Sept. 23, 1686.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



water line measm-ement; one for sloops and cutters of 55ft. and 



under 71ft., load water line measnrcmiMit; one foi- sloopp and pnt- 

 tev8 under 55ft-., lond water line- inensuremunt: to lake iilaee at 

 Newport, on Satui'da->', S<:])t. 18, ISSii. 'Die raoo he siiilcd under 

 the rales, wit-li tlio exc-optlon of l.liose .ipplj'ing to classification, 

 and w. til the time a-llowanc-e "t the vlnh. 



'the fMjurso for t his race ^vill lie lriari.ti:ulrtr and about Corty-tlre 

 miles loTUi-, start, inu- from Brenton's lleer li^-htship or its vicinity, 

 ami will toe nnnonnced by signal from tla-gship Ifllectra on the 

 morriiog of the race. 



The letters K. V of 1:]je international code will signifj- a course 

 fTom the Brenl oil's Heef lightsliip to a nd aronnd tlie huoy on the 

 north end of Block Island, leax'iiig it ou the port iumd; theuee to 

 and around a stakelioal or marl-:, displtij ing' a reii flag, anchored 

 about 2'?i miles -west soa I I'l west from the lighihuuse at West Island, 

 lea-'<7in£r it on tlie port hand; tlieiice to the startivm line, passing i,o 

 the southward ot tlie li!.;lil sliip. Af^ the start and ihiisli tlic yaciits 

 will jiass hetAveevi i,lio lightship and tlie fla-gshiji stationed to the 

 wcst-n ard of it. 



'the let tei's S. ^I- '^dll .signify a course from a line drawn between 

 tlie buo.\- otr Rea-\'er 'tail and liie flagsiiip ancliored to tlie soutli- 

 ward of it; to and a-roiinrl the .Sow and I^ig liglitshi]), leaving it on 

 Mie poi-t luLiid; tlienee to and aronnd t-lie lien and (thickens litj.hti- 

 ship, leavdiig it on the port ha-iid; theiiee to liiren ton's Iteet light- 

 ship, pnssing to the southward of it and between the lightship and 

 the flagship. 



Tlie ra c as urement of yaoJits not already measured sJtall accom- 

 pany entries. 



Kutries will be received by tlie regatta committee at t he eliih 

 house. No. 67 INIadison aveniie, up to Thnrsday J^ept. 1(5. anil on ilie 

 flagship, addressed to commandfng oflicer, up to o'clock A. M. on 

 the day of the race. 



O-wners are rotjtiested to send iu tiieir eiitrie-s as early as possi- 

 ble to facilitate the laliors of ih-c; regatta committee. 



The preparatory signal wiU be given from tlie flagsliip at the 

 staa-ting point at 9:50 .A.. M., and the starting signal at 10 precisely, 

 if po.ssinle. 



The signals for starting will he as follows, rm.: 



Preparatory Signal,— One gun, and at the same time the United 

 States ensign will be lowered rrom the fore and a bine peter set in 

 its iilace. 



The Start.— Ten minutes later there will lieascenndu n. tUe 

 bine peter wiU be lowered and the yacht club signal s-.'l in its 

 place, when the time of eai^h ya-c'.ht ^vill he taken as it crossi's tlie 

 line. Ten minutes later there -wnll be a thii-d .gun, and this time 

 will be recorded as that of any yacht starting in the race there- 

 after. 



Note. — That before a-ny signal is given the United .States ensign 

 will be flying at the fore; during the preparatory period a blue 

 peter, and after the starting gun the .vachi, elub signal. 



If practicalile, .a short blast of the vdiisTle wdll be given when 

 each y,\-clit crosses the starting line. 



There will be no limit as to time of iicrfm-mance. 



Yae-ht-i mailing vlie race will cci'r> I lieir pri"ate signals at the 

 main pi'.ii:. 



Ill e;i - hip from any cause is not- at- the tinish line, yachts 



will pa, : ,1- , hoard the Bronton's llecf Liglitshi p, each :, achf 

 owner oi re^n errcntative taking the tiine wlien the foremast of his 

 vessel on a line dra\s'n :d- right angles lo the straight course from 

 the last mark passes the how at the hghtslup. 



FRA^K T. Robinson, [ o^mfttee 

 A.M.OAHOONB, \ <-'Ommittee. 



Nkw Yokk, Sept. 13, 1886. 



