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FOREST AND STREAM. 
lJUNB 17, I90S. 
British Letter. 
The Proposed Rating Rule. — In a letter on the sub- 
ject of the proposed international rating rule published 
in the London Field of May 20, Sir George Leach, a 
veteran yachtsman and one of the founders of the Yacht 
Racing Association, sounds a note of warning against a 
hurried adoption of any such rule on the ground that such 
a rule might have the effect of cramping improvement in 
yacht design and construction owing to the difficulty of 
altering it in case it produced an exaggerated type of 
yacht. In favor of his contention he cites the cases of the 
old Thames rule which produced the plank-on-edge form 
of boat, and a recent rating rule from which was evolved 
the boat with the smallest possible body, and which was 
quite unfit for any other purpose than pure racing, and 
he states that he thinks it would be a pity that British 
yachtsmen should put themselves in such a position as to 
be unable to alter their own rating rule without the con- 
currence of all the countries involved, "merely to facili- 
tate the few international contests which are ever likely 
to take place." 
• It seems pretty clear that Sir George has not fully 
grasped the benefits which would undoubtedly accrue to' 
yachting through the passing of an international rule. 
The day of freaks has gone by, and there is at present a 
healthy reaction in favor of a moderate and sensible type 
of boat. Of course modern yachtsmen are never going 
to allow themselves to be gulled into the belief that is 
held by many of the old school, viz., that the old-fashioned 
straight stemmed, wall-sided boat is a better sea boat than 
the modern craft with spoon bow and round, fair lines. 
Anybody who has been shipmates with both types knows 
the enormous superiority of the modern model over the 
old as regards seaworthiness, stability, dryness, speed, 
comfort, and, in fact, in every detail, and although over- 
hangs have been overdone, the present rating rules of 
most European countries do not favor an exaggerated 
form of body, and the tendency is to limit overhangs and 
increase fullness of underwater body. 
No doubt the drawing up of a uniform rating rule 
which would be satisfactory to all countries would be a 
more difficult task than is the case when each country 
makes its own rule. What is worth doing, however, is 
worth doing well, and the magnitude of the task should 
not act as a deterrent to the members engaged on it, but 
should stimulate them to put forth all their talents and 
energies to bring it to a successful issue. 
Sir George Leach is in error when he hints that the sole 
benefit of the proposed new rule would be the facilities 
offered for a "few possible international contests," and he 
evidently thinks our present rating rule a most desirable 
one. If that is the case, how does he account for the 
present dearth of racing yachts. The fact is, the passing 
of an international rule and the adoption of an adequate 
scale of scantlings to insure proper construction would be 
of immense benefit to .dl countries, but to none so much 
so as to Great Britain. Class racing is almost dead in 
this country, not so much owing to the shortcomings of 
our present rating rule, as to the absence of any restric- 
tions on construction. Our Yacht Racing Association de- 
clines to remedy this and has been for some years steadily 
losing its hold over the yachting world, owing to its un- 
willingness or incapacity to tackle matters which are 
obviously within its province. It is quite time something 
was done, and the international conference will in all 
probability encourage the reluctant members of the Y. R. 
A. who are to be represented, to better things. 
An improved rating rule and scantling restrictions must 
be the outcome in the natural order of progress. Once 
let it be known that racing yachts must be of substantial 
construction and there will he a revival of class racing in 
England and a lucrative market for our outclassed racers 
abroad as was the case in former years. It is to be hoped 
that Great Britain will be represented at the conference 
by able men who see the obvious need for progress and 
reform, and who are under no delusion that the foreign 
representatives will be persuaded to adopt our present 
Y. R. A. rule, which is undoubtedly capable of much 
modification and great improvement. Once a satisfactory 
rule is arrived at it could be fixed for a period of five 
years. At the end of that time it could be improved or 
altered, or, if necessary, the arrangement could fall 
through. If the matter is carried out in the right and 
generous spirit, it cannot fail to prove a blessing to all 
countries concerned. 
