May 16, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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uninitiated the talk of a 70ft. yacht that is nearly 100ft. long over 

 all, and that will gain in raal length when under wav. is ail well 

 enough, but practical yachtsmen know that beyond a certain 

 point, which lias been reached in Katrina and Thistle, the lolls; 

 ends are a positive disadvantage. It is vet an open question wif h 

 experts whether the modern clipper stem is on the whole superior 

 to the old plumb stem of the cutters, and some contend that the 

 increase of area at the extreme end, where its leverage is greatest , 

 is a serious hindrance in windward work. As to the after over- 

 hang, it is good, in so far as it gives increased deck room and a 

 longer purchase for the mainsheet, but what is added beyond is a 

 loss, save in appearance. It is quite probable that Valkyrie may 

 measure 94ft. overall, hut there is nothing to apprehend from it, 

 and she is likely to lose more than she gains. Her waterline is 

 iOft anu the official measurement is 85ft. Katrina measures 92 ft. 

 6in. 



The official measurement is taken from the foreside of the stem 

 under the bowtprit to the afteiside of ihe sternpost at deck. Th 

 eUinpost eanrot rake over 45°, consequently it would overhang 

 the after end of the loadlme a distano« equal to its height above 

 the water. This would be a little greater than the freeboard, 

 owing to round of deck, and may be estimated at about 3ft. 'Jin. to 

 4ft., thus leaving 81ft. to be accounted for. Of this 70ft. is the 

 loaalinc, leaving a forward overhang of lift. This sounds very 

 long, but it must be considered that While the U. S. rule only 

 measures to the "wood enns"or rabbet of stem, Lloyd's rule meas- 

 ures to the extreme foreside of the figurehead. Thus, in Kal nna's 

 ease, by the former rule her overhang at bow is Oft., and by the 

 latter 10ft. Gin., or some 9in. less than Valkyrie's. 



As to after overhang nothing is >et known, but it is unlikely 

 that it will be longer than Katrina's, anti if it is, so far from being 

 an advantage.it means only an excess of weight in a very bad 

 place. The advantages of extreme overhanging ends, apart from 

 appearance, are as follows: 



Bow. Stern. 

 Shorter bowsprit and more foot Longer hold on main boom. 



to staysail. . Increased deck room. 



Increased deck room. 



Aga nst these must be offset the disadvantages of weight in the 

 extreme ends, aijd of a long tail that mav be dangerous in a rtal 

 sea, points which must serve to limit the designer. The two ad- 

 vantages named may he had with an overhang of about bft. for- 

 ward in a 70. t. boat, any extra length heyond the point where the 

 gammon iron can be placed with advantage, must solely ue m the 

 shape of ornamental work, and a hindrance to speed. At the 

 stern the advantages, so far as mere lorm and buoyancy are con- 

 cerned, are realized as fully in some of the old sloops, with short 

 but powerful counters, as in the modern cutter with a long tail 

 high out of water, as Bedouin or Clara. Auy great excess of dis- 

 placement auout or abait the sterupost must so alter the trim of 

 the yacnt as she heels that her speed wilt suffer. The only ad- 

 vantages to be gained, the two mi ntioned above, can be had by 

 au ov..rhang of about 15ft., all beyond this is but dead weight. 

 Valkyrie lias probably under 95ft. over all length, or, measured by 

 our rule, about 90It., and she will he smaller, less powerful and 

 carry some 800ft. less sail lhau Katrina. It would no doubt be 

 gratifying to the advocates ot Volunteer to prove that Mr. Watson 

 was endeavoring to trick them, and that they had good grounds 

 for putting tue big bsut against his 70-footer, but the figures do 

 not oear tnem out. 



THE L. Y. R. A. MEETING. 



THE annual meeting of the delegates of various clubs compos- 

 ing the Lake Y. R. A. of Lake Ontario was held at Roches- 

 ter, N. Y., on May 11, the tol lowing gentlemen being present m 

 addition to Pres. Newell and See'y Evans: Mr. Biggar, Bay of 

 Quinte Y. O., Belleville; Messrs. Carruthers and Stewart, Kings- 

 ton Y. C; Messrs. Jarvis, Monk and Stewart, Hamilton Y C • 

 Messrs. John T. Mott, E. B. Mott and Allen Ames, Oswego Y. C; 

 Messrs. Robertson and Dick, Royal Canadian Y. C, Toronto' 

 Messrs. Walb ridge and Leary, Rochester Y. C. 



