£19 



A MISADVENTURE. 



T T >, is „ a cur i ous thing that with a foreign-built yacht at the 

 £ tbe c l ass £ r , fiTe years - and with the many advan! 



lli? ^t,t\^°^ '^-footer offer to yachtsmen at a moderate 

 S of ? h e sbould bave been done to develop and build up the 

 ?wr ^P^e^ree yachts built since Clara came from England! 

 two-Cmderella and Anaconda-are well known- the third I de 

 rh^Mfitte\r Mce i bpfo je she passes to thaT unknown realm 

 that has charitably enshrouded so many of the wild ventures that 

 flourish so well in the latitude of New York . it i , not a pleasant 



SS.hi- fc L lf SS J t udgm , ent °? a 5 y bona * de amateur work,but the 

 jaoht in question has alreadv received sufficient notice in the 

 h&'SK 0 wari ' an ? us in speaking of her, even though tbe 

 ° e nothing to say save m condemnation. 



though but lately launched, ihe boat was begun early last 

 spring and when we first saw her was partly planked and ceiled 

 fhA *VL r 0V i er verv carefully it was hard to say which was 



mfr nf ff ,lle dimensions model or construction. For a keel 

 of hnt Lf * waterl,ne ' WIth - ? Dpam of 12ft - 6in - an extreme draft 

 with » hn,i^ aS ta Hf n: a i nd T tb these dimensions a midship section 

 with a hollow garboard and general S form that gave a verv small 



?n B fe 6 ^hP hn^t pe ^ ia 4 ie8 °* Remodel areTaMtodesSJ 

 where « b £ W Was a with its butt ahreast the mast, 



W for thl ^ Ump w il s v i 81 ^ e; the bil£ ? e ran al °n* the water- 

 brin* nut I^f lengtn °1 th , e boat ' the bull J' ust below water 

 wifL^ s barply away; the keel was straight for the whole 

 a£™ 8 e r° 8t Was uprigbt and the * 0 «f oot little cut Twav! 

 ste^ wl? P of » ° m V+h 0 ^ 8 > Cllppe ? 8 tem above water; while the 

 stern was of a sort that harmonized with the rest of the boat 

 The construction was that of a working schooner or bargo- stem 

 m^XW I 3in A keel < t8 ><18m.&ame 9 double sawn hack? 



?\5K£ ?n%?«-? eok i beams slded 8iD -' moulded 5in.; clamps of 

 oak p vf^ 6 ciamps, 4X9in.; planking. 2 and gJiin. white 



wlfh twlnfv^ i; pi , tch P m< r Tne deck beams were kneed off 

 fwii w f nty £ in ' backmatac knees on each side: while the hull was 

 fastened with galvanized bolts through plankin- and ceilins 

 headed over washers. The d eadwoode, especially at the bow were 

 enormous, there being some 3ft. of stem out 6 fide of th^khb™ 

 Sfm^o™ Wa8l i teraI - ly w ° od enough wasted to build two yachts 

 of modern construction. Looking at th e light displacement and 

 the great weight of construction, added to which was a lead keel 

 2wL t ^ n + S i, and . 1 an lro ? sboe under it of perhaps a ton, it wa > ver v 

 evident that the yacht would go far below her lines, while even if 

 FoT^^^-f^ a Y, d balla sted there was nothing inthe model 

 i h™ a !S ?£ a V* W ? uld ever carry sail or tnat ifc could be forced 

 through the water at a reasonable speed. 



lhis may seem a pretty hard estimate of a new boat, but when 

 the yacht was launched fast month she fully justified it by going 

 ™2« * t °h a wa e K rlm { e of 57 in P lace of 53ft - while she heeled ove? 

 S n a «H r * the - Ve ^ ht 1 f fP ars aud canvas in a light breeze and re- 

 ffi^T 1 !^ 11 ^ He I r 'S w as no less remarkable than 

 the hull, the mast very far aft with two enormous head sails, her 

 boom being 56ffc., mast 47ft. 6in. deck to houuds, with 48ft. from 

 pbstay to mast The ensemble was completed by a coat of white 

 Pamt from keel to rail, a blue stripe marking the intended water- 



^iKu 0 ^" 1 * could be d °ne with her on trial, she was taken to a 

 IVv b ^ r p m ™ lwaywb ere we lately had the pleasure of seeing 

 a forefoot has been liberally cut away, the great amount 

 of dead wood outside the rabbet making this possible. Her dead- 

 wood aft has been cut out to receive more lead, while the keel 

 E£ tho e 7 >en b e - d 111 addition. Presumably to increase her stabil- 

 ity, the planking has been stripped from her quarters and the 

 ?h™+ e t«! ave bee n Padded out4in., but a« this increase is greatest 

 a bout. 8ft. above the waterline, it is not apparent how it will help 

 hno'rH nl £ S8 l i t0 be blasted* until she has practically no free- 

 board aft. Her bowsprit has been reduced 6ft. Even these alter- 

 ations cannot make of her a fairly manageable cruising yacht 



an ni^ a wn er -K Ultunate * eil -f i Wil1 be lfc is bard t0 conjecture, as she 

 ™ U ] d bardly be converted into any serviceable sort of working 

 craft. For the money she has cost, some $12,000, a very superior 

 cruising yacht of greater size could be had, or even a racer m the 

 same class, but taken as she is the outlay must be considered a 

 dead loss to her owner and to yachting. 



