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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 16, 189*. 



lower sails a gaff topsail set some tbree feet down on the topmast 

 and well in on the gaff, a marked contrast to the second jackyarder 

 that Gloriana swung over the whole course under much worse con- 

 ditions of wind and sea in the Sew York race of last year. It is 

 true that Gloriana was racing, while Wasp had practically a sail- 

 over, but the new boat showed by no means the same initial stability 

 as the old one. The times at the' Southwest Spit were: 



Shamrock 1 14 00 Peerless 1 26 25 



Marguerite 1 17 00 Fleur de Lys 1 29 50 



Wasp 1 20 15 Sunbeam 1 32 40 



Viator 1 22 15 Clara 1 3fi 00 



Comanche 1 23 30 Dauntless 1 39 00 



Alert 1 25 00 



The weather for several days bad been anything but tbe sort that 

 breeds the usuai summer squalls and thunder storms, more of the 

 sullen aad continued northeast storm, but in spite of this there was 

 a well-developed thunder storm up Rtritan Bay, an echo of which 

 was found in a very violent and sharp crash of tbuDder, brief as the 

 report of a cannon, as a lighlring bolt Ftruek the water within a 

 short distance of the Electra as she passed the Southwest Spit. The 

 rain fell heavily and obscured all view of the yachts between the 

 Hook and the Sandy Hook Lightship, but with more wind Marguerite 

 pulled up on Shamrock, and passed her as they neared the outer 

 mark. The times here were: 



Marguerite 2 19 00 Comanche 2 37 25 



Shamrock 2 19 45 Viator 2 43 50 



Wasp 2 29 00 Alert 2 45 03 



None of the others were timed, and Dauntless had taken a tug and 

 towed home. 



Both Marguerite and Snamrock made slow work with jib topsails, 

 a long time passing bpfore they were set. On the way home the 

 wind shifted in a way that made work for the crews, spinakers being 

 set and shifted at short notice as it chopped about between N.E. and 

 S.E. The following times were taken at the Southwest Spit: 



Marguerite 3 33 00 Wasp 3 46 00 



Shamrock 3 36 20 



Marguerite finished first, setting a protest flag, claiming that Sham- 

 rock failed to give her room at the start. 



Shamrock was next, finishing well within her time, the full times 

 for the fleet being: 



KEEL SCHOONERS — CRUISING TRIM. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Alert 12 30 3G 5 23 28 4 52 52 



Dauntless 12 35 00 Withdrew, 



THIRD CLASS SCHOONERS - CRUISING TRIM, 



Comanche 12 26 13 5 23 42 4 57 29 



Fleur de Lys 12 2s) 14 5 56 42 5 27 28 



FOURTH CLASS SCHOONERS— RACING TRIM. 



Marguerite - 12 2fi 32 4 32 34 4 05 33 



Shamrock 12 v7 02 4 35 39 4 08 37 



FIFTH CLASS SCHOONERS— CRUISING TRIM. 



Peerless 12 28 11 6 02 30 5 34 19 



Viator 12 27 58 5 25 55 4 57 57 



FIFTH CLASS SLOOPS AND CUTTERS. 



Clara 12 35 00 6 21 13 5 46 13 



Sunbeam 12 27 18 Withdrew. 



Wasp 12 31 52 4 39 12 4 07 20 



The conditions of wind and weather made the race of little value 

 as a te°t, but it is certain that Shamrock is a fast schooner, much 

 faster in her new class and rig than of old. As to Wasp, she had 

 nothing to try her; Clara could not hold her own with the 46ft class 

 last year, and in this race, beside her bad start, she made a very poor 

 showing all day. Comanche defeated Fleur de Lys very handilv, 

 but in the smaller class the honors went to the keel cruising boat. 

 Viator beating Peerless by a large margin. Taken all together, the 

 regatta was as much of a success as is possible in such weather and 

 under the prevailing conditions of yacht racing in the larger classes; 

 the most encouraging feature of Che clay was the display of schooners, 

 which is the best for three years. 



New York Yacht Club Cruise. 



