Oct, 29, 1891. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



301 



Classes.. 



Schooners, 1 89 1 . 



1 



2 

 8 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 15a 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 31 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 



June 6.. 

 June 16. 

 June 18. 

 June 20. 

 June 20. 

 June 29. 

 July 4... 

 July T... 

 July 11.. 

 July 23.. 

 Aug. 4.. 

 Aug. 6.. 

 Aue. 7.. 

 Aug. 8.. 

 Aug. 10. 

 Aug. 10 

 Aug. 11. 

 Aug. 13 

 Aug. 18. 

 Aug. 19. 

 Aug. 33. 

 Aug. 35. 

 Aug. 26. 

 Sept. 7.. 

 Sept. 8. . 

 Sept. 13. 

 Oct. .3... 



Club. 



Meas. 

 and 

 Class. 



LarcLmont, spring \ S -C. 



W. 



w. 

 ■w. 



Atlantic, annual 



New York, annual 



Seawanhaka, annual 



Larchmont. m , 



Eastern, annual 



Larchmont, annual 



New Rochelle, annual 



Riverside, annual 



Eastern, special 



fist run to New London 



3d run to Newport 



G-elet Cup 



3d run to Vineyard Haven . . . 



Special race.. •. 



Special keel class 



4th run to New Bedford 



5th rua to Newport 



Newport, m 



Newport, m 



p fist run 



-' 3d run 



Udrun 



Larchmont, m 



Eastern, fall 



Larchmont, m 



Larchmont, m 



■W. 

 !.-W. 

 I.-W. 

 I.-C. 



;.-w. 



!.-W. 



i.-W. 



5.-W. 



5.-W. 



3.-W. 

 5.-W. 



Ovr-r 

 100 Ft. 



I) to 90 rt. 



88.7 



Under 70 Ft. 



l8.0 

 1.S.0 



Number 

 of 



StarterF. 



Wind, 

 Weather 



and 

 Water. 



/, Clear 



I, Clear .^. 



s. Stormy, rough. 



I, Clear 



I, Clear 



VI, Clear 



ni, Clear 



I, Rain 



(, Clear 



m, Clear 



s, Rain, rough.... 



I, Clear 



m, Clear 



?, Clear 



/, Clear 



/, Clear 



I, Clear.. 



s. Clear, rough... 



m. Clear 



/, Clear, mod. sea 



t. Foggy 



/, Clear, mod. sea 



I, Clear 



s, Clear, rough... 



I, Clear 



I, Clear 



I, Clear 



Princess 3. 

 Gevalia, s. o. 



Dauntle--s lost masthead, w, Gevalia, 

 Miranda, only starter, w. 

 Princess, 1, 



Triton, to; very fluky race. 

 Lotus 2, Tempest 3. 



Viator protests Rebecca, not allowed. 

 Nirvana sails over. 



Norseman 3, Intrepid 4, Phantom w, Fleur de Lys W, 



Sylph w!, Clio lu 

 Dauntles=» 3, Intrepid w, Montauk 3, Phantom 4, 



Fleur de Lys 5, Lydia 3. 

 Volunteer and Gracie in collision. 



Daxintless 2, Crusader 4, Phantom 3. 



Dauntless w. Special race Vineyard Haven, 



Dauntless iv. Special prize for keel clas?. 



Private match with Huron, cutter. No allowance. 

 Private match. 



Marblehead to Eastern Point. Sea Fox 3. 



Isle of Shoals to Boothbay. Peerless 4, Sea Fox 5. 



Ram Island to White Head. Sea Fox 4, Peerless 5. 



Private match with Clara, cutter. 



Very fluky wind. 



Private match. 



Private match. 



Starts 



First Placts 



Second Places. 



Sail Overs 



Total Places.... 

 Total Prizes. .. 



10 ■ 10 

 i 6 , 3 

 I 1 I 2 

 ! 2 1.... 



6 ! 9 

 4 



3 .... 



e! 4 

 1 1 4 



S. Seawanhaka rule. C, Classed by corrected length. TF, Classed by waterline length, s. o, Sail over, y, Grounded. c7, Disabled, to. Withdrew, n. £, Not timed, p, Disqualifled, with or 

 with<;ut protest. ??!, Private match. Z, Light wind. 771, Moderate. /, Fresh breeze, s. Strong wind. 



