Sept. 30, 1886.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



19B 



THE MAYFLOWER-GALATEA MATCH. 



TIfE only ones who find any consolation in the disappointing 

 •\reatlier of the last two weeks are the New Yort yachtsmen 

 who, for two seasons have listened to an abuse of Ne^v York 

 weathers ar\rt \N-aters, and a promise of what would he done if tliey 

 would only eoine Rasii if not lo Mrirhlehoad tlieu (o ^viewport, it 

 has been ureed that the Cup races should have been sailed at one 

 of these two ports instead of at Mew York, 'llie raeevs went to 

 Ne\niort and met the most disastrous fizKkj of tlie st-ason, and now 

 for eiiilit davs Jiavc rJahttea and Mayllowin- been waiting at Mar- 

 Tlleliead for a fair sailing breeze; and this not at tlio lirst hut the 

 last of September. 



On ']^lcsda^■ of last week, at 3:30 P. M., Galatea anchored at Mar- 

 blehead , h,x\' ing come along easily from Newport. Mayflower laid 

 overnight at Vineyard Haven, and ari-ived next day at Marble- 

 head. 



The mnch-talked-of match between the two had been definitely 

 arrantrcd aceording to tlie following terms: 



Agi-eemeiit for a mateb between the Galatea and MaylloAver, to 

 he sailed under the rules of the New York Clnb, in a whole-Bail 

 breeze, on the first day (Sept. ,'^3 excepted) on which there is such 

 a breeze, the judge to announce before 9:30 A. M. each day whether 

 the start AVill be on that day. If not sailed before October the 

 match to be off. Comnu nlore Hovey, or some one nanred by him, 

 to be the judge. The match Ls not to be sailed in storm or fog, or 

 when there is a pi'ospect of thick weather. If the yachts are 

 started, the match to be sailed whether the wind subseqnently is 

 sxieh as referred to by this agreement or not. Tiiis matcli is to bo 

 for a cup and stakes for $200. (Signed) Willl4.m Henn. 



C. J. PAtNE. 



Seven courses were laid oiit to suit different winds, all starting 

 ai Half- Way Rock and ending at Marblehead, the distance being 

 35 to -10 miles. Mr. Lloyd Pliojnix, of the schooner Intrepid, was 

 requested Ijy Lietit Henn to represent the t4alatea in the arrange- 

 ments, and each day for the past week he and Com. Hovey have 

 met in the moruing and decided that no race was possible, the 

 weather on each day turning out as they expected. Tlie only ex- 

 ception was on Saturday, when a fine breeze pievailed all day, to 

 be followed by rain and calms fin Monday aud Tuesday. Kach 

 morning at '.1:30 a gun is fired and a signal for "no race" is set im 

 Tioard ttie i?ortuua. A very large number of yachtsmen and other 

 spectators are on baud every day, only to go away disappointed at 

 night. On Tuesday night (lie w ind was in the best quarter, N.W., 

 and as a cold wave was following the heated spell and the same 

 wind prevailed along the Atlantic coast there was a fair prospect 

 of a race. 



THE MATCHES FOR THE AMERICA CUP. 



IT was most tiufortunate that the fate of the America Cup should 

 have been decided in such paltry weather, that it practically 

 leaves the relative mei'its of the Mayilower and Galatea undeter- 

 ruintd. Tliis was in some measure the case last year in tlve matches 

 between Puritan and t^enesta; but on the whole, those contests 

 were more saltiraeiory than the matches just completed. For a 

 vessel of the Mrr ' , . : e to jirove superior to one of the Gala- 

 tea type in a lit i ■ ' i.-vccze is nothing more tlian might have 

 been expected, o;;::cci:.il> wlien it is remembered that Mayflower 

 has the larger sail area liy J,1828q. ft., the figures being 8,073 sq. ft. 

 for Mayflower and 7,491 sq. ft. for Galatea. We do not know what 

 the actual area of immersed surfaces of the two yaclits are, but 

 the fialatG:i'; is rei y considerably the greater— a fact, coupled 

 with bci- ; ' ! ' suread, quite sirflicient to account for her de- 

 feat by -i lv ■ . : -r; 



