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[July 20, 1901. 
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Lynn, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 
Gravesend Y. R. A,, al! classes, Gravesend Bay. 
Norwalk, special, South Norwalk, Long Island Sound, 
Sachem's Head, annual, Saybrook, Long Island Sound. 
Larchmont, fall regatta, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
Atlantic, special. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
Pavonia, special, Bayonne, New York Bay. 
Canarsie, ladies' day, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian, Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
Chicago, Chicago, Lake Michigan. 
Shinnecock Bay, open, Shinnecock Bay. 
6. Seawanhaka Cori.ithian, open special. Oyster Bay, L. I. 
Sound. 
Cohasset, knockabout, championship and handicap races, Co- 
hasset, Mass. 
Kennebec, club, Kennebec, Me. 
Beverly, open, Mattapoisett. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian, fall regatta, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
Atlantic, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
Lynn, Y. R. A., rendezvous. 
New York, autumn sweepstakes. New York Bay. 
Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Mass. 
Brooklyn, fall regatta, Gravesend Bay, New York Bay. 
Larchmont, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
Indian Harbor, fall regatta, Greenwich, Conn. 
Manhasset Bay, club series races for points; open to knock- 
abouts (21 and 18ft.), cabin and open catboats, bay boats, 
Manhasset raceabouts and sailing dories, Port Washing- 
ton, Long Island Sound. 
Atlantic, fall regatta. Sea Gate, New York Bay, 
Kennebec, club, Kennebec, Me. 
America Cup race. Sandy Hook. 
New York C. C, tall regatta, Gravesend Bay. 
Manhasset Bay, fall regatta. Port Washington, L. I. Soupd. 
Canarsie, commodore's cup races, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
Manhasset Bay, fifth series race for Jacob cup. Port Washing- 
ton, Long Island Sound. 
The poor showing made by Shamrock II. in her earlier 
races against the old challenger, Shamrock I., was a 
source of considerable disappointment to all those who 
had hoped to see some close racing this fall in the con- 
tests for the America Cup. When Shamrock II. was dis- 
masted her chances seemed poorer than ever, as it was 
generally believed that the delay caused by rerigging her 
would prove fatal; but on the contrary instead of being a 
detriment it has proven to have been a most fortunate 
occurrence, for it gave her designer an opportunity to 
make some changes in her rig that were apparently what 
she needed, and the handy way in which she has beaten 
Shamrock I. since the accident shows that the boat is in 
better shape and is sailing faster than ever before. In 
her last race with Shamrock I. in English waters Sham- 
rock II. showed a fine turn of speed, and proved her 
superiority over the older boat on every point of sailing. 
The prospects now arc that some good sport will be seen 
when Shamrock II. meets the American boat next Sep- 
tember. 
The photograph of the raceabout Badger that appeared 
in our issue of last week was taken by James Bui^ton, of 
New York. The photograph of Athene, which also ap- 
peared in that nuinber, was taken by N. L. Stebbins, of 
Boston. 
We are indebted to the secretaries of the Rochester 
Y. C, the Biloxi and Pass Christian Y. C.'s for copies of 
their club books. 
A COPY of the club book for 1901 of the Corinthian 
Y. C. of Philadelphia has just been received at this office. 
The book is large and well bound in tan canvas. There 
are one hundred and twenty boats enrolled in the club's 
fleet, and there are over two hundred resident members 
and a large number of non-resident and Hag members. 
The club is in a most prosperous condition, and has done 
much to make Philadelphia one of the yachting centers of 
the country. 
The following is from the foreign correspondence of 
the New York Sun: "A departmental committee ap- 
pointed to inquire into the costly blunders which at- 
tended the building of the new royal yacht, lately reported 
to the Admiralty, which now, it is unofficially stated, dis- 
tributes the blame among six officials, including Sir Will- 
iam White, Director of Naval Construction, who is found 
guilty of an error of judgment in designing the yacht; 
Senior Chief Constructor Deadman, who is condemned 
for gross negligence to lose his rank, and Chief Con- 
structor Smith, who is found guilty of carelessness." 
