. 



—New Haven 



3., Open M 

 Y. C. Sprj 



ing Match. 



A FINE YACHT. 



THE commodore's peunant of the New Haven Y. C. will this year 

 fly from the masthead of a yacht in which ail hand? may take 

 JUst pride. The nobby cutter Rajah, now nearly finished at' I'ris- 

 coll's yard, in Greenporat, is a vessel one can look at twice. She is a 

 thorough cutter. 32ft, leadline, SUft. beam and OWft. draft. Her 

 lines were depicted m our issue tor Jan. 24. She is of course flush 

 ileek, with 7.3 tons, practically all her ballast, on the keel. Built to 

 exacting specifications, she has been put up in excellent shape, with 

 a good dea I of finish outside and in. The accommodations are some- 

 thing at which to wonder, and far in excess of those of any flat-iron 

 of same length. When the New Haven investigator climbs over 30in. 

 of freeboard at the quarter and proceeds below upon the commo- 

 dore s invitation, he ueed not even douse his plug hat. The first 

 thing at which lie will express astonishment will be the delightful 

 coolness aud quiel light of the cabins, no matter how broiling the 

 summer sun maybe shining; and this svonder will be all the more 

 pronounced if the visitor should happen to have pulled off from a 

 .\ here the heat down below has driven all hands out as intol 

 erafilB, 



Forward he will find a roomy forecastle with hatch and berth for 

 the foremast hand. Next between two bulkheads a large pantry on 

 one side and a w.c. on the other. Abaft of this in the mid body of 

 the. vessel he will admire a spacious main cabin with ample sofas and 

 the companion ladder coming down at the after end. Surely this is 

 all; but no, pass through a door and you face an after cabin or ladies' 

 saloon wuh sofas each side, aud then discover another bulkhead with 

 a. trap into a large a. large sail and store room. Standing height with 

 ;i hat on fore and aft. Over the after cabin is a skylight admitting 

 more air than need be, and so much light that the rays have to be 

 softened by colored glass sashes. The yacht is fit to' cruise round 

 the globe, so far as build, ability, rig and accommodations are con- 

 cerned, She is absolutely noueapsizable and non-kuockdownable 

 into the bargain. For Sound sailing iu summer her cool cabins and 

 big displacement are specially adapted, as she is certain to go in 

 light winds. 



On deck she is pretty as a picture, aud there is style and smartness 

 in her long counter, in her rig. and in all fier fittings. She will not be 

 plastered over with lubberly lincrusta on the "ceiling,"' nor will she 

 be lathed and plastered inside, but panelled neatly and with taste in 

 pine in good ship-shape fashion. She is, in short, just what a good 

 yacht Ought to be. As for her speed, we venture no predictions. Her 

 type is certainly not against fast sailing, as many races have already 

 proven. If she is not fast it will be clue to the shaping of her lines 

 and not to her cardinal dimensions. But we see no reason why she 

 should not perform satisfactorily, and be remarkably dry and buoy- 

 ant in a sea, and work out to windward with reasonable comfort when 

 the traps have to square away for the nearest shelter. The Rajah 

 will make a host of converts this season, and no doubt be the cause 

 Of some sister vessels before another twelve months roll round. Her 

 Iron work was made to special patterns, and is commendable, with 

 the exception of a clumsy windlass, for which the lack of good pat- 

 terns among the trade is responsible. 



NEW ENGLAND Y. R. A. 



AT a meeting held April 23, at the Parker House. Boston, the final 

 steps were taken in the organization of the association. Clubs 

 represented were, the Beverly, Boston, Dorchester, Hull, Jeffries, 

 Lynn, Quincy, Salem Bay. South Boston, West Lynn and Y T ale. Any 

 other club in New England having 50 members or 25 yachts over 16ft. 

 is eligible at future sessions. A subscription of $10 per club was or- 

 dered to defray expenses, The following officers were chosen: 

 President, W. Lloyd Jeffries. Beverly Y\ C; Vice-President, Louis M. 

 Clark, Dorchester Y, 0. ; Secretary and Treasurer, Benjamin W. 