In a 11.- 1. i c, wlien higher speeds would have been at- 

 tained— ihe speed in tlie bist match does not appear to have at 

 any time exceeded six knots an hour— surface friction would have 

 less to do with the resistance: and if there had been any sea, tlio 

 greater weight and depth of Galatea would no doubt have proved 

 an advantage. The (hsplacement of Galatea, it should be said, is 

 about b'lS tons and she has aljout 77 tons of lead moulded into her 

 keel. The displacement of Ma>'ilower, according to BriWh Yachts- 

 man, is 110 tons, aud she has IS tons of lead, 37 tons of which are on 

 her keel. Of course it would be t oo much to assert thatMayllowor 

 could not beat G'ulatea iu any bind of sea— along easy sea for in- 

 stance — but all our experitnce on (;lns side of the Atlantic goes to 

 prove that in the sleeii seas usually met witli on acoast with hard- 

 running tides, the long, narrow, deep type of yacht can get through 

 it faster than the b: amier tyiie. 



The only consolatji.ai ^\ c L;:.\'e for the complete and easy defeat 

 of Galatea is the knowledge i ha.t she is by no means our fastest 

 yacht; in short, she left or,r slu res on a sort of forlorn hope, after 

 suffering successive dele: its by Irex. Beyond this, assuming that 

 Puritan and Genest.i \\ eve sailing up to their last year's form, it 

 is pretty certain that Galatea was not sailing so well in her 

 matches against ivrayilowor as she was in her matches at home 

 against Irc-\. fn the taller matches it .seemed pretty apparent 

 that Irex -n^as about (im. beticr than Galatea over a .50-miles course, 

 or 4m. on a. coui'se of 35 miles. Last year Puritan beat Genesta 

 less than 2m. over a course of 35 miles, and this year Mayflower 

 beat Puritan about 4m. over a similar length of course; she there- 

 fore would presumably ha^ e beaten Genesta lim. and Irex 3m.— 

 these figures being, it is understood, the result of light-wind en- 

 counters only. 



But, so far as Genesta is concerned, Irex beat her four or five 

 times in succession in a fair sailing breeze, by about ten minutes; 

 and assuming her to be sailing as well as .she did in the matches 

 against Puritan, this would make Irex capable of beating May- 

 flower by about three minutes over a thirty-five-mile course. It 

 also shows- still assuming that Puritan and Genesta ha%'e repeated 

 their last year's form—that Galatea could not have been sailing 

 up to the form she displayed at Harwich and Dover; and also, even 

 it she had sailed up to this form, that Mayflower would still have 

 beaten her by a couple of minutes. The conclusion, therefore, is 

 tTiat, if Galatea had sailed in her very best light-wind form, she 

 ■would still have failed to win the America Cup. All this was 

 foreseen before she started, and no one on this side of the Atlantic 

 was surprised or much disappointed at the result. 



No doubt some who have followed the bearings of these interna- 

 tional contests -svill point to the fact that, by the Y. R. A. tonnage 

 XTile, Mayflower comes out as of 163 tons against the 80 tons of 

 Galatea; but, unfortunately, no consolation can be derived from 

 this mode of comparison, as by it the time allowance for a course 

 of thirty-five miles would be 8min. 30sec., and Mayflo\ver beat Gal- 

 atea 13min. Beyond this, it wouldbe difficult to convince the mul- 

 titude that a yacht like Mayflower, of 110 tons dead weight, should 

 be rated at 103 tons, and anotlier, like Galatea, of 158 tons dead 

 weight, at 90 tons. Hut, even supposing that Galatea could have 

 won under the Y^. R. A. tonnage rule — iis Genesta could have last 

 year, and that rule is a just measure of comparison— it seems 

 pretty certain that we shall never win the America Cup with 

 yachts which arc built to sail under the rule, unless we can per- 

 suade the New York Y. C. to have contests under the rule for the 

 Cup. In reference to this matter, we said, in a leader on May 1, 

 ■ "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, that 

 the Americans will iiUvays be a little ahead of us for match sail- 

 ing in ordinary summer weather." 



The case then reallj' stands lilce this: If the Americans will be 

 complacent enough to build yachts as they do now, and consent to 

 have them rated by the Y. R. A. tonnage rule in a contest for the 

 America Cup. then an English yacht may be able to win the Cup. 

