Sept. 34, 1885.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



17B 



In them the kee.l deepens rapidly from the bow. some boats drawing 

 hardly two inches of water at tlie how and more t)ian foiii- feet at the 

 stern. Half way down the keel the centerboanl is inserted. This deep 

 portion of the ki'el afl, which is leebuicallv called the drag, is hiffhly 

 prized bj- the tSshcrnjeu for hokiing the boat up to the wind and in- 

 ereasiag bei- speed in workmg to windward. The euritan is, in a 

 hit?h de«,'ree, an "occasional" boat, built with a special purpose, which 

 she has aduiiraidy tnlfilled, and combiaing all the best results of 

 modern experiments in the science of boat buildins- whether En- 

 glish or American.— 5osfon. Advertiser. 



THE AMERICA'S RACES IN ENGLAND. 



THE London Field of Sept. 12 gives the following account of the 

 America's i aces in her vi^sit to England: 

 Thirty five years have passed away since the yacht America added 

 to the sensation of the "Great Exhibition" year, and it is not surpris- 

 ina: that many wrontr impressions should exist as to what this cele- 

 brated yLicht actually accomplished. It was in 1850 rhat Commodore 

 Stevens and some oiiiers decided to commission tieorge S:eei"S (who, 

 by the way, was the son of a West of England man , but wlio left 

 with bis fathei- for the Stares before he was out of his teens) to build 

 the Anicnca, in order that everythia.a: American, even to yachts, 

 should be represented .at the International Fair. She was liullt some- 

 what on the model of the New York pilot boats, but was longer in the 

 how and shorter iu the run than those famous vessels, the best known 

 of which on this side ot the Atlantic was the Mary Taylor, built by 

 fieorge Steers in 1848. The dimensions of the AnieJ-ica yacht were': 

 Lenelh on waterline, 87-8Et : beam ditto, SS-iJft.; beam extreme, 2S 4ft. ; 

 draft of water air, lift, (Sin. : area of Ij.W.L., 1,953 square feet; area 

 of midsection. 10:2-8 square feet; displacement, 146.6 tons; area of 

 vertical longicudinal section, 86.) square feet; center of buoyancy aft 

 center of length of L.W.L., 4 3ft.; ballast, 45 tons; area of lower sails, 

 5,26:3 square feet. 



DuriDs .Time and .Inly, 1S51, (he America, under jur.y rig, crossed 

 the .Atlantic to Havre, where she took on board her'iiic; spars and 

 bent raciny sails. She left for tJowes July W, and when she got 

 inside the Isle of Wight, it being thick, she let go her anchor when 

 five or six miles distant from (Jowes. On the following mornuig, 

 Jiil.y30. the cutter Lavrock. 7~' tons, built by .1. White, came down 

 from Cowes to have a look at the Tan kee and measure her speed, 

 and was soon gratified, as the laiiter got her anchor at once. Reach- 

 ing for Cowes tlie America soaked out across the wake of Lavrock in 

 the most wondei f :d maimer, and, of course, headreached too. The 

 murder was thus out at once, and the most extraordinary stories 

 were propagated to accoimt f or the close windedness of the"Yankee, 

 the common stury being that she had "a screw in her,'' a means of 

 propulsion just then being introduced, and as yet regarded as some- 

 thing uncanny. However, all these forecastle yarns were soon dis- 

 pelled; but the serious matter was, that Commodore Stevens, having 

 so openly showed his hand, could get no match on. He, by 

 consent of the committee, posted a notice in the K. T. S. house that 

 he would sail any British yacht for a stake of from 1,000 to 10,000 

 guineas; hut this olTer went begeing, and it seemed that there would 

 be no match. The R. Y. S. regatta commenced Aug. 18, with the 

 match for the Queen's Cup. and this was thrown open "to all the 

 world," with the hope that ihe America would compete. However, 

 as there was to be a time allowance, "half Ackti-s' scale," Commo- 

 dore Stevens declined to enter, and the Queen's Cup was won by the 

 cutter Bacchante. Meanwhile. Mr Stepuenson. owner of the lOO-ton 

 schooner Titania, built by Mr. Seott Russell on the "wavedine" prin- 

 ciple, offe-ed to sail the America for £100, ana the olfer was accepted, 

 the match to take place Aug. 38. The members of the H. Y. S.. not 

 liking to risk the possible reproacCi that they Bad not given the 

 stranger a fair chance of entering, decided that the match to be sailed 

 r »und the Isle of vvigh'.Aug. 22, should be without time allowance. 

