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Clearly 8ft. long and is fitted with the usual transoms, 
lockers and sideboards. Forward on the starboard 
side is the toilet room with patent closet and folding 
lavatory, and opposite on the port side is the galley. 
In the forecastle there is ample room for a man should 
the owner wish to carry one. 
Model Yachting in California. 
California, with its beautiful climate, bays, lakes and 
rivers, afifords the boat loving population great sport. 
San Francisco Bay and the artificial lakes of San Fran- 
cisco are a central attraction for many yacht clubs. 
One unique club, called the San Francisco Model Y. C, 
gives great pleasure not only to its members but to hun- 
dreds of interested spectators. This club has been in ex- 
istence only six months, but in this short time the city 
has donated $22,000 for the construction of a new lake for 
the use of this club. On Sundays and holidays the banks 
of Stow Lake, a lake in Golden Gate Park, are crowded 
with, people eager to see the racing of the models. The 
club has 148 members, 50 of whom have models; some 
of the models are very valuable, considering the work put 
upon them; they value, from $10 up to $350. 
The yachts are in tw^o classes; yachts with a 28in. to 
a 38in. waterline are in the small class, while yachts 
from a 38in. to a 54in. waterline are in the large 
class. Among the boats of the large class are the Imp, 
Flirt, Austril, Kingfisher, Annie, Hobo, etc. The Imp, 
■owned and built by Commodore London, is very fast, 
liaving taken many races and having done great credit to 
its owner. The Flirt and Hobo, designed, built and 
owned by the Collier Bros., are excellent pieces of work- 
manship, especially the Flirt. Her dimensions are 62in. 
over all, i8in. beam, 4oin. waterline, 2i^in. draft. She is 
built of one-sixteenth inch planks of sugar pine, with a 
double skin. Over 2,000 brass screws were used in build- 
ing her ; she weighs only 9 pounds and carries a 14 pound 
bulb on an aluminum fin; there are 3,000 square inches 
in her mainsail and jib. She is the model of the Chal- 
lenger, designed by Mr. B. B. Crowninshield, a very fast 
boat belonging to the California Y. C. 
The Annie, Hobo and Lark are built on the scow plan, 
and also prove to be very fast. 
Rockners Annie, a beautiful little craft, carried-X)ff the 
blue pennant, while the Hobo came in second. 
Rudders are not used. The sails are made so that they 
balance each other, in the respect that the jib keeps the 
mainsail from bringing the boat into the wind, conse- 
quently the boats attain high speed. 
In racing, the yachts- are started 15 seconds apart ; they 
tack up a narrow neck of the lake, a man on each side 
turns the boat with a pole as she nears the land and starts 
her on the next tack. 
Most of the yachts are sloop rig, but some of them 
carry a club topsail and a flying jib. 
The lake is very rocky along the banks, and it is hard 
work towing the boats back with poles. Commander 
Gerung has, however, solved the problem by simply at- 
taching a spinnaker and turns his boat loose, and she 
simply scoots. Chester Chapman. 
San Fwanc'SCo, Cal , March 4. 
YACHT CLUB NOTES. 
^ The Newark Y. C. held its annuaLmeeting on Thurs- 
day evening, March's, and the following officers were 
elected: Com., Jean R.,Tack; Vice-Com., Thomas J. 
Roche; Sec, William Berger; Fin. Sec, Edward Hin- 
derlang; Treas., John F. Sherman. ,i 
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At the annual meeting of the New Haven Y.. C, the 
following officers were elected: Com., Edward F. 
Cole; Vice-Com., Ennis N. Searles; Rear Com., James 
B. Smith; Sec and Treas., Frank W. Guion; Meas., 
Clififord W. Rawson; Trustees, Joseph D. Sargent and 
Charles S. Hamilton; Regatta Committee, Henry F. 
Parmelee, Phelps Montgomery and Hayes Q. Trow- 
bridge. 
The following officers were elected at a recent meet- 
ing of the' Passaic River Y. C: Com., George L. 
Staats; Vice-Com., A. W. Krinich; Fleet Captain, 
■Charles E. Hall; Sec, E. Keppler; Fin. Sec, W. K. 
Wilkins; Treas., F. Weslow; Trustees, T. Chamberlain, 
W. H. Byrne, C. C. Capern and Jacob Rufif. 
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On April 15 the Yale-Corinthian Y. C. will go for- 
mally into commission. The following Saturday the 
first series of races will begin. The Graduate Cup 
series will be held April 18 and 25, May 2 and 9, and 
the Officers' Cup series on May 23 and 30, June 6 and 
13. Every Wednesday there will be a special race. 
All races start at 3 P. M., except on Decoration Day, 
when the start , will be made at 10 A. M. The fleet 
will cruise to the Thimble^ Islands on May 16. 
. At a meeting of the Harvard Y. C. the following 
were elected officers: Com., L. Davis; Vice-Com., 
F. G. Macomber, Jr.; Rear Com., R. H. Gardiner, 
Jr.; Sec. and Treas., R. Winsor, Jr. 
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; Com R. S. Bridgman, of the San Francisco Y. C, 
has appointed G. T. S. White, Dr. T. L. Hill and 
John J. Marshall, Jr., delegates to the Pacific Interclub 
Yacht Association for the corning year. W. L. Spen- 
icer, George E. Smith and G. B. Lavensaler have been 
appointed members of the Regatta Committee. 
Two steam yachts were launched at Morris Heights 
last week. On Wednesday, March 11, Corinthia, the 
boat built for Mr. J. Adolph Mollenhauer, was put 
overboard. Corinthia is 90ft. over all, 77ft. waterline, 
i6ft breadth and 4ft. 3in. draft. She is schooner 
rigged, and has twin screws. Mr. S. H. Vandergrift's 
new steamer Cherokee, was launched on Saturday, 
March 14. Cherokee is somewhat larger than Corin- 
thia, being 115ft. over all, 95ft. waterline, isft. breadth 
and Sft. sin- draft. 
