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FOREST AND STREAM. 
March 30, 1895. 
than to sucti reckless and irresponsible writers as have shown 
themselves unworthy of confidence. 
As concerns his duty to his readers, hardly a week passes that 
a yachting writer is not called on to consider some piece of news, 
often in a great hurry, whicli he cannot possibly verify. In this 
case one of two courses is possible to him; to weigh the matter 
very carefully by the aid of that special training which fits him 
for his position, taking into account the reliability of the source of 
information and the probability of the news itself, and giving it 
such a qualified indorsement as the circumstances seem to war- 
rant; or, on the other hand, to rush it into print under flashy 
headlines, trusting to chance to verify it, or to some newer and 
equally unreliable story to engage the attention of his readers in 
the next issue. 
The Herald also tries to make a point for the new deed by offer- 
ing the present illness of Mr. Herreshoff as a 'justification of the 
ten months' notice of challenge. Throughout the whole course of 
the long controversy no objection has been made by the oppo- 
nents of the new deed to the ten months' notice. The only point 
connected with it which has been criticized, is the absurdity of 
demanding ten months' notice after positively refusing in three 
different years to accept more than six months' notice. Lord Dun- 
raven excepted, the first aim of the various challengers has been to 
secure the acceptance of their challenge and the arrangement of 
all details from ten to twelve months in advance, in which thev 
have been repeatedly frustrated by the very peculiar limitation 
of six to seven months made and maintained by the New York 
Y. C. The ten months' notice is all right as a safeguard against 
surprise, but if the New York Y. C. will in the future meet all 
challengers in the spirit which itdisplaved for the first time in 
York for Southampton 'to"flt out'Vigilant for her return passage. 
Capt. John Barr, Sr., has been released by Mr. Hopkins, and now 
is in the employ of Mr. Howard Gould as sKipper of the new 20- 
rater Niagara. His berth as skipper of the cutter Yvette. owned 
by Mr. Hopkins, will be filled by young ;John, now a captain him- 
self. 
The Yacht Club Argentino, of Buenos Ayres, was honored re- 
centlv by the presence of the American Minister, the Hon. W. 
Buchanan, accompanied by Secretary Fishback, who joined the 
members in a cruise in the yacht Nemo, under the command of 
Vice-Commodore Kimbal. But it happened that in the prepara- 
tions for the cruise an American flag was not thought of, which 
mistake was rectified by borrowing one from the ironclad Liber- 
tad, after which the yacht may have been said to bs sailing under 
the American flag, as the borrowed article was many yards in 
superficial measurement.— Panama Star and Herald. 
We have received from V. D. Bacon, of the Cape Cod Yacht 
Agency, a very full list of yachts for sale, new and second hand, 
most of themof the Cape type. 
The yachtSea Gull, J. R Adamp, of the Philadelphia Y. C. was 
recently cut through by the ice in the Delaware and sunk in the 
club basin at Tinicuni." 
The Mediterranean Races. 
The race of March 19, from Monaco to Nice, was very unsatisfac- 
tory, Britannia not starting. The wind was moderate, and the 
times at the finish, the yachts starting at 9:05, with lo min. in 
which to cross, were: 
Ailsa 10 19 57 Rolla III 10 52 51 
Corsair in 85 41 St. Marcial 10 54 48 
Valkyrie 10 37 10 Contest 10 55 30 
Arauella 10 40 3 Gareth 10 56 48 
Dakotah 10 4fi 38 Yvonne 10 59 20 
Bebelle 10 49 9 Lola 10 03 33 
Ailsa, of course, won. 
On March 25 Britannia and Ailsa met again over a 30-mile 
course, in a very light breeze. A t the end of the first round Ailsa 
COTTER AIL!- A. DESIGNED BY WILL FIFE, JR. From Le Yacht. 
1893, there will beho trouble over insufficient time for preparation, 
as it is as much to the advantage of one party as the other that 
everything should be arranged long in advance. 
On-? good result has come] from the unsuccessful agitation in 
favor of Newport for the Cup races in that Mr. F. P. Sands, one of 
the most active of Newport yachtsmen, with several others, has 
taken up the scheme of a series of open races off Newport, in 
August, after the cruise. Money has been liberally subscribed for 
prizes, some Sfi.000 being now available. Good cruises will be laid 
ut, and races will be held for all classes, large and small.. 
led by 14 min ; at the enrl of the second they were not timed, but 
Ailsa was nearly half an hour ahead; Ailsa finished in a drift, 
takiug 8 hours to cover 30 miles, while Britannia gave up. Both 
yachts were finally disqualified on the ground that they had 
crossed the line before the gun. 
