May 21, 1898.] 
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Massachusetts Y. R. A, 
The following fixtures are announced by Secretary 
Bliss for the Massachusetts Y. R. A. : 
May 30 (Decoration Day) — South Boston Y. C, off 
Marine Park. 
June 17 — Massachusetts Y. C, off Nahant, ' 
June 25 — Dorchester Y. C, Dorcliester Bay- 
June 28— Mosquito Fleet, off City Point. 
July 2 — ^Jeffries Y. C, off Jeffries Point, East Boston. 
July 4 — City of Boston sailing regatta, off Mai'ine 
Park. 
July 7, 8 and 9 — Winthrop Y. C. series, off Winthrop. 
July 23 — Qtiincy Y. C, Hull Bay. 
July 27, 28 and 29 — Manchester Y. C. series, off Man- 
chester. 
July 30— Burgess Y. C, off Marblehead. 
Aug. I — Manchester Y. C, off Manchester. 
Aug. 3, 4 and 5 — *Corinthian Y. C, invitation races, 
off Marblehead. 
Aug. 6 — *Connthian Y. C, off Marblehead. 
Aug. 6 — Wollaston Y. C, Quincy Bay. 
Aug. 8 — American Y. C, off Newburyport. 
Aug. 9 — Squam Y. C, off Annisquam. 
Aug. 10 — East Gloucester Y. C, off Gloucester. 
Aug. 13 — Cohasset Y. C, off Cohasset. 
Aug. 18— Plymouth Y. C, off Plymouth. 
Aug. jg — Kingston Y. C, Kingston Baj^. 
Aug. 20— Duxbury Y. C, Duxbury Bay. 
Aug. 22, and each day following until finished, series 
of challenge cup races for 2T-footers — Quincy Y. C, Hull 
Bay. 
Aug. 22 — Cape Cod Y. C, off Provincetown. 
Aug. 23— Wellfleet Y. C, Wellfleet Harbor. 
Sept. 3 — Savin Hill Y. C, Dorchester Bay. 
Sept. 5 — Lynn Y. C, oft' Nahant. 
Sept. 10— Hull Y. C, Hull Bay. 
Sept. 10 and 11 — Association rendezvous at Hull; As- 
sociation parade, leaving Hull Sunday at 3 P. M. 
* Not members of Y. R. A. of M. 
Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. 
The Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. opened its season on 
May 14 with a race for the cup class, and will follow 
it up by numerous other races until the fleet is in the 
best racing form. The fixtures for the season arc as 
follows: 
May 14 and 21 — 20ft. class for club prizes. 
- May 24 and 28 — 20 and 18ft. classes — First Ross se- 
ries. 
June 4— "A" and 30, 25, 20, 18 and isft. classes — First 
Ross series. 
June II- — 20, 18 and 15ft. classes — First Ross series. 
June 18, 25 — 20, 18 and 15ft. clas.ses — Second Ross se- 
ries. 
July I — "A" and 30, 25 and 20ft. classes — Club prizes, 
Morning races. 
July 1 — 20, 18 and 15ft. classes for club prizes. After- 
noon. 
July 2 — 20 and i8ft. classes — Second Ross series. 
July 9 — 20, 18 and 15ft. classes — Second Ross series. 
July 16—20, 18 and 15ft. classes — Club prizes. 
July 23 — "A," 30, 25 and i8ft. classes — Club prizes. 
July 30 — 25, 18 and 15ft. classes— Club prizes. 
The Sir Donald A. Smith cup is open to the "A," 30 
and 25ft. classes. 
The Hamilton trophy is open to the 20, 18 and 15ft. 
classes. 
Club prizes will be given for all races in addition 
to any cups or trophies with the exception of the Ross 
series" of races for the 20-footers. The Sir D. A. Smith 
cup will be sailed for on the morning of July i. The 
Hamilton trophy on July 16. 
On May 24 the 20-footers will sail (if possible) two 
races in the first Ross series. . 
On July I the 20-footers will sail two races in the 
morning and three in the afternoon. Each race only 
once around the course. 
Beverly Y« C. Fixtures. 
The Beverly Y. C. announces the following fixtures 
for 1898: 
June 18, Saturday — First Corinthian. 
June 25, Saturday — Second Corinthian. 
July 2, Saturdajf — Third Corinthian. 
July 4, Monday — Open. 
