July g, 1910.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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New York Y. C. Cruise. 
General orders No. 2, which relate to the 
cruise of the New York Y. C, have been issued. 
The program for the cruise, weather permitting, 
will be as follows: 
The squadron will rendezvous off Station No. 
10, Glen Cove, at noon, on Thursday, Aug. 4. 
Squadron run, Glen Cove to Huntington. 
Captains will report on board the flagship at 
5 p. M. 
Reception on board the flagship at 9 p. m. 
Friday, Aug. 5, squadron run, Huntington to 
New London. 
Saturday, Aug. 6, squadron run, New London 
to Newport. 
Sunday, Aug. 7, at Newport. The squadron 
will dress ship at morning colors. 
Monday, Aug. 8, squadron run, Newport to 
Vineyard Haven. 
Tuesday, Aug. 9, squadron run, Vineyard 
Haven to New Bedford. 
Wednesday, Aug. 10, squadron run. New Bed¬ 
ford to Newport. 
Thursday, Aug. 11, at Newport. Races for 
Astor cups. 
Friday, Aug. 12, at Newport. Race for the 
King’s cup. The squadron will illuminate at 9 
p. M. 
Saturday, Aug. 13, the squadron will be dis¬ 
banded. 
The preparatory signal for squadron runs will 
be two guns fired in rapid succession by the flag¬ 
ship, and the display at the foretopmast head 
of the code letter P over the signal indicating 
the next port. The start will be made promptly 
one hour later from a line previously established 
by the regatta committee, at which time the 
preparatory signal will be hauled down on board 
the flagship. 
The regatta committee will issue instructions 
for the runs from port to port and for the other 
racing events. 
The flag officers’ cups will be sailed for dur¬ 
ing the cruise. 
Races for owl and game cock colors will be 
held, the date to be announced later. 
Captains are requested to supply their vessels 
with New York Y. C. night signals. 
Captains and their guests will be welcome on 
board the flagship at all times. 
Particular attention is invited to the club rou¬ 
tine and to the signal code as recently amended 
and appearing in this year’s club book. 
Captains are requested to forward the names 
of their guests to the fleet captain as early as 
possible. The complete list will be sent ashore 
to the club station on the arrival of the squadron 
at the several ports for the convenience of mem¬ 
bers. 
Arthur Curtiss James, 
Commodore. 
Franklin A. Plummer, 
Fleet Captain. 
Lloyd’s American Yacht Register. 
The American Yacht Register, published by 
Lloyds, has been issued, and it is very similar 
in appearance to the issues of former years, 
being bound in blue cloth. This is the eighth 
year of its publication, and it is growing more 
valuable to yachtsmen each year. This year’s 
book gives details of 3,500 yachts, owned by 
Americans, and when it is considered that there 
are thousands of small craft all over the coun- 
try, perhaps too small to be registered, one can 
appreciate to what extent the sport of yachting 
has grown. 
Among the additions of sailing craft are: A. 
S. _ Cochrane’s Westward, Morton F. Plant’s 
Shimna and Harold S. Vanderbilt’s Vagrant. 
The cup defenders Volunteer and Vigilant are 
missed from the register because they have been 
sold for commercial service, and the schooner 
Thistle, too, has been sold abroad. 
The new auxiliary bark Aloha, 218 feet over 
all, with a gross tonnage of 659, stands alone 
among the new yachts of the year; next in im¬ 
portance to her in the way of additions to the 
list are the cruising power yachts of 80 to 100 
feet, all of a type which combines good cruis¬ 
ing speed with sea-going qualities. In this con¬ 
nection another interesting change is to be noted; 
the removal of steam engines, boilers and bunk¬ 
ers from some of the older steam yachts and the 
substitution of gas engines. 
The most numerous additions to the yacht list 
are found in the new type of raised deck power 
cruisers of from 30 to 60 feet over all. Geo¬ 
graphically these additions are scattered over the 
whole country on the Canadian and American 
sides of the St. Lawrence River and the Great 
Lakes, and on both borders of Puget Sound, 
further down the Pacific coast, on the Gulf of 
Mexico, Houston, for instance, boasting a very 
fine fleet of new cruisers, and of course in the 
older yachting waters of the East. The smaller 
craft of this type are also found in great num¬ 
bers on the inland waters of the Middle West. 
Of purely racing types the majority are found 
in such small sailing yachts as the Sonder class 
and the Seawanhaka cup class, and in the 40- 
foot class of full powered launches. Two well- 
known yachts that will be missed from the regis¬ 
ter this year are W. K. Vanderbilt’s Valiant and 
A. J. Drexel’s Margarita, both sold to foreign 
ownership. 
One notable feature is the increase in the num¬ 
ber of clubs, the total being 458, as compared 
with 159 clubs in the 1905 register. This in¬ 
crease is made up in part of the conventional 
yacht clubs, but largely of clubs specially devoted 
to power yachting, the membership being com¬ 
posed of new recruits to the great American 
pleasure navy. 
The book, which includes 456 printed pages 
and forty-eight colored plates, each 7 by 9 inches, 
is made up as last year m two styles, bound in 
blue cloth with gilt edges and back and owner’s 
name in gold on the cover, and in plain canvas. 
The former is used on the larger yachts and the 
clubs, while the cheaper and plainer edition is 
preferred for the rougher use on small cruising 
yachts. It is published by Lloyd’s Register of 
American Yachts, 17 Battery Place, New York. 
Pacific Coast Yachting. 
