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avenue. They will be bulletined at the club house, on their receipt. 

 The list will close at 12 M., Sept, 1. 



T(ie match for the America'!? cup will close the season. 



Rear Com. Ellis tendered his resignation, as he will be absent on the 

 Navahoe and his yacht is under charter. 



. The following gentlemen were elected members, and among the 

 number are eight or ten yachtsmen: 



Le Roy Fales, Warren B, Fales. James Cockroft, ,James B. Town- 

 seud, James K. Hopkins, .John C. Rich, U. S. N.; Albert Stevens. 

 Henry M. Franjiel, Thomas B. Parker, Cornelius' J. Ryan, W. H. 

 Dickey. Richard Peters, Clarence A. Xackey, L. J. Callanan. Walter J. 

 Sears,' TJ. S. ; Chandler W. Wayland, Aaron Ward, U. S. N. ; William 



G. Roelker, Frederick H, Von Stade. H. Walter Webb, A. Walpole 

 Ci-agie. William Osborne, George M. Preston, William R. Sands, George 

 Bird, John C. Tappin. Henry Pearce, William 0. Dickson, Edwin S. 

 Cramp. .John C. Orr. Benjamin F. Sutton, Paul G. Thebaud, Henry D. 

 Babcock, John Burke, Lewis Cass Ledyard, Edgar S. Scott, Andrew S. 

 .lohnston, W. A. Marbury, C. T. Van Santvoord. Horace See, Conway 



H. Arnold, U. S. N.; Armistead Rust, U. S. N.; and WiUard H Jones. 



The 35ft. Sailing Length. Class. 



The 25ft. sailing length class, improperly called the 35-rating class 

 in imitation of the Enghsh term "rating," was established in 1891 by 

 several New Tork clubs with the idea of putting to a practical test the 

 theory of sailing or corrected length as a basis of classification. After 

 two seasons of trial the results have been seized upon by the adherents 

 of a length classification as demonstrating the correctness of their 

 views. Although tJiere has been considerable racing in the class, the 

 boats have been largely of one type, and the work of one designer, so 

 that the results can hardly be taken as conclusive. The first boats 

 built for the class were Smuggler, J^ameless and Needle, miniature 

 cutters, designed by Wm. Gardner, of about 25ft. l.w I, and 6ft. 6in. to 

 7ft. draft. The racing of these tln-ee similar boats together in 1891 

 proved notUng, and the defeat of one of them by a shorter and wider 

 boat in a single race at the end of the season was equally devoid of 

 result. Last year the class was augmented by three new boats, two 

 by Gardner and one by Herreshofif, and a number of races were sailed. 

 The first boat, Pyxie, was a fin-keel variety of the cutter model of 

 Nameless, shorter and wider and with deadwood all cut away, but 

 still allied in model to the cutter type. The second was a Herreshoff 

 fln-keel, El Cbico, a canoe-hke hull with bulb fin ; and the third, de- 

 signed by Gardner, vras a fin-keel very similar to El Chico. None of 

 these boats varied greatly from the dimensions first chosen by Mr. 

 Gardner for Smuggler, of 25ft. l.w.l., by 625ft. sail area, and conse- 

 quently the result of then- races has been merely to test the individual 

 merits of the boats and their helmsmen, and to thi-ow no fight on the 

 more important question of the best proportions of length and sail for 

 the class. On her visit to Boston last year Pyxie met a different class 

 of boat in the Eastern 21-f ooter, boats of less length and greater sad 

 area, and as a result she was badly beaten in the races, saUed mostly 

 in light weather. This experience proved what some observers of the 

 class had ah-eady pointed out, that the dimensions of the boats Name- 

 less. Needle. Smuggler, Pyxie, El Chico and Nemadgy were not the 

 best possible in a sum total of 25ft. saiUng length, and that in the liglit 

 weather which is found on Long Island Sound a smaller hull with 

 more sail would i^rove a winner. 



The first to take advantage of this hint is Mr. George Bullock, of 

 the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C, who now appears as the owner of 

 the mysterious fin-keel just completed at Lawley's from Stewart & 

 Binney's designs. Folly, as she is caUed, is one of the finest small 

 craft yet launched about New York or Boston, the workmanship and 

 flni.sh being specially good. She is of canoe shape, with a reman 



The Stewart & Blnney fln-keel on the stocks at Wilmington. 

 From the Boston Globe. 



nose, a round section with light bilge and a very neatly shaped over- 

 hang which terminates in a light archboard, quite different from the 

 Herreshoff stern. She is 31ft. over all, 21ft. l.w.l., 7ft. beam and 6ft. 

