The Model Yachtsman and Canoeist: Volume 10, Issue 8 – August 1893

Tachtsman & A amoeist. Monthly Journal of Model Yacht Construction, Fitting and Sailing; Canoeing News, Doings of the Clubs; Yachting items; Correspondence, Sale and Exchange; &¢ Vol. X.—No. 8. AUGUST, All Communications (except Canceing) must be addressed “©THE EpitTor of The Model- Vachisman, Talbot House, Hessle Road, Hull.” CANOEING Communications must be addressed ** THE Epitor of The Canoeist Elim Lodge, Hornsza, Hull, or, 161 & 162, High Street, Hull.” 1893. Price 3@., Post-free Jud Mopru Yacutine at FoLKEstong. A corres- pondent writes that during the last year or two they have improved a good bit in Folkestone in the designing and rigging of their models, but no Club has been formed, as the only available piece of water has a monkey Island in the centre and trees all round, and so far appeals to the Corporation for improved waterspace has been derided. Our correspondent built last year 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 Publishers, on the following terms :— a half size model from the 48x 12 design of ‘Golightly,’ published in February, 1892, and reports the little boat to be a flyer. He is now making a 10-rater from the ‘Cherub’ design and will report as to her capabilities when tried. Post-free to any part of the United Kingdom, Europe or America…… paid in advance…… 3/6 per annum, 44d. or Id. stamps may be sent in payment. N.b —in sending for single copies, 314d. in stamps must be enclosed to cover postage. HiuLL: THomas Grassam, 161 & 162, High Street. LONDON: E, MarLporoucn & 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. —O— Tue /ubilee, General Paine’s fin keeler, built to defend the American Cup, is reported to be a flyer, easily doing 13 to 14 knots, so Valkyrie will have as much difficulty in winning the Cup as her predecessors. —O— Mopen America. YacuTinc is making headway in The American M.Y.C. having had some more interesting matches, and Philadelphia is waking up to the iinportance of trying for the Challenge Trophy. —O—. To Foreign Subscribers !—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 payable to “S7he Afodel- Yachtsman’ will no’ ‘or the future be accepted. ADVERTISE IN THE “M.Y&C”” Goditorial Totes. 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, 161 & 162, High Street, Hull. THE report of the Manchester Club shows that Model Yachting is increasing in popularity in the Port of Manchester, and that as we predicted at the time of the Exhibition, the Manchester Club would take rank as one of the mest powerful and important Clubs in the Kingdom. PROPOSED CHALLENGE CUP. In our correspondence coluimn we rublish a letter from Mr. J. R. Phillips, winner of the last designing competition, suggesting a National Challenge Cup, open to all the Clubs and to the prize winners of the designing competition. The purchase money to be raised by subscription. The suggestion is a good one, but unfortunately Model Yachtsmen are not to be enthused with the desireability of a National Trophy. We E42 THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN promoted a scheme of this kind in 1886, and got as far as £20 on the road to the desired £50. In June 1887, filled with disappointment, we abandoned the project, as the only Clubs to take a lively interest in the matter were : Serpentine, Manchester, Kingston, Liverpool, Glasgow, Dundee and Boston, and the number of outside Saaepiaet = nial freee Serre subscribers were select but few. Nevertheless, we shall be glad to re-open and ventilate the matter in our columns, We consider it a standing disgrace to Model Yachtsmen that no National Challenge Cup is in existence. Like every other sport, Model Yachting requires something to give it a boom in the papers, and to draw attention to it from numbers who would not otherwise know of its existence. The scattered Model Yachtsinen who cannot sail regularly with any Club could have ” an opportunity of showing their talent in design and displaying their sailing ability once a year at least, and every Club of any consequence could afford to dispatch one representative. Suppose then we aim this time at a Challenge Trophy value £25. The questions that we ask are first, the opinions of prominent Model Yachtsmen from each town as to the desirability ofhaving a Trophy. Is £25 sufficient value to mark the importance of the sport? Should it be a Cup or otherwise? Which is the best time of the year to sail for it, &., &e.? Mr. Phillips will perhaps think the matter over and write again on the subject. YACHT NEWS NOTES. majority of the clubs in this city have sailed under the length-over-all rule, without any In order to compete with the Brooklyn club a series of experiments have been made with new boats designed with a view to meet the Brooklyn club rules. On July 4th, the Manayunk M.Y.C. sailed a race for a clock presented by Dr. Evans. The contestants were :—‘Navahoe,’ Dr. Evans; ‘Zip,’ J. Hart, and ‘Quickstep,’ J. G. Rosenbaum. The two last named are exaggerations of what can be done under the waterline and sail-area rule, being about 68 inches overall with a waterline of about 42 inches. CANOEIST East Manayunk. The two “lead pipes,” as they were named, could not hold a steady course and were soon left astern. ‘The times at the turning buoy were :—‘Navahoe,’ 11-52-30; ‘Quickstep, 12-6-8; ‘Zip,’ 12-12. ‘There was a shift of wind on the homestretch and again the complicated steering gear of the new boats proved a source of trouble. Finally both gave up and ‘Navahoe’ went in a winner at 12-34-6. The clock will be sailed for again by the regular yachts of the elub on July i6th, as, of course, Dr. Evans cannot take his own prize. The steam yacht race, held under the auspices of the Philadelphia Model Yacht and Cruising Club, on July 4th, on the Schuylkill River, resulted in a victory for the ‘Minnie,’ which craft proved herself a veritable flyer. The start was made from Girard Avenue bridge at 3-5 p.m., the following obeying the judge’s signal :—‘Paragon,’ C. Dulen; ‘Cushing,’ W.F. Payne; ‘Minnie,’ F. Mitchell. The latter at once took the lead and, steaming along very steadily, was several lengths in advance off the point. Here the ‘Paragon’ gave up, her steering gear having given out. ‘Cushing’ held on but was left further and further astern. ‘Minnie’ crossed the line off Turtle Rock a winner at 3-17-27, with ‘Cushing second at 3-19-37, The crowd was somewhat nonplussed at the result, as every one believed that the ‘Paragon’ wouid prove the winner, They nevertheless heartily cheered the ‘Minnie’ and her owner. The ‘Minnie’ would have made better time only she was driven out of her course by a heavy westerly squall and had to battle against a head wind.— Philadelphia Times Owing to the American Model Yacht Club, of Brooklyn, New York, having offered a handsome challenge cup as an inter-club trophy under certain conditions, the model yachtsmen of Philadelphia have been put upon their mettle. The conditions are that boats must sail under the length and sail-area rule. Hitherto the restrictions as to sail-area. AND The wind was shifty from the W.S.W. when they started at 11-10 a.m., with ‘Navahoe’ leading, The course was from the boathouse to Glen Willows and return, off Doings of the Oliubs. Reports for publication must be legibly written, on one side of the paper ody, and forwarded to the EDITOR not later than the 20th of each month, to ensure insertion in the following issue, Clapham M. Y.C. (Lendon)/—On Saturday, May 13th, a match for 6-raters was sailed in a fresh westerly wind; five yachts entered. After a very close match, the result was as follows :-— ‘Lark, cutter, 1; ‘Arctic,’ cutter, 2; ‘ Brisk,’ cutter, 3; ‘Ariel,’ lugger, 4; ‘Vertis,’ schooner, 5. On Saturday, May 20th, a match for 3-raters was sailed. The wind was 8.8.H: and puffy. Some close racing was however seen, four yachts competed. Result :—‘Dragon,’ 1; ‘Dolphin,’ 2; ‘Hnid,’ 8; ‘Daphne,’ 4. On Whit-Monday, a match for 6-raters was sailed. The wind was N.N.W. and, in the early part of the race paltry, freshening, however, towards the finish. As seven yachts entered, there were two divisions. The boats got away a few minutes after 8 a.m., MODEL-YACHTSMAN and throughout the racing was close. Results