Aug. 13, 1904.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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terrific thunderstorm burst, and the streets ran with 
water. I hoped this was a clearing shower, and such it 
proved to be. By the time I reached the float at two 
o'clock the sun was out and a light air from the north 
in evidence. 
Got under way at once, and outside the Point cut off 
a long angle by following a fisherman across the reef 
close inshore. Headed somewhat outside the lighthouse 
on Green Ledge, and the course allowed the sheets to be 
started. Passed the light at four o'clock. Off the Nor- 
walk Islands the wind increased in strength arid worked 
around to N.-N.E., so that I could just head close-hauled 
- for Stratford Point, the other side of Bridgeport. 
Several large sloops passed me here, going at a great 
rate. Our wind, however, only reached half way across 
the Sound, and the vessels on the Long Island side lay 
motionless on a glassy surface. It must have aggra- 
vated them to see us with all we wanted. 
Off Penfield's Reef about six with a falling wind. The 
sloops went into Black Rock harbor, but I decided to 
keep on. By the time I had worked past Stratford Point, 
it was beginning to grow dark. Heavy, wet clouds with 
long streamers hanging down drifted slowly off the land, 
and it seemed as if some of them would touch the mast. 
I luffed up, pulled the jib to windward, and keeping the 
tiller hard down, went below to light the cabin lamp and 
a lantern for the compass; also put on more clothing, 
for there was a decided chill in the air. Then filled away 
again, and apparently had the first of the ebb, though 
further out the tide was still running flood. As it grew 
darker the clouds began to disappear, and a few stars 
peeped out. The wind became variable and often headed 
me off. I wanted to get in behind Charles Island off 
Milford, but finally about half-past nine, when I could 
no longer distinguish the outlines of the island, I luffed 
up and anchored where I was. Before turning in, after a 
dinner of canned soup and bread, I sat in the cockpit for 
half an hour. It was very dark, though hardly a cloud 
obstructed the light from a star-strewn sky. The wind 
brought off the smell of the land and a never-ending pro- 
cession of small waves rippled along the sides of the boat. 
On getting up Monday morning, I found myself about 
half a mile southwest of Charles Island. The sun rose 
into a clear sky, and revealed a world whose outlines 
were sharp and clear; whose colors were vivid. Very 
much the same impression one gets when approaching 
a tropical island in the early dawn. Started at exactly 
4 A. M. under mainsail and storm jib, with the wind 
from the N. Off New Haven a big three-master was try- 
ing_to tow a lumber laden tub of a two-master, probably 
a Nova Scotian. They appeared to have been in collision, 
as the small fellow had lost all his headgear. It was 
blowing hard by this time, but the big schooner could not 
make the harbor with her tow, and the tide was steadily 
setting her to the westward. With whole mainsail and 
the small jib Ramea would not keep off in the hard 
puffs, so I had to stick in a reef. I eased the jib well off 
and let the mainsail out until it shook. She went along 
under jib while I lowered the mainsail enough for two 
reefs. Then I hauled it in flat, and put in one reef as 
she held her course. When the reef had been put in, I 
let the sail out again and hauled it up. She handled nicely 
with reduced sail, and I let her sail herself for a time, 
while I put on all the clothing that was on board, in- 
cluding an overcoat. It was chilly and no mistake. Kept 
in close to the Thimble Islands, and off Sachem's Head 
caught the first of the ebb. But with the ebb tide the 
wind canted around more to the eastward, and I could 
barely head a course for the red buoy off Hammonasset 
Point. Passed Clinton harbor at 10:30. From here it 
was a long and a short leg to Cornfield Point, where the 
wind finally went back into the east, and it became a dead 
beat to windward. The strong tide, however, swept the 
boat along in fine style, and I passed the mouth of the 
Connecticut at noon. The river was on the rampage, and 
was pouring out a huge quantity of brown flood water 
from between the breakwaters. Before I realized what 
was going on, I was carried well out into the Sound. 
The wind began to lighten and I just managed to get 
past Black Point and into Niantic Bay before the tide 
turned flood. It was necessary to shake out the reef in 
the mainsail and set the large jib. Having been at the 
tiller since four in the morning, I felt rather cramped 
and hungry, so let Ramea take care of herself while I got 
something to eat. 
The weather grew steadily worse, and the wind veered 
from N. to S.E., and back again. By carefully taking 
advantage of every slant I had managed to work through 
the channel between Millstone Point and Two Tree 
Island, when in swept a thick fog, accompanied by a fine 
rain. The wind was now dead E., and with New London 
only a few miles away, I was forced to turn tail and run 
back for a lee behind Millstone Point. Two schooners 
gave up at the same time and anchored in the bav. I 
anchored in the little bight north of the artificial harbor 
at the stone quarry, which I was afraid to negotiate alone, 
and passed a most uncomfortable night. It quickly grew 
black as pitch, and the wind whistled through the trees 
on the point in a most dreary way. The current was 
strong enough to hold the boat broadside to the wind most 
of the time, and she rode all over her anchor. The mo- 
tion was vile, and I could neither eat nor sleep. Toward 
daylight, however, the motion became more regular, and 
I dozed for a while. 
