FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 15, 1898, 



oFlierself on what are the cardmal poims of ^^"|;?f ;y^\* fh^ 

 will principallv be tried iu the America Q^P coi.te&t.s-Damelv 3^^^ 

 wind and down the wind. On a reacOi the bvitai.nia s)iu« ri ne^^^^^^^ 

 to he, the speedier vessel, while to windwai-d tbey ti' e e^ _ 



matched. The Valkyrie is. however, the '1" ^^IX „reMter 



stays. It may he said that Ihey t.ad l^ '^'^^I'^,''*' v'^" 'i^^ns ■ a1 t for 

 part of the course, witi, the result, chat the. u . Mi * Sit^^ J^; 

 Iverna. Even, however, with .all the '• |0eL'y.nK « ,™t ]nm 



beat from Leigh to the Mouse, they , ad ^^J^^ evei 



ll]-^,^?>^[^^e"n^Sf ^n'a^^P 



'''oni^fi^fU^^^i^-^^^^^ of the new Soper 



bcSt S^^S'uu? l^^^>nd heaviest ^^^^'^J'^n^'^rcj'^ 

 CaJIuna was again ready with a v,ew mas . Li e. w nd was lumi ^ne 

 east at the start, otf Southend, shiftine : 

 abreast of the Mouse. Valkyrie soon took the lead and held it. iue 

 times at the finish, off Harwich, hemg: Allowance. Elapsed. 



alkvrie, M!), Lord Dunraven 3 18 f =| « 



SantJudta, 1(15. A. T>. Clarke. •■■■0 00 4 5-^ 



Britannia, m. Prince of Wales 1 ^ & ~4 



Callnna. V27. B. Donaldson ^ g4 4 SJ 



^^Ba^^iU WasSui,- i.ut none oftoe'three was'nea^Valkyne. The 

 r.,,,'^'^." ^ t"]ed in smooth water. Satanita allowed Britannia Im. 22s., 

 V-i1kvrie. am IHs., f .'alluua5m. 54s., and Iverna 8m 21s. 



Tl i riee of June 5. off Harwich, as well as that on the following 

 day was w n ty Vatkyrie. hut the cable reports were very briet and 

 pave nr details The .Nore to Dover race was sailed on .Tune 10 in 

 ^Tht weather Valkvrie ser.rMi.- h,.,- fourth successive win, the tuiies 

 Bnu,<.\:^^ . Valky,-ie3h.3m.22s.,Satamta 



^^^s^-iiS^'x^an;.:,::::.,.;:.:'eo^^^ 



'^^iljI.IS.flSl^^'iShJ^^toti^ or ten tons 



off her keel and is repirted as much improved by the change. 



m Jifne a the race' off Dover was sailed, from Dover Harbor around 

 the N E. Varne bnoy and Poiith Sand Head hphtshin. two rounds 

 makinK forty miles. Vrdkyrie bad saved her time on the first round, 

 but on^the secOTid sl,e earri.d a^va,y the jaws of gaff and did not flmsh, 

 Britannia winning, with Oalluna second. „ ^, , 



On Tuesday a serious foul occurred at the start of the Channel race 

 to Boulogne, Vendetta crossing Valk-yrie's bows above the line and 

 cauns inti coUisiou with Britannia just the other s.de ot .Valkyne. 

 Vendetta lo.st her rigging and tore her sails, while Britannia o^t her 

 topmast, the total -lamage to the two being quite serious Vaho'iie 

 was little hurt, but was dela.ved for 20m. in making clear bhe .started 

 in chase of Calluua, Iverna, Varuna and Lais, but failed of winning, 

 though she made up much of the lost time. 



'•Our club was the first club to hold champion regattas and r^^^^^^ 

 for champion pennants, and lastly there has '^^f"\'^'^^''"^S^f''^l 

 among o ir yachtsmen referring to the size of yacht or "fi-^it'i oi 



eml-^^rs. Tt has rather been our pride t.> give e^ual respect to the 

 owner of a small boat as that of the largest schooner, and the silent 

 iXwee of our membership has always sustained the principles 

 m deWvhig all our club life, and which were enunicated at one of oi r 

 first sociaT gatherings. Yachting without extravagance. Pleasure 

 without intemperance. Sporting without selfishness. 



