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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. i, 1910. 
Nameless had to be beached with a big hole in 
her hull. She was racing against Restless and 
did well until the accident, which was after she 
had gone 25 miles and was leading Restless,' 
having had engine troubles. After the accident 
to Nameless, Restless went on and won the 
race. When Nameless hit the log, two small 
launches. Bunk III. and Talequah, abandoned 
their race and went to her assistance. Tartar 
went around the course alone, having frightened 
the others out of the race. She hit a log once 
and then picked up a peach basket on her 
rudder, but later shook this off. In the small 
class Edith II. again showed very consistently. 
She averaged 19.251 miles an hour and finished 
fourth, but won on her time allowance. Peter 
Pan III. averaged 20 nautical, or 23.03 statute 
miles an hour; Vim averaged 19.672 nautical, or 
22.562 statute miles an hour; Vanish averaged 
19.459 nautical, or 22.497 statute miles an hour. 
The times: 
Speed Boats. Class B, Over 40ft. and Under 60ft.—Course. 
30 Miles — Start. 2:05. 
Finish. Elaosed. Corrected. 
Tartar . . . 3 13 54 1 08 54 1 08 54 
Speed Boats. Class C, 40ft.—Course, 30 Miles—Start 2TO 
Restless . 4 28 47 2 18 47 . 
Nameless . Disabled. 
Speed Boats, Class 
Edith II. 
Peter Pan . 
Vanish . 
Yim . 
It . 
Haida-Papoose _ 
Lance . 
Traver .. 
Gunfire II. 
A, 33ft. and Under-Course, 30 Miles 
_Qfort- 0 ■ 1 A 
. 3 48 39 1 33 39 1 21 32 
. 3 4o 12 1 30 12 1 26 44 
. 3 47 55 1 32 55 1 27 05 
. 3 47 02 1 32 02 1 32 02 
. Withdrew. 
. Hit log. 
. Withdrew. 
. Disabled. 
. Did not finish. 
Cruisers, Class 
Avis . 
Caroline . 
Cruisers — Class 
Spindrift . 
Cruisers, Class 
Kathmnr _ : . 
Gracelda . 
D, 60ft. and Over—Course, 20 Miles — 
Start, 2:20. 
. 4 01 42 1 41 42 1 41 52 
. 4 59 07 ' 2 39 07 2 39 07 
E, 40 to 60ft.—Course, 20 Miles — Start, 
2:25. 
. 4 58 04 2 33 04 . 
F, Under 40ft. — Course, 20 Miles — Start, 
2:30. 
. 4 37 07 2 07 07 2 07 07 
. 5 18 26 2 48 26 2 09 10 
Open Launches. Class G, 25ft. and Under—Course, 20 
Miles—Start. 2:35. 
Imp . 5 55 17 ’ 2 20 17 
Petite . Withdrew. 
Bunk Til. Assisted Nameless. 
Talequah. Assisted Nameless. 
On the third day there were several absentees. 
Tartar made the best time, averaging 29.508 
nautical, or 33.978 statute miles an hour. In the 
small class. Edith II. was 4m. late at the start, 
and but for accidents to others, this delay might 
have cost her the trophy. Vanish finished first, 
after having had a close fight with* Vim for 
three rounds, and then Vim retired. Four of 
this class were disabled, and Edith II. finished 
second and got the prize on points. This boat 
has performed most consistently in the four 
days' racing, including the long distance races, 
and has averaged nearly 20 nautical miles an 
hour. 
The cruisers Avis, Kathmar and Spindrift 
were winners in their respective classes and 
took the trophies. In the launch class there 
was some difficulty. On Friday Bunk III. and 
Talequah withdrew from the race to go to the 
assistance of the Nameless. The committee 
consequently threw that race out of the record, 
and on the two races properly’ finished Bunk 
III. has the best point score. If the owners 
agree this record will stand, but if not, there 
will be another race. The summaries: 
Speed Boats. 
Tartar . 
Speed Boats. 
Restless .... 
Speed Boats. 
'"anish . 
Edith II. ... 
Vita . 
Vim . 
Peter Pan ... 
It . 
Class B, Over 40ft. and Linder 60ft. — 
Course 30 Miles.—Start, 2:05. 
Finish. Elaosed. Corrected. 
■ .. 3 06 34 1 01 34 1 01 34 
Class C, 40ft.—Course. 30 Miles—Start, 2:10 
. 3 49 27 1 39 27 . 