The Vossische Zeitung announces to-day that Em- 
peror William's yacht Meteor has been sold to Prince von 
Fuerstenberg. 
It is stated on excellent authority that Independence has 
logged nearly fifteen knots when reaching. The follow- 
ing article from the London Field on the speed at- 
tained by yachts is of interest: 
There is no doubt that in the course of the Ailsa Craig 
match Sybarita covered .several miles at a rate of not less 
than fourteen knots an hour, and, so far as we know, the 
average speed of 12.3 knots per hour has never been beaten 
in a yacht race. In a match of the Royal Victoria Y. C. 
at Ryde on Aug. 12, 1885, Irex went round the Isle of 
Wight, a distance of fifty miles, in a strong reaching 
wind in four hours eight minutes, or an average speed of 
12.1 knots. Satanita, in a race on Aug. 3, 1893. at the 
R. Y. S., Cowes, averaged 12.3 knots for the full course 
of forty-five miles, a speed equal to that of Sybarita. In 
the Satanita's race the water was' smooth, and the yacht 
carried a jibheaded topsail over a single reefed mainsail, 
whereas in the Ailsa Craig race the sea was very heavy 
for more than half the course, and Sybarita had a housed 
topmast and a close-reefed mainsail until the last twenty 
miles, when one reef was shaken out. It is very difficult 
to estimate the maximum speed attained by vessels when 
racing, but we think that Satanita in the course of the 
race inside the Wight for a part of the distance attained 
an even higher speed than Sybarita. 
The late Mr. Dixon Kemp, writing on the subject of 
the speed, of yachts, mentions some apparently well- 
authenticated reports upon the .speed attained by large 
schooners. In a passage across the Atlantic the American 
rchooner Sappho is said to have logged 13. i knots for a 
distance of 315 miles on Aug. 5, 1869, and her greatest 
speed is mentioned as 16 knots per hour; but naturally in 
hard winds the maximum speed attainable is chiefly a 
question of waterline length. Broadly speaking, the great- 
est speed attained by a sailing yacht may be quoted as 14 
Unots per hour 5 this rat? was actually lo^^ed by th? 
schooner Guinevere, a vessel of 121ft. on the waterline, 
and in the days of schooner racing Guinevere was gen- 
erally considered to hold the record. When this famous 
old schooner logged 14 knots she was owned by the late 
Mr. Thellusson, and it is a somewhat curious coincidence 
that his nephew, Mr. Percy Thellusson, was in charge of 
Sybarita in the Ailsa Craig race on June 11. 
The speed of clipper ships is far greater than that of 
yachts. In 1855 the clipper James Baines, on a voyage 
to Australia, is credited with having averaged 17.9 knots 
for a period of twenty-four hours. 
A correspondent who follows closely the speed of yachts 
and their performances calls our attention to the enormous 
speed attained by the schooner Rainbow in 1898. In the 
Heligoland race for the German Emperor's cup in that 
year Rainbow sailed the distance from the Borkam Light- 
ship to the Heligoland mark boat, 60 knots, in four hours, 
and during that time twice the log registered i6j^ knots. 
Again Rainbow did a record in the Royal Yacht Squadron 
race at Cowes on Aug. 3, 1898. Starting at 10 A. M., she 
sailed forty-seven miles, and fiinished at i :S2 -.46, the others 
being: Ailsa, 2:5:40; Aurora, 2:15:28. Bona gave up. • 
The average speed in this race was approximately 12.3 
knots, which is the same as that of Sybarita in the Ailsa 
Craig match. 
How the Commodore Rowed Ashore 
BY C. G. DAVIS. 
HE scene Echo Bay presented, as 
the sun went down, was a treat 
for the eyes of any yachtsman. 
The small, well-sheltered anchor- 
age was crowded with sailing 
yachts, for, besides the fleets ol 
the two local clubs, there was 
assembled at that time, now 
many years ago, a whole squad- 
ron of yachts about to start on 
a cruise. All day long and far 
into the night they kept dropping in one by one, the 
most miscellaneous looking lot of craft ever congregated 
under one flag. Sloops forty feet long to fifteen, catboats 
of all sizes, yawls, cutters, pet iaguas, schooners and even 
sailable row boats. But all flew one flag, a blue cross, 
and all were full of enthusiastic sailors oi¥ for a week's 
jollity. 
