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FOREST AND STREAM 
[July 7, 1906. 
Vineyard light and up the narrowing Sound be¬ 
yond, to greet the rising sun by Nobska. Here 
the wind came out fresh and sweet from the W., 
so that at Succonnesset we handed the big club- 
topsail and a little later swept in fine style to our 
familiar anchorage behind Hyannis breakwater, 
having covered 101 miles in our first run. 
In the calm behind the sea wall the three 
promptly recovered, and by night were able to 
“mug up” in true salty fashion. 
In the morning, heavy rain with fog and S.E, 
wind kept us at our anchorage busy with the 
work that is always to be done about a boat, but 
4 P. M. found us sailing out by the Bishop and 
Clerks with a light S.W. breeze and thick haze. 
The tide was running to the eastward, with us at 
the Hankerchief and across the tail of the 
Stone Horse to Pollock Rip. Right in the chan¬ 
nel to the eastward of the gas buoy marking the 
Slue, was the wreck of a schooner, sunk to the 
level of her third reef points, her sails set and 
bellied by the ebb tide, a bit of white splintered 
planking entangled in disordered rigging at her 
bow showing where the steamer, coming swiftly 
out of the fog a few hours before, had cut her 
down. 
We determined to get up the coast to the 
Penobscot as rapidly as possible, so as to have 
the greatest amount of time in Fundy and Minas 
Basin, the objective point of the cruise. So the 
chart was gotten out, and the course and distance 
from the Shoals Light-vessel to a point one mile 
east from Monhegan found to be N.E. by N. 
N., 132 miles. Our compass showed no devia¬ 
tion. Our log, by previous trials, registered 3 
per cent. Rigging and boat had been carefully 
looked over. Our water tank was full and we 
had plenty of provisions. The tidal drift we 
could estimate from data to be found in the 
United States Coast Pilot, and our leeway, except 
when close hauled in a heavy sea, a condition not 
at all likely in this run, we knew to be a negli¬ 
gible quantity. 
So at 8:15 P. M. we took our departure from 
the Shoals Light-vessel, set the log and made the 
course N. E. by N. N. Wind very light S.S.E. 
Sea smooth. At midnight Nauset lights bore 
W. by N. y 2 N.; calm. Shortly after fog shut 
in and it remained foggy and calm with occa¬ 
sional light airs from all points until 2 the next 
afternoon, the distance made good to this time 
being only 32 miles. A moderate breeze now 
came in from S.S.W. At 7:30 P. M. took in 
balloon jib, which had been rigged as a spin¬ 
naker. Wind was freshening with threatening 
looking heavy clouds and distant lightning. At 
11:30 P. M. handed topsail; 12:30 A. M. squall 
with brilliant lightning to the E. Magnificent 
sailing. Heavy swell from S.E.; 5 A. M. set top¬ 
sail; light fog; 11:30 A. M. sighted Monhegan 
above the mist, distant W. 3 miles. Shortly after, 
the wind came fresh off the land, clearing away 
the haze. Handed topsail and ran in to the east¬ 
ward of Metinick in a sharp squall of wind and 
rain. Made a delightful run through Muscle 
Ridge Channel and Fox Islands Thoroughfare 
to Carvers Cove, it having taken us 48 hours to 
make the 193 miles from Hyannisport. 
[to be continued.] 
Canoeing. 
A. C. A. Racing Regulations. 
We herewith publish the racing regulations sent 
by the chairman of the Racing Board of the 
American Canoe Association, Mr. D. B. Goodsell: 
It is intended to substitute the subjoined, together 
with the present rules for the “Special Class’’ (which 
are not included, because there is no change) for the 
present rules down to No. 7, and then renumber all 
succeeding rules. 
After rule No. 7, no changes are made except such 
slight ones as will be necessary to make them conform 
to these, and to strike out of Rule XX III. the words 
“no back thrusts allowed,” and change the number of 
fouls from five to eight. 
RACING REGULATIONS. 
Rule I. Definition.—A canoe to be registered and to 
compete in any race of the American Canoe Associa¬ 
tion, must be sharp at both ends, without counter-stern, 
or transom, and must come within the limits prescribed 
for its class. 
Rule II. Classification.—Section 1. Canoes of the 
American Canoe Association shall be divided into two 
main classes, viz.; open canoes and decked canoes. 
Sec. 2. Open canoes shall have not more than three 
feet of deck at either end, nor more than three inches 
of deck at either side. 
Sec. 3. All others shall be classed as decked canoes, 
Rule III. Measurements.—Section 1. In determining 
the dimensions of a canoe, the length shall be taken 
between perpendiculars at the fore side of stem, and 
the after side of stern. The breadth of beam shall be 
taken at the widest part, wherever found, but it shall 
not include a beading. The words “breadth of beam” 
shall mean the breadth formed by the fair lines of the 
canoe; and the beam at, and near, the water line must 
bear a reasonable proportion to the beam at the gunwale. 