The meeting was called to order about, 3 P. M. in the rooms of 

 the Rochester Y. O. Tne treasurer's report was read, showing a 

 balance of §60. It was decided to reduce the circuit races to 5 

 each year, Toronto, HarniRou, Rochester and Oswego, with Belle- 

 ville and Kingston alternating. Toe Kingston Y. G. uad already 

 announced its determination t < hold no regatta this vear, but one 

 Will take place at Belleville. Some minor amendments were 

 passed, but the proposal to base the representation on the mem- 

 beishio of each club was lost, being opposed by Oswego, Roches- 

 ter, Belle ville and Kingston. The date of the annual meeting was 

 also changed from the second Saturday in May to a correspond- 

 ing date in November, thus allowing the changes in the rules 

 to be made at tne end of the season. Some discussion occured 

 over the rule relating to the postponement of rapes, the final de- 

 cision being lhat no race should be postponed where auy one boat 

 succeeded in sailing one round in one half the allowed time, and 

 that the second and third places should bo determined by the 

 order in which the competing yachts should pass the home buoy 

 in the last completed course. 



An amendment providing that every yacht competing in a re- 

 gatta should carry her sailing number conspicuously displaved 

 on both sides of her peak, and that the results Of any mistake 

 arising from a neglect of this rule should be suffered by a negli- 

 gent yacht, was unanimously adopted. 



A lengthy discussion of the proposal to change tbemeasuremeDt 

 rule, to which we alluded last week, resulted in the appuintment 

 Of the following committee to work during the season and report 

 at The Novemoer meeting: Chairman Jarvis, of Hamilton; Ames 

 Of Oswego; Bigger, of Belleville; Carruthers, of Kiugston; Wal- 

 bridge, of Rocnester; Dick, of the R. C, aud Secretary j£vun«, 

 ex officio. A new class, 30it, and under, was inserted, and the 

 following dates arranged: Rochester, Aug. 15; Hamilton, Aug. 

 19; Toronto, Aug. 21; Belleville, Aug. ^6; oswego, Aug. 29. The 

 following officers were elected: Pres., Com. Monk, of Hamilton; 

 Vice-Pres., ex-Com. Mott, of Oswego; Sec. and Treas., George 

 Evans, of the Royal Canadian. Executive Committee: Com. Mc- 

 Muirich, Oswego Y. C; Capt. Bigger, Bay of Quite Y. C.; Mr. 

 Oarrutners, of Kingston, Matt. Caitwright. of Rochester. 



Capt. B.gger moved a vote of thanks to Sccretarv Evans, and 

 als j that the surplus in the treasury be expended in purchasing a 

 testimonial for him, arid a committee was appointed to do so 

 The meeting adjourned to meet at Hamilton on Nov. 9. In the 

 evening a uinner was given at the Livingston, and on Sundav tne 

 visitors were taken fur a trip to the Lake and Irondequoit "Bav. 

 Mr. Ames started from Oswego for Rochester m tne Merle, but 

 was compelled to return by calm weather. He will not deliver 

 the yacht to her new owners until June 1. 



RETALIATION OR "FRIENDLY COMPETITION." 



