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FORKST AND STREAM. 
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F.A.B. The line G.B., that portion of the radius cut off 
from the sine, is the versed sine of the arc F.A.B.; and 
D.H. is the versed sine of the arc F.A.D., and the co- 
versed sine of F.A.B. The sine, tangent and secant of 
F.A.B. stand in the same relation to the obtuse angle 
F.A.C., the supplement of F.A.B. ; as its sine, tangent and 
secant also. 
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Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 
On Board Flagship SatanellA, C. Y. C. 
Seawanhaka Harbor, May 20, 1899. 
general orders, no. i. 
1. Yachts of the squadron will rendezvous in Seawan- 
haka Harbor, on- the morning of Decoration Day, Tues- 
day, May 30, for the purpose of taking part in the eighth 
annual opening of the club house and station on Centre 
Island, Oyster Bay. 
2. All yachts in the harbor will dress ship, on signal, at 
12 M., and will be prepared to receive visitors from 3 to 
6 P. M. There will be a meeting of captains on the flag- 
ship, on signal, during the forenoon. 
By order of 
Commodore Rouse. 
Herbert L. Satterlee, Fleet Captain. 
The club house at Oyster Bay will be opened informally 
for the reception of members and their guests, and the 
ferry service established on Friday afternoon, May 26, 
1899. 
On Tuesday, May 30 (Decoration Day), at 12 o'clock, 
noon, colors will be hoisted and saluted, and the club 
house placed formally in commission for the season. In 
the afternoon the first race of the season in the knock- 
about class will take place. On Tuesday evening. May 
30, there will be a dance at the club house, beginning at 
9 o'clock. For the accommodation of guests, a launch 
will leave the station float at 8:30 o'clock in the even/.ng, 
returning as may be necessarj^ Members may obtain 
cards of invitation for their friends, extending the hos- 
pitalities of the club for the opening day, by addressing 
the chairman of the House Committee, at 19 East Twenty- 
second street. Dances will also be given at the club house 
on the evenings of June 17 and July 4. At all three occa- 
sions music will be furnished by Ossman. 
Special Aoaouncements. 
(a) The ways for hauling small yachts proved a 
great convenience last j^ear. They have been remodelled 
and placed in thorough condition, and are now available 
for use, 
(b) A competent boat builder has been engaged for the 
fitting out, repairing and overhauling of boats and yachts, 
and the requisite facilities therefor have been established. 
(c) Rope, paints, oils and varnish will be kept in store 
at the club boat house, and will be sold at regular prices. 
The club has also made arrangements with Messrs. 
Acker, Merrale & Condit, whereby, upon short notice, it 
will be able to furnish all necessary supplies for yachts at 
the same prices ^s,,iji the city, with actual cost of 
delivery added. 
(d) A supply of naphtha will be kept for sale on the 
club dock in a place convenient for launches. Water and 
ice for yachts will also be kept for sale. 
(e) The club has purchased the 30ft. 10 H. P. naphtha 
launch Vixen, and she will be available for hire by mem- 
bfers. 
(f) The Post-Office Department of the United States 
has established a postal station at the club house, which 
will be known as "Seawanhaka, Nassau county. New 
York." 
(^) The clay pigeon shooting grounds will be open for 
use, and guns may be hired and ammunition purchased at 
the club house. 
By order of the Board of Trustees. 
C. W. Wetmore, Sec'y, 
30 Broad street, New York. 
Prt^ammc of Races. 
Season of 1899 — No. J. 
Tuesday, May 30 (Decoration Day).— Races for 21 and 
25ft. knockabout classes and club catboats. 
Saturdays. — Series races for Seawanhaka knockabout 
class, and races for club catboats, on dates to be hereafter 
announced. 
Saturday, June 24.— Annual race. 
Monday, June 26, to Thursday, June 29. — Racing cruise 
to New London to attend Harvard-Yale regatta. 
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, July^ 3, 5. and 6.— 
Seawanhaka International Challenge cup trial races. 
Saturday, July 15.— Roosevelt Memorial cup race. 
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday, 
July 26, 27, 28, 29 and 31.— Seawanhaka International 
Challenge cup match at Montreal, Canada, 
Saturday, Aug. 26.— Race for Robert Center Memorial 
prizes. 