 6in. extreme draft, of which 5ft. Sin. is fin, a plate of Yain. Tobin 

 bronze 4ft. 6iu. long on lower edge. In place of the balance or fishtail 

 rudder of all fin-keel craft she has a smaU triangular fin of Tobin 

 bronze at the after end of waterline, the bronze rudder being hung in 

 the usual manner on the plate, the after edge forming a sternpost of 

 moderate rake. Her cockpit is long and narrow, elliptical in shape, 

 and an eUiptical coaming includes enough of the deck to form a seat. 

 Between the cockiait and mast is a circular hatch opening into the 

 cuddy. The huU is of Spanish cedar, both planking and deck, of 

 double-skin construction, a smooth a beautiful piece of work. The 

 deck fittings are few and simple, the rig is a mainsaU and jib. With 

 her waterline of 21ft., as given, she will be entitled to no less than 

 840sq. ft., and there can be little doubt of her performance in the 

 usual light weather about Oyster Bay with the smaU cutters of only 

 635sq. ft. What the result will be in harder weather, and whether 

 these proportions do not tend to the opposite extreme, of too Uttle 

 hull and too much sail, remains to be seen, but in any event the new 

 Folly is Ukely to throw new and needed fight on the practical opera- 

 tion of classification bv sailing length. In this connection it may be 

 mentioned that another mystery of the deep is stiU unsolved, a new 

 "A.lpha'" thatis still in the Herreshoff shops, said to be for a New 

 York owner. Her dimensions are as yet unknown, but it is not un- 

 likely that she may make her moorings in Oyster Bay and strike ter- 

 ror to "vested interests" in the 25ft. class. 



[We understand that the waterline is over lift. . probably between 

 22 and 23ft.] . 



Seawanhaka Corinthian IT. C. 



The Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. will open the season on May 27 at 

 its Oyster Bay club bouse, breakfast being served at 1 P. M., immedi- 

 ately after the hoisting of the flags. The house this year wUl be in 

 charge of Messrs. F. Delano Weeks, George Bullock, Sidney Chubb, 

 Auguste P. Montauk and Francis T. UnderhiU, the house committee. 

 Although last year's work was an experiment, it was most satisfactory, 

 the experience" gained, however, has pointed to improvements in vari- 

 ous directions. The town house, which was closed last sumjiicr, wUl 

 be kept open throughout the year; the train service to Oyster Bay 

 has been improved by the Long Island R. R., a new and much larger 

 steamer has replaced the small launch, and will meet itil trains from 

 New York at the railroad pier, The landing float in front of the club 

 house has been enlarged and imijroved. The mess dinners, which have 

 become such a popular featm-e of the winter season, were discontinued 

 on May 18, but wfll be resumed in October. The navigation class, 

 under "Capt. Howard Patterson, has lately concluded its work. A 

 special meeting of the club was held on May 23 in consequence of the 

 recent resignation of Com. Weeks, at which ilr. Robert Center, of the 

 cutter Medusa, was elected commodore for the thii-d time, having 

 served in 1889-90. Com. Center has appomted Mr. Auguste P. Montauk 

 as fleet captain. 



The programme for the season has just been announced by the race 

 committee, Messrs. Walter C. Kerr, R. D. Townsend, R. W. Gibson, 

 Irving Cox and W. Emlen Roosevelt. On the opening day, May 27, two 

 races will take place. , , , ^ , 



The Hoyt naphtha launch races for the cup presented by IVIr. Col- 

 gate Hoyt, for cabin launches, a cup of the value of S50; for open 

 launches, a cup of the value of S--25. Launches with standing awnmgs 

 rank as open. Stai-c 3 o'clock P. M. over the catboat inside com-se, 

 alloivances to be made according to handicap posted at club honse. 



The club catboat race, a s|.recial race for club catboats, wiU be 

 started over the catboat inside course at 3:10 P. M. Helmsmen will 

 be'selected and boats awarded by lot. Four entries will berequu-ed; 

 helmsmen's prize $15. , ^ , 



The regular races of the season will be open to yachts of the Atlan- 

 tic, Beverly, Cormthian of Marbleheiid. Corinthian of New York, East- 

 ern, Knickerbocker, Larehmout, Massachusetts, Marine and Field, 

 New Haven yaeht clubs, and Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadi-on, and 

 will be governed by the racing rules and time allowances, and under 

 tbe direction of the race comnaittee of the Seawanhaka Corinthian 

 Y C 



The 23d annual Corinthian race will be sailed on Saturday, July 1, 

 the full conditions of which we will publish later. 



