FOREST AND STREAM. 
tjAN. 19, igoi. 
C. LARK — SECTIONS. t 
Kiley has an order to build a 40ft. gasoline launch for a 
member of the Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. 
A smoke talk will be held at the Mosquito Fleet Y. C. 
Monday evening. Congressman Henry F. Naphen will 
deliver an address on Webster and Burke, a subject to 
which he has given much time and research. 
MacConnel Bros, have sold the following yachts: The 
2i-iooter Usona, to Dr. C. P. Curley, of Provincetown; 
knockabout Amelia, to B. E. Newhall, of Danvers; sloop 
Athia.. to Dr. F. A. Gardner, of Washington; cutter Ade- 
; . C. LARK. ; 
Designed by C. A. Macey. 
line, to Shepard & Orr, of Chelsea; cat Magic, to 
Chester Field, of Boston, and cat Gwendoline, to Myron 
L. Crowe, of - Dorchester. 
The following officers have been elected by the Old 
Colony Y. C, ; Com., H. E. Jepson; Vice-Corn., Louis 
Ostermeyer; Rear-Corn,, H. E. Jackson; Sec'y, M. Ed- 
monds; Treas., H; I<. Woodw^ird; Meas., C. H. Conant; 
Board of Directors. J. Anthony. R. W. Davenport &n(| 
F. Doane; Regattn Clnmt^itte^, W, PoY^f!r?i C\ Doafie 
C. LARK— SAIL PLAN- 
The following officers have been elected by the Beverly 
Y. C. : Com., George C. Stickney; Vice-Com., Stephen J. 
Connelly ; Rec. Sec'y, William J. Starr ; Fin. Sec'y, Will- 
iam D. Sweetman; Treas., Dr. E. B. Dudley. 
John B. Killeen. 
Lark* 
In designing Pickle in 1897, Mr. C. A. Macey, of 
Rochester, N. Y., met with such success he was en- 
couraged to turn out another boat of about the same size. 
C. Lark, the plans of which appear this week, is Mr. 
Macey' s second attempt, and was designed for Dr. George 
E. Clark, of Skaneetales, N. Y., who built her himself, 
but the design was also used by Mr. James W. Commer- 
ford, of Toronto, Canada, who built a boat from the plans, 
but made the error of cutting down her sail area to 320 
sq. ft., consequently she did not make a particularly good 
showing in a light breeze. C. Lark has proven herself 
fast in light and heavy weather, and is easily handled by 
one man, as all halliards and sheets lead aft to the cock- 
pit. Her best point of sailing is to windward in a 
breeze. She is very quick in stays and balances per- 
fectly under the rig shown in the drawings, carrying her 
helm about an inch a-weather when close hauled. Her 
construction is very simple, as is shown by the dotted lines 
on the plans. She is oak framed, has one sawed frame 
at each station shown on the sheer plan, and two bent ribs 
between ; she is planked with cedar ^'m: thick, and is 
copper fastened. Her rig is of the sliding gunther type, as 
was used on Pickle, and proved very satisfactory. 
The result of some of her racing last season is given in 
the foll®wing account furnished by her designer : On 
Aug. 14 she sailed a six-mile triangular race. There 
were eight starters. The boats were handicapped at the 
start, according to measurement, the smallest boat start- 
ing first and the largest boat last, the object being to 
bring all the boats together at the finish. She got away 
third, five larger boats following. The course gave one 
leg, with the wind on the quarter and two legs of windward 
work. The wind was light and fluky. On the last leg the 
first time around when C. Lark was leading, she ran into a 
soft spot and a breeze astern brought up the other boats, 
putting all eight in a bunch and practically giving all of 
the boats an even start. For the second round, however, 
lay it to wind, boat, handling, as you will, she crossed the 
finish line first, about five minutes to the good. The next 
race she sailed in was on Aug. 28. There were only 
three starters. The wind was light again, and gave C. 
Lark two sides of the triangle of? the wind (a condition 
favoring the other boats) and one leg of windward work. 
Spinakers being barred, she had to do her racing on one 
side of the triangle. However, she finished with nine 
seconds to her credit. The third and last of her season's 
races was sailed on Sept. 4, this time with four starters, C. 
Lark starting third. There was a whole sail breeze blow- 
ing two sides of the triangle off the wind again, and one 
leg dead to windward again. C. Lark finished first about 
five minutes ahead, thus winning second prize for the 
series of races. A good showing, considering that she 
was not rigged in time for the first race of the series, and 
broke down in the second and went into several other 
races without a trained crew, also had a bad setting main- 
sail, whicli has Hm {eplciC^^ by t|i^. s^||g\|||ers sin^« 
C. Lark's dimensions are as follows: 
Length — 
Over all 25ft. 6in. 
L.W.L. 14ft. 
Overhang — 
Forward , Sft. 6in. 
Aft 6ft. 
Beam — 
Greatest 6ft. 6in. 
L.W.L sft. 6in. 
C. LARK. 
Designed by C. A. Macey. 
Freeboard — 
Forward 2ft. 2in. 
Aft 2ft. 
Least I ft. 6in. 
Draft 3ft. gin. 
Sail area — 
Mainsail 301 sq. ft. 
Jib 77 sq. ft. 
Total sail area 378 sq. ft. 
Ballast outside 70olbs. 
Displacement i,90olbs. 
C. Lark's cabin is quite small, but still in case of being 
caught out over night or during bad weather it affords 
ample protection for two or three persons. 
Desigfns Recently Pttblished in Forest and Stream, 
2S-footer Flirt, Oct. 13-20. 
2r-footer Tattoo, Oct. 27. 
Minnesota, Nov. 17. 
19ft. sailboat, Nov. 24 and Dec. i. 
Cutter Isolde, Dec. 8. 
Catboat Lazy Jack, Dec. 15-22. 
Raceabout Jolly Roger, Dec. 29. 
Bald Eagle Il.'^nd ice boat, Jan, $ - 
