July 3, 1800.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



483 



faceting. 



"West India Hwricanes and the Great March Blizzard.''' By 

 Everett Hoyden, U. 8. Hydrographic Office. Large quarto, with m 

 lithographic plates. Price $1. Contains full history of the great 

 stiwm of March, 1S8S, with practiced information how to handle a 

 vessel in a cyclone; use of oil at sea, etc. 



FIXTURES. 



,TULY. 



3. Monatiquot, Club.Weym'th. 19. 



4. Larchmont, Annual. 19. 

 4. Boston City, Annual, City 



Point. 19. 



4. Beverly, 1st Chain., Mon. 19. 



Beach. 19. 

 4. Sewaren, Annual, Sewaren, 



4. Cape Ann, Open, Gloucester, 19. 



4. Kill von Kull, Open, Port 19. 



Richmond. 19. 

 4. Buffalo, Open, Buffalo. 



4. Lynn, Cruise. Lynn. 19. 

 4-0. Quaker City, Club Cruise. 19. 



5. Savin Hill,Ladies'Day, Savin 22. 



Hill. 33. 



5. Beverly, Sweep, Marblehead. 23. 



5. Quincy, 2d Cham., Quincy. 24. 

 5. New Rochelle. Annual. 



5. Cor. Navy, Regatta, New 25. 



York Bay Squadron. 26. 



5. R. Can., 21ft. and Lansdowne 26. 



Cup, Toronto. 



5. Queen City, Skiff Class, Tor. 20. 



5. Albany, Annual, Albany. 20. 

 5. Riverside, Mos. Fleet Race, 



Riverside, Conn. 20. 

 7. American, Annual, Milton's 



Point. 26. 



7. Cape Cod. Nobscutt Pier. 



8. Massachusetts, Club, Dor- 26. 



Chester. 



9. Hull. Point Allerton. 26. 

 10. Eastern, Annual, Marbloh'd. 



12. So. Boston Mus. Fleet, Pen. 2fi. 



12. Eastern, Cruise. 26. 



12. Corinthian, Ma rhl eh 6 ad, 26. 



Club, under 21ft. 26. 

 12. Beverly, Open Sweep, Mon. 



Beach. 26. 

 12. Cor. Navy, Regatta, Hudson 



River Squadron. 26. 



12. Hamilton, 35 and 40ft. 26. 



12-20. Larchmont, Cruise, Long 26. 



Island Sound. 



12. Mon atiquot, 1st Cham.,Wcy- 29. 



mouth. 



12. R. Can., Cruising Class, Tor. 29. 



12. Queen City, 2d class, Tor. 



13. Riverside. Annual, River- 30. 



side, Conn. 30. 



15. Rhode Island, Cup Regatta. 31. 

 10. Pleon, Club, Marblehead. 



17. Miramichi, Newcastle to 31. 



Chatham and return, Open 



Quincy, 3d Cham., Quincy. 

 Beverly, 2d Cham.. Marble- 

 head. 



Sippican, Open, Marion. 



West Lynn, 1st Cham., Lynn 



Great Head, 1st. Cham., Great 

 Head. 



Hamilton, Cruise, 



Lynn, Lynn. 



R. Can., 30ft. and Cosgrove 

 Cup, Toronto. 



Queen City, 1st class, Tor. 



Cape Cod, Nobscutt Pier. 



Cedar Pt., Saugafuek, Conn, 



Quincy, Ladies' Day, 



Pleon, Club Cruise. 



Mon atiquot, 2d Pen., Wey- 

 mouth. 



Queen City, Skiff class, Tor, 



Hull. 



Corinthian, Marblehead 



First Champ. 

 So. Boston Mus. Fleet, Cup. 

 Great Head, Club Cham., 



Great Head. 

 American, Club Oham.,New- 



buryporfc. 

 Beverly, 2d Cham., Mon. 



Beach. 



Cor. Navy, Regatta, East 



River Squadron. 

 Corinthian Mosquito Fleet, 



Greenwich. 

 Marine and Field (71 ub, Bath 

 Hamilton, 30ft. 

 Lynn, Lynn. 

 R. Can., 25ft. and MoGaw 



Cup, Toronto. 

