Jan. i 8, 1902.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Our English Letter. 
35 FT-W.L.3LOOR 
MIDSHIP SECTION. 
NOV.I, 1301. 
CHEROKEE— MIDSHIP SECTION. 
With the income tax at nearly six per cent., it is not 
surprising that the prospects for next season's racing 
are somewhat gloonry. The large class which collapsed 
early last season from a variety of causes will receive 
no additions, but Sybarita has been bought by Mr. M. 
B. Kennedy, owner of the handicap-racer Maid Marion, 
from Mr. Whitaker Wright, who has been unfortunate 
in sundry public companies of late, or, perhaps, in whom 
sundry public companies have been unfortunate. This 
assures the appearance of Sybarita under a new name. 
Kariad. Mr. Kenneth M. Clark, will also be raced, and 
there is a possibility of Bona swellng the list. So far 
this appears to be all that can be hoped for. Sybarita is 
a good light-weather boat, and with her allowance for 
the "inferior" yawl rig' she is a formidable craft to tackle. 
Meteor will no doubt also be raced by the German 
Emperor, and will always show up well in a breeze. Rfs 
Majesty, however, needs a new boat by this time, and we 
may hear of one next year. It would be extremely in- 
teresting if his next racing craft should come from 
Herreshoff. There is a very strong desire among yaehts- 
men over here to have a big Herreshoff boat at out- 
regattas. All recognize that she would be very hard 
to beat, but we want to show that such a yacht would 
not have everything her own way. The report was 
cabled over here a few weeks ago that Mr. Iselin had 
given Herreshoff the order for a new first-class boat for 
racing in England. Nothing has been heard of this 
lately, but no better news could be received than a con- 
firmation of the rumor. 
Our 65ft, class is moribund. Mr. Inglis is anxious to 
sell Nevada, designed for him by Mr. C. F. Herreshoff 
last year, and no new boats are building for the class. 
Nevada was not what can be called a failure, for she won 
nearly half the races she started in, but she is a miscon- 
ception. Her waterline length is very little more than 
that of the 52-footer Magdalen,, the crack of that class. 
She had nothing to sail against except Tutty. the old 
40-rater, or rather more speed than Eelin. One could 
always tell beforehand which of the two would win. 
In light weather Tutty had no chance at all, and in 
a breeze Nevada's case was equally hopeless. Conse- 
quently there is no interest in the matches. Nevada is 
interesting because she is Mr. C. F, Herreshoff's first 
effort. It is not often that a young designer has a boat 
of such size for his first order, but Mr. Herreshoff did 
well. She is quite unsuitable for the class, owing to her 
dimensions, but it would be a very difficult thing to 
beat her with a boat of her own type and size. At times 
she has shown quite wonderful, speed. 
As was the case last season, the 52ft. class will redeem 
the year's racing from stagnation. There are two new 
boats being built, one by Mr. Fife, who designed Mag- 
dalen, and one by Mr. Payne, who designed Gauntlet. 
Gauntlet was a failure, but only by a very little. She 
was never able to beat Magdalen, but at times she pushed 
her very hard, indeed. Mr. Burton, her owner, always 
sails his own boat, a somewhat enterprising thing nowa- 
days. He sails her quite as well as any "professional," 
and so could many owners both here and with you if they 
would only have the courage to endure some defeats in 
the process" of learning, The curse of professionalism 
is the worst foe to yacht racing, and is doing much to 
kill class racing over here. 
Mr. Burton's new boat is being built at Fairlie, for 
he has forsaken Mr. Payne. I shall not be in the least 
surprised if he gets licked again this season, for Mr. 
Payne is designing Mr. Coats' new boat. When Mr. 
Payne gers beaten in any class he generally manages to 
get his own back very soon, and he is a remarkably 
talented designer, second only, if that, to Mr. Fife him- 
self. Mr. Watson has come to be neglected in racing 
circle's except in the big class, where he has designed 
every boat. In all the other classes Fife was easily his 
superior when the great international designer left off. 
Watson is very busy with huge steam yachts, the latest 
being one of 2,500 tons for one of the Drexel family. 
