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about Fairplay to James D. Carmen, of Brooklyn; the 
63ft. schooner Durango to Geo. P. Loring, of Boston, for 
cruising in Maine waters; the 26ft. catboat Wasp to 
Bangor parties, 
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" The steam yacht Wadena is fitting out at Tebo's basin 
and is expected to sail about the middle of January for 
Southern waters and Bermuda. 
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Mr. George Lord Day has given up. for the present his 
contemplated trip to Cape Town, South Africa, m his 
schooner yacht Endymion, and the yacht has been laid up. 
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The following yachts are in their winter quarters at 
New London : Steam yacht Waconta (formerly Eleanor), 
J. J. Hill, owner; steam yacht Kanawha, John P. Dun- 
can, owner; steam yacht Narada, Henry Walters, owner; 
schooner yacht Quisetta, Lippett Bros., owners; steam 
yacht Tillie, Fred Osgood, owner; steam yacht Narwhal, 
Charles Osgood, owner, and steam yacht Fedalena, Col. 
A. C. Tyler, owner. 
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Capt. Geo. W. Bloomer, of the yacht Flossie, was 
washed overboard in a gale in Chatham Bay on Nov. 22. 
He held on to a rope and after being in the water three 
hours was rescued just as he was about losing con- 
sciousness. 
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Mr. H. C. Winteringham has placed a contract with 
the Pusey & Jones Company for an auxiliary steel cruising 
schooner for Mr. Charles J. Canfield, of New York. She 
will be 125ft. loin. over all, 17ft. Sin. beam and loft. 4in. 
deep. 
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The steam yacht Neckan, owned by Hartley C. Baxter, 
was partially destroyed by fire while in her winter quarters 
at New Meadows River, Me. The loss was covered by 
insurance. 
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The steam yacht Sapphire has been purchased by Mr. 
Al Haym-an, of New York, from Mr. Harrison Drum- 
mond, of St. Louis. 
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The steam yacht Sagamore has been sold by Mr. John 
Hanan through Manning's yacht agency to Mr. Edward 
Clinton Lee, of Philadelphia. It is Mr. Lee's intention 
to proceed south for the winter as soon as Sagamore can 
be put in commission. 
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Of the repairs to the Shamrock now going on _ at 
Scott's yard, Greenock, as before announced, the Yachting 
World of Nov. 15 says: "Over the manganese bronze of 
which the underbody is constructed there are a couple of 
strakes of aluminum plating. The lower of these strakes 
cuts the waterline for a length of about 20 or 30ft. amid- 
ships. The action of the salt water had played havoc 
with this metal where it was immersed, and the whole 
strake has accordingly been stripped off from stem to 
stern and new plates riveted on. The new plates, strangely 
enough, are of ordinary mild steel 5-i6in. in thickness, and 
strips of canvas smeared with white lead are being intro- 
duced between the steel and bronze to lessen the chances 
of corrosion." 
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"The schooner yacht Elmina, Mr. H, Exshaw," says 
the Field, Nov. 17, "has left Cowes for France, and 
thence she will sail for the West Indies and New York." 
The London Yachting World, in its last issue, records 
a rumor that John R. Drexel's steam yacht Sultana, which 
is now being overhauled and refitted at Havre, is to be 
sold to an English yachtsman. 
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The officers for the year 1901 of the Royal Ulster Y. C- 
are as follows : Com., the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, 
K. P. ; Vice-Corn., Col. Sharman Crawford, D. L. ; Rear- 
Com., Sir Thomas Lipion ; Hon. Treas., C. Herbert 
Brown, J.» P. ; Hon. Sec'y, Hugh C. Kelly. 
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The yacht Scionda has been sold by Mr. Alfred W. 
Booth, of the Atlantic Y. C, through Mr. F. Bowne 
Jones to Mr. Robert Thompson, of St. John, N. B. 
Scionda is to be the flagship of the Royal Kennebaccasis 
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Mr. C. D. Mower has a number of orders for new 
boats, and is already very busy with the designs he has 
on hand. Among his orders are a 6oft. cruising launch 
for Mr. W. S. Douglass, of New Orleans; a 30ft. water- 
line centerboard cruising boat for Mr. Louis Sayer, of 
Canandaigua, N. Y. ; a class of one-design single- 
banders to be built by Emmons, of Swanscott, and a 30ft. 
keel cruiser for a Western yachtsman who spends his 
summers on Long Island Sound. These boats are all 
cruisers of a wholesome type with good accommoda- 
tions. In the racing classes Mr. Mower has designed an 
extreme boat of the skimming dish type for Mr. John 
Williams, who will build and race the boat in Australia. 
She is i8ft. on the waterline, 37ft. 3in. over all, 9ft. beam 
and carries 737 sq. ft. of sail. The draft of hull is 7in., 
and she is to be sailed with no ballast other than her 
crew. In English waters he will be represented by a 
15ft. waterline knockabout designed for Mr. E. S. Jack- 
son who will use the boat in the Bristol Channel. A 
design for a i6ft. waterline jib and mainsail boat for after- 
noon sailing and general work has been sent to Mr. 
Thomas Westtake, of Lyttleton, New Zealand. Plans are 
also being prepared for a one-design class for one of the 
smaller clubs near New York. 
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Mr. W. N. Bavier has sold his cruising yawl Possum 
through the Huntington & Seaman agency to Mr. David 
Gregg. Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y. 
The schooner yacht Nokomis, Mr. E. T. Hatch, is 
being fitted with auxiliary power and a house will' be 
placed on the after deck. She is Ij'ing at the foot of 
Twenty-ninth street. South Brooklyn. 
