The Model Yachtsman and Canoeist: Volume 11, Issue 7 – July 1894

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_ SSS = SSS = SS Ss =~. ” Yor, XI, No. 7. Bm. anoeist. —— —~ ——s ( A Monthly Journal of Model Yacht Construction, Fitting and Sailing; Canoeing News Doings of the Clubs; Yachting Items; Correspondence, Sale and Exchange; &ec JULY, 1894 Vol. XI.—No. 7. All Communications (except Canoeing) must be addressed “©THE EDITOR of The Alodel- Yachtsman, Talbot House, Hessle Road, Hull.” CANOEING Communications must be addressed ‘* THE EpDITor of The Canoeist, Elim Lodge. Hornsea, Hull, or, 161 & 162, High Street, Hull.” THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN & CANOEIST is published on the Ist of each month, and can be had of any bookseller, or will be sent on application to the Pub- lishers, on the following terms :— Post-free to any part of the United Kingdom, Europe or America…… paid in advance…… 3/6 per annum, ‘4d. or Id. stamps may be sent in payment. N.b —In sending for single copies, 314d. in stamps must be enclosed to cover postage. HuLL: Mr. Honpen, of Folkestone, writes that he had to alter ‘Cherub’ after he had built from the design we published, and make her square keel like ‘Golighty,’ which made her sail steadily. Mr. Holden is of opinion that it is best to carry the beam down below the l.w.l., and we confess to a fondness ourselves for the same style of architecture. Of course it is difficult with beainy boats of shallow body to avoid a flaring side, and the point is reduced to this problem in the case of models. Is it better to have a flaring side with the expansion of beam it gives above water, than a comparatively plumb side and a little rounder body underneath the water. Our experience so far inclines us to the latter solution. There is going to be an Industrial Exhibition at Folkestone, a section of which will be devoted to Model Yachting. Mr. Holden is going to build from the design of ‘Kathleen,’ and test it against ‘Cherub’ and ‘Golightly,’ of the same size. THOMAS GRASSAM, 4, Scale Lane. LONDON: Price 3a., Post-free 2¥ea. —_Oo— E. MARLBOROUGH & Co., 51, Old Bailey. DVERTISEMENTS should reach this office not later than the 21st of the month, to secure insertion in the following issue. Rates on application. To Foreign Subseribers!—All subscriptions must be sent by Post Office Orders, payable to THos. GRASSAM, HuLL; or, if sent in Foreign Stamps, please send value in one or two stamps only, of high value.—P.O.O. made pay‘able to ‘Zhe Model-Yachtsman’ will not for the future be accepted. Mr. JAmzss Stow, of Shoreham, intends to experiment with models this season; fin-bulb against keel. So we shall no doubt have some interesting enlightenment on these matters later on. _ AN interesting item is that ‘Nada,’ the winner of the inter-club match at Southport, has her bulb fin right aft, the fin being ir line with the raking sternpost, and the C.L.R. is well aft. —i— ADVERTISE IN THE “ M.Y.&C.” Goitorial Uotes. ‘VieILANT’ has arrived after a fast and com- fortable passage, during which she behaved admirably, and although it has entered the minds of the Britisher that she will have to play second fiddle here, we venture to prophesy that she will be successful, whenever the weather suits her, in the matches to be sailed here. | ih 4 ie may | ‘I i \ Bre aa 1} ALL communications for the Editor to be addressed T. A. Bruce, Talbot House, Hessle Road, Hull. All orders for papers or advertise- ments to be addressed to the publisher, Thomas Grassam, 4, Scale Lane, Hull. A New Srerrinc Apparatus.—-Mr. Gustav Zingel, of 2, Savernake Road, N. W., has invented a new steering apparatus for models, which he has tried and found entirely successful. Hirst the model is fitted with an unweighted rudder, which does not come through the deck. ad | | | THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST 122 and building; ‘Cremona’ is one A flat brass tiller is pivoted on the deck, a short | models are built by French designers of note. some and them, of distance forward of the point where the rudder is rudder ‘The one. was there trunk would be if Vistr or AN AMERICAN Moprn YACHTSMAN. influenced by cords which are fastened on the Mr. John Hadden will shortly visit Scotland, outer edge of the rudder blade, and pass through his letter is published in our Correspondence thence and an eye at both sides of the gunwale, SRE shana eee —_-Oo— to the flat brass tiller. This tiller projects both fore and aft of the pivoting point, and a range of holes in the sternward projection allowes the cords from the rudder blade to be secured either to a long or short swinging of the tiller, thus varying the deflection of the blade of the rudder to any desired angle. ‘Che forward or after projection of the tiller is attached to the mainsheet as is columns. INTER-CLUB DURHAM MATCHES. CHALLENGE COUNTY SHIELD. head, so that as the mainsail swings over, the This valuable Trophy, which has been subscribed for by Captain Moffat, and friends, for competition amongst the Durham Clubs, is a beautiful specimen of artistic silver work, and is a very important addition to the district inter- before the mainsheet gets a pullatit. The ends of the tiller are kept from being pulled upwards annually on the sailing pond of the Sunderland required, so that whenever the boom goes over, it pulls the tiller along withit. There is also a line from the forward end of tiller to the mast- tiller is immediately carried over with it, even by travelling under a wire horse at either end. An illustration of the invention will be published with next month’s issue. Mr. Zingel gives this information free to all who desire to use