HAMILTON Y, C, MONCK CUP., SEPT. 13. 



W H irfJh J fffflv 0 k n re f iT ? d from i he Posi^on of commodore 

 ' °f „ tbe Hamilton Y. C. last spring he presented the club with 

 t^ST™ ^i* SllVer & 1lp i 0T annual competion by the yachts of the 

 hl^n f-- passes Tne deed of gift provided that toe rac should 

 be sailed m the lake five nvles to windward or leeward by Hamil- 

 1 t 1 0 ^i^ er f t and retUPn % Jbe first race for the cup took place on Sat- 

 urday afternoon, and if Mr. Monck's idea in stipulation for a lake 

 w«r?L Wa8 ir gl I e tb . e h0 ?l s a better chance of testing their 

 weather qualities his utmost hopes must have been fulfilled. The 

 club boats eligible to compete for the cup are Deerhound, Psyche 

 Coquette, Alert. Cyprus, Laurel, Lotus and Samoa. The latter is 

 properly a 30-fqoter, but by a slight alteration in her fig her rac- 

 ing length was increased from 29.92ft. to 30.08ft., thus bringing her 

 m the offflj. class. It had been arranged to start the race at 3 o'clock 

 and at 2 when the steam tug F. G. Beckett-which had been en- 

 gaged to lay down the buoys— arrived at the piers the wind was 

 blowing very bard from the west and northwest, so much so that 

 after waiting round some t 'me Capt. Beckett declined to go down 

 the lake with the buoy. Psyche, Coquette, Alert and Samoa were 

 then m the piers but Psyche and Samoa were t he only boats which 

 proposed to start, the centerboarders evidently being of the opin- 

 ion that the day was not suited to them. When the difficulty as 

 to laying the lake buoy arose, Capt. Jarvis generously offered to 

 go down the lake and heave Samoa to and Psyche could follow 

 down and round her and thus win the cup on a walk-over This 

 Skipper Greening, of Psyche declined to take advantage 'of, but 

 suggested that the race should be sailed in the bay, where biiovs 

 were already laid down, and with the consent of Mr. Monck who 

 was one of the crew of Samoa, this was arranged. The course was 

 to be from a line between the south pier end and the Government 

 buoy moored off it, to and around No. 1 buoy at the Desiardius 

 Canal, then returning and crossing the starting line at the finish. 

 By this time the wind had increased to a moderate gale, and both 

 boats, while m the piers, had boused their topmasts and taken a 

 reef in their mainsails. The Beckett's whistle sounded for the 

 start at3.e4.25, and about a minute later Samoa crossed the line, 

 followed closely by Psyche. Both boats immediately stood over 

 for tbe north shore, were smoother water was to be obtained. It 

 at once became apparent that Samoa's reputation in heavy water 

 was not a fictitious one. While footing as fast as Psyche, she 

 seemed to be outpointing her all the time, and before Oaklands 

 was passed she had assumed a comfortable lead. Here Samoa ar>t 

 m slight trouble by carrying away her jih sheets, but the delay 

 was brief and she gradually increased her lead all the wav to the 

 buoy, which she rounded about 6m. ahead. On the run down 

 both boats shook out their reefs and set masthead spinnakers. 

 Samoa also sending up a small topsail; but, although Psyche made 

 a slight gain before the wind Samoa came in an easy winner bv 

 5m. 13s., and as Psyche allows her 3m. 39s., she actually won by 

 8m. 52s. The following are the times: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Samoa 3 34 25 5 11 25 1 37 00 1 33 21 



Psyche 3 34 25 5 16 38 1 42 13 1 42 13 



''WHO WONV"— The need of a good yacht list as a permanent 

 and reliable institution is felt more and more each year, and to 

 meet it the energetic compiler of "Who Won?" is constantly 

 working his little book up to a greater degree of perfection. The 

 great points in such a book are that it shall be complete and ac- 

 curate, and by diligent work each year Capt. Summers has 

 brought his list of yachts up to a point where it will compare 

 favorably with any that has preceded it, while the small size of 

 the volume and the wid« ranee of general information which it 

 contains in addition to the yacht list proper, the plates of flags 

 and the list of winners, add greatly to its value. This year's 

 edition contains handsome portraits of the late Mr. George L. 

 Schuyler, of his son Mr. Philip Schuyler and of ex-Com. S. Nich- 

 olson Kane and Jas. D. Smith, of the New York Y. C. While the 

 book is small enough to slip easily into a pocket, it is large enough 

 to contain most of the facts that a j-achtsman is likely to want in 

 a hurry at times when club libraries and chart lockers are not 

 accessible. The late date at which it has thus far appeared has 

 been an objection, but yachtsmen can in a measure remedy this 

 themselves by sending in at the end of the season a record of their 

 races and of their yachts, thus lessening the labor and delay of 

 hunting up much of the needed information. 



AILEEN.-On Sept. 13 in the cruising race of the R. C. Y; C 

 from Toronto to Port Dalhousie, the cutter Aileen carried away 

 her chainplates and the mast went about 12ft. below the masthead 

 the topmast and bowsprit being broken as well. The schooner 

 Oriole was within sight and returned, sendingaline onboard after 

 some difficulty as a heavy sea was running, afier which Aileen 

 was towed to her moorings. She was fortunately but a couple of 

 mi)e§ out when the accident happened. 



