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FOREST ANU STREAM. 
[JtJNE 10, 1899. 
Columbia's Crew* 
The Rockland correspondent of the Boston Globe gives 
the following particulars of Columbia's crew : 
Twenty-nine members of the Columbia's crew arrived 
here from Deer Isle this afternoon (May 30) and left on 
the 1 :30 train for Bristol, R. I. The party was made up 
as follows r. Willard Haskell, Samuel Bray, F. McCauley, 
John T. Marshal, Charles Barter, John E. Billing, Geo. 
Stinson, F. C. Haskell, Charles Bray, Augustus Thomp- 
son, Nelson Thompson, Theodore Thompson, Edw.. Car- 
min, Alvah Conary, Jason Gross, Alfred Pettee, John E. 
Gross, Everett Thompson, Philip Haskell, William Ellis, 
William Eaton, Charles Gray, Herbert Bray, Warren 
Bray, Daniel Hall, Arthur Young, William Young and J. 
F. Eaton. Quartermaster Haskell will have charge of 
the detail until its arrival in Bristol. The crew will at 
once go aboard the tender. 
The St. Michael was taken to Bristol by members of 
Columbia's crew, who preceded the main body. 
Capt. F. P. Weed, who has a second time been in- 
trusted with the important duty of selecting a cup de- 
fender crew, came as far as Rockland and expressed the 
highest opinion of the men selected to sail Columbia, 
There are six more men in this crew than there were in 
Defender's, but in place of a few hours in which to select 
his crew, he has had ever since last September, and it is 
the flower of Deer Isle's famous yachtsmen who left for 
Bristol this afternoon. Every man is a resident of Deer 
Isle, Stonington, or some of the numerous villages which 
go to make up the island's population. 
Another fact on which Capt. Weed lays great stress is 
that every man is American-born and bred, AH told, there 
are thirty-nine of them, including thirty-four sailors, four 
quartermasters and a second mate. Fourteen men who 
were members of the Defender crew will sail on the 
Columbia. They are: William Scott, Ross Fifield. 
Charles Scott, Rollins Staples, Willard Haskell, Samuel 
Bray, F. McCauley, John T. Mar.shal, Charles Barbour, 
John Billings, George Stinson, Ernest Haskell, Warren 
Bray and Herbert Bray. 
Columbia's crew has been on pay since April 15. The 
men have all had experience as yachtsmen, but during 
the winter most of them have been at sea. Quarter- 
master Haskell has been mate of the schooner Hugh Kel- 
ley, 1,400 tons, in the West Indies trade. 
The sailors are to receive $45 a month and $4 for each 
race in which Columbia participates, trial races and all. 
The quartermasters receive $60 a month, with race money. 
The crew of Defender netted $56.50 apiece and the quar- 
termasters rising $70, but Capt. Weed figures that their 
receipts will be even larger on Columbia. 
The men arrived here in citizens' clothes and were as 
brown as exposure to the hot sun could make them, but 
they are stalwart, lithe and well-formed, and attracted 
much attention on the streets. There were a large num- 
ber at the train to witness their departure. 
Capt. Weed probably is the only man in Maine and 
one of the favored few in existence who have seen the 
plans of the new cup defender. He says that the new 
craft is an improvement in every way over Defender, and 
will beat her in the trial races as badly as Defender 
beat Vigilant. 
"Up to the time Defender was built," said Capt. Weed, 
"everything was an experiment. Defender showed herself 
to be nearly perfect, and taking advantage of her defects, 
Mr. Herreshoff has constructed in Columbia a yacht which 
is an improvement from keel to truck over Defender. 
This improvement will be shown in every department of 
her construction, sails, rigging and spars alike. 
"Shamrock I judge to be equally an improvement over 
Valkj^rie, but we will give them a big surprise party just 
the same. Of course, we've all got to admit that Mr. 
Herreshofif knows more about yacht building, whether 
steam or sail, than any man living, and what Mr. Iselin 
doesn't know about racing and managing a race isn't 
worth knowing. 
"Capt. Barr, First Mate Allen and Second Mate Scott 
are past masters in the art of racing, while we have given 
them a crew which completes all to be desired. It will be 
the grandest race ever seen on the water, and the Amer 
ican yacht, with her all-American crew, will win." 
Capt. Weed has an urgent invitation to be aboard Co- 
lumbia during the trial races, but probably will content 
himself with attending the international races. 