it on their boats, and we should recommend those who find a steering device a solace and a comfort, to goin for this ingenious and effective contrivance. A steering apparatus is a necessity on some ponds and to some boats, but where a clear course is in existence, we certainly prefer the model that requires nothing but the sails to steer her. One that sails to the flow of the mainsheet, whether it be close in or well off, or at most only requires a rudder for a dead run. —o— We publish elsewhere an account of an International Model Yacht Race, served up with an enormous spread of language. Although situated in the town from which the winner hails, we confess that we were ignorant of her existence, until we read this defeat of America. The match according to the account seems to have caused as much excitement as the ‘Valkyrie’ and ‘Vigilant’ contest, but we have no doubt the next time Mr. Wilson essays to beat a bigger boat than his own he will get taken down. Perhaps some of our American friends may know the ‘Minnie’ and have heard something of the match, if so they will be able to explain her defeat. —o— Nzw Cuvus. In our register we have pleasure in placing the Société des Yachts Modéles, and wish them a long life and plenty of good sport. The rule is a length rule, overall and l.w.l. added and divided by two. A goodly collection of ee club prizes. The conditions are that it is to be sailed for Club, by the recognised Durham Clubs, five boats from each club. The competition to be a tournament as between clubs. The boats in each heat to sail the best out of three runs, each win to count one point to the club to which the boat belongs. The club scoring most points to hold the Shield for one year. Racing commenced on April 28th, under favorable circumstances, a good wholesail breeze blowing. Jarrow beat Gateshead 6 to 4; and the Jarrow beat Shields 9 to 2; then Gateshead beat Shields 10 to 2. Score at the end of the day, Jarrow 15; Gateshead 14 ; Shields 4. On May 5th, Sunderland made a tie with Gateshead, 6 points each; Jarrow beat Sunderland 10 to 2; Sunderland beat Shields 10 to 2. Scores to date, Jarrow 25; Gateshead 20; Sun- derland 18; Shields 6. Light rather varied wind, with a reaching course. On May 9th, Gateshead beat Shields Excelsior 9 to 4; Shields beat Excelsior 6 to 4. Scores: Gateshead 29; Jarrow 25; Sunderland 18; Shields 12; Excelsior 8. On Whit Tuesday the match was continued in a wonderfully fluky wind. Sunderland beat Excelsior 8 to3; Jarrow then attempted to secure from Excelsior the 5 points they required to win the tournament. Excitement rose high when they secured 4, but the last boat, after many attempts, failed to secure the other point, though several times within a few feet off the line with a long lead. Excelsior beat Jarrow 7 to 4. Scores: Gateshead 29; and Jarrow 29; Sunderland 26; Excelsior 18; Shields 12. Gateshead and Jarrow having tied with 29 points, met on May 19th, to sail off the tie. A very strong wind blew down the lake, giving a THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST beat to windward, the wind held wonderfully true, and the race was sailed in very fast time. Jarrow beat Gateshead 10101. All the heats were very finely contested, and the racing wasa treat to see. Jarrow thus holds the Shield for the year. All the boats entered sailed their full number of heats, no ‘‘sail overs” being required. Total scores, excluding the sail over fcr the tie: Jarrow 29.—J.Taylor’s ‘Foam’ 4; C. Nevin’s ‘Lizard’ 6; RB. Pitt’s ‘Plover’ 7; A. E. Long’s ‘Queen Mab’ 6; J. Fanning’s ‘Varuna’ 6. GatEsHEAD 29.—J. Tindall’s ‘Endeavour’ 7 ; J. Crimson’s ‘Speculation’ 4; T. Nicholson’s ‘Valkyrie’ 4; M. Andrew’s ‘Walbuly’ 8; ‘Red- 123 been popular, and is by no means considered beneath the attention of the owners of large yachts, as well as yacht designers. Messrs. A. E. Payne and J. M. Soper are both interested in the Southampton Model Yacht Club. The following, from the Boston Globe, notes the introduction of the sport into a new locality. The sport of model yachting has taken fast hold of several Annisquam and Gloucester gentlemen, and the result has been a club at the former place which has been holding races for three or four years past, and whose members are enthusiastic both in racing and in experimenting with a view to producing the fastest type of boat. The club has a membership of about a dozen, und has fully a score of boats, which have been sailed more or less. At present the best boats in the fleet are those of 4oin. waterline. There are four of these boats, all fin-keels. Each is 60in. overall, but they vary in beam, draft, etc. Two are 17in. beam, one is 14and oneis but 12. Some interesting Surpips 12.—D. McPherson’s ‘Coaxer’ 5; J. Hall’s ‘Esmeralda’ 3; G. Scrafton’s ‘Standard’ 1; C. Bennett’s ‘Ethel’ 3; R. Scarp’s ‘Audrey’ 0. races between these boats are expected the coming season. The boats of the club race only to windward, for the members doubt the possibility of getting a model yacht to do ood work off the wind, and believe that the true test of a boat’s ability is windward work. The races are sailed with | an allowance of five seconds to the inch, corrected length, for each quarter mile of the course. The corrected or racing length is found by adding the waterline length to the square root of the actual sail area and dividing by 2. A prominent member of the club is Mr. C. C. Cunningham, of Annisquam; and he has made many experiments with both large and small boats. His latest boat is 40in. waterline, 60in. overall, 17in. beam, 2%in. draft of hull, 14in. depth of fin, and 16%in. total draft. His fin is 22in. long on top and I4in. on the bottom, and carries 15lbs. of lead. Jarrow, 2nd prize, after sailing off the tie with ‘Swan,’ Sunderland; ‘Endeavour,’ Gateshead, Mr, F. E. Brown, of the club, has a goin. boat with greater depth of body and with 22lbs. of lead on her fin. Mr. Walter Gardener, the well known Gloucester photographer, also owns a 40in. boat, and least beamy of the four, and is rigging her for the season’s racing. She is expected to do her best work in light airs, as she has a displacement Secretary of the tournament, acted as judge and In view of the prospect of racing against some of the Boston or Marblehead models of 30in. waterline, the club members are fixing up some of their older boats of that length, and would be glad of the chance to compare speeds with the path’s ‘Nero’ 6. SunpERLAND 26.