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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 3, 1897. 
class; the 22-footer would not, as no limitation to the mid- 
ship section was proposed in this class. At the same time 
the owner of Hiawatha was not asked to make the same 
sacrifice of his yacht which Canada's owners were willing to 
make of her, and they ofEered to place the 37ft. class with, 
the 23ft., with no penalty on the bulb-fin, provided the re- 
striction were adopted in the larger classes. 
These gentlemen were actively aided in the meeting by 
two strangers, the owner and designer of Vencedor, meni- 
bers of the Lake Michigan Association, but not of the L. Y. 
E. A., who made the long journey from Chicago to Roches- 
ter expressly to oppose the adoption of the limitation of the 
midship section, the measurement with crew on board, and 
the exclusion of professional helmsmen. By the courtesy of 
the meeting they were allowed to be present^ and they 
were active in their efforts to oppose the will of the ma- 
jority 
Looking first at the domestic side of the dispute, as con- 
cerns the Lake T. R. A. alone, the so-called compromise is a 
piece of botchwork that is in marked contrast to all previous 
legislation of the Association, and which cannot possibly 
stand. It is absurd, inconsistent and without reason. It 
recognizes one type here and another there at mere hazard, 
and is utterly useless as a guide in building. Taking the 
whole result of the meeting as a victory for the fin-keel, it 
means that such yachts as have been used in the past, yachts 
of adequate construction and accommodation for the rough 
service of the lake, must give place to the fln keel machine 
that can pick her way from port to port in summer and win 
the prizes in ordinaiy weather, but which is lacking in all the 
essentials of a yacht. 
The plea which is made elsewhere for the fin-keel— that all 
experiments in the direction of extreme speed are desirable 
as increasing the knowledge of the naval architect — does not 
hold in so isolated a locality as the Great Lakes; but with 
yachting yet in its infancy, they can well afford to leave ex- 
pensive experiments to others, and to limit themselves to 
such yachts as, while fast, are still capable of other uses 
than match sailing. The conditions of yachting are more 
favorable on Ontario to-day than on any other ot the lakes; 
hut even there the existing classes are poorly built up, and 
there is the constant complaint of lack of entries. Given a 
few. second-hand Herreshoff fin-keels on the lake, Drusilla in 
the 37ft. class and Dilemma in the 37ft., for instance, sweep- 
ing the classes for a single season, and every good boat must 
be shut out of the raci g The men who are responsible for 
this condition of aSairs do not propose to remedy its evil 
results by building fin-keels or semi-fin-keels to take the place 
of the outclassed yachts, their work is merely that of de- 
struction and not construction. 
The consequences outside the immediate limits of Ontario 
are quite as disastrous as at home. The effort to form a 
permanent union of all the lafte clubs under rules that would 
promote yachting and yacht building had its origin with 
Lhe members of the Royal Canadian Y. 0. Through their 
exertions the reeent conference at Buffalo became an accom- 
plished fact; they made the original draft of the rules there 
adopted ; they placed the subject before all the lake clubs, 
and they have labored to bring all together on a footing of 
equality. The one serious point in dispute — the limitation 
ot the midship section— has been accepted by the Interlake 
Y. C , of Lake Erie, and the only question was whether the 
Vencedor interests would be powerlul enough to induce the 
Michigan Association to reject it; that it would be refused 
on Lake Ontario was hardly a possible contingency, consid- 
ering that its proposers represented almost the only vested 
interest involved in the barring of the fin-keel. Now their 
work is destroyed and their intentions discredited, not by 
strangers, but by their neighbors and associates. 
It is quite evident that the Lake Y. R. A. cannot, in its 
present position, enter a conference of the different lake as- 
sociations and oppose the iutroductioh of the fio-keel; and 
the result of a general meeting will either be that the L. Y. 
R A. will itself be pfevenitd from joining the new Union 
founded by its leading men, or the rules already adopted for 
the Union will have to be remodeled to suit it. 
Our advice to the L. Y. R. A., 15rst of all, is that it should 
at the earliest possible moment 'apttend its rules in accord- 
ance with the usage in most similar bodies, giving no dele- 
gate more than one vote, either personally or as a proxy. 