Sec. 2. The depth shall be measured from the inside 
of the garboard next the keel, to the level of the top 
of gunwales. 
Sec. 3. The sail area shall be the actual area, measured 
when the sail is taut and flat. 
Rule IV. Dimensions and limitations, decked canoes. 
—Section 1. The length shall be not more than sixteen 
feet; the breadth of beam shall be not more than thirty- 
two inches; and the depth shall be not less than ten 
inches. 
Sec. 2. The minimum weight, exclusive of center- 
board, rudder, steering gear and deck seat, shall be 
eighty-five pounds. 
Sec. 3. Sails.—The sails used in any race, must be 
capable of being hoisted, lowered and reefed during a 
race, and in area of not' more than one hundred and 
twenty-five square feet, reefable to eighty-five feet, or 
less. 
Sec. 4. Only one suit of sails shall be used at any 
meet by any one canoe in all races irf which she may be 
entered, unless injured by accident, when the Regatta 
Committee may give permission to substitute another 
rig- 
Sec. 5. Centerboards.—Folding or plate centerboards 
may be fitted. They must not, when raised, project 
below the keel. 
Sec. 6. Paddles.—A double blade paddle at least 
eight feet long, which may be joined in the center, 
shall always be carried. 
Sec. 7. Ballast.—All ballast must be carried within 
the canoe, and must not be shifted during a race. 
Rule V.. Dimensions and limitations, open canoes. — 
Section 1. One and two men. Maximum length, eigh¬ 
teen feet; minimum beam, thirty inches, with an ac¬ 
companying maximum length of 16ft. For each inch the 
length is increased, the beam must be increased at least 
one-eighth of an inch. The depth shall be not less 
than ten inches. 
Sec. 2. Leeboards.—Leeboards may be carried, but 
no rudder nor centerboard. 
Sec. 3. Seats.—No seat shall extend beyond the side 
of the canoe. 
Sec. 4. Sails.—The sail area shall be limited to forty 
square feet. 
Sec. 5. ^Weight.—The minimum weight of canoes used 
for paddling, shall be fifty pounds, and for sailing, 
seventy pounds. 
Sec. 6. Keels.—No keel, nor fin, shall project more 
than V/2 inches below the garboards. 
Sec. 7. Paddles. — A paddle at least 4ft. 6in. long shall 
always be carried. 
Rule VI. Four men.—Maximum length twenty feet; 
niinimum beam, thirty inches; minimum depth, twelve 
inches; minimum weight, seventy pounds. 
Rule VII. War canoes.—Maximum length, thirty feet; 
minimum beam, thirty-six inches; minimum depth, 
seventeen inches; minimum weight, one hundred and 
twenty pounds. 
Rule VIII. Insert here, “Special Class” as now de¬ 
fined down to the heading, “Paddling Canoes.” 
Rule IX. Section 1. Ten per cent, of the weight of 
a canoe may be made up by ballast, and it shall be 
discretionary with Regatta Committee to allow of a 
greater per cent, of such ballasting. 
Sec. 2. The Regatta Committee shall have power to 
rule out any canoe which, in their opinion, does not 
conform to the spirit of any of the above restrictions. 
Rule X. Section 1. Novices.—Novices at any meet 
shall be those who have never sailed or paddled a canoe 
prior to September 1, of the preceding year. 
Sec. 2. Crews.—Unless otherwise provided by the 
Regatta Committee, the crew in all races shall consist 
of one man only. 
Sec. 3. No canoe shall be raced by more than one 
man at any one meet. 
Rule XI. Entries.—Section 1. Who may enter races. 
—None but members of the American Canoe Associa¬ 
tion, excepting those who* have been invited by the 
Regatta Committee, and accredited representatives of 
foreign clubs, shall enter its races. No member, who 
has ever raced for money, nor who is in arrears to the 
Association, shall enter. No man shall enter in any 
race, until he has been two days in camp, except by 
special permission of the Regatta Committee. Appli¬ 
cants for membership in the Association shall not be 
considered as members. 
Sec.’ 2. How entries must be made. — All entries must 
be made in writing, and on the blanks provided for 
that purpose. Entries must be delivered to the Regatta 
Committee within such time as they may direct. 
Sec. 3. Entry numbers.— The Clerk of the Course 
will provide each man, when he makes his entry, with 
three prints of his number on cloth. Every canoe en¬ 
tering, excepting for an upset race, must have her entry 
number, or other distinguishing mark, satisfactory to 
the Regatta Committee, conspicuously on the canoe or 
man in paddling races, and on both sides of the main¬ 
sail in sailing races. 
Rule XII. Prizes.—Section 1. Number of prizes. A 
first prize shall be given in each race. A second prize 
shall be given in each regular race, when more than two 
finish. 
Sec. 2. Kind of prizes. Regular prizes, when possible, 
shall consist of shields, or other lasting memento of the 
event, upon which shall be expressed the letters “A. C. 
A.,” the year in four figures, the place of the meet, 
and the name of the event, with the words “first prize” 
or “second prize.” No prizes of money shall be raced 
for. 
