HUSSAR II.— ORIGINAL SAIL PLAN. 
"At the end of the season her daily percentages shall be 
added together, and from the sum shall be subtracted the 
number of races in the series which she has missed. The 
remainder shall be divided by the total number of races 
in the series. 
"If two or more boats are tied in the general result, then 
the boat having the better place at the finish of the last 
race of the series in which the tieing boats shall have 
sailed, shall be considered as having the highest average." 
At a recent meeting of the Corinthian Y. C. it was pro- 
posed to change its classification under the racing rules 
and adopt the 25ft. class and 21ft. class, as conforming to 
the restrictions of the Yacht Racing Association of Massa- 
chusetts, and the i8ft. knockabout class conforming to 
the restrictions of the Eighteen-foot Knockabout Asso- 
ciation. This would at first look very favorable to the 
Association as an acknowledgment of its strength, and it 
could not logically be entertained in any other light; but 
it is not likely, from all that has been shown in recent 
years, that the adoption of the Y. R. A. classes would 
mean that the Corinthian Y. C. would co-operate with the 
Association. On the other hand, it is more than likely 
that the adoption of such classes would be for the purpose 
of competing more closely with the Association. If the 
Corinthian Y. C. should apply for membership to the 
Association, it would be a different thing, but it is under- 
stood that the Marblehead Club has no intention of doing 
this. The majority of the new 21-footers are for yachts- 
men who are members of Marblehead clubs, and it looks 
as if there was an organized movement on foot to confine 
the bulk of the racing to those waters. This has been 
tried before, but as in all such cases it was not successful. 
The greatest development in yachting cannot possibly be 
attained by narrowing its field, any more than can any 
other enterprise. The amendment to the rules was not 
at once accepted, but was referred to a special committee, 
which will report at the next meeting. 
The Boston Y. C. has purchased a location on the main 
shore at Marblehead for a station, and is to^ erect a club 
house which will cost upward of $S,ooo. This will be a 
valuable addition to the main club house at City Point, 
and also at once presents a curious problem. The Boston 
Y. C. is a member of the Y. R. A., and the chairman of 
;ts Regatta Committee is one of the Executive Committee 
of the Association. If this club should decide to give a 
number of Y. R. A. races and to support the cause of 
the Association generally at Marblehead, there will be 
interesting developnjents in store for the season of 1902. 
John B. Kjlleen. 
There is being built at Frank Weeks' yard at Amity- 
villc, L. I., a knockabout for Mr. Francis A. Williams, 
of New York City. The boat is 36ft. over all, 24ft. 
waterline, and loft. 6in. beam. A catboat for J. V. S. 
Oddie, Jr., to be 25ft. over all, i8ft. waterline, and also 
a racing catboat 29ft. over all for Mr. E. P. Foster, 
cabin floor and in no way interferes with the cabins. All 
the lockers in the cabins and staterooms are lined with 
zinc, so that the contents will be kept free from damp- 
ness at all times. Two boats will be carried on the davits. 
The boat has been splendidly constructed under Mr. 
Wood's direct supervision. As soon as the boat is finished, 
her owner, Mr. George Bullock, of Cincinnati, will take 
her to Southern waters, where she will be used the bal- 
ance of the winter. 
Our Boston Letter. 
Boston, Dec. 2. — This season, as was announced early 
in the spring, the Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. offered great 
inducements in the way of prizes and championships to 
yachts conforming to the restrictions of the Y. R. A. in 
the 25ft. and 21ft. classes, and also to yachts conform- 
ing to the restrictions of the Eighteen-foot Knockabout 
Association. The policy of olTering great inducements 
proved a wise one, and, although there was not quit^ the 
filling in the 25ft. class that might have been wished for 
in all the races, the yachts which were the acknowledged 
leaders in that class attended nearly every race. There 
was an entire dearth of 21-footers, owing to the small 
number that signified their intentions of racing, for, 
although the club was willing to give generous prizes in 
addition to the championship of the class, it did not feel 
that it should offer them unless the yachtsmen were 
willing to send a number of entries that should war- 
rant it. The attendance among the i8ft. knockabouts was 
all that could have been asked for. In this class there 
were only two boats that did not sail the required num- 
ber of races to qualify for the championship. 
