Ava. 1, 1896. 
FOREST AND STREAM^ 
96 
DESIGN FOR STEAM PILOT- BOAT FOR NEW YORK HARBOR, BY A GARY SMITH, 189B. 
New York Y. C. Cruise. 
The following complete programme of the annual cruise of the 
New York Y. C. has been issued by the regatta committee: 
THE AUGUST CRUISE, 1896. 
Rendezvous, Glen Cove. L. I., Aug. 3.— In conformity with General 
Orders No. 2, the regatta committee announce the following details 
with regard to the racing events and other incidents of the cruise: 
General Directions. — By invitation of the Commodore, the commit- 
tee will make the cruise on the Sylvia. Yachts entered for any rac- 
ing event will display their private signals and numbers as directed in 
Rule IX., section 8. They will show no other colors. Club rules will 
govern all events unless otherwise directed. The course will be sig- 
naled before the preparatory signal is made. Should a signal gun 
miss Are, a prolonged blast of the whistle will be given. At the finish 
of each race the Sylvia will display a large club signal at the fore and 
show a red ball by day, and after dark she will show four white lights, 
hung vertically, and will burn club signals at ten minute intervals. 
Yacht numbers, extra copies of this circular and detailed sailing 
directions for the Goelet cups can be obtained at the club bouse and 
on the Sylvia. 
Cruising Trim.— Anchors on the bow and at least one caMe bent; 
cruising complement of boats carried (launches optional) ; cruising 
deck, cabin and galley fittings and fixtures in place; topsails extend- 
ing above the' truck and beyond the end of the gaff barred. Water 
can be taken into the tanks up to 8 A. M. 
N. B.— The tug Edward Luckenback, which has been chartered as a 
general utility boat, will accompany the squadron. When she takes 
the Sylvia's place at the finiRh of a race she wiU be distinguished by 
the same signals as those directed for the Sylvia. Members wishing 
to proceed on her from port to port will notify the superintendent of 
the club, who will be on board. On Aug. 3 she will leave N. Y. Y. C. 
station No. 2 for Glen Cove at 9 A. M. 
Glen Cove, Aug. 3 —The Commodore offers a cup for schooners and 
a cup for single-masted vessels and yawls. This event will be open to 
yachts belonging to the club, in cruising trim; and it will not be re- 
stricted to yachts intending to make the cruise. Special prizes— The 
Commodore alsa offers a cup for 30'-footers owned by members of the 
club, two or more to start, and a cup for second, if four or more 
start. 
The start will be off Glen Cove at such time in the aft«rnoon as the 
meeting on the flagship shall decide. The finish will be off Huntington 
Harbor. , 
STAETINS SISNALS. 
No. 1. Preparatory.— A gun will be fired and the blue peter 
hoisted. 
No. 2. Start for 30-footers (one-gun start.)— Ten minutes later a 
second gun will be fired and the blue peter lowered. 
No. 3. Start for single-masted vessels and yawls. — Five minutes 
later a third gun will be fired and a red ball hoisted. 
No. 4 Start for schooners (handicap time for single-masted vessels, 
etc.). — Five minutes later a fourth gun will be fired and a second red 
ball hoisted. 
No . 5. Handicap time for schooners.— Five minutes later a fifth gun 
will be fired and both balls will drop. 
COURSES. 
No. 1. Letter C.— Start over a line between the committee boatacd 
Matinicock Point Buoy, to and around a mark 10 miles E. N.E. from 
the point of starting, leaving it to port; thence 5 miles west to and 
around a mark, leaving it to port, and finish over a line between the 
committee boat and a stakeboat 1 mile west from Eaton's Point I'ght, 
21 miles. 
