The Model Yachtsman and Canoeist: Volume 9, Issue 10 – October 1892

aehtscian & anoeist. A Monthiy Journal of Model Yacht Construction, Fitting and Sailing; Canoeing News, _ Doings of the Clubs; Yachting Items; Correspondence; Sale and Exchange, &e Vol. [X.—No. OGTOBE kr, LEN to. All Communications (except Canoeing) must be addressed ‘Tue Eprroe of 7he Afodel- Yachtsman, 161 & 162, High Street, Hull,” CANOEING Communications must be addressed ‘THE Epiror of The Canoetst, or, Elim Lodge. Hornsea, Hull, 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 Pub- lishers, on the following terms :— Post-free to any part of the United Kingdom, Europe or America…… paid in advance…… 3/6 per annum, id, or Id. stamps may be sent in payment. N.b,—In sending for single copies, 344d. in stamps must be enclosed to cover postage. fLULL: THomMaAS GRASSAM, 161 & 162, High Street. LONDON: E, MARLBOROUGH & Co, §1, Old Bailey. DVERTISEMENTS should reach this office not later than the 21st of the month, to secure insertion in the following issue. Kates 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 ‘*7he Afodel- Yachtsman’ will no? for the future be accepted. ADVERTISE IN Tite “MYEC” (sditorial Leates. Price 3a., Post-free 34d. not over o8lbs. average about 25lbs. Our estimate was roughly made, from the appearance of the boats, and no doubt we were somewhat deceived by a considerable allowance of freeboard which makes it rather difficult to estimate the weight of a boat by comparison when she is out of water. We have not received a correction from any other quarter, so presume we were not so far from the mark in the other estimates. —O— WE have been favored by Mr. Tansley, of Lowestoft, with some pretty photos of the Lowestoft pond and some of the yacths. One picture shows us Mr. Tansley himself and his three sons, with their models in the front. The pond stretches away in the back ground, and a group of ladies, watching the rigging out of a model, and some others watching the sailing, shows that the fair sex take an interest in the pastime in Lowestoft. Another picture shows the boathouse and its keeper, with two fine cutters in all their war paint, and a big cloud of canvas on each denotes it isa light-weather day. The bicycle against the boathouse plainly shows that the owner means to be early at the pond and get into good trim for sailing. There are also two views of the fine Beach Yawls, which have made such a name on this part of the coast as salvage and life-saving boats, and the sturdy men on either yawl seem ready for the call to fearless warfare with the mighty tempest. Lowestoft is always worthy of a visit for those in search of health and recuperation, and the magnificent craft pourtrayed in these pictures, will add their no small interest to the admirers of fine sailing boats, and the courageous deeds of the mariners of the coast. Tse Huu v. SERPENTINE Matcu—Mr. Hale writes that we far over stated the displacement of the Serpentine models engaged in the above match, and it is surprising that the actual Mab, Corsair and Varuna, 2341bs., ‘Swift’ 24ibs., ‘Cockatoo’ 26ibs., ‘Onward We regret that the reports from several Clubs have to be held over for next month. weights differ so materially from our estimate. Here they are! ‘Eos’ about 22lbs., ‘Mischief’ THe forest and Stream of September gives three good pictures of our noted 40-raters Oucen —O0— 182 THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN “AMATEUR DESIGNING COMPETITION FOR 10-RATERS. AND CANOEIS?T the teazels being indicative of the “Cloth Industry,” in which Alderman North has risen to an eminent position: long may that industry PRELIMINARY Get ready all ye ANNOUNCEMENT. amateurs, for our next competition will be for designs by those only who have not received the professor’s fee, and we hope a large number will send in drawings. We have a contribution from Mr. H. W. Ridsdale of Hamble (winner of the last competition) of £1-1-0, and our own subscription of 10/6. Mr. Albert Strange, Scarbro, sends a promise of 10/6 and his