FOREST AND STREAM 
17B 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
Mr. and Mrs. H. Sinclair, Miss Marjorie Sinclair and 
Lewis R. Freeman, left Los Angeles early in February 
on the schooner yacht Lurline, for a year's cruise of 
the South Seas. The cruise of Lurline will be to the 
Hawaiian, Society, Fiji, EUice, Gilbert and Marshall 
Lslands, returning by way of Japan. Mr. Sinclair is 
a master mariner and has rounded out a good many 
years on tlie seas. 
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Rev. Dr. Wilton Merle Smith, Seawanhaka-Corinth- 
ian Y. C. has purchased, through the agency of Stanley 
M. Seaman, the auxiliary yawl Idelon, from Wm. E. 
Heiser, Baltimore, Md. She is 55ft. over all; 35ft. 
waterline; 14ft. beam; 6ft. draft; designed and built, 
1903, by the L. J. Nilson Yacht Building Co., Balti- 
more. 
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Frank Bowne Jones has recently made th^ following 
sales: The schooner Regina, owned by Mr. William 
A. Hamilton, to Mr. Henry F. Noyes; the yawl Sagiola, 
owned by Mr. C. O. Herx, to Mr. A. C. Bancker; and 
the schooner Javelin, owned by Mr. • C. A. Rutter, to 
Dr. W. W. Greer. 
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The report of the Regatta Committee of the New 
York Y. C. has been issued. The booklet is splendidly 
gotten up, and the race reports are complete. The 
brochure is illustrated by fine half-tone pictures. 
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Mr. M. J. Kiley, of Boston, has issued a compact 
little book which contains the official tide tables of the 
Atlantic Coast for 1904. 
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The Rochester Y. C, at a meeting recently held, 
elected the following officers: Com., Chas. M. Everest; 
Vice-Com., W. H. Briggs; Fleet Capt, F. T. Christy; 
Sec'y-Treas., Thos. G. Young; Cor. Sec'y, L. G. Mab- 
bett; Meas., Wm. H. Pillou, Jr.; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. 
T. O. Tait. Directors for two years, W. G. Hull, 
Frank Ocumpaugh. ^ 
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There is building, by the Electric Launch Co., of 
Bayonne, from designs made by Mr. Henry J. Gielow, 
a speed launch for Commodore Harrison B. Moore, 
Atlantic Y. C. She is to be 6oft. over all; s8ft. water- 
line; 7ft. breadth; and 3ft. draft. She will be an open 
boat and will have three cockpits. The planking will 
be double, the inner skin being of cedar and the outer 
of mahogany. The yacht will be equipped with a 175 
horse-power Craige motor. 
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The Boston schooner Rondina has been sold by Mr. 
D. C. Percival, Jr., to Mr. George E. Ide, of New 
York, and the yacht Dragon by Mr. W. T. Emmet to 
Mr. James Baird, of Philadelphia. 
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United States Consul H. W. Metcalf, of Newcastle- 
on-Tyne, England, sends a report of the launching 
there on January 11, 1904, of the yacht Erthogroal, 
built for the Sultan of Turkey. The launching was 
preceded by a religious ceremony peculiar to the Turks, 
after which the ship was christened in the usual way by 
breaking a bottle of champagne over her how by the 
wife of the Turkish ambassador. Erthogroal is up-to- 
date in every particular — in length, 260ft.; breadth, 26ft. 
6in.; mean draft, 15ft. Her displacement is 900 tons. 
The yacht is built entirely of steel. Erthogroal will 
have an armament of eight 3-pounder guns and a speed 
of 21 miles per hour. 
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The bill prepared by the Great South Bay Improve- 
ment Association has been introduced in the Senate 
by Senator Bailey, and in the Assembly by Mr. Cocks. 
This is a part of the plan to give an inside waterway 
from East Rockaway Point to Orient Point, on the 
eastern end of Long Island, making use of the Great 
South Bay. 
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The annual meeting of the Larchmont Y. C. was held 
on the evening of February 17, at Delmonico's. As 
none of the flag officers was in town. Justice F. M. 
Scott presided. The following officers were elected: 
Com., Morton F. Plant, schooner Ingomar and steamer 
Parthenia; Vice-Com., Albert C. Bostwick, auxiliary 
schooner Vei-geniere; Rear-Com., Frederick M. Hoyt, 
cutter Isolde; Sec'y, A. Bryan Alley; Treas., William 
Murray; Meas., John Hyslop; Trustees, to serve three 
years, William B. Jenkins and Jacob Halstead. 