 On the other hand, if we persist in building yachts of the present 

 type and consent to sail for the Cup against centerboard yach(,s 

 under a length and sail area rating, it is cilmost a matter of cer- 

 tainty that we shall never be successful — at lea.st not in ordinary 

 summer weather. Now it is pretty certain that the Americans 

 ■will not consent to sail under a tormage rule, which we ourselves 

 are beginning to discredit; and the sole matter for us to consider 

 is whether it will be worth while to entirely adopt a rule— which 

 we have already half adopted— that will encourage the building of 

 yachts of tlie American compromise type, as exemplified in May- 

 flower, Puritan and others. So tar as present indications go, there 

 seems little prospect of any more large yachts of an extremely 

 narrow type being built in this country under the existing tonnage 

 rule, and the number of "live" racing j-achts ready to compete uii- 

 der it are very few; thus, so far as A-ested interests are concerned, 

 the present would lie a very fa%-nrable time for enforcing the sail 

 tons rating for use in all roatclies. 



Of course it must not be expected that a keel vacht of the pro- 

 portions of Mayflower could be built l:o beat that yacht, on account 

 of the enormous immersed surface she would have. The pro- 

 bability is that the beam would be very considerably less— at least 

 two feet— and tlie extreme draft of water about three feet 

 greater. Tlie displacement should also probpbly be greater to tlie 

 extent of 15 tons, and the sail area would he about the same. Buch 

 a yacht would, we believe, ha\-e a much better chance against 

 Mayflower than either Galatea, Irex, or Genesta; but no one is 

 likely to make the cxiierlment for the sake of competing in the 

 few matches now saile(l under the sail area rule of this countrj'. 

 The question is entii-ely one of policy; whetlier tlie building and 

 sailing of racing yachts would bo revived by making the sail tons 

 rule the sole basis for rating; whether such yachts as wovtld 

 be built under the rule, of from 4 to #4 beam, are worth 

 encouraging; and -whether, assuming the two foregoing propositions 



to be answered in the negative, it would bo wortli while to sink our 

 own opinion as to what is the best type of yacht for all-round work, 

 for the mere sake of some day or otlier winning back the America 

 Cup. Of course, it must not be lost sight of, that if we win the 

 Cup while our present tonnage rule is in force, we shall be at some 

 advantage, liecause we could insist on any competitor who desired 

 to re-win it abiding by that rule, This, however, need have but 

 little weight, as we would alter our rule of rating as seemed de- 

 sirable to meet the circunistauces. An excellejit precedent for 

 this exists; when tlie Cambria competed for the Cup in 1S70, it was 

 under tlie rating of the Now York Yacht Club, the time allowance 

 being based on the area of load line, the area being assumed to be 

 equal to the leiu^tb multiplied by the breadth. This laile undoulil- 

 edly favored a long narrow yacht like the Cambria, .and no one 

 ■found fault with the club for altering the rule for one of displace- 

 ment for the contest ^dth Livonia in the following year, altliough, 

 of course the rule was much less fa.vorable to the English yacht 

 thantJie length and breadth rule would have boon.— ionrtort Field. 



THE EASTERN Y. C. RECEPTION. 



IN spite of a chilly easterly rain Marblehead made merry on last 

 Tanrsday night over the Mayflower's victory. Houses were 

 illuminated, bonfires lighted and firewoi ks set oil in all directions, 

 tlie fleet at anchor of course taking part in the display. At the 

 Eastern Y. C;. house a band was in attendance, and supper was 

 ready for tlic large nund)er of in\'itcd quests, among whom were 

 Lieut, and Mrs. Henn. Gen. Paine's health was first drank with 

 cheers, after which Mr. Burgess and Lieut. Henn were toasted 

 and heartily cheered. The affair was In everyway a very pleasant 

 one. 



A reception no less hearty in character was given to Captain 

 Stone at Swampscott on the folhr^ving evening. At 7:30 P. M. a 

 procession formed at the Town Hall, led by the Salem Cadet band. 

 Following them was a barouclie with three members of the com- 

 mittee, escorted by the crew of the Mayflower and Fort.una on each 

 side of the carriage bearing torches. Proceeding to Capt. Stone's 

 house he was taken into the carriage and tlie procession moved 

 through the streets amid a display of fireworks on all hands, the 

 houses being also illuminated. Proceeding finally to the Town Hall, 

 as many as could do so found places in the large hall, which was 

 very tastily decorated. The chairman of the committee first pro- 

 posed three cheers for Captain Stone, after which Rev. Mr. Rodgers 

 made an address, in which he spoke very highly of the qualities of 

 Captain Stone as known to Ms townsmen and to his place in his 

 calling, and Anally presenting to him a ^ ery handsome gold watch 

 ynth an engraAdng of Mayflower on the' case. Captain Stone's 

 re^ly, delivered with mueli feeling, was as follows: 