Thursday's run, the sect)Tid, was little like th<^ first, barely half 

 the distance, in clear warm weather and through smooth water; 

 but a number which would have made the whole cruise under 

 such conditions had been left behind in the trying run of the open- 

 i Tg day. Wit h Volunteer and Merlin added, however, the schooner 

 il^et was nearlv complete, though Sea Fox did not show up as ex- 

 pected. ConstelHtion had sailed aaead for Newport, leaving an 

 easy victory for Palmer in the class, after a slow and uninterest- 

 ing race. Fortuna came aiocgsids of her old rival Montauk for 

 the first time in two years, fhoush it is longer than that since 

 either has done any real racing. This time Fortuna wm very 

 easily, coming in 45m. ahead. Volunteer and Merlin sailed a close 

 race, with less than a minute between them; but as the two were 

 half an hour astern of Mayflower their work attracted but little 

 attention. 



Mayflower's performance was equal to that of the previous run, 

 as she easily ran away f rom tue whole schooner fleet; the first time 

 that she has at all justified the expectations of her admirers since 

 the change from cutter to schooner rig in 1889. This vear, with 

 a good owner and under a skillful skipper, she has sailed in better 

 form than in any year since Gen. Paine owned her. Mai'guerite 

 rather turned the taoles on Iroquois, while the two kept well clear 

 of QSnone. Quickstep had no real antagonist, and was forced to 

 sail alone. 



The great race of the year for the schooners is the Goeiet etip, 

 and although a cup is provided for the sloops and cutters as well, 

 the prominent feature of the day has always been the schooner 

 racing. It is for the Goeiet Cup, and ovar one of the two courses 

 off Brenton's Reef, that the moat tamou? schooner races of recent 

 times have be-n sailed, and the hoLor of heading the class for the 

 year, held sucoes-ively by Montauk, Grayling, Si hem and Sea 

 Fox, has been won here. Even the presence of^Volunteer, May- 

 flower, Puritan an i Prisciila in the single stick class failed to de- 

 tract from the performances of Sachem and Grayling sailine side 

 by side with them. This yeai-, sad to say, the schooner racing 

 was, so far as the numerous spectators were concerned, a mere 

 incidental attractioo, the great event of the day being the race of 

 the 46ft. class. This was in part due to the reappearance of Glori- 

 ana for the first time since her successes in June at New York; 

 but it was also due to the slow working of the schooner division 

 through the windward portion of the race. 



With only a moderate breeze, and starting a few minufes after 

 the smaller boats, the schoon<="rs were soon astern as the little 

 fellows chased out to windward, and the movements of the big 

 boats were doublv slow in comparison. Marguerite led the fleet 

 for a long time. Volunteer being se-ond and Iroquois third. In 

 cruising trim, and with some weight aboard, Mayflower had done 

 well both in light and moderate weather, but unfortunately the 

 tradition that a yacht must strip to the ceiling for a race was too 

 much for the judgment of her skipper, and she was completely 

 cleaned out in tne morning. The result was that she i.igged 

 astern through the early part of the race, and made but a poor 

 showing all day, being beaten on even time by Irnquois. The 

 latter sailed the race of the day, saving her time on Voiunteer in 

 the windward work. 



It was at the end of this first leg, when Volunteer had taken 

 the lead of her class and was well ahead of all but froquoi«, that 

 the memorable collision with Gracie occurred. Although Volun- 

 teer lost some time in the actual collision and was obliged to sail 

 the remaining 24 miles with a great rent across her mainsail, the 

 whole strain coming ou the leach rope, she did her best sailing 

 after the accident. Iroquois chased her hard all day, and the 

 ownership of the S1,000 cup was only decided by a close measure- 

 ment of each boat, depending on some dozen seconds. 



The third run, to Vineyard Haven, amounted to little, as the 

 wind was light and flak 7, in part a drifting match. Mayflower 

 beat Merlin and Paantom e'l-^ily, while Marguerite was over an 

 hour ahead of Iroquois and GEaonp. The special race in Vineyard 

 Sound fared better in the matter of wind, there being plenty to 

 spare all day, afresh southwest breeze, much the same as the 

 Vineyard Haven race of 1889 was sailed in. Datmtless, Palmer, 

 Fortuna, Mayflower and Merlin were classed together, while 



Marguerite, Iroquois, GEnone and Quickstep made up a second 

 class. In addition a prize of §300 was up for the four keel boats. 

