Am. 7, 1897.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
IIB 
iSEPTEMBEK. 
I. Royal Nova Scotia, open, handicap, Halifax. 
M2-.'5-4. Duxbury, Davenport oup, special races for second class, 
Plymouih Bay 
4-'-Pj. BuffaJo, cruise, Lake Erie. 
S 4. Seawanhaks. Cor., fall race, schooners and 43, 36, S5, 20 and 15ft. 
classes. 
SI 4. Savin Hill. Savin Hill, Boston Harbor. 
4. Burgess, club, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
4. Roy. Canadian. 1st and 37ft. Classes, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
4. American, «d club. Newburyport. 
4. Beverly, 4th open sweep;*, Wenavimet, Buzzard's Bay. 
4 Oohasset, club, 1. 5- footers, 14tb cbam.. Cohassefc. 
4-5 Cor. San Francisco, outf^ide cruise. Drake's Bay, San Francisco 
4. Larchmont, 51ft. and smaller classes, Larchmont, Long Island, 
Sound. 
4. Eoyal Nova Scotia, knockabout class, Halifax. 
6. Larchmont, fall regatta, all classes, Larchmont, Long Island 
Sound. 
6. New York, Y. R. A. annual, New York Bay. 
6. Fall River, club, Mount Hope Bay. 
6, Cor. MarVjlehead, cruise, Massachuseits Bay. 
B. Gravesend Bay, special, New York Bay. 
6. Pacific, annual. San Francisco Bay. 
M 6. Lynn, Ljnn Bay. 
S 6. Norwalb, annual, all classes of catboats 
6. Oohasset, club, IS footers, 15tb cbam., Cohasset. 
6. Taunton, 2d cbam., Taunton. Mass. 
6. Beverly, 3d open, Wenaumet, Buzzard '.s Bay. 
6. American, sweepstakes, skiffs, Newbmyporr. 
7, Roy. Canadian, Prince of Wales' cup, all classes, Toronto, La;ke 
Ontario. ^ 
r. Absequan, Cricket and 15ft. elas.ses, Atlantic City, Absecon Bay. 
9. Miramichi, Watt cup, Newcastle, N. B. 
9. Cor. San Francisco, interclub regratta, San Francisco, 
10. Taunton, ladies' day, Taunton, Mass. 
M 11. Chelsea, Bo.ston Harbor. 
M 11. Y. R A. rendezvous, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
S 11. Riverside, fall rac'*, 43, 36, 30 and 26ft. classes, and 30 and S5ft. 
classes of cabin catboats. 
II. W^inthrop, club, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
11. Roy. Canadian, skifl class, Toronto. Lake Ontario. 
11. Beverly, 6th cham., Wenaumet, Buzzard's Bay. 
11. Burgoss, Cham., saU-off, Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 
Jl. Columbia, annual, open, Chicago, Lake Michigan. 
11. Larchmont, srhooners (Larchmont cup) and smaller classes, 
Larchmont. Long Island Sound. ' 
11-13. Cor. Pan Francisco, cruise, Marin Islands, San Francisco. 
S 18. American, fall regatta for all classes. 
18 Queen City, 82ft. class, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
21. Absequan, open, Atlantic City. 
g-^-Se. Cor. San Francisco, erwise, Dillon's Point, San Francisco. 
S5. Buffalo, closing cruise. Lake Frie. 
25. American, closing race, Newburyport. 
OCTOBER. 
9. Miramichi, Gould cup, Chatham, N. B. 
9-10. Cor. San Francisco, cruise, Corinthian Cove, San Francisco. 
16. Cor. San Francisco, closing day, San Francisco, 
17. Cor. San Francisco squadron, cruise, San Franc sco, , 
The annual cruise of the New York Y. G., which began 
on Monday with the rendezvous at Glen Cove and the race 
for the commodore's cups, is notable for the length of the 
course mapped out, from New York to Bar Harbor, and for 
the very large amount of money expended in prizes. If we 
are uot greatly mistaken after a careful survey of the out- 
look, it will also be remarkable for the lack of racing yachts 
and yacht racing. 
