Aug. 20, 1898.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Manchester Y. C Midsummer Series, 
Manchester, Mass. 
Monday, Aug. 1. 
The Manchester Y. C. finished its midsummer series 
with two races on Aug. 1, that for the Crowhurst cup 
in the morning and the open Y. R. A. race in the after- 
noon. The day was clear, with a fresh ,E. wind, falling 
a little before the second race. The Crowhurst cup, a 
^silver trophy costing $250, is given each year by 
* Francis M. Whitehouse, open to yachts of 25ft. l.w.l. 
arid under, Y. R. A. of Massachusetts rules, with tiirj.e 
allowance. The course was past Martin's Rock Buoy. 
Little Haste Buoy, and home, a triangle of 8 miles. The 
start was made at it A. M., Hermes being over the 
line before the gun and having to rccross. The little 
schooner Bud sailed at her reduced measurement, 21ft., 
and did very good work, though finally defeated by 
Duchess on the wind. The times were: 
_ , , „, , „ . Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Duchess, Charles Hayden 17.08 1 23 10 0 49 34 
Bud, S. N. Small 20.04 1 22 25 0 52 05 
Snipe II., Boardman tiros 21.03 1 23 04 0 53 45 
Circe, F. L. Pigeon > 16.06 1 30 58 0 55 46 
Vamoose, R. M. Benner 17.11 1 29 50 0 56 28 
Eleanor, D. B. Clapp 21.00 1 24 24 0 57 50 
Typhoon, E. V. R. Thaver 21.00 1 28 20 0 58 45 
Hermes, A. W. Chesterton 25.00 1 25 04 0 59 25 
Cleopatra, H. M. Faxon 20.10 1 29 27 0 59 41 
Little Peter, H. Moebs 24.07 1 25 46 0 59 44 
Beatrice, J. Cavanaugh 25.00 1 25 56 1 00 17 
Stiletto, R. T. Tucker 14.07 1 38 55 1 00 20 
Mongoose II., J. D. Irving 21.00 1 31 57 1 02 22 
No. 10. Boardman Bros 14.07 1 44 50 1 06 15 
Piccola, E. V. R. Thayer 14.07 1 48 22 1 09 49 
Witch, N. Wigglesworth 14.07 1 48 23 1 09 48 
The afternoon race had a larger field of starters, 
though only Meemer was at the line in the 30ft. class. 
She, with the raceabouts and the 25ft. class, sailed the 
same triangle as in the former race. The 21ft. and the 
18ft. classes sailed a triangle marked by Baker's Island 
and the Haste Buoy; and the re-footers sailed a smaller 
triangle, by Baker's Island and Bowditch Ledge. The 
wind was lighter than in the morning, but still enough 
to make a race, in spite of some soft spots. The 'start 
was made at 2:30 P. M. Jilt sailed a fine race, but 
picked up some seaweed on her rudder near the finish, 
which threw her into second place. The times were: 
30ft. Class. 
tij- t» /~* » T . . Elapsed. 
Meemer, R. C. Nickerson 1 46 02 
25ft. Class. 
Hermes, A. W. Chesterton 1 56 03 
Beatrice, J. Cavanagh 1 58 04 
Little Peter, H. Moehs 1 59 56 
Eleanor, D. B. Clapp 2 02 41 
Raccabout Class. 
Fancy, C. F. Lyman 1 57 42 
Jilt, W. O Gay 1 58 39 
Mongoose, J. D. Irving 2 00 01 
Tunipoo, J. L. Brewer 2 02 57 
Typhoon, E. V. R. Thayer 2 04 26 
Gosling, Clark & North 2 04 36 
Hazard, H. M. Sears 2 14 00 
21ft: Cta'si, } T * 
Cleopatra, H. M. Faxon 1 45 57 
Bud, S. N. Small 1 46 29 
Snipe II., Boardman Bros 1 46 45 
Fesit, N. R. Blancy Withdrew. 
