Jan. s, 1901.] 
FOREST AND ^ STREAM.'- 
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BALD EAGLE II. SAIL PLAN. 
Bald Eagle 
Through the courtesy of Mr. Fred W. Martin we pub- 
lish the plans of Bald Eagle II. in this issue. She was 
launched too late to take part in the Lake Geneva meet 
in August, and will now be out of class in 1902, due to the 
new rules in measurement, and the abandonment of L.W.L. 
as a factor in measurement, which will, of course, de- 
velop a far different boat. Bald Eagle II. will be 
privileged to sail next season with the L.W.L. limit craft, 
but will be handicapped by the scantling rule, so we think 
the coming season will see some close racing between 
the old-time "feather weights" with L.W.L. as a factor in 
measurement (virtually the Seawanhaka rule) and the 
new unlimited L.W.L. craft with the heavier frame and 
hull generally, the plank being limited to ^in. thick under 
the new conditions. 
This craft was designed- jointly by Mr. A. C. Bower 
and Mr. Fred W. Martin, and was built in Mr. Bower's 
shop at Waukegan, 111. The four accompanying pictures 
show the vessel under process of construction. She has an 
oak frame 5-16 and S-8in., spaced 45^in. to centers, and is 
planked with best quality of native cedar 5-i6in. thick, and 
is all brass screw fastened. Her decks are laid in two 
thicknesses of cedar ^in. thick, laid diagonally and cov- 
ered on top with best quality of union silk,_ finished with 
oil and shellac and marine varnish. As will be seen by 
the interior photographs of the boat taken inside the shop, 
she is bridged and braced in the best possible manner 
with the least possible weight, Everything in the interior 
being of cedar, the result is the lightest construction con- 
sistent with the necessary strength. 
None but those acquainted with this type of racing ma- 
chine know the strains that they must endure in racing 
trim, with four or five men hung out to windward; hence 
the elaborate system of bracing and bridging shown by the 
photographs, and one will know how nicely this must be 
applied when a vessel of the length, beam and depth of 
this craft can be gotten down to Soolbs., as is Bald Eagle 
II. This, of course, is the weight of the hull proper with- 
out the centerboard and rudder, canvas or rigging, spars, 
etc., all these latter weighing about as much as the hull ; 
the spars, however, are very light, being hollow, and an 
idea can be formed of their lightness when the mast 
weighs, without its metal fittings, only 381bs. Her center- 
board and rudder are of the best quality of saw steel, and 
the size and shape as shown by the dotted lines on the 
drawings for deep water, and the full lines for shallow 
water and the weedy bottom, the skag being a necessity 
on some of the Western inland lakes, owing to the large 
quantities of grass encountered. 
As will be seen, the vessel is far from a scow, as most 
of the modern Western craft have been of late years, and 
we think from her appearance and lines that she will not 
be far behind the new long waterline craft the coming 
season, which likely will see the last of the limited water- 
line 20-footers. 
Since she has been completed she has had no oppor- 
tunity to get a line on her speed outside of her own lake 
port (Fox Lake Y. C), but she has easily shown a clean 
pair gf heels to such boats as she has cOTOe in qoritact 
with, and many of the latter are well known fast_ sailers 
and have a known record, which the speed of this craft 
can easily be determined by, she having with ease beaten 
them on each and every point of sailing. 
Her dimensions are as follows : 
Length — ■ ' n 
Over all 35ft. 
L.W.L 17ft. 6in. 
Beam — ■ 
Extreme . 7ft. Sin, 
L.W.L 7ft. 4in- 
Draft- 
Hull 6in. 
Centerboard down 4ft. 3in. 
Area Sails — 
Mainsail 385 sq. ft. 
Staysail 93 sq. ft. 
Total 478 sq. ft. 
Mr. M. Hubbe has placed a contract with T. S. Marvel 
& Co., of Newburgh, N. Y., to build a steel house-boat 
for Mr. Pierre Lorillard, which will take the place of the 
Caiman, burned in Florida last spring. The new boat has 
two decks, and her accommodation will be as large and 
complete as Caiman. She is 126ft. long, 22ft. beam, 8j^ft. 
deep and draws 2^ ft. of water. The power is furnished 
by two 25-horse-power Murray and Tregurtha gasoline 
engine motors, The bQ^t i§ tQ be conipleted next July, 