A special meeting of the New York Y. C. was held on June 7 to 

 ratify the proposed changes of rules that were approved at the reg- 

 ular meeting and to decide on the date of the annual cruise. The 

 date set for the rendezvous is August 2, Tuesday; the place being 

 Glen Cove, as last year. The further programme of the cruise was 

 not decided on, but the long run of 63 miles to New London, made 

 last year, will probably be divided No announcements of special 

 races and prizes have yet been made, but there will probably be the 

 Goelf t cups, off Newport, and several special matches. If shorter 

 runs are made, or the weather is unfavorable, the fleet will be un- 

 likely to reach Newport in season to sail a race on Saturday, August 

 6, which by custom would be the date of the Goelet cups'. Several 

 changes were made in the racing rules and bylaws, as follows: 



Each yacht sh"ll have a number assigned to her by the Regatta 

 Committee, which shall be entered opposite her name in the club 

 book, and shall be known by her official number. A yacht entering 

 for a race shall display her number on bith sides of the mainsail 

 just above the lower reef band and in the middle of the sail. Such 

 numners shall be 30in. square, and shall be issued by the club on ap- 

 plication, but no yacht shall be entitled to more than one set at the 

 expense of the club in any one year. 



The following amendments to Rules 1 and 5 create a new mixed 

 class, and are intended to avoid the necessity for a yacht sailing 

 over alone when she has no class competitor. They read as follows: 

 Rule 6 was amended by adding thereto a new section, to be known 

 as four, which reads as follows: 



In all races for which cups ^hall be offered by the club, if at the 

 close of the entries there be more than one class in which there shall 

 have been only one entry, the provisions of section 3 of this rule 

 shall not prevail, and all such single entries may be grouped in and 

 sail as one class, to be described as "Class eight, mixed." As be- 

 tween vessels of different rig sailing in such class eight, the provis- 

 ions of rule 3 for time allowance shall apply. 



Rule 1 was extended as follows: (4) Class 8. Yachts entered for 

 any race, in whose respective classes there shail have been one 

 entry. 



Course No. 2 is intended for classes 6 and 7 of sloops, cutters, and 

 yawls, but shall not apply to class 8, unless the contesting yachts 

 therein embraced shall have been taken from classes 6 and 7 alone. 



Rule 17. section 16, was amended so as to read: 



When a yacht is approaching a shore, shoal, pier, rock, or other 

 obs ruction (not a mark), and cannot go clear by altering her course 

 without fouling another yach , then this latter shall on being hailed 

 by the former, at once give room: and in case one yacht is forced 

 to tack or to bear away in order to give room, the other shall also 

 tack or bear away, as the case may be, at as near the same time as 

 is possible without danger of fouling. 



A new rule, to be numbered 18, was also adopted: Rule 18— 

 Danger. In construing and ooeying i hese rules, due regard must be 

 had to all dangers of navigation, and to any special circumstances 

 which may exist in any particular case, rendering a departure frum 

 them necessary in order to avoid immediate danger. (United Staes 

 Revised statutes.) But this rule shall not be construed as remov- 

 ing or abating the disqualification of any yacht under rule 19. 



Lake Ontario. 



The sloop Atalanta, which raced for the America's Cup in 1881 and 

 two years later won the Fisher champion cup for sloops at Chicago, 

 and subsequently had a checkered career, has been hauled out here 

 for a remiild, winch will have to be a thorough one, as there is little 

 of her that is not very badly decayed. She is to be lengthened some 

 two feet, her sides raised a foot, and the new hull will be of 2in. oak 

 throughout. Before leaving these waters tor her new quarters iu 

 Chicago she may have a try for the Fisher Cup, now held by the 

 Norah. 



The lolanthe, completely rebuilt, with her ballast in the form of a 

 keel, and beautifully smoothed up and polished, is in the finest trim 

 for racing— at least she will be when her new sails, shortly to be 

 received, have been bent and stretched. She will no doubt be very 

 near the top of her class. 



The Norah is in perfect condition and ready to defend the Fisher 

 Cup, a possible challenger for which is the new Zelma, of Toronto. 



Preparations for the L. Y. R. A. circuit races here on July 15 have 

 not yet been commenced. Port Tack. 



Belleville, Ont. 