"My friends and fellow to\vnsmen, 1 am at a loss for words with 

 which to properly express my great gratitude, not only for your 

 beautiful present, btit more particularly for this emphatic, and to 

 me altogether unexpected demonstration of >'our good will. I 

 feel, however, that you place too hi.gli a value on my small part in 

 the defense of the International Cup. A large portion of the credit 

 belongs to the Mayflower herself; more to her noble-hearted 

 owner, Gen. Charles J. Paine, much to the best crew that ever 

 trod on vessel's deck, to say nothing of the generous aid so often 

 rendcnd by friends, first among whom stand oui- excellent fellow- 

 townsman, C'aptain Newcomb, of the Fortnna, who with his crew 

 has been at all times ready to give us any assistance. In conclu- 

 sion, my friends, let me again express my thanks to you, one and 

 all." 



THE THETIS-STRANGER MATCHES. 



THE feeling of rivalry that has existed for some time between 

 the compromise Thetis and the cutter Stranger was in no 

 way diminished by the race at Newport, and after its very un- 

 satisfactory concliision a match was made between the o'wners of 

 the two boats to sail from Newport to Marblehead, the stakes 

 being 8250 per side. On Monday morning, Sept. 20, both started 

 from Newport at 10 A. M. with a fresh N. N. W. ■wind blowing. 

 Hardly were they outside before kites came down and a I'eef was 

 turned in on each of them. Off West Island Thetis led, but lost 

 somewhat in going through Quick's Hole while Stranger passed 

 by Sow and Pigs. Near Tarpaulin Cove Thetis parted her topmast 

 backstay and her topmast went ofS at the can. The \vreck was 

 cleared away as quickly as possible, but Stranger had passed her, 

 passing Handkerchief Shoals Lightship half an hour ahead. 



later. A short time after this a sheave broke in Thetis's tiiroat- 

 halliard block, the halliard parted, and the sail came down. 

 Again all turned to and rove a new lialliard, putting in a second 

 reef, while Stranger had disappeared ahead. Thetis tlien had 

 only jib and two-reefed mainsail. Off Nobska Gitana and Intrepid 

 passed her, also bound for Marbleliead. Thetis sighted the Stran- 

 ger off Chatham, but saw her no more during the night. The 

 wind continued light, with a heavy sea running, but fell lighter 

 toward morning, and Thetis increased her canvas as far as possi- 

 ble. At 9:40:55 she was off Marblehead Rock, her elapsed time for 

 the 1.50-naile run being 23.40..55. Stranger arrived, in company witli 

 Gitana, at 1:.50 P. M., or 4.10.55 after Thetis. Two more matches 

 ■\vere to be sailed as soon as Thetis has completed her repairs, but 

 they are now reported off. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Will you please request Mr. Kunhardt when he gives that review 

 of this season's yacht racing, which in this week's Forest and 

 Stream he promises to do, not to omit that race which is worth 

 more than all the others put together, as a test of the ability of the 

 types. It is so for these reasons: 



First— A deep and narrow model met a broad centerboard of 

 moderafe draft in a race on the open sea. The boats wore of 

 moderate size, considerably smaller than Bedouin and Gracie, so 

 that the sloop did not possess that advantage which Mr. Kunhardt 

 and the Fobbst and Sthbaji report to us goes to the "big ones" 

 by virtue of size alone. The cutter was a fraction of a foot longer 

 on the waterline, and by the rating of the New York Y'^. C. the most 

 powerful vessel, allowing the sloop some .36 seconds in 45 miles. 

 Here again the sloop faUed to possess the advantage of greater 

 power which the "big ones" had over Genesta and Galatea. The 

 driving power ■was in this instance on the deep and narrow yacht. 



Second— The weather was what Mr. Kunhardt, Foekst and 

 Stream and Mr. Harvey have assured us it was oidy necessary to 

 have, and then the narrow beam and deep draft would, by reason 

 of inherent advantages of type, do as she pleased with any 

 broad-beamed, moderate-draft centerboard of equal length and 

 power. Mr. Kunhardt has announced this as one of tlte laws of 

 nature about which there could be no dispute. In the race in 

 question there was about a 40-mile an hour wind rising during the 

 night, while the two yachts were on the open Atlantic, to what is 

 described as "half a hurricane," during which Galatea was hove 

 to for comfort, she beiJig off the same coast as the racers. At least 

 one-half of the race of h50 miles was sailed against the head seas 

 raised by this violent wind. Both boats started in on the boat to 

 wdndward in the "chalk pit sea," {vide "Whose Waterloo?" by C. 

