Joiy 23, 1885.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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SAIL PLAN OF STEAM YACHT "WANDA." 



Y. C with its usual hospitality, bad invited the American Y. C. to 

 rendezvous at their anchorage, and on Wednesday evening most of 

 the steam yachts were an.-hored off Larehmont. Early on Thursday 

 morning the iron steamer Cygnus came up from New York wilh the 

 guests of the club and also a band of music on board, and took up a 

 position just ahead of Flagler's Point. 



The small class, Lucille, Viola and Marion, bad been starred at S, :35 

 A.M. by Mr. Manning, their times being: Lucille, 8:31; Viola,, 8:41; 

 and Marion, 8:45, though tbe latter did not really start uutil 10 A. M , 

 owing to trouble with her machinery. The morning was clear ard 

 bright with little wind, just the day for a pleasure trip over the 

 Sound. At 10:30 the Cygnus sounded her whistle, and again at 10:40 

 went tbe signal for a stare. First over came Skylark at 10:41 ;11, then 

 Radha 10:42:33. "Rival and Norma 10:43:01. Lagonda 10:43:91, Utowana 

 10:44, Sophia 10:45:05, Promise 10:46:46. 



Off Pagoda Point lay two yachts of peculiar appearance, one high- 

 sided and black, with three masts and a yellow smokestack, and one 

 alow black and white stripe on the water, also having three masts. 

 They lay together for a time, Aida and Stiletto, then the white aod 

 black one started, making a turn in and out and leaving a white wake 

 that looked like a sea serpent, of which she was the head. Over the 

 line she went at 10:47:12, and a minute latter had passed the nearest 

 one of her rivals, the Promise. A minute and a half brought her beside 

 Lurline, a minute more by Sophia, one more and Utowana was 

 astern, and so until after 1034 minutes from the start she passed the 

 leader, Kadha, and took the head of the fleet, and shortly after she 

 was bull down ahead. Aida was last to start, crossing at 10:51:40. 

 All tbe yachts carried large numbers ou each side, so that they were 

 easdy picked out by all, A strong flood tide was running in the 

 Sound until after 2 P. M., which was greatly to the disadvantage of 

 the. smaller yachts, as they made most of the run against it, while 

 Atalanta and No. 216, starting later, had more of the ebb. 



The latttr boat, not yet named, is the latest production of the 

 builders of Atalanta, and is intended to be very fast. She is 166ft 

 overall, 153ft. waterline, 22ft. beam, 13ft. depth of hold, with a high 

 side, curved stern and no bowsprit. Her sides are painted a dead 

 black, without gloss. Several new features are embodied in her 

 design. She has triple expansion engines, her keel is cut away aft 

 for a third oE its length, and she has a balanced rudder. She 

 and Atalanta were started by Com. Monroe at 11: !0 A. M.. crossing 

 at 11:35:00 and 11:33:39 respectively. Just as Aida was timed, 10:51 :40, 

 the. Cygnus turned her wheels for a chase, in which she promised to 

 rival Stiletto. Orienta started with the fleet, but was not entered 

 and towed a steam launch 



By the time that Stratford Light was reached, 1 P. M., the Stiletto 

 wan far out of sight, Radha was second boat and Cygnus was next to 

 her. The Orienta was passed here, then the order of the others was 

 Lagonda, Rival, Sophia, Utowana, Skylark, Norma, Promise, Lurline. 

 Aida. For nearly an hour tbe big steamer ran almost alone, 

 with Radha in sight ahead, but about 2 P. M. Atalanta 

 was sighted astern. It was not until 3:52, however, that the 

 yacht really passed her and soon left Radha as well. 

 At 2:30 Marion bad been made out from the Cygnus. As one 

 time the Edith and Falcon came out to meet the racers, and off 

 New Haven the lost stakeboat that brought trouble to the New Haven 

 Y. C , the Smith Bros., was seen cruising about with a party on board. 

 At 3:3C the Cygnus bad passed Cornfield Light, and at 4:15 she passed 

 Bartlett's Reef Lightship, which point Radha had left at 4:05 and At- 

 alanta at 4:12. Soon after Atalanta passed Radha, while the latter 

 made an awkward blunder. After rounding Sarah's Ledge buoy 

 properly she was in doubt as to the course and went off to turn an- 

 other buoy at a distance, losing some 10 minutes or more. After she 

 arrived the others came in one by one for over an hour. Little Lucille 

 was first boat in at 3:26:10, Stiletto, 3:37:06; Atalanta, 4:27:29; Radha, 

 4:29:06; 246, 4:41:01; Lagonda, 4:55:52; Aida, 5:15:11; Rival. 5:20' 

 pnia, 5:27:10; Utowana, 5:29:40; Viola, 5:30:37; Skvlark, 5:58:53. Norma 

 lost a cylinder head and put into Bridgeport, Promise blew out her 

 packing and brought up in the same port, Lurline did not finish and 

 Mai ion arrived late and was not timed. The complete times of those 

 that finished were: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Stiletto 10 47 12 3 37 06 4 49 54 