 Dauntless, Palmer, Fortuna and QSoone. Mnyflowor again de- 

 feated Merlio, beating her on elapsed as well as corrected time, 

 the larger boats being well astern. Marguerite was lis. ahead of 

 Iroquois, making a very even race, but both were beaten, of 

 course, on allowance by little Quickstep. In the keel class the 

 smallest boat, CEnone, won quite easily. 



Mayflower now left the fleet, and only six schooners made the 

 run to New Bedford, Iroquois and Quickstep each sailing alone. 

 Volunteer sailed against Merhn but was badly beaten. The last 

 run, from New Bedford to Newport, was under similar conditions 

 to the first, though only half as long, with a strong head wind 

 and rough water. Unfortunately the fleet was so small that the 

 racing was wi thout interest. Constellation sailing against Fortuna 

 and Merlin against Iroquois, while Quickstep sailed alone. This 

 practically ended the class racing of the season, as the runs of 

 the Eastern Y. C. cruise were limited to Volunteer, Mayflower 

 and CEnone. 



To sum up, it was a matter of course that Constellation should 

 win in her class, her only important antagonist being Palmer. 

 Fortuna sailed in rather hard luck, having no classmates, and 

 the pretty little Quickstep was in the same position; so neither 

 had any chance to make a record. Had Montauk continued the 

 racing, there would have been some interesting fights between 

 the two ancient adversaries. What Volunteer mignt have done 

 bad she been ready a few weeks sooner and sailed the entire 

 cruise, is a matter of speculation; but she sailed enough to show 

 that she is in all probability as fast under two sticks as she was 

 under one, and that the alteratioas of hull and rig have been suc- 

 cessful. The chief point in the 90fr. class is what Mayflower did 

 do, which was to make the best showing of the year in the 

 schooner classes. The result should be gratifying to her owner 

 and skipper, as they have proved that the old boat was and still 

 is a fast one. 



In the 83ft. cla's Marguerite takes the prizes; but Iroquois has 

 done exceptionally good work, better than her record shows on its 

 face. In the hard race of the first run she made the best showinar 

 of the whole large fleet; in the Goelpt cup she missed the great 

 prize of the year by a few se'^onds only, beating three larger rivals 

 on elapsed tim^; and in the Vine.vard Haven race she almost tied 

 her chief competitor, both being beaten on allowance by a much 

 smaller boat. Tne chief point about her is that she was designed 

 for a sea-going cruiser and has done some remarkable work in 

 deep water, spending nearlv every winter in the West ladies and 

 about the Florida coast. Her reputation as an excep ionally fine 

 cruiser is established beyond question, and yet, with her regular 

 crew and sailed hj^ her owner, she has this year succeeded in hur- 

 rying a number of yachts which are in every sense racing boats. 



The cruise was followed by two private matches off Newport, in 

 one of which Marguerite defeated Iroquois by 3mi. and in the other 

 she defeated the cutter Huron, of 65ft. l.w.l. The cruise of the 

 Eastern Y. C in the latter part of August was a rather quiet, 

 family affair, the schooners racing on but three of the five runs. 

 Sea Fox took part, but won nothing; Volunteer won the three 

 runs and first pi'ize, Mayflower won two seconds and one third, 

 which gave her second prize, while CEaone, through one second and 

 one third, took a third prize. The first and third races were short 

 and of little importance, but the second, of 64 miles, in a fresh 

 breeze and open water, lacked only starters to make a stirring 

 race- The Larchmont fall regatta was a failure, all that finally 

 came of it being a match between Viator and the cutter Clara, the. 

 latter finally being disabled an-i withdrawing. The fall regatta of 

 the Eastern Y. C. was also of little interest owing to the calm and 

 fluky weather. The season was finished by a couple of quiet 

 matches oft Lirchmont between Viator and the old Rebecca, now 

 owned in New Vork again. 



Since the season closed there has been a ripple of excitement 

 among yachtsmen over the change in ownershi p of the blar Constel- 

 lation, Vice-Com. Morgan, who DuilD her in 1889 having sold her 

 to Mr. Bayard Thayer, former owner of Pappoose and present 

 owner of Sayonara. It is well known that Mr. Tha^^er has been 



anxious for some time to build a large yacht and visit England, 

 and now that he has Constellation there is every probability of 

 his doing so. 



