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very tired individuals got back to the yacht, as an 
eight or nine miles tramp in waders is not easy. We 
had thirty-one trout, some of which would weigh three- 
quarters of a pound. But the lumbering operations 
had spoiled the fishing, as far as large trout were con- 
cerned. 
[to M continued.] 
The Canada's Cup Challenger. 
On Wednesday, June 3, Irondequoit, the cutter built to 
challenge for the Canada's cup was launched from the 
yard of the builder, B. F. Wood, at City Island. She was 
designed by Mr. William Gardner, of the firm of Messrs. 
Gardner & Cox, for a syndicate of Rochester yachtsmen, 
headed by Mr. Thomas B. Pritchard. 
Irondequoit is a fine vessel, and rather more of a ship 
than one expects to see in the modern racing boat, and 
if she is a fair example of the type of craft that is to be 
produced by the present rule of the Y. R. U. of the Great 
Lakes it is indeed a good one. 
The boat is devoid of any extreme features, and is a 
very wholesome craft in every particular. In this boat 
Mr. Gardner has abandoned the balance rudder hung on 
a short vertical stern post and has returned to the usual 
raking sternpost with the rudder hung on it in the 
conventional wa}'. 
In design the yacht shows a very clean and well 
modeled form with a midship section of good area. The 
overhangs are comparatively short and well balanced. 
.She floated just to her lines after her spars were put in 
place and her high freeboard, moderate overhangs and 
short bowsprit gave her a very snug and substantial ap- 
pearance. The topsides are painted white and the bottom 
is treated with a green composition that has great anti- 
fouling qualities, both in salt and fresh water. 
Mr. Wood, who perhaps turns out the best work in the 
country, produced a superior boat in Irondequoit, and she 
is a model of fine construction and workmanship. The 
keel, deadwood, stem, sternpost, frames and deck beams 
are of white oak. The planking is double, the inner skin 
being made of white cedar %m. thick and the outer of 
%in. mahogany. The floor plates are of steel, and 
diagonal bronze straps add strength to the construction. 
The construction has been made as light as was compati- 
ble with necessary strength and also to conform to the 
scantling restrictions of the Y. R. U. of the Great Lakes. 
The boat is very roomy on deck and the arrangement of 
the cabin trunk is the same as Mr. Gardner originally put 
in the yawl Albicore, and last season in Rosalie. 
The cabin house, which is quite narrow, is of 
mahogany, and at the after end of it two heavy deck 
beams run across the boat, giving great transverse 
strength. Then there is a square house, also of mahogany; 
aft of this house is the water-tight cockpit. The deck is 
laid in white pine and the rail, waterways, hatch coam- 
ings, skylights, companionways, etc., are of mahogany. 
With the exception of the bowsprit the spars are hollow 
and the yacht has a very superior suit of American-made 
sails turned out by Messrs. Wilson & Griffin, the . duck of 
which they were made being woven according to Mr. 
Gardner's own ideas. All the deck and spar fittings 
were also made according to the designer's plans. The 
yacht steers with a tiller. 
The dimensions and particulars follow: 
Length — 
Over all 64ft. 
L.W.L 39ft. 6in. 
Breadth extreme 13ft. 
Draft extreme 9ft. 
Freeboard least 2ft. loin. 
Overhang — 
Forward lift. 
Aft 13ft. 6in. 
Displacement 22 tons. 
Lead on keel 10 tons. 
Area midship section 35 sq. ft. 
Sail area, total 2,600 sq. ft. 
Below the yacht has a vast amount of room. The com- 
panionway leads to a large .saloon. On either side are 
vvide transoms and back of these are berths. At the for- 
ward end on each side are sideboards. At the after end 
are large lockers for linen, clothes and general storage. A 
passage leads into the ladies' cabin aft which extends the 
full width of the boat. There are transoms on either 
side with berths in behind. The large square house over- 
head gives full headroom and splendid ventilation. Over 
the main saloon is a large skylight. Forward of the 
saloon on the port side is a roomy lavatory with patent 
closet and folding basin with a half skylight above. Op- 
posite on the starboard side is the galley, which is also 
ventilated and lighted by a half skylight. The forecastle 
is large and affords unusually good accommodation for 
the four men carried. In the lazarette under the cockpit 
there is ample room for spare gear and sails. 
The writer was aboard Irondequoit on her initial spin 
on Saturday last, when she tried conclusions against 
Effort in the Knickerbocker Y. C. race. The boat handled 
perfectly, and while Effort beat her, yet the test could 
hardly be called conclusive. Effort carried a big jack 
yard topsail much larger than the one used on Ironde- 
quoit and she seemed to have all the luck. The breeze 
was very light and fluky. The test was hardly a race, 
and in reality was only a sail-stretching spin. As Ironde- 
quoit was a "green" boat, the trial was very satisfactorj^, 
both to her designer and her skipper, Mr. James Barr. 