ISft. Class. . 
Duchess, Charles Hayden 1 14100 
Vamoose. R. M. Benner ; 1 47 42 
Circe, F. L. Pigeon 2 05 45 
15ft. Class. 
Stiletto, R. F. Tucker 1 05 45 
Jag, J. S. Lawrence , 1 05 48 
No. 10, Boardman & Sears 1 09 20 
Atom, F. L. Ames 1 ]l 07 
Witch, N. L. Wigglesworth • 1 12 51 
99, Boardman Bros 1 14 35 
Freak, E. C. Fitch Withdrew. 
Some remeasurements are necessary to determine all 
of the winners. Cash prizes were offered in each class, 
with the Y. R. A. percentages. The races were man- 
aged by Messrs. G. W. Mansfield, A. H. Higginson, 
W. A. Tucker and James Bertram. 
The Flying Proa. 
Tii,e very interesting article in Forest and Stream 
of Aug. 6 has prompted me to quote from two early 
descriptions of the famous proa. The quotation from 
Dampier is exact, taken from first edition of his 
"Voyages," London, 1697. 
Writing in 1686 at the island Guam, one of the La- 
drone group lately taken under our flag, Dampier gives 
a full description of the proa and her performances: 
"The natives are very ingenious beyond any people 
in making boats, or proes, as they are called in the East 
Tndies, and therein they take great delight. These are 
built sharp at both ends, the bottom is of one piece, 
made like the bottom of a little canoa, very neatly dug 
and left of a good substance. This bottom part is in- 
stead of a keel. It is about 26 or 28ft. long; the under 
part of this keel is made round, but inclining to a wedge 
and smooth, and the upper part is almost flat, having a 
very gentle hollow, and is almost a foot broad. From 
hence both sides of the boat are carried up to about 5ft. 
high, with narrow planks, not above 4 or 5in. broad, 
and each end of the boat turns up round very prettily. 
But what is very singular, one side of the boat is made 
perpendicular, like a wall, while the other side is round- 
ing, made as other vessels are, with a pretty full belly. 
Just in the middle it is 4 or 5ft. broad aloft, or more, 
according to trie length of the boat. The mast stands ex- 
actly in the middle, with a long yard that peeps up and 
down like a mizzen yard." This comparison was made 
before the lateen mizzen yard was displaced by the 
spanker gaff. "One end of it reacheth down to the end 
or head of the boat, where it is placed in a notch that 
is made there purposely to receive it and keep it fast; 
the other end hangs over the stern. At the foot of 
the sail there is another small yard to keep the sail out 
square, and to roll up the sail on when it blows hard. 
It serves instead of a reef to take up the sail to what 
degree they please, according to the strength of the 
wind. Along the belly side of the boat, parallel with 
it, at about 6 or 7ft. distance, lies another small boat or 
canoa, being a log of very light wood, almost as long 
as the great boat, but not so wide, being not above a 
foot and a half wide at the upper part, and very sharp 
like a wedge at each end. There are two bamboas of 
about 8 or wit, long- and as big as one's leg placed over 
the great boat's side, one near each end of it, and reach- 
ing about 6 or 7ft. from the side of the boat. By the 
help of which the little boat is made firm and contigu- 
ous to the other. These are generally called by the 
Dutch, and the English after them, outlayers." Did the 
word outrigger come into our language in this way? 
"The use of them is to keep the great boat upright from 
oversetting, because the wind here being in a manner 
constantly east, or if it were at west it would be the 
same thing; and the range of these Islands, where their 
business lies to and fro, being mostly north and south, 
they turn the fiat side of the boat against the wind upon 
which they sail, and the belly side with its little boat 
is upon the lee. When they ply to windward and are 
minded to go about he that steers bears away a little 
from the wind, by which means the stern comes to the 
wind and is now become the head only by shifting the 
end of the yard. This boat is steered with a broad 
paddle instead of a rudder. I have been the more par- 
ticular in describing these boats because I do believe 
they sail the best of any boat in the world. I did here 
for my own satisfaction try the swiftness of one of them. 
