March 26, 1885 ] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



17B 



well platform to be 32in, above that of the cabin. These seem the 



chief essentials for comfort. 



Another correspondent, "J. M,." writes as follows ou the same 

 subject: Last year I built, tbe seven-tonuer Avron. 1 entirely dis- 

 carded all "sideboards" or "buffets,' 1 and had two 6ft. sofas 

 put in in the usual way, aft of the forecastle bulkhead. Aft of 

 these I put in two raised bunks, about lift, (Sin. higher than the 

 sofas, and by raising them I got plenty of room for carrying them 

 a long way" aft, the after 3ft. being inclosed between 'the casing 

 of the cockpit (which is very small and shallow) and the ceiling of 

 the vessel, while the forward half of the bunks is in the cabin. There 

 is room for a large cupboard under each bunk, and the paneling (teak 

 and piten pine) runs flush in a tine, curve right through from the for- 

 ward bulkhead to the after end of the bunks, giving a delightful air 

 of space and openness. There are curtains to inclose these bunks 

 when in use for sleeping. Another point in the arrangement was the 

 door into the forecastle. This I had divided into two parts like an 

 ordinary barn door, so that the top part would open right back clear 

 of everything, which, of course, the ordinary door will not do, owing 

 to the sofa looker. We have no paid hand, and we found this ar- 

 rangement most useful for meals, as, with thB iower half closed, one 

 hand could sit close up to the doorway; and tbe •'cook'' sat by the 

 stove in the forecastle, and vet was not out of our company. We 

 have a tank (about forty gallons) under the well. The boat is flush- 

 decked, and has about the head room of "W.'s" boat. There is a 5ft. 

 skylight aft. 6in. in width. 



HULL Y. C. 



A MEETING of the Regatta Committee of the Hull Y. C, was held 

 last Monday evening at the Parker House, Boston, and sailing 

 regulations Cot the Doming season were adopted. The courses for the 

 first and second class will he HJ^j miles, with a time limit of 4 hours; 

 courses for third class, 714 miles, time limit 3 hours; courses for 

 fourth, fifth and sixth classes t> miles, with a time limit of 3 hours. 



The yachts are classed as follows: 



First class, over 30ft, sailing length. 



Second class, 35ft. and not over 30ft. sailing length. 



Third class, 33ft. and not over 25ft. sailing length. 



Fourth class, 20ft. and not over 33ft. sailing length. 



Fifth class, 18ft. and not over 20ft. sailing length. 



Sixth class, under 18ft. sailing length. 



Schooners to sail three-quarters actual measurement, neither crew 

 nor ballast to be allowed upon outriggers. The start to be the same 

 as last year, from one gun. The pennant race will take place June 

 30, club race July 18 for cash prizes, chanrpiouship races Aug. 1 and 

 Sept. 5. Cash prizes to be given in each race and a medal for winner 

 of series. The sail off for championship Sept, 19. A ladies' race will 

 also take place, the date of which is undecided. The grand open re- 

 gatta will take, place Aug. 15. Large cash prizes wdl he given. 



During the summer entertainments will be given every week at the 

 club house, Hull. Several of which are being perfected at present. 

 The annual ball will probably take place on the evening of the open- 

 ing regatta, Aug. 15. The new books are in press and will be issued 

 soon; they are a great improvement on the ones of last year, 



RULES OF THE ROAD. 



THE following Revised International Regulations for Preventing 

 Collisions at Sea, were adopted by the Forty- E ighth Congress on 

 March 3: 



Article 1. In the following rules every steamship which is under 

 sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing ship, and every 

 steamship which is under steam, whether under sail or not, is to lie 

 considered a ship under steam. 



RULES CONCERNING LIGHTS. 



Art. 3. The lights mentioned in the following articles numbered 

 3, 4, 5, b, i, 8. 9, 10 and 11, and no others, shall be carried in all 

 weathers from sunset to sunrise. 