ANI) CANOEIST 143 starting in first heat, ‘Marguerite,’ ‘Neola’ and of heats and final as follows :—First division: ‘Vertis,’ 1; ‘Elutire, 2; ‘Ariel,’ 8; ‘Madge,’ 4. Second division: ‘Phylhs,’ 1; < Aretie,’ 2; ‘Vertis,’ 3. ‘Phyllis’ and ‘Arctic’ were tied in the final. On sailing the tie off, ‘Phyllis’ won. ‘Ohyiesa,’ the latter withdrawing after going onethird of a mile. ‘Marguerite’ failed to round the 4 mile stake and ‘Neola’ won the heat. In the second heat ‘Neola’ took the lead, ‘Marguerite’ soon after starting carried away her steering owing finished and won. The third class showed up a httle stronger, making quite an agreeable change from the previous events, six yachts starting, ‘Ampere’ winning from ‘Star’ and ‘Mignon’ in the second heat by 1 min. 4 sees., and in the third heat from ‘Star’ by 2 mins. 18 secs. The times were as follows: Second Class —42 to 48in. l.w.l. All the matches arranged for June fell through to the scarcity of water in the pond. Water however having been run in, during the last week in June, we resumed sailing on July Ist, with a match for 10-raters Wind E.N.B. and moderate in strength. Five yachts entered. At 6p.m. the boats got away with all canvas set. After very close racing, result was as follows :-—‘Sprite,’ 1; ‘Pearl,’ 2; ‘Alice,’ 3; ‘Tulip,’ 4, and ‘Dorothy’ vetired early in the race, having carried away part of her gear. ‘Pearl’ is an old “240” boat, and after having sailed for many years as a yawl, has this year been converted into a schooner, improving her con- gear, putting her Yacht. Owner. out of the race, so Starts. Comet, G. W. Townley ...... 10-44-0 ‘Neola’ Finish. = 10-85-45 Hirst Class—48 to 58in. l.w.1. Marguerite, H. Fisher ...... 11-45-0 Neola, G. Pfeiffer ............ 11-34-12 withdrew 11-44-59 siderably. On Thursday, July 6th, a match was sailed for 6-raters. The wind was variable both in strength and direction. Four yachts started Ohyiesa, C. Van Ness......... 11-36-55 withdrew Second Heat. TA A be pc acustaemeiatiomeacs 11-54-33 disabled tedious, but improved later, the wind piping up. At the end of the two hours the result was as follows :-—‘Phyllis,’ 1; ‘Arctic,’ 2; ‘Ariel,’ 3; ‘Lark,’ 4. On Saturday, July 8th, a match for 6-raters was sailed. The wind was 8.W. and of 12- 5-36 Third Class—35 to 42in, l.w.l. Vesta, G. D. Casey............ 1-27-10 1-45-30 Dolphin, J. Smith ............ 1-28-15 withdrew Mignon, H., Fisher ............ 1-26-55 1-41-47 Ampere, G. Pfeiffer............ 1-26-50 1-40-52 at 10-15 am. The racing was at first rather whole-sail strength. p-m. in two divisions. Six yachts started at 6-30 All the yachts are cutters with exception of ‘Sorais,’ which is a schooner. ‘Sorais,’ ‘Arctic,’ ‘Madge’ and ‘Phyllis’ were left in the final. After a very close race result was as follows :—‘Sorais,’ 1; ‘Madge,’ 2; ‘Phyllis,’ 3; ‘Madge’ and ‘Phyllis’ were tied for second place in the final, and the tie on being sailed off was won by ‘Madge’. On Tuesday, July 18th, a match for 3-raters was held. Five yachts started at 6-20 p.m. The wind was $.8.W. and moderate in strength. The racing all through was very good. At the end of the two hours sailing result was :—‘Vashti,’ lugger, 1; ‘Nada,’ lugger, 2; ‘Atalanta,’ cutter, 3; ‘Folly,’ lug., 4; ‘Daphne,’ 5. ————— 11-54-15 Star, G. W. Townley......... 1-27-35 a —d 2-12-31 Ameriuan M.V.C.—Brooklyn, Prospect Park, Tuesday, July 4th. It was very discouraging that the A.M.Y.C. did not this time make a better show than last year. The yachts being very slow to come to the line, were bebarred to a certain extent from competing; then again the excuse was the wind was too fickle, it being N.W. drawing to westward in the afternoon. A N.W. wind on this lake is a great drawback to good sailing, and always will be. The only yacht to start in the second class was ‘Comet’ going over the course once, thereby having a hollow victory, her time for the half mile being 11 mins. 45 secs. The first class, called next, only three yachts 1-41-40 Anna, G. C. Meyer............ 1-27-36 withdrew Second Heat. (a 1-48-40 2- 7-40 Gt did not start SAO a, no hcbranuk onesies 1-48-35 A- 3-30 JS ae 2 ao eee 1-48-30 Aa- 2-25 io CFS n ese 1-49-12 2- 4-15 0 1-48-55 2- 8-27 Third and Final Heat. VEStA «oo. cece cece eeeeev anes 2-12-22 not timed CO did not start i 4-12-15 2-27-54 ATI ICY CY teracexcmeennaiesemeraemnats 2-12- 8 2-25-12 a a Te ci 2-12-58 3-28-34 2-29-50 On July 1st, the first leg for the Pfeiffer Cup was sailed, and won by ‘Marguerite,’ ‘Neola’ being second. The winner will have to win it six times before becoming the owner of the Cup. Gateshead M. Y.C.—The members of this club journeyed to Hexham, on June 23rd, leaving the Central Station by the 7-35 a.m. train, to com- pete for Major Dance’s Challenge Cup and Medal. In the final heat Mr. Fanning’s new 10-tonner ‘Navahoe’ beat Mr. Williamson’s ‘Coolaman,’ Mr. Fanning who has often been to the front in our inter-club matches is an ardent lover of the | pastime, and a model yacht maker of no mean a THE >= ~ eee bh tem 144 THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST. order, his yachts, like those of Mr. A. E. Long, another member of this club, are In the tie for third and fourth places, ‘Vera,’ ‘Jeu’ and ‘Calluna’ came in as above. On the perfect for workmanship and finish. We may state that the Gateshead Club owes a great part of its ee ee =—= a eS —<—ee'e- eee oe + success to Major Dance, J.P., who when the club was in its infancy, and likely to be crushed by a certain section of the Corporation, (the place of sailing being under their control,) he took up the case on behalf of the members, and after addressing sundry public meetings and heading different deputations before the members of the Council, pleading for and showing them our rights, the Captain (as that is his official position with the club) carried them suczessfully through the storm, after a good deal of buffetting Alexandra M.Y.C. (Glasgow )—The club held their Annual Regatta on the 24th, 26th and 28th | The wind | June, in the Alexandra Park Pond. very light and fluky each evening, and consequently the racing was not quite as could be wished. 27 boats entered, which was quite ee - up to previous years’ entries. ESE down very heavy and the wind slackened until with the elements. was Owner. Results :— 40-Ratine Crass. Yacht. Points. Prize. Mr. Diarmid’s ......... Marie Stewart...52...1st, Mr. R. Haddows’s...... Spunkie ......... 28 20-Ratine Cass. Mr. Wm. Crawford’s...Windward ...... 66...1st. Mr. Andrew Clark’s ... Vanessa ......... 58... 2nd. Mr. T. Fulton’s ......... STAC lloras balgeoisiclled o0...3rd, Mr. A. Geddes’s......... Lena .............. 46 Mr. J. Milne’s............ Jessie ............ 42 Mr. J. Barbour’s ...... | 38 30-RaTING CLAss. Mr. R. M. Devitt’s...... TYPOS ......-.0505 38...1st. Mr. J. Milne’s............ Aye Ready...... 34... 2nd. Mr. J. Jamiesons’s...... Flying Fish...... 26 Mr. W. Crawford’s...... Prince Albert...22 5-Rating Cuass. Mr. J. Wilson’s ......... Naney ......... 22...18b. Mr. D. Crawlford’s ...... Sunbeam ...... 12... And. Mr. G. Milne’s ......... Mary ........008. 10 24-RatTineg CLAss. Mr. A. C. Clark’s ...... Nana .........00. 34...1st. Mr. Allison Clark’s...... Marie ............ 26 10-Ratine Cuass. Mr. J. Hindman’s...... a) ns 66...1st, Mr. W. Hindman’s...... Viking............ 62... 2nd. Mr. T. Fulton’s ......... i 08... 3rd. Mr. Allan Clark's ...... CC ———ss 58... 4th. ee 10th and 11th July, the race of the season took place, viz:—Competition for a handsome cup, presented by Lord Provost Bell (of Thistle fame) to the 20-rating class. Twelve boats entered (nine of which were launched this season). Mr. A. Dunlop’s ‘Britannia,’ and Mr. Blackadder's ‘Adder,’ did not put in an appearance, so that only ten took part. The boats were despatched in heats of two. The wind was very fresh at the start, but before all the boats in the first heat had got the end of the pond, the rain came Mr. J. Ballantque’s...... Calluna ......... 58 Mr. R. Morland’s ...... i ——— 46 Mr. T. Pringle’s......... Seacliff ......... 42 Mr. A. Geddes’s ......... Cs 38 Mr. A. Dunlop’s......... Se 33 Mr. W. B. Clark’s ...... Jeannette ...... 