Sailing by our log we had 12 knots on our reel, and 
she did run it all out before the half-minute glass was 
half out. which, if it had been no more, is after the rate 
of 12 miles an hour; but I do believe she would have run 
24 miles an hour. , It was very pleasant, to see the little 
boat running along so swift by the other's side." 
This last sentence is worthy of Pepys, and it is a 
Curious fact that Pepys and Dampier were friends, or 
at least acquaintances. 
John Evelyn records in his diary, under date of Aug. 
6, 1698: "I dined with Mr. Pepys, where was Capt. 
Dampier, who had been a famous buccaneer. He 
seemed a more modest man than one would imagine by 
the relation of the crew he had assorted with." 
In the quarto edition of "Lord Anson's Voyage," 
London. 1749, there is a very full and clear description 
of a proa. When the Centurian reached Tinian, one of 
the Ladrone group, her people captured a proa., which 
Mr. Brett, one of the officers, took entirely to pieces 
and made accurate measurements of all her parts. A 
fine scale draft of this p'roa is in Anson, seems clear 
enough to build from, and ought to be reproduced in 
Forest and Stream. From ranges taken overland 
while ship was at Tinian, Anson's people figured speed 
of proas at about 20 miles, on the wind. This account 
in Anson also refers to experiments made at Portsmouth, 
England, with a proa built there, and speaks of wonder- 
ful speed- shown. Dampier places the outrigger on lee 
side; all other descriptions to windward. 
A. C. Stott. 
Stottville, N. Y., Aug. 8. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
_ I was deeply interested in Vieux Moustache's descrip- 
tion of the flying proa, and therefore its confusion of 
terms Avas exasperating. He says, "The port side" (what 
is the port side of a double-ende.r?) is "bellied or 
rounded out, while the lee side is as fiat as boards can 
be." Again he says that the "flat, side remains always 
the weather one." Now which side is the flat one— lee 
or weather? His drawings shed no light on this dark- 
ness, and the chapter on "The Evolution of the Yacht" 
in Yachts and Yachtsmen of America gives no informa- 
tion. The outrigger side is the windward one, of 
course, but is this on the straight or elliptical side of the 
proa? 
We have had catamarans here on the half-hulls prin- 
ciple recommended by Vieux Moustache, but they were 
not fast. J. L. Stewart. 
The Newport 30-Footers. 
Aug. i.— Sweepstakes, Jamestown course. 12 miles 
Wind light S. E. Start 2:29: 
ht ti -nt t^„. Finish. Elapsed. 
Hera, R N Ellis 4 30 20 1 31 20 
Wawa, R. Brooks 4 34 58 1 35 58 
Carolina, P. Jones 4 35 34 1 gfl 34 
Dorothy II., H. P. Whitney 4 36 20 . 1 37 20 
Vaquero III., H. B. Duryea 4 40 47 1 41 47 
Puck, E. D. Morgan 4 41 30 1 42 30 
Aug. 2.— Dyer's Island course, wind light S. W. Start 
2:51: 
-ir 1 g~> * , ■ 1, f Finish. Elapsed. 
7r Cda ' rf xY an - f ?- rl)1,t - Tr 6 ±1 15 3 20 15 
Hera, R. N. Ellis 6 12 02 3 21 02 
Dorothy II., H. P. Whitney (5 12 37 3 91 37 
Vaquero II T H. B. Duryea fi 14 05 3 23 05 
Carolina P Jones Did not finish. 
Wawa, R. Brooks Did not finish. 
Aug. 3.— Sweepstakes, Jamestown-Bishop's Rock 
course, 16 miles. Wind light S. 
■tr TTT tt t. t-x ' Elapsed. 
