Aud. 1, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



faceting. 



FIXTURES, 



AUGUST. 



16. Great Head. Cham. Sail off. 

 16. N. Y., Citizens' Cups, New- 



Si. Quincv, Open Raoe. 

 3. Buffalo, Club. Buffalo. 



3. Sippicau, Olub, Marion. port. 



3. Beverlv. Marble li'tl, 1st Cup. 16-31. Quaker City, Cruise,Ches- 



3. Lynn. Club, Lynn. apeake Bay. 



3. Cape Cod. 17. Great Head, Open. 



3. West Lynn, 1st Cham., Lynn 17. Quiney, Ladies' Day. 



3. New Havea, Annual Cruise. 17. Beverly, MarblehYl. 3d Cham 



3. So. Boston, Mosq., 2d Pen., 17. Hull, Special Outside Race, 



City Point. 



American, 3d Cham. 



Dorchester, Open, Club. 



Rhode island, Club Cruise. 



Pleon,2d Cham. 



New York, Cruise, Rendez- 

 vous New London. 



Great Head. Moonlight Sail. 



30 and 40ft. 

 17. American, Around Plum Is- 

 land, go as you please. 

 17. Chelsea, Ladies' Day. 

 17. So. Boston, Mosq., Pen. Sail 



off. City Point. 

 19. American, Open. 

 19. Detroit, 3d Peunant. 



8. 



8. Miramichi.- Vice-Corn. Stew- lit. L. Y. R. A, Hamilton, 



art's Pennant. 21. Pleon. 3d Cham. 



8. N. Y., New London to New- 21. L. Y. R. A., Toronto. 



port. 24. Lynn, Excursion, Lynn. 



9. N. Y., Goelet Cups, Newport. 24. Beverly,Mou.Beach,3dOpen. 

 10. Lynn, Ladies' Day, Lynn. 24. Larchmonf, Oyster Boats. 

 10. Corinthian, Marblehead. 24. Corinthian, Marblehead. 



10. Monatiqnot, 2d Cham.,Ft.Pt, 24. Hamilton, 30, 25, 30 and 35ft. 

 10. Buffalo, Annual Cruise. Class, White wings Cup. 



10. Hull, 2d Cham. 24. R. Can.. Skiff Class. Toronto. 



10. Cape Cod. 26. L. Y. R, A„ Belleville. 



10. N. Y., Newport to Vineyard 26. Rhode Island, Open. 



Haven. 28. Pleon, Sail off. 



11. N. Y., Vineyard Haven. 29. L. Y. R, A., Oswego. 



12. N.Y., Race,Viueyard Haven. 29. Cedar Point. 



13. Detroit. 31. Beverly, Marbleh'd, 1st Open 



13. N.Y.,Vineyard Haven to New 31. Sippiean, Club, Marion. 



Bedford. 31. Hull, Cham. Sail-Off. 



14. N. Y., Bowing Races, New 31. Quiney, 3d, (.'ham. 



Bedford. 31. Chelsea, Club. 



15. L. Y. R, A.. Rochester. 31. West Lynn. 2d Cham., Lynn. 



15. N. Y., New Bedford to New- 31. So. Boston, Mass., Cham. 



port. Sail off. City Point. 



16. Monatiquot, Ladies' Day, 31. R. Can., 20ft. Class, Toronto. 



Fort Point. 



September. 



2. Lynn, Open, Lynn. 14. Corinthian, Marblehead. 



2. Bev erlv, Mon.Beach,3d Open 14. Lynn, Club, Lynn. 



2. Corinthian, Marblehead. 14. Hamilton. 20ft. Class. 



2. New York Y. R. A., Open. 14. American, Open to all boats 



2. Dorchester, Open, Club. on Merrimac Ris'er. 



2. So. Boston, Mosq., Open. City 14. Chelsea, Club. 



Point. 14. West Lynn, Sail-off, Lynn. 



