488 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



(June 35i 1885. 



part of frame, or for hollow floor, it is impossible to find natural 

 crooks that will work the whole length of the mould, so tbe builder is 

 compelled to make them in two pieces and splice them together This 

 makes a weak p'aee in the timber which must be strengthened by 

 naifing into the side of the timber another piece of wood iti such a 

 way as to cover the splice. Thus when the timber is ready to become 

 part of the frame it is made of three pieces and is much larger (and 

 consequently much heavier) than would be needful were it not for 

 the splice and cro=s grain. Besides its weakening the umber, the splice 

 is very objectionable in that it offers easy ingress to the water between 

 its parts which soon causes the timber to decay in this, its weakest 

 point. Thus it will be seen the bent timber can be made much smaller 

 than those worked from natural crooks and be stronger and lighter. 

 with no splice to give way and no cross gram to split off or break. 



Another advantage possessed by the bent timber is its peculiar 

 toughness. The upsetting of the fibre of the wood resulting from the 

 modern process of bending by end pressure makes the timber more 

 solid and knits the fibres together so compactly as to greatly increase 

 the toughness of the wood. When this upsetting process is carried 

 to a considerable extent the wood becomes so lough that it is almost 

 impossible to break it; it can with difficulty be torn into shreds by 

 splitting into the end with a chisel, but it will not break; it will split 

 and shred and tear before it can be gotten atiart, and besides the in- 

 creased toughness of the bent limber it is also rendered much more 

 elastic by the process of bending: so much so, indeed, that in case of 

 a sudden strain or shock it will generally spring or bend instead of 

 breaking, and will resume its former shape as soon as the strain is 

 removed, These good qualities of the bent yacht timber, it is con- 

 fidently believed, will in a short time cause it to almost, if not alto- 

 gether, supersede the old timber worked from the natural crook. 

 W, G. Sheperd. 



SOUTH BOSTON Y. C. REGATTA. JUNE 20. 



ON Su' urday the second championship regatta of the South Boston 

 Y. 0. was sailed in a light southwest wind, increasing in the 

 latter part to a good sailing breeze, and making a lively race. The 

 starters and times were as roKowfi, Ny&ia being ruled out for starting 

 in the wrong class: 



SPECIAL CLASS. 



Length. Actual. Corrected. 



Nimbus, Bernard Jemiev 84.Q5 1 52 08 1 $5 3Q 



Violet, H. J. McKee 31 .OH 1 58 31 1 41 55 



Maggie, Henry Hussey 82 08 2 10 OS l 52 35 



Lizzie Warner, Thos. Lutted 31. Oti 



Triton, D. H. McKay 34.03 



FIRST CLASS— -KEELS 



Altaire. A. J. McLeod 28.09 2 0108 14118 



Ibex, Williams & Knowlton 25.04 2 05 54 1 82 43 



Dorcas L„ W. H. Lyman 28.04 2 03 01 142 55 



Nellie, A. J. O'Leary 27 .02 2 10 15 1 49 2." 



FIRST CLASS— OENTERBOARDS. 



Em. Ell. I., P. 31. Bond 20.01 157 20 130 32 



Thisbe, S. A. Freeman 21.03 157 14 13135 



Awilda. J. 3. Fairel 24.09 157 50 135 11 



Kerens, \\\ L Nichols 22.0(5 2 04 45 140 14 



Rita. A. T. Bliss - 26.03 2 05 52 1 44 21 



SECOND CLASS -KEELS. 



Unknown, Orcutt & Carter 24.02 1 15 45 55 57 



Diana. Henry Burgess 24.06 1 19 35 1 00 20 



Monarch. J. J. Bligh 20.00 122 51 100 32 



Vera, J. Carter ., 20. OS 1 23 03 1 00 35 



Brunette, W. C. Cherington 23 . 11 1 34 30 1 14 32 



Nereis, J. C. Jordan 24.07 • 



The winners were, Nimbus first, Violet second in the special class; 

 Altaire first, Ibex second in the first class keels: Em. Ell. I. first! 

 Thisbe second in the first class eenterboards; Un Known first, and 

 Diana second in the second class keels. The judges were A. J. McLeod. 

 J J. Bligh, Henry J. McKee, F. G. Coolev, \V. C. Cher.rmgton, C. L! 