 Quaker City, Pen., Delaware 



River. 



Bay View, Club, So. Boston. 

 Bnffalo.Hanrlicap, Pt. Albino 

 Riverside, Special Classes, 



Riverside. Conn. 

 Great Head, Moonlight Sail, 



Great Head. 

 American, Moonlight Sail, 



Newbury port. 

 Pleon, 2d Cham., Marbleh'd. 

 N. Y. Cruise. New London. 

 Savin Hill, Moonlight, Sail, 



Savin Hill. 

 So. Boston, Moonlight Sail. 



UVIRA'S LOG. 



THE following account of the new Fife cutter Uvira and her 

 recent voyage across the Atlantic is copied from the MM of 

 Halifax, N. S., of June 18. The new boat may be seen at; Marble- 

 head next, week, in which case she will race in the 40ft. class, wi t h 

 Alga, Thelma and Milicente: As already announced in the Moil, 

 Mr. Fraser's new yacht LTvira arrived from England yesterday in 

 command of Capt. Wm. Ross, who speaks in the highest terms of 

 the splendid sailing and seagoiug qualities of the boat, and states 

 that she is the finest craft he has ever sailed in during his is years 

 experience as captain. The captain also speaks in glowing terms 

 of the. seamanship of his crew. The official dimensions of t he boat 

 are as follows: Length from fore part of stem under the bowsprit; 

 to the aft side of the head of the stern post, 50ft.; main breadth to 

 outside of plank, lift. 3iu.; depth of hold from upper deck to ceil- 

 ing at midships, 8ft. 6in; depth from top of beam amidships to top 

 of keel, Sft. 9im; depth from top of deck at, side amidships to bot- 

 tom of keel, lift, 3in.; round of beam, .45; tonnage, 10.25; designer 

 William Fit>, Jr., of Fairlie. Ayrshire, naval architect. The 

 ladies' cabin is located in the after part and has two large sleeping 

 berths. The apartment is finished in white and gold. The saloon, 

 which is situated amidships, is finished in mahogany and walnut 

 and upholstered in red. It is fitted with silver plated lamps. In 

 the forward part of the boat is the men's cabin, which is finished 

 in polished woods. The Uvira was handed over to Captain Wil- 

 liam Ross on May 10 by the builders, W. A. Black & Co., South- 

 ampton, who built her for the sum of $8,000. The craft left Tye. 

 Cornwall, England, on May 24. The weather was fine, but a very 

 light breeze was blowing. The following extracts from the log 

 will give an idea of her speed and seagoing qualities. Her run 

 was a very good one considering she had head winds to contend 

 with all the way. 



May 25— Wind south west, thick, cloudy weather, and heavy sea. 

 Distance 101 miles. 



May 26— Wind west by south, fine weather. Boat speeding along 

 nicely— 104 miles. 



May 27— Wind west by north, fine weather. All sails set— 114 

 miles. 



May 28— Wind west northwest, heavy sea. Boat running with 

 canvas all set— 90 miles. 



May 29— Wind west southwest, heavy seas running. Boat close 

 hauled, and going at the rate at 9 knots an hour. In the latter 

 part of the day experienced more moderate weather. Total dis- 

 tance sailed 173 miles. 



May 30— Heavy gales from south-south west with thick and rainv 

 weather, blowing a gale. Boat rode through splendidly. At 3 

 P. M. weather moderated, but a huge swell prevailing. Boat 

 running along under two reefed mainsail and two reefed foresail-. 

 Distance 92 miles. 



May 31— Variable winds, foggy, heavy sea from west, winds 

 west, west, north west to south west. All sails set— 77 miles. 



June 1— Wind west south west, heavv gale and heavy sea from 

 west. On this day the cutter showed some magnificent work 

 going to windward, making the run for the day 177 miles. She 

 made as high as 11 knots an hour. 



June 2— Weather moderate, bordering on a calm with light vari- 

 able wind— 66 miles. 



June 3— A succession of calms with rain accompanied bv fog. 

 —48 miles. 



June 4— Winds varying from west south west to west, heavy sea 

 from south west, all sails set. Signs of a heavv storm apnroach- 

 ing-99 miles. 