 Art 3. A seagoing steamship, when under way, shall carry- 

 to ■ ) Ou or in front of the foremast, at a height above the hull of not 



less than t 



feet, t 

 brighi 



light over an arc of the horizon of twenty poiuts'of ' the compass"' so 

 fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the shin- 

 namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side 

 and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear 

 atmosphere, at a distance of at least live miles, 



(6) On the starboard side a green light, so constructed as to show 

 a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points 

 of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 

 two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a char- 

 acter as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere at a 

 distance of at least two miles. ' 



(c) On the port side a red light, so constructed as to show a uniform 

 and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the 

 compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points 

 abaft the beam on tbe port side, and of such a character as to be vis 

 tble on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least 



id) The said green and red side lights shall be fitted with inboard 



screens projecting at least three feet forward from the light so as to 

 prevent these lights from being seen across the bow. ' 



Art. 4. A steamship when towing another ship shall, in addition to 

 her side lights, carry two bright, white lights m a vertical line one 

 over the other, not less than three feet apart, so as to distinguish her 

 from other steamships. Each of these lights shall be of the same 

 construction and character, and snail be carried in the same 

 position as the white light which other steamships are required to 

 earry. 



Art. 5 (a). A ship, whether a steamship or sailing ship, which from 

 any accident is not under command, shall at night carry in the same 

 position as the white light which steamships are required to carry" 

 and if a steamship, in place of that light, three red lights hi globular 

 lanterns, each not less than ten inches in diameter, in a vertical line 

 one over the other, not less than three feet apart, and of such a char' 

 acter as to be visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere at a 

 distance of at least two miles, and shall by day -..,,;,,. 

 line, one over the other, not less than three feet' apart 'in from 

 not lower than her foremast head, three black balls or shapes each 

 two feet in diameter. ' ' 



LAYING TELEGRAPH CABLE. 



(6) A ship, whether a steamship or a sailing ship, employed in lay- 

 ing or picking up a telegraph cable, shall at night carry, in the same 

 position as the white light which steamships are required to carry 

 and if a steamship, in place of that light, three lights in globular 

 lanterns, each not less than ten inches in diameter, in a vertical line 

 over one another, not less than six feet apart. The highest and low- 

 est of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall be white 

 and they shall be of such a character that the red light, shall be vis- 

 ible at the same distance as the white light. By day she shall carry 

 in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than six feet apart in 

 front of but not lower than the foremast head, three shapes not less 

 than two feet in diameter, of which the top and bottom shall be 

 globular m shape and red in color, and the. middle one diamond in 

 shape and white. 



(o The ships referred to in this article when not making any way 

 through the water shall not carry the said lights but when making 

 way shall carry them. 



(d) The lights and shapes required to be shown by this article are 

 to be taken by other ships as signals that the ship showing them is 

 not under command, and cannot therefore get out of the way The 

 signals to be made by ships in distress and requiring assistance are 

 contained in article 27. 



Art. 6. A sailing ship under way or being towed shall carry the 

 same lights as are provided by article 3 for a steamship under way 

 with the exception of the white light, which she shall never carry 



Art. 7. Whenever, as in the case of small vessels during bad 

 weather, the green and red side lights cannot be fixed, these lights 

 shall be kept on deck, on their respective sides of the vessel, ready 

 for use, and shall, on tbe approach of or to other vessels, be exh 

 on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, insuch 

 manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light 

 shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard 

 side. To make the use of these portable lights more certain and easy, 

 the lanterns containing them shall each be painted outside with the 

 color of the light they respectively contain, and shall be provided 

 with proper screens. 



Art, 8. A ship, whether a steamship or a sailing ship, when at 

 anchor shall carry, where it can best be seen, but at a height not ex- 

 ceeding 30ft. above the hull, a white light, in a globular lantern of not 

 less than 8in. in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear, uni- 

 form and unbroken light, visible all round the horizon at a distance 

 of at least one mile. 



Art. 9. A pilot vessel, when engaged on her station on pilotage 

 duty, shall not carry the lights required for other vessels, but shall 

 carry a white light at the masthead, visible all round the horizon, and 

 shall also exhibit a flare-up light or flare-up lights at short intervals, 

 which shall never exceed fifteen minutes. A pilot vessel, when not 

 engaged on her station on pilotage duty, shall carry ligfate similar to 

 those of other ships. 



Art, 10. Open boats and fishing vessels of less than twenty tons net 

 registered tonnage, when under way and when not having their nets, 

 trawls, dredges or lines in the water, shall not be obliged to carry 



the colored side lights; but every such boat and vessel shall in lieu 

 thereof have ready at hand a lantern with a green glass on the one 

 side and a green glass on the other side, and on approaching to or 

 being approached by another vessel such lantern shall be exhibited 

 in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not 

 be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side. 



FISHING VESSELS. 