Gulnare. — The "dark horse" of the 4616. class that sailed her first 

 race at Larchmont on June 4, was designed and built by Capt. Lou 

 Tonnes, at Mariner's Harbor, Staten Island. She is a sloop with a 

 very full waterline of the old style forward, a fine entrance with the 

 fulness forward of the chaiuplate* and a very fine waterline aft, the 

 old "cod's head and niacKerel's tail." Her after body and stern are 

 a cross between the Atlantic and her namesake. John Harvey's 

 famous yawl Jullanar (Gulnare). The rudder is well tinder the boat, 

 the countei being immersed, while above water the stern shows a 

 high shear and a very narrow triangular transom. The deck amid- 

 ship is carried up to the top of rail, making a break forward and aft. 

 The yacht has a centerboard. 



The opening cruise "f Oswego Y. C. on Mav 28-30 including a cruis 

 ing race from Oswego to Great Sodus Bay, 27 miles for the O. Y. C. 

 pennant, Yama beating Pappoose by 16mia. 21see. 



Atlantic Y. C. Annual June 14. 



The Atlantic Y. C. was fortunate in having fine picnic weather for 

 its 27th annual regatta on Tuesday, the day being clear and hot, 

 with just enough air a«t:r on the water to mike life pleasant in con- 

 trast with the unusual heat of the city. So far as yachting is con- 

 cerned the wea her was eood enough, there was too li'tle wind at 

 limes for a good race, but the sole interest was confined to the 

 smaller boats, tbe racing being very dull in the classes over 35ft. 

 The club issued a. very good entry list, 32 yachts, but it was a fore- 

 gone conclusion that half of these bad no intention of starting, and 

 as a matter of fact the true list included but 17. Those which entered 

 and did not start were Water witch, Vidette, Gracie, Fanny, Ana- 

 conda. Oriva, Chispa, Delvyn. Lena, Arab, Moya. Notus. Enid, White 

 Cap, Novice and Stranger. Gracie would have started, but had no 

 competitor, Anaconda missed the chance she has been looking for 

 since she was built, as Clara has never sailed in such poor form as 

 this season, in this race barely beating the 35ft. Tigress out to the 

 Scotland. 



The courses this year were new, the start and finish being off Buoy 

 11 (old Buoy 15), outside the Narrows. All above the 53ft class Failed 

 past Southwest Spit, past the Scotland Lightship, and around a 

 markboat five miles S S.W. of the Scotland, returning over the same 

 course. The 46ft. class sailed straight down past a markboat off 

 Buoy No. 6 (old No. 8), thence by the Scotland around the outer 

 mark, and home the same way. The 35ft. class sailed the same 

 course as far as the lightship, returning from there, and the smaller 

 boats turned the workboat off Buoy 6. The st arters were: 



Schooners, 90ft. class— Shamrock, J. B. Maxwell; Marguerite, R. 

 S. Palmer. 



Schooners. 70ft. class— Peerless, J. E. Ackley and J. M. Mitchell. 

 53ft. class— Clara, R. W. O«born. 



46ft. class— Wasp, Archibald Rogers; Gulnare, J. E. Dwight; 

 Daphne, A. Booth. 



35ft. class— Tigress, J. Weir, Jr. ; Saona, A P. Ketchum ; Daffodil, 

 J. R. Whiting. 



25ft. class— El Chico, H. M, Kersey ; WauDita, F. A. Ferret; Frevja, 

 T. Davis. 



Catboats— Marguerite, F. R. Simmons; Acorn, P. H. Jeannot; Oc- 

 onee, C. T. Pierce; Wilmerad, J. H. Hanan. 



The iron steamer Cepheus carried a very large party of club mem- 

 bers, and on the judges' tug were Messrs. H. J. Gielow, G. W. Mc- 

 Nulty and G. B. Frisbie. 



There was a very light air when the yachts left the club station off 

 Bay Ridge at 10:30, and with a strong flood tide it was noon before all 

 were at the line a couple of miles below. With the change of tide 

 and a light S.E. wind, a start was made at 12:20 for the larger yachts, 

 the preparatory and crossing intervals being 5m. Those under 53ft. 