 Bratnan and P. Williams. 



EAST RIVER Y. C. ANNUAL REGATTA. 



ON .Tune 17, the sixth annual regatta of the East River Y. C. was 

 sailed on the Fast River and Sound, over the usual course, from 

 the club lmuse through the Gate and around the Gangway Buoy, fin- 

 ishing at Hunt's dock. The 20 yachts entered were divided into 6 

 classes: Class A. cabin boar? 30 to 3Gfr,: Class B, cabin boats 25 to 

 Vlass C. cabin boats, 20 to 25fr. : Class D, lib and mainsail boats 

 20 to 30ft.: Class E, catboats 20 to 25ft.: Class F. catboats 15 to 20ft. 

 The time allowance was announced as ljginin. per foot, but was pro- 

 tested against on the ground that the regular club allowance is 2mm. 

 per foot. The wind was northwest and the tide full at noon, and the 

 steamer Columbia was on hand crowded with spectators. At 11:5-1 

 the gun sent them away, Mary Gibson over first, all on port tack. Off 

 the start a tow of scows interfered with the fleet, and in the confusion 

 Maud M. ran her bowsprit through the Ripple's mainsail, the. latter 

 withdrawing. For a time Narriocli took the lead, but above the Gate 

 Maiy Gibson and Nettie Thorp were first and second. From the Gate 

 to the outer mark was a tedious drift in almost a flat calm, only the 

 ebb tide carrying the boats along. The order had changed and at 

 Gangway Buoy the leaders were Favorita and Louise, the former 

 covering the latter very neatly at tbe turn, while Louise also lost her 

 topmast). The times at Gangway Buoy were: 



Eavorita 4 58 30 Narrioch 5 01 20 



Louise _ 5 00 25 Pirate 5 04 30 



Avalon 5 00 30 Nettie Thorpe 5 05 01 



Mary Gibson 5 00 50 Ed Kearney 5 12 11 



Julia 5 01 00 Jas. Tregarthen 2 14 06 



Progress 5 0.1 50 Jimini 5 14 17 



Maud M 5 02 00 LoneStar 5 J4 35 



Alice 5 02 20 



After the first two turned the breeze freshened and helped the rear 

 guard to come, up, and topsails came down. Avalon was leader for 

 a time, but Netty Thorpe finally headed her, while part of the fleet 

 were hung up for a while on the' bar near Ft. Schuyler. The last leg 

 was to windward in a good breeze with some hard spots in it, and 

 Netty Thorpe and Mary Gibson fought hard for first place, the former 

 coming in first in her class. The following are the times as computed 

 for V/i minutes per foot, but the question of allowance is not yet 

 settled. 



CLASS A- CABIN SLOOPS. 



Start. Finish. Actual. Corrected. 



Avalon 12 11 40 6 30 68 6 19 18 6 19 18 



Fly 12 08 49 Did not finis h. 



Favorila .12 09 20 6 33 28 9 23 58 6 18 33 



.1. Tregarthen 12 07 20 6 66 21 6 48 01 6 40 31 



CLASS B— CABIN SLOOPS. 



Louise '2 04 55 6 40 35 6 35 40 6 35 40 



Maud M 12 06 13 6 32 40 6 26 27 6 24 34U 



Alice 12 CO 04 6 38 42 6 32 38 (3 30 80j| 



CLASS C—CABIH SLOOPS. 



Julia 12 05 41 6 47 26 6 42 45 6 39. WA 



Progress 12 07 05 6 44 05 6 36 50 6 36 50 " 



LydiaF 12 03 25 6 52 20 6 45 55 6 37 47^ 



CLASS D— OPEN BOATS. 



Nettie Thorp 12 00 £6 G 31 35 6 31 09 6 31 09 



Mary Gibson 11 5S 50 G 34 32 6 35 42 6 31 27 



CLASS E— CATBOATS. 



Ripple 12 05 50 Did not finish. 



Pirate 12 00 45 4155 6 4110 (14110 



Jimini 1159 28 7 00 10 7 00 42 6 58 41};; 



CLASS H— CATBOATS. 



Ed. Kearney 12 01 20 7 09 25 6 51 45 6 51 45 



Lone Star 12 00 20 7 03 45 7 03 45 7 01 6%U 



Narrioch 11 59 20 6 42 13 6 42 53 6 40 SOU 



Aida 11 59 30 Did not finish. 



