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moderate all night. We are taking to the routine of 
watches very kindly, and the relieved watch never loses 
any time in turning in, but seldom gets an uninterrupted 
watch below. Cooking is the most strenuous job on 
board, as it is almost impossible to keep things on the 
stove, and out of the question to set the table, so we 
have to hold our grub in our laps in true forecastle 
fashion. A few hours of fair wind and smooth water 
would be very welcome. In fact, a shift from any 
quarter would help, as it has been end on for 48 hours. 
Passed close to- and hailed Fenwick Shoal Lightship. 
They reported that they had seen nothing of the racers, 
which means that they probably passed in the night 
and are a long way ahead. The man who answered 
our hail looked as if he hadn’t been ashore for months, 
and acted as if he had forgotten how to talk; all we 
could get out of him was a nod or shake of the head. 
About sundown we passed through a big fleet of fish- 
ermen anchored a long way off shore. There were 
twenty-four schooners in the fleet, and the dories were 
out miles from some of their vessels. We learned from 
them that two of our boats had been seen early in the 
morning, which puts them about 16 hours ahead of us. 
Sunday. — Wind moderated during the night, but held 
from same quarter. Passed Winter Quarter Shoal 
Lightship at 5 A. M. Weather overcast, with occasional 
rain and wind squalls. This is the fourth day out, and 
we look like a lot of Cape Horners, no one having 
shaved since we started. At 10 A. M., wind much 
stronger and sea heaviest we have yet had. Steamer 
passed close aboard, bound south, and a torpedo boat 
destroyer bound north. We are directly in the steamer 
track, which is further in shore than we want to be, 
as our plan has been to keep from 20 to 30 miles off look- 
ing for easterly slants, but they have failed to materialize 
thus far. About 4 o’clock we sighted a sloop ahead, and by 
6 were near enough to make her out to be the Nomad. 
Hog IsIand'Light bearing S.W. by W. 8 miles — seas very 
heavy and Nomad making bad weather of it. By 8 
o’clock wind and sea had both increased, and we decided 
to heave to under reefeed mainsail. By daylight it 
moderated, and a few hours later dropped almost to a 
calm, but could not set light sails for fear of slatting and 
chafing them to shreds. Gauntlet proved herself to 
be an exceptional sea boat, and during the worst of 
the blow, the sea, which was very high and irregular, 
never broke over her bows. 
The last of the ice disappeared yesterday. I forgot 
to note it in the log, although it is the most serious 
thing that has happened yet. No more cold drinks, and 
we have to butter our bread with a spoon. We hope to 
get a square meal to-day, however, as it is flat calm 
and sea smooth, save for a heavy ground swell which 
does not bother us. Hog Island Light is still in sight, 
which means that we have made absolutely nothing since 
yesterday P. M. O. D. steamer passed us this morning 
headed S. This is the second time that we have seen 
the same boat, and hope she has reported us. 
Late in the afternoon, after laying becalmed all day, 
a light S.W. breeze sprang up and gave us a little lift, 
and at 5 o’clock we made Cape Charles (Shore) Light. 
Toward evening the wind veered to S.E., and for the 
first time in five days gave us a favorable slant. Cape 
Charles Lightship was passed at 7:40, and a fair tide 
and wind enabled us to cross the finishing line 5 hours 
later — the last boat in our class, but ahead of two much 
larger boats in the class above. After grounding twice 
in an unsuccessful attempt to get into the Hampton 
Roads Y. C. anchorage, we gave it up and anchored off 
Old Point about daylight. 
Much to our disappointment, we learned that the 
others had finished many hours ahead, but had had 
more favorable conditions, and the winner, Tamerlane, 
had sailed about 100 miles less than Gauntlet, whose 
log showed over 400 knots. Tamerlane stood even fur- 
ther to sea than we, got the slant we were looking for, 
and her skipper is to be congratulated on his clever win. 
She was designed and built by Mr. L. D. Huntington, 
Jr., who also designed and built Gauntlet for his own use. 
We realized after the second day of head wind that we 
were out of it, as a 22ft. waterline boat is too small 
a craft to be driven to windward fast against a head 
wind and sea, but our crew, consisting of Mr. L. D. 
Huntington, Jr. (Owner), Montgomery H. Clark, R. 
N. Bavier, Frederick Le Court and the writer, kept her 
going for all they were worth night and day, and with 
the exception of the amateur cook, it is doubtful if any 
of us had more than 16 or 18 hours’ sleep during the 
five days we were at sea. 
Newport 30-Footers. 