 Powell, West Lynn Y. C; Fxeeutive Committee, with president and 

 vicc-presidem <-x-ufli-<-!i— Commodore 13. C. Neal. Lynn Y. C, Commo- 

 dore C. A. Perkins', Hull Y. C., and Charles P. Pike, Jeffries Y. C. 



The meeting, as a committee of the whole, adopted rules to gov- 

 ern races held under its supervision. It was decided to allow time by 

 the Herreshoff table on a measurement of water line length. The 

 question of measuring overhang was referred to a committee to 

 report at next meeting. We have already pointed out the unfairness 

 and tendencies of measurement by length", and in this matter the New 

 England Y. R. A. ranges itself in opposition to the decision of experts 

 all t he world over. However, the association is perhaps too young 

 to risk its existence by any precipitate reform movement, and open 

 opposition to the length rule might have driven out some of the 

 o] ubs given to sailing small hoats. But as it is, should the committee 

 not recommend including overhang, the rule of the association will 

 be a vast improvement upon the "mean length," or "one-third over- 

 hang" rides, which interfere so seriously with a finished afterend, 

 and impose such an unjust penalty upon any one with taste enough to 

 spin his overhang out into a shim edge. It is at all events one step 

 ahead, and when'the association has acquired the strength and influ- 

 ence of age, further reforms may be hoped for. 



It will not be loug before many will rebel against the excessive cost 

 and clumsiness of yachts built under a length rule and then the agi- 

 i i for some modifying factor will begin by which size can be held 

 accountable. The meeting likewise resolved to prohibit shifting bal- 

 last altogether m boats ot any kind. A wiser and more enlightened 

 move could not have been made. The custom of shifting ballast is so 

 directly subversive of all earnest object in yachting, that the sport 

 is to be congratulated upon the effective quietus .the New England 

 Y R. V. has given to the earricaturing of the whole, business in boats 

 as well as in the men who sail the bag shifters. The penalty of in- 

 fraction of the prohibitory rule, we are glad to find, has been made as 

 heavy as it could be, as the offender will be expelled with his yacht 

 from' membership in all the clubs composing the association. 



INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR CHANNEL MATCH. 



WE have received the following conditions to govern the proposed 

 Corinthian "cross sea,." matches from the Thames to Ostend, 

 Belgium, and from Ostend return to Portsmouth. The distance from 

 Lhe Mertway to Ostend is 100 miles, and the match home to Ports- 

 mouth covers 200 miles, nearly all of which will be open sea work. 

 These races are an innovation which all well-wishers ot "real" yacht- 

 ing hail with delight, since they put vessels and crews to actual test 

 without a trace of the hippodrome or greased pole exhibition with 

 which our smooth-water racing still has too close connection. The 

 crews are to he amateurs iu the main, so that the profit will not 

 merely be a cup won, but a grand lot of experience all round, of 

 which' the last boat partakes as much as the first. Of course, 

 the sickly old hens in this country will be seized with holy 

 horror at the idea of small craft from ten to twenty tons 

 putting out to sea for a business-like proceeding which men can 

 countenance iustead of contenting themselves with horse play on a 

 pond, but t lie 'longshore old maids have, no say in English yachting 

 and Would be laughed out of countenance, so the races are certain to 

 proceed despite the ludicrous misgivings of frightened old dish rags, 

 We hope the example of our cousins may lead to similar attempts in 

 our own waters, so that the poverty-stricken traps may be shown up 

 in all their shortcomings. Hitherto the little ocean racing done in 

 America has been confined to huge schooners, most of whom made a 

 pretty poor showing as soon as lue glue got Wet, A race from Sandy 

 Hook around Block Island and home in .September or October, open 

 to iloops under 50ft.. would be something like the real thing, but how 

 manv of our toys and drifters would have the ability and courage to 

 come to the scratch for what ought to be a very ordinary event » 

 eosorrjaNS "*' the proposed amateur oiiannioi, matches, oboes me. 