The following amendment to the racing rules was 
adopted: 
Any yacht crossing the starting line before her start- 
ing signal, shall be recalled by the hoisting of a red 
ball, attention being called to same by a short blast 
of the whistle or through a megaphone. Should more 
than one yacht cross the starting line before the signal, 
there shall be a short blast of the whistle or mega- 
phone call for each yacht crossing. 
The report of the Secretary, A. Bryan Alley, showed 
the organization to be in a very prosperous condition. 
There are at present enrolled in the club 39 schooners, 
10 auxiliary schooners, 192 sloops, cutters, and yawls; 
26 mainsail yachts, 99 steamers and 49 launches, making 
a total of 415 boats. 
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The annual meeting of the Philadelphia Y. C. was 
held on Wednesday, February 10, at the club house, 
Tinicum, Delaware Co., Pa. The following officers were 
elected: Com., William H. Bromley; Vice-Com., Philip 
H. Johnson; Rear-Com., J. Anderson Ross; Sec'y, C, 
Carroll Cook; Treas., George T. Gwilliam; Fleet Sur- 
geon, Dr. Frederick J. Haerer; Harbor Master, Lloyd 
Titus; Trustees, A. L. English, Robert C Thompson, 
T. W. Bookhamer, George W. Fite, J. William Good, 
Alexander G. Rea, James T. Ramsdell; Race Com- 
mittee, C. Carroll Cook and Robert C. Clarkson. The 
organization is in a healthy condition financially, being 
free from floating debt, with a fleet of 55 yachts. Exten- 
sive improvements have been made to the club property, 
and it is now a thoroughly modern yachting home. 
Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., is having a high speed 
motor boat built by Mr. Robert Jacob at City Island. 
The boat is 40ft. long; 35ft. waterline; and about 6in. 
draft forward, decreasing to nothing on the waterline 
at the stern. _ The boat will be double planked, the 
outer skin being mahogany. The power will be furn- 
ished by a French automobile engine. 
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All the models added to the New York Y. C.'s col- 
lection in the future will be made according to the 
following scales: For all yachts more that 300ft. 
L.W.L., one-eighth of an inch tO' the foot; for all yachts 
more than 200ft. L.W.L., three-sixteenths of an inch 
to the foot; for all yachts more than looft. L.W.L., 
one-quarter of an inch to the foot; and for all yachts 
of looft. L.W.L. and under, three-eighths of an inch to 
the foot; half models will show the starboard side, and 
must be painted to correspond with the color of the 
yacht. 
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The late Queen Victoria's old yacht Victoria and 
Albert is to be broken up at Portsmouth. Relic hunters 
will be disappointed to know none of the wood is to 
be sold, but all to be burned. — London Mail. 
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Secretary Edward M. MacLellan, of the Manhasset 
Bay Y. C, has received a challenge from the Atlantic 
Y. C. for the Manhasset Bay Challenge Cup. The 
Atlantic Y. C.'s representative will be Bobtail, a Her- 
reshoff production, owned by Mr. E. F. Luckenbach. 
Bobtail was one of the unsuccessful competitors in the 
races for the cup last season — finishing fourth in the 
series. 
Mr. C. F. Herreshofif is now working on plans of a 
high speed motor boat for Mr. F. A. La Roche. The 
boat will be 32ft. long, 8ft. breadth, and iSin. draft. 
She will be fitted with a 20 horse-power engine. 
At the Herreshofif's plant, at Bristol, there are build- 
ing four 18ft. knockabouts and a 40ft. waterline cutter 
for Mr. Eaton, of Bostpn. 
A. C, A. National Meet, Sugar Island, Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River, August 5-19, 4904. 
Officers of A. C A, J904. 
Commodore,~C. F. Welters, 14 Main St. E., Rochester, N. Y. 
Secretary-Treasurer— John Sears Wright, 519 West Ave., Rochester, 
N. Y. 
ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
Vice-Conimodore— L. G. Kretzmer, L. C. Schepp Building, New 
York 
Rear-Coinmodore— W. A. Ftirman, 846 Berkeley Ave., Trenton, N.J. 
Purser— M. Ohlmeyer, Jr., 201 Palisade Ave., West Hoboken, N. J. 
Executive Committee— H. L. Pollard, 138 Front St., New York; 
N. S. Hyatt, Ossining, N. Y.; H. C. Allen, 54 Prospect St., • 
Trenton, N. J. o n i i 
Board of Governors— R. J. Wilkin, 164 Montague St., Brooklyn, 
N. Y. 
Racing Board— H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore— H. W. Breitenstein, 511 Market St., Pittsburg, 
Pa. 
