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FOREST AND STREAM. 



LNov. 12, 1885. 



very polite inquiry as to why we did not give her her right. It was 

 quite as close a shave as one would want as we lufffd to let her pass 

 across our bows, and would have been entirely obviated had the cat- 

 boat kept on her course; tor then our bearlug away would have 

 placed us where we belonged, away on her lee, and she could have 

 kept on clear of everything. By her bearing off she went through 

 our lee, and we had to luff up sharp to let her do it, and a little less 

 room would have brought us in collision. 



The morning dawned cold and raw, with ragged gray .«ky and the 

 wind N. K., just the breeze we wanted for our run westward, and the 

 only question was how much we were going to have of it. But we 

 finally concluded to try It. and were soon dancing merrily along, 

 holding a good wind until away around the point, and well started 

 for Watch Hill, and then the wind left us and we lay and rolled and 

 tossed and whistled for a breeze until the sea breeze caught us and 

 we filled away again. "With the sea bi-eeze the clouds rolled away and 

 the sun came out bright and warm; the wind came strong but steady, 

 so up went topsail and balloon Jib, and we thought ourselves lucky in 

 again iiading so good a breeze to wait us home. So far our Hvinj 

 had been mostly on shore, and we had therefore not run short ol 

 meat and drmk, and as the time flew by we found it convenient and 

 expedient to strengthen the inner man quite frequently with the good 

 things we had both to eat and drink. Our powers of absorption were 

 equal to the occasion, but as nothing stronger than beer was drank, 

 our ideas were still unbef egged, and we could still lay our course. 

 The shades of evening saw us rimning up New London harbor with 

 the wind now about gone, and our main dependence, the tide; but we 

 fl^nally made our moorings, and were again safe and sound at home. 



And here at home were we becalmed for several days. It had been 

 our intention to make a rim to the west, and perhaps be present at 

 the Cup i-aces. but the light winds, or no wind at all, forced the idea 

 to be abandoned : and we could only possess our souls in as much 

 patience as possible until a wind did come. But bevond a sail to 

 Norwich and back again we were finally obliged to give up all idea 

 of further sailing. The lawyer's time was running short, preventing 

 bis staying much longer away from home, and on our return from 

 Norwich he reluctantly had to pack his traps and leave, thus ending 

 all sailing or cruising for the seasan, as the Horse Marine also left 

 soon after to be away for some time. 



And now a word as to our cruise, should any one read this and feel 

 inclined lo follow in our footsteps. It. is simply don't go unless you 

 have a good boat, and are ready to face heavy and squally n-eather. 

 Don t go to Pi-ovidence unless you are willing to put your boat in the 

 foulest water to be foimd in any harbor— water that will foul any 

 paint in a very few days, and with a bottom so soft and slimy that 

 nothing but the heaviest of anchors will hold you. 



The waters of Narragansett Bay are beautiful to look upon. The 

 shores are hned with pleasant olaees to stop, and everything is fair 

 and fine except the wind. That is not to be depended upon; even 

 with a staunch boat ir, is disagreeable to be sailing in a flawy wind, 

 and I have found that I bad rather be outside than ivjthin the"bay. 



I think it may be said our boat was a great success. Her rig was 

 handy— she about steered herself —she was stiff and able, and yet not 

 ,ierky or too quick in her motions for safety and comfort, and she 

 rode lightly and easily for all her low and heavy ballast. We could and 

 did carry sail in all winds we met, never reefing but twice, and then 

 more for comfort than because of absolute necessity. And for a first 

 cruise, so n-as our trip itself a success. We went where we had in- 

 tended to go, had all we wanted and more too for comfort, health 

 and safety aboard our little craft, and met with no serious mishap on 

 the whole cruise. We learned a good deal and laid up stores of ex- 

 perience for f utin-e cruises and put in a pleasant ten days, free from 

 all care or worry, our only drawback being the tlawy \vinds before 

 mentioned and the unavoidable absence of the Engineer and Wand- 

 erer. But another year may see us all together again and our staunch 

 little boat pointing her nose for some distant port, bound out again 

 for a summer's cruise. One of the Boys. 



