The Model Yachtsman and Canoeist: Volume 8, Issue 7 – July 1891

—— 3 (ANOEIST A Monthly Journal of Model Yacht Construction, Fitting and Sailing; Canoeing News, Doings of the Clubs; Yachting Items; Correspondence; Sale and Exchange; &c Vol. VIII.—No. 7. JULY, 1891. G@oditorvial All Communications (except Canoeing) must be addressed **THE Epitror of Zhe Model- Yachtsman, 161 & 162, High Street, Hull.” CANOEING Communications must be addressed ** THE Epitor of The Canoeist, Elim Lodge. Hornsga, Hull, or, 161 & 162, High Street, Hull.” THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN & CANOEIST is published on the 1st of each month, and can be had of any bookseller, or will be sent on application to the Publishers, on the following terms :— Post-free to any part of the United Kingdom, Europe or America…… paid in advance…… 3/6 per annum ¥d. or Id. stamps may be sent in payment. N.B.—-In sending for single copies, 344d. in stamps must be enciosed to cover postage. Hutt: Tuomas GrassaAm, 161 & 162, High Street. LONDON: E. MARLBOROUGH & Co., 51, Old Bailey. DVERTISEMENTS should reach this office not later than the 2Ist 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 payable to ‘The Model-Yachtsman’ will no* for the future be accepted. Price 34., Post-free zed. Uotes. Tue Hast Hull Club is getting stronger month by month, under the active management of Mr, Joseph Bell (the commodore), and the new Secretary, and no doubt the triumph of the club in the East Coast Challenge Shield competition has done much to bring recruits to the standard. Shortly the Hast Hull Club and the Albert Club will try conclusions in the 10-ton class, and, as these two Clubs fought out the final in the abovementioned Shield competition, the meeting should provoke some interest, —— THE Mooragh Model Yacht Club have had a successful match on the Mooragh Lake, and a report of it appeared in the Vachtsman, of June 13th, but it does not appear whether the six starters were of one class, or were of varying size. Particulars of the the Mooragh Club, its officers, its history, and its lake, would be interesting to the readers of this paper. THE PROPOSED DESIGNING COMPETITION FOR 15-RATERS. Subseriptions towards this object are invited. At present we have received the following :— eae £2 2 0 » L. A. Bruce » EF. J. Tansley……u…… £0 1 0 THE 122 MODEL-YACHTSMAN The conditions suggested by Mr. Long are as follows :— The competition to take place about Septr. The Ist prize to be a model built from the successful design; 2nd prize, a book or books on yachting. The builder of prize to be selected by ballot of the subscribers. Subscribers as well as others would be eligible to compete. AND CANOEIST ‘Marian’. The second class race was called at 2 p.m. only two yachts starting, ‘May’ owned by Mr. Fisher, and ‘Kate C.’ owned by Mr. Sheridan. ‘Kate C.’ crossed the line at 12-0-12, taking the lead, ‘May’ crossed 8 secs. later. A close race followed, ‘May’ taking the lead at about onefifth of the course. She would undoubtedly have won this heat, but her main sheet slacked away The designs must be original; the length, beam, extreme draught and displacement would have to be stated, and the intended name of the flags. vessel onLy attached to the drawings. everything drawing. We would recommend our readers to send in their subscriptions at once, as the sooner we can announce the completion of the scheme the better. In the second heat ‘ Kate C.’ was handled to perfection, crossing the line a winner of the prize making the fast time of 8-56 elapsed, winning by 244 sec. corrected time, elapsed time of ‘May’ being 9m. 20s. Scrub races wound up the day’s sport.— Forest & Stream, Jane 4th, 1891. AMERICAN MODEL YACHT CLUB. The American Model Yacht Club of Brooklyn, N.Y., is now working hard for the encouragement of model-yacht sailing, a sport that has declined of late years about New York, though at one time in quite a flourishing condition. Prospect Park, Brooklyn, has long been the center of the sport, and the American M.Y.C. has its station there. The club was re-organized in 1887, and is now ina very satisfactory condition. present officers are:—Com., W. V. Vice-Com., G. W. Lyon; The Hanson; Treas., G. W. Town- ley; Sec., Harry Melvin; Meas., F. Nichols.— The yachts must not be under 30in. l.w.lL., fixed ballast is compulsory, und the total weight of yachts with largest set of sails must be registered, and the registered weight declared previous to a race. There are three classes; 53 to 68in. lw.L, 42 to 58in., and 30 to 42in. The allowance is 5d seconds per inch. The races are sailed to windward, the course being 3/10 of a mile. The first race of the year was sailed on Saturday, the first heat of the third class yachts being called at 11 a.m., the first yacht crossing the line at 11-10-13 as a fresh 5.5.W. wind sprung up. Six new yachts and one a year old started, their lengths averaging 404in. on l.w.1. The last year’s boat, ‘Electra’ was looked upon as a sure winner, she being tuned up much better than the newer boats. She made the fastest time in the second heat of the race, making the three-tenths of a mile in llm. 25s. in three legs, beating ‘Star’ on elapsed time by 24 sees., but being beaten by ‘Star’ on corrected time by 4sec., rather close sailing, with the other boats strung out. ‘Electra’ did not do so well in the other heats, but Mr. Scott’s new cutter ‘Marian’ showed up as well as can be expected of a new yacht, and there is no doubt that the future races of the season will be between ‘Hlectra,’ ‘Star,’ and and ran off just enough to go outside the finish ‘Kate C.’ crossed the line in fine style, Doitgs of the @hibs. Reports for publication must be legibly written, on one side of the paper o#/y, and forwarded to the Eniror not later than the 2oth of each month, to ensure insertion in the following issue. Medway M. Y. C—The 15-ton match that was to have been sailed on May 30th, was given up on account of there not being wind enough for the models to stem the tide, the ‘Wanderer,’ belonging to the Secretary, being at the time a long way ahead of the other boats. It was decided to bring off the match on June 6th, when six boats entered, as follows: ‘Lillie, Mr. Frazer, ‘Wanderer’ Mr. Read, ‘Greyhound’ Mr. Burrage, ‘Tootsie’ Mr. Rivett, ‘Daisy’ Mr. Batty, ‘Water Lily’ Mr. Roling. The wind was blowing very hard from the N. E., with a heavy swell making it rough work for the models. A start was effected at 5-35 from the Sun Pier, ‘ Wanderer’ and ‘Lillie’ taking the lead, the latter soon overhauling the former when in the rough water, the other boats making slow progress, and the owners of the ‘Greyhound’ and ‘Tootsie’ being the first to give up. The ‘Daisy’ and ‘ Water Lily’ still battled with the waves, making slow progress, but were not fortunate enough to round the buoy, therefore no third prize was given. ‘Lillie’ won Ist prize (a plated teapot, presented by Mr. J. Aldridge), ‘Wanderer’ 2nd prize (a silver-mounted ‘ Answers” Patent Briar Pipe, presented by Mr. 8. C. Phillips) the 3rd prize going back to the club to be sailed for again.— On Saturday, June 13th, a match took place for the 40-tonners, Vice-Commodore Ratcliffe acting as umpire, but the boats were started by Mast. Ratcliffe, at 4 o’clock, the following competing : ‘Red Rover,’ ‘Violet,’ ‘Buttercup,’ ‘Lilhe,’ ‘Sunbeam,’ ‘Snatcher,’ ‘America,’ ‘Lizzie’ and ‘Wanderer.’ ‘Lizzie’ took the lead for half-way down THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST 123 the reach, when she ran into the dockyard lighters, the others passing her and rounding the buoy as follows: ‘Buttercup’ 4-25, ‘Violet’ 4-31, ‘Lizaie’ 4-314, ‘Lillie’ 4-33. ‘Buttercup’ and ‘Lillie’ went up the reach in splendid style, ‘ Lillie’ (a 15-ton model) gaining on ‘ Buttercup’ at every 10-tonners, Mr. N. G. Andrews acting as starter, and Mr. T. A. Bruce as judge. There was a lively breeze from the 8.E., making the course a beat to windward, the race resulted as follows : ‘Susie’ J. G. Storey beat ‘Fortuna’ W. Oglesby; ‘Midge’ G. Smith beat ‘Isa’ E. Gruby; ‘Silver ‘Buttereup’ Ist, 5-1, ‘Lillie’ Qnd, 5-1-29, ‘Violet’ 3rd, 6-0. The wind and tide coming down the reach, others gave up. ‘Louie’ John Twydell, a bye. Second round, ‘Susie’ beat ‘Midge’; ‘Louie’ beat ‘Silver Queen.’ Final, ‘Susie’ won. On Monday evening, a match for 10-ton yachts was sailed in a light, reaching breeze, for two prizes presented by a friend. ‘Rose’ Joseph Twydeli beat ‘Isa’ B. Gruby; ‘Susie’ G. Storey beat ‘Cambria’ F, C. Wood; ‘Louie’ John Twydell beat ‘Midge’ G. Smith; ‘Pollie’ A. Walker beat ‘Gazelle’ N. G Andrews. Second round, ‘Rose’ beat ‘Susie’; ‘Louie’ beat ‘Pollie,’ and. finally ‘Rose’ took: first, and ‘Louie’ second prize. Mr. W. H. Roberts acted as starter, and Mr, T. A. Bruce as judge. On Saturday, June 6th, in a stiff board, and finishing in the following order :-— Cardiff’ M. Y. C—This club commenced its third season with holding its annual meeting at the Bute Dock Hotel, on April 13th, when the following officers were elected for the season :— Captain, Mr. F. Martin; Committee, Messrs. A. Liewellyn, J. Davies, F. Harwood and §. Evans: Hon. Secretary, Mr. J. Ash Thompson; and Dr, Scott was again unanimously elected President, for the third year in suecession.—The members of our club have been very busy during the past winter with alterations to old boats, trying to improve their sailing qualities, and building new ones, of which four have been launched and give promise of being good weatherly boats, and there are other four not quite finished, so this season promises to be a very successful one.