The following portion of this article applies only to fishing vessels 

 and boats when in the sea off the coast of Europe lying north of Cape 

 Finisterre: 



(a) All fishing vessels and fishing boats of twenty tons net regis- 

 tered tonnage or upward, when under way and when' not having their 

 nets, trawls, dredges or lines in the water, shall carry and show the 

 same lights as other vessels Under way. 



(b) All vessels when engaged in fishing with drift nets shall exhibit 

 two white lights from any part of the vessel where they can be best 

 seen. Such lights shall be placed so that the vertical aistance be- 

 tween them shall not be less than six feet and not more than ten 

 feet, and so that the horizontal distance between them, measured in 

 a line with the keel of the vessel, shall trot be leBS than five feet and 

 not more than ten feet. The lower of these two lights shall be the 

 more forward, and both of them shall bo of such a character and 

 contained in lanterns of such construction as to show all round the 

 horizon, on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, for a distance of 

 not less than three miles. 



(c) All vessels when trawling, dredging or fishing with any kind of 

 drag nets, shall exhibit, from some part of the vessel where they can 

 be best seen, two lights. One of these lights shall be red and tbe 

 other shall be white. Tne red light shall be above the white light, 

 and shall be at a vertical distance from it of not less than lift, and not 

 more than 13ft, and the horizontal distance between them, if any, 

 shall not be more than lOt't. These two lights shall be of such a char- 

 acter and contained in lanterns of such construction as to be visible 

 all round the horizon on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, the 

 white light to a distance of not less (ban three miles and the red light 

 of not less than two miles. 



(d) A vessel employed in line fishing, with her lines out, shall carry 

 the same lights as a vessel when engaged iu fishing with drift nets. 



(e) If a vessel, when fishing with a trawl, dredge or any land of drag 

 net, becomes stationary in consequence of their gear getting fast to a 

 rock or other obstruction, she shall show the light and make the fog 

 signal for a vessel at anchor. 



(/) Fishing vessels and open boats may at any time use a flare-up in 

 addition to the lights which they are by this article required to carry 

 and show. All flare-up lights exhibited by a vessel when trawling, 

 dredging or fishiDg with any kind of drag net, shall be shown at the 

 after part of the vessel, excepting that if the vessel is hanging by 

 the. stern to her trawl, dredge or drag net. they shall be exhibited 

 from the bow. 



(J7) Every fishing vessel and every open boat when at anchor be- 

 tween sunset and sunrise, shall exhibit a white light, visible all 

 round the horizon at a distance of at least one mile. 



(a) In a fog a drift-net vessel attached to her nets, and a vessel 

 when trawling, dredging or fishing with any kind of drag net. and a 

 vessel employed in line-fishing with her lines out, shall, at intervals 

 of not more than two minutes, make a blast with her fog horn and 

 ring her bell alternately. 



Art. 11. A ship which is being overtaken by another shall show 

 from ber stern to such last mentioned ship a white light or a tiare-up 

 light. 



SOUND SIGNALS FOR FOG. 



Art. 13, A steamship shall be provided with a steam whistle or 

 other efficient steam sound signals, so placed that the sound may not 

 be intercepted by any obstructions, and with an efficient fog horn, to 

 be sounded by a bellows or other mechanical means, and also with 

 an efficient bell. (In all caseswhere the regulations require a bell to 

 be used a drum will be substituted on board Turkish vessels.) A sail- 

 ing ship shall be provided with a similar fog horn and hell. 



In fog. mist or falling snow, whether by day or night, the signals 

 desciibed in Hois article shall be used as follows, that is to say:— 



(o) A steamship under way shall make with her steam whistla or 

 with other steam sound signal, at intervals of not more than two 

 minutes, a prolonged blast. 



(b) A sailing ship under way shall make with her foghorn, at inter- 

 vals of not more than two minutes, when on the starboard tack, one 

 blast; when on the port tack two blasts in succession, and when with 

 the wind abaft the beam three blasts in succession. 



(•:■) A steamship and a sailing ship, when not under way shal', at in- 

 tervals of not more than two minutes, ring the bell. 



SPEED OF SHIPS TO BE MODERATE IN FOGS. 



Art. 13. Every ship, whether a sailing ship or a steamship shall, 

 in a fog, mist or falling snow, go at a moderate speed. 



STEERING AND SAILING RULES. 



Art. 14. When two sailing ships are approaching one another so 

 as to involve risk of collision, one of tbem shall keep out of the way 

 of the other as follows, namely : 



(o) A ship which is running free shall keep out of the way of a ship 

 which is close hauled. 