In the present case, a majority of two-thirds being cecessary 
to the adoption of an amendment to the racing rules, the 
vote at one time stood 11 for the restriction of the midship 
section to 7 against it, one aelegate with his two proxies, 
representing the two smallest and least important clubs on 
the lake, controlling the entire meeting. It is the business 
of a delegate to attend such a meeting, especially where 
questions are to come up in which he or his club are inter- 
ested. If he cannot attend, he should have the privilege (or 
his club should) of naming a proxy to represent him; but it 
is unfair to all the other delegates' when one individual can 
come to a meeting with a proxy in every pocket and a vote 
for each one. We cannot say in the present case how the 
absent delegates might have voted if present after taking a 
personal part in the discussion and hearing the other side; 
but we can state .from our own knowledge that at least one 
of those whose rights and responsibilities were thus turned 
over bodily to another was so completely in ignorance of the 
full facts of the case as to he in no way competent to 
form a judgment on them. 
The result of the meeting is likely to do considerable harm, 
for a time, both to the new Union and to Lake Ontario it- 
self, but we hope that those who have worked thus far for 
better things will be in no way discouraged by this regret- 
table occurrence. 
The Tacht Racing League. 
The special meeting of the New York Y. C, called to 
consider the proposal for the formation of a yacht racing 
league of all American clubs, was held on Dec. 23 at the 
club house, Com. Brown presiding. The scheme for 
the proposed union was explained in detail by J. F. Love- 
joy, with whom it originated The proposal brought out 
out a good deal of discussion and no small amount of oppo- 
sition. The original motion, for immediate action, was so 
strongly opposed that the following compromise was finally 
offered and passed : 
Mesol'oed, That a committee of seven, one of whom shall 
be the Commodore, be appointed by the chairman for the 
purpose of considering the advisability of organizing a Yacht 
Racing League, the object of which league shall be to estab- 
lish uniform cooperation on measurement, classifi'^ation and 
racing rules, the promotion of yacht building, the encour- 
agement and development of the sport, anil the preservation 
of yachting history and racing records, and that said com- 
mittee report back to the club at a special meeting to be 
called for the purpose. 
The following committee has been since appointed by 
Com. Brown: Com. E. M. Brown, James D. Smith, S. 
Nicholson Kane, E. D. Morgan, Rear-Com. L, C. Ledyard, 
C. Oliver Iselin and Clarence Postley. 
The Coha^set iS-Footers. 
Tbe accompanying photos show two of the Cohasset class 
of "one-design" 1§ footers built from the lines of Sca,Tecrow, 
as published in the Forest and Stream of Jan. 37, 1894. 
We have previously published a very full account of the 
A 
BLINK. 
Cohasset 15-footers designed by W. P. Stephens. From photos 
by N. L. Stebbins. 
performances of the class, by W. E. Robinson, of the Boston 
Olobe. While the boats were not much liked at the outset, 
they have shown so many good qualities during the season 
that they have become very popular. The class has made 
HONEY. 
good racing about Cohasset. The fins were fitted to lift, as 
the mooring ground is bare at low water. AH of the boats 
were originally rigged like Blink; the rig of Honey was put 
on as an experiment. The builder, Mr. Mclntyi-e, turned 
out an excellent little fleet at a very reasonable cost. 
Elections of Officers. 
Harletn Y. C—Oom.. Daniel Ryan; Vice-Com., John Kipp; Eear- 
Cora., Henry Hanlein; Fle^t Capt., Arthur Hochstetter; Treas., 
Charles Hutchinson; Financial Sec'y, John Traugott; Recording 
Sec'y, H. L. Fuller; Corresponding Sec'y, F. H. Davis; Measurer, 
W. D. S. Heyer; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. H. M. Oox; Steward, M. L. 
Qoetze; Board of Directors: James F. I.ilor, John Wimmer, B.F, 
Mever, E, F. Dele van te. • 
Knickerbocker Y. C— Com., J. D. Bilhard, Jr., sip. Tempua; Vice- 
Corn., John F. Phillips, scbr. SouthTn Cross; Rear Com., Stephen H. 
.Mason, Jr., sip. Moccasin; Treas.. Geo. H. Cooper; Seo'y- J- O. Sm- 
kinson; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. E. Ringer; Fleet Chaplain. Rev. William 
Everett Johnson ; Board of Directors: Fdvrin G. Davis, H Stephenson, 
E. Bberspacher, C Sehlesinger and O. D. Dike. 
Harvard Y. C— Com., A. B Emmons, '98; Vice-Corn., G. H, Scull. 
'98; Rear-Corn., C. C. iStillman, '98: Sec'y-Treas., J. A. Burnham, '99; 
Election Committee; J. A. Burnham, '99; H. Sampson, '99; E. A, 
Boardman. '99; Regatta Committee: A. H, Higginson, '98; E. Wads- 
worth, '98; H. D. Prescott, '98. 
