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[June ii, 1910. 
this skill can only be acquired by practice. It 
will need two 'or perhaps three coats to make 
the top sides look well, and the last coat should 
not be put on until everything else is done and 
the yacht is ready for launching. 
The deck fittings and spars then need atten¬ 
tion. If the fittings are finished in the natural 
color of the wood, which may be oak or mahog¬ 
any, they must be varnished, and varnishing can 
only be done when the weather is suitable. It 
is no use to attempt to varnish when there is 
any dampness in the air. A day when a north¬ 
west wind is blowing should be selected, and 
then the varnish will dry properly. The work 
must be done quickly and care should be taken 
not to put too much varnish on at a time or it 
will look dauby. ' 
If a fine finish is wanted as soon as the var¬ 
nish has dried, it should be rubbed down with 
powdered pumice stone and crude oil, using a 
piece of coarse canvas for the rubbing, lhis 
will give a smooth polish, and after rubbing a 
second coat can be applied and another rubbing 
follow as soon as the varnish is dry. 
The spars have to be varnished too, but they 
do not have to be rubbed. When this work has 
been finished, the work of rigging begins. 
All metal parts must be carefully cleaned and 
turnbuckles, blocks, cleats and chocks carefully 
examined to see that they are perfect. The brass 
work must be polished and the iron work should 
be painted. Then the standing gear is set up and 
each piece of this must be carefully looked at to 
see if it will stand the strain to which it will be 
put in the summer when the yacht is sailing. 
The mast and bowsprit having been properly 
stayed and the running gear overhauled, the 
yacht is ready for the final coat of paint on the 
topsides, and when that is dried she can be 
launched. 
Corinthian Y. C. 
The first race for the club championship of 
the Corinthian Y. C. was sailed last Saturday 
off Marblehead in a light southeast wind. It 
was won by C. B. and H. S. Wheelock’s Amoret. 
They had a beat to the first mark and Amoret 
took a commanding lead. The yachts were able 
to lay their course to the next mark and Amoret 
lost by having to make a short hitch, and she 
lost time again by setting her spinnaker on the 
wrong side, but in spite of these errors she beat 
Mavourneen by 2m. 17s. Three started in the 
race for Sonder boats and Wolf, sailed by Miss 
May Loring, defeated Demon by 29s. and See- 
hund II. by 47s. Seehund II. was purchased last 
fall by G. L. Batchelder from one of the visit¬ 
ing German yachtsmen. The times' made follow : 
Class P, 31-Raters. 
Amoret .1 54 46 Wianno . * 58 04 
Mavourneen . 1 56 03 Nutmeg . J. 3 U 38 
Sonder Class. 
Wolf . 2 15 35 Seehund II.2 16 n 
Demon .2 16 01 
Quincy Y. C. 
The Quincy Y. C. opened its season on May 
28 under conditions that were unsatisfactory. 
The wind died out during the afternoon and the 
races were called at the end of the first round. 
Eight yachts started in the class for Cape Cod 
catboats and W. W. Arnold’s new yacht Dolly 
III. made her first appearance. She led nearly 
all over the course, but near the finish was be¬ 
calmed, and Iris drifted in ahead. The elapsed 
and corrected times were: Iris, 2.07.15; Dolly 
III.. 2.09.25, 2.08.35; Dartwell, 2.10.10, 2.10.07; 
Mudjekeewis, 2.10.20, 2.20.11; Josephine, 2.11.38, 
2.10.38; Hustler. 2.13.20, 2.11.55; Busy Bee, 
2.15.03, 2.12.52; Emeline, 2.19.03, 2.18.59. 
Yachts of Classes D and C raced last Satur- 
dav in varying winds. Iris won the race for 
Cape Cod catboats, beating the new boat Dolly 
III. on elapsed and corrected times. The elapsed 
and corrected times were: 
Class D—Iris, 2.28.52, 2.28.52; Dolly III., 
2.31.06. 2.29.34: Mudjekeewis, 2.32.55, 2.32.55; 
Dartwell, 2.34.10, 2.34.04; Josephine, 2.38.52, 
2.36.34; Emeline, 2.41.20, 2.41.08; Busy Bee dis¬ 
abled. 
