June 9, 1887.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



ATLANTIC Y. C. 22D REGATTA, JUNE 7. 



THE first of the great regattas, that of the Atlantic Y. C, was 

 sailed on Tuesday, and in spite of bad wea ther a very good 

 race was made in all classes. It was in every respect an Atlantic 

 day, as the two leading boats of the club, Atlantic and Shamrock, 

 took all the honors, and it would have been easy on Tuesday night 

 to have found plenty about Bay Ridge to hack either against 

 !Eliii3tIe without any allowance. The race was the first that has 

 heen sailed under the new_ classification lately proposed by the 

 Forest and Stbeam, and if entries are any test the change is 

 certainly a success. Both first and second prizes were offered, 

 and the class limits were conveniently near, the result being a 

 very fair turnout of well matched yachts. The schooners did not 

 show up well, Magic, the only entry in the large class, not start- 

 ing; while in the small class only two out of five entries went the 

 course. The starters were: 



CLASS B— SCHOONERS, TINDER 75FT. Length. 



Name. Owner, l.w.l. 



Clio E. Wiuslow 68.00 



Southern Cross J. H. Hanan 05.00 



Gevalia H. W. Cna-t.es 50.00 



Agnes I. N. Winslow 55.04 



Leona E. C. Sterling 40.03 



class c— sloops, 75ft. and over. 



Galatea Lieut. Wm. He.nn 80.00 



Priscilla - ... A. Ca ss Canlield 85 .03 



Atlantic D. Chauncoy 84.04 



CLASS d — 05 to 75ft. 



Shamrock J. R. Maxwell 00.09 



Grade J. P.Earle 72.02 



Titania ...CO. Iselin 09.09 



Stranger G. H. Warren 05.00 



Fanny T. P. Fiske 05.00 



GLASS E — 56 TO 65 ft. 



Huron Bloodgood «& Kelly 63.00 



Hildegard J. C. Bergen 61.00 



TIjASK f— 48 to 50ft. 



Cinderella W. E. Iselin ... 52.00 



Athlon E. B. Havens 53.00 



Roamer J. Cartledge 48.10 



CLASS a — 41 TO 48FT 



Concord H. C. Roome 45.00 



Adelaide R. Underbill 44.00 



Rover F. C. Swan 44.08 



Vixen J. C. Richardson 44.05 



Enterprise H. H. Hogins 44.02^ 



Ariadne H. W. Banks 41 .00 



Nirvana T. H. Hall 42.00 



CLASS H— 35 TO 41 FT. 



Rival Hope and Capman 38.03 



Wayward F. Belts .37.04 



CLASS 1—30 to 35ft. 



Mistral G. V. Brower 34 00 



Viking F. C. Swan 33.09 



Hdcran W. Southwick 30.02 



class a — 26 to 30ft. 



Arab N. D. Lawton 28.09 



Hypatia J. Weir, Jr 26.07 



Kangaroo F. Beames 27.00 



CLASS K— UNDER 26BT. 



Gleam T.L.Arnold 23.01 



CLASS L— OPEN SLOOPS. 



Sirene H. E. Doremus 24.07 



Pilot ...E. Fish 23.08 



CLASS M — CATBOATB. 



Marjorie W. H. Langley 21 .00 



Mosquito W. H. C. Loverich 20.00 



The courses were: For Classes A, B, C, D and E, from the an- 

 chorage of the club off Bay Ridge, down through the Narrows, to 

 and around Southwest Spit buoys Nos. 10 and passing to the 

 west of same, thence to and around the Scotland lightship, keep- 

 ing the same on the port hand, thence to and around Sandy Hook 

 lightship, keeping it on the port hand, thence returning to buoys 

 Nos. 8^ and 10, going around same., keeping theni on the star- 

 hoard, thence to home stakeboat, going to the southward and 

 westward of Beacon on Romer Shoal; 37 miles. 



For Classes F and G, from the anchorage of the club off Bay 

 Ridge, down through the Narrows, to and around stakeboat near 

 buoy No. 8, off the northern point of Sandy Hook, passing to the 

 west of the same, thence to and around the Scotland lightship, 

 keeping it on the port hand, thence to and around Sandy Hook 

 lightship, keeping it on the port hand, thence home, going to the 

 southward and westward of beacon on Romer Shoal; 32 miles. 