best wishes. After the prize distribution which followed the inter-club match at Hull, the representative of the Serpentine club handed to us the sum of 10/6 towards the above object, with the best wishes of the Serpentine club, and we here desire to make our grateful acknowledgment of this support to our little scheme for enhancing the interest in model yachting and also for their other many proofs of friendly support to this journal. THE “NORTH” CHALLENGE SHIELD. Inter-Cuus Marcu at Braprorp Moor Park. The ‘‘North” Challenge Shield is a handsome example of the silversmith’s art, illustrative of Yachting and other aquatic sports. The makers are Messrs. Elkington, of world-wide reputation ; the value £10; and it was presented as a perpetual challenge trophy for the Yorkshire clubs, by Mr. Alderman North, of Leeds, who is the President of the Leeds M. ¥.C.; and the Yorkshire clubs look with gratitude, through the Leeds club who obtained the gift, to Alderman North, for his very handsome encouragement of model yachting in the county. Some people mouth the phrase, ‘‘Gratitude is a lively sense of favors to come,” and many instances may prove the saying to be true. If the worthy Alderman still further extends his patronage and support te the Leeds club, as we hope he will, the model-yachtsmen of Yorkshire, as well as those of his own town, will be prepared to cheer his name as they did at Bradford Moor Park on the conclusion of the match here recorded, At present, however, we will be content to make mention of the sincere acknow- ledgment made by the assembled model-yachtsmen at Bradford Moor, of favors conferred in the past. All honor to Ald. North, donor of the shield, and also to the Leeds elub who promote and carry out the competition. Two handsome golden ‘‘Teazels” and the monogram of the donor embellish the Shield, flourish and the generous donor of the shield live to witness and partake in its success. The Leeds club is not a large and flourishing institution, it is beset on every side with difficulties and obstacles, the prejudices of an inland population who mostly find a difficulty in understanding anything about the sport of model yachting, and have yet to learn which is the truck and which is the keel, have to be dealt with, but the greatest drawback of all is the want of a piece of water suitable to sail on, and this is the great obstacle to the progress of the club. How well the members sail their models, with their few possibilites of getting any practice: with what patriotism the present members cling together, and keep their institution afloat at all; are marvels to anyone who is not familiar with the “grit” that distinguishes the natives of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The difficulties that have put out the flickering light of clubs in other places have so far served to confine, but to condense and intensify, the life-ray of the Leeds club ; the area of light is small, but shines boldly forth for all that, and so, in spite of there being no available water space in Leeds, the third Annual Competition for the North Shield came off on Saturday, September 17th, and the pond or lake in Bradford Moor Park was the chosen site of operations, A very nice piece of water for model sailing is this piece at Bradford Moor. It is of moderate size, oblong in character with rounded corners and gracefully shaped waist, accessible to true breezes in almost every quarter, well filled with | water, and clear of weeds—and here our tribute of praise is due to those who had the fashioning of the pond. There is some common sense of the proper order at Bradford Moor, for there ig no island to obstruct the play of the winds and make the water stagnant, and there are no overhanging trees to drop their rotting vegetation into its waters and make a stinking pool of it. There are no weeds to spoil the sport, and thanks to the efforts of Municipal friends of the Bradford Moor club, there is plenty of water to sail in. The only enemy was the shelving ledges of jagged stone that form