Class C—Novice, 2.18.03, 2.18.03; Thordis, 
2.22.55, 2.19.30. 
Loss of Cutter Brynhild. 
The loss of Sir James Pender's 23-meter cut¬ 
ter Brynhild is quite a serious one to British 
yachts, and now only Shamrock and White 
Heather are left in this class. These three were 
sailing in the regatta of the Orwell Corinthian 
Y. C. on May 23 and at the time of the accident 
Brviihild was the leading yacht. The London 
Field says: . 
“From our coign of vantage 111 one <pf the 
smaller cutters about two and a half miles to 
leeward of the big ships it appeared that Bryn¬ 
hild and White Heather had a little overstood 
their mark, and had just begun to ramp for it, 
so Shamrock in lee berth stood some chance of 
closing upon them at the North Cutler. . Taking 
the glasses to look at Brynhild in anticipation 
of her bearing away for the buoy, we saw the 
whole of her sail plan slowly, not suddenly, as 
is usual when a mast goes by the board, lean 
over. Gradually it bent down nearly to the 
water s edge until the mast was at an angle of 
some ten degrees to the water—it looked ex¬ 
actly as though the yacht were capsizing—then 
at the last it went with a sudden flop into the 
water, and the white hull of the vessel simultan¬ 
eously came on to an even keel. Soon afterward 
the hull was indistinguishable, and White Heather 
and Shamrock, with foresails lowered, could be 
seen circling round the spot, while a torpedo 
boat or destroyer was heading fast toward the 
scene of the disaster. The steam yacht Erin, 
which was following the race but was some dis- 
tance away, also directed her course to the 
yachts. The 15-meter yachts and handicap 
yachts being some miles dead to leeward of 
the 23-meters, it would have been quite impossi¬ 
ble for any of these vessels to render assistance, 
even had they known that Brynhild had gone 
down. The first intimation we had of the extent 
of the accident was in the second round of the 
course, when a passing torpedo boat hailed us 
through a megaphone, ‘Brynhild has sunk,’ and 
then the white jumpers of the racing hands could 
be plainly distinguished aboard H.M.S. Havoc, 
which was bringing the crew into Harwich, while 
onlookers noted with relief that no flags on the 
vessels were flying at half mast. 
“The facts, such as are known, are few. I he 
mast broke or came out of the step below deck. 
It then went over the side, also breaking above 
as it did so. Immediately it was ascertained 
that there was a great hole through the captain s 
cabin on the starboard side, and the yacht was 
rapidjy filling with water. Only one hand was 
below at the time, the steward. The mate, 
jumping down the forecastle hatch for a moment,- 
could see that it was impossible to stop the in¬ 
rush of water, so the crew were mustered, one 
or two being extricated from the mass of fallen 
gear, sails and wire. The dinghy was launched 
and there was oerfect order, while with great 
smartness the dinghies of \Vhite Heather and 
Shamrock came alongside, and the latter vessel 
threw numbers of cork life belts. Brynhild 
carries twenty-two racing hands. There was in 
addition the ’ pilot and Sir James Pender and 
three friends, including C. E. Nicholson, the de¬ 
signer. Twenty-seven all told were able to get 
into the three dinghies, which thus carried thirty 
persons without mishap in a decidedly choppy 
sea to the destroyer H.M.S. Havoc.. Brynhild 
sank in fourteen minutes in about six fathoms 
of water. The time, however, between the fall¬ 
ing of the mast and the moment the hull was 
nearly waterlogged was only a very few 
minutes, and nothing whatever in the vessel was 
recovered. 
“The cause of the accident is unknown, ihat 
a mast should break below deck or become un¬ 
stepped, and then be driven through the weather 
side of the vessel, tearing through the planking 
of the side and wrenching up the deck, is a 
disaster without precedent. We believe there 
was a scarph joint in the mast below the deck 
where the mast had been lengthened this year, 
but it would be very unusual for a banded joint 
of this kind to break, but the spar might break 
either above or below the band if a shearing 
strain were set up. It may be conjectured, how¬ 
ever, that something of this kind has occurred.” 