FLAGS OK TBSS COKIKrUIAN V. C..ANDTHK ROYA1, PORTSMOirTH OORI."t- 



thian v. a.: , „ , ,. , 



First Race— To start from Port Victoria, at the entrance of the Med- 

 way, leaving the Shivering Sand Bel! Buoy on the starboard hand, 



and finishing inside a markboat, to be moored outside the Stroom 



Bank, off Ostend Harbor. It is intended to start this race to arrive 

 in time for the commencement of the Ostend Regatta, so that vessels 

 intending to be present or take. part: in the regatta can avail them- 

 selves of this match in sailing to that port. 



Second Race-To start from a markboat off Ostend Harbor, finish- 

 ing off Southsea Pier, Portsmouth. No restrictions as to course. It 

 is intended to start this race at the finish of the regatta at Ostend. 



These matches are open to cruising yachts under 51 tons, Y. R. A, 

 tonnage, belonging to any royal or recognized yacht club. The yachts 

 will probably be. divided info classes, viz., up to and including 20 tons, 

 aud over SO tons, but this will depend entirely on the number of entries 

 received. 



Time allowance to be calculated on sail area and load water line; 

 taking the distance of. the first course to be 85 miles and of the second 

 to be 170 miles. 



Y r achls to sail in cruising trim, under the. rules of the Y. R. A., with 

 the exceptions that every yacht must carry a boat, and that the clause 

 in the rule relating to crews will be altered as follows: No restriction 

 to the number of amateurs on board, but boats of 15 tons, Y. R. A. 

 tonnage, and under, will be limited to one paid hand; boats over 15 

 and up to 40 tons, two paid hands; boats over 10 tons, three paid 

 hands. 



Only members of recognized yacht clubs to be allowed to touch the 

 tiller, or in any way to assist in steering the vessels. 



The committee reserve to themselves the power to refuse any entry, 

 and to make any alterations they may think necessary. 



Dates of closing entries and further particulars will be advertised 

 later. 



It is proposed to give two prizes for each race, and prizes to the 

 amateur crew of the winning vessel in each class. The value of the 

 prizes will altogether depend on the amount of the subscriptions re- 

 ceived, which may be sent to the following gentlemen: 



S. Barman Sturgis, Esq., Vice-Corn. C. Y. GL 



12 Copthall Court, London, E. C. 

 A. G. Wildy, Esq., Rear Com. J. T. Y. C, 



13Furnivals Inn., London, E. C. 

 Capt. Sutton, Vice-Corn. R. P. C. Y. O, 



High street, Portsmouth. 

 H. Crampton, Esq., R. P. C. Y. C, 



High street, Portsmouth. 



Subscriptions Already Received.— Royal Portsmouth C. Y. O, 

 £10 10s.: Corinthian Y. 0., £10 10s.: Junior Thames Y. C. £10 10s.; 

 Other subscriptions under £5, about £40. 



April 8. 1884. 



A BIT OF REAL YACHTING. 



rpHE following summary of the schooner Fortuna's recent cruise 

 J- to the West Indies, we take from the Herald. It will give an in- 

 sight into a bit of real yachting, and will, we hope, lead many others 

 to follow suit, even though in a smaller way with smaller boats. It 

 is certain that the day of the frightened old hens, who faint away at 

 the suggestion of going to sea in a yacht, has about come to a close. 

 The modern generation of Americans 'have pluck and ambition 

 enough to follow the sport from the standpoint of men. So many 

 yachts have passed successfully through the exceptionally severe 

 weather this spring at sea, that a large fleet is certain to take to ocean 

 cruising as a regular thing with the attainment of experience. La 

 fact, it may be accepted that yachting in America is fast undergoing 

 a change in its objects and methods of pursuit, which is but the 

 natural transition from child's play in land-locked stretches, to the 

 bolder and nobler attainments of genuine nautical life at sea, It has 

 its counterpart in the expanding ambition of the youngster astride 

 the wooden nag of the merry-go-round to mount a veritable saddlein 

 the field. And who would dare insist the youngster should forever 

 stick to the wooden counterfeit until his hairs grow gray, simply be- 

 cause the real saddle offers less chance for play, and urges riper dex- 

 terity, coupled with weightier responsibilities, and corresponding 

 greater realization in return. 