June 5— Wind from north east to east, light winds- 94 miles. 



June 0— Heavy gale from east, boat running under a reefed 

 square sail— 164 miles. 



June 7— Weather first part of day moderate. At 6 A. M. a heavy 

 squall from the north west was experienced, and all sails were 

 hauled down. Ran this way for two hours, when a reefed fore- 

 sail and two reefed mainsail were set. Although the weather was 

 exceedingly boisterous the craft behaved admirably. Only 34 

 miles were made. 



June 8— Day opened with stormy winds from west north west. 

 Heavy gales were encountered. Huge clouds appeared in the sky, 

 and every indication of the coming of a heavv storm. The sails 

 were reefed fore and aft. Boat passed through the storm with- 

 out sustaining any damage, and made the very good run of 122 

 miles. 



June 9— Moderate winds from west, sea quite calm. At 6 P. M 

 wind increasing from south-west, and changed quickly to west- 

 north-west. Heavy sea prevailing— 70 miles. 



June 10— Heavy gale from the west, thick weather and rough 

 seas prevailing from the south-west. Running under close reefed 

 foresail and mainsail— 120 miles. 



June 11— Heavy winds f rom the south-west, close reefed fore 

 and alt, wind changed to north-west with very heavy seas— 82 

 miles. At 4 o'clock arrived at Cape Royal, Newfoundland, all 

 well. Remained there two days. 



Jm } e I? -1 *?!. 1 9 ape R °y al at daylight and rounded Cape Race 

 a * io ; i /V, nds north-west, and very heavy sea from the west. 



t clock Cape Pine bore north north-west, distant 12 miles 



June 14— Westerly winds and a heavy sea prevailing. Towards 

 evening r he wind increased and later on developed into a heavy 

 Wow from the south. * 



June 15-At 1 o'clock P. M. wind south -south-west, thick and 

 rainy, heavy sea. Wind hauled to the north-west. Passed a barque 

 under close reefed sails. 



June 1C— Wind in morning from north-west. Afternoon, wind 

 south-west, moderate, with very light sea running. At 10 o'clock 

 in the morning White Head was sighted. 



June 17— Arrived in Halifax at 9 o'clock in the morning, weather 

 fine. All hands well and hearty. Examined craft and found 

 everything O. K., not even a rope missing. Dishes remained in- 

 tact and all furniture in first class condition. 



BEVERLY Y. C„ JUNE 28. 



158th beoatta, fibst championship, marble head. 

 HMIE first championship race was sailed in a S.E. wind, which, 

 -L though light inside tho harbor, amounted To a fair sailing 

 breeze with quite a little lump of a sea outside. The entries were 

 few in number, but good in quality. In first class, Saladin did not 

 have her new mast stepped in time, leaving race to Hawk and 

 Mopsa, the former sailing vory f ast and winning with ease, the 

 course being a beat to Half-way Rock, a reach to Pig Breaker and 

 a run home, 10 miles. 



In third class the new flagship was missed; she was entered, but 

 did not arrive in time. Wanda and Kathleen got off on the 

 gun, closely followed by Nixie, altered, to a jib and mainsail, and 

 Edith. Kiowa tried to shoot across Wanda's stern, but was fouled 

 and badly delayed by Niobe, the result being she was a long way 

 behind at t he start. The course was a broad reach to Bowditch 

 Ledge, going outside No. 6; then a run to Curtis Point and a beat, 

 to No. 3. where sheets were eased a little for the run in. 



Kathleen took the lead, closely pressed by Wanda; Nixie, carry- 

 ing a balloon jib, which was contrary to the rules, was following 

 thorn. 



Kiowa soon passed Niobe and caught Edith, hut found herself 

 in a bad place; she tried repeatedly to pass Edith to windward, 

 but the latter was too much, and a series of luffing matches was 

 the only result; while Niobe was In such a position as to hinder 

 her in going through Edith's lee. The result was, that while the 

 leaders were sailing a straight course the others were going round 

 in a circle; finally Kiowa got through Edith's lee at Buoy 6 and 

 started after the leaders. 



