May 28, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



S8S 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



OomiDodore— D. H. Crane, Chicago. 111. 



Vice-Commodore— N- B. Cook, Chicago, HI. 



Rear-Oommodore— O. A. WooilrufC, Dayton, 0. 



Secretary- Treasurer— J H. Ware, ISO Rial to BuUding, Chicago, 111. 



Applications for membership should he made to the Sec.-Treas., on blanks 

 which may be obtained from him, and should be accompanied by S2 as 

 Initiation fee and dues for the cm-rent year. 



FIXTURES. 



MAT. 



30-31, Springfield Meet, Calla Shasta. 



JUNE. 



6, Hoisting Sail Competition, 20. New York, Sandy Hook Race 

 Brooklyn. 20. Marine & Field, Open, Bath 



6. Yonkers, Annual, Yonkers. . Beach. 



13. New York, Annual. S. I. 27. Brooklyn, Ann., Bay Ridge. 

 18. Rochester, Spring Regatta, — . lantfae. Spring, Passaic Riv. 

 Irondequoit Bay. 



JULT. 



9. Rochester, Sailing Trophy, 15-39. Northern Division Meet, 



Irondequoit Bay. Pigeon Lakp. 



11-26. W. C. A. Meet, Ballast 23. Rochester, Sailing Trophy, 

 Island. Irondequoit Bay. 



AtrotrST. 



6-37. A. 0. A. Me6t, Lake Cham- 27. Rochester, Sailing Trophy, 

 plain. Irondequoit Bay. 



SEETEMBEH. 



5. Orange, Ann., Passaic River. 10. Rochepter, Fall Regatta, 



7. Tanthe, Ann., Passaic River. Irondequoit Bay. 

 7. lanthe, Annual, Woodside. 



NORTHERN DIVISION ! ;MEET. 



A MEETING of the executive committee of the division was 

 held at Kingston last week and tbn matter discussed. Good 

 feeling prevailed, and it was decided to hold the meet at Jacob's 

 Island, Pigeon Lake, a locality well known and to the northwest 

 of Peterboro'. The date fixed is a trifle earlier than usual, hut 

 opportune, from .Tuly 15 to 29. The meet will open on Wednesday 

 and close two weeks later, affording ample time lor the members 

 to enjoy a good exiting. 



A special committee to make arrangements for the meet was 

 named, selected from the clubs of the district. It includes Com. 

 Col. Cotton and Purser C. E. L. Porteus of Kiigston; D. B. Jacques 

 ■ and Dr. Powell, Toronto; A. F. D. MacGahan and J. G. Edwards, 

 Lindsay; W. Boyd and W. J. Reid, Bobeaygeon, and Col. J. Z. 

 Rogers and G. W. Hati on. Peterboro.' A meeting or the committee 

 will he held on May 16, after which a trip will he taken up to Jacob's 

 Island to view the camp and make other arrangements for the 

 meet. A report will at once be issued to members advising as to 

 details, rouie to reach camp, etc. 



The committee have done well in locating the meet on Pigeon 

 Lake. No more beautiful site for a camp Is available than .Jacob's 

 Island. These shores are accessible for small craft, and on the 

 "Narrows" side is a sheltered shore available for a safe harbor. 

 The sloping shore, rising gradually from the water, is covered 

 with grass, while behind is a splendid grove of maples among 

 which tents can be pitched with comfort to the occupants. The 

 only uncertainty at present is will the ground be large enough. 

 That point will be considered by the committee on the 16th. That 

 desire of a sailing can oemen, wind, is always found on Pigeon Lake. 

 What breeze there is moving on a hot day will till the sails on lUat 

 water when it is perfectly calm on the neighboring lakes Buck- 

 horn and Obemong. In the neighborhood of the camp good well 

 water is at hand, and it is directly on the line of boats passing 

 from Bridgeuorth to Bobeaygeon. Supplies for table can be pro- 

 cured from the farms on the shores of the lake. 



The site has the further advantage of being easy of access to 

 canoeists from a distance. By way of Peterboro' canoes and 

 camp matter will be taken by rail to the Bridgenorth terminus 

 of the G. T, R. and to the camp by steamer, or the canoeman can 

 take ship and sail to the camp. By way of Lindsay, Bobeaygeon 

 is reached by steamer, and ihecamp is then distant only a five 

 mile trip by canoe, a mere trifle. 