(6) A ship which is close hauled on the port tack shall keep out of 

 the way of a ship which is close hauled on the starboard tack 



(is) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides 

 the ship which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way 

 of the other. 



(d) When both are running free, with the wind on the same side 

 the ship which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the ship 

 which is to leeward. 



(e) A ship which has the wind aft shall keep out of the way of the 

 other ship. 



Art. 15. If two ships under steam are meeting end on. or nearly 

 end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to 

 starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other This 

 article only applies to cases where ships are meeting end on, orneariy 

 end on, in such a manner as to involve risk of collision, and does not 

 apply to two ships which must, if both keep on their respective 

 courses, pass clear of each other. The only cases to which it does 

 apply are when each of the two ships is end on, or nearly end on. to 

 the other; in other words, to cases iu which by day each ship sees the 

 masts of the other in a hue, or nearly in a line, with her own, and by 

 night to cases in which each ship is in such a position as to see both 

 the side lights of the other. It does not apply by day to cases in 

 which a ship sees another ahead crossing her own course", or by night 

 to cases where the red light of one ship is opposed to the red light" of 

 the other, or where the green light of one ship is opposed to the green 

 light of the other, or where a red light without a green light, or a 

 green light without a red light, is seen ahead, or where both green and 

 red lights are seen anywhere but ahead. 



Art. 16. If two ships under steam are crossing so as tc involve risk 

 of collision, the ship which has the other on her own starboard side 

 shall keep out of the way of the other. 



Art. 17. If two ships, one of which is a sailing ship and the other a 

 steamship, are proceeding m such directions as to involve the risk of 

 collision, the. steamship shall keep out of the way of the sailing 

 ship. 



Art. 18. Every steamship when approaching another ship so as 

 to involve risk of collision shall slacken her speed, or stop and reverse 

 If necessary. 



A rt, 19, In fating any course authorized or required by these reg- 

 ulations a steamship under way may indicate that course to any other 

 ship which she has in sight by the following signals on her steam 

 whistle, namely : 



One short blast to mean, "lam directing my course to starboard." 



Two short blasts to mean, 'T am directing my course to port." 



Three short blasts to mean, "I am going full speed astern." 



The use of these signals is optional, but if tiiey are used the course 

 of the ship must be in accordance with the signal made, 



Art. 30. Notwithstanding anything contained in any preceding 

 article, every ship, whether a sailing ship or a steamship', overtaking 

 any other ship, shall keep out of the way of the overtaken ship. 



Art. 21. In narrow channels every steamship shall, when it is safe 

 and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid channel 

 which lies on the starboard side of such ship. 



Art. 22. Where by the above rules one of two ships is to keep out 

 of the way the other shall keep her course. 



Art. 33. In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be 

 had to ah dangers of navigation, and to any special circumstances 

 which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in 

 order to avoid immediate danger. 



NO SHIP TO NEGLECT PROPER PRECAUTIONS. 



Art. 24. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, or the 

 owaer or master or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neg- 

 lect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper look- 

 out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by 

 the ordinary practice of seamen or by tbe special circumstances of 

 the case, 



RESERVATION FOB INLAND NAVIGATION. 



Art. 35. Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation 

 of a special rule, duly made by local authority, relative to the navi- 

 gation of any harbor, river or inland navigation. 



lights for squadrons and convoys. 



Art. 26. Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation 

 of any special rules made by the government of any nation with re- 

 spectto additional station and signal lights for two or more ships of 

 war or for ships sailing under convoy. 



Art 2/. When a ship is in distress and requires assistance from 

 other ships or from the shore, the following shall be the signals to be 

 used or displayed by her, either together or separately, that is to say: 



In the daytime— 



B%rat—A gun fired at intervals of about a minute. 



Second— The international code signal of distress, indicated by 



Tlvird— The distant sigual consisting of a square (lag, having either 

 above or below it a ball, or anything resembling a ball. 



At night - 



IPirsl — V gun fired at intervals of about a minute. 



Second— Flames on the ship (as from a bnrning;tar barrel, oil barrel, 

 and so forth. 



Third— Rockets or shells, throwing stars of any color or descrip- 

 tion, fired one at a time at short intervals. 



Sec 2. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the fore- 

 going "Revised International Rules and Regulations" for the naviga- 

 tion of all public and private vessels of the United Btates upon the 

 high seas, and in all coast waters of the United States are hereby 

 repealed, except as to the navigation of such vessels within the har- 

 bors, lakes and inland waters of the United States: and that this act 

 shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of 

 September, anno Domini 1884. 



