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FOREST AND STREAM. 
i^ec. 6, 1902. 
40-FOOT CRUISING LAUNCH DESIGNED BY W. STARLING BURGESS, 1902 
sions in this class next season. Three of these boats 
have ah-eady been sold, but it is thought that there will 
be enough left to warrant clubs giving races for them. 
A change of considerable importance was made in 
the office of one of Boston's most prominent designers 
last week. W. Starling Burgess has formed a partner- 
ship with Alpheus A. Packard, recently with the Her- 
reshoff Manufacturing Co. Mr. Packard has been su- 
perintendent of the Herreshoff shops, which position 
he left on!}' within a few days to join Mr. Burgess. 
Mr. Packard worked upon the construction of the 
Columbia, but was not at the works when Constitution 
was built. He worked upon all of the preliminary de- 
tails of the new Cup defender, and it was he who laid 
her down. He has also been connected with the New 
York Shipbuilding Co. The advent of Mr. Packard in 
the office of Mr. Burgess is an important one, as by it 
two very strong forces are joined, one on the theory 
of naval architecture and the other on construction. 
Beside being a constructor, Mr. Packard is consider- 
able of a draftsman. At present they will continue 
the work of yacht designing at Mr. Burgess' offices, 
but further developments of this partnership may be 
looked for later. 
Yacht designing offices have been on the increase in 
Boston lately. J. R. Daniell is now drafting in the 
brokerage office of Frank N. Tandy, and E. R. 
Boardman, formerly associated with Crowninshield, 
has started out for himself as a naval architect, j^acht 
and ship broker at 20 Central street. Mr. Boardman 
only started in housekeeping last week, but he hopes 
to get several orders through before long, which are 
now being considered. 
At the Marblehead yacht yard plans are being made 
by W. B. Stearns for a 40ft. auxiliary yawl for J. P. 
Elton, of Waterbury, Conn. Her deck and cabin fit- 
tings will be of teak and: she will be fitted up for long 
cruises. She will be launched some time in May. 
Several launches are to be built, from 14. to 36ft. An 
order has been received for a sailing tender for Gor- 
don Dexter's 46-footer, Wasp. A new deck, cockpit 
and companionway will be put on the 40-footer Gorilla. 
Extensive alterations are to be made in the Kiowa, 
owned by G. S. Pa5'son. A launch owned by H. A. 
Church is to be rebuilt. Among the yachts hauled 
out in the two yards are the following: Ameria, C. 
W. Sherburne; Gorilla, Joseph Battles; Barbara, Rob- 
ert T. Paine, 2d; Katonah, Dr. Dudley Williams; In- 
trepid, Henry A. Church; Ranger, H. A. King; Um- 
brina, J. P. Elton; Kiowa, George S. Payson; Chasca, 
Dexter H. Follett; Golden Rod, G. E. Bruce; Chicka- 
dee, F. E. Peabody; Khedive, Joseph Bigelow; Grig, 
Franklin Dexter; Cock Robin, C. S. Eaton; Wyvern, 
R. K. Longfellow; Suzanne, Frank Brewster; Scud, C. 
P. Curtis, and Sanderling, J. R. Thorndike. 
At Lawley's the i66ft. steel steam yacht, designed by 
A. S. Clieseborough for Mr. C. A. Fletcher, is about 
all plated. An order was received last week for an- 
other steel steam yacht of Mr. Cheseborough's de- 
sign, for Mr. Charles G. Emery, of the New York 
Y. C. She will be ii6ft. on the waterline and is ex- 
pected to develop a speed of sixteen knots. The 60ft. 
schooner for Mr. C. H. Clark has been set up and 
the 50ft. ketch for Mr. J. H. Cromwell has been 
planked and the deck laid. The 34ft. yawl for Mr. F. 
H. Adriance is in frame. A 36-footer for Mr. W. B. 
Rogers has been set up. Major L. S. Bent's 50ft. 
schooner has been laid down, as has been a cruising 
2i-footer for Mr. L. H. Spaulding. A set of boats is 
being built for Mr. W. C. Cox's steam yacht. This 
yacht is now building by Ramage & Ferguson, at 
Leith, Scotland, and is expected to arrive at his port 
late in April. 
Hollis Burgess .has sold the 21-footer, Opitsah IV., 
to a Philadelphia yachtsman, who wishes to remain un- 
known for the present. She will be shipped by rail to 
Philadelphia and will be used on the upper Delaware. • 
Small Bros, have an order for a 26ft. hunting launch 
for Mr. I. S. Carpenter. The lines of a 28ft. cruising 
yawl have been turned out for Mr. S. H. Eldridge, a 
summer resident of Hyannisport. 
John B. Killeen. 