Atalanta 1133 39 4 27 21 4 53 50 



No. 246 1135 09 4 4101 5 05 52 



Lagonda 10 43 21 4 55 52 6 12 31 



Utowana 10 44 00 5 29 40 6 45 40 



Radha 10 42 35 4 29 06 5 46 31 



Lucille 8 37 00 3 26 10 6 49 10 



Sophia 10 45 05 5 27 10 6 42 05 



Rival 10 43 04 5 20 02 6 36 68 



Skylark 10 4111 5 58 53 7 17 42 



Aida 10 50 00 5 15 11 6 25 11 



Viola., 8 4100 5 30 37 8 49 37 



Stiletto won the Isherwood and Commodore's Cup, and would have 

 taken more except for the restrictions on coil boilers and pressure. 

 The head tide made it impossible to make a high record, and she was 

 run easily with two stops during the race. The Kinney Cup goes to 

 No. 246, subject to remeasurement; the entries for first and third 

 class Emery Cups did not fill, and second class goes to Rival. The 

 Lundborg Cup goes to Utowana, 



In the Kinuey, Emery and Lundborg systems certain theoretical 

 speeds are laid down for each length of waterline, tbe boat showing 

 tbe greatest gain over her tabulated speed being the winner. Thus 

 Rivals time allowed by the Emery table was 6.40.12, while her real 

 time was 6. 36.58, or 3.14 under the tabular time. 



Lucille entered a protest against Viola, on the ground that her 

 boiler is virtually a coil. The times at the finish were taken by Mr. 

 J. P, Loekwood and Captain Lundborg, from the Pequot House dock. 



None of the IS knot boats that we hear of every spring when trial 

 trips are made, happened to be present on ibis occasion. Stiletto's 

 time for fhfc entire distance averaged 16.5 knots, while the rate runs 

 frcm that down to 11 knots, with an average nearer the latter figure 

 for the whole fleet. In every way the race was a success, and gave 

 satisfaction to contestants and spectators. The Cygnus showed a 

 speed second only to Stiletto, Atalanta and No. 246. 



In the evening the yachtsmen and tbe guests from the Cygnus were 

 at the Pequot House, where a hop was given, with fire-works from 

 the fleet in the harbor. 



Tbe second day of the cruise opeued with a dense fog, which only 

 cleared away at noon. Only one boat was entered in the launch race 

 to Shelter Island for the Manning prizes, the Surpi ise. a Herreshoff 

 launch 84ft. long, belonging to the Atalanta. She ran across, followed 

 by the fleet, making the twenty-sis miles in two hours. Stiletto 

 started in the morning for Bristol. On the arrival of the fleet, races 

 between the yacht's boats were rowed, the first being for cutters, 

 Rival's boat manned by Phillips and Anderson winning, with 

 Utowana, Promise and Lagonda in order. The dingy race was won 

 by John Engstroin of the Sentinel, with Promise, and Utowana follow- 

 ing. In the gig race Utowana's crew, Peterson, Matheson, Johnson 

 and Damin, with engineer Van Sehack as coxswain, won. The orther 

 boats were from the Tillie, Atalanta and revenue cutter Grant. In the 

 evening a display of fire-works took place, and also a hop at the 

 Prospect House. 



On Saturday the Cygnus brought her passengers baek to New York, 

 while the fleet disbanded, the yachts going various ways. Great 

 credit is due the regatta committee, Messrs. Q. W. Hall, Thomas 

 Manning and J. P. Loekwood for the manner in which all the arrange- 

 ments connected with the yachts and the steamer were carried out. 



WANDA. 