30 latterly it was a drifting match, and the race was postponed till the 11th, when more favorable wind prevailed, it having blown pretty hard from the east. The sailing this evening was quite up to the mark, and was greatly appreciated by a vast number of spectators. Results :— Mr. Andrew Clark’s ...Vanessa ...... 146 points. Winner of Cup. Mr. Wm, Crawford’s ...Windward ..188 points. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr, Mr. 2nd Prize. T. Fulton’s ...Veda ...184 points. ieee Jas. Brown’s...Bessie...134 ,, & 4th prizes. J. Duncan’s... ...... Mary samctecty 118 points. A. Geddes’s ......... Lena ......... 114 ,, J. Brown’s............ Magnet ...... 114 _=SC,, Mr, J. Milne’s ............ JESSIE .......0. 94 ~«,, Mr. J. Reid’s............... Galatea ...... 94 _—C«,, Mr. J. Barbour’s......... eo ae ‘Lena,’ Jessie’ and ‘Galatea’ are the old boats, so that this year’s boats have made a good start, they having taken all the honors this season so far. Tynemouth M. Y.C.—The first race of the club took place on June 28th, and created quite a sensation, being witnessed by some hundreds of spectators. As it was our first race we allowed all sized yachts to compete, and got an entry of fifteen. All starting off the scratch, (not having got the boats measured and classed yet,) and with a fresh breeze from the 8.8. W. resulted as follows:—1 Mr. Sharp’s ‘Snowdrop’ beat Mr. Fletcher's ‘Kohinoor.’ 92, Mr. McCartney’s ‘Petrel’ beat Mr. McStrouds ‘Ethel.’ 8, Mr, Foster's ‘Bertie’ beat Mr. T. Baird’s ‘Lovaine.’ 4, Mr. F. Foster’s ‘Ariel’ beat Mr. Redpath’s ‘Waterville.’ 5, Mr. Linklater’s ‘Design’ beat Mr, Baird’s ‘Eleun,’ 6, Mr, Barnsleep’s ‘Condor’ beat Mr. Philip’s ‘Unity.’ 7, Mr. Linklater’s ‘Raft’ beat Mr. Porter’s ‘Willie.’ 8, Captain Scott’s ‘Prix’ a bye. 2nd round, ‘Prix’ beat ‘Ariel.’ ‘Bertie’ ‘Snowdrop’ and beat ‘Raft.’ ‘Petrel’ ‘Design’ beat ‘Condor.’ beat 8rd round, ‘Petrel’ beat ‘Design’ and ‘Bertie’ beat ‘Prix.’ Final, ‘Bertie,’ 5-tons, beat Petrel,’ 10- tons. Capt. HE, Towns acted as starter, and THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN County Alderman R. M. Tate, Hsq., as Judge. Our next race took place on July 6th, the Royal programme, and so far half of this keenly contested. A strong spirit of rivalry every race meeting by the exceptionally large number of entries; up to date they have averaged fifteen boats, a very clear proof of the great and increasing popularity of model yachting in Manchester. There are no matches for 10-ton boats this year, the races being divided into handicaps under the old rule of time allowance, a class for all boats under 25lbs, and a class for 15-raters. These conditions have resulted in a number of new boats having been built for the Vial, Esq., of Tynemouth, having very kindly presented a splendid Silver Cup to be competed for annually. All the Officers for the present various classes, so far no fewer than sixteen new season have been elected, and the services of Mr. Alexander have been secured as Official Measurer, and he has offered a prize, consisting of a year’s number of Zhe Model Vachtsman and Canoetst, for members who have never won a craft have been launched this season.. The opening race, a handicap for all boats, took place on March 25th, on the club water at Reddish, and was favored with charming weather and a large number of spectators. Twenty boats came to the starting post, but owing to the large entry prize, which will be a great encouragement to young members. Our boat-house is also about completed; and as we are on the best of terms with the powers, so much so that many of them are taking quite an interest in the pastime, and the light shifty nature of the wind, which completely died away at the end of the day, the final heat was postponed. ‘The various heats were won as follows: 1st, Mr. E.G. Brockbank’s cutter ‘Mystery,’ (the winner of the Ist prize in the recent Building and Designing Competition) and, Mr. Tomkins’s ‘Ben-my-Chree’ schooner, at present we are in quite an healthy condition. Dundee M. Y. C.—This club held the annual cup race for 15-tonners at Stobsmuir Pond on Commodore Hall’s ‘Zingare’ cutter, Mr. Bowers’s Saturday, June 24th. There was a large turnout of spectators, and splendid weather favoured ‘Daphne’ schooner, cutter. Thirteen boats entered, and and Mr. Lambert’s ‘Liza’ The final heat resulted in a tie for the first place between ‘Liza’ and ‘Ben-my-Chree, it was sailed off at the next meeting and ‘Liza’ proved the victor. Nine boats entered for the second event, for a prize given by Mr. R. W. Gill, the Hon. See., and there was some excellent the race was decided in seven heats. The following are the results:—First heat:—1 J. Webb’s ‘James Adie,’ 2 J. Patrick’s ‘Chrissie.’ Second heat :—-1 A. Robertson’s ‘Gem,’ 2 J. Cant’s ‘Shark’ Third heat:—1l R. Webb’s ‘Western,’ 2 J. Farquharson’s ‘Blue Peter.’ Fourth heat :—1 W. Anderson’s ‘Wanderer,’ 2 A. Abbot’s Jessie.” Fifth heat :—1 J. Patrick, racing, several ties occurring through the closeness of the scoring. ‘Liza’ again sailing well, but unfortunately becoming waterlogged she sank, thus prematurely cutting short her career. The 1st prize was won by Mr. Otto Muth’s ‘Pioneer’ (a Ramsay built sloop), the 2nd by Commodore Hall's ‘Mosquito,’ (which had such a brilliant record last season, winning 5 first and 4 second 2 A. Abbot. Sixth heat:—1 J. Webb, 2 R. Webb. In the final heat J. Webb took first place, the time being 8 mins. 50 secs. A dispute occurred in connection with the second and third places, and this will be decided at the first Committee prizes), and the 3rd by Mr. The trophy, which has been won by Mr. J. Webb on the two previous years, now becomes his own property. On Saturday, July ldth, the 5-ton cup race was sailed, but as the wind was very light the race was very unsatisfactory and will likely be sailed over again after holidays which commence on Saturday, Manchester M. Y. C.—This flourishing club number has exists among the members and this is shewn at taking first honors, with two first prizes, and Mr. T. Foster second, with one first, two seconds and one highly commended. Mr. Alexander and Mr, T. Downey, of 5. Shields, being Judges. We are now preparing for a Cup race, J. H. began their season’s racing with a long list of 145 been sailed off, and the racing having been very and together with the promenade concerts it passed off very successfully. Mr. T. Graham meeting. CANOEIST, valuable prizes, presented for competition by meinbers, and friends interested in model yachting, and there ave evidently many such in Manchester. There are sixteen fixtures on the Wedding day, in which 10 boats took part. Mr. Graham’s ‘Osprey’ 5-tons, and Mr. 'T. Foster’s ‘Bertie,’ were first andsecond. There has also been a Model Yacht Exhibition, organized by the Tynemouth Recreation Committee, in the Aquarium. The building was splendidly decorated, and a good sample of models was shown, the competition. AND | J. N. Dempsey’s ‘Lily.’ The third event for Mr. E. H. Waters’s prize brought a large number of entries, the day being beautifully fine. In this race seven new boats made their trial trips. Sixteen yachts competed, a strong easterly wind severely testing their sailing powers, and the four winners of heats were: Commodore Hall's ‘Zingara,’ Mr. Robshaw’s ‘Petrel,’ Mr. Brockbank’s ‘Mystery’ and Mr. Muth’s ‘Pioneer.’ The final result was greatly marred by several unlucky fouls, which 146 MODEL-YACHTSMAN quite spoiled the chances of ‘Zingara’ and ‘Mystery,’ ‘Pioneer’ again securing the first honors, ‘Zingara’ the second, and ‘Petre!’ third. The fourth meeting on May 6th, was for 15raters, for a prize given by Mr. Otto Muth, all the new boats competed and some close sailing resulted, although the number of fouls was more than usual. In the end Mr. J. Pearson’s ‘Pearl’ schooner, came in the first, followed closely by ‘Zingara,’and ‘Ben-my-Chree.’ The fifth meeting brought another large entry for the prize given by Mr. E. G. Brockbank, the President of the club. The weather was extremely squally, with a very shifty wind, and to make matters worse fouls were very frequent, and several boats were disqualified. After an exciting day’s racing the first prize was carried off by a famous prize winner in past seasons, Mr. Robshaw’s ‘Petrel,’ Mr, Wilkens’s ‘Adele’ came in second, and Mr. Dempsey’s new fin keel cutter ‘Kueque’ took third place. The sixth event on the programme was for a prize given by the last named gentleman, the Boat-house Secretary, but wind and weather were again unfavourable, and most of AND CANOEIST the 10-tonners mustered and as no club race was on the programme a sweepstake match was arranged under the direction of Vice-Commodore A. Walker, who started the boats and arranged the course. They carried large suits in a nice reaching breeze, suitable for that amount of canvas. ‘Melody’ slightly overdoing it in the shape of a big balloon jib. The first heat brought those old and close competitors ‘Pollie’ and ‘Susie’ to the line, the first named led off, and looked like scoring, but the wind coming abaft the beam as they neared the winning posts, brought her under the weather bank, and ‘Susie’ laid a bit freer and out in the breeze, pulled herself along and snatched a victory on the post, asit were. ‘Pollie’ then won all the other heats. ‘Susie’ lost one by being fluked to weather bank. This brought the two together again with equal points, and in a falling wind they came again together to settle the tie. ‘Susie’ having weather berth got best off twice, ‘Pollie’ overtaking and fouling when nearly half the course had been Mr. Sailed. The third try was a complete fiasco, without a ripple of any kind on the water, they commenced a drift from the starting flags. When 20 yards had been covered, ‘Susie’ took a light chill and went off by herself (leaving her R. Holmes’s ‘Oll,’ a yacht with a long string of winning flags; the second and third prizes were a few lengths of the winning line, when she was the heats were spoiled by fouls. Thirteen boats entered, and at the finish another good winner was declared the victor, this was prize taken by Mr. Storey’s ‘Heron’ and Mr. Broekbank’s ‘Lone Star’ respectively. There was again a large number of boats (twelve) entered for a handsome silver bowl, presented by Commodore Hall, Although the wind was light and fluky, there were some very close and exciting finishes to the heats, and the final winners were: 1st, Mr. Dempsey’s ‘Hueque,’ Mr Robshaw’s ‘Tansley’ and Mr Barker’s ‘Starlight’. antagonist without a breath) until she got within quite deserted. ‘Pollie’ then got a light air and brought it along with her until nearly level, when a breath once more favored ‘Susie’ and she got in by about four feet ahead. Saturday, July 22nd, the 10-ton match was carried off by ‘Melody’ 5 points; ‘Harkaway’ and ‘Susie’ 3 each; ‘Midge,’ G. Smith, 2; ‘Hdith,’ W. Oglesby, 2; ‘Pollie,” A. Walker, 1. The latter badiy sailed was not near her usual place. flukey and variable in strength. Kingston M.Y.C. ( Hull).—Saturday, July Ist. The seventh Saturday afternoon 10-ton match Correspoudence. provoked a good contest in a south-east breeze. Second suits were carried by all but ‘Pollie’ and ‘Edith’ to commence with, ‘Pollie’ changed to second suit after losing the first heat and ‘Edith’ after losing three. The second suit of the former however is a size smaller than those carried by Letters must boat-house; ‘Melody’ being one of the sufferers. ‘Susie,’ J. G. Storey, was well sailed and going in her best form, scoring 4 points; ‘Pollie,’ A. Walker, 4; ‘Melody,’ 3; ‘Louie,’ John Twydell, 1; jlidith,’ W. Oglesby, 1; ‘Isa,’ E. Gruby, 1. -Susie’ and ‘Pollie’ made a good race for the tie, and the bit extra sail enabled the former to win by several lengths. Monday evening, July 3rd, bear the name and address of the (not necessarily for publication). writer, Anonymous letters and enquiries will not be acknowledged. All communications to be addressed to THE Epiror. the others, and she suffered from want of a bit more canvas in the final. As the wind varied several points from time to time, there were instances of hard luck under the shelter of the Wind THE Eniror, Kensington House, Coombe-Malden, Surrey, July 6th, 1893. 7he Afodel~Vachtsman, DEAR SIk,— Seeing the excitement and enthusiasm among yachtsmen at the present moment in anticipation of the coming races for the Victoria and other Cups, I do not see why our model yachtsmen should be altogether out of the hunt. I would therefore suggest that they should havea Cup of their own—A Grand National or International Silver Challenge Cup—to be competed for every year. Further, that this Cup should be procured by raising a general subscription, which every Model Yacht Club in the country, and everyone interested utmost to support. in Model Yachting should do their The Cup might be called the National Challenge, or the Britannia Cup, the design for which might THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN be made a subject for an open competition. I would further suggest that an Annual race should take place for the Cup during the summer, each Club sending a representative yacht to compete, as also the prize winners of the open and Amateur Designing Competitions, the owner of the winning yacht or the Club to whom it belongs to hold the Cup for a year, until the next annual race, I think that boats built to any rule should be admissible under certain conditions, If a Cup could be obtained in this way and competed for yearly by all the crack models in the country, I am sure it would be a stimulus to both the yacht sailer and the designer, I think some of us will be glad to have your opinion on the subject in the next issue. Believe me, dear Sir, Your’s very faithfully, J R PHILLIPS, Yachting, This season promises to be the most important for a good many years, all classes being well represented, but in consequence of the excitement caused by the renewed contest for the America Cup, and also the Navahoe coming over here to compete for the ‘2 American Cups” we hold, as well as for the “Royal Victoria Challenge Cup,” the greatest interest is felt in the big cutters Britannia, Calluna, Satanita, Valkyrie. These have been keenly raced since the opening of the season by the Royal Thames Club on May 25th, and as they have had last year’s champion Iverna to go against, a very reliable opinion can be formed about them. It has been proved beyond doubt, that all the new ones, are, in every respect, much faster than Iverna, so this shews that perfection has not yet been attained in yacht designing. Reviewing their perform- ances, it may be said that Britannia has so far proved herself to be the best all round vessel of the fleet, Valkyrie is the best in light or moderate breezes, but not so good as the others when they have to reef main-sails, Calluna and Satanita have been rather unfortunate, chiefly owing to their having had to be altered more than once, Calluna came out with a sail plan, rated at 127, but as she was found to be undercanvassed they have gradually increased her sail-area till she comes up to 141 tons, this has certainly improved her very much, and from the way she carries her increased canvas it is evident that she has a sail AND CANOEIST, breeze that as ever been built in Britain. 147 This is sufficient testimony to her good qualities and Mr. Loper, of Fay & Co., Southampton, may well be proud of this, his latest production, on a reach especially, none of the others can look at her. As a proof of this, we may give the time taken by her and the others in the Nore to Dover match on June 10th, which was one of the truest races of the season—TIn the reach from the Tongue Light to the North Sandhead, about 143 miles. The times were :— SQtantta...cccseec oe. e vewecees BrUtAmnta oo cecccc ce ccccace ce H. 1 1 M. 0 1 8, 0 386 a i 38 Q a re 1 38 6 CAUUNG voice cece ccececeuccees 1 4 90 This speed has never been equalled in Britain. On that day she was not so good, on the wind, as any of the other new ones, but since she was altered she seems to be equally as good as the others, even on that point of sailing. Undernoted details of their dimensions and winnings, may interest your readers. , L.W.L. Beam. Draught, Tons S.A. Britannia = 87°73, 23-104 15°83 161 Valkyrie 86°82 91.8 16-9 148 Catluna 81:95 25:0 14:0 141 lverna 83°72 19:0 14.0 114 Satamita about 94-0 2.40 16:0 164 Satanita’s measurements have not yet been made public, but we think this is not far out. tt will thus be seen that Satanita has a great advantage in length, Calluna would probably have had a better all-round chance if she had been 5 or 6 feet longer and 1 or 14 feet less beam. The results of their matches up till July 19th, inclusive. Valkyrve Britannia Starts. 