With a full appreciation of the spirit which has prompted 
Com. Morgan and his fellow officers and associates to plan 
such an elaborate enterprise and to provide most liberally 
the means to carry it out, we cannot overlook the plain fact 
that the present season is most inopportune for such a special 
display, and that the result, from a racing standpoint, can 
scarcely be other than a failure. 
So far as prizes go, the list is a remarkable one, exceeding 
in value anything of the kind ever undertaken in this 
country. The details of the cruise have been arranged with 
great care; special tugs have been provided, and everything 
has been done that can be foreseen to make the races suc- 
cessful. The weak point in the whole enterprise is the 
racing fleet itself, which was never smaller than at the pres- 
ent time. , , . , . 
In the schooner division there are two yachts which will 
divide all the prizes between them, save in the case of acci- 
dent or a bald fluke: out of the comparatively small list of 
schooners which will race, Colonia and Emerald may safely 
be counted upon to lead the fleet, with a wide gap between 
second and third. 
In the single-stick division there are more racing yachts, 
but of such diversity of class that any close and interesting 
racing is impossible. Under any ordinary conditions Vigi- 
lant and Navahoe, by virtue of .size, are likely to lead the 
fleet, with big allowances to the other smaller yachts. Be- 
tween these two, with no certain knowledge of just how 
each will be rigged and handled, it is as yet a question 
whether the racing will be interesting or all one-sided; Vigi- 
lant, for one thing, has just shipped her old racing boom 
and mainsail, while Navahoe, we understand, is under more 
or less of a cruising rig. 
After this pair come Queen Mab, in the 70ft. class; Wasp, 
in the 60ft. class; and Syce, in the 51ft. class; three fast 
boats, but of such difference in class and types that they 
cannot make a satisfactory contest. 
The other yachts of both rigs that may be induced to fol- 
low the steam yachts and the few racing yachts over the 
Shoals are hardly to be counted on tis really in the racing. 
There was a time when an occasional breezy day gave a 
chance to the cruisers, semi-cruisers and ex -cruisers and al- 
lowed them to win a pot from the racing cracks, but this is 
no longer the ca=e; in the event of a blow, Colonia, Emerald 
or Vigilant is quite as able and much faster than any of the 
cruisiug division. 
As a marine pageant that part of the cruise from Glen 
Cove to Newport is likely to prove a great success, the club 
can and will muster a maguiflcent fleet of yachts under its 
burgee. For the big steam yachts the cruise promises to be 
an ideal one, the way from East Chop to Owl's Head, that 
under even ordinarily unfavorable conditions may try the 
hearts of the sailing contingent, is only a pleasant day's run 
for such steam yachts as Corsair, Sovereign, Margarita II., 
Marietta III., Almy, Electra and Varuna. 
Of fetes and fireworks there will be no lack, either at New- 
port or Bar Harbor, the stage accessories in this respect are 
likely to be as nearly perfect as possible. When it comes to 
actukl racing the probabilities are that the results will in 
every way justify the statement made by the club's special 
committee last winter, that the 'premier yacht club of 
America is not a racing club. 
The results of the recent racing of the Lake Y. R. A, on 
Lake Ontario are not particularly gratifying to yachtsmen 
on the south side of the lake and the St. Lawrence, as it is 
plainly evident that the Canadian yachtsmen are each year 
leaving their New York associates further astern. There 
was a time, when, though much younger, the yachting 
interests of Oswego and the other ports on the New York 
shore of the lake rivaled those of Toronto and the other 
Canadian ports; the New York yachtsmen were from the 
first active in establishing and building up the Lake Y. R. 
A. and in striving for the honors at the annual lake racss. 
Of late years, however, Oswego and Rochester have dropped 
out to a great extent from the racing, and this must inevit- 
ably be followed by a lack of interest in the affairs of the 
Association. 
