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FOREST AND STREAM. 



llToV. 12, 1891. 



AMERICAN MODEL Y. C. 



'T^HE notice to attend in force to dpcide the mea-iuremetit ques- 

 J- tion resulted in filling up the pleasant rooms of Mr, Townley, 

 showing the great interest felt in the matter. After consider- 

 able disgussion on the merits of taxing sail area, the question 

 was put to a vote and carried with only two dissenting votes, 

 ihe present rine for^m^surement is by the l.w.l. alonp. The new 

 rule will be 3^ — ^ = sailing length; yachts to be classified 

 by l.w.l. as heretofore. 



was then made to introduce a new class, namely 42 to 

 48in., this being a part of the old Second C ass, and to discard the 

 present First Class, making it Class A; this class to run up to 63in. 

 rhere will probably be very little if any racing in this class. 



ine motion was seconded and carried to make new classes as 

 follows: Class A, 53 to CSin,; First Class, 48 to 53in.: Second Class, 

 4^ to 48m.; Thu-d Class, 35 to 43in. 



A motion was made to do away with sailing to windward and 

 towing back to starting line— by making all classes sail over a tri- 

 angular course. After some discussion it was thought impracti- 

 cable to sail the larger class over such a course, as with a beam 

 wmd they were apt to get away from their skippers and be 

 wrecked on shore, or to run down row boats some, it being no inke 

 to be punched m the ribs by the nosepole of a runaway model 

 yacht of 6oin. w.l. It was finally decided to sail Class A aud First 

 Class yachts to windward only. The Second and Third Classes to 

 sail over a triangular course; the triangle to be one-half mile, over 

 which the above named classes will sail twice, making the 

 distance sailed one mile. The windward races to be sailed in 

 heats, best two out of three. The amendments to take effect 

 next season. 



The result of these new rules has decided owners to build new 

 yachts to fit them. Mr. M ich all es will build a 46in.; J. Pfeiffer, 

 owner of Electra, has ordered a 40 from Oapt. N. Avedson, of New 

 York; H. Fisher has received an orde- to build a racer for G. Arm- 

 strong; G-. Sheridan has accepted a design and plans for a 46-incber 

 from the board of F. Nichols; Mr. Rogers is negotating for plans 

 lease of life" ^^^^ designer. So model yachting has taken a new 



The fourth and last regatta of the season was sailed on Nov. 3, 

 the wind bemg W. and proving very unsatisfactory. It gave the 

 regatta committee considerable trouble to^ locate a satisfactory 

 was'^stak^' off ' ^^^^^ hour's shifting about, a M mile course 



The first heat of the third class was called at 12 M., all yachts 

 crossing the line 6m, later, Mr. Lyons' Jennelta winning this heat 

 hy Im. 58^3. corrected time from Mr. Townlev's Star. 

 •K omV®^'^'°^'*-,o?'?'^ ^^^^^ ^^^-ts were won by Mr. Pfeiffier's Electra 

 by 301^9. and 23i^s. corrected time respectively from the Star. 



1< irst heat of second class was called at 1:45 P. M. This proved 

 the prettiest race of the day. Kate and the schooner Normandie 

 commg for the finish line on starboard tack with the schooner on 

 tne cutter's lee beam and Marguerite well to windward of both 

 but somewhat astern. The cutter not having es^ablished an over- 

 lap was hailed to give room lor schooner to clear leeward stake 

 the cutter s skipper complying, at once went about, the schooner 

 tackmg at the same time, both getting their port tacks aboard as 

 they crossed the finish almost together. Marguerite in the mean- 

 time had gained by this, she holding her starboard tack until she 

 crossed the line with the others. This was a very prettv picture 

 tor the spectators, but one of the committee who held the clock 

 sutterea untold agony, and it is a question whether he can tell 

 which IS the clock and which is the second hand as yet. K^ite C 

 Mr. Shpridan, winning by 31s. corrected time from Marguerite, 

 il. iisher this yacht having carried away bobstay and bowsprit 

 Shrouds, Kate O. .winning second heat and race by 29s. corrected 

 V'^,*^*^?'^^*^'?:'"^"®"'^*^- Three hearty cheers being given for the 

 A. M. y. C, the season being at and, the yachts went out of com- 

 mission. 



SECOND CLASS— FIRST HEAT, 



Srart. Finish. Elapsed. Coi-r-^ctPd. 



Norraandie 1 53 41 g 01 00 0 07 19 0 07 49 



Kate C. , 1 53 60 2 01 02 0 07 12 0 07 30M 



Marguerite 1 53 -JO 2 01 02 0 07 22 0 08 OlM 



Henretta 1 54 10 2 05 37 0 11 27 0 11 21 



SECOND HEAT AND PINAL. 