"WHOSE WATERLOO?" 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Mr. Kunhardt's remarks about landsmen and reporters do not 

 apply to me. although that does not make them seem in any better 

 taste in my estimation. Seven-eighths of Mr. Kiuihardt's article 

 require no answer, as indiscriminate abuse of all who differ with him 

 in opinion is not argument. I shall not take up your time with my 

 own or any one else's opinions; I will only state such facts as I happen 

 to be in po8.session of, and let Mr. Kunhardt draw any inference from 

 them that he may see fit, as even he cannot prove black to be white, 

 unless he starts with false premises. lam delighted to be able to 

 agree with him that the sailor element m the yachting world was 

 pleased with the Puritan-Genesta matches, but I think it will be a 

 surprise to many of them to hear i hat they are all known as "cutter 

 men. ' Pleasant surprise of course. 



As to the first race, a good start is not a matter of luck, it is purely 

 management. If by making a better start than your opponent you 

 force him under your lee and ger, the favorable flaws before he dors, 

 there is no luck about it, but although I watched closely and am not 

 blinded by prejudice, I failed to see a single puff which the Genesta 

 did not get as well as the Puritan, although the Puritan of conrse got 

 them first. The day was very streauy , but as fair for one boat as tne 

 other. This talk about flidces and luck is only baby talk. The 

 steamers bothered one boat as much as the other. If the Puri- 

 tan did sail into .such shoal water that the Genesta could not follow 

 it shows one advantage of the centerboard for oiu waters. How- 

 much should; the Puritan, a new boat with a dozen captains and a 

 comparatively green crew, beat a cutler like the Genesta to satisfy 

 Mr. K? Allowmg five minutes for flukes, five minutes for light air at 

 finish and two minutes for the shoal spot, which I thi ik is allowing 

 enough for any one, there is .still plenty of time left to make a band- 

 some victory for the Pui-itan. 



In all the articles contributed by Mr. K , most of which I have read, 

 I fail to remember an instance where, according to him. a cutter has 

 been fairly defeated by a sloop. Cutters win on their merits, sloops 

 by ' vulgar fluking," whatever that may he, such bigotry as he shows 

 does the cutter cause, which he has so much at heart and has worked 

 so hard for, more harm than good, It is bad pohcy to beUttle an op- 

 ponent, especially when he is liable to get the best of you. 



At the start in the second race the Puritan oroke out her balloon- 

 Oibtopsail before she broke out her spinnaker, which was error num- 

 ber one for her captams. About four mfles from the start the Puritan 

 led the Genesta, although the latter got off about her time allowance 

 ahead (I quote from memory, being too lazy to look up figures.) 

 Genesta jibed over, Puritan, alchough only her spinnaker was draw- 

 ing and Capt. Crocker had hard work to keep the boom on the port 

 side, even with the boom tackle hauled out, failed to follow suit— en-or 

 NO. 2. Error because the wind was on her port quarter, Genesta, 

 with everything drawing, then went by the Puritan like a scalded cat. 

 Just before reaching the stakeboat, Genesta handed her large gaff 

 topsaU and sent up her sprit topsail. Puritan imitated her as to her 

 club topsail, and found out that one of her too numerous captains had 

 seen fit to haiU dow^n her working topsail, which was hoisted and 

 brailed alongside the topmast all ready to sheet home— error No. .i. 

 Puritan with no topsail set handed her spinnaker nearly ten minutes 

 before she need— error No. 4. Puritan rounded stakeboat with top- 

 mast aloft and nolhrag set on it, and sailed that way some time while 

 her captains held a palaver about it - error No. .5. ' Some time after 

 haulmg her wind the Ru-itan obtained the lead again. At the time 

 of the shift of wind made so much of by Mr. K. both yachts were on 

 the port tack with the Puritan ahead, and although at first the change 

 was favorable to the Puritan yet as she was unwilling to come about 

 until the Genesta did, and they both held the port tack until the 

 L,ightship bore so that they could run for it with started sheets, it is 

 evident Dhat every second the Puritan remained on the port tack after 

 She could fetch the lightship it was against hef. After the Genesta 

 came aboui the Puritan stood on for a good half mile further, bemg 

 unable to get about owing to the large number of little bowlines on 

 her forestaysail and jib, which had to be shifted over— error No, 6. 

