Jan. 26, 1893. J 



FOkfiS't AND STREAM. 



8S 



SPEED RECORDS OF AMERICAN YACHTS, 1892. 



These tables have been prepared in the same manner as those for the 

 season of 18S)1, published in our issue of .June 2 last. 



The times of the yachts are taken from the offlcial reports, if tliose 

 give the special data: otherwise from unofficial reports or private ob- 

 servations after making a critical examination. 



The wind velocities are taken from anemometer records when ob- 

 tainable, otherwise from comparison of reports. The notes on tides 

 are taken fj-om the Government predictions and charts. 



It is found that tliere was a decided improvement in tlie past season 



in the precision of the courses, and the official reports of the races 

 give more data than in previous years; in the unofflcial reports an 

 miprovement might ivell be made in noting the correspondence of the 

 timer's watch with that of the judges. In one of the most important 

 races the watch of the most accurate observer of the turns was mani- 

 festly about -Im. .S8s. slow of the official time. 



The season did not give-as many races as w^ere at first expected, but 

 of the races that did take place, a smaller proportion than last year 

 were spoiled by failure of wind. 



It has been the purpose in this summary to note all races which 

 are free from manifest flukes of winds and from confusing tides, and 

 which offered competition between yachts of any size and sporting 

 character to furnish data for comparison. 



With the growth of interest in yachting on Lake Ontario it seemed 

 desirable to note the performance of the yachts there, though the 

 Cinderella is the only one recently known on the seaboard through 

 -n'hich a line might be drawn on the others for comparison. • The 

 records of the lake fleet will be given next week. 



TABLE 1.— SPEED REOOKDS OF AMERICAN YACHTS, 1893. SCHOONER CLASSES. 



a. June 4. 



■ July 2. 

 cl. " 



4. 



e. Aug. 4. 



" s! 



" 6. 



L.Y.c;... 

 K.V.C... 



Lt. Y.(^ . 

 N.y.V.C. 



Locality. 



" 10. 

 " JO. 

 •' 10. 



" 11. 



" n.i 



'• 11 



•' 11. 



Sept. vi 

 ■■ Vi 

 13 



1.0 



" 15 



" 15, 



10 Y (• . 



Lt. V.C. . 

 N.Y.Y.C 



Larcliniont 



Marblehead— Half Rock to Nahant. . 



Jvahant to Minofs 



Miuot's to I^ahant 



Nahant to Half Kocif 



t Ovster Bav - Start to Shippan Poii 



I Shippan Point to Matinieoelv 



Oyster Bay~-Retm-ii. same courses , . 



Larehmont 



Cruise— Race Rock to Jlninpliii6;s. . . , 



Coelet Cup, 1st lee- 



•• -.idleg 18m. run, iid le^-tjU.m. rea 

 ( 'ruise— Brenton's L. S. to'W. Chop. . 

 I E. Chop to Pollock Rip L. S. 



( Pollock Rip L. S. to Marbleli 



Mnrhleliead. Commodore's Cups. Isl I 

 ■M] 



u. u g,j , 



Sweepstakes, l.st leg. . . . 



2(1 leK.... 

 :i<l leg... 

 4th leg..., 



Larehmont, 1st leg 



2d lee' 



Sdleg 



New Yoi'l; Sweepstakes, 1st leg 



2(1 l(^g 



3d li-g 



Course sailed 



Wind 

 from. 



1 s!4l-o 



W". l>v\V 



,S.E 



N.W..., 



\-:. \>y K 



.w. 'u,'ix. 

 r„ I'.ri':. \ s 



bv U. N . . . 

 vv ' . 



N.E, i \V. hvN. 

 14 S 



k; W 



N.W 



W. 1 IV S. V, s. , . 







W. livN 



W. hv AV 



)iv s. t,'; s 



n'.e 



W. l iy W. ti-, W.. 



N.E.' 



E 



.N.W 



K 



E.S.IC... 



S.I-: 



S.K 



s i:. . . 



s.w 



s.w 



s.w 



N'.W.... 



s.w 



s.w 



s.w 



s.w 



S.W.. 



s.w 



S. bv W. 

 S i)'v W. 



s. i.V w, 

 s.s.w... 

 s s w. . . 

