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but for the drag of her screw she would have added a cup to her stock 

 of plate. Lounger is satisfied with having forced Markat to withdraw 

 and the lattei' is confident that had she not been undermanned her 

 rival would have not been in it with her. Wabun is more than proud, 

 a.s she has a good right to be, of her phenomenal performance, while 

 AUapatta, so clearly o"tclassed by the commodore's infant prodigy 

 that no rivalry can exist between them, is as jubilant over her defeat 

 of Nicketti as'ttiougb she had won all the cups of the season. The lat- 

 ter is convinced in her own mind that if she had not unwisely taken 

 in that reef the odd trick would have been dealt to hei-. Even Gypsy, 

 having kept up with tlie procession, while always oljliged to maintain 

 a leeward fiosition, is confident that she could have whipped the top- 

 sails ofl" of any class competitor, had one been accommodating enough 

 to show up. Therefore every participant in the sixth annual regatta 

 of the Biscaj'ne Baj' Yacht Club is satisfied with the results of its 

 racing, and the following table of times will show Avhat cause some of 

 them, at least, have for contentment. 



CLASS B. 



Start. Finish. 



Susie B 11 07 42 3 03 07 



Nethla 11 08 30 2 57 13 



Markat 11 00 05 AVithdrew. 



Lounger 11 08 31 3 13 31 



CLASS c. 



Wabuu 11 09 17 3 00 14 



AUapatta 11 10 28 3 50 31 



Nicketti 11 10 16 3 53 25 



CLASS E. 



Egret 11 09 35 Withdrew. 



Florence W 11 07 10 4 01 24 



On the following day, in a light easterly breeze, two cups given for 

 visiting boats notTjelonging to any club, were handsomely won by the 

 Key West yacht Wonder, owned by R. W. Southwick and sailed hy 

 Mr, Richard Pindar, and by Capt. Kemp's sponging sloop Struggle, 

 the first beating three and the latter four competitors. 



CocoANUT Grove, Fla., Feb. 23. O. K. CnoBEK. 



Corintliian Y. C. of San Francisco. 



The fotu'th annual dinner of the L'orinthian Y. C!. of San Francisco, 

 took place on Feb. 21 at the Palace ffotel. Com. Jolin A. Pew pi-esided. 

 Among the guest were Coin. Cutte. of the tSan Francisco Y. C.. and 

 George Bromley, of the Boliemian Clul >. The dinner was accompanied 

 by speeches, songs and stories, the evt-uing ]iassing very pleasantly. 

 The new olticers of tlie club are: Coin.. .J. W. Pew: Tice-Com., M. A. 

 Newell: Sec'v. F. E. Baker: Treas . AV. F. I)ixev: Port Captain, PI. E. 

 Pennell; Meas., H. H, Gorreiv Regatta coiumittee: C.R.Wilson. C. A. 

 Graham. H. .J. Kellev. Directors: .J, AV. Pew. M. A. Newell, J. H. 

 Keefe, A. Stringer, W. F. Dixev, H. E. Pennell. F. E. Baker. 



Elapsed. 



3 .54 25 

 a 48 4.3 



4 05 00 



3 50 57 



4 40 03 

 4 43 09 



4 .54 14 



Corrected. 

 8 54 25 



3 47 35 



8 57 51 



8 50 .57 



4 27 40 

 4 31 48 



4 .51 15 



Lateen Rigs on Ice Yachts. 



Editor Forest and Stream; 



As an old member of the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club I think I 

 voice the general opinion of the club that lateens do not stand much 

 chance against sloops nor do cats either. Under certain conditions 

 the lateen does fairly well, but it is not reliable— rather tricky. That 

 sloops take so much inore wiud to drive them has not been our experi- 

 ence; the late E. H. Sandford, of our club, a yachtsman of great skill 

 and exiaerience, built a lateen, center timber 49ft., rudder post to cen- 

 ter- of runner plank 26ft. 7in., beam 2()ft. SVohi., sail- area 82.5sq. ft. 

 He tried her under various conditions, and she did not fulfill his ex- 

 pectation and he altered her into a sloop. Our worthy commodore 

 owns the Vixen, sail area 335sq. ft., a very able boat, but with no show 

 at all among our sloops, J. e., the flyers. The Low Point boys have a 

 very good lateen, but she was defeated with ridiculous ease by Ai'chie 

 Rogers's Blitzen, a second class boat. 