It is too early to forecast the prospects for schooner racing in 

 1893, but the outlook thus far is favorable, even more so than last 

 year. What is needed in most classes is not more new boats, but 

 no more new ones and more racing among existing craft. In the 

 smallest class, under 70ft., there is now but one boat. Quickstep, 

 with any pretentions to speed, and of course there can oe no rac- 

 ing until something is built to beat her; but in the principal 

 clasp, the 90ft., there is already a very fine fleet,Volunteer, Merlin. 

 Sea Fox, Grayling, Mayflower and Sachem, enough to make very 

 good racing if all would start. 



Already the usual rumors of new yachts are afloat, but yachts- 

 men have heard the cry of "wolf" so often that they are a little 

 incredulous until they see the keel laid. The loud promises of 

 new nineties and 85-footers which were made last fall were not 

 realized, it is needless to say, and when one hears the same stories 

 now he may be pardoned for a little doubt. At the same time one 

 yacht then mentioned has become a certainty, as the final signing 

 of thp contract took place in New York last week. Mr. Gardner 

 has designed her, for Mr. L. M. Clark, of St. Louis, and she will 

 be buUt of steel by Lawley, at South Boston. She is a keel craft, 

 90ft. l.w.l., 19ft. beam, and 13Et. draft, with a forward overhang 

 that will be fully up to date. Another 90-footer is talked of for 

 Mr. Bloodgood, who has been negotiating with the Herreshoffs. 

 It is also a fact that a number of yachtsmen have of late been 

 looking at Quickstep with a view to something to beat her, as she 

 offers a most convenient size of boat for both racing and cruising, 

 and it is not unlikely that one or more additions may be made to 

 the class this winter. Next week we shall take up the larger 

 single stick classes^ 



NEW YACHTS. 



THE present time is the dullest of the year in yachting, and 

 usually few orders are looked for by designers and builders 

 until later in the winter; but at the same time tuere is now a fair 

 promise of new yachts, both sail and steam. Mr. J. Beavor-Webb 

 nas in hand a small auxiliary for E. M. Fulton, for whom he de- 

 signed the Gadabout two vears ago. Mr. Gardner has lately 

 formed a partnership with C. D. Mosher, the designer and builder 

 of the Buzz and Norwood, an engineer who has made a special 

 study oC hisrh-speei yachts, and the two are now at work on a 75tt. 

 craft for W. B. Coggeshall. She will be built by Wood, of City ' 

 Island, the hull mainly of mahogany, and will carry quadruple 

 expansion engines of 600 H P. They have in hand also a design 

 for Mr. C. A. Postlev, former owner of Resolute, schr., for a cruis- 

 ing steam yacht of 140ft. The design for the Clark OOEt. schooner 

 has been sent to the builders, Lawley & Co., and the yacht is now 

 being laid down. The 5.3ft. cutter for Mr. Bullock will be built 

 duimg the winter. Mr. A. Gary Smith has been very busy this 

 season with large steamers for passenger use, but he has just 

 completed a de.sign for an auxiliary steam vachtof H6ft. Lw.l. for 

 an American yachtsman now in Japan. The yacht will be built 

 of wood. He is now at work on a design for a 90ft. schooner. Mr. 

 H. J. Gielow has jast placed a contract for a steam yacht of 95ft. 

 over all, 78ft. Lw.l., loft. 6in. beam and 6ft. draft. She will be 

 built by Poillon for Mr. Sidenberg, of New Y'ork, and will be 

 schooner-rigged. At Herreshoffs' the frames are out for a new 

 46-footer, the osvner being unknown, thougnshe is credited to Mr. 

 Bayard Thayer, owner of Sa,yonara and CDUstellation. The boat 

 will DB an improved Gloriana. Messrs. Stewart & Binney have an 

 order for a new fisherman, an enlarged Carrie E. Phillips, for the 

 same owners. The origiaal boat has just been sold to Province- 

 town parties for $8,000, or but Sl.oOO less than her cost four 

 years ago, and she has proved a very profitable vessel. The new 

 one will be OTft. l.w.l., 35ft. beam and I3ft. 8in. draft, and will be 

 built by Storey, of Essex. Mr. Waterhouse has recently designed 

 a eat yawl for the Lakes, to be 37et. over all, 3aft. Lw.l.. 8ft. 6in. 

 beam and 6ft. draft. The single-hauder for Marbleaead Harbor 

 will be aott. over aU, 30ft. lOin. Lw.l., with jib set to sterahaad 