The acconmanying picture of Ailsa on the Clvde is from a sketch 
bv Mr. A. Brun, the talented artist of Le Yacht. 
A report comes from Glasgow to the effect that a newspaper 
man has been allowed to see the new Valkyrie, of which the keel^ 
is cast and the frames partly erected. The boat is described as 
however deeper and having less flare to the tnpsides than Ailsa 
but with a hollower section than Valkyrie II. The ends are long, 
but in Watson's characteristic style. Nothing is said of the 
method of construction, whether composite or metal plated. 
Our readers will be interested in the news that one of Mr. Lin- 
t >n Hope's designs will be seen about New York this season, the 
St. Lawrence River Skiff, Canoe and Steam Launch Co., of Clay- 
ton, having received an order from Mr. John R. Suydam, who had 
the plans from Mr. Hope while abroad. The boat will be 20ft. 
over all, 20ft. 1. w. l„ 8ft. beam and 1ft. draft without centerplate, 
the latter increasing the draft to 0ft. She will be catrigged, with 
a battened sail similar to that which we published on March 9. 
Jubilee. 
"The prospects are tbat Jubilee will not take part in the sea- 
sons racing/the syndicate has not met with encouraging success in 
the effort to raise the necessary money, and now Gen. Paine has 
decided to sell the boat, according to the Boston Globe, as follows: 
"The subscription syndicate to purchase Jubilee has come to noth- 
ng, mainly because Gen. Paine has withdrawn his offer to sell the 
boat. Mr. Foster has'not yet given up hope of a new boat, though, 
for he has had the possibility in mind for some time. His plans 
are not. however, sufficiently matured to formulate publicly. 
"Asked yesterday the reason for the withdrawal of his offer. Gen. 
Paine said that it was "principally in view of some editorial utter- 
ances saying that Jubilee stood no chance with the boats of 1895. 
With such opinions scattered broadcast he did not feel that the 
boat ought to be offered to a syndicate in which some might regret 
their contributions or feel that they had contributed under a mis- 
taken idea of the boat 's chances. 
"So Jubilee is still for sale. Her owner would like to see her 
raced, but does not feel like giving the needed lime and money to 
it himself. His sale would be preferably made to a wealthy man 
or men who could well afford to take chances with her, win or lose, 
and to whom the 'financial end would not be the consideration 
that it would be to a syndicate. 
"What he thought Jubilee's chances really were. Gen. Paine 
promptly declined to say, nor would be even guess at the probable 
speed to be gained by the alterations to the bow." 
YACHT NEWS NOTES. 
The annual meeting of the. Minneapolis Model Yacht Racing 
Association: Was held on March 19. Officers for the ensuing year 
\\ itr.' plecterl as follows, the election in each case being unanimous: 
Coin.. F. F. English: Vice-Corn., Chilson Aid rich; Sec. and Treas. 
(re-elected), John Hadden. Sailing Committee: C. Boyd and L. 
Green. The secretary's annual report showed an increase both in 
membership and boats. The news that the American Model 
Yacht Club, of Brooklyn, would send a 40-in. model to sail a re- 
turn match in Minneapolis the coming season, was received with 
much satisfuction, and already two new boats are on the boards in 
anticipation of bis visit, with two or three more 40's promised. 
The club expects to have a good season in 1895. 
We understand that a new edition, the 8th, of that standard 
work. " Yacht and Boat Sailing," has been prepared by Mr. Dixon 
Kemp, and is now in press. 
' .'The report of the charter of Columbia, schr., to J. J. Astor is de- 
nied. 
"Algonquin, steam yacht, J. S. Watson, arrived at Kingston, 
Jamaica, from St. Jago, on March 11. 
On March ^19 dpt. Chas. Barr, with his crew, sailed from New 
Work at Bristol. 
(From the Boston Globe.) 
The new Cup defender at the Herreshoffs' has taken a percepti- 
ble growth during the past week. The bronze keelplate has been 
placed in its position at the top of the big lead keel, where it will 
be held by large bronze bolts. Five of the steel frames have also 
been set up in the past few days, and it is now but a matter of a 
short time when the whole outline of the boat will be seen. 
Workmen are busy at the shop on Burnside street bending the 
angle iron into frames for the new boat. The firm has been short 
of angle iron, but this was overcome by the arrival, on March 22, 
of a large quantity of short lengths from Pennsylvania. 
A close watch is still maintained at the railroad ya,rds to see 
that none of the material arriving for the Herreshoffs is inspected 
by the newspaper fraternity, and box cars in which the material 
comes are locked until it is taken away. 
Another carload of bronze plates was expected to arrive on 
March 23. but information in regard to the size of the plates will 
be obtained only by scanning the plates as they are being carted 
to the works on the gears. 