—G. Horsley’s ‘Lilian’ 5; J. Thompson’s ‘Swan’ 7; W. Maddison’s ‘Mary’ 4; J. Crown’s ‘Kangaroo’ 4; 8S. Gowdy’s ‘Euclid’ 6. Suretps Excexsior 16.—J. Young’s ‘Thomas Brigham’ 7; W. Hoare’s ‘Fairy’ 3; J. Taylor’s ‘Turnside’ 0; J. Creswell’s ‘Alice’ 4; J. Kyle’s ‘Spray’ 2 ; In the tie watch all the Jarrow boats added 2 to their score. ‘Wallaby,’ Gateshead, took Ist ‘Plover,’ prize for the best individual score. and ‘Thomas Brigham,’ Excelsior. The Shield was delivered to the winners the week after the match. Mr. Cochrane, Hon. scorer throughout. The sail area is 2500 sq. in. of only about 16lbs. boats of any other club. Something of the line along which the club is experimenting ALBERT (HULL) MODEL YACHT CLUB CHALLENGE CUP. The three Hull Clubs met to sail on the Albert waters on June 16th, for the above handsome and valuable Cup. There were six boats from each club, which proved too many for a Saturday afternoon’s match, as the race did not finish, until about 9 o’clock. The Albert Club retained the Cup through ‘Kismet,’ C. Hamling, Junr. Bast Hull Club took second prize with ‘Meteor,’ GC. Farr. Kingston Club took third with ‘Hark. away,’ J. Mills. may be judged from the following extract from a letter from Mr. Cunningham to the Glode :— “The great fault with all, or nearly all, of cur first boats was a tendency to pay off as the wind increased in force. That fault we now attribute to small beam and long lateral plane, with deep drag aft, for our new boats, with twice the beam of the old and with a narrow fin, seem to work all right in that respect. We have discarded rudders altogether, as we sail only to windward. As it seems to us that the steering must in any event be done with the jib, rudders seem to be needless. Our 4oin. boats are fin-keels of the modern type with full waterlines forward and long overhangs.—JSorest G» Stream. MODEL YACHT RACE AT NEW YORK. THE MODEL YACHTING AT CAPE ANN. It is a healthy sign cf the times that not only boys but experienced yachtsmen are turning to model yachts for amusement and information, and the present year is likely to mark the general inauguration of model yacht sailing throughout the country. In England the sport has long AN BRITISH YACHT WON. EXCITING RACE IN WHICH MANY INTERESTED. WERE ‘ Thanks to the deviltry of a Brooklyn trolley car, which may have been manned by Britishers, an international mari- time dispute was settled against the United States yesterday; THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN at least this is the way patriotic Yankees interested in the matter sized up the result. The question was the old one regarding the superiority of British or American yachts, and though the boats which sailed yesterday were as minnows to whales compared with the ‘Vigilant? and ‘Valkyrie,’ interest in the contest was intense enough to arouse all the watermen and natives between Fulton and South Ferries on the Brooklyn side, Men along shore, as well as those who work in the Pierrepont and the Prentice Stores, have long been willing to bet their boots that Master Hubert F. Smith’s forty-eight inch yacht ‘Minnie’ could, in a race, show her stern to any craft of her size and rig. The fact that she had sailed away from every yacht pitted against her made her admirers boastful. Their brags came to the ears of Boatswain William Wilson, of the steamship ‘Colorado,’ which hails from Hull, England, and discharges at Prentice’s Stores. “I’ve got a mite ofa boat,” said he, ‘‘that [ll match to beat Smith’s any day.” ‘Trot her out,” exclaimed the Yankees, eager to humble the boastful boatswain. ‘*She’s at home in England,” replied Wilson, ‘‘but I’ll fetch her out on my next voyage.” The match was made and when the ‘Colorado’ tied up at the Prentice Stores the other day Wilson had his tiny yacht on board. It was agreed to sail the yacht yesterday, rain or shine, and two o’clock was the hour set for starting. In honor of this International match all the British vessels along the Brooklyn shore had colours flying to the breeze, while the Stars and Stripes fluttered from every Yankee vessel from lighters to ships. Pier heads were black with people, and the throng was so great in and around Prentice’s Stores that one could scarcely move. The sterns and tops ofthe shipping were filled with officers and sailors. Wilson had his boat on the string piece nearly an hour before Mr. Hubert Smith’s father arrived with the other racer. A mishap had delayed him. With the ‘Minnie’ in his arms he hopped off a trolley car at Fulton Ferry and landed before another coming in an opposite direction. In making a flying leap to escape being run down the sails filled, snapping off ten inches of the topmast. This was spliced in Prentice’s Stores and a reef was taken in her mainsail, Wilson helping to do the work. The Yankee yacht was deeper and broader of beam than her British rival-and even when reefed had a