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THIRTY-ONE-FOOT WATERLINE CRUISING YAWL — CABIN PLAN. 
has tT. m r e R w th p ^ merica f n Y - C - Smith, of Quincy, 
shieltah pSnkYd F ° Ster **** deSigned b ^ Gr W^ 
Burgess has an order for an auxiliary 30ft. yawl for 
?avtnol Ch T ard T 0n A° f p H r artford ,' Conn - She will hail from 
baybrpok, L. I. A. P. Lonng's 18-footer. of Burgess de- 
sign is to be built by Graves, of Marblehead. The new 
quarters of this designer have been fitted up, and he now 
HnlH R Sm ' -P, 111 ? B " r S ess > associated with him. 
Holhs Burgess will look after the brokerage. 
John B. Killeen. 
Sewanhaka Cup Ne#s* 
When it was first announced that the Bridgeport Y 
C. s challenge had been, accepted by the Royal St. Law- 
rence X L., tor the Seawanhaka cup, there were men on 
every side that were willing to build trial boats, but as 
the season progresses there is very little interest being 
shown, and several who contemplated building boats have 
given up the idea. This is the first time in a number of 
years that a club on Long Island Sound has had a chance 
at the beawanhaka cup, and it is very disappointing that 
there are not to be more entries. 
However, it is assured that there will be at least four 
boats, and perhaps more. Although Mr. T. MacDonald 
has not closed with Hanley, of Quincy, for a boat vet it 
is more than probable that he will do so shortly. Mr De 
Ver H. Warner is still in correspondence with Mr B 
is. Crownmshield, and it is considered very likely that 
there will be a boat from that source. The local boat 
which will be turned out by a builder in the vicinity of 
^Bridgeport for a syndicate made up of club members will 
be started this month. 
Contract was closed on Saturday last by Mr. Charles 
D. Mower' and Mr. Albert B. Hunt for the boat to be 
built for them from Mr. Mower's designs. Some time" 
was spent m finding a builder who was familiar with the 
kind of light construction used in these craft, and yet 
whose plant was in the vicinity of New York The con- 
tract was awarded to Mr. Thomas F. Smith, of Bayonne 
a man who has had wide experience in light construction' 
and the work will be done by him under Mr. Mower's 
supervision. Mr. Smith was for a number, of years con- 
nected with the Spaulding St. Lawrence Boat Company of 
Ogdensburg, and also with the Nilson Yacht Building 
Company, of Baltimore. 
There is still a possibility of a boat being sent east 
from White Bear Lake. It is to be hoped that such is to 
be the case, as it would add materially to the interest. 
Captain Joseph Elsworth* 
Capt. Joseph Elsworth, one of the best-known Amer- 
ican yachtsmen and sailing masters, died at his home in 
Bayonne, N. J., on Friday, Jan. 17, at the age of seventy- 
one years. He was born within sight of Barnegat Bay 
and followed the sea from boyhood. He first went to sea 
on his father's schooner and staved on that vessel until he 
was made mate. He studied the coast carefully on his 
many trips down the beach, until he knew every foot of 
the ground from New York to Cape Hatteras. After 
spending a number of years on working vessels he took 
up yachting, and was probably the first man in' America 
to make yacht racing a science. Capt. Elsworth, belonged 
to a family of sailors. Three of his brothers, John, Robert 
and Watson, were oystermen, and the fourth, Philip was 
famed the world over as a yacht designer and builder 
His knowledge of the tides, eddies, currents and gen- 
eral weather conditions in the vicinity of New York was 
nothing short of wonderful, and he was without a rival 
as a handler of yachts. The first yacht in which he 
scored success was the sloop Meta, a boat built by Pat 
McGiehan, of Bayonne, and in her he had everything 
his own way, beating every boat he met as far east as 
Newport. He displayed his skill to a marked degree in 
the way he handled Comet, Grayling and Montauk, where 
his work was faultless. 
Capt. Elsworth, on account of his wide knowledge of 
weather conditions and his great ability as a sailor, made 
him in great demand. In 1885 he was pilot on Puritan in 
the contest with Genesta. When Atlantic was built from 
his brother's designs for a syndicate of Atlantic Y. C. 
members, he was put in charge of her. Atlantic was de- 
feated in the trial races by Mayflower, and he then acted 
as pilot on her in the races against Galatea. He acted in 
the same capacity on Volunteer in the races with Thistle. 
John Van Schaicfc Oddie. 
Yachting circles both here and abroad will be deeply 
pained to learn of the death ef John Van Shaick Oddie, 
the well-known Secretary of the New York Y. C, which 
occurred at his home in New York city on Thursday, Jan. 
16. Mr. Oddie was fifty-seven years of age, and leaves 
? widow, two sons and a daughter. The N. Y. Y. C. 
thus loses not only one of its oldest members, but also 
its most efficient officer. For twenty-two years Mr. Oddie 
had been its Secretary, and to his untiring energy and 
his loyalty to the club's interests are due in a large meas- 
ure the fact that the institution is one of the most flourish- 
ing of its kind in the world. Mr. Oddie had for a long 
time cherished the idea that the N. Y. Y. C. should own 
its club house, and it was partly through his efforts that 
the plan to enlarge the old Madison avenue building 
formerly occupied by the club, was abandoned, and the 
present magnificent building in West Forty-fourth street 
was erected. Mr. Oddie first became a member of the 
New York Y. C. in 1867, and was the twenty-ninth mem- 
ber on the list. The club was at that time located in 
Hoboken, and its fleet comprised but thirty-five vessels. 