 The America was ttien promptly entered, although such a contest 

 wa.s not what the owners of the yacht sought. They desired to meet 

 a thorouehly representative British vessel in single combat, anil sail 

 for a good stake. The entries for this, the match round the isle of 

 Wight, were ,as fol'ows: 



Yacht. Tons O. M. Rig. Owner. 



Beatrice Ibl , . ...Schooner Sh- W, F ( arew. 



Volanie 4« Cutter Mr. J. L. Criaige. 



Arrow.... , 84-.., Cutter .Mr. T. Chamberlavne. 



W.\ vern .205 Schooner Duke of Marlborough. 



lone 75 Cutter Mr. Ahnon bill. 



Constance 218 ........Schooner Marquis of Ccnyngham. 



Titama .100 Schooner Mr. k. Stephenson. 



Gipsy Queen... lOO Schooner Sir H. P. Hoehton. 



Alai'ui 193 Cur er Mr. Joseph WhLJ 



Mona 82 Cutter Lord Alfred Pa^et. 



Brilliant 393 Hark Mr. G. Holland .Ackers. 



America ..800 ...Schooner Mr. J. C. Stevens. 



Bacchante...... 80 Cutter Mi\ B. H. .Jones. 



Freak ... 60 Cutter Mr. \Vm. Curling. 



Stella 63 Cutcfr Mr. R. Ifrankland. 



Eclipse 50 Cutter Mr. H. S. Fearon. 



Fernande 127 t:)utter Major M. Martyn. 



Aurora 47 Cutter Mr. LeMarchant Thomas 



The Titania. Stella and Fernande did not start, but the others got 

 away before a h'gbt westerly wind at 10 o'clock, 'the Volanie— the 

 most advanced in model of the cutter type among the entries— led 

 the fl' Ct out to the Noman Buoy, when they hauled up a bit, and the 

 Yankee at once began to march up to her. The America continued 

 to haul her wind, but Volante and the others reached along for the 

 Nab Light, that being a usual mark to clear in sailing round the Isle 



her to windward of the whole fleet. They worked up alongshore 

 across Sandown Bay to Dunnose In a nice breeze and slight heave of 

 sea, the America holding her place to windward. However, the wind 

 fell lighter, and the latter tried her flying jib, but the jibboom broke 



match), which had stuck to the America aU the way round, was 

 keeping the weather gauge of the whole fleet, including the America. 

 The cutters were now worlsmg the shore very close to shun the flood 

 tide, and Volante and Freak by these means had got to windward of 

 the .America: the latter not liking risking such shrimper's casts, had 

 reached off into the tide two or three times. Near Ventnor the Arrow, 

 when close up to Volante, went ashore, and Alarm, cutter, and some 

 of the schooners went to her aid. It was dreadfully slow work 

 beating up against the torrent of tide pouring roiind 1;he head- 

 lands, and the cutters were workmg in very close quarters in shore 

 so close that at 3 o'clock off St. Lawrence, Freak, in crossing Volante' 

 carried away the former's bowsprit, thus three of the most formid- 

 able of the competitors were di.=posed of. The Wildfire weathered 

 St. Catherines at 3:45 and the America 3:59 and one of the English 

 oui ters at 4:10. The America now made a long cast off on starboard 

 tack, the tide being easier, and when she stood in again she weathered 

 the Wddfire at 5:25 in Freshwater Bay, and the nearest of the other 

 yachts was the Aurora, about seven miles distant. The America 

 bore away around the Needles at 5:47, pretty well an hour before 

 Aurora got there. However, the wind feU light, and rurning up the 

 west channel hi the evening the sternmost division brought up the 

 young flood and closed up a great deal. They drifted vast Cowes and 

 ended the match at: 



