FOREST AND StRfiAM. 
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LATONA OWNED BY HENRY C. ENO, M.D. 
The number of races sailed last year was 35 as 
against 20 the preceding year, 323 yachts started as 
against 216 in 1901, and 138 prizes were awarded, an 
increase of 54 over the preceding year. 
The Center Island cup for Seawanhaka knockabouts 
was awarded to Marcia. This boat had a point record 
of .857, Gowan was second with .750. Marcia also 
won the knockabout series races. 
An interesting circular has been sent out by the 
club relating to the new 15ft. class. Six of these boats 
are completed and twenty-two have been ordered. The 
net cost of each boat is $546.25, the sails cost $56, and 
$30 are allowed for incidentals. All the boats will be 
completed by May i. The boats are building at Nyack, 
on the Hudson. Mr. Clinton H. Crane gave one of the 
boats a trial some time ago, and the following is the 
report submitted by him to the members of the club: 
The writer recently gave No. i of the Seawanhaka 
15ft. class a trial and sail on the Hudson River off 
Nyack. The temperature was 8 degrees above zero 
and a fresh breeze was blowing from the west-north- 
west. This made the wind under the shore very light 
and puEy, but further out in the river a fresh and very 
nice little breeze was blowing. 
The boat went out with three men on board, and 
handled very satisfactorily even in the strongest puffs, 
carrying sail so well that no one of the men on board 
paid any attention to his position in the boat, that is, 
whether it was to windward or leeward. The boat 
steered on all points of sailing with the tiller practically 
amidships, and handled with marvelous quickness. 
It would have been more satisfactory to have tried 
the boat again in a reefing breeze, but as the river was 
fast freezing up it seemed impractical to keep the boat 
in the water longer, and she was, therefore, hauled out 
and dismantled. Certain details of rigging and cleats 
were changed, and the fleet as a whole will have the 
benefit of this trial. It seemed to the writer that the 
seats in the cockpit were unnecessary, but as they 
have been nearly all made, it Avas decided to leave them 
as originally shown on the plans, with the idea that 
the individual owners could leave them in the boat or 
take them out, as they saw fit. 
The boats are a very beautiful job of work, and 
should compare favorably with any of the highest 
class of small sailing boats. 
Clinton H. Crane. 
Breadth- 
Extreme iQft. 4'"- 
L. W. L i8ft. loin. 
Draft- 
Without centerboard 8ft. 7in. 
Freeboard — top of rail — 
Forward 7ft- 6in. 
Least 4ft. loin. 
Tafifrail stt. 6in. 
Latona has a large amount of room under a flush 
deck, and it has been economically disposed of. The 
companionway leads to a steerage or chart room 4ft. 
long. A door gives access to the ladies' cabin, which 
is aft. This room is nearly 8ft. long and extends the 
full width of the boat. The room is arranged in the 
usual way, with berths on each side and transoms in 
front, and the bureau and hanging lockers at the after 
end. There is a skjdight overhead. On the starboard 
side forward is a bath room 4ft. long. 
The main saloon is loft. long and runs right across 
the boat. Wide transoms with shelves behind, extend 
along each side. At the' after end is a desk and'fire- 
place, while the sideboard is forward on the port side. 
A short passage on the starboard side of the center- 
board trunk gives access to two staterooms. The 
smaller is 6ft. 3in. long, and the larger is 6ft. 7in. long. 
Both are fitted with wide berths, bureaus, set marble 
basins, etc. On the port side, opposite, is a stateroom 
7ft. gin. long, very completely fitted and a separate 
toilet room 2ft. 6in. long. 
One of the prime reasons Avhich makes Latona such 
an ideal cruising vessel is owing to the unusual size 
of the pantry, galley, storeroom and ice box. They are 
remarkably large, well arranged and completely 
equipped; the pantry is 4ft. 7in. long, the storeroom 
4ft. 4in. long, and the galley over 6ft. long. On the 
starboard side, opening from the mess room, is the 
captain's cabin, 6ft. 2in. long. There is also a cabin 
for the stewards, which is reached from the galley. The 
forecastle has accommodation for eight men. 
The drawings of the sections give a good idea of 
the thorough manner in which the boat is constructed. 