Mempsiead Y. (7.— Com., Charles H. .Southard, of Baldwins; Vice- 
Corn., John H. Carl, of Mdburn; Rear-Com.. Floyd Weeks, Hemp- 
stead; Meas . Thomas D. Smith, Bellmore; Sec'y, I. W. Williams, 
Treas., Frank Place, of Hempstead. Board of " Goveraors: C. H. 
Southard, Baldwins; Frank Place, Hempstead: J. H. Carl, Mdburn; 
Floyd Weelies, Hempstead; Thomas D. Smith, Bedmore; I. W. Wil- 
liams, Hempstead; Thomas Martin, BrooiJlyn; Seaman L. Pettit, 
William E. Clowes, Bergen R. Carman, Hempstead. Regatta Com- 
mittee: J. Wbeeler Glover, Baldwins; Samuel R. Smith, Freeport; L. 
W. Williams, Hempsteaa. 
Village Y. C, Boston.— Com. , 0. O'Connor: Vice-Com., C. Died- 
richs; Fleet Capt , W, I, Hartley; Sec'y, T. F. Buckley; Treas., A. J. 
Pabst; Sergc.-at-Arms, A Leach. 
St. Louis (Mo.) Y. O.— Com.. E. A. Shay; Vice-Com., C. F. Mul- 
key; Rear-Com.. F. H. Medart; Sec'y, O. B. Plass; Treas., E, Will 
Thompson ; Fleet Capts.. sailing, George^D. Woodward ; power, John 
B Retallack; Fleet Surgeon, George w. Kale, M.D.; Official Meas- 
urer, James F, Jones. 
Tajipan Zee Y. C— Com., O. C. Pickney; Vice-Com., N. Bolet: 
Sec'y, H. Scurdevant; Treas., Major Hlnton. 
Montreal Model Y, C— Capt., H. E. Codd; Mate, J, Fothering- 
ham; Purser, George A. Moore; Commit;tea, J, Keywortli, J. Moore, 
B. D. McGulre, B. Dease. 
Maple Leaf Y. C„ 2Tora?ito.— Com , J. Lee; Vice-Com., W, Delaney, 
Capt., C. Burley; Hon. Sec'y, J. McLellan; Hon. Treas., J. Lang, 
Hon. Meas., W. Ramsey; Ass't Meas,, M, Green. Executive Goramit- 
teet J. Lee, W. Delaney, C. Barley, M. Croshie, 9. Crute, J. Virgin. 
Sailing Committee: C. Burley, W.Ramsey, M. Green, T. Delaney.. B. 
Wickleson. House Committee: J. Clark, A. Jobnson, J. McLellan. 
Huntington Y. C— Com., A. AV. Palmer; Vice-Comi.-J. WooIsey 
Shepard; Treas., O^ W. Ingersoll ; Sec'y, Daniel S. Wood; Trustees, 
for three years, the Rev. Thomas McKee Brown and David A. Storerj 
Trustees, for one year, George B. Rogers and Charles A Klots. -The 
amendment to the constitution providing for a vice-commodore, was 
carried, and ex-Com. H. H. Gordon was unanimously elected, to the 
position. 
Long Island Y. C— Com., Joseph N. Goldbacher; Vice-Com., Chas. 
Hagen; Rear-Com., Theodore Meyer; Rec. Sec'y, Wm. B. Richards; 
Cor. Sec'y, Charles Williams. 
Pavonia Y. C— Com., D. W. Kahn; Vice-Corn., James Johnston; 
Fleet Capt., G. T. Smitb; Meas., A. P. Curtiss; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. L. 
Bauman; Cor. Sec'y, W. A. Miller: Fin. Sec'y, W. F. Tooin; Treas., 
B. H. McOlain: Trustees: W. J. Kent, F. G. Agens, S. Morris, E. J. 
Smith and T. J. Roach; House Committee: J. A. Denin, L. Mitteis- 
dorf, J. G. Benta, J. F. Clark and W. Willis; Anchorage Cominitteei 
A. F. Roe, A. J. Kreymeyer and J, W. Strober; Delegates to New' 
York T. B. A.: James Johnston, A. J. Kreymhyer and H. Heidel- 
berger. 
Douglaston Y. C— Com., Hazen L. Hoyt; Vice-Com,. Clay M. 
