Nov. % 1903.1 
.mainsail. The inspector shall be provided with a cor- 
cL i^ail plan of any boat to be measured; and shall 
' ii'se distinguishing marks tu be placed on the spars, 
I'jj follows; 
On the mast at the tack, and at the throat of the 
mainsail, on the boom at the clew of the mainsail; on 
Xhe gafiF at the peak of th' emainsail. No part of the 
mainsail shall be allowed to extend beyond these marks. 
The marks shall be black bands painted around the 
spars. The imur edt^e of the bands shall be the limits 
of the sail. 
The actual sail area of the jib shall be measured. 
The extreme distance in feet from mast to end of spin- 
naker boom, when in position as used, shall be not more 
than 324, divided by the distance in feet from deck to 
throat of spinnaker halyard block. No battens over 
26in. in length allowed to be used in sails. 
Equipment. — Equipment to include anchor, not less 
than 21 pounds, and cable cjf not less than 30 fathoms 
of iyi\n. rope; also- bucket, pump, compass, foghorn, 
boathook, lead and line, lantern and 3 life preservers. -■ 
Crew.^ — The crew., is limited to 3 persons, and the 
helmsman shall be an amateur and a member of some 
regularly organized yacht club. An amateur shall be 
one who has never received money or ec(uivalent com- 
pensation for sailing or assiting to sail a yacht. 
Existing Boats. — Boats admitted to this Association 
prior to Oct. I, 1902, shall not be affected by fadure to 
comply with these restrictions. 
15ft. Raceabout. — A boat of this class is intended to 
be a seaworthy boat, rigged simply with only main- 
sail, fore staysail or jib and spinnaker. • ■ 
Length Load Waterline.^ — The length of the load 
waterline, with full equipment, shall not exceed 15ft. 
Beam Load Waterline. — The beam at the load water- 
line in keel boats, shall be at least 5ft. 3in., and in cen- 
terboard boats at least 5ft. loin. 
Freeboard. — The freeboard shall be not less than 
iSin. on the said respective required beariis, a reduc- 
tion of lin. of the freeboard allowed for every increase 
of 4in. in the beam respectively. 
Cockpit and Coaming. — The length of the cockpit 
shall not exceed 6ft. 6in. The width at any poiiit shall 
not exceed 60 per cent, of the beam at that point. The 
average height of the coaming around the cockpit, ex- 
cepting at after end, shall not be less than three inches. 
For centerboard boats, the draft shall be not less 
than 2ft. for at least 354ft. length of keel. 
All boats shall weigh, when rigged and equipped in 
accordance with these rules, not less than 2,100 pounds. 
The affidavit of the designer shall be accepted as evi- 
dence of the weight of a boat. 
If through protest the weight of a boat shall be called 
in question, the race committee to which protest is 
made, shall cause such boat to be weighed under the 
supervision of the measurer. It shall be the duty of 
the measurer to see that nothing is on board when a 
boat is weighed, except what these rules prescribe, and 
that the boat is in every way in her normal condition. 
The cost of weighing shall be paid by the owner if the 
weight is found to be less than 2,100 pounds; otherwise 
it shall be paid by the person making the protest. 
Scantlings, Planking and Construction. — Same as i8ft. 
regular class. 
Sails. — The actual sail area shall not be over 325 sq. 
ft., and not more than 260 -sq. ft. of actual sail area 
shall be in the mainsail. The measurer shall be pro- 
vided with a correct sail plan of any boat to be meas- 
ured, and previous to measurement the owner shall 
cause distinguishing marks to be placed on the spars, as . 
follows: • 
On the niast at the tack, and at the throat of the main 
sail; on the boom at the clew of the mainsail; on the 
gaff at the peak of the mainsail. No part of the main- 
sail shall be allowed to extend beyond these marks; 
The marks shall be black bands painted around the 
spars in a manner satisfactory to the measurer. The 
inner edge of the bands shall be the limits of the sail. 
The actual area of the jib shall be measured. 
The spinnaker boom shall be carried on the mast 
when in use. The extreme distance in feet from mast 
to end of spinnaker boom when in position, shall be 
not more than 225, divided by the distance in feet from 
deck to spinnaker halj^ard block. 
The spinnaker sheet shall not be carried forward of 
the head stay, nor outside of the leeward shroud. 
No battens over 22in. in length allowed to be used 
in sails. 
The forestaj'' shall rejnain fixed at both ends during 
a race. 
