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[Mat 20, 1886. 



by "drying up." The fish caught include perch, mullet, chub or big- 

 inouthed bass, all being plentiful. According to Mr. Evans no wild 

 fowl were to be got above fcbe lower Currituck, and even there they 

 were becoming very shy and scarcer every year, except in the 

 '"Yankee marshes," as the holdin.es of Northern shooting clubs are 

 termed. In spite of strict game laws, the natives hunt by night and 

 "fire light" the ducks, so they give Currituck the go by and winter in 

 Core Sound in great numbers. On the "Yankee marshes" proper 

 protection is extended and shooting is still good. At the tune of my 

 visit several cases were pending in Currituck court against offenders 

 and trespassers. These proceedings by the Northern club men are 

 viewed with favor by the better native element, who realize that it is 

 high time the laws were enforced if Currituck wildfowling is not to 

 become a thing of the past. 



A stiff northerly wind bowled the Coot down Currituck, holding 

 her own with a propeller bound South. Beacon after beacon was 

 made and passed. Once the boat was sheered away from the line of 

 buoys, but the breaking of the sea in her wake was a warning against 

 phoal water, after which the marks were kept close aboard. Fifteen 

 miles being run off. the boat steered up Coin j ock Bay to the short- 

 cut canal of five miles* length. This is a wide cut and can be sailed 

 through without much trouble. Half way along there is a sawmill, 

 some stores and a few houses on high ground, known as the village 

 of Coinjock, A good deal of timber is got from the neighboring for- 

 ests. The drawbridge was opened by a kick and the usual questions 

 put to the Coot as she sailed on toward the North River. 



The exit from the canal is marked by a white gas beacon at the 

 head of a fine, broad reach, with 19ft. of water. . With a following 

 wind the Coot rapidly sped down river, several elbows of constantly 

 widening water leading finally into the lower reach of North River, 

 where it assumes the aspect of a small sea, seven miles long and 

 three wide. A second white gas beacon here marks the termination 

 of the canal company's supervision and the Government, chart of 

 Albemarle waters commences. Holding the western sho e, the Coot 

 ran down to Broad Creek, turned half a mile »p the mouth and came 

 to anchor in 16ft. off a lauding and empty house set upon logs in the 

 marsh. On the bar of this creek there is 6ft. C. P. K. 



INTERNATIOAAL RACING AND THE Y.R.A. RULE. 



THE issue of the Field of May 1, contains an illustration of the 

 Queen's Cup, won by the Arrow in 1852 and lately offered by its 

 owner. Mr. Tankerville Ohamberlayne, as an international challenge 

 cup for American yachts; in connection with which is the following 

 suggestive editorial on "British and American Yachts": 



"Some time ago we published a letter from Mr. Tankerville Chani- 

 berlayuc, announcing the fact that he offered the Queen's Cup, won 

 by the cutter yacht Arrow in his father, b time from the schooner 

 America in 1852, as a challenge cup open to American sloops. We 

 believe no response has been made to that offer: but that the trophy 

 is one which might well be coveted can be realized from the en- 

 graving we this week publish of it. Perhaps, it the Galatea wins 

 the cup held by the New York Yacht Club, the challenge might be 

 taken up, us the Americans arc certain to make an attempt to regain 

 possession of a prize they have held lor the long period of thirty ye;irs 

 We cannot avoid admiring the chivalrous spirit which prompted Mr. 

 Chamberlayue to make such an offer, but it may well be doubted if 

 Arrow is capable of making anything like a stubborn defense should 

 an American yacht of the Puritan type essay to win the trophy. 

 However, Mr. (,'hamberlayne has hinted that in case of a challenge 

 he will make an effort, by fitting alterations, to make the Arrow as 

 formidable an antagonist as she was in 1852. when she won the cup. 

