FOHKSt ANID STRfiAM, 
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ONE OF THE NEW SEAWANHAKA 15-FOOTERS. 
Photo by Ackerman & Dutcher, Nyack. 
this tjfpe, running at a moderate speed, will be saleable 
here. French engines of this type are now being adver- 
tised in our papers — 4-cycle engines with about 750 revo- 
lutions per minute. For marine work this is much more 
satisfactory than the fast-running car engines, the use of 
which has hitherto given the 2-cycle type an excellent 
chance of attaining popularity. 
E. H. Hamilton. 
Chicagfo Y, C* 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The following schedule of events has been adopted by 
the Chicago Y. C. for the season of 1903 : 
Saturday, May 30 — Cruise to Indiana Harbor. Start 
T ;30 P. M. This will be an impromptu race only. 
Saturday, June 6 — Free for all handicap race over 
club's long course. Start for limit boat, i P. M. 
Saturday, June 13 — Races for one-design yachts and for 
club knockabouts. 
Saturday, Jinie 20 — Handicap race around cribs and 
then to Indian Harbor. Start for limit boat at i P. M. 
Saturday, June 27 — Races for one-design yachts and for 
club knockabouts. 
Saturday, July 4 — Race for Pfister cup, over club's 
short course, 10 A. M. Free for all handicap race OA'er 
club's long course. Start for limit boat, i P. M. 
Saturday, July 11 — Races for one-design yachts and 
for club knockabouts. 
Saturday, July 18 — Class races for the Warrington and 
Lillienfeld cups. 
Saturday, July 25 — Class races, all classes. Start 2, 
2:10 and 2:20 P. M. 
Saturda}^, August i — Races for one-design yachts, and 
for club Icnockabouts. 
Wednesday, August 5 — Start at 9 A, M. for Milwaukee. 
Impromptu races. 
Friday, August 7, and Saturday, August 8 — Races at 
Milwaukee under auspices of Milwaukee Y. C. 
Sunday, August Q — Start from Milwaukee on cruise to 
northern ports. Rendezvous at Charlevoix. Cruising 
race from Charlevoix to Harbor Springs. Cruise to end 
at Harbor Spring. Instructions and sailing directions 
to be given from day to day by the commodore. 
Saturdays, August 15, 22, 29, and September 5 — Races 
for one-design yachts and for club knockabouts. 
Tuesday, September i, Labor Day — Special and im- 
promptu races. 
Saturday, September 12 — Handicap cruising race to 
Kenosha. Start lor limit boat at 8 A. M. 
Saturday, September 19 — Races for one-design and for 
club knockabouts. 
Saturday, September 26 — Free for all handicap race 
over club's long course. Start for limit boat at i P. M. 
Saturdays, October 3, 10 and 17 — ^Races for one-design 
yachts and for club knockabouts. 
Last season we first tried, and, as far as we know, were 
the first club to successfully try, the handicap races. Our 
members are by a large majority in favor of these races, 
consequently you will notice on this schedule that most 
cf the events will be handicap affairs. We start the boats 
on their time allowance according to an arbitrary handi- 
cap made up by a competent committee, and the first boat 
in wins. This handicap is made in the same manner as 
handicaps in other sports, that is, the boats are equal- 
ized as close as human judgment can do so, according to 
the actual performances and merits of the different yachts. 
We have found by experience that we can better equalize 
the fleet in this manner than we can or ever could accord- 
ing to a theoretical rule or set of rules. And of course 
the more nearly the boats are equalized the better the 
sport. We recognize that when boats are being built for 
;i given race, such as the international races, then the 
arbitrary restrictions in the measurements of the boats, 
or some good rule of time allowance according to racing 
lengths, is not only necessary, but are good. But when 
the builders' contest has bee nsettled, then we believe we 
should provide races in which the best sailors rather than 
the best boats should win, and races in which the best 
sailors shall exert themselves to do their best in order 
that they may win. Edgar S. Belden, ■ 
Chairman Regatta Committee. 
Chicago, 111., Jan. 31. . . 
