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El Heirie. 
Th*: lines of El Heirie have already appeared in the Forest ^nd 
Stream (Aug. 23). We present herewith the sail plan and general 
arrangement, with the table of offsets. The name El Heine is the 
Arabic term for a breed of camels with a particularly high hump, and 
was selected as appropriate to the tu-tleback deck which is a dis- 
tinctive feature of the design, the sheer line being perfectly straight 
and level, while the deck crowns 5in. at each end of the cockpit, slop- 
ing down to the stem and transom. The cockpit is small, with a high 
floor, and there Is a watertight bulkhead at its after end, but there 
was originally no bulkhead forward. In the trial races a canvas shield 
was fitted to the floor of the cockpit to prevent a rush of water from 
the cockpit to the bows, and this was replaced later by a wooden 
bulkhead. 
The fittings are very simple; the centerboard is a plate of lJ4m. 
Tobin bronze, of the peculiar form shown, so hung by a pivot just be- 
low the gar board as to project Bin. outside the boat when fully raised. 
In spite of this large increase of wetted surface as compared with 
other boats, in which the board housed entirely when off the wind, El 
Heirie showed no loss of speed in light airs. The board is hoisted by a 
tackle below deck in the fore end of the cockpit. 
The rudder is of J^in. bronze, set in a slotted stock of the same 
metal; the tiller is not hinged, but is fitted solidly into the rudder- 
head. The stem is protected by a bronze casting shown in the draw- 
ing, running back some 6in. under the stem and ending in an eye 
above deck to take the forestay and the hook of the jib tack. At the 
mast are several blocks of the skeleton pattern, of aluminum ; the 
runners are led well aft and the traveler is out on the end of the 
counter. 
The construction, as planned by the Lawley Company, which built 
the yacht, is a little out of the ordinary ; there is no keel, but a single 
wide garboard takes the place of it. The centerboard trunk is secured 
to this wide plank just as though it were a thick keel. The planking 
is double, an inner skin of %in. white cedar and an outer one of 34in. 
mahogany, the planks being narrow and making an excellent piece of 
work; in fact, El Heirie had as good a bottom as any boat in the trial 
races, the seams being smooth and the planking free from all bulging. 
The two skins are put together with crude turpentine in place of var- 
nish. The stem is made of a solid block of mahogany qn which the 
deck, wales and garboard butted. In order to avoid a number of very 
small ends to the rest of the planking, it is carried up to butt against 
the wale, as shown in the drawing, thus giving a better lay to the 
planks than if all had been carried out to the extreme stem. The deck 
is of narrow white pine, 34in. thick. , „ , , . 
The mast is solid, Sin. in diameter; the boom and gaff are both hol- 
low, of Z% and 2in. diameter; the splnaker boom is lift. 6in. long and 
IJ^in. diameter, solid. The sail plan shows the full area that the spars 
will carry ; as a matter of fact the sails were not stretched to the ends 
of the spars, and measured much less. The offlcial measurement of 
the waterline was given incorrectly in the former description; it 
should be 14.29ft., or 14ft. 4in. instead of 14ft. Sin. The new owner of 
El Heirie is Mr. T. G. Bush, of Mobile, Ala. 
KL HKIKIB— TADLK OF OFFSETS. 
Stations spaced 1ft. 3in. Waterlines spaced 2in. Buttock lines 
spaced SM'n. (% beam). Length over all 23ft., l.w.l. 15ft. Beam 5ft. 
6in Dralt 5Min. Measurements in feet, inches and eighths -of an 
inch. Top of planksheer above base line 1ft. 2in. Highest point of 
deck 1ft. Tin. Highest point of transom 1ft. 4in. 
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Fore side of stem to 
Mast, center 8ft. 
fore end., 10ft. 4in. 
Coaming, after end 16ft. 7i^in. 
fore end lift. Sin. 
Slot, after end 10ft. 6in. 
Pin of centerboard ISrt. 
Rudder, center of stock 20ft. 3in. 
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Columbia Y. C. 
CHICAGO— LAKE MICHIGAN. 
Saturday, Sept. 1$. 
The Columbia Y. O. , of Chicago, sailed a regatta on Sept. 12 in a 
strong N.W. wind and heavy sea, there being eighteen starters in the 
five classes. The times were: 
SCHOONERS. 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Mistral 2 04 00 4 51 15 2 47 15 2 47 15 
CUTTERS — CLASS 2. 
Siren .2 02 40 4 29 28 2 26 48 2 26 48 
Charlotte E .2 04 41 4 38 40, 2 33 59 2 32 22 
CUTTERS- CLASS 3. 
Valiant 2 08 14 5 04 32 2 56 18 2 56 18 
Hattie B 2 03 58 5 33 05 3 29 07 3 26 33 
Peri 2 03 20 5 14 15 3 11 55 3 06 41 
Pinta 2 07 19 Dist. 
Genevieve 2 05 02 5 12 28 3 07 26 3 01 06 
America 2 04 21 Dist. 
SLOOPS- CLASS 4. 
Wizard ..2 10 31 5 17 14 3 06 43 3 06 43 
Vixen, 3 10 10 5 23 25 3 13 15 3 11 35 
SLOOPS— CLASS 5. 
Myrine 2 15 00 Dist. 
Skate 3 11 11 4 26 03 2 14 53 2 10 36 
<'B" 3 12 44 4 24 00 2 11 16 2 06 20 
Dauntless.... ^. 2 15 00 Dist. 
Microbe 2 13 08 4 07 30 1 54 22 Protested. 
Bowery 2 11 38 4 07 25 1 55 47 1 50 19 
Venus 3 13 23 4 19 10 2 05 48 1 57 48 
The Steffens cup for toners, already won twice by Hawthone, 
recently sunk by a lake .-aflier, was won by Mistral with no compet- 
itor. Thfe Hennig cup, for the best elapsed time of the larger slngle- 
stidkers, was won by Siren . The Farewell cup in Class B was won by 
the yacht B, the leader in the class, Microbe, being disqualified for 
carrying six in place of five men, and Bowery and Venus being ineli- 
gible, not being enrolled in the Columbia Y. C. Valiant, designed by 
F. W. Martin, won very easily in her class. 
Tfae j^udges were: George A. Martin, Richard Summers and A. G. 
Morey. The time-keeper was Joseph Ruff. 