July 16, Saturday — Fourth Corinthian. 
July 23, Saturday — Fifth Corinthian. 
Aug. 6, Saturday — At Marion, forenoon, Van Rens- 
selaer cup; afternoon, open. 
Aug. 13. Saturday — Sixth Corinthian. 
Aug. 20, Saturda}^^ — Seventh Corinthian. 
Aug. 27, Saturday — Club meeting with informal racing. 
Sept. 3, Saturday — Eighth Corinthian. 
Sept. 5, Monday — Open. 
Sept. 10, Saturday— Ninth Corinthian. 
Unless otherwise specified, tlie races will start oft' 
Wing's Neck, Buzzard's Bay. The Corinthian races will 
count in the championship record of percentages, special 
prizes being also offered in each race for the winners. 
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The Y* R. A. Rule. 
The Yachting World of x\pril 29 describes the two 
new Fife cutters Senta and Viera, as of the fin-keel type, 
though built under rules in which girth is a factor. The 
Glasgow correspondent of the Boston Globe verifies this 
information as follows: 
The new 65ft. cutter designed and built by Mr. William 
Fife, Jr., at Fairlie, for Mr. Busing, of Hamburg, has 
been launched, and besides being a handsome yacht, has 
the unmistakable sweet look of Fife's yachts. Designed 
for the Baltic girth rule the cutter, contrary to expecta- 
tion, has quite as much draft as our 40-ton cutters, built 
sleeping place in the cockpit, there would still have been 
the deeper body promoted by the new rule of 
the Yacht Racing Association, the new cutter has a 
pronounced hollow bottom, which runs into Jier fin. 
which is deepest just aft the mast and becomes shallower 
towards the sternpost. 
"When Watson designed his first five-tonner, the 
yacht was laughed at because her keel resembled a cart 
wheel, a form which Fife in his latest design seems ap- 
proaching, at least as far as the after end of the keel 
is concerned. The new cutter, in spite of the Yacht Rac- 
ing Association's interference, is a nearer approach to 
the racing machine than any 40-tonner yet built in the 
Clyde. She will be an easier driven cutter than Fife's 
famous Isolde, and in consequence will have lighter spars 
and some less canvas. Until the cutter is officially meas- 
ured her exact dimensions will • not be known. This 
cutter is named Senta. and it is hoped she will not leave 
for the Baltic before her speed has been compared with 
Isolde's. . 
The 52ft. or 20-ton cutter building by Fife for Messrs. 
Connell, of Glasgow, is about ready for launching, and 
has been named Viera. The cutter seems to be simply a 
replica of the new 65ft. cutter with a trifle more depth of 
hull. This new cutter will be somewhat of a contrast 
to the new 52ft. cutter designed by A. E. Payne, of 
Southampton, and building by his firm, Summers & 
Payne. The cutter Penitent, built by the firm, was a 
large-bodied yacht and got pretty generally beaten by 
Fife's Saint. The winner of the coupe de France, the 
Gloi'ia, designed by Payne, was too good for the French 
defender of the cup, L'Esterel, unless in light winds. 
Fife's new cutter will be a light weather 20, and Gloria 
will probably be too much for her in a breeze. 
Yacht BxiMing ait Tottenville. 
Besides their regular commercial work, which in- 
cludes steamers, tugs and other vessels, Messrs. A. C, 
Brown & Sons, at Tottenville, S. I., are busy with three 
of the new one-design schooners designed by Messrs. 
Cary Smith and Barbey. The, design and specifications 
for these boats were published in the Forest and 
Stream of Jan. 8, 1898. The first one ordered, for Mr. 
A. N. Chandler, of Philadelphia, is just ready for launch- 
- ing, the outboard joiner work being completed with the 
exception of the bulwarks and rail, and the interior be- 
ing finished. Next to her in the building shed is Mr. 
P. T. Dodge's boat, with planking nearly completed, 
deck laid and cabin trunk nearly finished. The third 
l>oat, for C. P. Buchanan, is not yet in frame, and the 
keel is not cast, but her keel, which is alreadj;^ worked 
to shape, shows the class of work which is being done 
on these boats. It is a fine stick of Staten Island white 
oak, in a single length, and almost wide enough to work 
the full width, the fore end having a natural crook that 
works to the sweep of the keel line. Nine tons of lead 
are carried beneath this keel, fastened by twenty-five 
Tobin bronze bolts. The midship frames of this boat 
will be cut in a natural sweep from one big oak root. 