The first race of the season between the Herreshoff 
Newport 30-footers was held July 2, and the Loretta, 
owned by Mr. Oliver Harriman, was beaten for the first 
time by Mr. Pembroke Jones’ Carolina, which, for sev- 
eral reasons, has been the champion of the Newport 
“thirties.” The owners sailed their boats, and with Mr. 
Jones in Carolina was Mr. Elisha Dyer, Jr. 
The course was a short one, a run up the bay of about 4 
miles, and a beat back, and the two contestants kept close 
together until they hauled on the wind, when they parted 
company, and Carolina soon took the windward position 
and the lead. She reached the finish line a winner by a 
half minute. The event was a match race, for a cup to 
be paid for by the loser. 
Bensonhurst Y. C. Club House Opened.— The new 
Bensonhurst Y. C. club house, on the shores of Gravesend 
Bay, was formally opened on Saturday, July 8. A large 
number of yachtsmen and lady guests visited the station 
during the afternoon and were enthusiastic about all that 
they saw. In the evening a vaudeville entertainment was 
given. The club membership limit has now been reached 
and every department seems to be in a prosperous con- 
dition. 
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Cape May Y. C. Officers. — The Cape May Y. C. 
elected the following officers on July 4: Com., J. Wes- 
ley Allison; Vice-Corn., Christopher Gallagher; Rear 
Com;, J. Clifford Wilson; Sec., Adam Suelke; Treas., 
William K. Holman. 
British Letter. 
End of Early Racing Season. — The departure of the 
big handicap class on June 22 in their race from Cowes 
to the Clyde marks the termination of the first pai't of 
the yachting season. Rosamond and White Heather have 
been the most successful boats in this class, their im- 
proved form over that of last year being the result of 
slight alterations and a change of skippers. Rosamond 
has taken four first prizes ; White Heather two first, one 
second and one third; Brynhild one first and one second; 
Clara one first; Creole three seconds and one third, and 
Valdora and Moonbeam one second each. Valdora has 
fallen off this year, but she will probably come to the front 
again before the season is out. White Fleather would 
probably have had another first prize had she not mis- 
taken the course in the river match of the Royal Thames 
Y. C., in which case Clara- — the only other competitor — 
would have been without a winning flag. In the smaller 
handicap class Gauntlet, the scratch boat, has suffered the 
penalty for being the best kept up and most smartly 
sailed boat of the fleet, by being handicapped out of it. 
Viera has won three first. Sonya a first, three seconds and 
a third, and Indema one first, one second and a third. 
Why Gauntlet should have to allow her sister ship, In- 
dema— built in the same year and designed by the same 
designer — over I3j2min. from the Nore to Dover is a 
puzzle, as also is the allowance of 6min. I4sec. which she 
had to make her over the short course at Dover two days 
later. As Gauntlet has apparently not won a single prize 
this season it is high time her penalties were considerably 
reduced, as the object of handicaps is to put all boats on 
a level. The surprise of the past fortnight has been the 
remarkable improvement in the Herreshoff 52ft. rater 
Sonya. Since shipping her new hollow mast she has won 
three first prizes out of four starts, and has proved her- 
self to be a better boat than any of the others, with the 
exception perhaps of Moyana — when sailing to windward. 
She is also very fast when running dead, but with a beam 
wind, or a quarter wind, she is not so fast. Her first race 
after shipping the new hollow spar was under the burgee 
of the Royal Corinthian Y. C. at Port Victoria on June 
10 (not June 12, as I stated in my last letter). Her sole 
opponent was Moyana, and in a long turn to windward 
the British boat beat her by more than 3min. In the run 
back Sonya picked up the leader to some extent, but was 
beaten by over i) 4 min. Since then, however, she has 
started three times and won three first prizes, and the 
improvement in her form may be put down not so much 
to the hollow mast as to the position of the crew, who 
have been sitting well forward and getting her tail out of 
the water a little. It was feared at one time that Sonya 
would desert the class for the Kiel regattas, but fortu- 
nately her owner, Mrs. Turner Farley, changed her mind, 
and all four of the 52ft. class have left in tow for the 
Clyde where they will have a fortnight’s continuous racing. 
Both Sonya and Moyana will have new suits of sails by 
Lapthorn & Ratsey. It will be interesting to see whether 
the American boat will do as well or better to windward 
under the flat sitting British sails than she did under the 
more baggy Herreshoff canvas. She is so stiff that there 
is some talk of taking off some of her lead so as to make 
her faster in light weather. If this is done, however, it 
will hardly be until after the Clyde Fortnight, and 
during the races her true form will probably be 
found. At any rate, there will be sufficient data to go up- 
on to decide whether such an alteration is advisable. If 
Sonya keeps up her wanning mood it will be a feather in 
the cap of the supporters of our rating rule, for she cer- 
tainly conforms more closely to its requirements than 
any of the other boats. She has more body, more draft 
of water and her overhangs are by no- means excessive. 
