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FOREST AND STREAM 
[May 8, 1909. 
launching, the yacht was taken to the big 
■machine shop dock, where the boilers are being 
placed aboard, also the engines and auxiliary 
machinery. As soon as this work is completed, 
the builder’s trial trips will take place. A speed 
of 30 miles per hour has been guaranteed. Mr. 
Borden will use the yacht for making daily 
trips between his country home on the Jersey 
coast, and New York city. 
On April 30 the new 6s-foot cruising motor 
yacht Cayuga, built for Clarence Morgan, of 
Burlington, Vt., for service on Lake Champlain, 
was launched. This boat is arranged with a 
large cabin to sleep four persons, owner’s state¬ 
room, bath, toilet, galley, etc. She is of the 
raised deck type, and is a very handsome, com¬ 
modious and seaworthy craft. The motive 
power consists of a 6-cylinder, 6o-horsepower 
Speedway engine, which will drive the boat at 
a speed of 12 miles per hour. 
The 67-foot twin-screw motor yacht Comfort 
II., built for service on the Great South Bay, 
was launched on Monday. 
Chicago Y. C. Cruising Race. 
The Chicago Y. C. will probably make a 
change in what has been known as the Chicago- 
Mackinac race. That event will then no longer 
be one of the attractions of that club, but in 
its place there will be the Chicago Y. C.’s long¬ 
distance cruising race. • For five years the 
yachtsmen of the Chicago Club have been going 
to Mackinac, and the yachtsmen have grown 
somewhat tired of always cruising to the same 
port. A meeting of the Yacht Owners’ Asso¬ 
ciation of the club was held last week, and those 
owners expressed themselves in favor of chang¬ 
ing the objective port each year and making the 
run as long as possible. The race has already 
been announced to terminate at Mackinac this 
year,- so no changes can be made until next 
season, then if the club ratifies the action of the 
Yacht Owners’ Association, the yachtsmen will 
visit other ports. 
Several reasons are advanced for the change. 
In the first place the Chicago Y. C. members 
charge a lack of interest on the part of the 
islanders and object to acting as press agents 
for the resort without some return in the way 
of support, which is recognized as one of the 
biggest events of the kind in the country. In 
fact, the fixture is the longest fresh-water event 
in the world and compares favorably with many 
of the big ocean races. This year it gives every 
indication of being greater than ever. 
Each year since the inception of the classic 
pressure has been brought to bear on the C. 
Y. C. by residents of other ports on the Great 
Lakes in an effort to have the finish of the 
cruise at their respective resorts, and they have 
offered to give liberal support to the race, 
something that Mackinac has miserably failed 
to do. Among the resorts that have made bids 
for the affair are Harbor Springs, Petoskey and 
Charlevoix. 
Another reason advanced by those advocat¬ 
ing a change in the route is that Mackinac does 
not afford good harbor facilities for the racers. 
In fact, the so-called harbor is no harbor at 
all, but an open roadstead with so little protec¬ 
tion that a high “sou'wester” would be more 
than likely to pile the fleet up on the beach. 
At its next meeting the C. Y. C. will authorize 
Chairman William Hale Thompson, George 
Tramel, and G. PI. Atkin of the club’s Mackinac 
race “boosting” committee to charter a steamer 
for yachtsmen who desire to follow the contest. 
It is said that this feature will be repeated 
each year, and as two or three hundred yachts¬ 
men are expected to take the trip in addition 
,to the scores of men composing the racing 
crews, the prospect of having the race finish at 
their respective resorts will no doubt prove at¬ 
tractive to residents of the northern ports. 
One proposition is to have one race up the 
west shore of the lake to Death’s Door, then 
across Green Bay, and finish at Menominee, 
Mich. The citizens of that city and Marinette, 
Wis., adjoining, have expressed a strong desire 
to have the big contests terminate at that point 
and will promise most anything to secure it. 
At the meeting of the Yacht Owners’ Asso¬ 
ciation conditions governing the race of next 
July were approved, with the exception of three 
rules which were amended. One of the amend¬ 
ments was important and it was not passed 
without a spirited discussion. It relates to 
professional sailors, none of whom in the future 
races will be allowed to act as helmsmen or 
take charge of watches. Under the old rules 
the number of professionals was limited, but 
now under the changed form of the rules any 
number of paid men may be carried, though 
their duties will be restricted. 
The old matter concerning club topsails was 
brought up by those opposed to the carrying 
of “kites,” but the latter named were voted 
down by advocates of the present rule which 
allows them. It was decided that no yacht may 
carry sails not included in its measurements, 
the rule being aimed at the owners who upon 
certain occasions make use of extra canvas as 
water sails. 
According to a new amendment skippers of 
the racing boats will be compelled to keep logs 
of the race, which are to be turned in at the 
finish of the contest. 
The judges will give each skipper log sheets, 
a satisfactory form for which was offered by 
Dr. Chester B. Keogh, and a prize will be given 
for the best kept record of the race. Another 
interesting action taken by the yacht owners 
was a decision to give two “owners’ ” days dur¬ 
ing the season—one the first part of June and 
the other the first part of September. On these 
days the owners have agreed to tender the use 
of their yachts to any members of the Chicago 
.Y. C. and their families who desire to experi¬ 
ence the joys of sailing. The idea is to awaken 
interested among the members of the “veranda 
contingent,” and make real sailors of them. On 
both days a complimentary luncheon and con¬ 
cert will be provided by the board of governors 
of the club. 