Ofigin of the Centerboafd* 
Boston-, Jan. 27.— Editor Forest and Stream: Refer- 
ring to a recent article in your columns in regard to the 
invention of the centerboard, I may say that some- 
thing over thirty years ago a friend in this city lent 
me a book published in England in 1800 or 1801, which 
gave the lines and description of a boat built in Boston 
in 1774, by Captain John Schank, of the British Navy; 
the boat had a centerboard, or rather, a sliding keel, 
as it moved up and down in the well bodily. 
Later on he built in England a vessel with three slid- 
ing keels, which made a successful voyage to New 
South Wales. 
I am unable to give the name of the book, as it was 
burnt in the great fire of 1872, but I have frequently 
seen allusions to it, and doubtless some of your readers 
know it. H. B. J. 
YACHT CLUB NOTES. 
At the annual meeting of the Penataquit Corinthian 
Y. C, the following officers were elected: Com., J. 
Adolph Mollenhauer ; Rear-Com., Willard L. Candee; 
Sec'y, Joseph E. Owens ; Treas., Richard A. Bachia ; 
Meas., Moss K. P. Fuller; Fleet Captain, J. Campbell 
Smith; Fleet Surgeon, William A. Hulse, M.D. Regatta 
Committee : Harry M. Brewster, chairman ; George A. 
Ellis, Jr.; Robert W. Half, Regis H. Post and Bryce Met- 
calf. Board of Governors : John R. Suydam, J. Camp- 
bell Smith, EdAvard C. Blum, W. A. Tucker, George W. 
Burchell, Rawson Underbill, Allan Pinkerton and Wil- 
liam A. Hulse, M.D. 
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The Knickerbocker Y. C. held its annual meeting at the 
Hotel Manhattan a short time ago and elected the fol- 
lowing officers : Com., James N. Norris ; Vice-Corn., 
J. B. Palmer, M.D. ; Rear-Com., W. B. Beam; Treas., 
G. H. Cooper; Sec'y, J. O. Sinkinson; Meas., W. C. 
Leiber; Fleet Surgeon, G. D. Hamlin, M.D. Board of 
Directors: F. E. Barnes, G. E. Allen, T. Wilson, C. W. 
Schlesinger, H. Stephenson, R. Sands and F. H. Stillman. 
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The annual meeting of the Bergen Beach Y. C. was held 
at the club house at Bergen Beach on February i, and the 
following officers were elected: Com., George E. Fitz- 
maurice; Vice-Com., E. Bohm; Treas., E. A. Chapman; 
Fman. Sec'y, A. Miller; Sec'y, C. A. Gregory; Meas., Z. 
Allan; Fleet Captain, H. Breene; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. 
Emerson. Board of Trustees : John Sutter, Sr. ; Z. 
Allan. H. Breen and A. A. H. Frohne. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES* 
The Gfeenipoft Basin jind Constfudtion Company, 
Greenport, L. 1., has redently closed Contracts for two 
steam suction dredges for the United States Govern- 
ment. They will be 200ft. long over all, 40ft. breadth, 
23ft. depth, and will have a capacity of 1,400 tons. They 
will be driven by compound vertical engines of 1,000 
horse-power, and each vessel will have two Scotch 
boilers. In addition to this Government work, this firm 
is doing considerable yacht building. Nearing completion 
is a cruising yawl for Dr. B. IT. Wells, of New York 
City. She is 41ft. 2in. over all, 27ft. 6in. waterline, loft. 
breadth and 5ft. 6in. draft. On the keel there will be 
about 7,000 pounds of lead. The boat was designed by 
Mr. Theodore Brigham. There is also building a 33ft. 
open launch for Dr. H. W. Greene, of Springfield, Mass., 
for use on the Connecticut River. She will be equipped 
with a 5 horse-power Toquet engine. Two smaller 
launches to be used for fishing boats are also well under 
way. Hauled out in the yard and lying in the basin are 
a number of well l<nown yachts. A new railway of 1,600 
tons capacity is being put down and will be ready early 
in the spring. Vessels drawing 22ft. can then be hauled 
out. 