"Gentlemen and Members. I give the health of our commodore, oui 

 vice-commodore and our rear-commodore, to whom /oof , '"."^ 

 entire confidence to see that the principles which have twought th^ 

 Atlantic y. G. to its present high position shaU cqntmue to be it^ 

 guide to greater success, and to a higher position m the yachting 

 world." 



Atlantic Y. C. Regatta, June 13. 



BAT RIDGE— NEW YORK H-I-RBOR. 



Wind, weather and tide were all against the Atlantic Y. C. this 

 year in its atteitipt to sail its 28th annual regatta. The classes, courses 

 and general arrangements were much the same as usual, with the ex- 

 ception that the larger yachts after pa-sing the Scotland Lightship 

 were to round a sea mark 3 miles S.W. The entry list showed .i^ 

 yachts, giving three to five contestants in nearly every class, but as 

 usual many of those entered made no pretense of startmg, and only 

 20 crossed the line. Of these Coronet sailed alone, Lasca, Lmerald, 

 Iroquois and Shamrock made a good class, Loyal and Azalea were to- 

 gether, Wasp started alone, Choctaw had the rebuilt lola for a rival, 

 Daffodil, Tigress, Saona and Ileika made up a class, Bonnie Doon going 

 in with them. Rose Marie and the yawl Kittie wore hi the nest class 

 the new Olmstead boat Narona sailed alone, and Aura, Spray and 

 Myrtle made up the cat class. Anaconda started alone as a port 

 entry. A number of sailing yachts accompanied the fleet, but few 

 steamers were out. , . ,t -n 



The morning was warm but cloudy and haz5% with a very light N. u. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



Yesterday morning the 21-footer Thistledown was launched by her 

 builders, T>'. & W. McMurchy. This yacht is from the designing board 

 of her owner, Mr. .EmiUus Jarvis, and is the fir.st bulb keel boat to ap- 

 pear on Lake Ontario. Her dimensions are as follows: Length over 

 all, aoft. ; l.w.l.. 30ft. iMn.; beam, 5ft. 6in.; draft extreme, 5ft. 3in ; 

 draft wnthout fln, 9in.; corrected length L. Y. R. A. rule, SO.orft. In 

 general appearance she is best described as a big canoe, wnth the addi- 

 tion of the steel fin and its bulb of lead at the lower edge. The sheer 

 plan of the wooden hull shows a fau- sweep from stern to taffrail 

 along its lower edge, and there is no dead wood of any sort visible. 

 As a matter of course the rudder is of the "nasty" variety, and of 

 large size, and will help out the lateral resistance a good deal. The 

 steel plate and fln weigh about 7001bs., and give promise of any 

 amount of stability and plenty of strain on the hull in addition. Tlie 

 hull itself is carvel built, and close-ribbed with all steamed frames like 

 a canoe. The construction is light, but the workmanship is good, and 

 the whole fabric should be good for all ordinary strains. A long cock- 

 pit affords accommodation for the helmsman and crew, the yacht 

 being completely decked in with this exception. The rigging is being 

 fitted and a trial trip may be obtained to-day. The spar looks enor- 

 mous, but this is accounted for partly by the nature of the rig, which 

 will be a lugsail and jib, or more properly a foresail tacked to stem- 

 head, there being no bowsprit whatever. "At present the 21ft. class on 

 Lake Ontario consists mostly of centerboard craft of the overgrown 

 saih'ug craft tribe, and the success of a type so radically different re- 

 mains to be seen. In point of detail and finish Thistledown is away- 

 ahead of her competitors, and she will certainly give the new type of 

 craft a fair trial.— Toro/i. to Mail, .June 10. 



The annual regatta of the Eastern Y. 0. will take place Monday 

 June 26. off Marblehead. Entries will be received in writing at the 

 oflice of Mr. William S. Eaton, Jr., secretai-y of the club, 281 Franklin 

 street, Boston, until 2 P. M. on Saturday, June 24. The prizes are; 

 Forschooners— First class (over r.5ft. water line), $100; second , class 



Yachts at Chicago. 



Editor Forest and Stream: . . . . 



