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allowed to take part in an open race, and their 
beat at the waterline must be at least one-fifth 
of the length, so that narrow boats built for 
speed are barred. A small cruising craft 
eligible for the long distance race can be built 
for about $2,500 to $3,000. It usually has a 
motor of 15 to 25 horsepower. These motors 
consume about one pint of gasolene for each 
unit of horsepower per hour, so that the cost 
of running a motor boat can easily be figured 
when it is known that gasolene averages about 
22 cents a gallon. 
Some have thought that it requires no skill 
or knowledge to handle a motor boat in a race. 
To keep it on its course is the most essential 
thing in a race over a short course, but when 
taking part in a long distance race there are 
as many things to be considered as there are in 
sailing a yacht. Tide, currents and wind are 
all factors that count. The man in charge must 
have a practical knowledge of navigation, and 
so these long distance races have developed not 
only good, sound craft, but have developed 
sailors, and the amateur to-day knows much 
more about sailing his yacht than the amateur 
of a generation ago. He is a practical man and 
does not have to depend on a hired crew to 
handle his vessel. 
The race to Bermuda is the first of the long 
distance power boat races. This is the third 
annual event of this kind. In the two former 
contests there were two starters in each and 
the winner each time was Ailsa Craig. Now 
Ailsa Craig has to look to her laurels. Five 
new boats have been built for this year’s race, 
which will be started on June 5. These are 
Ilys, owned by J. G. Naefie Wittaker; Nereides 
II., owned by Francis C. Rogers, of Camden, 
N. J., and a boat just finished for Commodore 
Slagel, of the Baltimore Y. C. These three 
boats have already been described in Forest 
AND Stream. The other two have been built 
by the Greenport Basin & Construction Com¬ 
pany. They are similar in design and are 58 
feet over all, 53 feet on the waterline, 12 feet 
beam and 4 feet 2 inches draft. One for Rich¬ 
mond Levering, of Cincinnati, has a 45-horse- 
power Standard motor, and the other for 
William Cooper Proctor, also of Cincinnati, has 
a so-horsepower Jager motor. 
Next in importance is the Marblehead race. 
This event alternates, New York to Marblehead 
and Marblehead to New York. This is the fifth 
time it has been held. The first event started 
from College Point, and was won by Talisman. 
The second ended at College Point, and was 
won by Sis. The third started from New Ro¬ 
chelle and was won by Picaroon, and the fourth 
ended at New Rochelle and was won by Irene 
II. This year a change has been made, and the 
races will start from off the Crescent Athletic 
Club at Bay Ridge and go to the Eastern Y: 
C. at Marblehead, going south of Long Island, 
so that the whole race is in the open. Already 
eight yachts have been entered for this event, 
which will start on July 17. 
There are to be two events on the Hudson 
River. The Motor Boat Club of New York 
will start a race to Albany and back on July 3. 
and the Albany Y. C. will have a Capitol to 
coast race, starting on July 5. The New York 
Athletic Club has a race through the Sound to 
Block IsLand, starting on June 19, in which it 
is expected there will be a dozen starters. The 
Newport Y. C. has a race around Block Island 
oyer a loo-mile course, starting on Aug. ii. 
The New Bedford Y. C. has a race which will 
time to get the racers to Newport, while 
the New York Y. C. fleet is there from .\ug. 5 
to Aug. 9. The Yachtsmen’s Club has arranged 
a race;to start from Beach Haven over a course 
<-.2 miles long off the New Jersey coast. On the 
lakes there is the 3S0-mile race of the 
Rochester Y. C., and the third annual race of 
the Toledo Y. C. on Lake Erie on Aug. 21. 
J here ys also to be a long distance race of 
300 miles on the Pacific Coast, starting at 
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San Erancisco, Cal., May 12 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: The San Erancisco yachting sea¬ 
son has been ushered in under most auspicious 
circumstances and the prediction is made that 
this will be the most successful season ever ex¬ 
perienced here by the devotees of this sport. 
