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FOREST AND STREAM. 

A ort. LAuNcH.—Mr. Charles F. Herreshoff, 
2d, has ordered a 7oft. cabin launch from the 
Lawley Corp. She will be of light construction 
and will be fitted with an engine of 100 horse- 
power of Mr. Herreshoff’s design. The boat will 
be called Den II. 
EASTERN Y. C.—Commodore W. Amory Gard- 
ner has announced the appointment of Mr. John 
S. Lawrence as fleet captain. Order No. 2 calls 
for rendezvous for the annual cruise on July 7. 
At the general meeting of the club on April 3 
it was voted to adopt a cap with leather visor, 
similar to those worn in the Boston and New 
York yacht clubs. 
Usona Triep Out.—The 24ft. waterline sloop, 
designed by Mr. Charles F. Herreshoff, 2d, for a 
German yachtsman, was launched at Lawley’s 
last Tuesday and was tried out by her designer 
Wednesday. She was designed for light weather 
and felt the weight of the strong breeze consid- 
erably. She will be sent to Germany by steamer. 
Fast LAuncH For A. H. Marxs.—Messrs. 
Stearns & McKay are building a speed launch for 
Mr. A. H. Marks. She will be 32ft. over all and 
4it. 6in. breadth. She will have automobile en- 
gines placed tandem, aggregating 80 horsepower. 
The boat is intended for fast work, but has also 
been designed to be serviceable and able to get 
about in rough weather. The forward engine 
can be thrown out and half the total power used. 
The boat is provided with air tanks of sufficient 
capacity to float hull, engines and passengers. 
JoHN B. KILLEEN. 
A Vacation Cruise. 
BY WILLIAM KUHNLE, 
At 10 o’clock we filled away on the port tack 
with our friendly S.W. wind on the eastward 
trip, keeping us busy now that we were bound 
the other way. After passing Fort Adams we 
worked into the ebb tide, which helped us along 
handsomely, reaching Beavertail in three short 
legs. Here we lost the benefit of the tide and it 
was a simple case of beat and boxhaul all the way 
out to Point Judith, the wind increasing as we 
drew around the Point, with a very choppy sea. 
Seeing that everything for reefing was handy, 
should an emergency require it, I had the main- 
sail eased off a bit in order to make as much 
headway as possible before dark, setting the 
course due W., hoping to make Stonington if 
possible. A heavy thunderstorm coming down 
from the N.W., which we were lucky enough to 
escape, took all the strength out of our wind, and 
just after we had passed Quonochontaug the 
breeze fell entirely and so suddenly that it was 
impossible for us to run in shore for an anchor- 
age, it being impossible and unsafe to anchor 
where we were, for the lead line showed 25 fath- 
oms and we only had 25o0ft. of chain. At dark 
the staysail was run down and we prepared for 
an all night's drift, dividing into watches, one 
on lookout the other at the wheel in each watch. 
My partners not being accustomed to this work 
I made the watches of two hours’ duration, tak- 
ing the first watch, to to 12, myself, as the ebb 
tide was taking us off shore and I wanted to keep 
my position located on the chart as long as pos- 
sible, in case it should become hazy. At 12 o’clock 
we were relieved, and wishing to be handy in case 
anything turned up I lay in the cockpit. The dis- 
tant rumble of the paddles of the approaching 
fleet of steamers bound for Fall River and Provi- 
dence caused the man at the wheel to call me at 
1 oclock. Anticipating being somewhere near 
their path I had previously lighted the anchor 
light, keeping it hooded in the cockpit, for in case 
the boat had swung in such a position that our 
running lights would be invisible to an approach- 
ing vessel I could show a white light which would 
save our being run down at least. Flares made 
of a bunch of cotton waste or rags tied to a piece 
of metal and saturated with turpentine or oil are 
the best for the purpose, as they give a very large 
flame which is sure to attract attention: but care 
must be used that they are not held too close to 
the sail or rigging, owing to fire. The boats 
passed us quite a distance in shore, however, so 
that there was no necessity for showing a light. 