the banks, and which would with there cruel teeth, eat up a moderate sized 10-tonner bit by bit in the course of about a dozen matches. Stems and sternposts showed bruised and raggy after the fray, and the splendid paintwork of some of the models looked like a colored map of Hngland, with all the railway lines shown on it. Nevertheless, with all its drawbacks it is a bonny park, elevated into the regions where winds do blow, and such a piece — THE MODEL-YACHTSMAN, AND CANOEIST of water should make the Bradford Moor club ‘ secoud to nove in Yorkshire. j There is a possibility that the Corporation may be induced to make another pond in Bradford Moor Park, in a position that would secure a true wind at all times. When such a thing is on the move, (and we hope that the pond will be made; and that wood-protected edges may be used instead of the stone,) then should we have to tremble at the name of Bradford Moor when out shield-hunting. The men of Bradford Moor are just as pleasing as their bonny park, and such graceful losers of a match would make modest and admirable winners. Let them just study this match, and remember its details, and they will be able another year to spring well to the front. The match itself now demands our attention, and so we turn to the programme, and find 31 entries, several of which, however, failed to appear. ‘The Leeds club had 5 representatives, Bradford 5, Bradford Moor 5, Kingston (Hull) 5, East Hull 4, and Scarboro 2. One meinber from each club formed the committee, the tournament system was decided on, the course fixed, and without much time wasted in preparation, the heats began, under the direction of Mr Councillor Teale, of Leeds, as starter, and Mr. Blake as judge, both gentlemen discharging their duties to the satisfaction of the contestants. As there was no prepared scoring table, we are unable to give the victors and vanquished in the heats that were run, suffice it to say that the long, long series was pluckily sailed through with compar- atively few withdrawals, and the match, started at 12 o’clock, was, through a considerate and give-and-take spirit prevailing, got through in good time, with less of the grumbling element than usually accompanies a big match. When there remained none to respond to the challenges of those who had made a good score, the committee decided to close the list, and the work of counting up the scores, kindly performed by the good lady of our honored friend Mr. Fordsinith, of the Leeds club, was brought up for adjudication, it was found that ‘Bella Vista,’ Joseph H. Hobbs, (Kingston) had scored 17 out of 19, ‘Flash,’ Joseph Bell, (Hast Hull) 16 out of 17, ‘Vena,’ EH. Driffield, (Hast Hull) 16 out of 18, and these three boats fought out their positions for 1, 2,3, which resulted in ‘Flash’ winning the shield, the first prize, and the cup presented by Lever Bros.; ‘Bella Vista’ secured second prize; and ‘Vena’ third; a fourth prize fell to ‘Glance,’ B. Bell, (Hast Hull) with a score of 16 out of 19, fifth prize to ‘Susie,’ J. G. Storey, (Kingston) 14 out of 20, sixth to ‘Harkaway,’ J. Mills, (Kingston) 13 out of 19. Of the others who made a respectable score, was ‘Spray,’ | 183 J. W. Firth (Bradford Moor) 13 out of 22, and ‘Pollie,’ A. Walker, (Kingston) 11 out of 19. REMARKS ON THE Marcu. The course was a beat-to-windward and the breeze, though varied, held fairly strong through- out. The four boats making the highest scores were of the ‘‘Lead Mine” type, big displacement, great length and depth, and capable of carrying a large spread of canvas. The winner ‘Flash’ was only beaten once, and ‘Harkaway’ had the honor of performing the feat. Under reduced canvas it was wonderful to see the speed the little ship ‘Harkaway’ (19lbs. displacement) made, but at times she was too far away from the wind to manage to get in first, her baggy head sails no doubt pre- venting her getting very close on the wind. Some of the little boats were over-canvassed, notably ‘Sunbeam’ and ‘Pixie’ of the Leeds club, and their owners must take a lesson or