844 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 21, 1895. 



secure the attendance of some of Defender's crew. A late dispatch 

 states that Lord Dunraven wiil sail on Dec. 19 on the Teutonic. 



It is now understood that the inquiry will be held in the model room 

 of the New York T. C. house, and will be private, not even members 

 of the club being admitted. We are surprised that, in view of the im- 

 portance of the matter abroad, the committee has decided to make 

 the inquiry private. The interests of the defense, which presumably 

 has nothing to conceal, demand the fullest publicity throughout the 

 entire proceedings, and there should be nothing in the evidence which 

 in the interest of either side must be suppressed or concealed from 

 the public. The press at least should have full liberty to attend and 

 report the proceedings. Without questioning the good faith and 

 good judgment of the Cup committee in failing to make public on the 

 instant Lord Dunraven's first charges, it is evident that had thisTieen 

 done the matter could never have assumed its present serious 



Boucanier. 



ONE-RATER, 1895. 



The accompanying design was made last summer by Capt. Henry 

 E. Bayly for a shoal-draft one-rater under the Y. R. A. rule; but the 

 yacht was not built. Under the classification adopted with the new 

 Y. R. A. rule (the new limit being 24ft. racing length) she would be 

 outclassed by craft specially designed for the rule. The design prom- 

 ises a fast boat of the extreme shoal type in the 20ft. or 15ft. class in 

 this country, and we hope that some of those now intending to build 

 in the latter class may be induced to test it next season. The two 

 scales give dimensions for both 20-footer and 15-footer. As a one- 

 rater, the boat would be 18ft. l.w.l., with a displacement of about 

 l,3501bs., or, crew, 450; knife plate, J4in. steel, 100; hull, rig, etc., 800. 



We have shown a waterline of 18tt. 3in. as a 20-footer, which would 

 allow a sail plan of 470sq. ft., a large area, but the boat would carry it 

 in ordinary summer racing, with three good men on the weather side. 

 If made of bronze, the center board might be 5 , 6 in. thick. The water- 

 line of the 15-footer is 14ft 7}^in., allowing 237sq. ft. of sail; but the 

 sections might be spaced sufficiently closer to make the waterline 14ft., 

 with 256sq. ft. of sail, under which the boat should be very fast. There 

 are two bulkheads, as shown, and a small well. The rudder is fitted in 

 a trunk through which it may be lifted out in beaching. The dimen- 

 sions are: 



20ft. Class. 15ft. Class. 

 Ft. In. Ft. In. 



Length over all 22 7 28 1X4 



l.w.l 14 7% 18 2y a 



Oterhang, bow.... 3 10 4 9i| 



stern 4 1^ 5 iy a 



Beam, extreme 6 5 8 



l.w.l 5 10^ 7 4 



Draft, hull 4 5 



with board 5 6 2 



Freeboard, least -. 8J4 11 



bow 1 3^| l 1U 



stern 11J| l 2<K 



Centerboard, length 5 6 2 



width 18 2 1 



thickness 1J4 s 



Sail area, sq ft 237 470 



Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. 



A special general meeting of the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. of 

 Montreal, to receive the report of a special committee on classification 

 and measurement, was held on the evening of Dec. 11. at the Windsor 

 Hotel. The report strongly urged the adoption of the present Sea- 

 wanhaka rule for the measurement of all the club's fleet excepting 

 such rigs as can not be readily measured by formula, in which case 

 the actual sail area, as nearly as it can be ascertained, to be taken. It 

 recommends also the establishment of a fixed crew limit for each 

 class, and a reclassification of th» smaller boats in the fleet by the 

 abolition of the present 21ft. and 18ft. racing length class, and the cre- 

 ation of a 20ft. class with a three-man crew limit, and of a 15ft. class 

 with a two-man crew. The report was adopted, and all the changes 

 it recommended were duly legalized. 



