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Submitted by Allen D. Woods, New York City. 
awarded for accommodation as for the qualities of speed. 
It is a pity the R. C. C. ever heard of the rating rule. 
I am sure they could have devised for themselves some- 
thing better suited to their wants. I firmly believe that 
such a thing as a bad boat never existed, but I am also 
told that this R. C. C. class will never exist either. 
A new steam yacht was launched by Messrs. Day, 
Summers & Co., at Southampton, a w&ek ago. She is 
a vessel of 255 tons, designed by the firm, and built to 
Lloyd's highest class. Vanessa, as she was christened, 
is 137.5 ft. between perpendiculars, 19.5ft. beam, and 13ft. 
depth. The engines are triple expansion, surface con- 
densing, and the cylinders being 13, 20^ and 33 inches 
in diameter. The steel return tube boiler is of 12ft. 
diameter, g l / 2 feet long, and there are three furnaces. 
There is a complete electric light installation. Vanessa 
will belong to the Royal Yacht Squadron fleet. 
Another recruit for the R. Y. S. is the new steam 
yacht Ombra, now almost completed for sea by Messrs. 
D. and W. Henderson, Clyde. She is of 267 tons, and 
has two sets of triple expansion engines, with cylinders 
of 10, 16 and 26'^in. diameter, the piston stroke being 
i8in. Her owner is Baron W. von Schroder, Nantwich. 
The dimensions are: Length, L. W. L., 140ft.; beam, 
20ft, and depth, i2 l / 2 it. (moulded). 
Sea Fay is another new steam yacht almost ready for 
sea. She is building for the commodore of the Royal 
Corinthian Y. C, Mr. James Weston Clayton, who, by 
the way, had a steam yacht of about the same tonnage 
built and completed a few years ago in six weeks. 
Messrs. Lobnitz & Co., Renfrew, are the builders of this 
vessel, which will be of 211 tons. She is 128ft. b. p., 
19.1ft. 1. w. 1., and of 10.2ft. moulded depth. 
Our racing season proper will open next week with 
the Royal London Y. C.'s regatta on the Thames. This 
club also gives a good regatta at Cowes in August, on 
the day before the Royal Yacht Squadron begins its 
proceedings. All the clubs are providing plenty of handi- 
cap racing, and as years go on, we are getting some 
splendid examples of fast cruising yachts (as opposed to 
outclassed racers) into all these classes. Is this the be- 
ginning of the end of open racing? 
E. H. Hamilton. 
Boston Letter. 
Boston, June 2. — The two Burgess designed Seawan- 
haka cup boats, Monsoon, owned by Mr. Hollis Burgess 
and Mr. T. K. Lothrop, Jr., and Filibuster, owned by 
Mr. Frank B. Crowninshield, have been launched and 
have had trials, although they have not yet traveled in 
company. Both are good looking boats. Monsoon was 
down at Hull Saturday and went around to leeward of 
the 21-footers. but not much of a line could be got on 
her abilities. It is said that both are good weather boats. 
The best of handling may be looked for in Filibuster. 
Hollis Burgess does not believe in carrying any extra 
weight around with him and for this end Monsoon has 
no signs of paint or varnish on her hull. 
The Eastern Yacht Club has completed the details of 
the annual cruise to be held in June. The fleet will ren- 
dezvous in Marblehead harbor on Friday, June 27, when 
the commodore's cups will be raced for. On Saturday, 
the start will be made to the eastward. The runs, 
weather permitting, will be from Marblehead to the Isles 
of Shoals, Isles of Shoals to Wood Island, Wood Island 
to Boothbay, Boothbay to Islesboro, and Islesboro to 
Bar Harbor. The full list of fixtures for the season, as 
arranged by the regatta committee, is as follows: 
June 14, Saturday — Run to Gloucester, cruising trim. 
June 23, Monday — Open race for special classes. 
June 27, Friday — Commodore's cup races. 
June 28, Saturday and succeeding days — Annual cruise 
to Bar Harbor. 
July 4, Friday — Open race for special classes. 
July 5, Saturday — Open race for special classes. 
July 12, Saturday — Run to Gloucester, cruising trim. 
July 19, Saturday — Open race, racing trim. 
July 26, Saturday — Run to Gloucester, cruising trim. 
Aug. — . — Annual regatta and race for New York 
yacht club's fleet. 
Aug. 16, Saturday — Run to Gloucester, cruising trim. 
Sept. r, Labor Day — Regular open regatta, racing trim, 
Sept. 5, Friday — Open race for special classes. 
Sept. 6, Saturday — Open race for special classes. 
Sept. 8, Monday — Open race for special classes. 
The regatta committee of the Quincy Yacht Club has 
arranged the following list of fixtures for the season: 
June 14, Saturday — Club handicap. 
June 17, Tuesday — Club handicap. ..j 
June 28, Saturday — Club handicap. r - 
July 10, Thursday — Ladies' day. 
July 26, Saturday — Club handicap. 
Aug. 2, Saturday, and following days— Club cruise to 
Quincy cup races. 
Aug. 9, Saturday— Club handicap. ''i 
Aug. 23, Saturday— Club handicap. f^"H 
Sept. 1, Labor day— Club handicap. 
Sept. 6, Saturday — Y. R. A., open. 
On Tuesday, June 17, while the larger classes of the 
Y. R. A. are being taken care of by the Hull-Massa- 
chusetts Yacht Club, the Dorchester Yacht Club will 
give races for the 18-footers, unrestricted, 15-footers, 
Dorchester Y. C. one-design dories, Savin Hill Y. C. 
one-design sailing tenders and South Boston Y. C. sail- 
ing tenders. The regatta committee has arranged the 
following fixtures for the season: 
June 14, Saturday— One-design dories. 
June 17, Tuesday— Y, R, A, j8 and 15-footers and 