Nettie 11 59 50 Did not finish. 



HULL Y. C. PENNANT RACES, JUNE 20. 



THE calm weather of Saturday prevented many of the yachts 

 from getting to Hull in time for the race, which was started at 

 3 P. M. Four classes were entered. Second class, 25ft. and less than 

 30ft.; third class, 22ft. and less than 25ft. : fourth class, 20ft, and less 

 than 22ft.; fifth class, 18ft. and less than 20ft. 



Class 3 was divided into keels and centerboards. The courses 

 were: Second class — Across the line, between the judges' yacht and 

 flagboat, leaving judges' yacht on starboard, through Hull gut. leav- 

 ing Hunt's Ledge and Point Allerton buoys on starboard, to Hard- 

 ing's bell-hoat. leaving it on port, to Martin's Ledge Buoy, leaving it 

 on port. Hunt's Ledge Buoy on port, to and across line between 

 judges' yacht and flagboat— eleven miles; limit of time, four hours. 



Third class— Across line between judges' yacht and flagboat. leav- 

 ing judges' yacht on port, around Black Brush buoy No. 1 (half a 

 mile south of starting line), through the west gut, around Wreck 

 buoy (off west end of Pettick's Island), leaving it on starboard, 

 through Hull gut, to and across line between 'judges' yacht and a 

 flagboat, six miles; limit of time, three, hours. 



Fourth and fifth classes— A 

 and 

 (off 

 H.1 



port, around flagboat at starting line, leaving it on port, around H. 

 \.C. barrel (off Harry's Rocks, near Prince's Head), leaving it on 

 port, arotnio H.Y.O. barrel (off Bunkin Island), leaving it on port, to 



and across line between judges' yacht and flagboat, six miles; limit 

 of time, three hours. 



Banneret led her class for a long distance, but was passed on the 

 last reach by Lizzie F. Daly. The times were: 



SECONB CLASS— KEELS. 



Length. Actual. Corrected. 



Banneret, ,1. F. Brown, sloop 25.02 2 4(1 10 2 11 Oti 



Lizzie F. Daly. Yv'. Daly, Jr., sloop. . ..26.11 2 45 55 2 12 48 



Gem, H. W. Savage, sloop - .26.05 Time not taken. 



THIRD CLASS— KEELS. 



Kitty. E. H. Tarbell, sloop 23 09 2 02 49 1 40 47 



Thelga., A P. Thayer, sloop .22.07 2 05 02 142 53 



Straurare, G. E. Brown . cutter 2 1 1 00 



THIRD CLASS - CENTERBOARDS. 



Muriel, E. C. Neal, sloop 22,09 2 01 19 1 40 30 



FOURTH CLASS— CENTERBOARDS. 



Thrasher, G. G. Garraway, cat 20 03 1 49 00 1 26 10 



FIFTH CLASS- CENTERBOARD8. 



Spray, H. M. Faxon, cat 18 10 1 43 59 1 19 32 



Imogene. B. T. Wendell, cat 18.10 1 46 03 1 21 56 



Myrtle, R. C. Poor, cat 19.00 145 33 122 08 



Silk pennants were awarded to tbe Banneret. Kitty, Muriel 

 Thrasher and Spray. The judges were Col. C. F. Harrington, Walter 

 Starbuck, Otis A. Ruggles. Lander M. Bouve, John A. Stetson, Peleg 

 Aborn and Z. Taylor Harrington. The schooner Silvie was present, 

 her first appearance this season. 



CAPTAIN RICHARD BROWN. 



A LMOST as widely kii^wn as the name of the America herself is 

 X A that of her captain, Richard Brown, or as he is better known, 

 Dick Brown, and tbe news of his death will be heard sadly by many 

 old yachtsmen who knew him only as the man who sailed' her in her 

 famous race, as well as to the many friends about New York who 

 have respected him for over half a century. 