 Started 5m. later. The start was timed: 



Preparatory 12 15 00 Wilmerdad 12 27 27 



Start, 1st division 12 20 00 Gulnare 12 28 33 



Peerless 18 22 24 Saona 12 29 18 



Marguerite 12 23 03 Handicap gun 12 30 00 



Handicap gun .12 25 00 Tigress 12 30 31 



Shamrock 12 25 18 Waunita .12 30 40 



Clara 12 25 52 Daphne 12 31 12 



Marguerite, cat 12 26 02 Oconee 12 31 20 



Freyja 12 26 38 Daffodil 12 31 33 



Acorn 12 26 44 El Chico 12 31 35 



Wasp 12 27 02 



The fleet crossed on starboard tack, heading for Coney Wand 

 Point, the three schooners, however, standing off for the Spit Buoy. 

 When well up with it they lost the wind and were becalmed, wtiile 

 the smaller yachts had enough wind to bring them down to Buoy 6, 

 where they were timed: 



Wasp 1 52 38 Acorn 2 05 00 



Tigress 1 53 45 Marguerite 2 05 28 



Clara 1 54 18 Wilmerdad 2 07 16 



Saona 1 58 05 Daphne 2 09 35 



Gulnare 2 00 00 Oconee 2 10 00 



Daffooil 2 00 05 Waunita 2 10 18 



El Chico 2 01 23 Freyja .2 10 34 



El Chico, sailed by Mr. Walter Thompson, had not wind enough to 

 show her best speed. 



Outside the Hook there was a strong S.W. wind and quite a swell 

 to the sea, topsails coming in on several yachts. It was not until 2:16 

 that Shamrock passed the Spit Buoy. Marguerite following at 2:23 

 and Peerless at 2:28:3) The fleet was timed at the Scotland: 



Wasp ; 2 35 22 Gulnare 2 50 55 



Clara 2 48 03 Saona 2 51 10 



Tigress 2 49 00 Daffodil 3 08 00 



Shamrock 3 08 45 Marguerite 3 11 30 



No times were 'taken at. the outer mark. Wasp turning first at 

 about 3:30 with Marguerite leading Shamrock. The homeward 

 course was not specially exciting, the usual June regatta squall hold- 

 ing off just long enough to allow all the yachts to get safeiy to their 

 moorings when it broke heavily over the bay. The times were : 



SCHOONERS.— 90FT. CLASS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Shamrock 12 25 00 6 14 00 5 49 00 5 40 57 



Marguerite 12 f8 03 6 07 14 5 44 11 5 44 11 



SCHOONERS - 70FT. CLASS. 



Peerless 12 22 24 Not timed. 



53ft. CLASS. 



Clara 12 25 52 5 35 18 5 09 26 5 09 26 



46ft. CLASS. 



Wasp 12 27 02 5 14 01 4 46 59 Not timed. 



Gulnare 12 '-,8 33 6 18 34 5 50 11 Not timed. 



Daphne Vi 30 00 Not timed. 



85ft. class. 



Tigress 12 30 00 4 30 40 4 00 40 4 00 04 



Daffodil 12 30 00 4 52 37 4 22 37 4 21 30 



Saona 12 29 12 4 43 30 4 14 18 4 12 41 



25ft. class. 



El Chico 12 30 00 4 14 02 3 44 02 3 38 45 



Freyia 12 20 38 4 23 03 3 53 25 3 53 25 



wauheta 12 30 00 4 23 03 3 53 03 3 45 18 



catboats. 



Acorn 12 26 44 4 10 04 3 43 20 3 43 20 



Marguerite 12 26 02 4 03 05 3 37 03 3 35 33 



Oconee 12 35 00 4 18 32 3 48 32 3 46 52 



Wilmerdad 12 27 27 4 14 33 3 47 06 Not timed. 



Shamrock wms $70, Clara, half prize for sailover, $28; Wasp, 850. 

 Tigress, $4: El Chico, $30; Marguerite. $25. 



Columbia Y. C Annual, June 14. 



The Columbia Y. C of New York sailed its 25th annual regatta on 



Tuesoay over the following courses on the North River: Classes C, 

 D, B, F and G, from club house at the foot of West Eighty-sixth 

 street to stakeboat anchored off the Yonkers Cor: Y. O. house and 

 return ; ten miles to leeward. Class Q, around stakeboat oil Spuyten 

 Duyvil and return. 



