 (Photo date: 1890) |
The May 1892 edition of Outing magazine includes a photograph of Helen with the following caption: "Helen, owned by Mr. Edgar Scott." as well as the following information: "[In 1889] The interest excited by the forties the year before increased the building, and a big crop of new boats was the result. This time Burgess was not alone, as Cary Smith failure was made in obtaining a low center of gravity. Designer McVey added the Helen and Alice to the list. These boats, while creditable to their designer as first ventures, failed even more than the Burgess boats in getting the requisite stability, though Helen, with some improvements, showed up very well the next year."
According to another source, "In the early evening of Memorial Day in the year 1880, five young men were warming themselves over a bonfire built in a cleft of rocks on the shore of what is now Horseshoe Harbor, in Larchmont Manor. These five loved boats and they had just finished a hard racing day. Since a bonfire is scarcely the most comfortable way to close a hard day at sea, it is not surprising that these young men fell to discussing the possibility of organizing a yacht club. They were Frank L. Anthony; Fred W. Flint, who owned the yacht Helen; William C. France, who owned the sloop Viva; Loring Lothrop, who owned the ship called Lively Oyster, and Charles W. Jenkins, who owned the Willis....Their boats were part of a mixed fleet of jib and mainsail sandbaggers, sloops and catboats....It was decided that evening to organize a yacht club to be called the Larchmont Yacht Club and to invite others to join."