April 9, 1910.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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“What in blazes is that light right to leeward 
of us? We must be away off our—oh! all right. 
Never mind. It’s a steamer.” And so with an 
occasional glimpse of our surroundings, we 
drove ahead through as nasty and nerve-rack¬ 
ing a chance as we ever had had in twenty years 
of yachting. 
Since midnight the wind had been so nearly 
dead aft that we had been on the ragged edge 
of a jibe, and finally, as it came time to head 
up toward Rockland, we found we should have 
to get the boom on the other side. Of course, 
it was a case of coming about rather than a jibe 
in any such chance as that, so with a shout for 
all hands to look out for themselves, the skipper 
took the tiller and down went the helm. 
Down below the mate listened to a yell from 
the deck, of “Give me a hand, quick, or I’m 
overboard,” as one of the men lost his balance 
slacking the head sheets, and then his own bal¬ 
ance disappeared and he found himself sitting 
in the bookrack back of the lee transom, but 
the ship tacked nicely, in spite of her three- 
reefed mainsail and double headsails, without 
other damage than a lively shaking up and some 
broken china forward. And off we went again 
into the blackness with the boom as broad off 
as before. 
So black was it that we could easily have piled 
up high and dry into the bushes on shore be¬ 
fore we could have seen a thing, and at the rate 
we were moving our “Good Lord! I hope we 
don’t hit anything,” was something more than 
a mere ejaculation; but at last, faintly, but dis¬ 
tinctly, dead ahead, came the unmistakable 
moan of the Daboll trumpet on the end of 
Rockland Breakwater, and while many a lands¬ 
man and summer hotel guest had berated and 
protested at its noise, it was the sweetest kind 
of' music to our ears that night. 
We passed, of course, close to the Owl’s 
Head Light, but so heavy was the rain that we 
could see it only at internals, and only the 
sound of the Rockland trumpet told us where 
that light was shining, but we made it all right, 
and at two o’clock that Labor Day morning we 
drove by the end of the breakwater, slid along 
in its welcome lee to the hotel anchorage, 
dropped our hook, lowered our sails in a mess 
and turned in. 
People on shore next morning were aston¬ 
ished to see that a yacht had come in from any¬ 
where during that wild night, anci when they 
knew we had come in from Nova Scotia and 
across the Bay of Fundy, well! it was worth 
while to have done it—to have done it well— 
and to know by proof, absolute, indisputable, 
that the “good ship Cossack” was no idle 
phrase. The Mate. 
Bermuda Sail Yacht Race. 
The race for sailing craft from New York 
to Bermuda will this year be started on Satur¬ 
day, June 25. This end of the race will be 
managed by the Atlantic Y. C. and the re¬ 
gatta committee of that club. Horace E. 
Boucher, Kenneth Lord and Dr. J. E. De Mund, 
with Thomas Fleming Day representing the 
Royal Bermuda Y. C., framed the conditions 
for this year’s contest last week. The race will 
be started from off the Atlantic Y. C. house 
at Sea Gate. The race will be open to cruising 
sail craft belonging to any organized yacht club 
in the world. It was agreed that yachts to 
enter must be bona fide cruising vessels of sub¬ 
stantial construction and rig, having full decks 
and watertight cockpits. Yachts having fin or 
bulb keels or balanced rudder are barred. As 
in former years, there will be no restrictions as 
to the number or character of the crew except 
that the yacht must be in charge of an amateur, 
and he will be the navigator. The yachts are to 
be driven entirely by power. It was agreed that 
lower sails are to be those usually carried by 
the yachts when cruising. The committee will 
order that all yachts must carry such small 
boats or tenders as they carry when cruising, as 
well as anchors, chains or hawsers, side lights, 
two compasses, sextant, chronometer, life belts 
or jackets for each member of the crew, and 
at least two life rings on deck. Stores and 
water sufficient for thirty days must be on 
board. 
