March 17, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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The Goelet and Bennett Cups. 



Although no American yacht clubs are represented at the assem- 

 blage of yachts which takes place this week at Cannes, the racing can- 

 not fail to be of interest to Americans, as two of the important events 

 are for prizes generously donated by American yachtsmen. Since 

 1882 Mr. Oeden Goelet, of New York, has annually given to the New 

 York Y. C. the two cups which bear his name, a most generous dona- 

 tion, as they have cost respectively $1,000 and S500, a total of $20 000 in 

 thirteen years. Ex-Com. James Gordon Benn»tv, of the steam yacht 

 Namouna, has also been a liberal giver during his long term of mem- 

 bership in the New York Y C, the many prizes which bear his name, 

 including the Cape May. Brenton's Ret f, Bennett-Douglas and other 

 cups that have passed out of memory through being permanently won, 

 aggregating an equal or even a still larger sum Both of these gentle- 

 men have spent much time abroad and have sailed much in French and 

 other foreign waters, last spring being present at the regattas and 

 review in the Mediterranean. So much were they impressed by the 



GOELET— BENNETT CUP— FOB YACHTS OF 20 TONS AND UNDER . 



energy displayed and the results accomplished by Trench yachtsmen 

 in the. encouragement of designing, building and racing, that they 

 joined in the establishment of the handsome and valuable prizes which 

 bear their joint names, and which are shown in the illustrations, 

 which we reproduce from Le Yacht. These two cups have been given 

 under the following conditions: 



REGULATIONS FOR THE GOELET AND BENNETT CUPS. 



Art. I. These cups, established by Messrs. Goelet and James Gordon 

 Bennett, are the prizes for international races to be run in 1894, in 

 which may take part all yachts which conform to the conditions an- 

 nounced below. 



Art. II. The first prize is an object of art, in silver, to cost 5,000 

 francs ($1,000), offered by Mr. Ogden Goelet, and of a compensation 

 offered by Mr. James Gordon Bennett, representing the expense to 

 the winning yacht of going from her home station to Cannes and re- 

 turning. 



The second prize is an object of art, also in silver, to cost 2,500 francs 

 ($500), offered by Mr. Ogden Goelet. 



Art. III.— These two cups are, and remain, the property of the 

 Union of Yachtsmen of Cannes. The owners of yachts which may 



G0ELET-15ENNETT CUP — FOR YACHTS OVER 20 TONS. 



ne holders shall have only provisional possession, except in the ease 

 provided for by Art. XII. 



\rt. IV.— The races shall take place in the roadstead of Cannes. 



Art. Y.— The racing rules and allowances shall be those of the 

 Union of French Yachts. 



Ar T . VI.— The races shall be open to yachts of all nations and of all 

 rigs, with fixed keels or centerboards, of over 20 tons for the first cup 

 and 20 tons or less, but over 5 tons for the second cup (the tonnage to 

 be measured by the rule of the Union of French Yachts), provided 

 the owner be a member of a club, either French or foreign, which is 

 recognized by the Union of French Yachts. 



Art. VII.— The possession of the cups shall be decided by but one 

 race (each year) the details of which will be published each year in a 

 special programme prepared by the Union of Yachtsmen of Cannes, 

 and approved by the Union of French Yachts. The length of course 

 shall be at least 30 miles naut. for the first cup, and at least 20 miles 

 naut. for the second cup. 



Art. VIII. — In the case of no yacht having finished the course before 

 sunset, the race will be declared off and sailed the following day, if 

 possible, or at a future date. 



Art. IS.— The races shall not take, place unless at least four yachts 

 start. Should this number not be present, the race may be postponed 

 to a date to be fixed bv the Union of Yachtsmen of Cannes. 



Art. X.— If the race" for one or the other cup cannot be held, for 

 any reason whatever, after having been once postponed, the Union of 



Yachtsmen of Cannos shall not be compelled to hold the race that 

 year. 



Art. XI.— The Union of Yachtsmen of Cannes shall deliver, subject 

 to a receipt, each cup to the club to which the winner belongs. The 

 Club shall be responsible for the cup to the Union of Yachtsmen of 

 Cannes. 



