Forest and stream. 
t JULY 9, 1898. 
The Cruise of the Seawanhafca Knockabout Fleet. 
Oyster Bay to New London and Return, 
June 20 to 25. 
Up to the time of starting there was a feeling very 
freely expressed on the part of some that the proposed 
racing cruise of the new Seawanhaka knockabout fleet, 
from Oyster Bay to New London, would prove anything 
but a success. So far from this anticipated result, there 
are very few yachting events that are marked by the dis- 
play of such racing spirit, by such excellent planning 
and carrying out of all arrangements, or by the partici- 
pation of so large a fleet of perfectly matched boats. 
That the cruise was in all respects so successful is due 
to the liberality and spirit of Commodore Rouse, who 
first suggested the idea, and who personally attended to 
its carrying out. In addition to providing all the prizes, 
the original offer of six being increased to ten, the Com- 
modore personally chartered the big tug C. P. Raymond 
for the entire week to accompany the fleet. It was de- 
sired to have such aid at hand in case of any mishap 
to the racing boats, and also as an aid in managing the 
races. Under existing war conditions it was necessary 
that the fleet should find its way into the harbors before 
the hours for early closing, and the tug was at hand 
ready to tow all the yachts, if necessary, which was 
fortunately not the ca"se, owing to the liberal supply of 
wind throughout the week. The tug made herself use- 
ful, however, her first task in the morning being to pick 
up the dinghies of the fleet, stowing them all on her 
deck, then she went out and set one of the new Seawan-^ 
haka markboats, and took her own position to mark a 
starting line. After the yachts were away she took the 
markboat on board, and started in to convoy the fleet, a 
duty which she shared with the flagship Iroquois, the 
two taking different courses when the fleet scattered 
across the Sound, as sometimes happened. Toward the 
end of the run the Raymond ran ahead, anchored the 
markboat and established the finish line, then after all 
had finished she followed the fleet into harbor and dis- 
tributed the dinghies. 
The programme of the cruise, as issued in advance, 
was as follows: 
Prizes. — Commodore Rouse has offered the following 
prizes for this cruise for the Seawanhaka knockabout 
class: First prize, value $150; second prize, $100; third 
prize (provided 15 or more yachts start), $50. These 
three prizes will be awarded according to the cumulative 
time for all the runs of the cruise: First prizes for daily 
runs from port to port, each $40; second prizes for daily 
runs from port to port (provided twenty or more yachts 
start), each $20. 
All yachts in the Seawanhaka knockabout class, 
whether owned by members of the club or others, are 
eligible to participate in this cruise. While the formal 
racing for prizes will be confined to this class, all yachts 
belonging to the club are invited to make the cruise. 
Rendezvous. — As directed by the commodore in the 
accompanying General Order No. 3, the rendezvous will 
take place at Seawanhaka Harbor, Oyster Bay, on 
Saturday, June 18, and in the afternoon of that day a race 
of the series for the Benedict prizes will be sailed. 
At the meeting of captains, on the flagship, on Sun- 
day afternoon, details of the runs to New London will 
be decided upon, and the necessary regulations an- 
nounced. 
Subject to change, the following is the probable pro- 
gramme: Monday, June 20 — Run from Oyster Bay to 
Morris Cove, anchoring off the Yale- Corinthian Yacht 
Club. Tuesday, June 21 — Run from Morris Cove to New 
London. Wednesday and Thursday, June 22 and 23 — 
The squadron will lie at anchor at New London to af- 
ford an opportunity of seeing the Yale-Harvard-Cornell 
boat races. Friday and Saturday, June 24 and 25 — Re- 
turn runs to Oyster Bay. 
A tug will accompany the squadron for its protection 
and to insure prompt arrival at New London, 
In view of the value and character of the prizes offered 
and of the interest attaching to a visit to New London 
at the time of the college boat races, it is confidently ex- 
pected that not less than fifteen knockabouts will start. 
Should there be less than ten, however, the committee 
reserve the right to modify this programme as they 
may think proper. All captains, and especially captains 
of the , knockabouts, intending to participate in the 
cruise, are requested to notify the secretary of the com- 
mittee at their earliest convenience. 
Oliver E. Cromwell, Chairman, 
C. W. Wetmore, 
W. C. Kerr, 
D. Le Roy Dresser, 
C. A, Sherman, Sec'y, 
Race Commiltee. 
General Orders No. 3. On Board Flagship Iroquois, 
S. C. Y. C, Seawanhaka Harbor, June 10, 1898. 
I. All knockabouts entered for the racing cruise to 
New London, and accompanying yachts, will rendezvous 
at the club anchorage in Seawanhaka Harbor, Oyster 
Bay, on Saturday, June 18. 