\ aquero III., H. B. Duryea 2 15 41 
Carolina, P. Jones !2 17 00 
Hera, R. N. Ellis 2 17 35 
Veda, C. Vanderbilt, Jr .'..'.'.'!.".'!!!"! 2 IS 15 
Wawa, R. Brooks ; 2 20 42 
Puck, E. D. Morgan ...2 25 41 
Aug. 4.— Whitney cup. Dyer's Island course. Stron°- 
S.W. wind. Start 2:56: 
n tj t Finish. Elapsed. 
Carolina, P. Jones 4 0 6 03 2 10 03 
Hera, R. N. Ellis 4 06 25 2 10 '5 
Vaquero III H B. Duryea .'4 06 37 2 10 37 
Wawa, R. Brooks 4 10 46 2 14 46 
Veda, C. Vanderbilt, Jr .Did not finish. 
Veda carried away the jaws of her gaff and withdrew. 
Aug. 5.— Sweepstakes, Bishop's Rock course eight 
mdes, Wind N.W., light and variable. 
Vaquero III . H. B Duryea J f^of 
Dprothy II., H. P. Whitney 1 22 28 
Wawa, R. Brooks 1 28 32 
Hera R. N. Ellis v .'bid 'not finish. 
Carolina, P. Jones , Did not finish. 
Carolina and Hera were in collision at the mark, both 
withdrawing. 
Aug. 6.— Stillman cup. Dyer's Island course. Wind 
S.W., moderate. 
Veda, C. Vanderbilt, Jr. 2^& S 40 
Dorothy II., H. P. Whitney 2 33 09 
Carolina, P. Jones .'. ! ! .'.2 33 21 
Wawa, R. Brooks 2 36 02 
Puck, E D. Morgan '.'.'.'.'.'.'.^'.'.'.2 36 35 
Vaquero III., H B. Duryea 2 38 02 
Hera, R. N, Ell,s Did not finish, 
The 15-footers sailed a race for the Thomas pen- 
nant, to be held by the yacht winning it twice. The 
course was a triangle of 8 miles, the times being: 
Elapsed. 
Paprika, Thomas Bros 1 21 00 
Taboo, E. Dodge 1 34 00 
Paradox, Noyes Bros 1 39 00 
Osprey, R. Vanderbilt Did not finish. 
Aug. 8. — Sweepstakes. Bishop's Rock course. Start 
3:04: 
Elapsed. 
Puck, E. D. Morgan 1 59 10 
Hera, R. N. Ellis 1 59 22 
Vaquero III., H. B. Duryea 2 00 19 
Wawa, R. Brooks .2 01 02 
Carolina. P. Jones 2 02 03 
Asahi, T,. Warren ....2 04 21 
Veda, C. Vanderbilt, Jr ...2 08 28 
Dorothy II., H. P. Whitney Did not finish. 
Dorothy fouled the mark and withdrew. 
The record of fhe class for July, during which month 
twenty-two starts were made, only one race being aban- 
doned on account of fog, is as follows: 
Firsts. Seconds. Thirds. 
Vaquero III. 6 5 3 
Carolina .< 5 4 5 
Veda 4 1 1 
Hera 3 3 4 
Dorothy II 2 5 1 
Wawa 1 3 3 
Puck 0 0 4 
There were five cup races, Vaquero III. winning two, 
the Narada and Brooks cups; Veda and Dorothy II. 
the N. R. A. cups, and Carolina the sweepstake cup. 
The full record of the boats is as follows: 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 
New York, Aug. 10.' — The first prize offered by Com- 
modore Rouse for the racing cruise to New London, and 
won by his yacht Mistral, was returned by him to the 
club, and is again offered for a race to Indian Harbor, 
Greenwich, Connecticut and return, on the following 
conditions: 
Course. — From west to east across the starting 
line between two stake boats anchored off the club 
house float, to and around Center Island buoy, leaving it 
on the port hand, thence to and around Matinicock 
Point buoy, leaving it on the starboard hand, thence 
passing between the channel buoys at the entrance to 
Greenwich Harbor, across the finish line between the 
two stake boats anchored off the club house of the In- 
dian Harbor Y. C. 