Captain Brown was the son of a ship carpenter of Mystic, Conn., 

 where he was born on July 3. 1810. As a boy he followed the water, 

 first as a fisherman and sailor, then for a time as pilot on the United 

 States brig Washington, engaged in a survey of New York harbor, 

 from which he went into the once well-known brig Somers, in the 

 same work. In 1841 he joined the Sandy Hook and New Jersey pilots, 

 and for nearly half a century has followed the same calling. The 

 Mary Taylor,"the first of Steers's departures from tbe old models, was 

 built for Captain Brown and his partners about 1819 or '50. In 1851 he 

 was selected to command the America, and in his hands she crossed 

 the Atlantic and raced so successfully. 



Nearly twenty years later he was concerned in another interna- 

 tional yacht race, being with Captain Samuels in the Dauntless 

 when she raced from Queenstown to New York. Last winter Captain 

 Brown was exposed for twelve hours on the bridge of a steamer on an 

 intensely cold night, and one foot was so badly frozen that he was 

 confined to the house up to the time of his death, which occurred on 

 June 18 at his home in Brooklyn. 



DORCHESTER Y. C. JUNE 17. 



Til E 1 Kn'chester Y. C. sailed their eie-hty-sixth regatta on June 17. 

 off Nahant, tbe races in first class being ripen to the yachts of 

 any organized yaeht club, and in the other classes to all yachts en- 

 rolled in the New England Y. R. A. The classes were as follows: 



First class, all yachts measuring 40ft and over; second class, all 

 yachts me-siuing 28ft, and less than 40ft.; third class, all yachts 

 measuring 21 and less than 2Sft. Schooners will sail at ii^e. sixihs of 

 their actual measurement, yawls at seven-eighths of their actual 

 measurement. 



Money prizes were offered, in first class. $75; second class, center- 

 boards $5 and 815, keels $25 and $15; third class, centerboards $20 

 and §10, keels $20 and $10. No prizes were awarded for walk-overs. 



The measurement for time allowance was wateriine plus l-5th over- 

 hang aft. and one man was allowed fo 1- each five feet or fraction of 

 wateriine length. The courses were: For first and sec jnd classes- 

 No. 1. From starting line, leaving Shag Rocks on port, Graves 

 whistling buoy on starboard, Davis ledtre buoy on port. Graves 

 wbi*tliigbuoy on port, to starting line, 22 miles'; limit of time, six 

 hours. 



Third class— No. 6. From starting point, leaving Winthrop bar buoy 

 on port, Grave* whistling buoy on port, to starting line, 10 miles; 

 limit of time, $14 hours. 



Tbe race was "sailed under the. N. E. Y. R. A. rules, The entries 

 were: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Huron (cutter i Wm. Gray, Jr 



Gitana ise.hoouer) . W. F. Weld 



Meta 1 -ehoouer) A. A. Lawrence. . 



Fortuna (schooner) H. S. Hovey . 



Wanderer (schooner) G. W. Weld 



Length. 



04.11 



81.08 



54.08 



81. uo 



B6.06 



SECOND CLASS— CENTERBOARDS. 



Shadow Dr. J. Bryant 84. OS 



Magic E. C. Neal 81.01 



Nimbus B. Jenney. Jr 33 11 



Mabel F. T. Clayton 33.04 



In second class keels Hera and Fiona were entered, but Hera did 

 not start and Fiona withdrew, as walk-overs take no prize. 



THIRD CLASS — OENTERBOARDS. 



Black Cloud A/ Brown . 22. 1 1 



Muriel E.G. Neal 2.8.0? 



Sea Bird E. L. Joy 22.08 



Queen Mab Burwell & Litchfield 22.03 



Alda N. Hi Wilkinson 23.09 



Lizzie Warner T. Lutted. 25.05 



Pearl J. F. Lee .22.10 



Herald G. F. Smith 21 Oil 



Expert L. Whitcomb 2] :-: us 



Auralda Fa well & Rich 



Una J. Marus 21.00 



Tartar F.L.Dunne 21.00 



Greta W. S. Hill 23.00 



FloraLee D.H.Lincoln 21.00 



JeDnie L C. H. Lockhart 23 09 



Rita A. T. Bliss 25.07 



Juanita H. L. Soule 21.10 



KEELS 



Lizzie F. Daly Daly Bros 20.09 



Banneret J. F. Brown 24.07 



Kitty E. H. Tarbell 23.05 



Gem H. W. Savage 26.06 



Fearless F. G. Cork-y 21.00 



Vesper R. Bonner 21 00 



Thelga . . .A. P. Thayer 21.11 



Saracen W P. Fowle 23.08 



Nydia J.J. Galvin 22.08 



jEolus J.B.Mills.Jr 27.11 



Straurare G. C Brown 24.00 



In the morning it was raining with wind northwest, dropping to a 

 calm before the race but blowing a little while from the same quarter 

 at noon. The first and second classes got away at 12:07, with Magic 

 first, followed by Shadow. Mabel, Eortuna, Nimbus. Ghana, Huron. 