Kathleen rounded Bowditch first, closely pressed by Wanda, 

 I hen Nixie. Kiowa was nearly two minutes behind Kathleen, 

 with the others at 15-second gaps. 



Edith and Niobe held further off shore, getting a better air, and 

 began to gain; Kiowa kept after the leaders, steadily gaining and 

 running through lee of Nixie and Wanda, and finally establishing 

 an overlap on Kathleen just before the mark was reached, the 

 boats rounding as follows: Kiowa, Kathleen, Wanda, Edith, 

 Nixie, Niobe. 



Once on the mail Kiowa had it all her own way, sailing away 

 from the fleet easily, and opening a good gap, though the beat 

 was only about a mile and a half. Edith, while pushing Wanda 

 closely for second place, and well inside her allowance, broke a 

 throat halliard block and withdrew. 



Wanda, though a second class boat, sailed in third class by in- 

 vitation of the class, and her measurement proves the flaws in 

 the B. Y. C. rule, which is boom, gad', and height of upper peak 

 halliard block, divided by three, the result added to waterline 

 and divided by two. Wanda is 10".£in. longer than Kiowa on 

 watcrliuo, and her sail is decidedly larger in actual area, but the 

 shortness of her masthead, owing to comparatively little peak to 

 the sail, brings, her racing length the same as Kiowa's. Kiowa 

 and Gymnote have cut, good sized triaugles off the head of the 

 working sails, and the result is their racing length is several 

 inches longer, owing to increased length of gaff. 



FIRST CLASS. 



- „ , _ Length. Elapsed, Corrected. 



Hawk, sip., Gordon Dexter 38.3 3 52 30 1 51 27 



Mopsa, sip., C. F. Lyman .... 2 02 22 



THIRD CLASS. 



Kiowa, cat, W. Lloyd Jeffries 22.7 1 38 40 1 27 37 



Kathleen, sip., R. S. Peabody 25.5 1 41 30 1 32 55 



Wanda, cat, R. C. Robbins . . .22.7 1 41 5L 1 30 48 



Nixie, sip., A. L Cochrane 24.5 1 43 30 1 34 05 



Niobe, cat, W. O. Taylor 22.1 1 45 42 1 33 04 



Edith, cat, F. F. Wood 20.5 Disabled. 



EOURTII CLASS. 



Dolphin, cat, Royal Robbins 18.0 1 54 53 1 39 11 



It was a good day for Cape cats, Hanley's new Madge winning 

 her first race at Hull, at the same time beating Mabel, Tartar 

 and Myrtle. Winners of prizes: Class one, Hawk; class three! 

 cats, Kiowa first, Wanda second; class three, sloops, Kathleen; 

 class four, Dolphin. Legs for champion pennants on actual time 

 won by Hawk, Kiowa and Dolphin. Judge, F. Elliott Cabot. 



SMALL STEAM LAUNCHES. 



BURLINGTON, Iowa, June 10.— Editor Forest and Stream: It 

 would be to the interest of every owner of a small pleasure 

 steam launch, plying on waters controlled by the U. S. steamboat 

 inspection laws, to use their influence to have the law modified 

 in regard to licensed officers. A boat which can be efficiently 

 handled by one man ought not to be compelled to carry two, as is 

 now the case. If he wishes to go on a trip and his partner is un- 

 able to go, he has to hunt up a man who has papers for pilot or 

 engineer, or stay at home. It does not matter whether the said 

 pilot or engineer is under the influence of "original packages" or 

 not, so he has papers. Last winter I made application, through 

 Hon. John H. Gear, to the supervising inspector general, for a 

 special permit to run our little boat without a licensed pilot I 

 received a very nice letter from the supervising inspector general 

 John A. Dumont, which you will find inclosed. J ohn J. Ohbt. 



TREASERV D EPBRTMEHT, I 



Office Supervising Inspector-General of Steam Vessels 

 rr A t Washington, D. C, Jan. 16, 1890. ' \ 



Hon. Geo. C. Tichcnnr, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury: 



Sir— 1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt by your re- 

 ference of the 15th instant the letter of Mr. John J. Ohrt, of Burl- 

 ington, Iowa, addressed to the Hon. John H. Gear, M. C, in which 

 Mr. Ohrt requests that he be permitted to act in the double capac- 

 ity of pilot, and engineer on his small steamer Lotus. 



