May SO, I88i>.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



§80 



schooners to receive their allowance for rig. Entries must be 

 made iu writing, and filed with the chairman of the race com- 

 mittee, J. Beavr-W"bh, Esq., -15 Broadway, N Y., by 12 o'clock 

 noon on June 13, accompanied bv the t lie S. C. Y. 0. measurement 

 of the yacht, certified to bv her owner or hv the measurer of the 

 club from wlvch she i entejed, together "with a list of the pi' 

 posed Corinthian members of the crew, their several Occupations 

 and addresses. Blank forms of entry, with tin club rules for 

 measurement, will he furnish- d on application to the secretary. 

 A register r,f Corinthians is kept at the club house. Yncht owners 

 may complete their Corinthian crews by applying to J. P. Tarns, 

 Esq., 48 Exchange Place, or T. <\ Zerega. Esq., at the club bouse, 

 7 -East Thirty-Heconn street, of the committee on Corinthian crews. 

 All protests must he made in writing, and filed with th* chairman 

 of the race committee, before ti oVluck P. M„ on the second day 

 of the race. Tne owner of each winning yacht must deposit with 

 tbe secretary of this club her lines ai'curutelly taken off and 

 drawn upon paper by the measurer of this club, or approved by 

 him and their correctness duly certified. Tilts drawing will re- 

 main the property of the club. PHzee cannot be deliveied until 

 this rule is complied with. No copies of these lines will ne allowed 

 without tbe writ ten permission of the owner of the yacht. Each 

 yacht must be sti ered by a member of this club or by s n mc other 

 amateur. Crews must oe co uposed of amateurs except as here- 

 inafter provided: In all classes and without exception, sailing 

 matters, if carried, must remain below and must, not direct, 

 or assist in any way in the management or working of tne 

 yacht. The term "er> w" in the following paragraphs in- 

 cludes ali others on hoard except, that st.ew.rds and cooks, n 

 they take no part in handling the yacht, will not be counted as 

 members of tbe crew. There arc no restrictions whatever as to 

 number or nature of crew in the 60ft- class of schooners and the 

 70ft. class of sloops, cutters and yawls. In tbe 75 and 63ft. classes 

 of schooners, and m the 61ft. class of sloops, cutlers and yawls, 

 there are no restrictions as to toial number of crew, but the pro- 

 fessionals must be limited tii one man for each 9ft. or fraction 

 thereof of l.w.l. In the 53, 46, 40. 35 and oOft. classes of sloop?, 

 milters and yawls, crews must be limited to one man lor each -if t. 

 of l.w.l. or fraction thereof. Thehelmsmanisnoi included in this 

 number. Two of the crew in the 53ft. class, and one in tbe 4.6, 40, 

 35 and 30ft. classes may be professionals. Each yacht must have 

 on board, during the race, a mi mbtr of this club, or of the club 

 from which she is euteied. Before the owner of a winning yacht 

 can receive any prize, he, or in his absence, the club member 

 representing him on the yacht, must sign a declaration, stating 

 tbat all the racing rales were complied with during tne race. 

 There are no restrictions as to sails, except that in the 75 and (>:;>i . 

 classes of schooners, aud in the HI, 53, 46 and 40ft. classes of sloops, 

 cutlers and yawls, topsails which extend above the truck or 

 beyond tne gaff eno shall not be carried. No club or head yard on 

 spinaker shall exceed in length 1 20.h of the l.w.l. of the yacht, and 

 no foot yard or club Bhall be earned. In the 90. t". class of 

 schooners a serviceable rouud-hottom-d boat wi.h oars and thole 

 pins or rowlocks lasheo in, measuring at least lift, in length, 

 must be carried, in the 75 and 03ft. class s or schooners and the 

 73 and 6! ft. classes uf sloops, cuttrrs and yawls, a. boat at least 12ft. 