 Wanderer, Meta. Spinnakers were quickly set, the wind decreasing 

 rapidly. Fortuna and Gitana were close 'to each other, the latter a 

 little ahead but to leeward, keeping evenly together for a time; but 

 Gitana finally gained a slight lead and passed Davis Ledge Buov half 

 a minute ahead of the leaders, Huron was third, with Shadow and 

 Magic next: Wanderer gave up the race, doing home Fortuna left 

 Gitana and tacked inshore, and soon had run out of tbe wind, while 

 Gitana had breeze enough to give her a lead of several miles, though 

 closely hunted by Huron. At the whistling buoy Gitana led by Satin'., 

 and at the finish, after both had to make a leg, her lead was 2min. 

 56sec, Shadow and Magic were also closely matched, but the former 

 had taken a lead and was holding it, when'Magic followed Forttma's 

 lead and stood to the westward for wind, running into a calm. The 

 order at the line was Gitana, Huron, Shadow, Fortuna. Meta. Nim- 

 bus, Magic, Mabel. 



The times were: 



FIRST CLASS— SCHOONERS AND CUTTERS. 



Actual. 



Huron r ..- 4 44 03 



Gitana 4 41 37 



Meta 5 30 05- 



Fortuna 5 24 03 



Wanderer 



SECOND CLASS— CENTERBOARDS. 



Shadow 5 21 52 



Magic 6 00 59 



Nimbus 5 56 1(1 



Mabel 



Huron wins $75, Shadow $25, and Magic $15. 



The smaller yachts started ten minuses later than the ab ive, with 

 Sea Bird first, then Banneret, Queen Mab. Gem, Flora Lee, Lizzie F. 

 Daly, Saracen, Kitty, Greta. Tartar, TneJga. Una, Nvdia, JEolus. 

 Cem at once took the lead, but soon lost it to S"a Bird, passed in 

 turn by Lizzie F. Daly, better known as Transit. Tbe times at Win- 

 throp Bar buoy were: Daly, 12:45:01: Sea Bird, 12: 15:45; Kitty. 12:46; 

 Banneret, 12:47. Here the. Daly was in trouble with her spinnaker, 

 Sea Bird overtaking her, but when her spinnaker was once set, she 

 soon drew away. At the whistling ouoy the times were: Daly, 2:24; 

 Black Cloud, 2:25:20; Banneret, 2:28:35; Kitty, 2:30:50; Muriel, 2:31; 



Corrected. 

 4 22 45 



4 29 51 



5 06 32 

 5 12 17 



4 29 35 

 o 03 05 



5 03 10 



Queen Mab, 2:31 :95; Sea Bird, 2:32:50; Greta, 2:36-30; Nydia, 2-30-55- 



Aids, 2:37:25. The Daly led home with Black Cloud chasing her 

 sharply. The times were: 



THIRD CLASS— CENTERBOARDS. 



,,, , ,, Actual. Corrected. 



Black Cloud 2 53 53 1 19 24 



Mui '^ • • 3 04 22 2 29 2* 



Sea Bird 3 05 04 2 30 46 



Queen Mab 3 08 25 2 33 05 



Alda. 3 m r< S 4y ig 



Lizzie Warner 3 16 49 2 45 12 



f, ear ' • 3 25 13 2 50 38 



Herald. 3 30 08 2 53 09 



Expert 3 37 24 2 53 31 



Auralaa 3 33 38 



Una ••••■ 337 22 3 00 23 



THIRD CLASS— KEELS. 



LizzieF.Daly 2 52 24 2 22 09 



Banneret 3 00 44 2 28 12 



KWy 3 08 30 2 34 37 



Gem 3 18 55 2 48 25 



Peerless 3 29 23 9 53 01 



Vesper 3 30 53 2 53 51 



Thelga _ 3 40 07 3 04 25 



LizzieF.Daly wins $25, Banneret $15, Black Cloud $25. Muriel $15. 

