Aug. 25, 1887.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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THISTLE'S PROPORTIONS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



There seems to bo an impression in some uninformed quarters 

 that Thistle represents a new departure in British yacht design, 

 and is a sort ofeompromise between the American sloop and the 

 regular cutter. This is an error arising from want of familiarity 

 with the actual state of yachting abroad. A glauce at Lloyd's 

 Register will show a great majority of British yachts to have pro- 

 portions very much the same as those of the Thistle. She is really 

 a much more truly representative British cutter than the narrow 

 boats which have hitherto occupied public attention. Yachts like 

 Galatea, or even G-enesta, are exceptions to ihe general run of 

 British yachts. They were built to meet special racing conditions, 

 just as our sandbag jib-and-mainsails are built to meet shifting 

 ballast. There is no more good reason for taking exception to the 

 Thistle as a cutter Hum there would be in refusing to class our 

 cabin boats as sloops because they differ from the out-and-out 

 sandbag machine. If the Thistle is destined to win, let us take 

 defeat like men, as our British cousins have done so often, and 

 not seek to console ourselves with self-deception. Should Thistle 

 win on her merits, it will mean nothing more nor less than a 

 triumph of cutter principles, for upon such principles she is built, 

 in strong distinction to those represented in the genuine Ameri- 

 can sloop. Coming Boat. 



THE CRUISE OF THE NEW YORK Y. C. 



THOUGH it is but four years since the fleet of the New York Y. 

 Oi joined forces with that of the E. Y. C. for a cruise around 

 the Cape and a race oil* Marhlehead, the united fleet that then fol- 

 lowed the tug Luckenbaeh into the harbor had so little in common 

 with that which this year made the same cruise, that it is hard to 

 realize that the interval is not far greater. Montauk and Fort una-, 

 who then led the schooner fleet, were absent this year, the former 

 not racing, while the latter is on a cruise across the pond, but 

 their absence was ha rdly noticed, the honors of the two-stick class 

 all going to a younger rival. Then the "first class" had at its head 

 Mischief, Oracle and Julia, while the cutters were represented by 

 Wenonah, Vixen, Maggie, Rover with Halcyon and some old 

 sehoonors making up the balance of the fleet. The new class was 

 then not even dreamed of. Wenonah, Bedouin and Oriva- were 

 only beginning to teach the lesson of outside weight, Gracie was 

 sailing under "her old rig. Mischief then carried a single jib, and 

 then, as again this year, New York had started out to astonish the 

 East, not by something new and original and abreast of the times, 

 but by galvanizing a mummy into life in the old Julia, restored to 

 her original sloop rig. The contrast between the sturdy tug that 

 then cid duty as a tender, and the elegant vessel that bore the 

 commodore's blue pennant this season is hardly greater than that 

 between the two fleets. 



In accordance with usage we should, in reviewing the present 

 fleet, take the schooners lirst; but they are now out of fashion and 

 must take their turn in the wake of the great single-stickers in 

 print as well as over the racing courses. This year, as twice be- 

 fore, the class is headed by a new Burgess boat that beats hor pre- 

 decessor as she in turn defeated her older sister. For three years 

 the sequence has continued, longer, deeper, more lead and faster, 

 until the next step must be to a full keel boat and the abandon- 

 ment of the board. Puritan naturally stands as a basis of com- 

 parison for all her class, and judged by her the new boat, Volun- 

 teer, is deeper in body and draft, longer for about the same beam, 

 stiller and abler as far as she has been tried, a step nearer to the 

 cutter in rig, as she has abandoned the fixed bowsprit, and not so 

 handsome in appearance afloat; her stern, which is certainly not 

 a copy of anything English save in length, detracting froth her 

 good looks. Of the next in rank, Mayflower, little need be said 

 just now. She is in the hands of a new owner and skipper, who 

 have not yet had time to learn her ways, and who have added 

 nothing to her old record. Added to this she has been unfortun- 

 ate in wrecking her centerboard during the races. This has been 

 repaired and she will soon swing a new suit of canvas with 4ft. 