 P. K.), practically even, the advantage being slightly witli the cut- 

 ter. Tfiey had it for more than 70 miles, and in that 70 miles of 

 thrasli to windward the Thetis beat the Stranger 4 hours. 



No race in recent years lias begun to give such a fair and 

 thorough test of the capabilities of draft versus beam and center- 

 board. As I said in the beginning, this race has an importance 

 greater than all the others of this year put together. Mr. Kun- 

 hardt cannot fail to discuss it in his resum6 of the season. 



New York, Sept. 24, 1880. Reader. 



ANOTHER VIEW OF THE QUESTION. 



"VfQT the least mischievous of the many absurd fallacies that 

 i-^ have hampered American yachting for so long a time, is the 

 belief Iteld not only by the ignorant, but by men whose common 

 sense and intelligence-should teach them better, that the best 

 yacht is the one which can carry the largest spread of canvas. 

 Looked at from this xioint of view it must be admitted that 

 the narrow cutter is a failure; if all that is needed is a great 

 hoist and boom, a large and expensive rig aud a crew in propor- 

 tion, the sloop stands far ahead. If any man should claim that 

 the best steam yacht was tlie one with the lai-gest cylinders, that 

 bm-ned the greatest .amount of coal for the distance run, and that 

 carried the largest crew of firemen and coal passers, he would be 

 pronounced a fool; and yet this is exactly the line of argument 

 that is used against the cutter. Galatea carries only 7,(X)0ft. of 

 sail to Mayflower's 9,000, consequently Mayflower is the better 

 boat. 



AVliat is the end and aid of yacht designing; to lug hea^vy spars 

 and enormous sails at any cost? Power means money, whether is 

 \s paid for coal In the steam yacht or for sails, gear and men in the 

 sailing yacht, and the first object of the designer, other things 

 being equal, should be to economize power, or money. A larger 

 rig means a greater first cost, more money to the sailmaker, the 

 rigger, the sparmaker and tlie blacksmith; a greater cost for ordi- 

 nary repairs inoi-eased still more by the additional strains of a I 

 heavy rig on the hull and gear, consequently a shorter life for the 

 boat. Besides this the crew must be larger in proportion. Suppos- 



ing the .speed and interior accommodations of twoyaohts to be equal, 

 any o'wuer Avho has ever paid bills will admit that if one can do 

 AvJth 10 or 15 per cent, less sail than the oi lier, owing to superior 

 model, she is the better boat by far. Again, in t wo boats of equal 

 speed and soil area, if one can have 30 to per cent, more dis- 

 placement than the other, it foiling':', ib'it hli- must have more space 

 and better accomriuidat.ion. Sjircd, in- 1 (,!■ riNiii: hp; and accommoda- 

 tion are the tlu-ee fcccondary piiiiii,,-' l.j \-.L' !jt designing, safety, of 

 course, rankintr first, and the best boat is the one in which the 

 throe arc most evenly balanced. This novel idea has lately been 

 revealed to a reporter of the Boston 1/ercr/d by Lieut. Henn, as 

 follows: 



"For instance, in the case of the tw^o representative boats of their 

 types this seasoon, the sail area and tonnage are as follows: Gal- 

 atea, displacemenr, 157 tons; sail area, 7,000sq.ft. Mayflower, dis- 

 placement, 1 10 tons; sail area, 'J,000sq.ft. Sq.ft. per ton— Galatea, 

 44; Mayflower, 81. This slu^nvs ( hat the Galatea displaces i'^ per 

 cent, more than her rival, .and that her sail area is :.'8 per cent, 

 less. Of course, sail area means propelling power, and to adhere 

 closely to the liiio of the lieutenant's argument, and to follow it 

 to its mevitable conclusion, the fact would be established, in the 

 event of a tie, that the cutter model is such that 4'2 per cent, more 

 load was carried over a given mUoage, with 2S per cent, less 

 power. Now, to go still further witli this proposition, give tlie 

 cutter the additional area of 2,()0Osq.ft., she would outsail the slooji 

 by just the advantage derived from that extra spread of canvas. 

