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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June i, 1907. 
Boston Letter. 
The programme of the Boston \. C. s annual 
cruise has been arranged and approved by Com. 
Boynton. The cruise, as in the past, will be 
one where the fellowship of the sport is more 
noticeable than elaborate toilettes where the 
ability of a yachtsman will be ranked higher than 
that of an epicure, where small yachts and ama¬ 
teurs will shine rather than floating palaces 
maneuvered by professionals, and the ports 
visited will be “havens” rather than resorts. 
Sailing from a rendezvous at South boston 
on Saturday, July 13, (with absolute fearless¬ 
ness of all superstitions) the fleet will make 
Marblehead its first port of call in order to pick 
up the club contingent that summers there. Un 
Sunday a run will be made to Gosport Harbor 
Isles of Shoals, and on the following day sail 
will be made for Cape Porpoise, where the fleet 
will meet that of the Portland Y C, and the 
members of both will congregate ashore to hear 
the sweet lute and witness the dexterity ot the 
nameless one-armed piper. 
On Tuesday the combined fleets will race to 
Fire Islands, 'that little gem of a harbor at the 
mouth of the Sheepscott River, where the com¬ 
modore and vice-commodore have bungalows and 
where the magic cry, “You cant break em. is 
not without its significance. 
Upon the following day the boats will proceed 
at will to Boothbay Harbor, the larger vessels 
going around the Cuckolds, and the smaller ones 
through that sylvan passage, 1 ownsend s Cut. 
On Thursday, the 18th, there will be a race to 
picturesque Monhegan Island, which lies about 
twelve miles offshore. Here the Rt. Hon. His¬ 
torian, Mr. Thompson, will, issue passes to a t 
who wish to stroll upon his island; passes wine 1 
will absolutely be non-transferable and non- 
negotiable, but which will permit the holder to 
drink deep of the island’s original scenery— and 
something else, but what I cannot tell. lhen 
back the same day to Boothbay. For the follow¬ 
ing day a grand open regatta is planned and m 
the evening the yachts will get lit up, providing 
a grand illumination at which the maidens ot 
Squirrel Island may say, “Ah!” and again, Ah . 
until all the throat specialists on the two fleets 
shall dream of tonsilitis and patent gargles. 
After which the two fleets will disband. 
(Note.—Special carburetters are required tor 
the proper use of denatured alcohol.) 
The Gardner designed sonder boat Marla, 
owned by the Messrs. Agassiz, has been in com 
mission for a week and is being tuned up by 
Capt. Willis, that clever professional, who last 
vear contributed so much to Vim’s successes. 
As the crews this year are limited to amateurs 
his work is only preparatory. Marla closely re¬ 
sembles Vim, but her ends seem a shade lower 
and more powerful. 1 he Lawley designed son¬ 
der boat Corinthian is having daily trouts at 
South Boston in charge of her owner, Mr Ben¬ 
iamin C. Tower. The Marblehead a third son¬ 
der boat, designed by Mr. B. B. Crowmnshield 
for Messrs. Joyce and Foster has arrived at 
Marblehead from the East Boothbay yard of her 
builders, Messrs. Hodgdon Bros., and will soon 
be brought to her highest efficiency. 
The Eastery Y. C. will begin its trial races 
for the sonderklasse on Tuesday, June 18, and a 
fleet of eight to ten boats, new and old, are ex¬ 
pected to compete. . , , , ,, 
The Slade Q boat will not be ready before the 
middle of June, but the other new ones are all 
fit for the fray and will clash with Orestes be 
fore this letter sees the light of day. kittle 
Rhody has almost excessive freeboard and looks 
topheavy and Dorothy Q’s mainsail is not a 
<mod fit. This recalls former troubles of Marble¬ 
head yachtsmen with Herreshoff sails which are 
often discarded for better suits from our loca, 
sail makers. , ... 
A new peril now confronts yachtsmen in the 
shape of the deadly submarine torpedo boat. The 
danger is not only actual, but imagine the effect 
on the nerves when what is apparently a reet 
rises suddenly before one’s eyes or, as suddenly, 
alters its position. Until one realizes what it 
is that he sees he fears it is something he dare 
not tell about. A member of the South Boston 
Y. C. recently narrowly avoided the loss of a 
mast in the attempt to escape from what ap¬ 
peared to be a whale rising directly in front of 
his flying 30-footer, but which was nothing less 
than the Octopus returning from her trials at 
Newport. If a helmsman must watch for peri¬ 
scopes as well as stationary buoys, life afloat is 
to have new excitements. Imagine the sensa¬ 
tions of running hard and fast aground on a 
bottom that is traveling at an eight knot gait. 