For olasses H and I, from the anchorage of the club off Bay 

 Ridge, down through the Narrows, to and around stakeboat near 

 buoy No. 8, keeping the same on port hand; thence to and around 

 the Scotland Lightship, keeping it on the port hand; thence home, 

 passing to westward of beacon on Romer Shoal, 24 miles. 



For classes J, K, L and M, from the anchorage of the club off 

 Bay Ridge, down through the Narrows to and around stakeboat 

 near buoy No. 8, keeping the same on port hand, thence home, 

 passing to westward of beacon on Romer Shoal, 20 miles. 



The finish for all classes will be at buoy No. 15, and all yachts 

 must cross the line between said buoy and a stakeboat bearing the 

 club flag anchored to southward and eastward of buoy. 



All yachts to pass to westward of Fort Lafayette and the beacon 

 on Romer Shoal, and to the eastward of buoys 11, 13 and 15. on 

 west bank, both going and returning; and at home stake between 

 buoy 15 and stake boat marking the line. 



The day was cool and cloudy, the wind hanging i n the east but 

 not blowing at all, while a light drizzle fell. The fleet was ready 

 off Bay Ridge, but at the hour set for the start there was no wind 

 at all. About 11 A. M., however, a light breeze was felt from S.E., 

 and all got under way, standing up the Bay against the young 

 ebb. The starting liae was between two boats moored about a 

 quarter mile apart, in a line with the club house. 



At 11:37:04 the first gun was fired and at 11:42:04 the starting gun 

 followed. Shamrock was near the line but was obliged to tack to 

 avoid crossing too soon, and Atlanta, breaking out jibtopsail. 

 and with clubtopsail and balloon foresail set, was first over the 

 line on port tack. Following her closely to windward was Titania, 

 with Hildegarde so close on her weather quarter that boom and 

 bowsprit were nearly interlocked, the latter hailing for room to 

 clear the mark boat. Closely bunched came half a dozen yachts, 

 Southern Cross, Fanny, Galatea, Stranger, Gevalia, Priscilla, 

 Huron. Shamrock was handicapped a little and had the worst of 

 the start. The smaller boats now straggled over, Concord nearly 

 fouling the mark, not allowing sufficiently for the strong tide and 

 light wind, while the little Gleam cut in very cleverly between 

 her and the mark. All carried lower sails, jibtopsails and work- 

 ing topsails except the three large singletickers, who were allowed 

 clubt opsails. 



The wind was very light, but the tide carried the fleet down, 

 Atlantic keeping over to Fort Lafayette and Shamrock following, 

 while part of the fleet, Galatea included, held over toward the 

 Statin Island shore. The two white boats gained by this maneu- 

 ver, Atlantic not only getting outside the Narrows first, but meet- 

 ing there a better breeze a little nearer south, so that she could 

 lay her course nicely, while Galatea, Gracie and a lot beside were 

 well inside Fort Wadsworth and in the lee. Shamrock worked 

 things so closely as to make up at once a big part of her lost time, 

 and Cinderella was also walking well through the fleet. First of 

 all outside the forts and in the new breeze, Atlantic sped rapidly 

 down^holding to the east side of the Bay, Some distance asrorh 

 were Titania and Hildegarde, then Fanny, Shamrock, Priscilla, 

 Galatea, Huron, Stranger, Cinderella and Gracie. 



At 12:20 Atlantic, still holding her spurt, was well down toward 

 Norton's Point, while near Fort Hamilton was Titania, with 

 Shamrock now in threatening proximity, both being on port tack, 

 while Priscilla was astern but some distance ahead of Galatea, 

 and holding all her lead. At 12:27 Galatea cast to starboard tack 

 and stood in toward Gravesend Bay, Shamrock doing the same, 

 with Titania following her, the latter still the head boat. They 

 only held this leg for three minutes when Shamrock went on port 

 tack again, with Titania immediately after, on her weather bow. 

 Now came the tug as the white sloop crept up with a steady gain 

 on the steel yacht; hand over hand she went, easily and surely 

 through the other's lee, and within less than an hour after the 

 start she had overcome the great lead that Titania had taken. 

 Priscilla had held her course out in the bay longer than Galatea 

 and had gained on the latter, but at 12:32 she tacked to the east, 

 soon going back to her old course, which proved the best, as Galatea, 

 further in toward Gravesend Bay, was not holding ber. 