 more boom and 3ft. more gaff; but unless better handled than she 

 has been thus far, neither longer wings nor the ugly coat of pot- 

 lead that has spoiled all her beauty will bring her near the front 

 in the trial races next month. Puritan, with a pair of new Lap- 

 thome headsails, is apparently up to her old form, but her size 

 places her out of it with Volunteer and she will not enter the trial 

 races. Atlantic has sailed very well on the cruise, showiug nearer 

 to Puiitan than we ever expected to see her, but the work has 

 been mainly reaching. In the Marhlehead race she did very well 

 to Windward, but in the only other beat of the cruise she was ab- 

 sent-, withdrawing altogether alter the E. Y. C. race, though with 

 the fleet. Priseilla has failed to win a better place than last in the 

 quintette. 



Of the schooners Sachem naturally claims first notice by her 

 wonderful work, le'ading the fleet, large and small, not only under 

 time allowance, but when she doubled the time allowance she 

 gave the smaller boats and resigned that due her by the larger 

 ones. Next to her comes Iroquois, a handsome craft of the new 

 type, but designed for a cruiser and too smaU to give her time to 

 such a flyer as Sachem. Both are alike in color and general ap- 

 pearance and hard to distinguish at a distance. Palmer makes 

 her reappearance, this year after a long retirement, a handsome 

 boat in a new rig, stern and bowsprit, that make her look like an 

 importation from the other side. She and the other big onos need 

 more wind than they have had or will ordinarily get to save their 

 time of Sachem. These "second rates" have no business now be- 

 side such a modern "despatch boat" as Sachem. There is no rea- 

 son, however, why they may not find plenty of sport among them- 

 selves if all would race, but the trouble i3 that so few owners care 

 to risk a heating, even where the odds are small as shown in the 

 E. Y. C. race, where only half a dozen out of the large fleet of 

 schooners entered. Norseman, Palmer, Mohican. Fleetwing, Re- 

 public, Gitana, America, Troubadour, Phantom, and Resolute, 

 should make a very fair field of entries, and it is a pity that thev 

 do not turn out of tener. Resolue too is out this year with a length- 

 ened bow and a new rig, but though she has tried her luck in all 

 the races up to and including the E. Y. C. it has been without kites 

 and with a foul bottom, so that no judgment can be fairly formed 

 as to her place in her class. Marion Wentworth too has been in 

 the racing, though no one would recognize her save near at hand 

 in the clean, white-hulled Troubadour. The old Magic too has cut 

 in for a try this season; but none of the latter boats have been up 

 in first-class racing shape. America too has been sailing with 

 the fleet with a huge excursion barge streamer aloft bearing her 

 name, but she has done nothing remarkable. 



At the head of the second class still stands Bedouin, leading the 

 others easily in all the sailing and a fair proportion of the drift- 

 ing. Never has she sailed better than in the Goelet Cup race and 

 the first leg at. Marhlehead, on both occasions hoing miles ahead 

 of her own class and well up to the big ones. Her mishap at Mar- 

 hlehead threw her out of the latter races, but she has shown that 

 she is yet far from passe, and that the new debutante,, Titania, will 

 have to hurry very much to catch her. The latter boat has had 

 a full share of misfortune, losing two topmasts, breaking her gaff 

 and jamming her board; but when at her best she has been nowhere 

 alongside Bedouin. The old sloops have shown up very well in 

 numbers this year, Graeie. Fannie, Mischief, with a double, head 

 rig, Vision, Mystery and the famous Pocahontas. Gracie and 

 Fanny have had some good racing between the two, but it is more 

 plain than e ver that neither has any business with. Bedouin, and in 

 the Marhlehead race theymorethan had their hands full with the 

 little cutter Huron, both being beaten flat by the latter. Huron 

 is in build a cruising boat, her cabin and even the ceiling being 

 panelled with mahogany, while she is heavy in build throughout; 

 but she haa sailed wonderfully well on the cruise and promises to 

 make a record yet under her new owners. Mischief and Vision 

 did a little racing, but only cutting in at times, and neither added 

 to her old record. The cruise is noteworthy for one thing, if for 

 nothing else— the reappearance of the renowned Pocahontas, 

 whose advent was heralded by the papers last winter as one of the 

 events of the coming season. That she has not succeeded is not 

 for want of talent, as she had enough aboard to navigate her to 

 Hong Kong or Honolulu, including Captain Samuels: but she did 

 nothing better than whipping in the rear, being 23m. astern of 

 Bedouin on the first leg, 19 miles, of the Brenton's Reef race; an 

 hour astern on the run to Vineyard Haven, and beaten by the 

 third class boats from Vineyard Haven to Pollock's Rip, after 

 which she did not race. 



