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FOREST AND STREAM. 
Alcatorda. 
The auxiliary yawl Alcatorda, the' plans of which boat 
appear in this issue, was the first sailboat built by the 
Electric Launch Co., of Bayonne. N. J. She was designed 
by Mr. Charles G. Davis, the designer for the company, 
for Messrs. Eugene and E. D. Lentilhon, of New York 
city. 
After a season's constant use the owners speak most 
highly of the boat, as she has proved fast and able under 
all conditions of wind and weather. Alcatorda won the 
only race she was entered in, which was one of the re- 
gattas held by the Penataquit Corinthian Y. C, of Bay- 
shore, L. I. The rest of the time she has been used for 
cruising between New York and Newport, R. I. Her 
best point of sailing is to windward in a strong breeze of 
wind, and under such conditions outpoints and outfoots 
other boats of her size. 
Her dimensions are as follows : 
Length — 
Over all SSft. 
L.W.L • 35ft. 
Beam — Extreme 15ft. 
Draft — Board up 3ft. 
Freeboard — 
Least 3ft. 
Bow 5ft. lin. 
Taffrail 3ft. pin. 
Overhang — 
Bow 8ft. 
Stern 12ft. 
Sail Area- 
Jib 200 sq. ft. 
Mainsail 1,200 sq. ft. 
Mizzen 320 sq. ft. 
Total 1,720 sq. ft. 
Displacement 13. 5 tons 
The motive power is furnished by a lo-horse-power 
Globe motor, which propels the boat at a speed of eight 
miles an hour. Her gasoline tanks have a capacity of 
seventy gallons. 
Alcatorda's sail plan is very moderate considering the 
boat's great power. It is very seldom that it is necessary 
to reef, and the boat sails in a very erect position. 
The interior arrangement is shown clearly on the cabm 
plan, and may be open to some criticism, but it was laid 
out to meet the requirements of the owners. There is 
6ft. 3in. headroom under the cabin house. The cabins are 
fitted with raised oanels of light figured cypress with stiles 
and rails of dark cypress. The balance of the cabinet 
work is of mahogany. 
The hull has an oak keel. stem, deadwood, tail feather 
and false transom. The frames are steam bent oak. not 
beveled, but bent square to the plank while hot. The 
frames are i^'m. by i^in.. spaced iiin. on centers. The 
planking is of long lengths of yellow pine. I'^A'm. thick 
when finished, screwed to frames and plugged. The 
clamp and shelf are of heavy yellow pine. The chain 
plate timber is of double size, with another timber bent 
inside of it running in one piece from shelf to shelf and 
riveted to the heavy timber. 
The chain plates are of white metal straps let into outer 
face of timber, being inside the planking. The deck is 
laid in narrow strips of ij^in. by i^in. white pine. The 
sides of the cabin house are of oak. The cabin top is 
of pine" covered with canvas. The cockpit is staved in- 
side with mahogany. Skylight and companionway is of 
mahogany. 
The spars are of clear spruce and the standing rigsrine 
is of plow steel wire rope, set uo with turnbuckles. The 
bobstay is of phosphor bronze ^in. in diameter. 
Two boats are carried on the davits. All the ballasf'is 
inside. Her crew consists of one man and a boy. 
Alcatorda was started on March 10, 1901. and launched 
on May 8. 1901. Although this may seem a short tim^ 
to turn out so large a boat, she is a splendid piece of 
work and a credit to her .builders. 
Yacht Cltftj Notes, 
The fifth general meeting of the Seawanhaka Corin- 
thian Yacht Club was held at Delmonico's on the even- 
ing of NoA'ember 12. Mr. Frank S. Hastings oresided. 
Resolutions of regret at the death of Mr. Frederick 
H. Benedict were adopted. It was decided to hold 
monthly 'meetings throughout the year. Supper was 
served to the forty members who were present after the 
meeting. 
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The work of transferring the club house of the New 
Rochelle Y. C. from its old location in Hudson 
Park to the new site on Harrison Island was completed 
on Friday, Nov. 8. The work of getting the building in 
shape for the trip across Echo Bay took nearly a month. 
Mr. J. C. Burdsal, an architect, has drawn plans which 
call for the connection of the club house and the old 
Harrison mansion, and when the work is completed the 
New Rochelle Y. C. will have one of the finest 
club houses on Long Island Sound. The club has leased 
ff^rrison Islji^d from Mr, A^fi?^^ Is^Hn for ten yeaf§. 
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