SEVERAL of the New York papers, which are seeking to defend 

 the action of the New V oik Y. C, have lately advanced a 

 proposition, which. If admitted, must open up a very wide, field 

 tor discussion ana tend to further complicate and degrade the 

 question uf international competition. According to what the 

 Trihuue .errns the "doctrine ot reciprocation," the conditions on 

 whicn British yachtsmen may be allowed to race for the Amer- 

 ica's Cup should be based, not on the commonly accepted princi- 

 ples of fair play whicn govern gentlemen sportsmen, but on such 

 instances ot unfair dealing, real or alleged, as British yachtsmen 

 have been guilty of m the past. In accord with the same reason- 

 mg tne Herald instances Sappho and For tuna's failure to get a 

 race, while the World devotes more than a column to an iniiam- 

 matory review of past races, m which the baseness of British 

 yachtsmen is offset by repeated instances of generosity and mag- 

 nanimity on the part of Americans m general and the New Yonc 

 Y. O. ra particular. If this view of the case is a correct one there 

 is no reason why the question of retaliation should be limited by 

 mere yacntmg precedents, but tne terms governing the America's 

 Cup may be made to cover various other international episodes 

 such as the Stamp act. the searching of American vessels prior 

 to 181& the lieenan-Sayres prize light, the Alabama, claims and 

 the various squabbles of English and American oarsmen. It is 

 true euuugn tnat there are many instances on record in which a 

 total lack of tair play and a spurtsinaiilijie spirit has interfered 

 in au international race from the time wnen America could find 

 nothing to meet her after her voyage across the Atlantic down to 

 in c last conspicuous instance offered bv Mr, Chamber lavne's eva- 

 sions ana hhal withdrawal ot his challenge, but though mere may 

 be a sort of rough justice in the idea of retaliation on future chal- 

 lengers, it is evident that such a course, even though well de- 

 served by their opponents, would be disgraceful to American 

 yachtsmen. 



Tne Aiuer'ca'i Cup is the greatest international trophy in the 

 whole world of spo it, and m justice to themselves American 

 yachtsmen cannot afforu to detenu it under any conditions which 

 are not peifectly fair to the challengers, as well as the defenders 

 The question ot how it was first won, which is advanced as a lead- 

 ing plea in the argument for retaliation, is utterly foreign to the 

 subject for two reasons. First— Because Lhe owners, after holdin" 

 it for some years, gave it under express conditions, for a specified 

 purpose, and how it came into their possession had no connection 

 mm this purpose; it would have been the same if they had 



bought it. Second— The racing of a fleet of yachts of all sizes, with 

 or without time allowance, which was oiten a matter of necessity 

 forty years ago, has long since passed out, of date, and it is uni- 

 versally admitted that such a contest is in no sense a race. With 

 the closely matched fleets of to-day, where races are won by two 

 or three minutes, or even by seconds, it would be an absolute im- 

 possibility for one boat to win from a fleet of twelve or fifteen, 

 most of which would be as large or larger. Were such a position 

 maintained to-day, as the Tro??tl practically claims it should be, 

 the only result would be that no one would challenge. 



Just what the conditions governing the Cup should he is a very 

 difficult malter to determine, hut all must agree that when cer- 

 tain principles and laws are recognized as lair in governing the 

 regular races between home yacht«, they cannot be far wrong 

 when applied to international races of infinitely greater import- 

 ance. The conditions mutually agreed on in such private matches 

 as those between Katrina and her class mav be accepted as a very 

 fair standard, out those are very different from the ones nowlaid 

 down for the America's Cud. Io spite of the comparatively in- 

 significant size of t e boats, the great feature of the present 

 season will be the <10£f. racing, simply because the boats are so 

 well matched and sail under such equal conditions that the best 

 boat is apt to win a majority of races. The contrary effect is 

 already seen in the lack of all interest in the international race 

 since it is a foregone conclusion that only Volunteer can be 

 chosen. The America's Cup is offered, not onlyio English yachts- 

 men, but to the world; not for this year or the next, but as long 

 as yachting shall exist, and Americans cannot afford to sacrifice 

 permaneuily their reputation for fair play before the world to 

 the gratification of private grudges and quarrels, which, it is lobe 

 hop' d, will be forgotten long before the America's Cup ceases to 

 be recognized as the great yachting trophy of the world. 



A BRIEF STATEMENT OF FACTS. 



THE New York Times of May 10 speaks as follows concerning 

 the new deed oi gift: "It may be said that nine-tenths of the 

 members of the New York Yacht Club aie opposed to the new 

 deed of gift, and, as stated by a prominent member yesterday, il 

 was railroaded through the club by a star-chamber proceeding, 

 and never passt d upon by a vote of the club." 



This fits the case exactly, tne last revision was never submitted 

 to a vote of the cluo, nor were its contents known save to a select 

 lew prior to its final adoption. Tue geutlemen who stood as 

 sponsors to the new deed no more dared to risk an open vote on It 

 man they did the question of the 70-footers at the last meeting of 

 the club. 



RELUCTANT CONCESSIONS. 



