been held up as the inevitable outcome of the classification, but a 

 normal centerboard craft, wide and of moderate draft. 



White Wings is purely a "rule of thumb" craft, the most suc- 

 cessful effort of the late Capt. Cuthbert. She was built, we un- 

 derstand, by first getting out the keel, stem and sternnost, setting 

 them up with rough trial moulds on them, and running battens 

 over the latter and altering them until they suited the builder's 

 eye. She was built in 1886 at Trenton, Ont., for Mr. P. J. Oooley, 

 of that place; being raced a few times before being finished, but 

 without success. Early in 1887 she was bought by Messrs. Jarvis 

 and Osborne, of Hamilton, Ont., who still own her. In all her 

 races in the past three seasons she has been sailed by Mr. Jarvis 

 with a Corinthian crew and usually with but one paid hand. 



Her construction is of the ordinary sort, all wood, but with verv 

 light scantling. Her rigging, cauvas and general outfit is verv 

 much inferior to the standard of the coast fleet, and she could be 

 much improved in these respects. Apart from her model she has 

 an advantage m her comparatively light construction and in being 

 uniformly well handled in her races. 



Her arrangement below is of the usual fashion, stateroom to 

 starboard, passage to port, very small forecastle, and a cabin 

 divided by the trunk. Her board is so wide that when raised it 

 projects some 18in. below the keel. The lines were taken from the 

 yacht in 18S8, the waterline being with crew on board and in 

 cruising trim. 



The reason for the curious stem, as well as for the third bobstay, 

 we have not discovered, but since the lines were taken off the 

 stem has been cut away, removing a lot of deadwood and 

 materially shortening the waterline, while the sail plan has also 

 been reduced since the drawing here shown was made. The 

 boat is very fast in rough water, and at all times is noticeable for 

 her small wave disturbance. 



WHITE WINGS' DIMENSIONS AND ELEMENTS. 



Length over all 52 nflf t 



L.W.L 43.50ft! 



Beam, extreme 14 -5ft 



L.W.L ifgtt. 



Draft, extreme 4 00f t 



mean 3.14ft. 



with board 1100ft. 



Least freeboard 2.00ft. 



Displacement, long tons 16.54 



Ballast inside 8.00 



Ratio of ballast to displacement 48 per cent 



Area midship s ection 25 70sq. ft. 



L.W.L , plane . .300.60sq. ft 



lateral plane 136.75sq. ft. 



centerboard 47.00sq. ft 



Fore side of stem to midship section 26.54ft. 



center of effort 22.90ft. 



lateral resistance.. 23.45ft. 

 buoyancy 24.86ft. 



SPARS, SAILS, ETC. 



Mast from stem 14.00ft. 



deck to hounds 38.50ft! 



masthead 4.75ft. 



Topmast, fid to sheave 29.25ft. 



Boom 44.75ft. 



gaff.... 23.50ft. 



Bowsprit, beyond l.w.l 20.50ft. 



Spinaker boom 35.00ft. 



Topsail yards 30ft. and 19.00ft. 



Area lower sails l,808gq. ft. 



by old S. C. Y. C. rule 2,713sq. ft. 



new S. C. Y. C. rule 2,536sq. ft. 



Y. R. A, rule, with jibheader 2.595so. ft. 



with clubtopsail . . . .2,792sq, ft. 



Corrected length as first raced 47.80ft. 



1889 45.74ft. 



L.W.L.. 1889 42.83ft. 



Sail area, 1889 2.368sq. ft. 



White Wings' record up to Aug. 3, 1888, was published in *he 

 Forest and Stream of Sept. 13, 1888. Since then it stands as 

 follows: 



Sept. 15.— Hamilton Y. C, championship: wind fresh, N.E. 

 Starters: White Wings, Coquette, Cyprus, Alert, Psyche, Stella, 

 Cornet, Flight. Finish, corrected time. White Wings, 1:52:45; 

 second boat Coquette, 2:01:45. Distance, 10 miles. 



Sept. 29.— Toronto Y. C, cruising race, Toronto to Oakville; 

 wind N.W., moderate to fresh, smooth sea. Startprs: White 

 Wings, Rives, Condor, Verve No. 1, Escape, Sea Bird. Finish, 

 corrected time, White Wings, 5:40:12; second boat Rivet, 5:58:28. 

 Distance, 19 miles. 



For season of 1SS8, 11 starts, 11 firsts. 



July 1, 1889.-Toronto Royal Canadian Y. C, sealed handicap 

 race; wind fresh. E., moderate sea. Starters: Oriole, schooner; 

 Aileen, White Wings, Condor, Verve No. 1. Verve No. 2, Rivet- 

 Aggie. This race being a handicap, is not included in her record. 

 The Oriole (70 l.w.l., by A. Gary Smith) and White Wings were on 

 scratch, Watson's Verve No. 2 received 19m. 6s. allowance, or 18m. 

 more than her time allowance. The result was that White Wings 

 only took third place. She had over Ave times her time allow- 

 ance on Verve. Distance 20 miles. 



