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Britannia 2 58 25 Navahoe 3 12 31 



There Tras no longer the quarter of an hour's difference, the differ- 

 ence was only 14m. 6s., but as the Britannia turned home and made a 

 broad reach it became evidentshe was the winner. She never faltered. 

 It was difficult to take the times off the Spit markboat and they have 

 to be distrusted, though they are recorded as official markings by the 

 Royal Victoria Y. C; 



Britannia .3 30 4.5 Navahoe 3 44 42 



A difference of hardly 14m. The lead of the Britannia had increased 

 at the markboat at the West Middle to 14m. 25s. and the day's work 

 was over. There was still Cowes to be visited, but the end came 

 before Ave. The times of the finish are: 



Britannia 4 29 17 Navahoe 4 45 25 



Thus in the third day's race the English yacht won by 15m. Ss. and 

 the cup stars with us. It will likely remain for the present at Ryde, 

 unless the Prince should call for it. One strange thing happened. 

 The race being over, the line being passed, almost as the gun fired the 

 Britannia split her foresail from top to bottom. Her ill-luck came 

 when it could do her no harm. The Navahoe's came when she lost 



there was a protest. In one or two classes there were protests entered 

 by some of the beaten yachts; in other classes they frankly admitted 

 that they were fairly beaten and entered no protest. What would you 

 consider a fair and just decision for the regatta committee to make. 

 Kindly give your opinion and greatly oblige. Geo. S. McAlpen. 



Beverly Y. C. Championship. 



MONrntfBNT BEACH— buzzard's BAT. 



Saturday, Sept. 16. 

 The 206th regatta, third Buzzard's Bay championship, was sailed at 

 Monument Beach on Sept 16 in a very heavy blow from S.S W. and an 

 exceedingly heavy sea, the weather being very thick and the squalls, 

 which were very severe and differed several points in direction, being 

 accompanied by a Winding rain. Altogether it was one of the most 

 severe races ever sailed on the bay and the number of starters was 

 largely diminished in consequence. 



^ ^ . . , , . , „ , , - -\ ,- In the first class Fhght, which had Just been purchased by Mr. Bul- 



herwaybyit. But it is evident that m the Solent, luck or no luck, lard, put m an appearance, but as she had never been properly 

 the Britannia is the. better craft. She is not so much better as some , enrolled with the secretary her entry could not be taken Violet 



of her champions are saying, for the second turn over the course the 

 Navahoe was yesterday almost the equal of her rival; but she cannot 

 stand against the Britannia, and it is agreed on all hands that yester- 

 day saw the victory of the better boat. To-day the two race across 

 the Channel from the Needles to Cherbourgh. 



A British yachtsman who has seen all the races writes us as follows: 

 Editor Forest and Stream: ^.^^^ 



The result of the three matches for the Royal Victoria Y. C. gold ' man alone to steer them cff the 

 challenge cup, value €600, betw een Britannia and Navahoe shows — 

 clearly that the former is by far and away the best all round vessel, 

 as she has beaten Navahoe in moderate as well as strong breezes, 

 wiuntog the first race on Sept. 6 by I6m.. second race on the 7th by 

 2Gm., and third race on Sept. 11 by 15m. The wind was moderate on 

 Sept. 6, but strong, with a considerable lump of sea outside the Wight 

 on the other two days; and Britannia was about three miles ahead" at 

 the finish in all the matches. 



Some excuse is made for Navahoe from her having several mishaps 

 to her gear and canvas, but even if everything had stood all right there 

 was no chance whatever of her winning any of the matches, as when 

 the breeze was true and steady Britannia beat her fairly on every 

 point of sailing, except on a dead run, when Navahoe was rather the 



fastest, but the moment sheets were pinned In, Britannia left her fast „ „ „ ^^,c.^u.^^,. wueu une 



every mile they sailed, more especially when there was a bit of a I buoy was finally found, it was too thick to see anything; she was still 



started, but owing to a mistake about the course did not finish. 



The second class had a long beat to Scraggy Neck, a run almost 

 before the wind to Dry Ledge, where they gibed over and had the 

 wind about abeam to Pine's Buoy, and then home dead before it; 9U 

 miles. 



The rules require all boats to be sailed by members of the club only. 

 Gymnote and Agawam are fitted with a wheel, the others with tillers, 

 and iQ twc cases at least, Ulula and Mist, it was impossible for one 

 •nan alone to steer them cff the wind, 



The start was a very good one, the six boats all getting off within 

 10s. of the gun. Mist was first, with Anonyma on her weather quar- 

 ter and Gymnote to leeward. 



