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TWENTY-THREE-FOOT CRUISING YAWL— SAIL PLAN. 
possible portion of the revenue out of the manufactur- 
ing and shipping industries of the Eastern coast. These 
bills are placidly allowed to pass by the Eastern repre- 
sentatives when, as in the Payne case, they contain no 
penalty or means of enforcement. That is the whole 
secret — the Payne law is hayseed. Another coming hay- 
seed law will enact that every auxiliary, a canoe yacht 
even, shall have a certificated engineer to drive her. There 
is no objection to this, because there will be no penalty 
for infringement. It is a very simple way of managing 
affairs. 
There is now building at Messrs. T. A. Crane's Sons' 
yard, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, a small steam yacht for Mr. 
Edward M. Brown, formerly Commodore of the New 
York Y. C. She will be 6oft. 7in. over all, 60ft. on the 
waterline, loft. pin. beam, and 2ft. 4in. draft. The yacht 
was designed by Mr. H. J. Gielow. The plans show a 
comfortable cabin, toilet room, galley, etc., and a large 
open cockpit aft. The power will be steam, consisting of 
a triple- expansion engine, with cylinders 4^, 6J4 and 
iiin. -in diameter, with a common stroke of piston of 7?/2in. 
with a Roberts water-tube boiler. Being intended for 
shoal water in the Great South Bay, the bottom of the 
hull is concaved over the screw. 
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Capt. A. M. Sheppard, U. S. N., stationed at Staten 
Island, has assured Mr. David Barrie, who is looking 
after the interests of Shamrock II. over here, that all the 
courtesies extended to Sir. Thomas Lipton two years 
ago will be willingly accorded him during his coming 
visit. A number of buoys have have been placed at his 
disposal, and the Shamrock, the steam yacht Erin and 
attending craft will anchor off the- Government dock at 
Sandy Hook. 
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John Harvard Biles, professor of naval architecture at 
the University of Glasgow, in the course of a lecture, 
said: "Great Britain has always been several years 
behind America in yacht construction. The problem is 
to reduce weight without reducing strength. The plea 
that British yachts have to cross the Atlantic has done 
duty as an excuse too long. Development has been 
steadily in the direction of lighter hulls and more sail, 
but we are yet behind the Americans. The veil of secrecy 
surrounding the conception and construction oi British 
challengers is perhaps necessary to prevent the abstrac- 
tion of secrets, but they are secrets which, if another 
knew them, he would only regard as things to avoid." 
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Mr. R. H. McCormick has bought from Mr. Frederick 
Conde, of Oswego, N. Y., the yacht Catherine C, which 
was formerly owned by Mr. M. Cudahy, of Chicago. The 
boat, which is now at Oswego, will be taken at once to 
Toronto to be put in shape for salt water uses. Then 
she will sail for Bar Harbor, Me. 
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The schooner yacht Nokomis is- being altered at the 
foot of Twenty-third street. South Brooklyn. K 40 horse- 
power engine is being put into her and a new wheel house 
is being placed forward. The interior is also being over- 
hauled, and when finished she will cruise in the West 
Indies. 
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Mr. Frank Tilford's steam yacht Norman, which has 
been lying at the docks of the W. & A. Fletcher Co., of 
Hoboken, N. J., since January last, is having new en- 
gines put in which are expected to give her a .speed of 
eighteen knots an hour. She will return to Manning's 
Basin next week for a general overhauling preparatory 
to going into commission. 
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Com. Frederick T. Adams' schooner yacht Sachem, 
flagship of the Larchmont Y. C, which has been in winter 
quarters at Port Jefferson, L. I., is now in the hands of 
Messrs. Gardner & Cox for rninor changes in her cabins 
and deck fittings. 
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The steam yacht Cosette, recently bought by Mr. W. S. 
Compton, of New London, Conn., has begun overhauling 
preparatoi-y to going into commission at the Jacob yard. 
City Island. The "yacht will cruise in Southern waters in 
the early spring. 
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Mr. Frederick G. Bourne's steam yacht Colonia is at 
Tebo's Basin, South Brooklyn, being overhauled and 
refitted for the coming season. Mr. Bourne is a member 
of the syndicate that owns the Cup yacht building at 
Bri-stol, R. I. 
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Dr. E. M. Culver, New York, who now flies the Vice- 
Commodore flag of the Biscayne Bay Y. C, the most 
southerly yacht club in the United States, has just ordered 
a still larger yacht from the Cero designer and builder, 
Mr. Ralph M. Munroe,. formerly of Staten Island, N. Y., 
now of Biscayne Bay, Fla. The new boat will be larger 
than the Cero, but like her in every other way. 
"The steam yacht Lady Beatrice, formerly owned by 
Lord Rendell," says the Field, Feb. 23, ''has been sold 
to an American yachtsman. She has been docked by 
Messrs. Hamilton & Co., Port Gla.sgow. and will have an 
overhaul." 
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The Southampton correspondent of the Field says : 
"Ailsa, yawl, has been dry docked by Fay & Co., and is 
now fitting out in the docks for her voyage across the 
Atlantic." Ailsa is the propertv of !\Ir. Henrv S. Red- 
mond, N. Y. Y. C. ' 
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The question of mildew in sails is at present agitating 
British yachtsmen to the full extent which this subject 
should have aroused among yachtsmen in this country. 
For some months the Yachtsman has given up its col- 
umns to discussions and suggestions of yachtsmen 
who have experimented with various compounds and 
patent preparations intended to overcome this destructive 
,nuisanceY:~l The latest suggestion, ■ said to have proved 
' satisfactory, is composed and applied as fohows : Dis- 
solve 2lbs. acetate of lead and 61bs. powdered alum in 
10 or I2gal«. of warm water. An old-fashioned washtub 
is sufficiently large to hold this amount of water and the 
immersed mainsail of a small yacht (say up to 5 tons). 
Do not, however, put the sail in until the water has 
cooled. Keep it there for two or three hours, frequently 
stirring the water. Afterward dry the sail in the open 
air. I'he wind will soon blow the superfluous powdery 
stuff off. The correspondent states that despite the fact 
that it is claimed that the preparation will discolor sail, 
his experience has been that the claim is groundless. The 
experience is based on a suit of sails that were treated 
three years ago, and are still white and free from the 
mildew and sound in texture. 
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If the cutter Iverna, owned by Mr. J. Jameson, is not 
put afloat this season, the Field. Feb. 23, says, "C. 