 S. bv W. 

 S. bV W. 



S.K 



S K.. . . 

 S.K .. . 

 W. N.W. 

 W.N.W. 

 W.X.W. 



18 



20 

 Strong 

 Sti-otig 

 Strong 

 Kre^^h. 



20 



IS 



0 ; 



strong 

 Strong 

 Sirong 

 .Mod . 

 3Iod . . 

 Mod . . 



Fair 

 A\ .. 



E... 

 E.... 

 S.E. 

 S.W 

 S.W 

 S w 

 s.w 



K'y....i(i_.-, 

 S.E'y..i(l 

 N-y 5 

 S.W... 1 

 E.hv Nil 

 S.K.\v.. I 



W 10 



N.. jo (« 



N '0 (W 



W'. . . . lO (15 



iO 



N.E. i(l 05 

 N.E. . iO 10 

 S.AV. |o 5 

 S.AV.. 10. (i 

 S.AV. . .lO.O 

 E.S.E.|0.15 



y.<y\'.\()'.ri() 



Ln7np>' . 

 Smooth . 

 Smooth. 

 Heavy.. 

 Hea vy . . 

 Fair .... 

 Fair .... 

 Kair .... 

 Smootli. 

 Fiiir . 



Rough.. 

 Sm'th. I 

 Pair . . \ 

 Smooth. 

 Smooth 

 oth. 



Smo 

 Smo 

 Sn 



Smooth , 

 Roua'h . , 

 Kough.. 

 Rough. 

 •Smooth. I 

 Smooth . j 

 Smooth . 1 1 



j 



i 



cS 



K 



j Constellation. 1 



a 

 S 

 P 



Aleaea. 



1 



Merlin. 





a 



Atlatitic, 



1 Miranda. 



Marguerite. 



Iroquois. 



03 



1 Quickstep. 



0 

 > 



j Peerless. 



Azalea. 













'8.0.5 



'8!7i 



5.07 



5.06 





."s'.sa 





0.18 





5.60 



5.56 















.S.07 



.s!.so 









8!n 



11 .20 

























11 .41 



11.35 

































■ 









5.40 

 5.70 

 5.97 





■5:03 

 5.90 

 5.84 

 7.70 

 9.. 33 

 l.f-2 

 0.5(1 



10. 12 







'51.3.3 

 .5.07 



5! 38 

 5.43 

 5.28 



5.57 

 5.56 

 6.11 





5.01 





5 1(1 



!i oi 



5 (14 



m 



4.00 



o',S3 



';V44 



4.84 

 0.19 

 10.19 



4! 9(1 







8 [9.3 



'k'.nh 



ill ! 42 



i;.5ii 



11 20 



k'i S!I 



li -iri 



10.51 



0 11 



10 



0.70 

 10 .5,S 



(i.lO 



sV.lli 





0.51 



10.3; 





0.35 

 9.01 





8! 99 





! o.ro 



1(1 til 



111. 1 1 







0 no 



9.50 



0.1 3 



9.4(1 



9. -12 



0 . 0(1 



9.09 









8.47 



8.48 









4.!)5 





5.50 



5.40 







.5.40 



5.40 









0.()2 





0.05 





,S.!10 



9. 14 









9.15 



8.00 















M.o;! 





T.S' 





7.01 



7 SO 









7.71 



7 58 















3 37 

 ]2.!1H 



4 . 1 U 

 8. 711 

 S.15 







'oi'io 



5.01 





4.43 

 8.59 

 K.20 

 0.7'3 









4.31 

 s. 1; 



^ 42 

 0.53 

 9.10 

 5.60 

 12.12 



4 . 01 1 



« 20 



7.82' 



0..38| 



9.36 8.98 

 5. .58' 5.28 

 19 (Ifiln 6.5 





5.01 

 10.74 





4.71 

 10.97 









10 

































9 17 













8.81 



« 79 



















5.74 













5.72 











































a Fleur de Lys, 5.95; b Montauk. 5.05: c Montauk, 5..55; d Montatik, 0.09; e Ge-valia. H..33; /•Fort\ina 10.49, Alert 10..35, C(mianche 9.98. CEnone 9.93, Gevalia 9.04: .(/ Fortuna 9.64, Alert 9.,50, Speranza 8.79, (J^none 9.03. 