Mist started with three reefs, others with four or five. Mist lugged 

 hers over the course, but would have done better with another reef. 

 Agawamd amaged her centerboard and was delayed by it. 



Sliflt immediately worked to windward of the fleet and outfooted all 

 but Gymnote, who, however, fell off badly to leeward, and after a 

 while started her mast on the step and had" to be eased along. 

 Mist led Anonyma about a minute round the windward mark. 



Gymnote a very close thh'd; then Ulula, Agawam far in the rear' 

 while Lestris had broken her boom and gome home. 



Mist lost badly running to Dry Ledge by going too far to windward, 

 letting the others take a shorter course and cut a corner. When the 



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 and races, and report of 

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

 forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with logs of cruises, 

 maps, and information concerning their local waters, drawings or 

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



Canoeing at the present time is in a very curious condition, appar- 

 ently flourishing as far as the number of canoeists and canoes are 

 concerned, with many large canoe clubs well housed and iu good 

 financial condition; but at the sttmetime there is a marked lack of 

 vitahty in both cruising and racing that must, sooner or later, have 

 a bad effect on canoeing at large. 



The cruising side of canoeing, once so promiaent, has largely dis- 

 appeared from public view; cruising canoes are built and used, and 

 long cruises are made, but neither the canoes nor the cruises attracti 

 even a small part of the attention once given to them. 



In a similar way racing has fallen off, until it is a serious question 

 just what the next year or two may bring about. The annual meet 

 has by degrees become mainly a racing function, in fact it has been 

 proved that cruising and attending a meet are mutually incorapatiblev 

 if the phrase may be permitted. From the nature of the case the' 

 racing must figure as the chief feature of a meet, it is by no means 

 the sole, or even the greatest pleasure to be found in attending an 

 A. C. A. camp, but it appeals to canoeing at large and the general 

 public, vifhile the quieter pleasures of social intercourse and the meet- 

 ing with old friends are known only to tbe campers themselves. 



We are glad to see that there is still one canoeist who appreciates 

 both the necessity for some action, and the power and responsibility 

 of the American Canoe Association as the body from whom such 

 action must come. We can heartily second all that Mr. A'aux says , 

 both last week and this, and we hope the racing men will take it upon 

 themselves to at least express their opinions as a guide for the exec- 

 utive and regatta committees. 



■SazZt 7 miles in thclrvcft. 

 .Bu4!ys of on*, colmir. 



„ yj two coUnirs 

 All ioimeUngs in. faOurme. 



WIGHT COURSES. 



jump of sea outside, when Navahoe made a very discreditable per- 

 formance for such a big vessel, so much so that she could not possibly 

 be given the full weight of her canvas. 



This was no doubt the reason she had so many mishaps to her gear, 

 because it is a well known fact that when a vessel is hampered and 

 pinched up to every fresh puff something is almost certain to give out 

 when she is once more set a-going, and no matter how clever those on 

 board Navahoe may be, I think they have yet to learn the first prin- 

 ciple of sailing in a jump of a sea "to keep your vessel going," because 

 Unless this is done accidents are sure to happen. The only excuse for 

 not doing so is wheh one has not confidence in his sliip being able tci 

 keep going. 



Probably this is the case with Navahoe, as on every occasion when 

 there was a strong breeze they seemed to be afraid to keep her full, 

 her head saUs and topsail showing evident signs that they were nip- 

 ping her up. So the only conclusion one can come to is that she is very 

 deficient in stability for the amount of canvas she carries. This was 

 evident to eveiy one who saw her in the matches of Aug. 3 and 4, at 

 Cowes, except possibly to those on board, who afterward asserted 

 that she was all right, but from the fact of their reducing both her 

 spars and canvas, preparatory to the matches for the Victoria cup, it 

 proves beyond a doubt that she was not all right then and neither is 

 she now, even with her canvas reduced from IGI to 155 rating. 



This, I think, shows clearly that there is something radically wrong 

 in her calculations which do not reflect much credit on those who de- 

 signed her. Mr. Herreshoff puts the blame on Jlr. Carroll and vice 

 versa, but whoever is to blame there can be no doubt that they have 

 made a fine mess of her between them, and to think that after all the 

 chops and changes in her she is stUl fai- fi'om being a really rehable, 

 seaworthy vessel, makes one feel as if .she had been designed by some 

 "apprentice" hand, instead of by a "master architect." 