Class A, 33ft. and Under—Course, 30 Miles 
—Start. 2:15. 
. 3 44 22 1 29 22 1 23 22 
. 3 57 43 1 42 43 1 30 36 
. Disabled. 
. Disabled. 
. Disabled. 
. Disabled. 
Cruisers. Class D, 
Avis . 
Cruisers — Class E, 
60ft. and Over — Course, 20 Miles— 
Start, 2:20. 
. 4 05 31 1 45 31 
40 to 60ft.—Course, 30 Miles—Start 
9.95 
Spindrift . 4 51 13 2 26 13 
Cruisers, Class F, Under 40ft— Course 20 Miles—Start 
2:30. 
Kathmar . 4 33 15 2 03 15 
Launches — Class G, 25ft. and Under—Course, 20 Miles — 
Start, 2:35. 
Bunk III. 5 24 28 2 49 28 2 42 28 
Imp . 5 34 11 2 59 11 2 50 00 
Petite . Withdrew. 
'J alequah . Engine troubles. 
The score of points in the different classes 
show the winners of the challenge trophies, 
which are held by the owners of the winning 
yachts until the next series of races. 
National Trophy.—Class B speed boats. 
Tartar 9, X. P. D. N. C. 2, Rapier 0. 
International Trophy.—Class C, speed boats: 
Restless 6, Nameless 1. 
Interstate Trophy.—Class A, speed boats: 
Edith II. 29, Peter Pan 111 . 18, Vanish 18, Vim 
15, Haida-Papoose 7, It 6, Vita 0, Lance o, 
Traver 0, Gunfire III. o, Sand Burr o. 
Motor Cabin Yachts, Class I.—Avis 6, Caro¬ 
line 2. 
Cruisers, Class E.—Spindrift 6, Eronel 0. 
Cruisers Class F.—Kathmar 6, Gracelda 2. 
Launches, Class F.—Bunk III. 7, Imp 4, Tale¬ 
quah 4, Petite 2. 
Cruising on the Chesapeake. 
One of the most delightful cruises which 
owners of motor boats in the vicinity of New 
York, or in fact anywhere on the Atlantic 
Coast, can make is to Chesapeake Bay and the 
Maryland rivers. It seems strange so few 
owners take advantage of that beautiful stretch 
of water which is peculiarly adapted to early 
spring or late fall cruising. There seems to be 
an impression that the route is a tedious one, 
and that traveling through the two canals which 
forms part of the inland thoroughfare is danger¬ 
ous because of the presence of so many canal 
boats. There is an impression, too, that the 
trip is an expensive one. 
The motor boat Inquirer, of the Riverside 
Y. C. fleet, recently made a two weeks’ ex¬ 
cursion through the canals and the Delaware 
River, and spent much of his time cruising up 
and down Chesapeake Bay. There were five 
in the party on the yacht—the owner, his wife 
and daughter, his brother (who acted as en¬ 
gineer) and his brother-in-law. The start was 
made from Riverside, Conn. 
Inquirer is a cabin cruiser. Her heavy con¬ 
struction gives her a displacement of 9 tons 
and her 25-horsepower motor can drive her ten 
miles an hour. She is divided into three com¬ 
partments; the pilot house, which has two ex¬ 
tension berths; the main saloon, which has two 
more berths and the engine room and galley, 
12 feet long, which has one berth. It is a low 
cabin trunk yacht, but has more than 6 feet 
headroom. 
The yacht started out of the Mianus River 
at dawn on Thursday, July 21, and reached 
Trenton at 7 p. m. The next day she ran out 
of the canal and anchored at Bristol, Pa. 
About 2 p. 11. on the following day she started 
down the Delaware. 
^ It was a little after 6 o'clock when Delaware 
City was reached, and there the Inquirer was 
locked into the Chesapeake and Delaware canal. 
It was intended to tie up there for the night, 
but the skipper decided to ask some questions 
of the oldest inhabitants about mosquitoes. 
He came back in a hurry and advised that the 
boat push on to St. Georges, about an hour in. 
By this time it was dusk, so the side lights 
were put up and the bow and high lights and 
the Inquirer proceeded. Darkness fell long be¬ 
fore St. Georges was reached, but the lock 
keeper responded promptly to three whistles, 
and in a few minutes the yacht was tied up on 
the other side of the lock at a primitive stag¬ 
ing along the bank. 
