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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. Si, 1892. 



CATBOAT RACING ON BUZZARD'S BAY IN 1891. 







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SPOONBILLS AND WHALEB ACKS.-The ideas exemplified 

 in Gloriana and the new whaleback steamers and barges, of full, 

 round lines in both, with a dome-shaped deck in the whaleback«, 

 are likely to produce some curious craft in the near future. Some 

 three months ago, at the suggestion of a friend, we sketched out 

 over the lines of a Cape cat with a cabin house, a craft of similar 

 underwater body, but with extended ends; while the cabin house 

 was replaced by a little more freeboard and an excessive crown 

 to the deck, giving the same headroom as the cabin house. The 

 result was a curiouE-looking craft, but one that would be ablei 

 seaworthy, and superior to the original catboat in most respect?. 

 This week we were shown a rough sketch of a similar craft, and 

 now the fertile Mr. Ciapham is out with an original nondescript 

 having some peculiar features, but of the same general type, 

 spoonbilled and turtlebacked. 



CATBOAT RACING ON BUZZARD'S BAY IN '91. 



THE racing of the past season in Buzzard's Bay showed plainly 

 the tendency of modern racing to confine itself to one or two 

 of the smaller classes. There were but three boats in the first 

 class— one new one. There was but one new boat in the second 

 class. In the third and fourth classes, on 'he other hand, there 

 were many new boats 8s well as many old ones. 



In the first class Jenney had built, a new boat. Hector; her only 

 rival was the old Mattie. Mist, Widgeon, Surprise and Anouyrna 

 were the only ones raced to any extent in the second class. In the 

 third class the old chamnions Fina, and Puzzle, with Parole and 

 occasionally Daisy, Cayuse and Hermione were in the field. 

 There were also four new ones: Tycoon and Ashantee. built by 

 A. M. Jenney; Buzzard, by Dunn; and Phenomenon, by Hue-king. 



FINA. 



Edith was the only fourth class racer to keep up her reputation. 

 There were three new ones: Cat, built by Holmes; Squall, by 

 Dunn, and Charmion, by her owner. Mr. J. Crane, Jr. There was 

 hardly any activity in the little fifth class. Worry, Trana and 

 Wideawake did some racing. Rana, a new boat built by C. A. 

 Clark promised well but only raced once. The sneak-boat Bessie 

 J. surprised every one by taking one first prize. 



The first race of the season was on June 17, the 170th regatta of 

 the Beverly Y. O, at Monument Beach. There was a heavy north- 

 east gale blowing, in this race Surprise made her first appear- 

 ance for several years, having been replanked and altered. The 

 old Mattie easily handled her new rival, while Mist had little 

 trouble in leading the second class. Widgeon was doing well 

 when forced to reef, and then she made a mess of it. In the third 

 class Tycoon and Phenomenon did well considering it was theii 

 maiden race. Phenomenon should have won, but she forgot there 

 was a second round and waited three minutes before she started 

 off the second time. Edith was the only fourth class boat to ap- 

 pear and so did not race. 



The next race was the second open sweepstakes race of the 

 Beverly Y. C. It was sailed on July 4 in a strong southwest wind. 

 Hector sailed with more ballast and turned the tables on Mattie. 

 Anonyma beat not only the second but the fir*t class, while Sur- 

 prise's sailing showed improvement. The oldMollie sailed as fast 

 as ever. Moccasin made her first appearance, but was over- 

 matched. She was built for the third class, but her builder, 

 Crosby, made her lOin. too long — with disastrous results. Paroh 

 led the third class on the first round, but was passed by Puzzle at 

 the last turn. Buzzard showed great speed running, but seemed 

 unable to go to windward. In the fourth class Cat began her 

 really wonderful career by defeating Squall by good five minutes. 



The next race was the first open sweepstakes of the Sippican Y. 

 C„ the best race of the season. There was a moderate southwest 

 breeze. Hector was delayed by a slight accident and was beaten 

 by Mattie, She protested Mattie for cutting a buoy, but the 



weight of evidence seemed to show that Hector had mistaken a 

 boat rot in the race for Mattie, and the protest was not. allowed. 

 Mist won easily in the second, and Wide-eon lost third place to 

 the little Booita on corrected time. Eina sailed beautifully, but 



Buzzard's performance was a disappointment. Cat continued 

 her victorious career, and Squall showed some speed by handily 

 beating Edith. Wideawake in the fifth easily defeated the 

 smaller boats, but Rana was a good second. 



On July 18 was sailed the first race of the Beverly Y. C. for the 

 "Buzzard's Bay championships, in a light and variable southeast 

 brefze. Mattie had a walkover. Mist again had the heels in the 

 second. Puzzle was beautifully sailed and earned her decisive 

 victory in the third. Cat was still to be beaten, and Edith could 

 do no better than second. Squall's sail was small and set hor- 

 ribly. The result was that she was last. 



The Sippican Y. C. held its annual club regatta on July 25. 