On Friday most of the yachts M-ere ready at Ne^vport. Bedou in 

 and Miranda arri\'ed from i're\\' York, whei'e they had docked, 

 Puritan came from New Bed ford, while Mayflov.'or and Sacliem 

 had been newly potleaded at, I'rovidence. It had iieeii agreed iie- 

 tw eeri the owners ol' M y(io\\-er and (3alatea that iirithcr ya,clit, 

 should dock after .Sept. 7: hni, as F'uritanliad cleancil bottom tor 

 the race, Mayflower decided io do so as weU, and ereii. Paine noti- 

 fied Lietit. Henn a-eeordingl.\ . l)u Thursday Galatea towed back 

 from Lai'chmont to New York a.nd went on lhadoclc. eorniiig off 

 Friday morning. The fi^vniers of the tugSandfin-d olfered he-- a 

 tow, which was accepted, and at midnigiit on l-'rid.-y sheain hored 

 at Newport. All Friday afternomi and night a strong N AV, ^dnd 

 was blowing, and e-'ery one propliesied a fine race at last after the 

 many disappoinrmen i s of rlie season. On Satui'day morning, how- 

 ever, the breez ^ - - iiieiitly dropping fast. The flagship Elec- 

 tra, with the i'. ' ■•.mraittoc, Messrs. Chase, Robinson and 



Cahoone on toll,. 1 : L. ; n /ni'dont to Beaver Tail in good time, with 

 the signal flviug for tlie Sow and Pigs course. The fleet had pre- 

 pared for a blov. iind reefs were tied in .and some topinasts lunised, 

 but before they were near the start all set their full working can- 

 vas in anticipation of a moderate breeze. Some took their places 

 near Beaver Tail and did not obser\'e thai the course and signal 

 had been changed, ihe orders now being to start oil Brentoii's Heef 

 Lightship for a race around the Block Island course. Ma,\'flower 

 and Bedouin Avere among the last to discover the eha,nge and were 

 both badly handicapped. At Ithhi the first gun Was fired, ■\'\'ith the 

 start at 10:25. The times were: 



Puritan 



Galatea 



Miranda 



Clara 



Bertie 



Cinderella 



Sti-ang 



.. .10 ''7 

 . ..It) MS 

 . . .10 2S 35 



..10 y.s u 



. , .10 :t7 

 ... 10 80 8!J 

 .10 :5:; Ir 



(iitana. , . . 



Tlictis 



Sachem, . . 

 Alontank, . 

 Jlayflower 

 Bedouin 



... , ,..10 33 34 



10 33 03 



10 33 31 



10 37 35 



10 39 19 



10 42 09 



Olulitopsails, balloon jilitopsails and spinnakers came out on the 

 fleet, while the schooners carried their maintopmast staysails. 

 Mayflower had both jib and staysail stowed, running under bal- 

 loon jibtopsail. Her captain has been severely criticised for the 

 tardy start, but slie ^\ as in good comjiany, as Bedouin is never 

 among the laggards, and the fault this time seems to he with t he- 

 change of signals, by which both were misled. 



The Aviud was very light so they ran down toward Point .ludith, 

 Puritan well ahead. Asteiai oP )ier was Ghilatea both with spin- 

 nakers to port. Miranda and Sa,(!hem were nearly a.breast, the 

 former with jibtopsail, inaintopmast staysail and spinnaker, tlie 

 white schooner with balloon jibtopsail .and big maintopmast stay- 

 sail. When clear of Point .Tudiih Pur, tan was half a mile ahead 

 of Galatea, Clara to the -westwa rd was coming up rapidly. Sacliem 

 was next in order, then Stranger, Cinderella, Gitana, i5ei-lie and 

 Thetis. Miranda was aljout half a mile east of Gitana and a lit tie 

 ahead. Sachem leading the pair by o','er one-eighth of a mile. 

 Montauk was well astern nea r tlie shore wdth jNIayfloAver abeam 

 of hear and Bedouin litst of all. The light wind w^as very uneven, 

 Sachem holding a breeze ^vhile Miranda's sails were flapping and 

 Clara and Cinderella to the west of the fleet were tolerably AVell 

 favored. At 11:45 there were indications of a breeze from 8. W. 