SoNYA Beaten. — The 52ft. class had its first race at the 
regatta of the Orwell Corinthian Y. C. at Harwich on 
May 27. All four representatives of the class were pres- 
ent, and from the meagre accounts received it appears 
that the match was sailed in a steady breeze. The Herre- 
shoff boat Sonya was fitted with a temporary solid mast, 
having sprung her hollow spar the previous week. Moy- 
ana, the two-year-old Mylne-designed boat, won the 
match, beating Britonmart, Mr. W. P. Burton's new boat, 
by the same designer, by 24sec. Sonya was 3min. later, 
and last season's crack, Maymon, just astern of her. 
When the two new boats are tuned up the class should 
give excellent sport. The ex-52ft. class had a handicap in 
which the scratch boat Gauntlet went ashore wheii lead- 
ing. Viera won this race, Senga taking second prize. 
King Edward Presents Cup. — His Majesty the King 
has presented a cup to the Royal Southern Y. C. to be 
competed for at the annual regatta on Aug. 19. It will 
no doubt be given to the big handicap class, as is alrnost 
invariably the case since the decay of first-class racing. 
Some people are in favor of presenting such cups to the 
S2ft. class, but the value of the prize is out of all propor- 
tion to the size of the boats, and the great majority of 
people are in favor of big trophies being awarded to big 
vessels, and it seems the fairest way, for even if the big 
boats are not class racers they supply the backbone of the 
racing at all the principal regattas. 
Entries for the Dover-Heligoland Race. — The Ger- 
man Emperor has secured a very fine entry for the Dover- 
Heligoland race, fifteen yachts being down on the list, of 
which only two are under 100 tons. There are some fast 
boats in the match, including Satanita and Navahoe, old 
antagonists in British waters in 1893, and some of the 
yachts which have been taking part in the Atlantic race- 
are entered, including Ailsa, Thistle, Hildegarde, Fleur 
de Lys and Endymion. The American yachts Apache, 
Utowana and Atlantic have been entered in the race for 
^^xjliaries, E. H. Kelly. 
Boston Letter. 
To Race Under New Rule.— It has been announced by 
the Regatta Committee of the Eastern Y. C. that its open 
races this season will be sailed under the new uniform 
rule of measurement, the classes being for yachts of 40ft. 
rating and under. This will include the restricted classes 
of the Y. R. A. of Mass. While none of these boats have 
been officially measured for rating, it is thought that the 
22-footers will rate in class N, from 27 to 33ft., and the 
i8-footers in class P, from 22 to 27ft. In order to over- 
come the objections that the owners of yachts in the re- 
stricted classes might have to racing under any other than 
the rules for which they were built, it has been decided 
by the committee to offer larger cash prizes than usual, 
probably about twice as much for each race as was offered 
last season. 
Two Entries for Halifax Race. — Mr. Henry A. 
Morss, chairman of the Ocean Race Committee of the 
Eastern Y. C, has announced that two entries have been 
received for the ocean race from Marblehead to Halifax. 
These are the schooner Corona, owned by Mr. A. F. 
Luke, of New York, and the new schooner Invader, now 
bemg built at Lawley's for Mr. Roy A. Rainey, Vice-Com- 
modore of the Larchmont Y. C. 
With the 22-footers.— Nutmeg, designed by Hanley 
and built by Messrs. Hanley & Lawley, for Mr. A. C. 
Jones, has been measured into the 22ft. class. She was 
launched June 3, and was found to be quite short. So 
2,500 pounds of lead were put inside, in addition to the 
2,500 pounds on the keel. When measured it was found 
that she was 21ft. S.^in. on the waterline. As the addi- 
tional lead is to be put on the keel, it is likely that she will 
be found shorter than this when she is again measured. 
It is expected that she will be ready for the Boston Y. C. 
race on June 17. Mr. F. G. Macomber, Jr., owner of 
Clotho, last season's champion, has changed her name to 
Chewink V. The alterations on" her have been completed, 
and in her first race at Marblehead on Saturday she 
showed the class that she is still among the fastest of 
them. The changes necessary to bring the old Medric 
into the class have been made, and she was seen in the 
race at Marblehead on Saturday. 
A New 15-F00TER.— There has been built at Dubois' 
yard-, Scituate, a Y. R. A. 15-footer for Mr. James R. 