The frames throughout the three boats are of oak and 
hackmatack, two steamed timbers between each set of 
double timbers. The planking is of clear yellow pine. 
The general work carried on in the yard calls for a large 
stock of timber, and the best of this is picked for the 
yacht work. 
The three boats, as the plans previously published 
show, are of modern type, with long, graceful ends, 
but in no way extreme, the draft being but 6ft. 6in. 
Thev are of a thoroughly wholesome type, built to 
last for years, and with excellent accommodation, well 
adapted for all-round yachting and cruising. There is a 
large cockpit aft, the companion, on the starboard side 
of the centerHne, leading to a roomy and well-Hghted 
saloon with 6ft. 3in. headroom, and making up two 
berths in the wings on each side. The centerboard 
trunk is partly beneath the floor, the remaining portion 
forming part of the middle bulkhead. In the Chandler 
boat the toilet room is under the fore end of the house, 
on starboard side, the owner's cabin being abaft of it. 
In the Dodge boat this arrangement is reversed, the 
owner's room being forward and the toilet room opening 
on a short passage connecting it with the main saloon. 
On the port side in each boat is a passage, with small 
stateroom next to the saloon and a pantry forward. The 
forecastle has three or four hammock cots. The interi- 
ors are finished inexpensively, but very neatly, in white 
pine paneling, enameled. The Avork throughoiit, in hull 
and cabins, is of the best, and these boats are as well 
worth their cost as any yachts recently buih about New 
York. The spars are all ready, as well as the iron work, 
made at the yard by Robert Brown, the yachtsmith, for- 
merlv of New York. 
Under the shed with the larger boats is a centerboard 
sloop of 2ift. l.w.l., loft. beam, and 4ft. draft, designed 
by T. E. Ferris for Sands Bros., of New York. She 
is a shipshape little craft. Avith good overhangs; the 
centerboard trunk comes up in the middle of the cabin, 
forming a table, and there is 5ft. gin. headroom. She 
has an iron keel, through Avhich the board works. Like 
the others, the Avorkmanship shows a good finish 
throughout. The steam yacht Carrie, I. J. Merritt, -is 
still on the ways, where she has been lengthened loft. 
during the Avinter. The cutter Kathleen is laid up ashore, 
and the sloops Eclipse and Bonita, with several other 
yachts, are in the basin. On Wednesday of last Aveek 
a large Avooden freight and passenger steamer, the 
Ocrakoke, built by Messrs. Brown & Sons for the Old 
Dominion Steamship Co., was successfully launched. 
Gilberts Bar Y. C. 
Waveland, Fla., May 7.— The Gilberts Bar Y. C. held their 
monthly regatta on Saturday, April 30. There was a very Hgrht 
ea.stei-ly wind. In the first class there were fotu- entries; in tJie 
second only one. Times of races as follows: 
First Class. 
Actual. Corrected. 
Albatross Did not finish. 
Britannia 1 29 51 1 28 31 
Joker 20 48 1 19 41 
Omega 1 20 32 1 20 32 
Winner, Joker. 
• Second Class. 
Swallow 116 15 . .. 
11. E. Sewall, commodore, Sewall's Point, Fla.; Paiil M. Aston, 
secretary, Waveland, Fla. 
Continuous Records. 
The plan of giving prizes for continuous performances 
through the entire season is each year becoming more 
popular, and various systems haA^e been proposed for cal- 
culating the average performance of each yacht from 
her position in each race, with regard to the number 
of starters, etc. The Beverly Y. C. has this year adopted 
a new system, shoAvn in the following table: 
NUMBER OF BOATS SAILING IN RACE. 
