Am 1886.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



88 



WOMEN AS SAILORS. 



IN a few cases, not inauv, women l\avo proved tliciiiselves ex- 

 cellent sailors. You may have seen cruising; in the Lover Kay 

 of New York harbor a large schoouer yacht with a handsome gray 

 haired lady at tlie wheel, who inanau'eF her craft like a^ny old sa,lt. 

 Iha-\0',cuihii ind 1 htm iijlo III i li \m\ ^ ot oboul hall 

 a dozen ineniberH ol the N. \.\ (.ar' aw haiuly ou board the 

 yachts as theia- Irnhbands. 



Owners of si lipB forbid, folio win.u- an old tlicory, tliat captainR 

 take their -wives out to sea., because they are airai'i tlie wife would 

 demand some c3f the husbancrs atteidion when the ship reguires all 

 of it. This theory is imfoimded and happily has Tuauy opponents. 

 i remember the <ja5c of Tlie freight steamer Edgar, bound from the 

 iSonegal lo Ijoiidon. A fo\"er breaU'inK out on boai'd laid low the 

 whole crew, excepting iiie captain and the male. These i^vo men 

 took charge ol (la; eninne room, while the captain's wito atcered. 

 If she had not shown her abilttv to do so the ship would have been 

 Tost. 



Diirirvj ii;: (!■.•- 1 -I > - -x the California, gold fever the heroical 

 M,i,r\ i : ., .-■! C'a.pc Horn Willi her hnshand. He fell 



ill n.iid I. '..!-- ."I I .'.|.. liis place on the (iua.r;;er-dccl<. The crew 

 wa.s cumiHisol r.i laiu! jijijhcTs, wlio could not leU the dill'erenee 

 bei.wcen a se.\tant a luI a mola.s'Se'^ jug, ihi' mate l)cirig no better. 

 T\lrH. Patten li-ept the log, took the iuri, "ud led tlic sirip mtliout 

 misadventnro to San Francisco, mi.rsi.ug her husband wiien below' 

 and otr duty. 



The facl. that the British In-ig I led lis w^as jiavigated by a Miss 

 Be'isie Miller for many ycaj's, is not less renuirkable. Her father 

 was an owner of ships at Saltcoats. Having no sons, he took the 

 dauglder into iiis business, and was freqaciitl,\' accompanied by 

 her vv'lien business liruuglw hhuto the docks. She gathered so 

 much information eoncerning ships and navigation, aad imbibed 

 sncli. a desire tor a. geuuiue s;i.ilor"s life tliat "'papa." made lier cap- 

 tain of the Cleot.us,'a ~cssol wliicli he had specially built for her, 

 For inore tiif.u i weiit.v years she uaviga.ted her craft in tlie v/aters 

 of tlie c,(Ui:;ineiil aod on llic slormv coasts of Ufeat Prita.iii, coa- 

 stantlv bcs-icgor] h\ and r^o'nsing fhe o If era of se)inien, who harl 

 been fascinated by hcv >;.ourage. .Atier her father's di-ai.h she re- 

 tired from the sea. to take charge of his liusincss. 



Tlie partly historical, pa.ialy romautic accounis of female inrates 

 are equally interesting. ..\lwlida, dangliter of the Gothic Iviug 

 SynarchiB, had been destined by her father lo hcrmne lli.j wife of 

 Alt, the lieir to the throne of Denmarli. AhviM : .. . :m opposed 

 to this union that she .gathered a following oi . i ' . . mazous, 

 withwliom. disguised as seamen, she left hei :ii -li in icillow the 

 sea in true 'Yikiiig style. Always brave and rre-iucJiUy successful, 

 she eucouutcred one day it, baud of pirates mourning the death of 

 their capt ain. Slie pi-oposed to them tliat they sliould ioin her, and 

 her b;iii!l. tlois iucrt-.'scd became the terror of the coast. .Finally 

 it ^\'a;=. . - i ; - ly the band, commanded byapreltybut 

 unknc.^ ^ and Alt, the rctused loYor, was ordered 



topriic,-: .: :,:_i;:i ii : .\ i I h a formidable licet. They met in the 

 IJav of Fiuluuai AlwiJaa ran alongside of the Admiral's ship and 

 the light liegan.' One-half of the pirates were killed and Alwilda 

 herself lia.d to suri-euder to .AIL Slie was recognized when forced 

 to doff Iier liriiiiir v i'd h-buci 'Vlv nriuce, thoroughly surprised, 

 hadw-'onhvM . - i : i : : .i rluj piratical beautv, and to 



cliuclimaii I I I lie man who had coni|uerud 



her. A good ..-t ' ■ - . 