 Puritan nearly half mile astern of Genesta, although well to wind- 

 ward of her wake, had to pass her again, which she did handsomely 

 for the third time in the same race (her captains having flnailv got up 

 a bit of her board ), coming in a winner by more than a iniuutein spite 

 ot SIX gToss eiTors of judgment, anyone of whir.h, except perhaps ihe 

 first and fifth, would be enouga to lose her a closely contested match 

 1 he only mistake made by Genesta during the race was in carryhag 

 her nibheader t^ mndward, and I am not sure that she dia not gain 

 enough by U between puffs to more than make up for what she may 

 have lost by its lighting. ^ 



I have given a plain, unvarnished statement ot the principal oc- 

 currences of the two races m as few words as I can, and I shall not at- 

 tempt to draw any inference. I have stated the facts, and every one 

 can draw his own inference and be happy, even if his happiness is 

 dependant upon self -deception. The Puritan has never since her 

 laiinch been heeled over within a row of apple trees o£ the vanishing 

 point of her stabihty; she was no wetter than the Genesta (neither 

 was ve.j'y (iry), and during the squall in the second race Capt Crocker 

 did not favor her a hair more than Capt, Carter favored the Genesta 

 but kept her rompiug right along. The vucht of Puritan's size thai; 

 can lie forced to wmdward m a good breeze and a short sloppy sea 

 without spitting is yetto be built. Mr. Kunhardt misleads his readers 

 when he tries to make them believe that the !-;iand of Great Britam is 

 the. center of an everlasting and resistless cyclone, got up especially 

 for the joy and delight of the ■■true yachtsman," who pacws tue'deck 

 of his liitle cutter smoking his briarwood and defying the raginf ele- 

 ments. Pacing the quarterdeck of a little cutter in a gale must be 

 very much like ti-ying to ke«p your balance on top of a spar buoy 



under the same circumstances- easier said than done. Yachting is 

 sailing for pleasure, and there is no plea.sure in sailing in a gale of 

 wind, as every one knows who has ever been there. Cape Cod 



Editor Forest and- Stream: 



In your issue of the 2!>th inst. Mr. Kunhardt. replying to my letter 

 of the preceding issue, says that I ("Reader'") furnish my ow^n answer 

 to the shght criticism I made on his comparison of the Genesta with 

 the Puritan, through the Gracie. But the only answer I furnisned 

 was an intentional statement which should make the case most 

 favorable for him. The error in the original assertion remains. Mr, 

 Kunhardt's present interpretation of his language, which I took ex- 

 ception to, is not permissible— can not be got out of what he said. 

 He declared that in the triangular race the Genesta beat the Gracie 

 worse than the Puntan had ever been able to do, which can only 

 mean that in all the races in which the Puritan and the Gracie took 

 part the Puritan never beat the latter as badly as did Genesta. I 

 took exception to this, and showed that over the same course the 

 Puritan had beaten the Gracie five minutes and better, more than 

 Genesta had done: that in another race, to windward and return, she 

 had beaten Gracie fifteen minutes more; and in a third, the CJoelet 

 Cup race, had beaten her so bad that the Gracie withdrew. These 

 facts being so, the point of my criticism will best be shown by quot- 

 ing the exact statement of Mr. Kunhardt, as follows: "In one race 

 only, in the triangular match outside for the Vice-Commodore's Cup 

 offered to single stickers, did the bold and wholesome cutter ca tch the 

 old-style American sloop as an entry, and then she gave that sloop a 

 drubbing which will never be forgotten, for the Genesta wiped out 

 the sloop Gracie far more effectively than ever Puritan accomplished . " 

 which I submit is incorrect, and very much so. ' 



It would be of no consequence, except that In the article in rmes- 

 tion Mr. Kunhardt appeared to try to show by the Genesta-Gracie 

 race the .superiority of the Genesta to all American sloops and 

 crosses, including the Puritan, in the raat'erof speed. This appeared 

 to be the meaning of that first article. In the later articles Mr 

 Kunhardt has taken a more modest tone. Is it not true, in fact that 

 the Genesta-Gracie race proved nothing at all? because the disparity 

 m size made Gracie's defeat certain. If any importance Is attached 

 fx) that race, then we must go further and arrive at the curious result 

 that if Genesta's defeat of Gracie by 21min. 56sec. proves the cutter 

 superior to the sloop, much more does Puritan's defeat of Bedouin by 

 3femin. (or by one hour in the Goelet cup race) demonstrate the superi- 

 ority of the Puntan type to all cutters, and still more does Puritan's 

 defeat of Bedouin by 43mm. prove the same thing; the fact being that 

 none of the races prove anything. 