 in lengi h. and in t .e 53/t, class, of sloops, cutters and yawls a boat 

 at least 10ft. in length must be, cat rieJ. Jiacli yacht must carry 

 ou de* k two serviceable iite-haoys ready for immedia e use. E.ich 

 yacht must fly her owuer's private signal at the main peak, and 

 must oe distinguished by a number, to be securely fastened on both 

 sides of the mains til aoout the miodte of the sail and above the 

 reef poiuts. Numbers wiD he sent nyniad to the owners of yachts 

 entered, or may ue had on application to tue chairman of the race 

 committee. These numbers must be returned by mail to the club 

 house, 7 East Thirty-secoiu street, after the race. A flying start 

 ■will be made as near 11 o'clock a. M. as piacticable, and tne time 

 of each yacht will be taken a-> s'ie passes between the committee 

 steamer aud Buoy 18, off Bay Ridge in t ne Upper Bay. Signals 

 will be given from the comm. t tee steamer as follows: 1st. Pre- 

 paratory. First whistle {long bias' ). The club signal will be low- 

 ered on the ste«mer. (Tuere will oo an interval ot five minutes 

 between tne first and second whistles.) 2d. Stan for all classes of 

 schooners and for the 70fc. class of sloops, cutters and yawls 

 Second whistle (long olasu. A wniteball will be hoisted on the 

 steamer. (There w.il he aa interval of five minutes between the 

 second and third waistle ). 3d. Start for ail other classes. Third 

 whistle (long blast). A led ball will oe hoisted under the white 

 hall on the steam r. Any \auht failing to cross the line withm 

 five minutes alter the starting signal lor her class, will be timea 

 as if she had passed at tne expiratiou of that time. A short blast 

 of the whistle will be given, n possible, as the time of esch yacht 

 is taken. In the 3Jn. class tne time of each yacht as she crosses 

 the line will be taiieo, and the live minutes limit will be allowed 

 in starting for the club prize, hut not for the special prize of f 100 

 'the siai't lor wh.ch will be a -'one-gun start" (namely, f rom t he 

 starting waistle for the class). 



Courses.— For all classes of schooners, and for the 70, 61, and 

 53ft. classes of sloop3, cutters and yawls, nom an imaginary line 

 between the committee stvaun r and bu.jy 18, to buov 10 on the 

 S.W. Spit, keeping it on the port hanu; thence to and aiouna 

 buoy 8J£, keeping it ou the port Hand; thence to and around Sandy 

 Hook lightship, keeuing h on the siaruoa.ru hand, and return 

 over the same course to ouoy 15, keeping to toe eastward of buovs 

 9,11,13 and 15, on the West Hank, and outside of ouoy a on the 

 point of Sandy Hook, going and returning. For the 46 and 40ft. 

 classes of sloops, cutters and yawls, lrom the same starling line 

 to buoy 10, ou tne. S.W . Spit, keeping it on the port hand; tuence 

 to aud around buoy keep.ug it on the pore hand; tneuce to 

 and around the Scotland Lightship, aceping it on the starboard, 

 hand, aud return over the same course to buoy 15, keeping to the 

 eastward of buoys 9, 11, 13 aud. 15, on t he West Bauk, and outside 

 of buoy 5 on the point ot Sandy Hook, going and returning. For 

 the 35 a..d 40ft. clas.es of sloops, cutters and yawls, from the same 

 starting hue to ouoy 10, on the S. Vv . Sail, Keeping it, on the port 

 hand; t hence to and around buoy 8t{>, keeping it ou t he port hand- 

 thence to aud arouuo buoy 5 ou tne point of sandy Houk, keeping 

 it on the starboard hand, aud return over the same course to buoy 

 15, keeping to tne eastward of buoys 9, 11, 13 and 15 on the West 

 Bauk, going and returning. 



