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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. iO. 1385. 



our eyes. Worked Up the Narrows ou the American side, wihdfresh- 

 emugand pn fly ; 1 :3t> P. HI., off: Chippewa Point, starboard shroud 

 patted: run hark to Blind Bav for anchorage On examination 

 have decided that a new mast must be imi"' in before, crossing 

 the Lake; spliced old shroud, and put up a heavy topmast shroud. 

 Jim thinks n may stand till we gel horae-we will try it; 6P.M.. Have 

 decided to spend the night where we tire 



Saturday, m.— 3 A. ML, wind tf,, but too dark to move; G A. M., 

 got under way, wind Vf., made a good run to Sister .Light, when the 

 wind hauled round to the 8 dead in our eyes' fi A iM steamers 

 Rothesay and Corinthian passed down; 10 A. M., abreast Alexandria 

 bay. wind putty and disagreeable, Molly working well against wind 

 and current; 8 P HI., dropped anchor "for dinner; any "number of 

 steamers and steam yachts have passed today— too numerous to 

 mention; 3 P. Iff., the sky looks like a thunder storm; dinner over we 

 reefed the mainsail, and at the beating again: 4 P U a thunder 

 storm coming ou, .secured and tied up at (he limbnrg-er cheese fac- 

 tory docks, bavins beat sixteen miles since morning: I think Molly 

 worked best under easy canvas, mainsail i'eefedl ought fine, very 

 high wind. 



Sunday, .34th.— 5 A. M.. wind NT. W., very putty ; took her out with 

 all sail, but soon had to reef; (5:30 A. M., opposite Clayton, a Tory 

 high sea running from the N". W.. took in jib and jigger to save our 

 masthead, yacht laboring hard; have decided to run to the lee of 

 Long Island: breakfast and bath: 10 \. M.. reef mainsail, got under 

 way: 4 P. M., we have had variable winds all dav. and are now off 

 the Battery abreast of Kingston, and our cook wants to go home, as 

 bethinks the craft is too small to cross the lake; hav deeided td 

 Keep on our course, and stand up the inside of Amhersr Island; 11 

 P. M., abreast Upper Gap Light: considering the variable- winds we 

 have had, we have done pretty well to-day. 



Monday, S5th.— Wind N.B., sea running very high: we have de- 

 cided to make shelter under Timber Islaud; 3 A. Mi, anchored in 

 10ft, of water. 0:30 A. M. wind has hauled round to S. and we have 

 rim to South Or Prince Edward's Bay. where wo are lying with com- 

 paratively little motion. Cook no use. but has decided to make an 

 effort to procure tobacco for himself. !) A.M. a yawl yacht passed, 

 running before the storm (.1 have since found That the storm 

 signals were hoisted for this day and the next); we think it is from 

 Toronto, and we saw- it cuter the Clap; 10 A. M. wind S. and very 

 heavy, we are in good shelter. Cook went foraging without a basket 

 and brought back two loaves of bread, one dozen eggs, supply of 

 tobacco, for himself, and a. tin pail which he said a kind peddler had 

 presented him with. 



Tuesday, yoth.—f A. M. everything looks bad.ievur black clouds 

 covert' e sky; a very dirt v night with prospects of a Change of Wind ! 

 we got on the mainsail, hoisted anchor and made for open water 

 where we encountered a tremendous storm of wind and rain, and 

 blinded with the lightning; 4 A. M. daylight begau to come, and we 

 Sawthe shore on three sides of us, when wedBcided to run hack 

 through the Gap to Maedonald's Cove in the Bav of Quinte, which we 

 reached at 8 A. Ji. ; wind SAY", ; we found a schooner had gone ashore 

 at the Cap in the storm, also one steamer, and other vessels there in 

 Shelter, also the yawl yacht, which proved to be the Escape of Tor- 

 onto; 31 A. M., wind still very high; we find oui-sebes none the worse 

 of last night's adventure; 3:30 P.M.I have jus I returned from the 

 village of Primae--, where I found a telegraph oflice and telegraphed 

 to the friends, '■Storm bound; likely to be here sometime: answer me 

 here" (which telegram never reached its destination). The gentle- 

 man ou the Escape has his wife accompaEving him: 8 P. M., change 

 of w End W. : P. M. turned m and slept till' 1 :30 A.M. 