Not less rouuLni]..' ■ ' • . . iiig case: Mary B.ocd, an English 

 girl, was put into h' • .''>"hei' mother, tluit lier \'o\; tli. might 



bo free from the c;, 1 1 j. .i \ r: .iis winch the mother had .stiffered. 

 Mary at lirst entered tfers ict- as viilet, then she went as volunteer 

 iido tlte Guards. Falling in l(3Te vrttli another volunteer, she con- 

 fessed her sex ano was m.-HTied to him in presence ot the whole, 

 regiment. Tlie husband d7,'in.g a few years later, Mary donned 

 men's clothuig again a)id w ent to sea. C'aptured by pii-ates, she 

 joined their batifi and— fell in loxc once more. 



The man of her heai t liccanie entbr(uled in aciuarrel with a ship- 

 mate, and Mary feared for his life. Mot being well able to prevent 

 a duel, Mary sou.glit a (juarrel with the same adversary of her 

 h.n er, compelled tiim to light, atid vanquished Mm two hours lie- 

 fore tlie tiu.u.! wiiich he w i..s to meet the lover. She had in the 

 mean tiviio confessed her sex to the latter, and as a proper end of 

 th.s cliatiier in lier careei' slie \\ as ui-vrried to him by the priest of 

 an isols. ud island. The man was subsequently killed, and Mary 

 joined the crew of the celehrated pirate, Capt.'wn Kaekman, who 

 was aooorapanicd by another female, Anne Bouncy, also a former 

 sailor and pirate. Mary had again donned male dress, and through 

 her bravery and ability rose high in the estimation of her com- 

 panions. 



Ca.i)i.aiii lloger.s, of the Royal ISavy, captured the brigantme 

 conimarided Ijv Rackman. and taking her to Port lloval, Jamaica, 



the ■s'.diole cve.\y wa.p. scntcticied to the gallows. Mary, however, 

 disclo,3ed hei sex, and miglit have escaped if a ferer iiad not 

 ended her .^.(i euturous life. .Rackman arid eight of his compan- 

 ions were u.\vical.ed; tlio iate ot Anno Boniicv i.s unknown.— 

 latcdfrom "AhoV by Fiur da hicc. 



FAIR PLAY IN THE CUP RACES, 



WE a.re glad to Deliiive that yachtsmen on both sides arc roadv 

 to view the coming races in a fair and impartial spirit, and 

 to accept defeat if it comes without complaint or grumbling, as 

 Genesta's owner did last season; and in the interests of fair sport 

 we can oidy re.gret the mischie\'aua attemiit to cover up a possible 

 defeat by a letter in the last issue of the London f ield from Mr. 

 Uavid Reed, Jr., of Kew Jersey, a gentleman wiiosc yviltings last 

 year on the sa.me sub.ject wiW be remembered. Our own pj-efcronce 

 for the cutter is so w^cll kno^vTithat yve may \'entn.re to criticise this 

 letter ivithout any suspicion of prejudice: 



Sir;.— Now tliat the Gala.cea. is a.etually on tire waj' here, will you 

 permit me to eiicroacli a little on your valuable space in connection 

 with the past and coming struggle for the so-called America's Cup? 

 The editor of the Now York Herald, in yesterday's issue, says: 

 "Few people in England, whose opinions are worth having, are 

 sanguine enough to anticipate that the Galatea is good enough to 

 take liome the America Clip. After the Genesta's failure it became 

 evident that only an exceptionally fast vessel could hope to sucoess- 

 fidly compete ^\dth the A!.nericau flyers." Now, I beg to assure my 

 feUoyv coun.ti'ymeu tliat the txalatea, or any ordinary :Britisii cut- 

 ter, is plenty good erarigli (to use an Americanism) for the purpose, 

 if the conditions wore "a fair field and no fa7or,"i3ut all tile same, 

 you must not expect the, Galatea or any boat you send, to be more 

 snccessful than was the Genesta. As to the American flyers, let 

 me iiist state here, for the benefit of your rettders Avho may not 

 knoyy, that, in the late regatta of the New York Y. C, the so-called 

 flyei-s (tlie Puritan, fhe Atlantic and tlie Mayflower) were placed 

 beiiind a. cntter (the Bedouin) which tlie Genesta could admittedly 

 vanquish, and it yvas by a mere prearranged class division that 

 the other flyer, the PrisciUa, was not also placed after the cutter. 

