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making a complete change from the old sharp sterns to square 
sterns and overhangs; this is likely to debar entirely the old type 
of sailing bkiff . 
Although I cannot claim any active share in this step in the evo- 
lution of the Toronto sailing skiff, yet 1 may safely say that the 
superiority Lynette displayed over the ordinary type of skiff has 
had its influence in the accomplishment of this change. Asa, 
cruising man, I am not with them in one of their rules, which 
prohibits the use of ballast, except in the shape of a center board, 
which, in the third class 16ft. 1. w.l. and under, must not be more 
than lOOlbs., while a crew of four men is allowed. To me it seems 
that more ballast and a crew of only three would tend to produce 
a much safer and more serviceable type of boat. 
Another class which promises to give some excellent racing this 
season is the new 18ft. class of the Royal Can. Y. C, for which at 
least our new boats are building. These are all center boarders, of 
considerable beam and Ions overhangs. I believe that there was 
a tacit understanding among those about to build, that bulb fins 
would not be used, as being undesirable for local purposes. As 
some ten races have been set for these boats by the Royal Can. Y. 
C, not to mention the races of the Skiff Club, in which some at 
least of the new boats will participate, a great deal of lively sport 
may be expected on Toronto Bay this summer. 
The Skiff Club's class of 16ft., and under, promises well, and 
much interest is likely to attach to their races, as some boats 
built under the new rules are likely to meet the old cracks. 
Only during the last year have Toronto's sailormen roused up 
to the possibilities of small boat sailing outside the old-time skiffs 
(which were evolved from the row-boat); but now a regular boom 
is under way. As one who built to the new Skiff Club rules two 
years before they came into existence, I heartily welcome the 
change and sometimes feel sorry that I did not give Lynette a 
racing rig when getting her new canvas. m J.^BDW. MAYBBE. , 
Canoe sailors will learn with pleasure that the Marine and 
Field Club will hold its annual regatta this year, the canoeing 
outlook so far being sufficiently promising to warrant a success- 
ful day's sport. Mr. W. S. Elliott, who has managed the previous 
Marine and Field races, is again in charge, and he has assurances 
of entries fiom a number of canoeists. The date set is June 29, 
and at least four events will be arranged the Marine and Field 
Club trophy, held by Mr. Schuyler Schieffelin; the Marine and 
Field Club challenge cup, which will be a handicap; a handicap 
race for a special prize, and a tandem paddling race for the cup 
now held by Messrs. Douglas & Palmer. A race will be arranged, 
if possible, for the new "One Design" canoes. A good regatta of 
this sort early in the season is likely to give a stimulus to canoe 
racing, both about New York and throughout the country. 
A "One Design" Canoe. 
(Concluded from Page 260.) 
The general arrangement and the sail plan of the canoe illus- 
trated last week are here given in the accompanying drawings. 
Two more canoes have just been ordered by Messrs. Wintringbam 
& Arnold, of Brooklyn, making five in all. The great problem of 
canoe designing; the adjustment of weights and spaces so as to 
give room to the crew, to put the weighted centerplate in the best 
position, both as regards weight of ballast and as lateral plane, 
to place the crew's weight near enough amidshiDS, and to secure a 
good balance to an effective sail plan, was made more than usual- 
ly difficult by the lessening of the water-line length from the 
standard 16 ft. to but 12 l-2ft., and each of these points was at- 
tained only by many compromises between conflicting interests. 
The demand of the owners was for a middle space of not less 
than 4ft. 6in., and the bulkheads were so placed as to secure this. 