It seemed like a wild prophesy some years ago to predict winter 

 cruising down our coast even by a fleet of big schooners. Y r et that 

 prophesy has now been fulfilled. To the crustaceans and fossils of a 

 past generation it may likewise seem wild to predict a swarm of little 

 fellows dodging in and out from rockgirt Maine down to the sandy 

 dunes of the Bahamas or the coral reefs of the Floridian shores. 

 Yet that, and nothing short of it. is written in positive characters in 

 the book of the future, Time will come when ten and twenty tonners 

 will think no more of a run over to the Bermudas and a thrash home 

 than they do now of a "pleasure excursion" to Greenport and home, 

 and there are those who even at this daylook forward to accomplish- 

 ing the passage in a five-ton cutter as a' venture fraught with spice, 

 laurels and gratification, which many others will learn to appreciate 

 in the near future. Yachting is dropping its swaddling clothes in 

 America, and with the change in popular sentiment in favor of deep, 

 safe boats with shipshape rigs, the sport is donning the breeches of 

 men. None view tnis rapid expansion with more satisfaction than 

 those who, like ourselves, have been brought up to the sea and know 

 well the vast gulf there is between the feeble sham of drifting up the 

 Sound and the vigorous activity of body and mind in a fight which 

 conquers the wild elements in sweet reward of a courageous under- 

 taking. 



The tide of affairs leading on to the ocean can no longer be stemmed 

 by the relics of the old flat trap period, who play Sir Oracle, snugly 

 ensconsed in the armchairsof some of the older organizations, nor yet 

 by the stale, vapid washwomen, who curry their favor, and affront 

 Americans of grit in some public prints with cowardice of spirit and 

 bodily sloth. Out upon such lubbers and tradueers of our national 

 backbone, who defame us before the world as a nation of simpering, 

 effeminate asses, with neither pride in the athletics of our bodies nor 

 ambition in the direction of mental acquisition ! 



"The deep keel schooner Fortuna, Mr. Henry S. Hovey, of Boston, 

 has arrived, after a five months' cruise, in the West Indies. In this 

 time she experienced much bad weather, and soon after starting en- 

 countered a revolving hurricane which thoroughly tested the craft, 

 but she passed through the ordeal with flying colors. At another time 

 nineteen ugly squalls in twenty-four hours tried the patience of the 

 yaehtsmen, the ability of the sailing master, the strength of the crew 

 and the staunchness of the yacht, but the men were equal to the occa- 

 sion and the boat gave the greatest satisfaction to her owner. Bad 

 weather lasted, with only short intervals of favorable sailing breezes 

 and sunshine, for nearly two months, but the last ten or twelve weeks 

 were delightful and more than compensated for the disagreeable 

 nature of the early part of the voyage. 



"The Fortuna yesterday looked as if she had been fitted out for the 

 season's cruising, instead of recently returning front a long ocean 

 trip. Her brasswork was polished, decks holystoned, sails with 

 covers on, and a boat riding at the boom, while a stout, hardy look- 

 ing crew forward, and a sun-browned, smiling sailing master aft 

 made her indeed look the cruising vessel all over. In the cabin and 

 owner's stateroom were fotmd specimens of tropical plants and fish, 

 together with a fine collection of quaint pottery, picked up at the 

 many places touched in the long ocean ramble so happily finished. 



"From the appearance of the seams, both inside and outside, this 

 pleasure vessel passed through the unpleasant experience of hurri- 

 canes, squalls almost without number and continued bad weather, 

 requiring most of the time double reefed sails, without the slightest 

 injury. Nothing was washed overboard and nothing earned away, 

 not even to the parting of a rope yam. The winter and spring have 

 made up a season of exception ally bad weather at sea, as the many 

 disasters chronicled fully attest; but there is no record of much worse 

 weather than that through which the Fortuna passed. The hurricane 

 was a very severe one. The wind at the nearest point of land, which 

 was sixty miles away, registered seventy miles an hour, and Sir 

 Thomas Brassey's sea cruising steam yacht Sunbeam, of 565 tons, 

 having caught the tost of the olow, reported that in their extended 

 experience they had never met anything worse. 