TABLE II.— SPEED RECORDS OF AMERICAN YACHTS, m.Ki. 30 TO TO-F'I.'. CLASSES. 



. Date. 



Club. 



Locality. 



|_ 

 'i ' 



(5 



Course sailed. 



Wind 

 from. 



j 



Tide 

 rao. 





Sea, 



1 



: 



Huron. 



1 



i 



1 



3 



1 1 



c 



i 



a' 



3 



d 



Harpoon. 



§ 



s 



m 



1 



0 



Barbara. 1 



1 



c8 



a 

 0 



tS 



'S 



t 



1 



■w 



a 

 1 



Handsel. 



May 30 



E.Y.C.... 



Marblehead 





S.S.AY 



ss.w... 



12 



AV.S.W. 



0,:30 



Smooth. 

































3.82 



4.. 31 

 6.06 



,30 



6. " 30 

 c. June 4. 



a. 11. 



e. " 11. 



F.R.V.C.. 

 Lt.Y.C. .. 

 .Al. \ 



Fall Ri\ev./////^[]y///^]'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.V.V.'. 



8U-; 



lOUi 



20 ~ 



N.N.K 



S.W. c*i' N.E 



S.S.W... 



S.W 



Mod . . 

 Fresh. 



W.S.W. 



S.AV. . . 

 Fair . . 



0,30 

 0 



0.30 



Smooth. 

 Smooth. 

























i 



' 5.06 



(■k47 





6.10 







<t) 



0 



S. 1''. 



Fresh. 

 Fresli. 



Fair . . 

 Fair . . 



1 



I 



L(unp\'.. 

 Lump.y.. 













s.-.;i 













0 (I'l 











17. 



M.Y.C.... 



Nahant— Stai t to Half Rock 



"816 



N.E. bv- E 



S.AV 



12 



W. 



0.3 



Smooth. 

























0.78 



o.:32 





5.99 



" 17. 





Half Rock to Graves 





S.AV. 14 S. 



S.AV 



14 



AV 



0.3 



Smooth 

























3.99 



4.24 





4.36 



" 18. 



E.Y.C.... 



Marblehead 



H ' 



S.S.A\- 



E.N.E.,. 



11 

 1(1 

 10 







Smooth . 

 Smooth 





















5.91 

 2.12 



5.94 

 2.01 

 5.49 

 0.71 



.V.oi 



2.29 

 5.;37 

 6.79 



5. SO 

 2.63 

 5,08 



•• 18. 





K 





E. hv S.. 

 K. bV S.. 

 E. s; K. . 



S.W... 



0.4 

























" IH. 







8 



N.w'bvN 



W. X.AV 



0.3 



Smooth. : , 























0.17 







iialf R'ock't(i 'Na'liant'm'ark'. 





S.W. liv AA" 



.s 



AV. . 



Smooth., 





S.4,' 



7.4(1 







S. 10 









8.03 







6.88 







N aha n 1 1 0 Minot " s 



u'lL, 



R.S.E..' 



S.E 





E.. . 



o;i 



Smooth. 





5.00 



5.-10 







5.70 













; ; ; ; 



*' 27' 

 " 27! 

 July 2. 



S.C.Y.C. 



•• 3)4 Fath. Ledge.. 



Minot's to Nahant 



3W Fath. Ledge to Nahant. 



Nahant to Half Rock 



( O.A'ster Bay— Start to Shippan Point. 

 '( Shippan Point to 3Iatimcock 



10}-'2 



4 



8 



S. bv K. Ij E 



n.n'.w... 



N. hv N. 14 W .... 

 N.K.' 1)V K 



N 



S.AV. t.^ AV 



S.E 



S.E 



S.E 



S.E 



;-S.AV.... 



i;5 



18 

 18 

 20 



Str'g -J 



E 



.10 



E 



S.E.... 



S. W., . 



0. 1 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 0.4 



0.5 

 0 5 



Smooth . 

 Heavy . . 

 Hea vv . . 

 lleav'v . 

 Fair .... 

 Fair .... 