I cannot resist the temptation to raise my voice m a warning to 

 yachtsmen not to take their yachts to Chicago this sumnier. I would 

 be the last person to do this if I thought there was any hope that they 

 would find satisfactory accommodations, for I would like to see some 

 of our crack vaehts out here, for the good it would- be to our lake 

 fleets if for nothing else. But having sailed on the Lakes and on salt 

 water 1 know the difference, and feel sure that no eastern man who 

 loves his boat would ever consent to have her anchor m one ot our 

 wes'tern city harbors. This very day at 10 A. M.. with the sun shining 

 cJearand lu-jgUt, the foghorn on the breakwater was sounding its 

 dismal hoot ' Whv? Because the western breeze was wafting the 

 smoke f l om the city out on to the lake in such a dense black cloud 

 that vessels could not find the entrance to the harbor without it. This 

 is a very frequent occurrence, so much so that it has ceased to cause 

 commeiit. , ,., , , 



Our yachtsmen when under way Jook more like coal heavers than 

 anything else— and some of them wear the ordinary blue overalls, 

 iust such as you will see on every machinist or other workman who 

 has a dirty job, and they need them too. The white canvas cabin tops 

 and clean decks of the eastern yachts are things unknown here, and 

 one night in one of our harbors, especially Chicago, would do more 

 to ruin a yacht than three, yes, five years of hard service on .salt 



I was in Chicago several times last winter, staying from four days 

 to two weeks, and being a yacht owner I took special notice of the 

 condition of things tliere, and I must say money would not hire me 

 to c'o there in my yacht. The''e is absolutely no provision for yachts- 

 men, you nmst "anchor down at the mootli of tlie river in a smaU 

 hasiu'fornied hv the breakwater, and in one of the ijusiest hai-bors in 

 the whole i:ountry. In any but an easterly wind you wiU be absolutely 

 lost in the great black mass of smoke that rolls off the city, you will 

 be seven miles from the Fair grounds, and the chances are that three 

 days out of five you will not be atile to laud a party there for the 

 sharp seas that come in over the shallows. The stench at your anchor- 

 age will tie some) hiuK to make you shudder in after years at the 

 remembrance, and altogether yoii will have a most supremely uu- 

 iiappv and nneonifortable time. 



Another thing that should be said is touched on in youl- issue c f 

 Junel. Salt water sailors laugh at the idea of seas being dangerous 

 on the Lakes. Now, this is ea.sUy explained. Our Lakes are much 

 shallower than the ocean, and it takes less wind to make a much more 

 uncomfortable chop liere than there. Our gales are mostly from the 

 water on to the land, especially in summer, and the sea makes up 

 much faster than on salt w-ater, and as our lake shores are bold and 

 without headlands, capes or bays, one must stand and take it, or run 

 for a river « liose entrance is two long piers jutting abruptly out into 

 the water— and shallow water at that. 



It seems impossible to get moorings heavy enough here to hold our 

 y.achts in an easterly blow. The seas seem to race from the bottom 

 up, and every season one or more yachts drag theii- moorings and go 

 ashore. I have seen all kinds of weather on the Atlantic coast, but 

 nevej' saw such nastv, ^vicked seas as we get here, and a yacht anchor- 

 ing inside of the break vvaLer at Chicago will have to keep a good look- 

 out iu an easterly blow or- she will go ashore and come to grief on the 

 piles and rocks by the railroad. 



There are many evils in the way of a trip to Chicago by water, but 

 they all sink into insignificance when compared to the one great cer- 

 tainty of having your yacht one floating mass of soot. Who of you 

 Eastern yachtsmen would think of running into a slip and tying up to 

 leeward of a coal elevator actively engaged in loading and unloading 

 soft coal? Not one of you— yet when lying in Chicago Harbor there 

 win be times when one cannot see from tafirail to bowsprit end for 

 the smoki?. If you bring your yachts out here you wiU be ashamed to 

 take them back. Don't think I write this because I am down on 

 Chicago, for I am not. If the conditions were favorable I would be 

 dehghted to see a large fleet of boats from the East out here. It is 

 because I know that yachtsmen will be not only disappointed but com- 

 pletely disgusted that I "Speak up in meeting." Cruiser. 



Chicago, June 3. 



The Atlantic Y. C. Dinner. 