20 Ist. 11 2nd. 3 Value. £930 23 8 8 £859 including No, 1 Champion Cup. Calluna 19 2 5 £255 Satanita 18 2 4 £285 Iverna 23 1 3. £170 In connection with this, it is as well to say that all have had accidents of some kind, except Lverna, Calluna being the most unfortunate, haying been disabled or disqualified for fouling 6 times. very powerful hull. Uufortunately she is so much shorter than any of the others, but she can scarcely be expected to win many first prizes. She has, however, done some good work Britannia, Satanita, and Valkyrie have each had 2 mishaps. I fully intended referring fully to the other bound to give the others some trouble to beat her. principal winners :— in strong breezes and in such weather, she is Satanita since her inside lead wag transferred to her keel, has proved herself to be Al. On -this point I may just quote the report in the Times July 20th, which says: That Satanita is unquestionably the fastest vessel in a reef main- classes, but space will not permit, so must now conclude this report with the results of the Starts. Varuna 40-tons 23 Sats » 22 Vendetta Creole Ist. 8 8 Qnd. 6 6 Value. £365. £356. ,, 18 on 6 13 4 8 £255. 2 £240, 148 THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN Dragon, 20-tons, heads the list in her class; Zinita next best. Phantom and Maida P.S.—It may interest your readers to have some idea of the different types of the new yachts. and Valkyrie are Mr. Watson’s designs, they have both a semi-canoe hull, with deep fin and bulb keel, the former has about 16 feet at bottom of bulb; Valkyrie has only about eight feet. Calluna and Satanita are similar in type to Jverna, but more cut away at the forefoot, both have very powerful mid-ship sections and a great deal more wetted surface than either Britannia or Valkyrie; this probably explains why they are not quite so good in light winds as Watson's. It is however satisfactory to know that the extreme type like Valkyrie is not any better, except in light winds, than the more moderate form of Calluna or Satanita. Oup YACHTSMAN, MODEL CANOEIST, Corinthian.—-10 ang 15-tons 1780 Rule, also 10, 124 and, 15-tons Fife’s Rule Lx Bx D, weights limited to 20lbs., 25lbs. 200 are the best 10-raters. Dacia and Pleur-de-lis ,, 5, 355 8 oy Gareth and Wenonah ,, ,, 4, 24 ,, Sacharissaand Morwena,, 5, » 1 ;, Coquette and Mosquito ,, ., +» & OLp YACHTSMAN. Britannia AND YACHT CLUB REGISTER. and 28lbs. Canvas unlimited. Station—Long Pond, Clapham. H. Harris, 494, Wandsworth Road. Clapham—Tonnage—¥Y.R.A. Clapham Common. Station.—Long Pond W. J. Bailey, 147, Elms Road, Clapham Park, 8.W. M.Y. Sailing Association—Length taken on l.w.l. Station—Round Pond, Kensington Gardens. #. Pollard, 32, Spring-st., Paddington. MED WAY.—Chatham.—- Tonnage Y.R.A. J. H. Read, 16, Gorst Street, New Brompton, NEWCASTLE WEST HND,—-Tonnage—Y¥.R.A. P. McGill, 19, Hamsterley-rd., Neweastle-on-Tyne. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.— Wm. Twizell, Sec., 54, Clayton Park, Square. SCARBOROUGH. —Tonnave 1730, 10 aud 20-tons, also Weight class. Station—The Mere. _ W. Gibson, Sec., Westborough. SOUTH Sareroe —Exelsior—Tonnage ‘1730’ and Length, Station.—South Marine Park, T. 8. Downey, 16, Saville Strect. TYNEMOUTH.—Tonnage—Y.R.A. Thos. Foster, See,, 10, Albert Terrace, North Shields. TORONTO.—F. Gardiner, Sec., 76%, Queen Street, Canada. =" The Fes for constant publication in the Register is 5s. per annum ANGLESEY.—Tonnage—Y.R.A. A. F. Haslam, Menai Bridge BRADFORD EAST-END.—1730 and Iength Station—Bradford Moor Park BANGOR (Ireland).—Length and Y.R.A. H. Cullen, Upper Clifton, Bangor. BELIAST.—Length, taken froma stem-head Station.—Belfast Lough James Gardner, 6, Old Park, BOSTON-—Tonnage—Y.R.A. Station.—River Witham W. C. Meggitt, Sail Loft, Libsey Lane. BLYTH.—Particulars wanted D. Jackson, 1, Upper Stanley Street, Blyth. CARNARVON.—Length Station.—Menai Straits J. H. Lees, Bronserial, North Road, CARDIFF—Length on I.w.1. Station.—Saltmead Pond J. Ash-Thompson, 28, George Street, Bute Docks COWES, LW., MEDINA, -Leneth. Wim. Silbeck, West Cowes. DELHI, Canada.—Particulars wanted. W. 8. Crysler, Delhi, Ont., Canada. DUMBARTON.—Tonnage—Y.R.A. Station--Meadow Park; D. Forsyth, 54, Glasgow-road. 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. & 8. A.” Rule. Station—Prospect Park, New York. H. Melvin, 141, Park Place, Brooklyn, U.S.A, 8. Simpson, 8, Albert-street, Reservoir, Frizinghall, Lewis Crossley 15, Springfield Place, Manningham Lane, Bradford. BELFAST—Ul1ster.—Rule 1730. Station-- Waterworks, Antrim Road W. iH. MacKey, Adam-street. GENTENNIAL (New South Wales.)—-Measurement from outside of stem to inside of rudder head ; also overall. J.M. Donaldson, 46, Rose-street, 8. Sydney, N.S.W DUNDEE.— Weight. 13 lbs. to 1 ton.—Station.—Stobsmuir Pond J. Cant, 60, Watson Terrace, (lebe. W. Crawford, 181, Comely Park-street. GLASGOW.—Tonnage,—‘‘94” Rule, Station—Fowey Harbour. W. S. Lacey, Fore-street GOOLE.—Tonnage—Y.R.A. and Handicap by Manchester Rule Station—Raweliffe Brick Ponds. J. Wilson, 44, Whitehall Road. Station—Gateshead Park GUERNSEY._—Tonnage—Y. RA. Station—-Model Yacht Pond Statiou.—Bradford Moor Park, T. E. Barker,— Address wanted. BRADFORD.—Y.B.A. and length. GLASGOW.—Alexandra—‘L. & 8, A.” Rule. FOWHY.—Length, l.w.1. GATESHBAD —Tonnage—¥. RA BRADFORD MOOR.--1730 and length, Station.—Exley., EXEH.—Tonnage—L. & “. A, Station.—Turf Arthur Kempe, M.D., 14, Southernhay, E., Exeter.: Station—Alexandra Park, Glasgow. Station.—Hillhead Pond J. B. Randell, Allez-street. GREENOCK.—Tonnage—'94” Rule. R. McNair, Junr., 10, Antigua-street. GRIMSBY.—Tonnage—Y.R.A. Station—Alexandria Dock. Secretary’s name and address wanted. wanted. .--particulars GOSPORT GOVAN.—Hilder— Win. Reid, 8, Langland Road, Govan. HARRINGTON. —Sailing Rules, VR A. Station- Harrington Reservoir. A. Young, Gas Works, “Harrington, Cumb. JARROW & HEBBURN. — Tonnage—Y.R.A. Station — Hebburn Hall Lake. G, Johnson, 31, Caroline-street, Jarrow-on-Tyne. Robt. S. Nicholson, 16, Nightingale Place, Kelvinhaugh. HULL.—Kingston—tength taken on 1.w.].; also 10-ton class Y.R.As Station—Club Lake, Inglemire Lane, Beverley Road. J. R. Windsor, Bankside, Sculcoates. Albert—Tonnage—Y.B.A. Club Lake, Chalk Lane. S$. L. Tucker, Belgrave Terrace, Rosamond St. Hessle Rd, East Hull.—1780 rule, Station.—East Park. B. P. Bell, 18, Gladstone Street. LONDON.—London.—15-rating class and 10-ton class Y.R.A Station— Round Pond. Kensington Gardens, Hronze. —Bronzes for Model Yachts bottoms easily applied—form a good smooth hard surface—and add to the appearance, Post-free, in roz. Packets: Gorn, Ve 7, Od; No. 2, 10d. Copprr, Is. Address, Alpha, this office. Mr. Walter Greenhill, L.M.Y.C., Kensington Gardens, W Telegrams :—Bermudian, London Postal :—-L. M. Y¥. C., Kensington Gardens, Serpentine—Tonnage—Y. R. A. and L.&8 Station—The Serpentine, Hyde Park. J. Spurgin, 39, Hans-road, Brompton, London, 8.W. ADVERTISE IN THE °M.Y.&6." THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST. 153 is not filled, as we should wish it to be, bya couple of new men, but instead a gap is left. If the introduction of a rating rule, permitting small xD canoe-yawls to sail in competition with canoes, will —% bring in new men, and enable the races to fill once BRITISH CANOE CLUBS.* more, we can see no valid reason why this WHAR C.C.—T. O. Todd, Sec.,7, Winifred-terrace, Sunderland. HUMBER YAWI, CLUB—G., F. Holmes, Mate, Elim Lodge, Hornsca. TYNE C.C.—T. Warkman, Sec., 17, Hutt Street, Gateshead-on-Tyne. BRITISH CANOK ASSOCIATION.—H. Thorpe, Sec.. Danecliff, Lymm. A, Carrington, Treas., Carlisle House, Great Wartford, small sculls for cruising, and think that, if titted with sculls, the boats would have been little if any more difficult of propulsion if they had had say a near Knutsford. (The B.C.A. is established for the promotion of crnises and meets, foot more beam, whilst the gain in stowage Capacity and steadiness would have been immense. ‘There are but few places in our English waters where the. whereby canoeists of the United Kingdom, irrespective of clubs, may unite for the purpose of cruising and camping.) SUNDERLAND C,.C,—é.3tephenson, See., 28, Chester-rd., Sunderland THAMES CAMPING & BOATING ASSOCIATION.