—The first race took place on the 16th May, when a sweep- Queen’ W. Acaster beat ‘Mistletoe’ G. Cross ; breeze from the N.E., five 10-tonners competed for a club prize, when ‘Pollie’ A. Walker beat ‘Rose’ Joseph T’wydell, ‘Silver Queen’ W. Acaster beat ‘Louie’ John Twydell, ‘Gazelle’ N. G.’ Andrews a bye, Second round: ‘Pollie’ beat ‘Gazelle’ ‘Silver Queen’ a bye, and the final was postponed until June 13th, when ‘Pollie’ won, stakes was wou by ‘Thistle,’ ‘Carina’ being 2nd. —The second race was on the 23rd May, when beating ‘Silver Queen’ handsomely in a good reaching breeze—On Saturday, June 13th, —The first of the cup races ( of which there are to be eight, when the winners of the most points take the prizes) was on the 30th May, when the Hirst round: ‘Louie’ John Twydell beat ‘Rose’ Joseph Twydell, ‘Gazelle’ N. G. Andrews beat ‘Susie’ J. G. Storey, ‘Daisy’ W. Vickers beat ‘Silver Queen’ W.Acaster,‘Fly’ W. Homan a bye Second round: ‘Fly’ beat ‘Louie’ ‘Gazelle’ beat ‘Carina’ took 1st place, ‘Rose’ 2nd, ‘Thistle’ 3rd. following boats were floated, and looked exceedingly well:.‘ Carina,’ Capt. F. Martin, ‘Grace Darling’ Mr. A. Llewellyn, ‘ Dorothy’ Mr. A. Rose, ‘Welsh Girl’ Mr. A. Davies, ‘Thistle’ Capt. EF. Harwood, ‘Condor’ Mr. J. Carling, ‘Spinnaker Boom’ Mr. Smith, ‘Rose’ Mr. G. Woodman, ‘Lady Bute’ Mr. J. Ash Thompson. The boats were divided into two heats, and the first heat was won by ‘Dorothy’ Ist, ‘Condor’ and ‘Carina’ dead heat; second, ‘Thistle’ 1st, ‘Rose’ 2nd ; the final, which proved very exciting, was won by ‘Condor’ Ist, ‘Rose’ 2nd, ‘Thistle’ 3rd.—We have this season moved our sailing quarters from the Glamorganshire Canal to Salimead Pond, which we find much more suitable, giving. us truer and stronger winds, being quite in the open. —The second club race was held on Saturday, 13th June, when the first heat was won by ‘Condor’ Ist, ‘Welsh Girl’ 2nd; second heat, ‘Carina’ Ast, ‘Thistle’ 2nd; and the final, after a very exciting race, by ‘Condor’ Ist, ‘Carina’ 2nd, and ‘Thistle’ 3rd. Kingston M.Y.C. ( Huli).—On Saturday, May 30th, seven yachts started for a club prize for seven 10-ton yachts started for a club prize. ‘Daisy’ and, finally, ‘Gazelle’ beat ‘Fly’ and won. —On Saturday, June 20th, a match for 10-ton ‘ yachts for a club prize, was sailed in a smart North Hast breeze, the yachts being able to reach through from end to end of the pond with sheets well aboard. There were 8 starters, and in the first round ‘Susie,’ J. G. Storey beat ‘ Pollie,’ A. Walker; ‘Daisy,’ W. Vickers beat ‘Isa,’ E. Gruby; ‘Louie,’ John Twydell beat ‘Rose,’ Joseph Twydell ; ‘Everia,’ F. B. Ferraby beat ‘Tam O’ Shanter,’ T. 8. Cross; second round : ‘Daisy’ beat ‘Susie,’ ‘Hgeria’ bt ‘Louie,’ and finally, ‘Daisy’ beat ‘Egeria’ and won. Some of the heats were very close, notably that between ‘Daisy’ & ‘Susie,’ and the final between ‘Daisy’ and ‘Hgeria was well contested. ‘Pollie’ was stopped in the first heat by weeds, and. several of the other boats had similar misforsunes. The second race was a club sweepstakes for: 10-tonners, for which 8 yachts started, and was sailed under the same conditions of weather, and over the same course as the previous one. First round, ‘Pollie,’ A. Walker beat ‘Susie,’ J. G. THE 124 MODEL-YACHTSMAN Storey; ‘Lam ‘Egeria,’ I’. B. beat ‘Daisy,’ Andrews beat O’ Shanter,’ T. S. Cross beat Ferraby; ‘Rose,’ Joseph Twydell W. Vickers; ‘Gazelle, N. G. ‘Louie,’ John Twydell. Second round: ‘Pollie’ beat ‘Tam O’ Shanter,’ ‘Rose’ beat ‘Gazelle,’ and in the final ‘Pollie’ bt ‘Rose’ and won. In the first race, Mr. J. R. Windsor acted as starter, Mr. N. G. Andrews as judge, and in the second race, Mr. T. Twydell started and Mr. I. Haselden judged. Serpentine M. Y. C. (London ).—On 6th June the 10-tonners met for a match. Wind E. and moderate. Five starters: ‘White Wings,’ ‘Serpentine,’ ‘Sloper,’ ‘Eos,’ and ‘Dot.’ Hach had second suits bent, except ‘White Wings’ which had quite a cloud of sail, so much so that during the first hour she was caught in a puff and had the mast fairly carried out of her; the Umpire then stopping the heats and sending the remaining four boats along for the final hour. This was a good race between ‘ Serpentine’ and ‘ Sloper,’ however, the superior handling of ‘ Serpentine ’ did not give the ‘‘ Eminent” a chance: while ‘Dot’ and ‘Kos’ apparently did their utmost to keep off the score sheet. Score: ‘Serpentine’ 12 points, ‘Sloper’ 9, ‘os’ 2, ‘Dot’ 1. Umpire, Mr. Hamond.—On June 13th, the first special race of the season was sailed over the long course of 1000 yards, the models sailing twice round, making the distance 4000 yards in all. Bright AND CANOEIST. buoy for the last time, ahead, ‘Lizzie’ a minute later, followed by ‘Phantom’ and ‘Warrior’ the rest giving up; ‘Irex’ badly damaged, ‘Galatea’ crossed the mark home at 5 hours 1 min, ‘Lizzie’ (and prize) at 5-2 mins, ‘Phantom’ at 5-10 mins. ‘Galatea’s’ time for the 4000 yards being 1-24 mins; and is the third time in sucession she has won this prize. Umpire, Mr. Sanders. Sunderland M.Y.C.—The opening challenge cup race for 6-ton yachts took place on the lake at Roker on Saturday, May 30th, before a large crowd of spectators. Overhead the weather was beautiful, and number of visitors were attracted to the pond for the afternoon. The wind—the most important agent—was, however, not so favourable. Although blowing a nice sailing breeze, the direction was not suitable owing to the position of the shrubs on the south side of the water, and in the majority of cases the races wereslow. Throughout the first heats, although the entries numbered 34, there were no contests worthy of special note, save in one case where a ship came within a yard of the post, and, taking the opposite tack, darted down the pond again, turning her head about the centre of the lake. Her rival sailed up, and, in her turn, also left the post and made off to the starting point. In the meantime the first boat had again changed her tack, and she came home slowly, but a winner. The judges were Messrs R. C, Nelson and G. W. of folk to see the sport— and spoil it, too, when Stuart, and the starters Messrs J. A. Bennett and R. Colvin. The arrangements were in the the hands sunshine and a nice breeze brought out plenty more venturesome among them churned their, to them, unmanageable row-boats foul of the competing yachts. Seven 15-tonners started: ‘Lorna,’ ‘Warrior,’ ‘Galatea,’ ‘Lizzie,’ ‘Phantom,’ ‘Myosotis’ and ‘Irex.’ At 3-37 the yachts were sent on their journey, with a steady wind from the westward making the course a dead beat to weather and arun back. ‘Galatea’ and‘ Warrior’ getting foul, were the first to break tacks, the rest standing well on until the sorting out commenced. At the first turn ‘Lizzie’ rounded the buoy at 4-2, followed by ‘Galatea’ and ‘Warrior,’ each half-a-minute later, followed by the others who were some distance astern; then jib-topsails were sent aloft, and the run back was speedily done, ‘Galatea’ rounding the buoy first, quickly followed by ‘Lizzie’ and ‘Warrior.’ ‘Warrior’ laying close, drew quickly ahead, but getting mixed up with the ubiquitous row-boats, as quickly got her chances settled: ‘Lizzie’ and ‘Galatea’ fighting hard for first place, both in turn leading, with ‘Phantom’ rapidly closing up. Then a spell of calm, during which ‘Phantom’s skipper by some artistic tacking got dangerously near the leaders, but the breeze springing up again cooled his hopes: ‘Galatea’ rounding the of Mr. Marlborough and a committee. First round, ‘Ben hedi’ J. Bucketts beat ‘Hagle’ J. Jobling; ‘Falka’ J. Armstrong beat ‘Frances’ W. Parkinson; ‘Fiery Cross’ J. Crute beat ‘Orion’ R. Gardner; ‘William’ W. Parkinson beat ‘Unionist’ G. Parkinson; ‘Summer Breeze’ M. Nesbitt beat ‘North Star’ A. Robertson; ‘Meggie’ J. Hornby beat ‘Medusa’ C. Hutchinson; ‘Swallow’ R. Spence beat ‘La Grippe’ J. Crown ; ‘Flirt’ A. J. Moore beat ‘Lively’ T. Stephenson ; ‘Tam O’ Shanter’ P. Phorson, junr. beat ‘Peri’ C, Hutchinson; ‘Fawn’ W. Scott beat ‘Lark’ W. Turner; ‘Dorothy’ Heirs beat ‘Water Lily’ J. Moffatt; ‘St. Michael’ J. Bennett beat ‘Nile’ J. Tate; ‘Hilda’ C. Johnson beat ‘Louisa’ C. Wyvils; ‘Manx Queen’ A. E. Muir beat ‘Gladys’ J. Jacques ; ‘Alice’ J. Bucketts beat ‘Snowflake’ W. Harrison; ‘Hawk’ J. Robertson beat ‘Spring’ J. Tate; ‘Nancy Lee’ J. Thompson beat ‘Dorothy’ J. Thompson. Second round, ‘alka’ beat ‘Ben Ledi.’ Goodrace. ‘Fiery Cross’ beat ‘William,’ ‘Summer Breeze’ beat ‘Meggie,’ ‘Flirt’ beat ‘Swallow,’ disqualified. ‘Fawn’ beat ‘Tam Q’ Shanter.’ A dispute about this race. ‘St. Michael’ beat ‘Dorothy, ‘Manx Queen’ beat ‘Hilda,’ ‘Hawk’ beat ‘Alice,’ ‘Nancy Lee’ a bye. MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST. Third round, ‘Palka’ beat ‘Nancy Lee,’ ‘Summer | J. Webb’s-‘Western.’ Breeze’ beat ‘Fiery Cross,’ ‘Flirt’ beat ‘Fawn,’ ‘Manx Queen’ beat ‘Dorothy,’ ‘Hawk’ a bye. Fourth round, ‘Hawk’ beat ‘Falka,’ ‘Flirt’ beat ‘Summer Breeze,’ ‘Manx Queen’ a bye. SemiFinal, ‘Manx Queen’ beat ‘Hawk,’ ‘Flirt’ a bye. Final, ‘Flirt’ Ist prize, ‘Manx Queen’ 2nd prize. Gateshead M. Y.C.—The members of this Club had a special open race on Saturday, June 6th, and in the final heat Mr. G. Huntley’s ‘Lily’ bt. Major Dance’s ‘S. H. James.’ Corinthian M.Y.C. (London. )—On Saturday, June 6th, the members of the above Club met at at the Long Pond, Clapham Common, to sail the 15-ton match for a club prize, second from entrance fees, when there were ready to compete the following boats, viz: ‘Myosotis,’ Mr. Gray; ‘Minerva,’ Mr. Church; ‘Iverna,’ Mr. D. White; ‘Titania,’ Mr. Hugo. The match was, as usual, sailed upon the tournament system, and in a moderate H.N.E. breeze, but, as is usual when the wind is from this quarter, there were at times some very heavy squalls. All the boats, however, stood up well to their canvas, and after sailing two rounds the result was as follows :— ‘Titania’ 27 points, 1st prize; ‘Iverna’ 20, 2nd prize; ‘Myosotis,’ 19; ‘Minerva’ 15. On Satur- day, June 13th, the Club met to compete for the fourth Club prize given this quarter, when there were ready to compete, the following 10-tonners, via: ‘Swift,’ Mr. Gray; ‘Thetis,’ Mr. Church, Junr.; ‘Torfrida,’ Mr. Church; ‘Daisy,’ Mr. Harris. The wind was a moderate W. S. W., and at the end of two rounds on the tournament system, ‘Thetis’ was found to have secured Ist prize with 26 points, ‘Swift’ 2nd prize 23, ‘Torfrida’ 3rd, 18, ‘Daisy’ 4th, 17. As there was plenty of time on the completion of the match, some of our members made up a sweepstake, when the following boats entered :—‘Torfrida,’ ‘Thetis,’ ‘Swift,’ and ‘Bessie’ Mr. Whiffin. Two rounds were sailed, when it was found that ‘Swift? secured Ist place with 15 points, taking stakes; ‘Thetis’ 2nd, 12; ‘Torfrida’ 8rd, 8; and ‘Bessie’ 7 points. Dundee M. Y. C.—May 23rd, special race for 15-tonners for a prize presented to the Club by a friend, the second prize being two-thirds entry money. the race. was Mr. J. Ronny, Captain, took charge of Fourteen boats entered, and the result as follows:—First heat, 4 boats, 1 A. Smith’s ‘Norman’; 2 A. Darry’s ‘Eden.’ Second heat, 4 boats, 1 J. Patrick’s ‘Chrissie’; 2 A. Robertson’s ‘Gem.’ Third heat, 3 boats, 1D. Wood’s ‘Flying Fish’; 2 T. M‘Farlane’s ‘Mary.’ | Fourth heat, 3 boats, 1 BR. Webb’s ‘Rhoda’; 2 125 Fifth heat, 4 boats, 1 J. Webb’s ‘Western’; 2 T. M‘Farlane’s ‘Mary.’ Sixth heat, 4 boats, 1 R Webb’s ‘Rhoda’; 2 A. Smith’s ‘Norman.’ Final, 4 boats, ‘Western,’ ‘Mary,’ ‘Norman’ and ‘Rhoda’; 1 ‘Western,’ 2 ‘Rhoda.’ In this heat A. Smith was rather unfortunate, he was within a few yards of the goal but by a sudden gust of wind his boat ‘about ship’ and went for the opposite side of the pond. After this race was over a hurry scurry race took place, in which D. Wood was the winner. May 30th, third Cup race of the season for 5-tonners. The weather was pleasant, and the number of spectators large, the keenest interest was taken inthe event. There was a light wind, and the time taken by the yachts was longer than usual. Sixteen entered. Mr. J. Bonner, Captain, was in charge, and a start was made at 3-30. First heat, 4 entries, 1 W. Anderson’s ‘Express,’ 2 M‘Farlane’s ‘Maggie’; Second heat, 4 boats, 1 R. Webb’s ‘Earl,’ 2 D. Wood’s ‘Pike’; Third heat, 4 boats, 1 J. Cant’s ‘Whin,’ 2 J. Patrick’s ‘Lena’; Fourth heat, 4 boats, 1 A. Smith’s ‘Hindoo,’ 2 W. Henderson’s ‘Jane’; Fifth heat, 4 boats, 1 ‘Express,’ 2 ‘Pike’; Sixth heat, 4 boats, 1 ‘Jane,’ 2‘Harl.’ The final thus lay between ‘Express,’ ‘Pike,’ ‘Jane’ and ‘Earl.’ ‘Hixpress’ came in first, and ‘Pike’ second. This is the first occasion on which Mr. Anderson (the Commodore) has carried off the cup, although he has gained the medal several times. June 6th. On Saturday afternoon a consolation race, took place for a money prize presented by the Captain for those who failed to secure a place on the previous Saturday in the 5-ton cup competition. The Captain acted as umpire. Good weather, fair wind, capital sport was experienced and there was a large number of visitors. The result was: First heat, 4 boats, 1 W. Findlay’s ‘Emma,’ 2 ‘Whin’; Second heat, 4 boats, 1 ‘Jane’ 2 A. Main’s ‘Gracie’; Third heat, 5 boats, 1 ‘Karl,’ 2 ‘Lena’; Fourth heat, 3 boats, 1 ‘Gracie,’ 2‘Whin’; Fifth heat, 3 boats, 1 ‘Marl,’ 2 ‘Jane.’ The final lay between ‘Gracie,’ ‘Whin,’ ‘Harl’ and Jane, and resulted: 1 ‘Gracie,’ 2 ‘Whin,’— ‘June 17th, a special race for five-tonners for a prize presented by Mr. Robert Fiddes, butcher, Princes Street, took place on Wednesday night. Ten boats entered. First heat, 4 boats, 1 J. Webb’s ‘Agnes Sime,’ 2 ‘Jane’; Second heat, 3 boats, 1 ‘Pike,’ 2 ‘Lena’; Third heat, 3 boats, 1 ‘Gracie,’ 2 A. Dary’s ‘Canadian’; Fourth heat, 3 boats, 1 ‘Jane,’ 2 ‘Agnes Sime’; Fifth heat, 3 boats, 1 ‘Gracie,’ 2 ‘Lena.’ Final heat, 4 boats, 1 ‘Gracie,’ 2‘Jane.’ The wind being very gusty, the race was considerably prolonged, and good sailing was not to be looked for. A number of other shopkeepers have kindly presented prizes for competition, and that the donors may witness TT UUTEPRTPPSPTPreeti er itis at eean THE 126 MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST. the races these will take place on Wednesday Saturday, June 20th, 10-ton race for evening. Ex-Lord Provost Hunter’s Cup, the weather fine Mr. a large number of visitors were present. Cargill of Mid Mill, paid the club a long visit at The final the pond, and was much interested. lay between Commodore’s ‘Tourist,’ ‘Banshee,’ ‘Satan’ and ‘Maggie Lochie,’ the latter got in first, the other three came in ona cluster, A. Smith’s ‘Satan’ being first of the three. J. Webb’s ‘Maggie Lochie’ is the winner of the Provost’s Cup for this season, while ‘Satan,’ the present holder of the cup, gets the medal. WMorrespowpertce, 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. TONNAGE versus SAIL-TONs. THE Epiror, 7he Model- Yachtsman. in your S1r,—Your correspondent, F. J. Tans’ey, writing Cubical Tonnage, on the other hand (supplemented by my system of Ballast-Tons), will always give a precise classifica- tion,—and it is the only system of measurement which will or can prevent the small classes from encroaching upon the large ones, During the last few years of the 1730 rule, even gold cups were won by very small vessels, from the whole fleet of large ones; but as the small vessel sailed at about halfits true tonnage, had all the yachts been correctly tonned by myself it is quite possible that the large yacht might have saved its time, as having much less time to give the smaller one, and thus the gold cup might have gone in a truer direction, If yachtsmen fail to regard the direction of a g Id cup as worth thinking about, then, I, on my part, utterly fail to understand what it is they do regard as worth thinking about. Iam, faithfully, LiguT. MIDDLETON, Eastwood, Essex, June 16th, 1891. MODEL STEAMERS. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, May 28th, 1891. THe Epiror, Jfedel–Yachtsman. DEAR 51rR,—In the May number of your paper, I note the Liverpool ‘Steam’ Model Yacht Club have had a race on Easter Monday, Iam very much interested in Model Steam Yachts, and had great pleasure in reading your short report of the race. May number, expresses surprise that I have not taken any part in the late contests for designs cf competitive yachts. Mr. Tansley seems quite oblivious to the fact that the There is, however, one or two things I would like to know. The race was 1000 yards wf and dows the Lake, Is the Lake 500 yards long, and the race twice over the distance? as much depends upon the number of times the boats had to Sail-Tons with utter contempt, I am not likely to take any part in a competition designed to do honor tu such an em- Your report says there was great excitement for ten minutes. Was this the last ten minutes of the race, or did the subject of those competitions was Sail-Tons, and as I regard pirical qualification. I have published on Sail-Tons, and have thoroughly exposed it as next door to common lunacy, and I am not likely to trouble myself about designs on such a subject, other than possibly to point out the excess of tonnage which the smaller fry, such as I§-raters, may and do run into, Sail-Tons admits of much the same faults as did the 1730 rule, namely, it allows the small vessels to encroach upon the larger ones — The only cure for this most improper and annoying state of things is tonnage, pure and simple ! Now as regards this tonnage. The Custom House classi- fication is not good enough, this Custom House measurement being in itself a faulty and incorrect system, invented I — suppose, by some profound student in mathematics. The Custom House measurement may be said to give a workable average of a merchant ship’s tonnage, but it is often exceedingly at fault,—and as applied to yachts, I have known it out as much as 3-§ tons in a nominal 20-tonner, and vessels are often imperfectly handled in consequence of this faulty classification, This I have several times pointed out to racing men, that where the vessel at the moment being inspected carried 20 tons of ballast, it should carry 23 tons, and possibly even more, and would then race much faster. In these cases I have been met with the reply, ‘‘The Custom House measurement is only so-and-so, and therefore we only give her so-and-so baljast.” T have then gone home, and totting up the figures of the ship, I have sent them the correct tonnage, an! the ballast which the yacht should race with, –and on each occasion I have found myself within 5 cwt. of the amount stated in conversation, and sketched off at sight, as I surveyed the vessel in a cursory manner, whilst alongside a quay or jetty. Thus it was that I found out that practically the Custom House measurement is not to be depended upon, and when afterwards I narrowly examined the mathematical method employed, and noted the divisor of 100, I was not in the least surprised that results by the Custom Flouse measurement are, very often, all but useless as applied to yachts. be turned. boats do the 1000 yards in the ten minutes you name? We have a steam model, and we would lke to know if we have any chance at all with the Liverpool boats; if they did the distance named in 10 minutes Iam afraid we are out of it a good way. If you will kindly answer through your next issue the following questions you will confer a favor. Ist. About what length is the Sefton Park Lake? 2nd. What time did it take the boats to do the race FLORA. named ? [The Ilon. Sec. of the Liverpool Club kindly sends the information as under.