Flags shall be given for the paddling and sailing 
trophy, and the Record winner, in addition to regular 
prizes. 
Sec. 2. Uniformity.-—The regular prizes for any one 
meet, shall be uniform in shape and design, as far as 
the financial resources of the Association permit; and 
in the event of their not being uniform, the Regatta 
Committee shall follow the spirit of this rule as far as 
possible. 
Sec. 4. Special prizes.—Special prizes may be given 
at the discretion of the Regatta Committee. 
Rule XIII. Races.—Section 1. The record race.— 
There shall be three regular record events forming the 
Record Race. No. 1, paddling and sailing combined, 
three miles, time limit one and one-half hours. No. 2, 
paddling, one-half mile. No. 3, sailing, four and one- 
half miles, time limit, two and one-half hours. 
Sec. 2. Place in record race.—To obtain a place on 
the “Record,” a contestant must enter and finish in all 
three record events. None but men who have entered 
for the “Record” shall be allowed to enter in any record 
event. Only such contestants as finish in all three 
record events, will receive a credit number, according 
to position, relative to each other in each event—the 
highest number given in each event being equal to the 
number of the contestants, the next one less, and’so on; 
the three numbers given, added together, give the credit 
number of the “Record.” In case of an unavoidable 
accident which prevents a man from finishing in any one 
record event, the Regatta Committee may, at its dis¬ 
cretion, permit such contestant to enter the other events 
and his marks to be counted for the record; but he 
shall receive zero for the event in which he did not 
finish. 
Sec. 3. In the Record race, each contestant shall 
use but one canoe. 
Sec. 4. Regular races.—There shall be nine regular 
races in addition to the Record Race. 
1. The paddling trophy race; distance one mile. 
2. The A. C. A. sailing trophy race, conditions as 
follows: Any sailing canoe within the rules, distance 
nine miles, time limit three and one-half hours. 
3. The “Dolphin Trophy” race; distance seven and 
one-half miles. Time limit three hours. The winner 
of the sailing trophy is debarred from entering this 
race, by deed of gift. 
4. Sailing race, distance six miles. Time limit two 
and one-half hours. 
5. Sailing race for open canoes. Distance three miles, 
time limit one and one-half hours. 
6. Paddling race, open canoes, single blade, one-half 
mile. 
7. Paddling race, open or decked canoes, double 
blades, one-half mile. 
8. Paddling race, tandem, open canoes, single blades, 
one-half mile. 
9. Paddling race, tandem, open or decked canoes, 
double blades, one-half mile. 
Sec. 5. The Regatta Committee may provide such 
additional races, as may be deemed advisable. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division.—5113, E. A. Barkman, New 
York City. 
Atlantic Division.—5114, G. A. Bryson, New 
York City. 
Central Division.—5119, F. G. Winter, Buff¬ 
alo, N. Y.; 5120, H. W. Wohlers, Buffalo. 
Western Division.—5114, Abram Jennings, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division.—C. E. Annett, Bayonne, N. 
J., by D. D. Allerton; Harry Lucas, Kingsbridge, 
New York City, by R. Rank; A. D. Berning, 
Kingsbridge, New York City, by E. D. Maloney; 
J. L. Hyde, Yonkers, New York, by H. L. Quick; 
W. R. Pitcher, Jr., New York City, by R. J. 
Wilkin; A. M. Poole, New York City, by W. 
Carmalt. 
Atlantic Division.—William Jessop, Elizabeth, 
N. J., by G. P. Douglass. 
Central Division.—F. D. Newburg, Wilkins- 
burg, Pa., by A. W. Allyn. 
Eastern Division.—C. H. Weeden, Providence, 
R. I., by E. L. Arnold. 
Eastern Division.—C. R. Daniels, A. E. John¬ 
son, Jr.; B. French, A. N. Layton and G. E. 
Merritt, all of Dedham, Mass., and all by F. 
Brodbeck; D. F. Holmes, G. W. Kelly, F. T. 
Kenney, K. W. Packard, and G. W. Paige, all 
of Providence, R. I., and all by J. E. Gray; J. L. 
Keenan, Dedham, Mass., by F. W. Notman; O. 
H. Kramer, W. Roxburv. Mass., by F. Brod¬ 
beck ; H. R. Locke, W. Medford, Mass., by S. 
P. Wyatt; T. H. Lord, Lawrence, Mass., by B. 
E. Thorne; R. R. Pedlow, Lawrence, Mass., by 
H. M. Roope; C. McTammany, Warwick, R. I., 
by J. E. Gray; H. R. Pratt, Wellesley Hills, 
Mass., by D. S. Pratt, Jr.; R. Siber, New Bed¬ 
ford, Mass., by J. S. Wright; W. C. Smith, Med¬ 
ford, Mass., by W. S. Manson; L. B. Stone, 
Woburn. Mass., by W. W. Crosby; W. A. 
Tryon, Woburn, Mass., by A. G. Mather. 