"The Fortuna left Gloucester, Mass, at half past 5 o'clock on the 

 morning of Nov. 25, bound to Bermuda, with the owner and guests 

 on board, the latter being Mr. C. A. Longfellow, Mr. William Stack- 

 pole and Mr. Joseph Fay. On the morning of the 26th at 5 o'clock, 

 hardly twenty -four hours having elapsed, the yacht had put 2(54 miles 

 astern— not a bad day's work, by the way— when a wicked blow from 

 the southeast came en, and it continued to gather strength with such 

 astonishing rapidity that Captain Newcombe made the necessary- 

 preparations and the yacht was hove to, in which condition she re- 

 mained thirty hours before it was again prudent tomakesail. About 

 noon of Nov. 27 the wind hauled due north, and the yacht was scud- 

 ded under single reef foresail the balance of that day and night and 

 until 1 o'clock of the afternoon of the 28th, when the gale became so 

 dangerous another reef was put in the foresail and, said Captain 

 Newcombe, 'we then let her go— and go she did, liko a bullet, making 

 splendid weather of it,' On the 29th an observation showed the yacht 

 to be sixty miles due west of Bermuda, and all hauds soon expected 

 to see the friendly light of that island. Neptune, however, had 

 another score to settle with them, as at midnight the revolving hur- 

 ricane alluded to si ruck them with but meager warning, and for 

 twenty four hours tiie yacht wrestled with wind and waves, and 

 conquered. A friendly nor' wester at last made them forget their 

 trials and on Saturday morning the lighthouse of Bermuda was 

 sighted. The yacht remained at Hamilton and St. George until Dee. 

 10, the time being passed in an enjoyable manner, many of the Ber- 

 inudan officers, citizens and ladies visiting the craft and inspecting it 

 in Mr. Hove} 's company. 



"St. Kit's was next touched, where the yacht remained five days, 

 and frequent excursions on shore by the party were made with 

 evident pleasure and gratification. The island of Montserrat then 



engaged attention, but the stay there was brief. The island of 

 Dominica was next visited, wheie two days were passed, and parties 

 from on shore, including the English Consul and his fami'y, came on 

 board, being delighted with the chance eiven them to closely ex- 

 amine such a fine vessel. Guadaloupe was called at, and while the 

 roads present a fair anchorage and the scenes on shore were very 

 attractive, so much so as to keep the yacht there a week, Captain 

 Newcombe sailor-like says, 'Well, I remember that place and won't 

 torget it, as they charged us $80 in gold for a ton of ice.' Martinique 

 was touched, and in the harbor of St, Pierre they stayed four days. 

 The weather until now had been detestable, and 'the yacht was under 

 double reef sails most of the time. From Martinique there was an 

 agreeable change, and for nearly three mouths after the crew slept 

 on deck. Barbados was the next island in order, where one week 

 was passed in a most charming manner, the Governor fort officers 

 and officials coming on board at various times, and Mr Hovey and 

 his guests visiting them on shore. Port Spain, island of Trinidad 

 the southernmost of the Windward group, was next on the list, and 

 here the Fortuna lay ten days. Many persons came on board the 

 vessel, and the yachtsmen made excursions to the pitch lake, and 

 spent many horn's wandering about the large plantations. The 

 rugged and picturesque island of Grenada next engaged the atten- 

 tion of the yachting party; then Tobago, 'where it's all rocks,' was 

 the exclamation of the sailing master, after which the islands of St. 

 Vincent and St. Lucia were visited. 



"Fortuna then began to make her way back. Martinique and 

 Guadaloupe were aeatn touched, and then St. John's, island of 

 Antigua. Here Mr. Fay reluctantly left the yachting party with a 

 view of returning to Boston, where he was required on business. St. 

 John's is a pleasant place and the harbor excellent. St. Thomas, St. 

