Dec. io, 1898.] 
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The executive committee of the Y. R. A. of Massachu- 
setts is now busy with a revision of the rules, the inten- 
tion being to establish definite limits for each class of 35ft. 
l.w.1. and under. Among the details of the proposed re- 
strictions are beam, freeboard, ballast, rail, floor space, 
head room, equipment and scantling. A meeting was held 
on Dec. 1, at which Mr. F. B. Jones, of the Y. R. A. of 
Long Island Sound, was present, and the proposed restric- 
tions were discussed and various amendments suggested. 
On the following evening the executive committee of the 
Sound Y. R. A. met in New York, and Mr. Jones reported 
on the work of the Boston association. The committee 
was in favor of adopting restrictions in uniformity with 
the other association, but when it came to a question of 
actual figures it became evident that a great deal of time 
and some amount of work would be required to reach any- 
thing like satisfactory results. It was finally decided to 
retain the present class limits on the Sound, with limita- 
tions to scantling and a revision of the cabin definition. 
It is expected that this work will be completed at the next 
meeting of the committee, on Dec. 9, so that a general 
meeting of the association may be held the following 
week. 
The contract for the steel steam yacht designed by Wat- 
son for A. J. Drexel, of Philadelphia, has been let to Scott 
& Co., Greenock, on the Clyde. She will be 268ft. b. p., 
36ft. beam, 20ft. depth to main deck, 1,630 tons net and 
1,810 tons gross measurement. The twin screw engines, 
four cyclinder, with developed 5,000 H. P., giving a speed of 
seventeen knots. She will surpass the previous Watson 
boats, Margarita, Nahma and Varuna, in her appoint- 
ments. 
On Dec. 1 the steel steam yacht Aphrodite, designed by 
C. R. Hanscom for Col. Oliver H. Payne, of New York, 
was launched at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me. She is 
303ft. over all, 260 ft. b. p., 35ft. 6in. beam, and 16ft. draft, 
bark rigged. 
Zulu. 
The little ship, shown in the accompanying plans needs 
no description, as she speaks for herself, a handsome and 
shipshape craft that a man may own for years without 
any fear that she will go to pieces under him or that she 
will become obsolete and out of date in appearance. She 
is intended as a day sailing boat, with large cockpit, but 
at the same time she has a snug little house for "week- 
end" cruises; and as a proof of her capabilities at sea, 
she made the trip from Cobourg, Ont, on Lake Ontario, 
to Erie, Pa., a distance of 200 miles, early last May, in 
fairly heavy -weather, running into Erie in a N. E. gale 
and big sea. On this trip she accommodated four very 
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comfortably, and her performance showed an excellent 
sea boat. In the summer races of a mixed fleet she has 
shown very good speed, though not regularly raced. 
Zulu was designed and built by Mr. H. K. Wicksteed, 
of Cobourg, Ont., for- Mr. F. W. Grant, of Erie. Her 
dimensions are: 
Length — 
Over all ' 30ft. 
L.W.L 19ft. 4m. 
Beam 7ft. 6in. 
Draft- 
Hull 3ft. 
With board 6ft. 6in. 
Displacement — 
Total 4,35olbs. 
Per inch at" L.W.L 484lbs. 
Ballast — 
Keel (iron). ....... , i,92olbs. 
Inside (lead) ..... 5oolbs. 
Sail Area — : 
. Total .... Siosq.ft. 
Though thoroughly well built, the total cost was but 
$600, including 8ft. dinghy, spinaker,- side lights, anchor, 
cable and small fittings; less than one-half the cost of 
a racing 20-footer with nothing save racing outfit 