IN an article to which we allude elsewhere the New York World 

 sets out to prove at some length that the action of the New 

 York Y. C, from the lime of tne original race for the Cup in 1851 

 nas been a series of generous concessions to the uujustltiabh: ' 

 mauds of challengers. There is no doubt but that the pre: . .. 

 position of the cluu is very different from that which it took in 

 1870, when the hr t challenge came, but how this change came 

 about is anou.er matter. Tue original position of the club, and 

 the "concessions" which it has made are. as follows: The club 

 claimed the right to sail as many vessels, of all sizes, as it chose 

 to muster, agamst a single challenger, granting him but one race 

 over a narrow, tortuous course in smooth water for which its 

 yachts were specially built, while the challenger was obliged to 

 cross the Atlantic. In the course of thirty years it has come 

 down from tms independent and unsportsmanlike position to one 

 more nearly in accordance witnfair play and racing usage, not 

 through a series of free concessions, but by means of a series of 

 crawls from one untenable position to a slightly better one, each 

 time following, not leading, tne advance ot public opinion and 

 tne development and perfection of match sailing. The various 

 steps are as foUows: 



Ittfl; The agreement to sail a series of matches, boat for boat, 

 in place of one match against the fleet; but at the same time re- 

 taining the right to select tne defender tor each race from the 

 fleet on the morning of the race; also the granting of some out- 

 side races. The ciub was forced to abandon the idea of sailing 

 the whole fleet, as m the previous year, by a very strong letter 

 from Mr. Geo. L. Schuyler condemning such a proceeding. 



1876. The agreement to select one yacht in aavance as the sole 

 defender, to meet the one challenger. This concession was the 

 result ot lengthy correspondence and negotiations. As late as 

 1881 the club reserved the right to select a deiender on the morn- 

 ing ot each race, but since then has abandoned it. 



1887. One subject of discussion m all races was the inside course 

 ot the New York Y. C, over which one race at least of each serits 

 has always been sailed, and, though Lhe club has not formally 

 abandoned the right to .aces over this course, it is practically 

 done away with, aud in all tuture races the chances are that out- 

 side courses will be selected. 



Thus, in place of one race against a fleet over the inside course 

 the cluo has finally come to a series of matches, with one boat 

 chosen in advance as a defender, and over outside courses. So 

 far from these concessions being made lreely, each has been the 

 subject of long and often neated controversy between the officers" 

 of tne New York Y. C. on the one hand, ana the challenger, 

 backed by independent American yachtsmen, and to a certain 

 extent by a tardy puolic opinion on the other. Even now there 

 are points in dispute, such as the matching of a small boat by a 

 large one, the demand for all the important dimensions nearly a 

 year in advance, and the practical pronibition of auy changes of 

 trim and ballast oy the challenger; wnicn are disputed as hotly 

 as the question of one against the fleet was in 1870. and which 

 must end as surely in the same way as that, by the defeat of the 

 New York X. C. in the endeavor to support its position the World 

 skims over the tedious Ashbury busmeos, selecting such parts as 

 best suits its case, it would not pay now to stir up tne turbid 

 pool of ink that has settled for so many years, or it might be 

 ohown that however captious, quarrelsome and complaining Mr. 

 Ash bury was, ne more than met his match m the persons opposed 

 io him. Even thouga he may be as black as he is painteu, it is 

 only tair to give tne devd his due, and tne statement of the World, 

 that Mr. Asnoury proposed to sail nis yacht in twelve races, ami 

 to claim the Cup if ne won a single race, is as false now as it was 

 when urst inane by the New York, papers in 187L Tne proposal, 

 according to his cnallenge, was to sail twelve races, only claim- 

 ing the Cup in the event of winning a majority of the twelve. 



-as interesting reading, and an abstract study of ancient his- 

 tory, the records o£ previous Cup races have a certain value 

 but they have little bearing on the question of what terms 

 snould govern the races ot thb- future. In the period from 1850 to 

 1885 yacht racing developed from infancy to sturdy manhood, 

 tne old squadron races oied out and modern match sailing took 

 their place, a system oi rules for nitacureinem, classiiicatiun. 

 sailing, and all pertaining to match racing has grown up on both 

 sides of the Atlantic, ditiering less and less each year, until now 

 tne rules and customs or Britain aud America are practically the 

 same. Match sailing between tne yachts of the various classes of 

 each home fleet has reaefieu a degree ot refinement and perfection 

 never dreamed of at tne time when the America started, in mat 

 eventful race, and it is full time that the. conditions governing 

 the great international races should be made io conform, not to 

 the musty traditions of tne past, but to the most enlightened 

 ideas of racing yachtsmen. 



THE NORTON SYSTEM AGAIN. 