two in canvassing their craft, if they wish to come out at the top and secure the shield for Leeds, a feat we hope to see one of them perform before long. With all these things thrown in, there is no doubt that the best boat wou. These windward matches are essentialy the easy prey of yachts built specially for the work, and if ever a demonstration were required of the advantage to be gained by instituting a 10-rating class, it has been without the shade of a doubt made thoroughly clear by the style in which these heavy boats can wear down their smaller antagonists in a thrash to windward. A rating class with its untaxed beatn would breed a class of boats that would be easy to sail on all courses. The 10-ton class encourages the big, and we do not scruple to say, ugly class, and a preference for beating to windward only. If in this match the wind had blown across the pond, instead of from end to end, we should have seen some of the moderate boats such as ‘Harkaway’ and ‘Susie’ playing their usual prominent part, and perhaps some of the Leeds and Bradford ships, more than holding their own. As things are at present, in a windward match, the big boats have it, and with a bit of sheet flowing the moderate boats pile up their score, and it would be far more satisfactory if a class of boats competed that were good at all round sailing and would work well on all courses. The “Shield” was won the first year by the Albert Club, Hull, the second year by the Kingston Club, Hull, and this, the third year, by the East Hull Club. Thus the honors have all fallen to the Hull elubs, but we cherish the hope that another year, Leeds may win it and that Bradford will follow suit. Mr. Councillor Walker, of Bradford, distributed the prizes, with many kindly remarks and 184 THE generous promises of MODEL-YACHTSMAN future support to model yachting, and a vote of thanks to that gentleman, as well as to Bros., Alderman North, Mr. Councillor Teale, Messrs Lever | and others who contributed to the day’s pleasure, was heartily carried by the assembled model yachtsmen, on the motion of Mr. T. A. Bruce, Commodore Kingston Club, and thus ended a very pleasant day’s model yachting. Doings of the Clubs. Lowestoft M. Y.C.—No match sailing has been done this season, many of the members being unable to attend, and the Election and other matters taking up so much time, till the season was nearly over, it was determined to put the racing off till next season, funds and prizes to be retained for that purpose. We have several new craft which are very fast; the Secretary Mr. Thirtle, brought out a new cutter, and Mr they have CANOEIST of fluking was the result. ‘Harkaway’ J. Mills, scored the highest number of points, and took frst prize; ‘Isa’ E. Gruby, took second prize. The other entries being ‘Susie’ J. G. Storey, ‘Pollie’ A. Walker, ‘Melody’ N. G. Andrews, and ‘Silver Queen’ W. Acaster. On Saturday, Sept. 3rd, a prize presented by Sir Seymour King, C.I.E., M.P., was competed for by 15raters, and prize. ‘Elaine’ T. A. Bruce, the club again found the second was out of trim, and withdrew after the first heat, and the other Reports for publication must be legibly written, on one side of the paper oy, and forwarded to the Epiror not iater than the 20th of each month, to ensure | insertion ia the following issue. | Lender a very handsome ten, AND not been tested with last year’s craft, but they sail very iast and no doubt will make a record. There have been several visitors from other clubs, Mr. Hale, Hon. Sec. of the Serpentine, being one of them. The pond has been greatly improved and deepened, and is entirely free from weeds, and the boat-house is capable of containing a large number of models, every care being taken of them by the keeper, Mr. Soanes. Tmay add that Mr. R. Capps, Boat Builder, and Mr, H. Capps, Sail Maker, designed, built aud made the sails of the new beach yawl ‘Georgeania’ that has taken three first prizes at three regattas in which she sailed; both are members of the L. M. ¥.C. and ardent model yachtsmen, Kingston M.Y.C.