The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-25
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
The Yachting Season Has Closed and
the Boats are All Tied Up.
A REVIEW OF THE. SEASON.
Cattanach Defeated Mccarthy Last Night
In Thirteen Rounds at the Metropolc
Club-Boston Defeats Cleveland y to 8,
and the Battle Ends.

The yachting season has ended in thess
waters. and the yachts which have won
for themselves and their owners proud
distinction, have been laid up for the sea
son. Among these are Mariquita. Verena,
Valkyr, Mira, Diamond, Cocheco. Vic
tor, Jessie, Maud. The heavy northeast
ers which visit this section during the
late fall have contributed towards this
putting these yachts ont of harms way;
for woe unto the incautious owner who
leaves his vessel even securely moored in
the teeth of II northeast gale.
Everyone unites in the assertion that
this has been perhaps the most success
full yachting season ever known on Mar
ragansett Bay. Not alone in popul lr in
terest manifested, but In the results
achieved by individual yachtsmen. Not
least of these is the great victory OF Col.
Henry +. Lippitt's cutter sloop Mari
quita over the crack 40-footer GJssoon, of
Boston. in a 102 mile race.
The events on the bay have been OF
special interest because of the trials of
speed between our best types of yachts
and the varying indeterminate results
reached. The Mariquita would win a
race to-day and wear her laurels until to-
morrow when the Verena would beat
her easily. and vice versa; so that at the
end of the season no one can safely say
which is the better type Of yacht, the
keel as represented by the Mariquita or
the centre board represented by the
Nerena, Commodore a. T.. Austin's fast
sloop.
The favorite type of yacht for next year
excites little difference of opinion among
the practical yachtsmen of Narragansett
Bay. especially when the type peculiarly
applicable To this bay is in question. Fleet
Capt. Charles II. Rowland OF the RHODE
ISLAND Yacht Club is partial 10 the forty
footer for cruising purposes, and believes
it best adapted TO these waters and has
been proven to be the ideal cruiser for
Narragausett Bay and contiguous
waters
The thirty -footer is not large enough
1t requires the same number of men To
work her contains less room for cruising
purposes aud costs as much To be sailed
during n season. The twenty-one footer
so popular in Boston would not be SO pop
ular here because OF the unfavorable
natural conditions which obtain. The
Uvira, Mariquita and Nerena types of
forty-footers have not been so popular as
racing machines during the past three
years. They are sufficiently large to test
"A model and were very popular several
years ago when nearly every yachtsman
had one.
Commodore Hermann If the Pr ProvIDENcE
Corinthians thinks that Tor smaller pleas
ure yachts the nineteen to twenty-three
foot boats are the most serviceable and
will be seen in larger numbers next year.
Yachts larger than this carry too much
sail and become uuwieldly for the prac-
tical purposes required.
Col. Henry L. Lippitt, owner OF the
fleet Marquita, says the 40-footer is COM
paratively inexpensive, comfortable and
roomy, aud it is surprising that, consid-
ering our advantages, there are not more
vessels of this class on the bay. We have
excellent harbors aud plenty of room to
man9uvre in. The 40" is growing
into favor for cruiser. For day boat
the cat or cat yawl ranging from 20 to 25
feet is easily handled, fairly fast and
roomy. But to one who can afford the
sport the 40 footer is as near the ideal for
this bay as a man can have.
The RHODE ISLAND Yacht Club ought
TO have al least "A dozen Doats of this type.
This would make the regattas more in
teresting tp owners and spectators. The
46-footer las no particular advantage
over the 40 1t is more expensive, slight
ly larger and but little faster.
The fin keel is purely "A racing boat, so
far as il has been developed. IL may be
turned into n cruiser, but would not b.
adapted to these waters.
Another prominent RHODE ISLAND
yachtsman thought the 40-footer the best
boat for use in Narragausett Bay, but in
cllned to the Verena type because of her
light draugLt
Some of our channels. are narrow and
require skillful handling of yachts TO
affect a safe passage. The Verena with
centerboard up draws only six feet while
the Mariquita Cutter, keel yacht draws
ten feet OF water.
The RHODE ISLAND Yacht Club house
will be closed with this month TO be
opened in May.
Warren Fales is having schooner
yacht built for next seasons event.