 After all, she is more of the type likely to be successful against 

 American yachts than a Galatea; but of course in her present con- 

 dition comparison with Galatea or any of the other cracks is out of 

 the question. So far as the prospects of Galatea go in undertaking 

 the task in which Cambria, Livonia and Genesta have already failed, 

 there is every reason to believe that the alterations which have been 

 made in her ballasting and sparring have vastly improved her, and 

 she may succeed in beating the pick of the large, centerhoarders 

 which will be opposed to her in the cup races. That Galatea can be 

 made a better boat on the wind than she was last year there is not 

 much doubt, and, should she win the cup, the act will give a great 

 lilt to British yachting. Galatea makes the essay, it is understood, 

 on her own merits, and not as the "champion British cutter," 

 although there is a chance lor her to achieve that distinction, it' she 

 succeeds in defeating Irex before she leaves for New York. How- 

 ever this may be, we are certain that everyoue interested in yacht 

 racing will approve of the pains Lieut. Henu has taken to render his 

 cutter a fit representative of British yachts. 



Should she be fortunate enough to be victorious, her success may 

 possibly have some effect on American yacht design; for it is by no 

 means certain, although they have accepted the cutter rig, that they 

 have yet agreed on which is the best type of hull by the "compromise'' 

 which was so successful last year against the Genesta. We doubt 

 not that this would be made very maniiest if, say, Puritan undertook 

 to smash through a head sea with Genesta; at the same time, we 

 think that a cutter of Genesta's length, but with about eighteen 

 inches, or two feet more beam, could be designed to beat the existing 

 Genesta in any kind of sea; but the attempt is not likely to be made 

 under the present Y. It. A. tonnage rule. On the other hand, that 

 vessels like Genesta, Irex, or Galatea arc fearfully handicapped 

 when matched against others of the Puritan type, there cannot be 

 the least doubt; but it is some consolation to note that, owing to the 

 gradual adoption of the length and sail area rule of measurement 

 by the clubs, a type of yacht may come into existence which will be 

 on more equal terms with those of America. There seems to be 

 every indication that international contests will in luture be more 

 lreqnent, and while there seems no necessity for altering our systems 

 of rating, every thing should be done to encourage experiment and pro- 

 duce a type of yacht which is, at least, the equal tor match sailing 

 of the yachts of any other nation. We hardly think this will be done 

 by making races exclusively for the B and C classes, useful as these 

 classes are, and admirably as they have served a purpose for which 

 they were intended. 



It is certain, if the Americans continue to use the length and sail 

 area rule, and if we confine all our races for the A class on this side 

 of the Atlantic to a rating by the Y. R. A. tonnage rule, the Ameri- 

 cans will bo always a little ahead of us for match sailing in ordinary 

 summer weather. We may still beat them in a heavy wind and sea to 

 windward, and if themodern yachtof alength equal to six beams hap- 

 pened to be the only type which could do such a thing, there would 

 be some reason for adhering to that type; but that is not actualiy the 

 case. The comparative success of the Jullanar in 1877 and the fol- 

 lowing year no doubt opened our eyes as to what could be done 

 under the Y. It. A. tonnage rule; but it was never proved chit a 

 yacht of one hundred feet load Hue and of greater beam than 

 Jullanar could not be designed to beat her. In short, all her com- 

 petitions with Floriuda tended to demonstrate that a yacht of 

 Florinda's beam, but thirteen leet longer, would prove the better 

 boat in any kind of weather; but for such a yacht to succeed in match 

 sailing the Y. It. A. tonnage rule would require to be suspended, in 

 order to have a classification by length, to render the comparison 

 crucial between a hundred feet Jullanar and a hundred feet 

 Florinda. 



We have many times asserted that the establishing of fixed ton- 

 nage classes had a very prejudical influence on racing between 

 yachts of forty tons and under; but we are inclined to think that a 

 classification by length, such as the Royal Victoria Yacht 01 ub ex- 

 perimented with some thirty years ago, would ha ve a beneficial effect 

 on yacht racing. The classes might be ninety feet, seventy leet, 

 ntty-iivo feet, forty-five feet, thirty-live feet, thirty feet, and twenty- 

 live leet, or some other similar anmgement with sail tons rating; or, 

 if preferred, a rating by Y. R. A. tons. There is no doubt that the 

 absence of any restriction on length in the classes had the inevitable 

 effect of bringing about the extinction of competition, and perhaps 

 before the greatest possible length for any given tonnage had been 

 resorted to. The owners of old yachts, which by comparison were 

 shorter than the last vessel built, "hoisted the broom," and men who 

 were inclined to build, said "What's the use, when our turn to be 

 outbuilt wid surely come next year ?" It is much to be deplored, no 

 doubt, as at one time the racing in the forty tons and twenty tons 

 classes was the strong feature at every regatta; and, as before said, 

 we think it might have been preserved had there been a restriction 

 for length in each class. 