The greatest disclosure of the week in connection with the 
new Cup defender was the fact" that the suit of sails to be furnished 
by the builders with the new boat, will be made in Bristol by the 
firm's sailmakers. 
Within the past few" months important changes have been 
made at the factory of "the National India Rubber Company, and 
a second story has been added to what is known as the old boot 
room The Herreshoffs have not the room for the making of the 
new suit of sails, and so J. B. Herreshoff has arranged with Man- 
ager Philip H. Coyle, of the rubber factory, for the use of the new 
room, which will not be needed bv the rubber company for some 
time to come. The total length of the room is about 300 feet, but 
a partition will be built cutting off 100 feet of the room, and mak- 
ing the room in which the sails will he made about 200 feet in 
length and 60 feet in width. 
Men are now at work in the room preparing it for the sail- 
makers, and the coming week w T ill see the latter at work on the 
big sails. The room will not be large enough to make the big sails 
in one piece, so it is intended to make them in sections. The work 
will be done under the direction of head sailmaker Asa T. Hath- 
away, formerly of Fall River, who will be assisted by the other 
three sailmakers at the shops. 
From what can be learned in regard to the new sails, it is esti- 
mated that the total sail area will he between 11,000 and 12,000 
yards, 
The material will be ramie cloth, made from the fibre of gra«s 
grown in China and Japan, and wh ; ch has also been successfully 
raised in Texas. The cloth is far superior in strength, both when 
wet and dry. to the sea island cotton, and is lighter in weight. 
It is said that the suit of sails to be made by the syndicate will 
be made from cloth woven by an expert weaver from England, 
who wove the cloth for the firm of which Ratsey, the famous 
sailmaker, is a member. It is said also that the cloth will be made 
on imported looms in the vicinity of Lowell, Mass. 
The cloths in the sails of the Herreshoff suit will run from the 
leech to the hoist, instead of from the gaff to the boom, as on 
fonner boats. 
Work on the Gould 20-rater Niagara is being pushed ahead 
rapidlv. as it is intended to send her across to Southampton from 
New York by April 13. The workmen are busy on the hull of the 
new boat, and are putting on the deck and interior finishings. 
The fin and bulb are all ready to be attached as soon as the hull is 
completed. She will be rigged here, and a trial trip given her in 
Bristol harbor and down Narragansett Bay. She- will be stripped 
after her trial trip, and will be towed to New York, where her fin 
will be taken off and the parts put aboard the ocean steamer. 
The new 20-rater for the German baron is being rushed along, 
and during the week two representatives of the owner have been 
at the works watching the finishing of the boat and the work of 
attaching the hull to the fin. One of them is said to be a relative 
of Diaper, who was the pilot on the Vigilant during her race last 
year on the Clyde. They will stay here to go aboard of her during 
her trial trips and will also accompany her across the ocean on 
the German steamship. Orders have been given the sailmakers 
to!push the work on the sails for tho German boat, and the spars 
are now ready. She will be launched either Tuesday or Wednes- 
day of the coming week. She also will be stripped after her trial 
trios, and will be towed to New York. 
Work on the Hostetter steam yacht is nearly finished, and she 
can be put overboard at any time. The finishing touches in the 
cabin and crew's quarters are being put on, and the machinists are 
busy in the engine room. 
The centerboard of Vigilant is completed, and will be shipped 
across to Southampton when Niagara goes. 
Nat H erreshoff has made rapid strides toward recovering dur- 
ing the past week, and has put in considerable work on the plans 
which were left unfinished when he was taken ill. He came out 
for the first time at noon on March 21 and stayed a short time on 
the veranda at his residence when the sun was -warmest. His 
rapid improvement within the last few days, and his consequent 
gain in strength, prophesies his early appearance at the shops 
where his direction and personal supervision of the work on the 
new Cup Defender is a necessity to make the construction of the 
boat a success. 
Foremen of the departments consult him daily in regard to the 
work, and his instructions are as faithfully carried out as though 
he was present in the shops. 
During the week a United States Government Inspector from 
the Navy Department was at the works for the purpose of look- 
ing over the Herreshoff style and make of boilers. The visit of 
the inspector is said to have some connection with the torpedo 
boats on which the Herreshoffs submitted bids to the Government 
a short time ago. The inspector was entertained by Pres. J. B. 
Herreshoff during his stay here. 
The London Sailing Club's Model Competition. 
