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Mr. Weeden owned the 21-footer Peggy, and 
these two men with their associates promise to 
bring the Rhode Island club once more into 
prominence in racing affairs. 
This is the first club on Narragansett Bay to 
offer cash prizes. In every class where there 
are two or m6re starters the winner will have 
the preference of a cash prize or a suitable 
trophy of the same value. The board of di¬ 
rectors has also decided to secure a paid judge 
to act at all regattas. It is also expected that 
the Bensonhurst to Pawtuxet long distance 
race for cruising sail and power boats, for 
which a trophy was offered more than a year 
ago by Mr. Day, will be held this season. 
Many Ocean Races. 
Ocean racing will be a feature of the coming 
yachting season. There will be races for big 
yachts, as well as those for smaller ones, which 
have been very popular in recent years. Of 
these there will be the Block Island, the usual 
events to Stratford Shoal light and Cornfield 
light on the Sound and some races on the south 
side of Long Island, but there will be races for 
larger craft over courses that will require skill¬ 
ful navigation and give those in charge oppor¬ 
tunities to exercise their skill in seamanship. 
The Eastern Y. C. has arranged two of these 
races. One will start from New London after 
the Harvard-Yale boat race, and the finishing 
mark will be at Marblehead. This race will 
take the yachts over the treacherous shoals off 
Cape Cod and at times those who sail this 
course have all the weather they want. Such 
boats as the Enchantress, Irolita, formerly 
Queen, and possibly Karima and Atlantic will 
take part in this race, which is for a prize 
offered by Commodore Clark, of the Eastern 
Y. C. After this race the fleet of the Eastern 
Club will cruise to the eastward, finishing at 
Bar Harbor and then the schooners and larger 
sloops will race back to Marblehead for the 
Norman cup. This trophy was first sailed for 
last year and the race was a most successful 
one. It was won by the old Irolita, and Com 
modore E. Walter Clark, of the Philadelphia 
Corinthian Club, hopes to win again with his 
present yacht, which is having some changes 
made to improve her sailing qualities. 
The Corinthian Y. C. will have an ocean race 
this year as usual, which will take the yachts 
over to the north end of Cape Cod and to other 
marks well out in the ocean. This race will be 
a good one and the new course is expected to 
enable the yachtsmen to make a better contest 
than it has been in former years. 
The Indian Harbor Y. C. will have a race 
from Greenwich to New London to get the 
yachts there for the intercollegiate boat race 
and the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. has 
arranged a race to start after the boat race for 
those owners who wish to come west. 
Three large schooners have been built this 
winter and their owners want some racing. 
Such boats as the Atlantic, Karima, the new 
one for Robert E. Todd; Enchantress, W. E. 
Iselin’s new boat, and others of that size can 
do little on the short triangular courses and 
races over ocean courses are best suited for 
these craft to show their speed. To develop 
such boats James Gordon Bennett, when com¬ 
modore of the New York Y. C., offered the 
Cape May and the Brenton’s Reef cups, and 
after having been in the trophjr locker for many 
years, they are to be in competition again. The 
Brenton’s Reef Lightship cup is to be sailed 
over a course from Brenton’s Reef Lightship 
off Newport to and around the Ambrose Chan¬ 
nel Lightship and back. It is held subject to 
challenge and the race must be sailed within 
fifteen days of the issuing of the challenge, but 
the holder of the cup does not have to defend 
it more than twice in a season. 
The conditions for the Cape May cup are 
similar to those for the Brenton’s Reef cup, 
but the course is from the Ambrose Channel 
Lightship to and around the Five Fathom 
Lightship off Cape May and return. Robert E. 
Todd has challenged for both of these cups, 
which are held by the Atlantic, owned by Wil¬ 
son Marshall. The regatta committee of the 
New York Y. C. is anxious to make these two 
races features of the season, and in addition to 
the Atlantic and Karima, defender and chal¬ 
lenger for the cups, it is very probable that 
Morton F. Plant’s new schooner Elena, William 
E. Iselin’s new ioo-foot schooner Enchantress 
and possibly some others will take part in the 
races. There are several cruising schooners 
> owned by American yachtsmen that would do 
well in such races as these and their owners 
are becoming interested in the races. 
The Brenton’s Reef cup was offered in 1872 
and the winners have been: 1872, Rambler, J. 
M. Forbes; 1873, Rambler, J. M. Forbes; 1876, 
Idler, Samuel J. Colgate; 1885, Genesta, Sir 
Richard Sutton; 1893, Navahoe, Royal Phelps 
Carroll; 1904, Atlantic, Wilson Marshall. The 
Genesta transferred the cup to Britannia and 
that yacht sailed against Navahoe. 
The winners of the Cape May cup have been: 
1872, Dreadnaught, A. B. Stockwell; 1873, En-. 
chantress, J. F. Loubat; 1877, Idler, Samuel J. 
Colgate; 1885, Genesta, Sir Richard Sutton; 
1886, Irex, J. Jameson; 1889, Wendur, T. B. 'C. 
West; 1893, Britannia, the Prince of Wales; 
1904, Atlantic, Wilson Marshall. 
Cruise of Aloha. 
It is not the good fortune of all to be able 
to make long cruises in fine big sailing craft. 
The next best thing to making one of these 
cruises is to be able to read about those who 
do, and the recent run of former Commodore 
Arthur C. James’ big yacht Aloha, from New¬ 
port to Nassau is interesting, because it gives 
a whiff of the sea. It is a tale told by one who 
was on the yacht. 
