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AUXILIARY SCHOONER IDLER MIDSHIP SECTION^ DESIGNED 
TAMS, LEMOINE & CRANE, 
Boston Letter. 
Boston^ March 23. — A special meeting of the Boston 
Y. C. was held at the Exchange Club last Tuesday even- 
ing, at which the constitution and by-laws and racing rules 
prepared by the committee specially appointed were 
accepted with very few changes. It was necessary to 
draw up a new constitution which would be consistent 
with the demand of the increased membership of the club 
and the acquiring of more property, and also to comply 
with the terms of amalgamation. One of the most im- 
portant measures adopted by the club was a new set of 
colors. Under the terms of amalgamation it was agreed 
that the colors of the club should be the colors of the 
Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. On account of the desi.gn of 
the old Hull flag being so complicated, the majority of 
the members of the Boston Y. C. were not particularly 
anxious to keep these colors, and it may also be said that 
many members who had been members of the Hull- 
Massachusetts Y. C. were not overfond of the design. 
Purely as a matter of sentiment, however, it was under- 
;Stood prior to the meeting that there were many of the 
.members of the Hull Club who thought that the colors 
!should be accepted as agreed. The committee on consti- 
itution, in arranging its report, also took into considera- 
;tion the subject of colors, and had a design prepared. 
When the committee reported and the flag was shown, all 
opposition had vanished, and the colors were accepted 
with enthusiasm. While there might have been a certain 
amount of moral obligation to accept the old colors under 
the terms of agreement, it can certainly be said that the 
new colors show the best yacht club pennant that has 
been designed for many years. The design is very simple, 
and at the same time it is different entirely from the staid 
order of club flags. It is of the usual pennant shape and 
the distinguishing cross follows the design of the New 
York Y. C. flag, but the arrangement of colors is quite 
diflferent. There is a white field, the horizontal 
bar of the cross being blue and the vertical bar 
red. The red bar goes across the blue one, and, in its cen- 
ter, is the five-pointed star. It is a very ingenious and 
simple arrangement of the national colors and a flag hao 
been produced that can probably be distinguished at a 
greater distance than any other yacht club flag in 
the country. The following officers and committees were 
elected: Com., B. P. Cheney; Vice-Com., E. P. Boyu- 
ton; Rear-Com., Walter Burgess; Sec'y-Treas., William 
Avery Carey; Executice Committee for two years, E. P. 
Boggs, C. A. French, Charles Hayden and W. H. Bangs ; 
Executive Committee for one year, D. E. Smith, H. W. 
Wesson, J. W. Button and E. F. Smith; Membership 
Committee for two years, W. C Lewis, A. C. Fernald, 
•C. H. Cross, 2d, and A. P. Hawes; Membership Commil- 
;tee for one year, G. E. Lauriat, Jr.; Hollis Burgess and 
]F. H. Jeffrey; Regatta Committee for two years, Louis 
jM. Clark, C. G. Browne, Sumner H. Foster and Foster 
Hooper; Regatta Committee for one year, C. C.-Clapp, 
C. W. Cole and B. D. Amsden. 
At the annual meeting of the Yacht Racing Associa- 
tion of Massachusetts, held at the town house of the Bos- 
ton Y. C. last Thursday evening, it was voted that after 
September 12 all classifications and measurement rules 
shall be void and of no effect. This means that next 
year there will be a new rating rule to apply to any or all 
of the present classes, with the possible exception of those 
classes that are governed by rules of their own associa- 
tions. It is the classes that come under the head of 
cabin yachts that are aimed at in this measure, although 
there is no doubt that something could be done with the 
classes that at present have no other restriction than 
waterline length, that would make them more popular 
than they have been for some time. Extremes that were 
resorted to in the 21ft. class last year and the extremes 
noted in yachts now building for the restricted 25ft. class 
are responsible for the action. With practically no limit 
on the over all lengths of the boats, there is not going 
to be any strong tendency for yachtsmen to build, when 
in another year their boats would not have any show 
against much larger boats on the same waterline. A 
temporary class has been formed for the purpose of over- 
coming some of the evils of the 21ft. class for the com- 
ing year, so that the owners of 21-footers of somewhere 
near normal dimensions may race together. This new 
class is to be known as Class R. It conforms to the 
fimitations of Class S, with the further limitation that the 
square root of the sail area shall not exceed 145 per cent, 
of the cube root of the displacement The new 25-footers, 
with their extreme over all lengths, will be given a chance 
to prove whether or not they come up to the interpreta- 
tion of a safe, seaworthy boat. If the yachts should 
prove all tljat is desired, it may be voted at the fall meet- 
ing to re-establish the class. There does not seem to be 
any confidence among the owners of boats that have been 
built this winter, however, that this will be done. The 
new 22ft. class was adopted unanimously, the motion to 
adopt being made by Mr. Louis M. Clark, who strongly 
opposed the adoption of this class at the fall meeting last 
year. There are eight of these boats now building and 
their owners expect plenty of sport during the coming 
season. It was voted that no entry of a yacht shall be 
accepted until she has been officially measured and a 
certificate of measurement filed with the Secretary. It 
has also been decided in the case of an appeal being made 
from the decision of any board of judges to the executive 
committee of the Association, the appeal shall be accom- 
panied by the sum of $5, to be returned to the appellant 
should he prevail, and otherwise to be turned into the 
Association's treasury. 