On the evening of .June 7, a compUmentary dinner was given by the 

 members of the Ataui he V. C, to the flag officers at the handsome new 

 club house at B'ay Ridge, some flfty yachtsmen being present, including 

 oflleers of othei- cliibs. A luiraber of speeches were made by Commo- 

 dore Banks, Vice-Corn. Sanford. Rear-Com. Ketchum and others, that 

 of Mr. Will. I'eet. one of th(< three founders of the club who are still 

 members, being specially interesting as a summary of the club's very 

 successful progress, Mr. Feet spoke as follows: 



"Gentlemen, ^Members of tlie A. Y. C— It cannot be irrelevant to the 

 present occasion, in a few words, to recur to the history of our club, 

 and remind ourselves of its beginning, its growth and its success. It 

 was ill the fall of 1SG5, that a few of us gathered at the residence of 

 one of our pi-eseiit members and took the preliminary steps towards 

 organizing a yaelu club, and the distinctive pruieiples which we de- 

 sired to establish were a high standard of membership, the e.\.clusion 

 of all professionals at the tiller, so that the members would compete 

 with niemlicrs, gentlemen with gentlemen, and, thirdly, a club in 

 which non-yacht owners should have a voice to protect themselves in 

 matters that did uot affect yachtsmen among themselves. Yet gener- 

 ally ^the control should be in the yacht owners as representing 



"These three principles fully and fahly carried out, hvea brought 

 our club from a tleet of V, sail and a membership of 1.^ at our firsr re- 

 galia, in IStiii, to a fleet in iSlKof l6s and a membershi) ! of over :3im,i, as it 

 now is. these principles have not been established in vain. The high 

 character of its membership has caused the club to jiay the same re- 

 spect to the first day of the week on tlie water as on laiid, and chap- 

 lams for religious services were therefore chosen in our club. The 

 esampte is followed now by many other similar orfanizatious. 



"The second principle, excluding professionals", was the seed 

 germ from which has sorung Corinthian races and clubs, in which 

 every man ou a racing yacht is required to he a member of a yacht 

 club. And this gave a start to educating gentlemen in seamanship. 

 And the third principle is now adopted by nearly every yaelit club, 

 imd has worked with great success wherever adopted. "( )ur club was 

 the first club to make Decoration Day the opening of the yachting 

 season, and on that exclusion, as far as practicable, give to every 

 member an enjoyable day on the water, ^ " ' 



NAVAHOE. 



Designed by N. G. Herreshobt' foe Royal Phelps Carroll 

 From a Photo by W. L. Stebbins. 



wind and the promise of rain. Considering that the spring tides were 

 running their highest and that it would be low water off Sandy Hook 

 at 12:45, the only prospect of making a race in the absence of a good 

 breeze lay iu starting before the ebb was half gone, but as usual the 

 start was set for 11 o'clock and again as usual the yachts did not get 

 to the line until an hour later, when the last of the ebb was still tear- 

 ing through the Narrows and past Buoy 11, threatening to caary the 

 fleet over before the gun. However, all crossed in good shape save 

 Shamrock, who fouled t he marl.:boat and parted its cable. Balloon 

 sails were broken out and after a short time spinakers were set to 

 port, then the wind fell light, the fleet slowed down as the young flood 

 met the yachts, and finally, an hour after the start, rain began to fall. 



The yachts drifted slowly down to the S.W. Spit, past it, and out 

 to the point of the Hook. Lasca had been in the lead from the early 

 part of the race, though once badly hindered by a lubberly coaster 

 and a boorish helmsman, and she passed the Hook with quit'e a lead 

 and stood off on starboard tack. In a few minutes she was bi-easting 

 the full force of the Swash tide, and in spite of all efforts was swept 

 far off to the eastward, where she dropped her hook and lowered 

 headsails. .^^ 



Irociuois, Emerald and Coronet, profiting by the fate of Lasca, worked 

 the beach very closely, and Irotiuois reall,y cleared the Hook, but was 

 then obliged to anchor. Emerald, at one'tinie close to her, was caught 

 by the Hook tide when on the C'ffshore tack and hurried half a rnile 

 astern, heading for the Shrewsbury Biver. Azalea reached the Hook 

 with a long lead on Loyal, but was caught and carried inside, while 

 her rival worked by her and anchored to avoid a like fate. 



Bonnie Doon was racing with Wasp as they came down the Bay, 

 holding even with her. Wasp's weight told as she struck the strong 

 tide, and she ran well through the fleet, but was finally compeUed to 

 anchor. 