Wednesday, 3?lh. -3 A. M.. wind N,; got under -way and passed 

 out of the Gap at 4 A. M.. a heavy sea running; ran between Timber 

 Island and Traverse Light; passed light at if A. M. ; reefed mainsail, 

 but found it aid not work running before the sea, so we had to snake 

 out the reef and take in jigger; in this rig u e found she ste, red 

 steadier; A. M.. cooked breakfast, sea ttoing down; 9:45 A. M., 

 abreast Tongue Point Light, the dread of the lake: 11 A. M., abreast 

 LOD Point Light, wind and sea falling fast; 4 P. M., abreast Scotch 

 Bonnet Light, no wind, but very like a thunderstorm; prepared our 

 usual meal — broiled ham. potatoes, onions and tomatoes, bread and 

 butter, tea: 5:3;/ P M., change of wind, S., heading for Cobourg dis- 

 tant 30 miles; 0:30 P. M.. abreast Presque Isle. Light, wind now began 

 to fall and a drifting match commenced. 



Thursday, Sflth. -Keached OobOUrg at 3 A. 31., came to anchor in 

 harbor, turned in. having been on deck twenty-four hours: 3 A. M., 

 cook paid olV and sent ashore; Jim and I have decided to take the 

 Molly home ourselves, as he thinks he can do all the cooking we re- 

 quire; g a. IM , went to the Arlington for breakfast, telegraphed home, 



bought papers and got underway: 10:30 A. M., GniLLight on star- 

 board bow ; abreast fort Hope a! 1 1 :30 A. 31.. wind light and variable, 

 rolling about in an old .sea; off Newcastle at fl 1'. M.; nuehnivil in 

 Darlington Harbor at 7 P M. A lieaty squad came on from the west 

 and suddenly chopped round to the east. We remained lit port visit- 

 ing friends till next day. 



Friday, 2!'th.— Darlington Harbor. A. 31.; rain: wind E., a big sea. 

 running outside; 4 f. M , wind changed to N. W.. so we put out; r.:30 

 P. 31., opposite Oshawa, wind very light: 7:30 P. 31., change of wind, 

 S. W. ( Whitby on our tee bow, distant three miles; we are going to 

 try for Pickering Light, as there is not much prospect of wind, and 

 an old sea running from the S. \Y\; the light we could not find, and 

 as the w End left US, the sea was driving us toward shore, we dropped 

 anchor at 11;8D P. M. 



Saturday, 30th.— No wind, heavy fog; 7:30 A. 31. Scarboro Heights 

 supposed to be visible; 10 A, 31., heavy wind from the S. \V. and with 

 it the fpg lifted ; when the yacht Escape, which we left in Maedonald's 

 Cove on Wednesday morning, appealed about a mile to leeward of 

 us. Now a heavy day's beating commenced, wind and sea being 

 dead in our eyes; we kept her to it and reached Toronto at 4 P. 31.; 

 the large yacht which we took in the morning for the Escape, was no 

 wdiere to be seen; as we had enough to do attending to our own busi- 

 ness all day we had not time to keep an eye on her movements. As 

 it was Saturday arid I had not heard from home for a week. I pro- 

 proposed to . J un to get a man to help him to bring the yacht to 

 Hamilton, and 1 would take steamer for home, which I did. On my 

 arrival I found all friends anxious as my telegrams had miscarried. 



Sunday, 31st. -3 P. M. the Molly was at her Home buoy, Jim having 

 brought her from Toronto alone; wind N., very squally, SO much so 

 ibat she had been close reefed and shaken out three times in the forty 

 miles run. 



AROUND THE HORN. 