Equipment. — Equipment to be carried in racing shall 
include anchor not less than 18 pounds, and a cable of 
not less than 20 fathoms of lin. rope, also bucket,; ' 
pump, compass, foghorn, lantern, two Hfe preservers 
and a 7-foot oar. 
Crew. — The crew is limited to 2 persons, including the 
helmsman, who nmst be a Corinthian, and the other may 
be a professional. 
Firefly* 
The championship in the 25ft. class of the Yacht 
Racing Association of Long Island Sound was won this 
season by the sloop Firefly. A picture of the boat ap- 
pears in this issue. Out of 15 starts during the season 
of 1903 she got 9 first, 3 second, 2 third, and i fourth 
■ prize. Firefly was designed by Mr. W. Starling Bur- 
I gess and built by David Fenton at Manchester, Mass., 
in 1902. Ller sails were made by Messrs. Cousens and 
Pratt: Firefly is 36.7ft. over all, 21ft. waterline, 9.3fL 
breadth and 4.3ft. draft. She has an exceptional amount 
of room, and every convenience for cruising. Having a 
very moderate sail plain she shows up to best advantage 
in fresh and strong breezes. Firefly was sailed in every 
race this season by her Ow^ner, Mr. G. P. Granbery, a 
member of the New Rochelle Y. C. 
Constance — Auxiliaty Schooner, 
Last week we published the lines, sail plan and a photo- 
graph of the auxiliary schooner Constance, together with 
a complete description of the boat. This week there ap- 
pear the cabin, construction and deck plans. 
FOHEST AND STREAM. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relaticg to this department see pages ii and iii. 
It is definitely stated that Mr. George L. Watson has 
been commissioned to get up a design for a racing 
schooner 95ft. on the waterline. Although Mr. Watson's 
schooners have never been successful, he may profit by 
the failures he made in his earlier boats of this type, and 
the schooner Ingomar will have a more dangerous rival 
in her racing on the other side than Cicely, the smart 
Fife production. There are many rumors afloat as to the 
owner of the new Watson schooner, but the most persist- 
ent is that she is for the German Emperor. 
American boats— that is, those which have raced in the 
larger classes — have never been very successful in British 
waters, and even though Ingomar is to be in charge of 
Captain Charles Barr, we do not look for her to do any- 
thing astonishing. She will have to give Cicely time, and 
racing in the handicap classes when one is not accustomed 
to it is not the easiest thing in the world. While Ingomar 
was raced a little last sunrmer, still she; had. nothing very 
fast pitted against her, and she is in a measure an un- 
known quantity. But we hope Ingomar will do well on 
the other side, as it has been some time since an Ameri- 
can has raced a big boat in foreign waters,, and it would 
have been better to take a boat across that was designed 
under the- English racing rule and to meet English condi- 
tions and requirements. _ .... . 
Mr. Fl. H. Flogins, a meml^er 6f"the New York and 
Atlantic Y. C.'s, has purchased the steam yacht Llewellyn 
through the agency of Mr. Stanley M.- Seaman from the 
Bannigan estate of Pro^'tdence: ■ ' 
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The Stuyvesant Y. C. of Port Morris closed its four- 
teenth season on Saturday, October 24. The event was 
celebrated by an entertainment' and dance. The members 
have found the present club house too small for their re- 
quirements, and a new building will be constructed dur- 
ing the winter. '■ ■' ■ ■ - - ' 
«l 15 is' 
The South Bay Y. C. with headquarters at Patchogrle, 
Suft'olk county, -L. L, has been incorporated. The organ- 
ization proposes to encourage yacht building and naval 
architecture, and the cultivation of naval science; also to 
encourage the club's members in becoming proficient m 
the personal management, control, and handling of their 
yachts, and to promote sociability and recreation among 
the members. The directors for the first S'ear are as fol- 
lows : Joseph Bailey, Frank Gutridge, Edwin Bailey, Jr. ; 
John A. Potter and Joseph R. Skinnpr, of Patchogue; A. 
Roe, Storms, John N. Silsbe, Lawrence C. Flaft'ner and 
William E. Ebbets, of New York city, and . George L. 
Robinson and George J. Eiseman, of Brooklyn. 
Vice-C6himod6re Morton F. Plant has been appointed 
Commodore of the Larchmont Y. C. to fill the vacancy 
made by the resignation of Commodore Fred T. Adams. 