Contrast her with Britannia and Valkyrie, the former of which has 

 sailed 42 matches since May 25, in precisely the same trim and safi plan 

 as the day she was launched, not an alteration of any Idud being re- 

 quired, and no trial matches with any other vessel before she started 

 in her first race— Valkyrie, owing to her bemg withdrawn prepara- 

 tory to crossing the Atlantic, has only been in 24 maiclies fi om Mtiy 

 25 to Aug. 4, but has been equally as fortunate, no alteraiion of any 

 kind being required, except a trifling reduction in her topmast early 

 in the season. Such results in two vessels of rather different type 

 show what may really be looked on as the perfection of an architeci's 

 skill, and whatever the result may be of tlie contest between Valkyrie 

 and your Cup defender, we on this side have the satisfact ioti of know- 

 ing that Valkyrie is fit to go anywhere, not as some of yours wliich 

 have been buiit with only one object in view, and not of very much 

 value later on, while all our new big ones may be trusted to be good 

 all-round vessels for many years. Scotsman, 

 London, Sept. 12_^ 



A Question in Racing. 



The following letter explains a question which has been submitted 

 to us for a decision. From the circumstances, as stated, we should say 

 that the race should stand, all the conditions being complied with, 

 and that there was uo warrant for the action of the committee in 

 ordering a re-sail. 

 Editor Forest and Stream; 



On July 4, a regatta was sailed under the following circumstances: 

 The verbal orders were to sail from the club house lo and around buoy 

 11, then around a stakeboat off Vorton s Point, returning to the club 

 house, twice around. The type'-Tpitten orders read "to and around 

 stakeboats off buoy ll. and Norton's Pomt, etc.. etc." The leading 

 (and winning^ yacbt in each one of the lii st three classes, not finding 

 S-Stakeboat off buoy 11, sailed some distance below tue buoy and 

 rounded a fishing schooner. All the rest of the yachts in these classes 

 started to follow their leaders; but, finding it was a mistake, came 

 about before reaching tbe schooner .and headed for the Norton's Point, 

 mark. The leader in the fourth class st arted on down for the schooner 

 after passing correctly buov H, but finding that the rest of her class 

 rounded the buoy and was not heading for the schooner, immediately 

 gybed and took after h»>r opponents, caught and passed them, and 

 won the race with minutes to spare. 



AU winning yachts comphed strictly with the rules as to rounding 

 marks, etc.. and only made the mistake of looking for a stakeboat 

 off buoy U on the first turn, all rounding the buoy properly on the 

 second turn. The winner in each class sailed over a greater distance 

 and lost the most time by the conflicting orders and yet won under 

 those circumstances. Would the sailing commitlee be justifiable in 

 ordering the classes to resail the races, or only those classes in which 



Elapsed. Corrected. 

 Withdrew. 



leading boat, however, and had the race well in hand; but when they 

 tried to jibe, the one member aboard was not strong enough to keep 

 her off, and she had to come about. She failed the first time, and 

 when she got round on second trial was several minutes behind all but 

 Agawam. After this she g.ained very rapidly on all, catching Gym- 

 note and Ulula, finishing with them and gaining on Anonyma; though 

 Anonyma and Ulula shook out a i-eef each, coming home from the 

 Pines. 



Gymnote protests Ulula for not being sailed entirely by members of 

 the club, claiming that one or two professionals helped her owner at 

 the stick; Anonyma had two or three club members aboard. Gym- 

 note's protest was granted. 



Five boats started in third class, course a beat to Pines buoy and 

 back, twice over five miles. Gilt Edge was soon overpowered and 

 withdrew. Kaloola showed up in great form, beating Nobska l?4m. 

 Scintilla broke her boom. 



In the fourth class Kitten had a walkover on same course as third 

 class. It is greatly to be regretted that Dawelle and Cygnet did not 

 appear. 



In fifth class P. D. Q. and Weona started, course Pines and back. 

 The latter soon withdrew, but the little fellow kept on, and though 

 constantly full of water managed to make the course, though the 

 sea was tremendous for a boat of her size. 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length. 



Violet, Toby Club 24.05 



SECOND CLASS. 



Anonyma, P. L. Dabney 23.08 



Ulula, W. H. AVmship 23.08 



Gvmnote, W. E. C. Eustis 23.09 



Mist, Geo. H. Dvman 23.09 



Agawam. J. G. Young, Jr 23.08 



Lestris, J. Crane, Jr 22.08 



THIRD CLASS. 



