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IApril 9, 1904, 
ing aft. 6m. with board up are keel boats. I suppose 
in time a rule will be made to the effect that sloops 
having bowsprits over a certain length shall be con- 
sidered schooners. 
The oft-repeated call for heavy scantlings has been 
heeded in these rules with a vengeance! The planking 
is to be the same thickness as with the 21ft. raceabOuts. 
The frames are to be of the saine material and of the 
same size as the 21ft. raceabouts, but are to be spaced 
nearer together. The deck clamps and bilge stringers 
are to be three-quarters the size of those on the race- 
abouts but must run from stem to stern, while on the 
raceabouts the bilge stringers ran only half that dis- 
tance and their deck clamps were tapered at the ends. 
New Bedford Y. Cs. These questions are 
are best answered by the personal opinions 
who build for the new class. 
Table of comparative dimensions of the 
classes of 15-footers: 
Designers ..Crosby. Herreshoff. Burgess. Crane. 
Type C.B. C.B. C.B. Keel. 
L.O.A 25ft. 22ft. 26ft. 24ft. Sin. 
L.W.L 15ft. 15ft. 15ft. 15ft. 
Ex. breadth.. 8ft. 5ft. lOin. 6ft. 2in. 
L.W.L. bdth 7ft. 7ft. 6in. 5ft. 6in. 
L'st freeb'd. 16in. 15in. 
Draft ....... 1ft. 6in. 2ft. Sin. 3ft. 3ft. 9in. 
Area m'ns'1..311sq.ft. 280sq.ft. 231sq.ft. 
Area jib 77sq.ft. 70sq.ft. 59sq.ft. 
Total S.A....388sq,ft. 320sq.ft. 350sq.ft. 290sq.ft. 
llallast SOOlbs. 6001bs. ■ UOOlbs. 
ones that 
of those. 
different 
Hand. 
Keel. 
24ft. lOin. 
15ft. 
6ft. 7in.. 
6ft. 
15in. 
3ft. 9in.. 
260sq.ft. 
56sq.ft. 
316sq.ft. 
12001bs. 
The Club Register for 1903 contained 17 cabin yachts, 
iheaded by the flagship of the Commodore, a schooner 
■of 37 tons register, and an auxiliary schooner, a cruiser. 
The first division consisting of boats of from 10 to 14 
tons displacement, was unfortunate during the season, 
as one yacht was wrecked during a gale and broken up, 
and another was taken away from Yokohama on the 
■departure of the owner from Japan. The second divi- 
:sion, cabin yachts forming the cruising class, afford very 
:good sport racing under handicaps. Ten raceabouts and 
fifteen Larks complete the number on the register. In 
1903, during the season from May to October, 62 races 
were sailed. The rating formula is the cube root of 
load waterline multiplied by sail area, but as the types 
of yachts are so varied, a fair proportion of races are 
^ Mattapoisett 15-footer Spindrift 
It does seem absurd for a i5-footer to have as 
heavy construction as a 21-footer, especially when the 
lighter construction of the Herreshoff 15-footers proved 
ample to meet the hammering received in Buzzard's 
Bay. 
These new restrictions (calling for a minimum beam 
of 6ft. 6in. in keel, and 7ft. 6in. in centerboard boats) 
will produce very wide flat craft with beam carried 
well forward and aft, with deep, heavy transoms and 
blunt bows. They will be heavy and probably clumsy. 
It is hard to see how they can compare favorably in 
looks, seaworthiness or general adaptibility with the 
Crane, Hand or Herreshofi: models. The popularity 
they are sure to meet with would prove much greater 
were they more nearly in accordance with the splendid 
little craft turned out by those three designers. 
Such features of these restrictions as those barring 
hollow keels, hollow spars, and double planking are 
a step in the right direction and much to be commended. 