THE Norton Company, whose absurd claims were exposed by 

 the Forest and Stream last, season, is out this spring with 

 new advertisements in such papers as will publish them, promis- 

 ing complete immunity from capsize or sinking, together with 

 ureal, speed. Mr. Wiener's ambitious cruise has fallen through, 

 but another equally foolhardy lmvigator has been found in the 

 person of Captain Josiah W. Lawlor, son of Mr. D. J. Lawlor, the 

 designer and builder, of Chelsea. Muss. A new craft, Co Never- 

 sink, has been built for exhibition this year at Paris, and on May 

 11 she sailed from New York for that place, going through the 

 Sound with the intention of calling at Boston. She is a keel boat, 



38ft. over all, SOft. 1 w.l., 12ft 

 stem and a yawl rig. As a mat 

 internal space is given up to tl 

 said 10 carry stores for 50 days. 



d 2ft. 6in. draft, with plumb 

 sr of necessity a great part of the 

 water ballast (ankH, but she i9 

 Her crew Includes Captain Law- 



VALKYRIE'S CHALLENGE. 



THE expected letter from the Earl of Dunraven arrived in New 

 York on Monday Oy the steamer Servia, Out until the con- 

 tents, which are tnus far known only to Ex-Com. James I). Smith 

 are made public, it is impossible to say how matters stand. In 

 add n ion to a caolegram correcting the ligure 6, mentioned as the 

 time limit m place of 7 hours in Lord Uuuraven's first letter 

 Secretary OJuie received the following on May 11: 



Royajl yauh'j: squadhon Castle, j 



UOWLS, April 29, 1889. \ 

 My Dear Sir— I beg to acknowledge a receipt of your cable of 

 April 11, accepting unconditionally Lord Duuraven'a challenge 

 fur the America's Cup, ox wtnen 1 duly lulormed them. 1 have 

 also tj acmiowledge tne receipt of your letter of April 12, con- 

 firming your caolegram, but eoutainiog a condition not previ- 

 ously alluded to, wuich will be laid berore the members of the 

 Royal Yacnt Squadron at the aunual general meeting to be hold 

 May 11. believe me, my dear sir, yours very truly, 



Richaud Ouai*t, {secretary Royal iacnt Squadron. 

 To J. V. S. ODDIE, Esq., oecretary New York yacht Club. 



According to the cabled reports of the meeting of the R. Y. S. 

 on May 11, tne question of Valkyrie's cnallenge was not discussed' 

 out the R. Y. S. is evidently aware, at last, of the terms, ex- 

 pressed and impiiea, under which tne challenge is made, and 

 that it is by no means ready to accede to these terms. A letter 

 in the Field ot ivxay 4, signed C. S., contains a plain statement of 

 the case as it now stands, and gives some good advice to British 

 yachtsmen and prospective challengers, A meeting of the New 

 York y. C, will be held to-night. 



lor, Hans Hansen, and Edward S. McKiimey, a son of the 

 treasurer of the Norton Co. Captain Lawlor, though onlv l.birf.y- 

 five years old, has followed the sea for twenty-three years, and 'is 

 recognized as an oxpert and skillful Bailor. He is the hero of ship- 

 wrecks and narrow escapes without number, but he will have 

 added considerable to his experience before he reaches Paris in 

 such a craft. 



POILLON'S YARD.— The new wood keel has been put in the 

 Oracle at Poillon's yard, and beneath it has been run 14 tons of 

 lead, making a, keel about 18in. deep. The frame has been stiffened 

 by the addition of new floors. The mast has been removed, as 

 the step, as well as the eenterboard trunk, were replaced. At the 

 same yard the new stern on the iEgir is nearly completed, and 

 promises to look very well, though it is a difficult matter to put a 

 long overhang on so wide a boat. The Carroll 10 is plauked, 

 decked and the joiner work is well uuder wav, so she .will soon be 

 afloat, but like many of the others she will riot be ready in time 

 for good work in the June races. Mayflower has had her mast 

 removed and the partners moved forward about 3ft., a hatch 

 taking their place. The mainmast will come against the utter 

 end of the trunk. The inside eliaiuphues were hard to get. at, 

 being between the frtmes and the planking, but they have been 

 cutoff just below the plauksheer. Tne new chain plates will be 

 outs.de. The dimensions of her spars wi'l be as follows: Main- 

 mast, 17in. at partners, ltiin. at hounds, 8%in. at upper cap, 63ft. 

 deck to under side of trestle trees, lOti. head, and about 9ft. 