Why, it will beat the Fundy tides all hollow! 
William Lambert Barnard. 
Harlem Y. C. Ocean Race. 
The Harlem Y. C. ocean race for the Brooklyn 
Y. C. challenge cup will be held^ on July 4. lhe 
start will be at 10 A. M. Course, from the 
starting line off Belden Point, near Harlem \. 
C. anchorage, City Island to and around M011- 
tauk Point, L. I., thence to and around North¬ 
east End Lightship off Cape May; thence to 
finish line off Brooklyn Y. C., Gravesend Bay. 
Distance, 400 nautical miles. Entries must be 
received at the Harlem Y. C., City Island, N. Y., 
on or before midnight, June 27. Each entry 
must be accompanied by a certificate of measure¬ 
ment from the measurer of the club in which the 
yacht is enrolled. All boats entered must be at 
the Harlem Y. C. anchorage, City Island, at or 
before 10 A. M., Wednesday, July 3, for inspec¬ 
tion. Prizes: In addition to the challenge cup 
a special prize will be awarded to the winner, 
second and third prizes will also be awarded. 
T. B. Bates, F. I. Fitch, P. Fox, Race Com.; 
T. B. Bates, Chairman, care of A. O. Brown & 
Co., 30 Broad street, New York city. 
The Brooklyn Y. C. offering a perpetual challenge 
cup to be known as the Brooklyn Y. C. Ocean Challenge 
Cun, donated by the Brooklyn Y. C., designed to en¬ 
courage the building and sailing of small seaworthy 
yachts, to make popular the art of navigation or cruis¬ 
ing upon deep water and to develop a love ot true 
seamanship in the amateur sailor, hereby sets forth the 
terms and conditions under which this cup can be 
challenged and raced for: , . , , ,. _ 
Article'I.—Any organized yacht club in good standing, 
of any country, shall have the right to challenge for 
this cup and sail for it, provided the challenge be made 
in accordance with spirit, terms and conditions ot this 
instrument. , , r , , 
Article II.—The cup shall be raced for by vessels 
propelled by sails only. The boats must be yachts built 
and used for cruising and must conform to the follow¬ 
ing requirements: . 
To be a seaworthy type, substantially built, stiongly 
rigged and properly ballasted, with closed cabins and 
water-tight cockpits. Their rating must not exceed 27ft. 
They must have a specified headroom over a specified 
number of square feet of cabin floor, as follows: 
Rating. 
Headroom. 
5 feet 10 inches 
Cabin Floor. 
34 square feet 
a 
5 “ 
9 
it 
31 
« i 
it 
5 “ 
8 
it 
28 
it 
5 “ 
6 
it 
25 
it 
5 “ 
4 
it 
22 “ 
it 
5 “ 
2 
ii 
20 
“ 
ti 
5 “ 
0 
a 
18 “ 
a 
4 “ 
10 
a 
16 
i i 
4 “ 
8 
a 
14 “ 
24 
23 
22 
21 
20 
19 
18 
This measurement for headroom shall be taken froin 
the underside of the deck or cabin-top beams to the 
topside of the floor boarding, this latter to be laid over 
and not between the frames. The square feet of. floor 
space to be found by taking the length and breadth of 
the floor space over which the specified headroom exists, 
and not to include space taken up by bunks, transoms 
or lockers, but to include space occupied by centerboard, 
^Boats^must carry a complete cruising outfit of anchors 
(2), cables or chains (2), compasses (2), lights, lead¬ 
line, charts, etc. Stores sufficient for ten days must be 
Ca £ower sails must be those carried by the boat when 
measured; no restrictions as to light sails. 
A United States Life Service cork jacket for each 
person, also 2 ringbuoys on deck must be carried. 
The combined length of the fore and aft overhangs 
shall not exceed one-third of the boat s over all meas- 
Ur S With bulb keels, metal fins, or balanced rudders 
^Artide 6 III.—Races shall be sailed under the rules of 
the challenged club, except as regards the rule for 
measurement for computing the time allowance. inis 
measurement to ascertain the rating shall be taken ac- 
cording to the measurement adopted by the Atlantic 
Coast Conference and by the Yacht Racing Associations 
of Long Island Sound and Gravesend Bay in 1906. J he 
time allowance shall be calculated according to the 
table in use bv the above associations in 190b. 
Article IV.—The race shall be managed by the regular 
regatta committee of the club holding the cup. but there 
shall also be chosen three judges, to whom shall be 
referred all questions in dispute or protest and upon 
which they shall sit and give decision. These judges 
shall be selected in this way: One from the challenged 
club- one from the challenging club, and a third to be 
chosen by the two, but this third person must not be 
a member of any club having a yacht entered in the 
race The decision of these judges shall be final. 
