Sept. 2, 1S99.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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S-section, with an extreme hollow in the bottom, some- 
thing of the type of Syce and Quissetta, with a wineglass 
section. She is of handsome model, with a moderately 
full waterlinc, the upper level lines in the bow showing a 
very slight hollow. To all appearances the original de- 
sign may have been a foot or more longer, with the 
forward lines cut away to shorten the bow at the water 
and above to meet American conditions. 
The contour of the stem above water is not as pleasing 
to the eye as in many of Mr. Payne's boats. The center 
is cut off by a rather wide square transom, set on a slight 
rake. The bottom of the keel, a cleverly bulbed lump 
of lead, is parallel with the water. The rudder follows the 
sternpost in the usual way, the post having a moderate 
rake. The section is a shoal one, giving but a limited 
head room at best. As fitted for racing, there is an open- 
ing aft for the helmsman, and one amidships; the floor is 
placed at such a height that when a man stands on it 
his arms are well clear of the deck, so that he can reach 
the different lines and cleats. 
The frame is all of elm, double-sawn, and bolted with 
screwbolts; a shelf and clamp are used together. The 
seams are not caulked, except about the garboards, being 
made with a groove rubbed down in each plank edge, 
with a light cotton thread laid in -the groove. The deck 
is entirely flush, with no pretense of a rail, but a light 
batten or handrail runs along amidships about i8in. in 
from the edge. All the spars are hollow; the sails, made 
by John Leckie, of Toronto, of a very fine imported cot- 
ton, are crosscut. The blocks and small fittings were 
specially made for this yacht and Minota, and are models 
of neatness and lightness. The wire rigging was imported 
from Scotland, and is of very small diameter. The entire 
rig, above deck and below, is perfect for its purpose — 
light, well arranged, and from the trials thus far appar- 
ently strong enough. AH tl:e gear is led below, the hal- 
Genesee. Beaver. 
Length — 
Over all 44.63 44.00 
L.W.L 27.69 28.55 
Overhang — 
Bow 8.18 8.00 
Counter 8.76 7.4S 
Beam, extreme 11.63 9-43 
Draft, hull 1.50 6,00 
Girth- 
Hull 11.76 17,68 
Added for centerboard 2.82 ..... 
Added for draft forward,... 0.34 
Total 14.92 17.68 
Sail area — 
Mainsail 1 101.00 908.00 
Head triangle 357-00 427.00 
Topsail 70.00 
Total 1458 . 00 1405 . 00 
Boom 37-52 36.66 
Gaff , 25.40 21.51 
Hoist 29.45 25.35 
Leech 59-8o 51-69, 
Linear rating 34-78 34-92 
In this measurement Genesee paid for 2in. of depth of 
Imll forward of the point of girth measurement and also 
for twice the distance from the lowest point of the hull to 
the center of area of the centerboard. Her total sail area 
was made up of a big mainsail, with a long gaff and very 
high peak and a comparatively small jib. Beaver's 
total girth was the plain tape measurement under 
her keel. After the removal of 50o]bs. of lead, 
following the trial races, her L.W.L., beam and 
Windward and Leeward Course, — The start will be be- 
tween the flagstaff on the bow of the judges' steamer 
Augusta and the startiiTg buoy off Toronto Island, 
The course will be nine miles to windward or leeward 
and return, leaving all buoys on the -starboard hand. 
The outer mark will be a buoy carrying a red ball. 
The starting signal and intervals will be the same as in 
the triangular races. 
The boat (not the judges' tug) bearing the outer buoy 
will start at the preparatory signal. The compass courge 
will be given on application to the judges. 
With but two yachts, starting within a quarter of a 
mile of shore and at all times within reach of a mega- 
phone, all that was necessary was a preparatory interval 
of five minutes between the preparatory and starting 
guns, but for some unexplained reason a preliminary in- 
terval of twenty minutes was provided, with a second 
interval of ten minutes; the result being an annoying and 
trying delay to the skippers. 
