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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Feb, 6, 1904. 
up the middle loch, lies the mosquito fleet of the club 
and some of the bigger vessels, in brackish water that 
renders a trip to the marine railroad an expense seldom 
made necessary, Here we have sand baggers, New 
Zealand cracks, bilge centerboard freaks, fin keels, 
centerboards, small cabin boats, cats, skipjacks, a 
Swampscott dory, sidewalkers, Hawaiian built racers 
with good records, and one yawl, whose performances, 
both in racing and cruising, have been so satisfactory 
that the wonder stands that she is still the only craft of 
her type in Hawaiian waters. This is the Clytie, the 
skipper's first love. 
The waters teem with fish, mullet in shoals, giant 
rays, big ulua (tuna) turtle and sharks. Many native 
and Japanese fishermen make the lochs their head- 
quarters for net and line fishing, often putting out to 
sea where the Japanese sampans make good weather. 
They have lately been rigged with jib and mainsail in 
sloop fashion and do remarkably well, especially on the 
wind. The Japanese handle them well with a usual 
crew ; of wife and child, and are successful fishermen. 
The big and sporty "ono" ranges the waters, and often 
A Japanese Sampan. 
gets onto the barbed end of a trolling line. The 
Hawaiians confine their fishing to the inland waters, 
sailing their outrigger canoes very speedy on the wind. 
The Chinese with their own type of heavy rowing boat 
are very successful with net fishing. Plover are plenti- 
ful in season. 
The various reefs and shoals, some of which are to 
be blasted away by Uncle Samuel at his leisure, are all 
marked with stake or buoy by the yacht club, except 
when a sampan ties up to a stake over night or carries 
it away in the dark. Here we stayed for two days, 
cruising by day and anchoring at night near the harbor 
entrance in twenty fathoms off a native village, the in- 
habitants of which made night musical with their songs 
Prima Facie Evidence— Two Big Ones. 
and guitars. Of how we tried to catch mullet and 
spoiled our net with a crop of small hammerhead 
sharks; and of how we caught a 14-footer, a big shovel- 
nosed brute, there is yarn enough to spin into a sep- 
arate story. A word as to our modus operandi • may 
not be amiss. The hook, armed with six feet of chain^, 
is baited, with succulent beef and dropped into deep- 
water, the line being brought into the cockpit and an 
alarm set with empty tins. A catch by night is in- 
tensely exciting. The big brute fights hard before he 
comes unwillingly to the surface, a green luminous 
whirl in the phosphorescent water. His big jaws snap 
viciously before a bullet between and just back of the 
eyes gives him the coup de grace. Then a running 
bowline secures the tail and a fall and tackle hoists him, 
mouth downwards, when the liver — a shark seems to be 
all liver— bulges out of the capacious maw.. This we 
give to the natives, who dry it out for the oil. The 
backbone makes a good walking cane, and the jaws, 
when they quit smelling, make,, a notable trophy.; ■ 
On the last day, before we left the Gladys at her 
quiet mQprmgs mi relwetwtly f?twi^flf4 tQ bwslneif 
cares, we cruised down toward Waialua under -easy sail- 
ing, trolling a line, and our bid was fortunate in secur- 
ing two fine ono after a tough fight, in which the skipper 
nearly fell overboard with the gafif. The camera was 
brought into requisition, and pur last film recorded 
the catch in characteristic and undeniable fashion. 
, Hawaiian waters weave a spell which never leaves 
those who have sailed in them, and Hawaiian yachts- 
men, are always eager to welcome those from other 
seas tQ: cruise with them, race with them, eat, drink, and 
be merry with them for a while. Our club has steadily 
grown to a fleet of forty craft and over a hundred 
members, and some day we hope to hold an interna- 
tional regatta along our shores. 
A bill has been presented to the Massachusetts Legis- 
lature by the Bay State Y. C, of Revere, calling for the 
erection of a sea wall in front of its club house. The 
club house faces the ocean, and much damage is often 
caused by easterly gales. 
The utmost secrecy is being maintained in regard to 
the 30-footer which Mr. Frank Gair Macomber, Jr., is 
going to have built. Some time ago it was said that he 
would go to Messrs. Gardiner & Cox, of New York, for 
his design. The latest piece of rumor on this subject is 
to the efi^ect that Mr. Macomber either has, or intends 
to place, an order with the Herreshofifs for his boat. It 
is also stated that Mr. S. Reed Anthony will have a boat 
from the same shops, if not on the same design. . 
John B. Killeen. 
Boston Letter. 
Boston, Jan. 31. — The Regatta Committee of the 
Corinthian Y. C., of Marblehead, has organized, and is 
first to - come out: with fixtures for the season. A meet- 
ing was held at the town house of the Boston Y. C. last 
Thursday evening, when H. S. Goodwin was elected 
chairman, and W. L. Carlton, secretary. The other mem- 
bers of the committee are Lawrence F. Percival, Stephen 
Bowen, and H. H. Walker. The following list of fixtures 
was agreed upon : 
June II, Saturday — Club championship. 