4. Buffalo, 3d Class, Buffalo. 16. Dorchester, Open, Club. 



4. New Haven, Ladies' Day. 16. Quaker City, Open. 



7. Hull, 9th Open. 18. Windward. Ruffle Bar, 



7. Beverlv, Marblehead, 3d Cup 21. Hamilton, 25ft. Class. 



7. Larchmont, Fall Annual. 21. Beverly. Marbleh'd, Sail Off. 



7. Hamilton, Cruise. 28. Lynn, Club, Lynn. 



7. Miramichi, Miller and Call 28. Buffalo, Club, Buffalo. 



Cups. 28. West Lynn, Sweeps, Lynn. 



7. R. Can., Prince of Wales and 29. Detroit. 



Lansdowne Cups, Toronto. 30. Quaker City, Review and 



11. Windward, Ruffle Bar. Cruise. 



12. Beverlv, Mon. Beach, 3d Buz. 21. R. Can., Cruising, Toronto. 



Bay. 25- Windward, Ruffle Bar. 



14. Monatiquot, Open, Ft. Point 26. Cedar Point. 

 14. R. Can., 25ft. Class, Toronto. 



WEST INDIA HURRICANES AND THE GREAT 

 MARCH BLIZZARD. 



IT IS seldom in 'a temporate climate thst a storm ashore means 

 anything more serious than a temporary annoyaaee— muddy 

 roads, wet streets, a trifling interruption to business or damage 

 to crops— and it is fortunately only at very r \re intervals that 

 Buch a memory of hardship, suffering and even death is left ap is 

 still vivid m the minds of landsmen along the whole North At- 

 lantic seaboard, and even far back from the coast. Prior to the 

 great blizzard of a year ago the suggestion that a lew hours of 

 rain and snow could completely cripple the entire mechanical re- 

 sources of the great American railways and make prisoners of 

 the dwellers in the great cities, putting them for days in a state 

 of siege and cutting off all sources of supplies and communica- 

 tion, would have been considered absurd and visionary. There 

 are many who know from experience the danger and sufferiug 

 which attended a short journey through the most populous streets 

 of New York, with aid on every hand, but there arc few who can 

 form any adequate idea of the effects of the storm a short distance 

 off shore, or of the suffering of those who encountered it on the 

 deck of a pilot boat or coaster. 



Not only from a scientific standpoint and as a guide to naviga- 

 tors, but as a matter of history is it fitting that the great blizzard 

 of March, 1888, should be honored with a" permanent record, and 

 at the hands of one who is m every way qualified for the task. 

 Mr. Everett Hayden, in charge of the Division of Marine 

 Meteorology of the U. S. Uydrographic Office, at Washington, is 

 well known to all who navigate the North Atlantic as the editor 

 of the Monthly Pilot Chart, which has done so much to lessen the 

 dangers of navigation. A thorough and enthusiastic student of 

 all that pertains to the specialty that he has chosen Mr. Hayden 

 has for a long time made a careful study of the West India hurri- 

 canes, their origin and causes, following up the great work 

 begun many years since by another American, Mr. Wm. C. Red- 

 field, of New York. From his official position Mr. Hayden was in 

 possession of a large nurnoer of records of vessels on the coast 

 during the blizzart, and from these and much additional matter 

 he was enabied to compile the interesting lecture delivered before 

 the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. last February, and published in 

 the Forest and Stream of Feo. 14. Since then this same lecture 

 has been carefully revised and added to by the author, being en- 

 riched by a HumDer of lithographic plates, and is now ready for 

 publication in book form by the Forest & Stream Publishing 

 Company. 



Beginning with a description of the great Bay of North America, 

 Mr. Hayden first describes in detail the formation of the ordinary 

 tropical cyclone, and then proceeds to trace the origin of t he 

 great blizzard, following it day by day by means of colored charts, 

 and bringing into relief every interesting feature of this memo- 

 rable storm. Valuable as this record is to t he navigator who may 

 be exposed at any time to similar dangers, it is no less interesting 

 to the casual reader, as the mechanism of these powerful forces 

 of nature is laid before him. Even the landsman, who looks upon 

 the wind as blowing from one direction or the other according to 

 chance and independent of any control or direction, cannot fail 

 to be interested in the manner in which the track of a cyclone is 

 marked out and its probable direction foretold, while to the mar- 

 iner the same problem has a far more vital significance. In addi- 

 tion to mucn that will interest the non-technical reader or the 

 scientist, the book contains a great deal of clear practical informa- 

 tion relating to the handling of a vessel in a cyclone, the use of oil 

 at sea, and similar important matters. It is published in tfie form 

 of a large quarto volume, bound in paper, containing 30 pages of 

 text and 23 large lithographic plates, the price being 



NEW YORK Y. C. CRUISE. 