Let J. C. M. come up to Poughkeepsie, look at the Jack Frost sloop, 

 911 sq. ft. of canvas. He will see a boat built without regard to cost 

 all the way through by the late Jake Buckhout, of Poughkeepsie. the 

 greatest ice boat builder in the -w orld. He will see the fastest ice boat 

 in the world to-day. 



No lateen has ever done anything very extra on the Hudson River. 

 I have boated continuou.sly on the river for 28 years in the very fastest 

 kind of company,. Com. Irving Grinnell, a great boatman, was very 

 partial to cats. He built one with 610 sq. ft. sail area, one out of sev- 

 eral. Archie Rogei's had another as large or larger. I owned one 

 150 sq. ft. area, but like the lateens — they did not work quite as we 

 ■would wish, and we generallj' came back to our first loves. I have 

 never heard that the Hudson River I. Y. C claimed any great origmal- 

 ity. They tested lateens and eats regardless of cost, and then re- 

 turned to the sloop rig. Capt. Clayton. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The lateen rig over ice boats dates much further back than twenty 

 years, as incidentally stated by "C. L. N." in your issue of Feb. 16. 

 Wlien I was quartered witli my regiment in Kingston, Canada AVest, in 

 1861, I had many a spin in the ice Iioats therej and they were I'igged 

 precisely as descrilied by -'G. P." in }-our same issue— that is. as far 

 as regards their sails, which were lateen, the yards and booms being 

 united by a shaclde at the fore end. But the inast was stepped iii th.- 

 ordinary position .somewhere in the center fore and aft line. 



EissiouTH, Devon, Eng., March 5. Henry E. Batlt. 



Measurement Rules. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In my letter sent about a fortnight since, I suggested that the im- 

 mersed area of mid section be used in the divisor, the general form 

 being: 



any cubic rule , . 



American ratmg = =— = — r-; t-. 1- constant, and instanced, 



area of mid-section ' 

 Fu-st, a modified Y. R, A. form, viz. : 

 L X S 



American rating = - 



M 



constant (I.) 



Second, a modified Seawanhaka form, viz.: 



American rating = ^^^-^j.* h- constant (II.) 



I now write to point out that the following modification of the Sea- 

 wanhaka rule is simpler than H., and more easily worked out: 

 American rating = (X + S — '^'m) -i- constant (III.,) 



Mis the immersed area of mid-section measured internally . ... a 

 simple method of doing so being to bore two minute pin holes throtiela 

 the yacht's, sides at the waterline mid-section and to stretch a wire 

 across. Then it is easy to measure. 



The Fall River (Mass.) Y. C. has elected the following officers: Com., 

 D. J. Burdick; Yice Com., H. W. Tinkham; Eear-Coin.. Jelferson Bor- 

 den. Jr.; Pres., (ieo. A. Ballard; Sec. Wm. E. Blossom; Treas.. C. E. 

 D. Pence; Meas., Peleg E. Borden: Directors— P. J. Burdick. H. W. 

 Tinkham, Wm. H. Edear. Wm. E. Blos.soni. Geo. B. Pierce : Regatta 

 Committee— Ben j. D. Briggs, A. Y, Nickerson, Fred. B. Diu'fee, Eubt. 

 A. Holt, A. F. McCann: Alembership Committee— D. J. Burdick. T. 

 Hagg-erty. W. J. Hutchmson, J. E. Hathaway. J. R. Duifee: Aomina- 

 ting Committee-^Frank Boi den, G. R. H. Buffinton, Roht. A. Holt, 

 Win. F. McCoj.-. AY. C. Wethei ell ; Audit ing ConiraittP<^D. J. Burdick, 

 Glee. A. Ballard, Tgaac H. Lawton. 



B internal beam at waterhne. 



H immersed depth of hull (wire to floors). 



h immersed depth of hull at )4 B. 



Then by Simpson's first rule; 



BI = of (4 h -I- 2 H -f- 4 hj = 



3 4 

 And HI. may be written: 



American R = - 



' (H -|-4h) 



i/ S— Vb (H-4h) 



Formulas L and II. reduce to the following forma: 

 L S 



American E ; 



" 13 B (H -f 4 h) 



..L 



American R = L -|- S — V 12 B ( H + 4 h) IL 



I will back this rule to carry out the wishes of tlie New York Y. 0. 

 committee better than anything j et proposed, and do so witnout en- 

 gendering any difficulties as to measurement. Thalassa. 