THE Wanda, whose sail plan is given above, marks a new depart- 

 ure in American steam yachting, as she is of a type as yet little 

 known here, the auxiliary steam yacht, not merely fast under steam, 

 but with sailing powders of a higher class than usual in American 

 yachts. Wanda is intended for general cruising off shore, as well as 

 on the Sound, and to that end it was desirable that she should handle 

 well under sail alone in case fuel fell short, or on a long run the wind 

 proved strong enough to dispense with steam. In model she differs 

 radically from American practice, as much so as the cutter does 

 from the centerboard and in a somewhat similar manner. Her mid 

 ship section, on a beam of 18ft., shows a depth of hold of lift. 6in., 

 with a draft of 10ft., and in shape resembles that of a modern cutter 

 simply spread apart to give the requisite beam. From keel to plank- 

 sheer on each side the outline is almost an are circle, making a V 

 with the sides convex instead of straight. The waterline fore and 

 aft is very fine and the ends lean, and while there is ample displace- 

 ment, the great depth and the careful manner in which it is distributed 

 have led many to predict that she would not carry her load. Every- 

 where throughout the boat easy flowing lines are noticeable, a keel 

 rockered fairly and running with an easy sweep into forefoot to 

 stem, clean buttock lines leading into alight and graceful counter, 

 long, but handsome; and a fair sheer coupled with good freeboard 

 While she has not the extreme sheer of some American boats and her 

 sides are higher than we are accustomed to, the handsome ends re- 

 move any appearance of heaviness or any boxy look. 



Mr. John Harvey, her designer, came here a few years since with a 

 reputation earned abroad as a builder and designer of fast yachts, 

 since which he has given us a fleet that his made an American repu- 

 tation for him— Bedouin, Oriva, Wenonah and Ileen— -and now in his 

 efforts in a different field he promises to be no less successful, and to 

 establish a standard in style that some of our steam yachtsmen can 

 study to their advantage. 



Not only is Wanda of a new type, but she is no less noticeable as 

 being the first steel yacht built in New York, a? well as the first metal 

 boat turned out from the new yard of Messrs. Piepgrass & Pine, at 

 Greenpoint. This firm, who built Yolande, Oriva, Wenonah, Bedouin 

 and Ileen, all wooden boats of superior construction, have lately put 

 in an entire new plant for working steel and iron, which branches of 

 the business they will add to wooden yacht building. Mr. Pine's ex- 

 perience hi New York is well known, and Mr. Piepgrass brings into 

 the concern a thorough knowledge of iron shipbuilding, acquired in 

 European yards. This, their first work, is in every way creditable to 

 them. Wanda's dimensions are: 



Length over all 143ft, 



Length on waterline 127ft. 



Beam, extreme 17ft. 



Depth of hold . . . lift. ein. 



graft lOft.Sin. 



Displacement 190 tons. 



staysail 3l2ft , jio 327ft. and mainstaysail 281ft„ or 3.6S3 sq. ft, in 

 lower sads. In sailing the stack can be turned down as shown and a 

 stay set up for a nig maintopmast staysail. The rail is provided with 

 several pairs of sockets for davits so that the positions of the boats 

 may be shifted, as the coal is used from various points, to trim the 

 ship properly. The peculiar rig of Wanda with her big yellow stack, 

 long stern and generally English appearance make her 'a noticeable 

 object among our yachts. Her trial tiip lately was very successful, 

 but she has not yet raced, being used by her owner for cruising and ass 

 a summer home. 



of and for 10ft. fore and aft of the engines and boilers, The plating 

 is of 14 and 5-1 6 in. steel. Five bulkheads of 316m. steel divide the 

 hul] into six watertight compartments. The engines, furnished by 

 Mr, J, W. Sullivan, of Ne,v York, are of the usual tvpe of two cylinder 

 fore and aft compound, 20 and 38 by 24, with a steel shaft 8in. in 

 diameter, and a four-bladed wheei 8ft. 6in. iu diameter and 14ft. pitch. 

 Mr. David M. Nichols designed and built her two boilers of steel, 

 horizontal tubular, 9ft. 6in. long, 6ft. 6in. wide, and 9ft 6in. high. 

 Each has 187 steel tubes 2J4in, in diameter, and 35ft. of grate surface. 

 Below the crew's quarters are placed forward, with the officers' rooms 

 abaft them. Aft of the engines is the main cabin, owner's stateroom 

 and ladies' cabin. The galley is on deck, in the after part of the pilot 

 house. The sail plan includes a fore33.il of 690ft.. rnainsad of 1,072ft., 



THE GOELET CUP RACES. 



r PHE following circular, issued by the New York Y. V. gives the 

 J. particulars of race for the Goelet Cups, open to schooners aud 

 sloops of the New York Y. C, that have not hauled out to clean bot- 

 tom after the cruise hap begun. A schooner prize of a $1 .000 cup and 

 a sloop priza of a $500 cup are offered as usual by Mr. Ogdeu woelet. 



