where thirteen of them constitute the Manhasset Bay fleet, these- are the 

 only active boats except for some in Canada. No new ones are being built. 

 Construction is of wood. They are among the prettiest boats on the Sound. 

 Secretary of the association is Howard Seymour ( 17 State St., New York 4, 

 N.Y. ). Price new would be about $6500. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. 27y'; waterline 18'; beam 6'4''; draft 

 4'/'; sail area 329 sq. ft. (spinnaker allowed). 



RHODES BANTAM 



Designed by Philip L. Rhodes shortly after World War II, the 14-foot 

 Rhodes Bantam sloop is without decking and thus is light for her size, 

 with plenty of room. It is a good planer. There are now about seven hun- 

 dred in the United States and three hundred elsewhere in the world, in- 

 cluding fifty in Sweden. The New York lakes, the northern Midwest, Flor- 

 ida, and Canada are the principal sailing areas. She seems to be a boat 

 which is small enough and stable enough for juniors and large enough for 

 their parents. For extra speed in a breeze, there are hiking straps along 

 the centerboard box with a hiking stick for tiller extension. Material is us- 

 ually of plywood, though some boats use fiber glass. Builders include the 

 Gibbs Boat Company (Erie, Mich.), Emmons Boats (Route 1, Box 74, Cen- 

 tral Square, N.Y. ), Wright-Built Boat Company (Dundee, N.Y. ). Price is 

 about $700 in plywood, $985 in fiber glass; used boats cost $400, kits $450. 



L. E. Bailey (4 Sunset Way, Binghamton, N.Y.) is Secretary of the 

 Rhodes Bantam Class Association. "Glowing as it may sound," he writes, 

 "the Bantam is a great little boat." 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. 14'; waterline 13'! 1"; beam 5'6i/4"; 

 draft without centerboard 5V2 "> with C.B. 4V; sail area 125 sq. ft. (spin- 

 naker used); weight 325 lbs.; trailable; racing crew, two. 



RHODES 18 



This 18-foot sloop was designed by Philip L. Rhodes and is built now in 

 fiber glass by the Cape Cod Shipbuilding Company (Wareham, Mass.). 

 There are five hundred to six hundred of them, chiefly on western Long 

 Island Sound, in the Cape Cod area, in Maine, and in Caracas, Venezuela. 

 Donald McDonald (32 Bramble Ave., Riverside, Conn.) is Secretary of the 

 International Rhodes 18 Racing Association. The boat has been going for 

 some time with a wooden hull and is a good all-around family boat. It is 

 made either with a keel or centerboard. Price new is $2000 to $2200; used 

 $600 to $1800. 



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