The fact that so many men now build steam yachts will to a very 

 considerable extent alter— in tact, has aLterud— our yacht racing; but 

 the love of match sailing is as strong as ever, and the sport was 

 never more popular. It would have been considered rash if any one 

 in America had prophesied in 1881 that two years hence American 

 yachtsmen would build (our large centerboard cutters with heavy 

 load keels. Steam is being rapidly introduced there, and yacht rac- 

 ing had been almost entirely confined to sloops mostly under 60ft. 

 leadline and yet men now come forward and build heavier one- 

 mast vessels than were ever previously known in America. We all 

 recollect the schooner fever which set in here after the appearance of 

 the America in 1851. and how lor vears the Julia and the Arrow 

 figured as the "big cutters;" then, alter about sixteen years, in rapid 

 succession: Oimtua, Condor, Seabird, Rose, of Devon, Kriemhilda, 

 Cythera, Vol an Vent, Formosa, Samcena.Vandnara; and then the ex- 

 isting fine quartette, made up ot Irex, Genesta, Galatea and Marjorie; 

 and if these should prove to be the last of their race, there is no 

 reason why their place should not be occupied, at no distant date, 

 by an equally fine tvpe of vessel for match sailing." 



It is hardly necessary to say that tne reason why Mr. Chamber- 

 layne's challenge has not been accepted is that Puritan may be 



oalled onto defend the cup again, and outside of the four of her class 

 we have no yachts to send. Even if our old sloop class, the 70-footers, 

 had not, almost disappeared, there would be none of them foolish 

 enough to risk a transatlantic passage, and we must look to the 

 "large centerboard cutters with heavy lead keels" to cross for this 

 cup in some future season. 



In spite of the very low estimate of Galatea's power which is pre- 

 valent here, and the widespread belief that she will not cross, it is 

 certain that she will bo here in good time, barring accident: and will 

 make a most formidable antagonist in her improved condition. It 

 must be owned that, with four boats built to beat her under a rule tor 

 which she was never designed, the chances are very much asrninst 

 her, but the main issue is not affected by the Y. R. A. or New York 

 rules. What American, and indeed British yachtsmen wish to see 

 finally settled is whether the modern British racer of six beams is as 

 fast as a wider boat. In length of waterline, proportionate sail area, 

 and weight and position of ballast. Mayflower and the Atlantic of 

 one type, and Galatea of the other, are on as even a basis as can be 

 had, and the result of a fair contest between them will no doubt be 

 conclusive. 



Had Genesta won by ever so small a margin last year we should 

 have had afloat by this time a fleet of extreme boats of all sizes; and 

 should Galatea score a decisive victory this year it would set the tide 

 the same way. As it was. we have a promising family of little 

 Puritans now bending sail in various places, and a second victory 

 for the class will secure its adoption here as the national type. 



As foreshadowed in the above article, the Y. R. A. rule has not only 

 reached its limit, but in the event of a second defeat it must be 

 tossed overboard entirely and a rule similar to the New York will 

 take its place. What the six-beam boats will do is known very 

 well, and that they have many admirable qualities is generally ad- 

 mitted, but what an Irex or Genesta with only a little more beam 

 will do Is not known and never can be under the present rule, though 

 the performance of some of the cracks of the last hall dozen seasons 

 gives good ground for a surmise. It is perfectly evident to-day that 

 from 1880 to 1885 the America Cup was easily in reach of any first 

 class cutter, that might have come alter it. With the immense 

 superiority in ballast, rig and equipment over all our fleet an 

 opportunity was offered to the British yachtsman w r hich he will not 

 soon see again, and which he carefully neglected. 