The local members of the committee. Col. Rogers and Sir. G. W. 

 Hatton, are pushing the meet in an energetic way and promise a 

 Success. They are anxious that all canoeists, especially those of 

 the Otonabee C. C, will lend a hand and by their presence at the 

 meet and assistance make the event a big tuccess, which it 

 deserves to be. Those who are not members of the division can 

 apply to Mr. Hatton. who will arrange matters handily. It is on 

 record in canoeing annuals of the success of the big A. C. A. 

 Stony Lakf ment in 1883 and of the Northern meet at the same 

 place in IbW. Peterboro' and the district about it is the home of 

 canoeing, and it behooves all lovers of the sport to leud a band on 

 this occasion.— PeJerhorowg/i Revieiv. 



CANOE YAWLS. 



BETWEEN the canoe proper, the 16><30 one-man craft, and th 

 small decked yacht of the Windward type, is a very useful 

 class of boat to which the name canoe yawl has been very looseiy 

 and improperly applied. Tlice craft, which range from lex-t to 

 18x5ft., with a draft of 6 to 30iu, according to the keel or center- 

 hoard, are fine boats for certain uses, and especially for waters too 

 wide and open for the small canoe. Thus far they have been 

 mostly of very crude design, but there is no reason why a very 

 shapely and speedy boat should not oe turned out on the usual 

 dimensions. We have had in preparation for some time a series 

 of articles on the boats and their rigs, giving examples of the 

 leading types and classifying them in a way not yet tried; but 

 other worK has interfered to prevent the completion of the 

 scheme. 



In England the canoe yawl is quite numerous, and has in a meas- 

 ure injurpd the smaller canoe, so much of the water on the coast 

 being lietter adapted for the larger boat. Most, of these craft, 

 however, are full in model and with tixed lead keels, in no way 

 canoes. Two years since the Royal C. C. adopted a definition of 

 a canoe yawl, prohibiting deen lead keels and limiting the length 

 and sail area to .5 rating, or 168sq. ft. of sail for 18ft. l.w.l.: and a 

 number of boats have been built to this rule, whidi are the direct 

 opposite of the large and clumsy cruisers, being intended for 

 racing only, in smooth waters, as at Oxford. The Snake and Tor- 

 pedo are examples of the class. Between the two extremt^s but 

 little improvement has been made, and the perfect canoe yawl 

 is still as far distant as the perfect canoe. The following, irom 

 the Field, deals with one extreme of the question: 



"Time is said to improve most things, especially man's brain, 

 and the truth of this was amply demonstrated last Saturday at 

 Hendon. when the new canoe yawl, designed by Mr. Richard De 

 Quincey, was floated and fittcd-out. 



"The previous production in canoe yawls from the drawing hoard 

 of this able designer was far from satisfying the yearning of such 

 canoeists as hold a preference for something larger than a canoe, 

 but still essentially of canoe type. The new craft holds a very 

 large proportion of good points; out we should point out that she 

 is essentially of what may be truly termed the "smooth-water 

 school,' but none the less a very fine boat of her class. 



"We have before said that the vocation of a 'canoe yawl' is to 

 supply the sea-going power and accommodation requisite for coast- 

 ing—estuary, and large open lake cruising— which is, and must 

 necessarily be, lacking in a 16ft. by 80m. canoe. Failing in such 

 qualities, a canoe vawl can hold no higher claim of popularity 

 than a 'caiboat.' If she is equally unseaworthy and dangerous, 

 she becomes simply a trap— a trap indeed, which may by skilful 

 handling under an expert crew be taiseu through moderately bad 

 conditions of wind and sea, but none the less a trap which, in un- 

 skilful hands, may easily prove to be a -death trap.' 



"We cannot too strongly condemn the 'skimming dish' tj pe 

 when produced in any size larger than a canoe. A canoe of such 

 type can be man-handled by her crew of one man perched on her 

 weather deck; and little danger of fatal accident exists while such 

 craft confines her cruising to waters usually considered as canoe- 

 able waters; but the whole circumstances are changed when a 

 craft of inferior model, but of comparatively large size, is set to 

 do work which both she and her crew are at least novices at. 



"A skimmine dish is not, and never cati be, an efficient sea 

 boat. Her deficiency of ireeboard renders her wet, at least, if 

 not dangerous and swampy. Her extremely small range of 

 stability gives her superior capsizicg qualities, which are danger- 

 ously veiled by her great initial, and therefore at first sight ap- 

 parent, stability. 