The challenger was manned as follows : Skipper, C. G. 
Davis; mate, J. E. Burroughs; crew, M. A. Duff, Clias. 
Van Voorhis, C. C. Hanley, and E. Thompson, paid hand. 
Scrutineer, George E. Evans, R. C. Y. C. Beaver was 
sailed by ^^milius Jarvis as skipper; J. Wilton Morse, 
mate; crew, J. S. McMurray, A. A. MacDonald, H. O. 
Hughes, and J. Young, paid hand. Scrutineer, E. Mac- 
Donald, Rochester Y. C. 
The location and surroundings' of Toronto are pecixliar 
and of such a nature as to offer exceptional facilities for 
all water sports. The city extends along the lake shore 
for some half-dozen miles, the ground rising with a gentle 
ascent from the water. Directly opposite to the center of 
the city is "The Island," a big sandbar, about three miles 
long and less than half a mile wide at the center, the sur- 
GENESEE. 
GENESEE. 
P^rom Photos by Bruce, Toronto. 
BEAVER. 
yards making fast to a heavy thwart at the foot of the 
mast, or leading to jigs on the cabin floor, where the 
cleats are placed. 
After her formal selection as the defender, Beaver was 
hauled out and soolbs. of lead were removed from her 
keel, as she was amply stiff. A small sprit topsail was' 
also fitted, to increase her sail area down wind. Her out- 
side was carefully smoothed, and the topsides painted with 
. marine black, with a wide bootleg of silver bronze above 
the waterline. The bottom was finished with a special 
black composition sent out by Mr. Payne, making a 
smooth and glossy surface. 
On the long trip of nearly a week on the steamer from 
Chicago to Buffalo, the crew of Genesee was busy rub- 
bing her doWn and giving her a coat of red lead. When 
she reached Charlotte she was docked and again 
smoothed and painted under Mr. Hanley's supervision. 
She sailed on Aug. 16 for Toronto, arriving at midnight 
on Thursday, after a slow passage. She drifted for a 
time, her crew bending the new mainsail while in the mid- 
dle of the lake. 
The conditions call for the selection of one judge by 
each party, the two to choose a third. The challengers 
selected E, P. Warner, of Chicago, and the defenders E. 
H. Ambrose, Royal Hamilton Y. C. The Toronto yachts- 
men named as their preference for the third judge several 
well-known yachtsmen, among others Messrs. Oliver E. 
Cromwell, Oswald Sanderson, John Hyslop, of New 
York, and L. M. Clark, of Boston. The Chicago yachts- 
men objected to any one from the salt water, and sug- 
gested J. H. Monck, of Hamilton, a Canadian, or Allen 
Ames, of Oswego. Finally the two parties agreed on 
Mr. Louis M. Clark, of the Hull-Massachusetts Y. C, of 
.Boston, president of the Y. R. U. of N. A. 
The work of measuring was begun on Friday afternoon 
by Messrs. Warner and Ambrose, assisted by Mr. Geo. 
E. Evans, ex-secretary of the Lake Y. R. A., and an 
old hand at this work. Beaver was measured for girth 
on the ways, and on Saturday'- morning she was launched 
atid Genesee took her place, the blocking being first 
arranged so as to admit of, the dropping of the center- 
hoard. 
The ofiflcial rneasuremfents of tihe two yachts were as 
follows: . ^ ,■ , 
girth allowed her to carry i,4o8sq.ft. of sail, but it was 
impossible to put this amount on her without an entire 
new rig, the spars being too short. Her head triangle 
would have allowed a mainsail of i,003sq.ft., or 105 more 
than she actually carried. To utilize in a measure some of 
this allowed area, a topsail of 7osq. ft. was fitted for use 
off the wind, though it was subsequently used to wind- 
ward; but it was a narrow and ineffective sail, owing to the 
high peak of the mainsail and the small space between 
the gaff and the pole of the mast. To make up the re- 
maining area the spinaker boom was cut to exceed the 
base of the fore triangle by ift. 3in. 