THE coming voyage of the little schooner Carmelita from New 

 York to San Francisco, calls to mind other yachts that have 

 made the same trip in some way, most of them, however, not on their 

 own bottoms. Long and dangerous as the voyage is, it was made 

 when the gold fever was at its height, by some curious craft, several 

 small steamboats reaching San Francisco in safety, and it is even 

 told that two canal boats were fitted up and sailed around, though, 

 unfortunately, no proof is given. Of yachts the first to attempt the 

 voyage was. we believe, the yawl Chimera, which was wrecked on 

 tin' passage in 1840. In 1850 a small schooner, the Mist, was brought 

 out on the ship Loochoo, and in the same year a .Newport eatboat, 

 the Swallow, was brought out on the brig Swiss Coy, but was lost on 

 her first trip outside the Heads. About 1853 the Eureka, a Mystic 

 sloop, was brought out on the Star of the Union, and in 1858 the .Rest- 

 less, also a sloop, on the ship Andrew Jackson. The George Steers, 

 about 30ft, long, came on a ship about 1850, and was turned into a 

 steam yacht, being burned up finally, and the sloop Templar, cat- 

 boats Fisherman, Snakedigger, peria.uger Victor iof Nantucket), were 

 all brought out on ships about 18&8-6*, 



The sloop yacht Clara was brought from New York on the ship 

 Young America, but did not prove a success in San Francisco waters, 

 and her owner, Mr. Jabez Howes, brought out ou the deck of the 

 famous Three Brothers, the sloop Annie, 45ft, long, built by Robert 

 Fish in 186 i. Her soars were reduced, and we believe she was partly 

 rebuilt and strengthened, and she is now- the llagship of the Pacific 

 Y. 0. In 1805 a schooner, the Petrel, sailed out, and after being used 

 for a time as a yacht, was sold for a trader; and the same fate betel 

 the Chelsea Smith, a Mystic sloop, brought from New A r ork to San 

 Carlos on a ship, and sailed from there to San Francisco. In lSiJS 

 also the Howadji, a eatboat, came out by ship; in 18(51 the sloop Fly- 

 away with an iron keel, in ISO!) the Amelia Piatt, a steam yacht, and 

 the Skimmer, a eatboat from Philadelphia. The first catamaran was 

 sent by rail in 1880. Perhaps the best known boat of all is the little 

 yawd Frolic, brought, by ship Oram England in 1851 or 52. The largest 

 yacht ret sent from the East to San Franciso is the Ariel, 09ft, on 

 "waterlme. a centra-board schooner built by Poillon Pros. in 1873. Many 

 of these yachts are still afloat— Ariel, Annie, Clara, Eureka. Restless, 

 Snakedigger. Hattie, Skimmer, Petrel, Chelsea Smith, though some 

 have changed names, or have been sold for Pading purposes. 



The vessels against which Carmelita will try conclusions next 

 c,,.-| i0 i, ■ ■■ . ,'.:>':-! y ,-,.ii been built in San Francisco, and differ greatly 

 from her in type, being principally wdde centerboard boats with 

 inside ballast. Of the keel boats there are Lurline and Halcyon, each 

 7gft watei line, and Casca 85ft., and all three of 81ft. beam, The 

 centerboards are Nellie. 57x19ft.; Aggie, 7nx23ft.; Flour do Lis, 

 OO.vlSft; White Wing, 50x18; Virginia. SUxlUCjft ; Chispa, 57xU)lt, ; 

 Ariel, 09xl8>4ft., drawing from 5 to 0ft, In rig they are inferior to 

 the new vessel, while none enjoy the advantage of so large a pro- 

 portion of ballast low down. In build they are, heavier and more 

 clumsy than Eastern yachts, and being, as a rule, built for tougher 

 wafer and stronger winds, their sail areas are small. The Eastern 

 boats that have been tried there have all been strengthened, and their 

 spread cut down, in which condition they have hardly proved 

 equal to the hoinebuilt boats. 



Carmelita's voyage out will test pretty thoroughly her sea-going 

 powers, and on her arrival we shall look to see her demonstrate the 

 superiority of depth and ballast, coupled with moderate beam and 

 good form, over the. wider and shallower models now preferred 

 there. 



THE MAMIE. 



Editor Foresiemd Stream: 



I was delighted with your handsome and comprehensive illustra- 

 tion of the new yacht Mamie, and hope you will follow up with a 

 plan of her rig, as I have serious thoughts of building such a boat 

 for toy use on the lakes. A. R, 



[The rig and cross section of Mamie will be found illustrated in 

 detail in the new book "Small Yachts," which will appear next 

 month through the office of this paper.] 



SAIL AREA AND THE NEW SLOOP. 



FROM the dimensions of the new sloop to be designed by Ml'. A. 