In the third class were only Cinderella and Clara, whose doings 

 we have noticed in the previous reports. Fanita came in for the 

 last race, and at Marhlehead Vixen and the new Zigeuner were in 

 the class, but only the latter requires further attention. The last 

 addition to the class, Mr. John G. Prague's wide sloop Anaconda, 

 was sailing about Is ewport, but not being in the fleet did not 

 enter. As yet she has shown no indications that she will ever 

 flnd a place beside Clara or Cinderella. The following list in- 

 cludes the principal boats taking part in the cruise, not including 

 the Eastern yachts at Marhlehead; Puritan, Volunteer, Bedouin, 

 Wave Crest, Bertie, Thistle, Dare, Cinderella, Pocahont.es, 

 Eclipse, Vision, Magic, Sachem, Regina, Atlantic, Grayling, 

 Oracle, Medusa, Titania, Gitana. Republic, Mayflower, Mystery, 

 Harbinger, Crusader, Iroquois, Troubadour, Phantom, Halcyon, 

 Wanderer, Huron, Athlon, Espirito, Palmer, Maggie, Speranza, 

 Lydia, Nonpareil, Mischief, Princess, Agnes, Norseman, Viking, 

 Resolute, Fleetwing, Whileaway, Madeline, Mohegan, JEolus, 



Priseilla, Clara. Isetilt, Concord, Ulidia, Stranger, Fanny, Var- 

 una, Dreaduaught, Nokomis. 



With the fleet at times were, several steamers that deserve a 

 longer notice than we can give here. Susquehanna is a new steel 

 boat from Harlan & Hollingsworth's yard, designed by her build- 

 ers and giving promise of something far hotter than the old boxes 

 that, are commonly rated as yachts, in the near future. She is a 

 Very trim looking boat with English quarters and a clipper stem, 

 with short bowsprit. Her arrangements below are much better 

 than common, being on a plan original with her builders. The 

 Sheerwater, Mr. Burgess's latest effort in the steam line, is quite a 

 handsome hoat^ making no pretensions to anything elaborate, but 

 suD8tantial,busincssliko and shipshape,iu marked contrast to many 

 of the toothpick rigged nondescripts that ape the importance of a 

 man-of-war. The Now Then was with the fleet at Newport, show- 

 ing her speed as usual. 



The following abstract of the races shows in a more compact and 

 convenient form the work done by the leading boats. In order to 

 rate all correctly it is necessary to consider their size a* given in 

 the following table. The lengths given are calculated according 

 to the formula employed by the New York and Eastern clubs, 

 twice the loadline plus the square root of the sail area, divided by 

 three: 



SCHOONERS. 



Length. Allows. 



Norseman 110.12 



Palmer 104.17 1.51 



Mohican 104. til 1.51 



Fleetwing 101.52 3.45 



Republic 97.10 4.82 



Gitana 98.33 4.58 



America 91.44 6.16 



Sachem 88.47 8.47 



Length. Allows. 



Varuna 87.50 



Troubadour 87.47 



Phantom 86.01 



Crusader 84.50 



Grayling 83.28 



Iroquois 81.74 



Halcyon 81.12 



Magic 80.60 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Volunteer 89 . 20 — Priseilla .... 



Mayflower 87.99 0.46 Puritan 



Atlantic 86.31 1.85 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. 



85.97 



83.85 



9.19 

 9.19 

 9.51 

 10.58 

 11.33 

 13.25 

 12.4,3 

 13 02 



1.51 



2.59 



Titania 73.58 



Gracie 71.62 



Bedouin VI. 45 



Pocahontas 70.95 



Fanny 70.00 



9.17 Stranger 68.87 14.29 



10.40 Huron 66.31 14.52 



11.03 Vision (16.00 15.16 



11.25 Mischief 64.79 16.05 



12.10 Mystery... 60.50 19.48 



THIRD CLASS SLOOPS. 