The wind was moderate from S W. The times were: 



CLASS C— CABIN SLOOPS, 45FT, 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



Mistral. Chas. T. Wills . 3 38 43 3 38 43 



Miuta, Geo. G. Roekwood 3 43 00 3 40 40 



CLASS D— CABIN SLOOPS. 85fT. 



Emma and Alice, David McGlynn 3 59 10 8 59 10 



Agnes S., Chas. Schwanke 4 01 55 4 00 55 



Nautilus, Pringle & Haskin 4 02 16 4 01 16 



CLASS E— CABIN SLOOPS UNDER 30FT. 



Lurline.B. Barnett 4 09 02 4 09 02 



Mignon, J. M. Emley Withdrew. 



CLASS F — CAT RIGGED CABIN YACHTS. 



Clara R . D. G. Robinson 4 13 48 4 13 48 



Uncas, S. Cochrane. Jr . . . 4 21 04 4 19 04 



CLASS G— JIB AND MAINSAIL YACHTS 



Jennie B., J. Reilly 3 59 10 3 59 10 



Carrie R., H. Rowley, Jr 4 17 00 4 12 20 



CLASS H— OPEN CAT- RIGGED OVER 17FT. 



Charles T. Willis, M. Nicholas 2 58 05 2 57 35 



Dolphin, C. M. Brooks 3 07 50 3 07 50 



Novice, J. A. Weaver, Jr 3 17 03 3 15 03 



SPECIAL CLASS I. — STEAM YACHTS. 



Frolic, Root. Mayfleld 2 24 26 



Belle H., W. H. Harrison 3 21 00 



SPECIAL CLASS n.— STEAM YACHTS 



Lillian, F. J. Mitchell 8 05 00 



Elsie V., I. M. Vail 3 21 £5 



The start will take place at 10 A. M. each day. The first yacht 

 reaching the destination for tbe day will take her own time of ar- 

 rival, anchor in some convenient place, hoist an ensign and take the 

 time of arrival of all the other yachts, all of which must pass be- 

 tween this yacht rnd the nearest shore. The record of each day's 

 run shall be delivered to tbe fleet captain immediately after the ar- 

 rival of the last yacht. In the event of a steam yacht accompanying 

 the fleet the time of al! arrivals will be taken by the steam yacht. 

 Yachts desiring to leave the fleet must first obtain permission from 

 the admiral 



Durinsr the cruise the president of the association shall command 

 tbe fleet and act as admiral of the fleet, an 1 shall issue such orders 

 as maybe necessary. He shall also appoint a fleet captain, who shall 

 see that bis orders are executed. The viee-pr -sklent- of the associa- 

 tion 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 mem- 

 bers while on the cruise. 



The fleet, shall be composed of a. squadron from each dub iu the 

 association, numbered according to the date of organization, and 

 each souadrou will be commanded by the commodore of the club 

 represented by the squadron, who shall receive all orders from the 

 admiral and execute the same. All yachts shall carry tbe associa- 

 tion flag at the masthead and its club flag at the peak, but yachts 

 may display both flags at the masthead while at anchor. Tbe daily 

 runs shall be subject to such changes as mav be deemed proper by 

 the admiral during the cruise. Commodore B. F. Sutton, of the 

 Brooklyn Yacht Club, will act as fl-et captain during the cruise, 

 Prizes will be given to yachts making the best average runs in their 

 respective classes during the cruise. 



A Trophy- for Model Yachts. 



At tbe regular meeting of t he American Model Y, C, on May 6, it 

 was decided to "ffer a trophy, open to all recognized model yacht 

 clubs of the Doited States, tbi* trophy to be called the American 

 Model Yacht Club Trophy, all races for "same to be sailed on July 4 

 of each year (when challenged, fo*), all challenges to be sent thirty 

 days prior to that date, and to be accompanied by a voucher as 

 to existence of challenging club. Models not to be less than 

 35 in. o r more than 48in. on L.W.L. The measurements will be 



' = sailing length for time allowance. Owners only 



New York Y. R. A. Cruise. 



The following orders for the annual cruise of the New York Y. R. 

