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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. s, 1907. 
but the fourth boat, the American’s, was still 
bobbing serenely at its moorings at 5 o’clock in 
the morning, and the scouts, tired of their long 
vigil, decided that the skipper must have with¬ 
drawn, and they abandoned their post to seek 
some much needed rest. 
No sooner had the last one yawned himself out 
of sight than a grinning face arose above the 
rocks of the mole. A hasty glance around, a 
low whistle, and a minute later three figures 
jumped into a nearby dinghy and rowed out to 
the belated contestant. Sail was made in a jiffy, 
the mooring hastily cast off, and a stiff breeze 
catching the canvas, bore the little craft under 
the lee of Portici in record time. Here a row¬ 
boat came alongside and pretty soon a rough 
lateen sail, of the' kind used by the fishermen of 
the bay, had been run up on an “antenna” in¬ 
stead of the sloop mainsail. A bowsprit was next 
affixed, then an old jib was thrown over the tell¬ 
tale bow, completely disguising it, and a little 
later a small fishing “paranza,” with three ragged 
fishermen on deck, was seen to leave the harbor, 
and after tacking around aimlessly untilf 11 130, 
make Piano. Here an active shipyard is located, 
and the boat was soon lost in the forest of masts. 
Let us follow it, though, and see what happens. 
On rounding into the wind between two cask¬ 
laden “tartane” the helmsman took out a hand¬ 
some gold watch and smiled to> himself, “Six 
hours and twenty minutes under way,” he re¬ 
marked to his companions, “we are O. K.” Then 
the anchor splashed overboard, the jib came down, 
and ten minutes later the entire lateen rig, mast 
and all, lay flat on deck, under a huge canvas 
cover which craftily concealed even the size and 
build of the boat. From beneath this canvas 
presently emerged three nattily dressed yachts¬ 
men who signalled to a nearby boat and were 
immediately rowed ashore. Here they found an 
advantageous position on a rising knoll and sit¬ 
ting down comfortably in the shade of a conven¬ 
ient tree, they proceeded to scan the horizon with 
the marine glasses they all carried. 
A few minutes after twelve a white speck ap¬ 
peared on the horizon, beyond the mole and an 
excited “There she goes!” came from all three. 
With bated breaths they watch the pretty 
Acnaib approach along shore, running into 
every hole that looks at all suspicious and 
eventually coming in full view. Prince Fondi 
is evidently aware of the cunning of his op¬ 
ponents; there are lookouts at the masthead, 
in the rigging and all over the deck; he is 
taking no chances. 
Slowly the tall sail jibes, as the graceful sloop 
rounds the point, and- the watchers have a 
thrilling experience as she luffs, not a hundred 
yards from the dismantled boat. Has she been 
recognized? No, by Jove, the Acnaib is filling 
again, Prince Fondi has evidently concluded 
that even an American will not have nerve 
enough to hide in the enemy’s camp and he 
has a boat house in Piano. Lazily the hound 
moves out and the hare is out of danger. 
With a shout of joy the three leap into a 
“carrozella” the rickety cab of the district, and 
in time land at a fashionable hotel in Sorrento-, 
Here they spend a cheerful afternoon and are 
just about to go in to dinner when a thunder¬ 
bolt falls, in the shape of the entire crew of the 
Acnaib. 
It means defeat, sure and unavoidable, for 
they cannot return on board without being fol¬ 
lowed and once monotype’s location known, the 
speedy hound will make short work of it. 
Like a flash an idea occurs to the young 
American and putting on his best smile he wel¬ 
comes his would-be-captors with open arms, 
inviting them all to dine with him. The meal 
is a great success, every one imagines the host 
is trying to take defeat philosophically, and they 
like him the better for his sportsmanship. 