Normandie 2 12 00 2 22 44 0 10 44 0 11 19 



Kate C .2 13 00 2 23 15 0 09 15 0 09 4314 



Marguerite. 3 14 30 2 24 23 0 09 53 0 10 12M 



Henretta 2 12 46 2 26 07 0 13 23 0 13 26 



THIRD CLASS -FIEST HEAT. 



Jennetta 12 05 30 13 13 SO 0 07 20 



Marjorle 12 05 48 12 15 30 0 09 33 



Star 13 06 08 12 15 30 0 09 23 



Electra 12 05 20 OuTside flags. 



SECOND HEAT. 



Jennetta 12 35 54 12 35 15 0 09 21 



Marjorie 12 25 38 12 36 10 0 10 33 



Star 12 37 00 13 36 19 0 09 19 



Electra.... 12 25 15 13 33 50 0 08 30 



THIRD HEAT AND FINAL. 



Jennetta 13 49 51 13 59 00 0 09 09 



Marjorie 13 50 OO 1 00 32 0 10 22 



Star 13 51 43 1 00 31 0 03 37 



Electra 13 51 27 13 59 03 0 07 35 



07 49% 

 10 C7 

 09 485^ 



0 

 0 

 0 



0 09 00 



09 55M 

 11 07 



10 om 



10 53 

 08 58^ 

 08 35 



THE FUTURE OF YACHT RACING,— We have heretofore 

 said there is a vague, hazy sort of feeling afloat that the Y. R, A. 

 can do something to cause a "good type of boat to be built," al- 

 though the good type is not very clearly delineated: also that any 

 variations from this conjectural good type shall be barred by the 

 Y. R. A. The Y. R. A. might be even a«ked to go a little further, 

 and pass a rule that only the type of a boat produced by one p ir- 

 ticular designer should be allowed to compete. This sounds like 

 an absurdity, but practically it is no more than a regulation to 

 conserve a particular type would amount to. As we hav-e already 

 said, the reasons do not exist now in the pot«nt manner they did a 

 few years ago for endeavoring to make the racing vacht a good 

 type to copy for cruising yachts. The cruising sailing yacht is 

 being rapidly displaced by the steam yacht, and as racing steam 

 ya^-hts has not, and is not likely to become a fashion, they cannot 

 suff i^r in form by the exigencies of racing. Thus the main thing 

 we have to consider now is the development of the small racing 

 yacht, although no doubt there will be -lO-raters and 60-raters 

 Duilt for some years to come yet: but so far the boats of that size 

 which have been built under the present rule are better for either 

 racing or cruising than the last narrow yachts which were built 

 for racing under the old tonnage Tule.— Field. v 0 



KATYDID.— Mr. H. L. Wiiloughby has laid up his steam yacht 

 Wampanoag at Newport and will spend the winter in Florida, as 

 usual, taking with him the 26-foot Herreshoff launch Katydid, 

 which he recently purchased from Vice-Corn. Morgan. Katydid 

 left Newport on November 3, with her owner at the tiller in the 

 after cockpit and the engineer in the forward cockpit. She 

 reached Sionington that night, continuing her voyage next day, 

 and arrived at Bay Ridge on Saturday afternoon. Her owner and 

 crew lived on board through the entire trip. A bed was made up 

 aft, the melon or canopy was closed, and with both feet near the 

 boiler there was no discomfort from cold. The engineer made up 

 a bed in his compartment, and the cooking was done over a 

 single burner naphtha stove, the furnace being used for an occa- 

 sional broil. The launch has a two-cylinder compound engine of 

 light construction, but which has proved very satisfactory, and a 

 Herreshoff coil boiler. Only the regular bunker supply, half a 

 ton, was used on the trip, an extra sack of coal carried being 

 unopened. The launch will be shipped from New York to St. 

 Augustine by steamer. 



CENTER BOARDS.— There are, we hear, some additional experi- 

 ments to be made with heavy center plates; but it is very prema- 

 ture, to say the least, to assume that tne Dora, Ornsay and Elfin 

 settled the matter as against lead keel yachts this season. In 

 their case there was a good deal besides the metal center plate 

 which brought about their success; and if the taste for fixed keels 

 still exists, there is no reason, so far as we can at present see, why 

 It should not be gratified. But supposing it is proved that a vessel 

 with a center plate, well and smoothly fitted in its case, is a 

 superior yacht for racing to the yacht with a fixed lead fin. is it 

 not also likely to be proved that she will be also a better yacht for 

 cruising on most parts of the coast?— f^ieZcl. 



A NEW WINTER BASIN.— The large works of the Gas Engine 

 and Power Co., at Morris Docks, have lately been improved by the 

 construction of a basin with 13ft. of water at low tide, in which 

 are now laid up the steam yachts Tillie, Com. Siarbuck; Oneida, 

 E. C. Benedict; Orienta, J. H. Ladew; Puzzle, A. B. Claflin; the 

 schooner Republic, T. H. Hall; the new auxiliary cutter Half 

 JVloon, James RooseveP, and other craft. The shops offer every 

 facility for repairs and alterations of all sorts, a regular force of 

 ship carpenters, boiler makers, machinists, joiners, cabinet 

 makers, painters and upholsterers being constantly emnloyed. 