The Nilson Yacht Building Co., Baltimore, Md., are 
building for Messrs. Richard P. Hart and Henry Bur- 
den, 2d, a steam yacht from designs made by Messrs. 
Tarns, Lemoine & Crane. She is to be 126ft. 6in. over 
all, iioft. waterline, 20ft. breadth and 6ft. 6in. draft. 
New York Y. C. 
Com. Lewis Cass Ledyard presided at the special 
meeting of the New York Y. C, held at the club house 
on W>st Forty-fourth street. New York city, on Mon- 
day night, Dec. I. The meeting was well attended. 
Owing to the Cup races which take place next seu- 
.son, it was deemed necessary to lay out the programme 
of the season's racing in order that it would not in any 
way conflict with the international contests. The 
schedule of the racing as adopted follows: 
Thursday, May 21, Saturday, May 23, and Monday, 
May 25 — Special races for the 90-footers, on Long 
Island Sound, of¥ Glen Cove. 
Thursday, June 4, Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 
6 — Special races for the 90-footers, at Newport. 
Thursday, June 11 — Annual regatta in the lower bay. 
High water at Governor's Island at 8:45 A. M. 
Monday, June 15 — Races for the Glen Cove cups, on 
Long Island Sound, off Glen Cove. 
Thursday, June ]8, Saturday, June 20, and Monday, 
June 22 — Newport series, at Newport, R. I. 
Annual Cruise — Thursday, July 16, rendezvous at Glen 
Cove; Friday, July 17, squadron race to Morris Cove, 
New London; Saturday, July 18, squadron race to New 
London; Sunday, July 19, at New London; Monday, 
July 20, squadron race to Newport; Tuesday, July 21, 
races for the Astor cups, at Newport; Wednesday, July 
22, squadron race to Vineyard Haven; Thursday, July 
23, squadron race to Newport; Friday, July 24, races at 
Newport for the Owl and Game Cock colors. Dis- 
band. 
Tuesday, July 28, Thursday, July 30, and Saturday, 
Aug. I — Trial races at Newport for the selection of the 
defenders of the America's Cup. 
Thursday, Aug. 20, Saturday, Aug. 22, Tuesday, Aug. 
25, Thursday, Aug. 27, and Saturday, Aug. 29 — Inter- 
nationa! challenge races for the America's Cup, off the 
Sandy Hook Lightship. 
Thursday, Sept. 17 — Races for the Autumn cups, on 
Long Island Sound, off Glen Cove. 
After passing the racing scliedule the members acted 
for the second time upon the new measurement arid 
classification rules as finally amended. There was rao 
opposition and the rules will be in force for a perioid 
of five years. 
A committee made up of ex-Com. S. Nicholson 
Kane, T. A. Bronson, chairman of the House Coni- 
mitt''e; Rear-Admira! Erben, U. S. N.; Fordham Mor- 
ris and Capt. J. D. J. Kelly, U. S. N., was appointed to 
arrange a series of lectures to be given in the cIuR. 
These lectures will begin in January and will continue' 
on at intervals of three weeks until the racjiug, sfiHTStjn 
opens. 
Messrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, Lloyd Phoenix and 
Robert E. Tod, the gentlemen who were appointed at 
the meeting held on Oct. 30, t® look into the question 
of a club cruise in West Indian waters, reported that 
the cruise could not be brought about for this season. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Mr. William H. Hand, Jr., New Bedford, Mass., 
already has a number of boats building from his own 
designs. A 31ft. waterline cruising yawl is being con- 
structed at the Newport Ship Yard, Newport, R. L, 
for Thomas J. Carlton, M. D., of Savannah, Ga.; the 
25-footer building at the same yard for Mr. F. P. Sands 
has been completed and run out of the shop. Other 
boats now building include a 21-footer for Mr. H. E. 
Carse, Los Angeles, Ca!.; 21-footer for Mr. P. E. Phil- 
lips, Detroit, Mich.; i8-footer for Mr. W. Morly Buck, 
Port Dover, Ont., Canada; 26ft. yawl for Mr. George 
Schofield, Toronto, Ont., Canada; i8-footer for Mr. J. 
Ashley Gibson, of Mobile, Ala.; i8-footer for Mr. J. 
Hugh Weir, Hamilton, Ont., Qilnada; 15-footer for a 
Chicago yachtsman. Mr. Hand is now working on 
plans for two 50ft. sea-going launches and a 40ft. yawl 
for a Western yachtsman. 
Mr. W. R. Osborne, Croton, N. Y., launched from his 
yard on Saturday, Nov. 22, a house-boat, which he 
built for General Louis Fitzgerald, of New York city. 