 The corrected times for the race in question were: Prisoilla, 

 i'i..')9.4.5; Bedouin, 6.07. IS; Atlantic, 6.12.55; Puritan, 6.2^.011: May- 

 flower, ii.;U.31; tliis latter being also beaten by the little 

 English cutter Olara with a record of 6.29.12, M-liile. the 

 famous Graeie could not fini-sh under 6.46.09, and it was not c .n.'.er 

 weather eitiun-, being, as is almost general at j-aclit races here, 

 ordy sitlhcient to make a good drifting match. In New England 

 waters on the same day, June 17, two cutters headed the fleet in 

 the Dorchester j'egatta, the Englisli cuttei- Stranger leading the 

 Yankee cutter lltiroji tjy 3min. osec., and both cutters leaxing all 

 the sloops half an hour behind. I only mention these niatters Us 

 show your readers that they must, not "judge as to I he comparative 

 methods of cutters and sloops, even for these waters, by any per- 

 formance in the Amei'ica Cup races. Certainly cutters arc hot so 

 suitable for the shallo\v waters and generally stagnant atmos- 

 phere here as are the skimming dishes; but then these conditions 

 do not preTail on your side, and should not affect you at alL It is 

 well enough understood here that if once tliat Cup crosses the 

 ocean again, there Is small hope of ever getting it back, and that is 

 wh^' the Yankees v(-ill not agree to any of tlie changes in xilace, etc., 

 of sailing the match suggested by Mr. Beavor Webb. In the ease 

 of the Genesta, it i\"as to an unprejudiced person simply an engi- 

 neered affair all through. Y'achtsmen on our side must" not think 

 —unless by the rarest good luck— of beating a skimming dish with 

 a cutter when the course to be sailed over is inside. The Bay is 

 fuU of shoals and knolls, tides and currents, and so on, so that e ".^eu 

 in charge of skillful pilots many a vessel finds itself suddenly 

 landed on terra iirma without a moment's yvarning. Even the New 

 York Herald lias the gi'ace to suggest that the races should be 

 sailed outside, as ±\li-. Webb desired; but the club committee were 

 too wide awake for that; if the Cup must go to England it will not 

 be their fault. It is a pity the Galatea accepted the terms at all. 

 She may wdn, of course— there is no ahselute impossibilitv in it— 

 but the chances are seemingl'-' a II aa,a.aii-:i j...>r j.i,e Im handicapped 

 all over. Should she be uu; .•: . ear the finest 



yacht that ever floated ill 1 lulishmen will 



cease to challenge for the e vi ;. .,< ai;r v.i.i r.i --r ri'f to meet them 

 in a fairer spirit. Lc>t the (..hi^j lie sailed .tor at a. season wlien there 

 is probability of^some vdnd, and over a fairly na-.igable 

 course; or, if the Yankees will not consent to tlicse conditions, 

 let them keeo the Cuo. WTien tht tienesta. was here, after the 

 America Cup farces were over, she sailed thTee races. In the first 

 she had a crowd of competitors, including the famous Graeie, ad- 

 mittedly the best Yankee sloop before Puritan yvas put together, 

 »ad al^D inoludu^ ^ lii.ilp boat, w.hieli boat an •'American flyer" In 



the late regatta. Well, there was no engmeoring abcuit that race, 



it was a fair, square sailing match, and the Genesta left them all 

 out of sight. Mcxt race was round to Hrenton's Reef, a long deep 

 sea. alfair, so all tb.o y.'udits squirniod out of it, except the Daunt- 

 less, a big Schooner, \vliich thought she could heat iln' (tenesta, u.s 

 heavy weather was expected. Tlic weather did prove oretty liad, 

 but the cutter won easily. The third and last ra,cc w.i.s a lso a long 

 0)ve, and only the Dauntless, tiaa^ to luu' na.rtu?, etitiii-cd tri cetitest 

 it with the Bitglish cutter. The pilot of the Dauntless vowed he 

 woid-dtov. the Geni-sia home, Init. somehow he seemed to ha , e 

 missed her, as no trace of the. schooner was Tisiblo wjtcu the Gen- 

 esta earned her last cuo. 1 do not remember \\]iea the Dauntless 

 got back, but it must have been some tiuie het.weeii then and now, 

 as she appeared asacrackbon i. in tlie late regatta, tti get beaten 

 rfgainby the little English cni i.e.- 1 la.ra. Now I do not disparage 

 the Dauntless one let, She i- a - vi.,.-^ 1.,.;.., \ .nikee boats go, and 

 herownei-isa gentU-niati ;ia., .- ; n.l showed, it by his 



action in craning tor>varrt(r;i i .: .' . ••• to make a race for 



the ttenesta, when .all the ol. lie, v.e inV ...' In-.aiy l:ield back rather 

 tba ii take a beating. Of coui-se tli.a i'lu itan da red not try conclu- 

 sions again, aslier repuiation yvas at slake and could not safely be 

 ventured, and it was as w-ell at any ra.te she did not go on the 

 Hriuiion's Reef excursion, as even the small sum she actually 

 brouLrlit a t a uction would hardly have been offered for a disman- 

 tled v. reek. 