 Kitts, Santa Cruz aud Porto Rico followed, and then Jamaica, where, 

 in the harbor of Kingston, one week was passed, the Yachtsmen 

 having a glorious time, with tine weather. From Kingston'to Havana 

 and thence to Nassau was the programme, when the yacht crossed 

 over to Fernandina, Fla., and glad indeed was the party to be once 

 more on their own coast, although lhe cruise had been full of enjoy- 

 ment. The yachtsmen went to St, Augustine, and upon their return 

 Mr. StaekpoJe took steamer far New York. Ten days was passed at 

 Fernandina, Then 'Up the coast!' was the word, and Savannah, 

 Charleston and Old Point were stopped at, the yacht remaining from 

 tour to six days at each of these ports. 



" 'The yacht is a magnificent vessel,' said Captain Newcombe. 'At 

 no time were we completely shut up, and it was only about six hours 

 during the revolving hurricane that the cook eoulu not do his work, 

 and only about the same time that the men did not go down forward, 

 but came aft aud passed through the cabin. The men could always 

 do their work on deck and,' he concluded, 'the yacht works beauti- 

 fully.' 



"The Fortuna wiUgo on the screw dock to-day for inspection, and 

 on Monday she will leave for Boston with Mr. Hovey on board. Upon 

 reaching the. latter port she will again bu fitted with her racing spars, 

 and during the coming season will be found at the starting point in 

 all the regattas in Eastern and New Y r ork waters. The Fortuna was 

 built in Brooklyn, by Messrs. C. & R. PoiUon. from designs by Mr. A. 

 Cai-y Smith, and is 113ft. overall, 105ft, on water line, 28ft. Bin, beam, 

 and draws 12ft. of water." 



DEEP LAUNCHES.— La wley & Son, South Boston, are budding 



twoseagoing launches for New Y r ork Herald shipping service from 

 special designs of Mi-. Beavor Webb. That is enough to say that the 

 new craft will come up to expectations. They are deep, highsided, 

 and have deadrise, which is a stride iu advance, of the swampy little 

 traps hitherto accepted as all that could be asked from a steam 

 launch in this country. The pair will be named Herald and Telegram. 

 Length 57ft., on loadline 50ft,, beam 9ft. 2in,, dep h moulded "ft, ,'Jin., 

 draft 4?ift. Supplied with the famous 3-cylinder compounds of vv r il 

 lans and Robinson make. Thames Dittoii, Surrey, England. These 

 engines have no link motion, and are entirely encased. They work- 

 up to high speed without noise or jar Bofiers will be built' in this 

 country, as imported generators cannot receive the United States 

 Government stamp required by law. 



ADELINA.— Mr. Bierck, of this city, has purchased the keel sloop 

 Gracie M., in Boston, and has changed her name to Adeliua. She has 

 received an overhaul from Hutchings & Prior, and will clear for this 

 port May 6 with Ruf us A. Smith as skipper and the owner on board. 

 The Adeliua is of moderate beam and good depth, with an iron keel, 

 built, we helieve. in Marblehead. The demand for keel yachts is so 

 great that the New York market is bare of such craft and Mr. Bierck 

 was obliged to look elsewhere for a safe boat. The yacht agents in- 

 form us that they have few or no keel boats tor sale, but any quantity 

 of eenterboards. KeeLs are now at such a premium that recent sales 

 in this city brought near first cost for boats half through their 

 natural term ot life. Adelina will pick up moorings off Sea Cliff 

 during summer. 



SEABELLE.— This handsome cutter, recently imported from the 

 East by Mr. Avery, has been bought by Mr. H. A. Seymour, of Wash- 

 ington, who will keep her off his summer residence at Sachem's 

 Head, in the Sound, and in winter in Chesapeake waters. She is 31ft, 

 L. W. L.,and on the passage, round logged 33 nautical miles in 3 

 hours, with 6 miles of tide in her favor, under double-reefed mam- 

 sail. This is at the rate of 9 knots an hour, or two knots more than 

 Kemp's observations recorded in his "Yacht and Boat Sailing," and 

 seems a very high rate. Yet we have the assurance from direct 

 sources that the speed was made. Mr. Avery leaves for Japan for an 

 absence, of several j ears. 