 A. have been issued bv President A. J. Prime: 



The annual cruise of the New York Racing Association shall start 

 on July 4. Yaeht< will rendt zvous in Gravesend Biy, off Bath Beach, 

 on Saturday afternoon. July 2. report to the fleet captain and remain 

 at anchor over Sunday and sail as follows: 



Monday, July 4, to Keyport; Tuesday, July 5, to Highlands; 

 Wednesday, July 6. to Red Bank: Thursday. July 7, to Atlantic High- 

 land: Friday, July 8, to Sewareu; Saturday, July 9, to Brooklyn 

 Yacht Club and disband This part of the programme will be decided 

 upon by the owners of yachts present at the rendezvous. 



to sail their yachts. Further rules and regulations governing this 

 trophy will be mailed on application to H. Mellvin, Sec'y, 144 Park 

 place, Brooklyn, or F. Nichols, Measurer, 353 Broadway, Brooklyn. 

 All challenges to be sent to the above. 



F.- Nichols*' i Re S atta Committee. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



On the afternoon of June 11, at about 3:30. the steam vacht Alva, 

 Mr. W. K. Vanoerhilr, left her anchorage off Thirty-eolith street, 

 North River, New Yoi'K, bound for Newport-.. Shortly after she was 

 under way a small rowboat with a man and a woman on board was 

 seen ahead, close to the warship Atlanta. The man became pmic- 

 stricken as the vacht approached, and stopped ro ving, and the boat 

 was cut completely in two by the sharp >teel stem of the Alva The 

 two persons were thrown into tbe water, and though a boat from the 

 Atlanta, a tug, a catboat, and other small craft were soon on the 

 spot, they were unable to rescue them or even to regain Hie bodies, 

 The man was later identified as Nicholas Michaels, a Frenchman, 

 who with his brother kept a saloon at 276 Seventh avenue, the 

 woman, Marie Simonin, being their housekeeper. They had bided 

 the rowboat a few minutes before at the foot of Thirty-fourth street. 

 The Alva stopped for a few minutes and then proceeded on her way. 

 supposing that the two had been nicked up hy the neighboring boats. 

 She met Mr. Vanderbilt at City Island and reached Newport on Sun- 

 day, where Capt Morrison forwarded bis account of the accident to 

 tbe Inspectors of Steamers at New York. 



Tranquilo.— the latest craft from the Herreshoff shons, seen this 

 week at all the New York regatta?, is somewhat of an exception, 

 to recent Herreshoff yachts the main object being accommoda'ion 

 and comfort rat er than extreme speed. She is a cruising steamer 

 of 82ft. overall, (ftfti, l.w.l., life. Bra. b=>aui aud 5ft draft. She is of 

 the usual Herreshoff construction, steamed oak frames and double 

 skin. The yacht is arranged to give a maximum of rrom on a 

 small cost of running, her engine and boiler space being quite 

 small, and the coal consumption very economical, though a Hpeed of 

 12 miles is easily made. The main cabin is quite large, wfth good 

 headroom, located just forward of the engine space. The steerage 

 lias room for a winding stairway from the pilot house on starboard 

 side and toilet room to port. Further forward are two pood state- 

 rooms, with waidrobe, closets and lockers. The deck is roomy, be- 

 iue but li tie cut up by hatchways. Altogether the yacht is a most 

 desirable cruiser superior both in speed and accommodation to 

 many larger steam yachts. 



The annual regatta of the Corinthian Y. C. of Yonkers will take 

 place on June 23. Tne cou se wid b-- from Yonkers to Tarry town 

 buoy and return The classification will be: Class A, seboon'eia; B, 

 cabin sloops over 30ft. ; C, cabin sloops 30ft. and under; D, open jib 

 and mainsail; E, ?abin cats; F, open cats over 251 1 : G, open cats 

 over 20 and under 25ft.; H, open cats 20ft and under; 1, steam 

 launches. Caroline A. Peene will accompany t lie fleet over the 

 course. The yachts composing the New York Y. R. A have been 

 invited to en er. Franklin A. Rigby, Jnhn Dickson, Charles A. Val- 

 entine, William E. Meyers and Edwin Moore, Jr., make up the re- 

 gatta committee. 