The iiuish must be made across an imaginary line between the 

 committee steamer, or station boat, and buoy 15. A station boat 

 witn a compeli lit person on board, will he anchored to the east- 

 ward of buoy 15, to take the time of each yacht at the finish, in 

 the absense of the committee steamer. 



Second day, Monday, special race for the 40ft., 35ft. and 30ft 

 classes of sloops, cutters and yawls. The race will be open to the 

 same clubs ami will bo governed by the same racing rules, time 

 allowances and special regulations specified for tne first day's 

 race, with the following exceptions: Foil professional crews may 

 be carried and no res til tiou is placed on their number, but the 

 heimsmau must be an am iteur, as provided in the rule for the 

 first da> 's race. Sailing masters may oe carried as males. Club 

 topsails may oe carried. 



Classification and value of prizes: 40ft. Class: All over 85f«\ and 

 not over 4.0ft. 1 w.l., &10J; if nve start, $150: it se\en start -$"00- if 

 nine stm-t, •8250. Seeunu prize it seven start, 875. 35a. Class- All 

 over 30ft. aud not o^er 35u. l.w.l., $75. 30tt. O ass: All under 3illt 

 Lw 1. $75; if fi. e stare, SiOO. in ease of a walk-over in any class 

 no prize will i e givea in mat class. 



A Hying start will be made as near 11 o'clock A.M. as practicable, 

 and tne time of eacn yacht win be takeu as she passes between 

 the committee steamer and buoy 18, off Bay Ridge, in the Upper 

 Bay Signa.s will be given fiom tne committee steamer as tol- 

 lows: Fust. Preparatory. First whistle (long blast), the clno 

 Signal will ne lowered on the steamer. ( There will be an interval 

 Ol five minutes between the first and second whistles.) Second. 

 Start for tne 4G r 't. class. Second wnistle (long bias.), a white ball" 

 Will be hoisteu on the steamer. (There will oe au interval of five 

 minutes between the second and third whistles.) Third. Stirt 

 for the 35 and bOft. classes. Thud whistle (long blast), a red ball 

 will be hoisted under the white ball on tne steamer. Any yacht 

 failing to cross toe line within five minutes after the starting 

 signaf for her class, will be timed as if she crossed at the expira- 

 tion of that time. A short blast of the whistle will be given, if 

 possible, as the time of each yacht is taken. Tne courses will be 

 the same as tor the hist day's race, namely, Scotland Lightship 

 cour ? e lor the 40ft. class, and buoy 5 on .Point ot Sandy Hook 

 for the 35 and 30ft. classes. 



The race committee consists of J. Beavor- Webb, Chairman, 45 

 Broadway, N. Y.; Francis U-, de Luze, M. Morris Lowland. Jules 

 A. Montant and fieorge P. UpJiam, ,Jr. 



LORD DUN RAVEN'S CHALLENGE. 



NO answer has yet been pent to the letters received by the New 

 Yoi-kY. C. on May i3, uor has anything further been heard 

 iiom tne Royal Yacht feqaadron in regard to its oniectious The 

 •Bub-committee of the plan and scope committee has drawn up a 

 reply, which will be nwie public shortly. 



THE NEW YORK Y. C. AND THE Y. R. A. RULES. 



THOUGH at most it is probably but a matter of seconds, Lord 

 Duraven's proposal that a meau of tbe allowances of the 

 New "¥nrk Y. C. and the Y. R. A. be taken to govern the races 

 with Valkyrie has given rise to a great deal of intricate figuring 

 in one case at least with an amusing result. One zealous volun- 

 teer who started out to defend the New York Y. C. by proving 

 that such a proposition was actually to Lord Dun raven's disad- 

 vantage, and that, the club acted most generously in declining it 

 has fallen outside the breastworks, where ho now lies buried' 

 under the rules and allowance tables of the two parties. 