—Eb.] 9§, Townsend Lane, Anfield. Tue Epiror, Model- Yachisman, . Dear SiR,—The length of the Lake (Sefton Park) is 480 yards, and 80 to 124 yards wide. It is not straight, but we have a course of 442 yards for the Steamers, which have to be turned clear from the side they come in at. If we could get the boats to go straight the course would be 820 yards. We always find that the fast boats go across the Lake at the least twice, and sometimes oftener. Yours truly, R. RICHMOND, Hon. Sec., Liverpool M.Y.C. P.S, – The ‘Tris,’ W. Jollitfe, 6ft. 2in. lw.l., 15in. beam, has done that course in 7 mins., the ‘Greyhound,’ Crawford, in the same race, going out and home without touching the bank in 7 mins. 30secs. The ‘Iris’ has done the same course as ‘Greyhound’ on one occasion in 6 mins. 14 secs. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. R. R. Barretr.-—Most of the Models now-a-days are The moulds of ‘Cupid’ can built with frames and planks. be used for either cutting a boat out of one solid piece of wood; making two half-models out of solid wood and then joining them together; or for the frames of a boat to be It would certainly have been more built up with planking, MODEL-YACHTSMAN useful to hesinetien if the designer of * Cupid’ had marked off the wood keel and the lead keel onthe plan. We think the lead keel would be about 21% inches deep aft, and about 54 in. forward. Lhe wood keel should be about 1 inch deep aft and 34 forward. A special design would cost about a guinea, Write to some of our advertisers. If any of our readers have a design of a fast yacht of 3ft. 6in. overall perhaps they will write us, Yachtina. The yachting season made rather a late start this year, the first 3 weeks of June have, however seen the end of the Thames racings, and there the various craft have had their preliminary trials, giving a taste of what may be expected during the remainder of the seaon. ‘The chief excitement among the larger racers has been the improvement shown in the performances of Valkyrie, which cutter looks as if she were going to show us a bit of her speed with which the ‘America’ Cup was to have been won. Afaid Marion (née Yarana) does not seem to show to advantage under her new flag, having only won a single first prize up to the present time; Alwe- rock and Columbine have not shown themselves worthy, as far as we have yet seen, of the expeetations and prophecies bestowed upon them e’er the season commenced; Columbine requires to have her high bulwarks razed before she can be expected to do anything; she would be a speci- ally handsome craft if she only had the 6 inch rails of Valkyrie or Maid Marion; as it is at present the bulwarks are about 2 feet high, and hold a terrible lot of wind. Zethe has shown some wonderful bursts of speed, when in competition with /verna, especially during the Queen’s Cup match, held under the Royal Cinque Ports Y.C., where under Y.R.A. ordinary rating allowance scale she had 4 secs. to spare from J/verna, and took the Queen’s Cup. The 40-raters promise plenty of sport during the season. The old crack Deerhound has permanently retired to the Mediterranean, being now owned by an Italian nobleman; it is to be hoped that Capt. Nottage has not entirely given up the class, and that the end of the season or the beginning of next will see him again on the starting line with another 40. Mr. A. D. Clarke’s Keverie made her debut at the New Thames Y.C. regatta, June 1st, and shewed that she is certainly an improvement on Castane?, in speed if notin looks, beating Creolein a steady breeze. White Slave ‘appeared uuder her new cutter rig on the same day, with her pole mast right up in the bows, and a mainsail as large as Maid Marion’s; she shows a great improvement in speed, butis not up to the rest of the 40’s yet. She is, however, getting a racing suit of canvas more in accord with the English notion of a AND CANOEIST, 127 cutter; under this she should be as handsome as any boat afloat, and should develope the speed which her hull is undoubtedly capable of. Creole at present is hardly up to last year’s form, and it is to be hoped will improve during the season, or else Mohawk’s fate is surely in store for her, The new Fife 40-rater Tha/ia appeared in the second week of the Thames racing, and she looks as if she would be a dangerous rival to Reverie. The Watson 40 J/rene has not yet ap- peared at the starting line, and is not expected till the Solent regattas, when we will see what she can do. In the 20-rating class sport is dull at present ; from what I have seen of Mr. Hill’s Dragon S/, I would prefer if I were in his place to sell her and stick to the o/d craft; Ghost beat Dragon IT fairly easily in the only match they sailed together, which did not look well for the new boat, in fact, if I could get a partner in the “spec,” I I would not mind going in for Dragon J. On the Clyde, the new 10-rating centreboard Dora, designed by G. L. Watson, and owned by Messrs. Allan, is rather “scooping the pool ;” it is rather a matter to be regretted that she should prove so much in advance of the rest of the 10’s, as it will in all probability break up the class entirely, in the same way that Doris broke up the 5-tonners. It certainly does appear rather odd that English and American yachting are changing so eutirely in opposite directions, the “csentreboards” winning over here and being beaten by the ‘keels’ there. The following table shows the winnings up to June 17th of the principal yachts over 19-rating: 1lsts 2nds othr przs starts value LUCTHG varcvavvvenenes 4…2.,.. 1…10 …£3855 VAlRy 16 cee ceeceeees 3… 2… 0…10 …£220 Maid Marion v1… 1…0..1… 9…£95 an 1.1.5.0… 0..4rg BLUCTOCR vevvevevece- Lovee bane Doe Gi cceeeee Columbine 1… .%… 0… CODE oeccce scene — 0… 1… Thalia ….. ‘eeicaeks 9… 8… PEVEKUE — vavacevvever a… @.. White Slave 1… 0..0… DYTAZON ecvvcseees 9…1… Velo ceccsececsevees 1..1… 0… 8… 0… 1… 0… 0… 0… 5 …£78 9 …£60 6…£160 6. Aas 8…8 3 …846 4…£20 A 1…0.. 0… 2 …£15 TS a 0..0.. 0… 1.8 Rep, Taia0w AND Brack. MODEL YACHT CLUB REGISTER. 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. BRADFORD.—Y.R.A, and length. Station.—Exley’s Reservoir, Frizinghall. BRADFORD EAST.END,—1730 and length, G. Richardson, $6, Leamington-street, Manningham. Station—Bradford Moor Park. Meath iil ilephbehabee nt | || THE THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN | W. BRADFORD MOOR.—1730 and length, Station.— Bradford Moor Park, N. Walker, 22, Keer 5t., Leeds Road, Bradford. DUNDHE.— Weight. 12 Ibs. to 1 ton.—Station.—Stobsmuir Pond. M. PAXTON, MODELLER, Model Yacht Designer and Builder. MODELS GUT OR BUILT TO OWNERS’ OWN LINES, IF REQUIRED. FIRST-CLASS WORK GUARANTEED. Highest Awards from all the latest Exhibitions. —- SPARS HULL.—Kingston-—Length taken on L.w.l.; also 10-ton class Y,R.A. AND SAILS — SPECIALITY IN } Striped (Brown) 1/- per yard…86in. wide. SAIL-CLOTH Plain ” 10d. ,, TM oH n Station—Club Lake, Inglemire Lane, Beverley Road. J. BR. Windsor, Bankside, Sculcoates. . Station.—Hast Park. This Cloth is made especially for Sails; is as fine as silk, with pure E. Driffield, 103, Arundel Street, Holderness Road. finish, and warranted not to stretch, Postage extra. Station.—North Dene 171, TURNER’S-RD., Councillor T, Thertle and J. Symes, R.N, Marine Chambers, London Road. LONDON,—London.—1é-rating class and 10-ton class ¥.B.A. Station—Round Pond, Kensington Gardens. Mr. Walter Greenhill, L.M.¥.C., Kensington Gardens, W Telegrams :—Bermudian, London. Postal :—L. M. ¥. C., Kensington Gardens. FLUID / WATER RESISTING a Serpentine—Tonnage—Y. RB. A. and L.& 8 GLUE Station—The Serpentine, Hyde Park. G. Hale, 172, Hampstead-road, London, N.W, Corinthian.—Tonnage Y.B,A. Station.—Long Pond, Clapham. Hdward Gray, 34, Strathleven Road, Acre Lane, Brixton, $.W,. Send stamp for sample. Cash with order. BOW. LONDON, E. aa East Hull.—1730 rule, CANOEIST. SHIP J. Cant, 60, Watson Terrace, tzlebe. EDGBASTON (Birmingham).-—-Weight. Station —Edebaston Canal Reservoir. L. B. Chatwin, Wellington House, Wellington-road, Hdgbaston, Birmingham FOWEY.—Length, l.w.l. Station—Fowey Harbour. W.S. Lacey, More-street GLASGOW.—-Tonnage,—’*94” Rule. Station.—Hillhead Pond. Robt. 8. Nicholson, 49, Lumsden-street, Overnewton. KINGSTOWN (iveland.J}—Tonnage, Y.R.A. Station—Kingstown Harbor. LL. H. Douglas, 6, Marine-road. LOWESTOFT.-—-Length and Tonnage. AND — 128 FLUID \ /) WATER RESISTING a GLUE (Patent) PATENT (Patent) TINS. PATENT TINS Dulwich.—Lengthl.w.l. and Y.R.A. 10 and 5 tons only. Station—Peckham Rye BR. H, Lanchestor, 181, Malpas Road, Brockley, $.E. MEDWAY.—Chatham.—Tonnage ¥.R.A. J. H. Read, 8, Gorst Street, New Brompton. NO BRUSH.—NO BOILING.—WILL SECURELY GLASS, CHINA, METAL, &c. PHILADELPHIA, U.8.A.—Length overall. E. W. Fowler, 3426, Walnut-street, Philadelphia, Pa. 10, 15, and 20 tons. D. Lewis, 28, Alma Street, Marine Town. SCARBOROUGH.— Tonnage 1730, 10 aud 20-tons, also Weight class. THE SOUTH SHIELDS.—Bixelsior—Tonnage ‘1780’ and Length. ESTABLISHED Station—The Mere, J. W. Blakey, 29, Westborough. Station.—South Marine Park, T. 8. Downey, 16, Saville Street. Brookland Road, Sunderland. 62, Dale Street, GLUE LIVERPOOL. Co.,, 1847. BOAT. CANOE & STEAM LAUNCH t= The Fee for constant publication in the Register is 5s. per annum Racing Vachts Designed. Building Superintended. WATERPROOF CHARLES BATHURST, SUNDERLAND.—Station, Roker Park,—1780 rule and L. and S.A. YACHT DESIGNS. Woop, Chemists, Manufactured only by SHEERNESS—17380 rule. R. Marlborough, 11 JOIN By post 8d. and 1/3 per tin. Through Ironmongers, Chandlers, &c., Gd. and 1/- per tin, MAX WELL.