July 11—At dawn a faint zephyr sprang up 
from the S. and easing the boom to starboard 
and hoisting the staysail we headed for Watch 
Hill, reaching the bell buoy at 6 o’clock. Having 
lost so much time during the night it was de- 
cided that we should continue on without stop- 
ping until we reached Port Jefferson, I therefore 
kept the above mentioned buoy well off to star- 
board running a course close along the outside of 
Fisher’s Island; when about half way down the 
island the wind hauled to the W.S.W. and it was 
9 o'clock before we had Race Rock Light abeam. 
The ebb tide in the Race drove us back consid- 
erably. and aithough I stuck to the port tack and 
headed for Bartlett's Reef Lightship originally 
we were close to Little Gull Island when we 
finally got across, it taking us two hours and a 
half to go six miles in an eight-knot breeze. As 
the strongest set of the ebb tide is felt on the 
Long Island side at this end of the Sound, I de- 
cided to cross and worked over toward Niantic, 
hugging the Connecticut shore as close as safety 
permitted. By making short tacks along the 
shore we were able to get abeam of Cornfield 
Reef Lightship by nightfall, the wind shifting to 
S.W. and falling to about five knots. As a mat- 
ter of precaution the staysail was taken in and 
furled. 
Watches were set at 8 o'clock, we dividing off 
as on the previous night, the rest rather enjoying 
the novelty of the system. I was called at 10:30, 
having gone below at Io o'clock, and hustling on 
deck saw a great sight, the entire east-bound 
Sound fleet all lit up made it look like Broadway 
at night. As we were directly in their path I 
called my watchmate immediately and examined 
the side lights to see that they were burning 
brighily. The head sheets were led out for a 
quick shift if necessary and the boat falls cleared. 
Here for the first time I had to use my lantern, 
for although the port light was burning brightly 
we being close hauled on port tack, and the lamp 
was a good one, it was not until I swung the 
white light a couple of times that one of the Fall 
River monsters swung off and passed close under 
our stern, close enough to read her name. Before 
J] went below again Faulkner’s Island was abeam, 
so I left orders to steer for Southwest Ledge 
Light off New Haven. 
[TO BE CONCLUDED. | 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 

Mopet For WASHINGTON.—Within a few days 
the H. E. Boucher model shops have forwarded 
to Washington a model of the U. S. transport 
Sherman. This model has been very well com- 
mented upon by those understanding the niceties 
of model making. There are now in process of 
construction various models for the New York 
Y..C., Atlantic Y. C. and other clubs and for 
transportation companies owning and operating 
lines of steamers. 
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TrAns-PaciFic YAcHT Race—On May 19 
from San Francisco will be started the ocean 
yacht race to Hawaii for a $500 cup offered by 
the Hawaii Y. C., of Honolulu. There are, so 
far, five entries, La Paloma, Mr. F. L. Waldron; 
Aggie, Mr. James V. Coleman; Nixie, Mr. Ful- 
ton C. Berry; Lurline, Mr. H. H. Sinclair, and 
Anemone, Mr. C. L. Tutt, of the New York 
ae. 
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SouTHERN Y. C.—A large sloop is being built 
in the South from designs of Mr. H. N. Gautier, 
an amateur, to meet the Burgess & Packard 
champion sloop Cricket. The new boat’s dimen- 
sions are length over all S5oft., waterline 4sft., 
breadth tI4ft., and draft 20in., the sail area is 
1,422 sq. ft. The Southern Y. C. has accepted 
the invitation of the Eastern Y. C. to send a 
competitor for the trial races of the Roosevelt 
Cup at Marblehead on Aug. 13-18. 
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ALSACIENNE SoLtp.—Mr. W. T. Van Brunt, 
New York Y. C., has acquired the Alsacienne, 
and she is to be refitted and overhauled to be put 
in commission this summer. Alsacienne, under 
the name of Norseman, was built by Poillon 
Bros. in Brooklyn for the late Ogden Goelet, 
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until sold, when her name was changed. Sultana, 
recently bought by Mr. Van Brunt, will be char- 
tered during the summer. 
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MeErMAID Sotp.—Mr. J. P. Morgan, Jr., has 
purchased from Mr. W. Ross Proctor, the steam 
-yacht Mermaid. This yacht was originally built 
by the Herreshoffs for Mr. Morton F. Plant. 