Art XII.— Each cup shall become the property of the yachtsman 

 who may win it for three consecutive years, with the same or with a 

 different yacht, and when thus won it will be replaced, for the second 

 time, by Mr. Ogden Goelet. 



Art. XIII.— The cup belonging to the owner, and not to the yacht, 

 Bhall not be transferred through the sale of a winning yacht. 



Art. XIV.— The compensation to the winner of the first cup for the 

 cost of the voyage going and returning, will be regulated according to 

 the number of miles sailed and the tonnage of the winning yacht. 



Art. XV.— In the case of the death of a holder of a cup, the club 

 to which he belonged shall return it to the Union of Yachtsmen at 

 Cannes. 



Art. XVI.— In the case of the dissolution of the Uniou of Yachtsmen 

 of Cannes, the cups shall be placed under t he direction of the Union of 

 French Yachtsmen, and shall continue to be raced for under the same 

 conditions; but Mr. Ogden Goelet reserves the right to designate the 

 port at which the races for the cups shall be held, and he shall no 

 longer be held to renew the prizes. 



(Signed.) J. Ogden Goelet, 



James Gordon Bennett. 

 The President of the Union of Yachtsmen of Cannes, 



Vicomte de Rochecbouart. 

 The President of the Union of French Yachts, 

 Bear Admiral Baron Lage. 



The haDdsome cups were designed and made by Tiffany & Co., New 

 York; and. hi place of the promised sums, cost, respectivelv. 8.000 

 francs ($1,000) and 4,000 francs ($800). The compensation to be paid 

 by Mr. Bennett to ihe winner of the first prize this year has been fixed 

 at a maximum of 6,500 francs ($1,300). The races take place as we go 

 to press, on Tuesday, March 13. The programme for the whole week 

 is as follows: March 10 and 11, Cannes Nautical Society, international 

 regattas, March 13, Goelet-Beunett cups, Union of" Yachtsmen of 

 Cannes. March 14, Union of Yachtsmen of Cannes, yachts above 20 

 tons, yachts from 10 to 20 tons. March 15, Union of Yachtsmen of 

 Cannes, racing yachts over 10 tons, cruising yachts, schooners and 

 yawls over 10 tons, yachts of 10 tons and under. March 16, four 

 classes, 1 to 5 tons. March 17, review of the fleet. March 18, miscel- 

 laneous craft, sailing and rowing races, illumination and fete. March 

 19, cruising match to Nice; Union of Yachtsmen of Cannes. 



The principal competitor in the races will he Britannia, sailed by 

 Capt. John Carter, and her owner, the Prince of Wales, will be pres- 

 ent. Mr. Goelet is at Cannes in White Layde, and Mr. Bennett is also 

 there in Namouna. 



Building at Nyack. 



The shops of C. L. Seabury & Co., at Nyack, N. Y., have been 

 busy all winter, and the twin screw steam yacht designed by the firm, 

 is now nearly finished. She is being built for a New York yachtsman, 

 and is 75ft. overall, lift. 6in. beam, 4ft. Bin. draft, bulwarks 12in. high. 

 There is a cabin trunk 22in. high from the after end of saloon, over 

 the saloon and engine room to the forward end of galley. The saloon 

 is 14ft. long, fitted with transoms with lockers under them. The wine 

 lockers and china closet are arranged in the after end. The finish is 

 in white and gold panel work. A stateroom is arranged directly 

 forward of the saloon on the port side with a large double berth, with 

 drawers under it, and a dressing case with a. mirror and drawers will 

 be fitted. A toilet room is arranged on the starboard side, forward of 

 the saloon, with an entrance from stateroom and saloon. Directly 

 forward of the toilet room is arranged a small room with shelves and 

 hooks, and with a sliding door connecting with the stateroom. This 

 apartment will also be used as a wardrobe. The machinery consists 

 of two Seabury triple expansion marine engines of latest design, aud 

 a Seabury patent safety water tube boiler, fitted with all necessary 

 appliances. The galley is forward of the engine room, fitted with a 

 range, sink and pump, the smoke pipe is connected with main smoke 

 funnel. Directly forward of the galley is arranged the forecastle or 

 crew's quarters, with accommodations for six people. Forward of 

 the crew's quarters is the crew's toilet room. These apartments have 

 good light and ventilation. The deck is flush forward, with deck room 

 on either side of cabin house, also a large after deck She is schooner 

 rigged, and will carry two boats on davits, etc. Her spaed is 14 to 

 15 miles per hour. 