Article V.—The crew of a competing yacht shall not 
exceed six persons, all of whom must be amateurs. 
The master or skipper of the vessel must be a member 
of the club under whose flag the yacht is entered. No 
paid pilot or navigator shall be carried or be employed 
in any capacity aboard a competing vessel. An amateur 
is one who does not “follow the sea’’ as a means of 
livelihood or who has never accepted remuneration for 
sailing or serving on a yacht. 
Inside cabin must have permanent transoms or bunks 
and lockers. The water tank must be fixed, and a 
supply of 8 gals, per man must be carried. 
Article VI.—The master of each competing yacht shall 
file with the committee twelve hours before the start, 
a list giving the names and occupations of his crew, 
and shall certify to their being amateurs. 
Article VII.—The club holding the cup shall be open , 
to a challenge at any time, but the races shall only be 
sailed between June 1 and Sept. 1, and there shall not 
be more than one race during one season. All chal¬ 
lenges must be in Writing and be delivered to the 
challenged club not less than 30 days before the date 
chosen for the starting of the race. 
Article VIII.—The course shall be upon the open 
ocean, clear of all headlands, except that the start and 
finish may be made in a port, bay sound or harbor, and 
shall be not less than 250 nautical miles or more than 
500 nautical miles in length. It shall be a straight-away 
course or passage from port to port, either the starting 
or finishing line must be off the anchorage of the 
Brooklyn Y. C., New York Harbor. The course fori 
race shall be determined by the club holding the cup. 
Article IX.—After the challenge of the challenging club 
has been accepted by the club holding the cup, any 
other organized yacht club may enter a yacht or yachts 
for the race, upon its. officers agreeing to observe and: 
maintain the terms and conditions of this instrument.! 
Anv of the clubs may be represented by one or more, 
yachts. . . 
Article X.—In case the club holding the cup within 
nine months dating from the first day of January fol¬ 
lowing the last race does not receive a challenge and 
hold a race for the cup it shall be returned to the: 
custody of the Brooklvn Y. C., and the unchallenged 
club shall forfeit all claims to its possession. If the 
club having custody of the cup shall be dissolved or, 
cease to exist the cup shall revert to the Brooklyn Y. 
C., and in both cases be again offered bv that club for 
competition under the terms and conditions of this 
instrument. ... , , . 
Article XI.—If deemed desirable, the terms of this 
instrument may be altered or modified by the Brooklyn, 
Y. C. when the cup is in its possession, and when in 
the possession of another club by mutual agreement be 
tween the Brooklyn \. C. and the club holding the 
cup but such alterations or modifications shall not be 
made during the time a challenge is in action, unless; 
all challengers consent to the change. 
Article XII.—The challenged club, or the committee 
appointed by it to manage the race, shall have the 
power to reject the entry of anv yacht in whose design, 
construction or equipping is shown an inclination to 
evade the terms of Article II., either in substance ot 
spirit. _ 
Information Bearing on the New Yorl 
Bermuda Race for Motor Boats. 
The contestants in the long distance oceai 
motor boat race have been notified by the Regatta 
Committee of the Motor Boat Club of America 
to present themselves for measurement and in¬ 
spection at the basin of the Electric Launch Co. 
Bayonne, N. J., not later than 4 P. M. on June 
4. Also at the club station of the club at the 
foot of 108th street and Hudson River not latei 
than 4 P. M. on June 7 for final inspection. The 
contestants, together with the escort of the clul 
will leave the club station at 8 A. M. on the 
morning of June 8 and proceed to Scotlanc 
Lightship, from which the official start will be 
made as near 12 M. as possible. The startmfl 
line will be established between Scotland Light 
ship and the committee boat, which will be an¬ 
chored to the westward of the lightship. A warn 
ing gun will be fired followed five minutes later 
with the starting gun. The time of the start wu 
be taken with the firing of the gun. In case 0 
a postponement, should same be deemed neecs 
sary it will be for periods of half an hour. I h 
finishing line, together with the ratings and turn 
allowance, will be posted at the club station a 
soon after the measurements are completed a: 
possible. The contestants will be furnished witl 
final instructions just previous to the start. 
Hugh S. Gambel, Sec. 
Lord Bassey has presented the New York V 
C. with a full rigged model of his well knowi 
auxiliary yacht Sunbeam. She will certainly b< 
an interesting addition to the collection of fain 
ous yachts that fill the club’s model room. 
* * * 
Messrs. Jones & Robinson have delivered : 
new mainsail to the ocean race candidate, ti 
yawl Lila, for use in the coming race. 
