Nov. 4 , 1905-] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
377 
Tainui^s J903 Cruise. 
BY JAmES W. CdMMEFORD_,.,JR. 
{Contluded from page 3c9 ) 
Aug. 2, Sunday.— At 4:30 A. M., Gharlie and the hiate 
were still fast asleep. George dipped a pail .of wgter ■. 
and dumped it in through the fan light, in a minute all 
was confusion. Some one had to go overboard. The 
Skipper made for the foremast, intending to go aloft, 
but was too slow. In he went. George in ‘the meari- 
time got away in the dinghy. ,The Skipper evened 
things up by swimming to the dinghy and upsettirig 
George and a battle royal took place, much to the enjoy- 
ment of the mate and Charlie. This over, the little 
schobne.r was Soon under way, again with the wind free. 
Reached Massassage Park, and after one hour’s ramble 
left for Belleville 4 miles away. At Belleville’s waterfront 
is a park, and we tied up by the promenade and jaunted 
off up-town. At 11:30 left Belleville with wind aft and 
headed for Trenton 12 miles away, reaching there at , 
2:30 A. M., and turned in. , , 
Aug. 3, Monday. — Stayed in port all day and visited 
the large saw mill. The mate stumped us to run the 
logs, he leading, Charlie, George and the Skipper close 
on his heels. There was a splash and a yell, George was 
in and each time he grabbed at the logs they would 
roll ’over and he would get another ducking. The mate 
and'-Chajrlie went to his • assistance and soon had hirtl 
out. He had enough. Tainui was log eiioughTor him."' 
That afternoon all went fishing except the SkippCr, 
who met with old friends and during the afternqpn 
was the recipient of a sailor’s sheath knife. Thursday 
was to be fireman’s day, and arches' were being erected 
at the principal corners and the town decorated gen- 
erally. We were asked to stay and join in the fufiv but 
as our time was limited, we had to decline and left' at 
midnight with fresh wind over the beam, ajid made-x 
Twelve O’clock. Point at i A. M.., after an exciting sail. 
Aug. 4, Tuesday. — Rained hard all morning. Left at 
9 A. M., with the wind over the quarter, for up the 
Murray Canal and made the run through in an hour, 
after which we again cut the channel buoys, and upon 
reaching the outer range light, anchored and close 
reefed the main, fore and jib, as it was blowing a gale 
from the S.E. Outside a large sea was running. We 
now headed for the open, the wind and sea dead ahead, 
and to beat out in that narrow channel was no easy 
task. The canvas had to be kept on to make her drive 
into it, and Tainui would rise on a sea and dive into the 
next and bury her horn and half the jib. It was hard 
work and the canvas had to be conti-nua-ll-y -worked to- 
keep her right side up. She would no sooner get steer- 
age way when we would have to go about. As we rose 
on the crest of a sea the islanders could be seen 
grouped together watching and beckoning to us. . Once 
outside and we would get it over the quarter, but there 
was a quarter mrile "of it yet."" 'We vvere 'now in the ■ 
breakers. “Stand by,” called the Skippfer. A hitch 
now meant the loss of a spar or to be driven on a lee 
shore. “Hard a-lee!” canie the order^ Tainui banged 
into a large breaker and missed stays'. The next sea 
lifted her up and backed her_ down on the dinghy, 
which had been given a long line. The masts swayed 
like Switches. The mate climbed forward and backed 
off the jib to starboard, the mainsail was eased and 
Tainui payed away on the starboard tack and com- 
menced to forge ahead. The next tack was made suc- 
cessfully and the Skipper ordered the canvas eased off 
a bit until the wind was over the quarter. The little 
schooner would rise on tdie wall of a 12ft. sea and rush 
ahead, nestle for a moment on the crest and then drop 
'into the hollow and seemed to wait for the next. The 
back stays were now set to brace the spars. The dinghy 
began to rush upon us on a following sea, then stop 
dead,,^nd come up again with a jerk. To stop this, about 
2oft.:^,bf' .^in. bolt rope was attached to the then long 
line, WhitStill she would pull and jerk. The mate com- 
plained oFa'-pain in his back and was soon stretched out 
in the cabin. ' Fifteen, minutes later there was a heavy 
jerk from the dinghy, she had parted her painter. 