The Yankee — ^Dominion Match* 
The first of the many important international and inter- 
club matches of 1899 will be started on Monday, June 12, 
on Lake St. Louis, the scene of so many interesting 
matches of late years. The following particulars of the 
challenging party are from the St. Paul Despatch : 
"All aboard for Montreal — and victory." 
Montreal certainly — victory, perhaps. 
The Yankee, champion of the White Bear Y. C, was 
shipped Monday night (on May 29) over the Soo line on 
a special car, and will arrive in Montreal in about a 
week. The packing of a boat for so long a journey is an 
important work, and Yankee was braced and fended in 
every possible way, so that she might make the trip in 
safety. 
Eugene Ramaley, of White Bear,, will !eave for Mont- 
real Sunday tb be on hand to superintend the launching 
of Yankee m Canadian water and see to her being rigged 
and put in shape. 
Capt. Ordway and his parfy will take their departure in 
the special Soo line car Tuesday evening and arrive at 
their destination Thursday morning. 
The captain and his men will make their home in the 
car, and at the club house of the Royal St. Lawrence 
Y. C, the Montreal men having invited the Yankee crew 
to be their guests during the week of the races. 
The men who are going in the special car are Capt. 
Ordway, ex-Com. H. T. Drake, in charge of the car; W. 
S. Morton, sec'y of the club; F. M. Douglass, Oscar T. 
Taylor. W. I Murray, C. M. Griggs, T L. Wann and 
P. C. Stohr 
This makes a party of nme> one for each berth in the 
car,, which has its complement already. 
of four men, and,, as at present arranged, this crew will 
consist of the following men: 
F. M. Douglass on the jib; Eugene Raraalay on the 
main sheet; H. T. Drake at centerboard and stays; Capt. 
Ordway at the helm. 
C. M. Griggs is the alternate skipper, and will come 
forward in case the fortunes of war demand. 
Capt. Ordway and his crew will have from Thursday 
morning to Monday to study the course on Lake St. 
Louis, and do some preliminary practice sailing. 
The White Bear Y. C. .committee on the race is com- 
posed of Messrs. Drake, Ordway and MacLaren. 
Marcus D. Munn, part owner of Yankee, is planning 
another expedition which may leave for Montreal on 
Saturdaj' evening, June 10, going over the Soo road. It is 
understood that this second party is not made up entirely, 
but those who are booked for it are Mr. and Mrs. Munn, 
Mrs. C. M. Griggs, M|s. Wann and Mr. and Mrs. M. F. 
Patterson. 
Still a third expedition is proposed, to stop at Toronto 
first, and then proceed to Montreal by boat. Those who 
are already down for this trip are Com. and Mrs. Skinner, 
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Driscoll, Mrs. H. T. Drake, Mrs. P. 
C. Stohr and Mr. and Mrs. Cass Gilbert. 
Yankee will fly the new White Bear Y. C. flag, blue field 
with a red circle in the center, within which circle is a 
white bear. 
The crew of Yankee will also be dressed in the new 
club uniform, a white cap Avith the club flag on the fronts 
gold braid and gold buttons; white sweaters, white ti-ou- 
sers, white shoes. 
Tfcic Canada C«p. 
TnE 35-footer designed and built by Wm. Burnside, 
of Hamilton, was launched on May 22, being christened 
Myrtle. Her dimensions are said to be 44ft. 4in. over 
all, 25ft l.w.l., loft. loin. beam. The hull is of the or- 
dinary centerboard type, with long overhangs, and .car- 
ries the usual long and. high cabin house. The fin is of 
oak, about 6in. thick, with a lead bulb of 4,25olbs.~ The 
extreme draft is about 6ft. 6in. The yacht is owned by a 
syndicate of which Com. Walker is the head. 
The Rochester 35-footer, Genesee, did not reach Char- 
lotte until Juna r, having been driven out of her course 
from Oswego by a violent storm of cj'clonic nature. She 
had a very tedious trip up the Hudson and through the 
Erie and Oswego canals, but reached Oswego safely and 
sailed west Monday night with the expectation of joining 
the club fleet at Sodus next morning. The storm came 
from the AA'estward, striking Buffalo, Tonawanda, Roches- 
ter and other places, destroying buildings and doing much 
damage. The yacht, with a small naphtha launch in tow, 
was compelled to run, and when off Point Peter, on the 
Canadian shore, the launch filled and broke away. The 
yacht made Kingston, Canada, on Tuesday morning, hav- 
ing come through the storm safely; but no trace of the 
launch was found. The party made a new start for 
Charlotte, and arrived on Thursday morning. Sec'y J. E. 