 The water was perfectly smooth, without even a roll. At noon 

 Miranda had dropiied astern, there being little wind on the 

 exti-eme east of tlie fleet where she had been thus far. .Just be- 

 fore noon Pm-itan e'auglit tlie first of a light westerly breeze and 

 trimmed in sheets .a little, holding to her spinnaker boom while 

 her spinnaker was kept at the masthead ready to sheet out after 

 rounding the mark. Gita-ii;i, tjoo liad held on" to a breeze on the 

 extreme west and was now abeam of Sachem, the latter gain- 

 ing at the same time on Galatea,. The chances were now with the 

 yachts tc the west and ^Miranda's were growing less and less. 



At noon the Electra, Stiletto and Wanda, followed by the Pil- 

 grim, Frances and other steamers, reached the buoy off tlie north 

 end of Block Island. Puritan took in her spinnaker boom above 

 the mark, as it became evident tliat .she must jii>e. Most of the 

 fleet had taken in spinnakers %vhen some distance from the mark, 

 but Sachem and Clara set theii's again. Puritan boomed, her bal- 

 loon jiptopsall out to fitiirboard to liurr>' her over the la.st quarter 

 of a mile. Galatea and Cinderella sheeted out their spinnakers 

 again. Sachem was leading Galatea at a half mile from the buoy, 

 having passed on her starboard side. ,Tust at the mark Puritan 

 was left by the wind, and at 13:20 her balloon jibtopsail came down 

 and she jibed over, breaking out jib and setting forestaysail aa 

 she did so. Yrithin a iialf mile of tlie mark Clara was on Gal.i- 

 tea's weather and in ,-). line bec,\vocn her and Gitana. At 13:35 the 

 wind was very light, hut edging to the west so that the spinnakers 

 ceased to draw. The tide was setting to the westward, carrymg 

 the yachts away from the buoy, there being no ^vmc\ at all a t 

 12:30. 



The rear guard still held a little breeze and came up slowly on 

 the leaders lying idle at the mark. At 13:35:23 Puritan turned" the 

 buoy and filled away on the ijort^taek ^dth a little wind. Miranda 

 set her spinnaker near the miirk. At 13:35 Puritan was running 

 away slowly, while half a dozen of theothers were drifting toward 

 the mark. Galatea was leading Sachem a little, Clara was close 

 on the schooner's starboard <iuart-er,"\^-ith Gitana and Stranger just, 

 astern and Thetis after them. At 1:37 Cinderella and Galatea took 

 in their spinnakers, the white cutter drifting astern as tlie tide 

 jammed her away from the buoy. The sun Avas shining out hot 

 and bright from a cloudless sky, and there was not a particle of 

 wind. At 13:44 Puritan went on starboard tack, \rith the wind 

 aboid-. S.E. At 13:46 both Galatea and Sac-hem jilied, the others 

 following. 



Mayilower was now up with the leaders and ran up her head- 

 sails at 13:48. Miranda had also come up, and Avith the shift of 

 wind was to windward of the rest. Galatea M'^as to leeward of 



Stranger and Sachem, none having moi-e than bare steerageAvay. 

 Bedouin, tile last of tlie third class, joined the fleet and a circle of 

 }-4 Tuile diameter would have inebided ;tll,even Puritan, a,s the 

 latter avjs now starting in aw starboard tack. With the ealni and 

 strong tide it see-ined doiibtrul whether any hut Puritan could 

 turn the mark. ,)nsta,tt P. M. I he ihiKS im the si;,eaiiiers hee;.,n lo 

 flutter Ijefeirr a iiglil south wind, lindiirz the fleet, in a, elese li-,incli 

 Dii the west of t lie buoy. At the same time Pni'i|,^i n t'xik in her 

 jibtopsail and set lier balloon jiotopsad. Mi;nnda had drifted 

 into second place and filled on p(nd tack at 1:03 with MayfloAver 

 next. Under tier lee ^^■aa Strangei', while G;;l.'itea, on starlioard 

 tack Avas heading direi-tly for her. • r.- heading in all 



directions, i n .'i.lion : fis, regular orii-, ■ n of jacks! j-aAvs. 



Miranda wa;- rlr-i on I rj-om tho paci i of V,^ mile, next 



came Bedouin, es'eeping fi'om under ij ; l . i-i "e,i-, the lalu(!r set- 

 ting No. 1 jibtopsail at 1:10. MeauAvhile Puritan, mile to Avind- 

 w,'i rd of the lot, iiad lioom well oi'V to iiort and headsails do\Mi. Next 

 to follow Mayflower was Stranger with Montauk a little to wind- 

 ward. All of these were on port tack, tlie rest on starboard. At 

 1:14 Bert ie, the last lioal , ami Gitana, to leeward of all, went on 

 port tack. At 1:15 t.'ahdea SAVuug slowi\' round on port tack. 

