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TWENTY-ONE-FOOT RACEAB OUT-SAIL PLAN.-DESIGNED BY SMALL BROTHERS FOR C. H. CHAPIN, 1901. 
Our Boston Letter. 
Boston, Oct. 21.— Before going jnto details of the rec- 
ords of the i8-footers of the Yacht Racing Association of 
Massachusetts, I desire to correct an error whxh was 
unintentionally made in regard to the. records of the 25- 
footers. In my last letter I said that m races outside of 
the Association Calypso had beaten Flirt more times than 
the keel boat had beaten her. This statement was the 
result of a hasty survey of the records, and, if allowed to 
remain, would be doing an injustice to Flirt. After having 
looked carefully over the outside races, I find that Flirt 
beat Calypso five times, while Calypso beat Flirt three. 
In one of the races of the Corinthian Y. C. Flirt was dis- 
qualified for having been sailed by a professional, but she 
finished second, and Calypso finished third on actual sail- 
ing. Even allowing her only last place in this race, I firid 
that on figuring percentage for the outside races, under 
the same basis that is used in the Y. R. A., Fhrt has a 
good margin to her credit. „r 1 j. 
The percentages of the yachts m the two i8ft. classes of 
the Association are as follows : 
Class T— 18ft. Open Yachts. 
Fantasy .. 'T ^o" '"^o" ^^O^" "o^^" ^^'^ 
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Hector : 4 0 0 2 2 0 100 . 25 
Pioneer 3 0 0 1 1 1 50 .16 2-3 
Class I— 18{t. Knockabouts. 
Mainiian 10 7 0 2 1 0 .78 1-2 
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Comforter 8 2 1 2 2 1 33o .45 5-8 
Hf^tiitn V 2 1 1 0 0 0 165 .iJo 5-liJ 
Xvava 7 0 2 1 4 0 225 -.32 1-7 
^lli^ 2 1 0 1 0 0 J35 . 20 11-13 
3 0 1 0 2 0 95... 44 2-3 
Sdi :::: e o 3 i i i 245 .379-is 
Orilnk 4 0 0 1 3 0 80 .12 1-3 
B^tera . 3 0 0 0 3 0 15 .06 12-13 
In tiie unrestricted class of i8-footers there has always 
been good racing, which was in danger of being spoiled by 
the introduction of yachts of abnormal length over all. 
which used trusses to hold up their ends, and whxh, on 
account of the movable trusses, were supposed to sail on 
various lengths of waterline. Two of these yachts, Daunt- 
less and Circe II., were the cause of considerable dissatis- 
faction on the part of the other yacht owners of the class. 
Each of these yachts was about 37ft. on top. Circe II. 
was originally called Thelma, and raced on 21ft. waterline 
in 1899 for the Quincy cup. A truss was put in her which, 
on being set up, pulled up her ends until her waterline was 
under i8ft. Dauntless had a similar truss. Early in the 
season, both of these boats were remeasured, under pro- 
test, and it was found that their waterlines had increased 
to such an extent that they were over the class limit. 
They were immediately declared out of the class, and the 
others commenced to feel more interest in the racing. 
The little Fantasy, v/hich had kept aloof from Associa- 
tion races while the two larger boats were in, now took a 
hand in the game, with the result that out of five races 
she took five straight firsts, thus getting the only clean 
score that qualified for championship in any of the classes. 
Fantasy is rather a peculiar model. She is the maximum 
of flat floor, little dead rise and hard bilges, being square 
sided and a pronounced skimming dish. Her counter is 
drawn in so that she might properly be called a double 
ender. Her owner has been very persistent in racing her, 
and she has taken a number of valuable prizes. She is 
alwavs fitted out with everything that can make, her go in 
the matter of sails, and is kept in thorough condition all 
the time. She was designed and built by her owner,, Will- 
iam Allerton, of the South Boston Y. C. She is 28ft. 8in. 
over all, isft. 6in. on the watferline, 7ft. tfeam and lorn. 
draft. ■ . . J. , 
All of the othpr boats in the class are skimmmg dishes. 
Plunger is another boat whose waterline has been rnade 
shorter by pulling up the ends. It is understood that she 
is one of the Crane boats which raced for the Seawanhaka 
cup Lobster is one of the strongest built boats m the 
class. She is about 30ft. over all, and is noted particu- 
larly for the reversed curves at her ends. She was built 
in 1899 by Howard Linnell. of Dorchester. Cathryn is a 
very beamv skimmer, designed and built by Messrs. Rud- 
(lick and Young, of the Columbia Y. C, last year. She 
has rather too many curves to be extremely fast,. but she 
is very substantially built, and is an admirable cruiser. 
Tlrs was the first season that the 18ft. knockabouts 
raced as a class under Association rules, and the result 
promises success for future seasons. The scantling and 
sail area rules of this class have been printed many times, 
and the majority of yachtsmen are familiar with them. 
They are limited to 450 sq. ft. of sail, and a minimum dis- 
placement of 4,ooolbs. The boats are fine, single-handers, 
and for afternoon sailing are without equal. _ They can 
show a fair turn of speed, and can stay out in all kinds 
of weather. They run from 28ft. to 33ft. over all, so 
it can be seen that there is considerable more boat than 
their i8ft. waterline might imply. Only three of these 
boats followed all the circuits throughout the entire bay— 
Malillian. Aspinquid and Bacchante. 
Malillian, which takes the championship, is not one ol 
this season's boats, like most of the others, but was one 
of the bunch which was designed for Duxbury Bay last 
year by Crowninshield, and built by Jansen, of Gloucester. 
She did not get started as early in the season as some of 
the other, but she made a great showing after she 
had got going. She is a semi-keel boat, 28ft. over all, 
about 7ft.. beam and 2ft. 6in. draft. She is owned by B. 
S. Permar, of the Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. 
Aspinquid is a new boat, designed and built by Shiv- 
erick. of Kingston, for W. A. Comey, of the Hull-Massa- 
chusetts Y. C. She showed up well in the first races of 
the season, and was one of the hardest propositions of 
the lot in a strong breeze. She is 30ft. 3in- over 5II, 7ft- 
gin. beam and 2ft. loin. draft. She is also of the semi- 
keel type. 
Bacchante was the only out-and-out centerboard of the 
