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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 20, 1905. 
Boston Letter, 
Y. R. A. Classes. — Another of the 22-footers has been 
measured and has been found to be under weight. This 
is Clorinda, designed by Mr. Fred D. Lawley for Com- 
modore B. P. Cheney and Mr. Charles D. Lanning. She 
was weighed last Friday and was found to be 75 pounds 
short. As she measured only 2ift. 4?/^in. on the water- 
line, however, there will be nO' difficulty in adding the re- 
quired weight without putting her out of the class. She 
is a promising looking boat and appears to have some of 
the general outlines of Sally VII. and Clotho. 
Rube, owned by Mr. H. L. Bowden, is undergoing 
changes at Marblehead to bring her into- the class. Her 
rabbet line is being raised and the reverse curves forward 
and aft slightly increased, thus shortening up her water- 
line sufficiently to enable her to take on 300 pounds with- 
out exceeding 22ft. waterline. 
Tyro, owned by Mr. W. H. Joyce, arrived at Marble- 
head from Boothbay on Sunday, May 7. Mr. Sumner H. 
Foster joined the yacht at Portland and sailed her from 
there to Marblehead. Strong head winds were experi- 
enced all the way, but Tyro behaved splendidly and 
steered very easily. As she passed Thatcher's Island she 
carried a three-reefed mainsail and storm jib. Off Cape 
Ann the wind lightened somewhat and the reefs were 
shaken out. In a short time it blew harder than ever and 
she was kept going under full sail until she arrived at 
Marblehead. No attem.pt was made to luff her, but she 
was kept as close to her course as possible by easing and 
trimming sheets. 
Mr. A. C. Jones' Nutmeg, designed and built by Han- 
ley, will be launched on Monday and then all five new 
ones will have been put overboard. Nutmeg is quite full 
forward and is quite flat with generous draft. . She will 
be fitted up very substantially below decks. Capt. Frank 
James has been, engaged to sail her in the races. 
The first Medric is the only one of the older boats to 
have been launched vet, and she has had several tryouts 
with Mr. H. H. White's Medric II. The old boat is said 
to have shown up very well. 
There will be four new 18- footers in the field this sea- 
son and these, with a host of older ones, will make things 
interesting for the class. A less active inarket is largely 
responsible for the fewer number of i8-footers this year, 
as the owners of old boats would not order new ones until 
the old ones were sold. Three of the new ones are de- 
signed by Messrs. Small Brothers and one by Mr. B. B. 
Crowninshield. The last one to be ordered is for Messrs. 
F. L. & R. W. Pigeon, the hollow spar-makers of East 
Boston. Mr. George H. Wightman's new one, de- 
signed by Ml". Crowninshield, was launched- last week 
and has been weighed and measured satisfactorily. She 
has been named Bonitwo, which is not only suggestive of 
succession, Mr. Wightman's old i8-footer being named 
Bonito, but is also appropriate as the new boat is to be 
sailed by Mr. Wightman's two sons. 
Only one new 15-footer has been heard from and there 
is a general feeling among the racing men that this, class 
is not panning out as well as might be expected. 
Since the close of the last season the opinion has been 
freely expressed that the new 30ft. class, which was or- 
ganized last year, would prove a yearling. Chewink IV. 
had so little difficulty in securing the championship that 
it was felt that the other yachtsmen interested would not 
want to chase her around another year. Messrs. Burgess 
& Packard, however, have been building a 30-footer at 
their Salem shops, which may be intended to race against 
the last year boats, either in class or in the races of the 
Eastern Y. C. for yachts of less than 40ft. A hollow mast 
is being made for this vacht by the Pigeon Hollow Spar 
Co., which would indicate that she is not for the regular 
30ft. class, unless the rules prohibiting hollow spars has 
, been waived. 
Eastern Y. C. Fixtures.— The Eastern Y. C. will be 
the most active club in Massachusetts Bay this year, if it 
is not indeed in the- whole country. Its season's pro- 
gramme has been arranged with great care and with ex- 
cellent judgment as regards the sequence of events. The 
complete programme, as arranged up to date, is as fol- 
lows : 
Monday, ]u]y 3. — Sailing race.s at Marblehead for boats under 
40ft. rating, including the 18 and 22-footers. 
Tuesday, July 4, 10 A. M.— Motorboat races. 
Tuesday, July 4, 2:30 P. M.— Sailing races for boats under 40ft. 
rating, including the 18 and 22-footers. 
Saturday, July 8.— Cruise, Marblehead to Gloucester. 
.Sunday, July 9. — Cruise, Glottcester to Isles of Shoals. 
Monday, July 10.— Cruise, Isles of Shoals to Boothbay Harbor. 
Tuesday, July 11.— Cruise, Boothbay Harbor to Camden. 