"This type of canoe yawl has, tmfortunately, been brought into 

 exieience in some river quarters, and, having earned a bubble 

 repn ration of being fast (which, of conrse, they ought to be, or 

 they are useless), it is not surprising to find that there are men 

 who will to a near extent follow suit. 



"Our comments last week and previously, directed against 

 yacht models claiming to be canoe yawls, wer« against a class of 

 boat infinitely superior to these 'skimming dishes" from a sea- 

 going point of view, but which erred on the other side in abandon- 

 ing most, if not all, of the canoe features, such, for iust&nce, ae 

 fixed heavy lead keels and perioanent deep clralt. 



"The new canoe yawl, just launched, was built by Bathurst for 

 Mr. Staples from Mr. De Quincey's design. She is 18ft. by 5ft. 

 beam on deck, but her beam at the l.w.l. is very considei-ably less. 

 She has a saucer-shaped midsection, showing considerable rise of 

 floor, and a small rounded topside close to deck edge. Her 

 draught of water is apparently very small; she at present carries 

 no ballast beyond a ct nter plate of some 1801 bs., and she is rigged 

 up to the limit rating of 0'5— t". e., it may he assumed, at 166 

 square feet. 



'•Owing to an extremely rounded deck her otherwise pretty aide 

 sheer is lost, and she at a short distance looked a vers' straight 

 huUed boat, and added to this a peculiarly long coaming givf-s 

 her almost a hogged appearance. The bow a=< she flouts shows 

 sharp and long, with a hit of hollow, and the after body, though 

 looking full to a first glaiiee is in reality fine both In lines and 

 displacement. Her center pine is about midships, and would 

 appear to ask for a larger mizpn to assist the helm holding her up 

 to wind. She is very much cut up and tucked up aft; indeed the 

 turning points of this boat might safely be solely estimated in 

 regard to rudder and center plate, tliough possibly on some rare 

 occasions water heaped on the lee bow misrhr for a time affect her. 



"This new craft was out for a trial on Hendon Lake. It was a 

 puffy breeze, with considerable weight in the squalls. She slipped 

 along in a 6t>le which brought forth a general opinion of those 

 on the club rafts that 'she's a flyer,' and certainly she went very 

 cleanly through the smooth water. As she was laboring under 

 the disadvantage of steering with yolie lines, her tiller gear not 

 beinff ready, her performance to windward had better not be 

 judged. On Monday next, however, there is a race for 'x awls and 

 canoes,' on Hendon Lake, when she will speak for herself or for- 

 ever hold her peace. 



"At the very time that the above light displacement craft comes 

 into flo ating existence we hear of one in America of almost the 

 ojiposite type— a craft 23ft. long by 4ft.. beam and of 2tt. draft 

 with 2-10 Eq.ft. of sail and a lead keel. She is designed by Mr. F. 

 W. Martin. Her sections are practically those of a yacht in- 

 tended to be kept lying afloat, (Her lines are given in Pokhst 

 AND Stbeah of April 18.)" 



CANOEING IN GREAT BRITAIN.-The growth of canoeing 

 proper in Great Britain of late years has been very unsatisfactory, 

 and even the establi,9hment of a British Canoe Association on the 

 lines of the A. C. A. has not done much toward uniting canoeists 

 and making new recruits. This season, however, there is a pros- 

 pect of a revival in racing on the Thames and in other parts of 

 England, and an awakening of canoeists generally. One hopeful 

 sign of the times is the increase of canoe literature, which is cer- 

 tain to accompany any growth of the sport. For several years the 

 only journal dealing with canoeing was the Model yachtsman and 

 Canoeist, now edited in its canoe department by Mr. Geo. F. 

