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diately set about getting a crew to man the lifeboat. At 
this season of the year his men were all home at their 
various occupations, as the Government only considers 
it necessary to keep the full complement during eight 
months of the year. So Capt. Rider had to run ail the 
way to Manhattan Beach bathing pavilion before he 
found assistance. By that time the storm was at its 
height, and not being able to get enough experienced 
men to man the large boat, he was compelled to wait 
until the gale had spent its fury, and then send a smaller 
one. 
Cold, wet and bedraggled, bareheaded and barefooted, 
wei crawled on shore, while several hundred people who 
had sought shelter under the roof of the bathing pavil- 
ion gazed at us curiously as the captain hurried us of¥ 
toward the station. Arriving there, some spirits was 
given to us, which we gratefully swallowed. Dry cloth- 
ing and a hot meal, prepared by the captain's wife and 
daughter, put new life into us. Had we been in our 
own homes nothing more could have been done to make 
us comfortable than was done by Capt. Rider and his 
wife. 
During- the afternoon we speculated as to the fate of 
Monaitipee; and shortly before dark, accompanied by 
the captain, we rowed down the bay to see if we could 
obtain any news of her. We found more than news of 
her. We found the boat, at least what was visible of 
her. In the mouth of the creek which empties into 
Dead Horse Channel and directly opposite the Govern- 
ment Cut we came upon her. Two men were standing 
on the bank near her, and a block and fall had been 
made fast to the masthead and to an anchor which was 
hooked into the mud, some twenty odd feet from the 
water. Only her mast and rig'ging could be seen. The 
men gave us the following account of how she came to 
be thus situated. 
After we had been taken off she had drifted with the 
incoming tide on to the bar which stretches out between 
Point Breeze Inlet and Dead Horse Channel. Here they 
found her, and as the tide rose she floated across into 
the channel, and making fast a line to her, they guided 
her, with the aid of a rowboat, to the mouth of this 
creek. When they put the fall on to right her up the 
cabin doors came open as they emerged, and the air 
that had been confined within escaped, and she imme- 
diately sank to the bottom. 
The next day she was raised in this way. At low tide 
there was only 2 or 3ft. of water in the creek, and when 
the boat was exposed it was an easy matter to pump and 
bail her out, so that she floated on the return of the tide. 
There was very little damage done to anything except 
our clothing, and in a few days she was looking as sleek 
as ever. The men who towed her in were rewarded, and 
once more we were in shape for further adventures. 
The Qttmcy Y» C. Qiallengfe Cup, 
The Quincy Yacht Club Challenge Cup Offered by the 
Quincy Yacht Club, of Quincy, Mass., U. S. A., to 
Promote Small Yacht Racing. 
DECLARATION OF TRUST. 
This instrument, dated Feb. 14, 1898, made by the 
Quincy Yacht Club, a corporation duly organized under 
the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, wit- 
nesseth as follows: 
The Quincy Yacht Club, having of¥ered a perpetual 
challenge cup, to be known as the Quincy Yacht Club 
Challenge Cup, for the purpose of promoting small yacht 
racing, hereby declares the conditions which shall gov- 
ern the tenure of the said cup and the competitions 
therefor. 
ARTICLE I. 
Contests shall be open to yachts of any country, rep- 
resenting any organized yacht club in good standing, 
provided the sailing length, measured by the rule of the 
Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts, is 2ift. or 
less. . . J 
ARTICLE II. 
The club holding the cup shall defend it between July 
15 and Sept. 15 against all comers. All challenges shall 
be in writing, signed by the proper oiScers of the chal- 
lenging club. To insure a contest, one challenge must 
be delivered by April i. Subsequently other clubs may 
challenge and enter the same contest on the terms pro- 
posed in the challenge first received and accepted; but 
no challenge will be accepted if received after May 15. 
'ARTICLE III. 
A contest shall consist of a series of races. Each club 
shall name its representative yacht for the series before 
the day of the first race. 
Yachts must be measured previous to any contest. 
When the cup is held by a club which is a member of 
the Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts, the 
measurer shall be the official measurer of the Yacht Rac- 
ing Association of Massachusetts. When the cup is held 
by any other club, the measurer shall be the official 
measurer of that club. 
ARTICLE IV. - 
A yacht must win three races of a series to win the 
cup. After four races of any series have been sailed, only 
winners of at least one race shall be allowed to compete; 
after six races, only yachts which have won two races. 