 housing; foremast of Oregon pine, f.Oft. 3in. from deck to under 

 side of trestles, head 8ft., diam. at head 17in., at hounds l.Mn., at 

 cap 8}-5in.: the main boom will be made from the old boom, and 

 will be 0/lfl. from shackle for tack of sail to extreme end, diam. at 

 slings 13in., at iuncr end Bin., outer end 6Kin.; maingatf mil tie 

 made from the old gaff', and will be 39ft. Gin. from shackle to end, 

 of oval section 8Mx?-Miii.; from shackle to end of fore Doom will 

 lie 2!»ft. 6iu., diam. 8J^tu.; length or" foregaff from shackle to end 

 SOft , uiam. 7 xnj^in.; the main topmast will be mode of the old 

 stick, aud from ud to hounds will be 38ft.. pole 5ft., diam. sy,m., 

 reduced to 6}~iin. at hounds; foretopraast lAtt. from flu to hounds] 

 pole 4ft., diam. same as mamtopmasl; spniaker boom will be04ff. 

 long bi Sin. dium.; club topsail yard 49ft.XflJ6in; club :«f t . ■• : 1 i.,m.; 

 the distance between the cemer of the masts will be 32ft.;"'the 

 bowsprit wiU remain unchanged. She will soon be ready to join 

 her sister who has gone before into the two-stick division of 'tne 

 fleet. Clara also lies at the dock, nearly ready l or work. Captain 

 Barr and his crew have been busy for a montb, and she is now in 

 line condition with new wire rigging throughout. The steam 

 yachts IsoUne, Lagonda and Meteor are also at the yard. 



ST. LAWRENCE Y. C— The headquarters of the St. Lawrence 

 Y. C. have been removed to a very good h cation at folate Claire 

 where courses have been laid out. The season promises to be the' 

 liveliest yet known. The following fixtures have been arranged- 

 May 21, 10 A. M.— Race for skiffs, two classes. First of series for 

 Rear-Commodore's cup, 1 P. M. — Yacht race; first prize Commo- 

 dore's cup, en I ranee fee divided between second and third yachts 

 May 28, 3 y. M.-First race of series for Vice-Commodore's cup. J m, e 

 22, 3 P. M.— Second race for Vice-Commodore's cup; second -kiff 

 race for Rear-Commodore's cup, two classes. June 28, 3 P. M.— 

 Third race for Vice-Commodore's cup. Third skiff race ot series, 

 two classes. June 30— July 31 -Club cruise. July 0— Fourth yacht 

 race and fourth skiff race of series. July 20— Fifth race of series 

 for skiff's. The entrance fee to each race is fixed at .§]. The 

 prizes for the yachts are: Vice-Commodore's cup, for oest in the 

 series, and m addition the first boat in each race will receive S10 

 the second f,ii and the third $4. For skiffs of the first class there 

 is the Rear-Commodore's cup for the best in the series of five 

 races, in addition to which the first, skiff receives $5 and second 

 $3 in each race. The prizes for second class skiff's are $5 lor first 

 and §3 for second, and they may atso compete in first class for 

 the Rear-Commodore's cup. it is also proposed to hold another 

 race in September. The club cruise will start from Pointe Claire 

 after the race on June 29, returning in the afternoon of July 1 

 The destination has not yet been decided on, and wilt be an- 

 nounced later. 



MONTGOMERY SAILING OLUB.-Second regatta. May 5 

 Course, NorristoWn to Indian Creek and return; distance, 5 miles. 

 Wind fresh, westerly: 



„ , , _ , Length. Start. Finish. Corrected. 

 A ohinteer, tuckup 15.00 1 40 00 3 05 * 1 25 20 



lgidious, tuckup 



Nellie, tuckup 



Pennsylvania, hiker 



Playford, tuckup 



Stranger, sharpie 



tola, ducker 



Priseilla, tuckup.... 



ino, ducker 



■f. H. Lever, tuckup. . 



Vesuvius, tuckup 



Oracle, skiff 



Emma L., tuckup 



Starlight, canoe 



Start. 