 Holmes. Within the last few weeks a new yachting weekly, the 

 TacMsman, has been started, one feature be'ng a canoeing depart- 

 ment, edited by Mr. Walter Stewart, so well known to American 

 canoeists. The London Fichl, which at one time made a specialty 

 of canoeing news, but of late years dropped this feature, has for 

 several weeks past published a column of chatty "Notes of the 

 Week," evidently the work of Mr. W. Baden Powell. All of these 

 gentlemen are noted as skillful designers and canoe enthusiasts 

 as well as crack sailors, and a little friendly competition wiU fur- 

 nish interesting reading for canoeists and a much needed stimu- 

 lus to British canoeing. 



lANTHE C. C— The rainy weather of May 16 caused a post- 

 ponement of the rpgular events of the lanthe C. C. spring regatta, 

 but several scrub races were held. On May 23 the regular regatta 

 was held, the senior sailing race bemg won by Geo. L. Douglas in 

 Tempest, the junior by Geo. Baxter, Mr. Metze being delayed 

 while leading by an outside boat; two paddling races by L. P. Pal- 

 mer, the upset by Geo. Douglas, and the tandem by Palmer and 

 1 'ouglas. Mr. Palmer's new cruiser Teaser has been rechristened 

 Cricket. 



ATLANTIC DIVISION -MEET.-Dr. F. W. Kitchell, of Perth 

 Amboy, has been appointed a member of the site committee In 

 place of Robert H. Peebles resigned. The committee ia now at 

 vrovk on arrangements for the meet and will soon issue a circular 

 to be sent out with the regatta committee's programme. 



A. 0. A. MEMBERSHIP.-Eastern Division: Henry Kittredge 

 Gates. (leorge H. Stevens, Willard M. Foster, Lowell, Muss. Cen- 

 tral Division: Edmund K. Baker, Kissville, N. Y. Northern 

 Division: S. L. Richey, E. S. Martin, Lindsay; Yf. H. Hamilton 

 Bobeaygeon. 



THE DANUBE RIVER.— Editor Forfst and Stream.- Can any of 

 your readers tell me if a canoe has ever made the whole Danube 

 voyage from source to mouth, and if so, where I can find a record 

 of that performance? 



Model FacMs and Boats. Their design, maMng and sailing, with 

 designs and worKing drawings. Postpaid, $'2. 



FIXTURES. 



MAY. 



28-"l. Portland, Cruise. 80. Brooklyn, Opening, Graves- 



30. Cor. Mos. Fleet, Larchmont. end Bay. 



30. American Model, Opening, 30-31. San Francisco, Cruise, 



Prospect Park. Mare Island. 



30. Rochester. Open, Sodus Bay. 30. Philadelphi«,Open..Dei. Riv. 



30. Corinthian, Annual, San 30. American, Open , Milton Pt. 



Francisco. 30. Oswego, Cruise, Big Sodus. 



30. Eastern, Handicap, Marble- 30. Bay View. Cruise,Bf)8Von Bay 



head. 30. Fall River, Open, Fall River. 



JTTNE. 



6. Larchmont, Spring, L'chm't. 20. Cor. Mavy.Dfl. River Squad. 



6. Noyal N. S., Archibald Cup, 20 Corinthian. M a r b 1 e h e a d, 



Halifax. Sweep and Club,Marbleh'd 



8. Hudson River, Ann., N. Y. 20. St. Lawrence, 21 and 18ft. 



11. Rochester, Review,Charlotte Classes, Montreal. 



11. Portland, Annual. 20-21. San Francisco, Cniise, 



12. Monatiquot, Opening, Wey- Martinez. 



month. 22. Pa vonla, Annual, New York. 



13. Massachusetts, Spring, Dor- 23. Atlantic, 25ft., 3">ft. and 46ft. 



Chester, Special, New York Bay. 



13. Lynn, Lynn. 25. Cor. Mos. Fleet. Larchmont. 



13. Qnincy. 25. Rochester, Club, Charlotte. 



13. Savin Hill. First Cham. 25, Patapsco Navy, Ann., Balti- 



13. Royal N. S., Chauncy Cup, more. 



Halifax. 27, Yonkers Cor., Ann.,Yonkers 



13. St. Lawrence, 29 and 24ft. 27. Hull, All Classes. 



Classes, Montreal. 27. Dorchester, Club, Dorchester 



15. Phila.. Ann., Del. River. 27. Lynn, Lynn. 



17. Hull. Under 21ft. 27. Quinoy, First Championship 



17. Massachusetts, Ann., Nahant 27. Cor. Navy, L. 1. Squad, New 



17. Easiern, Sweeps., Marbleh'd Rochelle. 



17. Beverly, 1st Sweep, Mon. Bch 27. Savin Hill, Fleet Capt's Cups 



17. Marine and Field, Annual, 27. Beverly, 2d Sweep,Marbleh'd 



Bath Beach. 27. Sr. Lawrence, 28, 24, 21 and 



17. New Jersey, Annual, New 18ft. Classes Montreal. 



York Bay. 27. Roval N. S., United Banks 



17. Bay Vievv, Club, Boston Bay. Cup, Halifax. 



18. Roch., Ladies' Day.Cbarlotte 29. Eastern, Ann., Marblehead. 

 30. Hull Corinthian, Ist Cham. 29. Massachusetts, Ladies' Race, 

 20. Brooklyn, Spring, Gravesend Dorchester Bay. 



Bay. 