“On Feb. 19, while the good ship Aloha was 
lying in Newport Harbor, we received orders 
to proceed to Nassau. The sails were loosed, 
the anchor hove short and broken out, and we 
steamed for Fort Adams. With the fort abeam 
at noon, steam was shut off, the propeller 
feathered and with the wind north, we moved 
along at a good pace and passed Montauk Light 
at a quarter past three o’clock that afternoon, 
with a smooth sea and under full sail. 
“As the day wore on, the weather changed, 
the wind hauling southeast, and it looked like 
snow, which followed. The night was dark 
and gloomy. The gray old sea was showing 
signs of disturbance, and the yacht reeled off 
the knots in admirable shape. As the night ad¬ 
vanced the wind increased and Aloha began to 
‘fly.’ The weather was threatening at daylight, 
and soon after it was blowing a moderate gale, 
and Aloha at times was making fifteen and a 
half knots, which means 17.82 statute miles an 
hour. 
“It had been found during Aloha’s previous 
cruise that the 15-knot log was exceeded several 
times, so a 16-knot log was made, and recently 
a new machine was provided that will register 
seventeen knots. This speed it is believed by 
those interested in Aloha will be made b} r her 
some day under favorable conditions. 
“The yacht has made under both lower top¬ 
sails and a staysail 14}^ knots an hour, and 
you could not see for the spray she knocked up. 
But to stand under the lee of something and 
with collar turned up to keep the snow out of 
your neck and see her lunge through it the first 
morning out from Newport was a sight for the 
gods. The wind screamed through the gear, 
the weather rigging was as taut as iron bars, 
and as the yacht plunged a mass of foam flew 
from the lee bow as white as snow, with the 
wind from the sails tearing it into ribbons and 
sending it far to leeward; and while to wind¬ 
ward the tops of the seas were knocked off in 
a shower of spray that struck your oilers like 
a shot hitting you. 
“On Feb. 20, at noon, 212 knots were read 
off the automatic log as having been made since 
we left Fort Adams, an average of 8.9 knots an 
hour. That afternoon the wind shifted north¬ 
west, and as night approached, the sea in¬ 
creased and it was squally. The weather pre¬ 
vented any observation of Feb. 21, but at noon 
the log showed 238 knots, an average speed of 
9.9 knots an hour for the twenty-four hours. 
“The wind, still northwest, moderated during 
the morning of Feb. 22 and the skies were clear. 
At noon the log told the story of 220 knots, an 
average of 9.1 knots for the sea day. The 
yacht’s position was latitude 31.9, longitude 
74.31. Aloha was then under full sail, the wind 
being west-nortlnvest and the sea moderate. 
“The weather was warmer that night, and we 
had a glorious moon, not a New York moor 
that looks at times from long association like 
a stage moon, but a tropical moon in all its 
beauty. 
“To stand that night and watch the shadows 
on the canvas was like being in fairyland. 
Backstays cast shifting black lines on the sails 
as the yacht swayed to the sea; weird shadows 
appeared and disappeared quicker than thought, 
while the wind sang in many tones in the rig¬ 
ging. If that night’s scenes could have been 
bottled up and brought home with us it would, 
indeed, be a pleasure. 
“The wind was northwest and moderate, 
with smooth sea, and the yacht still under full 
sail the morning of Feb. 23. It remained clear 
and bright during the day. With the sun strik¬ 
ing the bow waves as they went far away to lee¬ 
ward, beautiful rainbows were seen in the mist. 
They came and went like phantoms, and at 
times the deck watchers could easily imagine 
a fairy dancing in the mist; probably the good 
fairy that watches over yachtsmen on dark 
nights; you can only see her when the sun 
shines—like a humming bird poised over a 
flower—there’s a prismatic glitter, then ’tis 
gone. 
“At noon this day, Feb. 23, Aloha was in 
latitude 27.1 north, longitude 76,38 west. The 
log’s records for the twenty-four hours was 267 
knots, an average of 11.12 knots. 
“Elbow Key was abeam at 4:45 o’clock that 
afternoon, and at 8:45 o’clock that evening sails 
were furled and Aloha steamed to an anchor¬ 
age off Nassau. 
“There is no rig like the square rig for sea 
work, especially for men who are born with 
the love for salt water and all the poetry 
thereof.” 
Beach Yachts New Novelty Here. 
The beach yacht is the latest novelty here. 
It has been popular at seashore resorts for 
some time. It is something like an ice boat, 
but has wheels instead of runners. It is said 
to handle as easily as any sailing craft and to 
be able to make 40 to 50 miles an hour. The 
craft has been designed by H. E. Dantzebacher, 
of Philadelphia, and one is to be built for use 
at Five-Mile Beach. 
Bicycle wheels with pneumatic tires are used 
and the frame is either gas pipe or seamless 
drawn steel tubing. The frame complete weighs 
about 150 pounds. It is made to take apart 
easily and can be stored in a small space for 
transportation. There are three wheels, one 
aft and two forward, one at each side of the 
mast step. The craft is rigged with a jib and 
mainsail which are cut similar to the sails of an 
ice yacht. The helmsman keeps the craft on 
an even keel by sitting well out to windward. 
Motor Boating. 
Eliminating Trials. 
The regatta committee of the Motor Boat 
Club of America announces that the eliminat¬ 
ing trials to be held for the purpose of select¬ 
ing three defenders for the British International 
trophy for motor boats will be held at Hunting- 
ton on Aug. 16, 17 and 18. With a view to 
stimulating motor boat races in this country 
as much as possible, the club has decided to 
present a cup for high speed motor boats 
measuring 40 feet over all and under for a race 
that will be from 100 to 150 miles in length. The 
exact distance has not been agreed upon, but 
it will not be less than the century mark. This 
is probably the longest distance that has ever 
been arranged for such high speed craft, and 