 1 40 00 

 1 40 00 

 1 40 00 

 1 415 20 

 1 ill 00 

 1 40 00 

 1 30 00 

 1 40 00 

 1 30 00 

 1 40 00 

 1 40 00 

 1 SO 00 

 1 40 00 

 1 34 10 



3 06 35 

 3 08 50 

 3 11 35 

 3 12 22 

 3 12 45 

 3 16 00 

 3 17 05 

 3 17 45 

 3 18 06 

 3 24 35 

 3 28 05 

 3 3* 30 



1 26 35 

 1 26 50 

 1 31 35 

 1 32 22 

 1 32 45 

 1 36 00 

 1 37 05 

 1 37 45 

 1 88 08 

 1 44 35 

 1 48 05 

 1 51 30 



.15.00 

 .15.110 

 ..16.00 

 .15.00 

 .15.00 

 .15.00 

 .15.00 

 .15.00 

 .15.00 

 .15.011 

 .12,00 

 .15.0U 



16.00 1 34 10 Withdrew. 



It was a oeat dead to windward to Indian Creekand a run home 

 "V olunteer, sailed by Vice-Corn. Oeotge Hitter, has woh both races 

 this season. Judge, Wm. Alcorn. 



»mA|Mg8 OB05SE.-^Srii*>IK from Naples, under date of 

 April 2o, Captain Sherlock of the Oitaua says: "We have had 

 very bad weatner here this winter, but it is getting fine now 

 there have oeen lots of mishaps. One English schooner got a" 

 bad shaking up in March. She lost two boats, jib boom aud"fore- 

 sail, and her ballast came up through her cabin floor. We were 

 out m the same blow, out came out all tight. On the 20th of 

 March we lost one boat and oue of our poor sailors was knocked 

 overboard arid lost. Ihey were tying up the foresail and the gaff 

 got loose and swung him overboard. It was blowing a gale and 

 we (lid all we could to get him, but it was no use, we could do 

 nothing for mm. 1 signalled to a steamer and she run right down 

 in the place where he tell, but I don't think they got him. We 

 were running befjre the gale uuder square sail at the time I tell 

 you it was a hard s.ght for me, but I ojuid do nothing. We hauled 

 to as quick as possible aud lay m the trough of tne sea, aud it was 

 dangerous, too, but it was no use. We were driven a way Loin 

 him. It was Mowing a hurricane. 1 tell you I felt bad. We will 

 be soon coming home again and 1 won't be sorry, for it has been 

 a hard cruise, and if the old Uitana had not been a good one, she 

 would not have stood it."— Boston Globe, May U. 



CHANGES AT MUMM'S YARD.— Mr. John F. Mumm has 

 lately leased his building yard at Bay Rutge to Mr. H. C.Wintring- 

 nam, tor a term of Ave years; b. iug obliged to give up the busi- 

 ness on account of ill health. Mr. M umm oegan in a small way 

 many years ago near the old home of the Brooklyn and Atlautic 

 clubs, at Gowanus. When the Atlantic Y. C. moved to Bay 

 Ridge he accompanied them, leasintr a part, of their grounds and 

 afterward building a basin and ways ot his own just above them 

 where he has carried on a successful business. Mr. Wintringham 

 has long been known as a most enthusiastic Corinthian a 

 thorough yachtsman, and an amateur designer of no mean skill 

 He has been engaged in mercantile pursuits in New Y r ork until 

 the p st > ear or so, but his spare time has been given to sailing 

 and designing. In connection with designing anu but! ding he has 

 had intimate business relations with Mr. Mumm for a long time 

 and knowing the tatter's desire to retire has taken the yard tiom 

 him. Mr. Vv intnugham is well fitted to ma ke a success ox his 

 new experiment, and it will be a decided gam to have a good vard 

 near iNew York conducted by a man of his integrity aim ability. 



WORK IN THE YARDS. — At Lawley's Merlin is nearlvreadv 

 for a trial trip; Nanon, Nepeutue, Veruia and Marguerite are 

 about completed hut have not left tne yard. Lj.ovvana is 

 planked, tue Hasbrouck 40 is in frame, as is Mr. Owens's 45- 

 t outer, ivunerva has received her new ooom and .sailed for New 

 York where she will make her headqual tertuhis summer as fla-'- 

 snip of the Connthiau Y. C. The McVey 40 nelen is about corii- 

 pleted, but the 30 Helen is not yet launched. Tne other 40 Alice 

 is planked and the deck frame is partly completed. At'all the 

 yards the work of launching aud fitting out is going on rapidly 



CAPSIZED CENTBRBOARDS, — The sloop Mayflower of Lynn, 

 Mass., lately capsized, nearly drowning her owner and two 

 Iriends. She was towed ill by Svvampsoott fishermen, who 

 demanded ?60 salvage before delivering her up, suc ' me "• WIM » 