JULY. 



1. St. Lawrence, 29, 24. 21 and 15. Pleon, Ist Cham., Marbleh'd. 



18ft. Classes, Montreal. — . Massachusetts, 46ft. Special. 



1. Pleon, Penn., Marblehead. 15. Monatiquot, 1st Cham., Wey- 



3. Rochester, Cruise, Oak Orch. mouth. 



3 4-5. San Francisco, Cruise, 16. Lake Y.R. A., R. C.Y.C., Tor. 



Mare Island. 17. Lake Y. R. A., Queen City, 



3. Monatiquot. Club, AVeym'th. Toronto. 



4. American, Naphtha.Milton's 18. American, Steam, Milton's 



Neck. Neck. 



4. Larchmont, Ann,, Larchm't. 18. Hull, First cham., 1st and 2d 



4. Corinthian, Mar bl e he a d, classes. 



Sweep and Club.Marbleh'd 18. New York, Ann., New York. 



4. Beverly, 3d Sweep, Mon. Bt-h 18. Hull Corinthian, Club. 



4. Larchmont, Ann,, Larchm't 18. Savin Hill, Moonlight Sa^l. 



4, N.Y.Y.R.A. Cruise. 18. Beverly, 1st Cham, Mon. Boh 



4. Royal N. S., Squadron Prizes 18. Oor. Navj% N. Y. Bay Squad. 



Halifax. 18. St. Lawrence, 24 and 21ft. 



4. Sing Sing, Ann., Sing Sing. Classes, Montreal. 



6. American, Sailing, Milton's 18. Royal N. 8„Lan6downe Cun, 



Neck. Halifax. 



— . Eastern, Handicap, Marble- 18-19. San t* rancisco.Fish.Oraise 



head. 80. Lake Y. R, A., Rochester. 



EsiBtern, Cruise, Mftlne Coast RopheBter. 



7. New Rochelle, Ann., New 20. Rochester, L.Y.R.A., Charl. 



Rochelle. 21. FallRiv.,l^adies'Day,FanRiv 



11. Dorchepter,Club, Dorchester 22. Pleon. Club, Marblehead. 



11. Hull, First Cham., 3d, 4th, 23. Lake Y.R.A.,Oswego,Oswego 



5th and 6th classes. 23. Royal N. S.. Wenonah Chal- 

 11. Lynn. Lynn. lenge Cup, Halifax. 



11. Corinthian,Marbleh'd,Cruis6 23. L.Y.R.A,, Ann., Oswego. 



11. Savin Hill, Cash. 25. Great South Bay. 



11. Riverside, Annual. 25. Dorchester,Open.Dorche?tep 



11. St. Lawrence. 29 and 18ft. 25. Quincy, Second Cham. 



11. Bay View, Club, Boston Bay. 25. Corinthian, Marblehead, Ist 



Classes. Montreal. Cham., Marblehead. 



11-19. Larchmont, Cruise, L. I. 27. Pleon, Cruise, Marblehead. 



Sound. — . Corinthian. Mar blehead, 

 14. Quincy, Ladies' Day. Ladies' Day, Marblehead. 



14. Lake Y. R. A., Hamilton, 28. Monatiquot, Pennant, Wey- 



Hamilton. mouth. 



ATTGTTST. 



1. Indian Harbor, Open, Green- —.Corinthian, N". Y., Sweeps, 

 wich. Marblehead. 



1. Westharapton,Westhampton 15 East Bay. Long Island. 



1. Hull Corinthian, 2d Cham. 1-5. Eastern. Sweeps, Marbleh'd. 



1. Indian Harbor, Ann,, Green- 1.5. Savin Hill, Fleet Capt's Cups 



wich. 19. Hull, Ladies' Day. 



