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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Nov. 3, igoo. 
Allen, was carried, viz.-: '"To amend Rrfe i by adding 
'AH decked sailing oa®o€s sliall have -Cockpit not less than 
(fnft. betw«em btilkliica'ds, with a cr<?ei'ming not less than 4ft. 
6bx long by t'imu widtli.' " A motion^ijlS Mr.:' Burns, 
sccosided by Mr. Seavey. th'at Rule No. 22 dt racing regU- 
iiations be amended as *iollows, was lost: "A canoe must 
ftise the saroe suit of sails in all races held at any one 
nueet, these sails to be a practical hoisting and lowermg 
)rig, and must not exceed in area no sq, ft- for a •decks'd 
canoe and 40 sq. ft. for an open canoe," . 
The folHowing motion by Mr, Englisll, s'ecoadM by Mr, 
Wilt was carried : " A canoe must use tie same -set of 
:saiJs'm all races at any one meet. Exception to be made 
hi ca-se of accident, by the Regatta Oommittee." 
On motion by Mr. Tilley, seconded by Mr. Seavey, that 
-Rule 7 be amended, "and fflust not exceed <?oft. for an 
'open canoe," was carried. 
On motion by Mr. Allen, seconded by Mr. Wilt, that 
"x30 sq. ft be the lm\\t for decked CSnoes," was carried. 
On motion by Mr. Tilley, Sec-onded by Mr. Allen, the 
following amendment to A'rticle 22, Rule No. i, paragraph 
entitled "Dimension-s and Limitation," after the sentence, 
•"Leebosrds may be carried bv canoes not having center- 
boards," adding the following, "The minimum weight of 
a decked sailing canoe, exclusive of centerboard and steer- 
insc gear, shall be Sslbs.," was carried. 
On motion by Mr. Tilley, secoi^ded by Mr. Wilt, the 
'following amendment to Rule 5 wa,? carried, viz. : "Amend 
the first paragraph to vead as follows. 'Prizes shall be 
given as follows' " (instead of flags shall be given as fol- 
lows), and amend Paragraphs 2 and 3 by leaving them out 
entirely aad substituting the following: "Prizes shall 
rojssist <oi shields or some lasting memento with the event, 
the letters A. C. A., the year expressed in four figures, the 
place ofe the Mieet and the words 'first prize or second 
prize' expressed thereon. The prizes for any one meet 
sliall be uniform in shape and design. Prizes donated for 
special racers or competitions may be accepted at the dis- 
cretion of the Regatta Committee. No prizes of money 
shall be raced for. All prizes not awarded shall be de- 
stroyed hy the Regatta Committee. Flags shall be given 
jfor the paddling and sailing trophy in addition to regu- 
ilar prizes." 
On motion by Mr. Wilt, peconded by Mr. Allen, Rule 5. 
Parp.graph 4, was amended as follows, viz. : After the 
«mds "No. I paddling and sailing combined" insert the 
^■#jrds three miles, time limit one and one-half hours," 
'.'v'iler the words "No. 2. paddling," insert the words "one- 
half mile straightaway." After the words "No. 3,, sailing," 
insert the words "four and one-half miles, time limit two 
and one-half hours." Paragraph 5 add the words 
"limited to 75ft" Paragraph 7. omit the words, "The 
contestant obtaining the highest aggregate of points be- 
comes the leading honor man for the year," and insert in- 
stead these words. "There shall be a free-for-all sailing 
race, six miles, time limit two and one-half hours. A 
nne-half mile paddling race, single blade. A one-half 
mile paddling race, double blade. A one-half mile tan- 
dem paddling race, single blades. A one-half mile fours 
paddling race, single blade^. A one-half mile paddling 
race, double blades, tandem. A one-half mile race, fours, 
double blades." Insert after the words "paddling trophy" 
the words "one mile straightaway." Add to this para- 
graph the following words. "The Dolpbin trophy, seven 
and one-half mile consolation sailing race, open only to 
ihe losers in tire trophy race, shall be called if there are 
ty^Q or more entries." Paragraph 8 omit entirely and 
Snsert instead these words, "Accredited representatives 
foreign clubs shall be eligible to start in all races." 
Add the following sentence at the end of Ride 5 :. "At 
ileast one-half of all the paddling races shall be straight- 
;aM'ay." Rule 9, Paragraph 2, amend by omitting all of 
itlie paragraph after the word "protest" on the fourth 
line, and substitute the words, "and a decision of a ma- 
jority of the members present shall be final." Add to the 
last paragraph of Rule 9 the sentence, "No man shall con- 
test in any race until he has been two days in camp, ex- 
cept; in war canoe races, except by special permission of 
the Regatta Committee." 