In Caiiada, in spite of hard tithes and other drawbacks, 
much 'the same as those experieticed in this country, the 
racing fleet at least holds its own from year to year with an 
Increase in prosperous seasons; new yacht clubs have grown 
up at different points, and the annual races of the Association 
are creditably supported both in a financial way and in the 
matter of entries. This year the races were all in Canadian 
ports, Kingston, Cobourg, Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara, 
and the fleet wa,s exclusively Canadian, not an Oswego yacht 
was present, and Rochester sent but one, a 23-f ooter. As far 
as money goes, there is, as there alwavs has been, more on 
the new York than on the Canadian side of the lake, there 
are still some good yachts, and there might easily be more; 
the one thing lacking seems to be a sporting spirit. With 
plenty of this on the part of the New York yachtsmen, there 
is no reason why they should not once more prove worthy 
rivals of their Canadian neighbors. 
The mishap to the machinery of the steam yacht Alcedo 
II. gave New York yachtsmen a chance to see this new craft, 
the first attempt of a young American designer, before she 
makes her appearance in foreign waters. This latest addi- 
tion to the "protected cruiser" fleet is modeled after the Eng- 
lish rather than the usital Dutch- American steam yacht, but 
at a very respectful distance. Truth compels us to say that 
in appearance she compares very poorly with such British 
yachts as Cleopatra-Sapphire-Penelope, Semiramide-Mar- 
garita-Narada, Hermione und Ituna. One striking feature 
is that her topsides are badly disfigured by a clumsy arrange- 
ment of bars, braces and pipes projecting some distance from 
the side by way of channels for both fore and main shroudn. 
There .should be no necessity and. there is no excuse for such 
a lubberly contraption. - 
The New York T. C. Cruise. 
The fleet of the New York Y. C. met on Monday morning 
at the usual rendezvous, Glen Gove, L. I., there being present 
the following yachts: 
Schooners— Amorita, Ariel, Colonia, Emerald, Fenella, 
Fortuna, Hildegarde, ^ntrepid, Iroquois, Elsemarie, Mar- 
guerite, Montauk, /^uissetta, Sachem, Shamrock, Varuna, 
Viator, Viking. 
Sloops— Carmita, Como, Eclipse, Gloriana, Gossoon, Huron, 
Jessica, Katrina, Liris, Mineola, Minerva, Navahoe, Norota, 
Qneen Mab, Sayonara, Syce, Thistle. Vigilant, Wasp. 
Steamers— Albatross, Allegra, Almy, Althea, Auquilo, 
Calypso, Claymore, Clermont, Corsair, Duquesne, Electra, 
Embia, Giralda, Halcyon, Helvetia, Hiawatlia, Hildegarde, 
Hermione, Intrepid, Ituna, Katrina, Linta, Marietta, Marion, 
Naroda, Nydia, Oneida, Oneonta, Orienta, Parthenia,, Pene- 
lope, Sagamore, Satanella, Scythian, Vision, Vergaha, Wa- 
chusett, Wadena. 
The race for the Commodore's cups was declared off, after 
waiting until 3:30 P. M. for a breeze, and the fleet proceeded 
to Huntington Harbor. 
The owners of the following yachts have notified Fleet Cap- 
tain J. Beavor Webb that they will accompany the flagship 
to Bar Harbor: 
SOeOONEHS. 
Racing 
No, Name. Owner. 
B 13.....,..; Montauk.,..,, Vice-Corn. Ledyard. 
C 2 , Ariel Stephen W. Palmer. 
B 5 Colonia....... , C. A. Postley. 
B 7 Emerald... J.R.Maxwell. 
B 21.. , Viking James D. Smith. 
B 20. . ! Varuna Rives and Sturgis. 
B si.,., Alei't...' C. A.Griscom. 
B 9 ! ! .' Fortun a Hen ry S. Hovey. 
A. 7 , Intrepid C. Oliver Iselin. 
B le'.'.'.., Sachem John G. Moore. 
C 8 !!! Iroquois .H. C Rouse 
A It) Hiloegarde George W. Weld. 
CUTTERS. SLOOPS AM) VAWLS 
H 4 Htu-on Ed ward S. Hatch. 