3. New York, rendezvous. Glen 19. Savin Hill, Moonlight Sail. 



Cove. 19. Pleon, Club, Marblehead. 



Beverly, 1st Cham.Marbleh'd 19. Fall River, Open, Fall River 



15. Cor. Navy Meet, Riv- rside. 20. Rochester, Club, Charlotte. 



6. Rochester, Club, Charlotte. 20. Massachusetts, 2d Cham. 

 C. Monatiquot, 2d Cham., Wey- Dorchester Bay. 



mouth. 22. Quincy. 



7. New York,Goelet Oups,New- 22. Corinthian, Marblehead, 2d 



port, Cham., Marblehead. 



8. San Francisco, Club. 22. Monatiquot, Sweeps,, Wey- 

 8. Hull, S cond Cham., 3d, 4th, mouth. 



5th and 6th classes. 22. Cor. Navy, East River Squad 



8. Lvnn, Lynn. 23. Royal N. S., Ruth Cup, Hali- 

 8. Savin Hill, Second Cham. fax. 



8. Beverly, 4th Sweep, Mon. Bch 23-23. San Franciseo,Fisb. Cruise 



8. Royal N. S., Ladies' Prizes, 26 Pleon, 3d Cham., Marbleh'd 



Halifax. 26. Dorchester,Club, Dorchester 



S. Bay View, Club. Boston Bay. 27. Rochester, Club, Charlotte. 



10. Quincy, Third Cham. 27. Massachusetts, Third Cham., 



12. Massachusetts, First Cham., Dorchester Bay. 



Dorchester Bay. 29. Hempstead, Long Island, 



12. Pleon, 2d Cham , Marbleh'd. 29. Hull, All Classes. 



13. Rochester, Club, Charlotte. 29. Savin Hill. Cash. 



13. Monatiquot, Ladles' Day, 29. Beverly, 2d Cham, Mon. Bch. 



Weymouth. 29. Royal N. S.. Capr. Russell's 



15. Hull. Ladies' Race. • Cup, Halifax. 



15. Corinthian, Marbleh'd, Mid- 251. Larchmont, Oys1:er Boats, 



Summer Series, Marbleh'd Larchmont. 

 5. Beverly, 2d Cham, iWarbleh'd 



SEPTEMBER. 



1. Eastern. Fall, Marblehead. 12. Beverly, 6th Sweep, Mon.Bch 



2. Pleon, Sail-off. Mfirblehead. 12. Lynn, Cup, Lynn. 



5. Monatiquot, Sail-olf, Wey- 12. Massachusetts, Open, Dor- 

 mouth. Chester Bay. 



5. Hull Corinthian, Open. 12. Savin Hill, Cham. Sail-ofiE. 



5. Beverly,i5thSweep,Marbleh'd 12. Royal N. S., Handicap, Hali- 



5. Larchmont, Fall, Larchm't. fax. 



5. Bay View, Cruise. 19-20. San Francisco, Cruise. 



7. Fall River. Cluh, Fall River. 19. Beverly, 3d Cham, Marbleh'd 



7. Beverly, Open, Mon. Beach. 26. Beverly, 3d Cham, Mon. Bch. 



7. N.Y.Y.R.A., Ann., New Yoik 26, Savin Hill, Fleet Captains 



7. Corinthian, Marblehead, Cups Sail-off. 



Handicap, Marblehead. 26. Royal R. S., Lord Alex Rus- 



7. Ijynn, Open, Nahant. sel's Cup. Halifax. 



11. Massachusetts, Fall, Dm-- 26. Bay View, Club, Boston Bay. 



Chester Bay. 



OCTOBER. 



7. Brooklyn, Fall, Gravesend 17. San Francisco, Closing Day, 



NEW YORK Y. R. A, 



MEETING of the New York Yacht Racing Association was 



Yonkers Corinthian, Indian Harbor and Kill von' Kull yacht 

 clubs, thirteen. 



The Canarsie Y. C, of Far Rockaway, L. L, and the Brooklyn 

 Y. C, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. were elected to membership. The 

 Brooklyn Club, after remaining out of the Association fur nearly 

 two years, has finally come back into the fold. This brings the 

 number up to twenty clubs now in the Association. Com. Prime, 

 the president, to whom was referred the matrer of a cruise, sub- 

 mitted a reporr, which was unaniinously adopted as read, and he 

 was authorized to have the reporr printed for distribution among 

 the clubs of the Association, The report was as follows: 



N. Y. Y. R. A. ANNUAL CRtTISE 1891. 



The cruise of the N. Y. Y. R. A. shall take place on July 6. 