A^g- IS^-Rochester Y. C, first of the L. Y. R. A. circuit races; 

 wind JS. VN ., moderate gale, heavy sea. Starters: Endie, White 

 Wings, Verve No. 1, Verve No. 2, Madge. In this race she got 

 into difficulties with her rigging early in the race, and when one- 

 half the course was completed she was 13m. behind Verve No. 2, the 

 leading beat. For balance of race she gained, passing all the fleet, 

 but was beaten on time allowance by 20s. bv Verve No. 2. Cor- 

 rected time, Verve, 3:34:40; White Wings, 3:35:00. Distance 24 

 miles. 



Oriole, of Toronto, and Wasp, of Cleveland, started at same time 

 over same course. As White Wings left her own class so fast and 

 tar behind, interest centered on the question whether she would 

 beat Oriole, which she did handsomely. In this race her rivals 

 were greatly retarded by a shift of wind at the latter end of race, 

 but she had earned her place before the shift came. Finish, cor- 

 rected time, 5:04:16; second boat, Verve No. 1, 5:45:50. Distance, 24 

 miles. 



Aug. 21.— Toronto Royal Canadian Y. C, third race in L.Y.R.A. 

 circuit; wind strong S.W., shifting at latter end of race to squall 

 from N.W., which again assisted the leading boat. Starters: 

 S yg 2 e ^r!X h \ te w ings. Condor, Verve No. 1, Aggie, Madge, Verve 

 No. 2, Whistlewing. The outer buoy was difficult to find and all 

 stood too far out into the lake. This lost White Wings all the 

 ead she had to this point, and gave Verve No. 2 a start; further 



on m Ae race when the squall struck her, White Wings carried 

 away her gaff, which lost her more time. She won." however 

 easily. Finish, corrected time, White Wings, 5:23:57- second boat 

 Verve No. 2, 5:46:42. Distance, 30 miles. second ooat, 



Aug. 23.— Cobourg,_ town regatta, open; wind paltry S.S.W 

 calms; squall at, finish from N.N.W. Starters: Endfe, White 

 Wings^Verve No. 1, Madge, Verve No. 2. The old Madge sailed 

 or drifted very fast m this race and led for the first round, 15 

 miles; but White % rags eventually caught her. Finish, corrected 

 time, W hite Wings, 6:51:05, Madge, 7:05:00. Distance, 30 miles 



Aug. 27 -Oswego N.Y., fourth race, L. Y. R, A. circuit? wind 

 fresh at start from SSW., decreasing all day. Starters: White 

 w»wf™? SSS h Madge,V e rve No. 2. Fnish, corrected time! 

 White Wings, a:09:4o, V erve No. 2, second boat, 5:20:52. 



SUMMARY OF RECORD. 



}Hl .? sta^s: 7 firsts. 2 seconds. 



1888 11 starts: 11 firsts. 



1889 5 starts: 4 firsts. 1 second. 



25 starts: 22 firsts. 3 seconds. 

 This does not include R. C. Y. C. sealed handicap race 

 The White Wings' hull always finished first, and when beaten 

 it has been on time allowance. 



ROYAL NOVA SCOTIA YACHT SQUADRON.— This organi- 

 zation has lately purchased a piece of wharf property at Halifax, 

 on which a boat house 40x80ft. has been erected, and bv spring a 

 handsome club house will be ready in addition. It will be situ- 

 ated on the northeast corner of the property, and the balcony, 

 which will be 12ft. deep, will face about 12ft. from the end of the 

 Wharf. The balcony will also extend for about 20ft. on the south 

 side of the house. The building will be 30ft. square; the ground 

 floor will be partially unfinished for the present, but will contain 

 lavatory and water closets. The first floor will contain a latere 

 club room, 17ft. by 29ft., opening on to the-bS^ffred tofa 

 locker room and secretary's office; and the second floor affords 

 comfortable quarters for the club janitor and family It is pro- 

 posed to lay out the grounds as rapidly as practicable consistent 

 with economy, so as to provide for such games as may be desired- 

 quoits, bowls, etc.-and ornament with trees. The house is situ- 

 ated so as to command a view of the usual race courses throughout 

 their entire lengths, from Dartmouth Cove to Litchfield Buov' 

 and embraces the most beautiful view to he had of our glorious 

 harbor. The measurement rule has been amended to restrict 

 ? P \ U ^~ e £?" T T1 i% CUp P resen ted by the citizens of the United States 

 in 188- , the Jubilee year, and won by the schooner Wenraah, has 

 been presented by her owners as a perpetual challenge trophy, to 

 be raced for on Halifax Harbor, not less than a 20-mile course 

 fnfecognVzed^ub^ 6 S<luadron ' but to all yachts enroffed' 



CORINTHIAN MOSQUITO FLEET -The annual meeting of 

 the Corinthian Mosquito Fleet was held on JaS?wiS Commo* 

 dore Smith m the chair. The following officers were aW+bH- 

 Com Thornton H. Smith; Vice-ComT vf alter Thompsonf S?," 

 rLlul° r wP ! «i' d; Treas a J - Maxwell Williams. Executive 

 KJ 68 " \- p - Stephens, Harold Forwood and Henry Stanton. 