Prince, from designs of Messrs, Small Brothers. It is 
expected that this boat will make her first appearance in 
the race of the Boston Y. C. at Hull on June 17, when 
she will compete with Vera II., last year's champion, 
owned by Mr. Hjalmar Lundberg. 
_ New 30-F00TER Tried Out. — The new 30-footer, Pon- 
tiac, designed and built by Messrs. Burgess & Packard, 
■for Mr. George S. Silsbee, has been given several trials 
off Marblehead. In three trials over a nine-mile course, 
in a hght breeze, she beat, both Sauquoit and Chewink IV. 
on Sunday, June 4. She is not so long as either of the 
restricted boats and she does not carry as much sail. She 
is 43ft. over all, 29ft. waterline, loft. 6in. breadth and 6ft. 
gin. draft. She carries 1,150 sq. ft. of sail. She will be 
sent to Islesboro this week. With her will be sent a 15- 
footer designed and built by Messrs. Burgess & Packard, 
which will be used by Mr. Silsbee's son. 
Adopts New Rule. — At a meeting of the Corinthian 
Y. C, held on Saturday evening, June 3, it was unani- 
mously voted to adopt the new uniform rating rule. The 
classes to be raced under the rule will be under 40ft. rat- 
ing. The 22-footers and the i8-footers will be raced 
under the old rule of waterline measurement. 
Black Hawk at Marblehead. — The schooner Black 
Hawk, designed by Mr. Norman L. Skene, and built by 
Mr. C. F. Brown, of Pulpit Harbor, Me., for Mr. C. E. 
Gibson, arrived at Marblehead on Wednesday, June 7. 
She had strong N. E. winds along the coast and is said 
to have handled most satisfactorily. She carried all sail 
until off Thatcher's Island, when topsails were taken in. 
Black Hawk is 61 ft. over all, 42ft. waterline, 14ft. 3in. 
breadth and 8ft. 3in. draft. She is intended for offshore 
cruising and has been mentioned as a possible entry in 
the ocean race of the Eastern Y. C. Mr. Skene reports 
the sale of the 25i't. launch Comet for Mr. J. O. Hinckley, 
of Salem, to Mr. T. W. Heermans, of Chicago. 
Elmina Sails for New York. — The 90ft. schooner El- 
mina, recently completed at Lawley's for Mr. F. F. Brew- 
ster from designs by Messrs. A. Carey Smith and Ferris, 
left port last week for New York waters. She put into 
Newport for a couple of days. John B. Kjlleen. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
ToiNETTE Sold. — The steel steam yacht Toinette, Mr. 
Thomas A. Mclntyre, New York Y. C, has been sold, 
through the agency of Mr. Henry J. Gielow to Mr. J. 
Rosenbaum, of Chicago. Toinette was originally called 
the Lady Beatrice, and after that the Aroc. She was de- 
signed by Mr. A. C. Storey and built by Messrs. Ramage 
& Ferguson, of Leith, Scotland. The principal dimen- 
sions are : 175ft. over all, 143ft. waterline, 22ft. 2in. beam 
and 12ft. 3in. depth. 
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Recent Sales. — Auxiliary yawl Idelon has been sold 
by Dr. W. Merle Smith, Seawanhaka Y. C, to Mr. W. H. 
Parsons of this city, through the office of Mr. Stanley M. 
Seaman. Idelon is C5ft. over all, 35ft. waterline, 14ft. 
beam and 7ft. draft, designed and built in 1903 by the 
L. J. Nilson Co., Baltimore, Md., has a 7 horsepower 
Lathrop motor giving a speed of six miles under power. 
The same office negotiated the sale of the sloop Nei San 
for Major J. McGaw Woodbury to Mr. H. C. Prichitt, of 
New York. Nei San was designed by Mr. Wm. Gardiner. 
She is 40ft. over all, 25ft. waterline, loft. beam and 4ft. 
6in. draft. 