At 11 o’clock Handley confesses to being 
tired, and after wishing a cordial good-night to 
every one, he retires with his two mates. Spies 
are promptly stationed outside the double room 
the three are using together, and they marvel 
greatly at the high spirits of the skipper, who 
spins yarn after yarn, undismayed by the grunts 
of his companions, the only sign of approval 
they favor him with. They would have 
marveled far more had they been able to see 
through the door. As he gabbed the raconteur 
wrote on a piece of “paper, “Put on your sailor 
togs, carry your shoes, don’t make any noise, 
jump out of the window, go straight on board, 
if followed make your way to Portici and row 
out into the bay, hurry.” This he handed to 
both and in short order they had disappeared 
over the window sill. 
For ten minutes after he went on talking and 
grunting his own approval, then a final 
good-night reached the spies, the light went out, 
the bed creaked, and all was silent. 
Fortune does not always favor the brave. As 
our mariner struck the sidewalk, a heavy hand 
fell on his shoulder, and he turned about, to find 
himself face to face with a “questurino,” the 
hated policemen of Naples. Explanations fell 
on deaf ears, the minion of the law sneered at 
the idea of a “signore” jumping out of a hotel 
window, at midnight, in the garb of a destitute 
fisherman. A silver lira persuaded him to ap¬ 
peal to the proprietor for identification, though, 
and our hero finally got away. 
•It was not quite midnight when the anxious 
crew of hare No. 4 heard a splash on shore. 
A few minutes later a swimmer brought up 
alongside and willing hands drew the dripping 
admiral on to the deck of his flagship. The 
enemy was followed again. 
By 5 o’clock the next morning the little mono¬ 
type was hovering around the finishing line, 
ready to go over as soon as the six sailing 
hours had elapsed. The flapping sail df the 
Acnaib could be seen at the horizon, but there 
was no wind to bring her in. Slowly the time 
went by, and then., about 7 o’clock, a breath of 
air was felt. It only blew for a few minutes, but 
it was quite enough for hare No. 4 to cross the 
line to victory. 
The idea of establishing “Hunting the Mono¬ 
type” on Long Island Sound has been aired, and 
it is not unlikely that experiments will be made. 
With slightly varied rules, to suit the locality, 
there is no reason why the attempt should not 
prove a success. L. deB. Handley, 
British Letter. 
At this time of year there is very little ac¬ 
tive life in the world of yachting, a fair num¬ 
ber of steam yachts are fitted out for winter 
cruises to the Mediterranean, but at present there 
is little prospect of a return of the old racing 
days, which during February and March at¬ 
tracted the first-class cutters, including the 
Prince of Wales’ Britannia and her rivals, Ailsa 
and Satanita to the charming regattas at Cannes 
and Nice. It is hoped, however that in future 
years big yacht racing will be revived again 
in the Mediterrnean. There is really no chance 
of any taking place in 1907, because the builders 
will have all their work cut out to have the 
new yachts ready by the middle of May. Work 
proceeds upon the two new racing cutters for 
the 23 metre class, 75.4 feet line rating, the 
one at Camper and Nicholson’s, Gosport, for 
Sir James Pender, and the other at Fife’s yard, 
Fairlie-on-Clyde, for Mr. Myles B. Kennedy, 
The vessels will be composite built, steel frames, 
2 Y-2 by 2j/2 inches with reversed frames 2)4 
by 2^4 inches, and principally planked with 2)4- 
inch mahogany of hard texture, they will be 
classed at Lloyds according to the new rules 
for the building of yachts intended for racing 
in the international rating classes. Yachts in¬ 
tended for the international classes from 5 
meters (16.4 feet) to 23 meters (75.4 feet), in¬ 
clusive, will all have to be built under special 
survey, in accordance with the requirements 
of Lloyd’s new rules, which, according to the 
new arrangement, are identical with those of 
the French Bureau Veritas and Germanischer 
Lloyd, and they will be classed R in the So¬ 
ciety’s Yacht Register, denoting that their scant¬ 
lings are as required for their respective rat¬ 
ings. To enable a yacht to retain her class in 
the Yacht Register, she will require to be ex¬ 
amined in dry dock or on a slipway by Lloyd’s 
surveyors annually if practicable, but in no case 
is a longer period than two years to elapse 
between such surveys. These rules, combined 
with the new scantling tables which have been 
formed, practically by the leading designers, 
or at any rate precisely in accordance with 
their wishes, will have the effect of entirely 
abolishing the old light scantlings which for 
years have been the source of annoyance to 
yacht owners and have prevented many yachts¬ 
men from joining in class racing. As soon as 
the new scantling tables are complete, they 
will be procurable from the Secretary of Lloyds 
Register, 71 Fenclnirch street, London, Eng¬ 
land, and even though England and America 
are still laboring under the disadvantage of 
having different rules for yacht measurement, 
it would be a good thing I feel sure for Amer¬ 
ican yachting if your clubs were to agree upon 
uniform scantlings for the yachts in their classes 
that race under the New York Yacht Club, 
or as I believe you now call it, the universal 
rule. Should you adopt a scantling rule, you 
could not do better, from a yacht owner’s point 
of view, than to adopt the tables drawn up by 
Lloyds and apply them to your own classes. 