Approved March 3, 188."). 



SWINGING CENTERBOARDS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Id your last issue I see that Captain Scott describes a swinging keel. 

 I have had some experience with the aforesaid "contraption" (as an 

 old skipper called it), and I cannot say that the arrangement is a 

 success. My keel was attached in a slightly different manner from the 

 one described , but the principle was the same. I used chains at first 

 for stays, one on each side, but they chafed all the paint off the sides 

 of the boat: then I used wire rope with the same result, and to 

 obviate this difficulty I had to place guides on the. bilge and sides Of 

 the boat for the ropes to run in ; then from the kinks in the rope and 

 its slipping on the cleats, at times it required considerable figuring 

 to ascertain whether the keel was at an angle ot 30° on the starboard 

 Bide, or jammed up against the bottom on the port side. Finally, 

 after briuging up all standing several times on sundry rocks and 

 sandbars, I voted the concern a nuisance and took it off. but not be- 

 fore t had seriously damaged my boar. Tbe worst feature about the 

 affair is that it tempts a man into places where there is not sufficient 

 water for it, and he goes in under the delusion that he can pull it up 

 when he sees bottom, but the general result is that something else 

 requires attending to about the time it ought to be pulled up, and the 

 consequence is that some damage is done. A ceuterboard will take 

 care of itself in such places, to a great extent, and with a permanent 

 keel a man will stay where there is plenty of water, but with the half 

 and half arrangement "eternal vigilance is the price of safety." 



Cricket. 



DECORATIONS FOR CLUB ROOMS. 



THE New York Y. C. have requested all yacht owners to contribute 

 copies of their private signals to decorate the model room of the 

 club. Each dag is to be i8in. wide at the staff and 30in. long. No 

 more appropriate method of decorating a club house can be found 

 than by flags, many of which have Special value from old associ- 

 ations, while it is a method easily carried out, as each member's part 

 in it is very small. The club meeting room, above all things, should 

 be cosy and cheerful, with models, flags, books, pictures, "any odds 

 and ends of a nautical character. A library is a prime requisite, if 

 the room is to be the attraction and factor of club life that it should 

 be. but to purchase one outright is expensive. A good beginning is a 

 small bookcare or even shelf, where such volumes as can be gathered 

 together may find a. suitable resting place. Members may be re- 

 quested to loan such books as they can and also to contribute, and 

 with such aniicleiis as any club can begin with, providing it is well 

 managed, a library will soon grow up. Similarly with models; if 

 those available at first are mounted, varnished, hung in suitable 

 places and kept clean and in repair, others will soon join tbem. The 

 main tiling insuch a collection is to make a beginniug, and next, to 

 keep all that is gained, not allowing anything to be abused or lost. 

 If this is done, each member will take an interest in the library or 

 other collections that will soon bear visible fruits. No matter how 

 small a club may be, a club room is a prime necessity to thorough 

 union and co-operation. We have before sketched out a scheme for 

 club quarters which may be followed on a large or small scale. In 

 places where a building site cannot be obtained, or where piling and 

 foundations are expensive, any old scow or hulk that will float may 

 be moored, and on it a house 15 to 30ft. square, or larger if possible, 

 can be built at small expense and fitted up in the manner indicated 

 above, making a comfortable meeting room, a general rendezvous, 

 and a backbone around which the club may firmly grow. 



YACHTING NOTES.— Mr. Phelps's new schooner, now building at 



Nyack, will be named Brunhilde Mr. ,1. A. Osgood has sold the 



well-known Boston sloop Gem Captain Dick Brown, the pilot of 



the America on her visit to England in IHoi, is laid up at his home in 

 Brooklyn with rheumatism. Captain Brown is now 74 years old. . . 

 The Ceylon, larely arrived at New Orleans, is not a steam yacht, but 



a n ocean steamer with a party of excursionists on boai d Nettie. 



This sloop has been purchased by Mr. Chas. A. Post, S. C. Y. C. She 

 was built by Wallin & t/orman in 1S79 .... Mr. Andrus's new sloop will 

 have a laced mainsail with Mr. Cary Smith's patent roached foot. 