■Ml-. Seaman reports a new propeller is being placed 
aboard the steam yacht Orienta. The latter recently char- 
tered to the Panama Government. She will be ready for 
her trial trip this week, and is expected to make over 20 
miles an hour. If successful, she will leave at once for 
Colon; Panama. • 
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Entries FOR Dqver-Heligoland Race.— The "race for 
the Heligoland cups- starts on June 17, and so far nine- 
teen entries have been received. The distance from Dover 
to Heligoland is about 320 miles. The race is sailed on 
a handicap basis, auxiliaries being allowed to use only 
canvas for propelling power. Starting from Dover, the 
boats cross the North Sea, leaving all the lightships on 
the Dutch and German coasts on the starboard hand and 
finishing between the Saturn buoy, south of Heligoland, 
and a German warship, which serves as judges' boat. The 
boats entered follow : 
Sailing Vessels. 
Tons. 
Clara, Max Guilleaume, schooner 185 
Satanita, Sir M. FitzGerald, yawl 300 
Lethe, Col. T. F. A. W. Kennedy, yawl 163 
Moonstone, H. K. Bellew, schooner 155 
Susanne, O. Huldschinsky, schooner 154 
Ailsa, H. S. Redmond, yawl... 166 
Thistle, Robert E. Tod, schooner 235 
Hildegard, E. R. Coleman, schooner 145 
Fleur de Ly.i/ D. L. A. Stimson, schooner 86 
Endymion, Ceorge Lauder, Jr., schooner 116 
I\avahoe, C. W. Watjen, yawl 235 
Formosa, Adm. Sir. J. K. E. Baird, yawl 102 
Ventura, Lieut. T. N. Thynne, ketch 98 
Theresa, Felix Simon, yawl 114 
Svmshine,, L. H. Solomon, schooner 118 
Auxiliaries. 
Atlantic, Wilson Marshall, schooner 206 
Utowana, Allison V. Armour, schooner 267 
Apache, Edmund Randolph, bark 307 
Valhalla, Earl of Crawford, ship 648 
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^ Club Books Received. — We are indebted to Mr. John 
T. Fox, Secretary of the Beach Haven Y. C. ; Mr. F. A. 
Eustis, of the Beverly Y. C, and Mr. Walter Burgess, of 
the Boston Y. C, for copies of their respective club books 
for the year of 1905. 
New Rochelle Y. C 
New Rochelle, Long Island Sound — Saturday, June 10. 
Twenty-five boats were entered in the New Rochelle Y. C. 
powerboat race, held on Saturday, June 10, but the sea kicked, 
up by the fresh S.W. wind was sufficient to prevent several from 
starting. 
The Regatta Committee, made up of Messrs. G. P. Cranberry, W. 
L. Diaz and J. C. Connolly were on board Vice-Commodore 
Gills' launch, Hellen G., which boat took up her position oif 
Echo Bay. The course was from starting line off Echo Bay, be- 
tween the committee boat and a mark lioat, to and around red 
spar buoy, off Mott's Point and back to starting line; distance, 
9^^ nautical miles. 
Challenger was alone in her class, but she went twice over the 
course alone. Her time for the 19 miles was 54m. 15s., which 
is a shade better than 21 knots. 
The only competitor Simplex had, was White Fox. Seven 
minutes was the time given by White Fox to Simplex. The 
latter won by 43m. 58s. 
Beldame allowed Argonaut 16m. 20s. The former was unable 
to save her time and Argonaut won by 6m. 9s. 
Reliance was not timed, and Hully G. won easily in her class, 
: beating the Grace handily on corrected time. 
Thirteen of the Knickerbocker Y. C. one-aesign boats, better 
known as the Sea Skunks, were entered, and ten started. They 
were the drawing card of the event, and an exciting race resulted. 
No. 7 won, beating No. 1 by 41s. Nos. 5 and 6 tied for third 
place. The summary follows^: 
Classes O, P. Q. R— Start, 2:20— Course, 19 Miles. 
Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Challenger, W. Gould Brokaw 3 14 15 0 54 15 0 54 15 
Classes S, T, V— Start, 2:25— Course, 19 Miles. 
White Fox, Charles Hatch 4 10 23 1 45 23 1 45 23 
Simplex, C. R. Mabley 3 33 25 1 OS 25 1 01 25 
Classes A, B, C, D— Start, 2:30— Course, 19 Miles. 
Beldame, H. A. Lozier 4 17 21 1 47 21 1 47 21 
Argonaut, Godfried Piel 4 27 22 1 57 22 1 41 02 
Classes H, I J— Start, 2:35— Course, 19 Miles. 