Moyana should be much improved with new sails and 
close racing is looked forward to with the four boats. 
Britomart has not apparently found her trim yet. She, 
like Sonya, has been handicapped through having to carry 
a solid mast for some time. Maymon is not going so 
well as last year, which is probably to be accounted for 
by the fact that she has changed skippers, and the new 
man, who has for many years , been in charge of larger 
vessels, has not yet quiie settled down to her. 
The Racing. — The New Thames Y. C. had its river 
matches on June 14, the course being from the Lower 
Hope, just below Gravesend, round the Mouse Lightship 
and back to Gravesend, for the big boats and 52-footers, 
and round the West Oaze Buoy and back for the small 
handicap class. It is an obsolete course, but the New 
Thames stick to it because their club house is at Graves- 
end. White Heather was first home, but Rosamond took 
first prize on the handicap, and Creole the second. The 
course gave a beat to the lightship and a run back. Brito- 
mart was an absentee in the 52ft. class and Moyana gave 
up soon after the start through some of her gear giving 
out. In a hard beat to windward Sonya, although making 
a bad start, caught and passed Maymon and reached the 
weather mark ymin. ahead of her. Maymon picked up 
6min. in the run home, but Sonya scored a well deserved 
victory. Indema and L’Amoureuse won the prizes in the 
small handicap match. The next races were those of the 
Royal Thames Y. C. from the Nore to Dover. The rac- 
ing was quite spoiled from lack of wind. White Heather 
and Brynhild won the prizes in the handicap for yachts 
exceeding 100 tons. Rosamond was winner in the second 
handicap, and Viera and Indema took the prizes in the 
small handicap. In the 52ft. class Sonya was fortunate in 
getting a clear start, after which she ghosted away from 
the others and won easily, Maymon being second, some 
lomin. later. On June 19 the Royal Thames had a race 
for the big boats from Dover to Calais and back, and for 
the 52-footers and small handicappers over the Dover 
course._ Brynhild, Creole and White Heather took the 
prizes in the cross-channel race; Sonya fairly flogged her 
class beating to windward in a short jump, though it is 
said she was disqualified for finishing the wrong side of 
the mark boat. Britomart was second, after having led 
most of the day. Her long overhangs stopped her in the 
jump to windward and Sonya beat her 2min. in the short 
beat from the South Foreland to the line. In the match 
from Cowes to the Clyde six boats started in a jackyard 
topsail breeze, viz., the yawls White Heather, Brynhild 
and Valdora, the cutter Merrymaid and the schooners 
Adela and Norlanda. x\s they beat down the west chan- 
nel toward the Needles Brynhild was leading and Valdora 
second. The course is not a very long one, just over 500 
miles, but the winds are fluky and capricious off our 
coasts at this time of year, so that the race will probably 
occupy some days. 
The German Emperor’s Cup Race.— The race from 
Dover to Heligoland, which was started on the same day 
as the Royal Thames matches from the Nore to Dover, 
suffered in the same way from lack of wind. There was 
a capital entry of a dozen fine vessels, including several 
American yachts. Navahoe was scratch, the other start- 
ers being the yawls Satanita, Ailsa, Therese, Lethe and 
Formosa, and the schooners Hildegarde, Endymion, 
Clara, Susanne, Fleur de Lys and Sunshine. The yachts 
were all brought up off the Goodwin Sands in a flat calm 
until after dark, when a strong westerly breeze sprang 
up and they squared away with a fair wind. Navahoe 
was first boat to finish, but Susanne won first prize by time. 
Therese second, Navahoe third, and Sunshine fourth. 
Navahoe did the course in 36h. 28m. 32s. 
Cowes to Clyde Race.- — After an extremely dreary pas- 
sage of five days the racing in the handicap rnatch from 
Cowes to the Clyde was brought to a finish on June 27. 