As to Scienco, Mr. Kuuhardt clearly is not acquainted with that 

 journal and has not seen the article I quoted. Tlic journal is one of 

 the leading. It not the leading journal of science in America, main- 

 tained by the highest order of ability this side of the Atlantic can 

 produce. As for the article, it is not an "item," but a column descrip- 

 tion of the Puntan, with midship section, etc. It is not in any sense 

 a discussion of the sloop-cutter question, but simply a statement of 

 facts concerning the build of the Puritan and the races she had sailed 

 up to the time of writbig— long before the Cup races took place. The 

 one hour's defeat of the Bedouin is simply one of the facts. 



Mr, Kunhardt (issue of Oct. 39) speaks of the advantage of "size," 

 not clearly stating whether he uses the term loosely, as meaning 

 length, or strictly in its common acceptation of bigness. I assume 

 the latter, simply because it leads up to my question, if .size, perse, 

 is an element of ability and speed, then should we not expect that the 

 Genesta should be decidedly the faster vessel, as she is very nearly 

 43 per cent, larger than the Puritan, her displacement being '145 tons, 

 the Puritan's 105 tone"? Is it unreasonable to suppose that she ought 

 to be faster on this account, other things being equal, and is it unfair 

 to assume that (Jenesta cannot be called speedy in comparison with 

 the Puritan until she has met and vanquished a Puritan of 14.5 tons 

 displacement? Finally, viewing the Puritan-Genesta races as a 

 ■vvhole. is there sufficient groimd for supposing that Genesta could 

 sail at all with such a Puritan? I await your replies with interest. 

 If the last question can be answered in the affirmative the cutter 

 seems to me unquestionably the superior craft. But at present 1 

 cannot see why a true displacement is not the fairest basis of com- 

 pari-son between any two boats m the mat er of tests of speed. The 

 arrangement oC the three dimensions to produce a given capacity are 

 largely optional, and if one hull ©f a certain size (true displacementj 

 « ith the sail power it will carry is driven through the water at a 

 higher .speed than another hull of equal size with the sail power it 

 can carry, why is not the test as fair a one as can be devised, and its 

 results for speed, as valuable? Reader 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



For plain quibbling, Mr. Ciapham bears away the palm. It is dis- 

 ingenuous to pretend now that there is no ditferehce between cutter 

 and sloop, and to believe that "cutters are in England sometimes 

 called slooDS. " Puritan is cutter rigged ; nothing can rule that fact 

 out. It is not honest and straightforward to call her a sloop, for she 

 is not one. Her victory is none the less splendid, none the less credi- 

 table to her designer and owners; but it is a victory for England, not 

 for the United States, in so far a-s the rig and ballast plan at least are 

 concerned. Magna est Veritas et prevalebit. Bia'e Ensign. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I am surprised that there should be so much discussion on the 

 sloop— cutter question. It is easi'y settled, and i^ a technical point of 

 rig only, without regard to broad or narroiv beam, deep or shallow 

 draft, loose foot or laced foot, wide head or narrow head. And a 

 cutter may he described a oue-inasted fore and aft rigged vessel 

 with a j'unuing bowsprit . The double head sail follows as a matter of 

 course, so floes the position of the mast. As for the mainsail, that is 

 not especially characteristic of a cutter, for sloops have used loose- 

 footed mainsails in some parts of the wocld from times Immemorial. 



XIX. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have just received my Forest and Stream for Oct. S9, and note 

 with a sign of regret the conclusion of Mr. Kunhardt's serial story, 

 in which I had become deeply interested, and hoped to see continued 

 until the arrival ot the Galatea next sea-3on, when her victory (for, of 

 course, that she must win is a foregone conclusion) would convince 

 the few doubting readers who still survived. I have been a careful 

 reader of Mr. Kunhardt's articles in the Forest and Stream for the 

 past two years, previous to which I was a strong sloop advocate. 

 Gradually, however, have I been convinced of the <^rror of my ways, 

 passing by easy gradations through the various intermeiliiite stages, 

 from the narrow-minded idolatory of the broad beamed sloops to the 

 fervent worship of the ultra-Kunhardtic cutter. My conversion took 

 place about six months ago, at a time when 1 was "long" of "skim- 

 ming-dishes," being then the tmfortunate owner of two centerboard 

 death-traps, one of which I succeeded in unloading on a benighted 

 heathen at a sacrifice: the other is still in the market (charge regular 

 advertLsing rates for last bne). 