The correspondence with the Seawanhaka-Corintbian Y. C, in ref- 

 erence to the club's challenge on behalf of G. H. Duggan for the 15ft 

 trophy, was submitted to the meeting and provoked much enthusi- 

 asm. Mr. James Ross offered to present the club with three substan- 

 tial prizes for the first, second and third boats in a series of races for 

 15-footers during the coming year. The steam yacht members of the 

 club also offered a first and second prize, to be given to the winners 

 either in the 20ft. or 15ft. class, as the club should provide. It has 

 been the custom in the past for the executive committee to appoint 

 a sailing committee at its first meeting after election in February, but 

 in view of the 15ft. challenge, and the necessity of getting the 'pro- 

 gramme for 1896 arranged for as soon as possible, it was decided to 

 appoint a sailing committee to take office at once, and a notice of a 

 motion to amend the constitution to permit of this being done was 

 given. It was decided to hold the annual ball in January, and the 

 meeting adjourned to meet in the new town chambers in two weeks 



There is every prospect that a fleet of from six to eight 15-footers 

 will be built during the winter, and the challenger for the Seawanhaka 

 cup will have a couple of months hard racing at home before she 

 goes down to salt water. The new 20ft. class will include such unde- 

 niably fast boats as Folly, Flatiron, Tombola, Vixen and Jubilant 

 and therefore good racing among existing boats is insured by its 

 creation, and it is a more desirable class to build into than either the 

 former 21ft. or 18ft. class. 



Naphtha Yachts. 



Within the past two years the Gas Engine and Power Company has 

 turned out a number of craft considerably larger than the launches 

 which have made the reputation of the firm, and this new tvDe of 

 twin-screw cabin launch promises to be quite as popular and success 

 ful as the old. It includes a 63ft. yacht built in 1894 for F G Bourne 

 owner of the steam yacht Reverie; a 67ft. yacht built last 'year for 

 Col. A. B. Hilton, and one of the same size for D. L. Armstrong- two 

 64ft. yachts for Charles Fleischmann and Charles F Ulrich a¥)ft 

 yacht for H. L. Terrell, a 50ft. for Pierre Lorillard, and a 65fc' for the 

 Lightnouse Department, U. S. A. In this size of craft, with' the en 

 gines well aft and out of the way. the center of the yacht elves twn 

 good saloons, pilot house and space for galley, toilet, etc : the ac- 

 commodation greatly excpeding that in a steam yacht with engines 

 and boiler amidships. The company has now under wav two «t ill 

 larger craft, one of 76ft. for J. A. Mollenhauer, and one of 75ft for 

 Alfred Van Santvoord, owner of the side-wheel steam yacht Clermont 

 The yacht, which will be used in Florida waters, has a draft of under 

 3ft., with a beam of 12ft. 6in. The motive power includes two naphtha 

 engines of 12 h. p. each, located well aft; the naphtha tank being in 

 StaS? W t T < h £. en ?. ineS *?: re ^"^independent. The pilot house is 

 raised about 4ft. above the main deck house and is placed aft the floor 

 being sunk so that the steersman stands practically on the ice box 

 This forward end of the main deck hou^e forms a large saloon and din- 

 ing room, abaft which are two staterooms. The stairway to pilot 

 house and gallery are in the after end of the house; a permanent awr - 

 ing deck being carried out to cover engines and after deck. The vacht 

 is now nearly completed and will go South early in January. 



Absolutely Uncapsizable. 



RosLYN, L. I., . Dec. . U -Editor Forest and Stream: Replying to 

 Mr. Stryker's letter about uncapsizability. etc., in your issue of this 

 week, I would .refer him to an illustrated description of the Roslvn 

 9 ft 1895 CqUa WM published in tne Forest and Stream of Feb 



'This boat is absolutely uncapsizable, that is to say she can be 

 knocked down squarely on her beam ends with sails in the water She 

 may be forably he d in that position for hours, yet will a t once right 

 herself on being released from the force that has knocked her down 

 She draws, as before stated, only 26in. of water "own. 



Mr Stryker or any one sufficiently interested 'can see her shape and 

 her style of rig by looking up the number of your paper referfed to 



I have no wish to revive the tiresome old discussion of cutters etc 

 The cutter is dead; she died in peace, after serving her purpose and 

 left her effects to. a nondescript which I am Phased to seels also 

 showing signs of giving up the ghost. Let her bones or lead rlst in 

 peace Sharpies and Bouncers still live, especially the latter, for afi 

 men who look may see the Bouncer's typical "spoon bow," fu 1 water 

 lines, long forward overhang, and segmental curves in every 

 winning yacht of to-day. Thomas Claphawl 

 , [It ^butfa 11 " to state that the "sharpie" Minocqua carries a lead 

 keelof l,2501bs Sharpies, ncluding, we believe, son?e of Mr. aapham's 

 build, have at times capsized; but one of Minocqua's sect on tit-h 

 nearly all her bulk out of water and a small amouS ; o ! bXftroild 

 probably float safely when thrown on her beam ends; and would right 

 if her ballast and stores did not get adrift.] a ngm 



O 



Q3 



I— I 



Q 

 O 



9 



