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CRUISING YAWL— CABIN PLAN. 
Marine and Field Club, the Brooklyn Yacht Club, the 
New York Canoe Club, The Royal Arcanum Shore and 
Royal Arcanum Outing Clubs, and possibly the Atlantic 
Yacht Club. A preliminary me.eting of -delegates from 
all but the Atlantic Y. C. was hHd at the; Brooklyn Y; C. 
house, in Bensonhurst, a few dai^^iigo^-fo talk over the 
advisability of forming a local league. The matter was 
thoroughl}' discussed, and each representative pledged 
the support of his club to the proposed association. Tt 
was decided not to take final action in the matter until 
the Atlantic Y. C, which is the largest on the. bay, could 
be heard from. > 
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At the first annual meeting of the Bergen Beach Y. 
C. the following officers were elected for the ensuing 
3'ear: Com., Robert E. Stillson; Vice-Com., George E. 
Fitzmaurice; Treas., Edward Chapman; Sec'y, Edward 
Wells; Measurer, L. Miller. Yachtsmen who are inter- 
ested in furthering yachting interests at and around Ber- 
gen Beach are invited to communicate with A. Mac- 
Dougal, 455 Broadway, who will be pleased to give any 
information regarding the club. 
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The Larchmont Y. C. announced its racing fixtures for 
the coming season. A spring regatta, open to all classes, 
will open the season on June 15. On Thursday, July 4, 
the twentieth annual regatta, open to all classes, will take 
place, and on Saturday, July 13, will begin the club's race 
week. Exclusive of the Sunday intervening, there will be 
races' all that week, beginning on the 13th and ending on 
Saturday, July 20. During race week, series races will be 
given in class D of schooners and classes I, K, the 
Larchmont 25-footers and the 21ft. raceabouts. First 
and second prizes will be given for each race in each 
class. In addition thereto. Com. F. T. Adams offers 
to the winners of the greatest number of points in classes 
I, K, the Larchmont 25-footers and 21ft. raceabouts dur- 
ing the- week, prizes to be- known as "The Adams' Cups," 
and to the winners of the next greatest number of points 
in each class the club will award second prizes, also a 
prize to the winner of the greatest number of points in 
class D. Points to count as follows: 
The winner is credited with twice the number of the 
second yacht, the second yacht with twice the number of 
the third, the third with twice the number of the fourth, 
etc., the last yacht being credited' with one point. 
During race week, should the owners of two or more 
yachts in any one class not provided for desire' to race, 
the Regatta Committee will, upon application, provide for 
same, and suitable prizes will be awarded. 
On Aug. 31 there will be a regatta open to Class D of 
schooners and for Class I, 70ft. R. L., and for Class K. 
51ft. R. L., and for Class L, 43ft. R. L. The fall reg^atta 
will take place on Monday, Sept. 2, Labor Day, and will 
be open to all classes. The last regatta scheduled for the 
season will take place on Saturday, Sept. 14. This will 
include the race for the Larchmont cup for schooners; 
race for Class G yawls; race for Class I, 70ft. R. L.; race 
for Class K, 51ft. R. L, and race for Class 
L, 43ft. R. L. In all_ classes where two or more 
yachts start in a race with full intention of completing 
the course, a prize will be awarded. When three or more 
yachts start with like intention, a second prize will be 
awarded, and where five or more start with like intention, 
a third prize will be awarded. 
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The Newport Yacht Racing Association is arranging 
for next summer's races off that place, and has already 
decided upon two series, one on July 18, 20, and 23, and 
the other during the week succeeding the New York Y. 
C. cruise. There will also be the usual contests between 
the thirties and seventies, and a new series for the forty- 
fives. 
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Commander Henry H. Barroll, U. S. N., talked to 
members of the Yachtsmen's Club, New York city, on 
Wednesday evening, March 27, on "Methods of Deter- 
mining Position at Sea." 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
At Huntington's yard, at New Rochelle, the 5i-footer 
Huguenot is nearing completion. The outside planking 
is all on and the second layer of the deck is in place. 
Joiners will soon begin work on the cabins. The boat 
will be launched shortly and taken to City Island to have 
her fin put on. It is the designer's intention to have the 
boat in commission as early in the season as possible, and 
there is a possibility of her being tried out with Hussar 
II., now that that boat has been altered and improved. 
It is thought that she will do far better work to windward 
than she did last year, and will make a good showing in 
her class. 
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The publishers of Forest and Stream have received 
a copy of the book containing the signal code adopted 
by the Yokohama yachting clubs for their uses. The book 
is carefully compiled, and is of considerable interest. 
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At Abram's y3,rd, Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., the fol- 
lowing boats are hauled up: Dagmar, Lapwing, Scimi- 
jfar, Clara, Penguin, Humming Bird, Lazana, Sea Gull, 
Loyalty, Corsair, Dovite, Oceonda, Nina and Gracie. 
