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CANADIAN ICE YACHT-SAIL PLAN. 
Stewurd, A. J. Brush; Sergeant-at-Arms, Pierce Hani; 
burger; Board of Trustees, F. W. Smedley, William E. 
Kills, James Schuessele; John Lanes, Jr., Robert Jones; 
Regatta Committee, Adolph Kling, Henry Schmieder, 
Joseph Newburg; Fleet Capt., Thomas Airey; Chaplain. 
F. W. Smedley. 
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Members of the Columbia Y. C. held their monthly 
meeting at the club house on Jan. 4. The club determined 
to hold its annual regatta as usual on the Fourth of July. 
In addition to this, it seemed advisable to hold a second 
regatta later in the season, about Aug. 17. The fact that 
the races for the Canada cup will be held in Chicago 
shortly before this gives assurance that many outside boats 
will be on hand to compete and it is expected that the 
affair will take on something of an international character. 
It is not believed that the August races will detract from 
those of July 4. At that date last year as many as 112 
boats were entered. 
In addition to the regatta question, the club came to an 
important decision in regard to building a new harbor. 
A measure was passed to the effect that a new pier or 
breakwater should be built out into the harbor 150ft. east 
and another pier the same distance north and south. 
It is expected that next summer will witness a great 
awakening of interest in yachting matters about Chicago, 
and Columbia Y. C. members are hopeful of securing 
their share in the same. Among the names of those who 
were admitted to membership last night were E. C. Berri- 
man, E. J. Lampert and H. S. Boutell. 
The election of officers of the club will be held next 
March. A nominating committee was appointed last even- 
ing consisting of Henry Davis, Edward T. Balcom and 
H. M. Heller. _ 
The Columbia Y. C. will have a number of new craft 
in her fleet next summer. Among these will be a 46ft. 
Clutter, Margaret, purchased by Mr. Fulford from N. Fred 
Avery, of Grand Rapids, Mich. She will be used as a 
cruiser. Mona, 30-footer, has been sold by Carlisle & 
Noble to R. C. Rittenhouse. New swallows will be sailed 
by C. O. Andrews, D. Winship and W. M. Bruce. 
The cruising sloop Mermaid, which was built at Wood's 
Yard, City Island, from designs of Messrs. Tarns, Le- 
moine & Crane for Mr. Anson Phelps Stokes, was 
launched on Jan. 5. A trial of the yacht was made as 
far as Execution Light and return. The boat worked 
splendidly in the strong breeze that was blowing at the 
time. 
The Larchmont One-Design Class. 
The promoters of the one-design class of 25-footers for 
the Larchmont Y. C. deserve credit for bringing the mat- 
ter to a successful issue. The difficulties of establishing 
one-design boats are known only to those who have made 
attempts to organize these classes. In strictly one-design 
boats every one should be alike in detail, and a design that 
wiH meet with the approval of a sufficient number of men 
to warrant the success of the idea is a most difficult one 
to secure. 
The object of the class is to get an able and fast boat at 
a moderate cost, with large accommodations for both day 
sailing and cruising, with beam sufficient to enable them 
to sail with less angle of heel than the narrow, deep 
boats, and of such draft as would permit them to enter 
any harbor on the Sound, and at the same time a boat in 
which racing can be had with the knowledge that she will 
not be outbuilt next year by a yachtsman who is willing 
to spend more money and secure lighter construction. 
Some eight of these boats have already been ordered, 
and five of them are being built at Clinton, Conn., by 
Wyckoff Brothers & Taylor. It is hoped that two more 
boats will be ordered by the time the first five are com- 
pleted, so that a second lot of five boats may be set up as 
soon as the first lot are out of the shop. The boats are 
designed by Messrs. Gardner & Cox, and the plans show a 
handsome, deep centerboard boat with good freeboard and 
well balanced overhangs. The cabin house is compara- 
tively narrow, giving ample deck room on each side. A 
good sized cockpit 8ft. long and 7ft. wide makes them 
comfortable boats for day sailing, and their commodious 
cabins give sufficient accommodation for two or three to 
live comfortably on board while cruising. The cabin floor 
is 9ft. long and 4ft. wide, and is unobstructed, as the 
centerboard houses under the cabin floor. On each side 
are transom berths 3ft. wide and 6ft. 6in. long. Forward 
on the port side is the lavatory with closet and folding 
wash basin. On the starboard side opposite is a buffet and 
lockers; the galley is next forward with stove, dish 
lockers, etc.; the ice chest is under the cockpit floor; the 
forecastle with a gas pipe berth gives accommodation for 
one paid hand. The cabin house is 13ft. long and 6ft. 
wide, and gives 5ft. 2in. headroom under beams. There 
is about tons of lead ballast outside. The rig con- 
sists of a jib and mainsail, having a total area of about 
1,100 sq. ft., which is large but not excessive. The mast 
is stepped well aft, and a short bowsprit will be carried. 
The dimensions are as follows : " ' ^'f"" 
Length- 
Over all .' 40ft.. 7iiT. 
Waterline 25ft. 
Overhang — 
Forward ... 7ft 
Aft „ 8ft. 7in. 
Beam — 
Extreme , . . . loft. 6in. 
Draft- 
Board up .... 4ft. 6in. 
Board down 8ft. 4in. 
Freeboard — 
Bow 3ft. 
Taffrail 2ft. 4in, . 
Least , 2ft. 
Sail Area — 
Main.sail 858 sq. fit. 
Jib . .. , 245 sqi ft,. 
Total sail area 1,103 set; fti. 
The boats will be built in the most thorough mam- 
ner, and sufficiently strong to withstand any strai?rr that 
may be put upon them in several years of hard serviice. 
The cost of each boat fully rigged and painted asrid witli a 
complete outfit on board, will be $2,200. They will be 
ready for delivery on May i. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES, 
The Christmas number of the Yachtsman that we have 
just received is even more attractive than any of its 
previous special numbers. It is filled with splend d 
articles and illustrations, the pictures of Valkyrie III. 
and Britannia, Mimosa and Sybarita being remarkably 
good. A photograph taken on board the steam yacht 
Niagara while crossing the Atlan.ic is one of the liveliest 
pieces of marine photography we have ever seen. Aside- 
from these full-page illustrated supplements, the number 
is filled with smaller but equally interesting pictures on- 
yachting subjects, "Yachting Par Excellence," a story; 
of a cruise of 12,000 miles on an English clipper ship, isi 
most entertaining, and another ske ch. "Yachting rni 
Windemere," gives a most comprehensive account of the- 
sport in that vicrinity. Among the other articles are the 
following: "Salt Water and Sunshine," "In the Archi- 
pelago," "How We Saved the Annie Burpee," "A Corner 
in Pigs," "Fair Rosamond." "On the Hamble River," "A 
Few Famous Matches," "Frustrated," "Mimine's Cruise."' 
"On the Saguenay River." All of these are attractiveiy- 