Kuloola, H. N. Richards 19.09 



Noljska, A. A. Beebe 19.09 



Duris, .John Parkinson 19.08 



SeiutiUa, Geo. S. Fiske 19.00 



Gilt Edge, D. L. Whittemore 19.07 



PODRTH CLASS. 



Kitten, Toby Club 17.00 



PIFTH CLASS. 



P. D. Q., R. W. Emmons 12.00 



Weona, Henry Ware 14.00 



Winners, Class 2, Anonyma first. Class 3, Kaloola first, Nobska 

 second. Class 5, P. D. Q. first. Violet holds championship. P. D. Q. 

 and Anonyma win championships. Second prize. Class 2, won by 

 Gymnote. Judges— F. Elliot Cabot, N. H. Emmons. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



The Roberts Boiler Co. has had a very busy season in spite of dull 

 times, and has booked an order for their 550th boiler. Messrs Marvel 

 & Co., of Newburg, have ordered two boilers, of 42sq. ft. grate sur- 

 face, for a twin screw steamer building by them. Some time since a 

 battery of four Roberts boilers was placed in the steam yacht Radha, 

 but were removed after a short time and placed on Tebo's wharf. Two 

 of the.se same boilers were purchased this spring by Mr. H. B Moore 

 and placed in his new yacht Monetta, where they are now performing 

 most satisfactorily. The steam launch Portland, built this spring by 

 Riley & Cowley and fitted with a Roberts boiler carrying 250lbs. of 

 steam, was the winner in the steam yacht race of the Lake Champlain 

 Y. C. on Aug. 10, making just over 19 mUes per hour. She is 53ft. long. 



1 48 10 

 1 49 58 

 1 50 00 

 1 50 02 

 1 58 50 



1 35 25 

 1 .''G 04 

 1 .37 21 

 1 87 23 

 1 46 05 



Broke boom. 



1 07 15 0 57 53 

 1 08 32 0 59 13 

 1 13 58 1 03 36 

 Broke boom. 

 Withdrew. 



1 23 10 

 0 46 07 



1 11 35 

 0 .36 16 



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The A. C. A. and Canoeing. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Article II. of the American Canoe Association's constitution states: 

 "Object. — Its object shall be to unite all amateur canoeists for pur- 

 poses of pleasure, health or explorations, by means of meetings for 

 business, camping, paddUng, sailing and racing, and by keeping logs 

 of voyages, records of waterways and routes, details, drawings and 

 dimeiisions of boats, and collections of maps, charts and books.'' 



The A. C. A. was organized thirteen years ago for the purposes 

 stated above. The present function of the Association is little more 

 or less than an annual meet— a two weeks' camp and races. This is a 

 fact and not a theory. It is also a fact that for two years the nu m- 

 ber of men and canoes competing in the races is far less than it once 

 was. Whether the A. C. A. should cover a wider field or not I do not 

 propose to discuss at this time. But first, the meets having came to 

 be about the only excuse for its continued existence; second, the 

 races being the main feature of the meets; and third, the interest in 

 racing having certainly greatly declined in the last three years, it 

 seems timely to look for the cause and, if possible, to awaken a new 

 interest in racing, or sit quietly by and see the A. C. A. go to pieces. 



The editorial in last week's Forest and Stream practically^ sums up 

 the causes of a decreasing interest in racing, and refers to the fact that 

 a like state of affairs exists in England — the great skill of one or two 

 sailors, and the perfection of their rigs and models discourages com- 

 petition. Expense and time are also factors. 'What are we going to 

 do about it'? 



What can be done? The rules should be revised, corrected and 

 brought down to date, for one thing. The laying out of courses is all 

 in the hands of the regatta committee, and avast improvement is pos- 

 sible by which a fair cnance of winning can be given to a greater num- 

 ber. This detail of a meet has run in a deep rut long enough. Handi- 

 cap races could be arranged for on the programme. Sails or seats 

 might be limited for special races. Division rivalry might be stimu- 

 lated in paddling and sailing by having division races for the selection 

 of division champions and a final series of races between the four 

 division champions for the A. C. A. championship. These are mere 

 suggestions for discussion. Club rivalry in the divisions and division 

 rivah-y in the A. 0. A. might be stimulated with good results. But 

 nothing will be done unless those interested will stand up and speak 

 out. C Bowyer Vai'x. 



The Ne-wlon B. C. War Canoe. 