Lord Dunraven's suggestion, as generally understood here, was 

 the same as tbat previously made by Mr. Webb iu the case of 

 (renesta, that the allowance in minutes and seconds be computed 

 separately by the New York and the Y. R. A. rules, and that an 

 average of the two results be taken; thus if one allows the other 

 say 3min. by New York rule aud omin. by Y. It A. rule, the mean 

 of the two allowances, or 4min. be adopted. The proposition is a 

 very fair one, and certainly is simple enough, but the ambitious 

 expounder alluded to above is not satisfied to accept it, but inter- 

 prets it to mean that instead of the final results being taken the 

 two rules themselves are to be combined in one incomprehensible 

 formula. He then goes into some absut d calculations in which Val- 

 kyrie is compared with an imaginary liatrina, with the result 

 that the latter would allow tne former some. 3min. more under 

 the New York than under the Y. 11. A. rule, which assumptions 

 and calculations are entirely false and erroneous, as was shown 

 by the Field of May 11. The attempt to answer the Field's criti- 

 cism is a most laughable failure, and results in an astonishing 

 display of ignorance. The rating of Volunteer by the Y. R. A. 

 rule, 140 approximately, is taken; and an attempt is made to cal- 

 culate her time hv applying the New York table of allowances to 

 a rating rule, In absolute innocence of the fact that, corrected 

 length in feet is a different quantity from the imaginary unit of 

 rating. This is frustrated, however: by the discovery that while 

 the rating is 146, the New York table only goes to 130ft. 



The following table will show very closely the comparison of 

 several representative yachts under the New York and Y R. A. 

 rules. The figures marked * are not official, but carefully esti- 

 mated; the others are official. Volunteer has never been meas- 

 ured by Y. R. A rules, but Thistle has been officially measured 

 by both New York and Y. R. A. rule. Sometime since, in con- 

 nect ion with her designer, we measured Katrina's sail plan very 

 carefully according to t he Y. R. A. rule, making it 7 205sq. ft ,or 

 310 t. greater than by the New York rulo. so that her actual rat- 

 ing would be 83.21. Valkyrie's rating is 78; the measure iu'mts are 

 not yet knnwh, but her leng'.h cm not exceed 70ft , which gives 

 0,ti86ft. by Y. R. A. tilt, or 200ft. less by New York rule, depend- 

 ent Borne what upm the proportions of the sail plans. Tins dis- 

 poses of the fiction that she is larger than, or even as large as 

 Katnna. ' 



COMPABISON Or NEW YORK Y. C. AND V. H. A. HULKS. 

 ♦Figures marked thus are not official. Allowances for 40-knot course. 



Yachts. 



Sail Abe a. 



L.W.L. 



N. Y. 

 rule. 



Y.R.A. 

 rale. 



Volunteer 



85.88 



9371 



♦10300 



Thistle 



Sti. 46 



9*4 



<W50 



Katriaa 



fiw.ao 



69115 



rm 



Valley r)e 



♦Tll.dO 



*6490 



*6(i8« 



Yarana 



IW. OS 



*5300 



5448 



N. Y. 



cor. 

 length. 



Measuremekt. 



89P35 



Sll.^l 

 74. IK) 

 • f ?8.S'2 



♦iw.ua 



Y.R.A. 

 Rating 



*1 W.l in 

 143. s? 



ss.ai 



7S.0(i 

 60.00 



N. Y. Y.R.A. Aver- 



11 34 

 11 43 



16 47 



10 27 



11 17 

 17 16 



12 

 11 no 

 11 15 

 17 01 



ivau-ina auows vaiKyne usee, ny is. *. rule, lm. .Msec, bv Y. R. A.; average 

 45sec, Volunteer allows Valkyrie 11m. 43see. by K. Y. rule, 11m, 47seo bv 

 Y. R. A.; average 11m. 45see. 



Lord Dunraven's proposal, if carried out in a match hetween 

 Katnna and Valkyrie, would benefit thi latter to the extent of 

 44s. The full official measurements of Valkyrie in addition to 

 tier rating will soon be Known, when an exact calculation can he 

 made. 



