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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 29, 1909. 
Lloyds Harbor Club. 
The Lloyds Harbor Club was formed last 
winter. It is composed of members of the New 
Rochelle Y. C. and New York A. C., who for 
several years past have been in the habit of 
cruising to Lloyds Harbor. The first cruise of 
this year was held on May 14, 15 and 16. A 
novel race had been scheduled to start at mid¬ 
night on May 14 at the entrance to Lloyds 
Harbor, the finishing line being at the anchor¬ 
age about a quarter of a mile away. Calms pre¬ 
vented the arrival of the boats, and so it was 
postponed. Nine yachts reached the harbor the 
next morning, and the day was spent in cele¬ 
brating the inauguration of the club. 
On the i6th the postponed race was sailed. 
The yachts remained at their anchorage with 
sails and anchors down, and the race was 
started from the beach. The crews had to row 
to their yachts, hoist sails, get_ up anchors, 
round the lighthouse point and finish at a mark 
boat to the northeastward of the light. 
The yachts then continu'd on to New 
Rochelle, a prize having been offered for the 
first boat to get home. Both races were won 
by Fearless, of the New Rochelle Y. C. Her 
crew had the yacht underway first in the pre¬ 
liminary race and kept in front until New 
Rochelle was reached. 
The next race of the Lloyds Harbor Club 
will be on Nov. 5. starting from New Rochelle, 
and the finish will be at Lloyds Harbor. There 
will be a race home, starting on Nov. 9. A 
prize has been offered for the yacht that last 
sails from Lloyds Flarbor prior to Christmas 
Day. 
Challenge for Fisher Cup. 
The Rochester Y. C. last week sent the fol¬ 
lowing despatch to the Royal Canadian Y. C.: 
"E. Porter, Secretary, Royal Canadian Y. C., 
Toronto, Ont.: 
“At a meeting of our committee it was de¬ 
cided that if your club is agreeable for a race 
for the Fisher cup in Class P, and if you will 
waive the ten months’ notice, we will forward a 
formal challenge for a race for 1909. 
“Clute E. Nixon, Sec’y.” 
This would indicate that the Rochester Club, 
now having Seneca in its fleet, is anxious to 
recapture the Fisher cup with that yacht. It 
will be remembered that during the winter the 
Canadian Club wanted to arrange another race 
for the Canada cup, but wished the Rochester 
Club to bar Seneca. The point raised was that 
Seneca was built before the scantling rules and 
regulations were adopted, and that the new 
challenger, in conforming with those rules, 
would be at a disadvantage. The Rochester 
Club declined to accede to this proposal. 
For defense of the Fisher trophy, if the race 
is arranged, the Canadian Club bas Adele, 
Crusader and Aileen. These three were built 
to race for the Canada cup last year, and Adele 
was beaten by Seneca. 
Larchmont Y. C. Schedule. 
The racing schedule of the I.archmont Y. C. 
has been issued by the regatta committee. 
Charles P. Tower, Edgar B. Carroll and Howell 
C. Perrin. It is as follows: 
Saturday, June 19—Spring regatta, open to all 
classes. 
Monday, July 5—Thirtieth annual regatta, 
open to all classes. The Colt cup is open for 
competition for yachts in Class B. 
Saturday, July 17—Opening race week, open 
regatta for all classes and first of series races. 
Monday, July 19—Second series races. 
Tuesday, July 20—Races for motor boats, 
racing classes, tub races and water sports. 
Wednesday, July 21—Open regatta for all 
classes, third series races, 
Thursday, July 22—Fourth series races. 
Friday, July 23—Fifth series races. 
, Saturday, July 24—End of race week. Open 
regatta for all classes, sixth series races. 
Saturday, Sept, 4—Races for motor boats, 
racing and cruising classes. 
Monday, Sept. 6—Fall regatta open to all 
classes. 
Saturday, Sept. 18—Race for Larchmont cup 
for schooners; race for Class K, 65 feet racing 
measurement. 