Mr. Hollis Burgess has sold the crack Y. R. A. 25- 
footer, owned by Mr. Lawrence F. Percival, to Dr. Augs- 
burg, of Riga, Russia. It is expected that she will be 
entered in the Kiel regattas. She will be shipped on the 
deck of one ot the Sdandinaviah-Anierican line steamers. 
Sally VI. is easily the handsomest 25-footer that was 
ever tufned out in Massachusetts Bay. She was designed 
by Mr. Fred D. Lawley, and built by the Lawley corpora- 
tion last season. She is 43ft. lin. over all, 24ft. 8in. water- 
line, loft. gin. beam and 6ft. Iiin. draft. She has the 
essential features of the centerboard type in her hull and 
also has the extreme draft of the keel boat. She is double 
planked, the outer planking being of Spanish cedar. This 
is finished bright above the waterline and bronze below. 
Her cabin trunk, which is well crowned, is formed of 
three-ply strips, covered with canvas. She is a very fast 
craft in all-round weather conditions, and should give a 
very good account of herself on the other side. Mr. 
Lawley has been working on the lines of a 25-footer, and 
it is not improbable that she will be built for Mr. Per- 
cival to take the place of Sally VI. 
Mr. Frank N. Tandy has sold the naphtha cabin yacht 
Sinner, owned by Mr. Thomas H. Webb, of Peoria, 111., 
to Mr. Johnson. Sinner is 42ft. over all and is a fast, 
comfortable cruising launch. Mr. Webb is coming to 
Boston about April to to look up a hunting launch. He 
is a member of the Columbia Y. C, of Chicago, and of 
the Corinthian Y. C. of Marblehead. It was he who in- 
troduced the Y. R. A. of M. 21ft. class to Chicago, and he 
has donated a handsome challenge cup for the boats of 
the class to race for. 
Messrs. Burgess and Packard have received an order 
for another Seawanhaka challenger. The new boat is 
for Mr. Frederick Tudor, of Boston. They are now at 
work on the lines. The first challenger for the Higgin- 
son-Boardman Syndicate has been finished, but the lines 
of the second boat for the same syndicate have not yet 
been completed. 
White, of Manchester, has finished the Malcolmson 18- 
footer, designed by Mr. E. A. Boardman. The i8-footer 
for- JVIr. Reginald Boardman and the 21-footer for Mr. 
T. S. Watson, by the same designer, have been laid down. 
The cruising 22-footer designed by Mr. Boardman for Mr. 
C. W. Whittier, will be built by Lawley. 
The schooner Felstedquin, designed by Mr. Arthur 
Binney for Major L. S. Bent, of the Annisquam Y. C, 
was launched at Lawley's last Friday. In her place a 
75ft. steam yacht, designed by Mr. Binney, will be built. 
In Lawley's east shop the 21-footer for Mr. L. H. Spald- 
ing and the 25-footer for Mr. J. Swift, Jr., both designed 
by Mr. Fred Lawley, have been finished. The 40-rater 
designed by Messrs. Burgess and Packard for Col. R. H. 
Morgan, and the 43-rater designed by Mr. B. B. Crownin- 
shield for Mr. Trenor L. Park, have been planked. The 
keel of the 64-rating schooner for Mr. John M. Richmond 
has been set up. In the west shop the boiler and engine 
are being installed in the steam yacht designed by Mr. A. 
S. Cheseborough for Mr. Charles Fletcher, and the deck 
of the steam yacht by the same designer for Mr. C. G. 
Emery is about half laid. The 45ft. launch designed by 
Mr. Fred Lawley for Mr. F. F. Dreer is planked and the 
deck laid. The new launch for the Boston Y. C. has been 
finished and run out of the shop. 
■ Mr. B. B. Crowninshield has sold the 35-footer Kiowa, 
owned by Mr. G. S. Payson, of Chicago, to Mr. C. L. 
P^aton, of Boston; the 25-footer Kalista for Messrs. Reade 
Bros., of Fall River, to Dr. F. H. Davenport, and the Y. 
R. A. 25-footer Chewink II., owned by Mr. F. G. 
Macomber, Jr., to Mr. Chubb, of New York. 
The steam yacht Pantooset, owned by Ex-Commodore 
A. S. Bigelow, of the Eastern Y. C, will leave Boston for 
a European cruise on or about May i. Her first objective 
point will be Southampton, by way of Fayal. She will 
put into Fayal for coal and, after reaching Southampton, 
she will continue fitting out. She will then proceed to 
Cuxliaven, Germany, where Mr. Bigelow and party will 
join her. From there she will proceed through the Kiel 
Canal, up the coast of Norway, to North Cape, in The 
Land of the Midnight Sun. Returning from this point 
they will go up the Baltic as far as St. Petersburg. The 
Pantooset will then return to Cuxhaven, where Mr. Bige- 
low and his party will leave her. The yacht will then 
proceed to Boston. The Pantooset will be commanded by 
AUXILIARY SCHOONER IDLER. 
Designed by Tarns, Lemoine & Crane. Photo by N. L, Stebbins, Boston. 