possible. On Saturday, Aug. 10, the fleet will ruu to Vineyard 

 Haven, racing on Monday for the Martha's Vineyard Association 

 cups. An informal reception will be given at the Oak Bluffs Club 

 on the same evening, and on Aug. 13 the fleet will run to New 

 Bedford, lying there next day for the usual rowing and naphtha 

 launch races. On Aug. 15, Thursday, the return run to Newport 

 will be made, where the races for special prizes offered by the 

 club will probably be sailed next day. The prize for the 70ft. class 

 wiU be a SS50 cup, and for the 40ft. class a f 150 cup, with a second 

 prize of S100 if more than two enter. No yachts shall enter that 

 have hauled out to clean bottom after the beginning of the cruise 

 The courses wiU be 12 and 9 miles to windward or leeward and* 

 return. 



The 40ft. sweepstakes of the Cprinthian Y. C. of New York will 

 "be sailed about the same time, while the postponed race in the 

 same class is also likely to come off at Newport. The fleet will 

 disband about Aug. 17, - The Weld cup, for 40 footers will be 

 raced for soon after at Marblehead, ami some of the fleet mav so 

 round the cape, but the cruise will not extend any fuither than 

 Vineyard Haven. The four runs will be as follows,' a prize of $100 

 being ottered for the best average record in each class: 



From New London to Newport, about thirty-live nautical miles, 

 start off Sea Flower Reef (entrance to Fisher's Island Sound) and 

 finish off the Dumplings. 



From Newport to Vineyard Haven, about thirty-seven nautical 

 miles, start oft' Brenton's Reef Lightship and finish off Red Buoy 

 2, off West Chop. Sow and Pigs Reef Buoy must be left on the. 

 port hand. 



From Vineyard Haven to New Bedford, about thirty-four nau- 

 tical miles, start of the bluffs in front of the Sea View House and 

 finish of Clark's Point Light, leaving Sow and Pigs Reef Buoy on 

 the starboard hand. 



From New Bedford to Newport, about twenty-seven nautical 

 miles, start off Clark's Point Light and finish at Brenton's Reef 

 Lightship, leaving the Hen and Chickens Lightship on the star- 

 board hand. 



The start and finish will be made over imaginary lines drawn 

 from the Electra to the points or objects mentioned. 



Competing y acts will receive for each run numbers according 

 to the order in which they finish in their respective classes by 

 corrected time. For runs on which they do not start, they will be 

 given a number equal to the greatest numbur of contestants in 

 their class on any of the runs. Yachts failing to finish will receive 

 a number equal 10 the total number of contestants in their class 

 on that run. The winners in each class will be the yachts having 

 t he smallest totals at the end of the cruise. Should the totals of 

 two or more contestants of the same class be equal, I he vessel 

 making the best average corrected time in the runs which they 

 sailed together will be the winner. No prizes will be awarded in 

 any class in which two or more yachts do not start in at least one 

 of the runs. 



The Goelet cups wRl be of the same value and offered under the 

 same conditions as in former years. Yacht owners are. specially 

 requested to have their yachts measured before the beginniug of 

 the cruise if thoy propose to enter the runs or races. The flagship 

 Electra will carry the regatta committee. 



BEVERLY Y. C. 



THE 147th regatta, second cup race, which was not made in time 

 on July .'30, was sailed on J uly 26 at Marblehead in a light E.S.E. 

 air. It was almost a repetition of July 6, though there was a 

 trifle more wind. 