With the first light of dawn I went on deck and found 
a gale of wind from the east, and Ramea sliding over 
the round-topped swells running six feet high. The two 
schooners were preparing to get under way, and I thought 
to myself: ''Anything would beat this place, and the 
quicker I get out of here the better." A cake of choco- 
late answered for breakfast, and then I put three reefs in 
the mainsail and put on the storm jib, though it made 
too much headsail. When the anchor came up the cable 
had taken two turns around one of the flukes and a half 
hitch on top of t,hem. But I didn't notice that at the 
moment, for the shore was not very far away on the port 
hand, and she must pay off to starboard. She obediently 
did so, and rode the big swells like a bird. It was now 
3 :4S A. M., and the tide would not turn ebb before nine 
o'clock. One of the three-masters was standing out, but 
the other seemed to be in trouble, and before she finally 
payed off and got steerage way, she was perilously near 
the west shore of the bay. Behind her, high and dry on 
the beach, lay a two-masted schooner which had gone 
aslwe during the gale about; two. W eeks before. Eve$ 
with three reefs in, the rail was under most of the time, 
but Ramea was making some headway against the strong 
current I made up my mind to reach New London or 
bust. And if it came to busting, why, I could run back 
behind Black Point and make a good harbor in at the 
old fish works. 
To the eastward of the black buoy off the northern 
end of Bartlett's Reef all protection from the land ended, 
and a fearful jumble of a sea was running. With so little 
sail it seemed impossible at first to do anything to wind- 
ward against the tide and sea, but the storm jib began to 
get in its work and lift her through the smother. I had 
to ease it up smartly every time she came about to pre- 
vent it from pulling her head half around, but she never 
missed coming about once. First I stood well out, but 
found the sea much worse, so stood in again and let her 
go in short tacks over the reefs off Goshen Point, judg- 
ing the rocks by the look of the water. Every other wave 
broke over the house, and I watched the anchor rope 
anxiously to see if it would break away from its fasten- 
ings. Then the little boat began to fill. If I could get 
by Goshen Point before she swamped, all would be well, 
as I should soon be in comparatively quiet water. 
Finally I got into a position where I thought I could 
make the harbor, but had to make another short hitch. 
On the next tack I passed the lighthouse. It was now 
half-past nine, so that it had taken five and three-quarters 
hours to cover five miles. 
The two three-masters were coming in, and a schooner 
yacht under storm jib, foresail, and a jib-headed storm 
sail set over a furled mainsail. The harbor was full of 
storm-bound coasters. The small boat came through the 
fight gallantly, but as soon as smooth water was reached, 
grew groggy and promptly filled. However, it did not 
matter now. Just below the fort I luffed, got down the 
jib and mainsail, and ran into Wilkinson and Anderson's 
basin under bare pole. 
And I was glad to get there. 
British Letter. 
In the race from Eckernforde to Kiel which took place 
on June 29 last, for the splendid gold cup given by King 
Edward VII., and valued at £2,000, the Fife-designed and 
German-owned schooner Susanne was returned an easy 
winner on the handicap. It appears, however, that 
Susanne was carrying a large main topmast staysail for 
which she had not been measured, and which she would 
not have been allowed to carry in a class race, as she was 
measured for German rating with only a small main top- 
mast staysail. The committee have disqualified her, 
though it is hard to see on what equitable grounds, for 
this particular race was an ordinary handicap, in which 
class ratings were not taken into consideration. Iduna 
was second, and Ingomar third on handicap time, conse- 
quently, Susanne being disqualified, the trophy goes to 
the German Empress, and Ingomar takes second prize. 
It seems very hard on Herr Huldinsky to be thus done 
out of his prize on a technical quibble, and one can hardly 
imagine the Empress feels flattered in having a prize 
thrust upon her that she feels her boat has not won on 
her merits. Fortunately such incidents are scarce, for 
they do not tend to the promotion of good feeling or good 
sport. 