—dJohn H. Neave, Blairbeg, 82, Dalziel Drive, Pollokshields. BUILDER, TEWKESBURY. | Builder of ‘‘Atalanta,” ’88 and ’89, and ‘‘Severn” ’87 and ’89. By W. E. C. PHELPS, All kinds of Boats Built to Order, Yacht Designer, Let on Hire, and For Sale. 6, Trinity College, DUBLIN. RACING YACHTS FOR SALE—40, 20, 6 and 2% Ratings, All First-Class “WATERY WANDERINGS,” A Practical Canoe Cruise. By LONDON: TT. FEL. THEO. is prepared to devote special attention to the development of canoes of all sorts. ORIGINAL HOnDInG HULL: BEST T. GRASSAM ‘One of the brightest, breeziest, and most entertaining records of holiday adventure we have ever read—a book which is worthy to stand beside the volumes of that doyen of canoeing, the great Rob Roy himself. . . Mr. William Black is the literary king of Western Scotland, but even the author of ‘A Princess of Thule,’ and ‘White Wings’ has written nothing of the same kind that is more captivating than this record of ‘Watery Wanderings’, chester Examiner OXFORD, Designer & Builder of the ‘“‘ WHIZ,” Winner of R.C.C. Challenge Cup, 1890) Price 2/6 Post-Free. E. MARLBOROUGH. SMITH, MEDLEY, Boats, DESIGNS. IMPROVED WORKMANSHIP. MODERATE FITTINGS. PRICES. FE. Grassam, Printer, is prepared to = x + execute orders for Printing, Mithography, &c., in the best style, and at moderate prices ESTIMATES GIVEN ial & 162, HIGH STREET HULL. THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN JOHN J. JACKSON, SAIL MAKER, Although the canoe-yawl is par excellence tHE craft for the breezy night, there is no doubt about it the Canadian canoe ‘has it’ when the glassy waters are unruffled by the slightest suspicion of an air. CANOE SAILS A SPECIALITY, TENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION MADE TO ORDER. Maker of Sails for Canoe ‘‘Charrm” winner of the Royal Canoe Challenge Cup, 1887, 1888, and 1889. Also ‘‘Whiz” winner of the Royal Canoe Challenge Cup 1890, On such an evening, as the light craft, propelled by almost noiseless sttokes of her single paddle, skirts along by the green rushes, or hangs as it were suspended over the transparent water, the poetry of canoeing throws its spell over the occupant —-or occupants—and you are inclined to bless —— “the man, whoe’er he be, who first carved paddle from the tree,” as the song from ‘‘across the water” has it. BRITISH CANOE CLUBS.* ROYAL C,.C.—T. G, F. Winser, Sec., 72, Mark Lane, London MERSEY C,C.—Percy Cox, Mate, C 9, Exchange Bdls,, Liverpool. CLYDE C.C.—H. K. Bromhead, Sec., 245, St. Vincent-st., Glasgow. WEAR €.C.—T. 0. Todd, See., 7, Winifred-terrace, Sunderland, NITH C.C,—-D. Wilson,Sec., Laurieknowe-place,Maxwelltown,Dumfries HUMBER YAWL CLUB–G. F. Holmes, Mate, Elim Lodge, Hornsea. TYNE C.C.—Rowland Dedd, Sec., Neville Hall, Newcastle. BRITISH CANOE ASSOCIATION.—P. Nisbet, Sec,, 1, Water-Lane, Great Tower-street, City. (The B.C.A. is established for the promotion of cruises and meets, whereby canoeists of the United Kingdom, irrespective of clubs, may unite for the purpose of cruising and camping.) SUNDERLAND C. C.—A. E. Charlton, Secretary, 42, Fawcett-street. FREE CRUISERS €.C.—-E. Robson, Secretary, 38, North Bridge-st, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland. THAMES CAMPING & BOATING ASSOCIATION.— F, B. Fowler, Hon. Sec., 26, Union-road, Clapham, 5.W. TEES CRUISERS.—A. McLeod, 15, Reed St., South Stockton. NORTHERN CC.–L. McPherson, Sccretary, Whitehouse Buildings, Newcastle. , Corrections Solicited ‘ s 3 5 o 2 9 10 —O— | THERE is no doubt that canoeing, “canoe-yawling,” is “on the boom” or rather in this district, Just recently the writer parted with a dear old friend —for such one’s boats become after three year’s companionship. A day or two later he found himself confronted by another friend —- this time a reproachful human one— the burden of whose complaint was, “Why didn’t you sell the boat to me?” Perhaps a similar experience may have been yours, at any rate, when two or three men are after a boat it is pretty conclusive proof that she is well worth having. Well, I shouldn’t have parted with her if I hadn’t had another boat pretty far advanced in building, of a similar class, viz: 13 feet x 4 feet HOLDING TESTIMONIAL FUND. Amount already acknowledged Co SS ———— 133 voured with in May; or to lazily drift over the calm clear surface on a lovely still evening in June. MANUFACTURER of SAILS for YACHTS, BOATS, CANOES, &c. J CANOEIST. sail to a brisk breeze, such as we were so often fa- NORTHWICH, Cheshire, —— AND 4d 6 6 oO 6 inches, which for a general purpose canoe-yawl is I think about the most useful size. The popular verdict of the H. Y. C. appears to be in favour of this length, though all the boats are not identical in beam. I suppose though, that this could hardly be expected, when many of the owners are also their own builders. I notice that generally there is a big tendency to allow the boat to spread in build- The above list was closed on the 1oth June. The money is being employed in the purchase of the seven volumes which are already published of “Chamber’s Encyclopedia,” as this was the form in which Mr. Holding elected to take it. An inscription in each vol. mentions that it was “ Presented to T. H. Horpine, Esq., as a mark of appreciation of his editorial labours on the Canoezs?, from 1886 to 1891, by several friends.” EDITORIAL NOTES AND COMMENTS. CANOEING is now in full swing, and the long light evenings allow the canoeist frequent, if not constant, opportunities of enjoying his favourite sport. What can be more refreshing, after a long tiring day, spent—as most of our days must necessarily be spent-~in working hard with head or hand, “~han to slip away to the waterside and spread the ing. The last addition to the class, the “ Chipmunk,” is also the widest, her beam being no less than 5ft.2in. She has been built entirely at home, and has been on the stocks for a good bit more than a twelvemonth, No doubt she will be a comfortable cruiser. What she will do in speed against her rather narrower sisters the season’s racing must show. —0-— A wORD as to masts. ’ Don’t make them too light, and especially be careful that your mast trunks are large enough and thoroughly fastened. Remember, if you are using grown spars, that the outer rims of the tree are the strongest, so pick your pole about the size you want it, not a great deal thicker, and the less it is planed down after the bark is removed the more likely it will be to stand. For a balance or batten lug sail, no fittings are needed on mast at all, so there is no need to stick nails into it just above the deck, and weaken it at 134 THE MODEI-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST. Fasten your tack and the most vulnerable point. halyard blocks to the deck close on either side of the mast, and you will find it an improvement: —o0— 1 aM glad to see from the reports published today that the canoeists both of the Tyne and Tees, succeeded so well in their Whitsuntide cruises, The Humber canoeists, many of them influenced, doubtless, by the presence, or effects, of “La Grippe” did not muster in force for the proposed cruise on the Trent: but the two who did go, accomplished a considerably longer cruise than would have been likely to be undertaken by a large body of men. —_—Q—. It is to be hoped that the lesson of the Challenge Cup Races of the R. C. C. will have a good effect by encouraging snug and well setting sails. The winner ‘Stella’ (late ‘SSevern’—whose lines were recently published in this paper) was sailed by Mr. Webster, her clever owner, under a snug suit of balance lug-sails, comparatively small headed and nol too pressing to the boat. After ail, a good well cut and set sail of moderate area, every part of which does its full share of work, is vastly better than a pile of canvas, one half of which is constantly shaking. —_—0O-—- We this month print extracts from the programme showing the arrangements made for the B. C. A. Cruise on the Norfolk Broads. The B.C.A. Year Book, which has come out during the month, is about the best which has yet appeared. It is illustrated with photo. pictures (collotype process), and is an interesting souvenir of the Meet of the last season. I HAVE received. another letter respecting the Tyne Paddling Championship, but cannot publish anything further concerning this unfortunate race. By far the best solution of the difficulty is to repaddle the race, securing the services of some zxdependent gentleman who is well acquainted with the rules of boat-racing to act as umpire. —o–—- THE last number of Ferest Ge Stream which is to hand, contains an account of a novelty in canoe contests, which has recently taken place at New York, viz:—the Zerega Hoisting Sail Competition. In this competition points were given for (1) Hoisting, (2) Lowering, (3) Handling, 1.e., sailing a course to leeward—return without aid by use of rudder or centreplates, and (4) Design. There were 7 competitors, and the winner was ‘ Eclipse,’ owned by Mr. F. L. Dunnell, and is a cinoe “with “no marked difference in draft at the ends, moder“ate centreboard near the middle, a cockpit suffi“ciently large to permit the crew to go forward in “order to luff, and with small sails hoisted by “single halliards.” HUMBER YAWL CLUB. The above held a “Club afternoon” at Hornsea The morning of Mere, on Saturday, June 13th. the day was fine and sunshiny, and with a change of wind to the westward a rise had taken place in the temperature of something like 20° from two or three days earlier. When the members began to collect in the vicinity of the boats, however, the sky was slightly overcast and inclined to be misty, and the wind had piped up so lustily that the two 18ft. canoe-yawls were engaged in turning in their first reefs, and visions of close reefs and wet jackets began to flit through the minds of the owners of the smaller canoe-yawls. There were three races down on the programme for the afternoon. Class 1, in which only two starters came to the post, ‘ Maud’ and ‘Gipsy’; Class 2, with three contestants, ‘Iris’ and ‘Daisy,’ 18ft. canoe-yawls, and ‘Zara,’ zoft. w.1. coble; and Class 3, in which most of the interest centred, boats under 15ft. The course was a beat to the west buoy, a reach to the north buoy, with a gybe there, and nearly a dead run home. Class 2 were got away first at 3-26-45 p.m., ‘Iris,’ cleverly manceuvred, crossing the line at gunfire, just to windward of ‘Daisy.’ The race was practically a match between those two old opponents, as the coble, though fast at reaching, could not compete with the canoe-yawls to windward. ‘ Daisy’s greater displacement and higher freeboard gave her an advantage which very soon placed her to windward, and, a lead once established, she gradually increased it and won with nearly 3 mins. in hand. ‘Gipsy,’ the Captain’s new craft, is a powerful lugger of 23ft. Gin. x 7ft. 3in., and stood up manfully to her whole sail. Her opponent, ‘Maud,’ is about 33ft. x 7ft., yawl rigged, but she could not cope with ‘Gipsy’ to windward, though she sailed a plucky race right through, her owner giving her all the canvas she had. Perhaps she might have done better with a reef or two turned in, but in a short race like that it does not pay to make alterations after the start. As one or two of the small boat owners were un- willing to start immediately after the completion of the first two races, an adjournment was made for tea, and to give the wind an opportunity of blowing itself out a bit. When the boats—-and members —-had at last been got together again, Boreas had got so “out of breath” that all reefs were shaken out and oilskins doffed. The time allowance (handicap) was given at the start, but the race was practically between the first four boats, as ‘Mugwump’ and ‘Eveline,’ both essentially cruising boats, in spite of their handicap were passed before the West Buoy was reached. Both ‘Seagull’ (late ‘Ethel’) and ‘Undine’ were sailed with double crew, by no means an advantage in these small craft, as most boat sailers are doubtless THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN GIPSY ceeeeeee 3°57 Mawel First Class. ist Round 2nd Round 3rd Round «+ 4-16-30…4-35-30…4-54-50 3-57» -4°18-5 …4-40-45…5-4°5 Second Class. ..-4-8-55 …4-28-17 Daisy …se0s. 3-26-45…3-47 ——_—— 3-26-45 …3°47-30…4°9-10 …4-31-10 -4°1Q-5 «54-45-30 ZOTM Saecemne 3-26-4505: Third Class. 600 9-35-25…7-58-2 …8-21-20 60 7°3T-50…7-58-0 …8-21-55 1+47-32-20…9-57-55…8-22-40 v0 9-32-50…7-58-2 …8-23-0 Undine …… 7-7 Spectre …… 7-5 SWAN wecceeee 7-5 Seagull …… 7-4 Eveline …… 7-1 Mugwump …7 | not timed During the evening the ‘ Chipmunk,’ a new 13footer, had her trial trip, but a far too flexible mast would not allow the sail to be properly set, so her speed is still problematical. TYNE C.C. WHITSUN CAMP. The pleasant banks of the Tyne between Ryton and Wylam, were again made the rendezvous of T.C.C., on the much anticipated occasion of their Whitsuntide camp. The tents were pitched on Saturday, amid very inconsiderate weather, snow, sleet and rain coming down in such blinding storms as to wet all wearing apparel, and severely try even the veteran cruisers. Sunday opened out a beautiful day, amply rewarding those enthusiasts who had braved the wintry weather of the previous day. The tide brought up the remainder of the club, who pitching their tents alongside those already in position, made the camp quite a lively spot. The following day an acceptable visitor appeared in Mr. T. Deighton (ex-Captain), who exposed a number of plates on the fleet and camp generally, almost all making good negatives. Sailing was indulged in as far as the narrow and shall sw limits of the river would allow. Others went for the daily supply of farm produce, upon which occasion cream—real cream~-is to be had in delicious reality. Night brought its social powwow around the ruddy glow of the camp fire, pipes were charged, lit, and emptied, yarns spun out, ay, to unnecessary length, and the merits of ’baft the masters most gravely discussed, till the heavy dew warned the orators and listeners that the “wee sma’ oor” was approaching. Tuesday, in its effort to be fine, the preceding day. Mr. fairly excelled Deighton, accompanied by “Otter.” the club’s father, put in an early appearance, and throughout the day made their respective cameras “click for all they were worth,” taking the boys in all styles. This day being the last in camp was made the most of, and passed in pure contentment to all, which individually meant monkeying, paddling, sailing, walking, or basking on the sunny slope, en- joying to heart’s content the kindly beams of Old Sol. Below is a list of those actually present during the whole cruise :-— Style of Tent. Percy Stephenson, Capt.} Rowland Dodd, Secy. Name of Boat, ( Lapwing J Maryuor ( Beeswing W. E. Nicholson ……… } : Willie Nicholson ……… } Clyde; Swan J. Rutherford, 2nd mate T. Warkman ……. | Marquee Little Jim Charles S. Dodd… Hawk The fleet were representative of the now flourishing club, all being craft equally fit for the rough waters of the N.E. coast or the shallow streams in the higher reaches of the river. Notable among the craft were the two canoes of Messrs. Dodd and Stephenson, which have been fed on varnish and screw-eyes, new decks and saiis, till one thinks, “how happy could I be with either.” I am afraid, Mr. Editor, I am trespassing on your space, so must cut down the description of the craft and tents, and merely say everything was up to the average show, and enjoyment was as keen as in the old days, when, in our r1ft. of canvas canoe, and our hatches filled with ship biscuit and corned beef, we sailed away to discover what really lay above Ryton. Orrer, T.C.C. NORTHERN NOTES. THE NORTHERN CHALLENGE Cup.—A meeting of the committee of management was held on June 8th, to make final arrangements for the competition R. M. Richardson, Esq., for the above cup. occupied the chair. The date for the competition was altered from August 22nd to Sept. 5th. The course chosen, to be between the mouth of river Derwent and Scotswood Bridge. Entries will be received up to Aug. 29th, by Mr. L. McPherson, White House Buildings, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle. At a previous meeting, the committee decided that it be for second class canoes carrying full-limit sail (75 squre feet) under N. C. C. rules, a copy of which will be sent on application to the Secretary. The Saturday before Whitsuntide looked very I) Start 135 PLP DERMAL yet had, CANOEIST Biot iii aware. At the conclusion of the second round, only some 7 seconds separated first from fourth boat, and only 1 min. 40 secs, separated them at the finish. ‘The wind piped up a bit in the second and third rounds, enabling ‘Undine’ (14ft. 3in.) to save her handicap time on her 13ft. opponents and giving her a lead of 4-minute over ‘Spectre.’ The race was one of the prettiest which the Club has AND 136 THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN unpromising on the Tyne, with squally N.E. wind and showers of rain, altogether very undesirable for a cruise to the coast, as was intended, After camping in the boat-house, the following day was lovely, with the exception of two or three hours at mid-day, in which we experienced terrific sqaalls, with hail-stones the size of marbles. In the evening on the flowing tide, a smooth run was made to Newburn, with a light N.E, breeze. the tug of war, Then came half-a-mile wade through rapids, with the water as cold asice. Heddon was reached about 11 p.m., with decks covered with a thin coat of ice, and after pitching camp turned in to roost about 12 p.m., outside fried bacon, hot coffee, etc. Once during the night we were disturbed by a noise like a coffee mill, and sitting up, found that one of the men had got on his back, and was creating the disturbance ; having turned him to his side, peace once more on reigned till dawn.— Coming back down stream was rather ticklish, AND CANOEIST TuHurspay, July 30th—Attend Wroxham Regatta; special prizes offered to B.C.A. Members by Regatta Committee. Return to Camp I. Fripay, July 31st—Trip to Coltishall and back to Camp I {about 14 miles), SATURDAY, August Ist—Leave Camp I, and proceed to Camp II, Barton Staithe (about 11 miles). SuUNDay, August 2nd—Remain at Camp II, Barton. Monpay, August 3rd—Attend Barton Regatta; races Offered to B.C.A. Members. Barton Fair. special TuEspay, August 4th— Visit Sutton Broad, Wayford Bridge and Roman Encampment, and back (about 6 miles). WEDNESDAY, August 5th— Leave Camp II, and proceed to Camp III, Hickling Staithe (about 15 miles). THURSDAY, August 6th— Visit Horsey Mere, and seashore, (8 miles) sailing on Hickling Broad, and back to Camp II. Fripay, August 7th —Visit Martham Broad (about 8 miles) and back to Camp III. GENERAL Mrgtinec, B.C.A., preceded by Dinner 7 p.m. N.B.—All Members are particularly requested the General Meeting. to attend having to jump out now and again to clear the half-hidden boulders. SATURDAY, August 8th—Proceed up Muck Fleet to Ormesby Broad, Sportsman’s Arms Staithe. Camp IV. The first record race was held on June 13th— N.B.