Let me beseech of my fellow countrymen to sticdtto their cutters 

 in spit." of all results one wa.v or another of these so-called inter- 

 nationa.l matches; and let me say, in conclnsinn, tliat (u.itters will 

 have a long lease of favor with you if you will only stick to them 

 till one of the l ankcc skimming dishes goes over, aiul l.hrnu tmios 

 running cleans vou all out, as the Genesta did the flat bottoms 

 here Daviij Rkmh, ,Jn. 



bOTIUTII .'\VKNUK. R<)."-U«Ij1jE, N. .1 ., .1 uuc 



The gist of this rattier ilisconnected epistle is a. statement tlin t 

 the New York V. C. "engineered" th::i races Lo secure a victory for 

 their own boat; in other Avords, tliat tlir-y used unfair means to 

 defeat (ienest:.a and to retain the Chip. As we have in th(! past 

 cru.icis(.:d. thcLr a.e.liotis pi'ctty freely, Ave can say .a yvord on t.ln^ 

 othra- side with good grac;.;. The club course we have C(Uidemned 

 as not suittible for a match race, and now we believe that tlie club 

 is making a.n error l)y holding to ii., tint last yea.r Genesta w.i.s 

 f.n.irly lies ten OA'er the course tlirough Puritan Ijciiig faster in liglit 

 jialf.i'v w-imls, .-•ncl her loss of sixteen luinute.s was due to lluky 

 witals .'ai !,,.,' i iian the shoal waters. This year the club have 

 agri d ! . • 1 1., a rtain portions of tlie course at IMr. Beavor Webb's 

 sugui .,1 irui. ii. is the club cour.se and they ha\-e a perl'eet ri.ght to 

 only one race over it, but Mr. Reed carefully ignores the fact that 

 two out of three ra.C'cs are to be sailed over a fair and open course 

 at sea. To go to Marbleliead or Newport wouh.i entail a. loss of 

 time and expenditure of mouev \' Itiiet i h.' club cannot bo expected 



to make. Our objections to tl - .ire mainly i,ha,t,witli i'.s 



tides and fluky winds it is no I a imijorta.nt matcli, as the 



advantage geuera.Ily lies with .la' !.;i.|ihm- yacht, be she keel or 

 hoard. AVilh the shoal spols liarred out: this year, llie disafi-. 

 vantaffcs of the keel boat will tie decreased, and il mnsr tie reineui- 

 iiered also tliat she draws at no time over hit i.. , wl 1 1 le her rival 

 must laa.-- ,1.;- ai'aja ;::riri a': i- ellieien t \vorking. A serious objection 

 toll.: . ; .. ..yala.nt vessels will ha.mpei- the foUoyy- 



iug Ii i: round biiov 5 well ahead coming in. 



she will gala, laa. l„;-a. ii. i liis. 



The tenor of t.lie entire letter inters thai all the races arc to be 

 sailed over this coyirse in light weailiei', hat i.lie I rath is thai the 

 date has been made as lati' as )>i, alible in detei'cncc to Lieutenant 

 Iloun's su.ggestion last .•.-li- ai'i rha;. t\\'o out ot ' s la.. will 

 be sailed o\ er an open a. . i a September, avI . a hould 



be plenty of wind. Wi. t .. . a I 1 1 love for t.he : . .. . 1 type 



and a belief in the sv.pen"riiy ol the cutter as a. aaa.-.^'oin.L; yacht, 

 we can at the same time coudenui tlie criticism <if .Paritan as a 

 skimming-dish and the probabilities of her Iieiiig a. dismantled 

 ■wi-eck after a race o.ttsidc as utter nonsense, Mr. David Reed and 

 the. Saturday ii'. virv.' to the contrary notwii;h8tanding. Pi'obably 

 n( ith( I hi (\ 1 hi u 1(1 \ I midwinti 1 p 1 -.o igc <i1 latmg 

 speed. 