All that could be seen of the town was two 
typical country stores near the little draw¬ 
bridge that crosses the lock. The skipper and 
the owner got out on the stage, but immediate¬ 
ly began to slap themselves. Immediately after¬ 
ward there was a cry from the boat, and every¬ 
body was soon engaged in fighting Delaware 
mosquitoes. 
“We must get away from here,” insisted Mrs. 
Owner, and her motion was carried with a 
shout. Lines were cast off and the Inquirer 
was headed for Chesapeake City. 
The moon came out after the start was made 
and lighted the way. Railroad and foot bridges 
were numerous, but their keepers were always 
on the job, and the run to the end of the canal 
was ideal. Chesapeake City was reached about 
10 o’clock, and here there is a basin on this 
side of the last lock, where the Inquirer tied up. 
There was a good breeze from the westward, 
and if there were any mosquitoes they did not 
make their presence felt. 
Sunday morning dawned bright and clear. 
From the canal the thoroughfare is through 
Back Creek, a stream that is narrow and 
abounds in shoals, but the skipper knew them, 
and the craft soon emerged into the Elk River, 
a broad, beautiful stream with fine farms on 
either bank and abounding in pleasure craft. 
Passing out into Chesapeake Bay past the 
mouth of the Susquehanna the Inquirer en¬ 
countered a, strong southwest wind which made 
a very choppy sea and caused the' little craft 
to do a great deal of pitching. Getting dinner 
was a task to which the lady of the yacht de¬ 
clared herself unequal, so everybody took a 
standing lunch of sandwiches. It was a little 
after 2 o’clock when the mouth of the Severn 
River was reached, and a little later the anchor 
was cast a little below the Naval Academy. 
Everybody was hungry and the lady of the 
yacht prepared a meal that was elaborate and 
plentiful. 
From Annapolis a side trip was made to 
Washington by the cars. T he party got back 
to Annapolis a little before 11 o’clock. 
“The weather looks fine for a night run,” said 
the skipper. There was a consultation, and the 
result was that in two miniutes the Inquirer 
was under way, the lights being put up as she 
ran out of the harbor. 
Going out of the Severn it was found that a 
stiff southwester was blowing, but the skipper 
kept as near the western shore as possible, 
thus avoiding the heaviest sea. Still on the 
way down to Cove Point the boat threw spray 
high over her pilot house, but she bucked the 
waves beautifully and the engine did not miss 
a spark. It was about daybreak when the point 
was- passed, and then after the turn was made 
toward Drum Point, which marks one bank 
of the mouth of the Patuxent, the wind died 
down. The Inquirer was tied up at the wharf 
at Solomon’s Island before 5 o’clock. 
Solomon’s Island is the biggest place on the 
Chesapeake Bay between Annapolis and the 
Potomac River, and even at that it has not over 
700 inhabitants. Every twenty years or so they 
talk about building the Drum Point railroad, 
from Baltimore down, and once they got so 
far that they actually graded the road all the 
way through Calvert county. That must have 
been twenty-five years ago. More recently they 
have been making efforts to have Congress put 
a dry dock in the harbor, which naval officers 
have pronounced one of the largest and finest- 
anywhere and which was the scene of the tests 
made with the dry dock Dewey before it was 
sent to the Philippines. 
The island is always a port of call for the 
training ships from Annapolis, and when the 
Inquirer arrived a fleet of submarines with a 
tender were anchored off the shore. Gasoline 
here is sold at what seems to be the standard 
price from New Brunswick down, which is 16 
cents, except at Delaware City, where for 
some reason or other they charge only 13. Ice 
is easy to get, but you have to buy it at its 
weight in Baltimore, whence it has to be 
shipped to the local merchants by steamboat. 
As a result it costs about 80 cents a hundred, 
actual weight. The only means of travel is by 
steamboat to Baltimore, about seventy-five 
miles north. 
In spite of inconveniences the harbor is so 
excellent and it is possible to purchase pro¬ 
visions so cheaply that yachtsmen from Balti¬ 
more and Philadelphia usually make a stay. of 
several days or a week at the place, for behind 
the island” is Mill Creek, which is a perfectly 
safe little haven almost landlocked. Chickens 
may be purchased at from 25 to 30 cents apiece, 
eggs at 15 to 20 cents a dozen, and excellent 
fresh country butter, if you know where to go, 
at 25 cents a pound.. The place is dry, but 