This is certainly true if enthusiasm has any¬ 
thing to do with it, and from the number of 
new boats recently placed in commission and 
the increased membership of the clubs, the pre¬ 
diction bids fair to be a true one. 
The Aeolian Y. C. made the opening of the 
season a memorable one to its members 
through the dedication of the new club house 
across the bay. This was made a gala event, 
and in the course of the evening mo« than 
three hundred guests were entertained. A 
vaudeville entertainment was given early on 
the evening of May i, and this was followed by 
a dance that lasted until the early hours of 
morn. Commodore Port Captain George 
Postel and Vice-Commodore McDonough were 
on hand to receive the guests and managed 
the huge affair perfectly. The evening was all 
that could have been desired, and parties rowed 
from boat to boat, partaking of refreshments 
and congratulating the owners of the craft on 
the splendid appearance of the fleet and the 
club house. The Aeolian Club, while but three 
years old, is now one of the strongest on the 
bay, and is said to have received larger ad¬ 
ditions to its fleet during the past winter than 
any other organization. Among the boats that 
have been added are Merry Widow, Dawn, 
Surprise, Flirt, Thetis, Edna and Speedwell. 
Flirt was formerly registered under the colors 
of the Golden Gate Y. C., but was recently 
purchased by Robert Kane. On May 2 the en¬ 
tire Aeolian fleet, led by the flagship Nautilus, 
made a cruise of the bay, inspected the Japan¬ 
ese warships in the harbor, sailed along the 
water front and remained out until long after 
sunset, taking advantage of the glorious moon¬ 
light evening. Each boat was loaded with 
guests, and the opening day was voted the most 
enjoyable one ever experienced by the club. 
The Corinthian Club opened the season at 
the Tiburon Club house on May i with a dance 
in the afternoon and evening, and a fine dinner 
at_ 5:30. This was prepared by the jinks com¬ 
mittee, consisting of Captains Thomas Jennings, 
L. J. McMahon. J. R. Miller, John V. O’Brien 
and Chas. F. Morel. At eleven o’clock the 
next day the fleet led by the flagship Presto, 
started upon a very enjoyable cruise on the bay. 
The California Y. C. celebrated the day with 
a picnic at Brooks Island, where the celebrated 
Californian clam chowder was served to a large 
gathering of guests. The day was spent with 
games, rowing, racing and yachting, but no 
extended cruise was participated in. 
The Corinthian Y. C. has announced the fol¬ 
lowing sailing programme for the season: May 
I, opening day; May 2, cruise in squadron; 
May 8 and 9, open; May 15, Petaluma draw¬ 
bridge; May 16, return; May 22 and 23, open; 
May 29 and 30, open; May 31, annual regatta; 
June 5, Paradise Cove; June 6, return; June 12. 
Vallejo; June 13, return; June 19 and 20, open; 
June 26, Point San Pablo; June 27, return; July 
3. Army Point; July 4, Vallejo; July 5, return; 
July 10, McNear’s; July ii, return; July 17, open; 
July 18, race for the Hammersmith cup; July 
24, Martinez; July 25, return; July 31, open; 
Aug. 7, Santa Cruz race; Aug. 14 to 22, up river 
cruise; Aug. 28, Petaluma drawbridge; Aug. 29, 
return; Sept. 4, Alviso; Sept. 5, return; Sept. 
9, Admission Day; interclub regatta; Sept, ii, 
12, 18 and 19, open; Sept. 5, Sausalito, Sept. 
26, outside cruise; Oct. 2 and 3, open; Oct. 9, 
McNear’s: Oct. 10, return; Oct. 16, open; Oct. 
23, Paradise Cove; Oct. 24, Corinthian games; 
pet. 30, closing night; Oct. 31, closing cruise 
in squadron. 