Wednesday, July 12. — Cruise; the fleet will proceed at will to 
■ Islesboro. 
Thursday, July 13.— Cruise, Islesboro (Dark Harbor) to Bartletts 
Narrows. 
Friday, July 14 — Cruise, Bartletts Narrows to Bar Harbor. 
Saturday, July 15. — Cruise; race off Bar Harbor; fleet disbands. 
Thursday, July 27, 10 A. M.— Motorboat race. 
Friday, July 28, 10 A. M.— Motorboat race. 
Saturday, July 29, 10 A. M.— Motorboat race. 
Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2:30 P. M.— Sailing races for boats under 30ft. 
rating, including the 18 and 22-footers. 
Thursday, Aug. 17. — New York Club due to arrive. 
Friday, Aug. 18, 10 A. M.— Motorboat race. 
Saturday, Aug. 19, 11 A. M.— Annual regatta. 
Monday, Aug. 21, 10 A. M. — Start of ocean race to Halifax. 
Saturday, Aug. 26, 10 A. M.— Motorboat race. 
Saturday, Sept. 2, 10 A. M.— Motorboat race. 
Boston Y. C. — A meeting of the Regatta Committee of 
the Boston Y. C. was held last Wednesday evening at 
which races for the coming season were discussed. Dates 
for the launch races have not yet been decided upon, 
but it has been announced that Commodore B. P. Cheney 
will give championship cups for launches as well as for 
the regular classes for the season's racing. The launch 
classes will be divided as follows: Hunting and open 
launches not over 40ft., cabin launches not over 40ft., and 
cabin launches over 40ft. 
The Boston Y. C. will share in the endeavor to pre- 
serve the Cape cat as a type and will provide classes for 
the yachts of the Cape Catboat Association in the races 
of June 17, and Aug. 5 and 7. The association now has 
twenty boats enrolled in its membership, and yachtsmen 
are taking a lot of interest in the movement. 
One of the most enjoyable features of the season in the 
Boston Y. C. will be the annual cruise, which will be to 
Five Islands, Me., again. The squadron will be the guest 
of Vice Commodore E. P. Boynton at Five Islands, and 
he will give prizes for- races there. Rear Commodore Al- 
fred Douglass has offered prices for the port to port runs. 
The Regatta Committee will have a fast launch on the 
cruise, which will run ahead of the fleet to take finish 
times, and a tug will stay by the smaller yachts and assist 
them in making port if it should be necessary. The Ken- 
nebec Y. C, of Bath, Me., has extended an invitation to 
the Boston Y. C. to visit Bath while the fleeb is in Maine 
waters. The Boston Y. C. will also be entertained by the 
Portland Y. C. 
Beverly Y. C. Fixtures. — The following fixtures have 
been announced by the Beverly Y. C, which, unless other- 
wise mentioned, will be held off the club house at Wing's 
Neck : 
Saturday, June 17. — First club and sweepstake race. 
Saturday, June 24. — First club race. 
Saturday, July 1. — Second club race. 
Tuesday, July 4. — First sweepstake. 
Saturday, July 8. — First Corinthian. 
Saturday, July 15. — Second Corinthian. 
Saturday, July 22. — Third Corinthian. 
Saturday, July 29. — Fourth Corinthian. 
Saturday, Aug. 5. — Fifth Corinthian. 
Saturday, Aug. 12. — Third ckib race. 
Saturday, Aug. 19. — Sixth Corinthi?,n 
Saturday, Aug. 26. — Second club and sweepstake. 
Thursday, Aug. 31. — Open race; Ricketson cups, Dartmouth. 
Friday, Sept. 1.— Open race at Mattapoisett. 
Saturday, Sept. 2. — Van Rensselaer cup race at Marion. 
Monday, Sept. 4. — Second open. 
Saturday, .Sept. 9. — Seventh Corinthian. 
Cruiser for Mr. S. R. Anthony. — At the Herreshoff 
shops last Wednesday, the cruising sloop Doris, built for 
Mr. S. Redd Anthony, of the Eastern Y. C, was launch- 
ed in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony and a party 
of friends. Doris is a heavily constructed boat with con- 
siderable body. She is 77ft. over all, s6ft. 6in. waterline, 
15ft. 3in. breadth and 9ft. 3in. draft. She will be delivered 
about June i and will be anchored off Beverly. 
New Yard at Marblehead. — The shop on the new 
Burgess & Packard plant at Marblehead is being erected. 
It is to be looft. long, 40ft. wide and 17ft. high. A house 
for Mr. Burgess is also to be erected. A channel is being 
dredged for the marine railway. The 38ft. launch Viking, 
designed by this firm for Mr. S. W. Wilder, has been 
formally entered for the Knickerbocker Y. C. long dis- 
tance power boat race from New York to Marblehead. 
At the . Marblehead Yacht Yards.- — At Messrs. 