Rear-Commodore— Frank D. Wood, Buffalo, N. Y._ 
Purser— Frank C. Demmler, 526 Smithfield St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Evecutive Committee— Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome. N. Y.; 
H. C. Hoyt, 26 S. Goodman St., Rochester, N. Y. „ , 
Board of Governors— C. P. Forbush, 164 Crescent Ave., Buffalo, 
NY. 
Racing Board— Harry M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East, Rochester, 
N. Y. 
EASTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore— Henri Schaeffer, Manchester, N. H. 
Rear-Commodore— H. M. S. Aiken, 45 Milk St., Boston, Mass. 
Purser, Edw. B. Stearns, Manchester, N. H. 
Executive Committee— B. F. Jacobs, Jr., West Medford, Mass.; 
D. S. Pratt, Jr., Wellesley Hills, Mass.; Marcus Butler, 
Lawrence, Mass.; William W. Crosby, Wpburn, Mass. 
Board of Governor.s— Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, 
lV£ciss. 
Racing Board— Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.; 
H. D. Murphy, alternate. 
NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore— Chas. W. McLean, 303 St. James St., Montreal, 
Canada. 
Rear-Commodore— J. W. Sparrow, Toronto. 
Purser— J. V. Nutter, Montreal, Canada. 
Executive Committee— C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Ont. ; Harry 
Page, Toronto. 
Board of Governors— J. N. MacKendrick, Gait, Ont. 
Bacing Board— E. J. Minet, 125 Vitre St., Montreal, Canada. 
WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore-^Burton D. Munhall, care of Brooks Household 
Art Co., Cleveland, O. 
Reai--Commodore— Chas. J. Stedman, National Lafayette Bank, 
Cincinnati, O. 
Purser — Geo. A. Hall, care of Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, O. 
Executive Committee— Thos. P. Eckert, 31 West Court St., Cin- 
cinnati, O.; Dr. H. L. Frost, 10 Howard St., Cleveland, O. 
Board of Governors — Henry C. Morse, Peoria, IlL 
How to Join the A. C. A, 
From Chapter I., Section 1, of the by-laws of the A. C. A.: 
"Application for membership shall be made to the Division 
Pursers, and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an 
active "member and by the sum of two dollars, one dollar as 
entrance fee and one dollar as dues for the_ current year, to be 
refunded in case of non-election of the applicant." 
The Shenandoahs Cruise the 
Greenbrier. 
BY F. E. WEBB ("cOMMODORE") , OF STAUNTON, VIRGINIA. 
The Story Which Won the Fourth Prize of $10 in 
''Forest and Stream" Cruising Competition. 
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Wednesday, June 24, 1903. 
Beall woke me up a little before 5 o'clock this morn- 
ing by ringing the "rising bell," which I had carefully 
placed by the side of my canoe last night for the purpose 
of surprising him this morning — the rising bell,_ it may 
be stated in passing, is an old calf bell picked up in some 
farm lane years ago, on one of our Shenandoah cruises, 
and carried ever since, to do duty as an arouser of 
mornings, as well as to summon the various members 
of the cruising party from labor to refreshment at 
meal times and other convenient times — and I was 
soon out and dressed by the:' side of a cheery little 
blaze of a camp-fire, which George had revived from 
the remains of last night's fire; for the night had been 
sharply cold, and the morning was keen at that early 
hour, with a damp, dispiriting fog hanging heavily and 
clammily over the surface of the earth, obscuring every- 
thing, so that even the trees across the narrow little 
river loomed up like vague shadows, dimly seen. We 
speedily had breakfast, after which the camp things 
were cleaned up and assorted, a division of plunder 
made, the canoes packed and launched and the cruise 
was on. 
The river at the starting point is a charmingly beauti- 
ful little mountain stream, but a few canoe lengths in 
width, and with apparently plenty of clear amber 
colored water, most beautifully limpid, after the manner 
of mountain streams, and the cruise promised well. 
The start was made, however, by each of us wading 
most of the mile between our camp and the confluence 
of the two prongs, as, while there was plenty of water, 
the rocks were still more plentiful, so interminably 
plentiful, in fact, that it seemed impossible to stay in 
the canoes for any length of time, or distance; as no 
sooner were we clear of one obstruction and seated in 
our canoes than we would again hang,' and a step 
overboard was necessary, in order to lighten over the 
obstruction. Our cruising costumes consisted of short 
trousers, long stockings and hob-nailed canvas shoes, 
flannel shirts, and bamboo helmets, so that wading was 
provided for. We expected to do considerable wading 
in this upper section of the river, and we were as- 
suredly not disappointed in this respect. 
For good, strenuous cruising I can cordially recom- 
mend a good, healthy, well developed trout stream 
at a good stage of water. It will develop canoeing in 
a new light to the oldest and most experienced cruiser. 
We thought we were pretty well up in the matter of 