Cinderella 55.45 24.50 Ulidia 43.93 38.43 



Clara 54.38 25.52 Vixen 48.60 32.05 



Coneord 51.23 28. 35 Dream 43.60 40.40 



Zigeuner 45.00 36,57 



In the following summary the distances are all in nautical miles, 

 taken from the Coast Survey charts, the times are corrected ex- 

 cept in the first part of the race for the Morgan cups. The races 

 and runs of the cruise are given in order and numbered, each run 

 which was timed being included, whether prizes were given or 

 uot. 



I. Aug. 4. Run from New London to Newport, no prizes, 53 miles. 



Wind very light northeast at 10 A. M., light from southeast at 

 noon, increasing to finish. Drifting and fluky race. Smooth 

 water. 



Volunteer beats Puritan 3.22 corrected time, Atlantic 7.40, May- 

 flower 55.43. Priseilla did not enter. Gracie beat Titania 5.33, 

 Bedouin 17m. Sachem beats Grayling 16.22. Race unsatisfactory 

 and inconclusive. Many flukes. 



II. Aug. 5. Goelet Cups. Sow and Pigs course, 40 miles, 19 miles to 

 windward, 4jj£ miles free and h% miles wind abaft beam. Wind 

 southeast and moderate all day. Water smooth. 



Volunteer beats Mayflower S.42, Atlantic 10.33, Puritan 10.53, 

 Priseilla 18.44. On first leg Volunteer beats Mayflower 4.16, Puri- 

 tan 9.11, Atlantic 11.09, Priseilla 16.56. The free leg was too short 

 for a teat, but Volunteer gained 2.38 on Puritan, 2.15 on Mayflower, 

 Atlantic gains 54s. on Volunteer and Priseilla gains 4.44 by the 

 times given. Bedouin heats Stranger by 51s. on the Whole race, 

 Titania 1.32, Huron 7.30, Gracie 9.07, Mischief 16.42. Pocahontas 

 and Fanny were not measured, but Bed ouin beat them 19.08 and 29.17 

 respectively. Sachem beats Iroquois 3.38, Palmer 5.17, Magic 23.07. 

 Volunteer and Sachem take the Goelot Cups. A good light weather 

 race with no flukes. 



III. Aug. 6. Run from Newport to Vineyard Haven. 38 miles. 

 Wind moderate to fresh S.E. to S.; water smooth. Course 

 mostly reaching with a little spinaker work at finish. 



Mayflower beats Puritan 2.3, Volunteer 5.33, Priseilla 26.6, At- 

 lantic not entered. 



Bedouin beats Fanny 2.04, Gracie 10.46, Titania 18.11, Pocahontas 

 53.43. Cinderella beats a lot of old sloops, all larger than she, on 

 even time. 



Sachem beats Norseman 3.23, Gitana 14.47, America 15.21, and a 

 fleet of others so far astern that times fail to be of value. 



The race was very uneven and unsatisfactory; Volunteer led 

 Mayflower and Puritan at the end of the first long reach of 20 

 miles, but finally lost by going outside the Middle Ground Shoal 

 into a strong tide. The times show some hard fluking among the 

 schooners. 



IV. Aug. 8-9. Morgan Cups, Vineyard Haven to Marhlehead. 

 Wind fresh N.E. at start, falliug during day with calms and 

 drifts after first third of race. Distance 110 miles. 



The times were not worth considering, as there was too much 

 fluking, but the leaders should be counted in the final summing 

 up. Volunteer heads her class, Bedouin takes the prize in hers. 

 Sachem is winning schooner, and Clara leads the third class in. 

 The race really concluded at Pollock's Rip Lightship, a distance 

 of 32 miles from the start, where the leaders were timed. Here 

 Volunteer led Puritan by 11.10, elapsed time, Mayflower 14.50, 

 Priseilla 18.10, Atlantic 20m. Bedouin led Gracie by 7m , Titania 

 30m. Sachem led Palmer by 3.45 and America 9.55. The race thus 

 far had been under very fair conditions, a long reach and a little 

 easy windward work, with only moderate to light winds and per- 

 fectly smooth water. 