 Miranda tacked I'm- t he bnoy at hl7:3!l with Bedouin at, aliont 1:31 

 and Strangei- 1::.'3;15. The wind now came ovn'^ fresher for all but 

 Miranda, she slowing down as she lost it. M.!.yn<»wer tacked at 

 1:33, .-it wliich Ihm all the rear boats A\'ere on port, tack 



Stiranger shaccd su close to the mark tliat she seemed to foul it. 

 turning atl:.i7:;i5, nearly an hour ;tfter Puritan. Bedouin folloAvecl 

 her closely to windw ard and a, very pretty brusli folheved, as both 

 stood for the next, mark in a moderate breeze. Bedouin un.alile to 

 pass her to windward, but holding her until bot,hflnall> ran out of 

 the breeze. IMiranda, v,lien on the last leg for the buoy, took the 

 ground :-uid bung for a lime in spite of her r r.-y ■ n'erts, until a 

 luie Avas taken bA' the tug Geo. A. Dean. .! hauled olf. 



Clara rounded at l::$-i:33. Mayflower nnni for the 



marl; at 1:37, passing it at 1:.54:53. At Pin -iit on star- 



board tuck near the liuoy, Avith Cinderella on le r weatlier and SO 

 close that the white cutter touched the buoy Avith her port side. 

 After Cindci'ella, foll(o\ed Galatea, Bei'tie and Gitana, Avhile 

 Sachem still lay becalmed. The limes of all AA'ere: 



Puritan .,,,13 35 33 Montauk... 1 3ii ;<!0 



Stranger 1 27 35 Thetis I 36 Si- 



Bedouin 1 38 00 Galatea ;l 44 3r 



C'hira 1. 33 85 Cinderella 1 44 30 



Mavflowe-r 1 34 'IS Bertie 1 48 38 



Miranda 1 3ti 18 Gitana I 49 45 



There Avas a nice little breeze as they folloAvcd far in Puritan's 

 Avake, on a reach fru' the second mark, oti" West Island. The order 

 AA^as Piiritan, Stranger, Bedouin, Clara, Alaylhever. M iranda, Mon- 

 tauk, Thetis. Puritan and Thetis carried hanoori jilitopsails, and 

 Mayflower sent hers up. hut most of the ot!)era had snail Jihtop- 

 sa Is. (talaleH set hen' ballocm foresa 1 before she round'._;d. At 1:.50 

 the wind Avas vm.-A" liglit and he.aded tlie fleet a lilt le. Kei-I ie sent 

 Uji balloon ,iilitiips,-iil at t:,'.;i. II was 3 P. M. when dje Pilgrim' 

 engines sta,rted, afi er slopiiing at noon at the nnirk. 'I'iic win 

 was still ver.',- \-;iri,-i,hl-,_-. .-net o er by Point .Judith tin vess^ds A\er 

 running to tlic lirn-rli u ifh liooms oir to st-M-boird under N. \V. 

 breei'.e. Str ingta-. Bedouin .'iid Clara e\-idenllv oVi.-,ei'\ 1 i liis 

 they headed l-o the wcs(,wii rd, a,s did Cindei-ella a, lit>le laler. At 

 3:05 (fitatia lianled down liei' halloou sail-, rmd set \v(n-l;ing liea,d- 

 sails. Mirand-'i was iMuni a mile to v,",nd\s a,j-d wi i ]i ^lontaul-: i-ijoiile 

 to leeward of the Har\ <-.\ sehooner, and Sa-.heni far astern, iiol vet- 

 around the bnoy. The puffs bi^gan to strike in. from N. NV. ^vitli 

 more streugtli, and it became •■■ery doubtful Aviiether a sudden 

 shift would Tio( lint M-randa to lecAvard and lielii SacIiem again, 

 playing similar tricks in tlie ot her classes. Boats a little dist.^incc 

 apart, had the Avind fnnn diifercnt cpmrfers. and no one could tell 

 Avhatthe cliancc of rhe next half hour would be, At 3:15 Gali.t:3<i-, 

 on port tack, began to mcA e slowP." under tiie I\. AY. wind, ami 

 Thetis foUoAVed, just astern, setting tier forestaysail at 3:30. Both 

 Avere heading about, for Point ./udith, AAhile Puritan, a mile to ilie 

 E., was on starboard tack for tlie mark. Sti^mger next took 

 tise new breeze, while Bedouin and Cl.-ira. less f,han ).-;; mile nsieiii, 

 AA'ere heading neaily in her av.mIcc. bntAvith booms off port ip"nrters. 