In the matter of canvassing to the exact limits of the 
rule and class Genesee had the advantage, with all that she 
could possibly carry in her big mainsail; Beaver, on the 
contrary, was plainly undercanvassed in a moderate 
breeze; at no time in the races was she feeling her sail, 
and while she badly needed another looft. if it could 
have been put on, she would have carried still more in 
ordinary weather. 
The final arrangements for the races were as follows: 
Triangular Course. — The course will be once around an 
equilateral triangle, seven miles to the side. The start 
will be between the flagstaff on the bow of the judges' 
steamer Augusta and the starting buoy. If the blue flag 
be hoisted on the judges' boat the start will be to the 
southeast, and all buoys (including the starting buoy) 
will be kept on the starboard hand. If a red flag be 
hoisted the start will be to the southwest, and all buoys 
(including the starting buoy) will be kept to port. 
At 10:30 A. M. a gun will be fired from the judges' 
boat as a signal for the yachts to approach the starting 
line. At 10:50 A. M., or twenty minutes after the first 
gun, the preparatory gun will be fired and the red or blue 
flag hoisted. At 11 A. M., or ten minutes after the pre- 
paratory gun, a gun will be fired as a signal to start, and 
the red or blue flag lowered. 
Should the first gun be delayed, the same intervals 
will be observed. In case the gun misses fire the 
hoisting or lowering of the flag will be the signal. 
A boat starting before the signal will be recalled by 
five short blasts of the whistle and the display of its 
national flag on the judges' boat. 
face being only a few feet above the lake level. This 
island forms Toronto Bay, three miles long and a mile 
wide, completely inclosed save the two entrances, the 
'"Western Gap" and the "Eastern Gap." This sheltered 
water is sufficiently open to the sweep of the lake winds 
across the island to make a good sailing course for the 
larger yachts of the fleet, and at the same time it is equally 
well adapted to shejl rowing, canoeing and boat sailing. 
The "town house" of the Royal Canadian Y. C. is on the 
water front within ten minutes' walk of the business 
center of the city; a large and well appointed building, 
with moorings close at hand for the largest yachts and 
houses for small boats. Directly across the bay is the 
"island club house," surrounded by trees and green lawns 
laid out in tennis courts and greens for bowling. Meals 
are served at this house, and a cottage on the grounds 
houses those members who prefer to live there. Off the 
club pier is another good anchorage. 
The island is owned by the city and the ground is leased 
for terms of twenty-one years each. The lake front is a 
sandy beach, protected by a stone facing, on which is a 
wide plank walk, and just inside of this, some 50yds. back 
from the water, are summer cottages, some small and cozy 
and some large and pretentious. The island is cut in every 
direction by natural lagoons and by small canals, dredged 
out with a sand pump, the sand being used to raise the 
general level of the land. Where a house fronts on the 
lake the rear is not far distant from some one of the 
canals, and by means of the open canoes, lying about by 
dozens, it is an easy matter to reach the different cottages, 
the club house, the public ferry wharves and other points. 
Parts of the island are still wild and isolated, and given up 
to camping parties. The west end, Hanlan's Point, the 
home of Edward Hanlan the famous sculler, is a public 
picnic ground, exhibitions of various kinds being given. 
The island, with its open outlook over the lake, is a con- 
venient summer refuge for the people of Toronto, especial- 
ly the yachtsmen. 
The gathering of the fleet began on Saturday, when tlie 
Com. Gardner, of Cleveland ; Siren, of Chicago ; Minx and 
Result, of Detroit, and the steam yachts Thistle, of 
Chicago, and Pastime, of Walkerville, arrived. The flag- 
ship of the Chicago Y. C, Pathfinder, with Cora. Morgan 
and party, arrived on Sunday afternoon ; the lake fleet re- 