II. : At five o'clock on Sunday afternoon, June 19, a 
meeting of captains of knockabouts, and all other yachts 
intending to accompany the squadron ro New London, 
will be held on board the flagship, when the hour of 
starting for the run to Morris Cove on Monday, June 
20, will be determined. 
III. Regulations to govern the daily runs will be an- 
nounced by the Race Committee. 
By order of Commodore Rouse. 
H, L. Satterlee, Fleet Captain. 
The fleet included eleven of the new knockabouts, one, 
Midge, of the Atlantic Y. C. fleet, the others all Seawan- 
haka. Only one of the boats in the last division re- 
ceived from Marblehead was ready in season for the 
cruise. 
Y. R. A. 
Number. 
in 
118 
116...... 
Yacht. Owner. Skipper. 
Mistral Com. H. C. Rouse Johnston De Forest. 
Kewaydin R. C. Wetmore C. W Wetmore. 
Midge F. W. Boyer E. M. Maclellan. 
109 Golightly E. H. Norton Owner. 
125 T ifu Geo. Bullock Owner. 
124. .... .Stella John S. Hoyt Sherman Hoyt. 
119 .Nakodo l°^ n T- Sherman. , .Owner. 
122 Senta Daniel Bacon Owner. 
.Tosto. ....... ...Lloyd M. Scott , .Owner. 
104 Bee , Nelson M. Burr Woodruff Leeming, 
1ST. .Heron ......W. R, Garrison,,..,, .Bart. Jacob. 
Each yacht carried a crew of three, all told, skipper, 
one Corinthian and one professional. 
The fleet assembled off the club house, Seawanhaka 
Harbor, early on Monday morning, the starting gun be- 
ing given from the bluff at 8:45. Within im. 30s. the 
entire fleet was over the line, with a light W.N.W. 
breeze. The flagship Iroquois, steam yachts Oneida and 
Linta, the schooner Ariel, sloop Mirth, and the yawls 
Audax and Escape accompanied the racing boats. The 
day was clear and pleasant, and the wind, averaging 
about eight knots, was W.N.W. until 1:15, making an 
easy run down the Sound. At that time it shifted to 
S.W., after an hour back to the old quarter, and then 
to_S., being variable to the finish. There were many 
shifts and changes of position throughout the run of 
thirty-five miles, but the finish covered only fifteen 
minutes, the times being: 
First Run — Seawanhaka Harbor to New Haven 
Light, thirty-five miles naut. 
Start— 8:45 A. M. 
Finish. Elapsed. Position. 
Mistral 3 20 10 6 35 10 3 
Kewaydin 3 31 00 6 46 00 7 
Midge 3 31 15 6 46 10 9 
Golightly 3 26 02 6 41 02 4 
Taifu 3 31 00 6 46 00 6 
Stella 3 13 58 6 28 58 1 
Nakodo 3 31 38 6 46 38 10 
Senta 3 16 50 6 31 50 2 
Tosto 3 30 38 6 45 38 5 
Bee 3 35 12 6 50 12 11 
Heron 3 31 10 6 46 10 8 
Stella, first to finish, ran thirty-five miles at a speed 
of 5.4 knots. 
Bee, last to finish, ran thirty-five miles at a speed of 
5.1 knots. 
The start for New London was made at 7:25 A. M. 
on Tuesday, the line being just outside of the New 
Haven breakwater; the wind was still westerly, making 
another run, close along the Connecticut shore. Mistral 
was first over the line, with Stella second, seven others 
crossing very shortly after gun. The eleventh boat was 
2m. 45s. after the gun. Stella, the winner on Monday, was 
pushed very hard by the second and third boats on that 
day, Senta and Mistral; the latter finally winning. After 
the three had finished the wind drew ahead, the others 
crossing the line closehauled on port tack, The times for 
the day were: 
Second Run — New Haven Light to New London 
Light, thirty-nine miles naut. 
Position. 
Finish. Elapsed. Cumulative. Run. Cum. 
Mistral 1 43 44 6 18 44 12 53 54 1 3 
Kewaydin 2 05 02 6 40 02 13 26 02 11 11 
Midge 1 52 45 6 27 45 13 14 00 7 7 
Golightly 2 04 58 6 39 58 13 21 00 10 10 
Taifu 1 50 51 6 25 51 13 11 51 5 5 
Stella 1 46 17 6 21 17 12 50 15 3 1 
Nakodo ..1 51 20 6 26 20 13 12 58 6 6 
Senta 1 44 02 6 19 02 12 50 52 2 2 
Tosto 1 47 29 6 22 29 13 08 07 4 4 
Bee 1 55 08 6 30 08 13 20 20 8 9 
Heron 1 58 10 6 33 10 13 19 20 9 8 
Mistral, first to finish, ran thirty-nine miles naut. at 
6.2 knots. 
Kewaydin. last to finish, ran thirty-nine miles naut. at 
6 knots. Kewaydin ran a longer course out in the 
Sound against more tide. 