“Marsh, the dinghy’s gone,” called the Skipper; “get 
a stout rope and stand by to pick it up.” The' back 
stays were cast off, and the helm put hard down, the jib 
let .fly and Tainui laid down cabin awash for a moment, 
then headed S. in the trough to wait for the dinghy to 
get,^ahead Oi us. At the proper moment we again went 
abo'fet^i.and headed for her. As we came near the Skip- 
per jammed his tiller down, sheeted in his main a little 
and the crew grabbed the dinghy, while the mate 
cuickly tied the new line with a square knot to the, 
broken p linter. The mainsail was then eased a bit to 
give her steerage way, as we had to again go about, for 
to gybe in that gale wpiild' cause an accident. She 
came about without further trouble and again was- seL 
on her , course. This happened twice more before'., we.i 
reached Cobourg.'-HWith the mate below useless '',a,n,d;, 
an unexperienced "crew on deck, the Skipper hadHfis ' 
troubles.' , ..At times' it was hard to keep her from' 
broacliingHtok" George, who had been watching the 
shore line', saw that ..we were gradually leaving it, and 
heading' for, the open. He would look at the Skipper, 
then at. the shore and at last asked why we kept so far 
out, aiid being told tliat an open sea is better than a 
lee shore, and that; if the wind was to lighten it would 
be better to run with the sea for the harbor than by it. 
When about 2 miles E. of Cobourg and 7 miles out 
‘Tainui was headed for the harbor, entering it at 6 
P. M. The seas were washing over the piers. We ran 
up the harbor a way for shelter and were met .by. a 
crowd 'of people who had been watching us rise and 
disappear in the big sea outside. 
In the h|r| 3 or we found 'seyeral yachtg ' t%t- h'^d ; rffn’ 
for shelter, and after seeing the mate snugly in bed at 
a hotel, we visited the drug store and called for our 
mail. A telegram was waiting for George. He was 
wanted home at once, and he accordingly prepared to 
leave the niext morning. A lively time _was spynt in 
the harbor tkat evening, a visit being paid to th&. dif- 
ferent Graft, and it tvas a tired crew that turned in tliat 
night. ‘ , 
■ Aug. s, Wednesday.^George was up and away at 4 
A. M., to catch the train for home, and Gharlie and the 
Skipper went to the hotel to see their patient. Found 
him greatly improved, but far from well, ■ a-ud after 
breakfast, helped him doWll to our ‘floating hotel, 
bundled him up in his bunk -and left at noon fog Port 
Hope, 6 miles W. The wind h'ad fallen light and left a 
long roll -which, did not 'improve tfie mate any. 
The 'postmasteT, at Cobburg had informed us that the'- 
Port H^pe post office would close at 3 P. M,, that, 
they might' attend the funerah..of one of the officials 
who had been- .drowned' in the Bay of Quirite oit the day 
that left Presque Isle hr the gale, arid at the rate vve 
.were going we ■would be late for ou'r mail, so Charlie 
put off in the dinghy and reached the post office in time 
an'd-.was re-warded by 'getting a letter for the Skipper. 
Arriving back as we entered the piers he was given 
a line an-d towed us well up the harbor to escape the in- 
coming swell. 
A hot meal was in , .order, and the mate felt quite 
like 'himself again after' a couple of cups of hot beef 
tea. After the meal we all. strolled- up-town and that 
is quite an..^undertaking. Port Hope is built on the side 
oT. a hill. '' The main street is quite steep, the resi- 
dential part being located at the top. An excursion 
came in that flight from Twelve O’Clock Point on- 
the steaifler Argyle, and nearly all on board were sea- 
sick. , ■ , 
Atig. 6 , Thursday;— 'Up early and saw the steamer 
away,Ayell loaded with passengers,' some for the trip, 
.but the m.ajority on a shopping expedition to hunt up 
the bargains, in Toronto’s department stores. 
Breakfast was hardly ovCr^ when it began to rain. 