Burroughs, of the Y. R. A. of the Great Lakes, will sail 
Genesee in the races. 
The "Peare Syndicate" yacht, designed and built by A. 
G. Cuthbert, was launched at South Chicago on May 30, 
being christened Veva by Miss Margaret Otis. The yacht 
has been built under lock and key, and great secrecy has 
been observed concerning her. She is described now as a 
freak, with excessively short waterline and large sail area. 
A great deal of nonsense has been published about this 
boat as being almost a duplicate of Defender. 
The new Duggan 35-footer was launched at Hodgson's 
yard. Toronto, on June J, and will soon be ready for trial. 
Mr. J. Wilton Morse, who will sail her, has been con- 
fined to the house for the past two weeks, a serious draw- 
back just at this time. 
Cabin Cats— 25ft. Class— Start, 12:25. 
— DolpMti;- Gbo. H. Montrose. .24.15 - - 8 14 45 7 49 45 - 
Osage, A. E. Nickerson 23.50 8 03 42 7 38 42 
Kite, R. M. and S. H. Goddard 23.50 Not timed. 
Thisbe, W. D. Reed Not timed. 
Win or Lose, J. S, Appleby 23.40 7 59 06 7 34 06 
Knockabouts— 25ft. Class— Start, 12:30. 
Alyce, VV. D. Henan ...25.00 Did not finish. 
Knockabouts— 21ft. Class— Start, 12:30. 
Spindrift, S. C. Pirie. . . . . . /, 21.00 8 04 51 7 29.51 
Open Cats-^21ft. ' Glass— Start, 12:10. 
Constance, C. H. P. Corry. . 5 54 17 5 14 17 
Spunk, C. E. Silkworth .... ,5 54 30 5 14 30 
Open Cats— 18ft. Class— Start, 12:40. 
Lobster, T. J. S. Flint 14.98 Did not finish. 
Kazaza, T. J. McCahill 14.00 5 46 49 5 06 49 
The winners were Whileaway, Moccasin, White Wing, 
Anoatok, Narita, Carolina, Dot, Win bT.Lo5e, Spindriftv 
Constance and Kazaza. 
The race committee included Messrs. O. H. Chelborg, 
H. Stephenson, C. W. Schlesinger, Rodman Sands, F. E. 
Barnes atid J. O. Sinkinson. The steamer Favorite car- 
ried the members and guests over the course. 
Knicfcefbocker Y. C. AnntJal Reg^atta. 
COLLEGE POINT — ^LONG ISEAND SPUN1>. 
Saturday, June 3. 
The Knickerbocker Y. C. made every preparation for a 
good race on June 3, the date of its annual regatta; but 
the weather proved contrary, and after a long tedious drift 
the race finished without conclusive results. The day was 
fair and bright, with a hot sun, and but a breath of air 
from N.E., which failed after a time. The first class was 
started at 12:10, the course being from off the club 
house around the Gangway Buoy, 14^ miles, haut., but it 
was nearly 3 o'clock before the leaders had covered the 
seven miles to tlie outer mark, a light southerly air help- 
ing them on after lying becalmed. The times at the 
Gangway Buoy were : 
Anoatok ,....,,.,.....2 50 45 
Carolina i-iii»i>r>..^...v..2 51 10 
Hera 2 51 40 
Esperanza 2 51 45 
Alyce 3 05 25 
Dot 3 10 43 
Liris 3 32 20 
Moccasin .........3,14 10 
The light breeze was S.W. now, making- a beat home ; 
soon it fell, and the fleet drifted until sunset, when it came 
in from the south'ard, and with sufficient force to take all 
home. The times were : 
Cutters and SlQopB— BSft. Class— Start, 12:10. 
Length. Finish. 
Whileaway, F. H. Boy ton 60.19 2 53 48 
Cutters and Sloops— 52ft. Class— Start, 12:10, 
Moccasin, S H, Mason, Tr.,..-. .. 7 43 06 
Liris, T. J. McCahill,, . . . ., 7 50 24 
^ Cutters and SlooT)s-^3ft. Class— Start, 12:15, 
Nautilus, John J. McCue..^ 36.67 8 00 47 
White Wing, W."L. Hall 7 49 11 
Hiissar, J. D. Baird 39.05 7 54 02 
Cutters and Sloops— 36£t. Class— Start, 12;15, 
Anoatok, Oswald Sanderson... 34.00 7 42 41 
Memory. E. Hope Norton 7 ,50 51 
Paiute, H. C. and W. B. Beam S 02 01 
Sloops— 30ft. Class— St,irt, 12:15. 