Meanwhile Atlantic was nearing Buoy 10, sailing a little race of 

 her own. Shamrock was also clear of the fleet and with the prize 

 in her pocket, barring any unusual fluke. Of the rest of the fleet, 

 Priscilla was still chasing Shamrock, but Titania had fallen into 

 company with Galatea and Fanny, and had all she wanted to keep 

 her place in the trio. Off Buoy 12 Galatea ran up on Fanny's lee, 

 but failed to force a passage, and they came to Buoy 10 together, 

 with Titania barely ahead of them. The times were: 



Atlantic 1 02 30 Titania 1 16 40 



Shamrock . . .1 12 20 Fanny 1 16 59 



Priscilla 1 13 05 Galatea 1 17 35 



As the yachts made a wide turn, Atlantic in particular, holding 



well over toward Raritan Bay, these times are not strictly 

 accurate, but will serve to give a good idea of the relative sail- 

 ing of the boats. The wind still held as light as at the start, the 

 water being perfectly smooth. Shamrock went on starboard tack 

 after passing buoy 10, Priscilla holding to port tack after Atlantic, 

 while Galatea and Fanny tacked in Shamrock's wake and Tit ania. 

 followed Priscilla. Atlantic held her port tack for six minutes, 

 then went about and weathered buoy &/> handsomely, standing on 

 out to sea, tacking again twelve minutes later to clear the point 

 of the Book. Shamrock worked to the eastward, while Priscilla 

 was still on the port tack, and when they came together off buoy 

 8.4 the big boat, was still to leeward. Meanwhile Galatea had run 

 through Fanny's lee, Titania had dropped astern of the pair, 

 Huron had loft Hildegarde, and Cinderella, going a shorter course 

 and not rounding 10 and BJf, was now in among the leaders off the 

 Hook with none of her class in sight. 



At 1:30, when well off Sandy Hook, the positions wore, Atlantic, 

 on starboard tack, far in the lead, Shamrock in her wake, PriBciUa 

 and Galatea still fighting their duel with the iron ship ahead of 

 the steel one, then Titania, Fanny, Stranger, Gracie, Huron, 

 Hildegarde and Cinderella. Some schooners had started with the 

 fleet , But they troubled nobody and were not iu the race as tar as 

 the spectators were concerned. Making out, to the Scotland Light- 

 ship, Atlantic turned and was away for the Sandy Hook Lightship 

 nearly a quarter of an hour ahead of tho others. At 1:39 Sham- 

 rock wont on port, tack followed by the Priscilla, but while she 

 tacked again at 1:42, standing to the eastward, Priscilla held her 

 port tack far down the -Tcrsey beach, not going on starboard tack 

 until 2:30. At 1:55 Atlantic had tacked to the east, and at 2:02:20 

 she turned the Scotland and stood to tho north for the next mark. 

 As tho others rounded they followed her, except Titania, who held 

 on down after Priscilla. The times at the Scotland, as far as 

 taken, were: 



Atlantic 3 02 30 Priscilla 2 15 00 



Shamrock 2 13 00 Galatea 2 18 00 



Cinderella was holding her place bravely, though with no real 

 competitor in her class, and Adelaide, in spite of her 45ft. length, 

 was well up with the second class. 



At Sandy Hook Lightship there was a very pretty spinaker drill 

 as each came up on starboard tack, jibed and set her kite. Atlan- 

 tic was slow at this, while Priscilla, was much smarter. Galatea 

 rounded with her boom swung forward, swinging it aft smartly 

 and running up the sail. Titania had her boom only slung as she 

 turned, and some time was lost in stepping and lowering it. Cin- 

 derella was by far t he best handled ot the lot, breaking out as soon 

 as she was fairly before the wind, a big feather for her Corinthian 

 crew. The times were: 