The New Haven Y. C. has arranged to rent fi-om Sargent & Co. suf- 

 ficient ground at the foot nf Hamilton street to accommodate the 

 club hou.se. The club has elected the followint; oflicei's: Com., H. S. 

 Parmelee; Vice-Corn., H. S. Holcomb: Rear-Corn.. J. D. AAelch; Sec'y. 

 AV. A. Chamberlin: Treas., G. R. Chamberlin; Meas,, F. H. Andrews; 

 Fleet Surgeon, W. W. Hawkes. Board of Trustees— Joseph Porter, .1. 

 H. Parish; Regatta Committee— D. M. Goodridge. .J. T. Goodrich and 

 S. D. Baker. P. G. Sanford. owner of the 40ft. sloop Rival, has 

 prnsented a handsome challenge for that class. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



The Indian Harbor Y. C. will give a race for special classes on Mon- 

 day, July 3, and the annual regatta will take place on Saturday, 

 July 29. 



The Citizens' Yachting Association, of Detroit. Mich., has decided to 

 hold an open regatta on July 3-4, on Lake St. Clair, with cash prizes 

 and no entrance fees. 



AVindward, schr., has been sold to E. N. Doll through the Bliveu Co., 

 and Florence, cutter, has been purchased by Vice-Corn. Ahlstrom, of 

 the Douglaston Y. C. . She will be renamed Katrine, and with Wind- 

 ward wUl be enrolled in the D. Y. 0. fleet. 



On March 6 Capt. Nathan Appleton, of Boston, delivered a lecture on 

 the West Indian Islands before the Fall River Y. C. Some sixty stere- 

 opticon views, made by Lieut. Norriss, U. S. N., were shown in connec- 

 tion with the lecture. 



Javelin, steam yacht, has been sold by Com. Morgan to C. R. Flint, 

 at one time a part owner of the sloop Gracie. 



Conqueror, steam yacht, arrived at Kingston from St. Jago on 

 Feb. 19. 



Oneida, steam yacht. E. C. Benedict, has been painted white with 

 yellow stack, and is fitting out for a Southern cruise. 



Mr. A. Gary Smith is at work on a design for an electric auxiliary 

 Schooner for Florida waters. 



A model yacht club has been organized at Marblehead, Mass., the 

 name being the Midget Y. C. The fleet numbers about sixty yachts of 

 13 to 82in. I.w.l. A silver championship cup has been established and 

 races will be sailed every week on Rid's Pond. 



The Sing Sing Y. C. elected the following officers on March 6: Com., 

 Ralph Brandreth; Vice-Com., Col. Frank Larkin, Jr.; Rear- Admiral, 

 Chas. S. Raymond; Sec'y, E. T. Dennis; Treas., James Thompson. 



The Commonwealth Y. C, of Boston, has elected the following 

 officers: Com., Thomas Murphy; Vice-Corn., L. M. Johnson: Fleet 

 Capt., B. J. Smith; Sec'y, W. C. Le Peterie; Treas., A. E. Justin; 

 Meas., F. Pfund. Trustees— C. H. Rushton, chairman. J. H. Cronin. J. 

 A. Evans, P. H. Gould and .James Leveridge. 



Mignon, sloop, has been pm-chased by AV. H. Eowe, Columbia Y. C. 



The Williamsburg Y. C. has elected the following officers: Com., AV. 

 Martin; A'ice-Com.. T. Meyer; Fleet Captain, L. W. Eice; Sec'y, G. W. 

 Prime; Treas, A. R. Smith; Meas., AA' . H. Rexter; Steward, J. Lawes. 

 Trustees, J. Northrup. W. Stebbins, P. Monahan, M. AA^alters and J. 

 Essman. Regatta Com., G. F. Burkard, G. Brek, Jr., H. Harper, T. 

 EUson, and E. Brown; Delegates to N. Y. Y'.R.A., H. Roth, J. Schues- 

 sele and C. Barker. 