 Miranda, Ma,yflower .:in<l Montfoik had the s;imii S. ti Avind, Avhile 

 astern near the murk wi-re Gitana, Bertie .and S.-ieliein, tlic latter 

 becalmed and not yet around. lialateaAvaiked (pnc-kly away from 

 her neighbors AN'ith a light but faii'lv sti-ad v bree:':e f,h,-ii, preuniserl 

 to increase. At 3:31 Mayflower sec. her balloon jibtopsail. 



At 3:40 both diAisions were becalmed, except Thetis, vvell in by 

 the west shore, and Stranger in hot chase. Both held Ihe N.AV 

 Avind, but tialate:-. Avas motionless and Puritan nearly a mile or. 

 her .starboard beam, had her sails llappiiigloo. Ijedouiu, Miranda. 

 Mayflower and Clara, off in the S.E., Ave re also doing nothing. At 

 length Tlletis lost the breeze, and at 3:50 Aveut on sUirlioai-d tack in- 

 shore. At 3 P. M. she wHb abo-.:t again, still leading Stranger. 

 MayfloAver and ( -lar.a were side liy side, bot'i earrying^spinnalcers 

 to starboard and lialloon jilitopsails. Ctitaua, left' for a. Inns wear 

 the bnoy, iiad at l.ist caught the N,AV. A\iud and folloAved inshore 

 aftor Stranger. About 3:10 Puritan seemed to feel a little more of 

 theS.K. AMiid, wliile Mayflower fi,iid those near tier also came up 

 slov,iv. 1 1--,! ! ii «till becalmed. Asii'i-r, of tijtana. to rhe 



wesi ■ Cinderella hadcaugji : i !; N, v^ llld and 



the t ' in to the shore in t lie , a], e nC Thetis and 



Stranger, flu' li me dragged very slowl; Avith only an :aierafion 

 of light p;itfs MHi cM,liiis. Ctalatea seemed to do bel tcr tln;_n before 

 in sncii weatiier and drifccd off toward NeAvport, where far away 

 Thetis and Stranger were now heeling to a rirecKc! 



Among other shifts Clara, once under Mayflower's lee, turned 

 up at 3:45 on her weather. At the same rime Galatea liad jilied 

 her boom in readiness for the same wind, a nd Cinderella Avas 

 heeled Avell down under a good land breeze. 



At 4 P. M., Galatea was becalmed by the red can bno\' off Point 

 Judith, Avith Puritan 1}4 miles S. E. Bedouin, Miranda, Clara and 

 Mayflower v ere A\ ithin a half mile astern of Puritan, all four AAUth 

 spinnakers set to starboard. A little after 4 o'clock Puritan iilied 

 and headed in town id the west shore, still carrying her ba-lloon 

 jibtopsail. Tlietis, Gitana and Stranger Avere olfNcAvjiort heading 

 for AYest Island mai-k with wind over port quarters. 



At 4:45 Bertie w,ns nea r the Bren ton's lleef Lightship bound for 

 the second mark. Stranger was now ahead of the rest, and at 

 5:45 .she rounded. Gitana came ne:it, then CindereUa, and Thetis, 

 but it AA'as dark before tlie>- teamed. The rest wer(j dril'linu- aliout 

 in the semi-dark- ness of tlic September night, Boih Puritan imkI 

 Sachem gave up and toAved into Newport. The race ended in a 

 general ,state of ' onf usioii as to fouls, protests and winners. Elec- 

 tra came in early in the e\ ening and the Regatta Committee re- 

 turned at once to Ne\\- York. 



On Tuesday the Begatta Committee met in New York and de- 

 cided on the winners, giving the official time as follows: 



SOMOONEBS. 



„ Elapsed. Corrected. 

 Gitana ^ , 11 23 10 1] 32 10 



FIBST CLASS SliOOPS. 



