Dec. I, ipoo.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Pavonia Y.-C. to Move^ 
The Pavonia Y. C, of Jersey City, has definitely ar- 
ranged for the removal from its present club house and 
site, which has been contemplated since the encroach- 
ment of raidroads upon the water front of the Upper Bay 
in that vicinity has made such a step inevitable. Final 
action was taken at a largely attended meeting of the 
club Tuesday night, when the special • committee ap- 
pointed to look for a new site reported in favor of the 
Cadmus estate, at the foot of Fortieth and Forty-first 
streets, Bayonne. A lease of this property covering sev- 
eral years has been closed. 
The Cadmus estate consists of five acres of land, with a 
broad water frontage and good beach. A brownstone 
house of nineteen rooms and convenient arrangement for 
use by the club is situated on the property. A marine 
railway for the hauling out of yachts whose owners 
wish to stow them ashore for the winter is now being 
built. Workshops, sail and spar sheds, and other out- 
buildings will also be built at once. The furniture and 
other effects of the club will be removed to the new house 
shortly, and a housewarming, to which the representatives 
of other yacht clubs will be invited, will be held before 
the close of the year. — N. Y. Times. 
A CANOE-YAWL, DESIGNED BY MR. H. C. SMITH FOR MAJ. W. R. LITTLE. 
A Canoe- Yawl. 
A. C. A. Amendments. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The Secretary of the North American Yacht Racing 
Union has announced that he has been authorized 
by the Boston Association to say that in order to make 
an annual event of the intercity racing, which was so suc- 
cessful this year, it would offer a challenge cup, and also 
separate cups for the individual winners. The present 
suggestion is that the races be sailed off Boston and New 
York in alternate years, or, upon agreement. Newport 
waters might be chosen as a sort of halfway locality, in 
which the fleets of both cities might meet in every year. 
•e It «t 
The yachts Red Coat and Dominion have been sold to 
yachtsmen in Cape Breton. It is their intention to have 
a series of races between these two boats and others which 
are being constructed. 
making. 
From the Yachtsman. 
We reproduce this week, by the courtesy of Maj. W. 
R. Little, the design of a handy little moderate displace- 
ment canoe-yawl which he is having built for use at 
Hong Kong. 
The design is from the board of Mr. H. C. Smith, the 
well-known designer of Oxford yawls, and other craft, 
and it will be seen is not unlike the isft. .Ethel type 
introduced by Mr. G. F. Holmes, of the Humber Yawl 
Club, but is rather larger, and gaff sloop rigged, with 
combined roller foresail and spinaker, instead of the 
balance lug ketch rig used on the Ethels. The boat is 
intended mainly for day sailing, but for extended 
cruising, the crew living on board, it would be better to 
shift the forward bulkhead about i2in. further forward, 
and put in deck hatches on each side of the centerboard 
case for the stowage of gear in the forward compart- 
ments. 
She has a stiff section, and her stability is further in- 
creased by her weighted centerboard, so that she will 
be a powerful little boat. The centerboard is made up 
of two hard brass sheets Vs'in. thick, with a lead slab be- 
tween, as shown by dotted line. The rest of the space 
is filled up with mahogany, and all immersed edges are 
beveled off. The- rudder frame is also of hard brass, and 
the blade of mahogany weighted and stiffened with brass 
round the edges. 
The ma.st lowers in a tabernacle below deck, which is 
cleared of water by drain pipe going through the keel, 
as shown in the separate plan. We also give plans show- 
ing centerboard case, keel and gunwale construction, 
which will be useful to amateur builders. The other 
particulars of the design will explain themselves, but the 
scales shown are for the original drawing, and not for 
the reduced reproduction given here. Readers will 
therefore have to prepare their own scales, which can 
easily be done. In our opinion a boat of these dimen- 
sions is preferable to 17ft. x 3ft. 6in. R. C. C. cruiser class 
boats, being no more expensive to build and being stiffer, 
faster in heavy winds, with room for two persons to sleep 
on board, and not having an under body rudder, re- 
quiring less depth of water to sail in. For fresh water 
work only, a plain galvanized iron centerboard weigh- 
ing about 7olbs. would be ample and much cheaper. 
American Ganoe Association, t900-J90J. 
Commodore, C. E. Britten, Gananoque, Can. 
Librarian, W. P. Stephens, Thirty-second street and Aveiiue A, 
Bayonne, N. J. 
Divisfoa Officers. 
ATLANTIC DIVISION 
Vice-Corn., Henry M. Dater, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Rear-Com., H. D. Hewitt, Burlington, N. J. 
Purser, Joseph F. Eastmond, 199 Madison street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 
Vice-Com,, C. P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Rear-Corn., Dr. C. R. Henry, Perry, N. Y. 
Purser, Lyman P. Hubbell, Buffalo, N. Y. 
EASTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., Louis A. Hall, Newton, Mass. 
Rear-Com., C. M. Lamprey, Lawrence, Mass. 
Purser, A. E. Kimberly, Lawrence Experimental Station, 
Lawrence, Mass. 
NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., G. A. Howell, Toronto, Can. 
Rear-Com., R. Easton Bums, Kingston, Ontario, Can. 
Purser, R. Norman Brown, Toronto, Can. 
WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., Wm. C. Jupp, Detroit,' Mich. 
Rear-Com., F. B. Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Purser, Fred T. Barcroft, 408 Ferguson Building, Detroit, Mich. 
OfiScial organ. Fokssx and Stekau. 
Address all communications to the Forest and 
Stream Publishing Company. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Please publish the following amendments to the Con- 
stitution and By-Laws of the A. C. A.: 
I find the Constitution and By-Laws, excepting such 
minor points as putting part of the duties of the Commo- 
dore and Vice-Commodore in the heading of Duties of 
Pursers, and putting part of the duties of pursers under 
the heading of Dues, the constitution seemed all right, ex- 
cept Article v., which is involved, mixed up and partly 
meaningless, so I have re-written that article, as I dis- 
covered that a great injustice was done to the majority 
of members by one paragraph. That is the paragraph 
regarding representatives to nominate division officers: 
As it reads, clubs having six A. C. A. members have one 
representative, and have two representatives if they have 
twelve A. C. A. members, but nothing is stated about 
clubs having thirty A. C. A. members having six repre- 
sentatives. But the glaring fault in the article is the 
point that if six men are members of six clubs, they have 
six representatives to themselves, as it does not say that 
a man can be only considered as a member of one club, 
and I know of cases where six men have, year after 
year, represented two clubs, one of which they were not 
even named as members of in the year book. 
I am going to ask for a vote by inail on these amend- 
ments about Jan. i. 
Henry H. Smythe, A. C. A. 1308. 
CONSTITUTION. 
Article 5: Omit this article entirely. Insert instead as 
Article 5, Sec. i : 
Association Officers: The officers of this Association 
shall be Commodore, Secretary-Treasurer and Librarian- 
Custodian. 
Sec. 2: How Elected — These officers shall be elected 
by the Executive Committee at the A. C. A. camp or at 
some subsequent meeting of the committee. They shall 
hold office for one year from Oct. i, unless elected after 
that date, in which case they shall hold office from the 
date of their election until the first day of the following 
October, and in either case until their successors are 
elected. 
Sec. 3: Commodore — The Commodore shall be chosen 
from the several divisions in turn, provided, however, 
that any division may waive its right to the Commodore. 
In case a division waives its right to the Commodore, any 
A. C. A. member may be chosen. The election of a Com- 
modore friom a divison. out of its regular turn by reason 
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