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FLIRT-SAIL PLAN. 
The Keel SIcop Flirt. 
There was a time some fifteen to twenty years ago when 
the keel boat led the centerboard in many of the smaller 
racing classes in the East; the development of the wide 
keel sloop in Boston preceding the narrow keel cutter in 
New York. Of late years the centerboard type, as repre- 
sented by the Cape Cod cat family, has led in the racing 
about Boston, comparaiively little attention being given to 
the keel boat by racing yachtsmen, except in the knock- 
about and raceabout classes. While some very good keel 
boats have appeared in the last few years in the 2Sft. class, 
they have as a rule been too good to win many races un- 
der the existing rules. 
The y^acht here illustrated, through the kindness of the 
designer, B. B. Crowninshield, of Boston, was design d 
last spring for the 25ft. class, in which a special amount 
of racing was looked for. She was des'gned under the 
new rules, and special restrictions of the Y. R. A. of 
Massachusetts. As recently recorded. Flirt has raced 
through the season and made a most successful showing 
alongside of the centerboard boats of her class. She is 
owned by F. Wright Fabyan, of Boston, for whom she 
was built by David Fenton. of Manchester, Mass. 
Her dimensions are as follows : 
Length — 
Over all 39ft. 634in. 
L.W.L 2Sft. 
Overhang — 
Bow 7ft. \V-2\n. 
Counter 7ft. S-'^i"- 
BreadtV.— 
Extreme 9ft. 6 in. 
L.W.L 9ft. 
Freeboard — 
Bow 3ft. iJ4'"- 
Least 2ft. 
Taffrail 2ft. 2>4in. 
Draft 6ft. 
Displacement 5>o8 long tons. 
Ballast — Lead keel 2.23 long tons. 
Ratio of ballast to displacement .44 
Displacement per inch at L.W.L. 926.8olbs. 
Midship Section— Area 15.50 sq. ft. 
L.W.L. Plane— Area 174. 12 sq. ft. 
Lateral Plane — 
Area, hull 64.10 sq. ft. 
Area, rudder 6.84 sq. ft. 
Area, total 70.94 sq. ft. 
C.L.R. from station O i3-72ft. 
Coefficient 549ft. 
Center of Buoyancy— . 
From station O I3-I7ft. 
Coefficient 527ft. 
Main.'^ail — Area 785 sq. ft. 
Jib — Area 164 sq, ft. 
Total area 949 sq. ft. 
C.E. from station 0 12.17ft. 
Though intended only for racing, the yacht has a com- 
fortable cabin with two sofa lockers and a berth back of 
each, and 5ft, headroom, the forecastle having two ham- 
mock cots. The lines of the hull are very similar to the 
Payne boat Beaver, though the sections of the bow are 
rounder and fuller; the lateral plane is much more cut 
away than in Beaver, while the latter has the old form of 
rudder. The construction will be given next week. 
Manchester Y, C. 
MANCHESTER, MASS. 
Saturday, Sept. 29. 
The Manchester Y. C. closed .its season with a sail- 
off between Rikki Tikki and Witch for the championship 
of the i5ft. class, sailed in a light N.E. breeze. The 
times were, start 2 :30 : 
Finish. 
Rikki Tikki, Loring Brothers 3 34-30 
Witch, Norton Wigglesworth 3 36 30 
Elapsed. 
1 01 30 
1 06 30 
National Sailing Skiff Association. 
TORONTO — 'TORONTO BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 29. 
The last race of the National Sailing Skiff .Association 
for the Hallam challenge cup came off on Sept. 29 after 
being postponed from Sept. 22. The race was started at 
3 :oo, in a moderate breeze, the times being : 
i " First Round. Finish. Corrected, 
Chance 3 44 55 4 40 30 J 39 30 
Victoria 3 56 35 4 44 30 1 43 30 
Vixen 3 59 10 4 53 05 1 50 35 
May Belle 4 02 35 4 52 20 1 52 20 
Dream 4 05 05 5 02 50 1 59 50 
Zenetta 4 05 55 5 10 00 • 2 07 3) 
Arrow ,.. 4 11 20 Withdrew 
Yukon Withdrew. 
National Withdrew. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Despite the unpopularity achieved by the Earl of 
Dunraven in this country, no one familiar with his 
life will fail to recognize his ambition to excel in dif- 
ferent lines, and the energy and ability with which he 
attacks every' subject in which he is for the time in- 
terested. Good evidence of this is given in the two large 
volumes just published under the title of "Self-Instruc- 
tion in the Practice and Theory of Navigation." The 
very natural question whether any more books on navi- 
gation, either elementary or exhaustive, are needed, is 
answered by the author after a very satisfactory manner 
in the preface. An examination of the work indicates 
that he has made good his case as to the possibilities 
