June 17, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Sea Bird Crossing the Ocean. 
Somewhere out on the broad Atlantic, perhaps 
about 700 miles between Nantucket Shoals Light¬ 
ship and the Azores, the tiny yawl only 19 feet 
on the waterline is battling with wind and seas. 
On board are Thomas Fleming Day, T. R. Good¬ 
win and Fred B. Thurber, three enthusiastic 
small boat sailors. They sailed away from the 
Rhode Isiand Y. C. house at Pawtuxet on Nar- 
ragansett Bay last Saturday afternoon, June 10, 
bound for Rome, Italy. They intend to stop first 
at the Azores, 2,200 miles, Gibraltar, 900 miles, 
and then by way of the straits of Bonifacio 
reach Rome, 900 miles further. 
Some time ago the King of Italy offered a 
prize for a race between auxiliaries from this 
country to Rome. Another prize was also of¬ 
fered for this contest. Mr. Day tried to interest 
yachtsmen, but failing, decided to go himse.f, 
and he has started. He first had a 3 horse¬ 
power Knox motor installed in Sea Bird to make 
her an auxiliary and he expects to sail up the 
Tiber in about forty days. 
This is somewhat of a daring undertaking, anl 
if Sea Bird successfully makes the voyage, it is 
hard to see what is gained. Men have crossed 
the ocean in dories, but their success has simply 
proved that they have nerve and are capable 
seamen and navigators. Captain Slocum circum¬ 
navigated the world in his 35-foot sloop Spray, 
so that there is nothing remarkable in a small 
boat crossing the Atlantic, and Sea Bird has 
shown on several occasions that she is a staunch, 
able boat. Many years ago men like Columbus, 
Cook, Drake, Hawkins and the ear ier visitors 
to this new country crossed the ocean in small 
boats. They suffered all sorts of trials and dis¬ 
comforts, but it was because they had to do so. 
The art of ship building was then crude com¬ 
pared with what it is to-day, and those daring 
pioneers were willing to bear hardship and dis¬ 
comfort to win honor and fame. Those days, 
however, are gone and now it really seems like 
tempting Providence to attempt to cross the wide 
Atlantic in a boat as small as Sea Bird. 
•The three yachtsmen held a reception at the 
Rhode Island club house on Saturday morning. 
They stowed their cargo and this had to be done 
carefully, and at 2 o’clock, with the Italian flag 
at the mast head, the American ensign at the 
jigger, they got under way and started amid the 
booming of cannon and the cheers of friends. 
A fleet of motor boats accompanied Sea Bird 
down the Bay, and at 3:20 o’clock Sea Bird 
passed the Brenton's Reef Lightship and stood 
out to sea. 
Thomas Fleming Day, who promoted nearly 
all the long distance races for small boats, and 
who helped to make them successful by sailing 
in them himself, has for a long time wanted to 
cross the ocean in a small boat. Once he made 
plans, but had to give up the idea because his 
crew withdrew. Now he has induced two reck¬ 
less amateur sailors to accompany him in a 
cruise across the At'antic. 
Mr. Day, who is an honorary member of the 
Rhode Island and forty-seven other yacht clubs, 
is the skipper of this cruise. He is accompanied 
by Theodore R. Goodwin, president of the Nar- 
ragansett Bay Yacht Racing Association, and 
Fred B. Thurber, a member of the Rhode Island 
Y. C. Mr. Goodwin is an able yachtsman and 
has done considerable sailing, and Mr. Thurber 
has sailed in many an ocean race and was one 
of the crew of the Kitcinque when that boat was 
burned two years ago while racing from Bay 
Ridge to Marblehead. 
Sea Bird is 25 feet 5 inches over-all, 19 feet 
on the waterline, 8 feet 4 inches beam and 3 feet 
8 inches extreme draft. She spreads 400 square 
feet of canvas in her working sails and in addi¬ 
tion can set a squaresail when the wind is favor¬ 
able. The area of this sail is 120 square feet. 
Recently Sea Bird was equipped with a three 
horsepower Knox engine. T his turns a 16-inch 
propeller. She has thirty gallons of kerosene in 
tubular tanks under the cabih floor, five gallons 
in the cockpit and three gallons of gasolene for 
starting. 
Sea Bird was designed by C. D. Mower and 
Thomas Fleming Day in 1901 for offshore cruis¬ 
ing. Her construction was worked out by L. D. 
Huntington, who built her at New Rochelle. She 
is very heavily built and strongly fastened, and 
after having been sailed thousands of miles 
shows no signs of weakness. Her standing rig¬ 
ging is phosphor bronze, with bronze turnbuckles 
and blocks, and her running rigging was spun 
especially for her. She is painted white on the 
top side, with green under body. 
She has three compasses, one seven inch spirit, 
one five inch oil and one small boat compass. 