greater spread of sail than Wilsuon’s yacht. While ‘Minnie’ was being put into ship-shape the crowd, which seemed to have a practical knowledge of yachting, compared the graceful lines of the tiny yachts. The yachts were then taken aboard a rowboat, Smith going along with a crew of three, Wilson remaining ashore. The tide was running in like a millrace and a breeze stiff enough to rumple the surface of the river blew out of the south-west. There was plenty of money in sight for betting, and the odds were five to four on the Yankee yacht. The skiff with the yachts on board was rowed about half a-mile in the direction of Fort Hamilton, the throng on each pier cheered as the wherry passed slowly by. Presently the yachts were launched, and keeling over to the breeze, they skimmed along nose and nose for a hundred yards or more. While racing side by side one boat was so concealed by the other that persons on the Brooklyn front thought one of the yachts had gone to the bottom. By and by the British yacht began to go to the front. Until then the Yankee boat had stolen her wind. Five minutes later, when the English yacht was fully fifty feet in front, the Britishers began cheering like mad, while the friends of the Yankee boat were greatly chagrined. As Wilson’s li.tle craft continued to increase her lead the Amer’cans cheered themselves with the hope that ‘Minnie’ would win the two succeeding trials and the race, the agreement being that victory should perch only on the yacht that AND CANOEIST, won two out of three races. These hopes were blasted by the Eritish yacht easily defeating her rival, beating against the wind and tide. Then the Americans were forced to admit defeat. Wilson’s boat stood up much better than Smith’s, it being the velief of many sailormen that ‘Minnie’ carried too much sail. Her admirers, and there were hundreds of them out to see her beaten, attribute her defeat to her mishap with the trolley car. It is probable that another match will be arranged. Dogs of the @hibs. Reports for publication must be legibly written, on one side of the paper ov/y, and forwarded to the EDITOR not later than the z2oth of each month, to ensure insertion in the following issue. Dundee At. Y. C.—On Saturday, June 2nd, this club sailed their 25-ton cup race. As only three yachts turned up, there was very little sport, and the race was finished in one heat as follows:— 1 R. Webb, 2 A. Abbot,. Considerable interest was taken in a race for 15-ton yachts, the entries numbering eight. The race resulted as follows:— First Heat—1 R. Webb, 2 D. Wood. Second Heat 1 A. Robertson, 2J. Webb. Final—1 D. Wood, 2J. Webb, 3 R.Webb. In the absence of the commodore, Captain Hynd acted as umpire. Scarboro M. Y.C.—Saturday, May 19th, a ten-ton match for Mr. Spyer’s Cup was sailed. . Wind N.W. fresh. Nine Competitors entered, the ‘Sprite’, E. Benton, heading the score by eight points. Saturday, May 26th, the ten-ton match for Councillor Sinfield’s prize was run off. A smart northerly breeze and choppy sea caused _ the little craft to bury their lee bows in a smother of foam. and show off their weatherly qualities. A day like this with such afresh breeze thoroughly . tested the seamanship of the owners and their smartness in trimming their tacks and sheets down. The ‘Florence’, Mr. C. Grant, and the ‘Greyhound’ Mr. R. Donkin, were splendidly handled and secured first and second places. Score ‘Florence’, C. Grant 7 points; ‘Greyhound’. R. Donkin 6; ‘Fawn’, H. Benton 5; ‘Snowdrop’, G. Bolder 8; ‘Sprite’, C. Benton 2; ’Freedom’, GC, Ardrews 1; ‘Annie’, S. Frank0. The three following Saturdays, June 2nd, 9th, and 16th, were all blank, drenching rains on the first two and foul wind on the third, causing all matches 5 124 to be postponed. Manchester M.Y.C.—The second event of the season was a Handicap Tournament which occupied two afternoons and was completed on April 21st. Three prizes presented by Messrs. Corbett, Waters, and Dempsey, were offered for competition and twelve boats came to the starting flags, and sailed off in pairs at proper intervals. On both occasions good weather favoured the THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST. 125 the covtest and the course was a reach both on sion conclu the At home. trip out and the return 11 points, ‘Enequ’ being a cood second with 9. The second heat was a good fight between Mr. Barker’s ‘Seabreeze,’ 30lbs., and Mr. Waters’ short of the maximum. She thus easily won the first prize. The following were the principal scores :—’ Vanessa,’ cutter, Mr. H. Avery, 19 it was almost level sailing and but a few inches separated the boats. ‘Seabreeze,’ however, had the best of it and won the heat with 11 points, against 9 scored by ‘Boomerang.’ Iu the third heat Mr. Avery’s ‘Syriux,’ 25]bs., met with very bad luck, being disqualified no less than three W. Barker, 12 points, 3rd prize: Mr. Stansfield 11 points Mr. R. Holmes 10 ,, Enequ Oll cutter yawl Pearl schooner Mr. Pearson Boomerang cutter Mystery May cutter – 10 ow Mr. Brockbank 9 Mr. Stevenson 9 ,, ,, Mr. Waters 10 4 The whole of the sailing arrangements were very ably performed by Captain E ©. Hicks of Chester, and Vice-Commodore Corbett of the Manchester club. There was again a good entry for the Commodore’s (Mr. John Hall) prize on May 26th, The race was a handicap for all boats, aud 14 came to the post, the weather was fine, but the wind varied greatly in strength and direction, which caused several fouls and minor casualties. The first heat was won by Mr. Lee’s ‘Isabel’ with 8 points against Mr. Waters’ ‘Boomerang’ 7, Mr. Pearson’s ‘Pearl’ 6, and Mr. Brockbank’s ‘Lone Star’ 3 points. The second heat resulted in a tie