The 30ft. cabin steam launch built for Mr. W. B. Higgins, of this city 

 is completed. She is fitted with a fore and aft compound engine and 

 safety water tube boiler. She has a cabin forward, a cabin aft with a 

 toilet room arranged with a w. c. and wash basin. There is good deck 

 room forward and aft, and on either side of cabin house, with bul- 

 warks. The high speed steam launch Palos, owned by Mr. Jarvis B. 

 EdsoD, of New York, is being fitted with a new triple expansion en- 

 gine of latest design, and a safety water tube boiler. The high speed 

 steam launch Daisy, formerly Henrietta, and npw owned by Mr. 

 Walter Langdo, Hyde Park, N. Y., is being fitted with a Seabury 

 boiler. The high speed launch Imp, owned by Mr. J. L. Hutchinson, 

 of New York, has had her engine re-built , boiler thoroughly overhauled, 

 and looked over in general. Mr. Frank Bement, of the well known' 

 firm of Bement, Miles & Co., machinery builders of Philadelphia, 

 Pa., placed an order for a safety water tube boiler, latest design, 

 which will be placed in the new 93ft. stearn yacht, he is having built. 

 Mr. J. S. Muckle, of Philadelphia, has also placed his order for a 

 boiler, for his launch Scott. 



^Messrs. Seabury & Co. are now building a modern racing sloop 

 for a New York vachtsman. from their own designs. She will be a 

 centerboard boat, 38ft. over all, 25ft. waterline, 9ft. beam, 4ft. 6in. 

 draft with board up and about 7ft. 6in. with board down. She will be 

 double planked above waterline, and will carry her lead outside. 



George Hallet Balch. 



Mr. George Hallet Balch, president of the Boylston Insurance 

 Company, died suddenly of pneumonia in Boston on Feb. 24. in the 

 forty-sixth year of his age. He was among the last of the boys to 

 graduate from the counting house of William Perkins & Co., noted 

 merchants and ship owners. After serving the customary four years, 

 he was given a letter of credit of £1,000. to be invested at his discre- 

 te n in the East Indies, and the choice of ships as a guest for the 

 voyage. He sailed in the celebrated clipper ship Archer for San 

 Francisco. Hong Kong and Manila. Leaving the ship in the last-named 

 city, he traveled extensively in China, the Straits settlements, India, 

 Egypt, the Holy Land and Europe, being away from home nearly two 

 years. It was partly this voyage which" developed his great love for 

 the sea, which in after years proved such a source of endless pleasure 

 to him, After his return to Boston he became much interested in 

 rowing, and was for a time regarded as the best amateur oarsman in 

 the State. Afterward he purchased the celebrated eatboat Firefly 

 from the late Edward Burgess, but this afforded limited facilities for 

 cruising, and he soon became owner of the cutter Vayu, so well known 

 and admired in every harbor from Boston to Frenchman's Bay for the 

 beauty of ber lines and her bright and staunch appearance. Few pos- 

 sessed his thorough knowledge of the coast line, including its lights, 

 buoys, courses, etc., which was derived from many trips and unceas- 

 ing study of the charts and the ':Coast Pilot." To enter a harbor once 

 was sufficient for all its landmarks to be indelibly impressed upon 

 his mind, never to be forgotten, and always ready for immediate 

 use. His thoughtfulness and care in everything he undertook 

 amounted to enthusiasm. About his yacht, which was his delight 

 and pride, nothing but the very best could be used, and the 

 result was that not even a piece of rope yarn was ever carried away 

 during long cruises in all kinds of weather. He was a firm believer 

 that nine-tenths of the accidents are due to carelessness and that the 

 remaining one-tenth are unavoidable. He always handled and sailed 

 his boat in a masterly manner, as though working for a prize; nothing 

 was ever permitted to be done carelessly. Always kind and consider- 

 ate of his men, he never exacted but what was just and right. "His 

 private character was spotless and richly endowed with manly virtues. 