The larger classes beat out to Hall- Way Rock, then had wind 

 on port quarter to S. E. Pigs, when they had a run home, coming 

 np harbor with spinakers yet, 10 miles. The feature of this race 

 was the phenomenal work of Sword fish to windward, starting 5m. 

 after Elf and Saracen, she rounded Half- Way Rock ahead of Elf 

 and close to Saracen; while at Pig Rocks Saracen only led her 

 10s. Here Saracen drew ahead, and getting a better breeze spun 

 out her lead, but. the flagship beat her 27s. on allowance. 



The small classes beat to Half- Way, then ran home, leaving 

 Martin's and Archer's buoys on port, 6% miles. 



The heavy weather boats were again dt a discount, Dolphin 

 being distanced by Noupariel. At the start in harbor, where it 

 always blows a little harder than outside, Kathleen took first 

 place, closely pressed by Kiowa, who left Nerina and Pixie; Mosca 

 seemed out ot form, and on clearing harbor stood to southward, 

 while the others followed the larger classes toward Lowell Islaad. 

 At the island Kathleen barely crossed Kiowa's bow and stood on 

 to the eastward, all the others tacked to the southward. Running 

 along the island it breezed up a trifle, Pixie dropped astern and 

 Kiowa outpointed and outfooted Nerina. 



Outside the island the breeze moderated and Nerina turned the 

 tables, getting abreast of but to leeward of Kiowa, wno tacked 

 to the eastward in search of a breeze. At this time Kathleen was 

 seen coming out with a good lead, having gained decidedly in the 

 smooth water inside; but she also seemed to sail faster than the 

 others; Kiowa overstood to the eastward before tacking; she lost 

 time by tnis, and Nerina outside had a little more wind. 



Kathleen rounded first, with a good lead, then Nerina and 

 Mosca, with Kiowa some ways astern; Nonpariel having a long 

 lead on Dolphin. Kiowa gained rapidly, soon passing Mosca, who 

 having no show with Kathleen made no attempt to stop her. It 

 was soon evident that if Kiowa could pass Nerina half a mile be- 

 fore the finish she could give her her time; she tried again and 

 again, first to leeward then to windward, frequently getting her 

 bow ahead, only to be covered and drop back — for a mile and a 

 half the t rews of either boat could have touched the other; 

 finally Kiowa got by in a luffing match, just before reaching the 

 line, and crossed two seconds ahead, with her boom over Nerina's 

 deck about a foot aft of the latters mast. She losp however on 

 allowance and this race shows a flaw in the B. Y. C. rule of meas- 

 urement; it is waterline and sail area, the latter being got at 

 by measuring boom, gaff and distance from boom to upper peak 

 halliard block. Nerina and Kiowa are both 20.4 waterline; 

 Nerina's sail admittedly contains many more square feet of can- 

 vas, but the distance from throat to peak halliard band is less 

 thaii on Kiowa, making latter the larger boat and losing her the 

 race. » 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length. Actual. Corrected. 



Saracen ,W. P. Fowle 38.07 2 H 30 2 10 39 



Elf, W. H. Wilkinson 36.02 2 18 37 2 16 14 



SECOND CLASS. 



Swordfisb, Com. Paine 31.07 2 15 57 2 10 12 



Marguerite, Francis Skinner. Jr.... 23. 01 2 30 20 2 31 33 



THIRD CLASS — SLOOPS. 



Kathleen. R. S. Peabody 25.10 1 48 00 1 41 59 



Mosca, C. H. W. Foster 24.06 1 57 31 1 49 34 



THIRD CLASS— CATS. 



Kiowa, W. A. and W. L. Jeffries. . .22.03 1 55 00 1 45 20 



Nerina, R. C. Bobbins 21.09 1 55 02 1 44 57 



Pixie, F. "W. Chandler 21.04 2 00 45 1 50 18 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Nonpareil, W. O. Taylor i8.09 3 02 12 1 49 20 



Dolphin, R. C. Robbins 18.00 2 13 24 1 58 44 



Winner first class, Saracen, holding the cup. Winner second 

 class, Swordfisb, holding the cup. Winner third class sloops, 

 Kathleen, tieing Mosca for the cup. Third class cats, Nerina, 

 tieing Kiowa. Fourth class, Nonpareil, tieing Dolphin. 