On the various dates given below there will be saUed special races 

 for small yachts; to be saUed under the racing rules and time aUow- 

 ances of the club, exeejit as specified. Entries wfll be received from 

 yachts under 32ft. waterlme length, all sailing in one class. Unless 

 otherwise directed by the race committee these races shall be safied 

 from a one- gun start at 11 o'clock A.M., and over the Bell Buoy coiu-se. 

 Helmsmen shaU be Corinthian; otherwise there shaU be no restric- 

 tion except that screws shall be limited to one man for each 5ft. of 

 waterline or fraction thereof, exclusive of the helmsman. Second 

 prizes may be added at the direction of the race committee. 



Rouse and Wetiuore series: Tuesday, May 30: Sat.m-day, June 24; 

 Saturday, July 15; Saturday, Aug. 12. For prizes of the vaiue of §75 



each, presented by Mr. Henry C. Rouse and Mr. Charles W. Wetmore- 

 Measurements will be made under the Seawanhaka rules, extended to 

 meet the requirements of the several rigs carried, and time aUowances 

 for the first race shall be determined upon the following: For keel 

 yachts, their racing length : for centerboard yachts over 25ft. water- 

 line, tlieir racing length; for centerboard yachts over 20ft. and not 

 over 25ft. waterUne, 97^ of their racing length; for centerboard yachts 

 20ft. waterline and under, 95^ of their racing length. 



For the second and subsequent races such other method of allow- 

 ance, classification or handicap niay be adopted as the race committee 

 shall determine. When a yacht shall have won two prizes she shall be 

 barred from f m-ther entry. 



Roosevelt handicap race. Saturday, July 22: For the Alfred Roose- 

 velt memorial cup, value 575. Under handicaps to be arranged and 

 announced by the race committee. 



Bullock handicap race, Saturday, Aug. 26, for a cup valued at 850, 

 presented by Mr. George Bullock; handicaps to be arranged and an- 

 nounced by the race committee. 



The race committee announces the following new regulation: Code 

 signals concerning the starting of races, when it has been determined 

 by the race committee that a race shall be started the code signal M 

 (white X on blue ground) signifying "get under way," will be hoisted 

 under the club burgee on the steamer or on the club house staff, and 

 intention to postpone a race will be announced by signals, as indicated 

 in the special signal code of the club. 



Queen Mab. 



As we go to press the news is announced that Queen Mab has been 

 purchased by Mr. Percy Chubb, a New York yachtsman. The yacht 

 was designed by Watson and built last year by Henderson & Co. for 

 T. C. B. West. She is the first large centerboard racing yacht biult in 

 Great Britain for many years. She is of composite construction, 

 59ft. Sin. l.w.l., about 16ft. beam and about lift, draft, her centerboard 

 being of Delta metal, weighing 3}^ tons. Her sail area by the Y. R. A. 

 rule is 4,052sq. ft., making her of 40-rating. She will find no yachts of 

 her own length to race with in this country, as there are no modern 

 yachts between the 46ft. Wasp and 70ft. Katrina. Last season Queen 

 Mab was conceded to be the best of the 40-rating class, her record stand- 

 ing 46 starts, 24 firsts, 11 seconds and one other prize, amounting to 

 £1,187. including a Queen's cup at the Royal Firtli regatta. Much 



similar yawl, for J. W. Hill, of Boston, She wiU bo 38ft. over all, Svft. 

 1 w I., 10ft, 6in. beam and 5ft. draft. Her name will be Lmda. At the 

 same yard a keel bas been laid for a steamer for Jlr. Goodyear ot 

 New York. She will be 61ft. aver all, 55ft. I.w.1., lift, beam and but 

 Oft. draft, being intended for the Indian River. 



Nothmg has yet been done toward a suitable harbor at Chicago, and 

 it is very doubtful whether one will be built. The schooner Fortuna 

 is now on her way from Marblehead to the St. Lawrence, the steam 

 yacht Norseman,"Mr. S. R. Piatt, has sailed from England for Chicago. 

 The steamer Wild Duck, Col. J. M. Forbes, has saded for Montreal, 

 where her owner and a party will join her preparatory to atrip 

 through the canals and lakes. The new Herreshoff steamer Laurie, 

 wUl visit CMcago, and the steam yacht Manola, Thos, Pratt, of New 

 Haven, leaves this week with a party aboard. 



The latest proof that truth is stranger than fiction is found in the 

 occurrence of May 10, off Chatham, when 3,0001bs. of dynamite were 

 exploded under the wrecked Alva. The terrible explosion which en- 

 sued not only tore the huU apart, thi-owdng a large portion so far 

 away that it was not visible, but it so frightened a large whale tliat 

 it rushed wildly around and' finally became entangled with the bell 

 buoy. In his struggles he parted the mooring cham and made lor 

 sea with the buoy in tow and the bell ringing. This quite discounts 

 the story in "Olivette," which may, after aU, be true. Little is left 

 of the Alva, as the remaining pieces can be easily destroyed by small 

 charges. 



