Yachting Fixtures for 1908. 
MAY. 
23. New Rochelle Y. C. 
30. Harlem Y. C., annual. 
30. Indian Harbor Y. C., spring. 
30. Bridgeport Y. C., spring. 
30. Atlantic Y. C. 
JUNE. 
—. Marblehead to Bermuda, sail boats. 
6. Knickerbocker Y. C. 
6. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
6. Motor boat race to Bermuda. 
11. South Coast Y. C., San Pedro to Honolulu. 
13. Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
13. Marine and Field Club. 
20. N. Y. A. C., Block Island race. 
20. Atlantic Y. C. 
20. Larchmont Y. C. 
23. Indian Harbor, cruise to New London. 
25. Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
26. Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
27. Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
27. Brooklyn Y. C. 
JULY. 
—. Fall River Y. C., ocean race. 
3. Auxiliary race, Y. R. A. of N. V. Bay, around L. I. 
3. American Y. C., annual. 
4. Larchmont Y. C., annual. 
4. Hartford Y. C., annual. 
4. Atlantic Y. C. 
4. Brooklyn ocean race. 
6. Motor boat elimination trials. 
11. Riverside Y. C., annual. 
11. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
18. Atlantic Y. C. 
18. Motor boats, Marblehead to New Rochelle. 
18-25. Larchmont Y. C., race week. 
25. New York Canoe Club. 
AUGUST. 
1. Indian Harbor Y. C. 
1. Atlantic Y. C. 
1. International motor boat. 
8, Horseshoe Harbor Y. C. 
8. Corinthian of Stamford. 
8. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
15. Huguenot Y. C. 
15. Bridgeport Y. C. 
15. Hempstead Harbor Y. C. 
15. Atlantic Y. C. 
22. Boston Y. C., ocean race to Shelburne, N. S., for 
motor boats. 
22. Stamford Y. C., annual. 
22. Marine and Field Club. 
22. Motor boats, Boston to Shelburne, N. i 
29. American Y. C., summer. 
29. Northport Y. C., annual. 
29. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
SEPTEMBER 
4. Seawanhaka Y. C., special. 
5. Seawanhaka Y. C. 
5. Hartford Y. C. 
6. New York Athletic Club. 
5. Brooklyn Y. C. 
7. Larchmont Y. C. 
7. Norwalk Y. C. 
7. Sachem’s Head Y. C. 
7. Atlantic Y. C. 
10. Indian Harbor Y. C., sweepstakes championship. 
12. Indian Harbor Y. C., fall. 
12. Crescent Athletic Club. 
19. Larchmont Y. C. 
19. Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
19. Atlantic Y. C. 
20. Handicap Class, annual. 
26. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
selected as the opening day, the Shreve trophy 
race on June 7, the Corinthian club’s open race 
on June 28, the club’s twenty-sixth annual re¬ 
gatta on Aug. 1 and 2, and the race around the 
Farallone islands in September will be among 
the principal events. The season will close on 
Oct. 21. 
The yacht owners of the Golden Gate Y. C. 
have decided on a schedule of events extend¬ 
ing from the opening on April 18 to Oct. 26 
when the season will close. The Sorensen cup 
race will be the feature of the season’s pro¬ 
gramme. This cup, which was presented by the 
Sorensen Company, must be won three times by 
the same yacht before it goes into the permanent 
possession of the successful owner. This race 
will occur on July 18. 
Another cup to be known as the Belvedere 
Hotel cup has been donated to the Corinthian 
Y. C. for competition. This will give the club 
more trophies to be contested for this season 
than ever before. The Corinthian Club has de¬ 
cided to make the race from Hunter’s Point to 
Redwood City Creek for the Keefe cup, a handi¬ 
cap affair, the yachts being handicapped accord¬ 
ing to their speed and not according to their 
measurements. 
Fred E. Schoeber, Stuart Middlemas and D. 
Erskine are to be the Corinthian club’s dele¬ 
gates to the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Associa¬ 
tion. 
At the last meeting of the board of directors 
of the Encinal Y. C., H. N. Landsberger was 
elected president and Frederick Jamerson sec¬ 
retary. The club decided to open its season on 
May 30. 