Monday, Aug. 21 to Friday, Aug. 25.— Knockabout class 
match with Philadelphia Corinthian Y. C, at Oyster Bay. 
Saturday, Sept. 9.— Autumn open race for selected 
classes. 
Note.--Series_ races for the Seawanhaka knockabout 
class will be sailed under the same rules as during the 
season of 1898. 
In view of the many changes of ownership which have 
taken place in this class, present owners are requested to 
advise the Race Committee at their earliest convenience, 
whether it is their intention to race regularly at Oyster Bay 
this season, and all yacht owners, intending to participate 
in the races on Decoration Dav, are requested to send 
entries to the Secretary of the Committee, at the Oyster 
Bay club house, on or before Monday, May 29. The races 
will be called about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and in- 
structions will be found at the club house in the morning, 
Charles W. Wetmore, Chairman, 
30 Broad street. New York. 
Walter C. Kerr, 
36 Cortlandt street. New York. 
_ : Clinton H. Crane_, 
52 Broadway, New York. 
■ Johnston DeForest, 
7 North Washington sq.. New York, 
C"Arles a. Sherman, Sec'y, 
64-ieOnard street. New York. 
Race Committee, 
The Quincy Cup. 
With good information at hand concerning the four 
challengers and the new defender for the Quincy cup, 
some interesting comparisons are possible. The boats 
show quite a wide range in design, and some of them 
are on the "freak" order, and no mistake. The "scow" 
and the "flatiron" are much in evidence. Builder Hanlcy 
is reported as saying that if any one would build a "boat" 
for the class he could win the cup, "hands down." 
Nevertheless, the new 21-footers are in a racing class, 
pure and simple, where speed is the main thing, and where 
the owners care little how much of the "freak" there may 
be in their boats, so long as they are fast. A "boat" 
might heat them, but it is an open question, 
The following table shows the principal points of the 
boats : 
Length Sail 
over Beam, Draft, area. 
W. K C. biistis. fin ....39 10.9 . 3.9 1,000 
Walter Abbott, c.b 37 S. .9 850 
W. B. Pigeon, et ah, c.b .....39 9.6 .9 900 
H. M. Faxon, c.b 39 10.6 . 9 1,000 
The Mower boat, although somewhat on the "scow" 
type, is more normal than any of the others. She has the 
largest proportion of sail to beam, and should be fast 
in light airs, as intended by her Owner. The Eustis boat 
is the most powerful of the lot, and should show the 
best performance in a breeze. The Abbott boat is of light 
power and small sail, a "scow," with "flatiron" tendencies, 
while the Faxon defender is an extreme "scow" and the 
most poAverful of the centerboards. The Pigeon boat 
is a compromise between several of the others. 
Ther«! will be fun Avhen the boats meet, and the provi- 
sion concerning breakdowns in the agreement for the 
conditions of the races may not come amiss in view of 
light construction. 
A conference of the challengers for the Quincy cup with 
the cup committee was held last Thursday afternoon at the 
Trade Club on Beaford street, J. S. Whiting of the com- 
mittee presiding. The conference was held primarily on 
the request of W. E. C. Eustis, of the Beverly Y. C.^ for 
a change in the dates of the races to a later one in order 
that he might sail in some very important races in Buz- 
zard's Bay scheduled for the same dates, but as all parties 
interested were present, several details of the races were 
considered and agreed upon. 
•In view of the fact that the dates for the races were 
early agreed upon by the Quincy Y. C, and C. D. Mower 
of the Lynn Y. C. the first challenger, and that any 
change to a later date would cause conflict with other 
Massachusetts Bay races already fixed, the committee 
felt compelled to adhere to the original dates. The first 
race will therefore be sailed Monday, July 24, and the 
races will follow on succeeding days until the series is 
completed. 
The courses will be the same as last year, alternately 
windward and leeward, nine miles in length, and triangu- 
lar, 12 miles in length, and will be laid so as to give at 
least S>2ft. of water all over the course. The races will 
be sailed on as nearly high water as is possible. The time 
limit in all races will be three and a half hours. 
Barring postponement, the races will be started as fol- 
lows : Monday, July 24, 10:15 A. M. ; Tuesday, July 25, 
11:15 A. M.; Wednesday, July 26, 12:15 P. M. ; Thurs- 
day, July 27, i:is P. M. ; Friday, July 28, 2:15 P. M. ; 
Saturday, July 29, 2:15 P. M. In case the races are con- 
tinued into the following week the starting tim.es will be 
mutually agreed upon by the contestants. 