Greene; Rear-Com., F. R. Parsons; Sec'y, George H. Petit; and 
Treas., John A. Cartiedge. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
H. M. S. Virago, the foui'th of the 30 knot torpedo boat destroyers 
building for the Admiralty by Messrs. Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, 
has had a full power preliminary run, with Admiralty officials on 
board, prior to her official trials. As it was the first tiiue the vessel 
had been run at full speed, the results, both as regards evenness "and 
speed, reflect great credit on the builders. The following are the par- 
ticulars of the six runs on the mile at Skelraorlie: 
Time on Mile. Speed. 
Steam. Lbs. Min. Sec. Knots. 
First mile , 215 1 5914 SQ.m 
Second mile v.. ...... ......815, 1 .57' .30.770 
Thurd mile. .........216 1 69U 30 120 
Fourth mile -216 1 56^5 30.890 
Fifth mile 318 1 o8te 30.:ffl0 
Sisthmile 318 1 .W 30.510 
The mean steam was 2161bs. and the mean speed ,30 BOS knots. Mr. 
Welsh and Mr. Ball attended on behalf of the constructive branch of 
the Admiralty, and Mr R. Ratsey Bevis and Mr. J. W. P. LiiM of the 
contractors. The vessel suDsequently completed the anchur trials 
satisfactorily at the Tail of the Bank. 
The torpedo boat destroyer Furor, lately launched by Mes=j\s. 
James and George Thomson, Limited, Clydebank, for the 8pani.''h 
Government, has completed her trials on the Clyde. The mean speed 
on a three hovu-s' run was iS.'ib knots, or a quarter of a knot in excess 
of the guarantee. During the trial the Furor had the full load of 
seventy-five tons on board, which is considerably greater than the 
load carried by the destroyers of the British and other Governments. 
His Excellency, Com. Cfimara, chief of tbe Spanish Koyal Naval 
Commission in London, and a staff of assistants were on board repre 
sentmg the Spanish Government.— K7!,(7;»i(3erHi(y. 
After the mess dinner of Dec. 19 the members of the Seawanhaka 
C. Y. C. to the number of about forty spent tbe evfulng ra an in- 
formal discussion of the subject of clouds, fog and moisture On 
Saturday evening, Jan. 9, the topic will be •'.Ship Hvgiene.'" with a 
paper by Dr. Frederic B. Sondern. In consequence of the holiday in- 
terruption, tbe "Talk" announced for Dec. -46 was pcstrioned to Jan. 
16. Topic, "Winds, their cause, vaiioua kinds, density, effects, now 
to interpret changes in, etc." 
The annual meeting of the* Rochester Y. C. resulted in the follow- 
ing officers being f Itcted: Com., A. G. Wright; Vice-Corn., Dr. J. W 
Herriman; Fl-3et Capt. , Edward Schirck; Rec. ^ec'y, F, T Christy; 
Cor. Sec'y, E. B Lpary; Treas., George H, Clark; Fle'Sr Surgeon, Dr. 
Sumner Hay ward; Meas., W. H. Pillow, Jr.; Dii-ectors--'. S Todd 
Dr. W. J. Herriman. J. W. Robbins, A. T. Hageo; Del*?gates lo Lake 
Yacht Racing Association— Dr. W. J- Herriman. J E, Bun'oughs Dr. 
(!. B. Nicholson. , ' 
The following record of races and prizes for lhe year was read: 
May 30 -Class A, Cinderella, flag. Firsc class. Iris Nox $10, 
Magel S8, Amelia .S5. Second class, Zanita fjO 
June 34— First class, Iris 815, Facile SIO, Weno ?5. Second cla.ss 
Nydia$]3, Nixyi $8, ZanitaS4. Third class, Priscii'a »10, Chic 87! 
Zenobia $b, Viola $3. 
July 18-First class, Nox $13. Second elass, Pri'-'cilla $10, Zenobia 
*7, Quella $5. 
July 30 -First class. Iris $15 Second class, Zihi'.a $13, Nixvi 88. 
Third class. Chic $10. Zenobia $7. 
Aug. 8 -First class. Undecided $13, Second class, Nydia $12, Nixyi 
38, Zanita$4. Third class, Priscilli glO. Zenobia $7, Chic $5. 
Aug. 37 First class, Facile f 13 GO. Kelpie $8 (iO, Iris $3 60. Sectond 
class, Nydia 813, Zanita S8, Althea $4.- Third class, Zenobia $10. 
The total amount of priz • money avrarded was 8^58; saved by not 
liUing, $53; extra awards, $5 
The prize flags were presented together with, the prize money; the 
colors for the prizes were as follows: YbJIow, first; , rea, second; blue^ 
third; white, fourth. 