June 25, Saturday — Club championship. 
July 2, Saturday — Club championship-. 
July 4,: Monday — Invitation race. 
July 16, Saturday — Club championship. 
July 23, Saturday — Club championship. 
August 3, Wednesday — Midsummer series. 
August 4, Thursday — Midsummer series. „ 
August 6, Friday — Midsummer series. 
August 7, Saturday — Invitation race. 
August 27, Saturday — Club championship. 
There will be a conference later between representa- 
tives of the Corinthian Y. C, the Boston Y. C, the East- 
ern Y. C, and the Yacht Racing Association of Massa- 
chusetts in regard to the selection of dates, so that there 
will be the same harmony of arrangement that has ex- 
isted for two seasons past. As the above dates come at 
about the same time as on previous years, however, it is 
quite likely that they will stand. After the season has 
opened, it is quite probable that Commodore John O. 
Shaw will issue orders for a club cruise. 
The annual meeting of the Boston Y. C. held at the 
town club house, Rowe's Wharf, last Wednesday even- 
mg, was very well attended, and there was something 
doing all the time. The report of the Regatta Committee 
showed that the club expended on nine races during the 
season of 1903 over $1,600. While this is quite a gener- 
cjus allowance, it is estimated that at least $2,000 will be 
required -another season, and from this estimate it may 
be inferred that the Regatta Committee expects a lively 
season for 1904, in spite of the handicaps that have been 
placed on yacht racing during the winter. 
During the year 100 applicants were admitted to mem- 
bership, and of these 56 were yacht owners. Of 12 ad- 
mitted to the Dorchester division, 9 were yacht owners, 
and of seven admitted to the Marblehead division, all 
were yacht owners. The total membership of the club 
at the present time is close to 700, and it is expected that 
this number will be largely increased before the season 
has reached its height. The fleet of the club numbers 
376, which is a very good percentage of the membership. 
Many of the memloers are desirous of haying a club 
cruise during . the coming- summer. It is the intention to 
cruise along the Maine coast, stopping at various ports. 
Yacht owners were consulted last season in regard to 
a cruise, but there .were so few who would guarantee to 
take part in the port to port runs that it was not deemed 
advisable to issue orders. If anything like a decent per- 
centage of the whole number of yachts enrolled in the 
club will take part in the proposed cruise this summer, 
there should be a fine fleet entering the different ports. 
Not only has the club a good sized fleet, but in it also 
may be found some of the finest sailing and steam yachts 
in the country. 
'The annual meeting of the Quincy Y. C. will be held 
next Saturday evening, when the following officers and 
committees will be balloted for : Com., Eben W. 
Shepard; Vice-Com., Frank Fessenden Crane; Sec'y, 
Herbert W. Robbins ; Treas., Dexter E. Wadsworth; 
Meas., Robert A. Grant; Executive Cojnmittee — ^J. P. 
Bainbridge, Charles W. Hall, George W. Jones, and 
George H. Wilkins ; House Committee — Herbert A. 
Billings, R. R. Bolles, George D. Follett, Arthur W. Har- 
ris, Elmer F. Ricker, Joel F. Shepard, 2d, and Ira M. 
Whittemore. 
A somewhat novel scheme is being agitated by members 
of this club. It will be proposed at the annual meeting 
to build a iS-footer under the rules of the Yacht Racing 
Association of Massachusetts. The money for this boat 
is to be raised by subscription among the members, and 
different crews, composed of members of the club, will 
lace her on the Y. R. A. circuit. After the close of the 
season it is proposed to turn the boat over to the club to 
be let to members until such sum as may be elected by the 
subscribers shall have been returned to. them. 
One of the new clubs in the vicinity of Boston — the 
Cottage Park Y. C, of Winthrop— is to have a new club 
house, which will cost upward of $10,000. The club has 
a very good membership, and it is felt that a good, 
modern club house can be handled without difficulty. 
Some time ago an appropriation for a new house was 
made. The club at that tirne had an excellent location, 
but there arose some question as to the title, in settle-- 
ment of which it has been found necessary to go to the 
courts.r This obstacle has now been done away with,: 
znd the, club will be ready to go ahead on a new building 
as soon as possible. 
Another new club house at Winthrop. will be that of the 
Winthrop Y. C, to take the place of the club house that 
was destroyed by fire a short tirne ago. At the arinuaT 
m.eeting of the club it was voted to mKist $12,000 by bond 
subscription. As the old club housewas not large enough 
for the accommodation of, a growing membership, the 
..club has secured land adjoining it's present property. A 
fine, modern club house is to be erected, taking up about 
English Letter. 