The full details of the model competition and exhibition of the 
London Sailing Club, the subject being a single-hand cruiser of 
not over 30ft. overfall length, were given in the Forest and Stream 
of Dec. 8, 18Q4; the exhibition taking place, as announced, between 
Feb. 19 and March 2. The competition and exhibition were both 
completely successful; and the result was very encouraging to the 
cl nb. Mr. Dixon Kemp was the judge. The winner of tne first 
prize was Mr. J. C. Enberg, a Swedish designer, who was in this 
country in 1893, and to whom we are indebted for the translation of 
the description of the schooner Sverige, which we recently pub- 
lished. The following description of the exhibition is from the 
Field: 
The merits were tolbe decided by points; fifty being the maxi- 
mum for hull, twenty-five for sail plan, and twenty-five for cabin 
arrangement. As usual, the names of the designers remained in 
sealed envelopes until after the awards were made. 
The various designs are of very remarkable merit, and, what is 
more, it can be said that three-fourths of them are practically of 
equal merit, and it must have taken some nice discrimination in 
awarding the prizes. Certificates of merit, of course, under such 
conditions, are found to be plentiful, and the only wonder is that 
each modei was not "decorated." 
Another very striking feature in the competition is the marked 
influence the racing yacht has on the form of the cruiser. What- 
ever the merits of the type the rating rule has evolved, it is quite 
plain the single-handed cruising man thinks it all right to be in 
the fashion. Nothing looks more odd now, for instance, than to 
see a Marjorie or an Annasona among a fleet of up-to-date racers. 
Three or four years ago these new-fashioned racers were the oddi- 
ties, but now are simply beautiful to behold That the cruising 
man likes to be in the fashion it is plain, and hence we suppose he 
desires sometimes to rule the form of racing yachts as they rule 
the fashion for all yachts, and even some kinds of coasters and 
pilot vessels. With regard to tho hulls of the single-handers, they 
all present most symmetrical fore and aft and vertical outlines, 
and the displacements and ballastingH are well judged. In some 
instances, however, enough consideration was not shown to the 
requirements of beaching or taking the ground, and a few of the 
models had very awkward, raking keels. 
The weakest feature about the exhibits was, perhaps, the sail 
plans. They were not overdone with canvas, but many of them 
had five sails, and most "single-handed" men are satisfied with 
three at the outside, the favorite sail plan being main, fore, and 
mizen yawl rig. One was given a topsail of close upon 200 sq. ft., 
aud we do not think even such a marvelous single-handed sailer 
as the late Mr. R. T. McMullen would have cared to have been 
shipmates with such a sail if actually single-handed. One of the 
designs is already in existence, and much approved of as a single- 
handed craft, and she, we may say. is sloop rigged. 
The London Sailing Club wished to have their usual 1-rater 
competition, but in face of the fact that the rating rule is "hung 
up" aud nobody knows what the future of it is to be, it was 
thought that such a competition at present would serve no good 
end. Mr. Dixon Kemn judged the models and designs, and the 
exhibition wa3 opened to the pnblic on Tuesday. After the 
awards were made it came somewhat as a shock to find that the 
first prize was taken by a foreigner. Mr. J. C. Enberg, of Norr- 
koplng, Sweden (No. 17). The model and design are exceedingly 
well made, and the arrangement under deck excellent. All the 
falls of halyards, sheets, etc., lead to the cockpit aft, and the an- 
chor chain is brought under deck to a ratchet winch in the cock- 
pit, so that under ordinary conditions the latter craft could be got 
under way from the cockpit. This vessel is sloop rigged. The 
second prize aws awarded to a very useful sort of centerboard 
craft (No. 13), and. as in the other case, all the leads went to the 
cockpit. The design is capitally arranged below, and is the work 
of Mr. F. Shepherd. 6 Milton Terrace, Fitzhugh, Southampton. 
The five sail rig probably stoott in the way of this craft taking 
first prize. The third prize was taken by Mr. P. H. M. Paterson 
(32 Eldon street, Greenock), and is numbered 13. Certificates of 
merit were awarded to No. 1 (Mr. J. Rennie Barrett, Lily Bank 
House, Johnstone), No. 2 (Mr. R. Von Lengerke, St. James Vicar- 
age, Fulham). No. 3, Dorothy (Mr. Linton Hope, Greenhithe). 
This craft is well known on the Lower Thames as a capable little 
cruiser. No. 6 (Mr. J. R. Garth waite, 99 Parliament street, 
Stockton-on-Tees): No. 10 (Mr. H. J. Dartnall, New Alma Road, 
Southampton). This craft has a Wastney Smith's anchor, the 
stock of which stows in the hawse pipe; a spindle rod for working 
the capstan leads to the cockpit aft. No. 11 (Mr. James Stow, 
Shoreham), No. 16 (Mr. Wilfred Barry, 9 Wellington Road, Charl- 
ton), No. 2la (Mr. Harly Mead, Hayle, Cornwall). Mr. Mead also 
exhibited a 30ft. model of the square stern type like the old Itchen 