As in the races of the Yacht Racing Association, the 
contest between the 25-footers for the championship of the 
Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. was mainly between Flirt and 
Calypso, and in this instance it was last year's keel boat 
which beat out the new centerboard. The championship 
series was hotly contested, and at the close of the season 
Flirt led Calypso oh the average percentage by less than 
three-tenths of one per cent. Calypso won the greatest 
number of first places, but the work of Flirt seems to 
have been certainly steadier. Out of ten starts Flirt was 
either first or second nine times. Calypso showed the 
same peculiarities which were evinced in Y. R. A. races. 
In a very strong breeze or in a stiff whole-sail breeze she 
seemed to be invincible. In moderate breezes or in very 
light airs Flirt was the conqueror. For all-round work 
Flirt's record is commendable, and there is no doubt that 
she earned her championship. In this class the Regatta 
Committee required seven starts to qualify and the two 
leaders were the only ones which sailed the required num- 
ber. Chewink. Early Dawn. Tarpon, Little Peter, Marion 
and Scud also competed, and it is to be lamented that they 
did not enter more races. Chewink entered but two races 
and 'finished second in each, giving her an average of 65 
per cent. Early Dawn entered in four races, her average 
for which was 61 J4 per cent. Tarpon entered in three 
races, with an average of 56 2-3 per cent., and Little Peter 
entered in six races, with an average of 21 2-3 per cent. 
Marion and Scud only sailed one race each, and each 
received 15 per cent, for finishing. 
In the i8-footers Malillian won the championship with- 
out any question. She was one of the original Duxbury 
i8-footers, which was turned out last year by Jansen from 
designs by Crowninshield. She did not make any great 
showing in Duxbury Bay last year, and so it was not 
surprising when she got no better than fifth place in her' 
first race at Hull. But the surprise did come afterward, 
when she took four straight firsts and cinched the cham- 
pionship. She was extremely well handled by Capt. Frank 
James, and this, coupled with careful tuning up, made a 
combination that was hard to beat. Bonito, a new 
Crowninshield boat, which came second, looked very 
promising at the first of the season, and certainly proved 
a very even sailer, but she did not seem to be able tO' do 
anything with Malillian. Bacchante and Ayaya did not 
sail the required number of races to qualify, which in this 
class was six. 
The percentages in both of these classes were figured 
out on the same basis as the Y. R. A. table, 100 for first, 
65 for second, 35 for third^ and 15 for finishing. The 
records are as follows : 
25-footers. 
Starts. Ists. 
2ds. 
3ds. Fins. 
Bks. 
Total. 
Average. 
Flirt 
. 10 
3 
1 
0 
0 
725 
72 1-2 
9 
5 
1 
2 
1 
0 
650 
72 2-9 
18-footers. 
Malillian ... 
8 
5 
1 
1 
1 
0 
615 
76 7-8 
7 
3 
2 
2 
0 
0 
500 
71 3-7 
Aspinquid . 
7 
1 
2 
1 
3 
0 
310 
44 2-7 
8 
0 
2 
0 
6 
0 
220 
27 4-8 
7 
0 
0 
4 
3 
0 
185 
26 2-7 
, , , 9 
0 
1 
1 
7 
0 
205 
22 7-9 
5 
0 
0 
1 
4 
0 
95 
19 
Bacchante 
4 
0 ' 
0 
0 
4 
0 
60 
15 
The good attendance in this class may be attributed to 
a new feature introduced by the Regatta Committee of 
giving attendance prizes. The committee is pleased with 
the experiment, and is of the opinion that it is a good 
thing for all classes. The committee set aside a sum of 
as many dollars as the total number of boats finishing 
during the entire series. This was divided into 50, 30 and 
20 per cent., and awarded to the boats having the three 
highest average of attendance. The rule by which this 
average was obtained was one that favored the attendance 
of yachts which were not constantly at the head of the 
list, and was as follows : "A boat sailing in the cham- 
pionship series shall be given in each race a percentage 
equal to the number of her place at the finish of the race." 
That is, if a boat should finish sixth, she would receive 
six per cent. The other rules which governed the at- 
tendance prizes are as follows: 