Ouananiclie, R. Sands 26.60 Not timed. 
Narika. F. T, Cornell 8 10 13 
Water Lil-yi T. Kiernan, Jr 8 06 11 
Sloops— 30ft. Class— Special-^Start,_ 12:20. 
Hus.sar 3 16 05 
Win or Lose 3 22 04 
Whileaway 3 24 00 
Narika .....,.»..». 3 24 55 
Spindrift 3 25 40 
Ouananiche .» 3 26 05 
Nautilus 3 26 10 
Hera, R. N. Ellis 
Carolina, Pembroke Jones 
Esoeranza, H O. Havemeyer, J. 
Cab".-! Cats— 30ft. 
Dot, e. T- Pierce. . . 
Bogais, C C. Beard , 
lei.sure, F T Myrjck, ■ - 
..30.00 
30.00 
-....30.00 
Class— Start, 
....29.55 
7 24 30 
7 21 IS 
7 51 06 
12.:25. 
7 IS 4" 
3 U 45 
Elapsed. 
7 48 48 
7 33 06 
7 40 24 
7 4S 47 
7 84 11 
7 39 02 
7 27 41 
7 35 51 
7 47 01 
7 55 13 
8 01 11 
7 04 30 
7 01 18 
7 SI 06 
7 34 4? 
7 49 48 
14? 50 
Largest Sailing Yacht Afloat, 
Description of the New Schooner Gleniffer. 
Details which we have already been able to publish regarding 
the schooner Gleniflfer,. "which is being built by Messrs. Henderson 
at Meadowside for Mr, James Coats, have indicated that she is a 
vessel worthy of more than passing notice; the fuller particulars 
which we give below prove that she is iji many respects .one 
of the most notable vessels ever built in connection with the sport,. 
She is without exception the largest and finest sailing yacht yet 
built, and curiously enough she secured this distinction more 
by accident than design. Her owner, Mr. James Coats, did not 
plan her with any idea of possessing a record-breaking vessel. 
Mr. Coats has long been one of the stanchest supporters of 
j'achting in the Kingdom, and he has very generous ideas of the 
amount of accommodation which may be expected on board ship. 
Even his grand old cutter Marjoric seemed to him to be sonie- 
what cramped in this respect, and in giving to Mr. George L. 
Watson the commission to design for liim a new sailing yacht 
he specified only the accommodation which he required below. 
This was drafted on such a generous scale that Mr. Watson found 
that to get it inside a modern shapely hull tlie outside dimensions 
would require to be on a scale which has never before been' 
touched in the building of a sailing yacht. Mr. Coats gave him, 
however, absolutely a free hand in the matter, and when the draft' 
plans of the new schooner were submitted he approved of thero 
at once and ordered the building of the boat. Such was the 
origin of the GlenitTer, which is now rapidly nearing completion 
in Messrs. Henderson's yard, and which in these days of steam 
cruising is likely to remain for a long time an unique product 
of yachting architecture. Work upon her was started early last 
winter, and she is now so far forward that a good idea of her im- 
posing proportions can be obtained. Figures alone give but 
a slight idea of her size, but for the information of the curious 
it may be stated that she measures 188ft. from figurehead to taff- 
rail, 26ft. 6in. beam, and draws over 17ft, of water, while her 
measurement, by the Thames rule, works out at about 450 tons. 