Sapphire II., steam yacht, originally Oleopatro, has again been re- 
named, and is now Penelope. This last change has been made by 
her new owner, H. E. Cunverse, of Boston, whu recently piu-ehased 
her from A. L. Barbour, giving the steam yacht Galypso in part pay- 
ment, 
Nourmahal, steam yacht, J J. Astor, is refitting at the Erie Basin 
and will start this month on a cruise I o Buenos A.vres with Mr. and 
Mrs. Astor and a party of friends. . The .yacht's bridge has been eu- 
larged and a number of alterations made. 
May, steam yacht, Mrs. Sarah Drexel Fell, arrived at Malta on Dec . 
11 from TimiF, and sailed next day for Alexandiia. 
Columbia, steam yacht, J. H. Ladew, arrived at Nassau on Dec. 11 
and sailed for San Domingo on Dec. 16. 
The nominations for the annual meeting of the Atlantic Y. C, on 
Feb. 8, are as follows: Com., George J. Gould, steam yacht AtaUnta 
and cutter Vigilant; Vlce-Com., Frederick T. Adams, 'schr.' Sachem; 
Rear-Com, Benjamin M. Whirlock, schr. flildegarde; Sec'y, David 
E.Austin; Treas., George H. Church; Meas., George HUl; Trustees, 
J. Rogers Maxwell, Philip G. Sanford, Alexander P. Ketchum, New- 
bury D. Lawton, Thomas L. Watson and Henry B. Howell; Member- 
ship Committee, Louis P. Jackson, Spencer Swain and Henry W. 
Banks, .Jr. ; Regatta Committee, Newbury D. Lawton, David E. Aus- 
tin and George W. McNulty. 
It is now annoimced that the Prince of Wales and Mr. A. Barclay 
Walker have reconsidered their determination to omit tbe Mediter- 
ranean races this year, and that both Britannia and Ailsa will tit; oilt 
soon for the voyage. Mr. Walker has prest-nted the Club Nautique de 
Nice with 1,000 francs for the international regatta, which will take 
place on March 12 next. A number of small yachts, including Sam- 
phire, will be sent out from England . 
The following nominations have been made for ofBcers of the New- 
York Y. C. : Com., J. Pierpont Morgan, steam yacht Corsair; Vice- 
Com., Lewis Cass Ledyard, schr. Montauk; Rear-Com , Perry Bel- 
mont, steam yacht Satanella; Sec'y, J. V. S. Oddie; Treas.. F. W.J. 
Hurst; Meas., John Hyslop; Fleet Surgeon, Morris J. Asch, M D, ; 
Kegatta Committee- Theodore C. Zerega, Dr. J. C. Barron and Dr. VV. 
Barton Hopkins. House Committee— Edward E. Chase, J. V. S. 
Oddie, C. Alfred Grymes, Frank M. Cronise and William L. Stow. 
Arcturus, steam yacht, Rutherford Stuyvesant, has been at Fay's 
yard, Southampton, for alterations, being converted fro in a* thVee- 
masted schooner to a two master. She is now fitting out.' 
The Almy boiler has recently been the subject of a series of ex 
haustive tests as to its evaporative powers by George H. Barr us, the 
Boston expert. The result is summed up as foUows in the report of 
Mr. Barrus: "In point of economy the boUer compares favorably 
with the best types. An evaporation of 11.9221bs. of vraier per pound 
of combustible, which was obtained in the test of November 3, is rarely 
exceeded b.v any form of hand-fired water tube boiler, whatever iti 
size. One of the noticeable features in the operation of the boiler 
was the drj'uess of the steam exhibited on all the teats. Even with 
conditions of forced blast, when over 71bs. of water was evaporated 
per square foot of surface per hour, the moisture was less than 1 per 
cent. The heat balance given in table No. a shows that practically 
all of the heat units available in the coal were accounted for, either 
in useful evaporation, or in chimney and other wastes." ■ - 
Varuna, steam yacht, Eugene fliggins, reached Bermuda on- Deo.. 
16 after sin exceptional passage of 48h. JOm. from New Xorkj sailing 
from there for Madeira. ' ' 
Mr. N. L. Stebbins, of Boston, bas Just issued another of his inter- 
esting yacht books, the '-Yachtsman s Album," with heiibtype iioi-- 
traits of 240 yachts of all classes. The book is a complete list of the 
more notable American yachts, from the 15-footers upward, the 
portraits being supplemented by the dimensions, list of. ownerSjde- 
