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F'OREST AND STREAM, 
Canoe Designs fof the Int. Canoe Race. 
The international canoe race that is to be held next 
August in l.angston Harbor. England, between the Win- 
chester Boat Club, of Winchester, Mass., and the Royal 
C. C, of England, is a matter of no little interest to 
canoeists both here and abroad. 
Mr. Thomas W, Lawson, well known as the owner of 
Independence, has a country place in Winchester, Mass., 
and being naturally interested in water sports and having 
no little local pride, is the backer of the enterprise. His 
representative will be Mr. Herman Dudley Murphy, a 
man well known as a skillful and capable canoe sailor. 
It was Mr. Lawson's wish that two canoes should be 
built, and after a series of trial races have been sailed on 
Mystic Lake, the better of the two boats should be named 
Uncle Sam and sent to England. 
Through the kindness of Mr. B. B. Crowninshield, the 
designer of both canoes, we are able to reproduce in this 
issue their lines and sail plans. Although Mr. Crown- 
' inshield is not a designer of canoes, his wonderful success 
in designing other types of sailing vessels has brought him 
the order for these canoes, and incidentally we might 
mention Mr. Crowninshield has designed boats for three 
international matches to be sailed on the water this year. 
They are, namely. Independence, for the Amer'ca Cup 
races ; Illinois, for the Canada cup races, and Uncle Sam, 
for the international canoe races. We wish him success 
in all three. 
One of the canoes was built by Mr. W. F. Stevens, of 
Bath, Me., and the other by the Mather Launch and Canoe 
Co., of Atlantic, Mass. 
The dimensions of the canoe built by the Mather Boat 
Works are as follows: 
Length — 
Over all 17ft. 
Waterline r. isft. 
Overhang — 
Forward ift. 
Aft 
Beam — 
At deck 2ft. 
At waterline ' 2ft. 
Freeboard — 
At stem I ft. 
At taflfrail , 
Least 
Draft- 
Extreme 
To rabbet 
Board down 2ft. 
Displacement 392lbs. 
Area — • 
Pounds per inch at L.W.L 123.7 
Lateral plain 8.09 
Wetted surface .................... 33-12 sq 
Sails 120.00 sq. ft. 
Rudder ....... ....... . ... .69 sq. ft. 
Centerboard 2.66 sq. ft. 
Ratio — 
Sail area to wetted surface 3.63 
(Stem to C.B.) to L.W.L .493 
Overhangs to L.W.L .133 
Rudder to balance lateral plain. ..... .0933 
The dimensions of the canoe built by Mr. W. F. Stevens 
are as follows: 
2 
10 
m. 
in. 
in. 
^'^in. 
loj^in. 
7 in. 
10 in. 
ft. 
Length — 
Over all 
Waterline 
Overhang — 
Forward ... ........... 
Aft 
Beam — 
At deck 
At waterline 
Freeboard — 
At stem .................. 
At taff rail 
Least 
Draft- 
Extreme 
To rabbet .......... ... 
Board down 
Displacement • • 
Pounds per inch at L.W.L 
Area — 
Lateral plain 
Wetted surface 
Sail 
Rudder . 
Centerboard 
Ratio — 
Sail area to wetted surface.., 
(Stem to C.B.) to L.W.L.. 
Overhangs to L.W.L 
17ft. 
13ft. 
2ft. 
2ft. 
2ft, 8 in 
2ft. 65^in 
ift. 
1^4 in 
93^in 
2ft. II 
3781bs. 
126.7 
7.61 sq. ft. 
34.28 sq. ft. 
138.00 sq. ft. 
.71 sq. ft. 
3.2 sq. ft. 
4.02 
.519 
.267 
Notice. 
All communications intended lot Forest and SrmEAM should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 
Yachting Fixtures, i90U 
Secretaries and members of race .committees will confer a favor 
by sendiriK notice of errors or omissions in the following list and 
also of changes which may be made in the future. 
lULY. 
4 Beverly, open sweepstake, Montiment Beach. 
4. Shelter Island, club regatta. 
4. Duxbury. club race. Duxbury. Mass. 
4 Boston City, City Pomt, Boston Harbor. 
4. Corinthian, second club rhampionshio, Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 
4 Fast Gloucester, open, Gloucester, Mass. 
4. Gravesend Bay Y. R. A., first open regatta, Gravesend Bay. 
4 Annisquam, open, Ipswich Bay, Mass. 
4. Larchmont, annual regatta and schooner races for Colt cup, 
T^archmont, Long Island Sound. 
4. Hartford, annual. Savbrook. Long Island Sound. 
4. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. Oyster Bav, Long Island Sound. 
4. Pavonia, Mclnnis cup, Bayonne, New York Bay. 
4. Canarsie, parade, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
Penataquit 0?rim:hiati, jannua!, Bay Sfeofre, %^ I. . _ . 