A friend and fellow-yachtsman (an Anglophobiast) has just C9.11ed. 

 He says there is a rumor afloat (but I won't believn it— it is an inven- 

 tion of the enemy) "that Mr. Kunhardt has purchased the identical 

 death-trap that I unloaded last spring, and contemplates a trip to 

 Florida in her. via the inside route." Yankee Doodle. 



ISew York, Oct. 29. 



NOT AN AMERICAN IDEA. 



Editor Forest and Stream.- 



In the London J?Veid! . Oct. 34. appears a letter from New York 

 signed "M., and published as an American view of the Genesta's 

 performance. It is evident that "M." echoes only the notions of a 

 small class. He expresses surprise at what he conceives to be 

 Genesta's poor qualities in a sea during the Brenton's Reef race. As 

 the cutter of 80fc. leadline beat the Dauntless of it6ft. by some eleven 

 hours, there are a few Americans left with discernment enough to 

 concede superior efficiency in a sea to the (}ene>ta. "M." writes 

 purely "out of hand," for there was no opportunity of comparing 

 Genesta's performance to that of a sloop, tne Puritan and Pri^cilla 

 both having shown the white feather. Had one of these sloops been 

 alongside (Jenesta at the time, some comparison could have been 

 drawn, and it is the belief of those best informed m America that 

 Genesta would have made a perfect show of our sloops in the sea 

 Of course the cutter was wet and had a rough experience. So would 

 a thousand-ton stearastdp in a young hurricane. But the pIoops would 

 in the light of all experience have fared much worse, and been left 

 astern in company with the Dauntlc-ss. 



As for buymg a schooner to reach and run with Genesta. there are 

 some Americans with sense enough to conclude from the way Genesta 

 beat Dauntless, Fortuna and Grayling, and froratheway thacPuritan 

 and Priscilla beat all the best schooners in America that "M " i^i 

 decidedly out of the way in his assumpcion. Just what kind of 

 authority "M." really is can be seen fi-om bis notion that to meet 

 Clara we vvould have b.'en obliged t:o build "a really smart" .-sloop of 

 ^5n. wtxenmjacf- of this i-iracie tind GeoesUi both made their time 

 ofl: Clara with case ui the. triangulai- matL-h outside Sandy Hook for 

 the Viee-Cominodore'.-i Cop. And then again, what are Athlon and 

 Daphne? Certaiuly the latest; and best we have shown ourselves 

 able to produce. Yet (.'lara thrashed them with consummate ease 

 "M.' rehashes the stale, stupid stuff about centeiboards being 

 used m coasters and 40ft. smacks, "hence" the seaworthiness of cen- 



erboard yachts. This is the usual drivel whicli has been .so often 



disposed of m your columns, that some Americans feel ashamed that 

 any one pretending to .speak for them should revamp the nonsense. 

 No one ever pretenoed that centerboards could not live at sea, but 

 nwiiM.*^^?'ii^ ^5 ^ater the shoal centerboard 



Hnnli 11^} ^ffl'^'ent as the deep-keel cutter. The recent interna- 

 nV "m "^^nt^l?"-"'^ """^^^"i^ i^,**^^ contrary. Finally, the statements 

 far^M^aT'"^. outside ballast and deep boats being customary or 

 even famihar m American practice is a perversion of fact. Only 

 through the "cutter agitation" of recent years have such innovations 

 been introduced, and that m direct copy of English practice If "M." 

 keens on he will soon be claiming the out and out cutter an American 

 idea, because m recent years we have built such vessels from English 

 mes and specifications in answer to the demand for more serviceable 

 boats than such over-rigged, fair-weather machines as Peneuin, 

 J^anita, Athlon and their class have shown themselves to be time and 

 again when put to the test. As for schooners, they are out of date in 

 England ana will in America go out of date as well, the modem steam 

 cruiser displacing them, while the single-masted yachts will monopo- 

 J)zo the racing. "M." is not a spokesman for Americans, but a rep- 

 resentative ot the decaying regime of smooth-water excursionists. 