Mr. Oddie was not only a great enthusiast on all matters 
pertaining to yachting, but he was a splendid yacht sailer, 
and at one time owned and raced the sloop yacht Fouchie. 
To Mr. Oddie's unvarying courtesy and kindly methods 
is due in great measure the popularity of the New York 
Y. C and the bond of friendship which exists between it 
and all the other yachting clubs both here and abroad has 
been cemented by the tact and good judgment always 
displayed by him. His death is not only a great blow to 
his club, but will be felt also in business circles, he having 
been a member of the New York Stock Exchange for over 
twenty years. Mr. Oddie was also a member of the 
Larchmont Y. C, as well as the Eastern Y. C. 
bell and J. W. Jones. The club now has fifty members 
and there are thirty-five boats in the fleet. Arrangements 
are now being made to secure a site on the shore front 
near the city, so that a club house can be built. The club 
was incorporated in May, 1900. 
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The annual meeting of the Kennebec Y. C. was held 
Monday, Jan. 13, Vice-Corn. Percy D. Roberts presiding 
on account of the death of Com. Hutchins on Christmas. 
The following officers and committee were elected : Com., 
Edward W. Hyde (President of the Bath Iron Works) ; 
Vice-Corn., Dr. Randal D. Bibber; Sec'y, E. R. Witte- 
kendt ; Treas., Harry W. Owen, Jr. ; Board of Directors, 
Woodbury A. Potter, Ernest F. Kelley, Dr. Jas. O. Lin- 
coln and the four officers ; Regatta Committee, S. Cuyler 
Greene, Owen J. Ledyard and Win. F. Stevens; Investi- 
gating Committee, A. Merrill, J. R. Knowlton, Dr. G. 
Way and the four officers ; Entertainment Committee, Dr. 
J. Walter Higgins, Edward C. Larrabee and Fred C. 
Scnbner. Com. Hyde has appointed ex-Corn. Fred M. 
Cook Fleet Captain, and House Committee, ex-Corn. 
Augustus A. Percy, Ernest R Kelley and Fred Mayers. 
The club has a membership of 261 active and two honor- 
ary members, and a fleet of fifty-one steam and sailing 
yachts and launches. Com. Edward Stearns Hutchins, 
whose death occurred on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 1901, 
within less than three weeks before the expiration of his 
term of office, after a short illness, was a charter member 
and one of the originators of the yacht club, and an 
earnest worker for it. He was born in Providence, R. I., 
and was thirty-five years old. He was a graduate of the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and came to Bath 
m the early part of 1890 as a draughtsman at the Bath Iron 
Works, and at the time of his death was chief engine 
draughtsman at the Bath Iron Works. 
Yacht Club Notes* 
At a meeting of the Marine and Field Club, held on 
Jan. 14, the following officers were elected: Pres., Theo- 
dore L. Cuyler, Jr.; Vice-Pres., Edward C. Piatt; Sec'y, 
Nathan A. Weed; Treas., J. Edward Way; Directors 
(term expiring January, 1905), Nathan A. Weed, J. Ed- 
ward Way, Isaac Snedeker, Charles M. Camp, and George 
L. Lord ; term expiring January, 1903, to fill vacancies 
caused by resignations, Theodore L. Cuyler, Jr., Frank B. 
Anderson, and John M. Knox. 
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At the annual meeting of the Capital Y. C, of Wash- 
ington, D. C, held a few days ago, the following officers 
were elected: Com., L. H, Dyer; Vice-Corn., C. C. 
Wilkinson; Rec. Sec'y, O. E. Braitmeyer; Cor. Sec'y E 
P. Nussbaum; Treas., C. H. Bright; Meas., J. E Taylor : 
Board of Directors, Dr. W. A. Frankland, H. A Camp- 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Mr. A J. Mcintosh has sold the steam yacht Oberon 
to Mr. William Prawl, of New York city. 
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The Townsend & Downey Shipbuilding Co., of Shoot- 
er s Island, S. I., has been incorporated with a capital of 
$3,500,000. The directors are John H. Cuthbert and James 
Alden of .New! York city; W. B. Smith, of Montdair. 
& J -i^ F ;r W ? rre ^' of Brooklyn, and M. P. Williams, of 
Westheld N. J, The company's plant is located on an 
island a short distance from the Staten Island shore. The 
present area of the island is thirteen acres, but in the 
event of fiheir getting sufficient work to Warrant the ex- 
pense, it is the company's intention to acquire adjoining- 
land and fill in, increasing the size of the island to forty- 
two acres. The company is now building the schooner for 
the German Emperor, another schooner for Mr. G, Fahne- 
stock and the 60-rater from Messrs. Gardner & Cox'* de- 
signs for Mr. George M. Pynchom 
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The 70-footer Yankee, owned by Messrs. H. Payne 
Whitney and Herman B. Duryea, has been sold to Mr, 
J. Rogers Maxwell, Mr. Maxwell's 51-footer Humma be- 
ing taken in part payment. 
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There are now building at the Gas Engine and Power 
Company and Seabury & Co., four steam vachts, a cruis- 
ing schooner and a cruising sloop. A Providence yachts- 
man has commissioned this firm to build for him a steam 
yacht 140ft. in length. A Western yachtsman has also 
signed a contract for a 100ft. steam yacht for use on the 
Great Lakes. The steam yacht build'ing at this plant for 
Mr. Alfred Costello, of New York city, will be known as 