J 20 Mineola Rear-Com. Belmont. 
K 34 Syce F. M. Hoyt. 
H 5 Queen Mab ' ,...N. L. Francis. 
G 11...,...,. .Vigilant , .Percy Chubb. 
G 8......ii. Navahoe R. P.Carroll. 
.....Como S. V. R. Cruger. 
K 47... Kestral J. D. Mills. 
J 14 Glonana............ J. ^l. Lasell. 
K 18 ■ Jessica J. G. Agar. 
K 23, Minerva J. E Fletcher. 
J 2l..„,.». v.. ...<.<..j. .Sayonara J. M. Woodbury. 
J go... .Wasp H. F. Lippitt. 
STEiM YACHTS. 
Almy. Frederic Gallatin. 
Beatrice ." .*, Robert Goelet. 
Clara ■ W J. Matheson. 
Clermont A Van San t voord . 
Electra Elbridge T. Gerry. 
Hermione Qen S.Thomas. 
Hi'degarde •••B -M. Whitlock. 
Intrepid...... ...i. ...... Lloyd Phoenix. 
Marietta.,,., ^. H. B. Moore. 
Narada • Harrj- Walters, 
Sagamore -J. H. Hanan. 
Safanella .-..,.......E. W. Bliss. 
Toinette ..Robert P. Evans. 
Ballymena J. N. Brown 
Althea ............. ..... .V . Charles Sooysmitb. 
Claymore.,,.,... i...... J- B Edson 
Oneonta G- K. Clarke. Jr. 
Parthenia A. Hart McKee. 
Penelope H E. Converse. 
Scythian ^iss De Forest Day. 
Varuna..! ; Eugene Higgms. 
Vergana .....F. H. Benedict. 
Seamanship and Navigation up to Date. 
From, the Sun. 
"I HAD a lofely time yesterday, sailin' mit a dog boat on 
Canarsie Bav," said the Sinker Man when Sarsaparilla 
Reilly entered the little restaurant on Park row. "Relly, 
really, it's yet more nice as ridin' on Coney's Island shoot 
der shutter, 'cause you don't get so nervousness at tall. If 
I vould be a rich man I vould a sailor boat buy mit der 
money as fore I buy something else. You don't need to push 
it at tall, tmd you don't got do something vhat makes you 
tired vhen you saU. You suust let out der boom mit der 
rope vhat is tied to der tail oof der boat und der vind blows 
der sail against, der vater und you spin right along mitout 
stoppin'. Only it you vant to go round on a carpet tack so 
dat you'll git to vindvard, den you must turn der handle. 
Vhen you vish to turn der boat in der vay vhat you ain't 
goin', den you pull der handle yet a little more to der star- 
board, which is not on der side vhat you are sittin' if der left 
is right vhileyou're facing der front of der ship." 
"What are yer talkin' about?" asked Reilly, "ye've been 
shootin' off there about dogboats and handle bars and wheels 
Were yer bicycling?" 
"No," said Sinkers, "I vere sailin' mit a sailboat; und 
you'd be quite astonishment to see vhat I know about dot 
sailor business. Ve had a man along, but he shust talked 
orders und I did the sailin'." 
"So you think you're a sailor?" 
"Vhy not? I learned it in not a day," said Sinkers. 
"Yer c'u'dn't," said. Reilly; "it tuk me siven years sailin' 
th' seas afore I knew what a gained day was." 
"A vhat?" asked Sinkers. 
"A gained day," answered Reilly. "Yer see, a ship sailin' 
eastward meets th' sun in his daily course, and in th' cir- 
cumnavigation av the globe th' sun will have crossed over 
the ship's meridgin once more oftener than if th' vessel had 
remained stationary; so ye see. Sinkers, that an easterly cir- 
cumnavigation gains a day. On th' other hand, a ship sail- 
in' westward runs away from th' sun in makin' th' trip, an' 
in th' circumnavigation av th' globe th' sun will have got 
over the ship's meridgin once less oftener than if she had 
remained where she was. Then th' date is fixed up by add 
in' or substraction one day av th' month on crossin' th' 
meridgin av 180 degrees. Now dyer see?" 