The form of plate selected, after careful consideration of various 
shapes, was the ordinary one; but the absence of the 18-in. limit of 
drop made it possible to use the plate in a different way from that 
in the 16x30 canoe, dropping to a nearly vertical position. To get 
rid of the lifting pendant below water, the ingenious arm and 
tackle introduced by Mr. Linton Hope last year was adopted, the 
light plate of 3-16in. brass, of 401bs. in weight, requiring only a 
single part to the pendant, led through a check block on the decJfc 
just within the coaming. The plate was located as far aft as pos- 
sible, there being no after deadwood or scag: the only limitation 
being the necessity for room abaft the trunk for the feet to pass 
without lifting over. feg 
On the other hand, the sliding seat was moved as far forward as 
possible, in order to keep the weight of crew amidships; and, in 
particular, to admit of the largest possible mizen. The floor is 
Company asking the aid of the club as a body, or the members in- 
dividually, in defeating a bill now before the Legislature, No. 
1.432, introduced by Assemblyman Gleason. and referred to the 
Committee on General Laws, as follows: 
An act regulating the qualifications of persons that operate and 
manage boats and launches employing oil, naphtha, and elec- 
tricity as propelling or motive power. The people of the State of 
New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol- 
lows: 
Sec. 1. It shall not he lawful for any person or persons to operate 
or manage any boat, launch, or vessel using as propelling or mo 
tive power oil, naphtha, or electricity, without having a certificate 
of qualification therefor, qualifying such person or persons to act 
as engineers. 
Sec. 2. Any violation of this act shall be punishable as a misde- 
meanor. 
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. 
The bill was referred to a committee, with power. Secretary 
Oddie read the following letter to ex-Com. Morgan sent in ac- 
cordance with a resolution passed at the last meeting: 
March"4, 1895. 
Dear Sir: At the last general meeting a resolution was passed 
unanimously requesting me to convey to you the appreciation of 
this club of the services you have rendered to it, and the 
thorough, sportsmanlike, and disinterested manner in which 
you have fulfilled the obligations of your office. It is unnecessary 
for me to personally add anything to the above, but I cannot close 
without expressing to you the great pleasure I have had in serv- 
ing under you. Yours very truly, 
J. S. V. ODDIE, Secretary. 1 
The following new members were elected: R. T. McCabe. Mur- 
ray Brown, Albert J. Morgan, Le Droict Langdon Barber. Stuart 
Duncan, John P. Duncan, J. H. Gibbons, U.S.N.; A. L. Norton, 
U.S.N.; Claude Bailey, U.S.N.; T. B. Baldwin, Stanford White, 
S. M. Prevost, J. Searle Barclay, Richardson Clover, U.S.N. ; F. S. 
Moseley, Arthur T. Sullivan. J. G. Schmidtlapp. 
Small Boats About Toronto. 
Toronto, March 25.— Editor Forest and Stream: As you have 
been publishing a number of designs of small craft lately, I ven- 
ture to inclose the lines of a small cruiser designed by me during 
the winter of 1892 and 1893. She was intended to fill in a gap be- 
tween the narrow Toronto Bay sailing skiff and the beamy saucer- 
shaped Una and cat boats, possessing much greater stability than 
the one, and performing much better in a sea than the other. 
Such a good all-around boat has she proved, both for day sailing 
and general cruising, that her builder, John Hendry, of Toronto 
having an order for a boat of her size and for substantially simi- 
lar purposes, has built from my lines without alteration. 
I should here mention that although her sheer plan resemDles 
that of Mr. Wicksteed's Elsa, I did not see the latter's lines until 
after I had chosen the main features of the Lynette design, and 
was surprised to find how closely they agreed in sheer plan, par- 
ticularly as to the bow. 
Her dimensions are: 
.Length over all 19ft. 6in., load water-line 15ft.. extreme beam 
5ft., beam, l.w.l. 4ft. 4in., draft Ilin., ballast under floor 3001bs., 
center board 761bs., sail area 230sq. ft., rating .57. 
The rig shown in the sail plan is not the original, which meas- 
ured only 170sq. ft. in two pieces. 
During the past winter, t he Royal Toronto Sailing Skiff Club 
have made changes in their rules, so as to permit the use of over- 
hangs both fore and af,t and have otherwise changed their rules 
so as to permit of boats such as mine competing in their races, 
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SAIL PLAN OF ' ONE DESIGN" CANOE. 