Columns 4 and 6 of the table give the results, in time 
and position, by the system of cumulative results in- 
troduced by the Seawanhaka C, Y. C. in 1893; and since 
tested very satisfactorily. By this method, of adding 
the results of a series of races, a much more extended 
range of condition is covered than by results derived 
from individual races. 
Two days were spent very pleasantly in attendance on 
the intercollegiate boat races, and on Friday morning 
the fleet lined up off Bartlett's Reef Lightship, for a 
start at 9 o'clock for Morris Cove, thirty-six miles to 
windward; there being a wind from the west that regis- 
tered seventeen knots by the anemometer on the flag- 
ship. It is needless to say that this meant a pretty heavy 
sea for small boats off New London, but with two 
reefs in the fleet started, all but two crossing within 
thirty seconds. Mistral, Senta, Stella and Nakodo stood 
over to the Plum Island shore at the start. The wind 
lightened toward noon, and some shook out both reefs, 
but it soon breezed up, so that all were glad to come to a 
single tuck. It held west nearly all day, but finally 
shifted to the south, and at 6 P. M. was blowing fresh 
from S.W. The little boats had a pretty hard hammer 
of it for nearly nine hours, much of the time in a heavy 
sea, but no damage was reported. Midge left the fleet 
at the Thimbles; the others being timed: 
Third Run — Bartlett's Reef Lightship to Morris Cove, 
thirty-six miles naut. 
Start— 9 A. M. 
Position, 
Finish. Elapsed. Cumulative. Run. Cum. 
Mistral 5 35 46 8 35 46 21 29 40 1 1 
Kewaydin 6 11 20 9 11 20 22 37 22 6 8 
Golightly 6 19 20 9 19 20 22 40 20 9 9 
Taifu... 5 43 32 8 43 32 21 55 23 2 4 
Stella 5 44 38 8 44 38 21 34 53 3 2 
Nakodo 5 52 24 8 52 24 22 05 22 4 5 
Senta 6 00 10 9 00 10 21 51 02 5 3 
Tosto 6 18 10 9 18 10 22 26 17 8 6 
Bee 6 14 34 9 14 34 22 34 54 17 - 17 
Heron 7 13 55 10 13 55 23 33 15 10 10 
Mistral, first to finish, beat thirty-six miles naut. at 
4.2 knots speed. 
Heron, last to finish, beat thirty-six miles naut. at 
3.5 knots speed. 
Average time for fleet, 9I1. 19m. 49s., or an average 
speed of 3.9 knots. 
Speed through the water, 5.94 knots. 
The start for the final run was made on Saturday morn- 
ing at 8:30 off New Haven Light, the weather being fine, 
but with a haze, with a west to southwest breeze of 12 
to IS knots. The fleet crossed within 45s., all close- 
hauled. Kewaydin and one other boat started for the 
Long Island shore. The day was pleasant until about 
5 P. M., when a thunderstorm threatened in the west, but 
passed over the fleet, then nearing Lloyds Neck; the 
tug having made the finish line off Cold Spring Light. 
The wind fell light after the passing of the squall, but 
Mistral finished at 5:27:07; shortly after the wind came 
in N.N.W., and at 6:40, before the other boats could 
reach the line in the light breeze, a second and very 
heavy squall from the west struck the fleet, rain first, 
followed by a violent gale. It only lasted twenty minutes, 
but that was quite enough. When it struck Stella, Sen- 
•ta, Kewaydin and Bee were west of Lloyds Neck, with 
the other five scattered off the mouth of Huntington 
Harbor. The markboat was capsized by the squall, the 
big tug dragged for some 200yds*, and one of the 
dinghies on her upper deck was blown away into the 
water. Kewaydin, close under Lloyds Neck, took the 
ground, and was hung up until 3 A. M., when she was 
hauled off by the club launch Seawanhaka, without dam- 
age. The others all weathered the squall safely, their 
skippers reporting that they behaved perfectly in the 
blow. No attempt was made to re-establish the line and 
time the finish, but the probable order of finish was 
closely known up to the time the squall struck, the 
leading skippers agreeing on the order as given in the 
following table. The tug was sent out to offer assistance, 
but none was needed, though the two most distant boats, 
Tosto and Heron, accepted a tow in. The others made 
the harbor unaided. The times were: 
Fourth Run — New Haven Light to Cold Spring 
Light, thirty-five miles naut. 
Start— 8.30 A. M. 
finish. 
Mistral 5 27 07 
Kewaydin 
Golightly 
Taifu 
Stella 
Nakodo 
Senta ; 
Tosto . .. .. 
Bee 
Heron- 
Position. 
Elapsed. Cumulative. Run. Cum. 
