Boston Letter. 
Boston, Jan. ii— For the 30ft. class that has been re- 
cently formed by Massachusetts yachtsmen, there now 
seems to be the prospect of three boats with which to 
start the season, even if no others should be built. Mr. 
X. -K. Lothrop, Jr., ordered one from Messrs. Burgess & 
Packard some time ago. Mr. F. G. Macomber, Jr., is 
alrnost certain to have one of the new boats. Mr. S. Reed 
Anthony is said to be another prospective owner. It is 
understood that Mr. Macomber's yacht will be designed 
bv Messrs. Gardner & Cox, of New York, and it has been 
said recently that Mr. Macomber's boat and Mr. .A.r'- 
thony's boat will be built from the same lines. Both 
boats will be built by Fenton, of Manchester. In the 
present state of apathy into which yachting has fallen, 
the prospect of even three new boats for a new class is 
encouraging. More than one Boston designer has ex- 
pressed the belief that if the boats to be built were a lit- 
tle heavier they would be better for all-round purposes, 
and would prove about as fast as they will on a displace- 
ment of about 15,000 pounds. However, this will all have 
to be proved in the sailing. 
One boat is now under construction for the new 21ft. 
class recently adopted by the Yacht Racing Association 
of Massachusetts, She is for Rear-Commodore Walter 
Burgess, of the Boston Y. C. She was designed by Mr. 
W. B, Stearns and is being built by Messrs. Stearns and 
McKay, at the Marblehead Y. C. Her sails will be fur- 
nished by Messrs. Cousens & Pratt. The design shows 
a boat of moderate dimensions, with well-rounded bilges 
and some deadrise. The form, on the whole, is easy, 
and the boat shonld be a good actor in a seaway. She is 
32ft. 6in. over all, 21ft. waterline, 7ft. gin. beam, and 5ft. 
3in. draft. She has a very roomy water-tight cockpit and 
cabin 8ft. 6in. long. This gives two large clothes lockers 
alongside the eompanionway, -two good transoms wide 
enough to sleep on, ice chest, racks, etc., on the port side, 
dish locker, stove space and small sideboard on the other. 
This really gives fair accommodations for spending a 
couple of nigTits or more. The; headroom is 4ft. sin. 
Mr. W. B. Stearns,, who designed the boat, says of the 
class : "In point of speed this class ought to show up 
exceedingly well, and should give very interesting racing 
without exacting quite such : close attention or becoming 
quite so much of a business instead of a pleasure, as 
racing in the more extreme classes. So far as the skill 
is required in' designing a boat of this sort, it would seem 
from the result that the most sensible restricted classes 
we have ever had — the raceabouts and knockabouts — ap- 
proached more closely to being models of boats found 
practicable in larger classes than those in which the de- 
signer is given a free hand. We believe the nucleus of a 
class is assured and two or three more boats will lend 
some excitement to the sport. It will be some satisfaction 
to the owners of these boats, whether they are winners or 
not, that they will be worth to sell the second season 
probably seven-eighths of their cost price, and are of the 
most marketable size on the coast." 
The first of a series of winter meetings and dinners cf 
the Lake Winnipesaukee Y. C. was held at the Hrfo) 
Bellevue, on Wednesday evening last, at which Mr. 
Parker H. Kemble gave an interesting general tilk on 
power boats, the principles of design and the relative 
values of steam and gasolene. The Lake Wtnnip'-s.-i'ikee 
Y. C. is quite a new organization, having been formed in 
March of 1903. _ It is mostly composed of resident' cf 
Boston and vicinity who have summer places on the 
lake. As is the case in most inland waters, the fleet of the 
club, which is growing quite fast, is mostly composed of 
power boats. Since the club was started the members 
have become much interested in improving the lake as a 
summer resort. During the winter talks will be given on 
ways and means of clearing the lake of pollution, the 
strict enforcing of pilot regulations, rigid examination of 
hulls and boilers, and the lighting and buoying of the 
lake. 
Mr. W. H. Hand, Jr., of New Bedford, has turned out 
lines for the following boats: One-design class of 13- 
footers for members of the Buffalo Y. C, to be built by 
Weir, of Hamilton, Can. ; 30ft. cruising yawl for Mr. E. 
P. Hussey, of Buffalo; restricted i6-footer for ,Mr. 
George E. Gooderham, of Toronto; restricted i^-footer 
for Mr. Charles E. Whitcombe, of Hamilton, and an 
auxiliary 21-footer for Mr. John A. Goldsmith, of Wash- 
ington, D. C. Mr. Hand is now at work On the lines of a 
new one-design class for the Marine and Field Club. 
Mr. B. B. Crowninshield has an order for a 52ft. 
auxiliary centerboard yawl for Mr. Sumner Flayward, of 
Buffalo. She will be 72ft. 6in. over all, S2ft. 6in. water- 
line, 17ft. beam, and 2ft. gin. draft. She will be built in 
the west. Mr. Crowninshield also has an order for a 
boat to compete in the trial races to select a challenger 
for the Seawanhaka cup, for a syndicate of White Bear 
Lake yachtsmen. She will be built at White Bear Lake. 