7 ;9,") 



'9;49 



'7;88 

 1(1.(10 



; ; ; ; ; 





s;49 



5.91 



(i.m 









'Ksii;;;;; 

 'vOii ;;;;; 







'■i'Aii 



4;45 



7; 66 

 7.40 



"';;y4 

 'h'.hii 



7.67 



" 2. 

 /. " 2. 



N. 11. V.C 



O.yster Ba.y — Return same ci-Hirses 



Roelielle to Captain's Island 



12 



N.E. U.'K. & S.... 

 E. b\- N 



S.AV 



S.AV 



Strong 

 Mod . . 



S.AV... 

 S.AV. . . 



0.4 

 0.0 



-Fair .... 

 Smooth. 















6.:M1 











'6;'7s 



'('Gi' 











y- '' 



H.Y.C.. . 



Captain's Island to Rochellp 



Hull— Triangle 



10 

 15 



AV.S'.W 



S.AV 



S.AV 



Mod . . 

 Fresh. 



s. w. . . 

 W.S.W. 



0.5 

 1 



Smootli . 

 Smooth. 











;;;;; 















5.28 



4.94 











" 4! 



Lt.Y.C... 



Larehmont 







N.W .... 



Fresh. 



s.w... 



0.4 

 0..50 

 0..50 

 0.50 

 0.75 

 0..50 

 0..50 

 I 



Smooth. 















'7;42 





















-Vug. 1. 



H.Y.C.... 



Huh— Triangle 



20 





N. E., . 



15 



AV.S.AV. 



























5 7'2 





5.80 



I 



N.Y.V.C. 





20 



'k'.'b.v''N."i-i'.\. '.!!!! 



E.S.F... 

 S.W 



12 

 18 

 18 

 15 



W.S.AV. 

 E'ly... 



S.E-ly, 

 N'ly . . 

 N'ly . . 

 S.AV. . , 



Fair | 





























4,41 







4.46 







Smooth. ) 

 Smooth . ' 



4.94 

 7.66 

 5.;is 













4.94 

 7.59 



.5; 6.5 

 7.52 

 0.08 





4.96 

 7.46 

 5.89 



8.841 





















.2d leg 



18 



K N . E 



S.W 

































3d leg 



OH 







15 



Smooth . 













6.17 



















1-. 6.' 





Cruise— Brenton's L. S. to AV. Chop 



301-4 



E. i^S 



S.W 



22 



Rough . . 

 Sm'th. ( 

 l<'a ir . . I 

 Smooth . , 



9.. 23 



'9;44 





'9;42 



'8;89 



'8;6.3 





8.83 



8.50 

















" 8. 





.; 1 E. Chop to PoUock Rip L. S. ... 150 

 ■j Pollock Rip L. S. to Marblehead 175}^ 

 Marblehead— Commodore's Cup. 1st leg 12 



E. i^S 



N.N.W 



S.W. In S. i-A s... . 



s.w 



s.w 



S. bv W. 



15 



F.bv N 



S.E'lv. 

 W 



1 







8.71 



8.14 



8.55 



H.44 



















" 10. 





9 



1 



0 













5.:32 



4.90 





4.871 



















" 10. 

 " HI. 

 1 •• 11. 



E.Y.O.... 



.. .2<] leg 

 " .3d leg 

 Com, Forbes" Cup. 1st leg 



12 

 12 



F- KhN". '. 



N.AV. bvN.. 



S. W. by AV 



S. hy AV. 

 S. by A\-. 



s.s.'w... 



12 

 1.5 



N 

 N 

 AV 



0.02 

 0.02 

 0,05 



Smooth. 

 Sntooth . 

 Smooth. 





; ; ; ; ; 











8.07 

 7.43 

 4.58 



8.01 

 7.53 



4.m 





7.91 

 7.21 

 4 48l 

















" 11. 





2d leg 



m 



E. by S. 1-6 S 



s.s.w... 



9 



N 



0 



Smooth. 















7.90 



7.85 



8,141 



















11. 





'■ 3d leg 



9^ 



N.N.E 



S. 1)V W. 



15 



N.li ... 



0.05 



Smooth. 















7.71 





7.92| 

















11. 



W " 13. 