A motion by Mr. Smythe, seconded by Mr. Dater, "That 
a movable canvas bag cockpit not e-xceeding 4ft. in length 
niay be used in sailing races." was carried. 
A motion by Mr. Burns, seconded by Mr. Brown, "That 
it is the sense of the meeting that the chairman of the in- 
coming Regatta Committee limit his races to a number 
not exceeding twenty." Carried. 
A motion by Mr. Wilt, seconded by Mr. Smythe, "That 
it is the sense .of this meeting that the Association buy 
or obtain control of a permanent camp site on the St. 
Lawrence River for the occasional use of the Association, 
and a committee of three be appointed to look for one 
and report to the Board of Governors as soon as possible," 
Avas carried. The committee appointed consisted of the 
present Commodore, C. E. Britton, J. N. MacKendrick 
and R, E. Burns. 
The date for the 1901 meet was set for Aug. 9 to 23. 
Com. T. H. B. Bartlev and Vice-Corn. Percy Nisbet, 
British C, A., were elected honorary members. 
As there was not the required quorum present, the 
am.endments to the constitution could not be acted on. It 
was late on Saturday night before the business meeting 
was over. On Sunday the committee visited Sugar Island 
and other possible sites for the next meet but no final 
decision was made. 
ton, Brockville Rowing Club; Hon. Sec'y-Treas., E. R. 
McNeil, Britannia Boating Club. 
The first annual meet was held at Brockvdle under the 
auspices of the B. Av A. A-, on Saturday, Aug. 4. Ex- 
cursions were run on all steamboat and railroad lines 
connecting with Brockville, and it is safe to say that the 
number of visitors at Brockville that day far out-num- 
bered the attendance at any demonstration held there for 
ye'ars. ^ ., tt ■ 
The officers at the 5fegatta were as follows: Umpiie, 
E A. Blacki Judge, Wm. Percival; Assistant, Andrew 
Daviei Timekeepers. F. B. Steacy,H.B. Coates; Clerks of 
tht Course. C. A. McNaughton, H. S. Seaman. The day 
was warm and an ideal one fof both sptctators attd 
paddlers. 1 * ,>< 
The chief event on the programtM was the half-mde 
war canoe race for the championship _ of Canada-. This 
race was very exciting: from start to finish. Six cahofes 
entered and finished h\ the following ord6r: Fiirst, 
Bohemian A A. A.; second, Britannia Boatirta Cm\ 
third. Ottawa C. C. > fourth, Carletoh Place C. C. ; fifth, 
Brockville Rowing Club; si-xth, Y. M. C. A. of Brock- 
ville. 
The crews got aWay all together, and it was hard to 
pick the likely crew until a few yards from the finish, 
when it was seen that the Bohemian and Britannia canoes, 
driven by crews of fifteen of the best paddlers that have 
ever been entered in a war canoe race, were fighting hard 
for first place. The Britannias, from a spectator's point 
of view, crossed the line first, but the judge's boat had 
drifted down stream, which gave the Britannias a few 
feet more to paddle. This gave the event to the Bo- 
hemians, who paddled a splendid race, The Bohemiatts 
are now champions of Canada. < 1 (« * 
The fours championship race was Wol\ by the Grand 
Trunk crew, with the Ottawa C. C. second and Britannia 
Boating Club third. The Kingston Y. C. was repre- 
sented "by a four. Carlelon Place also entered a crew. 
The distance between the first three crews could be meas- 
ured by inches, the finish was so close. The champion- 
ship tandem fell to the Ottawa C. C, J. Maingy and Holly 
Clayton carrying off the honors. Grand Trunk took sec- 
ond place, with Kingston third. 
The single blade also fell to the Ottawa C. C, H. B. 
Cowan crossing the line first. A great deal of dissatis- 
faction was expressed by tlae paddlers in this event. The 
spectators in rowboats and sailing boats, canoes and skiffs 
interfered with the paddlers, and it was impossible for 
the men paddling to see where they were going. The race 
was protested, but the judges gave the race to Cowan. 
E. H. Pulford, of the Britannia Boating Club, won the 
double blade single. Pulford put up a strong race and 
won easily. The entries were of Carleton Place, Ottawa 
C. C. and Grand Trunk Boating Club. 
Canadian Canoe Association. 