The sail plan shows a graceful and well balanced rig. 
Latona steers with a wheel, and she carries three boats 
on the davits, a launch, a gig and a dinghy. Every- 
thing about the boat is of the best, and no expense was 
spared to make her one of the most complete cruising 
boats of her size afloat. 
Jan. 24, tm] 
R. Beetle, E, L. Bragg, A, Coombes. W. S. Harvey, 
L. T. Howard, G. C. Scott and C. R. Willard. 
The Columbia Y. C. has elected the following ofli- 
cers: Commodore. F. E. Grainger; Vice Commodore. 
Hiram Patterson; Rear Commodore, M. B. Roach; 
Secretary, C. N. Stream; Treasurer, A. E. Justice; 
Measurer, J. R. Young; Fleet Captain, G. H. Cobb; 
Trustees, J. E. Doherty and A. E. Justice; Flouse Com- 
mittee, R. J. Huntley. A. F. Brown, G. H. Cobb, W. 
A. Paine, J. W. Booth, T. A. Shepard and J. F. Mathie- 
.son; Regatta Committee, F. P. Pfund. J. R. Young, 
J. E. Hunt, J. E. .Dillihunt, C. H. Heath, E. A. Shep- 
ard and G. H. Winans; Membership Committee, Joseph 
Spry, F. W. Frazer and James Leveredge. 
Hollis Burgess has sold the 25-footer Tiger, owned 
by W. C. Allison, of Philadelphia, and the 21-footer 
Otillie, owned by H. L. Banks, of Dorchester. They 
have been purchased by Boston parties, who do not 
wish their names mentioned. 
Small Bros, have orders for a 28lt. waterline cruis- 
ing yawl for J. A. Nicklett, of Toledo, and a 28ft. 
cruising yawl for E. and S. H. Eldridge, of Boston. 
The latter will moor at Yarmouthport, and will be used 
for cruising on the Maine coast. The same firm has an 
order for a 29ft. cabin launch for a Boston yachts- 
man. 
Burgess & Packard have an order for a_ one-design 
class of keel is-footers. The order was given by W. 
C. Rhoades, of Providence. The cutter Edith, re- 
cently purchased by Starling Burgess, is at Murray & 
Tregurtha's, where the joiner work on lier interior 
alterations will be done and her engine will be in- 
stalled. 
E. A. Boardman has a sketch of a Seawanhaka chal- 
lenger, which he may build for himself. She will be 
about 41 ft. over all, 26ft. waterline, 8ft, 2in. beam and 
5/2in. draft. Her after body will be peculiar, the deck 
and the body planking meeting at the stern, there being 
no transom. She is sharp forward, with a loft.^ over- 
hang, and the jib will be set well inboard. The forma- 
tion of the stern will allow her to slide through the 
water that is taken on deck. A truss will be used to 
keep the stern stiff. She will have bilge boards and 
a single rudder. • ^ 
■ Crowninshield has an order for a 25ft. cruiser for 
L. C. Wade. She will be 42ft. over all. She will be 
named Apache II. He has g.lso an order for a racing 
3n-footcr for George Wright, of Halifax. 
John B. Killeen. 
Ofigfin of the Centerboafd* 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Your Philadelphia correspondent, H. L. Shaw, who in 
F'oREST AND STREAM of thi^ date discusses the origin of 
the centerboard, treats of an interesting subject, and 
makes out a strong claim for the Wilkins boys, of New 
Jersey, as inA^entors of the device. It has often happened 
that the same idea has occurred to different men widely 
separated and wholly unconscious of each other's existence. 
Perhaps the young men spoken of by Mr. Shaw were 
actual inventors of the centerboard, and that if they had 
applied for a patent would have been entitled to receive 
one on the contrivance. But that they were the original 
and first inventors of the centerboard is improbable in the 
face of evidence which seems to fix the date of the inven- 
tion at least some twenty years prior to 1820, the year in 
which Messrs. Wilkins are said to have built their first 
boat. 