The center of attractioni of all this marine picture was 
a little white cutter — a miniature man-o'-war for trim- 
ness and tidiness. Every rope was as taut as a fiddle 
strmg. Her spars were stayed to a hair, sails roiled up 
in their whiteness and as smooth as bolsters. Brass works, 
from stem to talYrail, where hung the ensign, shone like 
gold and enhanced by contrast the snowy whiteness of 
her holy-.stoned decks. 
She was, as several girls remarked, the "cutest little 
boat in the bay," and her Commodore the cutest little 
man, with his immaculate white ducks, turned up on top 
of pipe clayed sneakers, blue pilot coat and white cap, re- 
splendent with gold. He in stature was well mated to the 
liny cutter and the nautical symmetry was perfect so 
long as Olsen, a big, raw-boned sailor, stayed below. 
But it was too much to expect of a six-footer to stay 
long_ under the deck of such a toy, and when Olsen sat in 
the fore hatch smoking, his feet nearly touched the floor, 
his head seemed half way up to the crosstrees, and the 
bay was his spittoon. Every craft that came in the Com- . 
modore saluted with a gun; some returning the salute 
in same, some with such remarks as, "Get on to de Com- 
modore!" 
Olsen did nothing but load that gun and wipe brass 
work from morning till night, and heartily glad was he 
when the last — the sunset — gun was fired and tlie fleet, 
some thirty strong, quieted down for the night. 
But the ghost of mischief walked that night, although 
the sun came up just as usual over the low hills of Long 
Island next morning and gave every promise of a perfect 
Sabbath. Six o'clock found nature, as well as all the 
yachtsmen, asleep. Seven o'clock a few early risers were 
moving, but by eight o'clock the aroma of boiling coffee 
and sizzling ham and eggs floated up into the quiet air 
as hungry jaws played havoc with the grub; but hungrier 
eyes from everj'^ craft in the harbor were fixed upon the 
flagship. That stately little craft had been groomed down 
by Olsen and seemed to hold her head up in a most 
haughty manner, and yet it was the tiny 5ft. dinghy that 
the tide held away at painter's length from the taffrail 
the eyes were focused on rather than the cutter. 
Small as was the flagship and the Commodore, this 
dinghy was the smallest of the lot. At just two bells 
the eager audience of 200 pairs of eyes beheld the fir.st 
sign of the Commodore, upon whose appearance more 
than usual attention seemed manifested, for Olsen came 
aft, untied the dinghy and held her at the starboard quar- 
ter, ejecting enough tobacco juice into the bay to kill 
all the fish therein in his efforts to suppress a smile as the 
Commodore briskly, but stately, stepped in and carefy^ly 
seated him§?U Ptt 1;h^ c>?i^ ^x\6, only se^t, ' " 
Of course, plumbers, carpenters, tinsmiths, mechanics 
and tradesmen of all branches arc not supposed to be 
versed in sea ethics, so it fell to the Commodore's lot to 
instruct the 200 proteges of his into the proper training 
of a man-o'-war's man. Holding both oars apeak without 
having to look up to see if they were pluinb, he waited 
until the Swede gave him a shove, wiping the back of a 
big paw across his mouth to hide a smile as he did so. 
Then, with perfect precision, both oars dropped like magic 
into the oarlocks — were held poised parallel to the water, 
blades horizontal for a second — and then, with a most 
perfect stroke, the Commodore gave way for the club 
house. 
I'll bet if those 200 men were boilers, with a capacity 
of 500 pounds, that each and every one's gauge would 
have shown a pressure of 499 pounds at this moment, for 
not two seconds later — and every one seemed to know 
just when to expect it — a mo.st startling thing happened. 