The Corinthian Club has just received another 
chplenge for the perpetual cup, the latest one 
being from the Sequoia Y. C. of Eureka, the 
race to be sailed within the 2S-foot class. This 
makes three challenges that have been received, 
the other two being from the South Coast Y. 
C. and from the Golden Gate Y. C. This is 
complicating matters as the conditions under 
which the race must be sailed are such that 
but one race only can be sailed each year. It 
has been suggested that the three challenging 
yachts sail a race among themselves, the winner 
to meet the boat chosen by the Corinthian Club 
to represent it. 
The Pacific Motor Boat Club is making 
preparations for a very active season and has 
recently made a schedule of events decided 
upon. A water carnival at Belvedere Island on 
July 4 and 5 will be one of the most eleborate 
events of the year, and from the present plans 
will eclipse anything of the kind ever attempted 
on San Francisco Bay. In the evening the 
cove will be illuminated, and there will be a 
grand display of fireworks. The opening day of 
the season will be May 9, when all the boats 
will assemble for a short cruise and jollification. 
On May 23 there will be a cruise to Lime 
Point, and on May 29 and 30 a trip to Vallejo 
and Napa will be indulged in. On June 2 a 
cruise will be made to Marin Island; on July 
13 a trip to Paradise Cove; on July 31 and Aug. 
I to Petaluma; Aug. 22 to McNear’s; Sept. 4 
to 10, races at Vallejo and a cruise up the 
river; Sept. 19 to San Rafael; Oct. 3, cruise to 
Oakland and San Leandro Creek and on Oct. 
13 the closing cruise of the season in squadron. 
The annual class flag regatta of the California 
Y. C. will be held on May 16. The opening 
cruise of the club took place May 8, when the 
entire fleet cruised to Marin Island. 
A meeting of the Pacific Coast Inter-Club 
Yachting Association is to be held soon, and a 
campaign committee will be named to attend 
to devising ways and means to boost the prop¬ 
osition of establishing an aquatic park at the 
foot of Van Ness avenue. The Board of Super¬ 
visors have_ set aside a sum of money for the 
park, and it is now up to the yachting fra¬ 
ternity to stir up matters and do all that can 
be done to influence public opinion and interest 
voters m the proposition. A landing place for 
yachts is needed badly, and the proposed im¬ 
provements meet with the hearty approval of 
all yachtsmen. 
Stewart Dunbar is having a 3S-foot yacht 
built at Tiburon. It is to fly the Corinthian 
flag. A. P. B. 
For Manhasset Bay Cup. 
A SYNDICATE of Indian Harbor yachtsmen. 
Commodore Rainey, Morton F. Plant, Com¬ 
modore Arthur Curtiss, James and Addison G. 
Hanan, are to have a new yacht built for the 
defense of the Manhasset Bay challenge cup. 
This trophy was won last year by the Indian 
Harbor Y. C. with Seneca, which has recently 
been sold to a member of the Rochester Y. C. 
from the American Y. C. The American Y, C 
challenged for a race to be sailed this season, 
and a syndicate of members of that club ordered 
a yacht of the 31-foot class to be built by 
Herreshoff. The Indian Harbor yachtsmen 
realized that to keep the cup a new yacht 
would have to be built and William Gardner 
has made the plans for the new sloop, which 
is to be built by Frank Wood at City Island, 
Cup Defender Puritan. 
The old cup defender Puritan, now a Cape 
Verde packet, arrived at New Bedford on May 
12, thirty-four days from Brava, bringing nine¬ 
teen passengers and a crew of seventeen. One 
of the women passengers. Mary Maciennao, is 
seventy-five years old. She comes to join her 
son, who lives in Taunton. This is the longest 
passage ever made by Capt. Dominguez, due to 
a series of_ oalms.^ Yesterday Puritan ran into 
a gale, which split her mainsail and she came 
into port under foresail’ and trysail. Puritan 
sprang a new classification on the immigration 
officers, as a result of the new law, enrolling 
her passengers as first and second cabin, as 
well as steerage. 