 l.et the London Field make a note of this distinction and not parade 

 the gammon of a landsman like "M." as the trae feeling among th« 

 progressive and intelligent class of American yachtsmen. Am I 

 wrong In presuming "M." to be the highly esteemed secret-ary of the 

 JN. i: . V , C, , whose genial personality is only exceeded by his lack of 

 accurate yachting knowledge, and which has recently so often graced 

 the Herald's editorial cohimns with the stock-In trade rubbish about 

 the "eenterboard's superiority"? Vtndkx 



KNICKERBOCKER Y. C.-The yachts at Port Morris are nearly all 

 hauled out. The club relaid their ways, running them further out, so 

 as to enable the large keel sloops to haul into the cradle. It is customary 

 for the members to as.semble every week and assist each other in 

 the work of berthing the fleet for winter. After hauling up tho 

 cradle by clapping on to the fall of a large purchase, the yachts were 

 slid off on improvised skids and stored in tiers about the, club house 

 The smaller craft were hove out on a set of rollers with a crab Many 

 improvements and alterations are to be undertaken this winter 

 Cabin houses will be fitted to some of the open catboats and the cen- 

 terboard is to give way to the keel in several yachts. Mr. Mathews's 

 Culprit Jay is one of the large sloops which is to bechane-ed to a keel 

 boat A niceUttle cruiser on the yawl Windward 's lines is now planked 

 and decked in Coughtry's shop. She is 18ft. waterhne. 6ft. beam, with 

 head room below. Bight persons collected recently in her cabin without 

 crowding. This boat is a notably nice job throughout and should she 

 prove a fair sailer is likoly to be the forerunner of others of the same 

 kmc]. The owner, Mr. C, Coughtry, is building her himself. The cutter 

 bui-f has left her moorings to lay up in Manning's basin. The keel 

 sloop Nyssa, Mr. Quinn, is still in commission and off for occasional 

 cruising. Capt. Munson, the efficient shipkeeperof the club, has bad 

 general charge of berthing the yachts and has been busy lifting their 

 moonngs. This was accomphshed by slinging weights to the after 

 end of a large scow and then making fast to the moorings by the 

 forward end at low water. With the rise of the tide the mooring.s 

 come up, the scow being kept in trim by the weights aft The 

 destructive gale of October, which drove the Nyssa high and dry on 

 the rocks, afforded a chance for the display of considerable ingenuity 

 and dexterity in getting her afloat. This was successfully brough't 

 about by Mr. John Coughtry, to whose judgment it is largely due 

 that the Nyssa came off with her paint scarcely scratched The 

 Knickerbocker Y. C. has also rebuilt the staging leading to the boat 

 landing. As a Corinthian club iu the practical meaning of that term 

 the Knickerbockers take fir-<t rank. The membership contains many 

 experts, and among the younger element the making of fine sailor- 

 men and enthusiastic supporters of yachting life in its most deserving 

 asi^ects. 



AMERICAN Y. C. 



THE Regatta Committee's annual report, presented at a late meet-' 

 ing of the American Y. C, gives the following data of the July 

 regatta: 



The course for all classes was from off Larchmont to lighthouse off 

 Stratford, passing it to the southward, thence to the light vessel 

 off Bartlett's Reef, passing it to southward, thence to buoy on Sarah's 



1 :23 P. M. The course to Bartlett's Reef Lightship is E. % N. This 

 course fiom the starting point off Larchinont passes about half mile 

 south of Stratford Shoal Lighthouse. Durmg the race the w>nd 

 was variable. Calm to light breeze. Nine cups were offered, of 

 which number six were competed for; one was presented by F. S. 

 Kinney, Esq., for the winner under his time allowance, another by 

 Commodore A. de Cordova for the shortest time over the course 

 without reference to allowance of time, and two cups were received 

 from Rear Commodore W. E. Connor, At 8:85 A. M. the smaller 

 yachts were started from the flagship Promise, at 10:40 all the other 

 competing yachts from the committee's steamer, Cvguus, excepting 

 the .\talanta and No. ,346, which were started from the flagship of the 

 Larchmont Y. C. by Commodore Augustia Monroe, of that club, at 

 11:20 A.M. All yachts started within the ten minutes allowed after 

 the respective signals, excepting the .Marion, which was handicapped 

 Ihr. .S5m., and the Aida, Imin. 4i3sec. 



The table given shows the results under the respective time allow* 

 ances, as adopted for this year's regatta and, for compariion. also 

 contains the time afiowance under Ilaswell'a formula, which was used 

 last year. A supplementai-y table of dimen.sions. etc., is appended: 

 with the other tables, contains all the data required under the difl'er- 

 ent formulffi. 