It is very nice for us to build these magnificent vessels 
for America, but it seems very funny that your, builders 
do not get the orders. Probably a few years will see a 
change. Mr. Watson is fashionable and designs superb 
yachts, but we have at least half a dozen steam designers 
equally capable. - x 
Before leaving the 52ft. class it may be said that if 
the type remains as it is, there is no better boat in the 
world than our ex 52-footer. They are beamy, of fairly 
moderate draft, quite decent displacement, an 1 won- 
derfully fast. Of late years there has been a tenancy 
to overrate the advantage of small displacement t r 
speed, and it is funny to observe the surprise evinced at' 
the speed of these boats. Mr. C. F. Herreshoff has just 
published a design for the class. She is in many ways 
a remarkable boat, and is obviously the result of consider- 
able thought, showing him to be well qualified to succeed 
on his own merits without imitating the work of others, 
There is very good cabin room in these boats, and they 
are comfortable at sea. 
There are many large cruising yachts building, and 
all of these show the advances made in yacht designing 
better than any racing yacht. The modern large cruiser 
is a superb craft, not always divinely beautiful, but very 
business-like in appearance. The latest development is 
fitting them with electric light plant. Leander, the Hon. 
Rupert Guinness, is being fitted with a small motor to 
generate the light. It is also becoming fashionable to 
use acetylene gas. 
The steam turbine, invented by Mr. Parsons, has now 
been adopted in yachts. Three are now building — one of 
700 tons for Sir Christopher Furness, and another for 
Mr. A. L. Barber, of New York. This vessel will have 
engines of 3.500 horse-power, her loadline length being 
253 feet, and molded beam 33ft 3in. Her yacht measure- 
ment will be r.400 tons. Colonel McCalmont. who sold 
his first yacht. Giralda, to the Spanish Government to 
make your country uncomfortable a few years ago, is 
having a 170-ton turbine steamer built. She will be of 
the torpedo boat type and will do over 24 knots. The 
turbine has proved a great success on the Clyde passen- 
ger boat King Edward. It saves 25 per cent,.m coal 
consumption. Another passenger steamer is being built 
to steam 20 knots economically. 
The motor craze has hit this country, and a tremen- 
dous boom in the industry is impending. The American 
motor is easily supreme, as we have very few English 
engines that can show their advantages. The foreign 
competition will, however, liven our makers up from 
their usual sleep. One yacht is projected of about 35 
tons. She will be 60ft. on the waterline, 12ft, broad, and 
will be fitted with a 100 British horse-power Daimler 
motor. The company who make this motor here, seem also 
to have had a very good sleep, for they have allowed the 
Panhard motor cars to knock them silly. Yet the work 
put into the two motors is very different, the English 
being infinitely better. The yacht referred to promises 
to' be very interesting, and I hope to give more details 
later. E. H. Hamilton. 
■ Our Boston Letter* 
Boston, Jan. 13. — Of greatest importance to yachtsmen 
in Massachusetts, was the action of the Corinthian Y. C, 
of Marblehead, in voting at its annual meeting to amend 
the racing rules by adopting three new classes to be 
known as follows: Restricted 25ft. class, restricted 21ft. 
class and 18ft. knockabouts. It was not voted to sub- 
stitute these classes for the classes oLthe same length, but 
to add them to the list. The rules which will govern the 
25ft. restricted class and the 21ft. restricted class will be 
identical with those which govern the 25ft. and 21ft. cabin 
classes of the Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts. 
They are . the classes that were originated by the Yacht 
Racing Association, and which have had most to do with 
the present strength of that organization. The 18ft. knock- 
about class will be governed by rules identical to those 
of the Eighteen-Foot Knockabout Association. 
There is a peculiar significance in this action by the 
Corinthian Y. C. The policy of the club has always been 
in opposition to the Yacht Racing Association, and when 
time allowance was abolished by the Association and rules 
framed for the restricted or cabin classes, the two organi- 
zations were further apart than ever. The Corinthian 
Y. C. hung to the measurement rules for time allowance 
;] ■! still maintains them for its regular classes. The 
classr* of the Yacht Racing Association and its policy of 
maintaining substantially built and seaworthy boats com- 
menced to grow more in favor, and as the policy of the 
Association appeared to be for the protection of yachts- 
men building under its rules, the restricted classes com- 
menced to grow. Last year the class of 18ft. knock- 
abouts commenced to show up in large numbers, there 
was a good bunch of restricted 21-footers and 25-footers. 
The ordering of fourteen new 21-footers to be constructed 
under Y. R. A. restrictions, showed conclusively what 
the feeling is. The restricted classes of the Y. R. A. are 
wanted. 