Motor Boating. 
Motor Boat Fixtures. 
JUNE. 
11. Fall River V. C. 
11. Dorchester Y. C. 
18. Columbia Y. C., Chicago to Michigan City. 
18. Taunton Y. C,. 
25. Start race to Bermuda. 
25. New York A. C. Block Island race. 
25. Dorchester Y: C. 
26. New York Motor B. C., club. 
JULY. 
1. Fall River Y. C. 
2. Brooklyn Y. C., Cape May course. 
2. Taunton Y. C. 
2. New York Motor B. C., race to Albany and return. 
4. Port Washington Y. C. 
4. San Pedro Cal., start race to Honolulu. 
4. Taunton Y. C. 
4-5. Mississippi Valley P. B. Assn., at Peoria. 
9. New York Motor B. C., + club. 
9. Dorchester Y. C. 
9. Chicago Y. C. 
14. Fall River Y. C. 
14. Atlantic City to Sea Gate. 
16. Crescent A. C., Marblehead to Bay Ridge. 
16. Columbia Y. C., relay race to Charlevoix. 
16. Taunton Y. C. 
16-23. Chesapeake Bay Y. R. A. 
18-24. Inter-Lake Y. A. 
23. Narragansett Assn., Newport to Cottage City. 
26. Holly Beach Y. C., race to Philadelphia. 
30. New England Engine and Boat Assn., races at 
Winthrop. 
31. New York Motor B. C. 
AUGUST. 
3. Bensonhurst Y. C., race to Narragansett Bay. 
4. Fail River Y. C. 
4, 5, 6. Gold Challenge Cup races, Alexandria Bay. 
11. Fall River Y. C. 
13. Boston Y. C., Isle of Shoals and return. 
13. Dorchester Y. C. 
18. Fall River Y. C. 1 
20. British International Trophy race. 
20. New England Engine and Boat Assn., races on 
Charles River. . , ■ 
21. Cleveland P. B. C., Ohio State Championships. 
25. Fall River Y. C. 
27. Dorchester Y. C. 
28. New York Motor B. C. 
SEPTEMBER. 
3. Atlantic Y. C. 
3, 4, 5. Taunton Y. C. 
4, 5. Larchmont Y. C.. long distance race. 
5. Hudson River Y. R. A., Ossining. 
17. Taunton Y C. at Dighton 
Honey Boy Cruises Overland. 
The 55-foot motor cruiser Honey Boy, built 
by Murray & Tregurtha, South Boston, is owned 
by L. N. Lattimer, of Seattle, and to reach her 
owner has been shipped on a flat car to cross 
the continent. She is to take part in the long 
distance race from Seattle to Vancouver, B. C. 
The dimensions of the yacht are 52.3 feet water¬ 
line, 10.5 feet beam and 3.5 feet draft. Her 4- 
cylinder 40 horsepower motor, constructed by 
the builders of the yacht, will drive here about 
eleven miles an hour. In order to make the rail¬ 
road trip safely, it was necessary to remove her 
guards and the slide on her pilot house was 
taken off in order that she might get through 
cuts and under bridges. She is shipped ready 
for use, and it will take very little time to get 
her in the water after she reaches Seattle. 
Honey Boy is of the raised deck type with 
crews’ quarters forward. The owner’s cabin 
occupies the full width of the yacht and has 
four berths. The gasolene tanks will hold 250 
gallons. _ 
Smith Cups for Motor Boats. 
Fleet Captain Morton B. Smith, of the 
Larchmont Y. C-, has offered cups for a race 
for motor boats from Atlantic City to Sea Gate. 
The race is for cruising yachts properly equip¬ 
ped, not under 40 feet in length and the race 
will be managed by the Atlantic Y. C. The 
start is to be made off the Seaside Y. C. at 7 
o’clock on the morning of July 14 so that the 
racers can reach the finishing line at Sea Gate 
in time for dinner. After a night’s rest the 
racers will proceed to Larchmont and attend the 
opening of Race Week. It is thought that the 
Havana and Bermuda racers will start in this 
contest. 