 He had the highest ideals and the strength of will to realize them. His 

 nature was so genial and sympathetic that he made a host of friends. 

 He was modest and unassuming, except when occasion demanded, 

 and then there was no hesitation or retirement. He will be long re- 

 membered as one who advocated yachting for its manly, healthful 

 sport, and deprecated the abuses so often attributed to it. R. H. H- 



Philadelphia, March 7. 



Semiramis. 



Sbjiiramis, steam yacht, has just been purchased by A. J. Drexel, of 

 Philadelphia, owner of Avenel, nee Narod. Semu-amis was fully de- 

 scribed and illustrated in the Forest and Stream of May 17, 1891. She 

 was designed by Mr. Alfred H. Brown, of London, one of the leading 

 designers of steam yachts, and is in mauy ways a model craft. She is 

 206ft. 4in. over all, 194ft. l.w.l., 27ft. liu. beam, and 14ft. 6in. draft. 

 Her accommodations are ample and elegant. The yacht will be a 

 very important addition to the American fleet, She has juat returned 

 from a long cruise to the East Indies, undertaken under rather curious 

 circumstances. She was purchased from her original owner, Mr. John 

 Lysaght, by Mme. Lebaudy, a wealthy French widow whose son, Max 

 Leboudy, was enjoying Parisian life in an up-to-date fashion, the 

 object being to interest the young man in yachting and remove him 

 from some undesirable associations. Arrangements were made for a 

 scientific trip to the East under the direction of M. Louis Lapicque, 

 but when the time came the young man refused to go, and the expedi- 

 tion started without him. 



Steam Yacht Race. 



MONACO TO GENOA, FEB. 27. 



The steam yacht race from Monaco to Genoa excited more thara 

 usual iuterest because it was not complicated by time allowances, and> 

 because, according to reports, the yachts were pretty evenly matched! 

 in point of speed, and Roxana and Fauvette are probably the fastest 

 yachts of their tonnage afloat. The winner, Fauvette, was built in 

 1892 by Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson, engineers and shipbuilders off 

 Leith, for M. B A. Perignon, from designs by Mr. Dixon Kemp. The; 

 engines and boilers were designed and built by Messrs, B.amage &: 

 Ferguson; the propeller was designed by Messrs. W. White & Sons,, 

 Cow^es, and cast in Stone's patent bronze metal. The speed of Fau- 

 vette on the measured mile in 1892 was at the rate of 15.6 knots am 

 hour. Her mean speed this week on the run from Monaco to Genoa 

 was 15 25 knots an hour. The Foros was built, in 1891. and has recently 

 had some improvements made to her machinery. The Namouna, was 

 built in 1S82 at New burgh, U. S. A. Originally she was fitted with or- 

 dinary two-cylinder compound engines; but during the past winter 

 these' have been replaced by triple-cylinder engines, at a cost, it is 

 said, of £12,000. The Roxana was built at Nantes, and is a twin-sere w 

 yacht. 



Match for steam yachts for an objet d'art. value £60, and medals for 

 the other competitors; course, from Cap Martin (Monaco) to Genoa 

 75 miles. 



Yacht. Tons. N.H.P, Owner. 



Foros 1086 400 M. A. Koosenetzoff. 



Namouna 740 — Mr. J. Gordon Bennett. 



Eros 737 155 Baron A. Rothschild. 



Fauvette 420 144 M. E. A. Perignon. 



Roxana 110 — Prince G. of Leuehtenberg. 



The race was started off Cap Martin at 9:26, in a light wind and 

 smooth sea, Fauvette at once taking the lead, and maintaining it easily 

 throughout, her lead at the finish being about a mile and a quarter. 

 The yachts crossed the winning line at Genoa at; 



h. m. Mean speed h. m. Mean speed 



Fauvette (win'r).. 2 22 15.25 knots Roxana 2 40 14.34knots 



Namouna 2 28 14.88 " Eros 2 44 14.17 " 



Foros 2 30 14.82 " 



The yachts were received at Genoa by the Chevalier Garibaldi Colle- 

 totti, vice-president of the Regio Yacht Club Italiano, who acted as 

 judge at the finish. The yachts were berthed in the Mole Orientale, 

 and excited an enormous amount of interest among the inhabitants, 

 as such a fine fleet of steam yachts had never before been seen in the 

 port.— Die Field. 