In reply you are informed that the requirement, for both a pilot 

 and engineer is a statutory one, and is provided for in Section 

 4,430, Revised Statutes. 



In this connection 1 desire to call your attention to the recom- 

 mendation of this office as published in the Annual Report for 

 1888; pages 7 and 8, which I quote as follows: 



"I would refer first to what I deem a necessary amendment to 

 Section 4,426, Revised Statutes, which now requires that all steam 

 yachts or small craft of like character, etc., snail carry a licensed 

 engineer and a licensed master. 



'■This was well enough in 1871, because there were, all told, 

 throughout the United States, but t wenty -four vessels under live 

 tons burden, while at the present time there are, as shown by the 

 official records, 781 steam vessels under five tons burden, some of 

 them so diminutive that, their carrying capacity will not exceed 

 one or two persons, so that the owner of such a vessel, unless 

 himself licensed as an engineer or pilot, would have to content 

 himself watching his yacht from the shore while his licensed 

 officers were enjoying the actual pleasure of vacating. As such 

 a position is wholly an unreasonable one, the statute referred to 

 should be amended by adding thereto a proviso as follows- 



"Provided, however, That vessels described herein of less than 

 five tons burden may be navigated with one person acting in the 

 double capacity of pilot and engineer, if in the judgment of the 

 local inspectors such person is duly qualified to act in such double 

 capacity." 



The letter of Mr. Ohrt and certificate of his steamer Lotus are 

 herewith returned. Respectfully yours, 



Jas. A. Dumont, Supervising Inspector-General. 



AMERICAN Y. O.— There will be a special regatta for naphtha 

 launches on July 5, 1890, under the auspices of the American Y 

 C, at Milton Point, Two prizes will be offered, as follows: First 

 class, all launches 26ft. or more in length on waterline; second 

 class, all launches less than 26ft. on waterline. These prizes are 

 open to all naphtha launches, and owners, whether members of 

 the American Y. C. or not, are requested to enter their launches 

 The time allowance devised by Oliief Engineer B. F. isherwood' 

 U. S. N., has been adopted, and is as follows: "The speed in knots 

 per hour divided by the cube root of the length on the waterlines 

 of the launches respectively, the quotients represent relatively 

 the merits of the different launches." Tho course will be about 

 eight nautical miles, with one turn. Launches will' turn from 

 port to starboard. All launches entered for this regatta must re- 

 port to the regatta committee at the club house bv or before 2 

 3 . M. on the day of the race, where they cau obtain distinguish- 

 ing numbers, which numbers must be displayed during the run 

 and returned to the regatta committee directly after the race 

 Gentlemen entering launches are extended the privileges of the 

 club for the day. Members of the club, with their guests will be 

 present without further notice. Regatta committee: George W 

 Hall. Ezra S. Connor, Thomas L. Scovill, William S. Alfev. J. 

 Howard Wainwright, J 



HULL Y. C, JUNE 28. 



THE first championship regatta of the Hull Y. C. was sailed on 

 Saturday, the courses being: Third class, across line between 

 judge's boat and flag boat, leaving flag boat on starboard, around 

 Black Brush Buoy No. 1, (one-ha lf mile south, southwest of start- 

 ing liue) leaving if, on starboard; thence leaving Wreck Buoy off 

 Paddock's Islaud on starboard, Wilson's Rock Buoy on starboard, 

 around Hunt's Ledge Buoy, leaving it on starboard; thence re- 

 turning to and leaving Wilson's Rock Buoy on port, across 

 starting line, leaving flag boat on starboard. Nine miles. 



Fifth and sixth classes, across lino between judge's boat and 

 flag boat, leaving flag boat on port, around Hull Yacht Club Bar- 

 rel off Harry's Rooks (near Prince's Head), leaving it on port, 

 around flag boat (at start), leaving it, on port, and repeat. Six 

 miles. 



There were no entries in the fourth class. The wind was strong 

 from S.E. The times were: 



third class— centerboards. 