The race to take place in the early part of the cruise, as before, on 

 the day after the arrival of the squadron at Newport; the day to be 

 named by the flag officers, probably Monday, Aug. 3. And it is hoped 

 that, as heretofore, every yacht present will be entered. To be sailed 

 under the rules, and with the timeallowanceof the club. The course- 

 for this race will be triangular and about 45 miles long, starting from 

 Brenton's Reef Lightship or its vicinity, and will he announced by 

 signal from the judges' boat on the morning of the race, and if pos- 

 sible from the flagship also, as follows: The letters K, V. of the In- 

 ternational Code will signify a course from the Brenton's Reef Light- 

 ship to and around the buoy on the north end of Block Island, leav- 

 ing it on the port hand; thence to and around a mark displaying a 

 red flag anchored about z% miles W,S,W. from the Lighthouse at 

 West Island, leaving it on the port hand; thence to the starting line 

 passing to the southward of the Lightship. At the start and finish 

 the yachts will pass between the Lightship and the judges' b at sta- 

 tioned to tbe westward of it. The letters S. M. will signify a coi 

 from a line drawn from the Red buoy off Beaver Tail ami the judges' 

 boat anchored to the south of it, to and around the Sow and PLg^ 

 Lightship, leaving it on the port hand; thence to and around the ji-jn.' 

 and Chickens Lightship, leaving it ou the port hand; thence fco. the- 

 Breni on's Reef Lightship, passing to the southward ot it ami U-< ween, 

 the Lightship and the julges' boat. The measurement of yswl' 

 already measured should accompany entries. Entries wilt h" < . 

 ceived by the secretary at the club house, 67 Madison ava«ue, 

 Tuesday, July 28, and on the flagship, addressed to the commapi 

 officer, up to 8 o'clock A. M. on the morning of the race. Own. .: 

 requested to send in their witries as early as possible to facilitate the 

 labors of the regatta committee. 



The sailing directors are as below: The preparatory signal will be- 

 from The judges' boat at the starting point at 9:4.5 and the starting 

 signal at 10 o'clock precisely if possible. The signal for stariinji 

 be as follows, viz; Preparatory signal.— One long blast of the ^ 

 whistle and at the same time the United States ensign will be lo~, 

 from the bow staff and a blue Peter set in its place. The starry-Ten 

 minutes later there will be a second blast of the whistle. tjv> Bltu- 

 Peter will he lowered and the yacht club signal set in is plae-e. when 

 the time of each yacht will be. taken as it crosses the line ' Ten min- 

 utes later there will be a third blast of the whistle, and this Urn - 

 be recorded as the time of any yacht starting in the race k c - ; ,-:,, 

 Note,— That before any signal is given the United States ensign wilt 

 be flying at the bow staff; during the preparatory period a blue Peic.i- 

 aud after the starting whistle the yacht club signal. If possible a 

 short blast of the steamer's whistle will be given when each yacht 

 crosses the starting line. There will be no limit as to the. lime of 

 performance. Yachts sailing the race must carry private signals at. 

 the main peak. In case the judges' boat from anv cause is not at the- 

 finish line yachts will pass close aboard the Brenton's tteef Lightship 

 each yacht owner or representative taking the time when the fore-. 

 mast of his vessel, on a line drawn at right angles to the straight 

 course from the last mark, passes the bow of the lightship. 



J. F. Tams, C. H. Stebbins, J. A. Mont ant, Regatta Committee, 



ACCIDENTS ON THE WATER. 



BESIDES the many fatal mishaps to bathers which have already 

 been reported in the papers this season, three accidents of a fatal 

 charact-r have happened to yachting parties, two ot which, at least, 

 should serve as warnings both to the inexperienced and to those in' 

 whose care the safety of others is intrusted. Tua last week in June 

 Prof. Bruton, a gentleman from Buffalo, purchased a yacht (?) in 

 Dunkirk and started with a young man, Mr, Frank White, to sail her 

 40 miles to Buffalo in order to enter the regatta of July 4. Tnis yaehfc 

 (?), the Phantom, was 19ft. long, ?J£fD. beam, with a 26ft. mastl and 

 2lf t. boom, jib and mainsail rig, and carried l,0351bs of iron ore as 

 ballast. She had no life preservers or even an oar or piece of trjarcl 

 that woidd serve to float anv onein case of need. The price p iii 

 her was but $50. Leaving Dunkirk in a heavy sea against the a 

 of the local watermen, while the former owner of the boat came by 

 rail, the little boat made her way almost to Buff do, and about 5, P M 

 of the same day, when off Sandy Point she swamoxl or eaus'aed and 

 at once sunk, drowning both her crew. From all we can "earn of tK-- 

 boatshe was a smooth water trap, utterly unfit for s^awork, unsafe- 

 in competent hands, while neither of her crew were expert sailors 

 The trip they undertook would have been dangerous in any case with. 

 such a boat, and the Phantom disaster must go down with those of 

 the Sophia and Mystery, as due to reckless or ignorant dependence 

 om a type of boat radically bad. for any but a very limited purpose 



An accident of a less common kind occurred on Lake MinnetotiKa 

 Minn., on July 12, in which a steam yacht, the Minnie Cook, having 