—Anthony Walter, Hon. Sec., 14, Duke Street, Adelphi, S.W. extra beam would be any drawback. NORTHERN C C.~-L. McPherson, White House Buildings, Neweastle, ULSTER €.C.-—R. HK Workman, (Capt.), 19, Bedford Street, Belfast. and simple, under sail, a well handled canoe would not have much to fear from her beamier sister of same rating, five days out of six. EDITORIAL NOTES AND COMMENTS. We are reminded whilst writing, ofa rowing and sailing race some years ago in which a Mersey paddling canoe met a canoe-yawl of about goin. ANOEING in America 1s the source to which many beam, and was beaten by her five minutes in about half a mile of rowing in the teeth of a strong breeze. of us who follow the sport to look, to learn of improve- ‘ments in build, model and rig. The vastly larger number of brethren of the paddle there, and the well known fertility of the Yankee inventor all conspire to draw our attention to the reports of their races and club movements. Of the former, perhaps one of the most important and most interesting events, is the Annual Regatta of the Marine and Field Club. A question of this kind is, | be seen there. The report given in the Forest & Stream for July 8th, is so interesting that in another place we give part ofit. The result, however, goes far to show that under the limitations set forth by the A.C.A., which, save for the 5.A. limit and the restriction as to sliding seats, are almost identical with those prescribed by the R.C.C., no advance has been made. It almost looks as if, within the rules, no great improvement is possible, and therefore it might be worth considering whether some . considerable change in the restrictions is not desir be, allowing greater scope to the designer, and permitting more variety to the builder, as suggested by our correspondent ‘Vanessa.’ The number of competitors in the M.&F.C. Regattr is only small, and the tendency of late yeirs seems to be towards a gradually diminishing entry of experts, and, when one of these falls vut, his place however, most satis- factorily settled, or perhaps we should say discussed, when representatives of the two classes of boat we have mentioned, the canoe and the small canoe- yawl, meet and cruise in company, as they probably will at the forthcoming meet of the B.C.A. on Lough Erne, and of the R.C.C. on the Solent, We commend the matter to the consideration of canoeists and hope some satisfactory solution may be evolved. LONDON Their races usually number amongst their starters some of the best known men comprised in the canoe clubs of New York and its vicinity, and if there is anything new and good it is generally to In addition, we are very strongly of opinion that for speed pure Corrections Solicited. -——or any of its branches— in this country, are inclined should not be allowed. We have known several canoeists fit their canoes, of no more than 2ft. 6in. beam, with outriggers and ROYAL C.C.—T.G.F. Winser,Sec., 72, Mark Lane, London MERSEY C,C.—Percy Cox, Mate, C 9, Exchange Bldgs., Liverpool. CLYDE ©,C.—Mr. Steven, Ardlin House, Helensburgh. NOTES, By MAVELY. The Annual Regatta of the Royal Canoe C.ub was held in ‘Veddington Reach on the 8th July. Th entries were quite up to the average, in fact above the average in some of the padd ing races. The racing was exceptionally keen, more especially in the Canadian single-bladed race, the half mile paddling race and the trained fours. A large number of ladies were on the camping ground, and one of the strongest musters of officers, committee and members of the R.C.C. of recent years were there. -—O — On the 7th July, the three mile paddling race for prizes of 43 and £2, presented by the Captain was competed fur. The following entered and started :—-Mr. G. J. B. Porter, Mr. F T. C. Crump, Mr. i. W. Lewis, Mr. P. Nisbet. ‘The race was from Hamptun to the camp ground. Porter won somewhat easily by about a minute, 154 THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN with Crump second; Nisbet’s steering gear gave out and he was forced to retire at an early stage of the contest. —0— The race entrants and starters in the races at the regatta are given below. In the evening a most excellent display of Chinese lanterns and fairy lights was held on an even more gorgeous scale than last year. On the whole the regatta may be looked back upon as one of the best that the club has held. Not. Novices Paddling, + mile. For this Mr, R. F. f.awson was the only entry, and declined on that ground to start. Noz, Paddling Canadian Single, } mile down stream, with single blades. Mr. H. S. Salter Mr. A. C. Hamerton The entries were: Wiry Spinster Lethe A capital race. Won by Salter by about % of a length, Hamerton paddled in true American fashion, standing up. No 3. Paddling, 4 mile. Mr. F. T. C. Crump Mr. G. J. B. Porter Scout Myosotis Mr. P. Nisbet Mystery Mr. E. W. Lewis ‘Trent Porter retired early, doubtless with a view to saving himself for the Challenge Cup later. The race was won by Crump by about half a length, Lewis being second, No 4. Sarling and Paddling, Sails down till starting signal, Sail down stream and paddle up, two rounds. For this there was but one entry, and the sole competitor not coming to the line there was no race. No 5. Paddling Challenge Cup, about 1 mile. Mr. F. T. C. Crump Scout Dr. 'T. M. Porter Argo Mr. P. Nisbet Mr. G, J. B. Porter Mr. E. W. Lewis Mystery Myosotis Trent For this race all but Dr, Porter came to the line. Karly in the race Lewis’s steering gear gave out, which destroyed the very good chance he had. Doubtless their earlier exertions told on Nisbet and Crump, as Porter had a comparatively easy task before him, he winning from Cramp, who was second, by about 12 lengths. Luncheon then was taken in the large tent, to which a large number of the Officers of the club and competitors sat down. No6. Paddling Canadian Tandem, Single bladed paddles, }a mile, The entries were: Messrs. R. F. Lawson and C. M. Sanders Messrs. P. Hardwicke and A. H. Chissold. Messrs, H. 5. Salter and A. C. Hamerton. Messrs. Hardwicke and Chissold did not start. A capital race, won by Lawson and Sanders by about a length. AND CANOEIST. No 7. Sailing, Canoes and Canoe-yawls, two rounds, one man, lady may be taken in yaw!. Two prizes, 1st to first craft in, and 2nd to the ast of a different class. The entries were: Mr. F. T. Crump Yawl Racoon Mr. W. Baden Powell P P. Waterlow & R. de Q. Quincey ,, Mr. D. H. Marrable Mr. E. S. Hodson a Nautilus Atalanta Bernice Martlet Mr. B. de Q. Quincey Canoe 1890 Vanessa Much regret was felt at the non-appearance of the 33 ‘Atalanta,’ fresh from Bourne End triumphs, more especially as Mr. Marrable was anxious to try the speed of‘Bernice’ against her. The only canoe entered was a non-starter. A slow race ‘Bernice,’ leading and eventually winning by 40 seconds, ‘Nautilus’ being second and ‘Martlet’ third. No 8, ‘Trained Fours, half a mile down stream. Mr. 8. Futcher Mr. R. F. Lawson Mr. C. M. Mr. A. C. The former lighter craft, Mr. G, J. B. Porter Sanders Hamerton Mr. F. T. C, Crump Mr. P. Nisbet Mr. E. W. Lewis crew undoubtedly wanted a much but they nevertheless made a most excellent race of it, above the island they being about a quarter of a length ahead, but Porter’s crew, with their weight, eventually came through and won by about three quarters of a length, after a very punishing race, ; Nog. Chase over Land and Water. Mr. A. C. Hamerton. Mr. R. F. Lawson. Won by Hamerton easily. After the conclusion of this race the competitors went through some varied gymnastics and antics in the water, both in and out of their canoes. No to, The last race was for Scratch Fours for which the following started ; Mr. W. Payne Mr. F. T. C. Crump Mr. S. Futcher Mr. G. Tattam Mr. P. Nisbet Mr. C. O'Malley Mr. E. W. Lewis | Mr. W. Futcher Won easily by S. Futcher’s crew. —_—o— Mr. Turk of Kingston-on-Thames has just turned out from his yard a further canoe-yawl which in some respects is of novel construction. She is twenty feet in length and upwards of five feet in beam, and of deep draught for inside ballasting. She is very much of the same type as the new ‘Nautilus’ to which we have referred in these columns on more than one occasion. On the water she gives one