The new war canoe which has recently been built for a few mem- 

 bers of the Newton Boat Club, is attracting a great deal of attention 

 on the Charles River these fine autumn days. On Labor Day she was 

 launched from the boat house of John R. liobertson, at Riverside, and 

 a trial trip to Waltham and return proved that the Wabewawa is an 

 extreraly fast canoe. The n«me is taken from an Indian word mean- 

 ing wild goose, the dimensions being as follows: Length, 25ft ; beam, 

 36in.; depth, 16in. 



This is the only canoe of the kind ever built in this part of the 

 State and is certainly a novelty to local canoeists. It is the intention 

 of the owners to visit Springfield next season, during the Eastern 

 Division Meet of the American Canoe Association, and try the 'Wabe- 

 wawa's speed against a similar war canoe owned by the Tatassit 

 Canoe Club, of Worcester. In all probability she will also be taken 

 down the Connecticut River to Long Island Sound so as to be able to 

 participate in the races at the regular carnp of the American Canoe 

 Association in August. 1.S94. Here she will meet the war canoe of the 

 Red Dragon C. C, of New York, and the Ko-ko-ko-ho. of the Yonkers 

 C. C. Some very interesting races ought to be the result. 



The seating capacity of the Wabewawa is 13, but the greatest sneed 

 can be attained with a paddling crew of eight men, besides the helms- 

 man. An impromptu race with the Cleo, one of Waltham's fastest 

 steam launches, took place a few days ago and proved to be most ex- 

 citing as well as interesting. While tbe launch was running under 

 051bs. of steam the war canoe could easUy show her stern to the 

 Waltham boat, but when the pressure was raised to llOlbs. it was nip 

 and tuck for half a mile. The speed attained by the Wabewawa was 

 fully 8 miles an hour, which is extremely fast for a canoe of this kind. 

 With a properly trained crew she will undoubtedly be able to make at 

 least 9 miles an hour. 



The canoe is manned by a regiilar crew as follows: Loui<5 S. Drake, 

 captain and helmsman; Francis J. Burrage, lieutenant and stroke; 

 Russell A. Ballou. Jr., Win. V. Forsaith, Chester A Howe, John F. 

 Linder, James H. Lowe, Quincy Pond, George Smith. 



War canoes are fast becoming popular, and a canoe club is not con- 

 sidered complete without one. In a race which took place recently on 

 the St. Lawrence River there were six canoes, each with a crew of 

 fifteen men, making a total of ninety in the one event. Races of this 

 sort are naturally exciting. 



The Newton men who are lucky enough to be owners la the Wabe- 

 wawa are planning many local trips for this faU, and the new canoe is 

 sure to be a success.— TFesfo?i QMass.) G-raphic. 



Red Dragon C. C. Fall Regatta. 



The fall regatta of the R. D. C. C. was held on Sept. 16 in the pres- 

 ence of members and invited guests. The events were successful in 

 every particular and were highly appreciated by all present. 



The sailing races were the first upon the programme and the entries 

 and ortler of finishing were: Osceola, D. H. MacCormick, first; Kee 

 Lee, F.W. Noyes, second: Smuggler, A. S- Fenimore, disabled; Fineen, 

 J. M. Hamilton, disabled; Her Name, M. D. Welt, disabled. 



Thirty minutes after the start of the canoes the yawls entered upon 

 theu- journey of twice around tbe triangle. The entries and order of 

 finish were:" Tadpole, R. G. Flei chman, first; Oni, W. J. Scott, sec- 

 ond; Olga, H. Bluraner, third; Picnic, W. W. Norgrave fourth; Jack 

 Pot, L. Titus, withdrew. 



Following this event the single paddling race was ordered. The 

 entries were: Ardee. H. Fleischman, first; Cigarette, J. M. Hamilton, 

 second; Her Name, M. D.Welt, third. They finished in the order given. 



In the tandem jjaddling there were three entries. They were: 

 Ardee. H. Fleischman and R. G. Fleischman; Enid. J. Van Dusen and 

 F. O. Gross; Coquette, W. Wise and H. Blumner. This race was hotly 

 contested for second place as the Ardee was a sure win and Enid sec- 

 ond, Coquette third. 



Tbe tournament was declared a draw. WImley, with his servants, 

 attendi d to the wants of all; after which the orchestra poured forth 

 sweet melodies to which the ladies and members "tripped the hght 

 fantastic ' until the wee hours of the morning, thus ending the series 

 of year's events the most successful in the history of the R. D. C. C. 

 The members are very enthusiastic, and we are anticipating a year 

 of pleasure that will surpass the present year. F. 0. G. 