8 57 07 30 26 47 1 1 
10 10 
6 7 
, .. 7 4 
. .. .... .... 2 2 
• < " >^ 5 5 
3 3 
9 8 
4 6 
8 9 
In the morning the skipper and crew of each yacht 
had received a formal invitation to dine with the Com- 
modore at the club house that evening, but on arrival 
the fleet was met with the news of the death of Vice- 
Corn. Cruger; so the formal dinner and presentation 
were countermanded. All hands, however, dined at the 
club house, and the prizes were awarded in the evening. 
The first prize was a $150 silver cup, for the best cumu- 
lative time of the whole cruise, won by Mistral, Com. 
H. C. Rouse. Com. Rouse ai once turned the prize 
over to the Race Committee, to be raced for again 
by the knockabout fleet, at the pleasure of the commit- 
tee. The second prize was a very elaborate cabinet for 
cigars and liquors, won by Stella, John Sherman Hoyt. 
The third prize for cumulative time, a cruising lunch 
basket, was only offered in the event of fifteen starters, 
but the Commodore decided to present it to Senta on 
account of her excellent showing. A special prize, a 
handsome jar, was presented to Kewaydin for her cumu- 
lative bad luck. The run prizes were for first run,' a 
barometer, won by Stella; -second run, a silver cigarette 
case, won by Mistral and presented by Com. Rouse to 
her skipper, Mr. De Forrest; third run, belt with knife 
and silver whistle, Mistral, presented by Com. Rouse to 
Mr. Johnston, the "crew"; second prize, flask, Taifu; 
third prize, stop watch, Nakodo. The prize for the 
fourth run was a pair of handsome marine glasses, won 
by Mistral. Com. Rouse presented them to Mr. Walter 
C. Kerr, of the Race Committee. Only two of the 
committee were able to accompany the cruise, and as Mr. 
Wetmore was anxious to sail one of the boats, Mr. Kerr 
undertook to manage the races alone, accompanying 
Com. Rouse on Iroquois, and joining the tug for the 
starting and finishing. At the same time, in the ab- 
sence of Fleet Captain Satterlee, he filled that position. 
Much is due td him for the skill and labor which con- 
tributed to the smooth running of all the details of each 
day's work. 
On June 18 the knockabout fleet sailed its second race, 
over the inside course, the times being: 
Finish. 
Kewaydin, R. C. Wetmore 5 29 50 
Taifu, George Bullock 5 29 30 
Bee, Nelson Burr Withdrew. 
Mistral, H. C. Rouse 5 27 05 
Midge, F. C. Boyer 5 29 40 
Senta, Daniel Bacon 5 30 00 
Nakodo, F. D. Sherman 5 30 50 
A race was scheduled for the 20ft. class, two boats 
starting, Akabo and the new Crane boat Seawanhaka, 
The latter broke the bolt of her centerboard and with- 
drew, so that Akabo did not finish. 
Penataquit Y, C. Spring Regatta. 
Bay Shore — Great South Bay. 
Saturday, June 25. 
The spring regatta of the Penataquit Corinthian Y. C. of 
Bay Shore, L. I., was sailed in a piping south westej, 
which compelled all hands to tie down close and face a 
heavy sea in a two-mile beat to windward and back. 
It was three times around the course, making twelve 
miles in all, of as hard sailing as one usually finds in a 
season, and this fact prevented many of the boats en- 
tered from appearing at the starting line. Only Gayety 
and Muriel — the Boston crack — appearing in Class L, 
and in Class M Squaw — her first race as a sloop— and 
Maysie, while in Class N the showing was good and it 
furnished the excitement of the day. The only capsize 
was Giggle. Gayety made a fine race, and but for the 
giving out of her steering gear would undoubtedly have 
defeated Muriel by a large margin. 
Maysie after the first round gave up, leaving Squaw 
alone to sail out the race, which she did in good style, de- 
feating Muriel in the class above by 3m. 5s. actual time. 
Champion and Beulah won in their respective classes, 
the former by a very narrow margin over the Surprise, 
which went to sleep. 
The times were: 
Class L— Start, 2:05. 
Allowance. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Gayety, Richard Hvde Disabled. 
Muriel, Frank Camp 1 22 3 56 26 1 51 26 1 51 26 
Class M— Start, 2:05. 
Squaw, H. S. Jewell 3 52 22 1 48 22 1 48 22 
Maysie, F. L. Adams 4 10 Withdrew. 
Class N— Start, 2:10. 
Champion. Edwin Thorne 4 14 38 2 04 38 2 04 38 
Surprise, J. O- Lowe ... .6 16 4 21 09 2 11 09 2 04 53 
Class S. Cats— Start. 2:10. 
Beulah, C. H. Southard 4 08 37 1 58 37 1 58 37 
Sweetheart, R. A. Bachia.3 05 4 19 44 2 09 44 2 U6 39 
Snapper, G. A. Schieren..8 08 Withdrew. 
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