the appearance rather of being somewhat turtle backed, this is doubtless due in some respects to lack of sheer, especially forward, and also no doubt to the rather extreme round of deck, the reason for which is not very obvious as she is fitted with the now popular ‘Nautilus’ bulwark rail which should clear any water that does come aboard with ease and the roundness would certainly i i e THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN militate against rapid getting about when forward, when getting under way, or coming up to moorings when the decks ure wet or slipper y with dew. She is of carvel build with the ribbons forming a Stringer frame and entirely withou t sawn frames. She is fitted with main and mizen lugsail s of the balance reefable type. She has a very heavy composite centre-board which is reduci ble in weight by lifting out of the forward part by handle s two larger pigs of lead which materially reduces the weight for removing the board. Her fittings are very similar to those of the ‘Nauti lus’ with a heavy “cleaver” rudder plate aft which does not add to the appearance of the yawl when it is hauled up. But the part that strikes one most and what is, SO far as appearances are concerned, to our mind somewhat of a drawback, is the shape of the bow, which reminds one rather of the “Torp edo” of Mr, Walter Stewart. The reason for this particular shape is not apparent, it necessarily lessens the deck room forward, which under a main and mizen rig is never too much at any time, and as we have already said, it is unsightly. Her owner is Mr. Marcet, and she was to have been entered for the sailing race on the regatta day, for which she probably would with unstretched canvas have stood but a poor chance. She has recently left for the lake of Geneva, where she should perfor m well as she is undoubtedly a design for open water sailing, and having regard to her length, beam and power, she should perform well there. One other matter we observed and that was the arrangement for hoisting and loweri ng the centre- board; this will, especially for single hande d work, probably form a very useful adjunct to the outfit of a large sea-going and open-lake-go ing yawl. The winch is extremely powerful although slow of action. She is fitted with bulkheads of course and will stow a good sized suit of spars and sails between bulkheads. —_o— By an error for which we are sorry, the subject of our illustration last month was called the ‘Lelia’ instead of the ‘Leila.’ Etc REP A number of the members of the Ulster Canoe Club, including two members of its Londo n division, are proposing a short cruise for about a week on Lough Erne, in the early part of August, the meeting 1s in no sense meant to be in opposition to that of the B.C.A. to which doubtl ess some of the Ulster members will go, but as some of the members of the meet can only get away about that time for a very short time, flying visits will probably be made to different parts of the lake, and a fresh camp formed probabiy every night, —O— Several members and their craft have already left for the meet of the B.C.A. at Lough Erne, and AND CANOEIST. 155 the camp at Teddington looke d rather bare on Sunday last in consequence. —-o— But little has yet been heard of the proposed autunin cruise in August of the Royal Canoe Club. The ‘Nautilus’ and the ‘Nora h Creina’ are shortly leaving for the Solent we under stand, but not for the same destination. As the cruise does not commence until the rith, we do hope that the matter will not be allowed to drop owing to lack of support. MERSEY NOTES, The Captain’s Muster of the Mersey Canoe Club took place on July 8th, and the club presented a livelier appearance than has been the case for many a long day. A considerable fleet followed the red sails of the ‘Lily’ up river to Eastham ; here the canoeists were met by several ladies, who had made the passage by steam er, and the whole party where entertained to a sumptuous tea ad fresco by the Skipper and Mrs. Bartl ey. was fine and the day was The weather much enjoyed. A Satisfactory cruise terminated in an Inspiniting turn to windward home against a fresh breeze, but the paddlers arrived first once more, proving the superiority of wood canoe to windward. over sail-stuffs for getting a ~—_QO-—- As the result of a letter of mine in the Lield, extolling the speed and weatherliness of the Mersey 18ft. open boats, a corre spondence ensued with Mr. White, owner of the ‘Claymore,’ a canoeyawl of the Oxford type, with which he had lowered the flags of various types at Bord eaux; and a twoday match was arranged, whic h has just taken place on the Mersey. The open boat won both races with something in hand, and only when Tunning was the canoe-yawl able to hold its own. Mr. White deserves credit for his sportsmanlike challenge and race. —_0— The canoe ‘Celtic’ lately owned by Mr. Edwards, and which won our Challe:ge cup in 1891, has been purchase| by our Mate, Mr. Percy Cox, and ‘Banshee,’ the late Dr. Pughe’s boat, is now owned by Dr. Hayward; both boats have been fitted with sliding seats. ‘Nemo’ the present cup, has been sold Foreign. holder of the a We are all looking forward to the Annual Regatta, which 1s only a few days off and for which a good number of entries have been sent in. HUMBER YAWL CLUB. One of the boats belonging to the club, ‘White- 156 THE wings,’ has succeeded in capturing MODEL-YACHTSMAN the Silver AND CANOEIST. slow work, when Redheugh Bridge was reached, Challenge Cup, which had to be won twice before becoming the possession of the winner, in the a distance of about three miles, occupying nearly small boat races at Bridlington Quay. After a dull and depressing week cf almost without success, a second one which was returning windless, but not razudess, evenings, those members who turned up at Hornsea Mere on Saturday, July 22nd, were delighted to be greeted by a bright prevailed upon to take us in tow. Stopping at Newcastle for seme time the journey was recommenced. Then began the excitement. Those an hour. from Here after hailing one steam launch Tyne Regatta after some persuasion was sunny afternoon, and a westerly breeze of such strength that single reefs were turned in all round. who have not been towed at the rate of 12 knots an hour in a canoe should try it. second class, only two competitors faced the starter, starbourd The were only two races, and in that for the ‘Olwen,’ Mr. J. R. Henson, and ‘Daisy,’ sailed by Mr, Ed. Dixon. The power of the latter boat stood her in good stead, and she soon drew outa long lead in the windward work and won easily, ‘Olwen’ retiring after second round. finish 5-21-20. ‘Time, start 4-14-30, The starters in the third class were as follows: Boat. Owner. Mary Mugwump Clarice City of Wakefield Spectre Ethel Chipmunk C. Barber Handicap. 8 min. W. Runton 8 min. W. Field = 5 min. J. Eldridge 5 min, G. Dennison 4 min. G. Holmes 3 min. A, Mills scratch Start. Finish. 3-54-0 3-57-O 3-57-0 retired 5-11-12 5-10-20 §-II-30 5- 8-50 retired 3-54-0 3-58-0 3-59-0 4- 2-0 retired ‘The first named, under cruising canvas, retired shortly after the start. Meanwhile the others went at it hammer and tongs, flinging sufficient spray to test the watertightness of their owners’ oilskins. ‘The course, round which the boats were sent the reverse way, z.¢. leaving all marks on port hand, was practically a beat and adead run, At the end of the first round ‘Mugwump’ was first and ‘Ethel’ second. About half way up the lake on the second round ‘Ethel’ worked into front place, and about the same time ‘Mugwump,’ struck by a heavier squall than usual, shifted a piece of loose ballast which her owner had stowed on top of the floorboards and half filled, she was smartly righted and retired under mizen, From this point the race was without special interest, save that ‘City of Wakefield,’ with her double crew, drew up somewhat on the leader, the order at finish being ‘Ethel,’ ‘City of Wakefield,’ ‘Clarice’ and ‘Spectre.’ The officer of the day was Capt. E. G. Hewerdine. NORTHERN CANOE CLUB. CRUISE TO THE SEA. On Saturday, June roth, at 6 p.m., ‘Amethyst, ‘Isalo’ and ‘Curlew’ started from the club house at Scotswood on Tyne for a cruise “down by the sea.” Not being ready in time, the promised tow from the owner of a steam launch was missed, and sailing had to be resorted to, which, although the tide was in our favour, was not encouraging, seeing that the wind was east, dead ahead. ‘Tacking down stream in hope of something turning up was ‘Amethyst’ and Centre-boards was made fast ‘Curlew’ to up, and to port, ‘isalo’ to ‘Isalo’s’ mizen sitting wel mast, aft, it took careful steering to prevent yawing aside, by which there was great risk ofan upset. Every movement of the launch was to watch so as to fullow the same curve. When off St. Peters, ‘Amethyst’s’ t .w line slipped, and ‘Isalo’s’ skipper reaching out to grasp it was pulled slightly sideways, and in a moment was gunwale under, and barely succeded in righting as the engines were stopped. About 1014 miles was completed in 34 of an hour. Plying the paddle at North Shields, Tynemouth Haven was reached on a glassy sea with heavy mist overhanging, The canoes were carried above high water mark, and the sails housed, just in time to catch the ro p.m. train back to Newcastle. Sunday, June rith, canve-yawl ‘spruce’ came round from Cullercoates to meet us, there was a choppy sea with $.E. wind; too much for the canoes to cross the bar, the ‘Spruce’ just being ab:e to manage it, tho’ shipping several green waves into her bucket well. Some good sailmg and racing (although rather wet) was had at mouth ef the river between piers. ‘The sharpie canoes with their 75 sq. feet could keep way pace with the yawl, though the latter was reefed down to about go. Towards sunset the wind and sea went down, and after paddling over the bar, a west wind sprang up, and Cullercoates was made under sail. During Newcastle race week, the weather was glorious, and good sailing was had «ff the coast. The ‘Spruce’ simply ran round everything she came across, her skipper being in high glee. The Sunderland crack racing coble, making up the coast, condescended to put up into the wind to await the stranger, but soon found she could only follow in her wake. The following Sunday, with a choppy sea and str. ng north-west wind, the ‘Spruce’ with ali reefs down was got under way with a crew of four (three to windward and one to leeward which was as many as she would hold. This was a very wet sail, and after crossing the greater part of Whitley Bay, she was put about and a run with the wind on the quarter was made back to Cullercoats. An unpleasant sensation was experienced when on the top of the laryer waves in running; her stern being out of water she would slew round rather nastily, taking careful handling to keep her on her course, THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN which could probably not have been done with her mizen sail set, June 23rd, at 8p.m., saw paddling back to Tynemouth. the three canoes When off the rocks We came into a nasty sea, which is often met with close in at that point, supposed to be a backwash the north pier. This washed our decks continually, having to put bow on to the larger from ones, By this time it was dusk, and some anxiety was felt for ‘Isalo’ who had been left behind trying to sail. He told us that in rounding the pier her rudder had jammed on to a salmon net, a narrow escape from an upset, and and had only got free by unshipping the rudder from the after deck. One of the great drawbacks of going down to the coast is the dread of coming back up river (about 15 miles) which is rarely accomp lished at one stretch favour. unless all the elements are in ones This time Howdon was reached on an east wind against a heavy tide; the rest of the journey being completed the following day, during the heaviest thunderstorm that has been experienced for many years, certainly we had seen nothing like it before. Finding shelter in ir Wm. Armstrong’s works, we were kept there for two hours. Scotswood boat house was reached about 4 p.m. and the canoes housed, to be overhauled preparatory journey to the B.C.A. meet at Lough Erne. to CURLEW. MARINE AND FIELD REGATTA, © season, but at the same While some well known men were present, there were no new canoes, and nothing specially novel in fittings and rig. The small advance of late in canoe building is shown by the fact that Mr, Butler is still sailing ‘Wasp, an old boat, while Mr. Goddard has ‘Bee,’ anothe r old boat now, and the original ‘Eclipse,’ built approaching a fin in the middle, throug h which two centre-boards drop, one forward of the other. Just before the regatta the canoe was taken tu Ayers’ shop and a scag of sheet brass added, to carry the fin further aft, with a lead cigar pivoted on the lower corner of the centre-board so as to house when the board is raised. Mr. Howard is still sailing ‘Aztec, but has lately made some changes, shifting the board and seat forward. The other canoes are well known to all canoeists. Quite an interesting race was looked for from the large fleet of new “Scare crows” and other similar craft, ‘La Gloria,’ ‘La Puce,’ ‘Fin de Siecle,’ ‘Scarecrow,’ ‘Viking’, ‘Goblin’ and the new Ruggles canoe yawl ‘Infanta,’ but only three or four of the boats were in condition for racing, the others being not yet fully rigged. i same course, the wind handsome new weather berth on the last leg, the improvements in board and fittings and strengthening the hull to carry a sliding seat, for which it was not originally intended. As a result ‘Eclipse’ to-day compares well with anything built in the last five years. ‘The only notable new boat was the ‘Damosel, designed by Gardn er for Mr. Whitlock and built by Stevens last year, but not sailed until this season. She is somewhat like wind jumped too much, however, and finished just a minute astern of ‘Torment.’— Forest &» Stream . AN INLAND CRUISE. (By a Mersey man and his wije. ) Concludedfrom July number. and bucket well, leaving the lines of the hull unaltered, but making some being quite strong at suddenly around to S$.W., blowing quite hard, and sending the fleet home free with booms alternately dragging in the water and lifting to the masthead as the little craft rolled. Most of the men had all they wanted to keep on top of their boats, but Mr. Goddard, after a preliminary capsize and righting with some difficulty, handle d ‘Bee’ beautifully, keeping her steady all the while; he had lost in 1888, is deck now times but still N.W. The starters, out of eleven entries, were ‘Aztec,’ W. W. Howard; ‘Bee,’ D. 5. Goddard; ‘Eclipse,’ F. L. Dunnell ; ‘Pioneer,’ C. B. Vaux, and ‘Torment,’ Schuyler Schieffelin. During the past winter Capt. Ruggles took her in hand and replaced the old deck and long with a a The principal race, for the Marine and Field Cup, to be won twice in succession, was sailed over the afloat. cockpit and in consequence she required the larger sail aft. Mr. Vaux is this year sailing the bulb centre-board canoe ‘Pioneer,’ built by Captain Ruggles last year for Mr. H. C. Ward, still in the racing and probably as fast as any canoe open 157 predecessor, ‘Bubbie,’ but has a deep keel ‘Bee’ led until the third leg of the second round, time the racing was by no means up to previous years, CANOEIST. the first leg being a reach, the second a run, and the third to windward, but while ‘Bee’ had a good CLUB The fifth annual canoe regatta of the Marine and Field Club, held off the club house, Bath Beach, on June 24th, was by far the the most successful event of the her AND As we approached and passed round Northwich (the canal does not enter the town) what with the cold head wind, the endless saltworks and salt barges we had to pass, we didn’t feel that we were having avery goodtime. Further on, at Anderton, is a hydraulic lift where the canal boats, floating with their loads, are lowered in an immense tank to the river Weaver below, into which they then glide without trouble. I had aimed at there THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST. TSS =a descending in this lift, but unfortunately we arrived a little too late as it stopped working at 5 p.m. We therefore had to paddle some distance further and incur a portage of nearly 14 mile, finally sliding the canoes down a steep bank into the river. Once safely there we got along better fora few miles, arriving in due time at Acton Bridge, where we put up for the night. ‘Whey bad some difficulty in finding room tor us at the Inn, but it was managed,