March 23, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Ticks from the Ship’s Clock. 
At the meeting of the Yacht Racing Associa¬ 
tion of Gravesend Bay, held last week, C. A. 
Kelby and Arthur F. Aldridge, of Crescent A. 
C., and Louis Tieman, of New York C. C., were 
appointed a committee to revise the constitu¬ 
tion to provide for a national commission to 
settle questions and disputes that seem out of 
the jurisdiction of local regatta committees. 
The consensus of opinion among those present 
was that such a commission would answer the 
purpose of a court of last resort. Disputed 
problems being first referred to the regatta 
committee, then to the association, to which 
complainant belongs, and finally to the National 
Commission. Through this arrangement de¬ 
cisions would be uniform and incontrovertible, 
while such unfortunate imbroglios as the Joyant 
matter would be impossible. As evidence that 
such a proposition is practicable, one has only 
to cite the National baseball commission and 
the American Kennel Club, whose decisions are 
final in matters to which they relate. Person¬ 
ally, I consider the action of the Y. R. A. of 
Gravesend Bay a great big move toward yacht 
racing harmony and of inestimable value to the 
uplift of the sport of yacht racing. 
The Twin City Power Boat Club, which was 
organized last month, has been admitted to 
membersbip in the Western Power Boat Club 
Assoemtion with headquarters in Chicago. A 
series of races to be given during the coming 
season on the Illinois River by the Twin City 
Club will be under the auspices of the Western 
Association, and its rules will govern. 
Hope springs eternal and so on, and if you 
don't believe it, read this: “The by-laws of the 
Erie Y. C. do not make ownership in a boat 
obligatory upon a member. With us, as with all 
yacht clubs, the veranda yachtsmen are a valued 
adjunct and we take chances on interesting 
them later on in the real thing.” 
We are just in receipt of a telegram from J. 
P. Brady, of Chicago, which announces the big¬ 
gest thing ever done by inland yachtsmen. 
Here is the telegram: 
“Representatives from a number of big yacht 
and power boat clubs of America met in Chicago 
March 16 and formed Associated Yacht and 
Power Boat Clubs of America, with William 
Hale Thompson, Commodore of Chicago Y. C., 
and one of the most widely known yachtsmen of 
country, as president. The organization is 
planned to embrace all clubs of the country. 
The first big undertaking of the association will 
be a magnificent naval pageant Aug. 10-17, 1912, 
at Chicago. _ At the banquet, following the 
formation of the association, four hundred 
yachtsmen, representing fifty big yacht and 
power boat clubs, attended.” 
From Motor Boat, published in London, 
comes the information that three British motor 
boats will come to this country to race for the 
British International trophy, won last year by 
Dixie IV. These are: A 330-horsepower 
Thorneycroft hydroplane, owned by Dan Han- 
bury, and driven by six Vauxhall engines; Mac- 
kay Edgar's new Saunders boat, and a new 
hydroplane being built for the Marquis of 
Anglesey. In addition to these challengers, 
much mystery surrounds the new French 1000- 
horsepower boat, of which much has been writ¬ 
ten from some imagination and few facts. The 
question of engine reliability figures more in 
this event than does speed, and it is reasonably 
safe to say that a reliable 40-knotter will come 
pretty near lifting the trophy. 
Defenders probably will be as follows: Rear- 
Commodore Blackton's Vita IT, built for last 
year's contest, but never in proper condition, is 
in process of rebuilding. Albert Smith’s 
Columbia, built at the Eleo works and motored 
by the Standard Motor Construction Company, 
is a possibility, and Lou, a boat now at Lawley’s 
for E. V. Harkness. This boat was designed 
by Swasey, Raymond & Page, of Boston. She 
is to have two motors of 500 horsepower each 
and weighing only 1,000 pounds each. Com¬ 
mander Pugh, of Chicago, whose Disturber II. 
figured in last year’s contest probably will build 
a new boat. These four craft are all that are 
mentioned at present in connection with the 
coming race. 
W. B. Allen’s new auxiliary ketch, built from 
designs by W. H. Eland, Jr., of Boston, will 
start this week for Florida, where she will be 
used for fishing. Mr. Allen being an expert 
angler with a penchant for tarpon fishing, will 
enjoy several months in Southern waters in his 
“fishing ketch.” 
F. D. Lawley has completed plans for a cruis¬ 
ing power boat, to be built at Lawley’s yard 
for A. E. Lombard, of Boston. Her dimensions 
are: Length, 54 feet; beam, 8 feet 9 inches; 
draft, 3 feet. She will be raised-deck forward, 
will have a large, light deckhouse aft and will 
have sleeping accommodations for six. A 60- 
horsepower Sterling engine will drive her about 
sixteen miles an hour. 
A bill introduced in the House recently calls 
for the construction of”a first-class lightship to 
be stationed about one mile northerly from the 
north end of Block Island, R. I., at a cost of 
$140,000. Query: How long will she stay there? 
In England an association has been formed 
to regulate and protect the interests of yacht 
brokers, yacht surveyors and yacht architects 
under title of Yacht Brokers’ Association. 
Sounds like a trust—yes? 
Yacht Sales and Charters. 
The following is a list of recent yacht sales 
and charters: 
The 200-foot steam yacht Alvina, owned by 
Mr. Thomas F. Cole, N. Y. Y. C., chartered to 
Commodore E. C. Benedict. 
The 170-foot express type turbine steam yacht 
Winchester, sold for Mr. Peter W. Rouss, N. Y. 