Now it so happened that many of the owners of the new 
21-footers spend their summer in the waters of Marble- 
head and vicinity, and it commenced to appear perfectly 
clear that if the Corinthian Y. C. wished to comoete suc- 
cessfully with the Y. R. A., something must be done, and 
that immed : ately. Owners of the new yachts who are 
members of the Corinthian Y. C. agitated the matter of 
adopting the Y. R. A. restricted classes, which was prac- 
tically done last Wednesday evening. While the rules 
and restrictions have been incorporated in the Corinthian 
Y. C, the classes will not be known there as the Y. R. A. 
classes, but the yachtsmen are thoroughly familiar w : th 
the rules of the different clubs, and nobody will be in 
doubt as to where these classes come from. It is the 
best and most practical indorsement of the Y. R. A. 
classes that has been given since the classes were formed. 
It has been openly stated by some of the owners of the 
new ai-footers, and the disposition has . been shown in 
the case of the 25-footers, that an effort would be made 
to confine the racing of these classes to Marblehead. I 
have reason to believe that this effort will not be suc- 
cessful. It is not practical and even those who are 
supportmg it would rather obtain the championship of 
Massachusetts Bay than of any one club in it. It is not to , 
be expected that every one of the yachts in both the 
21ft. and the 25ft. classes will attend every race of the 
Association ; it is expensive, and often the yachtsman has 
not the time at his command to go from port to port. B u * 
the organization which will show at the close of the 
racing season the greatest number of races sailed in these 
classes and the greatest number of entries for record, will 
be the Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts. 
At the annual meeting of the Corinthian Y. C. the fol- 
lowing officers were elected : Com., J. O. Shaw, Jr. ; Vice- 
Corn., D. C. Percival. Jr. ; Rear-Corn., Butler Ames : 
Sec'y. Everett Paine; Treas., J. B. Rhodes; Meas.. P. H. 
Kemble; Executive Committee, F. E. Peabodv and W. H. 
Rothwell; Regatta Committee. G. W. Mansfield, W. W. 
Keith. D. H. Follett. Frank Brewster and G. H. Mayo; 
Membership Committee, P. W. Pope. Frederick Esta- 
brook, H. S. Goodwin and C. D. Wainwr'ght; House 
Committee for three years, William G. Farrell. 
Although the Regatta Committee has been in office less 
than a week, it has already got down to hard work, and 
has announced the following fixtures for the season of 
1902 : 
June 17, Tuesday — Club championship. 
July 4, Friday — Club championship. 
July 12. Saturday — Club championship. 
July 19, Saturday — Commodore's cup. 
July 26 Saturday — Club championship. 
July 30 31 and Aug. 1. Wednesday. Thursday and 
Friday — Midsummer invitation series. 
Aug. 2, Saturday — Annual open. 
Aug, 16. Saturday — Club championship. 
Aug. 23. Saturdav — Club championship. 
The Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. held its annual meeting 
Saturday night, at the town club hou«e on Rowe's Wharf, 
when the following officers were elected for the year : 
Com.. Edwin P. Boggs ; Vice-Corn., Edward P. Boy n ton : 
Rear-Corn., J. L. Sturtevant ; Sec'y, William Avery 
Carey; Treas,, Dexter M- Smith: Me'as., Adr'an Wilson; 
Executive Committee. Edw. D. Ver Planck and J. Win- 
throp Dutton; Second Membership Committee Alfred M. 
Blinn and Charles H. Cross ; Regatta Committee, Foster 
Hooper and Chas. C. Clapp. one year, and John Taylor 
Humphrey. Louis M. Clark and Chas. W. Cole, two 
years. Mr. John L. Amory, who has been Treasurer of 
the club for a number of years, has decided that he did 
not want to hold office any longer. He has been one of 
the most earnest workers in the club, and there can be no 
doubt that his services will be missed. La^t year beside 
holding the office of Treasurer, he served on the Execu- 
tive Committee, the Membership Committee and the Re- 
gatta Committee. To his efforts are due much of the 
success that the club has enjoyed. 
The bonus received by the South Boston Y; C. for the 
choice of location in the new west wing of thirty-eight 
lockers, was nearly $500. 
Starling Burgess has an order for an 18ft. knockabout, 
to conform to the rules of the Eighteen-Foot Knockabout 
Association, for Augustus P. Loring. of Beverly. This 
designer has so many orders on hand that he has found his 
office too small and has engaged larger quarters in the 
same bu:'lding. When they are fitted up there will really 
be three offices. John B, Killee'n. 
A special meeting of the Board of Governors of the 
Baltimore Y. C, was held a short time ago. The object 
of the meeting was to increase the capital stock of the 
club from $15,000 to $30,000, in order to make improve- 
ments on its "property on Curtis Bay. 
