The Republican journal., 1897-07-22
Yachts and Boats.

The sloop yacht Helen of the Lynn Yacht
Club, Com. Clough and friends, sailed
Thursday morning for home.
Schooner Yacht Tempest of Castine, F. P.
Wood owner, took party from Ryder's
Cove to the fishing grounds off Matinicus
last Sunday.
The sloop yacht Annel of Castine, Col.
Bolan owner, was in port Monday night.
She is finely appointed craft. and was re-
turning from a trip up river
W R. Ford, Arthur Bicknell and others
went to Castne Friday in Websters new
yacht and had delightful sail. The boat is
safe, speedy and comfortable and may be
had on reasonable terms.
Mr. VIM Cottman's naphtha launch Jen-
nie arrived last week and was delivered at
the Camp Ground, but was brought to Bel
fast for harbor until mooring could be
put down for her off the North Shore. She
is pretty and speedy little craft.
Steam yacht Rex of Bangor, with Hon. +.
H. Blake her owner, Charles D. Sanford,
Prof. Despret and DR.. E. 7. Nealey, all of
Bangor, was at Ryder's Cove harbor on Sat
urday and Sunday, and sailed from there for
Bar Harbor.
The boys who We're out in the bay in H Holt's
catboat Inca reported that they caught two
cod fish in the bay and Thursday morning
the Edna started on fishing trip to the Vi
cinity of Flat Island. 1t proved 50 rough
and disagreeabIe, however, that the party
did not go beyond the Camp Ground and
returned without wetting their lines.
We have received the schedule of the an
nual cruise, 1897, of the Massachusetts In-
stitute o: Technology Yacht Club, Edward
johnson, Jr., Secy. Yachts cruising from
the east will assemble at New Bedford on or
before July 31st, and yachts from the west
at New London on or before August Sd. Au-
gust they will run to Newport Aug. / to
Vineyard Haven; Aug. to New Bedford.
Last season the cat boat built by I. W
Parker of Belfast had it all her own way on
Lake Cobbosseecontee, defeating everything
on the lake in her class and out of it. Now
Commodore Soule has new cat boat, "a prize
winner at Brooklyn, n Y, of the following
dimensions: Length over all, % feet; beam
/ feet. This is much larger craft than
the Belfast boat.
Preparations for the cruise of the New
York Club from New York to Bar Harbor
are progressing favorably. At recent
meeting of the club prizes and courses We're
decided upon as follows:
Com. Morgan offered four cups to be
raced for during the cruise by vessels
that do not haul out to clean. cup
worth $4,000 is offered for the winning
schooner in classes A, B, and c; cup
worth 81 ,0oG for winners in classes ID and
F; a cup worth 81 900 for those in class
G. and 81 900 cup for winning sloop in
classes Fl, j, X, L and NJ. The course for
these races is to be from Vineyard Haven to
the vicinity Of Owls Head, Me-, to be sailed
in cruising trim, with the regular time al
lowances of the club and under its rules.
Vice Com. l.. Cass Ledyard offered a cup
for schooners and cup for single-masted
vessels and yawls, to be raced for at Glen
cove on the day of the rendezvous. Aug. :.
Rear Com. August Belmont offered a
cup for the sngle-masted vessels win
ming the greatest number of runs dur
ing the cruise, all sailing in one class.
Also cup for 3o-footers owned by mem
bers, a second cup to be offered if more than
three start. EX Com E. NJ. Brown offered
a cup for the schooners winning the great
est number of runs, all sailing in one class,
and the regatta committee offers cups to be
given to winning schooner and ngle-master
in a race from Saddle Back ledge light to
Bar Harbor with special handicap. Ac-
cording to Secretary Oddie, the coming
cruise will be one of the greatest the club
ever had. There are now 364 vessels in the
club, II schooners, 90 sloops 173 steamers, s
naphthas and launches.