
FORES TA NO=S TREAT 

[May 19, 1906. 



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Yachting Fixtures for 1906. 
Members of Race Committees and Secretaries will con- 
fer a favor by sending notice of errors or omissions in 
the following list, and also changes which may be made 
in the future. 
MAY. 
19. San Francisco-Hawaii trans-Pacific yacht race. 
19. Yale Corinthian, graduates’ cup. 
19. Manhasset Bay, opening race, N. Y. Y. C. 30-footers. 
23. Yale Corinthian, special cup. 
24. Royal Canadian, 30ft. and 14ft. dinghy class. 
25. Yale Corinthian, graduates’ cup. 
26. Royal Canadian, 20ft. class. 
26. Y. R. A., New Rochelle. 
26. Brooklyn, Bermuda race, Lipton cup. 
26. Quincy, club. 
30. Metropolitan, open, Corinthian Union. 
30. Interclub with South Boston. 
30. Yale Corinthian, Memorial Day race. 
30. Indian Harbor. 
30. Y. R. A., Harlem, Bridgeport, Indian Harbor. 
30..A. P. B. A., Manhasset Bay, open. 
30. South Boston, Y. R. A., open, City Point. 
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PIXTOURESS AND PROTESTS: 
WirH the first break of spring into summer 
and the opening of yacht clubs but two weeks 
distant, a consideration of two vital questions is 
in order, Winter theories and speculations have 
given place to exact knowledge of all the boats, 
steam, power or sail, that are being put overboard. 
A catalogue of the new yachts will convince the 
most skeptical of the scope and interest mani- 
fested in yacht racing and cruising. The great- 
est interest, however, is just now centered in the 
lists of fixtures that have appeared from time to 
time, and some that have been long expected 
have not yet put in an appearance in other than 
tentative form. Fixtures are next in importance 
to the yachts themselves, and it would appear 
that a space of seven months affords ample time 
for matters of this kind to be attended to and 
fixed. Yachting—though made to comply with 
the many requirements of the individual owner— 
should, in the matter of dates, be suitably ar- 
ranged. A fixed programme would insure more 
entries than at present, when important events 
are allowed to occur at different places on the 
same day. The remedy for the present confusion 
lies in a fixed schedule determined well in ad- 
vance. This would save efforts more strenuous 
than wise and remove a heavy handicap upon re- 
gatta committees whose services at best are 
thankless. 
At the present time there is no code of prece- 
dents to which a regatta committee may turn in 
the decision of a protest. There are many cases 
on record where decisions have been made in a 
stupid manner and the consequences have been 
very disagreeable. In yacht racing there should 
be such a system and such a support for that sys- 
tem that questions out of which a protest might 
arise could be quickly and adequately dealt with. 
All yachtsmen are not lawyers, and many of them 
are therefore unfamiliar with the processes that 
might be employed in order to reach a satisfac- 
tory conclusion, Protests are decided somehow, 
and the evidence and the decision based on it 
find their way to the club’s records and end 
there. At times they are not even recorded, and 
no precedent is established. The next commit- 
tee in the bliss of ignorance takes hold of its 
work and finds the same pitfalls to waste its time 
and try its patience. 
We were much gratified recently to learn of the 
willingness of a prominent yachtsmen to under- 
take a codification of protests under the racing 
rules, provided data could be collected in shape 
sufficiently accurate to warrant the undertaking 
of such a work. We heartily approve this under- 
taking and offer such services as we may to bring 
to one side of yachting and racing the dignity and 
attention which are its due. 
British Letter. 
Tue INTERNATIONAL RATING RuLE.—A special 
general meeting of the Yacht Racing Associa- 
tion adjourned from a few weeks back, was held 
in London on April 26 to consider the adoption 
of the international rating rule. As a result of 
a ballot eighty-four members were in favor of 
its adoption and three against. The following 
resolution was passed: ‘‘That the international 
rule be brought into force in British waters on 
Jan. 1, 1907, excepting for the new classes which 
may corresnond to the present classes of 52ft., 
24ft. and 18ft., which will be included on Jan. 
I, 1908, unless the owners in any of those classes 
request to be included at an earlier date.” 
The reason for excepting the three classes 
referred to is that they are at present live 
classes—in fact. the only Y. R. A. classes racing, 
the others having died out—and as the present 
Y. R. A. rating rule was passed for a term of 
seven years, and does not expire until Dec. 31, 
1907, it was thought advisable to protect vested 
interests by giving the existing classes their full 
term of years. An amendment was brought for- 
ward to except the 42ft. and 36ft. classes, but as 
there are no boats in either class, this was 
negatived by a large majority. 