Serkara, schr., designed by Stewart & Binney for N. L. Francis, of 

 Boston, was launched at A. J. Fi-isbie's yard on May 15, the owner and 

 a party of friends being present. The yacht is 70ft. over all, .50ft. l.w.l,, 

 15ft. beam and Oft. 6in. draft. The saloon is 15ft. long, under a low 

 trunk, and there are two 8ft. staterooms. The saloon is finished m 

 white andniahogany, wdth crimson upholstery. The aomer and cab- 

 inet work is very handsome and conveniently arranged. Ihe sails 

 were made by Wilson & Silsby. The yacht was chi-istened with 

 American wine by Miss Mallon, of Do rchester. 



Waterhouse & Cheeseborough are quite busy with a nurtdier of 

 vessels. The passenger steamer is nearly finished, the Foster Im keel 

 wdl go overboard this week, and Lawley has the mqulds ready for a 

 47ft. vawl of shoal draft, for Biscayne Bay, Fla. Lawley will build the 

 Hopiins yawl and also a 30-footer. An order has ]ust been placed 

 with Story, of Essex, for a keel cruising schooner for W. T. Lambert 



QUEEN MAB. Designed by G. L. Watson. 



has been said about her centerplate, the common report being that 

 she does not use it. , ^ , , 



The report that Queen Mab had had her centerboard removed is now 

 supplemented by another to the effect that the board was not re- 

 moved, but merely beveled off on the edges. There is also another 

 report afloat to the effect that she has sailed for America, having 

 been pm'chased by an American. Sawyer & Son, of New York, 

 recently made to Mr, Watson's order a suit of sails for a 40-rater, and 

 as Watson is btulding no new boat of the 40 class this yeai-, it is prob- 

 able that thev were intended for Queen Mab. 



Brooklyn Y. C. Annual Regatta. 



The Brooidyn Y. C, under its recent and present management, has 

 done much to regain its old-time prestige, and though it is hardly 

 likely that the fleet will again number such big vessels as once sailed 

 under the B. Y. C. flag, the club is budding up a fine fleet of cruising 

 and racmg craft from 60ft. downward, and is working hard for the eu- 

 coiu-agement of racing. 



This season the annual regatta will be on a larger scale than ever of 

 late years, invitations having been sent to 33 clubs about New York. 

 The race wiUbe saUedon June 12, starting at 9:30 A. M. sharp, and the 

 com-ses will be on New York Bay. The race wfll lie under the Sea- 

 wanhaka rule, now used by the club, with no shifting baUaf t, a crew 

 limit, and the helmsman of each yacht mast be a member of a club 

 having one or more yachts entered. The club classes are as follows: 



Cabm Yachts.— Schooners— 50ft. class, 50ft, and under, com-se 23 



miles.' Mai'nsafl— Class D, 25ft. and under, course 15 miles; Class E, 

 over 25ft., 17 mfles. 



Open Boats.— Mainsail— Class A, 21ft. and under, course 9 mfles; 

 Class B, 21ft. to 25ft., 11 mUes: Class C, 25ft. to -"Oft., 15 miles. Jib a,nd 

 mainsail— Class 1, 24ft. and imder, course 11 miles; Class 2, over 24ft., 

 15 mUes. 



Entries wiU close at noon on Jtme 7 with R. C. Hopkins, 107 Cham- 

 bers street, New York, or at the club house, Bath Beach, N. Y. The 

 regatta committee includes Messrs. R. C. Hopkins, Hari-y Stanwood 

 and F. W. Babbett. The u-on steamer Cepheus wfll f oUow the race. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



i\Ii-. Thos. F. McManus, designer of the "Gloriana Fisherman" the 

 James S. Steele, has just had another fisherman built from his designs. 

 The new boat, Maggie M. SuUivan, made a successful trial trip last 

 week. 



The 25 keel cutter buUding at Lawley's fi-om Stewart & Bmney's de- 

 signs for Sir. Burnham wiU be named Keewaydin. 



Marguerite, schr., has been sold by R. S. Palmer through Stewart & 

 Binney. to Hem-y W. Lamb, an old Boston yachtsman, former owner 

 of the sloop Mystery, The yacht is now on her way from Norfolk to 

 Boston. 



Kangaroo, sloop, has been sold by Franklin Beames to H. M. Cook. 