The total weight of the stores, water, fuel and 
crew is 2,400 pounds. She has three ten-gallon 
tanks filled with water. 
She was in the first small boat ocean race 
from New York to Marblehead for the Lipton 
cup, and she was the first yacht reported by wire¬ 
less passing Nantucket Shoal light vessel the day 
after it was installed in 1903. She sailed around 
the lightship in a gale and much surprised the 
occupants of that vessel. 
Manhasett Bay Y. C. 
In the annual regatta of the Manhasset Bay 
Y. C. last Saturday there were fifty-seven start¬ 
ers. The starts were made off Execution Rock 
and triangu ar courses were sailed. Early in the 
day there was little wind and the start was post¬ 
poned for half an hour. Then a light south- 
wester came in which held true all the after¬ 
noon. The feature of the race was the victory 
of Joyant. She defeated Corinthian, Windward 
and Veda, a Newport 30-footer, which had an 
allowance of five minutes. Commodore Childs 
handled Joyant and was in second place nearly 
all around the course. Near the finish she 
seemed to get just a litt’e bit better wind and 
she sailed by Corinthian, winning by thirteen 
seconds. Nine of the New York 30-footers 
started and Rowdy won with Phryne second. 
The finishing times: 
Sloops, Class T’—15% Miles—Start, 12:45. 
Joyant . 3 56 51 Windward . 4 04 04 
Corinthian . 3 57 04 Veda . 4 36 38 
N. Y. 30-footers—15% Miles—Start, 12:50. 
Rowdy . 4 OS 27 Alera . 
Phryne . 4 11 03 Juanita 
Nepsi . 4 21 2S Carlita 
Caprice . 4 22 11 Yolande 
Ibis . 4 25 55 
4 27 10 
4 30 43 
4 31 40 
4 34 40 
Handicap, First Division—9 Miles—Start, 12:55. 
Interim . 2 47 00 Sally IX. 2 50 00 
Alert . 2 41 40 
Corrected times—Alert, 1.46.40; Sally IX., 1.46.47; In¬ 
terim, 1.46.48. 
Handicap, Second Division—9 Miles—Start, 12:55. 
Red Wing . 2 48 23 Scud . 2 57 41 
Fearless . 2 55 25 Naiad . 3 01 04 
Corrected times—Red Wing, 1.53.23; Scud, 1.58.41; 
Fearless, 2.00.25. 
A. Y. C. Raceabouts—9 Miles—Start, 12:55. 
Cliphora . 2 58 27 Maryola . 3 00 51 
Raceabouts—9 miles—Start, 12:55. 
Chinook . 2 57 42 Amanita IV. 3 07 09 
Handicap, Fourth Division—9 Miles—Start, 1:00. 
Kenosha . 3 08 44 Grace II.3 16 00 
Sybilla . 3 09 04 " Insurgent . 3 20 22 
Dolly . 3 13 58 Robin Hood . 3 32 08 
Corrected times—Kenosha, 2.08.44; Grace II.. 1.55 52; 
Sybilla, 2.0S.00; Dolly, 2.13.58; Insurgent, 2.18.20. 
Sloops, Class R—9 Miles—Start, 1:05. 
Pachita . 3 12 32 Hoyden . 3 20 02 
Ogeemah . 3 24 14 Hamburg . d.n.f. 
Sloops, Class S—9 Miles—Start, 1:05. 
Drena .3 20 06 
Manhasset Bay Class—9 Miles—Start. 1:10. 
Scylla . 3 20 50 Mile. Boss . 3 25 08 
Ardette . 3 21 25 
Glen Cove Class—9 Miles—Start, 1:10. 
Aquamarine . 3 23 27 Garnet . 3 31 22 
Jade . 3 31 IS 
Inter-Club Class—9 Miles—Start, 1:15. 
Wild Thyme . 3 11 56 Le Cygne . 3 24 22 
Sa'as . 3 13 38 Dagmar . 3 27 19 
Lewanna . 3 16 21 
Manhasset Knockabouts—6 Miles—Start, 1:20. 
Chichicker 
. 3 11 43 
Avis ... 
. 3 19 51 
Edith . 
. 3 14 OS 
Arizona 
. 3 22 10 
Pixy . 
. 3 15 50 
Star Class—6 Mi 
les—Start, 
1:20. 
Little Dipper . 3 20 40 
Snake .. 
Twinkle 
. 3 25 06 
Bus: Class—fi Miles—Start, 
1:25. 
Tney . 
. 3 40 26 
Squab .. 
. 3 59 28 
Mayfly .... 
Port 
. 3 4° 21 
Washington Class 
—6 Miles- 
—Start, 1:25. 
Gogo . 
. 3 23 54 
Dorchester and Savin Hill Y. C. 