Place 12 3 -156789 10 
1 . .1 (100 1.003 1.003 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.003 1.000 l.COO 
9 ■ 500 .677 .750 .800 .833 .857 .875 .889 .900 
.3 ■' ■■ . . .333 .500 .600 .677 .714 .750 .778 .800 
4 250 .400 .500 .571 .625 .667 .700 
S'" ' 200 .333 .429 .590 .556 .600 
ft"" • 167 .286 .375 .444 .500 
7" ■ ^ 143 .250 .333 .400 
8" ■ '■ 125 .222 ..300 
9.'.';.' Ill .200 
10 100 
Every yacht completing the course receives a figure to 
her credit, as compared with others not starting or with- 
drawing; thus offering an inducement to start as fre- 
quently as possible. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The regular May meeting of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C, oti Tues- 
day of last week was not held, there being present one less than 
the required quorum; it will be held on May 28, at Oyster Bay, 
the formal opening of the season. Com. Rouse, who after a 
severe illness last fall spent the winter abroad, was present on 
the Dtli, but no formal business was transacted. It was announced 
that the trustees had offered the use of the Oyster Bay Station 
to the U. S. Government, which offer had been courteously accepted 
by Secretary Long. Races Avill be held on May 28 at Oyster Bay, 
the new knockabout fleet being all ready. The golf links will also 
be in condition. 
The Riverton (N. J.) Y. C. has elected the following officers: 
Com., William R. Ellison; Vice-Com., Charles M. Biddle; Treas., 
James S. Coale; Sec'y, Somerville Solomon; Meas., H. Mclll- 
vaine Biddle; Finance and Elective Committee: J. C. S. Davis, 
chairman, E. R. Showcll, C. C. Rianhard, C. W. Davis, J. Hayes 
Carstairs; Regatta Committee: James S. Coale, chairman, H. J. 
Mitchell, Blair Ferguson. 
Owing to the amount of work in hand, Kanley has been com- 
pelled to decline the order for a 51-footer of J. W. Hanan, and 
the yacht will not be built. 
Enterprise, steam yacht, A. J. Cassatt, arrived at Philadelphia 
on May 8 after a winter cruise in the West Indies. 
Com. Morgan has reappointed J. Beavor Webb as fleet captain 
of the New York Y. C. 
The Corinthian Y. C. of Philadelphia formally opened its 
.station at E.ssington, Delaware River, on May 7. The new fleet 
of seven knockabouts was at anchor, having arrived the even- 
ing previous from Harlan & Hollingsworth's yard, but a heavy 
N.W. wind was blowing, so the proposed race Avas postponed, as 
it would haA'e necessitated reefing the new sails. A large num- 
ber of members and guests were present. 
The Gravesend Bay Y. C, of Bath Beach, will build a new club 
house at the foot of Bay Thirty-first street, Bensonhurst, the 
house being on the end of a long pier. A landing stage will be 
retained at the old site, Ulmer Park. 
The Y. R. A. blue book for 1898 has been issued by Messrs. 
Harrison & Sons, St. Martin's Lane, London, the price being 
two shillings and sixpence. The book contains the usual rules, 
allowance tables, list of members, proceedings of the Association 
and Council, histructions for measuring, etc. The rules arc 
practically unchanged from last year, as then published in the 
FoHEST AND Stream. The oflacial list of recognized British clubs 
numbers eighty-five. The new secretary of the Y. R. A. is B. 
Heckstall-.Smith, Esq., 2 Haarlem Mansions, West Kensington, W. 
London. 
The New York Y. C. will hold no annual regatta this year, not 
so much on account of the war as from the fact that there are 
now no large yachts in the pacing. The annual cruise will prob- 
ably take place as usual. 
f^arracouta, steam yacht, D. P. Reighard, before reported dis- 
abled at Nassau, N. P., is still at that port awaiting a new shaft. 
The Annisquam, 15-footer, building at Eccles' Nahant shop for 
H. H. Wiggin, of Somerville, from designs by Parker H. Kemble. 
was imfortunately destroyed iiy fire last week," but will be replaced 
as soon as possible. The boat was to be double-planked, with a 
(hickness of linen between the planking. The linen was to be 
laid in pitch, and as it was thus being laid the pitch took fire 
from the melting pot and the boat was consumed. A chest in 
w hich were the original de.signs for the boat was badly charred, 
but fortunately the drawings were not injured, so rebuilding will 
be an easy matter. It has been begun and Avill be pushed. — Bostan 
Globe. 