"Jimmie" Barr comes from a famous family of boat 
sailors, and is a brother of John Barr and a nephew of 
Charles Barr. A word about him may be of interest. He 
has been brought up in racing boats and has all the 
essentials that make up a successful racing skipper. Barr 
was six years in Musmee, the Newport 30-footer, and he 
also had the 43-footer Hebe the year she came out. He 
was also in the schooner Clorita and the famous 25-footer 
Cartoon, and these boats never lost a race while they 
were under his command. He is rated as one of the 
cleverest and ablest boat sailers in the country, and he 
will get the best there is out of Irondequoit. 
Irondequoit will be taken out daily in order to get 
the crew and sails in the best possible shape. She will 
also be raced occasionally until the end of the monthj 
when she will start for Rochester. 
The Canada's Cup Defender. 
Toronto, Out., May 30.— Strathcona, the cutter 
which will defend the Canada's Cup against Ironde- 
quoit, the Rochester, N. Y., challenger, was launched 
on Thursday, May 28, and will be ready for her trial 
races in ten days. 
The new boat is not a syndicate craft, her owner be- 
ing Mr. Norman Macrae, of Toronto. He has gone 
to an expense of some $8,000 to provide a worthy de- 
fender for the historic trophy, and at the same time 
a staunch, thorough-going craft that will be a source 
of pride and comfort, whether she is a successful racer 
or not. 
Lord Strathcona, the Canadian High Commissioner, 
was pleased to express his consent to the use of the 
name and his best wishes for the yacht's success; and 
Strathcona she was christened, in orthodox style, by 
Mrs. R. S. Smellie, at Oakville, taking her first dip into 
the same old river that has floated all the Canadian 
defenders and challengers for the trophy. Commodore 
/Emilius Jarvis was among those present at the launch- 
ing and was highly pleased with the new craft. It is 
probable that he will sail her, as he has sailed all the 
previous Canada's cup racers and is the best-known 
Canadian skipper. 
Strathcona looks chunky, compared with such "long, 
low raking craft" as the original Canada, Beaver, or 
Invader, whose names have become famous in connec- 
tion with the Canada's Cup. But she is a graceful boat, 
and a pleasing product of the new rule. She has not 
much sheer, but sufficient for good looks. Her counter 
is long ahd fine, and her forward overhang rather short. 
She is painted white, with a broad silver band at the 
waterline, and glittering black underbody. Her deck 
is finished in mahogany and brasswork, and is flush, 
without a cabin trunk, but the usual breaks, such as 
hatchcoamings, skylights, companionways and cock- 
In sail plan the defender differs largely from the chal- 
lenger Irondequoit. The base of her triangle of can- 
vas is at least 8ft. longer. The height is some 4ft. 
less. This has caused some criticism, as the second 
week in August is usually the time for star-tickling 
club topsails on Lake Ontario, and while the broad- 
based triangle is a good sail plan to lug in a smashing 
breeze, the high and narrow one may be the kind that 
is needed. There is never any c[uestion of one of 
Payne's designs being able to carry sail; the query is, 
has the English designer fully estimated the possibili- 
ties of Lake Ontario light weather? Beaver, the fastest 
boat of her size in a breeze Lake Ontario has ever 
seen, lost the Canada's Cup through a succession of 
light days. Two suits of canvas are being made for 
Strathcona, one by Ratsay and Lapthorne, in England, 
and one by a Toronto firm, and it has been suggested, 
whether wisely or not, that one or the other might fee 
cut expressly for light weather. A higher peaked main- 
sail, allowing a larger and loftier club topsail, could 
be carried with the same set of spars, and would not 
take long to bend. 
Strathcona is a deep-bodied boat, with easy bilges, 
hollow floors and more hull and less fin than former 
Canada's Cup craft. She has comparatively short over- 
hangs — 8ft. forward and 12ft. aft, leaving off the inches, 
and a fair, clean side that can be immersed to the rail 
without materially changing her lines. The lead is the 
biggest part of the fin, carried in a simple "U" shaped 
slab, 3oin. deep at the after end and 15 forward. It 
does not quite reach to the sternpost aft, or to the for- 
ward end of the fin. The great rake of the sternpost, 
the simplicity of the slab of ballast, and the wide, deep 
wooden rudder are the features of her underbody. 
