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FOREST AND STREAM. 
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FORTY-FIVE-FOOT WATERLINE CRUISING SLOOP SAIL PLAN DESIGNED BY HENRY J. GIELOW FOR T. FRED ACKERMAN, ESQ. 
Shoal Draft and Cruising Sloop. 
THROtJGH the courtesy of Mr. Henry J. Gielow, we 
publish in this issue the sail and cabin plans of a 45ft. 
waterline cruising sloop. 
The boat was designed by Mr. Gielow for Major Fred. 
J. Ackerman, and was built by Mr. William P. Kirk, of 
Tom's River, N. J. Mr. Kirk has done a remarkably 
fine job on the boat, and has employed t}ie best work- 
manship and labor procurable in the construction. The 
design shows a boat with long and full ends, her shallow 
body has made it necessary to resort to a high cabin 
house to secure headroom below. As she has consider- 
able power the sail area of 2,800 sq. ft. may be considered 
quite moderate. All the ballast is outside on the keel. 
The cabin house is 24ft. long and there is a waterway 
ift. gin. wide all around the house and cockpit. Owing 
to the long forward overhang, very little bowsprit is 
needed, and it will project only 8ft. beyond the gam- 
mon iron. The dimensions are as follows : 
Length — 
Over all 70ft. oin. 
L.W.L 45ft. 2in. 
Overliang — 
Forward 13ft. 4in. 
Aft lift. 6in. 
Breadth- 
Extreme i6ft. iiin. 
L.W.L 15ft. 4in. 
Draft- 
Extreme 4ft. oin. 
To rabbet 2ft. 3in. 
Board down 12ft. oin. 
Freeboard — 
Bow 5ft. 2in. 
Least 3ft. oin. 
Stern 3ft. gin. 
Sail Area — 
Mainsail 2,070 sq. ft. 
Staysail 291 sq. ft. 
Jib 435 sq.ft. 
Total 2,796 sq. ft. 
The cockpit is watertight and the wheel box is about 
in the center of it. It is very roomy, being loft. 6in. long 
and lift. wide. 
Below there is 6ft. 2in. headroom under the beams in 
the cabin house. The companionway leads directly into 
the main saloon, which is 14ft. long and extends the 
full wi<'th of the boat. The centerboard trunk runs into 
the main saloon for a short distance. There is 8ft. floor 
space between the transoms in the cabin and overhead is 
a skylight 3ft. square. On each side are transoms, the 
backs of which fold down, making very wide berths. 
During the day the bedding is stored behind. Lockers 
extend across the after bulkhead of the cabin. Under the 
skylight is an extension table. 
On the starboard side forward is a large stateroom 
with a wide berth, a bureau, closets, etc. Opposite on the 
port side is the lavatory, with a patent closet, and forward 
of this is the galley, which is 7ft. long. The galley is un- 
usually large for a boat of this size, and is conveniently 
fitted up. 
The forecastle is cramped for headroom, there being 
only about 4ft. headroom. There are accommodations 
for three men. 
The centerboard trunk is lift. 6in. long, and runs up 
to the underside of the top of the cabin house. 
Long Island Sound Y* A. 
At a special meeting of the Yacht Racing Association of 
Long Island Sound, held at the Aretia on Wednesday, 
Nov. 19, the important question of measurement rules for 
the coming season was acted upon and the rule of last 
season was, with some modifications, again adopted. An 
efifort was made to have the Association adopt the new 
N. Y. Y. C. measurement rule, but as some of the Sound 
clubs refused to consider this rule, it was decided that in 
the interest of harmony and good racing it would be the 
best policj' for the Association to stick to its rule of 1902. 
The rule as adopted is as follows : 
MEASUREMENT. 
Yachts shall be rated for classification and time allow- 
ance by racing measurement, which shall be determined 
by adding to half the load waterline, half the square root 
of sail area and a quantity expressed as P, and by dividing 
the sum of these quantities by i.i. 
LWL + y-z VSA + p. 
1. 1 
=RL 
The quantity P is to be obtained in the following way : 
B is breadth of load waterline plane at of its length 
from fore end. 
B' is breadth of load waterline plane at ^ of its length 
from after end. 
B" is breadth (greatest') of LW plane. 
E is any- excess of (B -f B') over B". 
D is draft at MS -\- }i oi any greater draft aft, and all 
of any greater draft forward. 
C is the maximum limit of the class. 
F = 4-05 - (C X .008). 
A = anv excess of (B" + D) over F VMS submerged. 
E + A = P. . , _j 
From this it will be seen that the change is in the 
method of obtaining the quantity P which corresponds 
with the L of the original formula. As it is now, in- 
stead of multiplying the square root of the midship sec- 
tion by for all classes, the multiplier is found by the 
formula 4.05 — (C X .008), C being the maximum limit of 
the class in which the yacht sails. This figures out so that 
the multiplier for the 90ft. class of sloops is 3.33, as in the 
original formula, but as the classes go down the multiplier 
increases, so that for the i8ft. class it is 3.91, which allows 
for a proportionally smaller area of midship section in 
the smaller classes without so heavy a penalty for the ex- 
cess of beam plus draft over the measurement of midship 
section. In the measurement for sail area the entire mast- 
head is figured instead of 80 per cent, as formerly, and 
on hanging the peak halyard block the restriction has 
been made that it shall not be carried on a pennant. This 
is done to prevent an evasion of the rule, which was found 
in one or two instances last season. 
In the requirements for cabin accommodations, the 
length of cabin floor over which the necessary headroom 
is required was reduced to 6ft. in the 25ft. class, 8ft. in 
the 30ft., and 12ft. in the 36ft. class. 
In the general rules regarding the management of the 
Association's affairs, another change has been made, and 
now instead of an executive committee with a chairman 
at its head the Association will elect at its March meeting 
a president, secretary and treasurer who, with four other 
members shall comprise the executive committee and gov- 
ern the Association's affairs. This definitely settles the 
racing rules for the Sound for next year, so far as the 
Association is concerned, and as there is every probability 
that the Larchmont club will modify its rules to coriform 
with those of the Association, there will be a uniformity 
to the rules which should help t6 develop good racing. 
The handsome auxiliary Intrepid, has recently been 
sold by Mr. Lloyd Phoenix, N. Y. Y. C, to Mr. Henry 
R. Wolcott, of the same club. Intrepid was designed by 
Mr. J. Beavor Webb and built by the Neafie & Levy 
Shipbuilding Company, of Philadelphia, in 1892. She 
is 163ft. 6in. over all, 132ft. on the waterline, 27ft. 2in. 
beam and 13ft. 6in. draft. 
Mr. Phcienix has commissioned J. Beavor Webb to de- 
sign a new yacht of the same general dimensions and 
type to take the place of Intrepid, which v/ill not be 
turned over to her owner until the new boat is finished. 
^'S 
For the defense of the Canada Cup in next season's 
match between the Royal Canadian and the Rochester 
Y. C.s, Mr. Norman Macree, of Toronto, has or- 
dered a boat from Arthur E. Payne, of Southampton, 
England, which will be built in Canada by Capt. An- 
drews, of Oakville. _ 