Mermaid has a reputation for speed, and is of the 
Scout type, her dimensions are, length over all 
8oft., load waterline 7oft. 6in., breadth roft. 5in., 
and draft 3ft. 5in. She is fitted with triple ex- 
pansion engines. Mermaid is at Tebo’s and will 
be refitted there. 
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To REevIvE THE Burcess Fortires.—Col. David 
E. Austen, of the Brooklyn Y. C., has made ar- 
rangements to have four of the old boats entered 
in the Gravesend Bay racing this summer, and a 
fifth boat may enter. These boats are all owned 
in the vicinity and should give good racing. 
Latowana, E. E. Malcolm; Nymph, W. C. 
Tower; Choctaw, A. C. Henges; Awa, William 
R. Beals, and Colonel Austen’s Ondawa. 
RRs 
YACHTMASTERS’ ASSOCIATION.—The following 
officers have been elected to serve for one year in 
the Yacht Masters’ and Engineers’ Association: 
President, L. E. A. Olson; Vice-President, C. H. 
Loring; Treasurer, E. F. Bishop; Secretary, H. 
T. Snuth; Trustees—R. M. Frost, H. Lang, C. E. 
Nutter, W. C. Bonning and L. J. Byrne; Quarter- 
masters—C. W. Wood and H. Hanson, 
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GREAT SoutH Bay YACHTING ASSOCIATION.— 
Recently an association of the clubs on Great 
South Bay was formed including the Shinnecock, 
Westhampton, Moriches, Quantuck and Pan 
Quogue Y. C.’s. The following officers were 
elected: President, T. H. Howell; Vice-Presi- 
dent, Foster Crampton; Secretary and Treasurer, 
Harry Growtage. The following dates were 
adopted: 
July 4.—Shinnecock Y. C., club race. 
July 7.—Quantuck-Pan Quogue Y. C., club races. 
July 14.—Westhampton Y. C., club race. 
July 21.—Moriches Y. C.-Quantuck Y. C., club races. 
July 27.—Quantuck Y. C., women’s race. 
July 28.—Westhampton Y. C., Association race. 
Aug. 3.—Shinnecock Y. C., women’s race. 
Aug. 4.—Quantuck Y. C., Association race. 
Aug. 9, 10, 11.—Shinnecock Y. C., Association races. 
Aug. 17.—Westhampton Y. C., women’s race. 
Aug. 18.—Pan Quogue Y C., Association race. 
Aug. 22.—Moriches Y. C., women’s race. 
Aug. 24.—Quantuck Y. C., club race. 
Aug. 25.—Moriches Y. C., Association race. 
Aug. 29.—Quantuck Y. C., women’s race. 
Aug. 31.—Pan Quogue Y. C., women’s race. 
Sept. 1—Westhampton Y. C., open race. 
Sept. 3.—Westhampton Y. C., Association champion- 
ships. 
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Lipton Cur Boat.—Canada is definitely to 
build a boat for the Chicagd races. The boat is 
to be built and sailed by J. H. Fearnside, of 
Hamilton. The boat will be ready by June 1. 
RRR 
ATLANTIC Y. C. OFrFicers.—Commodore Daniel 
C. Ried has reappointed Gen. B. M. Whitlock 
fleet captain, 
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DELEGATES TO THE Y. R. A: oF] IS ee aee 
Bridgeport Y. C. has elected the following mem- 
bers as delegates: T. HH. Macdonaldemeere 
Warner, Carl Foster and C. Barnum Seeley. 
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LarcumMont Y. C.—Commodore Wilson Mar- 
shall has appointed Morton W. Smith to succeed 
Judge John Proctor Clark as fleet captain. 
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Huntinepon Y. C.—The following officers 
have been elected: Com., H. H. Gordon; Vice- 
Com., C. W. Butts; Rear Com., John Green; Sec., 
EK. H. Ficken; Treas., H. H. Gordons? jraepems- 
tees—George Taylor, Horatio Hall, Wilton W. 
Wood, August Hecksler, H. C. Fisher and C. A. 
Bigelow. The club is to have a class of one- 
design Swampscott dories. 