"The proposal to use a mean of two systems of time allowance in 

 Cup races is a far better solution of the vexed question of time 

 allowance tnan the adoption ot a length rule, as provid- d by the 

 last deed of gift. Every change in the methods of measurement 

 of late years has tended to bring tne large duos of America and 

 England moie closely together, and as shown in the above table 

 the differences now are redu ed to a matter of seconds. The 

 probaoilities are that in the future they will coincide still more 

 closely. It would hardly be possible to-davfor a club winning the 

 America's Cup to change its rules so as to favor the retention of 

 n; tor ins tame, for the Y. R. A. to abandon its present rule and 

 resurrect the dead tonnage rule for the purpose of keeping out 

 wide jachts. The present rule must stand as it is until 185)1 tit 

 least, unless changed by a two-thirds majority, and if it were 

 changed in such a manner it would shut out Yarana and Valkv- 

 rie, as well as Volunteer and Katrina. 



GORILLA. 



WHILE the keel will he well represented in the 40ft. class by 

 sueh new boats as Cluspa, Lins, Tomahawk and Maraquita 

 to say nothing of the olaer craft, the center hoard-keel branch oi 

 the family will, though smaller in numbers, be represented by 

 three very fine new craft, to aid Chiquita, Banshee and Nympii 

 to wrest the honors from the keels pure aud simple. Two of 

 these were designed by Mr. Burgess, Verena for Mr. Beebe of 

 Boston, and one unnamed tor Mr. Hasorouck, of Providence and 

 the third was designed by Mr. A. Cary Smith for Mr. Royal 

 Phelps Carroll, of New York. The Gorilla, as the latter boat is 

 named, was launched from Poillon's yard, South Brooklyn, on 

 May 25, and will shortly be iu commission, though hardly in 

 good shape for tne early races; sue enjoys the. distinction ot being 

 the first flusn-deck centerboard boat m the 40ft. class. Two vears 

 since Mr, .Smith designed the Banshee, a cruising boat of 40ft 

 l.w.l., a present from a New York gentleman to his two young 



The new 40£t. class was not then dreamed of, and Banshee was 



~" .^„u™»™ r,iuu uuc mums icver ana 



was seized witu a des.ie to try conclusions with the new and suc- 

 cessful keel. To this end the sail and spar plans were enlarged 

 more lead added to the keel, and last year the Bansu.ee enteied 

 the lists as a racer. By this time the 40ft. class had grown to a 

 fair size, with such bo«ts as Uaooon, Xara, Chiquita and N\mph 

 all built for racing. B rt nshee made a very good sb owing in the 

 rather inconclusive races that were sailed", sufficiently so to en- 

 comage her designer to sticn to the same general type, which ne 

 has nunc m the new 40 that will represent him, in company with 

 Banshee, in the season's races. vVe may say m pa.-sm'g that 

 liaiisiifee, with some improvements, including more lead ou lief 

 keel, made last winter, will be in the races this year, beine 

 hanuled by Mr. Bryan Alley aud some others of the old Oriva's 

 ere >v . 