ARTICLE V. 
Races shall be sailed under the rules of the Yacht 
Racing Association of Massachusetts, with the further 
provision that the total weight of a crew, in racing trim 
on day of race, shall not exceed Bsolbs. 
ARTICLE VI. 
The courses shall be laid as nearly as possible as fol- 
lows: 
The first race to windward or leeward and return. The 
second race a triangle, of which at least one-third shall 
be to windward. Subsequent races shall alternate as 
above until the series is finished. A change of wind 
after the start shall not invalidate a race. The length of 
course shall be not less than nine nor more than twelve 
nautical miles. The depth of water over the whole 
course at the time of start, and for four hours there- 
after, shall be not less than S^ft. 
ARTICLE VIL 
The terms of this instrument may be modified by the 
Quincy Yacht Club while the cup is in its possession, 
and when not in its possession, by agreement between 
the Quincy Yacht Club and the club holding the cup; 
but no modification shall be made during the pendency 
of any challenge, unless consented to by all challengers. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
All conditions of an}^ competition not covered by 
these articles or by the rules of the Yacht Racing As- 
sociation of Massachusetts shall be left to mutual agree- 
ment, and in case of failure to agi-ee, the executive com- 
mittee of the Yacht Racing Association of Massachu- 
setts shall act as arbitrator. 
ARTICLE IX. 
When a club has won a contest, said club shall be 
made custodian of the cup, after having deposited with 
the Quincy Yacht Club a satisfactory bond for the safety 
of the cup. 
The cup shall be held by the winning club in trust, 
subject to the terms of this instrument. 
If said club dissolves or ceases to exist, the cup shall 
be returned to the Quincy Yacht Club. 
In witness whereof the Quincy Yacht Club has caused 
TEQPHY FOR DOVER — HELiSOLAND RACE OF 1898. 
Designed by the Emperor of Germany. ! 
its corporate name to be signed hereto by its commodore, 
and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested 
by its secretary, all done in duplicate originals as of Feb. 
14, 1898. 
Fred B. Rice, Com. 
James S. Whiting Sec'y> 
76 High Street, Boston. 
Extracts from the Rules of the Yacht Racing Associa- 
tion of Massachusetts, February, 1898. 
RULE VI. 
Racing Length. 
The measurement of racing length shall be obtained 
as follows: 
1. The racing length shall be the distance in a straight 
line between the furthest point forward and the furthest 
point aft, where the hull exclusive of the rudder or rudder 
post is intersected by the surface of the water, when 
the yacht is afloat in smooth water and in racing trim. 
2. The maximum number of crew and weight of bal- 
last which the owner elects to carry in any race shall 
be on board at time of measurement. 
3. The weight! of the crew shall average isolbs. for 
each person, which may be substituted by dead weight, 
and shall be placed amidships at the point of the great- 
est beam at the waterline, or in such position as to place 
the yacht in racing trim, as directed by the measurer. 
4. The ballast shall be fixed and in its proper position. 
5. The centerboard shall be up. 
6. All racing spars, sails, rigging and racing truck, 
and at least one anchor and cable, and such other articles 
as are needed for ordinary sailing,' shall be on board 
and placed where they ^re usT}^lly stowed when not in 
actual use. 
7. A yacht altering her trim so as to increase her rac- 
ing length must immediately notify the secretary of the 
Association, or judges, and obtain a new measurement. 
RULE IX. 
Crew. 
I. The total number of persons on board a yacht shall 
not exceed the following: 21ft. classes, five persons. 
2. No one shall join or leave a yacht after the start, 
except in case of accident, or injury to a person on 
board. 
Knockabout Rules foir New York. 
The following restrictions have been drawn up by 
the regatta committee of the Indian Harbor Y, C. to 
govern the racing of knockabouts in the open races 
which the club proposes to give during the season: 
Definition. 
A boat of this class is intended to be a seaworthy boat, 
with cabin house and fair accommodations, with water- 
tight standing room, or air tanks of sufficient capacity 
to float the boat when full of water. Rigged simply with 
only mainsail, forestaysail or jib and spinaker. 
Length L.W.L. 
The length of the load waterline, with full equipment, 
shall not exceed 21ft. 
Beam L.W.L. 