Coming up the Delaware yesterday was the queerest 
looking craft that ever paSsed Marcus Hook. It looked 
like an old canal boat in general shape, but was too nar- 
row of beam for that: It- was in tow, together with half 
a dozen barges, and when it made a landing at Queen 
street the writer - had 'curiosity enough to go aboard and 
see what it was like. It was a canal boat, sure enough, 
but had been metamorphosed into the most comfortable 
house-boat that could be imagined. Its name was The 
Mule Yacht, and its owners are two Government clerks 
from Washington and their wives. They were a jolly 
party and have been doing the country via canal and river 
since July. The boat cost $60 as it stood and $75 more 
fitted it out with all the comforts of home. An old 
colored woman did the cooking and rough work, and the 
quartette, who had don/e Europe and this country, said 
theydiad had the time o-f their lives, and traveling on the 
"yacht"- was the acme of .enjoyment,, besides saving 
money,, — Philadelphia Telegraph. , ; 
Word has been received from Bristol to the eiffect that 
the Herreshoft's have received an order for a 90ft. water- 
line steel racing schooner similar to Ingomar, the success- 
ful vessel that this firm turned out last year for Mr. 
Morton F. Plant. ■• 
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On the evening of October 27 President W. A. H. 
Stafford and the Board of Governors of the New York 
Club entertained the Board of Trustees of the Atlantic 
Y. C. at dinner at the New York Club's house. The offi- 
cers and members of the Atlantic Y. C. have been ex- 
tended the privileges of the New York Club, Thirty-fifth 
street and Fifth avenue, during the coming winter. In 
return, the Atlantic Y. C. has extended the privileges of 
its club house at Sea Gate, Coney Island, to the members 
of the New York Club during the season of 1904. It is 
quite possible that these two clubs will be consolidated if 
the above arrangement proves a success. 
The Williamsburgf^'Y. C. went out of commission on 
October 25. The members met at" the club house in the 
afternoon and the prizes won during the season were 
distributed by Commodore Long as follows : Spring re- 
gatta — Sloops-^Saracen, Archie Moran, silver loving cup ; 
Pearl, Commodore Long, silver smoking set; Yankee 
Girl. E. R. Chapman, sil-^r nut "bowl ; Florence, August 
Card, silver smoking set.'" Yawls: Pastime, James 
Schuessle, anchor light. Fall regatta — Open sloops : 
Cornelia, Jant^s Taylor, Metropolitan Y. C, silver cutlery 
set: Pinochle.^ R. Jacoby, Stuyvesant Y. C, silver loving 
cup; Peark' GoJtiniJidore Long, Williamsburgh Y. C, sil- 
ver Vase'j-'Diffius.'^aptain Symmons, M-etropolitan Y. C, 
silver lovinglcup; Teddy, Jr., Edward Rae, Williams- 
burgh Y. C, silver loving cup; Eleanor. John McGregor, 
Stuyvesant Y. C, silver loving cup; Yankee 'Girl, E. R. 
Chapman, Williamsburgh Y. C, silver loving cup ; 
Collen, J. Ciichran, -Strykers Bay Y. C, silver loving cup. 
The auxiliary Aloha, owned by Messrs. A. C. and D. 
W. James, put in at Falmouth, England, on Wednesday, 
October 28, having been in collision with the British 
steamer Zoroaster during the night previous when about 
85 miles west of Ushant. The steamer stood by the 
yacht until daylight, and when it was found she was not 
seriously damaged, proceeded. Aloha's figurehead was 
badly injured, and all her head gear was carried away. 
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Aroostook, the steam yacht recently launched at Morris 
Heights for Mr. Charles A. Dean, of Boston, made on 
her trial trip a speed of 12% knots, exceeding her con- 
tract .speed by 2>4 knots. The yacht will leave for 
Florida early in November. 
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Prizes for Canoeists. 
In order to encourage canoeists and small boat sailors, who do 
their knocking about on inland -waters, to keep a record of their 
trips and experiences, the publishers of Forest and Stream 
offer cash prizes for the best accounts of cruises taken during the 
season of 19U3. As fe-vv restrictions as possible will be imposed, 
and those given are made only with the view of securing some 
uniformity among the competitors' stories, so that the judges will 
be able to make a fair award. 
The prizes will be as tollows: 
First prize, 150.00. 
Second prize, $25.00. 
Third prize, $15.00. 
Fourth and fifth, ?10.00 each. 
Sixth to eighth, $5.00 each. 
I. The cruise must be actually taken between May 1 and 
November 1, 1903. 