Stearns & McKay's Marblehead Yacht Yards the 25ft. 
speed launch for Mr. W. H. Stewart is about planked. 
The twin-screw launch for Mr. Herbert Humphrey and 
the launch for Mr. Miller are about ready for the engines. 
The 22ft. launch for the Eastern Y. C. is in frame. The 
auxiliary yawl Umbrina, owned by Mr. J. P. Elton, of 
Waterbury, Conn., has been launched and will be put in 
commission at once. The launch Helen, the 22-footers 
Opitsah V. and Margaret, t-he steam launch Caprice and 
several smaller boats have been put overboard. 
Elaborate Speed Launch. — A very elaborate speed 
launch has been designed by Mr. Norman L. Skene, for 
Mrs. George T. Williams, of Hartford, which is now 
being built at Lawley's. This boat is 22ft. long and 4ft. 
6in. beam, and is expected to develop a speed of about 
eleven miles an hour with a twelve horsepower motor. 
She will be built entirely of mahogany, and the metal 
trimmings and cleats will all be of nickel. The boat will 
be used as a ferry between the owner's home and the 
railroad station. Six or eight people may be carried. 
Launch for Casco Bay.— Messrs. Murray & Tregurtha 
have an order for a 25ft. launch of 6ft. 6in. beam, 
equipped with a six horsepower engine for Mr. L. H. 
Spaulding, of Lowell, Mass. She will be used in Casco 
Bay. 
First Race of the Season. — The first race of the sea- 
son in Massachusetts Bay will be given by the Quincy 
Y. C. on Saturday, May 27._ This will not be an open 
event, however, but will be limited to yachts of the club. 
The formal opening of the racing season will be at the 
annual Memorial Day race of the South Boston Y. C, 
as usual. John B. Killeen. 
British Letter. 
An International Rating Rule. — The idea of an 
International rating rule is likely to take definite shape, 
if the letter sent by the secretary of the Yacht Racing 
Association to the principal European yacht clubs on 
April 22 is favorably received. The letter referred to 
states, that as the outcome of correspondence between 
the leading yacht clubs, or associations, of various 
European nations, the council of the Yacht Racing 
Association propose that a conference on the subject 
of an international rating rule, to come into force on 
January i, 1908, be held in London next winter. The 
leading club, or association, of each of the following 
countries has been communicated with, viz., Germany, 
France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Austria and Italy, 
and a copy of the letter has been sent to the New York 
Y. C. with the intimation that the representation of 
the United States at the conference will be welcomed. 
Each country is to send two delegates, who may, if 
they wish, bring with them any professional naval 
architects whose services they may consider advisable. 
The Prince of Wales has accepted the office of presi- 
dent of the conference, and has appointed vice-presi- 
dents to act for him in his absence in the persons of 
the vice-presidents of the Y. R. A. So far all seems 
well. The time is peculiarly propitious for the planning 
out of a universal rule of rating. No very great dif- 
ference-exists between the rules already existing in the 
various countries above named and that of England, 
and a' very little judicious manipulation should result 
in the evolution of a sound, practical rule, which would 
draw the sporting communities of the different countries 
involved still closer together. In fact, if the matter 
is taken up with energy and singleness of purpose, 
nothing but good can be the outcome. 
There is one matter which has not as yet been men- 
tioned, and that is the question of scantling. A uni- 
versal rating would be of little practical use without a 
universal system of scantling restrictions, and a most 
favorable opportunity to discuss this vital matter would 
be vv^hen the proposed conference meets in London to 
discuss the question of international rating. The yachts 
of countries which adopt scantling restrictions would 
obviously be at a disadvantage with yachts which are 
not subject to such rules, and, what is more important 
stiHj a good systen? of scantling rul^§ would Jcjll alj 
flimsy construction, which has so long been the bane 
of yacht racing in England and has done so much to 
put an end to class racing. It is much to be hoped 
that this burning question will be taken up and settled 
at the forthcoming conference. A most interesting 
discussion on the subject of scantling restrictions has 
been going on in the Yachtsman for some weeks. It 
.was started by Mr. C. E. Nicholson, the Gosport 
des gner, and has been carried on by many well-known 
naval architects and well-known yachtsmen, including 
Mr. Alfred Benzon, of Copenhagen, a great authority 
on scantling and rating rules. All are in favor of 
scantling rules, though there is some divergency of 
opinion as to how they should be arrived at. If a 
universal rating 'rule is adopted, the question of scant- 
ling rules should be immensely simplified, as there will 
be practically only one type of vessel to provide for. 