In case of accident to any of the competitors the judges 
shall have power to postpone the succeeding race, but no 
postponement shall be made for more than one race day. 
Three guns will be fired in starting each race. The first 
will be a warning signal fifteen minutes before the start. 
The second will be the preparatory signal ten minutes 
after the warning signal and five minutes before the start. 
The third will be the starting signal five minutes after the 
preparatory. 
There will be three judges, the Lynn, Beverly and 
Quincy clubs each choosing one. — Boston Globe. 
The Yankee — Dominion Match* 
Scarcely a slanting sail has gleamed on the surface of 
White Bear Lake this year. There is little to be seen that 
mdicates that one of the most important and significant 
seasons in the club's history is at hand and will formally 
open on May 30, Decoration Day. But good work is 
being done in a quiet way, out of sight of the general on- 
looker, but well understood by the yachtsman, who ap- 
preciates_ full well the fact that the dull preliminary work 
is essential if he proposes to make any record whatever. 
The one sail that has come slanting around the point of 
the island is the sail of the much-talked-of Yankee, whose 
picture has been displayed in the yachting papers of the 
East. Yankee is making hosts of new acquaintances and 
many warm friends, although it must be confessed that 
there are but a sparse group of prophets to foretell a 
possible victory for her over Dominion. And yet the 
student of history knows right well that these things are 
in the knees of the gods, and Yankee may demonstrate 
that Saul was also among the prophets. 
Is is asked again and again what changes have been 
made in Yankee to put her in shape for the international 
race of June 12. She is not changed at all, for the basis 
of the agreement was that each yacht, Yankee and Do- 
minion, should sail in the same form in which she sailed 
last season. Neither boat then is at liberty to make any 
changes of any importance, either in hull or rig. 
Capt. Ordway, asked who would make up his crew on 
the eventful week of the racing, could answer as he did 
before, that he should select his men from a number of 
the club members who are going along with him. This 
live ballast is limited to 6oolbs.. and four men, He will 
select his four from Messrs. Griggs, Ramaley. Murray, 
Drake, Douglass and Wann. all of whom are intending 
to go to Montreal for the races. 
Eugene Ramaley will take Yankee on June i. and Capt. 
Ordway and party will go in a private car over the Soo 
road June 7. This car has been offered by Mr. Stohr of 
the Ch icago Great Western road, and will serve as a hotel 
during the stay of the men, should they so desire. At 
any rate the offer of the car has been accepted, and is 
rather a princely bit of courtesy on the part of Mr. 
Stohr, who is a member of the club, and a handsome sailor 
' when you catch him on the dock. 
The coming international contest is arousing greater 
interest in the East than in the West, which is something 
of an anomaly, since Yankee has never been further 
cast than Wildwood. "Yankee" is already a household 
word, and although the majority of the clubs are inclined 
to view the challenge of the White Bear Y. C. as an act of 
temerity, they all admire the display of Yankee enter- 
prise and courage and wish the Westerners speed and 
success. 
The White Bear yachtsmen are not referring to 
Dominion as a "freak." Having challenged Dominioil 
they are sufficiently consistent to refer to her as a yacht.. 
-When the word "freak" is used it behooves yacht owners 
to remember that it can be passed around. — St. Paul Des- 
patch. 
The Knickctbocfcer Y. C Annual Regatta. 
To be sailed on Saturday, June 3, under the rules of the 
Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound. Open 
to yachts enrolled in any recognized yacht club. 
Classes: Schooners, 6sft. class; sloops, cutters and 
yawls, 52ft. class ; sloops, cutters and yawls, 43ft. class ; 
sloops, cutters and yawls, 36ft. class; sloops, cutters and 
yawls, 30ft. class; special Newport 30ft. l.w.l. class; 
cabin catboats, 30ft. class; cabin catboats, 25ft. class; 
knockabouts, 25ft, l.w.l, dags; knockabouts, 2ift. l.w.l. 
class. 
The course for all classes will be from starting line off 
club house to and around Gangway Buoy and return, 
leaving same on starboard hand in turning. Distance, 14.5 
nautical miles. 