The Canadian Canoe Association was formed but a few 
months ago, and is now one of the strongest associations 
in Canada. For several years canoeing has been booming 
in the country, but it was noticed by those who followed 
this sport that organization Was lacking, and that there 
was need of a body to govern the regattas and meets held 
by the different clubs throughout Canada. 
With this end in view, representatives of nine of the 
strongest clubs in Canada met in Brockville last April 
and launched the new Association under the above name. 
Since that time the organization has done a great deal to 
help canoeing, and the outlook for next summer's meet 
is very encouraging. ^ 
The Association elected the foIlo-wing ojificers'' Com., 
E, A,, piack, Ottawa C, C.5 ?fiar-Gom.,;.C:..A-Mef 
The many friends of Mr. Louis H. May. of the New 
York C. C, will be interested in the news of his marriage 
on Oct. 17 to Miss Clara Britton, daughter of B. M. 
Britton, M, P., of Kingston, Canada. 
There is an eloquent commentarj' on the present ad- 
vanced methods of design in the resolution of the Y. R. 
A. of Massachusetts, to the effect that it is opposed to tics 
and loose turnbuckles by which, after measurement, a 
yacht may be lengthened on the waterline. To what 
extent such a practice, as low aud despicable as shifting 
ballast, prevails in yachting, we are not aware, but the 
following, from the Bo.ston Globe, indicates that it 
exists: 
racing. It may be the fault of no one in- particular that 
there is no good m.easurement rule in use in this country 
to-day. and no ptospect of the speedy adoptioi) of one] 
though it is littl€ to the Cfedit of the yachting : bodies 
that, such a State of affairs exists. Taking the rules as 
they are printed, however, they are not even erfforced. 
If ^very yacht club, the New York Y. C. above all as the 
leading one, would refuse to time every yacht whose 
measurement certificate is not in the hands of the race 
committee before the start, no matter whom the owner 
may be, one fruitful source of trouble would be dis- 
posed of forever. Had the larger clubs followed the rules 
in their books and refused to accept the entries of the 
^o-foDter§ until they were officially measured by the rules, 
the miserable business of Rainbow's ballast would have 
been impossible. There is to-day too much special, hasty 
and fooli.sh legislation in yachting, and too little that is 
deliberate, wise and effective. 
While there has always been a question as to the 
respective merits of the system of spar measurement 
originated and used as a part of the Seawanhaka rule, and 
the sy.stem of the British Y. R. A. of measurement from 
the sails in the case of large yachts of the cutter or 
schooner rig, in the smaller classes some system of 
actual sail mea.surement seems to be necessary, owing to 
the diversity of figs and the absence of topfflaSt and jih 
topsails-. Sinee the beginning of the small racing in the 
Spruce-EthelWyn match of 1895, various methods of 
measuring the headsail have been tried, all more or less 
failures. This season a palpable evasion of the spirit of 
the ftile has been pfactieed in Eastern watersj certain 
yachts being m&asUrted With legititiiate "Wot^king JibS' 
of .sihail ai-eas, and then catfying hiueh larger jibs to 
windward, This may not always be an advantage— in fact 
we believe that in most cases it is better to have too 
small a jib than too large; but the practice has given rise 
to disputes and uncertainty. It is now proposed to 
number every jib plainly and make a record of the one 
officially measured as the largest which may be carried 
close-hauled. 
The British Y. R. A, method, of measuring the entire 
head triangle has been in use sinee tB8f, ana With iottHi 
small changes of detail has answefed nio§t satisfactorllf; 
avoiding all the disputes, uncertainty and frequent arriend- 
ment which has been necessary in the case of the Sea- 
wanhaka cup and other races. Whatever objections may 
be urged to it, there are the plain positive merits of 
simplicity, easy measurement and speedy and accurate 
verification; with the impossibility of evasion. By this 
rule the head triangle is linihed by three points, the end 
of bowsprit where cut by the line of the fofeiliost head^ 
sail; the corresponding intersection of the same line with 
the mast or topmast head; and the deck at the fore side 
of mast. Any excess of spinaker boom beyond the for- 
ward point of measurement must be added to the base- 
line. While this rule might at the start bear hard on 
some particular sail plans, the rule as a whole encourages 
a good sail plan, though it limits the spinaker. 
The other question which was brought up is of special 
interest to racing men of the smaller classes, and the 
smaller classes are by no means the least important 
among the racers. It was voted that it be the sense of 
the meeting that the association is opposed to any ad- 
justable trusses or other similar contrivances which 
temporarily shorten the waterline length of boats, and 
that it is in favor of measures which will prohibit them. 
This means that an amendment or a new law will be 
proposed which will compel the sealing up of turnbuckles 
after a boat has been officially measured. 