 •■ 2-<;. 



i.rv Y.C.. 



C.V.C X V 



" 4th leg 



m 



13}^ 



S.AV. by W. y, W.. 



S. hy W. 



18 



E 



0.10 



Smooth. 















6.02 



0.17| 











5;6i 









Newport— Sweeps 



's.s.w'.];];!.";;.;!.' 



's.s.w;;; 



'Light/. 

 5h)d . . 

 b'ah- . . 



's-i.v;;; 



N'lv .. 



N 



6; 50 

 0.50 

 0.75 



Smooth. 















'4.1)4 



4; 4,5' 

 7,93! 

 S.02 





4;;h 













22. 



[[ 



8^8 







s.s.w... 

 s.s.w... 



Smooth . 

 Smooth . 















8.-35 





7.62; 



8 09} 

















•' 2->. 





City of Gl(Uic<^ster— Triangle 



Marblehead, 1st It-g 



2d leg 



N.AV. •^.i N 















8.18 



















20. 

 Sept. 3. 

 •' H. 



'k'.Y.'c'.:]'. 



10 ■ 

 1014 



lotS 



's;vv.'i').v'w; ;;;;;;; 



N.E 



S.S.K.... 



S.S.E..,. 



30 

 12 

 13 



E.:;;;; 



K 



0 



0.3 

 0.25 



Rough.. 

 Smooth . ) 

 Smooth . 

















7;, 5,5 

 5.29 





7; 55 



7.41 



5 21 







5.34 







5.51 



•■ 3. 





:3d leg 



N.N.W i 



S.S.E.... 



14 



AV 



0.25 



Smooth . 

















7.97 





7.. 59 

















" 3. 





4th leg, 









14 



\A' 



J..30 



Fair 





1 











S.K5 





8.87 































































.6 Mign(3n 5.82, Plmntc^in 6..36; c Giito^^^ d Nautilus 7.61 ; e Tigress 6.26; / Anaconda 6.97. Gulnare O.88. Penguin 6.69, Phantom 6.01: (/ Anaconda 5.70, Gulnare .5.46, Penguin 5..5:3, Phantom 4.71 



h Mmeola 8.58, Uvu-a , .8^, Ln-is i .83, Mariquita 7.03, A^erena 7.37: i Drusilla 4.(30: k Katrina 9.89, A^entura 8.52, Uvira 8.17, Verena 8.08; I Katrina 9.22, Mariquita 7.55; m Fin— HerreshofE 17-footer, 4.55. 



Abbreviations.— W, -wind-ward; L, leeward; T, triangidar com-se, generallj^ equilateral; Q, quadrilateral course, or two sides thereof and reverse. Distances are in nautical ; 

 Telocities in statute miles. 



-liles; tides the same. Wind 



International Racing. 



In spite of w^holesale denials from pretty much everybodv inter- 

 ested, the story of S.yndicate-Defender No* 2 is fully confirmed: the 

 main matter of conjectm-e now being whether she will have a fln or 

 a centerboard. Opinions incUne to the former idea, of a fin keel or at 

 least a keel boat, but no one outside a few of the owners and the 

 builders know anything definite. The members of the No. 2 syndicate 

 are Edwin D. Alorgan, C. Oliver Iselin, .1. Al. AA'aterbury^ Perry Bel- 

 mont, August Belmont, Oliver Hazard, Perr.y Belmont, George C, 

 Clark, C. R. Flint, Chester A. Chapin, Harr.v Astor Carey, Adrian 

 Iselin and one whose name is concealed. 



The yacht will go up in the north shop as s(-)oa as the steam .s-aelUs 

 and smaller boats are out of the way. S.voilicate-Del'eiider 'No. 1 

 being built In the south shop, where the Carroll boat now lies. 



The Providence JoKDif/ns responsible tor the report tltat a special 

 watchman is now on diit.y outside the shops to keep otf all intruders, 

 and the firm, as well as the owners of the respective yachts, decline to 

 give out an.v inform£ition. 



Two names have been sttg-gested in connection with the Carroll boat. 

 Typhoon, witli the m.^-stie ^even letters and two ciphers; and Alarion^ 

 the naiue of Airs. Carroll; report favoring the fornier. 