V. Aug. 11. E. Y. C. Race, Marhlehead. Triangular course, 36 

 miles, water smooth, wind fresh, S.W., with puffs at times. 

 First leg, dead to windward, second leg, wind on starboard 

 quarter, third leg, wind partly on port beam, hauling ahead. 



Volunteer beats Puritan 3.53, Atlantic 6.02, Priseilla 7.06, May- 

 flower 11.05. Huron beats Gracie by 4m. and Fanny 5m., Bedouin, 

 Titania and Stranger breaking down. Sachem beats Iroquois 

 3.54. Troubadour 35.26, America 26.59. 



The weather work on the first leg, almost the only work of the 

 kind on the entire cruise, is unfortunately of little value, as the 

 leaders sailed different courses. To sum up, Volunteer beat her 

 class, leading the nearest boat, Atlantic, by 7.45. As she and 

 Atlantic had sailed the same course, the figures may be taken as 

 correctly showing her gain ; but it was evident that had Puritan 

 not sailed a totally different course, she would have been second 

 boat. We have no desire to disparage Atlantic or to rob her of 

 any of the laurels which she fairly won here, but what all want to 

 know now is, how much faster is Volunteer than Mayflower and 

 Puritan. The former, unfortunately, must he left out of the cal- 

 culation, but Puritan can fairly be placed several minutes ahead 

 of Atlantic, judging by all the sailing between the two this year 

 and last, for Puritan's power to windward is known to all, while 

 Atlantic's best sailing has been off the wind. Puritan then may 

 be placed at least midway between Volunteer and Atlantic, which 

 would make her about 4m. slower over a 12-mile leg to windward 

 in a clubtopsail breeze and smooth water than Volunteer. 



Volunteer wins Herald Cup and $250. Puritan $50, Huron wins 

 $100, Gracie $50, Zigeuner $75, Sachem $350, Iroquois $50. 



VI. Aug. 15. Vineyard Haven to Newport, Providence cups, 38 

 miles. Fresh S. W. wind, smooth water, reach at start, beat of 

 15 miles down Vineyard Sound; one leg of 20 miles, close- 

 hauled, to finish. 



Volunteer beats Puritan 7.14, Mayflower disabled, Atlantic and 

 Priseilla not in. Sachem beats Magic 24.36, Palmer 24.59 on regu- 

 lar allowance, not counting handicap given by Sachem for this 

 race. 



Volunteer and Sachem each take $250 cups. 

 On the beat of 15 miles Volunteer and Puritan were not accur- 

 ate! y timed, but the former gained about 5m. 



VII. Aug. 16. Newport, Sow and Pigs course, Newport cups, 40 

 miles. A drifting match with bad flukes. 



Volunteer beats Puritan 12.02, Mayflower 31.28. 



Sachem beats Magic 3.46. 



Volunteer wins $650, Gracie $350 on walkover, and Cinderella 

 $200, beating Fanita. Sachem wins $650. 



A casual glance over the above table shows several import- 

 ant points. First, the work of Volunteer, like all such series the 

 majority of the races are unsatisfactory, the first was a drift, 

 the second was better but with no windjamming and little spinaker 

 work, the third was marred by Volunteer's fluke off the middle 

 ground, the fourth a drift, etc., but still the amount of test racing 

 is up to the average, and we must make the best of it. So far it 

 shows one thing, that Volunteer was always ahead, under any con- 

 ditions, and that she is a very fast boat , especially when new sails, 

 new bottom, and sailed by her skipper for the first time are taken 

 into account. How much faster than Mayflower in her old form 

 no one knows, as all comparisons are worthless, for reasons before 

 given. With Puritan she may be compared more closely. Volun- 

 teer beats Puritan by 3.22, 10.53, 3.53, 7.14, 13.02, and before the calm 

 in race No. 4, the time of which is not included, she beat her about 

 8m. oorreeted. On the other hand, in No. 3, Puritan beat Volun- 



teer by 3:30. To fairly average these results is a difficult matter, 

 but they certainly do not show the new boat to bo more than 7m. 