Everybody knows that many of the yachts in the un- 
restricted classes are strengthened by longitudinal 
trusses, or struts, which are set up with turnbuckles. It 
is also know* that such boats have gained rapidly in 
waterline length, after having passed the measurer's 
hands, but it is not positively known whether the gain has 
been caused by the great strain on the boat, when under 
sail, untwisting the tnrnbuckles, or whether said turn- 
buckles received human aid in their revolutions. With 
a law compelling the turnbuckles to be sealed there will 
be no such uncertainty. It will be better for the boats, 
too, for the ends will be more rigid on account of the 
turnbuckles being immovable. 
The Y. R. A. of Massachusetts is no more to blame in 
this matter than other associations and clubs, but it is 
a disgrace to yachting that such a state of affairs should 
exist, and that so gross an evil should be patched up in 
such a childish manner. If the associations and clubs 
with whom rests the responsibility for yachting legisla- 
tion had either the authority or the intelligence which 
alone can justify the positions they hold, the use of 
wire stays and turnbuckles to hold up the ends, whether 
in the Herreshoff 70-footers or the Quincy and Sea- 
wanhaka cup racers, would be made unnecessary by 
such plain organic measurement rules and scantling re- 
strictions as would wipe out the whole fleet of flimsy 
traps, little and big, and bar all yachts not designed to 
a rule which would rate every factor at its true value, and 
built in a manner that would make them at least safe and 
seaworthy for their first season. 
It is a sad fact that the whole tendency of yachting 
authority, both legislative and executive, is to shirk all 
princijjles and broad issues and to trifle over petty and 
insignificant details, the resuk being ^ that yachtsmen 
n?.ither l<;n9'yy' nor respect tht ^itsi,!' principles of yacht 
Some months ago the Regatta Committee of the New 
York Y^. C. pointed out what it believed to be a fatal 
defect in one of the most important of the racing rules 
of the road, that securing the rights of the starboard tack. 
If the committee is correct in its reasoning this rule is 
now a dead letter, and any man who claims the right of 
way because he is on the starboard tack does so at his 
own risk. While a very trivial and unimportant rule 
has since been taken up and amended, nothing whatever 
has been done to amend and strengthen this rule, of port 
and starboard tack, omitting the expression "close- 
hauled" and substituting "on the wind" or some simlar 
phrase. The matter is a vital one, and if neglected there 
will be trouble sooner or later. 
The recent victory of the keel sloop Flirt in her match 
with the centerboard Early Dawn, following the many 
victories over the best centerboards in the class during 
the past season, is most interesting in connection with 
the question of type, as involved in the races of the 3Sft. 
L. R. class on the lakes. While Early Dawn and Little 
Peter are of the same type as Genesee, shoal and wide 
centerboard boats, Flirt is not only similar in type to 
Beaver but very much the same in form of hull, the 
main difference being' that her fin is more cut away, and 
she has a balanced rudder, whereas that of Beaver is 
hung on a straight sternpost. with a moderate rake. 
In the 2sft. class on Boston Bay the question of rig has 
been eliminated, all the .vachts, whether keel or center- 
board, carrying much the same rig in areas and propor- 
tions, a relatively large area of mainsail disposed of on 
a short boom, with great hoist and high peak. In the 
35ft class on the lakes a great difference in rig is found, 
some of the yachts having the full cutter rig-, with pole 
topmast and big club topsails, some, like Beaver and 
Minota, having the sloop rig, but with the mast aft and 
relatively large jib, while only Genesee has the Boston 
rig. Whatever the case may be in general use about the 
lakes, for such light weather racing as has been done in 
all the important contests of 1899 and 1900 the Boston 
rig is clearly the best Since the Canada cup races of 
last year we" have held that her rig has been a very ma- 
terial factor in the success of Genesee against both Beaver 
and Minota, and that with the same sad plans on the 
two the keel boat would win the majority of races, even 
in light weather. The sail plan of Flirt shows 82 per 
cent, of the total area in the mainsail, while that of 
Minota shows btit 72 per cent. 
The batde of the types about Boston has been on a 
much more even basis than on the lakes. There have been 
more boats and more races. All concerned have profited 
by an equal amount of local knowledge, and the sail 
plans and sail making have been practically the same on 
all the boats. Under these conditions the keel type 
has won fairly and squarely. 
Shamrock I. was docked at Greenock on Qct. 26 to 
be repaired and fitted for early racing next season. 
Th|; |''ield of Oct. ^ commeiitss gis-=follqws,= on - the- 