between Mr. Avery’s ‘Vanessa’ and Mr. Stansfield’s ‘“Enequ’ with 8 points each; on sailing off the latter only just cleared the flags first. The third and fourth heats were won by Mr. Barker’s ‘Starlight’ and Mr. Cassidy’s ‘Gloriana’ respectively, with 10 points each. The final was a very interesting race, all the boats running so closely and scoring so evenly that up to the last course it was very difficult to predict the winner. Eventually Mr. Stansfield’s ‘Enequ’ took the first prize with a score of nine points, Mr. Barker’s ‘Starlight’ coming second with 8, and Mr. Lees’ ‘Isabel’ third with 6. The next fixture was for 15-raters on June 2nd, for a prize given by Mr. O. Muth, and two others by the club. The weather was wet and only a moderate entry was made, however there was a steady breeze and some splendid sailing was witnessed. Three crack boats of the fleet were in the first heat, viz., Mr. E. G. Brockbank’s ‘Mystery,’ 3llbs.; ‘Mr. Avery’s ‘Vanessa,,’ 24lbs., times, her cempetitor Mr. Bower’s ‘Mascotte,’ 35lbs., thus easily won with 8 points. ‘The final was again a good tussle between ‘Mystery’ and ‘Seabreeze. The former won the first course by a few inches, and in the second the two boats fouled and were so completely locked that they drifted in without getting free and so divided the points. ‘Seabreeze’ led all the way in the third course, and on starting for the last run home the two boats were equal with 74 points each. All three got off to a capital start, and for a short distance the boats were exactly level so far as the eye could see, but ‘Seabreeze’ gradually forged ahead, and gathering way, she looked like a certain winner but a sudden curl of the wind forced her nose into the bank, and by exceeding the “touching” limit she was unfortunately disqualified from scoring. ‘Mystery’ thus won the first prize with 9} points, ‘Seabreeze’ taking the second with 7% points, and ‘Mascotte’ the third with 5 points. The weather was delightful when the sixth meeting was held. The event was a handicap, the first prize being a watercolor drawing given by Mr. W. Barker and two others by the club. The wind was very light and changeable, at times completely veering round and quite baffling all attempts at good. sailing. Nine boats entered and the heats were won as follows:—I1st heat, Commodore Hall’s ‘Mosquito,’ 13 points; Qnd heat, Mr. Lees’ ‘Isabel,’ 13 pts; 3rd heat, Mr. Gill’s ‘Lapwing,’ 14 points. In the final heat ‘Isabel,’ carrying an immense spread of canvas, had it all her own way and won easily with 14 points; ‘Lapwing’ taking second place with 10, and ‘Mosquito’ third with three points. During the afternoon Mr. OQ, Muth tested the capabilities of a handsome electric launch which he has built, and her trial trip proved in every way very satisfactory. Her dimensions are 46in. l.w.]., and 8$in. beam. She has a screw propellor, which is driven by an electric motor from an accumulator of 16 volts, and taking 12 amperes. She travelled 180 yards, or the entire length of the lake in a few seconds over two minutes, which is very fair speed. The novelty was specially interesting in view of the and Mr. Stansfield’s ‘Enequ,’ 33lbs., but early in the race ‘Vanessa’ lost all chance of scoring by an alteration of her main sheet which caused fact that electricity is gradually coming into use her to run up into the wind and she remained on land, and one may naturally ask why not | The shore. to drifted she till time a for hove-to more on water.? | with winning ‘Mystery’ other two went grandly, = tS eee ;- ‘Isabel,’ schooner, Mr. Lees, points, 1st prize ; ‘Starlight,’ schooner, Mr. prize 18 points, 2nd ‘Boomerang,’ 25lbs. In three out of four courses eS of the first day’s sailing Mr. H. Avery’s new 15-rating cutter ‘Vanessa’ had made the highest possible score, viz., 14 points, and she foliowed this up in the final heats by scoring just 1 point 126 MODEL-YACHTSMAN Springburn M. VY. C.—The second competition was sailed June 9th, in a stitf breeze. Four starters, ‘Sita’, Mr. Jackson, won first heat, ‘Violet’, Mr. Anderson, the second heat. Final heat ‘Sita’, 1; ‘Violet’, 2. Kingston M.Y.C ( Hull).—Weather unfavor- able, always wet, only one match since May 12th, that is May 19th, when ‘Susie’ scored a meritorious win in a beat to windward. Serpentine AL.V.C. (London).—On June 2nd, the fifteens met for their second race of the season. A half gale blew from the W.S.W. with heavy squalls atintervals. Hight models started. First division :—‘Flo,’ Mr. Winter; ‘Mohawk,’ 10-rater, Mr. Hill; ‘Dora,’ Mr. Brown; ‘Niobe,’ Mr. Hildersley. It was probably the worst = ee meet ess hour’s sailing ever seen in a club match. The heavy squalls scattered the whole fleet in every direction but the right; and the way in which the little ‘‘fin” stuck to her big competitors was a surprise. Score:—‘Flo’ 7, ‘Mohawk’ 6, ‘Dora’ 4,‘Niobe’ 1 point. Second division:—‘ Mischief,’ 10-tons, Mr. Roper; ‘Galatea,’ Mr. Cooper; ‘Firefly,’ 10-rater, Mr. Sanders; ‘Mosquito,’ 10-rater, Mr. Hale. Score:—‘Galatea’ 11, ‘Mosquito’ 5, ‘Firefly’ 8, ‘Mischief’ 3 points. Final hour :—‘Galatea,’ ‘Flo,’ ‘Mohawk,’ and ‘Mosquito.’ This heat wasasurprise. The two “fin” tens were matched against the two best 1730 fifteens in the club. ‘Galatea’ was looked upon as. the winner, but it was not to be. In the heavy squalls the little fins soaked out to weather of the big boats, leading them by 20 or 30 yards, the big sail spreads of the fifteens, however, bringing them up in the smoother water ofthe weather shore. At the last turn ‘Mosquito’ led the score and but that the two raters fouled each other would undoubtedly have had first and second prizes. Score :—‘F’lo’ 15, ‘Mosquito’ 14, ‘Galatea’ 13, ‘Mohawk’ 11 points. Umpire, Mr. Burt. Some particulars of the four may interest model yachtsmen. ‘Flo’ is of heavy displacement, 85lbs. of ballast, 46°5 l.w.l., and carried 2000 square inches of sail; ‘Galatea’ is 48-5 l.w.l. and carried 1900 square inches. ‘Mosquito’ and — ‘Mohawk’ are both from one design, fin and bulb, l.w.l. 40 inches, and carried 850 square inches of sail each, and 18lbs. displacement. On June 16th, the tens had another turn. Wind very light and west; ten started. First division :— ‘Ino,’ Mr Brown; ‘Swift,’ Mr Winter; ‘Britannia (fin) Mr. Miller; ‘Mischief,’ Mr. Roper. It was a gaine of chance all through, the lucky ones got a puff—the others stayed still. Score: ‘Britannia 8, ‘Swift’ 4, ‘Mischief’ 4, ‘Ino’ 2 points. Second division :—‘Mosquito,’ (fin) Mr. Hale, 6, ‘Snake’, Mr. Burt, 7, ‘Mohawk,’ (fin) Mr. Hill, 5 points. AND CANOEIST Third division :—‘Valkyrie,’ Mr. Collingwood, 7, ‘Firefly,’ Mr Sanders, 2, ‘Orizaba,’ Mr Hildersley, 5 points. Final hour :—‘Britannia,’ ‘Valkyrie,’ ‘Snake,’ and ‘Mosquito.’ It was only a drifting match for the most part, two bulb keels against two bulb fins, the 1730 boats being knocked out in the first hour. Score :—‘Britannia’ 9, ‘Snake’ 9, ‘Mosquito’ 8, ‘Valkyrie’ 3 points. On sailing off the tie the fin ‘Britannia’ beat ‘Snake’ easily, Umpire, Mr. Wanhill. Worrespoudertce,. Letters must bear the name and address of the writer, (not necessarily for publication). Anonymous letters and enquiries will not be acknowledged. All communications to be addressed to THE EDITOR, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN, 6th JUNE, 1894. THE EpDIToR, Zhe Model- Vachtsmaz. DEAR SIR, -I intend going home to Scotland in a few weeks for two or three months, and am now at work on a model yacht, 40 inches I.w.1., which I will bring with me. I have secured permission to’represent our club in any races I may arrange for, and would like to hear from any club in Glasgow or vicinity with a view to arranging races. My address during July and August will be 125, Forth Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow, where I shall be glad to hear from the secretaries of any clubs. By mentioning this in your July issue you will greatly oblige, Yours truly, JOHN Happen, Secretary, M.M.Y.R.A. (The model is a keel buat). THE Epiror, BATTERSEA, May 23rd, 1894. 7he Model—Vachtsman,’ S1r,—On reading Old Yachtsman’s answer to Mr. Hale’s letter of April, I notice he says the 1730 boats exhibited at the Aquarium were the same as those exhibited in 1893. This is a great mistake, anyhow, in the case of the ‘Amy’ exhibited by me, as most decidedly I did not show her, and I am also sure that the ‘Mu-iel,’ belonging to Mr. Lear, was_, not on show. I also notice that he is very partial to grains of salt, in the swallowing of the fin and bulbs going to windward, Now, Sir, as the owner ofthe ‘Arrow,’ and also the owner of a 15-Rater, one of the much despised fin and bulb boats with very little displacement, only 18lbs, I would invite him to pay a surprise visit to the Serpentine any Sunday morning when the wind is either north or south, and I promise him he shall see the fin and bulbs eating their way to windward, and this without any salt. I remain, Sir, Yours, H. Lewis. LONDON, 2Ist JUNE, T ue Epiror, Whe Model- Vachtsman. 1894. DEAR Sir,—Mr. Hale’s letter of May 19th, can scarcely be considered a satisfactory reply to mine of April 2Ist, so with your permission, I will say a few more words as to the difference of opinion between us, In his first letter Mr. Hale said that none of their models exhibited at the Aquariuu in 1894 were the same as those exhibited in 1893. Now in mine of April 21st, I gave the names of two which had been shown in 1893, and if necessary I can give the names of others, and yet he maintains that none of them were at the Aquarium in 1893, as to Which of us is correct, I must leave your readers to form their own opinion. «127 As to ‘Britannia’ sailing the Serpentine course ‘‘from due north to due south in one beard, ina full gale of south wind,” I will again deny that either his ‘Britannia’ or any other yacht, dig or little, could do such a course under the conditions he names. When Mr. Hale, or any other man, can build a vessel to do such a feat, then it stands to reason that steam vessels would soon be useless, and ifa sailing yacht could be produced to sail right in the wind’s eye, they could of course go as easily from England to Australia in one board as they could sail the Serpentine course, as he says ‘Britannia’ did. As to the S.M.¥Y.C. rule which says that they must ‘tmake the board in on tack, or no score,” all I will say is that if such a rule is really on their book, the sooner they change it the better, as it is quite impossible for any yacht to adhere to such arule. It does not require much experience to prove this, in fact such a rule is so absurd, that I am quite surprised that an experienced mocel yachtsman like Mr. Hale should even mention it. As to the merits of his ‘Britannia’ she may be a very fast model, but she cannot be sucha veritable wonder as Mr. Hale tries to make your readers believe, when, according to the report of their match on 19th May, the old despised ‘Mischief’ 10-ton, 1730, tied with ‘Britannia’ 10 points each, perhaps Mr. Hale’s letter of 19th May was written before that race was decided. Another case in point is, that ‘Britannia’ was beaten easily by a new Io-rater built and sailed by Mr. Wiggs, which is not a fin and and bulb keel model like ‘Britannia,’ and further, after that match Mr. Hale was not prepared to accept achallenge by Mr. Wiggs to sail ‘Britannia’ or any of their other new models, for any reasonable sum they choose to name. If Mr. Hale isso sanguine about ‘Britannia,’ why did he not accept the challenge. {n conclusion, I would therefore repeat the advice given in my letter of 20th April, viz: that model yachtsmen who wanted a good reliable boat, would do well to avoid the extreme fin and bulb type as represented by ‘Britannia’ and the other models shewn by the Serpentine club at the last Aquarium Exhibition. Yours truly, OLD YACHTSMAN. REVIEW OF CLUB We shall be pleased to insert particulars of all Clubs, and invite the Secretaries to forward the necessary information also, to notify any change in Names and Addresses. AMERICAN.