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Messrs. John Twigg & Sons, of San Francisco, are 
building a large gasoline launch for Mr. Fred Cole, of 
San Mateo. The yacht will be known as the Idlewild, 
and will be used on Lake Tahoe. She is 6oft. over all, 
loft. breadth and sft. 6in. deep, and 4ft. 6in. draft. The 
power will be furnished by a 65 horse-power engine, and 
she will be lighted by electricity. 
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Captain Charles W. Foster, of New Haven, Conn., 
is building a 50ft. launch which is to cross the Atlantic 
next summer. The boat, which will be known as Eric 
the Red, will be equipped with a 50 horse-power Craig 
gasoline engine. 
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Mr. Davis B. Smith, of Gloucester, Mass., is having 
Mr. Arthiir D. Story, of Essex, Mass., build for him a 
65ft. auxiliary cruising schooner. 
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Mr. Frank Bowne Jones has made the following sales : 
Leda, owmed by Mr. Harry L. Maxwell, to Mr. Stephen 
H. Mason; Surprise, owned by Mr. Charles R. Smith, to 
Mr. L. D. Martens, and Volsung, owned by Mr. C. Ab- 
bott Gardner, to Mr. W. Albert Swasey. 
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Mr. Vaughan D. Bacon, of Barnstable, Mass., has re- 
cently completed plans of a cruising yawl for Mr. T. W. 
Hobron, Commodore of the Hawaiian Y. C. The new 
boat will take the place of Gladys, Mr. Hobron's present 
boat, which was also designed by Mr. Bacon. She 
is 50ft. over all, 3Sft. waterline, I2"ft. Sin. breadth, and 
7ft. draft. She will be built at San Francisco and will be 
sailed out to Honolulu. 
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Word has been received to the effect that the center- 
board auxiliary schooner La Barbera, owned by Dr. 
Everett M. Culver, dragged her anchors and went ashore 
at Jupiter Inlet, Fla., on Thursday night, January 29. 
The yacht was on her way to Miami, where the owner 
and some guests were to join her. The yacht is said to 
be a total loss. She was built by the Gas Engine and 
Power Company and Charles L. Seabury Company, Mor- 
ris Heights, in 1901. She is 68ft. waterline, 7Sft. over all, 
15ft. 6in. breadth and 3ft. gm. in draft. 
All communications intended for Forest and Stream should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 
New York, and not to any individual connected with the paper. 
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The Special Cruising Class Canoe. 
Da NiEL B. GooDSELLj a wcll-known member of the 
American Canoe Association, has gotten out plans for a 
new type of racing craft known as the special cruising 
class canoe. Provisions for this boat were made at the 
last annual A. C. A. meeting, and the craft to be built 
from the designs of Mr. Goodsell are the first to be 
brought forth in the United States. 
The cruising class has been in use by English sports- 
men for some time. Twelve of the boats are owned by 
members of the Royal Canoe Club of London, England, 
and have provided interesting sport. Linton Hope was 
one of the first canoeists to become interested in the type 
and has always been its staunch supporter. 
The sport of our cousins across the water is watched 
with eagle eye by devotees in this country. The cruising 
class appeared to offer so many possibilities that its 
recognition by the association governing the sport here 
came as a matter of course. 
New York Canoe Club members are to be the first to 
build into the new class. Besides Mr. Goodsell, the de- 
signer, F. C. Moore and Herbert Turtle will own boats 
of the new type. Their success is awaited by every 
canoeist in the land. The positive announcen.ent that 
seme one is really building under the new regulations is 
expected to give impetus to a number of others in differ- 
ent parts of the country. 
The boats are to be put together by W. F. Stevens, of 
Bath, Maine, known as the most expert builder of racing 
canoes in America. They are expected, when completed,, 
to cost a bit under $125. 
To the sportsman used to the old style of racing canoe 
the cruiser offers many interesting innovations. The 
first great difference noted by the eye of the initiated will 
be the absence of the sliding seat and a jib and main sail 
rig. This cuts out the acrobatic features of sport with 
the old style canoe and brings fun with the new class 
within the powers of all. 
The hull is straight sided with rounded bottom and 
deck. An underbody rudder is used instead of the old 
style hung to the stern post. The boats can be rowed or 
paddled, although distinctly built for racing purposes. A 