 Cary Smith, for the international contest, the general inference 

 i* that she will be long, rather moderate in. beam and also in dis- 

 placement, Hence a proper sail area will be correspondingly moder- 

 ate. Without having exact figures concerning the rig of 'this new 

 sloop or of eieuesta. no positive comparison can bo made. But, I think 

 it is safe to say the sloop will carry less sail in proportion to her 

 length than the culler Geuesla, and consequently the length and sail 

 area, rule ot the New York Y. C. will operate in favor of the sloop 

 and against the foreign cutter. That is diametrically opposite to the 

 stand tdKen by the blundering bigots who have been seeking to fore- 

 stall a possible cutter victory in their attempts to mislead and befog 

 the public, in the matter of measurement. The Ceuesta. having been 

 built under a very different sort of rule, is not designed to evade or 

 even to fit the N, Y. Y. C. rule. But our representative will now be 

 got out with especial reference toward conciliating the exactions of 

 the rule. The advantage clearly is on our side. This is all proper 

 and fair enough. It is one of the eventualities the English had to con- 

 sider when issuing their challenge under the deed of gift, Consider- 

 ing the foregoing, I trust that even the campaign committee of so 

 august a body as the Pugwugs. who meet once a month for thfe man- 

 ufacture of slanderous diatribe in one of the marble palaces which 

 line that stately thoroughfare yclept Boulevard de Varrique, will 

 now double bit on their measurement claptrap, and try some other 

 tack. C. P. K. 



CUTTERS AS CRUISING BOATS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



An old Latin fable, learned in my schoolboy days (now more years 

 ago than 1 care to think about) was forcibly brought back to me by 

 reading some remarks in the Spirit of the Times, called up by a re- 

 port in the New York Herald to the effect that Genesta and Galatea 

 were to race across the Atlantic, using trysails instead of mainsails, 

 and without their topmasts. The fable was, Ne sutor ultra crepidam. 

 for anything more completely wide of the mark than the inferences 

 deduced from the conditions of this reported match by the writer in 

 the Spirit cannot well be, and shows very clearly that he hasn't the 

 i , mic-i Elementary kncwledge-of the type of vessel that he is criticis- 

 ing. He may be, and doubtless is, a reliable authority on the merits 

 or otherwise, of the wide, shallow centerboard; but of the qualities 

 and characteristics of the English cutter of the present day he is evi- 

 dently in total ignorance. 



Now, assuming that the IlcrahVs report is correct and that the con- 

 ditions of the race are that trysails alone shall be used and no top- 

 masts pointed, what more does that prove than that a racing outfit 

 is not adapted for cruising, and it has as little bearing on the merits 

 of the hulls as has the color of the paint on their sides. Possibly, 

 also, there is an idea that after a drilling across the Atlantic tne 

 mainsails might not be altogether improved and not quite in a condi- 

 tion to sail the races for America's cup. 



What yachtsman in his senses would spar and rig his vessel for all- 

 round cruising all weathers in the same fashion that he would for 

 match sailing alone; and yet, forsooth, on the strength of this doubt- 

 ful rumor the writer in the Spirit runs amuck at the seagoing quali- 

 ties both of the yachts and their owners. With regard to one Of the 

 latter, at all events, he is singularly unhappy— the owner of Galatea. 

 Who is his own skipper and navigator, and who, when he had Ger- 

 trude to. 30-ton yav, 1 1, made her his home and lived on board with his 

 wife for fifteen months at a spell. Talking of Gertrude, I should 

 bare liked the writer of the article to have been alongside of her in 

 any of his cental-boards ou the occasion of her (Gertrude's) beating 

 out over the bar of the Tagus in something like half a gale of wind, 

 engaging in an ocean race from Lisbon to a port in the 31editenanean. 

 That wotdd have opened his eyes lo the value of depth and lead, and 

 he would have written in afar different strain for the future, that is, 

 if the centerboard he was in had brought him safely out of the hurley 

 hurley (for there is a hurley hurley there to some tune on a weather- 

 going spring ebb and half a gale singing in the rigging). The critic 

 would show more discretion perhaps if he refrained from prophesying 

 until he knew, and confined his critical remarks to subjects with 

 which he was thoroughly conversant, and not like the cobbler in the 

 fable, go beyond his last. Henry E. Bayly. 



Exmouth, Devon, Jan. 26, 1885. 



