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those that have been arranged over here. On the 
other hand, the weather likely to be met with on the 
passage out will be more settled in the latter part of 
June, and, although the American trials may be of 
great value to Shamrock's skipper and crew, it is just 
possible that they may also have some value for those 
of Reliance. 
Talking of International races, that for the Automo- 
bile Club's Harmsworth launch cup, will be held in 
the second week of July. I hear that a French boat 
is being built to compete, and several are building 
here to defend it. The power of the French craft is 
rather greater than that of the British. The difficulty 
with these boats is to keep them from being top- 
heavy. I think there is no marine engine made that 
is suitable for this purpose, and that the first result of 
the gift of the cup will be a change in the design of 
engines for racing boats, so as to enable them to stow 
low down. 
Our 52ft. class will be recruited this year with a new 
boat, for which an order has been placed by Mr. W. B. 
Paget (owner of the fine yawl Namara) with Messrs. 
Camper and Nicholson, of Gosport. The design will 
be by Mr. Charles Nicholson, who may be trusted to 
turn out a smart boat. He was the designer of that 
grand vessel Brjmhilde. 
E. H. Hamilton. 
Desig-n for an J 8ft* Knocfcabowt. 
There appear in this issue the plans of a knock- 
about that was designed by Mr. Fred D. Lawley to 
fit the i8ft. knockabout class of the Massachusetts 
Yacht Racing i\ssociation. The boat is being built 
by Mr. W. J. Edwards, at City Point, under Mr. Law- 
ley's supervision for Mr. L. B. Goodspeed, of Bos- 
ton. Mr. Goodspeed will race the boat in all the re- 
gattas held at Hull and Duxbury during the coming 
summer. 
The design shows a nicely turned little boat of mod- 
erate displacement, long overhangs and low freeboard. 
Her bulk is well distributed, and she should prove a 
smart craft with a good turn of speed. 
Her dimensions follow: 
Length — 
Over all 30ft. 8 in. 
L. W. L 17ft. 6^in. 
Overhang — 
Forward 6ft. i^in. 
Aft 7ft. 
Breadth — 
Extreme 8ft. 
L. W. L 7ft. 5 in. 
Draft- 
Extreme 2ft. 8 in. 
With board 6ft. 
To rabbet ift. 2i^in. 
Freeboard — 
Forward 2ft. ^in. 
Aft I ft. 7J^in. 
Least ift. sMin. 
Sail area — 
Mainsail 360 sq. ft. 
Jib 90 sq. ft. 
Total 450 sq. ft. 
Displacement 4,110 lbs. 
The boat's construction is simple yet strong, and 
she will stand a good bit of hard racing without show- 
ing any weakness. The cabin house is 6ft. 6in. long 
and quite low, but still there is enough room under it 
to afiford protection to two or three men. The cockpit 
is watertight and is 6ft. gin. long. 
The sail plan is well over the boat itself, as the jib 
sets on the stem head and the boom projects but little 
over the stern; in consequence she should be very easily 
handled. 
How to Bttild a Lawnch from Plans. 
"How to Build a Launch from Plans," is the title of 
a new book, written by Charles G. Davis for the benefit 
of power yachtsmen, who wish to build their own boats, 
or who wish to know whether or not they are being 
built in a proper and workmanlike manner. 
The great and widespread interest now being taken 
in the building and running of power boats has cre- 
i'ted a demand for a really good work on the subject, 
and in writing his book Mr. Davis has covered the 
matter in a thorough and lucid way. 
The book, which contains some one hundred and 
sixty pages, and is handsomely bound in red buckram, 
is divided into three parts: Part one deals with the 
subject of displacement; part two covers the building 
of the boat, and part three treats of the gas engine. 
The articles in the various chapters tell what is 
good construction, what is faulty and why; explains 
ihe principles of stability and displacement, and hun- 
dreds of other points the amateur should know, but 
very seldom does. 
Beginning with an explanation of the plans, the mak- 
ing of the molds, setting up the keel, framing and 
planking are described; and so on, step by step, to the 
end, where many useful hints are giA^en for the care and 
running of gas engines. 
Beside the nine folding drawings, there are eight 
full-page plates and some forty other smaller diagrams, 
all of these being specially made for the book by the 
author. These drawings clearly show the various ways 
in which the work is accomplished. A photograph 
of the completed boat forms the_ frontispiece. 
Mr. Davis is a competent authority in this field, and the 
book will be found a complete and reliable manual for 
amateur or experienced builder. Prevailing characteris- 
tics are lucidity of statement and explicitness of instruc- 
tion. Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Price, $1.50. 
The speed launch designed by Mr. Charles D. Mower 
for his own use, is being built by the Milton Point 
Shipyard, Rye, N. Y. The. boat will be equipped with 
a Bufifalo gasolene motor. She will be named Express. 
The name was selected, as it contains seven Jetter§ 
gn4 ends in double §, 