America 8 37 00 Bacchante fi 30 00 Brilhant.. i 20 00 



Aurora ... 8 55 00 Eclipse n 45 m 



The Brilliant, squai-e -rigged on her three masts, finished after mid- 

 night, and was the flr.st of the English schooners, but, as before ex- 

 plained, several went to help tow Arrow oft'. The owner of the 

 Brilliant objected to the prize being awarded to the America, on the 

 ground that she did not go outside the Nab; but the objection was 

 overruled, as the Nab was not mentioned in the instructions. 



In the match with the Titania, in a fresh breeze twenty miles to 

 leeward and beat back, the America won by 52min. She was then 

 sidd lo Lord de Blaquiere for £4,00ft, and she spent the winter in the 

 Mediterranean. With an Englisn crew in 1852 she beat the Swedish 

 yacht Svering, but in a match round the island was beaten by the 

 Arrow and Mosquito, the tinish being very close, as follows: 

 Arrow 6 58 42 Mosquito 6 58 44 America 7 OS 05 



The America sailed no more matches until 1860, when she was 

 brought out with shortened masts and lengthened gaffs. In 1S61 she 

 sailed a memorable match with the Alarm schooner, and was beaten 

 half an hour; but as she had a scratch crew on board, her defeat was 

 by no means conclusive. 



THE SALE OF THE PURITAN.-As the Puritan was built onlv to 

 compete m the Cup races, and as she was the property of a dozf u 

 .oamers, it was decided to sell her at once in otder to settle up the 

 hi»K"ness. She had been advertised for a week past, and on ypster 



.daff siorning Draper's large auction room on Front street, New York 

 was crowded with yachtsmen, most of them actuated, as it proved 

 mert-ly by curiosity. About noon Mr. Edward Burgess and Mr" 

 Drap .r momifed the auctioneer's stand and the latter read an inven- 

 tory of the Pufijap's outfit, her ballast being given at 17 tons inside 

 aud .-^7 tons outside. The first bid was $8,000, going to S 10.000, from 

 which It rose to Slr2.000, hanging there a long time, and then reachiug 



. 513,000. Two more bids brought the price to $13,500, at which sum she 

 was knocked down to Mr. Burgess for a Boston yachtsman whose 



jiame was withheld. The Puri.t.aii will be taken at once to Boston 



THE BRENTON'S REEF RACE. 



nj'^HE fourth race for the Brentou's Reef Cup, the first .since Idler 

 JL won it in )876. was siurtcd on Monday last at 4:47 P. M., the only 

 competitors being the American keel schooner Dauntless and the 

 Britiih cutler (icnesta. The cup was first ofl'ered by t'om. Bennett 

 in 1S72, as a perpetual rhallenKe cup to be sadcd for over a course 

 from Sundy Hook Lightship to Brenton's Reet Lightship and return; 

 or over the same course, starting from Brenton's Reef, the entire 

 dist nice being about 275 miles. If won by a foreign yacht it must be 

 sailed for over a ccurse from the Needles, Isle of Wight, to Cher- 

 bourg, France, and return. 



The fli-st race was sailed in 1872 and was won by Rambler, owned 

 by Mr, J. M. Forbes, and Madeleine, owned by Jacob Voorhis, .Jr. 

 Madeleine giving up and runtung into New London. Madileine chal- 

 lenged again, and on Sept. 19 both boats' started, this time from 

 Brenton's Reef Ltghtship. Rambler won by four hours. When she 

 changed owners the cup reverted to the New York Y. C. and was not 

 sailed for until 1876. On July 27, Idler. Mr. S. J. Colgate; America, 

 Mr. B. F. Butler; Wanderer, Mr. .lames Stillman and Tidal Wave. 