The East Gloucester Y. C. has arranged its fixtures as follows: 
Commencing June 7, and every Tuesday evening until Sept. 1, 
a ijennant race will be sailed from off the club house to Ten 
Pound Island Buoy, leaving it on port, around buoy off the Haw- 
thorne Inn, leaving it on starboard, aroimd buoy off Stage Fort, 
on the starboard, returning to the finish. The starting gun will 
be fired after 6 P. M. The course is a triangle, the upper section 
of which just skirts tlie outer bay, and is plainly visible from the 
shore. July 4 — Club races, rules and regulations to be determined 
later. Aug. 10 — Massachusetts Yacht Racing Association, open 
race. Cruises. — June 11 and 12, July 9 and 10, Aug. 13 and 14, to 
Marblehead and Salem Willows; July 31 and Aug. 1, ladies' moon- 
light sail; July_ 17, 18 and 19, cruise to Nahant, joining the 
Winthrop, Jeffries and Quincy clubs to the cruise to Marble- 
head, Salem Willows and Glovicester. The classes Avill be as 
follows: First class, 21 to 26ft.; second class, 17 to 21ft.: third 
class, 17ft. and under. Regulations — ^Any boat not having a com- 
petitor in her class shall be allowed to sail over the course 
and claim percentage. All boats to sail withovit time allowance. 
No restrictions in regard to jib and mainsail. Time limit, two 
hours. Boats finishing first, second, third and fourth in eacli 
race Avill have a percentage of lOJ), 75, 50 and 2-5. Boats making the 
largest total percentage at the end of the series will be presented 
with a silk pennant. Boats making the second best percentage 
will be presented with a bunting pennant. 
The twin screw steam yacht Atmah for Baron Edmond de Roths- 
child, of Paris, built to the design of Mr. G. L. Watson, was 
latmched on May 7 by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering 
Company, Glasgow. Dimensions: length, 2S.5ft. ; breadth moulded, 
34ft.; depth moulded, 21ft. 3in. ; and 1,550 tons y. m. Atmah has 
been built under special survey, and Avill class 100 Al at Lloyd's, 
and 13-311 Bureau Veritas in the yacht register of both societies. 
The hull is of steel, Avilh side bar and bilge keels, clipper stem 
and elliptical stern, topgallant forecastle, and raised quarter deck. 
The bottom of the vessel is of the semi-longitudinal character of 
construction, with an inner bottom fitted under the main coal 
bunkers, forming water ballast tanks for a length of about 50ft. 
There are seven water-tight bulkheads throughout the ship. On the 
shade deck provision is made for carrying several quick-firing 
guns. A system of hot-water heating is carried throughout the 
ship, and a hot-water supply provided to all owner's and guests' 
rooms and lavatories, etc. A complete installation of electric 
light, including a powerful searchlight, is also provided. The 
machinery consists of two sets of triple-e.xpansion engines, each 
set liaving four cranks and four cylinders, there being one high-_ 
pressure, one medium-pressure, and two low-pressure cylinders. 
The yacht, which will be rigged as a two-masted schooner, with 
a squaresail on the foremast, is to be fitted out in an elaborate 
manner with all the most recent improvements. The ceremony 
of naming the yacht was, in the absence of Baroness Rothschild, 
performed by Mrs. Edmund Sharer, and among the company 
present were Sir AVm. G. Pearce, Bart.; Dr. and Mrs. Elgar; M. 
Paul Reuf, Paris, Baron Rothschild's representative; M. and Mme. 
Cordemay, M. Rien, Mr. G. L. AVatson, Mr. and Mrs. Jacks, Mr. 
and Mrs. Wedgewood, Mr. Sharer, Commander Marshall, R.N.R., 
Mr. Joseph Beardmore, etc. Sir Wm. G. Pearce proposed "Success 
to the new Yacht and Health of Baron Rothschild," to which 
M. Reuf replied, and also proposed "The Builders" and "Mrs. 
Sharer." — The Field. 
The rules of the Yacht Racing Association of Long Island 
Sound, revised to date, have been ptiblished in pamphlet form 
by Thompson & Co., 55 Dey street, New York. The price is 10 
cents per copy. 
Ailsa, cutter, now owned by F. B. Jameson, is now at Fay's 
yard, where she is being converted to the yawl rig. Satanita has 
had her mast removed and reduced in size, though it is not 
stated whether her rig will also be changed. 
Britannia, cutter, is laid up and on the sale list, after a rather un- 
fortunate experience with two owners, who were not yachtsmen. 
Capt. John Carter, who has been seriously ill during the winter, 
has not yet recovered his usual health. He will command the 
new Watson schooner Rainbow. 
The Yachtsman of May 5 contains a complete tabulated record 
of the late Mediterranean races, giving the position of each 
yacht in each race. 