The Sing Sing Y. C. has been divided as the result of internal dissen- 

 sions, and a new club, called the Ossining T, C, has been organized 

 with the following officers: Com.,R. Stray; Vice-Com., A. B. Osburne; 

 Sec'y, A. L. Eiker; Treas., F. A. Griffin; Meas., I. S. Haff; House Com., 

 I. S. HafC, H. O. Tompkins and J. Ryder. 



The Newark Y. C. elected the following officers: Com.,E. M. Grover; 

 A'ice-Com., A. Johnson; Financial Sec'y, J. W. Smith; Recording Sec'y 



E. F. Atchinson; Treas.. C. Schade; Meas., J. Sandford; Trustees, L. 

 AVright. H. W. Chapman. J. AV. Smith, AA^ H. AJ'reeland and E. E. 

 Tompkins. Delegates to N. Y^. Y. R. A., C. E. Cameron, J. AA^ Smith 

 and C. Schade. Alternates, AA"m. Murray and F. Mnller. The annual 

 dinner will be held at the club house on New street. Newark, on Mon- 

 day, March 20. The club is now comfortably installed in good quar- 

 ters on Newark Bay at Bayonne, with a large membership and a grow- 

 ing fleet. 



At a meeting of the Cleveland Y. C. on Nov. 1 the following officers 

 were elected; Directors. George AA''. Gardner. AA'. B. Huntington, P. P. 

 AVright, B. AV. Rodder, AV. P. Francis. C. AV. Kefiey, Luther Allen, Ed. 

 Overbeke, Fi-ank Overbeke, J. O. Gardner, P. AA^ Rice, W. J. Akers, G. 

 Luetkemeyer, AV. De Mooy, J. N, Richardson; Measurer, J. Barth; 

 Assistant Measurer, H. Eichter: Surveyor, C, Krause; Fleet Surgeon. 

 Dr. B. E. Becman. The board of directors will meet on April 12 to elect 

 the flag officers. 



The Haverhill (Mass.) Y. C. has elected the following officers: Com., 

 Chas. AA^ Jleader; A'ice-Com., Walter L. Hicks; Fleet CapTrain, Georee 

 EUis; Sec. Chas. H.Morrow; Treas., Albert I. Jackson; Meas., Frank 

 Drew; Trustees, George Graham, John Crossen, John Goodell; Ee- 

 gatta Committee, C. AA''. Meader, George Kilby. AValter AA^ills. 



The Hempstead Harbor Y. C. has elected the following officers: 

 Com., D. K. Hall., Jr.; Vice-Corn., Thomas T. Taber: Purser, Eobert 



F. Cocks; Captain of Boats, John S. Appelby; Members of the Gov- 

 erning Boai'd (in addition to the club officers), Louis T. Duryea, 

 Samuel C. Pii'ie and Paul H. Grumm. 



TheEaritan Y. C, of Perth Amboy, N. J., has elected the following 

 officers: Com., ,L G. Hall; \^ice-Com., H. E. Crowell; Sec, W. H. Hes- 

 ser; Treas., AA^. A. Crowell; Meas., .1. S. AA'ight; Finance Committee, J. 

 D. AA'^atson. H. E. Crowell, J. 'V. Langan; Admission Committee, AA'. H. 

 Hesser, C. F. Hall, J. F. Ten Broeok: Eegatta Committee, O.AA^. Peter- 

 son, St. George Kempson, AV. A. Crowell. 



The Greenville (N. J.) Y. C. elected the following officers on March 

 7: Com.. C. P. Morton: A'ice-Com., O. P. Vreeland; Fin. Sec'y, T. 

 Ahrens: Eecording Sec'y, Geo. Kraus; Treas., Chas. Mitzenius; Meas., 

 Harry Kalteustrath; Sergt.-at-Arms, T. Folger. Trustees. J. C. Sim- 

 monds, L. F. Harrison, T. McCoubray, Alonzo Peniston and Dr. S. A. 

 Hollister. House Committee, O. P. A'reeland, F. Wagner, F. Boeder, 

 Jr., Geo. Kraus and Thomas Folger. Delegates to Yacht Eacing Asso- 

 ciation, AA^. P. A'reeland, Harry Kalteustrath and C. P. Morton. 



The Carolina Y. C, of Charleston, S. C, elected the following officers 

 on March 1: Com., AV. D. Porcher; A'ice-Com., E. A. Simons; Sec'y, 

 C. E. Prioleau; Treas., W. D. Middleton; Fleet Surgeon, E. F. Parker, 

 M.D. Executive Committee. James Armstrong, F. Y. Porcher, H. M. 