 Slr.vvm. Voorhis, started from Sandy Hook, the Countess of Dulferin 

 sailing with them but not in the race. Jdh^r won, beatiug the others 

 badly. .Since then yachtsmen have been content to leave the cup in 

 the club lockers until Genesta stirred them up. 



Messrs. Busk and Tams went down on the tug Scandinavian on 

 Monday afternoon, while on the big iron tug Ocean King were a 

 number ot reporters from the Nesv York papers who had chat tered 

 her to carry tiiera over the course. The tug Luckenbach was down 

 the Bay with a tow. but she was met coming in and the passengers 

 were transferred from the Scandinavian to the Luckenbach. Taking 

 Dauntless iu tow they proceded down, while the Ocean King took 

 Genesta. The first whistle blew at 4:50 and the start at 6 P. M. There 

 was no wind nt the time and it was 5:13 before Genesta crossed with 

 jibtopsatl and clubtopsail set. At 5:23 Dauntless went over with 

 main cnibtopiail and maintopraast st-aysail set in addition to all 

 lower sail. 



Cfenesta rounded Brenton's Reef lightship about 9:.30P. M. on Tues- 

 day, Dauntless not oelng reported. At 8:4S A. M., \Vcdnesday, 

 Genesta passed Quogue with topmast hou,sed, and at noon was off 

 Fire Island, beating against a westerly g >le. At 2:30 P. M. Dauntless 

 passed Quogue. No news of the finish had been received in the city 

 up to our time of going to prtss (5:30 P. M.), but Genesta must win by 

 a large margin. 



BEVERLY Y. C. 



THE 106th regatta, open to N. E. Y. R. Association, was sailed at 

 Nahanl, Sept. 19. The day opened with a strong W. by N. 

 breeze, constantly increa. ing in force, till at noon, the starting time, 

 it was blowing very hard, anri the small boats were all busy reefiog. 



Race was sailed under the rules of the N, E. Y. R. Association, and 

 the preparatorj- .enu was flrcd promptly at 11. the gun tor first class 

 following five minutes later. 



Witch and Seabkd were off on the flash for the Graves vWiistling 

 buoy with the wind way aft on starboard quarter. Witch with top- 

 mast housed, Seahird breaking 'out a small jiblopsaU. They were 

 closely followed by Atalanta, breakinsr out balloon jibtopsail'on the 

 line; then the catboat Posy reefed .but carrying a jib; Erin and Nellie 

 under small topsa Is, and Gem apparently overpowered by her jib 

 topsail. 



The little cutter Otter was close on Gem's heels swinging her light 

 Mtes handily; then Secret reefed down, while Bessie brought up the 

 rear. 



The latter's big rie seemed too much for her; under lower sails and 

 working topsail she heeled wa.y over and moved very slowly. 



In the second class the 10 boats started well together and followed 

 the larger boats, nearly all of them were reefed. 



The third class boats had a beat to start with , their com-se being 

 round Sunk Rock and the fish weir to Lobster Rock Buoy, and back 

 round Flip Ledge Buoy, 4 0-10 miles. 