( Hull).—On Saturday, Aug. 20th, seven 10-tonners came to the start, and sailed a fine beat to windward race in a brisk whole-sail breeze. The racing which was on the tournament principle, produced a fine exhibition of wind jamming. ‘Fashion’ T. A. Bruce, and ‘Susie’ J. G. Storey, scored five points each; ‘Bella Vista’ J. Hobbs, 4; ‘Isa’ H, Gruby, 3; ‘Fly’ W. Homan, and ‘Melody’ N. G. Andrews, 4 points each; ‘Louie’ John Twydell, 0. ‘Susie’ and ‘Fashion’ sailed off the tie, and ‘Susie’ won after a close finish. On Saturday, Aug. 27th, six 10-tonners competed for a prize given by Sir Seymour King, C.1.E., M.P., with second prize added by the Club. The wind was variable and difficult.to sail to, and a considerable amount three competitors made a ding-dong match of it, sometimes being buried with the waves in the hard squalls, and sometimes skimming along in the lightest of breezes. These were the ‘Wave’ W. Acaster, ‘Annie’ J. Mills, and ‘Pattie’ J. G, Storey, all of which tied with two points each, after which ‘Wave’ and ‘Pattie’ each beat ‘Annie,’ and finally ‘Pattie,’ after many fouls, beat ‘Wave’ and took first prize, ‘Wave’ taking second prize. Manchester Mf. Y. C.—July 30th, was the date fixed for a weight handicap, the first prize being the gitt of a member, and 2nd and 3rd as usual, provided by the club. Holiday-time now begins to make itself felt, and was the cause of several absentees, there being only twelve entries. The wind was light and flukey, causing several fouls. The first heat was won easily by Mr. HE. Brockbank’s ‘Mystery’ with 8 points, beating ‘Dingo’ Mr, Waters, 4 points; ‘Ripple’ Mr. Wrigley, ‘Tansley’ Mr. Robshaw, 2 points each. Heat 2, Mr. Osborne’s ‘Isabel’ had it all her own way with 8 points, followed by ‘Ruby’ Mr. Bradbury and ‘Zingara’ Mr. Hall, 3 each, and ‘Iolanthe’ Mr. Greenhalgh, 2 points. Heat 3, ‘Lily’ Mr. Dempsey and ‘Petrel’ Mr. Robshaw, tied with 7 points each, and on the sail off the former won, ‘Starlight’ Mr. Barker, 2 points, ‘Gloriana’ Mr. Cassidy, nil. The Final was closely contested by ‘Isabel,’ ‘Mystery’ and ‘Lily,’ resulting in a first for ‘Isabel,’ with ‘Lily’ 2nd, ‘Mystery’ 8rd. A match for the 10-tonners was sailed on the club water, Levenshulme, on Saturday, August 13th, for a special prize given by another member of the club. The weather was beautifully fine, tempting a large number of visitors. There were ten boats entered. For the first heat, ‘Oll’ Mr. Holmes, ‘Iolanthe’ Mr. Greenhalgh, ‘Atalanta’ Mr. Hall, and ‘Pioneer’ Mr. Muth. For the 2nd head, ‘Heron’ Mr, Storey, ‘Gloriana’ Mr. Cassidy, and ‘Mosquito’ Mr. Hall. The 3rd heat was represented by ‘Iris’ Mr. Dempsey, ‘Starlight’ Mr. Barker, and ‘Phantom’ Mr. Hall, Junr. ‘Oll shewed to the front for her heat with 8 points, beating ‘Iolanthe’ 2, ‘Atalanta’ 0, and ‘Pioneer’ 6. The 2nd heat fell to ‘Mosquito,’ a new cutter with a promising future, with a total THE of 9 out of 10 points; MODEL-YACHTSMAN ‘Gloriana’ and ‘Heron’ 3 pomts each, 3rd heat, ‘Starlight’ lead with 6 oints, ‘Iris’ making 5, and ‘Phantom’ 4 poimts. In the final. Mr. Holme’s craft again held her own with 8 points and carried off first prize; ‘Mosquito’ 2nd prize with 6, and ‘Starlight’ 3rd with 2 points. The Ladies’ handicap, sailed on the 27th Aug., brought forth 14 entries. It is a deservedly popular race and forms one of our Red Juetter days, the trophy being keenly contested. This fixture was given to this month in the hope that the expected summer weather would give the donors a good opportunity of seeing the race, but the weather clerk was uot to be conciliated and the result was a wet, cold, and blustering afternoon, that completely spoiled the fun from a spectators view. However 14 craft of various kinds put in entries and the first heat was got off fairly to time ina strong wind, being a thrash to windward, the homeward course arun. Heat 1, ‘The Sisters’ Mr. Stansfield, ‘Isabel’ Mr. Osborne, and ‘Mystery’ Mr. Brockbank. ‘Isabel’ won easily with 7 points, the other two getting 2 and 3 points respectively. Heat 