During race week the series races will be for 
sloops. Class K, 65 feet; Class N, 38 feet; Class 
P, 31 feet; Class Q. 25 feet; Class R, 20 feet; 
the New York Y. C. 30-footers; four divisions 
of the handicap class; Larchmont 21-footers; 
Manhasset Bay Y. C. ^o-foot class and Glen 
Cove one-design class. 
In each of these series there will be a prize 
for the yacht scoring the most points, and a 
second prize if three or more start. 
In the regattas there will be in each class a 
first prize when two or more start,, a second 
prize when three or more start, and a third 
prize if five or more start with full intention of 
completing the course. 
Yachts Change Hands. 
The following transfers of yachts are re¬ 
ported through B, B, Crowninshield: 
The 32-foot sloop, Lady Mary. Nelson W. 
Aldrich. Providence. R. I., to Demarest Lloyd, 
Cambridge, who will use her at Peach’s Point, 
Marblehead, Mass. 
The 21-foot raceabout Gadfly. E. H. Trum¬ 
bull. sold to F. E. Tupper, Quincy. IMass. 
The 21-foot raceabout Friendship VIIL. ex 
Jack Rabbit, H. L. Friend to Paul Burdett, 
Boston. 
The 18-foot knockabout Hugi, Alfred Chase, 
of Lynn, Mass., to Porter Feary and T. R. 
Goodwin, of Providence, R. 1 . 
Yhe 35-foot motor boat Ixion, J. K. I.aiming 
to Cooper Howell, Philadelpbia. 
The 25-foot yawl, designed by B. B. Crownin- 
shield, Herbert M. Fryer Estate to M. S. Kat- 
tenhorn. New York. ^ 
The 30-foot motor boat Emily, David P. 
Page to Dr. Robert T. Moffatt, Boston. 
The 24-foot keel yawl Minerva, Arthur E. 
Green to Arthur G. Hoel, Boston. 
The 25-foot sloop Mimosa L, T. W. Raborg, 
New York city, to Charles A. Cooley, Boston. 
The 40-foot motor boat Alsoran. Richard 
Hutchinson to Henrv Gilsey, New York city. 
The 25-fnot keel sloon Dixie, C. O. Black to 
Plerbert W. Windeler, Boston. 
The following yacht sales have been made 
trough Stanley l^T. Seaman: 
Knockabout Mayanni, Karl Dodge. Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa.; to M. D Truesdale. Greenwich, Conn. 
Yawl Hobby. Wm. L. Marston, New York, 
to Karl Dodge. 
Power house boat Keewadin. Morgan Colt 
to Carl T. Kuchler. New Rochelle. 
High powered exnress cruiser Zip, C. W. 
Lee to a member of the N. Y. Y. C. 
The following are reported through the 
Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency: 
The 40-foot sloop Ameria, C. W. Sherburne, 
Boston, to Richard von Foregger, New York, 
who has renamed her Adyta IT. 
The 21-foot sloon Clarice, J. Fred Plarvey, 
Boston, to E. P. Saltonstall, Boston. 
The 40-foot cruising launch La Reine. William 
IVT. Ware, Boston, to E. A. Studley, Portland, 
Maine. 
35-foot launch Falcon. C. Neal Burnell, 
Boston, to Robert C. Weed. Pro'-idence. 
The 30-foot cabin gasolene lauiieh Alarguerite, 
I. H, Allen, Beechwood, to C. N. Burnell, 
Boston. 
The 21-foot knockabout .Scamper. H. H. 
Scales, Boston, to Frank B. Converse. Boston.- 
The 30-foot huntin.g cabin launeb Nokomis. 
H. N. Ridgeway, Boston, to W. J. K, Hilliard 
and D. J. Kelley, Boston. 
The 3C-foot gasolene launch Terrapin. 
A^^illiam W. T.ee, Northamnton, Alass., to 
Willian PL Milliken. of Portland, Me. 
Through Frank Bowne Jones: 
The 25-tori(' sloon Onda. Henrv B. Wright 
to Henrv P. Moulton, New York, for racing on 
the Sound. 
Speed of Sailing Vessels and Yachts. 