A regatta was sailed last Saturday off Fox's 
Po.nt for the city of Boston classes under the 
joint auspices of the Dorchester and Savin Hill 
yacht clubs. There were five sailing classes and 
two for motor boats. Instead of winn.ng the 
races on speed, the motor boats won on relia¬ 
bility. There were two rounds of the course, and 
the boats making the most even times won the 
prizes. 1 he sailing yachts raced in a light north¬ 
west wind, but encountered a northeast squall 
before the race ended. The corrected times fol¬ 
low ; 
Class A—I. X. L., 50.46; Juanita, 51.13; Flirt, 
52.55; Tomboy, 57-471 Moth, 5903; Emerell, 
1.05.08; Peggy, 1.07.04; No. 34, No. 1, No. 15, 
No. 12 and No. 31, not measured; Javelin and 
Topsy, withdrew. 
Class B—Novice, 1.04.18; Wawenock, 1.07.47; 
Zoe, 1.08.58; Winona, 1.09.50; Flirt, 1.09.53; 
Eleanor, 1.11.00; Beryle 156, 1.12.12; Caprice, 
1.15.11; Mildred II., 1.15.58; Smilax, 1.17.13; 
Annie B., 1.17.23; Sentinel, 119.39; Mabelle, 
1.27.26; Kitten, 1.38.39; Thordis, disabled. 
Cass D—Geisha, 1.10.00; Doric, 1.23.28. 
Ciass E, Small Power Boats, Two Rounds— 
Cygnet, 27.21, 27.20; Spark, 23.39, 23 36; Waban, 
27.12, 27.17; Vera, 17.13, 21.19. 
Class F, Large Power Boats—Earl, 31.24, 
31.00; Beachcomber, 27.32, 27.03; Scout, 35.42, 
36.11; Harold, 31.44, 31.14; Restiess, 34.20, 35-441 
Emlyya, 33.55, 33 09; Aloha, 3905, 40.08; Valeria, 
33.34, 32.10; Beatrice, 35.27, 36.43; Queokh, 22.43, 
20.59; Heatherbell, 36.13, 38.36; Myrah, disabled. 
Class I., Elapsed Times—Reina, 1.3100; Cher- 
cot, 1.32.35; Dorchen II., 1 . 35 - 09 - 
Class X — Teaser, 1.07.03; Elizabeth, 1.10.32; 
Question, 1 13.38; Spray, capsized. 
East Greenwich Y. C. 
The regatta of the East Greenwich Y. C. was 
sailed last Saturday in light fluky winds. Isuelo 
won in the Q class on elapsed and corrected time. 
In Class E, Netor finished first, but was beaten 
on corrected time by Bother. In the absence of 
Wanderer, Answer won the knockabout race 
with Dorothy second. There were two races for 
motor boats. The corrected times, except in 
Classes I and C, when they are elapsed times, 
follow: 
Ciass Q —Isuelo, 2.45.02; Paloma, 246.39; 
Molly, 2.57.34; Gazelle, 3 - 02 - 45 ; Rova, 3.08.02. 
Class D—Clara, 2.06.19; Mblem, 2.33.30; Mar¬ 
guerite, 2.42.0S. 
Class E—Bother, 2.37.41; Netor, 3.24.38. 
Class I — Answer, 2.08.45; Dorothy, 2.3005; 
Bat, 2.35.05. 
Class C, Second Division—-Mystery, 2.39.03; 
Question, 2.42.20. 
Class X—Scud, 3.23.07. 
Class Z—Bud, 2.23.02. 
Class D for launches Handicap racing boats: 
Hobo wins by 11 seconds over Buzz. 
Cpen launches under 60 rating: Akhaaha, 
t .43.00; Helen, did not finish; Winnie, 1.57.13; 
Regina, 1 . 53 - 54 - 
Power cruisers under 60 rating: Iola D., 
r.49.52; Raymar IT., 1.56.30; Frances E., 204.07; 
Ibis, 2.05.14; Spindrift, 2.11.42; Happy Day, 
2.16.14. 
Yacht Sales. 
The Hollis Burgess yacht agency has sold the 
Herreshoff knockabout Little Robin, owned by 
Charles S. Eaton, of Boston, to Phi lip M. Rey¬ 
nolds, of Boston, who will use her in North 
Haven, Me. Also the 25-foot racing sloop Early 
Dawn III., owned by J. E. Dohorty, of Boston, 
to John V. Bacot, of Morristown, N. J., who 
will use her in Camden, Mo., to race against 
Sally VII. 
Stamford Y. C. 
The boats of the Stamford Y. C. one-design 
class sailed over a course 6V> miles long last 
Saturday. The elapsed times were: Killie, 
Bartholomew Jacob, 13406; Hart, 1.3806; 
Osprey, 1.38.29; Cur'ew, 1.38.44; Fiddler, 1.40.17; 
Snapper, 1.40.18; Kittiwake, 141.07; Kelpie, 
1.42.09. 