Yachts in starting will cross line from west to east, and 
in finishing from east to west. 
Yachts must leave all Government buoys on proper 
. hand, and must pass to the northward and westward of 
Stepping Ston'cs Lighthouse. 
starting signals. 
First Signal. — The blue peter hoisted as a preparatory 
signal. 
Second Signal.— A red ball hoisted for the start of 
schooner class. 
Third Signal— A white ball hoisted for the start of the 
S2ft, class of sloops, cutters and yawls. 
Fourth Signal.— A blue ball hoisted for the start of the 
43ft-, 36ft. and 30ft. classes of sloops, cutters and yawls. 
Fifth Signal.— A blue ball and a red ball hoisted for the 
start of the special 30ft. l.w.l. class of sloops. 
Sixth Signal. — Two white balls hoisted for the start of 
the 30ft. and 2sft. class of cabin catboats. 
Seventh Signal. — A red ball and a white ball hoisted for 
the start of the 2Sft. l.w.l. class of knockabouts. 
Eighth Signal.— A white ball and a blue ball hoisted for 
the start of the 21ft. l.w.l. class of knockabouts. 
There will be an interval of five minutes between sig- 
nals. Attention will be called to these signals by gun. 
and the time of starting of the several classes will be 
taken at the setting of signals. Weather permitting, the 
preparatory signal will be hoisted at 11 o'clock, A. M. 
Prizes will, be awarded in all classes in which one or 
more yachts sail the course and a second prize in classes 
in which there are five or more starters; should a yacht 
sail alone in her class, she will be entitled to a "sail over" 
prize of one-half the value of the regular prize. 
Measurement Rule No. 11 is hereby suspended in classes 
above 30ft. racing length, but the official measurement of 
winning yachts in the 36ft., 43ft. and 52ft. classes of 
sloops, cutters and yawls must be furnished to the regatta 
committee before the prizes are given in those classes. 
A tug flying the club flag will on the morning of the 
race leave Larchmont at 7 o'clock and proceed to College 
Point by way of New Rochelle and City Island for the 
purpose of towing yachts to starting line, and if found 
necessary, will return to City Island at about 9 :30 o'clock 
to tow other yachts not ready or in sight on the first trip. 
Steamer Favorite will accompany the yachts over the 
course, leaving foot of East Thirty-first' street at 9:30 
A. M., College Point 10:45 A. M. 
Entries will close with the chairman of the Regatta 
Committee, Room 140, No. i Broadway, New York City, 
on Thursday, June I, at 11 A, M. 
O. H. Chellborg, Chairman. 
H. Stephenson, 
C- W. Schlesinger, ' 
Rodman Sands^ 
F. E. Barnes, 
' J. O. SiNKiNSON, Sec'y. 
Regatta Committee. 
The Canada Cup* 
The designs for the Payne boat were received at Tor- 
onto on Saturday, May 13, and on Monday they were sent 
to Oakville, where Capt. Andrews will build the boat 
alongside of the McLeod 3S-footer. Up to May 21 the 
Hanley 35-footer Genesee, had not sailed from Quincy, 
her sails not being ready. Members of the Rochester 
Y. C. are awaiting her in New York. 
The following news comes from Chicago: 
"Very quietly the members of the Chicago Y. C. are 
working on a scheme to bring to Chicago one of the 
fastest boats in the 3Sft. class. If the deal goes through 
there wfll be a fifth boat in the trial races on the Fourth of 
July, and the newcomer stands a good chance of winning 
out and going to Canada to compete for the Canada 
cup. 
"The boat they are after is the former 32-footer Eva, 
who holds the championship of Lake Erie. Under the 
new rules she comes within the 3Sft. class, a change which 
will enable her to carry about 200 more sq. ft. of canvas. 
This boat has a string of championship pennants, enough 
for a dozen racing yachts. She was designed by Geo. 
Webster, of Hamilton, Ont., and is owned in Sandusky. 
"Negotiations are under foot looking toward the pur- 
chasing of the yacht by a Chicago man. The would-be 
owner of Eva_ is not afliliated with any club at present, 
but he is anj^ious to get into the racing game. He has 
been advised to buy Eva, and he is now trying to close the 
deal. If the purchase is made the vessel will be added 
to the Chicago Y, C, fleet and will be entered in the trial 
races." 