Flora Lee. double-reefed, was almost on the \m'> at the starting 

 signal, and was off at once, closely followed by Guenn, Flirt. Psyche 

 and Undine. Beating up the Nahant shore. Flora Lee increased her 

 lead, i^syche, single-reefed, a good second, closely pressed by Flirt 

 under whole sail, the others sii gle-reefed not far behind. In Lynn 

 Bay they got it vei-y heavy. ITndme was overpowered and had lo 

 ndihdraw, while Pstche had to lay to and pump out, falling hack to 

 last place, ?ntl Guenn went to second but could not catch the Uttle 

 slabsider. In second class Thlsbe was just able to fetch back, the 

 rest all had to make a hitch, and by the time they noared Nahant the 

 puffs were vt-ry severe and several of the boats were overpowered and 

 withdrew. Nettle got within a quarter of a mile of the finish, and 

 sceins: she was beaten, went bade for home. Pet ran in to leeward 

 of the line and evidentiv started to anchor and clue reef, but was 

 caught iQ a heavy putf just to windward of a boat at anchor; her 

 sheet being eased off the end of her boom grazed the mast of the 

 other boat, and in an instant she UDset and grradually sank, but so 

 slowly that she \\ as first towed into shallow water. First class had a 

 hard beat to Winihrop Bar and a run home. Atalanta spun out a big 

 lead and carue home under jib and mainsail. After a while came 

 Gem with jibtopsatl up, then Sea Bird and Bessie and the others 

 strasTgiing after. Secret with an additional reef in and only Otter 

 carrying light kites. Ntsliie parted jib sheets and withdrew. Sum- 

 mary: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length. Actual. Corrected. 



Atalanta, c. b. sip., 1. R. Thomas... . 27.00 2 14 13 2 03 53 



Gem. k. sip., H. W. Savaere 25 .11 3 29 15 2 17 46 



Seahird, c. b. sip., C L. Joy 23.08 3 30 19 2 14 57 



Bessie, k. sip., C. P. Curtis 2«.02 2 30 28 2 20 49 



Witch, k. cutter. B. B.Crowuinshield..22. 10 2 33 66 2 18 48 



Otter, k. cutter, P. Chase 23.06 3 34 ;J3 3 18 57 



Erin, c. b. sip.. H. J. Cavanagh 26.06 2 41 04 2 30 13 



Posy, c. b. oat, R. G. Hunt 22.00 2 41 47 2 25 32 



Secret, c b. cat, E. F. Linton 32 06 2 63 00 2 -37 24 



NeUie, k. sip., A. J. O'Leary 2S.08 Withdrew. 



SECOND CLASS. 



Thisbe, cat, S. O. Freeman 20.10 J 37 12 1 15 16 



Zantho, sip , H. M. Sears 20.08 1 31 03 1 18 56 



Wobe, cat, J. R. Chadwick 20.01 1 32 15 1 19 .34 



Comus, cat. J. Newcomb 19 01 1 37 08 1 23 ''S 



Crusader, cat, A. Wdson 19.01 1 ,37 12 1 23 27 



Nettle, cat, W. M. Mayherry 20.04 Withdrew. 



Cosey, eat, Burapus & Cane. 20.01 Withdrew 



Joker, cat, Geo. Coffin 20.02 Withdrew 



Scamp, cat, H. Gray.... 18.041^ Withdrew. 



Pet, cat. J. W. McFarlane 19.08 Withdrew 



48 34 

 50 84 

 49 00 

 51 37 



THIHD CLASS. 



Flora Lee, cat, D H. Lincoln 16.09 59 16 



Guenn, cat. W. L. Dearborn 17.06 1 00 49 



Flirt, cat, J. W. HUdreth 15.06 1 01 00 



Psyche, cat, P. S. Sears : 17.05 l 01 56 



Lmdine, cat, H, French 17.02 Withdrew 



Atalanta, Thisbe and Flora Lee take first prizes. Seahird, Zantho 

 and Flirt second prizes. 



First class keds had a race for a flae among themselves Gem win- 

 JuTge-s^boarB^^'" Jeffries, Ellertry Lodge. Geo. B. Inches. 