Atlantic 2 40 55 Adelaide 3 16 50 



Shamrock 2 54 50 Gracie 3 19 32 



PriBcilla 2 59 20 Stranger 3 20 24 



Galatea 3 00 05 Huron 3 21 58 



Cinderella 3 06 22 Roamer 3 20 50 



Titania 3 10 23 Hildegard 3 34 00 



Fanny 3 14 10 



Galatea had fairly collared Priscilla at the mark and run to 

 windward of her as they started sheet, with tho intention of 

 blanketing her, but the. other slid out from under her lee and 

 gained steadily from the turn in. The procession home was devoid 

 of any special incident, the boats being well strung out. Wind 

 and sea held the same until late in the afternoon, when the lag- 

 gards brought a better breeze in with them, but it was too late to 

 help the leaders. Once inside the Hook balloon jibtopsails were 

 set in place of spinakors. Atlantic bowled along in tho light 

 breeze, scorning bettor suitod with the weather than ever before, 

 and there was no hope of catching her, while Shamrock was so 

 far ahead of all others that the run was devoid of interest. With 

 balloon jibtopsail full Atlantic ran across the lino at 4:53:28, the 

 winner of her first race. One by one the others came up, until at 

 6:30'the last schooner was timed. 



The summary of the race is given below: 



CLASS B— SCHOONERS UNDER 7oFT. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Gevalia 11 40 08 6 07 06 20 58 6 13 50 



Agnes 11 46 07 8 28 04 41 57 6 31 42 



Leona ..11 46 45 Withdrew. 



Southern Cross 11 45 19 5 55 32 



CLASS C— SLOOPS 75FT. AND OVER. 



Atlantic 11 44 06 4 53 28 5 03 22 5 06 50 



Galatea 11 46 07 5 16 34 5 30 27 5 30 27 



Priscilla 11 46 06 5 11 10 5 25 10 5 23 31 



CLASS D — SLOOPS 05 AND UNDER 75FT. 



Shamrock 11 47 04 5 00 36 5 19 32 5 19 32 



Titania 11 44 25 5 24 19 5 39 54 5 39 33 



Fanny 11 45 33 5 29 15 5 43 43 5 39 52 



Gracie 11 40 34 5 33 47 5 46 13 5 45 56 



Stranger 11 46 30 5 41 45 5 55 15 5 54 08 



CLASS E— SLOOPS 56 AND UNDER 65FT. 



Huron 11 45 53 5 38 16 5 52 23 5 52 23 



Hildegard 11 44 32 5 44 59 6 00 27 5 59 22 



CLASS F— SLOOPS '48 AND UNDER 56lT. 



Cinderella 11 50 42 5 13 56 5 33 14 5 23 14 



Roamer 11 52 04 5 34 09 5 42 05 5 36 14 



Athlon 11 52 04 5 '12 07 5 50 03 5 48 01 



CLASS — SLOOPS 41 AND UNDER 48FT. 



Adelaide . 11 49 28 5 29 57 5 40 29 5 39 34 



Enterprise ll 52 04 5 44 02 5 51 50 5 49 54 



Ariadne U 5i 29 5 55 10 6 03 41 5 58 01 



Nirvana 11 49 24 5 55 20 6 06 02 6 00 06 



Rover 11 51 18 5 47 23 5 56 05 5 55 10 



Vixen 11 48 29 5 52 40 6 04 11 6 03 00 



Concord 11 52 04 



CLASS H— SLOOPS 35 AND UNDER 41 FT. 



Rival 11 52 04 4 40 02 4 43 58 



Wayward 11 54 04 Withdrew. 



CLASS I— SLOOPS 30 AND UNDER 35FT. 



Bderan 11 52 04 5 11 18 5 19 04 



Mistral 11 50 48 5 02 32 5 11 44 



CLASS J— SLOOPS 28 AND UNDER 30FT. 



Kangaroo 11 56 50 8 31 20 3 34 24 



Arab 11 54 00 3 30 20 3 36 20 



Hvpatia 11 54 51 3 40 02 3 45 51 



CLASS K— CABIN SLOOPS UNDER 26FT. 



Gleam ..11 54 36 3 47 02 8 42 26 



CLASS L — OPEN SLOOPS. 



Pilot 11 57 12 4 05 24 4 08 12 



Sirene 11 57 00 3 41 15 3 44 15 



CLASS M— CAT RIGGED BOATS. 



Marjorie 11 57 10 3 57 15 4 00 05 



Mosquito U 57 13 4 10 47 4 13 35 



While the weather was of the poorest, the breeze, such as it was, 

 was steady in force, and the only fluke was at the start, where 

 Atlantic certainly made a big gain. This, however, by no means 

 accounts for her victory, as what she made then she held fairly 

 all day, keeping her place. In the hands of Com. Fish and Capt. 

