wale helps to make the dinghy less "desperate" than some others. There are 

 buoyancy tanks and bags giving six hundred pounds of flotation, enough 

 to make it fairly easy to right a capsized boat. The foredeck extends to the 

 mast. As you may have gathered, the Albacore is safer to sail and more 

 suitable for family use than the common extreme type of light planing 

 dinghy. 



There are nearly thirteen hundred of these boats in the world, of which 

 a large proportion are in England. Some are in Toronto, Canada, some in 

 Cyprus, and about 250 are used by the armed forces of the United Kingdom. 

 About 150 are in the United States, including some on Long Island Sound. 



Fairey Marine, Ltd. (Hamble, Hampshire, England), is the exclusive 

 builder of the hulls, though others may complete a hull within the rules. 

 Construction material is molded mahogany plywood on an approved class 

 mold. Write Fairey for the names of dealers in the United States or write for 

 information on the class to O. B. Sayer, Albacore Association (The Coach 

 House Cottage, St. Mary's Road, Long Ditton, Surbiton, Surrey, England). 

 Prices are reported as follows ( in England— pounds converted to dollars ) : 

 new $784, used $616, kit $532. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. 15'; waterline 14V'; beam 5^5''; draft 

 without centerboard 8", with C.B. down 4'$"; sail area 125 sq. ft. (spin- 

 nakers not allowed); weight 330 lbs.; trailable. Racing crew allowed is 

 not less than two. 



ARROW 



The 18-foot Arrow round-bottomed centerboard sloop had its origin on 

 Lake Michigan in 1935 when Albert Britain, of Wilmette, then Commodore 

 of the Sheridan Shore Yacht Club, commissioned A. M. Deering, Chicago 

 naval architect, as designer. Most of the early boats were built by Jen 

 Christensen, who came to Chicago from Denmark at an early age. Christen- 

 sen went out of business during World War H and others took over. The 

 Arrow is light enough to be trailable and is said to be "very lively in light 

 weather, goes to weather as a Universal, also is as wet; it can also take a 

 blow." 



The aim was to have a decked-over boat with a large enough cockpit for 

 six and for family sailing, but also to have a good racing boat. There is a 

 fifty-three-boat racing fleet at Wilmette, another fleet at a suburb of Chicago, 

 and another at Montrose Harbor. With 110 altogether, it is said to be one 

 of the largest one-design classes on the Great Lakes. 



Construction materials are mahogany or fiber glass. Nimphius Boat Com- 



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