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a. belief that such craft wouW beat Minerva, but we do not aeree 

 with either. It has been argued on the othpr side that as tbe 

 twenties beat Lonore, and she is as good as Clara, they would 

 stand to beat the American forties, but we douht whether Lenore 

 Bver was as good as ^lara; if so, it was not full v proved on tbe few 

 occasions when they met. If tbe new twenties can sail on even 

 terms witb the American forties, much more with Olara. then 

 they are very mucn faster boats than either their dimensions, 

 their record, or tne performances of other boa's of small sail area 

 v ouW lead opo to suspect. In como^iring Dragon and Minerva, 

 the former is !>J4ft. longer. Sin. narrower, and uresumahlv of the 

 pame draft. In order to race in the iS(t. cla-^s Dragon could carry 

 but 2.5c0ft.. or 174ft. les* than Minerva; or if Minerva's rig were 

 r«t on her she would measure ihe same as Liris, over 43ft, 

 and race on even terms with her, in place of receiving 

 4tnin. « ver a 24-knot course, as Minerva, now does. Witb 

 this sail, or with ma-e if required, the longer boat might beat 

 Liris, whit h at the wor^t would be no such great misfortune, as 

 she would he a less costly hoat to build and run, and while bv no 

 means extremely narrow, the type, if adooted here, would almost 

 inevitably be widened somewhat, to suit American ideas. If, 

 however, she were kept down to tbe sail area allowed for her 

 leuth in the 48ft. class, it is very unlikely that she could sail to 

 windward with the shorter and more heavily rigged boats, what- 

 ever she might do on a reaoh. nor is it likely in any case that stie 

 would reaeh the same speed here with her present sail as she does 

 In England. 



la considering Deciuia in the next class Kathleen naturally 

 suggests herself for comparison, as the two measure tbe same by 

 Seawai.haka rule and American measurement of canva c . We 

 douht very much whether Dc-cima cou'd win from Kathlpen or 

 the rest of her class, hut if she did there would he a gain rather 

 than otherwise. As compared with the American thirties Decima 

 is n« arly 6ft. longer. 3in. wider than Saracen. 4iu. narrower than 

 Kathleen, and the same hean as Uosalind. Her draft isurobably 

 the same as Kathleen, while, her ."ad area is less by over 400 ft. If 

 a boat of 6ft. greater length, the same beam and about the same 

 draft, poEsesstDg at least as trood accommodations as the average 

 modern thirty, can be driven as fast with smaller sails, there is 

 no reason whv she should n t reDlace the shorter and more heavily 

 rigged hoat to the advantage of yachting. The same is true of 

 Dis, of nearlv identical dimensions, while even Yvonne. 35X9ft., 

 wouic! probably compare lavorably in most respects with the 

 American thirties, even though her beam was less th.-mis popular 

 he'e. We be! ieve that one season of trial would lead Messrs. life 

 and Burgess to seek other dimensions than those named; huteven 

 conceding that Dragon, as the representative of the 20-rating 

 class, could win in our 49ft. class, no g-e«t harm would be done. 

 It is assumed bv Messrs. Fife and Burgess that Minerva represents 

 the piesent 40ft. class, and that they would replace her with 

 Dra on. The former ho it is 40ft. l.w.]., 10ft. 6in. beam, and carries 

 2,724ft. of sail: the latter is 45.50ft. l.w.l., 10ft. 3in. beam, and carries 

 2,550ft.; the drift, of the two would be the same, the longer boat, 

 would cost a little but not niu< b more to birld. she coul I lie raced 

 with the same crew, and she would he much better below for the 

 addtd 5J/3ft. of length, winle giving up but 3in. of beam. 