The race this year is arousing particular in¬ 
terest, owing to the fact that the schooner Amo- 
rita will be brought around and will make a 
very interesting duel with the schooner Val- 
more, the winner of last year’s race, and it is 
possible that we may get the large three-masted 
schooner to be brought from salt water by Mr. 
Geo. Gooderham. and also Zuhra, owned by 
Commodore Jarvis, of Toronto. All signs point 
to a larger entry this year than ever before. 
Race to Albany and Return. 
Another long distance motor boat race has 
been arranged. This time the course will be 
from New York to Albany and return, and the 
race is being managed by the New York Motor 
Boat Club. The start is to be made on July 3. 
It is open to all motor boats, except automobile 
boats, under 40 feet over all length and having 
a waterline beam of not less than one-fifth of 
the waterline length, and enrolled in any recog¬ 
nized yacht club. 
The committee in charge of this race is F. 
D. Gheen, Chairman, i Union Square, W. E. 
Little, W. B. Rogers, Jr., and C. E. Chapman. 
The conditions to govern this event are given 
in the following: 
Course.—Erom the New York Motor Boat 
Club house, foot West 147th street, to stake 
boat off the Albany Y. C. house, Albany, N. Y., 
and return, a distance of 270 statute miles. 
Start and Einish Line.-—Between a stake boat, 
flying two club flags, anchored off the club 
house and the club house. At night, club 
signals (a white, two red and a white light, 
hoisted vertically) will be displayed from the 
club house and two red lights, vertically placed, 
from the stake boat. 
Turning Mark.—Stake boat anchored off the 
club house of the Albany Y. C. at Albany, fly¬ 
ing two New York Motor Boat Club flags or 
two red lights vertically placed. Stake Boat to 
be left on port hand. 
Time of Start.—Warning signal, one gun, 
6:50 p. M.; preparatory signal, two guns, 6:55 p. 
M., and starting signal, one gun, 7:00 P. M., 
July 3. 
Time of Finish.—All boats must finish before 
7 p. M., July 5, 1909, when race will be called off. 
Entries.—Entries will close' July i, at 6 p. m. 
All boats entered must report to the Regatta 
Committee at the club house not later than 4 
P. M. on July 3. An entry fee of $5.00 will be 
charged. The committee reserves the right to 
reject any entry. Application blanks and ad¬ 
ditional information may be obtained from the 
Regatta Committee. 
Rating.-—All boats will race as one class and 
be rated under the 1908 A. P. B. A. rule.s. No 
unrated boat will be allowed to start. 
Measurements.—Certificates of measurements 
signed by the measurer of any recognized club 
will be accepted. Boats without such certifi¬ 
cates must report to the club measurer at the 
club house, not later than 9 a. m., July 3. 
Prizes.—Eirst prize, the New York Motor 
Boat Club cup, will be presented to the boat 
making the best corrected time. Second and 
third prizes will be given also on corrected 
time, and a time prize will be given for the 
best actual time made. A shield, appropriately 
engraved, will be presented to every boat that 
finishes. 
Propelling Power.—An explosive engine or 
engines operated by either gasolene, kerosene 
or alcohol. Any ingredient to increase the 
power of the fuel will not be allowed. Arrange¬ 
ments will be made for supply of fuel, to be kept 
at Newburg, Athens and Albany. 
Crew.—No paid pilots or navigators will be 
allowed. 
Equipment.-:—All boats must be equipped to 
comply with the Eederal Regulations. 
Anchoring,—Racers may stop at any place for 
supplies or repairs, but any boat proceeding 
except under its own power will be disqualified. 
Sails.—Boats carrying sails of any description 
must have them sealed by the committee before 
the start, and seals must be intact at finish of 
the race. 
Log.—Each captain must keep a log giving 
the time of passing prominent points and must 
be handed to the committee within twelve hours 
after finishing. ’ 
Protests.—Must be given in writing and de¬ 
livered to the committee within forty-eight 
hours after the first boat finishes. 
Commodore Tucker Dead. 
Alanson Tucker, a former commodore of 
the Eastern Y. C., died at his home in Boston 
on Saturday, May i. He was born in Boston 
in 1848, and was graduated from Harvard in 
1872. While in college he was prominent in 
rowing circles and was a member, of his fresh¬ 
men and the ’varsity crew. For some years he 
owned the schooner Sea Fox and took part in 
many of the cruises and races of the Eastern 
Y. C., and of the New York Y. C., of which he 
was also a member. For some years he was 
secretary of the Country Club. He owned a 
summer home on Frenchmen’s Bay, Bar Har¬ 
bor. He was a member of the firm of Upham, 
Tucker & Co. In 1899 he married Katherine S. 
Davis, who survives him. He was a member 
of the Somerset Club, the Boston Athletic Club, 
the Union and Knickerbocker clubs of this city. 
Sonder Boat for George C. Thomas. 
The second Sonder boat design by Charles 
D. Mower is for George C. Thomas, who is a 
member of the New York, Corinthian of Phila¬ 
delphia and other yacht clubs. This yacht is 
being built by Sheppard at Essington, and is 
35 feet over all, 20 feet on the waterline, 7 feet 
beam and 5 feet draft. She will have a suit of 
Ratsey sails. This yacht is to be named Bessie 
and will be entered in the Eastern Y. C. trial 
races from the Sippican Y. C., whose station 
at Marion, Mass,, will be the yacht’s home port. 
Bessie will be ready this month. 
The other Mower boat for Commodore 
William H. Childs, named Toyette, will be ready 
very soon for a trial, and will then be taken to 
the Sound to tune up. 
