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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 4, igoi. 
about Association, will take place next Saturday. A 
match race has been arranged between Bacchante, owned 
by John Taylor Humphrey and C. E. Lauriat, Jr., 
and 'Oriana,_ owned by Alfred Douglas. A race between 
these two boats will be of great significance, as they are 
of two distinct types. Bacchante was designed and bdilt 
by Hanley. She is an out-and-out centerboard, without a 
pound of inside ballast. Oriana was designed by Fred D. 
Lawley and built by the Lawley corporation. She is a 
keel boat with a lead shoe, placed as low as possible. 
As all of the parties are members of the Hull-Massachu- 
setts Y. C, it is likely that the race will be sailed in Hull 
Bay, over the regular club course for this class. Oriana 
has been launched at Lawley' s. For some time she laid 
outside of the shop, Avhere a good idea of her lines could 
be had. She is a very slick looking craft, with long over- 
hangs and a very flat floor. She has a good entrance and 
a clean run aft. She should prove very fast. Bacchante 
has also taken her maiden dip. She shows the charac- 
teristic lines of all of Hanley's boats. She is very flat . 
and has hard bilges, and has considerably more beam than 
Oriana. Some say that this beam is too great to com- 
pete with boats having the same sail plan, but this has to 
be proved. Mr. Humphrey has great confidence in the 
Hanley idea, and is anxious to see its value thoroughly 
proved. 
At Lawley's the Sloane 8s-footer is having her cabin put 
in. The cabin is being put iri the 25-footer for Judge 
Lowell. The Parsons 46-footer and the Gibson Bar 
Harbor 25-footer have both been completed. The deck 
frames are being put in the 35-footer designed by Binney 
for C. E. Herter, and the 70ft. steamer from the same 
designer is having her house put on. The 86ft. steamer 
designed by Binney for C. H. Borland is nearly finished. 
The 2i-footer, Eaglet, designed by Starling Burgess is 
all planked. The steam vacTit Aquilo. for W. P. E'no, is 
all plated. The Y. R. A^ 21-footer for H. H. Wiggin is 
set up. The 15-footer for S. Willard Thayer is nearly all 
planked. 
Fred D. Lawley has an order for a steam yacht irom 
C. H. Fuller, of Pawtucket, R. I. She will be 128ft. over 
all, 103ft. waterline and 6ft. 6in. draft. She will be used 
for cruising in Southern waters. 
Fenton, of Manchester, has the Macomber 25-footer, de- 
signed by Crowninshield, nearly finished. It is expected 
that the Burgess 21ft. raceabout will be ready to go over- 
board about the middle of Ma}^ Last year's champion 
25-footer Flirt is being fitted out at this 3'ard. 
Hanley has the Canada cup defender Cadillac in frame, 
and the work of planking her will commence this week. 
D. C. Percival's knockabout Sally V. has been launched. 
The Y. R. A. 25-footer for A. W. Chesterton is all 
planked. She will be called Calypso. The moulds are up 
on the 25-footer for T. B. Wales. 
John B. Killeen. 
^*The New Measurement Rule/* 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
If your remarks under this heading in the last number 
of Forest and Stream were allowed to go without some 
answer, the impression might get abroad to some extent 
among yachtsmen who have not read either of the reports 
made recently by committees of two clubs on the meas- 
■urem.ent question, that these committees had dealt with 
the matters undertaken in a very short sighted and 
incompetent way — that they had sought to effect purposes 
which it would be at once both foolish and impracticable 
to seek — and that they required the aid of some Solomon 
outside their own membership to define to them the 
true limits and just purposes of a good measurement rule. 
To an3rone who is himself a competent and unprejudiced 
judge of the present needs of yachting interests and who 
has carefully read either of the reports which have been 
referred to, the remarks made in your last issue, in so 
far as these apply to the work of these committees, either 
as to the purposes they had in view or as to the effect 
which may warrantably be expected from their proposi- 
tions, must appear to be wholly irrelative or misapplied. 