2, ‘Petrel’ Mr. Robshaw, ‘Ripple’ Mr. Wrigley, ‘Heron’ Mr. Storey, and ‘Phra’ Mr. Holmes, started for this and after a stiff struggle between the two first-named, ‘Petrel’ got it by one point, making 5, ‘Ripple’ 4, Heron 1, and ‘Phra’ 2 points. Heat 3, ‘Stella Maris’ Mr. Tomkins, won this with a total of 5 points, beating ‘Dolphin’ Mr. Goldthorpe, and ‘Gloriana’ Mr. Cassidy, both of which had 3 points to their credit. Heat 4. Now came trouble, for the wind changed its quarter and fell away so rapidly that a postponement seemed imminent, but there was just enough left to get through slowly. ‘Starlight’ Mr. Barker, ‘Pioneer’ Mr. Muth, ‘Tansiey’ Mr. Robshaw, and ‘Lily’ Mr. Dempsey started, the sailing being tedious. ‘Starlight’ won with 7 pofuts, ‘Pioneer’ 6 points, ‘Tansley’ 8 points, and ‘Lily’ none. For the final ‘Isabel,’ ‘Petrel,’ ‘Starlight’ and ‘Stella Maris’ were sent on their way, the first named (which is a noted light wind scoreher, being light displacement for her large size, and tremendous canvas giving her headway when the rest were nearly standing,) carrying off the first prize with 7 points, ‘Starlight’ 2nd prize, and ‘Petrel’ and ‘Stella Maris’ tying with 2 points each for 3rd place, sailed off a deciding course and the former won ib. Scarboro® M. ¥. C.—The Club’s Autumn programme which was intended to open on the ard Sept., has so far been check-mated, the depth of water on the Mere being fully one foot less than this time last year, consequently it has been found impossible to sail off any mateh. AND CANOEIST. 185 Such slack water the middie of September we have never experienced before since the Club was formed. London M.Y.C.—This club opened its antumn series of matches on Thursday, Sept. 15th, with a match for models of the 2nd class 10 tonners. The race was favoured with splendid weather and a fairly good sailing breeze from 8.8.W., but it was very shifty at times. Four models turned out to compete for a club prize and a second prize from entrance fees, via :— ‘Bendizzy’ cutter Mr. B. J. Collyer; ‘Galatea’ Berm. yawl Mr. H. W. Farrington (sailed by Mr. A. Midlane); ‘Petrel’ Ber. yawl Mr. C. J. Collyer; ‘Gwendoline’ Berniudian yawl Mr, E. Tylee. The match, as usual, was sailed on the tournament system, two rounds being gone through, and in the first heat ‘Galatea’ and ‘Gwendoline’ won both ways. Then ‘Petrel’ and ‘Bendizzy’ made some wins, and at the end of the first round ‘Galatea’ and ‘Bendizzy’ led, ‘Petrel’ and ‘Gwendoline’ close up. During the second round the wind got more shifty, and the condition of wind made a certain amount of chance, but the finish was most exciting, as all four had a chance almost up to the last board. At the end of a tough fight, ‘Galatea’ took first prize with 14 points; ‘Bendizzy’ and ‘Petrel’ 12 each; and ‘Gwendoline’ 10. ‘Bendizzy’ took second prize, as ‘ Petrel’ was handicapped three points for a prize previously won.—Matches are arranged by the club for every Thursday up to the end of November. Corinthian (London) M.Y.C.—-On Saturday, Aug. 20th, a 10-ton match for a sweepstake, was sailed for by ‘Dragon II’ Mr. Hugo, ‘Arrow’ Mr. Whiffin, ‘Countess’ Mr. Harris, and ‘Petrel’ Mr. Flint. The wind was very light and unsteady, so the match was rather a tedious one, but all persevered to the end and finished as follows: ‘Dragon IT’ 24, ‘Arrow’ 17, ‘Petrel’ 15, and ‘Countess’ 14 points, the prizes going to ‘Dragon II’ and ‘Arrow’. On Saturday, Sept. 8rd, a 10-ton match, for a prize given by the Treasurer, and others from entrance fees, was sailed for by ‘Countess’ Mr. Harris, Dragon IT’ Mr. Hugo, ‘Gleam’ Mr. Barraclough, ‘Pearl’ Mr. Pendlebury, and ‘Mayflower’ Mr. Whiflin. There was a strong breeze from N.W. which gave a broad reach both up and down. Some had rather more canvas than they could do with in the heavy squalls ; ‘Mayflower,’ a Berm. yawl 36 x 9 being canvassed to perfection, sailed very steadily all day, and at the finish of the 20 heats it was seen that she had tied with ‘Dragon’ for first prize. When the tie was sailed off the wind was rather ighter, and ‘Dragon’s extra canvas 186 MODEL-YACHTSMAN enabled her to score both boards, so she took lst prize, ‘Mayflower’ 2nd, and Countess’ 3rd. The total scores being: ‘Dragon’ 31, ‘Mayflower’ 29, ‘Countess’ 25, AND CANOEIST September 17th, for 15-ton breeze was experienced from yachts. A strong the south-south- west, a direction very suitable for the pond, but ‘Gleam’ 21, and ‘Pearl’ 20. owlng to the gusty character of the wind several fouls occurred. Results: First heat (four boats), 1 J. Patrick’s ‘Chrissie.’ 