 The regatta committee were L. 31. Clark, H B. Collender. George S. 



Foroush, Erastus Willard, W. P. Fowle. Judges, S. G. King, Hart- 

 fo. d Davenport. Erastus Willard, L. M. Clark. 



THE INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS. 



TX7E have received the following circular calling the attention of 

 T» yachtsmen to the value of the International Code of Signals, 

 and the importance of every yacht of any size being provided with 

 them and of yachtsmen being accustomed to their use. While it is 

 comparatively seldom that we hear of a yacht being wrecked, yet 

 occasion may arise at any time for such a means of communication 

 as the code affords, and yachtsmen should avail themselves of its ad- 

 vantages. The expense is not very heavy, especially when the bene- 

 fit to be derived from them in an emergency is considered: 



A FRIUNDLY SUGGESTION. 



The Bureau of Navigation. U. S. Treasury Department, Washing 

 ton, has assigned to my little decked yawl' Alice the official num- 

 ber 106,354, and distinguishing signal K. D. B. Q. The latter, of 

 course, are letters of the International or Commercial Code of 

 Signals. 



This award is made by my request, as one means to aid in bringing 

 that code to the notice of navigators on our inland lakes. For y.-ai s 

 I have wished that captains would resort to the use of the code as a 

 means of communication between vessel and vessel, and vessel and 

 shore, particularly in case of distress and peril. I have known many 

 cases in which time, property, and, most particularly, precious 

 human life, might have been saved had conversation been possible as 

 the code provides. 



The international code and flags are kept and understood at every 

 United States life-saving station, and on board all United States 

 navy, lvvenue. lighthouse and surveving vessels on the seas and 

 Inland lakes. They should be kept and used at every lighthouse. 

 Captains are requested to look into the matter, and learn the utility 

 and value of the system. Reporting vessels when they pass Macki- 

 naw, through Detroit River, and elsewhere, would be easier by use of 

 the code. 



The signals can be read many miles, vision being limited only by 

 (he size of the flags and the power of marine glasses. No signal re- 

 quires more than four flags at one hoist, while the most urgent ones 

 require but two flags. 



The cost of the 19 (lags with the government signal book, is from 

 $22 to $30. Their use can be learned in two hours, and that use may 

 at some urgent time save your vessel and from five to one hundred or 

 more lives. It is well worth while to be so provided, so that, when 

 necessary, you can signal to government vessels and shore stations. 



I heartily recommend the matter to you. If generally adopted, the 

 practical use of the code would be constant, convenient, and in ease 

 of peril, most vilnl. I am in no possible way, directly or indirectly, 

 interested in the sale of the code, though I will be very glad to answer 

 letters respecting it. I simply want you and your property to be as 

 safe as possible in your noble but perilous calling, 



The yacht Alice is only a bit of a vessel. She hails from Chicago. 

 is owned and sailed by Rev. Arthur Edwards, D.D., is ,22ft. over all, 

 has 6tt. beam, draft 4ft, 2in.. is yawl-rigged (jib, mainsail and mizzen 

 on the overhang, aft of rudder post). 



The Alice is enrolled in the Chicago Y. C.. and thismidsunimermay 

 sbake her bunting at you on lakes 31icbigan, Hurou. Erie and else- 

 where. Arthur Edwards. 



2.816 Indiana Avenue. Chicago. 



THE INTERIORS OF ENGLISH RACING YACHTS.— Ad English 

 correspondent writes as follows concerning the interiors of racing 

 yachts: "On a 5-tonner, with two men or two men and a boy, if the 

 owner is a sporting man he will make passages with one or two 

 friends, and they will live on board for two or three months in sum- 

 mer, off ami on, racing at different ports, twenty to twenty-five starts, 

 and itis wonderful how little fittings— judiciously disposed by a de- 

 signer who is a yachtsman-will make them comfortable chough; 