Had Samoeim crossed in 1881 or lS82*when we were still firm in our 

 belief in old fallacies, she might have swept the field, or had 

 Marjorlc followed Madce with the same canny Scot on her deck, she 

 might have done more with Gracio, Mischief ami Fanny than Madge 

 did with the small ones. Neither came, and with the adoption of 

 lead keels and cutter rig in America, the Opportunity passed away. 



Galatea's chances are small to-day compared with what they once 

 were, but she may even yet bring confusion to her opponents. The 

 margin between Puritan and Genesta, though all on the side of the 

 former, was not one on which to base an absolute certainty, and 

 while the chances are that one of the present four will outdo 

 Puritan's record of last year, t here is just as good reason to believe 

 that Galatea will excel Genesta. Should the American yacht Win, it 

 will be (incepted as a final proof ot her superiority over the narrow 

 lnat, and under her present rule England has no chance of winning 

 the Cup. Should Galatea win either bj' merit in ordinary weather 

 or by drowning the centerboard in a seaway, we have still a trump 

 to play in the deep and moderately narrow cutter, either keel in- 

 board, say of 85 by 18 ft a type which is barred abroad by the Y. R. A. 

 rule. For many years a blind conservatism and a slavish devo- 

 tion to ancient traditions on our part, offered every opportunity to 

 the modern British yacht, but of late the conditions have been 

 exactly reversed and the same conservatism and the opposition of 

 vested interests have operated to the detriment of the British 

 yachtsmen Now, with schooner racing extinct, only four large yachts 

 filling out for the main racing class, and everything from five to 

 sixty tons "improved" off the face of the wafers, there can be little said 

 in favor of vested in forests. We have learned very much in a little 

 time from our cousin, and it looks now as though he con'd return 

 the compliment and learn the plainly written lesson that the Y..R. A. 

 rule must go. The longer it is retained the better chance for 

 America in international competition, but in the interests of yacht 

 sailing in general we shall welcome' its hasty demise, and cheerfully 

 honor it with an obituary. It has done good work, here and abroad, 

 we owe it for many valuable lessons, but its day is over, and when it 

 goes it "never will be missed." 



THE LAKE Y. R. A. 



THE third annual meeting of the Luce Y. R. A. was held on May 8 

 at Oswego, with Mr. John T. Mott, Oswego Y. C, the president 

 of the Association, in the chair. The various clubs were represented 

 as follows: Royal Canadian. Toronto, Com. Leys. Bayerly Jones, 

 Robert Mills; Bay of Qumte, Belleville, Capt. Hostage. W. H. Biggar, 

 R. M- Ray; Toronto, Com. McGau, Capt. Evans, Mr Dixon; Kingston, 

 Com. Carruthers, Col. Campbell, Dr. Garrett; Oswego, Com. W. B 

 Phelps, Jr., J. B. McMurrieh, John T. Mott. Several changes were 

 mad in the rules, no yacht being allowed to enter in the Association 

 races unless owned wholly or in part by a member, and shifting bal- 

 last being prohibited in the third class. A committee composed of 

 one member from each club was appointed to arrange for an Associ- 

 ation trophy, to be held by the yacht making the best record for the 

 sea-on. The officers elected for the present year are: President, W 

 H Biggar. B Q.Y. C; Vice-President, Col. Campbell, K Y.C.; Second 

 Vice-President. T. Me! law, Com. T. Y. C; Secretary and Treasurer, 

 Geo. E. Evans, Captain T. Y. O. The fixtures for the season's cruise 

 are: July 30, Belleville; Aug 2, Kingston; Aug. 6, Oswego; Aug. 10. 

 Toronto. The meeting of 1887 will be held at Belleville, Out., on the 

 second Saturday in May. After the meeting; adjourned a dinner was 

 given by the Oswego Y. O. to their guests, at the Doolittle Hoase. On 

 the following day all hands were out for a sail on the Atlanta. 



YACHTING NOTES, -Noma, schooner, is fitting out and setii g 



her racing rig. after the wioter's cruising A. E. Smith, of Islip, has 



begun a cei.terboard yacht for Mr. Thos. B. Asten, from a model by 

 Mr. Phillip Ellsworth. She will be 85fo. over all, 31ft. waterline, 12ft. 