Ingomar won her first race in English waters at Deal 
on July 14, but her second venture at the regatta of the 
Royal Cinque Ports Y. C, Dover, on the following day 
was fraught with disaster, owing to a nasty collision 
which occurred between her and Navahoe soon after the 
start. Both vessels were placed hors du combat, the 
schooner's bowsprit being broken off short, and Navahoe's 
mainsail being badly torn and her rail and binnacle 
smashed. It appears that they started from Dover close- 
hauled on the starboard tack, Navahoe leading the fleet, 
with Ingomar next. Navahoe drew away from the 
schooner,_ and, according to eye-witnesses on the end of 
the Admiralty Pier extension works, she was leading by 
two lengths when they passed the pier end. Navahoe 
tacked to port to pass round the back of the pier and 
cheat the strong channel tide, and it is stated by some 
that Ingomar luffed and tried to jam herself in between 
Navahoe and the pier, the result being that the two ves- 
sels collided heavily, and had to give up, crippled. Two 
versions of the story have found publicity ; one being that 
when Navahoe tacked to port the strong tide held her, 
and she found herself right across Ingomar, which could 
not luff because the pier was close on her weather, and 
could not bear away for the yawl. The other version 
is that had Ingomar held her course she would easily have 
cleared Navahoe's stern. Both vessels entered protests, 
and the committee, after considering them, stated that 
after very careful consideration they were unanimously of 
opinion that Navahoe was solely to blame for the collision, 
and that both at the start and afterwards Navahoe was 
sailed recklessly. This is a very sweeping statement — far 
too sweeping for a committee to make who are not in a 
position to judge for themselves from the end of the 
promenade pier where the starting guns are fired, exactly 
what takes place off the end of the Admiralty Pier, and 
their decision appears to have been biased by the fact that 
in maneuvering for first place at the start, Navahoe cut it 
very fine in crossing Ingomar when on the port tack. 
Moreover, it casts a slur on the judgment and ability of 
Sycamore who is a first-rate skipper, and has never before 
had such strong things said about him. It does not appear 
to have been proved that Ingomar could not have cleared 
Navahoe had she held on, as many spectators on the 
Admiralty Pier believe would have been the case, and un- 
til that has been done the decision of the committee will 
not be received with general satisfaction. The case might 
well be referred to the Y. R. A., who would at any 
rate adjudicate upon it with unbiased feelings. The case 
has aroused a considerable amount of interest, and it 
would be well to have it well thrashed out. 
Ingomar won the race from Dover to Ostend on July 
t8, after a hard thrash to windward of fifty miles to the 
West Hinder lightship, and a broad reach of twenty to 
the finish, Navahoe being the only boat anywhere near 
her. They were both at scratch, but the weather was too 
strong_ for the smaller vessel, which was 11m. astern at 
the finish. On July 21, Ingomar did not sail, owing to a 
misunderstanding as to the depth of water over the 
Ostend course. Two days later Ingomar, Navahoe, 
Therese and Valdora, sailed over the triangular course of 
thirty miles in a light breeze. The race lay between the 
two American-built boats, but Navahoe had the heels of 
the schooner all day, and beat her handsomely. Navahoe 
did not take part in the race back to Dover the following 
day, which Ingomar won. 
The Irish regattas were again spoilt owing to the ab- 
sence of big yachts which were busy with the racing at 
Ostend and Boulogne, but a big gathering is anticipated 
for Cowes Week. 
The reliability tests for motor boats which took place in 
Southampton water on July 26 and 27 appear to have been 
very satisfactory, and show that great strides have been 
made with these craft during the past twelve months 
Sixteen boats took part in the trials, and all kept going 
without any pause save to make good some trifling de- 
fects, but nothing like an actual breakdown occurred. On 
the first day five boats made absolutely non-stop runs, and 
on the second day eight boats went over the course with- 
out a hitch. The second race for the Harmsworth cup 
will be a much bigger affair than it was last year, and 
should give far better results. 
Ingomar's Collision. 
It is always a pity when disputes arise as the result of a 
race, for they lead frequently to much trouble and vexa- 
tion, both to the parties concerned as well as to the com- 
mittee which has to settle them, and they seldom do any 
good to the sport. A typical example of a useless and 
vexatious quibble was that recently raised by Mr. G. 
Moir, the owner of the ex-20-rater Dragon, which he has 
raced with conspicuous ability and success on the Clyde 
for many years past. In a handicap match of the Royal 
Northern Y. C, Dragon was scratch boat and Kelpie, Mr. 
G. Coat's, received 15m. from her. Kelpie' arrived at the 
line precicely 15m. astern of Dragon, and the two conse- 
quently sailed a dead heat for first prize. The club com- 
mittee settled the business by putting first and second 
prizes together, and dividing them equally between the 
two boats, giving the owners to understand that each boat 
should be considered to have won a first prize. Mr. Moir, 
however, did not seem satisfied with this wise and just 
solution of a really simple case, and put forward the ex- 
traordinary plea that as he was set to allow Kelpie 15m. 
and had done so, he was therefore entitled to the first 
prize. This, of course, is a clear fallacy, and shows be- 
yond doubt that Mr. Moir has looked at the question from 
one point of view only, and not from both sides. Suppos- 
ing Dragon had come in 16m. ahead of Kelpie, how much 
would she have beaten her? The answer is clearly im. 
