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FORESI' AND STREAM. 
[May 14, 1898. 
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ROYAL NOVA SCOTIA YACHT SQUADRON 18FT. ONE-DESIGN CLASS. 
at ends, Planking of Nova Scotia white pine, %in. 
Decks of same, grooved and tongued. Planksheer of 
birch. Fastenings galvanized iron. Spars solid spruce. 
Canvas 8oz. yacht duck. Spinakers of cotton drill. Spin- 
aker booms limited to distance from mast to stem head. 
The lead keels have added about $55 to the cost, a 
rather serious addition in so small and cheap a boat, but 
even with them a boat can be built for about $300. The 
boats were all well and substantially built by Joshua 
Mader, of Dartmouth, on the side of Halifax Harbor op- 
posite to the city. 
The design is an excellent one for many localities 
where a draft of 4ft. is permissible; either for a one- 
design class or as a safe and handy little boat easily 
within the reach of a fairly skilled amateur builder. 
Massachusetts Y. R. A. Percentagfes* 
The executive committee of the Yacht Racing Asso- 
ciation of Massachusetts, after giving the matter ex- 
tended consideration, has agreed upon a plan for com- 
puting Association championship percentages. It is be- 
lieved that the new plan has advantages over the old one 
which will justify its adoption. As last year, a cham- 
pionship medal and pennant will be awarded the yacht in 
each class winning the highest percentage in that class. 
Percentages will be figured as follows: 
One hundred per cent, for winning first place, 75 per 
cent, for winning second place, 50 per cent, for winning 
third place, 25 per cent, for each other yacht completing 
the course within the time limit. 
Only open races which have been duly scheduled and 
accepted by the executive committee in advance of the 
race, and which are sailed under the rules of the Asso- 
ciation, shall be counted for percentage. The total 
amount of percentage will be divided by the number of 
starts. In figuring percentages it will be assumed that 
a yacht shall have started in at least half as many races 
as the yacht having the largest number of starts in her 
class. 
The racing season will commence May 30 and end 
Sept. 10, 1898. 
-, J. G. Agar, New York; Mosquito, E. Randolph, Nev 
The Seawanhaka Knockabouts, 
The Seawanhaka knockabouts and their owners are as follows: 
Dipper, Arthur Iselin, New York; Annawan, F. G. Bourne, 
Oakdale, L. I.; ^olus, L. J. Busby, Glen Cove; Mistral, H. C. 
Rouse, Oyster Bay; Kewaydin, R. C. Wetmore, Oyster Bay; 
Midge F. W. Beyer, New York; Golightly, E. H. Norton; Taifu, 
George Bullock, Oyster Bay; Punkah, George Trotter, New York;- 
, W. R. Garrison; Bedouin, Jr., J. M. Mitchell, New York; 
Stella, John S. Hoyt, Oyster Bay; Nakodo, J. T. Sherman, Oyster 
Bay Sito, K. R. Otis; Idle, W. H. Russell; Senta, Daniel Ba- 
con, New York; Tosto, John C. Scott, Oyster Bay; Wyntjje, 
F. S. Hastings; Imshi, E. C. Benedict, New York; Bee, Nelson 
B Burr, New York; Lady Blanche, C. K. G. Billings, Lake 
Geneva, Wis.; Francis, George G. Milne; Dacoit, G. R. Max- 
well; Bauble, T. S. Young, Jr., Oyster Bay; Gloria, J. R- Max- 
well, Jr., Brooklyn; , Wm. Laimbeer; Perchance, E. C. 
Potter, Westchester; , J. A. Harriman, Westchester; Ditto, 
H. S. Redmond, New York; , A. de Navarro, New York; 
York; Kathama, H. O. Havemeyer, Jr., New York; Lucille, Dan- 
iel Bacon, New York. 
The cruise of the first fleet from Marblehead to New York is 
described by the Boston Globe as follows: 
W. B. Stearns, of Marblehead, has successfully delivered in 
New York seventeen of the "one design" knockabouts built by 
him during the winter for the Seawanhaka and other clubs. The 
boats were towed around the Cape by the tug Nathaniel P. 
Doane, and the towing was very neatly done. The boats were 
strung out in a line astern of the tug, on one long hawser, to 
which was made fast the mast of each boat near the deck. A 
bridle from the bow of each boat to the hawser kept them steady, 
so that they required no special attendance or the carrying of a 
man aboard. Mr. Stearns himself was on the tug. 
The tow left Marblehead last Suriday afternoon, and reached 
Oyster Bay, the Seawanliaka's home port, at 5 o'clock Tuesday 
morning. The boats were then put in shape for sailing, and on 
Wednesday, the day being a holiday in New York, many of them 
were given trials by their owners. The knockabout Mongoose, 
recently sold to New York, was also taken along with the tow. 
The remainder of the boats, about the same number, will be de- 
livered in the same way in about ten days. The boats now deliv- 
ered are all for the Seawanhaka members, and bear the following 
names: Dipper, Midge, Golightly, Punkah, Bedouin, Stella, Na- 
kodo, Idle, Frances, Senta, Tosto, Bee, Lady Blanche, Dacoit, 
and. Gloria. 
Mr. Stearn has the other work in his yard well along. The 
Cohasset raceboats are ready for delivery as soon as their owners 
want them. A boat of this design, for Mr. Whitman, of Ply- 
mouth, was delivered yesterday. Two knockabouts of similar 
design are nearly ready for delivery to New London and Brooklyn 
owners. The 21ft. knockabout for G. W. Roberts is completed. 
The Percival 25ft. knockabout is nearly planked. 
The 18-footer for H. M. Crane, from his own designs, is well 
along. She is very lightly built, having %in. cedar planking 
covered with canvas. She is designed for and will be sailed 
in the Y. R. A. class, but could be put into the Seawanhaka 20ft. 
class if required. 
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