It is not, however, for the purpose of refuting in detail 
the statements and inferences alluded to, nor yet to ex- 
hibit the fallacy of the expectation that some one of the 
various modifications which may be made of the girth 
rule, or otherwise some combination of one of these rules 
with a factor borrowed from the new formula proposed 
for S. C. Y. C. and L. Y. C. will fitly meet conditions 
in these waters that I now write. This would severely 
tax your space and my time. It cannot be contended 
that formulas affecting results so widely different are 
all equally good; indeed itl is intimated that something 
different may result from a conference with foreign naval 
designers this summer and become an international rule; 
but it is not explained how this can apply to any modifi- 
cation of British rules, as these have been adopted for 
continuance through a term of years. A& one who has 
participated in the work recently done to provide a 
remedy for the very commonly admitted insufficiences 
of the existing rules of measurement, I may be permitted 
to say that the adaptability of girth measurements to 
compass the requirements of American yachting have 
been duly considered, and the conclusion arrived at that 
such measurements have a limited range of application 
and effect, restrict features which equity would require 
should receive encouragement^ and manifestly curb that 
liberty of design which, contrary to the inferences of 
your criticisms, it was the cherished purpose of the 
framers of the rules recently adopted to conserve. 
If the suggested formulas for girth measurements or 
any others lead to a selection of one or more to be pro- 
posed for practical action in any of our yacht clubs, it 
will be time enough for a thorough examination of its 
character, and if anj'thing better is brought forward than 
has been yet acted upon I for one shall not withhold free 
commendation. I can, however, see little hope for this 
through any of the many varieties of girth measurement. 
Some of the defects in the methods proposed are so 
easily made conspicuous that worse results would appear 
to be inevitable than those arrived at by the rule so short 
lived here, and more recently abandoned in Great Britain. 
There is some denunciation in your article_, of attempts 
to limit elements of speed and to make racing yachts of 
ernigers, whiclj rep^grJfS appar to be §(^nally infpnse- 
quental as applied to efforts at amendment, whether these 
be by girth measurement or by other means. If there 
are features in a yacht which are as commonly recognized 
as elements of advantage to speed as are other features, 
present in the formulas used, why not include them or 
else be consistent and abandon all attempts at measure- 
ment. By inclusion it is not necessary, if only an equita- 
ble charge is made, to exclude even the most extreme 
form of vessel, but on the other hand some liberty in 
design is obtained, and the less extreme vessel has some 
opportunity preserved to her. To the features of advan- 
tage for speed the new rule has a mort direct, intimate 
and measurable relation than any girth rule which has 
been brought forward. It is firmer in its grasp, less 
evasive, and wider in its comprehensiveness and applica- 
tion. In regard to form and choice of dimensions, beam, 
draft, and contour of midship section, it affords to the 
designer a choice and liberty not allowed by any girth 
rule which has come under observation, and one not to- 
be easily conceived of. To anyone who will study the 
matter these things should become apparent, and they 
should prove superior and determinate over any question 
of the measurer's convenience, which is not very seriously 
involved, very little indeed beyond what is connected 
with a girth measurement. 
It is perhaps not necessary to say that in the framing 
of a rule the adaptation of it to two or three yachts, or the 
adaptation of the same number of yachts to a rule, has 
practically no valuable significance. 
John Hyslop. 
Yankee. 
It is now stated that some nine boats will enter in the 
trial races for the defense of the Canada cup. The best 
known yacht designers in America have been employed to 
turn out boats, but perhaps none of them is better fitted 
to cope with the situation than Mr. Charles G. Davis, the 
designer of Yankee, plans of which boat appear in this 
week's issue. Mr. Davis was associated with Mr. Hanley 
at the time he built Genesee, the boat that successfully 
defended the Canada cup in the summer of 1899, and Mr. 
Davis handled the boat in all the races, at which time he 
had an excellent opportunity to see the weak points in 
Genesee's design. Knowing what conditions of weather 
he had to deal with, Mr. Davis has turned out a boat that 
is an improvement on Genesee both in looks and design. 
She is slightly narrower with a little more depth, giving 
more displacement. All the ballast will be inside, and 
she will be steered with a balance rudder, 
The Thompson-Lytton-Price-Griffiths syndicate is the 
owner, and the boat is being built by the Racine Boat Com- 
panj', of Racine, Wis. The sails will be furnished by 
Messrs. Geo. Carpenter & Co., of Chicago, and the Spalding 
St. Lawrence Company will furnish a complete set of hol- 
low spars. 