 A.11 tiiis, however, is based on the still disputed proposition that 

 the boats are at present equal, and the further assumption that 

 the Galatea cotdd stand up under the additional canvas. After 

 all, this may very properly be written q. e. d. That the (hilatoa 

 is properly rigged for the exigencies of tfie service to which, she 

 belongs the Lieutenant entertains no doubt. He helie\-es that we 

 are in the habit of overestimating the strength of the wind here, 

 and that what would be called a fresh breeze on the other side of 

 the Atlantic would here be called a gale. Now, as a fresh breeze 

 is a common matter around the Britisli coasts, .and is generally 

 accompanied with more sea than is usual here, it is evident that 

 a yacht, to have solid all-round qualities, must be weatherly, 

 speedy and comfortable." 



It is true that the immediate question at stake ]ust now is 

 speed, but in measuring the contestants fairly, some considera- 

 tion must be made for the obvious advantages in other points, 

 both of Galatea and Genesta. 



ROY''AL CANADIAN Y. C, SEPT. 18.-The race of the Royal 

 Canadian Y. C. for the Prince of Wales Chip was sailed on Sept. 18 

 over a thirty mile course. The wind was light from S.W. at the 

 start. Oidv Oriole, schooner, and Aileen and Verve, cutters, 

 entered, the former allowing 3ni. 30s. to Aileen and 23m. 21s. to 

 Verve. At 10:45 A. M. all got oft together, Aileen soon taking the 

 lead with Verve second, Verve made an error near the first mark 

 and lost second place. The first turn was timed: Aileen, 12:(i!J:80; 

 Oriole, 13:14; Verve, 13:31. There was a flat calm a t tlie buoy, but 

 after a time a strong S.W. wind came up and Oriole began to gain 

 on Aileen, being timed at Scarboro buoy thus: Aileen, 1:31; Oriole, 

 ]:16; Verve, 2:10.' At the bell buoy the times wei-e: Aileen, 2:25:.3(); 

 Oriole, 3:.28;(SD; Verve, 3:01. The wind came still fresher on the next 

 leg, but Aileen still held her own, being limed at tlie Lake buoy: 

 Aileen, 3:.57; Oriole, 4:00. Verve had given up, as she was far 

 astern. At the .Scarboro buoy Oriole had almost passed Aileen, 

 but the latter managed to turn ahead, thus; Aileen, 4:.59; Oriole, 

 5:00. A little later Oriole passed through Aileen's weather and 

 took first place. The wind was now so light that, as agreed upon, 

 the race was called outside instead of at the inner finish line, the 



times being: -r^. . t-t , r, ^ 



Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Oriole 6.59 10 7 43.50 7 4-3 50 



AileenV.'.'. . 6 11 00 7 55 20 7 51 ,50 



ADELE-PERICHOLE MATCH.— On Sept. 25 a very interesting 

 race was sailed off New Rochelle between the open boats Adele, 

 Mr. Geo. Grieve, and La Perichole, Messrs. W. S. Alder and C. P, 

 Buchanan. The stakes were S250 per side, and the course was 

 from a line off Bailey's Rock around Center Island Buoy, 10 miles 

 to windward and return. The start was signaled at 11:03:30, but 

 botli boats were slow and just saved being handicapped, the times 

 being: La Perichole, 11:08:03; Adele, 11:08:17. La Perichole led 

 from the start, and Adele was soon disabled by the iron strap of 

 her throat halliard block giving way and letting the throat down. 

 It took just 4m. 303. for a man to go aloft and lash a ne-^\' block, 

 but .ahout 8m. later the lashing gave way, and again the sail fell. 

 The damage was repaired and the race resumed, but La Perichole 

 was a long distance ahead. At 12 M. the first tack was made off 

 Red Soring Point, La Perichole working close in by the shore out 

 of the tide. Adele tacked at 1^:12 and worked along the beach 

 also. The times at the turn were: La Perichole, 1:28:26; Adele, 

 1:34:29. The itm homo was made without any special occurrence, 

 the times being: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



La Perichole 11 08 03 3 16 .55 4 08 53 i 08 53 



Adele U 08 17 3 32 38 4 14 21 4 14 06 



YONKERS Y". C— Saturday last the club sailed a matcli for tlie 

 challenge cup over a course of 20 miles, from Yonkers to Columbia 

 Y. C. house, foot of Eightieth street and return. Wind variable 

 from S.E. Starters were the well known flyer H. W. Beecher, Mr. 