■ LADIES AT THE HELM.-Raees have been sailed in this country 

 m which ladies h ive formed part of the crew; but the first race on 

 record m which ladies have steered the boats has lately been sailed 

 in England. We copy the following account from the London Morn- 

 ing Post: "One of the most interesting races sailed for some time 

 came off at Portsmouth on Saturday in connection with the Roval 

 Portsniouth Corinthian Y. 0. It was a match for service yachts 

 steered by ladies, the first prize being the Grace Darling Bangle pre- 

 sented by Mr. Julian, Sr.; the second prize, a handsome Norwegian 

 belt, presented by the club; and the tlurd prize, a silver bangle pre- 

 sented by Mr. J. C. Curtiss. Although there was a very strone'wind 

 and a heavy sea running, five boats started, and the start was one of 

 the best this season, as far as service boats are concerned, the Chip 

 and Duchess being over the line a very tew seconds aftcthegun 

 closely followed by Asia Minor and Ariadne, the Elma being the onlv 

 boat which got a bad start. The course was from the Club Signal 

 btaiion round the Spit Buoy, East Measured Mile Buoy, back roimd 

 the Spit and Fairway Buoy, twice round, but as the wind was so 

 strong and the sea running so high the committee decided to shorten 

 course to once round. The result of the race was as follows : Asia 

 lor, steered by Mrs. Carre (wife of Lieut. Carre, H.M.S. Asia\ 3h 

 u iV o ^"'i ^^?'^;..^*®'"'e'^ ^^^'■s- Hume fwifeof Lieut. Hume, 

 H.-M S. Diike of W^ellmgton), ah. 19m. .31s. ; Ariadne, steered by Miss 

 bcott, -ih. 28m. 3s. ; Chip, steered by Mrs. Watscm (wife of Commander 

 \Vat.son, H.M.S. St. Vmcent), 3h. mm. Is , and Elma, steered by Mrs 

 Burney (wife ot Lieut. Burney, H.M.S. Excellent), 3h. 54m. 33s. The 

 way the ladies handled the boats was the admiration of many yachts- 

 men and others, and it is to be hoped that this is the beginning of a 

 series of races of the kind, as no doubt the ladies can show as good 



CORINTHIAN Y. 0., FALL MATCHES.— The annual' fall matches 

 of the Coriuthian Y. C. were saUed at Marl:)lehead Sept. 13. 



FIRST CLASS CEXTERBOAimS. 



Atalanta, Isaac Thomas . . 

 Leona, Louis Malm 



Length. 



28.08 



27.07 



FIRST CLASS KBKLS, 



Bessie. C, P. Curtis 28.06 



Mavis, J. H. Proctor 37.03 



Aeolus. J. C. Mills 28.03 



Actual, 

 1 45 13 

 1 56 30 



1 53 04 

 3 16 34 



Corrected. 

 1 44 02 

 1 64 09 



1 5t 44 

 3 13 54 



Did not return. 



57 56 

 58 38 

 58 44, 

 58 41 



SECOND CLASS CENTEHBOAHDS. 



Expert, Lawrence Whitcomb 23 03 3 05 45 



SECOND CLASS KEELS. 



Thelga. A. P. Thayer ....23.01 1 59 52 



Witch, B. B. Crowiiinshield 22 10 Disabled. 



THIRD CLASS CENTBRBOARDS. 



.loker. George Co Ifln 30.03 1 03 53 



Peri . Henry Park man 19 00 1 05 21 



Dash, A. 8. Browne 19.03 1 04 51 



Comus. John Newcomb 19.01 1 05 36 



Helen, D. C. Holder, Jr 1 11 09 



THIRD CLASS KEELS. 



Carmita. 0. H. W. Foster 20.11 1 09 2j 1 03 59 



Vera, Everett Paine 19.09 1 11 16 1 04 55 



Mona. Herman Parker Ig.lO 1 13 26 1 06 18 



Alma, George AQen 1 26 30 



The Bes sie collided with the Witch at the atai-t, tearing the latter's 

 mainsail a nd breaking her mainboom. The wind was soutbeast, and 

 was quite fresh at the finish . 



THE STEAM YACHT MOHICAN. -We reptildish from the Lon- 

 don /YeZd the following account of the first cruise of tjie new steam 

 yacht Mohican, which, it was reported, wa.s built to come to Auterica: 

 "The Mohican, launched for Mr. John Clark, of CurUiig Hall, Largs, 

 commodore of the Royal Largs Club, which was fully dealt with In 

 these columns a few weeks ago, completed a very successful cruise 

 to Norway on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 2d inst. She was 

 away three weeks, and in that time she steamed exactly 2,600 knots, 

 at an average rate of 121^^ knots per hour, The highest rate taken 

 out of her was liUi knots p^'r hour. The engines worked beautifully, 

 and the unpleasant vioration, so common even in many finely ab- 

 pointed steam yachts, has almost been annihilated in the Mohicaii. 