A heavy swell was stilT running. It cleared again at 
.11 A. M., and a little breeze sprang, up from the S.W., 
and we -got away. It was a beat, but anything is better 
than a calm. One rtlile out the wind died a'way and it 
took us two hours to make the harbor again. And 
for' something to do we_went out ill a tug, which was 
towing sand away from a dredge that was working in 
the harbor, and dumping it a couple of miles out in the 
lake. Before the trip was over it began to blow quite 
fresh from the S.W. We had left Tainui tied up inside 
the -pier- -with all canvas up and were anxious to get 
back, and on arriving found that kindly hands had 
low-ered it. At 6 P. M., with a couple of reefs -put in 
the foresail, one on the main and full jib',' headed out 
once more. The wind increased steadily unt'il we were 
down to the cabin, at times throwing the spray in all 
directions' as ive drOve into the head seas. About 7:30 
a cutter-rigged yacht hove in sight. She had a couple 
of reefs in her mainsail and was running before it like 
a race horse, heading for Port Hope. Following 
closely on her heels was a schooner running light and 
reefed. It soon became dark and the wind shifted a bit 
more W. and blew hard. The foresail was taken in 
and the backstays set up. 
The boys.-began to get' chilly and tired, and all wished 
they were back in the harbor. But their minds were 
soon set at ease when the Skipper pointed the twinkling 
light of New Castle over the bows, and announced his 
intentioi] of making for it and laying up for the night. 
About II P. M. the Argyle passed close to us on her 
return trip. 
At midnight the wind lightened a bit and the fore- 
sail was again set, and at i A. -M., entered the piebsland 
found a couple of stone hookers inside. ' It did not "take 
long to get the canvas stowed and all hands_were soon 
in their bunks. Beat 22 miles. , 
Aug. 7, Friday. — Left New Castle at 6 P. M. Wind 
light from N.W. When 2 miles E. of Darlington 
Har'bor and i mile from shore the wind came in hot 
puffs, followed closely by heavy squalls. The foresail 
was quickly., taken in 'and we headed inshore, but be- 
fore we got there had some excitement. 
Luffing or paying away as the equalls hit us, we ran 
close in under the cliffs and dropped anchor, put in 
a double reef in the mainsail and foresail and one in the 
jib. With this scrap of caflvas we clawed close along 
the shore. At times it blew so hard that the sand from 
off the shore could be felt against our faces. After 
passing Darlington, the shore ran more southerly, 
.which gave us the wind .over the beam. For about 
3 miles'-we keptjflbse ifl shore. Our centerboard struck 
a rock, after which we headed out a quarter of a mile, 
where we got the full ; force of the wind and had our 
hands. -full.-. Now.'. and thep , w.auld . take a short tack 
a'ird ."passed" Oshawa'j-whlcli has no harbor. A 
-dOfig pi.er • stretches'' .outHntphthe . lake,; sOhwe kept on 
"afl(^- in another hour'.had Whitby' 'Harbor in, sight, but 
..we'-were well out and seemed to get a steadier breeze. 
At noon Whitby was passed. 
As a word of warning Whitby Lighthouse stands on 
the west pier, other lights on north shore are on east 
pier. The writer made a mistake at Whitby the year 
before, which he will not soon forget. While making 
the harbor in a gale off the lake in his excitement he 
left the light to starboard and found himself in the 
breakers on a lee shore and had a rough time beating 
out again. : ■ 
The mate suggested that we make Frenchman’s Bay, 
. which is 4 miles W. of Whitby, and 18 miles E. of 
Toronto. All were agreeable, but from where we were 
it- would, be a ..dead beat to windward. .Tainui, was put 
kon.-tbe' pQrt Agc.ki^nd^h "^mile'' and the 
order had just been given to stand by to go about, 
when the okipper noticed the sky had suddenly darkened 
and .a hot gust of wind blew by. The order was 
countermanded, and he paid her off a bit, so that she 
would foot a little faster, and headed for the shore now 
about half a mile away. In ten minutes it -was very dark 
and the Skipper ordered the foresail taken in, and it 
was no sooner done than the jib was ordered in also. 
.The mate had just uncleated the halliard, when -we were 
'struck by a regular cyclone, which brought sand and 
dust off the shore with it. The mate let go the jib 
and it lashed about on the end of the horn. The 
Skipper sheeted home the mainsail which kept us up in 
the wind, and his orders came thick and fast, but could 
not be heard by the mate, who had gone out to bind 
down the jib. With the help of the crew the topping 
lifts were put up and the mainsail dropped into them. 
Tainui began to back do'wn at a rapid gait and the. 
dinghy threatened to br'eak the rudder. The jaws of 
the -gaff were lashed to the boom, and the peak 
raised about, 2ft. and with about the same amount of 
jib to the wind. The mainsail was eased and she went 
down to the cabin, but would do no better than abeam 
and was headed for Whitby. In about another fifteen 
minutes it had eased up a little, and the reefed main 
and jib were set, and in half an hour we were close in 
shore and came upon a table, two chairs and a mattress. 