 faster, corrected time, than the old. On the occasion that Purit an 

 was beaten by 10:53, she was not: sailed by Captain Crocker, a fact 

 to be considered; and the beat of 12:02 was in a drifting mat ch. In 

 the E. Y. 0. race Puritan lost, as shown before, in the windward 

 work, but Volunteer too wasted some of her lead later on in hunt- 

 ing for the second mark. Altogether she probably should have 

 beaten Puritan nearly 7m. in the 36 miles of the course. This es- 

 timate of 7m. is less rose-colored than many that ha ve been made, 

 but we ask no one to accept our opinion. The. figures given are 

 mostly official, and we believe, correct to a matter of a few seconds; 

 the attendant circumstances of each race are stated as fairly and 

 fully as possible, and our readers can make their own calculations 

 from the data. We do not place much faith in such computations, 

 especially in comparing boats that have never met, as Thistle and 

 Volunteer, through the medium of one or two other boats; for un- 

 less a man is thoroughly familiar with the boats and all conditions 

 of their sailing, he can form no idea. Here is a specimen of 

 the mass of stuff spoken and printed of late, taken from the 

 Tribune : 



"The Pui'itan beat Sir Richard's cutter 16m. 19s., and unques- 

 tionably proved that she was better by 12m. at the least. This 

 year the Puritan is in much better form than she ever was before, 

 and yet in a race of forty-three mileB sailed by the Volunteer in 

 less than four hours and four minutes, she was compelled to yield 

 to the new sloop by 7m. 14s. If there is any meaning in compara- 

 tive tests, therefore, the clear significance of the races in which, 

 the two new champions have sailed is that the Thistle needs to be 

 more than 8m. faster than the Genesta in order to beat the Volun- 

 teer. However, whether she be victor or vanquished, we extend 

 her aU the same a right hearty welcome." 



The facts that in the only real race they sailed Puritan boat 

 Genesta hut l)&m., and also that Genesta is sailing far better this, 

 year, with different rig and ballast, than she did in America, find 

 no place in the calculation. The Sun makes a similar blunder; 

 Volunteer beats Mayflower 2h. 23m. over a course of 110 miles, 

 equal to about 5()m. over a course of 38 miles. Now Thistle can 

 beat Genesta or Irex not more than 10m. over the same course, 

 hence Volunteer is 40m. faster than Thistle. 



The trial races should tell more accurately the difference be- 

 tween Volunteer and her fellows, though Puritan will not be in, 

 but there is little to be gained by such speculation in any case, 

 unless for betting purposes. It is enough to know that Volunteer 

 is a success from the start, and that all her sponsors have to do is 

 to learn her ways and perfect all details, as thus far no radical 

 fault is apparent. 



Sachem's superiority over her class stands out in the record of 

 every race, and Mr. Burgess may well be proud of her. Certainly 

 nothing that floats in the entire fleet can touch her, and she is not 

 only fast but handsome. 



From the above abstract it is evident that in so far as the choice 

 of a defender goes there is no necessity for trial races, Volun- 

 teer's racing thus far has proved that, but the races will be sailed, 

 and very properly; as they serve a good purpose in the opportuni- 

 ties they afford for practice. 



There is one point, in the record, an unpleasant one in many 

 ways for a New York man to deal with, which wo would prefer 

 not to touch on in connection with a cruise that has been so well 

 managed and successful in many ways, but it is written in every 

 line of the official times and is patent to all who do not wilfully 

 close their eyes. Look at the list of winners and then say who 

 dances and who plays the piper. The following list of winners of 

 first, second and third places in each class and race tells the story. 

 The Boston yachts are in full-faced type, the Now York boats in 

 roman. We have placed each boat not according to present own- 

 ership, but by nationality, so to speak, and the result is easily 

 sf en. The prizes, the Herald cup, the Morgan cups, the Goelet 

 cups are not shown, we are not talking now of mugs but of honors; 

 were the}' added the record would show but one cup and two 

 purseB for New York, one of the latter a walkover. 



No. of 

 Race. 



1. Sachem. 



2. Grayling. 



3. 