 Very little bad weather was experienced, and only for four or five 

 hours one day in the North Sea had she to be slowed on account of 

 heavy weather. Strange to relate, the only inconvenience encountered 

 through the vagaries of the weather "was m Largs on the arrival 

 home. Moliiean made her moorings to find a gale blowing off' the 

 shore, a gale which made it impossible to get Mr. Clark and his party 

 landtd for two hours after the anchorage was made. Three days 

 were spent at Copenhagen, two at Bergen, and one and a half at Ler- 

 wick. At one of the stations pleasant exchanges of courtesies took 

 place between the parties in Sunbeam and Mohican, and each was 

 much struck and pleased with the grandly appointed vessel of the 

 other. Mr. Clark's party was composed of a few of his own immedi- 

 ate relations and personal friends, and one and all of them speak 

 highly of the good qualities of the splendid ship which Mr. Geoi^e 

 Watson and the Messrs. Henderson have supplied him with." 



SLOOP RIG VS. CUTTER RIG FOR SINGLE-HANDED SAILING. 

 —I noticed the letter from your correspondent signing himself "Med- 

 way," with regard to the relative merits of cutter and sloop rig. For 

 haudiness in working when sailing single-handeil there is no doubt 

 that one headsail is far preferable to a jib and foresail; however, a 

 single headsail is considered to press a boat more in a seaway than 

 two headsails. I believe, as a rule, broad beamed boats sail' better 

 with one headsail than with a jib and forsail; and, as a proof of this, 

 I may mentiori that the Windermere yachts always carry one head- 

 sail. The headsail of a sloop, if laced to boom, could be made to 

 work itself when tacking, by having an iron horse athwartships in 

 front of the mast; however. I am incliuetl to think that a boom 

 along the foot of such a sail would otdy tend to pin a boat, except in 

 Ught winds, when a boom might be used with advantage. If I were 

 fitting a sailing boat with a single headsail. I should set it flying with 

 halliai'ds, not on a stay from bowsprit end. I should further have 

 three sizes of headsail to suit different strengths of wmd, instead of 

 having one beadsaU fitted with reef points. This may seem a need- 

 less exp^nditure in sails, but I believe a boat is all the oetter for not 

 having a bunch of reefed canvas along her bowsprit. Of course the 

 bow.sprit should be made so that it can he reefed, with a fid hole for 

 each size of headsail. As to whether a sloop requires a longer or 

 shorter bowsprit than a cutter, that depends upon tne position of the 

 center of lateral resistance, which is regulated by the rounding up of 

 forefoot and rake of sternpost.— O. O. Ashwortk in London Field. 



OSHKOSH Y. C— The annual regatta of the Oshkosh Y. C. termui- 

 ated in a victory for the Hattie by 9min. lOsec, vvdth the Carrie Mor- 

 gan second and the Pinafore of Fond du Lac third. In the third class 

 the first prize was taken by the Mary and the second by the Sylvia of 

 Fond du Lac. The following shows the times made by the boats: 



SECOND CLASS. 



Start. Finish. Actual. 



Hattie 3 16 30 4 37 30 3 11 10 



Carrie Morgan 3 19 00 4 40 00 2 31 00 



Pinafore 3 17 40 4 50 00 3 32 20 



THIRD CLASS. 



Mary 8 24 40 3 25 00 1 00 30 



Sylvia 2 24 38 3 50 40 1 26 03 



The judges were H. H. Dodd, Fond du Lac, H. B. Harshaw and Gen. 