Therefore as she came in just 15m. ahead, she beat her by 
}US } leSS 6os '' which is nothing; or, plainly speaking, 
a dead heat. If a man gives another 15 yards in a foot- 
race and breasts the tape simultaneously with his oppo- 
nent, the result is clearly a dead heat, and yet the scratch 
man would have quite as much justice in a claim to a 
clear win as Mr. Moir has, though he would never have 
his claim allowed by any honest committee. Dragon by 
arriving home 15m. before Kelpie had just got on level 
terms with her, but had not. beaten her by a fraction of a 
second, and was theoretically in precisely the same posi- 
tion as if she had started 15m. after Kelpie and finished 
dead level with her at the winning line. The committee 
of the Royal Northern came to the only sensible and 
practical decision they could have come to (unless they 
had ordered the race to be re-sailed), and it is refreshing 
to find they have the courage of their convictions. It is 
to be hoped that all such frivolous disputes will meet with 
equal firmness on the part of sailing committees. 
L - E. H. Kelly. 
Bensonhwst Y. C. 
Bensonhurst, L. I.— Saturday, August 6. 
Twelve boats started in the second closed race of three for 
cups offered by Commodore A. C. Bellows, of the Bensonhurst 
V. C, which was held on the afternoon of Saturday, August 0 
over courses in Gravesend Bay. They competed on handicaps 
arranged by the race committee on past performances etc 
starting in two divisions, according to rig. Dorothea, a big 
" b ,? at of old type, carried off the honors of the sloop class, 
and Colleen was the winner among the catboats. There are three 
cups up for competition. Two of them go to the boats winning 
first and second places on points for the series in the sloop class 
and the other is for the catboat scoring similar honors under 
like conditions. The standing on points to date is: Sloops- 
Ogeemah 12, Indian 11, Cayuga 10, Dorothea 9, Esperance 7 
I no 5 Limit 2 Qurnque 1. Catboats-Colleen 10, Martha M lo' 
Orient 6, Rosali 6, Beth 3, Albert, 0. ' 
The boats went twice over the regular Association course. The 
start was off Ulmer Park, and a S.W. breeze made the journey 
a reach to the Atlantic Y. C mark, another reach to Fort Hamil 
ton, a run to the Marine and Field Club and a reach home On 
S turnpH d t^° U S d *° f , thC - C ° UrS ?' / Shift ° f the wi "d toStod the 
JJ u P ed the first leg into windward work. Ogeemah led the 
fleet home She had to allow Trio 17m.; Esperance, Cayuga and 
Jesoectivrfv & Dorot >j ea 10m. Dorothea and Indian were 
respectively first and second on corrected time. In the cat- 
boat class, Colleen won from Martha M. by 28s. corrected time 
s T u h m nlrrLs ra f C o e n 0 °w: the ^ " &ChM f ° r Se P tember 10 ' ™« 
Sloops— Mixed Class— Start, 3:10. 
n it. t — * t t~v • Finish. Elapsed. Corrected 
Dorothea C. L. Dmgens 4 42 54 1 32 54 1 22 54 
Indian, H. F. Menton 4 53 22 1 43 2" 1 9S V> 
Ogeemah Alfred Mackay 4 39 24 1 29 24 1 29 24 
Cayuga, H. F. Cunningham 4 59 07 1 49 07 1 34 07 
Esperance T, A Hamilton ..4 59 35 1 49 35 1 34 35 
Trio, C. H. Clayton... 5 05 07 1 55 07 1 38 07 
r „ _ Catboats— Mixed Class— Start, 3:15. 
Colleen, W. F. Remmey 4 52 19 1 3fi 1Q 1 10 
Martha M Richard Mo^re. A 53 17 1 37 17 1 36 47 
Rosalie, F. A. Bolles 5 05 45 1 50 45 1 S! 
^"V'H Rummdl 5 04 30 1 49 30 45 30 
Beth, H P Eggert 5 29 50 2 14 50 1 59 50 
Albert, H. F. Lane Did not finish . 1 59 50 
Marine and Field Club 
Bath Beach, L. I.— Saturday, August 6. 
Three of the new one-design boats of the Marine and Field 
Club started in a race for a cup offered by F. T. Havens on ti p 
by 2s. at the finish. Beta, which has been carrying off all the 
honors of the class, was last boat. The little sloop! went three 
times over a triangle, with the start off the club station at 
Bath Beach and buoys at the Atlantic Y. C. and Fort Hami?ton 
It was a close reach to the first mark, another reach ?o the 
second and a run home. The summaries follow: 
Sloops— Class RR— Start, 3:05. 
Alpha, Holcombe & Howell tlffl E >£ s ?£' 
Delta, J. J. Mahoney 5 £ 17 1% J§ 
Beta, Snedeker & Camp VZ.VZWi 54 30 1 49 U 
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