Then when racing yachts are substantially built, the 
racer of to-day will become the cruiser of to-morrow 
and yachting should flourish again. As Mr. Benzon 
truly says, "Very few men would stick to the opinion 
that open class racing should be a competition not 
only in designing and seamanship, but also a compe- 
tition in the art of constructing the lighest possible 
hull without regard to durability." This is exactly 
what has happened, and it is chiefly owing to the 
absence of any scantling rules that we are at present 
deploring the downfall of class racing. The remedy 
is at hand if the conference will but use it, but without 
it the adoption of an international rating rule would be 
of little real benefit. 
The 52FT. Class. — The latest report in connection 
with the 52ft. class — practically our only open rater 
class — is that a second Herreshoff boat is to enter the 
lists. The pleasure with which the news will be received 
here will be tempered by the fact that she is to be 
German owned. Without being uncharitable, this 
means that if she is to be sailed by a German skipper 
and crew, the utmost will not be got out of her, and in 
all probability no true idea of her qualities will ever 
be gleaned. Enormous strides have been made 
in yachting in Germany during the last decade, but 
the increase in the numbers of the racing contingent 
has not been marked by a proportionate improvement 
in seamanship, and the handling of German racers 
manned by native crews is by no means beyond re- 
proach. The last 52-footer, or rather 20-rater, which 
came from Germany to race in British waters, was the 
Herreshoflf boat Vineta, belonging to the late Baron 
von Zedwitz, who lost his life on board of her in the 
Solent as a result of the little vessel being swept by 
the main boom of the German Emperor's cutter 
Meteor. This was in 1896, the year when Mr. Howard 
Gould brought his famous Herreshoff Niagara over 
and did so well with her. Vineta looked a slippery 
boat, but she never did anything in the way of prize 
winning, although she was much the same style of boat 
in appearance as her sister. A racing yacht is always 
at a slight disadvantage in foreign waters, and unless 
she has the best crew and skipper that can be ob- 
tained, the odds are necessarily against her. However, 
the new boat and her owner will be sure of a warm 
welcome, and the better she is handled the better we 
shall be pleased. Of course, it is just possible that 
she may have a British crew, but of that there is no 
report. 
There was quite a bustle of activity at Easter among 
the small clubs on the Upper Thames and at Burnham- 
,on-Crouch, where several small sailing clubs have 
their headquarters. All round the coast the small 
classes are waking up; but it is not until the beginning 
of June that the season proper commences. In the 
meantime the big boats are fitting out, and all the 
more important yards are busy getting the heavyweights 
into trim for the season. E. H. Kelly. 
A Busy Yacht Yard. — In the fitting out time there are 
few places along the coast where sO' much yacht work is 
done as at Marblehead. Although it is a small place it is 
a big yachting center and many of the yachts that are 
seen in the rock-bound harbor during the summer months 
are stored there during the winter. The greater number 
is stored at the Marblehead Yacht Yards, owned by 
Messrs. Stearns & McKay. They have two yards, each 
having good capacity with plenty of room for storing 
under cover. There is a marine railway at each yard 
and the main yard, situated near the club houses, with 
deep water up to the dock, has proven a blessing to many 
a racing man who wanted to haul out on the railway and 
get away quickly, or who has been forced through acci- 
dent to have repairs made at short notice. A gasolene 
supply station is also located at each yard, which is of 
immense convenience to launch owners. Not only do the 
yards appeal to yachtsmen on account of their locations, 
but the owners thereof are in high favor as designers and 
builders of yachts. A visit to the building shops is all 
that is necessary to convince one of the quality of the 
work turned out. From the very lightest to the solid 
cruising construction the same care is taken with the 
work, and yachtsmen feel that when a boat leaves the 
shops she is finished. Mr. W. B. Stearns is a skillful 
designer of great ability and has produced some clever 
original ideas in cruising and racing yachts and launches. 
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Harlem Y. C. Annual Regatta.— The Harlem Y. C.'s 
twenty- third annual regatta will be sailed on Memorial 
Day. The race is open to yachts enrolled in clubs belong- 
ing to the Y. R. A. of Long Island Sound: Arrange- 
ments have been made for the following classes : 
Sloops and Yawls. — Class L, over 40ft. and not over 
48ft., racing measurement; class M, over 33ft. and not 
over 40ft; class N, over 27ft. and not over 33ft.; class P, 
over 22ft. and not over 27ft. ; class Q, over i8ft. and not 
over 22ft. ; class R, over 15ft. and not over 18ft., and class 
S, not over mft. 
Catboats — Class N, over 27ft. and not over 33ft-; class 
P, over 22ft. and not over 27ft. ; class Q, over i8ft. and 
not over 22ft. ; class R, over 15ft. and not over 18ft., and 
class S, not over 15ft. Raceabouts, class T. 
The courses, on the Sound, will be 15.12 and 9 nautical 
miles. The Race Committee is composed of Mr. Frank 
McDermott, chairman; Mr. George McGuinness, secre? 
tary, and Mr. W. T. Hyd?. - " ' ' ' 