The entries for this race will close on June 
5, but already seven owners have assured the 
committee that their yachts will compete. The 
owners of Lila and Hyperion, two well-known 
Bermuda racers, will start. The Yachtsmen’s 
Club, of Philadelphia, will be represented by 
two yachts, and it is expected that a yawl will 
enter from Narragansett Bay. A member of 
the Royal Bermuda Y. C. will bring Zennato to 
New York and race her back to Bermuda. 
There is also a possibility that Vice-Commo¬ 
dore Titcomb will enter his schooner Uncas. 
As the date of the contest is later than in 
former years, the committee expects that the 
fleet of starters will be larger than ever. The 
race is 670 miles across the Gulf Stream. The 
weather is more suited to ocean racing at the 
end of June, and the schools and colleges are 
closed, so that owners will find it easier to get 
amateur crews. 
Cape May Race Conditions. 
The regatta committee of the Brooklyn Y. C. 
lias framed the conditions to govern the annual 
race over what is known as the Cape May 
course. It will be the third sailing of this race. 
In the first race there were twenty starters, and 
the trophy was donated by Sir Thomas Lipton. 
This was won by Frederic Thompson's Sham¬ 
rock. Four yachts have already been entered 
for this year’s race. These are Commodore W. 
C. Towen’s schooner Tammany, L. J. Calla- 
nan’s schooner Eclipse, John Lewis’ schooner 
Vigil and Leo S. Herzig’s sloop Gardenia. 
The race will be started on Saturday, July 2. 
The conditions of the Cape May race for this 
year are as follows: 
The race is open to sailing yachts not meas¬ 
uring more than 100 feet extreme length, any 
rig and belonging to any organized yacht club 
in the world. 
Boats to enter must be bona fide cruising 
cratt, having full decks, watertight cockpit and 
of substantial construction and rig. Yachts 
having fins or bulb keels are barred. Rules of 
the Gravesend Bay Y. R. A. to govern, if not 
otherwise specified. 
Measurement.—The measurement for comput¬ 
ing allowance will be that used by the Graves¬ 
end Bay Y. R. A. 
Crew.—There will be no restrictions as to the 
number or character of the crew. 
Sails.—Lower sails to be those usually carried 
by the yacht when cruising. No restrictions on 
light sails, except club topsails, which arc 
barred. 
Stores and Water.—Stores and water suf¬ 
ficient for ten days must be on board, water to 
be in fixed tanks or breakers. 
Equipment.—Anchor, chain or hawser, side 
lights, compass and life belts or jackets for each 
member of the crew. 
Ballast.—Weights may be shifted for and aft 
for the purpose of trimming, but no weight, 
either in form of ballast, or stores, must be 
jettisoned, except as a matter of safety. 
Allowance.—The time allowance will be given 
in Gravesend Bay Y. R. A. tables and the dis¬ 
tance will be figured as 300 miles. 
lime of Start.—Start will be made at 10 a. m. 
Saturday, July 1. 
Course.—The course will be from a starting 
line opposite the Brooklyn Y. C., crossing line 
east to west, in Gravesend Bay to and around 
the southwest spit buoys, leaving them on the 
port hand; then passing to the southward of 
Scotland Lightship, to and around Fire Island 
Lightship, leaving it on the starboard hand; 
then to and around the Northeast End Light 
Vessel off Cape May, N. J., leaving it on the 
port hand and returning over the same course, 
leaving buoys and lightships on the reverse 
hand, and finishing off Scotland Lightship 
on a line due south from same, crossing this 
line within one hundred yards of the lightship. 
Entries.—Entries must be received by the 
committee not later than June 25, and must be 
accompanied by a measurement certificate. 
Class.—All yachts will sail in one class with 
the regular allowance for the difference in rigs 
and must display their racing numbers. 
Prizes.—In addition to the cup, the Brooklyn 
Y. C. will offer handsome prizes for second and 
third boat, providing eight or more start. 