Yankee's dimensions are as follows: 
Length — 
Over all 44ft. 6in. 
L.W.L 28ft. 
Overhang — 
Forward 8ft. 6in. 
Aft 8ft. 
Beam lift 
Draft of hull ift. pin. 
Freeboard — 
Bow 3ft- 6in. 
Stern . 2ft. lin. 
Least ift. 8in. 
Sail area by rule 1,585 sq- ft. 
Ballast inside , . ,6,ooolbs. 
Her racing measurement under the Canada cup condi- 
tions are as fQllows : 
L.W.L 28 Perp ,42..^ 
Base 58 Topmast,... 10.5- 
Gaff 25 Beam .......U. 
L.W.L.-f-Gfl-th-l-C.B. 
28 + 11.7 -f- 2.5 = 14.2 
L.W.L. -f B. -f- .75 Girtti 4- .5 ySail Area. 
28 -t- 11 -1- 10.65 -I- 19.9 ^ 34;f-f r l 
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Yankee is flush decked with a long, narrow cockpit 
amidships, while aft is a small steering well for the 
helmsman. Aside from the general design of the boat, Mr. 
Davis has shown many ingenious features in the boat's 
rigging. The main sheet has two deck travelers, and 
there are two jib stays with the working jib bent on one, 
while the balloon jib is bent on the other. The halyards 
are all of steel wire with single parts and tackles. The 
standing rigging is of galvanized steel wire. The dolphin 
striker is of the tripod pattern, which will prevent its 
carrying away when there is a side strain on the bow- 
sprit. 
Yacht Qub Notes* 
The Excelsior Y, C, of Brooklyn, have elected the fol- 
lowing officers: Com., Michael Watson; Vice-Com., Olaff 
Harrison; Rear-Com., A. J. Grasse; Fin. Sec'y, William 
A. Dwinell; Treas, George W. Daniels. The Fleet Cap- 
tain and Regatta Committee are to be appointed by the 
Commodore. 
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The Pavonia Y. C. has moved from its old quarters at 
Communipaw to a new house at the foot of East Fifty- 
first street, Bayonne The officers of the club are: Com., 
D. F. Kohn; Vice-Com., Alexander F. Roe;- Sec'y. L. T. 
Haeuptner, and Treas., L. Mittelsdorf. 
The Harvard Y. C. has made plans- for an ex- 
tended club cruise next summer along the New England 
coast. Quite a number of the club members have signi- 
fied their intention of . going for a short time, while others 
will participate in the full cruise. Arrangements have 
been made whereby the fleet will start from New Haven 
on July 22 and will .sail eastward to Newport, R. I. The 
fleet will disband at Newport the day before the arrival 
of the N. Y. Y. C.'s annual cruise to the eastward. Later 
in the summer the members of the H. Y. C. living or 
summering north of Cape Cod will rendezvous at Marble^ 
head and crujse to the east>\'ard t9 Islejjorp, }/[^, 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Manning's yacht agency has sold for Mr. Richard P. 
Hart, N. Y. Y. C, his auxiliary yawl Natka to Mr. 
George C, Thomas, Jr., of Philadelphia. This agency 
has sold for Mr. James Baird, formerly Rear-Commodore 
of the Larchmont Y. C., his sloop Hussar 11. to Mr. 
Frank A. Wilmot, of Bridgeport, Conn, The boat's rig 
will be changed to that of a yawl. 
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The following steam yachts are being put into com- 
mission at Manning's basin at South Brooklyn: Seneca, 
Marion, Zara, Whisper, Anita, Stella and Conqueror 
and the schooner yacht Nearra. 
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The Gas Engine and Power Co. and Chas. L. Seabury 
& Co., of Morris Heights, are building a 25ft. water- 
line knockabout for Mr. J. Montgomery Sears, of Boston. 
Mr. S. H. Vandergrift's new steam yacht Cherokee, 
which was launched at Morris Heights a short time ago, 
has had her official trial trio on the Hudson River. She 
developed 14J/2 miles against a strong head wind and 
tide. The guaranteed speed was 13 miles. 
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At Tebo's basin. South Brooklyn, the following steam 
yachts are being put in commission: Thetis, Virginia, 
Sapphire, El Placita and Jathniel. 
