'Oimara' _169 tons_ 'Flying Could' _75 tons_ 'Iona' _63 tons_ 'Fiona' _78 tons_ 'Arethusa' _58 tons_ 'Flag Boat' 'Pantomine' _142 tons_ 'Gwendoline' _197 tons_ 'Garrion' _Royal Irish Yacht Club Cup, Kingstown, July 24, 1873_ (_from a picture by Admiral Beechy_).] 'Smartness' might have been the motto of the newly launched club, for within a few weeks of the above date the Irish Model Yacht Club--thus it was christened while yet on the ways--had taken on board all the essentials necessary for a lengthened and prosperous voyage. Acker's signals were its code, and words of wisdom in the form of club rules had been duly got out and printed. A captain of the fleet, secretary, and treasurer, backed up by a very able committee of thirteen, constituted the 'powers that be'; and under their auspices, on May 21, the yachts of the club made their début in company in Ireland's Bay of Naples. It was during the following year that one of those rules was framed which proved for so many years such a notable club feature. It ran as follows: 'Every Saturday shall be a Fleet day unless there be notice to the contrary, and all yachts on the station, under a fine of 5_s._, shall be bound to join the fleet at a given hour, unless a satisfactory reason for the yacht's absence be given to the Sailing Committee. No yacht is to join unless the owner, or a member of a Yacht Club, be on board.' Of course this regulation has had to be rescinded in order to allow of club matches taking place, and the cruises in company have become less frequent; but it is impossible to estimate the value to seamanship of fleet sailing, because there is no method by which the sailor can more readily attain to the complete command of his vessel, and make her answer to his bidding. Sailing as he will be on such occasions in company with yachts of various sizes, sail-carrying power and speed, the yachtsman who can keep station will have learnt not only to have a confidence in himself and his vessel, but also how to vary her degrees of sailing from the reeling off of knots to an up and down log line. In 1859 the club was practically reorganised. A new book of amended rules and regulations was printed, and a book of signals produced and compiled by Mr. Jas. A. Lyle, who had been appointed honorary secretary. Among these new rules was this very useful and simple one: 'Each owner is to lodge with the secretary a duplicate of his racing flag, and this flag is to be carried on board the Commodore's yacht of the day, to facilitate signalling and avoidance of mistakes.'