Yachtsmen generally will be interested in an 
article published in the Field, which tells of the 
greatest speed made by sailing vessels and 
yachts, which follows: 
The question is often asked, What is the 
greatest speed ever attained by a ship under 
sail? Probably to answer this question cor¬ 
rectly the statistician would have to go back 
to the records of rather more than half a cen¬ 
tury ago, to the days of the Australian traders 
and the great clippers of the tea trade, and 
search the log books of some of those wonder¬ 
ful vessels. Doubtless many tales of the pro¬ 
digious speed they attained are not without 
exaggeration, but, on the other hand, it is as¬ 
tonishing what tremendous speed a long and 
finely designed sailing vessel will go when 
driven, regardless of the wear and tear of spars, 
sails, and gear, with nearly a full gale of wind 
abaft the beam. We wonder if any Liverpool 
yachtsmen—and there are many—whose love of 
the sea has been instilled in their blood from 
birth, their fathers having owned the gallant 
sailing ships of the “fifties,” san tell of the 
speed attained by these clippers? Records must 
have been preserved, and, although, of course, 
to-day they are but of academic interest, it is a 
pity that they should be lost and forgotten. In 
these days, when the only speed records which 
landsmen talk of, and with which sailors, too, 
are seriously concerned, are those of ocean 
greyhounds and the latest patterns of warships, 
the speed of sailing vessels is of little import¬ 
ance. It cannot be denied that an element of 
romance surrounds the sailing ship that appeals 
alike to the heart of the sailor and the sports¬ 
man. The flowing canvas, the roar of the ris¬ 
ing wind in the shrouds and gear, the strenuous 
force of the gale so visible in the tugging sheets 
and braces, the smoking spindrift as it flies in 
clouds from the lee rigging as the vessel heels 
and charges gallantly into the green seas that 
steepen under the bow, churn through the 
scuppers like a mighty waterfall, and pass away 
defeated in the broad white track astern. Every 
yachtsman knows well the pure enjoyment ana 
thrill of sailing. It is essentially the pleasure of 
a sportsman. 
Yet, if we have from time to time had an op¬ 
portunity of realizing the great speed of sailing 
yachts, we must remember that this speed, 
with all its excitement and exhilaration, was 
little enough compared with the speed of a fully- 
rigged ship of fifty years ago. 
The fastest run of a sailing yacht in an ocean 
passage was made by the American yacht At¬ 
lantic on May 24, 1905, in a race .across the At¬ 
lantic Ocean for a cup given by the German 
Emperor. This yacht is a three-masted fore 
and aft schooner, 185 feet over all and 135 feet 
load waterline, 29 feet 6 inches beam and 15 
feet draft, 532 tons Thames measurement. She 
ran 341 nautical miles in the day, or 14.2 knots. 
Capt. Charles Barr was at the helm, and Mr. 
Wilson Marshall, her owner, gives the follow¬ 
ing account of the run in his log: 
“Of all days, to-day is the day which will 
ever be fixed in our minds with the greatest 
pride and joy, for the good yacht Atlantic broke 
the record held by the old Dauntless since 1887 
for the greatest day’s run on the passage from 
New York to England, traveling during the 
23 hours 31 minutes and 30 seconds from noon 
of May 23 to the noon of the 24th, 341 miles, 
or 14.20 miles per hour, the record so long held 
being 328 miles.” 
Atlantic was then under all sail, carrying her 
jib and staysail, and foresail, mainsail and 
spanker, with topsails over them. As the wind 
increased, the topsails and spanker were stowed, 
but she ran through under shortened canvas, 
still averaging 14P2 knots. 
On this voyage Atlantic sailed from Sandy 
Hook to the Bishop’s Rock, 2,964 miles, in ii 
days, 16 hours, 22 minutes, the fastest passage 
made by a sailing yacht. In the year 1869 the 
,A.merican schooner yacht Sappho sailed from 
Sandy Hook to Cork Harbor in 12 days 9 hours 
,36 minutes. We believe this was the record 
passage until it was broken by Atlantic. Oc- 