Start. — One-gun, promptly at 10 o'clock A. M. 
After the finish of the morning run an interval will be 
allowed for luncheon at the club house of the Indian 
Harbor Y. C, and the captains will then agree as to the 
hour of the return to Oyster Bay, which will be made 
over the same course. 
The prize will be. awarded to the yacht making the 
best accumulative time on the two runs. 
The Indian Harbor Y. C. has courteously offered the 
privileges of their club house, and provided for the 
placing of mark boats and the taking of time at the fin- 
ish of the morning run. 
Entries.— Entries should be made in writing, addressed 
to the race committee, on or before Friday, Aug. 19. 
The Corinthian Y. C, of Philadelphia, has been 
specially invited to participate in this race with its fleet 
of seven knockabouts, which will be at Oyster Bay pre- 
pared for the match between that club and the Seawan- 
haka Club, beginning on Monday, Aug. 22. 
The race committee takes the opportunity to announce 
that J. Rogers Maxwell, Esq., has offered the following 
cash prizes for the three leading knockabouts at the 
finish of the inter-club match race on Aug. 22, viz.: $25 
to the first boat; $15 to the second boat; $10 to the third 
boat. 
Charles A. Sherman, Sec'y, 
64 Leonard street, New York. 
Manchester Y. C J5ft. Class. 
The 15ft. class of the Manchester Y. C. sailed the 
second race of the Chubb cup series on Aug. 2 in a 
light and variable wind, the times being: 
<-, •, t. ^ . Elapsed. 
Stiletto, R. F. Lucker i 26 05 
"00," Brown & Boardman ..... 126 15 
Jag, J. Lawrence '4 26 24 
Piccola, E. V. R. Thayer 1 26 30 
No. 10, Boardman & Sears !l 30 30 
99, Boardman Bros 1 30 45 
Atom, Ames Bros 1 30 55 
t Withdrew. 
Witch Withdrew. 
On Aug. 3 a special race was sailed in a fresh S.W 
wind, the times being: 
_ Elapsed. 
Miletto, R. F. Tucker 1 14 19 
Freak, J. F. Lawrence 1 lg 12 
Witch, N. Wigglesworth 1 21 07 
No. 10, R. Boardman & F. R. Sears '...!!l2157 
Judges: W. A. Tucker and R. Tudor. Prizes: $7, 
$5 and $3. 
Hull Mosquito Y. G 
Hull— Boston Harbor. 
Saturday, Aug. 6. 
The Hull Mosquito Y. C. sailed its fourth 
Aug. 6 in a strong N. W. wind, the times bein 
First Class. 
tji at Length. 
Idler, Noyes 2 Q.Q0 
bheyessa, Douglas ....18 06 
Gobelin, Canterbu^ !!!!!!l7*06 
Klea, G. R. Pulsifer '■'■'.'.'..'.'.'..'.20 00 
Mojave, Berry "!!.'!!!l7 00 
Second Class. 
Thelma, M. Cleverly 16 00 
Rabbit, Walter Keyes . . "l6 00 
Aurora, A. F. Hayden 
_ • Third Class. 
lech, Fred Keyes i t nc 
Isidora, H. Cleverly if^ 
Ripple, Charles Howard Smith ic'n^ 
No Name, P. F. Folsom i«nn 
Rita, Charles W. King jHH 
Esefsee. George Smith 
' \ v. ' .-, V.. . '!ll|(|M .... 
race on 
Elapsed. 
1 07 25 
1 12 20 
1 13 50 
1 16 30 
1 19 20 
1 19 10 
1 25 47 
1 20 10, 
1 21 50 
1 23 00 
1 24 2Q> 
1 25 45 
3. 27 SO, 