Mayflower 12 16 50 13 Iti 50 



SKCOND CIjASS sloops. 



stranger 9 37 10 9 83 39 



Thetis 11 24 32 11 19 25 



TIUUD Cn.ASS SLOOPS. 



Cinderella 11 Iti ;;(! j] p; m 



Clara ll 37 31 11 Xi 55 



Galatea finished close to Mayflower, the question a,-^ to which 

 was ahead being disputed; hut she was ruled on i for fouling the 

 bell huoy. Stranger declared that she did not touch the buoy, so 

 was giA-en first in her clr.ss. No official time is given for a-nv other 

 than the above. 



After the race Com. HoA-ey offered on behalf of the Ea.stern 

 Y. C. three cups, one of g50C value for schooners, another for first 

 class sloops, and one of $800 for second class sloops, to be .sailed 

 for from Newport to Marldehead on Monda\. The Pastern 

 yachts entered, but (falatca and the New l^ork A^achts declined to 

 start, the cutter having her extra, gear and boats to carr\ , Avliich 

 would put her out of racing trin;, so fie race was nliandoned. A 

 match Avas arranged, howie -.-- , -i - ,-: •• .':•; vfluwor and (talatca, 

 to be sailed in a lu'eciic at Ma,i'i , ■: , .Iialip- mei' Ilie tri;.,ngu- 

 lar course of the K. Y, C. Lieiu. ii.-m: s desir.e's nt W.iiting ai 

 Newport for a breezt! /mhI saili)ig i liere, rather 1 1 la n to go so iii,r 

 East for a race, but Gen. Paine preferred Mai-blehcad, On Mon- 

 day there was a one breeze from the N. AV.. and a.i 1 1:!.7 Mayflower 

 started for Marblehead and Galatea was under wa-v b.alf an horn- 

 later. Mayflower carried a single reef and her jib, while the cut- 

 ter had tAvo reefs turned in for tlie passage. .Ma \ llov.-ei- arichored 

 at "Vineyard Haven about 3:15 with topmast honserl. At 3:,i0 Gal- 

 atea, under mam sail and jib header, passed East CJiop huoy, and 

 at 6:50 was oft' <4reat Point, Nantuclcet. (falate;!, arrived at' Mar- 

 bleheadat 3 P. Al. on Tuesday, at, AvMr-h time Alavflower Avas not 

 reported. 



Thetis and Stranger laid arranged a private match for §500 

 - veepstakes, from NcAvport, uj Marblehead. and at 1(1:15 A. M. both 

 left Fort Adams under lower sails, t ing in 1 as-o reef s Avhen out- 

 side. At 10:45 Thetis was leading off West Islfnid. Thetis arrived 

 off Marblehead P.oek at 9:45:50 A. ,M. on Tncsda , ami Strain-'er a t 

 1:43 P. M, They aa-III sail together again after stranger is docdced. 



CAPSIZES.— The list tills week includes two in New York Bav, 

 one in Boston Harbor, the details of which are not yetknoAvn, aiid 

 one off Gloucester, mentioned elsewhere. 



A TIME LIMIT IN YACHT BAOES. 

 A FIT ending to a most tinsatisf aetory and disappoint- 



ing season AA'^as the provoking fiy^ale of Satnrday last 

 ■ it New])oTfc. a v;u;o of Uttkes, dril'lB, folds, protests and a.l] 

 the evils wliicb a yachtsman. def»plseti. Who liave taken 

 the in-izes few cafe, as they n3ean absolutely nothmg in 

 such weather, and time and money have heen wasted 

 on every hand. 



The desirability of a time limit is questioned every time 

 that a race has to be resailed, and many 0].>pose it entirely, 

 but the present race offers a strong argument for its re- 

 tention. It was specified in the coitflitions of the New- 

 port race that there should be no tiii.e liuiit, and the 

 result is that aftea' a tedious drift ol tweh^e lioms, the 

 expenditure of money for prizes ti.iid liLliiig out, with the 

 accompanying loss of time, was completely thrown away , 

 and there has been actually no race. It might have 

 liappened that Monday vA^ould have been a duplicate of 

 Satiu-day, but it did not, a.ntl the vexation of yachtsmen 

 is increased by the fact tliat a double reef breeze bleAv 

 over the Newport coru-se all day, giving the very oj)- 

 portunity that all liave prayed for since May. Had. the 

 race been resailett then it would liave been Icnown by this 

 time where to place the boats, and an entire year would 

 not have been thrown away without decisive results. 