—Canoes and Boats unable to go up Muck Fleet it is suggested, Should cruise to Yarmouth, rejoining main body on Tuesday, August 11th, at Acle. sail and paddle—which resulted in an easy win by Mr. J. A. Youll, “Cockyollybird,” Mr. McKenzie, SunpDAy, August 9th—Remain at Camp IV. “Sunbeam,” being second, and Mr. McPherson third. Monnay, August roth—Visit Filby and Rollesby Broads, and back to Camp IV. The Regatta day has been altered to Saturday, July 4th, which it is hoped will be a great success, the President, J. Baxter Ellis, Esq. J.P. (Mayor of Newcastle) having intimated his intention of being present, and the Mayoress having kindly consented to give away the prizes. Re PappLInG CHAMPIONSHIP OF TYNE,—I regret to see from your last issue Mr. Naughton is again onthe w rpath. We have shewn the T.C.C. every kindness, and fail to understand the petty jealousy which is stil] apparent from the worthy chairman’s letter. ARGONAUT, Mate N.C.C. Tuespay, August r1th~— Leave Camp IV, returning to Acle via Muck Fleet, and back to Camp I, WEDNEsDAY, August 12th—Close of Meet. back to Wroxham Bridge to lead up Canoes. At each of the four Camp sites mentioned it has been ascertained that necessaries. ample supplies can be obtained of all Arrangements have been made with Mr. J. Loynes, Boat Builder, Wroxham bridge, to undertake the unloading of Canoes and Boats from railway truck at Wroxham Station, and their delivery into water at the following charge, inclusive of their care until owners’ arrival: —Cance Yawls 5/each, Cadoes 2/6 each. Packages can be addressed to c/o Mr. Loynes, Wroxham Bridge, or can be sent to c/o Mr. Mayor, Broad Farm, Salhouse, for Camp I. For Camp II, c/o Mr. J. S. Cox, Barton Staithe, near Neatishead, Norfolk. For Camp III, c/o Mi, Beale, Pleasure Boat Inn, Hickling Staithe, Norfolk. BRITISH CANOE ASSOCIATION, NorFoLtk Broaps MEET, TRANSIT OF CANOES AND Bosts TO WRoXHAM, The Executive trust that, as far as possible, Members intending to be present will endeavor to assemble on the opening day, at Wroxham, the nearest Station to the First Camp. It having been decided that the Camp shall be a movable one, the following programme has been arranged, and the Four Camp Sites have been personally inspected by a SubCommittee appointed for that purpose. WEDNESDAY, July 29th — Muster at Camp I, Sportsman’s Arms, Ormesby Broad, Norfolk. 1891. The above Meet will commence on JULY 2gth, and terminate officially on AUTUST I2th. Little Broad. For Camp IV, c/o Mr. 8. Richmond, Salhouse, The following rates have been quoted by the Gt. Eastern Railway Co., by which line all Canoes and beats should be sent,— ‘a Canoes and Boats not packed, Station te Station, Minimum charge as for one ton per wagon. NB. ~4 ordinary Canoes can be loaded on a wagon. or, 6 Loaded on wagons along with other goods at owner’s risk only. Minimum charge as for 5 cwt, From LONDON …aeeeereeee @ 40/- per ton, 4 53/4 perton, »y LIVERPOOL……2000e 200s ag2/6,, £93/4,, An hs 0s een @ 45/- ” 660/– ,, NEWCASTLE ….e cee aoo/x KINGSTON-ON-THAMES.@ 45/- 4, b80/- ,, yy 6718 ,, 9» MODEL-YACHTSMAN 18ft in length, They load at Humber Dock. For dates of sailing application should be made to above firm. Members of any recognised Canoe Club will be alowed to attend this Meet on payment of Ten Shillings, and should they be elected Members of the Association, such payment will be considered their subscription for the current year. As it has not been found feasible to provide AMfarried Quarters at the Camps mentioned, no arrangements for Ladies attending this Meet in Camp have been made, such matters being left to individual Members themselves, but rooms can be obtained in the vicinity of each Camp by writing at once to the following parties:—- Mr. Mayor, Broad Farm, Salhouse, Norfolk. near Neatishead, Norfolk. Arms, Ormesby, Norfolk. Mr. J. 8. Cox, Barton Staithe, Mr, S. Richmond, Sportsman’s Percy Nispet, Hon. Sec., B.C.A,. HENLEY ReGaTtTa, July 7th, &th, and oth, For the convenience of B.C.A. Members wishing to attend the above Regatta, arrangements have been made with the Thames Camping and Boating Association that the following charges will be made for the use of their Camping Ground, (Parrott’s Island, just above Henley Bridge) viz: — For one night 5/-, two nights 7/6, or 1o/- the whole Regatta, OUR ILLUSTRATIONS. CANOE-YAWL “DORIS.” The canoe-yawl ‘Doris,’ of which an illustration is to be found in this month’s number, was designed by the owner, with the assistance of Mr. E. B. Tredwen, and was built by Messrs. Turk, of Kings ton-on-Thames, in the spring of 1887. She is built of in. mahogany, ribbon carvel, and has grown ribs of ash, with light ribs of American bent ash spaced 6in. apart. She carries a balance lug mainsail of 130 sq. ft. area and a New Brighton mizen of about 35 sq. ft., and when running a spinnaker of 6o sq. ft. She is fitted with two centreboards of yellow metal as shown, the fore-centreboard weighing about golbs., and the after-board about zolbs. She has inside lead ballast of 180lbs. There is ample room inside the well for two to sleep, although of course she has been designed for single-handed work, and is more comfortable when so used. The fore-hatches are used for stowing tent and gear generally, the after-hatch for the water and spirit cans, cooking utensils, lamps, ete. A box, made to the shape of boat, fitsin the stern, on which the owner sits, andin the box are packed all his clothes. This box has been found of great service, as the things always keep dry, however wet it may be outside. As regards the steering arrangements, these were made unusually strong in the first instance, and it has never been found necessary to make the slight- est alteration. A brass casting is bolted down over the mizenmast step, through which the mizenmast is stepped This casting has a circular collar CANOEIST. 137 turned on it, and a crosshead works on the collar, connected with a similar one on the rudder-head by copper cords, Each copper cord has a swivel shackle on it by which any slack can be taken up. It will be noticed from the illustration that the deck has great camber, being rounded to the extent of 6in, This has beer found of considerable advantage in broken water, as even when a wave breaks over the boat most of it gets away before reaching the well, Within a week of her launch in 1887 she sailed in the Ramsgate handicap of the Corinthian Yacht Club, and although there was a strong wind from N.E., and a nasty sea in the Lower Thames, she reached Margate. Since then she has made a number of passages, has cruised on the Medway, Burnham river, Loch Lomond, Windermere, Falmouth, and in Holland, and has proved a capable and first-rate little single- handed craft. The well can be partially or entirely closed by strong flat wooden hatches, fitted on the plan first used in a canoe by Mr. E. B. Tredwen. When closed in this way the boat can be safely sent by rail, or left at moorings or in a strange town, The tent is of the A pattern, and has 6 ft. headroom, which is further improved by the insertion of one or two bent canes between tent and ridge poie, thus keeping the sides further apart. The editor of this paper can bear personal testimony as to the comfortable quarters it affords to two, having frequently taken his meals with the genial owner of ‘Doris,’ on account of the greater comfort her “cabin” gives. CANOE FITTINGS, For illustrations of canoe fittings which we give in this number, we are indebted to Mr. Carlos A. Altgelt, of Buenvs Aires. For the most part they explain themse ves, Of the boom fastening Mr. Altgelt “Tt has no loose parts liable to says:— get lost, and swings freely in any direction. The bolt B which revolves round pin P has a T shaped head T, and can only be pulled through hole in boom when this is parallel to mast.” The snatch block for mast-head is ingenious, and the same principle could be applied with advantage to blocks for halyards, &c., on deck, alongside of mast. The umbrella tent, too, is a likely looking arrangment for a small canoe, and we hope that some enterprising canoeist will test it in this country. Most of Mr. Altgelt’s canoeing is done in the Delta of the Parana, and he holds that, for comfort, beam in a canoe means the same as headway ina yacht, especially for those who, like himself, never sleep ashore on a cruise. all necessary stores with only thinly populated. He is obliged to carry him, as the district is lil Messrs. Clarke & Reeve, of Hull, quote 21/- return freight from Hull to Yarmouth on Canves and Boats not exceeding AND Hii THE ~ 138 THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST. LONDON NOTES, By Mayr ty. Canoeing has been in full swing at Hendon the last month, ‘Atalanta’ of last year has passed into the hands of Mr. J. H. D. Nicholl, and is now called the ‘Lassie.’ She won the first race she sailed in under her new skipper, and no doubt will make a much better show when she has had the head of her new mainsail cut and trimmed. —o— The ‘Redwing’ (‘Nina’ of 1889) was out on the 30th May, and no doubt will prove to be a good heavy-weather boat, when her owner gets more used to her and to match sailing, —O— An interesting competition takes place on June 26th, when there is to bea match between the two canoe-yawls ‘Snake’ and ‘Jennie,’ the former owned by Mr. C. Lynam, of Oxford, and the latter by Mr. P. Calkin, We think it very plucky and _ sports- manlike of Mr. P. Calkin to have accepted the challenge, when his boat is only 14 feet in length compared with 18 feet in the ‘Snake.’ The Committee of the R.C.C., when they heard Mr. Lynam was bringing his boat from Oxford to Hendon for the competition, arranged to have a sweepstake on the 27th, for canoes and canoe-yawls, R. C. C. definitions, crew not exceeding 2 men. —_Q—- The Challenge Cup has been raced for and won, and we do not think anyone will grudge Mr. G, E. Webster the honor he has won in securing the cup for the year; for he certainly sailed both races plekily, carefully and well, and seeing that the boat was one that had been raced for two seasons with only very moderate success by her late owner, it clearly shows that the man is the element of greatest importance about a sailing canoe, and we ~ think that ina question of points, it is 1 for the. boat, 2 for the sails, and 3 for the man. —0O— Mr. Webster has a great belief that no builder gives proper attention to the question of bulkheads being watertight, and when he took the old ‘Severn’ over, one of the first points he attended to, was to shift the forward bulkhead aft so as to make his boat self-supporting — when capsized —- although ballasted; this he did with the help of two friends, and if they did not knew how to work, as well as a professional builder, they certainly knew how to make a tight job. Mr. Webster’s belief was well borne out. 1.—One afternoon he capsized, and his boat was tight and supported him and the ballast, and he was enabled to empty his boat and proceed with safety ; 2.—In the first race for the Challenge Cup ‘Vanessa’ in the fifth round capsized and sank, and if it had not been for the foresight of the worthy secretary (who had stationed a rowing boat at the lower end) he would have Jost his boat, as it was, ‘Vanessa’ when he found his boat sinking unhitched his painter and swam to the rowing boat, and hitched the painter to the stern ring of the boat and so prevented the loss of his boat in 4o feet of water. —_—o-—– May zoth, Race for 1st class canoes. Course three rounds. The race bought g starters, The wind was very shifty but principally W. ‘Nautilus’ was as usual first across the line closely followed by ‘Vanessa’ and the rest, and when the fleet got off the Gun club there was not 2 yards between first and last. Consequently there were some close snaves of fouling at the buoy in the bight. ‘Stella’ rounded rst closely followed by ‘Lassie’ and ‘Birdie’ ‘Birdie’ soon obtained a good lead and was followIn the 2nd round ed by ‘Stella’ and ‘Lassie ‘Lassie’ drew to the front, ‘Birdie’ 2nd, ‘Vanessa’ 3rd, and the last round saw ‘Lassie’ hold the lead with ‘Stella’ end, ‘Vanessa’ 3rd, ‘Atalanta’ 4th, and ‘Birdie’ 5th. This race was sailed in a very similar wind to that on the previous Saturday and the reputation of ‘Nautilus’ as a light weather craft was sustained. —o— June 6th. Chailenge Cup Race (1st) for 450 Challenge Cup, 1o miles.—There were 11 entries for this race, and considerable interest was shewn in the question of the value of ‘Whizz’ as a roughweather boat—‘Whizz’ being the holder of the cup. There was a strong easterly breeze blowing, and punctually at 3 pm. the starting gun was fired, and ‘Atalanta’ slipped over the line first, followed by ‘Nautilus,’*Vanessa,”Stella’ and ‘Birdie’ (‘Whizz’ capsized between the first and second guns.) ‘Birdie’ got a slight lead at the buoy in the bight, and ‘Atalanta’ carried away steering gear. A quick run was done to the bottom buoy, and at the turn a beat to windward was the order of the day, and ‘Vanessa’ soon picked up a lead, and at the end of the first round was leading by nearly 2 mins., next came ‘Stella,’ and ‘Birdie’ had 3rd place, but was just caught on the port tack and was 5th only. In the znd round the wind piped up still more, and Stella’ got the lead of ‘Vanessa’ while the latter was reefing, and ‘Nautilus’ with the Jarge head he has to his sail was unable to keep his boat up in the heavy gusts, and retired shortly after completing the znd round. ‘Usk’ and ‘Birdie’ completed the 3rd round and then retired,both being waterlogged. ‘Mercury’ completed 4 rounds before retiring, thus leaving only ‘Stella’ and ‘Vanessa’ to complete the course. ‘Stella’ at the end of the 4th round had a lead of a bare minute, and ‘Vanessa’ lost a lot of time trying to shake his reefs out, which he eventually did; this course was a plucky one, but unwise, and at the bottom buoy in the heavy lop he capsized and filled, leaving ‘Stella’ to finish MODEL-YACHTSMAN alone, which he did at 5-38-52, having sailed a very plucky race. —0-—. June 13th. Challenge Cup Race (2nd) for #50 Challenge Cup, 10 miles.—-The second race for the Challenge Cup was sailed under very similar condition of wind and weather as the first race on the previous Saturday. ‘The race was started at 3 o’clock; about zo secs. before the start, ‘Atalanta’ collided with ‘Birdie’ and capsized—the fault was ‘Atalanta’,s but the reason was his boat is so slow in turning. ‘Nautilus’ was first over the line, fol- lowed by ‘Birdie,’ ‘Mercury,’ ‘I1amond,’ ‘Vanessa,’ ‘Stella, ‘Atalanta’ and ‘Lassie’—‘Lassie’ having been delayed amongst the weeds on the lee shore. ‘Nautilus’ rounded the buoy in the bight 1st, ‘Stella’ 2nd ; then came a turn to windward to bottom buoy, ‘Stella’ naving worked up into rst place, and ‘Vanessa’ 2nd. ‘Steila’ rounded the dome buoy with a lead of 42 secs. from ‘Vanessa, and 62 secs, from ‘Nautilus.’ In the znd round it was a close race, ‘Vanessa’ passed ‘Stella’ only to be re-passed by ‘Stelia’ before rounding the buoy in the bight in the grd round; from this point it was a very hardly-contested race, ‘Stella’ winning with a lead of 24 mins. on ‘Vanessa,’ and 34 mins. on ‘Birdie.’ Mr. Webster thus holds the 450 Challenge Cup for the year, having won both races. —_—o0-— June 20th. Race for rst class canoes. Three rounds. Two prizes.—The wind was fresh and very squally, and shifted about from N. to N.E. The race was started about 3-55, the canoes cross- ing the line as follows: ‘Birdie,’ ‘Nautilus’ (18809), ‘Mayola,’ ‘Stella,’ ‘Atalanta’ (sailed by Mr. Workman) ani ‘Vanessa.’ After rounding the buoy in the bight, ‘Birdie,’ ‘Vanessa,’ ‘Nautilus’ and ‘Atalanta’ ran down in a cluster with booms to port, followed at some little distance by ‘Stella’ and ‘Mayola.’ When about half-way down, ‘Atalanta’s rudder-lines parted and she had to retire. ‘Stella’ set whole sail, came up with the leaders, hand over fist, when gybing round the bottom buoy, and still leading, ‘Birdie’ capsized and ‘Vanessa’ promptly followed suit. ‘Mayola’ carried away mainsheet, and her halliards also parted. ‘Stella’ was now leading, with ‘Nautilus’ in close attendance, and ‘Vanessa,’ having been smartly righted, followed some 7 mins. astern. This order was maintained to the finish, but ‘Stella’ had greatly increased her lead, and ‘Vanessa’ had caught up more than five mins. on ‘Nautilus.’ A CRUISE TO THE HELFORD RIVER. EASTER 1891. Working our way down, off Old Kea’ Church we ran into a calm, but after a bit a breeze catching , us AND we CANOEIST. ran past 139 Tregothnan boat-houses to Tol- verne Reach, past the entrance to Coombe Creek, King Harry Ferry, and ‘Tressilick Point. Here a curious sight presented itself to us, viz: the bar, which runs out from Turnaware Point across the mouth of the river, for the whole of its was high and dry length, even right out to the buoy at its extreme end, and many fishermen were walking about on it, gathering “bait.” Working out through the narrow channel into Upper Carrick Roads, we found it was a dead beat to Penderine’s Point, which ‘we had to round before we could lay our canoe for Helford. We reached across under Greatwood House and tacked. for We were now heading across the harbor Messack Point at the entrance of St. Just Creek, and being about half-way across, we suddenly and without warning found ourselves brought up all standing, much to our astonishment, and on looking over the side found we were aground, and our centre-plate fast in the mud. I had never be- fore realised how shallow this part of the river really is, as we were then about three-quarters of a mile from the nearest shore. Of course it was dead low {water and spring tide, and the same thing would probably not have happened in the summer, as the equinoctial springs are so much higher and lower than any others. I remember once getting aground here when racing in a 20-ton cutter, but “that is another story,” as Rudyard Kipling would say! We hauled up the centre-plate, and so clear- ing the mud bank, headed again for Messack Point, About now we began to think that lunch would be a good thing, as both the Canadian and myself had had an early breakfast, so we ran on toa shingly beach just under Messack Point and got out the grub basket The ‘Kingfisher’ was some way behind us by this time but on coming up her skipper decided that lunch would suit him equally well, so we ail “fell to” on anything that came handy. We did not stay here very long as we were anxious to get on, as the wind was light and we wished to reach the Helford River before dark; so at 2 p.m. shoved foff again of the harbour. to beat out we Reached across to Pencarron Point—well known spot to those who attended the B.C.A. meet—and then as the wind fell so light and we began to feel the weight of the tide against us, we decided to paddle as far as Penderines Point and see what the wind was like outside. ‘Kingfisher’ followed suit, or rather, getting the start of us her stalwart crew atrived at the Point some time before we did. To be continued. ADVERTISE IN THE © M.Y.&G.” MA AAbbAiAA | THE THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN AND CANOEIST, 140 ~~ co ° Sb ee) BP cE mn 8 of oe | “MODEL DOCKYARD.’ TS Suz er © 0 a < J [BALL ROOp MODEL YACHTS s° STEAMBOATS STRIPED SAIL CLOTH: Both 36 inches wide. per yd. No. 1...Stripes 3fin. apart...74d. we 36, South Castle Street, Lists Free. Liverpool Exhibition, 880 SCALE, SEND 3¢. 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