Y. C., to a member of the N. Y. Y. C. The 
new owner has changed the name of Winchester 
to Flying Fox, Mr. Rouss having reserved 
the original name for the new larger and faster 
Winchester now being built from designs by 
Messrs. Cox & Stevens. 
The 140-foot express type steam yacht Adroit, 
formerly the first Winchester, has been char¬ 
tered for the season by Mr. Alfred G. Vander¬ 
bilt, N. Y. Y. C., to Mr. R. Livingston Beeck- 
man. 
The iio-foot power house boat Captiva, char¬ 
tered for Mr. Payne Whitney, N. Y. Y. C., to 
Mr. E. RIapes, of Minneapolis. 
The 90-foot power houseboat Onawa II., char¬ 
tered for Mr. Wilbur C. Fish, N. Y. Y. C., to 
Mr. C. M. Meyer. 
The 90-foot auxiliary schooner yacht Whim, 
chartered for Mr. C. A. Griscom, N. Y. Y. C., 
to a western yachtsman for a Florida cruise and 
subsequently chartered to Mr. H. Van Wagenen, 
Jr., for a portion of the season. 
The 90-foot auxiliary ketch Huntress, char¬ 
tered for Mr. F. W. Chesebrough to a mem¬ 
ber of the New York Y. C. 
The 85-foot cruising power yacht Kaimia, 
chartered by Mr. H. J. Park, N. Y. Y. C., to 
Mr. Honore Palmer, of Chicago. 
'1 he 85-foot cruising power yacht Milwin, sold 
for Mr. Simon Weiss, of New Orleans, to Mr. 
E. R. Connett, N. Y. Y. C. 
The 76-foot auxiliary yawl Cacique sold for 
Mr. W. S. Van Clief, of Port Richmond, S. I., 
to Mr. E. E. Conway, of Boston. 
The 65-foot motor yacht Jean and Virginia, 
sold for Mr. P. D. Gwaltney, of Smithfield, 
Virginia, to Mr. R. Bee Lebby, of Charleston, 
South Carolina. 
■Ills 53-foot motor yacht Vixen, sold for Mr. 
A. L. Kerker, of New York to R. L. Rayner, 
Atlantic Y. C. 
"Ihe 53-foot motor yacht Irene, sold for Mr. 
Chas. Blum, of Rye, New York, to Mr. A. W. 
Thompson, of Baltimore, Maryland. 
'I lie 55-foot inotor yacht Unome II., sold for 
Mr. D. W. Flint, of Providence, R. I., to Mr. 
C. H. Foster, of Troy, New York. 
The 45-foot auxiliary yawl. Friar Tuck, sold 
for Mr. C. H. Jefferies, of Atlantic City, to Mr. 
Graham Eckel, of Baltimore, Maryland. 
The 40-foot raised-deck cruiser Sayonara, sold 
for L. B. Warren, of Port Washington, L. I., 
to Mr. Gardner H. Bell, of Washington, D. C. 
The 40-foot gasolene cruiser Hope II. sold 
for Messrs. A. W. Thompson and D. T. 
Mallory, of Baltimore, Md., to Mr. W. E 
Durant, Jr., of Charleston, S. C. 
The Buzzard’s Bay Herreshoff 30-footer 
Wahtawah, sold for J. F. Stillman, to E. J. 
McCready and Frank J. Muhfeld, New York. 
The 56-foot cruising motor yacht Gayety, sold 
for Thos. F. Chesebrough, Northport, L. I., 
to A. Diaz, Colon, C. Z. 
Y. R. A. of Long Island Sound. 
The annual meeting of the Yacht Racing As¬ 
sociation of Long Island Sound will be held at 
the Hotel Astor, Broadway and Forty-fourth 
street. New York city, on Wednesday, March 
27, 1912, at 8:30 P. M. Officers to serve during 
the year 1912 will be elected. The nomination 
committee chosen at the meeting in October 
last have made the following nominations: 
For President, Stuyvesant Wainwright, 
American Y. C.; for Secretary, James W Alker 
Manhasset Bay Y. C.; for Treasurer Victor l’ 
Cumnock, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C.; for 
members of Executive Committee—W. Butler 
Duncan, Jr., Manhasset Bay Y. C.; George E. 
Roosevelt, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y, C.; 
Horace E. Boucher, Larchmont Y. C.; Frank 
Bowne Jones, Indian Harbor Y. C. 
The following amendments to the racing rules 
are proposed: 
Add to Section i. Rule 5, the following: The 
spinnaker sheet of a yacht of the 31-foot class 
or any smaller regular class, must be carried 
inside the jibstay. 
Amend Section 5, Rule 5, fourth paragraph 
under sloops, yawls and mainsail yachts, to 
read: Class P, 31-foot class, six men instead 
of five. 
Challenge for Manhasset Cup. 
Who is the rightful holder of the Manhasset 
challenge cup? It is at present held by the 
American Y. C., through disqualification of 
Joyant and Corinthian after Joyant had won the 
trophy last season, although the Yacht Racing 
Association of Long Island Sound, to whom 
the matter was taken by the Indian Harbor 
Y. C., submitted an opinion to the effect that 
the regatta committee in charge of the races 
exceeded its authority in not accepting cer¬ 
tificates of measurers. Seawanhaka Y. C. has 
just challenged American Y. C. for a race for 
the Manhasset cup. 
The Indian Harbor Y. C. wrote to the Ameri¬ 
can Y. C. last fall, and asked if that club would 
accept the interpretation of the executive com¬ 
mittee and suggested that the trophy be re¬ 
turned to the original donors, the Manhasset 
Bay Y. C. 
Other clubs may now enter yachts to take 
part in the series of races which will be sailed 
on the Sound next summer. 