 This device is not intended to give the advantages of a loose-footed 

 mainsail, but to secure a better sitting sail, as it can be tightened on 



tbe foot or slacked up to accommodate it to all changes The yawl 



building in New Haven from the model of the Windward will be called 

 Roamer . . . Mr. J. M. Sawyer is busy with the sails for the new steam 

 yacht Cora, for Mr. Woodward's steel steam yacht. Mr. Phelps's 

 schooner Brunhilde, Mr, Wayland's sloop Viola, the two new sloops 

 building atMumm's for Messrs. Maxwell and Howe, Mr. FrankFowle's 

 new sloop at Wallin & Gorman's, a smaller sloop at the same place, 

 Mr. Ziegler's Thistle, now being altered at Greenpoit, the sloop Hope, 



and Mr. Andrus's new sloop, building by Vought, of Harlem The 



steam yacht Ihls has been sold by Mr. F. L. Higginson to Mr, S. C. 

 Florence. She was built by L. A. Hoagland, at New Brunswick, N. J., 

 in 1873, and her engines were built by Cramp & Son. of Philadelphia. 

 . . Hutchiugs & Pryor are building a small eatboat, length over all, 

 19ft, Bin,.; beam, 10ft.; draft, loin. She is for their own use and will be 



named Bival The Nomad, a boat that has been very successful in 



the Beverly Y. C. races, has been sold by her owner, J. J. Fay, to a 

 member of the New Bedford Y. C. ..Gaoviota.— A model of this sloop 

 has been added to the collection of the New York Y. C. . . .San Fran- 

 cisco.— The yachts are overhauling for the season. Halcyon. Liirline, 

 Chispa. Nellie and Fleur de Lis are all nearly ready. The schooners 

 Ariel and Eva have been sold to go into trade. The Startled Fawn 

 has been painted white instead of black this season. 



NOTES FROM OSWEGO.— There will be plenty of sailing here next 

 season The purchase last fall of the good-sized Mcwehan yacht 

 Ethel by three of our most popular young business men has strength- 

 ened the. weaker side of the club, namely, the limited number of 

 vessels. The addition of the steam yacht Ruth, brought up from salt 

 water, gives an impetus that is very gratifying to all interested in 

 the club. The different yachts will be launched about the middle of 

 May, A backward season is expected on the lakes, as every corner 

 and crevice is frozen up tight. The Katie Gray will receive a uew 

 cabin, her old one having withstood the wrenching of nearly forty 

 hard-fought races. The Cricket will dance at her buoy complete in 

 every detail, probably the best fitted 10-tonner in lake waters. A 

 most needful move is being made in the direction of comfortable 

 tenders to our yachts. Burke has turned one out for the Laura, 

 Goble one for the Fascination, and Henley is to build a roomy, hand- 

 some dingey for the Katie Gray. A building is contracted for. to be 

 erected just east of our clubhouse, to accommodate the rapidly in- 

 creasing number of boats which are being purchased by members of 

 the club. I think the lively interest which is manifested in the com- 

 ing struggle for the Cup is spreading into all yachting circles. Mr. 

 Win, E. Lee. who has been the secretary of the club since its organ- 

 ization, and one of its most skilled yachtsmen, has accepted a posi- 

 tion in a New York commission house and his resignation as secre- 

 tary has been handed in. We hand Mr. Lee over to salt water breeze 

 with great reluctance; his place as a brother tar and officer of the 

 club cannot be speedily replaced,— Katie Gray. 



YACHT STOVES.— Fall River, Mass.— Editor Forest and Stream.- 

 In lite issues of the Forest and Stream 1 notice recommendations of 

 different kinds of stoves for small yachts. After having tried about 

 all kinds, from the old fashioned' charcoal furnace to the regular 

 coal stove, I have settled upon the gasoline stove as the cleanest and 

 nicest, as well as the most economical. If you think proper to place 

 this on record, you are perfectly at liberty to do so. Last summer, on 

 a c uise of two weeks duration, I used one, cooking two meals a day 

 for four persons, and my fuel expense was just twenty cents. Can 

 any one beat this?— J. Borden, Jr. 



NEWARK Y. O— The programme for Decoration Day is asfollows, 

 the course being 20 miles triangular, starting from the club house at 

 Greenville; First class, for cabin sloops only ; second class, for open 

 boats, lib and mainsail; third class, for catboats over 18ft.; fourth 

 class, tor catboats 18ft. and under. A special race will he provided 

 for catboats over 30ft. in length. In addition to the prizes for each 

 class there will be a special prize given by the commodore for the boat 

 making the best time in the regatta, 