Commodore E. J. Keane, of the California 
Y. C., of San Francisco, is about to take a trip 
to England. He will delay his departure until 
the opening of the season and will then place 
his yacht in charge of A. J. Garrod. 
The fittings of the yacht Hawaii, which is 
to be the Honolulu contestant for the trans¬ 
pacific yacht race from San Pedro, Cal., to 
Honolulu, have arrived at the islands. The mast 
and spars, which are coming via the Isthmus, 
are due April 24. As soon as these arrive the 
launching (will occur and a few trial trips will 
follow. The yacht will sail for the California 
coast not later than May 5 and should reach 
San Pedro about three weeks later. The start 
from San Pedro to Honolulu will be made on 
June it. It is reported that two British Colum¬ 
bia yachts will be entered for this trans-Pacific 
race. Last year there were three contestants, 
Lurline, of the South Coast Y. C.; Anemone 
and La Paloma, owned by W. C. MacFarlan, of 
Honolulu. Lurline won, sailing the full course 
of 2,500 miles with the wind abeam on one tack 
without shifting sails, in twelve days and seven 
hours. 
The dimensions of Hawaii, the only contestant 
so far entered for this year, are as follows: 
Length over all, 69ft. 6in.; length on load water¬ 
line, 52ft. 4in.; beam extreme, 16ft. loin.; depth 
of hold at main mast, 9ft.; extreme draft, 10ft. 
The iron keel weighs 12 long tons. The vessel 
is schooner rigged, built from a design fur¬ 
nished by B. B. Crowninshield, of Boston. 
Houseboating. 
That houseboats are increasing in numbers 
year by year no one who spends his summers 
on the water can deny. Many used to say, '‘Oh 
well, houseboating may be all right in England 
where it is all the go, but it will never amount 
to _ much in this countrjq’’ but this statement is 
being retracted by those who made it. The 
opportunities for houseboating in this country 
are fully equal to those of England. Look at 
the bays, lakes and rivers where a summer spent 
afloat in a comfortable little house would be an 
ideal existence. So popular has this idea of liv¬ 
ing become that nearly every harbor now has its 
one, two or dozens of houseboats. Some are 
very elaborately gotten up, others plain in finish 
like a temporary bungalow abode ashore. 
A company has lately been formed in Newark, 
called the Arlington Boat Co., that rents out 
furnished houseboats for the season.. What 
more proof could one ask of the popularity of 
the sport. Forest and Stream has aided it by 
that interesting book called “Houseboats and 
Houseboating,” by Mr. A. B. Hunt, which they 
publish. It gives anyone contemplating this 
mode of living valuable information on the 
subj ect. 
Down on Coney Island creek, at the yard of 
J. H. Wiedenroth & Son, anyone interested in 
houseboats will find- much to interest them. The 
boat shop itself is a houseboat hauled out on 
the shore with complete machinery, etc., on the 
lower deck with a small office in one corner 
and living quarters on the upper deck. Five 
houseboats afloat or still on the shore were in 
various state of completion. The accompanying 
photograph gives a good idea of the kind of 
houseboat Mr. Wiedenroth builds. The five he 
now has range in size from 20ft. by 10ft. to 
45ft. by 16ft., and in price from about $500 to 
$1,500. 
San Francisco Yachting. 
San Francisco, Cal., April 4 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: A race for the San Francisco 
perpetual challenge cup for this season is now 
assured, as the San Francisco Y. C. has sent 
a challenge to the Corinthian Y. C. which holds 
the cup. The challenging club names the sloop 
Neva with a racing length of 21.85 feet as its 
champion. Last year the same club challenged 
with the same boat, but withdrew when it be¬ 
came known that the South Coast Y. C., of Los 
Angeles, wanted to make a try with Valkyrie. 
I his boat was beaten by the Corinthian Y. C.’s 
Discovery. Discovery will probably be matched 
against Neva during the coming year. There 
are rumors that the Sequoia Y. C., of Eureka, 
and the Golden Gate Y. C., of this city, will also 
contest for the trophy. 
At a meeting of the yacht owners of the San 
hrancisco Y. C. a few days ago the season’s 
programme was arranged for. April 25 was 
HOUSEBOAT REVERIE BUILT BV J. H. WIEDENROTH & SON. 