The 2Tft. raceabout which Mr. Crowninshield has de- 
signed for a New York yachtsman will be built by Rice 
Bros., at East Boothbay. She will be planked with 
mahogany. 
Messrs. Stearns & McKay, at the Marblehead Yacht 
Yard, are at work on the lines of a 21ft. auxiliary yawl 
for Mr. J. A. Donovan, of Lowell, and a 21ft. cruising 
raceabout for Mr. C. R. Clark, of Plainville, Conn. The 
yawl will be a powerful boat, 40ft. over all, and will 
carry 925 square feet of sail. A novel speed launch is be- 
ing built at this yard. She will be only 17ft. long and 
will carry a 20 horse-power engine. 
The auxiliary knockabout, Chester Kilburne, owned by 
Mr. F. K. Priest, of Nashua, N. H., has been overhauled 
at Messrs. Murray & Tregurtha's. She has been equipped 
with an eight horse-power double-cylinder M. and T. 
engine, which is expected to give her good speed when 
not under sail. This firm has sold to Mr. C. S. Chand- 
ler, of Worcester, Mass., for use in Florida waters, the 
47ft. gasolene launch Idler. The 85ft. gasolene yacht. 
Tuna has been sold to Mr. W. B. S. Whaley, of Co- 
lumbia, S. C. 
At the annual meeting of the Corinthian Y. C, to be 
held at the Boston Athletic Asociation on Wednesday 
evening, the following officers and committees will, be 
balloted for: Commodore, J. O. Shaw; Vice-Commn- 
dore, Butler Ames; Rear-Commodore, Frank E. Clark; 
Secretary, Everett Paine; Treasurer, J. B. Rhodes; 
Measurer, W. B. Stearns ; Executive Committee, Frank 
E. and W. H. Rothwell ; Regatta Committee, Herbert iS. 
Goodwin, Lawrence F. Percival, Harry H.' Falker, 'Wil- 
liam L. Carlton, and Stephen Bowen ; Membership .Com- 
mittee, Percival W. Pope, O. W. Shead, Frederick Esta- 
brook, and Charles D. Wainwright ; House Committee, 
three years, Fritz B. Talbot. i 
At the annual meeting of the Columbia Y. C, held 
Wednesday, Jan. 6, the following officers were elected: 
. Commodore, Frank E. Grainger, Vice-Commodore, 
Hiram Patterson; Rear-Commodore, Manuel B. Roche-; 
Secretary, Thomas A. Shephard ; Treasurer, Albert E. 
Justice ; Trustees, Lewis Masters, A. E. .justice, • and 
Hiram Patterson. 
The annual ; meeting of the South Boston Y. C. was 
held Wednesday, Jan. 6, at which the following officers 
and committees were elected; Commodore, Fred W. 
Rauskolb ; Vice-Commodore, Harry S. Brown ; , Rear- 
Commodore, George M. Hannan ; Secretary, PI J. 
McMahon ; Treasurer, W. H. French ; Measurer, Fred 
H. Borden; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. Thomas G. Reed; 
Trustees, Arthur Fuller and W. J. O'Brine; Regatta 
Committee, G. E. W. Armstrong, Thomas Colo,, Walter 
Dixon, Arthur L. Leary, and Maurice Lee; House Com- 
mittee, George P. Field, James H. Hayes, Theodore L, 
Kelly, M. J. Lynch, and H. T. McArdle. . 
John B, Killeen. , ' 
Th^ organization of i motor launch section has, for 
several months past, been in contemplation by the Long 
Island Automobile Club. The agitation resulted in a final 
and decisive action at a recent meeting. At a gathering 
of the officers and board of governors. President F. G v 
Webb named the following committee to take suitable, 
steps toward a definite plan of action and enrollment; 
Chairman, L. R. Adams; J. Adolph Mollenhauer, commo- 
dore of the Penataquit-Corinthian Y. C, of Bay Shore, 
and C. H. Tageman, the well-known club man, who is 
having a high-speed launch built for his purposes in Italy. 
From the numerous expressions of approval from 
launch-owning members, the future of the "Motor Launch 
■Section" seems an assured success. H. L> .Towle, the 
chairman of the technical committee of the cjub, is to act 
in advisory capacity to the committee. 
Through cO-op^ration with the Tavem Club of Brook- 
lyn, which owns a commodious house-boat, it is expected 
to maintain a permanent summer rendezvous in Hem^)- 
stead Harbor, as the Tavem Club contemplates anchoring 
off Glenwood, about a mile south of the Sea CHff Y. C. 
house. A number of the members of the Tavem Club are 
actively interested in the automobile club. This probably 
is the first of a number of affiliations which later will be 
formed.— Brooklyii Eagle. - 
Mr. Sydney Russell has gotten out plans f6r a -si^footer 
for Mr. F. H. Walker (donor of the Walker cup foi; 21- 
foote;-s). The new t)oat wnll compete in the races, for the 