The beam at the load waterline in keel boats shall be at 
least 7ft., and in centerboard boats at least 7ft. gin. 
Freeboard and House. 
The freeboard shall be not less than 2bin. on the said 
respective required beams; a reduction of lin. on the 
freeboard allowed for every increase of 4in. in beam 
respectively. 
The cabin house shall have a length of at least 7ft., 
and a width equal to 60 per cent, of the greatest beam 
on deck, a height at the forward end of at least 6yAn., 
and at the after end of at least gin. above the deck; pro- 
vided, that in case the freeboard exceeds the require- 
ments, such excess may be deducted from the required 
height of the cabin house. 
Ballast and Draft. 
For centerboard boats the draft shall be not less than 
3ft. for at least sft. length of keel; the total outside 
fixed ballast shall be not less than 3,ooolbs. For keel 
boats the draft shall not exceed 6ft.; the outside ballast 
shall be not less than 3,5oolbs. 
Certificate of weight of ballast shall be furnished the 
measurer by designer and builder. The fin shall not be 
counted in the reqtiired weight of ballast, and no fin 
shall be less than J^in. in thickness. 
Scantlings, Planking and Construction. 
^ The keel, stem, frames, house and deck beams shall 
"be of oak, or its equivalent in strength. 
The frames shall be not less than isq.in., deck beams 
not less than i L-3sq.in., section, house beams not less 
than ^ of a square inch section. 
The spacing of frames, deck and house beams to be 
not more than gin,, center to center. 
The planking, including deck and the side of house, 
shall be not less than ■y4in. thick; the top of house shall 
be not less than -^in., finished. 
Deck clamps shall run from stem to stern, with a 
minimum cross section of 4sq.in. for at least one-half 
the length; also bilge stringers of at least 4sq.in. cross 
section shall run for at least one-half the extreme length 
of the boat, amidships. Clamps and stringers to be of 
yellow pine or its equivalent in strength. 
Sails. 
The actual sail area shall be not over 6oosq.ft., and not 
over 48osq.ft. of actual sail area shall be in the mainsail. 
The measurer shall be provided with a correct sail plan 
•of any boat to be measured, and previous to measure- 
ment the owner shall cause distinguishing marks, satis- 
factory to the measurer, to be placed on the spars as fol- 
lows: 
On the mast at the tack, and at the throat of the main- 
sail; on the boom at the clew of the mainsail; on the 
g;aff at the peak of the mainsail. No part of the mainsail 
shall be allowed to extend beyond these marks. The 
marks shall be black bands painted around the spars in 
a manner satisfactory to the measurer. The inner edge 
of the bands shall be the limits of the sail. 
The actual area of the jib shall be measured. 
The extreme distance in feet from mast to end of spin- 
aker boom when in position as used shall be not more 
than 400 divided by the distance in feet from deck to 
throat of spinaker halyard block. 
No battens over 3oin. in length allowed to be used in 
sails. 
Equipment. 
Equipment to include anchor not less than 2Slbs., and 
cable of not less than 30 fathoms of i%in. rope; also 
bucket, pump, compass, fog horn, boat hook, lead and 
line, lantern and three life preservers. 
Crew. 
The crew is limited to three persons, including the 
helmsman (who must be an amateur); not more than 
one shall be a professional. 
Other Boats Accepted. 
All boats now existing that have been accepted by the 
Knockabout Association under previous rules, and all 
boats now existing, or in the process of construction, 
th^t comply with the present rule of the Beverly Yacht 
Club, shall be accepted as complying with these rules, 
and may carry sail in accordance with these restric- 
tions; and all boats built on the lines and specifications 
of W. B. Stearns, as accepted by the Seawanhaka Corin- 
thian Yacht Club, and carrying not more than SSoft. of 
sail, shall be accepted as complying with these restric- 
tions. 
Dover-Heligoland^ J 898. 
For the second time the Emperor of Germany has 
given a handsome cttp for a race from Dover to Heli- 
goland, open to cruising yachts of fifty tons, Thames 
measurement, and over. The cup here illustrated was 
designed by the Emperor, a handsome loving cup, stand- 
ing over 2ft. high; it was made by Werner, the Berlin 
silversmith. The committee appointed by the Emperor 
is charged with the definition of a cruiser and with the 
arrangement of the handicaps; the race starting from- 
Dover on June 20, 