It is only too well knoyvn that it the Ccp goes abroad there is no 

 chance of retaldng it under a rule \vhieli virtuall.v assumes that 

 Galatea is 7}.^ft. deep iuid Puritan lift., ami v,diile siitli conditions 

 are imposed on American yachts the Jess we hear a tin-i.t British 

 fair play tlie better. Believing in the superiority of the cutter 

 over the old American type, \\'e lia . e looked for a cotter victory in 

 these races, ami while we aliould rejoice over sneba vindication of 

 our position for many years, ^\'c should at the same time regret to 

 see the troiihy placed where only one certain type of lioat could 

 ever hope to win it, so that international contests must virtually 

 cease, as ia.r as it is conc(U-ne(i. 



The figures given above prove absolutely nothing, as the race 

 w^as all flukes and drifts. Past as she is, no one believes that Clara 

 can come within a few minutes of Puritan, and in the E. Y. 0. race 

 none of the boats mentioned were in it yvitli tlie tliree big ones, Ijeing 

 far astern. Fortunately Americans are uo lom;-er Imilding skim- 

 ming dishes, and if we were there is no danger of their "cleaning 

 out" the British fleet in home waters, as in the lirst place ihev 

 w<.u!ld ha-e to carry an nn.pist handicap from larger lioals. and lu 

 the se('ond t hev wcnild not be allowed even the fair pla v ot (uitenug 

 the races. 



ANOTHER "YACHTING ACCIDENT." 



TH1<, great I'clormB in our yachting fleet and the general preva- 

 lence of healthier ideas and more correct knowledge ha\^e of 

 late gi\'en grounds for the hope that tiie teiaiflc calamities that 

 mar the history of American yachting for the past ten years have 

 not been entirely without their important lessons; that the neetj- 

 less waste ot human hie on the Mohawk, hophia, i\l vsiei'v. ( 'omiug 

 and sc.tnes of fsinallei <:ra.tt has not been entirely yvil noni ii.s wurn- 

 in.gs, but that those who venture afloat, and still more those who 

 take the ignorant and confiding with them, would \y.L\ some rega rd 

 to the dictates ot ordmarv common sense aiul iinuhuHie. Within 

 I he decade that h 1^ baiclj eKpncd aiiut tin. \ n hti.i_' woild y\ i- 

 shockod. by the terrible tragedy of th» Mohawk thiuv. lu'ive lioeii 

 many similar calamities, but none so tatal m results, so sad in .all 

 surroundings or so totally inexcusable as that wliudi occurred last 

 Friday. The main facts are easily told; indeed given the results, 

 the premises might be laid do^vn without further knowledge. A. 

 vessel of extreme beam, limited draft, lofty rig and a little" loose 

 sand for ballast is struck by a squall stich as \ve are used to througli- 

 out all our summer months, especially after a term of extretue 

 heat; a squall preceded by plain warnings which were disregarded. 

 The vessel with a large spread of sail is struck yvithout steerage 

 way, the :)ib jams and cannot bo lowered: there is a. moment of 

 suspensij, and she is on her beam ends with seven passengers, six; 

 ol them ladies, imprisoned underwater in her cabin, none of them 

 to emerge alive. 



The vessel, though not a y aeht, was in use at the time bv a pleas- 

 ure party who had chartered tier. She was a little trading 

 schooner, the Sarah Craig, built in 1881 at Patcliogae, L. I. (from 

 which port she hailed), by Ebsha SexLon and Edwin Post, and as 

 will be seen from the dimensions, one of tlie worst of her chi^s, the 

 famous American shoal, wide eeni.erhoard boat: Length on L. W. L. 

 17ft., beam 19ft. 6in., hold 5ft., draft 4ft. 6in., tonnageS 7 tons, ballast, 

 about 5 t;ons of sand. She is schooner ri.gged, with lofty lower 

 masts, short topmasts, mainmast well forv.'ard, long main boom 

 and single jib work.dig on a traveler. Slie is commanded by Capt. 

 Edward Ruland, of I'atchogue, with a. mate, cook, and two extra 

 colored cooks, five in all. During the y\'lnter she v, as trading up 

 and down the coast as far as North (laroliiia, earrvlng oysters, and 

 lately has been carrying fruit. Wiien in Philadelphia latelv, un- 

 loading T,\'atermelons, she was chartered for a cruise of ten days at 

 the rate of $Vi per day, by Mr. M. S. Bulkley, of that city, and on 

 July 27 she sailed doyvn the Dela^\'are yvith a party of 8 ladies and 5 

 gentlemen on board, tieside her creyv. 



The pai'ly was organized by the young men. Messrs. Z. W. Jor- 

 dan, M. S. Bulkley, Alfred Potter, Frank Hall and Chester Clarke. 