"How is dot again?" remarked Sinkers. "When der ship's 
circusnavimgatin' oof der globe sails to dep y^st yhile climb- 
in' der moon 
"No," interrupted Reilly, "the moon's not in it. She bosses 
th' tide." 
"Oh, I know dot," said Sinkers. "Vhen der tide's full der 
moon gets high und den der doctors say dot crazy peoples 
gets insane." . , 
"Go back to your ship, " said Reilly; "I'm satisfied noyv 
that yer don't know the difference betwixt a flyin' jib and a 
fog whistle. Supposin' Oi-was a captain an' you v^as a com- 
mon sailor width' rest ov th' sailormen, an' Oisaw a storum 
approachin', an' shouted, 'Por'ard there! Show ut leg!' What 
would you do, Sinkers?" 
"I would rush around and pull up my sailor trousers," an; 
swered the sailorman. 
"Naw," said Reilly; "whin a captain shouts, Show a leg!' 
he means for th' lads to hurry up an' git a move on thim— 
for th' crew to hurry." 
"Veil, give me an easier one," said Sinkers. 
"Suppose I said, 'Git up thereon th' Flemish horse an' stow 
thetops'il.' -Then what w'u'd yer do?" 
"Have ve got a horse on der boat now?" asked. Sinkersi. 
"Is our ship a cattle boat?" , 
"You must have sailed in a Dutch galliot wid puddm-- 
shaped ribs," .said Reilly. 
"Now you're commencin' again," said Sinkers. "Vhat's 
der use of fightin' vhen ve are friends; let old boats be old 
boats und ve'll sail togedder. Vhat?" 
"We will," said Reilly; and they went to take Custom 
House measurements in Red Jerry's. 
Indian Harbor T. C. Annual Regatta. 
GREENWICH— LONG ISLAND SOUND 
Saturday, July SI. . 
SOUND T. K. U. RUIiES 
The Indian Harbor Y. C. sailed its annual regatta on July 
31 in good weather, but with only a medium fleet of starters. 
A fresh west wind brought trouble to several yachts, Sirene 
and Montauk each losing her mast. When the leaders had 
completed the first round, the markboat at the line yvas 
missing, having blown some distance away. Before it could 
be replaced, Acushla came up and found nothing to turn; 
Vorant II. , a long distance astern, was flnalljr timed as round- 
ing ahead of Acushla, and the latter declined to sail the 
second round, afterward filing a protest. The times of the 
rounds were: 
First round: 
Vorant ,.,......8 03 00 Brant 3 26 40 
Musme 3 04 10 Colleen... 3 29 57 
Acushla 3 05 10 Bubble , 9 31 10 
Fidelio 3 06 .^5 Yola. 3 32 31 
Sirene . , 3 18 31 Willie .3 .^4 13 
Shark 3 18 29 Paprika — ....i,....4.i....3 35 47 
PKPigeon .......3 21 3i Minnetonka.,;^ijv-.^i';;i....3 44 00 
Punch 3 25 00 
Second round. Finish: 
Fidelio , 3 06 55 Brant 5 19 45 
Musme .1 4 46 53 Punch 5 20 29 
Shark ....4 54 41 lola...., 5 28 ?4 
PKPigeon 5 12 37 Willie 5 28 33 
Colleen,,,., 5 17 30 Mlnnetonka,, 5 86 55 
The final times were: 
SLOOPS— 60ft. class. 
Length. 
Daphne, C. T. Willis. 55. ao 
SLOOPS— 36ft. class. 
Vorant IL.G G.Tyson 
Acushla, H. W. Hanan 34.08 
SLOOPS— 30ft class. 
Musme, J. M. Macdonough 30,00 
YAWL CLASS. 
Fidelio, J. K. Tod.. 33.48 
SLOOPS— 2rFT. class. 