The 148th race, second Buzzard's Bay championship, was sailed 

 at Monument Beach, July 27. The day opened with a strong E 

 by S. wind and a pouring ram; it looked so hasty that the skipper 

 of the judges' boat did not report for duty and told the reporters 

 there would be no race; consequently the Sunday papers so an- 

 nounced it. The judges and yachtsmen did not see it in this 

 light, and started the race promptly on time, sending first and 

 second classes over following course: Leaving Seraggv Neck 

 Buoy and Wings Cove Buoy on starboard, Drv Ledge Buoy and 

 Pine's Buoy on port and return, 1 \y, miles. Third class, leaving 

 Pine's Buoy, Aberly Ledge Buoy and Dry Ledge Buoy on star- 

 board. Pine's on port ana return, 7t£ miles. Fourth class went 

 twice to and around Buoy 11 and return, 5 miles. 



The wind played the most extraordinary pranks; most of the 

 time it blew hard, but dead calms were interspersed; it shifted so 

 that third class had a dead beat over the entire triangular course 

 and the others had it dead before the wind all tjSie way At the 

 start it was strong E. by S., changing to N.E., N., N.W., with 

 heavy, squally and dead calms, then back to S.E., finishing S.W 

 calms being thrown in between changes and plenty of pouring 

 rain. 



Mattie bad a walkover, Grekel and Sirius not showing up. In 

 second class Mist led Thyra home by the width of her mast'only 

 the difference was too small to time, but Mist was a few inches 

 ahead. Both boats were measured and Thyra's new gaff was 

 found to be decidedly longer than the old one; she had also re- 

 ceived more ballast since uer first measurement and part of her 

 overhang was in the water, increasing her waterline. 



Daisy appeared with her third rig this season, going up to 21ft. 

 sailing length, she managed to beat Eina 14m. 



Edith beat Kitten in fourth class. Mattie, Mist, Daisy and 

 Edith take firsts, Kitten takes second, Mattie and Mist win and 

 hold champion pennants, Daisy and Edith win legs, tieing Eina 

 and Kitten. Summary as follows: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length 



Mattie, Howard Stock ton 26 . 07 



SECOND CLASS. 



Mist, G. H. Lyman, Jr 25.06 



Thvra, Paul Bartholow 26.01 



Gymnote, W. E. C. Eustis 25.11 



THIRD CLASS. 



Daisy, Howard Stockton 21.00 



Eina, John Parkinson 32.00 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Edith, Irving Chapman 18.10 



Kitten, G. H. Richards et al 17.11 



Polly, Richard Codman 16.03 



Nymph, Geo. G. Amory 16.11 



J udge— F. S. Edwards. 



CONSTELLATION.— The new Burgess schooner Constellation 

 made a trial trip lately to Newport, where she now lies. 



MOPSA.— The new 37ft. cruising cutter Mopsa was launched 

 last week at LawleyB . 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



3 54 12 



3 42 50 



3 14 20 



3 31 33 



3 44 20 



3 37 02 



3 49 19 



3 32 14 



2 45 15 



2 32 38 



2 57 37 



2 46 00 



2 25 40 



2 15 39 



2 27 00 



2 16 03 



2 32 59 



2 20 27 



Withdrawn. 





X. Y. Z. 



THE FORTY-FOOT CLASS, 



FEW of those who have watched the exciting and interesting 

 races of the new 40ft. class have paused to give a thought to 

 its origin, or have appreciated the fact that the growth of such a 

 fleet, in so short a time and with no apparent reason, is one of the 

 most remarkable accidents in the history of yachting, and so far 

 as we know without precedent. When Banshee, was launched, 

 two years ago this month, there was not only no 40ft. class, but no 

 indications of one, and the present fleet was not even dreamed of. 