Myerra, Guide and Idelwild are lying in mud berths. 
The bad weather that has prevailed for the past few 
weeks has greatly delayed the ' work of fitting out all 
these boats. The well-known sloop Penguin, recently 
purchased by Mr. A. Holland Forbes, N. Y. Y. C, is 
being entirely refitted; she is to have hew decks and the 
sides of the cockpit and cabin house will be of 
mahogany. Below decks she is to be completely mod- 
ernized and newly upholstered and carpeted throughout. 
Plumbing of the most improved make is being put in. 
A new gig has been made for this boat by Huntington, of 
New Rochelle. 
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The cutter Lotowana has been sold by Mr. T. O'Con- 
nor Sloane, through the agency of Mr. A. J. Mcintosh, to 
Mr. John M. Knapp. Her rig will be changed from that 
of a emitter to that of a yawl. 
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The Herreshoff Mfg, Co. are completing three race- 
abouts for Massachusetts yachtsmen. 
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Mr. Joseph Fallert. of the New Rochelle Y. C, has 
purchased the yawl Scalpha from Mr. T. W. King, of 
Boston, Mass. 
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The Spaulding St. Lawrence Boat Co., of Ogdens- 
burg, N. Y., have received an order from Mr. C. L. 
Watson, for a number of hollow spruce spars, to be used 
on the club topsail for Shamrock II. 
There will be still another boat built to sail in the trial 
races for the defense of the Canada cup. She will be 
turned out by the Michigan Yacht & Power Co., from 
designs made by Capt.- Wilds, of Toledo. The boat will 
be 47ft. over all^ 25ft. on the waterline and lift. 6in. 
beam. 
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Mr. Percy Chubb has ordered a new suit of sails for 
Vigilant from .Ratsey & Lapthorn, of Cowes, England. 
Mr. Henry C. Rouse, former Commodore of the Sea- 
wanhaka Corinthian Y. C, has bought the English built 
brigantine rigged steam yacht Rosabel!. Mr. Rouse for- 
merly owned the schooner yacht Iroquis. 
Mr. Flarrison I. Drummond, N. Y. Y. C, has pur- 
chased through the agency of Mr. A. J. Mcintosh the 
English built bark rigged auxiliary yacht White 
Heather, and she is about to leave Cowes, England, for 
New York. White Heather is built of steel, and is i8oft. 
long on the waterline, 220ft. over all, 28ft. 6in. beam and 
i6ft. 6in. draft. She was designed and built by Messrs. 
John Reid & Co., of Port Glasgow, Scotland, iri 1890. 
White Heather has been around the world and is well 
known as an ocean cruiser. Mr. Drummond formerly 
owned the steam yacht Sapphire. 
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Lord Reudel, of Newcastle, England, has sold through 
Manning's yacht agency his steam yacht Lady Beatrice, 
to Mr. E. V. Douglas, of Philadelphia. Lady Beatrice 
was designed by Mr. W. C. Storey, and was built by 
Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson, at Leith. She is 175ft. 
long over all, 22ft. 6in. beam and 12ft. 6in. deep. Mr. Doug- 
las will change the boat's name to Aroc. She is now at 
Tyne, fitting out for the voyage across. ^ 
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Mr. J. R. DeLamar, former owner of the famous 
schooner Fleetwing, has purchased the English built 
steam yacht Sagitta. She was built by Messrs. W. Ham- 
ilton & Co., of Glasgow, Scotland, and is 191ft. long over 
all, 177ft. long on the waterline, 25ft. beam and draws 
-13ft. 6in. 
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Mr. H. A. Hutchins, former^p-stner of the steam yacht 
Jathneil, has chartered the English st|sam yacht Gunilda. 
She was built by Messrs. Ramag^ ;& rgueson, at Leith, 
m 1897, from designs made byiMelksrs. Cox & Kmg. 
She is 177ft. over all, i66ft. 6in.!^lQ'up on the waterline, 
24ft. 6in. beam and 14ft. 2in. dr&^t.l^ 
' Dr. C. H. Ward-Humphries, thj^ iiVvell-known British 
yachtsman, has purchased froni 1^- Howard Gould the 
20-rater Niagara, and she willj be put in commission at 
once. She will be renamed J^onica.^, Niagara was de- 
signed and built by the Her/jreshoffi: in 1895 for Mr. 
Gould, and was shipped to ^^glandjgpn the deck of a 
steamer. She was raced with- great 'success in English 
'waters. 
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The large English yawl Brynhild, which has raced so 
-successfully in the handicap classes in England, has been 
purchased by a New^ York yachtsman, whose name is 
withheld for the present. She was designed by Mr. C. 
E. Nicholson, and was built at Gosport by Mesgrs. 