 Tucker, Jr.. E. B. Lebby, Gaston Hardy, D. J. Porter and F. P. Huger. 



Alert, schr., sailed from Gibraltar on Feb. 2 and arrived at Bermuda 

 on March 9, botmd for New York. 



The new Gielow schooner Loyal at Poillon's is now well framed and 

 the planking is going on. The yacht is an excellent specimen of 

 modern moclerate construction, everything strong and substantial, 

 but without the weight of extra wood all over tliat was formerly con- 

 sidered necessary in a yacht. The scantling is of good size and there 

 is no attempt at extremely light building, but the material is 

 judiciously placed and everything is thoroughly fastened. The steam 

 yacht Avenel has undergone a wonderful tranformation at Mr. Dris- 

 coH's hands in the same yard, being in nearly all particulars a new 

 boat. She has now a fair sheer and side fine, which she never had be- 

 fore, two good overhangs, the counter being very well carried out, 

 new planking, decks, bulwarks, rail, phot house and general fittings 

 The rail is a beautiful piece of teak wood. There is a light bridge 

 over the deck house, from which the steering will be done, the fore 

 part of the house being the captain's room, while the after part forms 

 the dining room A new Almy boiler has been put in, with a AA''ihiam- 

 son steam steerer. The main question is whether the cost of such 

 radical rebuilding would not have paid for a new boat. The steam 

 yacht Restless is at the yard for alterations before going to the Lakes. 

 A light bulwark and rail will be added on top of the present low 

 rail. ;. .At Ayres's shop are half a dozen small electric launch hulls 

 going up together. The two "Scarecrows" have been finished for 

 some time and a third wfil be started shortly. The Tobin bronze fln- 

 center[)late of the original one is a fine piece of work, well finished on 

 the edges and fitted with a casting on top to support it in the trunk. 

 A steam launch has also been started in the main shop for Mr. 

 Crowley,.,. At AA'intringham's yard the Gielow steamer is nearly 

 in frame, while in the various shops are no less than four keel 

 boats of 24ft. to ;30ft. l.w.L. aU designed by Mr. Charles Olmste^d, of 

 Brooklyn, to be used about Shelter Island. One is nearly completed, 

 another is planked and decked, and a third is in frame. They are 

 good looking boats, of considerable beam and draft, with Gloriana 

 boAVS and deep keels of the modem outlines. 



Mr. Hugh L. AA^flloughby, of the New York Y. C.. OAvner of the 

 steam yacht Wampanoag, has just purchased in England the iron 

 steam yacht Barracouta, formerly Fauvette. The Fauvette is quite 

 an old vessel, having been built in 1869 at Havre, France, by Nillus & 

 Normand. She is notable as the first vessel which passed into the 

 .Suez Cemal in 1869 on tlie occasion of its formal opening, having in 

 tow the English schooner yacht Cambria. She is 121ft. between per- 

 pendiculars. 20ft. Sin. hearn, and lift. 9in. draft. She Avas thoroughly 

 overhauled in 1891 and under i^-ent a special survey, being rated 100 Al 

 at Lloyds. She is now at Cowes, where she wiU receive a new stern 

 before sailing for New York. 



The annual meeting of the Corinthian Y. C. of New York was held 

 on March 7 at the Hotel Logerot, New York. The following officers 

 were elected: Admiral, August Belmont; Fleet Captain, M. Roose- 

 velt Schu.^■ler ; Sec. George A. Cormack; Meas., John Hyslop. The 

 club decided on an outside race for schooners in the fall in addition to 

 the regular Newport sweeijstakes. A supper was served after the 

 meeting. 



Puritan, steam yacht, recently chartered by Mr. Eugene Higgins, 

 New York Y.C was formerly the Miranda, designed by St. Clare J. 

 Byrne, and buUt by Ramage Ferguson in 1886. She is a steel vessel, 

 brigantine rigged, and is i;:i8ft. between perpendiculars, 24ft. beam, 

 14ft. .Sin. hold, Avith engines 13, 21 and 33x22in. 



The Roberts Safety AA'ater Tube Boiler Co. has recorded its 516th or- 

 der, the lioilers laeing used in yachts, laimches, passenger steamers, 

 tugs, canal boats, coal mines and electric light works. 'The business 

 has increased fifty per cent, within the past year, the boiler being 

 liked wherever it is tried. 