 In the straggling fleet then in the racing, from Shadow and Ele- 

 phant, 34ft., up to Vixen and Famta, 45, there were several 

 yachts about 40ft., the best known heing Crocodile and Rival, but 

 there was nothing approaching a clearly defined class. Banshee, 

 as is well known, was built without regard to racing, but about 

 the same time there was launched in Boston a new Burgess boat, 

 a keel craft some 4ft. shorter, and intended to race with Shadow 

 and Shona, of 34ft. Pappoose, as the new boat was christened by 

 her owner, young Mr. Adams, then a senior at Harvard, was a 

 wide cutter, of a type not very different from the length class 

 boats of .Southampton water, her dimensions being 44ft. over all, 

 with plumb stem, 36ft. l.w.l., 12ft. 6in. beam and 7ft. 7in. draft, 

 with nearly 9 tons of keel. Flush-decked, cutter-rigged and clean- 

 cut in her quarters, with a single fair sweep fromkeel to rail in 

 her midship section, she betrayed no relationship to the old Bos- 

 ton keel sloop, with its hard bilge, Hat floor, deep skag keel, heavy 

 round quarters and high cabin house. The first performance of 

 the newcomer was with the renowned Shadow, the fastest cents r- 

 board of her size in the country, whom she easily defeated. As 

 to size, the odds were largely in favor of the new boat, but her 

 sails and gear were new and bad, while Shadow had the advan- 

 tage in point of crew and handling generally. Shona was very 

 easily disposed of, and in a short time the new boat was recog- 

 nized as the best of her class. About the same time Banshee was 

 being tried, and as she gave evidence of being a speedy boat her 

 owner was encouraged to make some changes in ballast and sail 

 in hopes of increasing her speed. Though the pair did not, meet 

 that season, they both became widely known, and much interest 

 was felt in their first meeting, which, however, did not take place 

 until the following spring. 



In the mean time Mr. F. W. Flint, of Larchmont, owner of the 

 27ft. sloop Nymph, was in the market for a new yacht, and after 

 the Volunteer-Thistle races he gave Mr. Burgess an order for a 

 compromise forty. During the winter and spring Mr. Burgess 

 received three more_ orders, the yachts being built by Lawley; 

 Xara, a keel boat, Chiquita, a deep keel boat with a small board, 

 and Baboon, a keel boat, for the owner of Pappoose. With these 

 six yachts all in the racing the class was pretty firmly ettab- 

 lisued, but it so happened that the few races sailed last j ear were 

 devoid of any decisive results, and no one could say at the end of 

 the season that any one boat had shown herself superior to the 

 rest. One result, however, followed the racing, such as it was, 

 the foriy foot fever had fairly set in, and during the past winter 

 no less than ten additions were made to the class in New York 

 and Boston, making, with Minerva, built late last season in Scot- 

 land, a fleet of seventeen yachts. With possibly oue exception all 

 may be considered as racing craft, speed being one of the first re- 

 quirements, though all are. intended for cruising and fitted up for 

 life aboard during the summer as well. 



This fleet, as it stands to-day, has never been equaled in the 

 history of yacht racing. When racing was at its height in Eng- 

 land, during the last years of t he tonnage rule, some large fleets 

 were seen, notably in the 5 and 10 ton classes, but the bouts, 

 t hough evenly matched, were all of one type, differing a little 

 each year, but teaching nothing save how to cheat the rule under 

 which they raced. The present 40ft. fleet, seventeen ntw boats, pr 

 twenty in all if we include, for the sake of" a comparison of types, 

 the two old sloops, Crocodile and Rival, and the narrow cutter 

 Uiidia, covers the whole range of type from the shoal centerboard 

 to the narrow and deep cutter, and offers opportunities for study 

 and comparison such as have never before been known. There 

 have been instances of large fleets of racing yachts all of one size 

 or nearly, but these have been the result of slow growth under 

 some special stimulus or legislation. As the above brief history 

 of the new class shows, however, it is an accident, an unforseen 

 and spontaneous growth, which, with the number and individual 

 excellence of the boats, makes the class the most interesting and 

 remarkable one that has ever raced. Some very good races have 

 already been sailed this year, and more are in prospect, but in 

 none have more than half the boats entered. If the entire fleet, 

 old and new, could be brought together near the end of the season, 

 when all are or should be in good form, and a series of four or live 

 races sailed over the Newport or Marblehead couises, the results 

 would be more valuable and conclusive than a dozen years of 

 ordinary racing in all classes. Such an opportunity has never 

 before been offered, and it is worth a strong effort on the part of 

 the clubs to secure such a thorough trial. 