Rating rules have always been an endless 
source of controversy in this country, and the 
new international rule is no exception. It has 
already been praised. condemned and flattered; 
designers of yachts have appeared—some good 
and some indifferent—but the real proof will not 
come until the rule is law and boats are actually 
built under it. Then we shall get the ideas of 
our leading designers, who will have had a 
year in which to study it in all its phases; we 
shall soon see then whether there is much virtue ~ 
in it, or not. So far as one can jtdge at present 
the rule does not seem to favor beam sufficient- 
ly; the draft also appears to be rather limited, 
and as the boats will be subjected to scantling 
restrictions, and therefore unable to carry so 
much ballast, owing to increased weight of hull, 
it is only reasonable to suppose that they will 
not be overdone in the matter of stability. In 
consequence fhe sail area will be small and the 
boats. slow in light winds. Of course this is 
more or less conjecture, the rule may be capable 
of better results, but. so far as one can judge, it 
is not going to produce as roomy a boat in the 
36ft. class as could have been desired. 
KARIAD.—This cutter did not go to Sandbank 
to fit out, as I stated in my last letter, but sailed 
for Gosport, where she arrived some time back. 
Campor and Nicholson have got her well in 
hand, and are making great improvements to her 
internal accommodations. Kariad will have one 
season during which she ought to have matters 
pretty well all her own way. What will happen 
to her next year, when the new rule comes in, 
it is difficult to conjecture. Sir James Pender 
will be left with a white elephant on his hands 
if she is shut out from further racing, unless 
she finds a foreign purchaser, or unless some 
compromise is made whereby she can go on 
racing by allowing an extra time penalty. The 
only boat that could have held her in check on 
the present Y. R. A. time allowance is Bona, 
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and she does not seem to have changed hands, 
in spite of.many rumors of negotiations for her 
sale. 
A UseruLt AuxiLiAry Motor YAacut.—Messrs. 
Hansen & Co., of the Minerva Yard, East 
Cowes, launched last month a fine, wholesqme 
looking yacht for Mr. F. M. Singer, of about 
70. tons. She was designed by Mr. J. M. Soper 
and built to class 20 years A-1 at Lloyds. The 
yacht is intended for canal work, so that her 
draft is small. Her dimensions are, length over 
all, 76ft.; load waterline, 57ft; beam, extreme, 
16ft. 8in.; draft, 7ft. oin. She is rigged ag a 
pole-masted yawl, composite built, steel frames 
and teak planking, and yellow pine decks. She 
is fitted with a 75 B.H.P. Napier-Yarrow motor, 
which is expected to drive her at about 8 knots. 
Suzanne is the sort of vessel one would like 
to see increase in numbers, for she gives promise 
of being a fast boat under canvas, and handy 
under power, besides which she is comfortable 
and handsome. BE. He Kei 
Steam Yacht Galatea. 
WE publish this week the plans of a steel steam 
yacht which was launched on Saturday last from 
the yard of her designers and builders, the Gas 
Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury & 
Co., Cons. The yacht was christened Galatea by 
Miss Seabury, daughter of one of the partners of 
the firm. - 
Galatea was built to the order of Mr, E. L. 
Ford, of Detroit, who will cruise during the sum- 
mer along the coast, and in the fall will take the 
yacht to the lakes, Galatea is a fine example of 
a type of yacht that has been found best adapted 
to the requirements of American waters. The 
Seabury Company has earned an enviable reputa- 
tion for the speed, comfort and beauty of its 
steam yachts, and in Galatea we find the eulmina- 
tion of their long and successful experience. 
The outboard profile shows a well balanced and 
graceful boat with plenty of sheer and little top 
hamper. On the main deck are located two houses 
of mahogany, the forward one to serve as a din- 
ing saloon in connection with which is a pantry, 
directly over the galley situated on the deck be- 
low. Over the dining saloon is located an ob- 
servation bridge, at the after end of which, some- 
what above, will be placed the steering platform. 
The after house is the deck saloon and music 
room and is also the entrance to the owner’s 
quarters on the lower deck. The owner’s quar- 
ters consist of commodious and well arranged 
cabins for the accommodation of twelve persons. 
The plumbing is by Mott and is of the best. The 
finish below will be in birdseye maple, mahogany 
and white enamel, with suitable hangings to 
match. On the lower deck forward is located 
the crew’s space, the captain and engineer’s 
cabins and a large galley. 
The engine installation consists of a 600 horse- 
power Seabury triple-expansion engine and a 
Seabury safety water-tube boiler, and this plant 
is expected to drive the yacht at a speed of 16 
miles per hour, The location of boiler and en- 
gine are reversed from the positions generally as- 
signed to them in this type of boat. With the 
accommodations for the owner aft there is al- 
ways the noise from the engine when running at 
night that is very disagreeable; but with the pres- 
ent arrangement a thwartship bunker is fitted 
which will effectively prevent the radiation of 
heat and minimize the noise. 
Galatea is fitted with two spars as signal masts 
only, and an equipment of four boats, a steam 
windlass is fitted to handle the anchors. There 
are steam heat, electric lights, telegraphs and all 
appliances for the safety and comfort required 
for the satisfactory performance of such a vessel. 
Through the courtesy of her builders we are able 
