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than weakness. A striking example of the possibilities of 
light construction was shown in a small American yacht, 
the work of one who was now among the students ©f 
that university. She was 12ft. on the waterline and 6ft. 
wide; iQj^ft. over all. She weighed only 225lbs., and 
with two men weighing 40o!bs. aljoard she sailed eleven 
m:Ies an hour and beat the 30-footers. He regarded that 
boat as one of the most remarkable specimens of naval 
architecture ever produced. [Applause.] 
Touching briefly on steam yachting. Prof. Biles said 
that the owners of steam yachts were not apparetitly 
sufficiently well informed or sufficiently interested to care 
whether their vessels obtained the maximum speed from 
the amount of fuel burned. In cross-Channel steamers 
the owners had an unhappy habit of wanting as much as 
possible for their money, and for steamers of about the 
same dimensions as some of the yachts they would not be 
content to get 16 or 17 knots for 4.000 or 5 000 h. p., but 
they wanted 19 or 20 knots, and had to get it. If they 
only wanted 16 or 17 they expected to get it on about 
half the power given to some of the yachts. 
Reverting to the Cup races, the lecturer sa'd that the 
result of the Shamrock races was a continuation of that 
monotony of defeat to which we had grown so accus- 
tomed, and for which so many reasons had been given. 
There was only one real explanation, and that was that 
the American boats had always been a little faster. The 
plea that our yachts had to cross the Atlantic and must 
therefore be heavier had nobly done its duty as an ex- 
cuse, and it wa=; time it was relieved. There had never 
been any regulation against the temporary strengthening 
of a boat for the passage, and it was anoarent to anv me 
who had considered the matter that the greatest strains 
to be provided against came when racing and not when 
at sea under snug jury rig. The development of our own 
yachts had gone in the direction of lighter huHs. but we 
had always been a little behind the Americans. Let us 
hope, he concluded, that w'th the hanny combinat'on of 
the best designer, our most scientific shipbuilder, ar>d our 
most successful yachtsman, nobly supported by great pub- 
lic spirit and a long nurse, we shall have better luck this 
time. — Yachting World. 
Clarke, 
Mr. W. Starling Burgess, eldest son of the late Ed- 
ward Btiraress, has opened an office in Boston, w'^ere he 
will conduct a buslne«<; as a vacht designer and b'-oker. 
Mr. Buraress is a member of the Class of tqot Harvard, 
and duringf his course at Colles-e ranked l^igh in his 
studie'?. He ha<: been a boat sailer all hi^;' I'fe, and his 
had much practical exnerience as a yachtsman. Aside 
from hh beine: a practical yachtsman, Mr. B'irffes« has 
followed vachtinsr clo^elv for a number of yea^s r>a^t. and 
has studied naval architecture under several ph^p m°n. 
He has owned several boats, amnne them being- Sally and 
Helene, and durinsf tl^e war with Snain he served on the 
aitxiliary cru'ser Prairie. Owing to the unumal abi'ity 
shown while in the ■service. Mr. Burgess was ' rated as 
gunner'"? m.ate. He a^readv has a laree a»riO"nt of work 
on hand including orders; for both hrcre and sma'1 boats. 
Shortlv after starting in bu'^iness Mr. B^rores"? burned 
out and lost several valuaMe models of ^nats designed by 
his father and a number of drawings of his own. 
The vawl. p'lans of whinh ann^ar t1iic -ivppl^. wa<5 de- 
signed by Mr. Burgees for his un^-le Mr. Walter Burees=;. 
and was bu'lt bv Embree. of 0"incy. She is a go'^d 
looking boat with ex^pllent arpommoda<"ions. and al- 
though she was intended Primarily for cru'^ing;. she was 
designed to conform to th° rule? and restriction =? of the 
Massachusetts Y. R. A. The line=; show h w°M-turned 
boat, and she will und^pl^t-edly show considerable speed. 
Her dimensions are as follows: 
Length — 
Over all 44ft, 
L.W.L 28ft. 6 in. 
Overhang — 
Bow 8ft. 
Stern 7ft. 6 in. 
Beam — 
Extreme loft. 4 in. 
L.W.L 9ft. 8 in. 
Draft- 
To rabbet 2ft. 5 in. 
Extreme 6ft. 4 in. 
Freeboard — • 
Bow 3ft. 6 in. 
Taffrail 2ft. 5 in. 
Least ^ 2ft. ij^in. 
Sail Area — 
Mainsail 882 sq. ft. 
Mizzen 171 sq. ft. 
Jib , 17s sq. ft. 
' Total ■ 1,228 sq. ft. 
Ballast- 
Inside 40olbs. 
Outside S,5oolbs. 
The sail plan shows a large mainsail and a small jib 
and mizzen. The cabin is large and is well arranged 
and fitted. There is 6ft. of headroom under carlines. 
Desigfns Recently Published in Forest and Sti i m. 
25-footer Flirt, Oct. 13-20." 
2i-footer Tattoo, Oct. 27. 
Minnesota, Nov. 17. 
19ft. sailboat, Nov. 24 and Dec. i. 
Cutter Isolde, Dec. 8. | . 
Catboat Lazy Jack, Dec. 15-22. j . 
Raceabout Jolly Roger, Dec. 29. i 
Bald Eagle II. and ice boat, Jan. 5. 
25-footer Brigand, Jan. 12. 
Canadian ice boat and 14ft. cutter, Jan. i^. 
38ft. cruising launch. Jan. 26. 
25ft. shoal draft sloop. Feb. 2. I 
i8-footer Broncho, Feb. 9. 
25ft. cruising sloop, Feb. 16. ' " ]'j 
32-ft. fast cruiser, Feb. 23. 
House-boat designs. March 2. 
Schooner Endvniion and yawl Ellida, March 9. 
20ft. cruising yawl, March 16. 
23ft. cruising yawl, March 23. _ ^ 