Twenty-one ft. sailing length and less than 25ft. water-line 

 length. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Posy, R. G. Hunt 32.01 1 51 47 1 1.9 51 



Montezuma, G. E. Curry 22.02 1 56 05 1 24 12 



Moondyne, W. H. Shaw 24.08 1 53 50 1 24 39 



Elite, E. B. Rogers 23.00 Withdrawn. 



third class - keels. 

 Twenty-one ft, sailing length and less than 25ft. water-line 

 length. 



Echo, Burwell & Isham 24.06 1 54 05 ] 24 43 



Thelga, H. L. Johnson 22.01 2 00 31 1 28 33 



FT FT II CL A S3— GENTERBO A RDS. 

 Nineteen ft., and less than 21ft. sailing length, and not included 

 in fourth class. 



Madge, W. H. Lovell 19.09 1 21 20 0 5S 04 



Tartar, Brown & Forsyth 19.11 1 21 42 0 58 35 



Mabel, H. L. Rice 19.10 1 23 03 0 59 53 



Myrtle, R. C. Poor 19.01 1 26 31 1 02 38 



FIFTH CLASS— KEELS. 

 Less than 31ft. sailing length. 



Vaga, H. W. Friend 18.05 1 28 24 1 03 05 



Composite, J. Mclntyre 16.00 1 31 47 1 04 it 



Spray, C. C. Pattersen 20. U 1 30 46 



SIXTH CLASS — CENTER BOARDS. 



Less than 19ft. sailing length, and not included in fourth class. 



Rocket, H. M. Faxon 16.02 1 24 22 0 57 25 



Wild Fire, H. A. Keith 17.03 1 28 52 1 03 08 



The officers of the race were: Judges, John A. Stetson, W. A. 

 Cary, J. J. Souther, W. E. Sherriff, John R. Chad wick, James B. 

 Forsyth, W. F. H . Brown; regatta, committee, Edward L. Burwell, 

 Charles S. Waldo, W. A. Cary, Charles H. Whitten, John J. 

 Henry. 



QUAKER CITY Y. C. PENNANT REGATTAS. 



THE Quaker City Y. C. has this season arranged a series of pen- 

 nant regattas, for tho yachts of the club only, the first of 

 which was sailed on June 28, resulting as below. The yachts must 

 be steered by members of tho club, and manned by amateurs, one 

 professional being allowed on each of the smaller yachts and two 

 on the larger. The races are started from the gnn. On Saturday 

 the wind was from the N. W., with an ebb tide, the course being 

 from off Gloucester to the Horse Shoe Buoy, keeping it on star- 

 board, thence around Red Buoy at upper end of Chester Island, 

 keeping it on port, and returning over the same course to point, of 

 starting, keeping to westward of Red Buoy on Block House Bar, 

 both going and returning. Start .was at 2 o'clock. The times 

 were: 



SECOND CLASS SCHOONERS. 



. „ Elapsed. Corrected. 



Flossie, Brereton Pratt 4 51 09 4 51 09 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS AND YAWLS. 



Mascotte, Jos. S. McDauiel 4 38 19 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. 



Thalia, Wm. G. Roberts 4 22 20 



Kathleen, J. Jos. Murphy 4 27 35 



Alice, C. H. Brock 4 56 57 



THIRD CLASS SLOOPS. 



Marina, W. B. Henry 4 20 46 



Juanita, E. S. Parson 4 19 21 



Nannia, R. K. Neff, Jr 4 43 32 



CATS. 



Mohican 4 20 38 . .. . 



J. S. M., M. R. Muckle, Jr 4 43 43 



Winners of prizes: Second class schooners, Flossie; first class 

 sloops, Mascotte; second class sloops, Thalia; third rla*s sloops, 

 i\arma; eats, Mohican. Regatta committee, A. F. Bancroft. N. 

 N. Wentz, H. L. Williamson. The other races will be sailed on 

 July 20 and Sept. 6. The fleet will rendezvous to-uight off Glou- 

 cester for a three days' cruise: 



4 38 19 



4 20 41 

 4 2 7 35 

 not meas. 



4 17 33 

 4 19 21 

 4 40 54 



LLOYD'S YACHT REGISTER, 1 890. 