 Separate storage rooms are provided for vachts laying up. ' 



A NARROW ESCAPB.-Oapt. Wm. O. Cutter, of the steam 

 yacht Grace, of Wareham, narrowly escaped drowning on Oct. 30. 

 He had started for New Bedford from Onset with his small sum- 

 mer excursion steamer, the Satan, and had the Edward Bangs, a 

 large steam yacht, of Boston, in tow astern, which was being 

 taken to New Bedford for repairs. Off Wing's Neck, in Buzzard's 

 Bay, a rough sea was encountered. Capt. Cutter attempted to 

 clear the towlines, which fouled, and was drawn overboard. His 

 head struck the side of the vessel, rendering him unconscious, 

 and he sank and passed under the steamer. His assistant, Wm, 

 Burgess, rescued him with diflaculty. He was revived and will 

 probably recover.- Bosto;?, Herald. 



STEBBIN8' COAST PILOT.— Mr. N. G. Stebbins, of Boston, 

 has recently made several trips along the coast on the tenders of 

 the Lighthouse Board, for the purpose of securing additional 

 viows of lighthouses and beacons for a new volume of the "Coast 

 Pilot." Tliis book, which will be ready by March 1, will include 

 all lighthouses, lightships and prominent marks between Montauk 

 Point and Cape Henry, as well as New York Harbor, Delaware 

 and Chesapeake Bays. The first volume, from New York to East- 

 port, Me., has proved very successful. 



STEAMERS AND YACHTS.— We take pleasure in reprinting 

 the fo' lowing from the American Sliiplmilder: ' The Astoria Ferry 

 Company has voluntarily paid for repiinng Fred. M. Smitii's 

 sloop yacht Mauptte, which was damaged by collision with thfs 

 ferryboat Harlem on Sept. 20. The company also made a gift of 

 money to Boatkeeper Fitzgerald, who picked Mr. Smitli and his 

 frieid out of the East River when they were knocked overboard 

 by the shock." 



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No Notice Taken of Auonymoas Correspondents. 



G. M. W. H.. Baltimore.— Will you inform me what breed dog 

 Ciidie is, also Sanco? Ans. Your data too meagre. 



F. B., Boston.— I am told that the common wildcat s'ill inhabits 

 the woods of western Massachusetts. Is this true? Ans. We do 

 not know of its existence there. 



B. R. H., Chicago.— Which will kill furthest, a 10-bore loaded 

 with 4i^dr8. powder and IMoz. No. 6 shot, or a IS-bore loaded with 

 3J^drs. powder and li^oz. No, 6 shot? Ans, The 10-bore if each 

 gun is properly choked. 



R. T. M.— Is it true that we cannot ship game from one county 

 to another in New York State ? If so, please give reference to the 

 law? Ans. It is forbidden by the State law to transport more 

 than one carcass of deer in any part of the State except Long 

 Island ; to transport game or woodcock from the forest nreserve 

 unless accompanied by owner. County ordinances forbid ex- 

 portation from Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chenango, Monroe. 

 Oneida and Rockland counties. See Book of tlie Qavie. Laws tov 

 full text of these several laws. 



Camper.— The trout and venison preserved by "J. H. D." wero 

 treated in this manner, as stated in our second Adirondack 

 number: "Our trusty and active guides, who understood the 

 business, built a stone smoke-house of small but sufficient dimen- 

 sions, laid sticks across the lop, and on these the meat, cat into 

 strips, with the trout properly dressed, and slightlv salted, were 

 laid, and the whole covered with thick bark. A'sIow fire was 

 kindled in the pit and kept burning till all were partly cooked and 

 well dried. In this condition either will keep tor months, and 

 when eaten at home is a pleasant reminder of camp scenes and 

 life." 



A. ;H. p., Lawrenceville, N. J.— Wanting to purchase some 

 unmounted heads of elk and moose from Canada, can you tell me 

 if there is any tariff on such things, and if so. what the amount 

 or per cent, may he ? Ans. Paragraph 713 of the Act of October 

 1, 1890, reads as follows under the free list : " Specimens of natural 

 history, botany, and mineralogy, when imported for cnbinets or 

 as objects of science, and not for sale." If the heads of the 

 moose and elk referred to by you are imported '• for cabinets or 

 as objects of science and not for sale," they would be entitled to 

 free entry. If undressed or unmounted and imported for sale, 

 they would be dutiable at ten per cent, ad valorem, as an ua- 

 enumerated unmanufactured article. 



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