 Yachts will rendezvous in Hart'- Island R"ads, off City Island, on 

 Saturday afternoon, July 4, rtpori to the fleet captain and remain 



Thur-day. July 9. to Shelter Island, Conn., 20 miles; Fridav, July 

 10, to Thioable Islands, Conn., 32 miles; Saturday, July 11, to 

 Bridgeport, Conn., 39 miles, and disband. 



The start will take place at 9 A, M. each day; at 8:30 a gun will 

 be fired to prepare to start, and all yachts must remain at anchor 

 until the starting gtm is fired. The first yacht reaching the des- 

 tination for the day will take her own time of arrival, anchor in 

 soine convenient place, hoist an ensign and take the time of 

 arrival of all the other yachts, all of which must pass betw< en 

 this yacht and the nearest shore; the record of e^ch day's run 

 shall be delivered to the fleet captain immediately after the 

 arrival of the last yacht. In the event of a steam yacht accom- 

 panying ihe fleet the time of all arrivals will be taken by the 

 steam j acht. Yachts desiring to leave the fleet must first obtain 

 leave from the admiral. Dunrg ihe crui.«e the president of the 

 association shall command the fleet and act as admiral and shall 

 issue such orders as may be necessary. He shall appoint a fleet 

 captain, who shall see that his orders arn executeo. The vice- 

 president of the association shall act as vice-admiral during 

 the cruise, and in the absence of the admiral shall command the 

 fleet. 



The admiral shall appoint a fleet surgeon who shall attend to all 

 sickness or accidents to members while on the cruise. 



The fleet shall be composed of a squadron from each club in the 

 association, numbered accordine to date of organization, and 

 each squadron will be commanded by the commodore of the club 

 composing the squadron, who shall receive orders from the ad- 

 miral and execute the same. 



_ All yachts shall carry the association flag at the masthead and 

 its club flag on the peak, but yachts may display both flags at the 

 masthead while at anchor. 



The daily runs shall be subject to change that may be made by 

 the admiral and may deem proper during the cruise. Delegates 

 from the various clubs present reported that so far forty owners 

 of yachts had signified their intenrion of joining the cruise. 



On motion the chair was ins'ructed to appoint a regatta com- 

 mittee consisting of three member«, who will have entire charge 

 of Ihe management of the race. This we think the best nlan, as 

 it will do away with this appointment of judges, and of course will 

 prevent tvvo different decisions, as occurred at the last regatta of 

 this association— we refer to the decision on the Just Woke Up. 



A committee of ihree to be called an entertainment committee 

 will also be appointed by the chair. This committee will have 

 charge of the association steamer. 



MEDUSA V.S. M. E. STAPLES.-In October, 1889, a collision 



occurred in New York Bay between the cutter Medusa and the tug 

 M. E. Staples, resulting in a suit by Mr. Center, owner of Medusa, 

 against the owners of the tug. The full decision of the U. S. 

 Inspectors, which was adverse to the yacht, was published in the 

 Forest and Stream of Feb. 6, 1890. A decree has jast been ren- 

 dered by which the Medusa is declared free from all blame, and a 

 reference ordered to assess the damages to be paid bv the tug. 

 This decision, which we believe to be an eminently just one, estab- 

 lishes the principle that not only small commercial craft, but 

 pleasure vessels have certain rights that must be respected by 

 steamers and other craft. This is almost the reverse of the very 

 peculiar decision of the U. S. Inspectors. 



OWEENEE.— The new Turner 46-footer, Oweenee, was launched 

 at Lawlpy's yard on May 22, at 10 P.M. Her Scotch crew, made 

 up from the old crews of Clara and Minerva, arrived last Monday 

 week. Oapt. Charles Barr will be in command and his nephew, 

 young John, will be with him. Mr. Turner has just been efeeted 

 vice-commodore of the Massachusetts Y. C. 



YA.CHT CLUB ARGENTINO.~We have received a copy of the 

 year book of the Yacht Club Argpntlno, of Buenos Ayres, estab* 

 ll»he4 m 1884, and now numbering 63 active members and li bos^ 