—”L. & S. A.” Rule. 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Challenge Cup is again held by ‘Battledore.’ The race was robbed of much of the interest which had been aroused in it through the with%- drawal, at the last moment, American of the challenger. MODEL-YACHTSMAN We cannot help regretting this withdrawal, especially as it seems probable that the race on (more) open water at ‘Bourne End, will now However, its an ill wind that blows not be held. nobody any good, and probably the interest of the Salcombe Meet of the B.C.A. will be much increased by the competition of the ‘Yankee’ there. At the same time we cannot help havin a feeling g of satisfaction that the race has been won by a canoe which, with comparatively little alteration, could be made intoa thoroughly satisfactory cruiser. We congratulate Mr Hinckley upon his succession of victories, and hope that his example, in sticking to and perfecting a canoe which had already done him good service, will be followed. Provided that a canoe is of good model, a thoroughly good equipment and judicious handling have an immense effect upon her performance, as has been proved over and over again in the annals of canoeing. —_-Oo— Our American cuntemporary, Zhe Rudder, Sail and Paddle for May, has an interesting illustrated article upon a class of boats into which many canoeists, with increasing years and ditto balance at the bankers, are apt to graduate. They are known there as Knockabout Boats. The rig is extremely simple, consisting only of gaff mainsail {boom plumb with end of counter) and fore-staysail. There has been a considerable fleet of these boats built in the States last winter, of about the following leading dimensions :—Length overall 3oft.; length l.w.l. 2rft; beam 7ft. 6in.; draft gft. 3in.; sail-area 500 sq. ft.; ballast on keel 4ooolbs. —_—O— _ Don’t forget the B.C.A. Meet. It will commence on 3oth July at Salcombe and promises to be the most enjoyable canoeing fixture of the year. Space bi THE AND CANOEIST. not up and occupied. Several members were of the O.U.S.C. were camping, and in addition to sleeping aboard, had erected one tent ashore . Immense interest was taken in this years sport, owing to the challenge for the Sailin g Challenge Cup, by Mr. W. Willard Howard, of the New York Canoe Club. His canoe was sent up ina crate, and he had been out practising for some time previous to the racing at Bourne End. Most un- were westerly and west and fortunately for him, however, the prevailing winds south westerly, asa rule very light. Ifa strong S.S.W. or N.E. breeze had been blowing we should doubtl ess have seen him performing in a very much better way than he did. ‘The chief reason for the poor show that he made being the amount of windw ard work involved, and the poor staying powers of his canoe. Undeniably fast offa wind, his canoe was not, under the circumstances that prevailed, at all well suited to the course over which the races were sailed. It is to be hoped that Mr. Howard will see his way, on some future occasion, to measure his slide The sport throughout the week was of a high against our best men on a craft more suited ‘to English climes. order, but very much of a one horse nature, in either class. ‘Worry’ was too good for the other yawls brought against her, and finished up with an unbeaten apparently record in yawl immensely sailing. improved ‘Battledore,’ by the recent lightening of her bulb keel, more than held her own in all the canoe races, she was undou btedly superably handled throughout the week by her owner, Mr. R. A. Hinckley, who will now hold the Sailing Challenge Cup for the year. The ‘Whizz,’ in the very capable hands forbids our giving the whole of the circular which has been sent out to members, but a few quotations from it will be found in another column. 133 ments that had been made that several tents of Mr. Walter Stewart, went well in several races, notably in the Monday’s race, when after having all the best of the race he eventually just headed home by the was ‘Battledcre.’ The ‘Stella,’ in the only race she competed in, went LONDON exceedingly well, and was beautifully sailed by Mr. NOTES, Webster. Mr. Laws, in the ‘Curle w,’ sailed through- By Maver ty. out the week with none too good luck, and he was The Royal Canoe Club held their week’s gramme of racing at Bourne End, from the at a considerable disadvanta ge in having a new 18 pro- foot (above deck) mast, and gunte r rig foremain- sail and 15th to the 22nd June. The initial item on the card was the camping for which ground had been lent the best thanks of the Royal C.C. are due, for the extremely kind welcome which was accorded its members. No members availed themselves of the camping privileges, but Mr. Percy Nisbet several nights found a more or less restful repose on the floor of his yawl the ‘Vestal,’ and Mr. G. U. Laws, of the Northern C.C., slept in his canoe ‘Curlew’ on his Passage up river. It was a pity after the arrange- es by the courtesy of