Some few years ago, when searching for material out 
of which to weave a sketch of the history of this city, 
I was fortunate enough to meet with a book of travels 
written by John Maude, an Englishman, who made a 
journey on horseback through the Genesee country in 
1800. His book contains many interesting observations 
on the men and things he saw between the Hudson and 
Niagara Rivers. The particular item which he jotted 
down that pertains to the conterboard was dated at 
Geneva on August 17, 1800, and is as follows, itahcs and 
all : "Captain Williamson is now building a sailboat with 
a jumping keel lee hoard, a new invention, the keel itself 
acting as a leeboard, and so contrived as to slide, or 
jump into a box fitted for its reception the instant it 
strikes ground. Its design is as a lee-board to prevent 
upsetting, and its jumping keel is to adapt it to shallow 
water." This is a fair and concise description of the 
centerboard in common use, and establishes the fact that 
the invention was known in 1800. Mr. Maude does not 
say that Captain Williamson was_ the inventor, and on 
that point we may have to remain in the dark. The Cap- 
tain Williamson spoken of was a Scotchman who became 
agent in this country for the London owners of a vast 
tract of land in western New York, surrounding the site 
of Rodiester and including Spring Creek, on which the 
State Fish Hatchery at Caledonia is situated. 
While Maude's reference to the Williamson boat is 
not conclusive as to the origin of the centerboard, it sets 
a remoter date for the invention than 1820. Perhaps 
someone else can show that it was known before 1800. 
E. Redmond. 
Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 17. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian C. 
The annual meeting of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian 
Y. C. was held at the club's quarters, 12 West Forty- 
fourth Street, on the evening of Jan. 13. Commodore 
A, Curtiss James presided, and the meeting was well at- 
tended. The following officers were elected: 
Commodore, Arthur Curtiss James, auxiliary brig- 
antine Aloha; Vice Commodore, William J. Mathe- 
son, steam j^acht Lavrock; Rear Commodore, Frank S. 
Hastings, yawl Peggy; Secretary, Francis G. Stewart; 
Treasurer, Frederic P. Moore; Measurer, John Hyslop; 
Fleet Surgeon, N. Bowditch Potter, M. D.; Fleet Chap- 
lain, Rev. George R. Van de Water, D. D.; Trustees, 
Colgate Hoyt, Franklin A. Pluinmer, and Henry H. 
Landon; Race Committee, Johnston de Forest, Charles 
\v. Wetmore, Clinton H. Crane, Daniel Bacon and 
John R. Maxwell, Jr.; Committee on Lines and Models, 
John Hyslop, A. Cary Smith and St. John Smith; Law 
Committee, Henry de Forest, William A. W. Stewart 
and William G. Low, Jr. 
.The report of the Race Committee was interesting, 
Latona. 
Through the courtesy of the designers, Messrs. 
Tams, Lemoine and Crane, we are able to reproduce 
in this issue the plans of the 70ft. waterline cruising 
schooner Latona, that was built by the George Lawley 
& Son Corp., for Henry C. Eno, M. D., in 1899. 
Latona is a centerboard boat of moderate draft. Pier 
construction is composite. Mr. Eno . ^s the boat for 
cruising along the coast, artd she has proved herself 
not only a good sea boat but quite fast, and is just 
adapted to the owner's requirements. 
The dimensions follow: 
Length — 
Over all 97ft. 3in. 
L. W. L 70ft. 
Overhang — 
Forward iift. 4in. 
Aft isft, iiin. 
Mr. William H. Ketcham, chairman of the Regatta 
Committee of the Columbia Y. C, has sent the follow- 
ing letter to officers of all yacht clubs in the vicinity 
of New York: 
We beg to cordially invite you and any members of 
your club who may be interested in motor boat racing 
to meet the inembers of this and other clubs at our 
club house on Tuesday evenin.g, Jan. 20, at eight 
o'clock. 
It is our intention and desire to promote the sport 
of power boat racing, and to this end we wish to in- 
corporate rules and formulate a table of time allow- 
ances to govern the same. 
Any data which you may ha^^e or can obtain relat- 
ing to the matter we shall be pleased to have pre- 
sented at the meeting. 
Will you kindly advise us what action you may be 
willing to take in this matter, and, if possible, give us 
some idea as to how many of your members we may 
expect to have present at the meeting, and oblige? 