Sa’n Francisco, Cal., June 24.—The twenty- 
fifth annual regatta of the Corinthian Y. C. was 
held June 11 over the channel course used by 
this club since its formation, and eleven yachts 
finished at the finish line. The weather was 
quite favorable, although the wind was not as 
strong at times as might be desired and kept 
several boats from finishing, while the timers 
held their watches. In the 44-foot class there 
was a genuine surprise at the result of the race, 
for Presto won an easy victory from Yankee, 
finishing eight minutes in the lead. She might 
have been given a time allowance, too, for ac¬ 
tual measurements showed that she was entitled 
to this, but the allowance was not needed-. Ful¬ 
ton G., Anderson’s new sloop, made her appear¬ 
ance in the regatta and sailed in the same class 
with Presto and Yankee, but she is not in proper 
trim yet and finished' third. In the 36-foot class 
Alert, sailed by her owner, Thomas Kendall, 
sailed a fine race and won the flag. Kathleen 
captured second place with Meteor third. Helen, 
a smaller boat, entered in this race because she 
had no competition in her class, but was unable 
to make a showing against the larger craft. 
The interesting race of the day was in the 20- 
foot class, as this brought together Discovery 
and Ruby. At the race held some time ago to 
pick a boat to defend the San Francisco chal¬ 
lenge cup, Ruby twice defeated Discovery, al¬ 
though both victories were rather hollow ones. 
At the regatta race Discovery turned the tables 
on Ruby and won handily with 2m. 40s. to spare. 
Moonlight finished third in this race. There was 
but one entry in the special yawl class and Iola 
sailed over the course for the flag. The com¬ 
mittee having charge of the regatta consisted of 
Will A. Barlage, George Lux and W. B. Coates. 
The Sausalito Y. C. is the name of a new 
yachting organization that has been formed, and 
this club has commenced what promises to be a 
successful season. The headquarters of the or¬ 
ganization are on Richardson’s Bay, where an 
ark is being used as a club house pending the 
erection of a permanent one on land. A race 
was held by this club from Vallejo to Sausalito 
on Decoration Day, this event being won by 
Oriole. The following are the officers of the 
club for this season: President, L. F. Secor; 
Vice-President, M. E. Simon; Secretary, W. L. 
Sutherland; Treasurer, Dr. Lacosta; Commo¬ 
dore, A. Reubold; Vice Commodore, A. C. Lee; 
Port Captain, H. Maas; Measurer, H. Reeves. 
Already this season Commodore Reubold has 
led his fleet up the river to Cortland and Sac¬ 
ramento in his Pearl R. 
The annual race for the Phillips cup around 
the Middle Farallone Island will take place on 
June 25 and will be open to all yachts regularly 
enrolled in any of the local yacht clubs having 
a recognized standing, providing the yacht has 
a waterline of not less than thirty feet. The 
entries for the race must be sent to Philip J. 
Fay, Merchants’ Exchange Building, not later 
than noon, June 18, and must contain the name 
of the boat, the owner and club, and the racing 
length as certified to by the club’s official meas¬ 
urer. On Friday evening, June 24, the club house 
and anchorage of the San Francisco Y. C. at 
Sausalito will,be at the disposal of the crews 
of the competing craft, and provisions have 
been made to tow the yachts to the starting line 
if necessary. Last year Nixie and Yankee finished 
in the dark so closely together that the winner 
could not be picked, and the race was declared 
no contest. 
The iEolian Y. C. held its annual contest for 
the Rousseau trophy June 12 over the channel 
course, Iola winning from five contestants. This 
is the second time this craft has won the race 
and the trophy, which is a handsome brass bin¬ 
nacle now the property of Commodore L. T. 
Ward. Merry Widow, the crack boat of the 
club, did not compete, as her owner donated the 
trophy sailed for. 
The San Francisco Y. C. held its annual light¬ 
ship race on June 12 with seven boats entered. 
However, three of these, Mary, Neva and Annie, 
threw up the sponge before reaching the light¬ 
ship, and only four completed the race, these 
being Aggie, Martha, Monsoon and Fleur de Lis, 
which finished in the order named. However, 
Fleur de Lis, the smallest boat of the four, won 
the race on time allowance. The distance cov-, 
ered was fully thirty miles, and the actual sailing 
time of the winner was 3I1. 50m. The race was 
ably handled by Messrs. Fay, Goodall and Wag¬ 
ner. 
The sloop Ruby, which recently so successfully 
defended the San Francisco challenge cup for 
the Corinthian Club, has been sold to J. W. 
Smith, of the California Y. C. Her former 
owner, A. Stevens, is planning to build a larger 
boat, considering Ruby too small for his needs. 
End of an Old Schooner. 
The two-masted bay schooners Urbanna, one 
of the oldest, if not the oldest, of the sailing 
vessels employed in service on Chesapeake Bay 
and its tributaries, has made its last trip. Lying 
in the Back basin at Baltimore, th» old 
schooner is being dismasted and probably will 
be broken up for the metal in her hull, al¬ 
though there is a possibility of her being con¬ 
verted into a lighter for service in still waters. 
Urbanna, according to the list of merchants 
of the United States, was built at Stonington, 
Conn., in 1843. Other authorities make the 
building place Port Jefferson, N. Y., but all 
agree as to her age. The schooner was built 
for the West Indian trade and for many years 
brought sugar to Atlantic Coast ports. Larger 
vessels took her place in that trade, and she 
then took up coasting work until about nine 
years ago, when she was purchased by Balti¬ 
more parties, who put her in the Chesapeake 
trade. 
The old schooner was a familiar figure in 
this port and was here about a month ago with 
a cargo of lumber. From here she went to 
Baltimore to be wrecked. She was a vessel of 
105 gross tons registered and was 83 feet 3 
inches long, 24% feet beam and i l / 2 feet deep. 
It is stated that the timbers of the old craft are 
in a remarkable state of preservation, consider¬ 
ing her age.—Baltimore Sun. 