 Terry she was excellently sailed and piloted, but this alone will 

 not account for all of her gain, as she was well sailed last season. 

 Whether the alterations of the winter have made any substantial 

 improvement, or whether her performance was due in part to the 

 special weather of Tuesday, it is impossible to say no w; in the puffs 

 and squalls of Decoration Day she certainly seemed to act very 

 much as last season. Shamrock's performance is something that 

 all concerned in her may well be proud of, as she. had the very 

 worst of the start, but seon overcame the handicap and practically 

 led the fleet after the first hour. The day, of course, favored the 

 smaller boats, but she proved herself far and away faster than all 

 the rest, including Atlantic, as tho latter had a great, lead of her 

 at the line. Priscilla and Galatea kept up a very fair ding-dong 

 game all day, the former having the best of it and winning by 7m. 

 on the run, after losing at the turn nearly all of what she at first 

 gained on the windward work. 



Titania thus far has done nothing with the best of her class, 

 barely tieing Fanny for second. She has beaten Gracie and 

 Stranger, but that counts for little beside the rest. Cinderella 

 sailed a shorter course than the larger yachts, so cannot be com- 

 pared with them; but she held her place well while sailing with 

 them outside the Hook, and in her own class she was virtually 

 alone. In the next, class the honors go to Adelaide, the new sloop 

 built last, year by Wood Bros, for Mr. Robert Underhill. She out- 

 sailed easily all of her class, winning the Livingston Memorial 

 prize for best elapsed time, as well as the first class prize. 



The new Class E created this year, brought, out only Huron and 

 Hildegarde, Thetis not being in commission, Thistle not ready 

 and Mischief kept out through a serious illness in her owner's 

 family. Arrow also will go in this class if she races again, and it 

 should be a most interesting class in the future. The beating of 

 16m. in twenty miles which Huron gave Hildegarde on Decoration 

 Day in a good breeze and the 7m. she took off her on Tuesday 

 in the sloop's weather makes a very comical sequel to the 



f Out- 

 writer 

 jtrated 



that outside lead has developed greater speed than the older type 

 possessed," perhaps a comparison of the times made by Hilde- 

 garde, not with her class, but with Cinderella and Adelaide, 

 allowing for the five miles more sailed by the bigger boat may con- 



vince him. Pocahontas was not able to haul otit in time, and was 

 on Mumm's ways all day, but will sail to-day in the New York 

 Y. C. regatta. We learn that, so far from Shamrock going by the 

 stern, as we at first predicted, she. really trimmed a little by the 

 head, with anchors and chains in place, so that her inside ballast 

 was shifted a little aft. 



4 43 I 



5 12 32 

 5 11 44 



3 33 15 

 3 36 W 

 3 45 40 



3 42 26 



4 07 09 



3 44 15 



4 00 05 

 4 12 03 



THISTLE, IREX AND GENESTA. 



FOR the past ten days the attention of yachtsmen here, as well 

 as abroad, has been fixed on that portion of tin? southeast 

 coast of England about the Thames, where a scries of preliminary 

 trials of the new Scotch cutter have been under way. Though 

 the events were only the regular ones of the early British season, 

 they have possessed a, special interest this year from the presence 

 of a boat of such different proportions, to say nothing of hergreat 

 size, and her performances with two tried boats such as Irex and 

 Genesta, have been the subject of much study and conjecture. 

 Thistle, as all know, is wider than her competitors by 5ft., her 

 beam being 20ft., while in length fchey rate: Thistle 35 ft-. Ire-? 

 83ft. Gin., Gencsta 81ft. Thistle, entirely new, is commanded by 

 Captain John Barr, of Neptune and Ulcrin fame, and so well 

 known hero from his work in the Clara for two years. He has 

 with him a picked crew from Clara and Marjorie, twenty men iu 

 all. Irex is this year- in much the same shape that she has been 

 for her victorious seasons of '85 and '80, with O'Neil still in com- 

 mand, and the same crew practically that, has raced her for 

 three years, the most thoroughly trained racing crew ever in a 

 >aeht of her size. With her is Mr. William Jamison, famous 

 among amateurs as Barr and O'Neil are in the professional ranks. 