[The foolish and ignorant attempt to cry down cutters as cruising 

 boats, to which Captain Bayly alludes, has failed entirely ; the critic 

 having been informed of his blunder, and now coming out oil the other 

 tack with the announcement that such a rig is eminently proper. It is a 

 pity, for the credit of American yachtsmen, that such rubbish should 

 find its way abroad as an expression of honest Opinion, as those ig- 

 norant of the source whence it emanates might imagine that Ameri- 

 can yachtsmen were green enough to believe such stuff. Captain 

 Bayly's letter corroborates the views we have always expressed con- 

 cerning Hritish yachtsmen and their boats; views which the craft 

 themselves willfuby justify before the season is over.] 



EASTERN Y. C. 



THE Eastern Y. C, of Boston, held their annual meeting on Feb. 

 10, at which the followiug officers were elected: Commodore, 

 Henry S. Hovey; Vice-Commodore, J. Malcolm Forbes; Rear Com- 

 modore, Wm. F. Weld; Secretary, Edward Burgess; Treasurer, P. T. 

 Jackson, Jr. 



The committee on measurement and sailing regulations lately ap- 

 pointed. Messrs. J. Malcolm Forbes, Ohas. J. Paine, Wm. Gray, Jr., 

 F. C. Peabody and Edward Burgess, reported in favor of adopting 

 the rule of measurement in use by the New York Y. C., or twice the 

 waterline length, plus the square root of the sail area. The effect of 

 the rule, will be to increase tne measurements of the smaller boats 

 more than of the larger, as the sail area of the former is proportion- 

 ately much greater; and in consequence, the smaller boats would 

 receive less time from the larger than formerly. To remedy this it 

 was decided to grade the time allowance according to the speed over 

 the course, increasing it one third if the speed of the first and second 

 classes is over &/ 3 mites per hour, and the speed of the third class 

 over 5 miles. 1'ois will be fairer to all, as an allowance which is 

 equable enough m light weather becomes entirely too small In a 

 blow. The full changes made in the rules are as follews: 

 3— Classification. 



Yachts shall be divided according to their racing measurement, as 

 fohows: 

 Schooners — 



First class, measuring 70ft. or over. 



Second class, measuring 50ft, or over, but under 70ft. 



Third class, measuring under 50ft. 

 Sloops, Cutters and 3" awls- 

 First class, measuring 50ft. or over. 



Second class, measuring 40ft. or over, but under 50ft. 



Third class, measuring under 40ft. 



Yawls shall receive time allowance at seven-eighths of the measure- 

 ment. Any yacht may enter races with yachts of a higher class than 

 that in which she belongs by assuming the minimum measurement 

 of the class she enters. 



Should there be, only one starting yacht in either the first or second 

 class sloops, these classes shall sail together, without special notice, 

 forming one class. 



4 — Measurement and Allowances. 



Yachts shall be rated for time allowance according to the following 

 measurement: To the square root of the sailarea add twice the water- 

 line length and divide this sum by three. 



These measurements shall be obtained as follows: 



A base line to be taken from the bee-hole or point of contact of the 

 jibstay on the bowsprit, or dying jibstay on the jibboom, in a straight 

 line to the end of the mainboom, with one-quarter the length of the 

 gaff, measured from af terside of the. mast to the end, added thereto. 



A perpendicular to be taken along tne. afterside of the mainmast 

 from the under side of the gafftopsail block or sheave on topmast to 

 the upper side of boom when the latter is resting on the saddle, the 

 distance of such point from the main deck to be recorded by the 

 measurer, together with all oilier points used in measurements. 



To obtain the estimated sail area from these figures multiply the 

 base bv Hie pei pendicular and divide by two. 



The -length shall be measured from the forward side of the stem, 

 at the waterline to the end of the waterline at stern wherever found, 

 exclusive of any part of the rudder or rudderpost. This measurement 



shall be taken w'hen the yacht is afloat and in her ordinary trim, and 

 With the crew stationed amidships. 



Allowances shall be figured according to the table adopted by the 

 club. Measurement to be in feet and half feet. In case of the sloop, 

 cutter or yawl classes, when any yacht of the third class sails the 

 course over the actual rate of five knots; when any yacht of the second 

 class exceeds the same rate, the allowances for such classes shall be 

 increased by one third the amount given by the table, 



12— Boats, etc. 

 Every yacht measuring less than 70ft. and more then 50ft., shall 

 carry a serviceable boat not less than 10ft. in length, 



13— Crew. Third Class Yachts 

 shall not carry more than one man for every four feet racing meas- 

 urement. 