Compared with the German Emperor's cutter Meteor, therefore, 
she is some 60ft. longer, carries nearly 2ft. more beam, and is 
about the same depth. In displacement, however, her great bulk 
is even more striking, for while the Meteor, like other racing 
boats of recent years, was excessively undercut and hollowed in 
the garboards to something like a fm formation, the Gleniffer is 
long-keeled and comparatively deep-bodied— the very beau ideal 
of a cruising boat. CJwing to her great size it was determined to 
build*her throughout of steel, and this has accordingly been done, 
the timbering being of special steel angles and the plates of mild 
steel of the same composition as is used in the construction of 
torpedo boats. In general outline and in section the yacht bears 
a striking resemblance to the Thistle, which was sent across the 
Atlantic in 1887 to race for the America's Cup. The profile forward 
is almost identical, for in designing her Mr. VVatson has abandoned 
the modern spoon bow and gone back to the more graceful 
clipper or swan neck bow of ten or a dozen years ago. Above 
water the stem shows decidedly hollow, but about the waterline 
it sweeps into a convex curve, which is carried without hollowing 
again down to the lower keel plates. From the end of this curve 
the keel runs with little or no increase of depth back to the heel 
of the sternpost. The sternpost is less raked than we have been 
accustomed to see in recent productions, and it cuts at top through 
a fairly long and very graceful counter, which rises with a good 
deal of spring, and gives an overhang of about 50ft., while the 
overhang forward measures about 40. The ballast to steady her 
against the enormous sail spread, which she will set, is carried 
inside — 150 tons of lead, most of which is cast in one solid ingot, 
supported by the timbering and the inch-thick keel plates.. Com- 
pared to the shallow .hulls of recent racing yachts, she looks to 
have somewhat high topsides, and this is accounted for by the 
fact that instead of the apology for a rail, which is now so often 
seen, the deck is set round, with a serviceable protection in the 
shape of a gunwale 2ft. Bin. high. The deck has been kept as 
clear of obstructions as possible, and being broken only by a small 
smoking lounge at the companion and galley, which is situated 
amidships, it offers a fine clear space for promenading and for 
working the vessel. 
In the construction of the yacht nothing whatever has been 
sacrificed for lightness or speed. While the materials through- 
out are the best which could possibly be procured the scantlings 
are all in excess of what is demanded for the highest class at 
Lloyd's, and every detail has been finished with the utmost care. 
Under water the plates are overlapped and riveted in the usual way 
with a double row of rivets, but in the topsides the plates are 
butted and strapped on the inside, leaving a beautifully smooth 
surface for the painters. The elaborate scale upon which the 
fittings below are carried out gives the best possible proof that 
the yacht has been designed primarily for convenience and com- 
fort in cruising, and one advantage of the sailing type is shown 
by the fact that the Gleniffer has more spacious cabins and better 
accommodation, than many steam yachts of two or three times 
her size. A passage some 3ft. 6in. wide leads from the companion 
■ to the main saloon, a large and airy apartment which extends 
the whole breadth of the yacht amidships, and so planned that it 
may be divided by curtains into drawing and dining cabins or 
used as one big saloon. The fittings of this cabin are not yet 
finished, but suificient has been done to show , that they will be in 
keeping with the other appointments of the yacht. Abaft of this, 
on- the starboard side, are the owner's private apartments, consist- 
ing of library and sitting room, sleeping cabin and bath room, all 
of these being airy, well-lit cabins of about 10ft. square, and with 
Vft. of head room throughout. Opposite these, on the port side, 
are the guests' cabins, planned m somewhat similar style, and 
consisting of four cabins, with bath rooms, cloak rooms and smoke 
room adjoining. Aft of this again are two ladies 'cabins hand- 
somely fitted and provided with ^ everything necessary for the 
comfort of the lady guests. Forward of the main saloon are the 
officers' quarters— a snug little cabin for the skipper, and three 
others, which will accommodate the half-dozen officers who will 
assist in the command. Alongside these are the steward's pantry 
and store rooms, which communicate by means of a small hoist- 
with the galley on deck. . , " , j,. . , ^ 
Thirty-four men will be required for the handling of the boatj. 
and these find accommodation in a large and airy forecastle, fitted 
with a special cooking range and'.all appliances necessary for their 
health and comfort. From this floor a couple of stairs lead to a 
lower deck running the whole length .of the vessel, with a head- 
room of about 5ft. Sails and all the lighter stores of the ship 
■will be carried here, and below this again is another space about 
equally commodious, in which the water and oil tanks, cables and 
heavier stores will be carried. As might be expected, the sail 
plan and spars present many points of interest, but the masts 
are not stepped, and none of the gear is as yet in position.— The 
Yachting World. . 
Niagara, Howard Gould, arrived at QueenstOwn, Ire- 
land, on May 30. It is stated that Mr, Gould will probably 
buy the Lakes of Killarney, after which he will proceed 
to Norway in his yacht. 
The yacht designed by G, L. Watson for A. J. Drexeh 
now building at Scott & Co.'s yard, Greenock, will be 
372ft. over all, 36ft. 6in. beam and will cost at Je^st ^^Qrj,v 
TOO, '^hf i? to bft Qompleted. in a vea-t ' ' " 