 Genesta has been altered this spring to the trim in which she 

 raced in her first year, 1884. Her outside lead has been reduced, 

 and her sails cut down to their original dimensions prior to her 

 transatlantic venture. She is still in the hands of Captain John 

 Carter, a skipper who made many friends here among those who 

 came in contact with him during Genesta's visit- Though with 

 much smaller sails than Thistle, both Genesta and Irex carry 

 about the same crew, 18 to 19 men each. Besides these three, the 

 races, all open club events, brought out a scrub fleet of small 

 yachts, and cutters and yawls in the B and C classes, whose rela- 

 tive performances, with small rigs and exaggerated allowances, 

 are valueless and may he neglected. 



Thesories of races sailed up to date number seven, through 

 which the usual proportion of fogs and calms have been inter- 

 spersed, and perhaps the fairest way to sum up Thistle's capabil- 

 ities thus far is to take the general impressions that the races 

 together give, rather than to analyze and draw conclusions from 

 each race. To sum up thus, Thistle, with her big rig, has shown 

 up wonderfully fast in very light weather, and also able and fast 

 in good breezes. She has generally outsailed Irex and Genesta by 

 a good margin, and where she lias lost it seems rather to be due to 

 too small a crew, unable to handle sail alongside of Irex, than to 

 any radical defect in the boat herself. The opinions quoted from 

 across tho water are generally favorable, and when the work she 

 has done beside such a boat as Irex is considered, the difference in 

 length being only i8in., it must be allowed that for a new boa I she 

 is very fast. The time allowance she gives irex, by the now rule, 

 L ength X S ail Area, 

 6,000 



is about 7min. over a 55 mile course, but the. corrected times thus 

 far are not, reliable, as none of the boa.ts have yet been officially 

 measured. The tonnages as given approximately are: Thistle 139, 

 Irex 106, Genesta, Kit. The races may be. summarized as follows: 



No. 1. May 28.— New Thames Y. C, Southend to Harwich, 54 

 miles, light, winds and calms, drifting match, Thistle wins easily, 

 beating Irex by an hour, Genesta being Second and Irex third. 



No. 2. May 30.— Royal Harwich Y. 0., off Harwich, 35 miles, 

 thick fog for latter part of race, Irex first, Gencsta, Wendur aud 

 Thistle. Thistle sailed well in early part of race. 



No. 3. May 31.— Royal Harwich Y. C, Harwich to Southend, 54 

 miles. The weather was fair and warm, with a fresh breeze all 

 day, making plenty of work jibing and shifting spinakers, at 

 which Thistle's crew is reported as being slow, probably from tier 

 being under-manned. She came in at 1.01, with Irex at 1.04 aud 

 Genesta at 1.11. 



No. 4. June 1.— Royal Thames Y. C, Lower Hope around the 

 Mouse Light aud return, 50 miles. The first half of the course 

 was to windward against a strong breeze, Thistle beating Irex 

 first, at a luffing match, and leading Genesta at the turn by 8m., 



and Thistle seems to have won entirely on her merits. 



No. 5. June 2.— New Thames Y. 0., course as on preceding day, 

 50 miles. There was more wind and sea, but Thistle with an in- 

 creased crew of thirty sailed as fast, as in the fighter weather. 

 She carried topsail after Irex housed hers, and led the latter by 

 3 miles at the turn, losing somewhat on the way home. Genesta 

 misunderstood the starting signal and was disqualified. At one 

 point on the way homo Thistle led Irex bv 13m., but, they were 

 t imed: Thistle 4,43.00, Irex 4.53.13, Wendur 4.59.54. The latter, a 

 Class C yawl, took first prize on an allowance of 34m. 12s. from 

 Thistle. 



No. 6. June 4.— Royal Thames Y. C, Nore to Dover, 80 miles. 

 The start was made off the Nore at 10 A. M., the wind being light, 

 N.W. Genesta and Thistle led Foxhound at the start, hut she 

 passed both, the times being at West Oaze Buoy: Thistle, 11:3. 