 3in, beam and will be used on tne Indian River, Fla. She will have a 



trunk cabin Captain Lou Townes is building an open boat 26ft. 



lon'g, 10ft. beam, and 4ft. 6in. deep, for Mr. D. E. Robbins, of New 



York. She will have a cabin and will berth four Mr. N. L Muu- 



ro has ordered a steam launch from the Herreshoff Manufacturing 

 Company for use on the Shrewsbury. It is reported that Mr]. Munro 

 has purchased the Yosemite of Mr. John Roaeb, but the report is not 



confirmed Nellie.— A eatboat of this name has been lately finished 



at Newport for Captain Williams, of New York, wbo will sail her a t 



Greenwich, Conn., this summer Norseman, schooner, arrived at 



Cowes. England, on May 14. She left Newport on April 20 . . Sirene. 

 — Dr. Doromus, of New York, has purchased this new open sloop, 

 built by McGiehan this winter. His sons will sail her at Greenwich, 



Conn Captain Jesse Clock, son of Captain Clock, of the Mischief, 



will command Montauk this season. Captain Clock has sailed the 

 Ruth for several years. 



ATLANTIC— The new yacht lies in the southwest corner of 

 Mumm's basin, her topmast on end and rigging mostly in place. Her 

 crew are at work scraping spars. The interior is nearly finished off. 

 There is a large cabin aft, two staterooms to starboard, a passage to 

 port, with three smaller staterooms and pantry, etc., opening on it. 

 The interior fittings are plain and neat. Six tons of lead have been 

 cast and fitted iuside and she still floats very high. Twenty tons 

 more will be stowed, making a total of 60 tons of ballast, and even 

 then she will probably require more. The Atlantic Y. C. have em- 

 powered the Atlantic Committee to invite Mayflower, Puritan and 

 Priscilla to enter the club regatta of June 15 if they consider the At- 

 lantic ready for racing, and it is possible that the four boats may 

 meet then. Capt. Joe Ellsworth has lately been elected a member of 

 the club, also Messrs. F. C. Lawrance, of the Vixen, and John Bry- 

 ant, of the Shadow. The cluo will start on their cruise on July 17. 



MAYFLOWER AND PURITAN. — At Lawley's the Mayflower is 



mission. The mainsail is 51ft, 9iu. boist, 76ft. 6in. foot. 48ft. bead. 

 The topsail has 30ft. hoist, 32ft. leach, 48ft. 6in. foot, These are both 

 by J. MeManus & Sou, who made Puritan's sails. The other 

 sails are by Wilson; foresail, 58ft. luff, 6lft. 6in. leech, 34ft. foot; 

 lib, 85ft. 6in. luff, 61ft. leech, 44ft. foot: pbtopsail. f)4ft. luff, 58ft. 

 leech, 58ft. foot; spinnaker. 115ft. luff, 108ft.. ltecb, S8ft. foot. The 

 duck was made at Russell's Mills, and is the same as that woven for 

 Puritan last year. Puritan is nearly ready, and will haul out this 

 week tor a new bottom on the East Boston radway. 



HOME FROM THE SOUTH -The Carlotta, schooner, Mr. Henry 

 Belknap, which was not reported for some time, arrived safely at 

 Fernandioa. Fla. Her captain has left her and returned to New York. 

 Nirvana, schooner, Gen. Perkins, has returned from Nassau, making 

 the trip in 6 days. She is now at Port Jefferson refitting. Nokomis, 

 schooner, Mr. Royal Phelps Carroll, has returned, and is refitting and 

 repairing damages sustained iu a collision in the Bay. off Staten 

 Island. While beating up the Bay in a sharp squall she was run into, 

 while on the starboard tack, by the three-masted schooner H. H, 

 Pitts, loaded with wood, sustaining serious damage on the starboard 

 bow. Messrs. Stewart and Lee have not yet arrived in tne Cythera, 

 but are expected every day. 