New Yachts. 



Yacht building about New York is this year even duller than last,, 

 as there is nothing on the stocks of over 40ft. in sailing craft, and of 

 the smaller boats now under way nearly all are for cruising. The> 

 John Mumm yard, at Bay Ridge, which has been managed by Mr. 

 Wjntingham for the past five years, has been taken by Mr. Chas.. 

 Olmstead, of Brooklyn, and a good building shed, with steam heat,, 

 was erected last fall in place of the open shed built to cover Tama, 

 when she was built in 1890. In this shed is a very handsome bulb fin- 

 keel of 35ft. l.w.l., designed by Mr. Olmstead and built by him for 

 Henry F. Crosby. The 30ft, cutter Anita, designed by Mr. Olmstead! 

 for Mr. Crosby last year, was completely wrecked in the August gales, 

 and the new boat will replace her. The model is of the Wasp type, 

 with long ends, but the wooden keel is carried down into a compara 

 tively thin fin, below which is a lead bulb. The dimensions are 50ft. 

 over all, 35ft. l.w.l., about 12ft. beam and 7ft. draft, with cutter rig. 

 The rudder will be of the usual form, hung on the sternpost. The: 

 frame is of sawn oak. There is a low trunk over the main cabin, and 

 the two rooms forward, a stateroom and a toilet room to starboard 

 and a spare stateroom, fitted for use as a butlers pantry, to port. The 

 yacht is very well constructed, and shows good workmanship all over. 

 She will be named Eidolon. 



Alongside of her is a finkeel, also of Mr. Olmstead's design, the 

 frame being partly planked. She is for John Noble Stearns, who will 

 race her about Greenport, the present home of Herreshoff 's Dilemma, 

 and she, as well as another finkeel for a syndicate, will come in the 

 same class. The dimensions are about 40ft. over all, 27ft. l.w.l., 7£t. 

 beam. The second boat has not yet been started. In the yard is the 

 25-footer Gavelin, designed by Mr. Olmstead last year. Her lead keel 

 has been removed and will be recast, and her balance rudder has been 

 discarded, the after side of the fin being fitted with dead wood and 

 sternpost, to which the usual rudder is hung. In one of the sheds in 

 the yard Capt. Jimmy Smith is building an 18ft, racing eatboat of his 

 ow T n design for Mr. Maxwell, to bo used about Pleasure Bay. 



At Wallin & Gorman's yard, 54th street, Bay Ridge, the frame is up 

 for a centerboard cruising sloop for Mr. Ensign, from his own design. 

 She will be 36ft over all, 22ft. l.w.l., lift, beam and 3ft. 6in. draft, with 

 long forward overhang. The firm have also built four open catboats 

 recently. At Solheim & Aronson's yard is a new yacht of 24ft. l.w.l., 

 similar to Golden Hope, built last year. She was designed by C. C. 

 Gillespie, and will be owned by E. D. Cowman, of New York. Her 

 dimensions are: Over all 36ft., l.w.l. 24ft., beam 0ft., draft 5ft. Along- 

 side of her is a 17ft. eatboat for W. J. Brundage. 



Philadelphia Y. C. 



The retirement of Mr. Francis Shunk Brown from the commodore- 

 ship of the Philadelphia Y. C. has caused general regret in the club, 

 which has prospered greatly under his leadership. As a fitting mark 

 of the esteem in which he is held, the members of the club with their 

 guests, to the number of fifty-five, met at the Manufacturers' Club on 

 March 10 to do him honor at a yachtsman's dinner. The tables were 

 arranged in an oval, the space inside being filled with flowers, form- 

 ing an imitation lake on which floated a floral model of the flagship 

 Schemer, decorated with minature red and green electric lights, while 

 from a lighthouse of white and pink roses a red flash light shone out 

 over the table. The decoration was completed by yacht flags, electric 

 lights and anchors, wheels and other nautical furniture in flowers. 