 There was a single-reef breeze from W.S.W. This time Hector 

 had a walkover. Anonyma showed her speed by beating Hector 

 as well as Widgeon and Success on actual times. Success 

 found things too hot for her and withdrew. Parole was at her 

 best. Eina came nearest to her and was second. But Ashantee. 

 a cruising boat with a small sail, would have beaten Eina if she 

 had not been handicapped. Cat was missed in the fourth class 



ANONYMA. 



but Edith and Squall promised to make a close race. Squall's 

 sail, however, had gone from bad to worse and she simply could 

 not go to windward, and in gybing round the last mark she came 

 near tearing her sail and lost three minutes; so she crossed the 

 finish line, a badly beaten boat. Worry had a walkover in her 

 class. 



The next race was an open race at Mattapoise't. It was es- 

 pecially noteworthy from the fact that Iris raced in the second 

 class. Iris is a Herreshoff boat, and was supposed to be invincible 

 in heavy weather. Here was ju3t her time, a gale from the 

 southwest with a heavy sea. But when Anonyma finished Iris 

 was two miles In the rear. Tycoon was on her own ground and 



easily beat the third class. The fourth class race was a close 

 contest for first place between Cat and Squall. Squall's sail had 

 been cut over, and, though not perfect, set better than before; and 

 since it was reefed the small size was not a drawback. On the 

 first round Cat gained about 2m. Then both shook out reefs and 

 Squall began very slowly to creep up. It was too late, however, 

 and Cat finally won by about a minute. In the fifth class Worry 

 was badly beaten, and Reba took first prize. 



The third open sweepstakes race of the Beverly Y. C. was sailed 

 on Aug. 8, in light northerly wind. It was a bad dav for the 

 heavy weather boats, such as Parole, Ashantee and Squall. Mattie 

 withdrew, leaving Hector a walkover in the first class. In the 

 second 'he race was for second place, for Surorise ran out a long 

 lead. Grampus, just buil t. bv Crosby, made her first appearance, 

 but did poorly. Eina, Puzzle and Phenomenon made a good race 

 in the third. In the fourth class Charmion, just built, by her 

 owner, sailed her first race. She had been strained and leaked 

 badly, so she did fairly well considering. She was beaten bv the 

 whole fleet, but gained by a fluke just before the finish and passed 

 Squall. 



The next race was set for Aug. 22. the open race of the Sippican 

 Y. C, but on that day a very heavy southwest gale was blowing 

 and no boats appeared. Squall, Edith and Red Wing, however, 

 had a brush over the course. Squall winning by 203,, Edith second. 

 The race was sailed off on Aug. 26. It was the worst kind of day 

 possible. The start was in a very light southeast breeze. Sur- 

 prise beat her rivals so badly that they withdrew. Puzzle had 

 things her own way in the third class. Buzzard started out well, 

 bnt when the wind fell was out of it. Charmion, with her enorm- 

 ous sail, had no diffi -ulty in disposing of the fourth class. The 

 wind came in very light from the northeast just before the finish 

 and gave the boats a beat home. While the leaders of the fourth 

 class were beating up to the line Red Wing was coming on with a 

 good southeast breeze, and so, with the aid of allowance, she beat 

 the Squall. Worry had a long lead in the fifth class, but Bessie J. 

 got Red Wing's puff and took the prize. 



The second championsLip race of the Beverly Y. C. was sailed 

 on Aug. 20, another light-weather race. Mattie. that had raced 

 so long in the bay, and had won so many championships, had at 

 last been sold out of the club and so there were no entries in the 

 first class. Surprise again beat everything in her class and tied 

 Mist for the championship. Puzzle by winning in the third class 

 for thesecond time secured the pennant. Buzzard did better than 

 usual, running very fast and beating Eina on actual time. In 

 the fourth class there were so many flukes that the race soon lost 

 all its interest. Edith got the benefit of a fluke and won the race 

 by five minutes after she bad really been beaten bj the Cat. 

 When it breezed up about half way through the race, Charmion 

 had to reef and go home. The ex-champion, Kitten, withdrew 

 after she had been badly beaten by Squall. 



On Sept. 5 the second sweepstake race of the Sippican Y. C. was 

 sailed. There was a steady reefing breeze blowing from N.E. 

 Again Anonyma proved that she was a wonderfully good heavy 

 weather boat. Tycoon won bandilv in the third class. Daisy 

 heat the fleet in the windward work but was outrun: Eina sailed 

 her usual good race and was second. Parole should have done 

 better, but she had some trouble with her sail and it did not sit 

 properly. Cat resumed her victorious career in the fourth class, 

 while Edith and Squall took their revenge upon Charmion for the 

 heating she gave them on Aug. 25. Worry beat Trana badly on 

 the first round, and after that held her own enough to win by a 

 good margin. 



The Beverly Y. C. was unfortunate in the day for its open race. 

 All through the morning of Sept. 7 there was a calm and a blinding 

 rain. Just before the start it began to blow a gale from the north- 

 east. Anonyma was far ahead in the second class, but was over 

 confident and wasted a deal of time, and did not realize that De- 

 fiance was in the race until it was too late. In the third class 

 Parole gave a marvelous exhibition of lugging sail. Puzzle, Daisy 

 and Eina each had to stop and reef at least twice during the race, 

 and Etna was forced to withdraw. But Parole cracked on her 