If it really is 1 rue that, i he big boats are not in it and that a 

 man must take a small boat to win. he will get more for bis 

 money out of a Dragon than a Minerva. A visit from Dragon or 

 Vreda next year would be a most useful test just, now and would 

 throw needed light on the question of type. If one of these 

 boats should come ever and race with the 40ft. fleet under the 

 present Seawauhaka rule of measurement but witb no limit to 

 corrected length, taking all the «ail she wanted and merely giving 

 time for it under the rule, as Liris dots now, she might be made 

 to beat Minerva, and the brute together; but if she comes here to 

 race under a class limit of 48ft. corrected length, and thus kept 

 down to a small tail plan, tuere is little likelihood of her winning 

 from either Minerva n n tne one hand or Liris and Tomahawk on 

 the other. All this, however, is of comparatively small import- 

 ance Dtside the larger classes. In the case of Volunteer the pro- 

 posed change has practically no effect. For ordinary home rac- 

 ing the 85 or 90ft. class is in much tne same condition as the late 



lamented Hnuipty Dumpty, with no prospect of being "set up 

 again." As far as the America's Cup is concerned it is beyond 

 the reach of the scheme, as the only thing a challenger can do is 

 to build the fastest possible machine for American waters on tbe 

 fixed length of 90ft.; there being no opion of taking length by giv- 

 ing up sail. In the 70ft. class Titania would allow Valkyrie about 

 lm. 20i. in 40 knots, and we have found very few yachtsmen this 

 season who do not. think that she could do this and win easily. 

 In ulace of this time Valkvrie might be lengthened 2ft., retaining 

 the same proportion of sail, and even then it would be hard to 

 convice Americans that she could beat Titania on even time. Mr. 

 Burge s, f r one, would hardly admit such a possibitity. That 

 Titania must be beaten some day is a matter of course, under ex- 

 isting conditions she must be beaten by a wider and heavier 

 rigged boat on the same length; und°r the proposed rules by a 

 slightly longer boat of no greater beam or sail, and we fancy that 

 most Ameiican yachtsmen would prefer the latter. That she 

 will be beateu by a much longer boat of very narrow beam there 

 is very little to show. 



SKIFF RACING ON THE ST. LAWRENCE. 



OINCE the race at Prescott a fortnight ago, tbe boating men of 

 k5 GrinanoQue. thmkiog if Prescott. could not produce a boat 

 to beat Brockville, they could, have been talking up the race 

 which took place at Gananoque on Thanksgiving day. Mr. Wal- 

 lace's Yukwa again represented Brockville, and the Spray, built 

 by A. Ramsay and owned by Mr. Nicholson, was selected as the 

 fastest craft, m the town fleet, this question having been settled 

 by a series of races before the mam event. The Yuk-va was sailed 

 by Mr. Wallace, her owner, with Messrs. Ford and Prank Jones 

 as crew. The Spray was manned by W. Stoue, O. Han-is and W. 

 L tsbav, well known river ski ff sailors. There was a regular gale 

 blowing when the race was start< d at 11:50, and the Gananoque 

 people preferred a postponement of tbe race, but the Yukwa's 

 crew wished the race sailed at once. It was a flying start and 

 twice around a five-mile triangle, with a dead heat of two miles 

 back from Jack Straw Light. The Yukwa got some 20s. lead at 

 the start and held her lead to the first mark, from wh ich she drew 



The 

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 •emen- 



dous but both boats got through safely, the Brockville boat es- 

 pecially, which did not seem to be at all thrown off by them when 

 on the wind. The first round was timed Yukwa 12:38, Sprav 

 12: 13. The Spray seemed to sail better on the second round, but 

 never gained on the leader. The second round and fiuish was 

 tim-d Yukwa 1:25, Spray 1:34. Yukwa winning bv 9m., having 

 completed the course in lh. 35m., time that would rather upset 

 Kemp's limits for boats that S'ze. 



The interest in the Prescott race was tame compared with the 

 amount of excitement over this one. It beiDg a fine day and 

 holiday, the whole town turned out to witness the race, and two 

 hands helped the onlookers to enjov themselves. It was scarcely 

 thought by the towupeople that the amateur crew in the Brock- 

 ville boat could sail with any chance against such a crew as the 

 Spray's, but the way they started and sailed their boat upset 

 many calculations. The Spray carried a large spritsail and a 

 small dandv. which latter was discarded on the second round. 

 The Yukwa sailed the whole race with double-reefed mainsail and 

 mizen ^ 



This" race clearlv makes the Yukwa the fastest boat of her class 

 on the St. Lawrence, and reflects great credit on her builder, 

 Sauve, of Brockville. 