In construction, the benefit of the doubt has always 
been given to strength in preference to lightness. The 
complete frame of the yacht was constructed and set up 
in Southampton, England, by Summers and Payne, 
and is of English oak. The planking is inch and a quar- 
ter Douglas fir, absolutely without a knot, in 40ft. 
lengths. There are no butts, the planks being scarfed 
where it is necessary. The fir is a third heavier than 
cedar, but is much stronger. 
Accurate dimensions of the defender are: 
Length over all, 59ft. 7in.; waterline, 40ft.; breadth, 
13ft. Sin. on deck, 13ft. 3in. at the waterline; draft, 8ft. 
3in.; lead ballast, xo% tons; mainmast, cap to heel, 
47ft.; main boom, 47ft. 6in.; main gaff, 28ft. 6in.; top- 
mast, 20ft. loin., from fid to sheave-hole, and 22ft. 
over all; bowsprit, outboard, 12ft.; mainsail hoist. 33ft.; 
sail area, 2,598 sq. ft., divided thus: Mainsail, 1,393; 
club topsail, 348; staysail, 315; jib, 281; total headsail 
triangle, 856. 
For a trial boat Strathcona will have the benefit of 
Gloria, also designed by Payne, and of transatlantic 
fame. Gloria is a larger boat, loft. longer on the water- 
line, and of great capabilities as a racer and cruiser 
She won the Coupe de France in the Mediterranean 
in 1898, and was subsequently purchased and brought 
out for Mr. H. C. McLeod, of this city, who generously 
places her at the disposal of the race committee as a 
trial boat, until June 20. On that date Gloria starts 
for a salt-water cruise, to last all summer, but there 
will be plenty of good material left behind in the local 
fleet to give Strathcona what further practice sailing 
she needs. Charles H. Snider. 
Conditions Go-Merningf Canada's Cup Matches. 
Conditions governing the match for Canada's Cup, to be sailed 
between yachts representing the Rochester Y. C. and the Royal 
Canadian \. C: 
RULES. 
The racing rules shall be those of the Yacht Racing Union of 
the Great Lakes, as existing at this date, subject to such additions 
and variations as are herein provided', and in accordance with the 
deed ot gift, dated January 16, 1S97. 
CONSTRUCTION. 
The yachts shall be of wooden construction, in accordance with 
the scantling tables in the rules above-mentioned. 
SIZE OF YACHT. 
The competing yachts shall be in the 40ft. L. W. L. class. 
NUMBER OF R.4CES. 
The winner of three out of five races shall be declared the win- 
ner of the match. 
DATE OP RACES. 
The first race shall be sailed on Saturday, the 15th day of 
August, 1003, and the other races on consecutive days thereafter 
until completed, Sundays excepted. 
COURSES. 
The races shall be sailed on Lake Ontario, off Toronto Harbor, 
on courses to be hereafter agreed upon. 
The first course shall be triangular. 
The second course shall be windward or leeward and return. 
The tug bearing the buoy shall start at the time the preparatory 
gun is fired. 
The third and fifth shall be similar to the first. 
The fourth shall be sinu'lar to the second. 
The triangular races shall be once around an equilateral triangle 
of twenty-one nautical miles. 
The windward or leeward races shall be nine nautical miles to 
windward or leeward and return. 
The triangular courses shall be so sailed that one side of the 
triangle shall be laid to windward (first, if possible). 
In windward and leewar<l races all buoys shall be left to star- 
board, and in triangular races all buoys shall be left to starboard 
or port, as directed by the judges. 
TIME. 
All races shall be started at 11 o'clock A. M. 
Any race not sailed in SVa hours by the winning yacht shall be 
resailed. 
The start may be postponed by the judges— 
1. In case of fog. 
2. If. in their opinion, the space around the starting line is not 
sufiiciently clear at the time appointed for starting. 
3. In case both yachts consent to a postponement. 
4. In case of serious accidents to either yacht, as hereinafter pro- 
vided. 
5. Should such a course appear to them desirable. 
And in case of postponement the judges shall determine the 
time for starting, but in no case shall a race be started later than 
1 P. M. 
A yacht crossing the line before the starting signal is given 
shall be recalled by five short blasts of the wistle and the hoisting 
of her national flag, and shall also be recalled by megaphone. 
UNFINISHED RACES. 
An unfinished race shall be resailed until completed. 
ACCIDENTS. 
In case of accident to either yacht prior to the preparatory sig- 
nal, notice thereof shall immediately be signalled to the judges, 
who shall have power to postpone the race, if the accident, in their 
opinion, is sufficiently serious to warrant such a course; or if an 
accident occurs during a race, the yacht to which the accident has 
happened, shall have sufficient time to make repairs before being 
required to start in the next race. 