In every case the weather is reported to have been of the 
most unfavorable kind, especially after making the Long- 
ships. From the start wind was a light sailing breeze 
from southeast, which held more or less true to the 
Land’s End. White Heather was soon ahead, the last of 
her rivals to be lost sight of being Valdora, which was 
left between Portland Bill and the Lizard. After leaving 
the English Channel the prevailing airs were northeast 
and northerly with great stretches of calms. White 
Heather was off the Isle of Man on Monday morning, 
and there she had a good slant to Portpatrick, but subse- 
quently the airs fell away, and after being hung up under 
the Holy Isle she took eighteen hours to do the remainder 
of the course — about thirty miles. Brynhild and Valdora 
were a great deal together on the passage, and were next 
in order to White Heather. The timings were as follows : 
Mr. Myles B. Kennedy’s yawl White Heather (scratch), 
winner of £100 cup 8 00 16 
Dr. J. Douglas Kerr’s yawl Valdora, 3d prize, £20 cup.. 12 33 17 
Sir James Pender’s yawl Brynhild 12 29 13 
Mr. R. Young’s cutter Merrymaid 3 29 50 
Mr. Claud T. Cayley’s schooner Adela 3 35 08 
Mr. F. Milburn’s schooner Norlanda, 2d prize, £40 
cup 5 18 13 
E. H. Kelly. 
Rhode Island Notes. 
New Yacht Club Station.— The New Prudence Isl- 
and station of the Rhode Island Y. C. was appropriately 
opened with a housewarming party on the evening of July 
3, and a large assembly of members and guests attended 
the affair. A vaudeville programme furnished the even- 
ing’s entertainment, and a Dutch luncheon was served. 
About forty vachts of the club fleet were anchored off 
the station during the evening. The new club house is 
52 by 32ft. in size with an ell 25 by 24ft. It is two stories 
in height, and a handsome building situated on rising 
ground about looft. from the north shore of the island. 
The lower floor of the main building is given up to a 
club room, a large dining hall and a smaller private din- 
ing room. The second floor has a good-sized hall, a 
ladies’ dressing room and five sleeping rooms, while the 
ell contains the kitchen and pantries and steward’s quar- 
ters. A verandah 12ft. wide surrounds those parts of the 
house that front on the bay. The Prudence Island sta- 
tion will make an attractive stopping place for visiting 
yachtsmen who go to the upper part of Narragansett Bay. 
Narragansett Bay Y. R. A. — On July 17, Monday, the 
week of open racing of the Narragansett Bay Y. R. A. 
begins with the Edgewood Y. C. open regatta, that club 
entertaining the visiting yachtsmen in the evening. The 
Tuesday racing will be an Association regatta off Pru- 
dence Island, and the Rhode Island Y. C. regatta will be 
sailed over the same course on Wednesday. The fol- 
lowing day there will be a team race between the Rhode 
Island and Sachem’s Head fleets, with an entertainment 
for the visiting club at the Prudence Island station in the 
evening, d'he Fall River Y. C. racing will be on Friday 
and the Bristol regatta on Saturday. All the week’s 
racing, excepting the team race on Thursday, will be 
open to the yachts of any recognized club, and large lists 
of entries are expected. F. H. Young. 
Class Q Boats at Larch mont. — The first race for the 
Bellows Challenge Cup for class Q, in which each club 
on Gravesend Bay is allowed to enter its best performer 
in a series of three events, was down to occur under the 
auspices of the Bensonhurst Y. C. on Saturday, July 8. 
It was postponed until Thursday, July 27, because of 
threatening weather conditions at the time for the start. 
The struggle for the same trophy, which was scheduled to 
be sailed on Saturday, July 15, has been called off for the 
present to allow the new class Q creations to go up. the 
Sound for Larchmont race week. W. H. Childs’ More 
Trouble, George H. Church’s Saetta, F. J. Havens’ Quest 
are to enter for the series prize offered for the class. 
George E. Reiners’ Ojigwan is also almost sure to be in 
the fray. Hendon Chubb’s Cockatoo H. will not com- 
pete up the Sound, her owner planning to be out of town. 
The new boats have proven fast in work on Gravesend 
Bay and there is much speculation, among local yachts- 
men as to how they will do at Larchmont. 
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Auxiliary Sloop for Allen Pinkerton. — The new 
sloop built from designs by Mr. Henry J. Gielow at Mr. 
Robert Jacobs’ yard. City Island, was launched during 
the latter part of June. She was built for Mr. Allen 
Pinkerton and is 51ft. over all, 36ft. waterline, 13ft. 
breadth and 3ft. yin. draft. A 7)4 horsepower IJuffalo 
engine is located under the cockpit floor. A very consider- 
able amount of internal room is obtained under the cabin 
house. The companionway leads directly to the main 
cabin. The owner’s stateroom is forward on the star- 
board side and the toilet room is on the port side oppo- 
site. Just forward is the galley and forecastle. 
It 
Redwing Sold. — The racing sloop Redwing has been 
sold by Rear Commodore J. B. O’Donohue, of the Ben- 
sonhurst Y. C., to Mr. Arthur H. Whitney, of the Shelter 
Island Y. C. Redwing is one of the Bar Harbor 30- 
footers designed and built by the Herreshoff Mfg. Co, 