 All of them yvere young business men and not vachtsmen. The 

 ladies were Mrs. T. W. Stevens, I\Irs. .Bulklev, Mrs. H. A. Askin, 

 Misses Mary Stevens, Jessie McClure, Bessie and Emma yierritt, 

 and Maud E. Bettew. The accommodations of the boat were of a 

 most limited kind, a cabin about lift, squai'o a.ad 6ft. high, the 

 house being 37in. aliove deck. In this were a berth and locker on 

 each side, three windows, each 1ft. high and .-.'ft. long, protected by 

 heavy iron bars, and a companion aft on the port side of the center 

 line, yvith double doors and three steps to the cabin. A sm.all 

 bulkhead door .gave access to the main hold, yyith less than 5ft. 

 headroom and unfurnished. IJero cots were spread on the flat 

 floor for the gentlemen and the crew, while the cooking was done 

 foi-ward. Two large hatid ICS gave access lo tlie hold. " The party 

 engaged their oyvn cooks, and the regular cook did duty as "crew," 



Wednesday was spent at Capo May, and on Thin sdav Atlantic 

 City was reached, yvhei'e Mrs. Bulkley and Miss McClure left the 

 party. Six new arrivals were expected, but tliev dhl not appear, 

 and on Friday at 7 A. M, the boat was under yvav for Sandv Ilook 

 and Neyy York". After a pleasant day the Hook yvas reached about 

 8 .P.M., and after supper all were on deck when a little rain fell 

 and the ladies, yvi til several of the gentlemen, w ent below. The 

 wa.rnings of a squall had been visible thei-e as in all the vicinity of 

 Neyv 'tairk for some time, but the only preparation for it yvas to 

 brail up the small foresail, lea\-ing jib and mainsail set. The ves- 

 sel laj m a liat calm without steerage yvay, yvhen a squal) was seen 

 coming from S.W. The captain at onqe ordered the^ib down, but 



before it could be stowed. th(3 wind flUod it and lanimed tlie lianks 

 so Mint it would not lower. 'Phe caplam lashc-d the yvheel hard 

 down and ran forward to assist., when a heavy blow struck the 

 boat and laid her on her bea.m endi:i. A second squall, hea.yfier 

 than the first, boi-eher still further down, until tlie sand ran to 

 leeward, and she filled completely. .In the cabin were the ladies 

 and Mr. Cln.rke, l.uit the doors jammed and the companion yvas 

 partly unite j' \\ ater. 



A long and very sevei'e storm of wiufl and rain, with large hail- 

 stones, prevented any action on the part of those on deck, who 

 were obliged to ha.n.g to the bulwarks, standing on the edge of the 

 liatch coa.jning, the 'deck being neaidy vertical. The captain made 

 sonic a.ttemptK to break in tlie house tap, Init ra.iuld not accom- 

 plish it, and the force of the storm made it imiiossilito lo do more 

 tha.n (ding to the I'aih After a Lime iiilot I'oat t-io. 5 sent a yawl, 

 hut none of the men would leave the wreck. The mate v.ais sent 

 to a tug noyv in sigiit, tlie '..too. W. Pride, but slie had a flrc-cTge in 

 tow yvith a creyv o.i' a on lioard. and declined to allow it to go Uilrift. 

 Soon the tugs Wni. Cramp and B. P. Haviland appeared and made 

 fust to the schooner, towing her in to the Government Pier at the 

 Hook. None of the men yvould leave her untU it was evident that 

 no further aid \vouhl avail to sa.ve their friends. 



Early next morning Captatu Thomas Seidly, of the Haviland, 

 entered the c-abin and yvorkerl bravely for three hours, staying 

 under water as long as possible at each dive, until ho had sccurod 

 all the bodies but Miss Merritt's, which was not found until later. 

 The liodies were reniovcsd to Idnladelplua. 1 he scliooner was finally 

 rigbtnd bv a steam lighter and towed to Tebo s Pier, South. Brook- 

 lyn. 



She presented a sorry sight when puia i :^.i .aa (..leg being 



buried in a nia:Js ol' \'(d. sand to leea, a, t.eoks, 



letters, ea.nncd goofia, -alises, and qua a ■ aia^. ;^he 



is still sound and has sualained appareai I , mu vei ;- a .j r ,a damage. 