The anchor was let go, canvas taken in, and all went 
ashore in the dinghy, and after climbing the cliff, found 
the remains of a tent held by the pegs, which explained 
-where table and chairs came from. Branches had been 
torn from the trees, and apples galore on the ground in 
an orchard a. little further inland occupied us for an- 
other half hour. 
When we again, got back to the beach, or cliff, 
Charlie in his hurry . lost his foothold and in falling 
grabbed the mate and both rolled to the bottom un- 
hurt; but the supply of apples were strewn about the 
beach. Once more on board the stove was lit and a 
hp-t meal prepared, which was enjoyed, as we had not 
eaten since early morning. 
A.t 3 P. M., canvas was again\ hoisted, and before 
reaching Frenchman’s Bay the reefs were cast out and 
full sail carried, and it was decided to keep on for the 
city, which gave us the wind abeam, but still very squally, 
which kept the mate going as the foresail was taken in 
and reset a half a dozen times in the next two hours. 
About "5 P._ M., we were off Kew Beach in the eastern 
city limits and were hailed by .a man in a canoe going 
our way. We laid to and got him aboard, and aftei 
tying the canoe astern, he told. us of the bad weather in 
and around Toronto in the lasLweek, it being so rough 
that the Lake Yacht Racing Association meet had to: 
be postponed, and that a good many craft had beeni 
washed up on the beach, his own included, and on near- 
ing the eastern pier he left us to go in search of her. 
We entered the pier at 6 P. M., and beat up the bay- 
in a. light breeze, and inspected the challenger, Ironde- 
quoit, and defender, Strathcona, who were getting 
'-f^nrly for the first race for the Canada cup, on the; 
morrow. 
In the harbor were also Genesee and Wave Cre,= t. 
of the Rochester Y. C. ; Cadillac and Minx, of Detroit,, 
and many others. 
We made ourj moorings at 7 P. M. “Right side up 
with care,” remarked the Skipper. Canvas was soon 
stowed, and in half an hour we were on our way to 
our respective homes. 
S^awanhaka Cup Conditions, 
The following letter has been received from Mr. 
Richard deB. Boardman, Chairman of the Seawanhaka 
Cup Committee of the Manchester Y. C. : 
Boston, Mass., Oct. 26. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
The Manchester Y. C. has as yet received no challenge 
from any foreign club, but some little inquiry as regard 
to conditions has been made. 
The time limit, however, for challenges for the year 
1906 does not expire until Dec. i, so there is yet ample 
time. We are greatly in hopes of receiving one. 
-,. The only changes in the "conditions from the match 
sailed last summer -vyith the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C., of 
Canada, are as follows : 
In article' 9 of the mutual agreement, the limit of sail 
area has been increased from 500 sq. ft. to 625 sq. ft., so 
that the article now reads : “Competitors must not exceed 
625 sq. ft. of sail area, and must not exceed 25ft. limit of 
racing length under, the following rule : Load waterline 
plus square root of- sail area divided by two equals the 
racing length. Waterline length found with no dead 
■ \veight on board.” ; 
To article 10 is to be added, “no sliding gooseneck or 
other device used to change the position of the mainsail 
- on the mast shall be allowed.” 
The weight of the crew may be 680 lbs. instead of 665. 
; These changes were made by a special committee of 
the Manchester Y.' C. after much careful thought and 
consideration. Some pressure was brought to bear on us 
to change the type to a keel boat, but although this- type 
would, of course, have been best for us, we decided to 
stick to the original kind, as it seems to us the cup was 
given in the interest of speed. 
Richard deB. Boardman, 
Chairman Seawanhaka Cup Com., M.anchester Y. C. 
Hcru.sEBOAT -FOR George Inness; Jr.— M essrs. Macconell 
& Cook have completed plans for a houseboat .for Mr. 
George Inness, Jr., and the boat is now being built at 
Rye, N. Y. ,, The boat .is 50ft. long, 14ft. breadth and lain, 
draft. Shpwi'll fie used 'in the waters near Tainpa, Fla,, 
and she will have as a tender a- powerful launch. ' ' ' 