2 J. Mudie’s ‘Nellie.’ Second heat (four boats) 1 J. Webb’s ‘Western,’ This was one of the most exciting races of the season, and amply made up for the many calm days we have had lately. Saturday, Sept. 10th, the same five 10-tonners sailed for a club prize and others from entrance fees. The wind was very light trom W.N.W., which gave a close haul up and a run down, only 10 heats could be competed before dusk, and the result was a tie between ‘Gleam’ and ‘Dragon’ for first prize 2 T. M’Farlane’s ‘Mary.’ Third heat (five boats) 1 D. Sinith’s ‘Norman,’ 2 D. Hyna’s ‘Maggie Murphy.’ Fourth heat (three boats) 1D. Smith, 2 T. M’Farlane. Fifth heat (three boats) 1 D. Hynd, 2J. Webb. Final (four boats) 1 T. M’Farlane, 2D. Hynd, 3D. Smith. Comdre. Anderson acted as starter and umpire.—At a general meeting it was agreed to journey to Monikie on the occasion of the annual holiday. which has to be sailed off on another day. The final scores were: ‘Gleam’ 17, ‘Dragon’ 17, ‘Mayflower’ 13, ‘Pearl’ 12, and ‘Countess’ 11. ‘Gleam’ and ‘Dragon’ to sail off for Ist prize, ‘Mayflower taking 3rd prize. Saturday, Sept. 17th, another match for a club prize and others from entrance fees was began to-day by ‘Dragon,’ . ‘Gleam,’ ‘Mayflower,’ ‘Pearl’, and ‘Serpentine’ Mr. Burgess, The wind was very light and variable from N. W. to W.58. W., so that no reliable sailing could be done and ultimately the race had to be postponed till next week. For the same reason the tie between ‘Gleam’ and ‘Dragon’ left over trom last week, could not be sailed off. Medway M. Y. C.—On Saturday, Aug. 20th, the 40-tonners saited the match that was postponed the previous Saturday, the following boats competing: My. Poppy’s ‘Red Rover,’ Mr. Batty’s ‘Buttercup,’ Mr. Frazier’s ‘Invicta,’ Mr. Clarke’s ‘Phantom,’ Mr, Burridge’s ‘Violet,’ Mr. Read’s ‘Norfolk Hero’ and Mr. Cooper’s ‘Fire Fly’ (sailed by Mr. Barker). 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Graooam, Printer, is prepared to H. execute orders for Brinting, Withography, §c., (61 & 162, HIGH STREET HULL. oy Postage extra. eitioms in the best style, and at moderate prices BLOCKS, No. 1...Stripes 3Zin, apart...74d, easily applied—form a good smooth hard the YACHT Both 86 inches wide. |F Beach Avenue, Birchington, Kent. to & From 3 to 25”ay (single or double). STRIPED SAIL CLOTH: i For SaLe.—q4 sets of Moulds for building canoes :— “Cassy,” “Nautilus,” ‘‘Raritania” and ‘‘Cockyolly-Bird.” Price §s. each or exchange.—W. J. Smith, ‘* Drysdale,” surface—and add MODEL YACHTS. CANOE FRICE LISTS FREE. For SALE.—Canoe-yawl “GYPSEY” now lying at the M.C.C. boat-house, Birkenhead, where she may be seen. raft. x 3ft. 2in., fully found for cruising. Apply John. H. Williams, 14, Min Street, Ludlow. Nodel Yachts Zhi | DOCKYARD.’ FITTINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR -— Sa | WANTED to hire a CANOE-YAWL (light draught) for use during the Autumn at Oxford. Apply to R. B. Townshend, 80, Woodstock Road, Oxford. ESTIMATES GIVEN Ss of | (achanne & Sale Golde, me ire tie 5 Oo Nn | ORDER. and many others. a © ie Cylinders, Pumps, Guages, Safety Valves, Maker of sails for Canoe’s “Nautilus,” “Charm,” ‘“Whizz,” “Stella” and ‘‘tirdie.? And for Yacht’s “Ira,” “Ina,” “Chieftain,” ‘‘Pearl” Hronze. CANOEIST. MODEL Cheshire, MANUFACTURER of SAILS for YACHTS, BOATS, CANOES, &, TENTS AND \ C. ANI) SMITH, BUILT BY Medley, Oxford, Actual Builder of R.C.C. Canoe “ Whizz,” 1-rater “ Fizz, and Canoe-Yawl “ Torpedo.” Good Workmanship Guaranteed. Estimates Free.