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FOREST AND STREAM. 
Our Boston Letter. 
Boston, Jan. 6. — The work of laying down the Crown- 
inshield Cup defender is still going on in the new mould 
loft at Lawley's. This work is taking longer than was 
at first expected, as there are so many details, but it is 
thought that it will be finished by the middle of the 
week. In a short time the lines of the boat will be given 
to the public. 
At the Atlantic Works active preparations are being 
made for building the boat. A shed is being erected at the 
foot of the yard, in which the yacht will be built. It is 
150ft. long and 36ft. wide at its widest part. It is 32ft. 
high. The walls of the shed are laid somewhat in the 
form of the boat, and their sides have a distinct tumble- 
home. The work of raising this shed will consume not 
more than a week. There will be about forty windows, 
which will be placed in the sides of the building as far up 
as possible. It was not considered best to place these 
windows in the roof, because of danger of leaks. 
It is in about the same location where other yachts 
have been built by this company. It is at the right of 
the yard close to the wall, the ground sloping gradually, 
until it is lost in the water of a pretty little bight, which 
will be an ideal spot for sliding the boat overboard. A 
space has been excavated for the keel, which accounts for 
the small height of the building. There is another ad- 
vantage in this too. As there is little work to be done on 
the keel after it is once laid, the room it takes up in a 
shop is very much wanted for other purposes. With 
the present arrangement the platers and riveters will be 
much closer to their work than they otherwise would be. 
None of the material for the new boat has yet arrived, 
^ far as c§t^ be ascertained, l^ut it is ex;pect^4 Y^ry ^qoH; 
BRIGAND SAIL PLAN. v 
The lead will be shipped directly to the Atlantic Works, 
as will be the bronez plating and the nickel steel angles for 
the frames. The spars will be made at Lawley's. There 
will be two sets of spars, one of steel and the other of 
Oregon pine. It is likely that the steel spars will be the 
ones to be used, but the others will be provided in case of 
an emergency. Lawley has some of the men in his employ 
who worked on the steel spars for Columbia. 
Wilson & Silsby are busy on the sails for the new boat. 
They have nearly completed the light sails, and the 
heavier ones will be started very soon. Crowninshield 
sent this firm the blue prints of the completed sail plans 
last Thursday. Mr. Crowninshield says that the Bo.ston 
boat will not have an extremely large sail plan. In none 
of his other productions has he ran to immense sail 
spread, but prefers rather to get speed from the form of 
the boat. 
Mr. Lawson made the statement last week that he had 
offered Capt. Nate Watson a posit'on on the new boat, to 
act in conjunction with Capt. Haff. This position Capt. 
Watson is quite willing to accept if he can be released by 
Mr. Skinner. Capt. Watson will act with Capt. Haff, but 
Capt. Haff will be the man in charge of the boat. Capt. 
Watson will not in any sense be mate of the vessel. His 
position is rather an honorary one, due to his immense 
ability as a racing skipper. Up to last week Mr. Skinner 
had not been asked to release Capt. Watson, but it is 
thought that the request has since been made by Mr. 
Crowninshield. Mr. Skinner is said to have before ex- 
pressed his willingness to help the Boston boat. He is 
a great personal friend of Mr. Crowninshield, and for 
this reason it is thought that he will not hesitate in 
giving him the help of his skipper. 
There seeins iOj ?| movement on foot tQ build tit© 
Hanley 90-footer, and it has been stated that a syndicate 
would be formed. It is to be hoped that this boat will 
he built, and once for all the question of superiority 
between the keel and the centerboard boat decided. There 
are many, though, in Boston who have not the slightest 
idea now that the Hanley boat will be turned out for the 
coming races. If she is to be turned out, it will be neces- 
sary for the syndicate, or the alleged syndicate, to get 
started as quickly as possible. 
As usual, at the opening of the year there come rumors 
from disgruntled clubs of withdrawal from the Massa- 
chusetts Yacht Racing Association. This time it comes 
from the South Boston Y. C. There was a movement of 
the same kind started a few years ago, but it was defeated. 
This time the objectors seem to have organized their 
forces and will try hard to cause the withdrawal of the 
club. 
It is to be lamented that people who are constantly ob- 
jecting to the Association, and who are always talking of 
withdrawing, cannot, or will not, look further ahead than 
the present moment. The trouble is that these clubs do 
not take the individual interest in the Association which 
they should. They do not take the means to present their 
ideas to the Association in a legislative manner, but sit 
quietly until rules are made and then use up the balance 
of the time complaining. 
It has been distinctly shown from time to time that 
an association for the equalization of interclub racing is 
absolutely necessary. Associations have been broken up 
before, but new ones have invariably started when the 
absolute need of them has been shown. There must be 
such an association for the racing men, if not of clubs, 
then of individuals. Jf an association is perfected en- 
tirely of li^dividugilSj it ma^ -^^11 be 