No. 2. Letter D.— Start over a line between the committee boat and 
Matinicock Point Buoy, to and around a mark 1 mile north of Lloyd's 
Point Buoy, leaving it to port; to and around a mark 19^ miles E. by 
S. from Great Captain's Island light, leaving it to port, and finish over 
a line between the committee boat and a stakeboat 1 mUe west from 
Eaton's Point light, 21 mUe@, 
No. 8. Letter F.— Start over a line between the committee boat and 
Matinicock Point Booy, to and around a mark 1 mile S. by W. from 
bell buoy on Green's Ledge, Norwalk Islands, leaving it to port; re- 
turn 5 miles over the same course, to and around a mark, leaving it 
to port, and finish over a line between the committee boat and a stake- 
boat 1 mile west from Eaton's Point light, 21 miles. 
N. B.— The marks will be floats displaying red flag with white stripe. 
The stakeboat will display a large club signal. 
Newport, Aug. 7.— For schooners, a $1,000 cup. For single-masted 
vessels and yawls, a $500 cup; offered by Capt. Ogden Goelet, N. Y. Y. 
C, and open to yachts belonging to the club that have not hauled out 
to clean since the commencement of the cruise. Capt. Goelet reserves 
the privilege of inviting foreign yachts that may be in American 
waters to enter the race. 
Course.— The course will be triangular, 10 miles to a leg, from Bren- 
ton's Reef Lightship. 
Start.- Half-past ten A. M., off Brenton's Reef Lightship. Entries, 
which must be in writing, will be received at the club house. New 
York, up to 10 P. M., Aug. 2, and on board the Sylvia up to 8 A. M., 
Aug. 7. 
There will be the customary runs from port to port in cruising trim. 
Entries.- Crossing the line will be regarded as an entry, unless 
otherwise directed. 
Prizes.— In each class (including mixed class. Rule H.) there will be 
a prize for first if two or more start, and a prize for second if four or 
more start. 
Special Prizes. — The vice-commodore offers a cup for the schooner 
winning the greatest number of runs, all schooners sailing as one class. 
The rear-commodore offers a cup for single-masted vessels and yawls 
upon similar terms. The fleet captain will offer a cup for 30-footers 
owned by members of the club, to be sailed for at Newport during the 
cruise. 
STARTING SIGNALS. 
No. 1. Preparatory.— A ; gun will be fired and the blue peter 
hoisted. 
No. 2. Start for single-masted vessels and yawls.— Ten minutes 
later a second gun will be fired, the blue peter lowered and a red ball 
hoisted. 
No. 3. Start for schooners (handicap time for single-masted ves- 
sels, etc ) — Five minutes later a third gun will be fired and a second 
red ball hoisted. 
No. 4. Handicap time for schooners. — Five minutes later a fifth gun 
will be fired and both balls will drop. 
courses. 
After the commodore has ordered the squadron under way, the 
committee will establish the start lines, which, like the finish lines, will 
be between the committee boat and the points indicated below. 
Huntington Bay to New London.— Prom Baton's Point Buoy to New 
London Light, leaving Cornfield Shoal L. S., and Bartlett's Reef L. S. 
to port; 64 miles. 
Huntington Bay to Morris Cove. — From Eaton's Point Buoy to a 
mark displaying red flag with white stripe, one mile south from Lud- 
dington Rock; 28 miles. 
Morris Cove to New London.— From a mark displaying red flag with 
white stripe, off breakwater, to New London Light, leaving Bartlett's 
Reef Lightship on port hand; 40 miles. 
New London to Newport.— From Sarah's Ledge Buoy to Castle HUl 
Light, leaving Race Rock on port hand; 40 miles. 
Newport to Vineyard Haven. — From Brenton's Reef Lightship to 
West Chop Buoy (red No. 2), leaving Vineyard Sound Lightship on 
port hand; 37 miles. 
Vineyard Haven to New Bedford.— From West Chop Buoy to Clark's 
Point, through Quick's Holl; 21 miles. 
New Bedford to Newport.— From Clark's Point Liglit to Brenton's 
Reef Lightship, leaving Hen and Chickens Lightship on starboard 
hand; 27 miles. 
Vineyard Haven to Newport.— From West Chop Buoy to Brenton's 
Reef Lightship, leaving Vineyard Sound Lightship on starboard hand; 
37 miles. 
Owl and Gamecock Colors.— To be rowed for at such port as the 
commodore shall decide, under the management of the fleet captain. 
