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'the men who have been with him on former boats. The 
beer Isle men are fond of him, and there is no doubt that 
he can get as many hands as he wants. 
Last week the big stick from which the hollow boom 
will be made w-as towed over from Pigeon's Basin and 
afterward placed in the west shop at Lawley's. It is of 
Oregon pine, and is a beautiful piece of wood. After it 
had been squared, it was blocked at the middle and shores 
were put under each end. It took nearly two days to saw 
ihrough it. The two halves have been lowered and npw. 
rest upon blocks. The work of chitting out the heart is 
now going on and will probably be finished some time 
during the week. 
It is not expected that this spar will be finished up be- 
fore the last of May or the first of June. Wooden spars 
are only to be kept for spare ones, to be used in case of 
accident or if the steel spars should prove in any way a 
failure. The stick, in the rough, measured a trifle over 
I lift. It is expected that about 3ft. will be taken from 
this, leaving the spar about io8ft. long. iMr. Lawley ex- 
pec s that the spar will season very evenly, and is much 
pleased with its general appearance, though the wood is 
now perfectly- green. 
The keel is to be cast in three sections, the bottom, 
the sternpost and the forward part of the keel running up 
to the forefoot. The pattern for the bottom of the hol- 
low trough has been made and was last week shipped to 
the Victor Metal & Casting Company, at East Brain- 
tree. It has the appearance of a small skifT or a canoe 
with a decided tumble-home to the topsides. It has 
movilds placed m.uch in the same position as in yachts. 
The patterns of the sternpost and the forward part of the 
keel are now being turned out and will be shipped to East 
Brainiree early in the week. It is expected that all the 
parts of the outline of the keel will be finished about the 
same time, in ten days or two : weeks. 
The steel bulbed angle bars arrived at the Atlantic 
Works last week. With the exception of a few bars, all 
of the metal for ihe frames has arrived. In the two weeks 
that it will take to turn out the parts for the keel, many 
of these angle bars can be turned into shape, and upon 
the arrival of the parts from East Braintree. the constnic- 
tirn of the boat should proceed rapidly. The steel bolts 
which will be used in the construction have been sent to 
the Atlantic Works. 
The keel of the Pynchon syndicate defender for the 
Canada cup has been set up at Lawley's. By this time the 
moulds should be all in place and ribbanded off. There 
is a generous block of lead on the keel. The filling of 
the keel is hard pine and the keelson 'is oak. Hanley 
says that he has an order from a Chicago syndicate to 
build a centerboard defender for the Canada cup. This 
will be welcome news to Mr. Pynchon, who has been 
desirous of having another trial horse built besides 
Illinois. 
There is considerable doub"; whether the members of 
the Annisquam Y, C. will build i8ft, knockabouts or keel 
2i-footers. They would like to take up the i8ft. knock- 
about class, hv.t there are many members who desire a 
larger boat v.'ith a greater sail spread; in which they can 
compete more generally in the races. One of the mem- 
bers has been talking boat wi.h designer Crowninshield. 
He has inspected the plans and model of Sumner H. 
Foster's new Y. R. A. 21-footer. If he should build a 
2i-footer. it is likely that she would conform to the re- 
strictions of the Massachusetts Y. R. A., and he expects 
that two more boats for the same class will follow. 
The completed list of the officers and committees of 
the Hull-Mas=achusetts Y. C. for iQOi is as follows : 
Com., E. P. Boggs; Vice-Com.. E. P. Boynton ; Rear- 
Com,, J. L. .Sturtevant; Sec'y, Wm. Avery "Cary; Treas., 
John L. Amory; Regatta Committee, Louis M. Clark. W. 
E. Sherriffs, L. B. Flint. H. N. Nute and' John L. Amory. 
The Executive Committee is composed of the three flag 
officers, the Secretarv and the Treasurer and J. R. Hoooer, 
H, }. Thayer, J. W'. Button and E. D. Ver Plank. The 
Membership Committee is composed of the same officers 
«x officio and Chas. Hayden, H. S. Potter. J. A. Barby, 
Jr., and Paul F. Folsom. The House Committee will be 
appointed by the Executive Committee. No fleet caotain 
has yet been appointed, but it is expected that the Com- 
modore will reappoint H. J. Thayer. 
KUey's Marine Agency has sold the 40ft. cabin naphtha • 
launch Pet to Edwin Junkins, of Providence, and a 21ft. 
launch to Frederick Button, of Boston. 
The schooner Marguerite has been sold to Prescott Hall 
Butler, of the New York Y. C. Capt. George Barry will 
probably remain in charge of her. 
On Monday evening the annual ball of the Mo:quito 
Fleet Y. C. will be held at Paul Revere Hall. 
The 50ft. steamer which was designed by T. F. Poekel, 
of Lawley's, for use in Southern waters, has taken form 
rapidly. It was expected that she would be all ready to 
ship to New York Sunday night, from which place she 
will be carried south on the deck of a steamer. 
John B, Killeen, 
The Yachtsmen^s Club. 
The .anmual meeting of the Yachtsmen's Club w'll be 
■'held on Feb. 12. The Nominating Committee, Frank 
Bowne Jones, Charles P. Tower and E. M. MacLe!lan, 
"has prepared the following ticket: Pres., Bavid Banks; 
Vice-Pres., Fred M, Hoyt ; Sec'y, Edward M. MacLellan ; 
Treas.. Philip G. Sanford ; Trustees, Class of 1903. Clen- 
denin Eckert^ Class of 1904, Hazen L. Hoyt and Charles 
T. Pierce. John F. Byno, who died last week, had agreed 
f.o give a course of lectures on "Knots and Splices." These 
will now be given by Herman White, who was foreman 
for Mr. Byno. On Wednesday evening Clinton H. Crane 
will lecture on "Cruising Yachts: Their Besign and Con- 
struction." Henry J, Gielow will lecture on Feb. 6 on the 
"Steam Yacht," and on Feb. 20 William Gardner will 
lecture on "Racing Yachts." The lectures on "Knots 
and Ifiigging" are every other Wednesday, the first having 
been delivered on last Wednesday. 
Twenty members have been elected during the last ten 
days, t'he latest proDo.sals are Henry F. Lippitt N, Y. 
Y. C. ; Charles Lane Poor, Shelter Island Y. C, and Win- 
field L. Tucker, Hull-Massachusetts Y, C. 
The steam 'yacht Shemara, owned by Mr. A. L, Barbour, 
'fj. y. Y- C., arrived at Miami, Fla., 911 Jan. 21. 