If racing is wortli following as 9 sport it is Avorth doing 

 thoroughly, and every race, unless part of a set ] irogramme 

 vsdth other events closelj^ foUowaug. Bhoitld be sailed to a 

 conclusion in at least a, worljing hreeze. It is ti'ue that 

 the T-hour limit does not insiue this, but it is far better 

 than snch a miserable failure as the last rat e. 



DISPLACEMENT AND RESISTANCE. 



I HAVE heen asl- ! 

 iniernationaJ mi 

 know Avha.t pa.sses - 

 facts. The poin' i --, 

 the pnhl e ae;- 

 and these I i e- , - - , , 

 the exti\Hn 



this season, f'or, 1).' d l;iajwn that tiie slo 

 threatened with extinction. In ev 

 cepting the four hig '■sandh^ieiu.s.' 

 s - eeji of ihcconrise. llaciug pr'":i 

 lack of a)!\" man- willintr tn ^A:-l\ v: 

 .Inggerna-uL in the VO. 05. 5.5. 40 and 



At present I prefer (aiding u]> i-f.ii iiiTe 



' ■ ■ i ■",\'h'' concerning tin- J-ecent 



ta\-c no "' lews,'' hn ( onlv 

 ;.e ad'. anei; i lie ,: _-a:;-liing- of 

 f;,,, ,.v,,,.i, t.alati-a ;.ndMayllo.--t-,-. vliich 

 alar racing, call for\ er.\ .trw r-:'marks, 

 i>onc (ill time permits a complete rcA-iew 

 ■irmance of cutters in geni:T,af in America 



cing \-.3sseI is 

 5 i -1 t;lo-< tic kers, ex- 

 i;-- made a clean 

 ■,ir look ill . e for 

 i ■ "'s triuniphani 



t r-'jahoutS, 



I many noAdces 



drifted Itirough looscl.v generalizing from <me particular -;n- 

 staiiee, 



;t is argued that, large displace ni en I. and large r,-sistanee go 

 hand in ha.nd, and lleit t he lieaA-y cutter mnsi., al^\',■lys lie t a dis- 

 adAiintage on this score opposed (,o Ilie sloop of less Aveiglit or dis- 

 placement. I'liis isa falla,e\', and a ivH,lpai)le one, ■:■ liicti iiii thinking 

 ixjmm will advance. 



The liea\ ier cnUer has to moA'e more wa I er tlian -.lie lighter 

 sloo|,i in going ahead. But the cutter, being nai'row, has to moAre 

 The water to a h>ss dist:iiice than the Avider sloop, licuce. equality 

 in the work done may exist, and the balance may v-en be in faA'or 

 of the hcmier bo.':t and aetually call for Ir^ss e n as f., drive her. 



E.vample; A. wide sloop mo -es one ton Ififi. to en-shle her 

 bread til to pass through. A cutter of half i ^ ' ■■,"11 mo\'e 

 the water only 5ft, and for each ton will aceo. '.alf the 



work required of ihe sloop. Hence, the narre -j. afford 



to nne c twice as much Avater as the liglirer sli...i. .. ,i v.r exieri- 

 encing an e;vcess in resisiance. 



Il is ni.:-t strictly true th.it a boat moves tlie ',val,er our of her path 

 in passing ahead, but for explanation's sake the :i.ssnini.!tion may 

 he tolei-a.ied. The true causes of j-esistance are felly discussed ii'i 

 •'Small Yachts," pages to to 40. Xeit.he.r is the work' dont by wide 

 and narrew ho;ns expressed liy the jU'opiortion t heir beams hear to 

 one another out by the square, the cube or some intermediate 

 "powei^" I ': .iius, the exact pro|)ortiou be'ng variable in dif- 

 fcreni r : - - - 1 i i 1 nnkni.Mvii, 



A gen, ; ; .; ni ..-an, liowevcr, be deduced from extensive ohser A-a- • 

 tion. Tlr.s taA\- c:m lie stated as follows: 



An inci-ease of beam must be accompanied Avith a decrease in 

 displacement and a decrease in beam ivithan iticreiiso in dlsiila-ce- 

 ment to maintain equal resistance. 



ivxamjile: The cutter Bedouin displaces 103 tons and sails as 

 fast as the sloop (ir;-(de of 65 tons displacement, both yachts hav- 

 ing practically the same area of sail. The cutters Clara, Ori-a. 