 J. S. Warren; the sloop Cra^wford, belonging to Commodore C. E. 

 Day, and Mr. A. Bailey's sloop Tethys. Tlie start was flying, Craw- 

 ford going over first, with the Beecher 23.^m. later. Jibtopsails 

 were carried most of the way down in a puff.\- wind, which made 

 it clearly a matter of fluking to the turn, where all three were 

 bunched and within a few inches of fouling. The Beecher got out 

 of the scrape first, her lofty topsail catching a. puff which sent her 

 off for home at a lively rate along the .lorsey shore, where the ebb 

 was slackening. The Crawford followed, but lacked enough sail 

 to hold the leader, the Beecher winning by S^gm. corrected time, 

 Crawford second and Tethys third. Tlie club's measurement laile 

 includes half the overhang, which is much too great a penalty, 

 especially when pitted against boats with a square transom, like 

 the Beecher. Plain waterline measurement is to be preferred. 

 Tlie number of cabin yachts is increasing in tlie club and distant 

 cruising is becoming 'more popular. Ex-Commodore Prime lias 

 been oft' in his snug little schooner Edith for several weeks. 



MIRAMICHI Y. C. REGATTA.— The Miramichi Y. C.'s second 

 annual regatta was held on Sept. 15. The course was from New- 

 castle to Chatham and return, 10 miles. The prizes were silver 

 cups offered by Com, Miller, R. R. Call and P. S. Noonan, and 

 sweepstakes. There were seven entries in fu'st class and seven in 

 tlie second. There was a good breeze \viLh frequent squaUs. The 

 yachts carried all their light sails, and several had narrow escapes 

 from being upset. Kittoch carried away her jibstay and Fedora 

 her mainsheet traveler. 



FIRST-CLASS. 



Actual. Corrected. 



Kilbride, J. C. Miller 1 43 56 1 28 37 



Fedora, P. A. Noonan 1 46 10 1 33 40 



Yum Yum, H. A. Muirhead 1 47 49 1 37 39 



Blondy, W. C. MUler 1 48 33 1 28 47 



Kittoch, James Miller 1 48 63 1 33 00 



Arrow, Geo. Watts 1 58 38 1 39 41 



Dauntless, W. Wyse Noi; taken. 



In second class the three leading yachts only were timed: 



Pooh-Bah, H. A. Muirhead 3 03 24 1 35 47 



Ida, M. Moore 3 04 .54 1 83 00 



Annie, J. L. Stewart 3 09 10 3 42 40 



The winners of the silver cups to hold them until next season, 

 when there will be three races for them, and the yachts winning 

 the greater number of races of the eight will own them.— J. L. 

 Stewart, Vice-Commodore. 



COLUMBIA Y. C. PENNANT REGATTA.-The final pennant 

 regatta of the Columbia Y". C. was set for Sept. 18, but was post- 

 poned until Saturday last, when it was sailed in a moderate east- 

 erly -wind over the regular club course. Only three yachts started, 

 the times being as follows: 



CIjASS a— OA BIN YACHTS. 



start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 

 Emma and Alice 3 17 03 4 43 46 1 .26 43 1 26 43 



CLASS D— OPEN TACHTS. 



Troublesome 3 14 03 5 13 38 1 57 26 1 57 36 



Unit... 3 16 48 5 18 .58 3 03 10 1 58 10 



The results of the series give the pennants to Emma and Alice, 

 Troublesome and Daisy. On Oct. 3 a match will be sailed over the 

 club course by the Daisy, Henry Gray and Defiance. 



ANOTHER CAPSIZE.— The centerboard sloop Gitana, Mr. 

 Thoe. Pearsall, of Black Rook, Conn., was capsized on Sept. 20 

 while racing \vith the sloop P. C. Smith. Her crew of four clung 

 to the bottom of the boat until the Smith came to the-ir rescue. 

 She attempted to tow the waterlogged boat, but both drifted 

 across to Long Island, where the Gitana was beached and bailed 

 out, being towed home by a steamer. 



A YACHT DISMASTED.— On Sept. 31 the sloop Valhalla, of 

 Boston, was dismasted olf Cuttyhunk and towed into Vineyard 

 Haven and thence to Ne-wport bj' the steam yacht Electra. 



NEW HAVEN Y. C— The fall regatta of this club will be saHed 

 on Oct. 5. 



