April sr 1902. ] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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FOREST AND STREAM DESIGNING COMPETITION HONORABLE MENTION DESIGN SAIL • PLAN Submitted by "Trysail" (Charles D. Mower), New York City. 
the inclined load waterline places a limit on the length 
of the hull which will prove effective. This limitation 
should be stated to be applicable when the yacht is heeled 
in smooth water to her designed sailing angle, and the 
angle should be stated in the certificate. 
Should a yacht habitually sail at an angle sufficiently 
greater to to be noticeable, the matter can readily be in- 
vestigated. 
It is quite certain that a yacht designer would run no 
risk of having all his certificates refused by issuing a 
false one, neither would he take the chance of issuing one 
which might be found in error, because that would reflect 
on his ability. 
If the number of persons which compose the crew were 
also stated, the complete list of limitations for all classes 
can be tabulated so as to occupy not more than a space of 
4in. by sin. in print. For present purposes and perhaps 
for some little time to come, it will be necessary to make 
some allowance for those yachts now launched in which the 
displacement is excessive. This can be readily done by 
permitting a certain small increase in sail area per ton of 
displacement, whenever the displacement of a yacht is 15 
per cent, or more over the limit. 
In the above I have outlined what I consider to be the 
correct principle which should be followed. I believe 
that only in this way can we expect a return of the 
former racing spirit. It will also permit us without a 
change of principle to take advantage, year by year, of the 
experience gained which would be manifested principally 
in a modification in the amount of sail area allowed in 
the various classes. 
As indicated above, the yacht designer in the measure- 
ment certificate would simply state that a given yacht was 
within the restriction of a given class, and was designed 
to sail at a stated angle of heel, which would mean that 
the yacht had at least the required displacement, not more 
than the limiting sail area, measured when the sails were 
stretched, not more than the limiting load waterline length 
when inclined, not more than the limiting draft and per- 
centage of ballast. Geo. Hill. 
In order to avoid friction and improve the racing on 
Jamaica Bay, there is now a scheme on foot to form a 
yacht racing association among the clubs located there. 
There are now five important clubs in the bay. the Jamaica 
Bay. Canarsie, Bergen Beach. Old Mill and Bayswater 
Y. C.s. When several clubs are located on a compara- 
tively small body of -water the organizations are bound 
to conflict unless an association is formed and all of them 
work in harmony. The Jamaica Bay clubs will do well 
to follow the example set by the , Gravesend Bay and 
Long Island- -Sewnd clubs, ' . 
Designing Competition. 
We publish in this issue the plans submitted for our 
designing competition by Mr. Charles D. Mower, of 
New York City, under the pseudonym of Trysail. The 
design was disqualified, owing to the sail plan being 
drawn to a different scale than was called for in the 
conditions. 
The design of the hull and rig are excellent, and was 
one of the best submitted. The cabin arrangement is one 
of the best we have ever seen for a boat of 25ft. waterline 
length, and will bear careful examination. The follow- 
ing descriptive matter was written by Mr. Mower, and 
accompanied the plans : 
General Description. — The type selected, as believed by 
the designer to be best fitted to fill the requirements of a 
cruising boat, as outlined by the restrictions governing 
the competition, is a boat of quite large displacement, 
with a generous amount of beam, and with moderate and 
rather fine overhangs. The lateral plan is not cut away 
excessively, and the aim has been to produce a boat that 
can be handled easily in any ordinary bad weather, and 
one that will be a good, able sea boat, so that the crew 
may have no fears or uneasiness at the chance of being 
caught out , in bad weather. 
The large centerboard, with trunk extending above the 
waterline, is the only one considered as really practical 
and of any use, and the small plate or dagger board below 
cabin floor was rejected at the outset as of no real use. 
The arrangement on deck shows unusually wide water- 
ways, so that the men can get f of ward or aft easily. 
The deck is carried across at the aft end of house, with 
several large beams to give structural strength, and is 
also brought in to form cockpit seats, thus making the 
cockpit a very small well that can even be filled without 
the least danger. 
The rig is comparatively small, with a short bowsprit 
.and but little main boom over the stern, and can be car- 
ried in almost any weather without reefing. 
Cabin Arrangement. — The most important feature of 
the proper cruising boat and one requiring different treat- 
ment from the case of a boat to be used only for day 
sailing with an occasional night on board, is the arrange- 
ment below deck. The thing most necessary for the com- 
fort and good nature of men while off cruising is a means 
of keeping the main cabin dry, warm and comfortable in 
wet and nasty weather, and this cannot be accomplished 
where the companionway leads directly into the cabin. 
In the design shown, the companion ladder comes 
down in a sort of steerage, which is separated from the 
cabin by a heavy portiere. In this steerage is a wide 
berth, which, when not- necessary for "sleeping accom- 
modation, makes an excellent place for suit cases, bags, 
etc., which are always so much in the way in the average 
cruiser. Under this berth, drawers are arranged for 
charts, coast pilots, lighthouse books, instruments, etc., 
and with the chance of spreading out charts on the berth, 
the steerage makes an admirable chart room, very 
accessible from the deck. On the port side opening from 
the steerage with a sliding door, is a large toilet room, 
containing folding basin, w.c, and a hanging locker for 
"shore clothes." The space under the deck back of the w.c. 
is fitted with hooks for hanging oilers, rubber boots and 
other bad-weather duds, which are hidden from view by a 
heavy curtain hanging from the deck beam. This arrange- 
ment gives the watch on deck in bad weather an oppor- 
tunity of getting below as much as necessary without 
entering the cabin proper, so that the cabin, is always 
dry and clean. 
At night there is also the advantage that the watch 
below can rest quite undisturbed when it is necessary for 
the deck watch to go below for reference to charts, or, in 
cold weather, to warm frozen feet or fingers. This plan 
brings the companion on the starboard side of the center 
line, so that when at anchor the boom does not obstruct 
the entrance to the cabin. 
The toilet room is lighted and ventilated by a half-sky- 
light built in connection with the companion slide, and 
by a port which opens in the side of the house. 
The main cabin is 7ft. 6in. long, with an excess of the 
required headroom. On each side under the deck is a 
fixed berth, 2ft. wide, and with enough clear heights to. 
allow turning over without difficulty. These berths can 
be kept made up and always ready for turning in without 
disturbing all hands with the preparations of making 
up berths at turning-in time. The transoms are wide 
enough to form comfortable sofas in daytime, and are 
built to extend so as to make a 2ft. wide berth if neces- 
sary. This gives comfortable sleeping accommodations 
for five persons in separate berths in the cabins, and for- 
ward is 5 hanging berth for the man, if one is carried. 
The centerboard trunk is brought above the cabin floor to 
the height necessary for the table, and with leaves hinged 
i n either side makes a fixed cabin table that is always 
in place. The arrangement allows ample room to pass 
around either end of the trunk. So the centerboard trunk 
can in no way be considered objectionable in view of 
the fact that a table of some sort is necessary in the cabin. 
The board is hoisted by a pennant leading through a brass 
tube -to the top of the house, and as the top of the trunk 
is above the waterline, the board is accessible in case it 
should become jammed in any way. 
^ At the forward end of the cabin, the sideboards on 
either side give additional table space for serving, and 