 Ulidia, Madge, .Shona, etc., etc., can be cited hi supi'ort of the 

 same thing. 



It is manifestly absurd in the face of such testimonv to seek the 

 lailnre o! the (. ialatea, dirtictly in peculiarities which in nnmerons 

 other vess(,-,ls are lonnd perfeell v compatiblo with tlie lugliest rate 

 oi:s|iee,l. 



The supposed fa.ilure of tiahilea must lie logical! v iil.i.ributed to 

 jiisT the same eauses which euabled our centerliosird yachts to beat 

 other ccnterboard ya-clits from Cauad.'i e\ en worse than thev ar« 

 supposed to huA'c beaten etalatea, \ i;--.: Inferiority of form, of 

 "lines," wholly ii.hout reference to cardinal dimensions or to the 

 liossession of keel or board. 



A corollary to tlie foregoing is self-eA-ident. It is possible to 

 to exce^s in displacement on a giA-en beam, Avhich would carfe 

 with it an excess of resistance as punishment. And unless ti.ar. is- 

 met by correspondingly increased sail area, the vacht woukl oJ^ 

 necessity be a failure in footing. 



Example: A slooti moves one ton 10ft. .\ cutter of half th^- 

 beam may move, .- ay, two tons 5ft. without doing more Avork, 

 Now, if the displ;i.cement of the cutter be iu.crea.,bed to three lous 

 without a, decrease in beam, the work done ma - lie represented 

 for argument's sake, by three times five-flfteeii, ageinst t iie sloop's 

 work of tea times one=ten. In such a case the resisi,a,nc,o of the 

 cut ter would he greater thou that of the sloop, and vvi:,hout excess 

 in sail ■L,rea she could not cope with the sloop, so far as jwisfcance' 

 is concerned, 



A second corollary is also self-evident. It is iMwsihle to go to ex- 

 cess in beam upon a given displacement, ilie rever.se of ihe first 

 mention,:.'d ci i ro 1 1 n r.- . 



Example: A sloop mo.^es one ton 10ft. A enl.ter of half the 

 beam may mo e two tons 5ft. with like resistance. Now if the 

 sloop be increased to IrJft. AAdthoiit ad-serease in disiilacemenc. tiif- 

 AVork done rnay he represented by IS times 1=13, against the cut- 

 ters ^vorl>; of .j tunes 2=10. In such a ea.se the resistance of the 

 lignter sloop wonid be greater than that of the heavier cutter 

 and unless accompanied by sufiicient ex -ess of sail area the «loop 

 could no' cojie with the lieav;.- cutter, so far as r: sislancc isVon- 

 cerned. 



The fore;-ning eoniprises only a recital of element arv prineiples 

 ;n pl'jsie., Aviib wliieh every engineei^ \>r in tfl iigt-n i jicrson i-s 

 aegnaintcd. ; ! is a,l:)o;i|, time that self-eoustilu Led cr.iitcs leiirned 

 tliat resistance does not vary directly with disiilacemeni,, but tha t 

 thf itinn ill wliieh di-^placeme-nt is pjt is a factor in i li.- esi-lmate 

 whndi must not be o\ criooked. C, P. ivr Kii a nrrr. 



QUINOr Y, C.-On Bept. 1« the sail off for tlio champiohsMp in 

 the first and third clas.ses of the -.-'mncy A . C. was sailed off Hon»h'« 

 Aeck. The AAnnd was sfro:i ' , and the yacht:< had more 



than enough. Posy and \i i ^w. Rocket lost her mast 



and Echo her topmast, hut nm.::-; u.e course. Flora, Eoe carried 

 aAvay a .stay bat tinall,v' Avon. The times were; 



FIRST GtASS, , 



„ , r r> li Benffth. Elapsed. Goi'reetad. 



Echo, E. L. Burwell ^51 05 1 86 83 1 vtw 



Erin, J. tla'/anaKh 27.0,3 1 IS 00 1 24 (18 



Posy, R. G. Hunt ai.Ol A\ithdrew 



THIRD CLASS. 



Flora Lee, D. H. Lincoln 17.0.1 1 20 ,55 n 55 



Rpeket, H . M^_^Faxon 10 .07 disim-I^ted. " 



^wtP^'^-^-A- ^ '■^'tim^^n,: - 17-07 withdrew. 



Maxim. • ^' ^- 'l^'i"wr and J.E. 