14 — Starting. 



All starts shall be flying, and the yachts shall start iu the following 



order: First, first class schooners; second, second class schooners; 



thu'd. first and second class sloops, cutters and yawls and third class 



schooners. 



HULL Y. C. 



THE II nil Y. C. held a special meeting at the Parker House on Feb. 

 14, with Vice-Commodore Forbush presiding, to consider the 

 proposed amendments to the by-laws and sailing regulations, and the 

 following amendments were adopted: 



I.— Amendments to the by-laws, proposed bv the treasurer, Chas. 

 C. Hutchinson. 



a. Article IV.— Duties of the treasurer; To eliminate words in the 

 first sentence to read as amended. "The treasurer shall collect all 



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b. Article IV.— Duties of measurer: To add. words to the article, to 

 read as amended: "The measurer shall measure all the yachts 

 enrolled in the club, and report their measurements to the- secretary. 

 He shall also collect fees for the same." 



II.— Amendments lo the sailing regulations: 



a. Rule 2.— Measurements: Amendment as proposed by the treas- 

 urer, Charles C. Hutchinson: To eliminate wonts of las' alnu.se to 

 read as amended, "The measurer shall receive for measuring yi 

 enrolled in the club his necessary traveling expenses and f-os'as fel- 

 lows: For yachts 3Sft. long and over, sailing leiv'th. S3; ba yachts 

 26ft. and less than 38ft,, sailing length, p; for yachts under 20ft., 

 sailing length, $1. 



b. Pule 5.— Amendment as proposed by the. regatta committee: To 

 eliminate the whole of first clause in regard to Corinthian prizes, and 

 to substitute, -'There shall be sailed each year at least one race under 

 the full Corinthian rules;" and to eliminate that part of the second 

 clause that refers to first prizes, rule to read as amended : "Kp second 

 prize shall be awarded in any class unless three yachts start, except 

 in the ease of a postponed race, where the requisite number shall 

 have originally started in the class in question. No prize, will be 

 awarded any yacht failing to make the race within the limit of time." 



o. Championship pennant regatta— Amendment as proposed by the 

 secretary, PelegAborn: To eliminate the word championship. 



LENGTH AND SA.IL AREA RULE IN BOSTON. 



THE adoption by the Eastern Y. C. of the length and sail area rule 

 of the New YorkY. C. is another milestone on the road to a 

 common system of measurement, and coming at this time is a for- 

 cible and practical contradiction of the. rubbish uttered for some 

 time past in regard to the New York Y. C. and their rule. 



The members of the Eastern Y. C. have never been classed among 

 the "feather-brained advocates of the English cutter," nor have they 

 at present any races with that class of boat in prospect, and yet they 

 have, after careful deliberation, accepted the report of their com- 

 mittee and adopted the rule. By this action they fall into line with 

 the New York, Seawanhaka and Knickerbocker clubs, besides those 

 coinprismo- the Lake Yacht Racing Assaciation, iu the adoption of a 

 common system of measurement that so far us can lac foretold now 

 promises to answer better than any that has preceded it. The com- 

 mittee on whose recommendation the rule was adopted are all ex- 

 perienced and practical yachtsmen, and uninfluenced by any con- 

 sideration other than the advancement of yachting, and an indorse- 

 ment from such a source more than offsets the Illogical and false 

 statements thrown out to manufacture public opinion over the forth- 

 coming international races. 



Now that it is common for the cutters at least, of the New York Y'.C. 

 to Spend a portion of the season iu Eastern waters, and to take part 

 in the spring and fall matches of the Eastern Y. C, while both fleets 

 join at Newport for the races there in regatta week, the value of a 

 common system of measurement has become apparent. When yacht- 

 ing, both in New York and Boston, was merely a local sport, and 

 boats seldom or never left their home waters, it made little difference 

 what rules prevailed at either place, but now that the sport is each 

 year becoming more na'ional and less local, the necessity for one 

 system of rules and measurement is very evident, and it is not too 

 much to hope that at some distant day. though w r e fear not very 

 soon, local prejudices may give way to the general good, and, 

 American yachting may be conducted in the same thorough manner 

 that even now characterizes some of the minor sports. 