Shark. Rouse &Hoyt 19.96 
Eos, W. I. Sanger 90.00 
Montauk, G. G.Tyson 20.00 
SLOOPS— 16ft. class 
Tola, Mallory Bros 15 . UO 
Paprika, E. A. Stevens 16.00 
OPEN CATBOATS— 25ft. CLASS 
Sirene, Doremus & Oucwater 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Withdrew. 
4 46 06 
Withdrew. 
3 31 32 
1 51 E5 
3 29 41 
Withdrew. 
Disabled. 
3 58 24 
Withdrew. 
4 46 03 
3 31 33 
1 51 55 
3 29 41 
3 58 34 
Brant, J. C Varvin 
P. K. Pigeon. Deady & Harrington. 
Bubble. 0. Guion, H 
Qosbird, R. H. Kevins. . . 
Minnetonka. A. B Alley. 
.25.00 
Disabled. 
23.33 
Withdrew. 
22.18 
3 52 30 
3 47 13 
21 M 
3 £4 4i 
3 47 20 
.20.92 
3 47 87 
3 4? 37 
20.89 
4 11 34 
4 03 26 
20 50 
3 55 29 
3 46 29 
■20ft. class. 
19.98 
. 3 .58 3B 
3 5r29 
18 40 
Withdrew. 
.19.85 
4 06 55 
4 06 33 
14.09 
Withdrew. 
P. K. Pigeon was disqualified for carrying a professional. 
The protest of Acushla has not been decided. 
" Underweigh." 
There is so little warrant for the use of the term "under- 
weigh" that one is at a loss to understand the tenacity with 
which -writers and even experienced yachtsmen and seamen 
cling to it. It is not only incorrect, but there is ho occasion 
whatever for its use, the proper term, "underway," answer- 
ing every purpose and leaving no question of doubt as to the 
exact meaning. The London Field has at times discussed 
the question, but takes it up again in a recent issue, as fol- 
lows: , , 
"Underway" or "underweigh" is still exercising the nauti- 
cal mind in the columns of the Times, but the learned corh- 
mentators on the terms do not seem able to understand What 
"weigh" really means as a nautical terrn. One writer sug- 
gests that underweigh is a survival of an old term, but we 
remember coming across a book on seamanship in very 
quaint language, published in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 
in which "underway" only occurs; and Hutchinson (master 
mariner), in his "Practical Seamanship" (1795),- uses the 
term underway, and "underweigh" is not to be found' in 
the book. This also applies to William Falconer's "Marine 
Dictionary" (1759) and Gower's "Seamanship" (1808),' Ad- 
miral Sir George ' Nare's "Seamanship" (sixth ' edition, 
1882). Dana, in his "Seaman's Manual" (1841), never 
mentions undet weigh', but always underway, and Dana, 
the author of "Two Years Before- the Mast" can he 
taken as an unimpeachable authority. In the Queen's Regu- 
lation and Admiralty Instructions underway is always used,- 
so also in the Merchant Shipping Acts. It should also be 
noted that Admiral De Horsey, in his well-known writings 
on nautical matters, always uses the term underway. A,d- 
miral Smyth, in his "Sailor's Word Book" (1867), somewhat 
qualifies his interpretation of underway as follows: "A ship 
is underway when beginning to move under canvas after her. 
anchor is started; some have written this improperly unde,r- . 
weigh. A ship is underweigh when she has weighed her 
anchor; as soon as she gathers way she is underway." But 
this mode of using the two terms would be very confusing, 
and it would be more simple and definite in meaning to say 
the ship is weighing anchor or the ship has weighed anchor. 
Of course, for brevity, anchor could be omitted, but it. is. 
quite meaningless to say a ship is underweigh, and the term 
should be struck out of the nautical vocabulary. How it 
ever got into It we do not know, but it is certainly not a suri 
vival of the terms used by mariners ages ago. The curious . 
thing is that very few, excepting officers of the Royal Na,vy,,.j 
ever write underweigh, and the latter probably got hold of 
it from their crammers. At any rate, naval officers should; 
be guided by the Admiralty instructions and the cust.Qni ■ 
of practical seamen. 