in dimensions and general form the new- boat does not differ 

 greatly lrom Banshee, except in the possession of a clipper stem 

 but, as in this case speed was the mam consideration, tne model 

 has been carefully revised, while great attention has oeen given 

 to the construction in order to save weight. Her leading dimen- 

 sions are: Length over all 54tt., 1.W.L 39f t. 9in., beam 14ft 3in 

 draft 7tt., witn 11 tons of lead in keel. The sneer plan shows a 

 clipper stem of medium length and a shapely but by no means 

 extravagant overhang aft, witn a modern sneer, rather straight 

 especially forward. '1 he sternpostiaiies about 30*, the keel round- 

 ing up a very little alt, witn its greatest draft a couple of feet 

 forwaid ot the heel of post. The forefoot is rather more marked 

 tnan in other of the new boats, while there is more deptu iust 

 under the mast, the keel not rising quite so quickly from its 



deepest point to the waterhne at bow as m some of the others 

 r I lie midship section has a light bilge and great hollow in the 

 door, the depth being greater tnan iu the Burgess boats of the 

 same type, rhe wood keel is 2ft. wide on bottom, aud the lead 

 keel, about 18m. deep, is 15in. wide on bottom and well strung out 

 lore and aft. & 



The huh is of wood throughout, single skin and deck, built in the 

 ordinary manner, but the details are so.far superior to fcbiseiass ,if 

 work aoout i.ew loiktnat tuey deserve caret ul notioe. e=peczallv 

 in v.ew of the fact that the cost ot tne bo^t has been aepi w thin 

 moderate hunts. The keel is of oak, sided 26in. arm moulded 

 lOiu , with, a 4.n slot fur the board. Tne stem is sided 4Vi n and 

 tne rLerupost bin. at tuck, tapering to neei. The lrames are part 

 double eaAn and part hem, tne former, witn the 8 single sawn 

 lrames iu bow and all the trames from the transom aft beine of 

 hackmatacK, the latter of oak. The sawn timbers are sided I n 

 and moulded z% at heel ana 2in. at heads, each pair bolted 

 together with J^iu. galvaaiz-.d screw bolts, the spacing being 4ft 

 Between each pair of double frames are 8 single bent timbers! 

 each sided 8m. and moulded 2H to 2iu.{ the spacing being lain 1 



The floor knees are also of hackmatack, sided two to each 



saw n frame, one to port and one to starboard; no iron floors being 

 used. 



This method was used with success by Mr. Smith in the cutters 

 Wilful and Rajah and the schooner Carlotia. The clamp is &>gx 

 \%. tapering at the ends, with the shelf, 314x2111., set inside ot it, 

 With copper bolts through both and the wales. There are three 

 bilge clamps— one on the flat of the floor, one above at the turn of 

 the bilge; and one helow along the hollow nf the flcor over the 

 heads of the knees, each Oxl^m. A1V tne fore an'l aft stringers, 

 clamps, shelves and bilge clamps are of clear selected yellow p,no 

 in single lengths, tapered at the ends, and througli-t'asfenen on 

 every frame. The deck frame is of hackmatack, beams si led 3in., 

 moulded 2>6in. and spaced 24in. The partner pieces are of hack- 

 matack, 20m. wide, with 13in. hole for mast, the beams hetween 

 which tuey are fitted being moulded 4ih. and sided 3in. An iron 

 hanging knee. 214x^11., is bolted to each beam, lour kuees in all, 

 with a similar knee aft under the runner plate ou each side. The 

 partners are further reinforced bv hackmatack knees, sided 2>£in,, 

 worked under the deck, four in all. 



The centerboard trunk is of 2in. white pine, with oak bedpieces 

 and headledges, the latter 3x5im; and the top ot the trunk is 4ft. 

 above the floor. The board is 2t£in. thick and 10ft. 4in. long on 

 lower edge. The airangement ot bitts is peculiar; there are iwo 

 sets, one well 1 or ward to take the beel of the bowsprit when run 

 out. and the other, 5ft. 3in. further aft, carrying the windlass 

 and also taking the bowsprit when reefed, thus d ing away with 

 a fid hole near tbe gammon iron. Each pair of bins is made of 

 two oak knees sided 3iu., the lower arm of the kuee resting on 

 two deck beams, while the upper or vertical arm forms the 

 m'tts proper. The upper arm also extends downward beh>w 

 deck, where it is bolted tOaiXo carliu or to the deck beam. 

 Under the forward bi'ts a pair of hanging knees are 

 worked, strengthening the entire overhang of the bow. 