Air. Hem-.v Bryant lias gi\en up all ideas of building, ex en for cruis- 

 ing, and tliere seems no prospect of a Boston boat. (3n Jan. 19, Air. 



H. Ma.itland Kerse.y returned from England. 



The Scotch s^mdicate which will build the Fife l-)oat, iiK.-ludes Com. 

 .Tohn Clark, Peter Donaldson and Coni. Bain, of tiie Royal AA'estern 



I. C, The Field states that 31r. A. D. Clarke's yacht -n-ill be designed 

 Oy AA^atson and not by Soper. 



The Prince of AA'ales wUl name his cutter Britannia. There is also 

 a vague report of a Watson boat to be built in Germany for the Em- 

 pei'or. 



Pleasure Boats.— Salesman -wanted for NeAv Y^ork warerooms. 

 J. G. Fraser, Clayton, N. Y.—Adv. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of their 

 clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings aiwi races, and report of 

 the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested to 

 forward to Forest anc STRSAii their addresses, with logs of cruises, 

 maps, and information concei-ning their local waters di'awings or 

 descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the sport. 



FIXTURES. 



JttNE, 



17. New Y'ork Ann,, Benaonhurst, 10. Brooklyn Annual, Bay Ridc'e. 

 94. Marine and Field Club, Bath Beach. 



JDLV. 



M5. At. Div. Meet. Captain's Island. 15-80. 'W. C, A. Meet, Ballast Island. 



AUGUST. 



11-26. A. C. A, Meet, St. La-wrenceEivev. 



A. C. A. Committee Reports. 



The following reports of the regatta and camp site oommlttees are 

 usuaUy published prior to or ac the time of the executive committee 

 meeting in November; this year, ho-wever, they did not reach the new 

 k^ec-Treas. in time to be presented at the meeting, and they have only 

 lutely come to us. We publish them now in order to make complete 

 ^1 record of the A. C. A. business for the year. The principal part of 



the regatta committee report is the very elaborate statement of the 

 races of the meet, prepared by the clerk of the course, Mr. Geo. P. 

 Douglas. The record of these races has already appeared in Forest 

 AND Stream, The report of the committee, to -which is appended this 

 statement and the vouchers for expenditures is as follows: 

 report of regatta committee for 1893. 



The regatta committee has the honor to report a successful season 

 and regatta. The full account of the races and a summary of the same 

 are given in the appended returns of the clerk of the course, Mr. Geo. 

 P. Douglas, whose assistance to the committee has been invaluable. 



The races were all sailed under most suitable circumstances; the 

 j paddling races wert- (■a!!<-d ni smooth water and the sailing races only 

 when good breezes r : 1 ; - 



The number of -i : .loes present, and contestants entered, 



was less than m so. I ;, . ;. ^. , 1 ;irs: this was probably duo to the in- 

 creasing developmeiii oi ilie .-scientific racing canoe now in vogue. 



All the necessary prize fiags (^except the regulation bunting ones; 

 were given by friends of the Association, chiefly by ladies. The 

 heartiest thanks ^vere due. antl have been partially expressed, for 

 these beautiful trophies. Several objects other than flags were given; 

 these -n'ere added to the first prizes in certain races, so as to comply 

 with the A. C. A. rule, that flags shall be the first prizes in all races. 

 The following hst shows the donors and winners of prizes; [The list 

 appeared in the Forest and Stream of Aug. 25. 1892,] In addition to 

 these there -were subscriptions in money amounting to f85as follows: 

 New Y'ork, Deowainsta. Springfield. Carillon, Bulwagga, Hol.yoke, 

 Vesper, Brooklyn, Shuh-shuh-gar, Owanux, Pittsburg, Yonkers, Mohi- 

 can, Arlington and Hartford canoe clubs, and Mrs. I. V. Dorland and 

 Mr. W". R. Huntington each $5. Of this only .^4.50 was. expended, the 

 large balance of $80.50 being carried forward to next year's prize fund. 

 For this unusual result the new committe may thank Com. Winne, 

 who by his persuasive influence induced the ladies to furnish aU the 

 flags required. 



This committee has no re<2ommendations to make for changes in 