Reliance, A. C. Stratford Not timed. 
Classes K, L— Start, 2:40— Course, 9% Miles. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Hully G., H. Foote 4 01 19 1 21 19 
The Grace, L. A. Newcome 4 14 35 1 34 35 
Knickerbocker One-Design Class — Start, 3:00 — Course, 91^ Miles. 
No. 1, F. L. Kraemer.... 4 03 00 1 03 00 
No. 2, Charles Coughtry 4 09 26 1 09 26 
No. 3, L. C. Berrian 4 09 15 1 09 15 
No. 5, A. L. Kerker 4 04 55 1 04 55 
No. 6, F. E. Brown 4 04 55 1 04 55 
No. 7, Joseph Cassidy 4 02 19 1 02 19 
No. 9, J. Sultsbach 4 08 51 1 08 51 
No. 10, W. PL Gassert 4 Oo 48 1 08 48 
No. 11, Daniel Noble 4 08 58 1 08 58 
No. 12, M. E. Connelly 4 07 29 1 07 29 
Qwincy Y, C. 
Quincy, Mass. — Saturday, June 10. 
An interclub race between the yachts of the Quincy, Wollaston 
and Squantum Y. C.s was sailed off the Quincy Y. C. on Satur- 
day, June 10, in a light westerly breeze. Wawenock was an easy 
vvinner in Class A. Marvel and West Wind won on corrected 
times in classes B and C. Togo won in the launch class. The 
summary: 
Class A. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Wawenock, Seymour & Coombs 2 21 04 1 37 14 
Rambler, W. Sargent 2 31 47 1 51 07 
Whisper, F. C. Fowler.. 2 36 38 
Harriet, H. A. Lincoln..' Disabled. 
Class B. 
Marvel, J. M. Whittemore 2 19 52 1 39 56 
Eclipse, G. G. F. Sawyer, Jr 2 17 54 1 42 18 
Hustler, H. W. Robbins 2 24 36 1 43 49 
Moondyne, W. H. Shaw 2 24 48 1 46 09 
Pocahontas, W. D. & F. C. Merrill 2 15 54 1 46 30 
Josephine, F. H. Smith 2 26 41 1 46 31 
Dorothy III., F. Crane 2 27 41 1 47 58 
Argesta, G. H. Wilkins 2 26 31 1 49 19 
Harold W., A. B. Robbins 2 26 17 1 49 31 
Clara Lee, Edg Emery 2 40 53 1 59 39 
Idler W., W. H. Nichols 2 43 45 . 1 59 45 
Sheilla VV., T. F. Hewitson 2 29 08 
Stranger, D. & F. E. Daws Disabled. 
West Wind, W. W. Clewse '. 1 38 45 1 07 18 
Mijo, W. N. Cannon 1 38 02 1 10 10 
Khaki, L. H. Brown 1 45 42 1 16 IS 
Motor Launches. 
Togo, N. L. H. Curtis 3 35 42 
Mischief, T. H. E. Wilson 3 41 42 
Corinthian Y. C. 
Marblehead, Mass. — Saturday, June 10. 
. The first race of the Corinthian Y. C. for the season was 
sailed off Marblehead on Saturday, June 10, in light shifting 
breezes from S.W. to S.E. On account of the shifting wind 
there was no real windward work in the race. Two classes filled, 
22-footers and 18-footers. In the 22ft. class the old Medric got 
the start, but Rube passed her and led to the first mark. On the 
second leg Medric II. took the lead, and held it during the rest 
of the race, with Chewink V., ex-Clotho, in second place. In the 
ISft. class Moslem II. got the start and led all over the course. 
The summary: 
22-Footers. 
Medric II., H. H. White 2 20 08 
Chewink V., F. G. Macomber, Jr 2 20 38 
Rube, H. L. Bowden ....2 21 32 
Clorinda, C. D. Lanning 2 22 07 
Medric I., George Lee 2 22 40 
- • 18-Footers. 
Moslem II., B. D. Barker 1 22 45 
Hayseed, F. P. Bowden 1 24 23 
Hayseed II., H. L. Bowden 1 26 59 