Protests.—Concerning non-eligibility of a 
yacht; protest must be made in writing aiftl be 
made not less than twenty-four hours before 
the time fixed for starting. 
The committee reserve the right to reject any 
entry if in their judgment the boat is unsea¬ 
worthy or not suitable for long distance racing, 
or is inefficient in rig, power, stores or crew. 
All communications to be addressed to the 
Regatta Committee, Brooklyn Y. C., Benson- 
hurst, N. Y. Regatta Committee—David E. 
Austen, Chairman; Conrad R. Schmitt, Conrad 
V. Dykeman. 
Mower Designed Yachts. 
Charles D. Mower has designed several 
yachts, which will figure quite prominently in 
the coming season’s sport. Former Commo¬ 
dore William H. Childs has ordered a 40-foot 
high-speed cabin launch, to be used as a tender 
to the racing yachts More Joy and Joyette. 
This new launch is to be named Joysome, which 
is following the system used by Commodore 
Childs in naming his yachts. He began with 
Trouble, and then had More Trouble. Trouble 
gave place to Joy, and the others followed in 
order. The new launch will be 40 feet over all 
and will have a six-cylinder Sterling motor of 
70 horsepower, and a speed of 20 miles an hour 
is expected. The motor will be installed under 
the forward deck, and there will be a low cabin 
house aft, a large cockpit amidships and a small 
cockpit aft of the house. W. H. Nevils, at City 
Island, is building this yacht. 
The one-design class of sloops for members 
of the Fisher’s Island Y. C. are growing at 
Nevins’ yard. One is finished and was tried 
recently. Mr. Mower, the builder and Alfred 
Ferguson, representing the owners, were on 
board. 
Dwight F. Davis has ordered a new sonder 
class yacht, which is to be built by Wood & 
McClure at City Island. This boat is to be 
raced on Buzzard’s Bay and later will compete 
in the trial races to be sailed off Marblehead 
for the purpose of selecting the American three 
to sail against the Spaniards. Later this new 
boat will take part in the trials to be held for 
the purpose of selecting the three to go to- 
Germany next year. Another boat, which is an' 
improved Joyette, has been designed for a Bos¬ 
ton yachtsman, and another is now building at 
Sheppard’s yard at Essington, Pa., for George 
C. Thomas. 
John Norris has ordered a catboat to conform' 
to the requirements of the Inter-Bay Catboat 
Association. The boat is building at Town¬ 
send’s yard at Clermont, N. J., and will repre¬ 
sent the Island Heights Y. C. in the inter-bay 
races. 
W. Seymour Runk, of the Philadelphia-Cor- 
inthian Y. C., is having a 21-foot raceabout built 
by Sheppard from Mower designs which will 
be raced in local waters. 
Five new Gravesend knockabouts have been 
designed and are building by Rudolph, of 
Staten Island. Several similar knockabouts 
have been designed for members of the Conani- 
cut Y. C., and auxiliaries and power’boats are. 
now under construction from Mower designs. 
One of the largest classes is for members of 
the Thousand Islands Y. C. These are 30-foot 
motor boats which will be quite fast, and will be 
raced consistently throughout the season of the 
St. Lawrence. The committee having charge 
of this class is F. K. Burnham, J. Norris Oly¬ 
phant and Dr. J. N. Gibson. The boats are 
building at the Leyare Boat Works, and are for 
George C. Boldt (2), W. F. Harris. South Or¬ 
ange: G. P. Duncan, Montreal; E. R. Le Sever, 
F. K. Burnham, E. R. Nichols, C. H. Lyon,. 
Ira Kip. Jr., P. A. Gillespie, Anson W. Hard, 
A. K. Bourne, E. M. Englis, James Pass. Syra¬ 
cuse: F. K. Reed. Frederick G. Bourne (2), A. 
G. Miles, G. B. Rubsamen and L. M. Rumsey,. 
of St. Louis. 