SCRUTINEERS. 
Each yacht shall have on board during the races a representa- 
tive named by her competitor. 
The names of the scrutineers shall be given to the judges not 
less than 24 hours before the first race, and the scrutineers shall 
report to the judges within six hours after the termination of 
each race. 
MANAGEMENT. 
The races shall be sailed under the management of three judges, 
none of them shall be interested in either vacht. One shall be 
appointed by each club, and the two so appointed shall select a 
third on or before the first day of July. 1903, and thev shall act 
as judges and timekeepers and settle all disputes. The decision 
of a majority shall be final in all matters. 
The judges shall be the Regatta Committee referred to in the 
rules of the Yacht Racing L'nion of the Great Lakes. 
REFEREE ON CON.STRUCTION. 
A referee on construction shall be appointed not later than De- 
cember 1, 1902, to whom all construction plans may be submitted 
and all questions on construction referred, and his' interpretations 
of the scantling table shall be final. 
MEASUREMENTS. 
The yachts shall be measured bv the judges or by disinterested 
persons appointed by them, and each yacht shall be entitled to 
have a representative present when measurements are taken. 
The yachts shall be measured not less than four days before 
the first race. 
INSTRUCTIONS. 
Charts of the course and instructions shall be furnished to the 
competing yachts not later than 7 o'clock on the morning of the 
race. 
ALTERATIONS. 
These conditions may be altered or amended bv mutual agree- 
ment at any time. 
(.Signed) 
/Emilius Jarvis, Commodore, on behalf of the Royal Canadian 
1. C, Toronto, Ont. 
(Signed) 
C. E. A. Goldman, witness as to A. E. Jarvis signature. 
(Signed) 
Charles \'an Voorhis, Commodore, on behalf of the Rochester 
1. C, Rochester, N. Y. 
(Signed) 
Frank T. Christy, witness as to Chas. Van Yoorhis signature. 
Supplemental conditions governing the match for Canada's Cup, 
to be sailed between yachts representing the Rochester Y. C. and 
the Royal Canadian Y. C: 
1. These supplemental conditions, in so far as they conflict with 
the conditions dated June 16, 1902, supersede and control those 
conditions. 
2. The rig of both yachts shall be restricted and limited ta 
what IS generally known as "cutter rig," and shall consist of 
mainsail, topsail, staysail, jib, jib topsail and such other canvas 
as IS usually set under such rig, topmast to be carried or mast 
extended to form topmast, it being the intention to prevent the 
rigs generally known as "jib and mainsail" and "jib, staysail, and 
mamsail rig. , 
3. The first race shall be sailed on Saturday, the 8th day of 
August, and the other races on consecutive davs thereafter until 
completed, Sundays excepted. 
4. It is stipulated that the year book of the Yacht Racing 
Union for 1902 contains a correct copy of the Yacht Racin<3- 
Union rules. ' " 
5. Mr. W. P. Stenhens, of Bayonne, New Jersev, is hereby ap- 
pointed referee on construction. 
Dated. Rochester, January 23, 1903. 
(Signed) 
^milius Jarvis, Commodore Roval Canadian Y. C 
The Rochester Y. C. by Charles' Yan Voorhis, Commodore. 
Seawanhaka-Cotinthian Y. C. 
OYSTER BAY, LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
Saturday, June 6. 
The one-design i5-footers sailed their first race over 
the inside course on Saturday, June 6, for the Center 
Island cup. Seven boats started, and Sabrina, owned 
by Mr. C. "W. Wetmore, won bv nearly 3 min. The 
wmd was light from the S. E. The race for the race- 
abouts was abandoned. The summar_v follows: 
Start, 3:25.-^ Finish. Elapsed. 
Sabrina, C W. Wetmore , 6 2S 35 3 03 .35 
Cayenne, C F. Hoyt 6 31 25 3 06 25 
Imp, H H. Landon 6 33 41 3 OS 41 
Ohta, H. C. Rouse... 6 36 43 3 11 43 
Kenteiiia C. H. Davis 6 37 08 3 12 08 
lly, Lmlen Roosevelt 6 37 47 3 12 47 
Bairn, \V. H. Mathesoft 6 38 30 3 13 20 
Oakland, Cal., June 2. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
In view of the_ large but unavoidable element of chance 
which enters into a modern international yacht race, 
would it not be much better to start the three Shamrocks' 
against Columbia, Constitution and Reliance? Never 
before in the history of the American Cup races has there 
been such an opportunity as is now presented, and prob- 
ably another like it will not occur Avithin this generation. 
Edward Marshall. 