Remembering all i.hat they lia e recenUy passed through and the 

 heroic manner in wliieh i liev stayed by the craft and dcchncd all 

 chances to h:a"e her until tlic last, it is very bard to sit in judg- 

 ment on the survivors, but no such affair as tliis happens yvithout 

 good and snilieient cause, and to let it pass without notice would 

 only load to a repetition. On the water as on land there arc vwit- 

 able a.ccidetils which happen in spite of all human care and skill; 

 some collisions, failure of gear or cables, striking hidden obstruc- 

 tions; but no such excuse can be ad vanced in this case, and the 

 capsize of tlie Sarah Craig must lie placed tieside that of tlie 

 Mohawk, the Sophia and the Grayling, as directly due to ignorance 

 of the plainest laws of designing, a.nd carelessness in handling a 

 most dangerous tcjic of tioat. The in-omotcrs of the party were 

 vounc- a I' I- , ii'C -a-a-. .l a.-^oion, and inexperienced in all pcr- 

 ;aiiiina;i .. . a ee at the boat they chose would 



convitaa: .. a - lai , . ■ . entire unii tness ill every vtay for 



such a I a. I raoaa, i lUi. a i a:: .a i;. aaa u I a.ny da.nger they blindly selected 

 her as the bearer of sneb precious frelglita 



Of CatUain Ruland's lira.very -md i-oolness all speak in the high- 

 est terms, and to Idm it is due that moi-e lives were not lost. On 

 liim, however, must rest the responsibility for taking aboard such 

 a \ esse! a party relying solely on him. and his knowledge of his 

 craft; and yet tliere ran be no doubt that in this case he erred only 

 tlu'ough ignorance and o ver-con 1 idence. lie believed firmly in his 

 craft !.ast'\veek, he believes just as firmly in her to-day. She had 

 never capsized before and lie did not expect her to then. Blind to 

 tVie obvioiv failings of a shoal, unbalkisted and overrigged craft, 

 a_ .. .,r .,11 (lie principles r,r stability and flota.tion and still at 

 a !' -a . . ira-^laiid bo\-,' a. \ esscd witli so m.ieh beam could cap- 

 a.i a' il.. icLa'.i'ds the oeeij. rrejicc a.s dia; s.oltdy to .a yvind of greater 

 force than usual and tli.'it wrmld have treated any vessel as it .did 

 his. In such ii. case it is hard to blame the individual, we can only 

 lament the y\idesiirea.d ignorance and disregard of the teachings 

 of competent authorities, yvhieh in this, as in other cases, has re- 

 sulted in the sacrifice of innocent and ti-usting persons. 



The neglect of the plain yvarnings of the squall and of the ob-^d- 

 ous preparations -which shoald ha\ e follow ed them is most culpa- 

 ble, considering the large party in his . l a .a- '.^'orking the coast 

 with a crew of seamen such risks .a re a, : ' r and a man be- 

 comes hardened to them, but with a dc.-f ii . ; a ^ iiassengers de- 

 pendent solely on his skill such carelessneas becoxjios criminal. 



Perliaus the most blame in the whole matter attaches to those 

 who, while fully competent to judge, have persistently championed 

 the cause of the yvidc, beamy, "seaworthy" centerboard boat, and 

 yy ho for ends of theii' own have opposed the reforms now so gen- 

 eral in the direction of depth and less beam, T'o their false teach- 

 ings is due much of tlie ignorance and misapprehension of nature's 

 laws yyliieh has kept in use for iilcasure purposes these floating 

 coffins. The shoal draft, beamy centerboard boat is a necessity In 

 America; with our shoal harbors and streams commerce is only 

 pos.sible by their aid. They have a function in our domestic econ- 

 omy; and so has a powder mill or ;i dynamite factory. In. their 

 proper plaiaj when used for inland commerce and manned, by 

 professional crcyvs accustomed to them, who know and undertake 

 the rislts as a matter of business, a,s a man works in a poyvder mill, 

 they fill a logitimate imriiose. Sometimes tlie one capsizes, some- 

 times the other bloyvs up. Neither can v ell be dispensed with and 

 on one thinks of condemning them. The trouble arises yvbcn they 

 are diverted from their projier purpose; in vi-hich case, to carry 

 out the parallel, the person who lakes a party who are utterly 

 ignorant of any danger afloat in such a death-trap as the y\'ide, 

 .shoal, badly ballasted yacht or boat, is as directly answerable for 

 the consequences as though he had taken them for a pleasant 

 picnic to the vicinity of a powder mill or under the roof of a 

 ilvnamite factory. 



SilARPIEM ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN.-The Ro' W. H. H. 