NEW JERSEY Y. C— Some days ago a report was current that 

 the New Jersey Y. C. could not longer retain its present quarters 

 at Hoboken, that owing to improvements being made to the water 

 front it would have to go elsewhere; such, we are glad to say, is 

 r ot the ca9e. It is true, however, that vast improvements are 

 being made to Hohoken's water front, but these do not and will 



not come further north than Ninth street, and begin again at the 

 foot of Eleventh street, where the Savannah Steamship Company 

 have bought or leased a large tract of land. The members of the 

 club were uneasy at tbe shape matters were assumiug, and at a 

 recent meeting a committee, of which Commodore E, A. Stevens 

 was ex-officio chairman, were appointed to confer with the own- 

 ers of the property, at present occupied by the club, tbe Hoboken 

 Land and Improvement Compa.ny. The committee obtained every 

 assurance from said company that they would not be disturbed 

 probably for some years to com". It is possible that when next 

 season opens the anchorage facilities of the club will be better 

 than ever. The club at present occupies a large piece of land at 

 the foot of Tenth street— about an acre— on which are the club 

 house, originally built for and occupied by the New York Y. C. 

 by the elder Commodore Stevens— two sets of ways, a splendid 

 sandy beacb, and all the facilities necessary for hauling out boats. 

 The club was never in a more prosperous condition. Its fleet of 

 yachts consists of some thirty-five odd, from the large cutter Ms 

 and stoop Defiance down to the small 18ft. cat Trankle. Some 

 recent additions are the cabin cat Henry Gray, 26ft. 4in., the 

 property of John Ortlieb and Thomas McArdle. and tne large cat 

 Villard, 25ft, lOiu., belonging to R. Greuen and B. Deetjen. Tbe 

 next regular meeting of the club will be held on Nov. 29. 



YACHT BUILDING IN ENGLAND.— The new order of things 

 is at least working to the benefit of des-g rers and builders in 

 Hr gland, and considerable work is already promised, though the 

 building season has hardly "begun. The new 117-rating cutter to 

 replace Irex, a wide craft, and perhaps with a ceuterboard, will 

 be built at Fay's. Another narrow cutter, Mel-ssa, 10 tons, 

 has given up tbe racing and will be replaced by a 20-rater. 

 Mr. Arthur Pavne has already two ordeiM for this fashionable 

 size, one for Mr. Reginald Cox, part owner of Mimosa, and one 

 for C!apt. Victor Montague, R. N., owner of Humming Bird. Botb 

 cf these will be designed and built by Mr. Pavne. White & Son, 

 at Cowes. will build a 20 from Mr. Clayton's design for Mr. Ames, 

 owner of Fair Geraldme and the yawl Atlantis. Decima has 

 been sold and her owner will build a new racer. Thalassa will be 

 replaced by a new 5-rater designed by her owner, Col. Bucknill, 

 an amateur, while Mrs. Rudston Read and Miss Mabel Cox will 

 have a new 2J4-rater from Mr. Payne. This is a very good show- 

 ing for tbe first of November, and promises a large fleet next 

 season. 



A LIGHTHOUSE AT WHITESTON T E POINT.-The Lighthouse 

 Board give notice that on or about Nov. 15, 1889, a fixed white Post 

 light will be exhibited from the structuie recently erected at 

 Whitestone Point, East River, New York. The light will illnmi- 

 inate 270° of the horizon; its fee d plane is 20ft. above the ground, 

 and 40ft. above me an low water. The structure consists of a 

 square pyramidal frame tower, on piers, with gallery for fog-bell 

 and lantern. Lower part of structure painted white, upper part 

 wood color. Tne approximate geographical position of the light, 

 as taken from the charts of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 is as follows: Latitude 40° 48' (2") north; longitude 73° 49' (12") 

 west. Magnetic bearings and distances of prominent objects are 

 as follows: Throg's Neck Lighthouse. E. % N., 1% nautical miles. 

 Old Ferry Point, N. W. % W., % nautical mile. 1 luring thick and 

 foggy weather a bell will be struck by machinery a double blow 

 every 30 seconds. Bearings are maguetic, given aproximatoly. 

 and from seaward. 



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