1. Sachem. 



2. Iroquois. 



3. Palmer. 



1. Saehtni. 



2. Norseman. 



3. Gitana. 



1. Sachem. 



2. Iroquois. 



3. Magic. 



1. Sacliem. 



2. Iroquois. 



3. Troubadour 



1. Sachem. 



2. Magic. 



3. Palmer. 



Ftkst Class. 



Volunteer. 

 Puritan. 



Atlantic. 



Volunteer. 

 Mayflower. 



Atlantic. 



Mayflower. 1 



Puritan. 



Volunteer. 



Volunteer. 

 Mayflower. 



Priseilla. 



Volunteer. 



Puritan. 



Atlantic. 



Volunteer. 



Puritan. 



Mayflower. 



Volunteer. 



Puritan. 



Mayflower. 



Second Class 



Gracie. 



Titania. 



Bedouin. 



Bedouin. 

 Stranger. 



Bedouin. 



Fanny. 



Gracie. 



Bedouin. 



Gracie. 



Huron. 



Huron. 



Gracie. 

 Fanny. 



Third Class 



Cinderella. 



Cinderella. 



Bertie. 



Athlon. 



Clara. 

 Cind erella. 

 Ulidia. 



Zigeuner. 

 Cinderella. 

 Vixen. 



In the schooner class Sachem takes first place in every case, New 

 York coming in for the second berth. In the large class New York 

 has no place at all. Boston takes first, second and three third 

 places. As yet Boston has but one new boat, Titania, in the 

 second class, and she has done nothing on the cruise. The little 

 Huron, however, a genuine Boston production, very fairly thrashed 

 both Gracie and Fanny in the best race of the cruise. Thanks to 

 the cutter Bedouin, New York's record in this class is not so had 

 as it might have been. In the third class New York shows better, 

 simply because Boston has not any boats in the class. What she 

 may do soon was only too clearly shown in the E. Y. C. race, where 

 a small Burgess cutter, a cruising boat and under-rigged, new, 

 With rough bottom as she came from the builders, and stiff gear 

 and unstretched sails, made a good race with New York's" old 

 favorite, Vixen, a larger boat, and finaUy saved her time on such 

 a crack as Cinderella. In this latter she was favored by a fluke 

 near the finish, but still the performance was a remarkable one 

 and may well set New York to thinking. Zigeuner is a veritable 

 cruiser, but what if Boston puts a racer of the same type in the 

 class? What of her inches is there in New York that can face 

 Pappoose in the next lower class to-day? What wiU the record of 

 next year's cruise show at this rate? 



We do not wish to stir up jealousies or sectional feeling, the 

 united fleet that races at New York in the spring and at Newport 

 and Marhlehead in the summer should be one in friendly feeling 

 and only fair and amicable ri valry should exist among its mem- 

 bers, but we cannot, as friends of New York and New York yacht- 

 ing, sit quietly by without an effort to waken her yachtsmen from 

 the apathy into which they have fallen. Our warning of last 

 spring has borne little fruit, but its truth is confirmed by the races 

 just sailed, in which New York cuts such a sorry figure. Who 

 takes all the schooner prizes? not New York's old boat with long- 

 records, but Boston's new flyer with a modern hull and rig. Who 

 tops the. great singlestick class? Boston's latest achievement, con- 

 ceived and built while New Y r ork was pacidly calculating how 

 much slower than Puritan Thistle's sailing showed her to be. 

 Where is New York in the same class ? This year New York leads 

 the second class, but that is partly through a cutter that she has 

 frequenty disowned and partly because Boston has not taken up 

 this size of boat in earnest. What has Pocahontas done to help 

 the class? Has her resurrection brought credit or the reverse to 

 New York yachtsmen ? The keynote of Boston's yachting is Pro- 

 gress; that of New Y r ork is the Past. What she has done, what 

 she is to do some dav, and in the meanwhile she sits quietly and 

 contentedly and lets Boston sail her races and win her cups, even 

 to the defense of the long prized trophy the first great emblem of 

 New York's supremacy in yachting. 



To pass to a much pleasanter subject, the management of the 

 cruise has been creditable both to the club and the officers to whom 

 it was intrusted, and while the fleet has held together longer, the 

 racing has also been better and there has been more of it than 

 usual. No better leader for the fleet could be found than tlnj 