Freak, tbe new Paine fin-keel, has been slung up in Lawley's large 

 building shed to receive her fin-kePl. Tne fin is rectangular, about 

 5ft. long and 6ft. deep, the ends being vertical and not sloping as in 

 the Herreshoff fins. The lead, over a ton in weight, is Hat on the 

 bottom and nearly square in section, but with rounded corners and 

 ends fined away. Tbe fin is made of two sheets of s 18 in. Tobin 

 bronze, rivetted together, but separating near the top, tbe upper 

 edges being turned to form flanges. These flanges "are further 

 stiffened by breeze, angle- bars, and both are strongly bolted through 

 the cross floors inside the hull. The total draft of the boat will be 

 about 7ft. 



The classes in the open race of the Corinthian Y. C, of Marble- 

 head, on June 18, will be as follows: Class A— Sloop »nd cutter- 

 rigeed yachts not over 21ft. waterline. Prizes -Fu si, $30; second, 

 $20; third, #15; fourth, $10; fifth. $5. Class B— Oat rigfed yachts not 

 over 21ft. waterline. Prizes— First, $25: second. §5; third, $10; fourth, 

 $6. No priae will he awarded a yacht which has not defeated a com- 

 petitor. There will be one gun starts for each class, with 10m. inter- 

 val between the two classes. Entries must be made by noon of the 

 race day. The regatta committee includes Messrs. W. P. Fowle, 

 chairman; G. W.Mansfield, secretary; John B. Paine, Fv erett Paine 

 and Henry Taggard. 



The success of the fisherman Mary G. Powers has brought another 

 order to Messrs. Stewart & Binney for a similar but Sorter craft, to 

 be commanded by Capt Hodgkins. She will be 108ft, over all, 90ft. 

 l.w.l., 24ft, 6in. beam aud 12ft. draft. Tne Stewart & Bumey racing 

 s'oop for R. N. Burwell, of New Haven, now building by E. H. 

 Thatcher & Son, will be 32ft. 6in. over all, 22ft. 6iD, l.w.l., 10ft. 6in. 

 beam and 3fc. tin. draft, with about 1J^ tons of lead on the keel. Her 

 low cabin trunk will give 5ft. of headroom. 



Ituna, steam yacht, is reported as now on her way to this country, 

 having been purchased by Vice Corn, Morgan, tiew York Y. C. 

 Ituna is a steel vessel, of 243 tons, Thames measurement, her ton- 

 nage length beine 137fc. 6in., beam I9rt.7ia. and depth of bold lift. 

 Sin. She' was designed by Mr. Ci. Watson and built by A. & J Inglis, 

 Glasgow, in 1886. Her engines are 10in., lOin. and 2tix23in., and she 

 is classed 1( 0 Al at Lloyds, 



Lasca. the new schooner building from Mr. A. Cary Smith's de- 

 signs for Mr. John E. Hrooks, former owner of Resolute and Mon- 

 tank. was launched at Piepgrass' yard, City Island, on June 11, be- 

 ins christened by little Miss Alelaide Bayles, a niece of the owner. 

 The new yacht will be very elaborately fitted up below, the carving 

 being very hanasome. 



On June 8 one of the crew of I he schooner Columbia, Mr. J, T. Per- 

 kins, was seriously injured by tbe prema'ure discharge of a yacht 

 cannon which he was moving about the deck. The yacht was off 

 Bay Ridge at the time and a Brooklyn ambulance was called, but 

 th- surgeon refused to care for the man, as he was injured while 

 afloat. 



The injured man, Frederick Benson, died next day. The curious 

 sequel to the accident is that he was injured bya simi'ar accidental 

 discharge of a srun in the 40-footer Nymph in 1890, and had brought 

 suit for $10,1)00 damages, which has been abandoned in consequence 

 of bis death. 



Minerva, cutter, Mr. W. P. Ward, arrived at Wintringham's yard, 

 Bay Ridge, on June8, in charge of C pt. John Barr. Another skip 

 per will command her, and Capt Ban- returned to Boston at once. 

 Her after cabin joiner work, removed two years since, has beeD re- 

 placed. 



The new steam yacht Corsair No. 2, designed by Mr. J. Beavor 

 Webb, made a trial trip on Tuesday. She is the handsomest, and 

 gives every indication of being the fastest, of her class in the Ameri- 

 can steam fleet. 