THE EASTERN Y. C. REGATTA —The correct date for this event 

 is June 29. all entries closing on June 28, 2 P. M. The Eastern yachts- 

 men are very desirous that the large yaohts from New York should 

 enter, as Mayflower and Puritan will be in. 



FITTING OUT ABOUT NEW YORK. -Most of the yachts about 

 the city are now in commission, and a good many had a chance to 

 stretch sails and gear in the wind of Sunday. Some of the larger 

 ones are not yet in commission, but Atlanta and Eleetra of the steamers 

 are out. Resolute is off p ay Ridge with Ranger, Grayliugisrea^y and 

 her owDer has returned from the West, Estelle is at Green port, but will 

 soon be ready; Ray is off Bay Ridge, and Comet is on the ways at 

 Guion & Costigan's for a thorough overhaul, includine a new board 

 and trunk, preparatory to a season of racing. At Poillon's Noma 

 has been recaulked and a new mainmast has been stepped, while 

 Dauntless has been scraped and repainted, and will be fitted out in 

 good shape for racing, as she ha^ not been for some lime. Dread- 

 naught has been rebuilt at Port Jefferson and will be in commission, 

 Agnes and Haze are already out, and Lo'us, Clio, Viking and 

 Triton are at Greenport. The huge Coronet lies at Bush & Denslow's 

 wharf, So.ith Brooklyn, nearly readv. She will sail here this season 

 and crofs the Atlantic in the fall, on a long cruise. Tidal Wave will 

 also be at the line in some of the races, and it looks like a revival of 

 SGhooner racing. Miranda, too, is to citne out to America soon, and 

 to stav, though her new owner is as yet unkuown here. Athlon, 

 Gaviota, Fanny, and a number of smaller yachts are off Bay Ridge. 

 Oracle will soon be out, and Bedouin will be down from Newburg, 

 Valkyr is fitting out at Greenport, from which place the Roamer has 

 lately come. The big sloop Wbitewing is fitting out again this season. 

 The Amelia has been painted at Mumm's but is now offered for sale; 

 Arab is now in better shape, hut though trimmed down by the 

 stern she buries her head when pressed. Crocodile is in commission 

 with two tons of lead under her. But few yachts are yet at anchor 

 t-ff Staten Island, but the fleet of the S C. Y C. will soou gather there, 

 in readiness tor Decoration Day. Clytie- and Mischief will be missed 

 this year, but Pritcilla will add materially to the dignity of the fleet 



LAUNCH OF THE FEDALMA. — Since February lastthere has been 

 building onrihe pi°r at the foot of East Twelfth street, a steam yacht 

 for Ex-Com. Brown, former owner of the Nirvana and Psyche. The 

 Fedaima, as the n<>w yacht is named, after a gipsy queen. wa» 

 modeled by Mr. Philip Ellsworth, but. the fine bow of the original 

 model was subsequently made fullfr by the builder, Mr. Theodore 

 Durand. The dimensions of the yacht, which is intended mainlv for 

 summer use about Long Island Sound, are: Length over all, 100ft.; 

 beam, 20ft.; bold, 10ft.; draft, 7ft The engines, designed by Mr A. 

 A. Wilson, and built by the Quintard Iron Works, are f4 and 24 by 20, 

 compound, with a four-bladed wh^el, 6ft. diameter, and 10ft. pitch, 

 to make 175 turns per minute. The porcupine boiler carries lOOlbs of 

 steam. The kpel, stem and sternpost. are of Ohio oak. siding 7in.. the 

 moulding of the keel being 12io , and the stem and sternpost lOin. 

 The frames are of hackmatack, tided 4in. and moulded 7 and 4in., 

 spaced 20in. centers. The keelson is of yellow pine, sided 8 and 

 moulded 10in., with bilge keelsons 0x3in., clamps 10x2in., and shelf 

 8x4in , all of yellow pine The deck heams. of white pine, are 4x6in., 

 the plankshepr. white oak. is 2>4xl4in.. ancl tho^ee^ plank 2iu. The 

 planking, of oak and yellow pine, is 2in. thick. The yacht, will be 

 schooner rigged, her bowsprit being lift, outboard. A number of 

 yachtsmen were present on May 12 to witness the 'launch. At 4 

 P. M. the carpenters began to wedge up, but it was over »n hour later 

 before the keel hlocks were out and the yacht rested on her cradles. 