Just as the Commodore gave a vigorous stroke the 
stubby little punt came to a sudden mysterious stop. So 
sudden, in fact, the Commodore slid backwards off the 
seat, and all but capsized her. The pressure went up 
another half pound 'with a jump, while the Cominodore 
carefully regained his equilibrium, readjusted his oars, 
his hat and his features and started once more for the 
shore. The punt had slid back toward the cutter in the 
meantime, but when she got about the same distance 
away she stopped again — so did the Commodore, just 
for a second to glance over his shoulder, for he did not 
dare turn around very far, and then she gave way strong, 
to push aside whatever it was he had run into. By that 
time not only his own fleet, but the other yachtsmen, were 
attracted by the commotion, and there was the Commo- 
dore, resplendent in gold lace, flushed to the color of a 
beet with the exercise and indignation, digging water in 
vain, until he tumbled to the joke. Then he stopped and 
plucked at his short mustache, the picture of mortifica- 
tion. Shout after shout of uproarous laughter greeted 
his surrender. Dignity was at a discount. 
Only one boat did not go alongside the cutter to 
claim a drink, and that one was ours. The reason was, 
the boys who took it during the night, as it was the only 
skiff large enough to carry the rocks with which they 
anchored the Commodore's dinghy, forgot to return the 
oars. 
Annisquam Y. C. 
SQUAM, MASS. 
Thursday, July 4. 
The first race of the Annisquam Y. C. was sailed off the 
mouth of Squam River on Thursday, July 4, in a light 
southeasterly breeze. The course was four-legged, with 
reaches all around. The race of the day was in Class A. in 
which H, H. Wiggin's Tabasco III,, designed by Crown- 
inshield, made her first appearance. She won by nearly 
9m. The summary : 
Class A. 
Tabasco III., Harry Wiggin..... .faflo*^" 
Grayling, Langland i ,39 nO 
Tedesco, Pear ] ^7 27 
Susan, Bent i 4g ]() 
Shiek, Friend 1 4jj 26 
Gertrude, Whittemore 1 ,51 23 
Brownie, Davis 1 52 10 
Class B— Dories— Over 17ft. 
Oceanus, Olscn 1 ,5,5 30 
Clara, Hod gins 2 02 15 
Class B— Dories— Under 17ft. 
Gracie. G. A. Norris 1 52 10 
Taba.sco T., W. R. Rowe 1 56 54 
Saturday, July 13. 
The second handicap race of the Annisquam Y. C. was 
sailed off Squam, Saturday, July 13, in a moderate 
southerly wind over the regular club cour.se. All the 
yachts were put in one class. The race was hot between 
the 2i-footer Tabasco HI. and the i8-footer Grayling, 
when the 21-footer Tedesco came up and walked by them, 
finishing first on both actual and corrected time. The 
summary : 
, ^ Corrected. 
l^edesco, W. Pear ...1 54 2.3 
Gertrude, H. E. Damon 2 00 47 
Grayling. Langland and Tripp 2 01 2S 
Susan, Qiiincy Bent 2 05 04 
Tabasco' III,, H. Wiggin 2 05 35 
Nymph, O, Perkins 2 15 28 
Bernice, E, E. Webster 2 21 40 
Dttxbttry Y. C, 
DUXBURY, MASS. ' ~' 
Thursday, July 4. 
The Duxbury Y. C held a regatta on Thursday, July 
4, in which two classes entered. A good whole-sail breeze 
from the northeast prevailed. In the i8ft. knockabout 
class a good race was sailed. Com Paul winning. In the 
handicap class, the old 21-footer Rooster, which the Adams 
boys made famous, was scratch boat and won handily, 
The summary: 
18ft. Knockabouts. 
Oom Paul, Geo. P. Cushnian 2 is'^is 
Hunt, Henry Hunt ....2 19 50 
Lobster, C. C. Clapp ..220 45 
Dazzlcr, Goodspeed Bros..... 2 2145 
Kitlawake, H. M. Jones 2 25 30 
Miladi, R. M. Adams 2 25 40 
Handicap Class. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Rooster, B. B. Baker 2 06 19 2 06 19 
Dolphin, Morlen 3 27 01 2 I.3 56 
Fedora, Simmons 2 29 .50 2 1.5 01 
Aureolus, Kellogg 2 SI 29 2 25 29 
Imp, Norwood ...2 49 38 2 37 38 
psndy, Greene, 2 52 ll 2 -W 13, 