At 5 P. M. the fleet was quietly riding at anchor off the Hook, except 

 Anaconda, Saona and one or two more, who had given up. There 

 was no prospect of wind, and if the fleet had been 'able to reach the 

 Scotland before dark it would only be to buck the strong ebb all the 

 way home. The regatta committee « as powerless, there being no 

 limit of any kind on the race, ljut at the suggestion of Emerald's 

 party they went from boat to lioat and stated the case, with the sug- 

 gestion that if part of the fleet abandoned the race the others would 

 gladly follow, i me or two at on._-e acted on the hint, all hands tailing 

 on to the cable u ith .'i will, and the others, seeiutr them under way, 

 started m eha.se as the h,;-avy togs l olled down and tiid the Highland's. 

 One yacht made a bold bluff of sailing the race out, but weakened 

 badly when it was found tliai some really proposed to stay. Iro.:iuois 

 flati}' declined to give up. and \\ as at anchor when last seen. Coming 

 up the Bay the fog was very dense for a tune, but cleared before the 

 Narrows were reached, the sun finally appearing. The club is likely 

 to hold a special meeting and to order a re-sail. 



Ariel, the steel schooner designed by A. Gary Smith for G. H B 

 Hill, was launched on June 5 at the yard of Harlin & HoUmesworth. 

 Wilmington. ^ 



(:30ft. and not over 75ft. water line), $lt)0. If four or more first class 

 schooners comislete the course, a second prize of iii;.50 wiU be awarded. 

 For sloops— First class ('over TOft. water lino), glOO; second class (over 

 6fft. and not over 70ft. water line), .filOO: third class (over 53 and not 

 over 61), $100; fourth class (over 4fi and not over 53), S75; fifth class 

 (over 40 and not over 46), §75: sixth class (over ;i5 and not over 40), 

 $75; seventh class (of -iO and not over 35), S.50. If four or more .yachts 

 start in any class, a second prize of ^io will be awarded iu that class. 

 The Puritan cup will be awarded for the year to the yacht of the club 

 making tfie best corrected time over the course sailed by the larger 

 yachts. The starting line and finish hue will be between the beacon 

 on Halfway Rock and the pilot house of the committee steamer. The 

 E. Y. C. turning buoy is a white iron spar buoy, 50ft., bearing a black 

 cage, placed 8 miles S. E. bv S. from Marblehead Rock. The Nahant 

 mark will be a barrel, bearing a pole and a red flag, anchored half a 

 mile due east of East Point, Nahant Head. The stakeboat off Minot's 

 Ledge wiU be anchored half a mile north of the lighthouse, and will 

 fly a large Eastern Y. C. flag. 



The annual regatta of the Massaschusetts Y. C, the 150th race, will 

 he sailed on June 17 starting off Nahant at 11 A. M. It will be open to 

 yachts eurolled in any club, the classes being: Cutters and sloops of 

 40 to 46ft. l.w.l., 25 to 30ft. l.w.l., jib and mainsail boats under 21ft. 

 l.w.l., and yachts from 21 to 25ft. l.w^l. A steamer will follow the race. 

 The regatta committee includes Messrs. Arthur J. Clark, S. P. Perrin, 

 E. T Bigelow, A. J. Litchfield and Percy Hodges. 



The following gentlemen are proposed for membership in the Corin- 

 thian Mosquito Fleet, the nominations to be acted upon at next meet- 

 ing of the executive committee: I. S. Black, New York city, proposed 

 by Com. Grant, Edward B. WaU Glen Cove, L I.; W. H. Woodcock, 

 Roslyn, L. I., and Sam'l C. Pirie, Sea Cliff, L. L, proposed by Vice- 

 Corn. Taber; Edwaid Ilanford Sturges, New Rochelle, proposed by 

 Theo. Ledyard. 



The 85-Footers. 



Ok ,Iune 11 at 3 P. M. Navahoe left Newport on her long voyage. On 

 board were Mr. Carrofl and his friends Messrs. Woodbury Kane and 

 H. B. Duryea. Commodore Morgan in the May and Mr. VanderbUt in 

 the Conqueror accompanied the yacht for tn-enty miles. Mrs. CarroU 

 will sail for Southampton on June 24. 



The Stewart & Biuney flu-keel Pilgrim was launched on Mondav and 

 towed to New York nest day. Sh» wUl be docked in the P^rie Basin 

 and her fin will be bolted on. Colonia has made a preliminary trial 

 trip and is apparently weU able to carry her sail. The Morgan-lseliu 

 boat \vas to be launc'hed as we go to press, and the Paine boat will fol- 

 low in a day or two, 



^^Ci'mses in Small Yachts and Big Canoes.'" Illustrated. 