Subsequently' to the regatta of the Ifith and within ten days there- 

 after four protests were made, resulting under one of the protests in 

 ruling out the Stiletto for not having run the course. The sworn 

 testimony given by the following parties in this case is herewith pre- 

 sented. 



Evidence against Stiletto— Charles Atwell, pilot of steamer Sun- 

 shine ; Charles P. Fergu.son. mast«r of sloop yacht Ferguson : William 

 (]. Ferguson, mate of sloop yacht Ferguson : Dudley C. Perkins, 

 master of sloop yacht Sylph ; Charles L. Ockford, one of the pro- 

 prietors of Osprey Beach; Capt. H. H. Bosworth. of New London; 

 William Oliver, clerk at Osprey Beach ; James Darrow. master of 

 steamer Gypsy ; L. W. Rowland, master of tug T, A. Scott, Jr. ; Capt. 

 Samuel Coit, of New London ; Henry Pasco, wreck agent ; T, A. Scott, 

 owner of tug Scott. Evidence in favor of Stiletto— Darwin Almy, 

 acting captain of steam yacht Stiletto ; A. Stanton Chesebro. nephew 

 of J. B. Herreshoff ; Benjamin H. Wood, deck-hand on Stiletto : 

 Joseph P. Harris, for twenty years a cook or steward on fishing boats. 



Yotu" committee award the prizes for the regatta as follows: Com- 

 modore's cup. Atalanta; Kinney cup. No. 240; cup under Emery 

 time allowance for second class. Rival; cup under Emery time allow- 

 ance for third class, Viola; cup under Isherwood time allowance, No. 

 346; cup under Lundborg time allowance. Utovvana. 



There was but one entr.y in the first class under the Emery time 

 allowance, and therefore no race, as the rules require two or more 

 yachts to compete. The run this year was not as fast as last, owing 

 to more of a head tide; as, for instance, the time of the Atalanta in 

 the previous regatta to Pequot House dock was 4h. 42m. 52s., -while 

 this year it took her 10m. 5as. longer to cover the same distance. 



The record for fastest time over the course is as folio -vs: 

 Larchmont to Pequot House, 4h, 42m. 5r's.: 1881. LarehLnour to Fort 

 Trumbull, 4h. 48m. 45s.; 18H5. Larchmont to Pequot House, 4h. 53ai. 

 50s. 



Small Boat Race, Deering Harbor, July 17, 1885— Arrangements were 

 made for three races, one each for gigs, cutters and dingys. The 

 contesting boats were the usual working ones of the yachts and 

 manned by the regular crews. Eight gold badges were provided for 

 the winners. In addition, Mr. A. E. Bateman of the Skylark, pre- 

 sented a challenge cup for the cutter race, to become the property of 

 the owner of the yacht if his cutter crow succeeds in winning it for 

 three successive seasons. By special invitation, Capt. C. A. Abbe.y, 

 of the U. S. revenue cutter Grant, sent a crew to compete for tiie 

 badges in the gig race. Length of course, one niile. Cutters— Rival 

 first, Utovvana .second. Promise third, Lagonda fourth. Gies— Uio- 

 wana first, Tiilie second, Atalanta third, IT. S. cutler Grant fourth. 

 Dingys— Sentinel first. Promise second, Utowana third. Award— Two 

 badges to Rival cutter men, five badges to Utowana gig men, one 

 badge to Sentinel dingy man, challenge cup to J. A. Baker, owner of 

 Rival. 



The iron steamboat Cygiius, chartered by your committee, went to 

 Larchmont, and after starting the yachts at 0:80, proceeded to New 

 London, passing nearly all the competing yachts, thus affording the 

 membei s, guests and press a most satisfactory view over an f:0 knot 

 course of the best steam yacht race ever recorded, 



The thanks of the club are due to the officers and members of the 

 Larchmont Y. C. for aid rendered the regatta committee and for 

 courtesies extended. Your committee call attention to the fact that 

 in this, the st^eond regatta of the club, sixty per cent, more yachts 

 .started than in the first, and at the rendezvous at Deering Harbor 

 there was the largest number of steam yachts ever cor;gregat«d m 

 one place. In conclusion, your committee anuounce that the total 

 expense of the regattii has Vieeu met by private subscription, except- 

 mg a cJiarge against the club for cups, and respectfully presejita its 

 report. Geo W. Hall. 



Thomas Manning, 

 j, p. lookwood. 