the Upper Thames Sailing Club, tou whom Bermuda mizen, the former sail never standing well to windward, altho ugh she went well under it in the lighter winds. The ‘Dragon’ only arrived late on the Saturday from Oxford, and was in a somewhat incomplete state. Her sail was badly battened and stood shockingly , when full it drove the canoe at a great pace, probably as fast if not faster, than any other canoe , but she lost a deal of ground at windward work, and also from the extreme drop of her plate, which hangs per- pendicular. The ‘Yankee’s’ sails were beauti fully sparred and stood well throughout, but the canoe was considerably uncanvasse d for the waters. She THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST. F354 was ably handled, but lack of windward qualities The race, which had been fixed for 5 o’clock, was In the Yawl classes, ‘Worry’ is a newish 18-foot, pronounced Oxford type yawl, and very speedy, and in light winds always had the measure of her opponents. ‘Bernice,’ for once, had to take a more modest position than she has hitherto been accustomed to occupy. Her divided rig seemed somewhat out of place at Bourne End, and she would wind at the time. told its tale. probably have been better served with a single large balance lugsail. The Challenge Cup drew together an enormous crowd of spectators, who were very anxious to see the ‘Yankee’ perform. Most unfortunately, Mr. Howard, we cannot but think illadvisedly, acting under the powers vested in him by his Club, withdrew his challenge at the eleventh hour, or to be more accurate, at about one o’clock of the afternoon of the race, which was down to commence at half past one, and did not start. The wind in the morning gave promise of a nice wholesail S.W. wind, and we have no hesitation in saying that if the wind had held strong and well, Mr. Howard would not have been content to have merely occupied the position ofa spectator. The secretary of the R.C.C., to whom Mr. Howard’s letter was addressed, was instructed in replying to the withdrawal of the challenge, to notify that the Royal Canoe Club had, under the circumstances, withdrawn their special Burnham Cup—which the Committee of the Club had offered, of the value of 10 guineas.—to be raced for on the 16th, 17th, and 18th August next, over the usual Guardship course there. And at this a most regretable incident ends. After the Challenge Cup race Mr. Hinckley, ~ the winner, was challenged by Mr. Howard to race him on open waters, at times, places, and subject to such arrangements as they might agree upon, to be the best of three races. Unfortunately Mr. Hinckley’s private arrangements prevented his accepting such challenge. We learn from Mr. Howard himself, that it is his intention to race at Salcombe in August next, and it is to be hoped that he may there meet several of his recent competitors (among whom will iprobably be the ‘Curlew’ and ‘Dragon’) on waters which are more to the American notion of the fitness of things canoeing. Now that the Burnham Cup has been withdrawn the racers will be able to go to Salcombe to compete for the B.C.A. Cup, which they probably would not have done if the races had stood as arranged for Burnham. The following shows the result of the various races : Saturday, June 16th. Sailing Distance 4 miles. Entries were :— Worry Mr. F. G. Todhunter. Bernice Mr. D. H. Marrable Canoe-yawls. O.U,S.C, RCAC. postponed until the roth, there being but little Monday, June 18th. Sailing Canoes. Distance 5 miles. The entries were :— Battledore Mr. R. A. Hinckley = R.C-C. Whizz Mr. Walter stewart R.C.C. Iragon Mr. B. de Q. Quincey R.C.C. Yankee Mr. W. W. Howard N.Y.C.C. Curlew Mr. G. U. Laws N.C.C. The last named did not start. Wind westerly and light. Mr. I). H. Marrable was officer of the day. The times were as follows: Ist round finish Battledore LI-16-5 12 33-55 Whizz TI-15-51 12-34-6 Dragon 11-16-10 capsized Yankee I1-16-4 gave up ‘Whizz’ and ‘Battledore’ both made excellent starts. The ‘Yankee’ making a very bad one. ‘Dragon’ sailing her maiden race had a good tussle, and at the end of the second round capsized. Monday, June 18th. Sailing, Canoe-yawls and Canoes. l)istance five miles. First prize to first boat in, second prize to the next boat ofa different class. No time allowance. Entries were: Yawls, ‘Worry’ and ‘Bernice.’ Canoes, ‘Battledore,” ‘Yankee,’ ‘Curlew,’ and ‘Dragon.’ Wind W. and light. Officer, Mr. Walter Stewart. The ‘Battledore was first over the line, followed by ‘Dragon’. ‘Yankee’ and ‘Curlew’ buth made a very bad start. The race was all in favor of ‘Worry’ which won easily, ‘Battledore’ taking second prize. Tuesday, June tgth. Postponed race for Canoeyawls, from the 16th. ‘Times as follows : Start First Second Finish Worry II-5-40 II-31-25 11-56-5 12-16-25, Bernice IJ-5-33 11-33-40 I1I-5Q-Io 12-21 51 The wind was light and Mr. Walter Stewart, the officer in charge, shortened the course to 3 miles. Tuesday, June roth. Sailing. Challenge Cup. Distance 10 miles. The cup tenable for the year and value £50 and special prize of £5. The officer of the day was Mr. W. B den Powell who. was assisted by the Secretary and Mr. Paul L. Waterlow. The wind which had been south westerly during a part of the morning, again went to the westward before the race, which completely, on the previous. form, destroyed any chance the ‘Yankee’ might have had otherwise. He consequently withdrew the challenge just previous to the race. The canoes. to meet him were, although few in number,. exceedingly representative, Mr. Stewart having won the Cup on three previous occasions and his canoe: the ‘Whizz’ in the hands

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