 The chock, quarter timbers and archhoard are all of 

 white pine, for the sake of lightness, while the deadwood 

 about, the stem is weU trimmed away, the plankina being canied 

 out to the gammon iron. The planking is of a very gooa quality 

 of yellow pine, with very few butts, the garboards being of oak. 

 The planksheer is of white pine 1J4 '4t£, and the deck ot white 

 pine VA • 2in., fastened with galvanized screws and paid wiih 

 marine glue. The rail is worked solid, of whito pine, lin. high at 

 stem and 2t£in. aft, with a piece of oak set in on each s'de for ihe 

 jib sheets to lead through. The ehainpla'es are bohed ouMde 

 tbe plank, being set in flush, with no cbanmls. There are wo 

 plates with lugs foi the bowsprit shrouds on each side, one heiug 

 used when the horn is run out, and the other, about 5ft. further 

 aft, when it is housed, the turnbuckle on the shroud being snifted. 

 As in all the modern boats, the bowsprit is litrged to take one rtef 

 m bad weather, the bowsprit shroud aud oobstay tackles being 

 replaced bv a hjrr bobstay a nd lurnbuckles. 



The presence of a centerboard truuk above the floor interferes 

 somewhat with the room below, but the cabin plan, though in- 

 ferior to Chiquita's and some of the new keel boats, gives very 

 fine accommodations for the length. The forecasfie is lift, long 

 from the hanging knees under the bitts to the after buMsriead, 

 with 5t t. lOin headroom for the whole length. The ne^t 3t't. is 

 taken up with a toilet, mom to starboard and an icebox to port, 

 the latter opening on the passage beside the trunk. Abaft these 

 is the owner's room on the starboard side and astateioom to port, 

 the length of each being 6ft. Sin. The main cabin is aft. Oft. .'lin. 

 long, with a wide sofa lock'. r on each side, back of which is a 

 peimanent berth, thus sleeping four in the eabiu and two in the 

 staterooms. The headroom is 5ft. lOJ^in. The Unisii is of wh'te 

 pine, as light as possible but of neat uesigu. The berths in the 

 staterooms are large, the space back of each being divided in o 

 six small lockers. The deck fittings are of mahogany. Toe top- 

 sides are painted black The rig will be a large one, desigmd fur 

 racing, 'the work has been done under ashed at some distance 

 from the water, the ooat oeiug hui It without the lead keel. Tue 

 latter was cast near the water and the boat moved on to it. then 

 the holes, already bored through the wood keel, were coutiuued 

 down through the lead by means of large ship augers, and the 

 bolts driven and set up. 1 he work has be ni neatly and quieklv 

 done and the boat is probably the best ever turned out at the yani. 



VALKYRIE'S FIRST RACES. 



THE season in England begins rather earlier that usual this 

 year, aud up lo the time when we go to press Valkvrie has 

 sa iled six races, four of which she has won. The various races in 

 which she will take part in May and June are: Mai 22, New 

 Thames; S3, Royal London; 24, Royal Thames, all from the Lower 

 Hope, around the Mouse Lightship, and hack to ffravesend; 25, 

 Junior Thames, Southend to Harwica; 27, Rjval Harwico; 28; 

 Royal Harwich, Harwich to Southend; June 1, Royal Thames, 

 Note, to Dover; 3, Royal Cinque Ports, Dov. r. Valkyrie left 

 Southampton early on May 19, reaching Bexciiy Head ou the 

 morning of May 21, where a, tow was takeu, Uraveseud being 

 reacned in the afternoon after an unpleasant p issage, with heavy 

 fogs. The course and entries for her first 1 ace in the New Tuames 

 X . C, on May 2a, were as foilows: 



Match for yachts of any rig or class exceeding Orating; first, 

 prize £50, second £25, third £15; course, lrom the Lower Rope, 

 round the Mouse Ligntship and back tu I4ravesend; Y. R. ^a, rules 

 and time allowance foi 50-miles course: 