At present they are adopted only for yachts 
of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 19 and 23 meters bv 
the European International Rule, there being 
ten tables in all, but each is drawn up in three 
forms, namely for wood, composite or steel 
construction. 
Among the well known vessels which have 
recently changed hands, here have been the 
yawl Columbine, 81 tons, Lais, cutter, ex-40 
rater, 91 tons; White Heather, racing cutter, 
80 feet, 151 tons and Valdora, yawl, 106 tons. 
The last named pair are pretty well known to 
American yachtsmen, because they were under 
racing canvas, the White Heather then being 
a yawl also, when the Herreshoff schooner 
Ingomar paid her memorable visit to British 
waters two seasons ago. Charles Barr handled 
Ingomar beautifully, and in that year, there 
being a dearth of big racing vessels here, she 
had an easy task in sweeping the board, her 
popular owner, Mr. Morton F. Plant carrying 
off many handsome trophies. Mr. Plant ter¬ 
minated his visit to Europe by purchasing the 
large steam yacht Venetia from Mr. Sykes. 
Within a month of the present date the owner 
of the yawl Valdora, Dr. I. G. Douglas Kerr, 
passed away at the early age of 49 years, and 
his pretty vessel—one of the most shapely fast 
cruisers Fife ever designed, has been sold—Dr. 
Kerr was very proud of his yacht, and sailed 
her very keenly, in 1905 winning twenty prizes 
in 38 starts; but naturally as a much smaller 
and less powerful boat she could not make a 
match with Ingomar. However, Dr. Douglas 
Kerr wagered his yacht against Ingomar each 
time they met on Y. R. A. time allowance, just 
for a sporting bet. There were fourteen races, 
of which the American schooner won twelve— 
in fact Ingomar only lost twice, once when 
she carried away her bowspirt in a collision at 
Dover, and upon another occasion when she 
was disqualified in a luffing match on an al¬ 
most calm day—so the big vessel was ten races 
to the good. 
In open sea and a strong wind Ingomar 
met a worthy rival in the German Emperor’s 
yacht Meteor, but Barr had too handy a boat 
for the Kaiser’s ship to tackle, and beat the 
imperial schooner repeatedly. The mention of 
Meteor recalls the announcement that this yacht 
will be manned in future by a German crew, 
instead of by the Itchen Ferry men, who, in 
charge of Ben Parker, have been in the vessel 
since she was built. Peters, the crack German 
sailing master, who has commanded Hamburg 
nee Rainbow, will now be appointed to sail 
the German Emperor’s yacht, and two stewards 
and the carpenter will be the only English hands 
retained in the Emperor’s service. It is con¬ 
sidered that this change is to be the forerunner 
of others, and that eventually the English and 
American built, but German owned yachts, now 
manned by English sailors, will be manned en¬ 
tirely by German crews. 
A movement is now on foot in Europe to 
adopt the same sailing rules in all the countries 
that have recently become affiliated under the 
International Rating Rule. The rule about 
which there has been the greatest difference of 
opinion among nations, seems to be the luff¬ 
ing rule. When one yacht is overtaking another, 