YACHTING IN GERMANY.— German yachting has been picldng up 

 of late, and sea cruising in the Baltic is becoming common ; but so far 

 the government has failed to relieve yachtsmen of burdensome and 

 harrassing legislation, as all yachts are subject to the same rules and 

 restrictions as merchant vessels, and have to clear every time upon 

 leaving port for an hour's sail, and submit to customs inspection and 

 a lot of red tape upon returning. A move is being made to seek re- 

 lief. It is a wonder that a government so enlightened and so anxious 

 to cultivate national sports as the Berlin Ministry should not long ere 

 this have taken action in the matter. 



ATLANTIC Y. C— The rule compelling the deposit of model or 

 lines before receiving a prize from the club, which has been enforced 

 for several years, was repealed at the meeting of April 14, quite un- 

 expectedly, at the instigation of a small clique. At the meeting held 

 April 28, the more enlightened element of the club turned out in 

 force, and by a vote of 23 to 4 re-established the rule iu a stronger 

 form than ever. It is to the credit of the club that it does not pro 

 pose to countenance the petty selfishness of a few persons. 



MUST GO.— "The tendency is to fixed ballast in both large and small 

 yachts and thesandbagger must go," saystheSouth Boston Inquirer, 

 winch is very true and very much to the interests of yachtiug on 

 small tonnage. We note likewise with satisfaction the determined 

 attitude of the New- Jersey Y.C, to live up to its excellent tenets in 

 instructing Mr. Dilworth to have nothing to do with auy proposition 

 for a combination race with the Oceanic Y.C., should the latter seek 

 to make it a piece of sandbag tomfoolery. 



FLUSH DECK.— Cockpits, even among the lounging class of yacht 

 drifters, aie fast going where the woodbine twineth. Schooner 

 Columbia has come out as a flush decker after recent alterations. 

 Where is that "comfortable lee" and that "protection" so dear to the 

 old hens? American yachtsmen are assuming a hardier complexion. 

 The chewing-gum school must go. Columbia now is a vast improve- 

 ment upon her former self. Four inches more freeboard, longer 

 overhang and fined out forward. 



FRENCH YACHTING.— The value of prizes won by French yachts 

 last year was $23,000. The sport has made steady and rapid progress, 

 many yachts being imported from England and others built after 

 American ideas. In 1878, total value of prizes won was $10,000, so 

 that in five years the amount has been doubled. In 1883 there were 

 sailed 183 races, with an average value of prizes of $120. The num- 

 ber of winning yachts last year was 150. 



PROVINCETOWN Y. C— At the first meeting of the season of the 

 Provincetown Y C, the following principal officers were chosen: 

 Commodore. Thomas Lowe: Vice-Commodore, A. P. Hammon; Fleet 

 Captain, Frank Al.en, Measurer, Joseph S. Atwood; Secretary and 

 Treasurer, H. A. Jennings. A fist of the officers was ordered to be 

 sent to Forest and Stream, the Boston Courier and Cape Cod Item. 



PROMOTING SPORT IN FRANCE. - The regatta society of 

 Roehelle, France, receives a subsidy from the city of $200'; from the 

 department in which it is situate!, S60; from the Minister of Marine, 

 $80; from the Y. C. de France, the parent institution, $50o; from 

 Admiral Veron, Maritime Prefect, $40. The association has 202 

 members. 



THUNDER BAY Y. C— Officers for the year: Fred Jones, Com- 

 modore; H. K. Wickstead, Vice-Commodore; W. T. Clarke, Secretary 

 and Treasurer; Committee, of Management, W. F. Davidson, G. T. 

 Marks and J. I. O'Connor. The Vice-Commodore has nearly finished 

 a five beam cutter, but wlU probably rig her as a yawl. 



NEW C UTTERS. —Mr. Brisben, ot Philadelphia, is having a cutter 

 built, by Albertson Bros., of Kensington. She is similar in model to 

 the Windward, illustrated in our issue for Feb. 7. The design for a 

 second cutter 22ft. long has been sent to another gentleman m Phila- 

 delphia. 



HARDWARE.— We receive inquiries from time, to time from Can- 

 ada, for the address of a ship chandler dealing in yachts' hardware 

 across the border. If such an establishment exists we would like to 

 publish address for benefit of Canadian yachtsmen. 