Lakshmi, catboat, has been sold by Wm, Osborn to H. E. Kane. 



The new yawl built by Prior for the Boston Yacht Agency was at 

 Bay Ridge last week, where she wUl fit out to tow thi-ough the canals, 

 bemg bound for Sandusky, Ohio. She is 44ft. over all, 29ft. l.w.l., lift, 

 beam and 3ft. di'aft. Her owner is J. J. GilL Prior is at work on a 



baliast. The firm has just bookea an order for a flying fisherman 

 107ft. over all, 85ft. l.w.l., 24ft. beam and lift. 6in. draft. 



0. A. Desmond, of Rahv,\ay, N. J,, has designed two yachts, one of 

 which, the Bonnie Kate, for F. A. Guild, is now building by the New 

 Jersey Dry Dock Co. at Elizabetiiport, K. J. She is 42ft. over all, .30ft. 

 l.w.l., 12ft. beam and 6t. 6iu. di'aft, -^vith 5 tons of lead on keel and one 

 ton inside. She will be cutter rigged. The other yacht, building by 

 Robert Jacob, is for the 25ft. sailing length class, and is 36ft. over all, 

 25ft. 1, W.I., 8ft. beam, 4ft. 6in, draft, with one ton of lead on keel and a 

 4001b. steel centerplate. Mr. Desmond is also building a "Scarecrow" 

 from Mr. Stephens's de;<igns for A. A. Schmidt, of Detroit. 



Nooya, steam yacht, has been sold by H. S. Alley to E. N Dick- 

 erson through Manning's Agency. Mr. Dickerson formerly owned the 

 schooner Wave Crest. 



The St. Lawrence River Skiff, Canoe and Steam Launch Co. has 

 shipped to E. E. Sargent, Newark, N, J., a very handsome flu-keel de- 

 signed by Mr. Gtardncr for a safling length of 18ft. She will be sailed 

 on Lake'Hopatcong, N. J. The firm is now buUding an 18ft. '-Scare- 

 crow" for W. M. Brownell, of New York, and another for Charles P. 

 Lyon, of Ogdensburg, N. Y., both fin-keels and rigged with maiusafl 

 and jib. They have also tmder way one of the 15ft. 4in. size, yawl 

 rigged, for J. R. Whiting, of Yale University. 



The new flagship of the New York Y. C, Com, Morgan's May, ar- 

 rived at New York from Marseilles on May 22. She came up the Bay 

 with both topmasts and jibboom housed and her bow well out of 

 water. She was designed by Watson and built in 1891 for N. B. Stew- 

 art by the Ailsa Shipbuilding and Engine Co. She is 20:3ft. l.w.l., 28ft. 

 beam and 17ft. Sin. depth. She will at once fit out under the care of 

 Capt. Craven. 



The formal opening of the Larchmont Y. C. took place on May 20, 

 the colors being raised at 4 P. M. A large number of members was 

 present and the fleet in the harbor included some twenty yachts, all 

 gaily dressed out in honor of the occasion. 



The Knickerbocker Y. C. went into commission on Saturday last at 

 the new station, CoUege Point. 



Navahoe was at Bristol last week, where her mast was lifted and 

 between 2 and 3ft. were cut off the heel. Riggers went to work on 

 her promptly to make the necessary alterations in the rigging. On 

 Sunday night she was put on the di-y dock at Providence, and the lead 

 is now being transferred to her keel. The riggei-s are at work on the 

 Colonia, and she will soon be ready, but the Morgan boat cannot be 

 latmched for some time. 



Loyal, schr., buUt bv PoiUon for Com. Sutton, Brooklyn Y. C, from 

 designs by Mr. Gielow, was launched on May 17. The dimensions of 

 the yacht have already been given; we are obUged to defer a full de 

 scription until later. 



Varuna, steam yacht, designed by George Lawley, and built by the 

 Lawley Co, for R. H. White of Boston, was launched on May 15, She 

 is 95ft. over aU, 76ft. l.w.l., 16ft. beam, and 7ft. draft. Capt. S. S. Rich 

 wOlbe in commaad. Another of the Lawle.y steamers, the Siella, 

 buflt for .lohn Stetson, was launched on May 17. She is 98ft. over all, 

 70ft. l.w.l., 15ft. beam. She wifl spend the summer on Lake Slichigan 

 -about Chicago. 



The Eastern Y, C. house at Marblehead wiU open for the season on 

 May 27. Each week from June 22 to Aug. 31, there will be music at 

 the' club house on Thursday evening. Commodore Forbes Las issued 

 the follo\vlng ordei-s: "Flagship Volunteer, E. Y. C, May 10, 1893. 