There, is a general movement on the part of yacht clubs to examine 

 their rules of measurement with a view- to changing for something 

 better, and we call their attention to the fact that the sail area and 

 length rule has been adopted by three out of the four largest Ameri- 

 can yacht clubs, by the Knickerbocker Y. C. and by the Luke Yacht 

 Racing Association, while abroad it has been adopted as an alternative 

 rule by the Yacht Racing Association of Great Britain, anil is 

 strongly favored by many in place of the present tonnage rule. 



We nave shown at various times in the Fokest and Stream that 

 instead of being greatly favorable to the cutters, in some cases it 

 penalizes them more, and bears less heavily on the sloop, than older 

 rules, and its general effect is only to lessen the rig in cases of gross 

 oversparring, the measurement differing but little from waterline 

 length in any boat of moderate type, ft is extremely probable that 

 during the season several more of tho smalh-r dubs will be called 

 on to consider this same rule, in which ease we advise them to weigh 

 well the practical indorsement given hi the principal clubs against 

 the wild and unsupported statements made in some quarters 

 against it. 



A NEW WINDLASS FOR FISHING BOATS.-The American Ship 

 Windlass Company, Providence, R. I., have just introduced anew 

 patent pump brake windlass especially designed for fishing vessels. 

 The starboard side is fitted with the regular wild cat to lake an inch 

 chain (the same as in ordinary coasters), but the port side is provided 

 with a solid barrel or drum for the rope cable, which all fishermen 

 carry for deep-water anchorage on the Grand Banks. The advan- 

 tages to be gained by adopting this new windlass are, that the anchor 

 can be dropped almost instantly and can be hove up in nearly half 

 the time now taken by the old style wooden windlass. It can be 

 brought up from the bottom with far less labor than before. When 

 the anchor is let go the barrel of the windlass revolves with the haw- 

 ser as it runs out, thereby reducing the friction upon the ropes to a 

 minimum. With the "Providence Fishermen's \Vindlass," tho 500 

 fathoms of hawser, costing a dollar per fathom, will last twice as long 

 as it now does in the ancient windlass, which has never been im- 

 proved since it was first introduced half a century ago. The average 

 life of a tarred maniila cable as now used on a Ashing vessel is a year, 

 but the American Ship Windlass Company's apparatus will extend 

 its use from eighteen months to two years. Messrs, John James & 

 Co., of Essex, Mass., have secured the agency for the State of Massa- 

 chusetts. The -'fisherman's Windlass" was designed by Mr, G. Fos- 

 ter flowed, of New York, but it is owned and controlled by the man- 

 ufacturers of the "Providence" windlass.— Exchange. 



ULERIN.— It isstated in the London papers that this famous 10-ton 

 cutter has been bought for shipment to America. She is the smartest 

 of her class. We also hear of a little 3-tou beauty to be brought out 

 next spring. Should the races this season turn in favor of the ex 

 pec-ted cutters, it woidd give great impetus to the importation of 

 English-built yachts. Good vessels, ex -racers of two or three years' 

 age, can be purchased abroad for one third the cost of building here. 

 Adding expense of shipment and duty, usually only upon nominal 

 valuation, also 10 per cent, for depreciation due to age, and the cost 

 of an imported cutter will still remain less than two-thirds the figure 

 at which she could be duplicated here. The presence of numerous 

 yachts of foreign construction would inspire fresh and superior 

 methods in our own practice, and stimulate tin- i -see c i aua.pt them- 

 selves to a lower range of prices, thereby increasing their market. 

 The present custom of tackling one little job all the year round and 

 trying to make a living by an extravagant price is all wrong. Less 

 profit and more sales should become the yacht builder's motto. 



SOME KINKS.— When lailiug to a "rode" one way of saving chafe 

 between the line and bobstay or in the hawsepipe is to slip a rthort 

 piece of ordinary garden hose over the line, and after letting go 

 shove it up on the rope in wake of the chafe. A good fender can be 

 made out Of anv rubber hose. Cut length to suit, stuff with fine sand, 

 after reeving a lanyard through. Seize up the bottom and top by 

 bitching the. ends of the lanyard about the hose, or close in any Other 

 manner. Both these handy arrangements have been oroughtinto 

 use by Mr. Arthur Edwards of Chicago, who is now having a yaent 

 built on the Windward's hues by Powell & Douglas, Waukegan, 111. 