 T.S.Allen of this city. Time keepers, Robert Brand, George Has- 

 brou3k. Saturday evening a meeting was held at the Revere House 

 and the following prizes were awarded: Hattie, champion pennant 

 and $15; Carrie Morgan, §15; Pinafore. §10; Mary, glO; Sylvia $5.— 

 Oshkosh Northwestern, iiept. 7. 



SOUTH BOSTON Y. C— The la.st regatta was sailed on Sept. 1.3 

 resultmg as foUows: 



FIRST CLASS KEELS. 



..^ . Actual. Conected. 



Altaire 1 51 51 55 19 



poTC&s L 1 23 50 1 03 01 



Ibex 1 33 30 1 00 22 



Breeze i 14 .37 54 43 



SECOND CLASS KEELS. 



Nydia. 52 33 33 04 



Monarch 56 43 35 15 



;Diana , 55 46 37 01 



Vera 57 50 36 18 



FIBST CLASS CENTERBOARDS. 



^Wilda. 1 18 35 55 08 



Em-Ell-Eye 1 18 14 50 29 



Thisbe 1 18 26 51 52 



THE NEWARK Y. C— A sweepstakes regatta wiU be sailed on 

 Monday, Sept. 28, over the club course in Newark Bay, 10 miles The 

 time allowance is one minute to the foot. There will be five classes' 

 First class, cabin sloops; second class, jib and mainsaO. over 19ft ; 

 third class, jib and mainsail, 19ft. and under; fourth class catboats 

 over 19ft.; fifth class, catboats, 19ft. and under. The start wiU be 

 made at 11 o'clock, A. M. A .special prize will be awarded to the 

 yacht making best actual time over the course. There wih be an en- 

 trance fee of $3 for each boat, payable on enterhig, and all entries 

 must be made by 9:30 o'clock on the morning of the race. All entries 

 to be made to the Chan-man of the Regatta Committee, Edward Hin- 

 denlang, 314 Walnut street, Newark, N.J. E. Hindenlang. Chairman ; 

 E. D. Cameron, A. F. Adams, Hardy Bush, Regatta Committee. 



A MIZZ EN STAYSAIL ON A YA-V\T..-The little yawl Windward 

 has been fitted this summer with a mizzeu staysail, running from the 

 head ot the mizzen mast to the foremast at deck. The main boom Is 

 disposed of by lashing it to the mizzen shroud, the toppinglift ana 

 peak nalliards being stopped to the mast out of the way. The stay- 

 sail can also be set when the mainsail is hoisted on a long reach 

 31r. WUloughby reports that it works very successfully. 



ROYAL CANADIAN Y. C.-The regatta of the R. O. Y. C was to 

 have been sailed on Sept. 7, but after a drift from 11 A. M until 5 

 P. M., in which the sloop vVinoua led, the race was postponed On 

 Sept. 11 the race was sailed, only Aileen, Verve and Or ole starting- 

 Aileea won, beatuig both the others over half an hour takmo- the 

 Prmceof Wales, Lome and Anderson cup;, all of which were" con- 

 tested for in this one race. 



THE WINNING YACHTS IN ENGLAND- -Tara lately arrived at 

 Southampton with 9 flags, 6 of them firsts, flyiuT Irtx came^tdth 

 23 flags Strung from topmast head to taff.-ail, and Marguerite, towed 

 in with her mast carried away, showed a string of 11, 5 being firsts. 



R«^^-^nS^?,n.-";rST; ^"^'^'■^ °° ^ loiie to West, and 



Bedouin will not enter any more races this season. 



iu^^-^^,:~^*^^P"''^'^ match between these two cut- 



„ ^ . ftw.^s c..^ .-u- I ^^'^^ ^ - Warren having declined to sail. 



ttrpe(Mi\ GritXon),QmckBtep (air. Curtis), Penelope (Admu-alByng). TORONTO Y C Thn ..i.^.^. +»..^ n 

 and Vanessa (Mr. WUson)." ^ ^ ^ I Sept 5 hetogwonbyGy^ 