Murray, better known to our readers by Ins familiar soubriquet ot 

 "Ailirondack" Murray, is now located at Burlington, A^t., on Lake 

 Chaniplain. With its noble waters close at hand he lias gone into 

 yachting, and is now industriously jiroiuoting the building of cheap, 

 roomv sharpies, foi- use on the tai-ri.'. rseveral are Ijuitdmg lor 

 residents ot Burlington, and U. is exnecred that a large fleet will 

 toUowasthoy become bettei' known. I he lollowmg description ot 

 one, written by Mr. Murray, y^-e copy from the .Borfon Herald; 

 "Length over all, 50ft.; deptii, 4ft. .amidships; extreme yvidth of 

 deck, k-M't.; length of centerboard, 16ft.; width, :-%it.; distance 

 iietwcen masts, 30ft.; sail area, SOtiyds.; length of foremast 50ft.; 

 length of mainmast, 47ft. The sails are laced to small booms, or the 

 sprit can be used. The sails can be of strictly "mutton leg" shape 

 or 'clubbed' in form, wdiich is desirable yvhen a large spread of 

 canvas is demanded, because it allows a large sail area, and at the 

 same time, l^eeps the major section of the sail low dovn, wlierethe 

 Avind pressure should be located. Those tioats are decked and 

 slaved in hard woods, oak, cherry, birch, or southern pine. White 

 pine is of course alloyvaiile, but is soft and Liable to be marred by 

 indentations. The sides are of white pine pianlt, 2in, in thickness, 

 Sin. yvide, and from Ifi to .'?Oft, in length. Such plank yvork is easily 

 shaped, and makes a strong boat. Bottom of southern pine, finest 

 quality, ;3iu. thick and din. wide. Stem piece of best yvhite oak, 

 yvith plenty of size to it. FourLerai feet abaft the stem is the front 

 of the cabin. Length of cabin to suit servfce. If for home sailing, 

 it can be l.'-T't., divided amidships into two apai'tments, one for 

 ladies and the other for gentlemen. Front section of each apart- 

 iiient, says txj;, is fitted yvith a lavatory like a Pullman car. 

 Height of cabin. Oft. in the dear. This gives elevation of sides 

 abo\-e deck line say .'^ft. T.tieso sides to be built in two or three 

 panels which can be opened in\\-.ard in fair weather, and buttoned 

 to catiln roof. Idiocabiu is thus cony^ertod at yvill into a charming 

 sitting room, in which ladies and children can be protected from 

 the sun, and yet enjoy t.he sight of ^vater and mountains beyond. 

 If the boat is intended for cruising, tlie cabin can be made longer, 

 say ;?;3ft, Tliis would still leave a large car kpi t, aiul accommodate 

 a party of a dozen with berths and tallies tor sleeping and eating, 

 yvhether the Aveather yvas fair or foul. The taiile leaf can be hinged 

 to the centerboard ease so as to hang vertically to it, and takes up 

 no room yvlien not in use. Berths or bed frames made of \sacker, 

 ijx;2ft., are hinged to the cabin sides, and like the table, hang 

 penrlant when not in use. Cook's galley, immediately ahead of the 

 cabin, is entererl liy a hatch of large size, say ox 4ft., built to be slid 

 foryvard iu close fitting grooves, so that in rough yveather it would 

 be practically water-tight, Cabintobe of quartered oak, or cherry, 

 or any desirable wood." 



III! LI I V. (A cltDlSE.-Tho cruise of the Hull Y. C. was begun 

 on Saturday, yvdien twenty yachts started from the anchorage for 

 Marblehe.ad. The flagship, Sllvie, was at anchor, and when she 

 lired a gun at 11 ..i. M. tlie fleet started past in tlie following order: 

 Steam yacht Annie S., Fred Pope. Schooner yachts Adrienno, C, 

 S. Lancaster, and Vif, e.-c-Com. W. H. Crane. Sloops Active, Chas. 

 Kenny; Zepho, A. S. Ivilbuj-u; Posey, R, S. Hunt; Rambler. J. J. 

 Henrv; Hera., Rear-Com. George R. HoAve; Nimbus, J. J, Soiitlier; 

 Nebula, Clarence .Jones; (barmen, Viee-Oom. B. L. M. Tower; Yen. 

 ture, E. C. Neal; Optic, G. S. Hutchinson; Seabird, C. L. Joy; Ida, 

 Emily aial Helen, and the eatboat Gisela, .Herbert Aborn.' Mar- 

 bleliead \vas reached with very little wind, at 8:30 P. M., a.nd the 

 ileei aricliored all night. Expert and Vivian joined the fleet at 

 Marblehcad. 



LAlti dIMONT Y. 0.— The ovstcr boat race held last vear by the 

 Landimont \ . C. proved such a success that it vyill fie repeated 

 this season, the date being Aug. 21, 



LI \LKb\ ^ t ilk .Cib K.iin, the third race for Bu?- 

 zurd's Bay championship, will be sailed oflJ Monument Beach on 

 August Si at 1 P.M. It will be open to club members only. 