 At 5:05 the shores were knocked away, and after some blows on the 

 ends of the ways the yacht started Part of the tic?e had been lost, 

 and there was a fall of a foot off the hulkhead. As the yaeht balanced 

 on this point the starboard cradle gave way, but she continued her 

 motion and was soon afloat, little Miss Emily Brown breaking a bottle 

 over her bows. The fctie Indian took her in tow to the foot of Thir- 

 teenth f treat, where she will be completed. 



CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP.— The Atalanta, sloop, built in 1881 

 to race for the America Cup, has been purchased by the Mess< s. Eyre, 

 of Brighton. Ont., who will put her in racing trim and sad her in the 

 L. Y. R. A. races on Lake Ontario.... Psyche, sloop, has been pur- 

 chased by Mr E'iward Wimlow, who has named her Winnie ...Re- 

 becca, schooner, once a sloop, has beeu sold to Mr. Harry Ander- 

 son, by Mr G. P. LTpham Mr. Anderson has sold his schooner 



Boni'a to Mr. G. G. Webster, of Vinal Haven, Me Ariadne, sloop, 



has been sold to Mr. F. W. Lockett. of Cape Vincent, N. Y., who will 



use her on Lake Ontario Brunette, sloip, has h»en sold by Mr W. 



H. Burnett to Dr. Howe, of Providence, who will enroll her in the 



Warwick Y. C Henrietta, t he steam launch built by Yarrow & Co. 



in 1882, for Mr. Wm. Astor, has been sold to Mr E. D. Culver, of New- 

 York, for use in New Jersey. The Henrietta is 32ft, long. Oft. 4in. 

 beam, "2ft. 2in. draft, and is built of mahoeany .. Emma, sloop, has 

 been purchased by Mr. C. T. Seymour, of New York, and will llv the 

 Atlantic Y. 0. pennant . . Oriole, sloop, has been sold to Mr. N. H. 

 Eggleston, New Rochelle Y. C — Naomi, sloop, has been sold to Mr. 

 J. Petersen. Brooklyu Y. ('.... Leatbn, schooner, has been sold to Mr. 

 Ryerson, of Chicago, but has not. yet been delivered owing to a dis- 

 pute over the pt-pvious ownership. She is fittiner out, at Frisbee's 

 Wharf, Salem Josie. sloop, recently purchased in Boston, has ar- 

 rived there from New York The steam h.unch Excelsior, of Bos- • 



ton, has been sold to Capt. F. C. Miller, of Jamaica W. I. Clarita, 

 sloop, has been sold by Mr. C Schwaok to Mr. Effingham Lawrence. 



N. Y Y. C Jewel, sloop, has been sold to Mr. H S. Foote, of New 



York ...Zingara, steam yacht, has been sold for $3,250 to Mr. D. 8. 

 Sammis, of Fire Island. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C— The programme tor the Decoration Dav 

 sail has been sent out. As last year the sail will be a race for all 

 classes of cabin yachts, a prize of $25 beiug given to the winner in 

 each class. No entries are necessary, but yachts intending to race 

 must en rry their private signals at the main peak. Professionals will 

 be allowed in the crews, and boats may be carried at will. A flying 

 start will be made at 11 A. M., or as near that hour as possible, a gun 

 being fired from the flagship Priscilla. and five minutes later second 

 to start, the times being taken from the lat'er gun. The club sailing 

 rules will govern the race. The course will be from a line between 

 the flagship Priscilla and a stakeboat anchored off Tompkinsville 

 Landing, S. I., to Buoy No. 10 on the S. W. Spit, keepiug it on the 

 port hand, thence to and around Buoy few, keeping it. on the port 

 hand, and return over the same course. Buoys 9, 11. 13 and 15, on 

 the West Bank, must be kept to the westward in going and returning. 