Entries: Gamecock, $10; Owl, $5; dinghies, $2; launches, $10. The club 
will add $5 an oar and $10 for launches. 
Aug. 3.— Rendezvous and cups offered by the commodore: The Sam 
Sloan (Startn Transportation Lines) will leave N. Y. Y. C., Station No. 
2 (foot of East Twenty-sixtli street) at 10 A. M., and will make a land- 
ing at Glen Cove. She will touch at Glen Cove returning, and will 
reach Station No. 2 at about 7 P. M. Tickets (which can be obtained 
from the superintendent at the club house, and which will include 
lunch, exclusive of wines, etc.) tor members and their friends, $2 
each. Ladies tickets, $1. 
Newport, Aug. 7.— The Goelet cups. The ocean going tug, E. L. 
Luckenback, will leave the foot of Long Wharf (Old Colony Dock) at 
9:45 A. M. Members can obtain tickets, $2 each, including lunch, but 
exclusive of wines, etc., and also extra tickets at the same price from 
the superintendent at the New York club house, on or before Aug. 2; 
or from Captain F. P. Sands, N. Y. Y. C, Station No. 6, Newport, on 
or before the morning of the race. S. Nicholson Kane, 
Archibald Rogers, 
GODVERNEUR KoRTRIQHT, 
Regatta Committee. 
Steam in the Pilot Service. 
The present year has witnessed a radical change in the pilot service 
of New York in the abandonment of the fleet of sailing vessels so long 
used and so famous, in favor of a smaller number of steam vessels. As 
conducted from the earliest days, in sailing vessels of flfty to eighty 
tons, the fleet has of late years included over twenty pilot boats owned 
by t^ew York pilots and about ten by New Jersey pilots. Some dozen 
years back an attempt was made to substitute steam for sail, the 
large, sea-going tug Hercules being used by a party of pilots; but it 
met with violent opposition and was soon abandoned. This year, 
however, the experiment has been made by common consent, the en- 
tire fleet of over twenty schooners has been offered for sale, and a 
tug chartered to take their place. This temporary vessel will shortly 
be replaced by a new steam pilot boat specially designed by Mr. A. Gary 
Smith, the designer of Lasca, Iroquois, Ariel and the Sound steamers 
Peck and Lowell. The accompanying plans show the proposed vessel, 
the contracts for which have not yet been awarded. The dimensions 
are: over all 155ft., l.w.l. 141ft., beam 28ft., draft 14ft. She will be 
built of steel and fitted with powerful engines. The design is special- 
ly planned for the hard service off the coast in all weathers, to make 
a fast and eminently seaworthy vessel. 
The Halifax Biver Y. C. 
The Halifax River Y.O., of Daytona, east coast of Florida, was organ- 
ized in the winter of 1896,and has a club house now huUding on the beau- 
tiful Halifax , Daytona. The club started with forty members. The 
club consists mostly of Northerners who spend the winter by the Hali- 
fax, escaping the rigor of the Northern winter climate. V. Vuillaume, 
the commodore, is one of the old Jersey City Y. C. members who has 
been located for some fifteen years on the Halifax in the orange cul- 
ture. 
The following yachts are enrolled in the club: Sultana, 18ft., Carl 
Knapp, Port Orange; Tritan, 17ft., C. Ruell, Chicago; Omia, 18ft., J, 
H. Dimon, Brooklyn; Ah Ah, 18ft., C. Merrill, Maine; Wautag, 19ft., 
M. Edsell. Brooklyn; Belle, 18ft., Jerome Maley, Daytona; Long Nose, 
23ft., W. Brom, Port Orange; Arrow, 16ft., W. Readsley, Connecticut; 
Winkle, 16, Robert Maley, Daytona; Weasel, 16ft., R. Stan, Wisconsin; 
Unknown, 18ft., Charles Frossard, Port Orange; Spray, 20ft., John 
F. Mumm, Brooklyn. 
The club has sailed two races, February and March, course 5 mUef^ 
to windward and return, each won by Sultana. 