The new boat, v/hich will be known as Bonito, is 
looft. long, 23ft. breadth and 3ft. draft. The yacht is 
heavily built and will be driven by two 25 horse-power 
gasoline motors. In addition to the main saloon, which 
is in the forward part of the boat, there are four state- 
rooms and bathrooms. Aft of these is the galley and 
pantry, and next comes the engine room. Still further 
aft are the quarters for the servants and crew. The 
upper deck is free from all obstructions and is to be 
covered with an awning. Bonito is being put in readi- 
ness for a cruise in Florida waters. 
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The steam yacht designed by Mr. Albert S. Chese- 
borough for Mr. Charles G. Emer}', will be built by the 
Geo. Lawley & Son, Corp., South Boston, Mass. The 
new yacht will be known as Calumet. She is 145ft. 
over all, 117ft. waterline, 17ft. 6in. breadth, and 6ft. 4in. 
draft. The yacht will be built of nickled steel through- 
out. She will have triple expansion engines, whieli 
will drive the yacht at a speed of nineteen knots. Calu- 
met will be very completely fitted, and when finished 
will be used for cruising along our coast and on the 
.St. Lawrence. 
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The n_ew yacht that Mr. J. Beavor Webb has designed 
for Mr. Lloyd Phoenix, will be slightly smaller than 
Intrepid. It is said she will be 127ft. on the water- 
line, 28ft. breadth and i6ft. draft. She is to be rigged 
as a two-masted schooner, but when off shore cruises 
are taken the long main boom will be dispensed with 
and a jigger mast will be stepped. The new boat is 
to be completed on Sept. r, 1903. 
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Manning's agency has sold the centerboard schooner 
yacht Wayfarer for Mr. W. M. Ivins, N. Y. Y. C, to 
Mr. Edward L. Ryerson, of Chicago, 111. The same 
agency has sold the gasoline launch Scimitar to Mr. D. 
R. Dunlap, of Mobile, Ala., and has also sold the twin 
screw cruising launch Genevieve to Mr. Leonard D. 
Richards. 
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Fortuna, owned by Mr. Henry R. Wolcott, is being 
fitted out at New London for a Southern cruise. 
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Gerhilde, Mr. Charles Robinson Smith's new boat, 
left Gravesend Bay on Friday, Nov. 28, for Norfolk, 
Va. 
Mr. Albert C. Bostwick has commissioned Messrs. 
A. Gary Smith & Barbey to design for him an aux- 
iliary schooner. The yacht will be built by the Harlan 
& Hoilingsworth Co., 'of Wilmington, Del. The new 
boat is the same length on the waterline as the Ger- 
man Emperor's schooner Meteor, designed by the 
same firm. Mr. Bostwick's boat will be built of steel 
throughout and the contract calls for the vessel's com- 
pletion by July I, 1903. The principal dimensions fol- 
low: 158ft. over all, I20tt. waterline, 27ft. 6in. breadth. 
Her engines will be of 200 horse-power. 
Ossining Gun Clab. 
OssiKiKG, N, Y., Nov. 29. — The re-entry rifle matches of the 
'Ossining Gun CSoab closed Thanksgiving Day with winners as fol- 
lows : 
Members, .shooe-oiT: D. Brandreth 232, I. T. Washburn £23. 
Non-memb-erst Geo. N. Tompkins 242. 
Ladies: Mrs. E. F. Ball 236, Miss Frances Gibson 235, with a 
possible 236. Targict submitted to expert for decision. 
Cadets: E. TI. Sherwood 229. 
Tlie prizes im all the above classes are handsome silver cups. 
The following scores were made on the 50ft. range, %in. 25-ring 
target, lO-sbot scores: G. B. Palmer 171; Miss Frances Gibson 
218, 227, 221, t35, 230, 226; C. G. Blandford 234, 233, T. Wynants 
2.36, 2.32; Wm. Coleman 229; Warren Thompson 219, 225; I. M. 
:Sheldon 230; D. Brandreth 235, 237, 237, 238, 239; Dr. E. B. Sher- 
wood 227, 230, 232, 224; A. Bedell 230; I. T. Washburn 237, 240, 
■236, 235, 236; C. G. Washburn 222, 220, 225, 227, 228, 232; Geo. 
■Tompkins 231, 242, 238; Mrs. E. F. Ball 225, 220, 226. 
Matches: C. G. Blandford 227, vs. D. Brandreth 225. C. G. 
:Blandford 229, vs. D. Brandreth 225. D. Brandreth 239, vs. C. G. 
Blandford 231. C. G. Blandford 237. vs. D. Brandreth 228. 
A new series of prize contests will shortly be inaugurated on a 
'75ft. range, and new and heavier rifles will be supplied. By the 
time the next contest closes we hope to be able to show as good 
scores on the 75ft. range as we have previously made on the 
•j50ft. one. E. F. B. 