Irex, cutter, Mr. J. Jameson Rating 93 



Valkyrie, cutter. Earl of Dunraveu •' 78 



Yarana, cutter, Mr. P. A. Rain " 01) 



Mohawk, cutter. Col. Villiers Bagot- " 40 



Heerhound, cutter, Mr. C. A. Nottage " 40 



foxglove, yawl, Mr. \V. R. Paget " 4U— 32 



Foxhound, cutter, Mr. H. North " 30 



Vreua, cutter » j/n 



Deerhound is a new Watson boat, about 63ft. l.w.l. by 13ft. oin 

 beam. Yarana is 66.08 l.w.l. by 1 li t. 8iu. btam. Her outsioe bal- 

 last has been increased by 4 tons since last season, with a sail plan 

 t" at brings her up to fin lauug in place of 58. Ii\ x is 8:5ft. l.w.l by 

 15ft. beam. The allowance lor a 50- knot course would oe Irex 

 a'lows Valkyrie 5m. 20sec, Y'arana 12m. lOsec, Monawk and Deer- 

 hound 23m. 37sec, Foxhound 31m. 57sec, Vreda 14m. lOsee. The 

 weather was very light all day, and the course was reduced to 36 

 knots, with allowance in proportion. The cabled reports of the 

 race were as follows: 



Haven the breeze freshened up a bit, and Valkyrie passed Yarana 

 Yarana tacked to clear, but Valkyrie followed ana luffed out ou 

 the weatner of Yarana, wnich was unable to pass Valkyrie after* 

 ward; though she kept very clOoe to her. 



After passing Yarana, Valkyrie followed Deerhound and head- 

 reached and stayed across her, but wnen the yachts were eff 

 Lehigh Deerhound was still vanquished. Sudd*' lily the breeze 

 veered from etst to southeast, ana Deerhound fluked' at Medwav. 

 Valkyrie had dropped Deerhound astern, out tue wind became 

 lighter and Yarana began to close up ou Valkvrie agaiu. At 

 .-suuihend she had reduced Valkyiie's one mile iead to a quarter 

 of a mile, When the yachts rounded the club steamer anchored 

 off tne Nore for the turning point tne wind was very soft, aud 

 it began to look as tluugh bout Yarana a ud Deerhound Were going 

 to pass Valkyrie. 



The yachts went round the steamer as foBows: 



Valkyrie 1 56 44 Deerhound ...2 00 07 



Yarana 1 57 4 l J Irex a 07 62 



It was a dead run home with spinakers set to Gravesend, Yar- 

 ana running on Valkyrie, but falling behind when tne wind wew 

 stronger. The times were: 



^ , Prize- Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Deerhound 1 11 45 0J i 47 43 5 02 42 



Vreda 2 11 45 00 5 04 24 6 19 24 



Yarana 3 11 45 OJ 4.42 21 4 57 21 



Valkyrie It 45 U0 4 87 35 4 52 10 



Hex 11 45 00 5 00 09 5 15 09 



The next day's race was over the same course, shortened as be- 

 fore to 36 knots, in similar weather, but Valkyrie made a better 

 showing, beatiug Yarana by 25m. 20s., Irex withdrawing The 

 times at the Nare were: 



Valkyrie 2 10 20 Irex , 2 25 18 



Yarana 2 lo 06 



On May 24 in the Rjyal Tnames race, the full course wassailed, 

 the yachts heating out to tne M >use and running name under 

 spinakers. Valkyrie won easily, the times at the Mouse oeiug: 



Valkyrie 2 22 55 Irtx 2 34 is 



Yarana 2 27 z6 10 



The finish was timed: 



Valkyrie 5 03 47 Irex 5 14 40 



Yarana 5 14 00 



Y. 



Irex, xarana, ueernound and Amphitrite. the latter being an old 

 schooner renovated this winter, with a lead keel, and, it is said, 

 a centerboard, Again the wind was light and variable, ltt% 