 At the head of the table was the newly elected commodore, Hon. 

 John E. Ray burn, with Commodore Brown on his right and Commo- 

 dore Wm. S. Schley, U. S. N., on his left. 



Among the members and guests were Com. C. H. Rockwell, U.S.N. ; 

 Lieut. Wm. Rowbotham, U.S.N, ; Com. Root. Center, New Y'ork; Hon. 

 O. S. Pruden, Executive Mansion. Washington, D. C. ; Wm. Findlay 

 Brown, Robt. M. McWade, H. S. Furness, Wm. M. Singerly, Samuel 

 SDellenburg. Samuel L. Kent, S. E. Moore, Col. J. Lewis Good, Frank 

 Bement, John M. Wood, Hon. Theodore F. Jenkins, Clarence B. Kug- 

 ler, Col. Wm. B. Mann, J. G. Ramsdell, Dr. Thos. C. Stellwagen, G. C. 

 Ramsdell. Geo. T. Gwilliam, J. Lindsay Little, John S. Wilbraham, 

 Wm. S. Stockton, Samuel B. S. Barth, Dr. W. W. Hollingsworth, M. 

 B. Muckle, Jr., £ N. Hannold, P. H. Johnson, Samuel F. Givin, James 

 W. MacFarlan, A. J. Hass, O. H. Downing, John H. Lehman, Josiah 

 R. Adams, John S. Muckle, T. Carpenter Smith, A. H. Haig, Matthew 

 Dittmann. Edwin B. Garrigues, Dr. W. Joseph Hearn, A. H. Marshall, 

 J. Joseph Murphy, Joseph J. Snellenburg, Wm. P. Bement, E. Y. Mc- 

 Curdy, Edwin E. Sentman, Benson Mann, Chas. L, Wilson. 



During the dinner speeches were made by Com. Reyburn, Com. 

 Brown, Com. Schley and others. The affair passed off pleasantly and 

 was in every way a success. The Philadelphia Y. C. is now, largely 

 through Commodore Brown's efforts, in a very prosperous condition, 

 with every promise of a continuance under the new board of officers. 



American Model Y. C. 



At the last meeting of the above club an important rule was passed 

 which will have a tendency to elevate model yachting in the future. 

 This rule is called the five-eighths rule, that is, all future models will be 

 designed to represent large yachts from 56 to 96ft. l.w.l., the object 

 being to suppress racing eatboat models against well-proportioned 

 models, which was possible under the present rule. The present 

 classification will not be altered, the 35in. boat will represent a yacht 

 of 56ft„ the 42in. a 67.2ft , 48 to 53in. equal 73.8 to 84.8ft. Also Class A. 

 was abolished and a schooner class substituted, namely, 53 to 60in. 

 equal 84 to 96ft. All computations in the future will be represented 

 in feet. 



The coming season will see the A. M, Y. C. with a suitable salt water 

 station at Coraniumpaw, in conjunction with the Jersey City Y. C, 

 where the ability of the old and new models will be fully tested. The 

 election of officers will take place the first Friday in April. 



In the article last week a misprint occurred in the measurement 

 rule; the area of the sail is measured, the square root of the result is 

 extracted and added to the waterline length, the sum being divided by 

 two ;. the Seawanhaka rule used by nearly all American yacht clubs. 



Yacht Clubs of Puget Sound. 



The yacht clubs of Puget Sound, Washington, are as follows: 

 Seattle Y. C, Seattle, Wash., W. W. French, Sec'y. 

 Tacoma Y. C., Taeorna, Wash., E. Irving Halsted, Sec'y. 

 BeUiugham Bay Y. O, New Whatcom, Wash.,R. G. Calvert, Sec'y. 

 Fairhaven Y. C, Fairhaven, Wash. 

 Anacortes Y. C, Anacortes, Wash. 

 Port Townsend Y. C, Port Townsend, Wash. 

 Port Angeles Y. C, Port Angeles, Wash. 



Lasca, schr., Johu E. Brooks, New York Y. O, is now fitting ou t 

 under Capt; Rhodes for a cruise to British waters. Her racing sai Is 

 and gear will be shipped b> steamer. 