 perhaps just as much so as if the yacht were lined and had consider- 

 able woodwork fittings. All sleep in folding, iron-framed cots, with 

 Stretched canvas, which can unship if necessary for a race in light 

 winds, being placed face to face, with bedding between, roped to- 

 gether and sent on board of some useful cruiser. There would be 

 seats with lockers inside, and cushions, and two cellaret lockers in 

 the cabin. A 3-tonner would be similarly fitted, with one or two beds 

 less, and a second hand, usually a boy, in a hammock forward. In a 

 fast cruiser of 6>£ to 7ft. beam, or in a modern 10. there are good op- 

 portunities for nice fitting up without much extra weight, But in all 

 small racing yachts the forward bulkhead has to be so far aft to 

 accommodate a large and hard-worked crew for four months, that 

 the design does not show up well from tbe ownei 's point of view, in 

 20 tons and over this does not appear so much, as part of this large 

 forecastle is encroached on by a stateroom on one side and forward 

 of saloon for skipper, and also a sailrootn, if a racer, while in a cruiser 

 the latter would be the owner's or guests' room." 



PETROLEUM AS FUEL.— The large ferry boat Solano, run by the 

 Central Pacific Railway Co.. carries two tanks of petroleum con- 

 nected by pipes with the furnaces. Tbe oil is driven in by asteam jet, 

 and burns rapidly. The cost of running has been much reduced since 

 oil was substituted for coal. A late issue of the Pall Mall Gazette 

 speaks as follows on the same subject: "It would indeed be the irony 

 of fate if our war ship-i of the future should draw their supply of fuel 

 from the oil w^ells of Baku instead of from the collieries of Northum- 

 berland and Durham. That the tendency has already shaped itself 

 in that direction there is no question. For years the steamers on the 

 Caspian have burned petroleum instead of coal, from necessity rather 

 than from choice to commence with, it is true: but it is now ad- 

 mitted that petroleum is far away superior to coal for the purpose. 

 And the matter has at last been seriously brought before the Royal 

 United Service Institution by Admiral Selwyn. who states that by the 

 use of liquid fuel a vessel could carry twice as much power of pro- 

 pulsion as a vessel with coal, and foil steaming for twentv-four days 

 could be carried on where now it is limited to four. 'The change 

 from the use of coal to oil could he made without any alteration of 

 boilers or engines other than what could be done by a ship's own ar- 

 tificers and engineers. In fact, each ship would be six times as effec- 

 tive as now. Fortunately, we have oil wells in India, and under the 

 circumstances the sooner they are developed the better." 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y". C.-The club book for 1885 comes to us with 

 a neat and shipshape cover of canvas, embossed with the emblem of 

 the club, a style other clubs would do well to follow instead of the 

 accustomed laney bindings. The book itself is more complete than 

 ever before, containing a good deal of information of value to all 

 yachtsmen. We have noticed before the rules for colors and salutes 

 adopted by the S. C. Y. C. and several other clubs, but we call atten- 

 tion to them again on account of the many inquiries received on the 

 subject. Those given are the standard, and should be adopted by 

 the smaller clubs, whose practices in such matters are usually very 

 lax. The entire book has been thoroughly revised and corrected this 

 season. The club list of members includes 220 nam ps. while there 

 are 96 yachts enrolled. These include 13 steamers, 15 schooners, 18 

 cutters, 23 sloops, and 27 open boats. _Ou the list is the club yacht 

 Venture, a boat of 16 tons, presented to the club by a member and 

 now kept in commission for tbe use of non-owners among the mem- 

 bers. In most of the club books there is ample room for improve- 

 ment, and we can commend to those concerned in getting them up, 

 the book of the S. C. Y. C. as a model, both in style and matter, the 

 rules there laid down representing the best aDd latest practices of 

 American yachtsmeD. 



L4RCHMONT Y. C. REGATTA.-On July 4 the Larchmont Y. C. 

 will sail their sixth annual regatta over the club courses, the entries 

 being open to Boston, Beverly, Hull, New Haven. New Bedford, 

 Atlantic. Seawanbaka and Eastern clubs. Besides the Connor prize, 

 valued at $750, for sloops, cutters and yawls of Class C, is the Gould 

 cup ($500), open to club yachts only. Tbe time limit is eight hours. 

 As the licet of the S. C. Y. C, will rendezvous at Larchmont on the 

 previous evening, there will be a fine turnout in tne harbor. The 

 Sylvan Glen will leave the foot of East Twenty-third street at 8:15 on 

 Saturday. 