The fleet, 17 new and 3 old boats, is as follows, the figures being 

 as nearly correct as possible. Naturally, the designers are in no 

 way desirous of making public the details of their work, in fact 

 in most cases the figures, especially those relating to spars, bal- 

 last, draft and displacement, are jealously guarded. The table, 

 however, is sufficiently correct for all practical purposes, differ- 

 ing not more than an inch or two in any dimension. The length 

 in some cases may be a little under 40ft., the designed length being 

 from 3 to 6in. under the class limit, but there are lew wooden 

 boats that by their second season do not need a little judicious 

 dubbing to keep them in their class, the official measurements 

 running from SG.70 to 39.96ft., a very narrow margin. 



'Pappoose 



■Baboon 



'Xara 



■Lotowana 



'Maraqnita 



'Tomahawk 



•Cliispa 



2 Nymph 



Werena 



2 Awa , 



2 Chiquita 



9 Gonlla 



3 Banshee 



••Helen 



4 Alice 



'Minerva .. 



•Lirii. 



Crocodile, e. b 



Rival, c. b 



Uiidia, keel 



44.4 

 40.7 

 51.8 



37 



40 



40 



40 



40 



40 



40 



40 



40 



40 



39.9 



40 



49.9 



40 



40 



40 



38.3 



42 



12.6 

 13.2 

 13 



13.8 

 18.8 

 12 

 13.6 

 14.6 

 14.6 

 15.3 

 13.4 

 14.3 

 14 

 13.6 

 12.8 

 10.6 

 13 

 14 

 14.8 

 7.2 



7.7 



8.3 

 8.3 

 9 



9,1 

 10 

 9.1 

 6 

 6 

 6 



7.4 

 7 

 6 

 10.6 

 9.6 

 9.3 



24 



21.10 

 21.11 



10 28 

 5.10 . 

 5.1 . 



2334 

 2900 

 2900 

 3000 



;v?oo 



2900 



•mo 



29011 

 •.".'.v.' 

 3257 



■;m 



2800 

 2915 

 3754 



3603 



1 Burgess keels, ,J eenterboards, "Smith centerboards, 4 McVey 

 keels, 3 Fife keel, "Gardner keel. The above dimensions are in 

 feet and inches. The weights are in long tons. 



The fleet all through presents a most interesting study in points 

 of model, finish, buiid, fittings, accommodation and rig; but, unfor- 

 tunately for our readers, we are not sufficiently in the confidence of 

 the designers to be able to present them with full working draw- 

 ings of all parts. Nothing is more difficult to convev in words 

 than the points of difference in vessels; watch any two yachtsmen 

 beginning a discussion, words soon fail them and recourse is had 

 to diagrams and hieroglyphics, often of the crudest, but at the 

 same time expressive. In the course of a heated after-dinner dis- 

 cussion we have seen a big blue pencil brought into play on a 

 damask table cloth, and on another occasion a bit of chalk fished 

 out of a pocket and used wdth effect on the parlor carpet to clear 

 up some knotty point. In order to make their leading character- 

 istics clear to many of our readers who have not seen the boats, in 

 a way that is not possible in words, we have had recourse to the 

 accompanying diagrams, none of which ate official, but are drawn 

 as nearly to scale as possible from rough sketches made when the 

 boats were docked and from such aid as is afforded by photo- 

 graphs. 



While not pretending to give the minor points of difference be- 

 tween such similar boats as Nymph and Verena, or Baboon, 

 Maraquita and Cbispa, they show with tolerable accuracy the 

 leading features of the different types, and the direction in which 

 the designers of to-day are working. The overhang, freeboard, 

 draft and beam are drawn to scale as closely as possible, and the 

 peculiarities of sheer and outline of keel are tolerably accurate. 

 The positions of keel and masts are not based on actual measure- 

 ments, but the general disposition of the ballast is correctly in- 

 dicated, being well strung out in most cases. 



The first sketch shows the modern Burgess keel-centerhoard 

 compromise, suoh as Nymph, Verena, Awa and the 45ft, Nanon, 