The 53ft. cruising launch Alberta, owned by Mr. Will- 
iam A, Hamilton, of the Riverside Y. C, was totally 
destroyed by fire on April 27 in Cos Cob Harbor. The 
boat was valued at $6,000. 
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Mr. Oscar Lipton, of the Jamaica Bay Y. C, who re- 
cently sold his launch Laurena to Mr. James Harkness, 
is having a smaller boat built by the Daimler Company. 
She will be 65ft. long, 13ft. 6in. beam and 4ft. 6in. 
draft and will be driven by two 25 horse-power motors. 
The guaranteed speed will be 12 miles an hour, Below 
decks there will be two large staterooms forward. Aft 
of these will come the engine space followed by the 
galley. Aft Avill be a large saloon. On deck there will 
be a house forward and aft will be the owner's stateroom. 
The yacht will be named Leonora and she will be ready 
for delivery by June 15. 
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It is reported that Mr. Horace A. Hutchins, N. Y. Y. 
■C, has chartered the 'English steam yacht Gunilda. 
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Messrs. A. Cary Smith and Barbey have chartered with 
the option of purchase the schooner j'acht Uncas owned 
by Mr. C. P. Buchanan, Mr. W. H. Russell is the pros- 
pective buver. 
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The purchaser of the steam yacht Kanawha, which he- 
longed to the late John P. Duncan, is Mr. Henry H. 
Rogers, N. Y. Y. C. 
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The new 75-ft racing schooner building at Shooter's 
Island, S. I., for Mr. Chas Shithers, N. Y. Y. C, will 
be named Muriel. Mr. Frederick K. Brewster's sister 
boat building at the same yard, which has already been 
announced in Forest .\nd Stream, will be named El- 
mina. 
Gen. F. V. Greene will have his yawl Gavoita brought 
from Boston to New York in a few days. 
The steel steam yacht Cangarda, which was built by 
the Pusey & Jones Co. for Mr. Charles J, Canfield, of 
Manistee, Mich., was launched on April 22. The yacht 
is to be schooner rigged and will be completed and ready 
for delivery to her owner in June. 
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The new steam yacht Orienta, owned by Mr. Edward 
R. Ladew, N. Y. Y. C, was launched on April 25 from 
Mr. Lewis Nixon's shipyard, Elizabethport, N. J. ' The 
yacht is loift. 6in, long, 12ft. beam and draws 5ft. 
Forward she has a large forecastle and aft of this is a 
room for the captain and the engineer. Then comes the 
galley, aft of which are the fire room, coal bunkers and 
engine space. Abaft of these are the owner's quarters, 
which consist of a large double stateroom extending 
across the vessel with a bathroom adjoining. There is 
a large saloon and toilet room with two staterooms fur- 
ther aft. All the woodwork is of African mahogany 
with panels of silk and tapestry. She has over 7ft. 
headroom. On deck there is the dining room forward 
in the deck house with the pantry in the after end. The 
after deck is unobstructed. The yacht will be propelled 
Dy a triple expansion engine with cylinders loin., I sin. 
and 25in. in diameter by i5in. stroke and of 600 horse- 
power. She has the very latest impromed Mosher water 
tube boiler with 40 sq, ft. of grate surface. A large blower 
will provide fresh air in the fire room. An electric plant 
and a fresh-water plant will make the boat most com- 
plete. 
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At the yards of the Greenport Basin and Construction 
Co., Greenport, L; I., the greatest activity is shown in 
putting the seventy yachts that are laid up there into 
commission, The sloop Grayling, built from designs 
made by Messrs. Gardner & Cox, by the above firm, for 
Mr. Robert Toland, of Philadelphia, was completed a 
short time ago. She is S4ft. over all, 30ft. waterline, 13ft. 
4in. beam and draws 4ft. She is a centerboard boat. 
The same company has also completed a 36ft. sloop from 
a design made by Mr. F. M. Somel. She will be named 
Marion and is 39ft. oyer all, 25ft. 6in, on the waterline, 
loft. beam and 6ft. 3in. draft. The steam yachts Ver- 
gana and Orienta are being put in commission at this 
vard. 
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A cablegram has been received by the Spalding St. 
Lawrence Boat Company, of Ogdensburg, N. Y., fron? 
Q. U Watson, designer of Sir Thomag Upton's Shanj- 