 M>*. J. F. Tarns has been appointed fleet captain. After the race the 

 yachts will rendezvous off Staten Island, aud the captains ana their 

 guests wfll report on board the flagship, afterward dining together 

 on shore. It is proposed to establish a class for cutters, sloops aud 

 yawls, of 75ft. and over on waterline, and also to allaw professional 

 crews on these large vessels and on schooners, and to allow fourpro- 

 fessionals on each second class yacht. The old basin between Tomp- 

 kinsville and Stapleton has been leased by the ctub. The club sloop, 

 Venture, will soon be in commission. 



NEWARK Y r . 0.— The flagship of the Newark Y. C, Seawitch, 

 schooner, has been disposed of by Com. Dawson, wbo has bought the 

 old Tidal Wave, so well known afiout New York, giving the Seawitch 

 in part payment. The Tidal Wave was built in 1870 for Com. Wm. 

 Voorhis, Atlantic Y. C , by A. G. Polhamus, of Nyack. She is 109ft. 

 Sin. over all, J07ft. 6in. waterline. 25ft. beam, 8ft. »in. hold and 7ft. 

 6in. draft, She has been taken to Newark and now lies off Stephens 

 & Oondit'8 wharf. Com. Dawson has offered a set of colors to he 

 sailed for on Decoration Day. On May 16 thirteen ot the Newark 

 yachts opened the season with a run to Bay Ridge, where they 

 anchored and their crews visited the Atlantic. In the afternoon it 

 blew quite heavily, coming in putt's and Bqualls over Staten Island. 

 Off Sailor's Snug Harbor the Cloud, with a crew of 9 on board, cap- 

 sized, but was seen from the shore and boats went quickly to her 

 rescue. She was towed iu to the oil docks at Bayonne and righted, 

 afterward sailing home safely. 



PACIFIC Y C. OPENING.— After a week's postponement the Pacific 

 Y. C. sailed their first race of the year on April 24, from a sta'seboat off 

 Hunter's Point to the outer fort and return. The starters were only 

 five, AnDie, Aggie, Agaline, Lurline and Nellie. The wind was ahead, 

 strong and puffy. Aggie won, with Lurline second, the times being: 

 Start. Finish. Actual. Corrected. 



Aggie 12 56 10 2 ! 6 00 1 19 50 1 19 11 



Lurline 13 57 30 2 28 00 1 30 30 1 80 30 



Annie . . 12 56 00 2 36 00 1 40 00 1 33 28 



Nellie 12 B8 30 2 36 30 1 38 00 1 34 14 



On May 2 Lurline and Aggie started on an ocean race, but the wind 

 was too lisht to make the race within the time limit, so it will be 

 sailed again. , tt [c * ,_, , 



A CATAMARAN RACE.— A race is talked of to take place this 

 month between several catamarans that, have previously raced to- 

 gether The stakes will be a sweepstakes $100 each, and the course 

 will be from Bedloe's Island around Buoy 16 and back. The Duplex, 

 Messrs. Longstreet & Ogden, Cyclone, Mr. Frank Curtis, and .Egir, 

 Mr Jesso Hughes, will enter and probably the Nemesis. Mr George 

 Everson. The latter boat, built last year, was not as successful as 

 her owner expected, so she ba? been raised 8in. this season. 



TWO NEW YACHTS.— The success of the little schooner Whim, 

 now back at Bay Ridge, after a winter about the Florida coast, has 

 led to an order for a larger boat for coast cruising, the dimensions 

 being about 78 by 21ft. on waterline, and 7ft. draft. Mr. A. Cary 

 Smith will design her, and she will be built of steel or iron, and rigged 

 for cruising. Mr. Smith is at work also on another design, 55ft. over 

 all, 46ft. waterline, 13ft. beam, 2ft. 9in. freeboard, and 9ft, draft. 



MUMM'S YARD.— Mr. John Mumm has completed his contract 

 work on the Atalanta and has leased his yard for five years to Messrs. 

 Costigan & Guion who will continue the business. The sloop Dare is 

 now hauled ont to be lengthened about 10ft. in the bows: the entire 

 bow has been cut away and a new stem and fore end of keel put in. 

 The Nautilus, submarine boat, is hauled out, Fanny will soon go on' 

 the ways -for paintipg. 