 Genesta, 11:8. Irex soon after came up with Genesta, only to drop 

 again to third place. At noon the wind was very light, and Thistle 

 shifted to balloon jib. The Shivering Sands Biiov was passed by 

 Thistle at 12:25:15, Irex, 12:39:50, Genesta, 12:50, and Queen Mab, 10 

 tons, next in order. A calm followed, and off Ramsgate Thistle 

 ran so far out as to lose the wind, being becalmed for some time, 

 while the others carried a good breeze inshore. Soon a squall fol- 

 lowed, Irex shifting her yard topsail for a jibheader, while Thistle 

 housed her topmast, the sea also getting up a little. The 

 leaders were timed at the East Goodwin Lightship, Irex, 4:18:18, 

 Genesta, 4:24:30, Wendur third and Thistle fourth. From here in 

 was a beat, Genesta leading and finishing first, the times being: 

 Genesta, 5:54:6, Irex, 5:54:19, Thistle, 5:59:39. Wendur, 6:07:13, Nep- 

 tune, 6:22:37, Sleuthhound, 0:30:37, Foxhound, 6:38:58. Sibvl, 0:39:30, 

 the latter, 26 tons, taking the prize on allowance. Thistle seems 

 to have sailed very well until she ran out of the wind, after which 

 she set no topsail. It is reported that she carried away topmast, 

 and no other reason is known for her not setting topsail again, 

 but still she took a fair place. In rough water she is reported to 

 be much wetter on deck than the narrow boats, but she seems 

 able to carry her big rig as long as they can their smaller sails. 



No. 7.— Royal Cinque Y. C, Dover, triangular course, 44 miles, 

 good breeze all day, Thistle easily led the fleet from the start. 

 Times at finish: Thistle, 5h. 24m. 56s.; Genesta, 5h. ;35m. 45s , and 

 the Irex, 5h. 36m. 5s. 



CAPE COD Y. C— Regatta May 30. Course, from Brewster to 

 stakeboat off Orleans, thence around New Found Rock >ack to 

 stakeboats at Brewster; distance, 1% miles; weather, cloudy at 

 start, but sunshine before finishing the race; tide, flood. Sum- 

 mary: 



CLASS I. 



Length. Start. Finish. Elapsed. Cor. 

 Madge, Cummings & Howes. 23. 05 1 00 15 3 17 15 2 13 00 1 47 01 

 Percy Allen, F. §. Allen. .. .21.03 1 00 45 3 19 30 2 12 45 1 44 46 



Ariel, H. H. Sears & Co 21.00 1 00 30 4 11 00 3 04 3') 2 30 10 



Guinevere, V. D. Bacon 20.10 1 07 15 4 50 00 3 48 45 3 20 08 



CLASS II. 

 Fawn, James Smith 23.00 



Grapie, Joshua Crowell 17.11 1 10 15 4 55 30 3 45 15 3 13 16 



Iris, E. D. Crowell 17.08J,£ 1 11 00 5 00 00 3 49 00 3 10 45 



Magic, Thoe. P. Lewis 17.10 1 10 15 4 58 15 3 48 00 3 15 55 



Percy Allen, Madge and Ariel win in first class; Gracie, Magic 

 and Iris in second. Wind light and baffling, mostly N.E., ending 

 in a calm and hot. A light wind sprang up from the S.E., which 

 enabled the second class to finish. Regatta committee and judges, 

 D. W. Sears, Edgar Lincoln and E. Small. 



MONTGOMERY SAILING CLUB.-Norristown, Pa.— The fifth 

 regatta of this club was held June 4. Course 5 miles, wind light to 

 fresh southeast, making a run to the buoy and a beat back. The 

 start was made at 9 A. M. The finish and corrected times are as 

 follows: 



Length. Finish. Corrected. 



Cocktail 15.00 10 42 24 1 40 51 



Josephine 15,00 10 44 06 1 42 58 



Flying Eagle 15.00 10 43 38 1 43 05 



Ino 15.00 10 51 50 1 48 25 



Elsie 15.00 10 54 21 1 50 56 



Gracie 12.00 11 01 04 1 51 28 



Lulu 15.00 10 54 23 1 53 39 



Little Tycoon 16,00 11 08 55 2 08 55 



The Little Tycoon carried, in addition to her 30yd. mainsail, a 

 7yd. jib; but it did not save her from a crushing defoat. The 

 Gracie used two narrow weather grips in this race; she sails much 

 better in rough water with one wide one. Her favorite grip was 

 broken and it could not be replaced in time for this race— E. A, L, 