YEAR by year this handsome and elaborate volume grows in ' 

 size and improves in quality, the new book for 1890 number- 

 ing a total of 868 pages. Last season it was found necessary in 

 order to keep the size within convenient limits, to separate" the 

 rules for building from the register of yachts, issuing them in a 

 separate volume, and the same plan is followed this season, but 



are regularly recorded, m addition there being a list of 1 151 

 American yachts not measured by Lloyd's rule. Besides these 

 lists are others of British and other clubs with the club flags a 

 complete and handsome collection of racing flags, arranged' on 

 the plan originated by Lloyd's three years ago, and which has 

 since been adopted by other lists; a list of signal letters, one of 

 alterations in names, a full list of yachts classified by their ton- 

 nage, a list of owners, and a complete list of designers and build- 

 ers with the yachts they have produced. Some very important 

 improvements have been made in the rules for buildin" which 

 now make a compact volume of over 100 pages. The rulesfor iron 

 vessels have been entirely remodelled, the changes being in the 

 direction of added strength, while the increased use of steel is 

 met with a set of rules for steel construction, an entirely new 

 feature. The rules for anchors and chains have also been great! v 

 improved, the sizes and weights being apportioned by a new and 

 special rule, which is hetter than the old tonnage rule formerly 

 employed. On looking over Die books it is impossible to ignore 

 the contrast between them and the substitutes which are pro- 

 vided for American yachtsmen, and to wonder when the time 

 will come that we shall have something as complete, as punctual 

 and as aecurate. 



8 



• STATEN ISLAND ATHLETIC CLUB, JUNE 28.-The Yacht- 

 ing Department of the Staten Island Athletic Glut) sailed a verv 

 successful regatta on Saturday on New York Bay, the start heifife 

 off Bobbin's Reef Light. The wind was strong and puftv 

 from the west. Broncho lost her topmast at the. start Mm, 

 gie E. capsized off St, George and Spinster lost her mast at the 

 deck. The times were: 



CABIN SLOOPS. 



Length. 



Broncho, M. Hartley 43.10 



Mistral, A. W. Booth 38.00 



Elapsed. Corrected. 

 2 14 20 2 09 13 

 2 06 00 1 58 58 



2 22 51 2 21 43 

 Did not finish. 



CABIN SLOOPS. 



Forsythe, Alex. F. Roe 29.09 



Christine, Yice-Com. Smith r . .25.06 



CABIN OAT BOATS. 



Lakshme, O. W. McLoeser 32.10 



Gladys, H. J. Tyndale 25. OH 



Mariposa, F. A. Errington 21.00 



OPEN CATBOATS. 



Spinster, Horace Bacon 25.05 



Sea Gull, J. A. & R. Lane 24.06 



Alida, W. P. Vreeland 33.10 



Our Own, W. F. Vreeland 23.10 



Nankit, T. W. Hawkins 2.'. 11 



Lorna Doone, J. B. Dunham 20.00 



Playmate. P. C. Stls 19.10 



Ariel, T. A. E. Bnsteed 19.04 



See A. Eye, O. A. Ingalls 19.04 



Bon Ton, E. M. Post 18.00 



Dove, W. Ellsworth 19.10 



Maggie E., C. H. Tice 22 00 



Spray, Stacy E. Tuttle 20.00 



The winners were: Mistral over Broncho, 10m. 5s.; Forsythe* 

 Lakshme over Mariposa, 5m. 45s.; Our Own over Nankit. 39s • Bon 

 ion oyer Playmate 4m. 38s.; Spray. The regatta eommittee;ia' 

 cluded E. M. Post, Philip C. Stls, R. L. Lippitt and Com. R K Mr- 

 Murray, - lvr 



1 56 00 



2 18 39 

 2 19 30 



Dismasted. 

 2 02 00 

 1 55 a-. 



1 54 38 



2 00 20 



2 03 50 



3 03 33 



Did not finish. 



1 56 00 



2 10 41 

 2 01 45 



2 00 35 

 1 53 07 

 1 52 10 



1 52 49 



2 03 50 

 2 03 12 



2 20 00 



3 03 00 

 2 29 00 

 Capsized. 

 1 59 24 



2 24 04 



1 58 34 



2 19 26 