It is disappointing to learn that the race from Gibral- 
tar to Nice, for which King Edward VII. has offered a 
cup as first prize, has fallen through, owing to the neces- 
sary minimum number of entries not having been re- 
ceived. Only three yachts were entered,— Andree, Harle- 
quin, and the old English boat Samcena, now owned in 
France — whereas the stipulation was that five at least 
were to figure on the list. It was hoped that the Scotch 
boats, Kariad and Bona, would have been fitted out for ■ 
the Mediterranean regattas this year, but, unfortunately, 
there is no prospect of either vessel crossing the bay, and 
the prospects for the French regattas, as regards the 
larger classes, are poor indeed. Navahoe was also looked 
upon as a possible entry for the race, but the prelim- 
inaries of the Gibraltar-Nice match were a little hurried,' 
and owners did not have quite sufficient time to reflect 
as to whether they would elect to join in or not. The 
result has been somewhat of a fiasco; however, it is 
hoped that the offer of the cup may be renewed next year, 
in which case the necessary preliminary arrangements 
will be made with more deliberation, and, consequently, 
a greater chance of success. 
It is unquestionably a fact that English yachtsmen are 
not nearly so keen on taking part in the early French 
regattas as they were ten years ago. The reasons for 
this are threefold. First, the Riviera season begins very 
early, and .this makes it necessary for British boats which 
are to take part in it to start fitting out early in January. 
Second, the number of regattas arranged for in British 
waters has increased so much of late years that yachting 
men get quite enough racing in their own waters. Third, 
the German regattas held at Kiel immediately following 
the annual race for the German Emperor's cup from 
Dover to Heligoland, have undoubtedly done much to in- 
terfere with the success of both French and English 
seasons by drawing away British yachts to the Baltic 
which would otherwise have taken part in home regattas, 
and many of which would have found their way to 
France earlier in the year. 
In truth, there is a glut of regattas but a scarcity of 
yachts of the larger , size in both Englaird and France, 
flimsy construction and imperfect rating rules being the 
chief cause in both countries. In Germany, yacht racing 
has never been at such a high pitch of excellence as it is 
to-day, but the. reason is not because of better construc- 
tion or superior measurement rules, but . solely on ac- 
count of the laudable desire of the Kaiser tO' makeryacht-i 
ing one of the national pastimes in Germany. To this 
end he has spent his own money freely, and his example 
has been ardently followed by his own family and by a 
great number of his subjects, with such success that the 
beautiful waters of Kiel Harbor now present at regatta 
time as lively a set of white wings as may be seen on 
the Solent during the most successful of Cowes' weeks. 
.The rise of German yacht racing to the level it has since 
attained may be said to have commenced with the first 
race from Dover to Heligoland in 1897, when the object 
of the Kaiser was nominally to commemorate the dia- 
mond jubilee of her late Majesty, Queen Victoria. There 
is no doubt, however, that the Emperor was very desirous 
of attracting British yachts to Kiel to swell the German 
pleasure fleet, which was then of small proportions,_ and 
for some seasons the British contingent may be said to 
have provided the backbone, -.o.! the . racing, during? Kiel 
week. Since that time, however, the Germans have them- 
selves' built and bought TOanyi fi^^ vessels, and '.last- year 
their big boats were diyided into three classes, while the 
smaller fry were almost innumerable. - - , 
' It is stated that the race from Dover to Heligoland will,i 
this year be thrown, open .to yachts, of .all nations.^ If 
this be so, there is every possibility of . a very large entry, 
for Germany can produce half a dozen fine schponers, 
and the new vessel- building on the Clyde , from designs 
by Fife for a German syndicate will be a- possible entry. 
This yacht, which will be schooner rigged, and of about 
300 tons, is the largest vessel ever designed by the famous 
Clyde draughtsman, and, if she is anything, Hke Cicely, 
will be one of the most beautiful two-stickers .afloat. 
Yachting matters in England at the present time are 
in a state of transition. The dead season is upon us, 
and the yards are not displaying much activity, except, in 
the matter of alterations or repairs to old yachts. There 
is not much likelihood of new vessels being ordered until 
something satisfactory has been arranged about scantling 
and unlimited overhangs, and the sooner that something 
is arranged the better for. all concerned. ■. 
■ E. H. Kelly. 
The annual meeting of the Atlantic Y., .C. will be 
held at the -New York Club, on Feb. 8. The following 
officers and committees have been nominated:. Com., 
Harrison B. Moore, steam yacht Zara; Vice-Com., F. 
D. Underwood, steam yacht Alice; Rear, Com., E. B. 
Haven, sloop yacht Athlon; Treas., Charles T. Pierce; 
Sec'y. .T- Alfred Vernon; Meas., Henry J. Gielow; 
Regatta Committee, Henry J.^ Gielow, Frederick Vil-. 
mar and W. A. Minott ; Membership Committee, Geo. 
D. Pro.vost, Walter H. Nelson and F. J. Havens;. 
Library Comm.ittee, T. Alfred Vernon,^ John Er: Beggs,, 
and F. T. Cornell; Entertainment . Committee, S. E. 
Vernon, Geo. G. Mcintosh and Joseph H, Scranton; 
Nominating Committee, E. B. Havens, George D. 
Provost, H. G. S. Noble, H. B. Chamberlain, W. I*, 
|>fttibone &if4 Paul lef|i|f4, _ ; 