II. The cruise must be made on the (fresh water) inland 
streams and lakes of the United States or Canada. 
III. The canoe or boat in which the cruise is made must not 
be more than 18ft. long over all. 
IV. Aji accurate log of the trip must be kept, and all incidents 
and information that would be of value to other canoeists covering 
the same route should be carefully recorded. 
V. A description of the boat in which the cruise is made 
should preface the story, and a list of outfit and supplies. 
VI. Photographs of the boat and of the country passed through, 
not smaller than 4x5, should, if possible, accompany each story, 
and they will be considered in making the aw^ards. 
VII. Stories should contain not less than five thousand words, 
written on one side of the paper only. 
VIII. When practicable an outline chart of the trip drawn on 
white paper in black ink (no coloring pigment to be used) should 
also be sent in. While a chart will count in estimating the events 
of the log, it is not a necessary factor, and a log may be sent 
without it. 
IX. Competitors should avoid the use of slang or incorrect 
nautical expressions in their stories, as it will count against them 
in awarding the prizes. 
Each manuscript to which a prize is awarded shall become the 
property of the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. All 
manuscript should reach the office of the Forest and Stream Pub- 
lishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York., on or before De- 
cember 1, 1903. 
The Executive Committee Meet- 
ing at Rochester. 
The meeting of the Executive Committee of the Amer- 
ican Canoe Association, of its Board of Governors, and 
of its newly elected Racing Board, were all held at the 
Rochester Canoe Club, on Irondequoit Bay, Saturday, 
October 24, 1903. 
Out of thirty-one members, there were present, or by 
proxy, twent3'-five; the Board of Governors was repre- 
sented in its entiretj'-, as was the Racing Board, the latter 
with two substitutes. This turn-out of the members from 
the five divisions augurs well indeed for the coming year. 
The meeting was called to order by Commodore C. Fred 
Wolters. There were present, beside the Commodore, 
Secretary-Treasurer John Sears Wright. From the At- 
lantic Division, F. C. Moore, representing Vice-Commo- 
dore L. C. Kretzmer, Rear-CZommodore Vv. A. Furman, 
D. B. Goodseh, representing Purser M. Ohlmeyer, Jr., 
and H. C. Allen, H. L. Quick, representing H. L. Pol- 
lard, and J. K. Hand, representing N. S. Hyatt, of the 
ILxecutive Committee. R. J. Wilkin, of the Board of 
Governors, and its president, was present, as was H. L. 
Quick, of the Racing Board. From the Central Division, 
H. W. Breitenstein, Vice-Commodore, Charles P. For- 
bush, Rear-Commodore, Frank C. Demmler, Purser, and 
Messrs. Jesse J. Armstrong and John S. Wright, of the 
I-xecutive Committee. Also C. F. Wolters, of the Board 
of Governors, and H. M. Stewart of the Racing Board. 
During the day the Central Division's Executive Commit- 
tee elected Charles P. Forbush as its representative on the 
Board of Governors, vice C. F. Wolters, elected Commo- 
dore, and Frank D. Wood, -of Buffalo, Rear-Cornmodore, 
vice Forbush ; it also elected Hiram C. Hoyt on the Ex- 
ecutive Committee, vice Wright, elected Secretary- 
Treasurer. 
From the Eastern Division- — Rear-Commodore H. M. 
S. Aiken, Purser Edward B. Stearns, and B. F. Jacobs, 
Jr., W. W. Crosby and O. C. Cunningham, holding proxy 
of the Executive Committee; also Pairl Butler, holding 
proxy, as well as member and Recorder of the Board of 
Governors, and member of the Racing Board. 
From the Northern Division — A. G. Bowie, represent- 
ing Vice-Commodore C. W. McLean, of Montreal. Rear- 
Commodore J. W. Sparrow, of Toronto ; Geo. A. Wright, 
representing Purser J. V. Nutter, of Montreal, and Herb 
Begg, of Toronto, representing Harry Page, of the Ex- 
ecutive Committee; also J. N. MacKendrick of the Board 
of Governors. 
From the Western Division — W. C. Jupp, of Detroit, 
representing Vice-Commodore Burton D. Munhall, of 
Cleveland, and H. C. Morse, of Peoria, on the Board of 
Governors. 
At a meeting of the Racing Board, which met to or- 
ganize, there were present Messrs. Quick, Stewart, But- 
ler, Begg, representing the Northern Division, and Morse, 
representing the Western Division. The Board organized 