The boats are sure to be able to carry their enormous 
sail spread owing to the generous beam imposed by the 
restrictions. The only question is whether it is well 
to have such high-powered craft when boats with less 
power and less sail have proven themselves equally 
fast in the average racing conditions, and also whether 
or not these wide flat boats are preferable to the hand- 
somer types evolved by the Seawanhaka, Beverly and 
Yokohama Y. C, 
BY A. R. CATTO, YOKOHAMA Y. C. 
Early in the history of the foreign settlement in. 
Yokohama there were occasional sailing races among; 
Ihe boats of the ships lying in the port, and as boats, 
were acquired by the residents the sport grew in pop- 
ularity. For many years the fleet consisted of open, 
boats, old converted ships' lifeboats, etc., but as timei 
went on craft were specially built for the purpose, and. 
during the season of 1886 races were held regularly and. 
so much enthusiasm was shown that it was felt that the: 
sport required the establishment of a properly organized, 
yacht club. At the outset there was some difficulty, as 
the Rowing Club, . to which most of the boat owners. 
l)elonged, wished to take the matter in hand. The Row- 
ing Club had a pavilion and landing stage, which they 
represented as being indispensable to the owners of the 
sailing boats, but the latter felt that it would be better 
to have- their own organization, and decided to form 
;i separate club, even if they had only the wide, wide 
sea as their club house. The Yokohama Sailing Clubi 
was therefore formed, and commenced the season of 
1887 with about 24 sail on their register. Of these, five 
were specially built yachts, decked and ballasted, five 
were open or half-decked, one was built on the model 
of a Japanese fishing boat, and the remainder were con- 
verted ships' boats. The champion for the season o£ 
1886 is still on the club register, and still races occa- 
sionally in handicaps. 
The succeeding four years saw a large number of 
new boats built. One built in 1888 froin lines supplied 
by the late Edward Burgess, with a water-line length 
of 31ft., and sail area of about i,900sq.ft., is still well 
to the front in her class, and in her own particular 
weather picks up an occasional prize. A few yachts 
have been imported from the Solent, the Clyde and New 
York, but the majority have been built from lines 
by local designers, and these are by far the most 
successful. 
A canoe class was started in 1889, and flourished for 
some years until the addition of heavily weighted keels 
tc some j:>f the boats brought the type into disfavor. A 
Surbiton gig class started in 1890 then reigned in favor 
among the younger owners, and with modifications the 
type lasted until 1902. . 
In the year 1897 the name of the club was changed 
to the Yokohama Y. C, as the proportion of real 
"yachts," as opposed to "sail boats," certainly justified 
the name. The club register for this year included 30 
yachts ; the old converted ships' boats having been all 
superseded. From about this time a very useful class 
of raceabouts has gradually developed into one of the 
best for close racing in the club. With a water-line 
length of from 18 to 21ft., and sail area about 4Sosq.ft., 
they are very handy craft for racing and day sailing. 
Last year a one-design class was started, 15 boats being 
built to the lines of the Lark. These small racers sailed 
24 races during the season, and aflforded most excellent 
sport, proving quite the best class from a purely sport- 
ing point of view that has ever been introduced in these 
waters. 
, Crane 15-footer. » 
sailed under handicaps, except, of course, races for the' 
Lark class. 
From its situation on the Gulf of Yedo, Yokohama 
IS admirably suited for the headquarters of a yacht club. 
The harbor is well protected by a breakwater, and the 
part assigned by the authorities for the yacht anchorage 
IS next to the Bund, with a depth of from 2 to 
fathoms. The average rise and fall of tide is about 6ft. 
The Gulf of Yedo extends some 40 miles by 20, and 
affords excellent cruising and racing water, especially 
to the west and south, where it opens to the Pacific 
by a channel about 6 miles wide. Outside there is 
splendid scope for coastwise cruising, with numerous 
smig harbors at convenient intervals. Off the coast Hes 
Vries Island, which forms an objective for more am- • 
bitious voyages, and has been visited by several of the 
larger yachts, as excellent woodcock shooting is to be 
got there. 
Japanese make very good yacht hands, as they are 
born sailors. They take a very keen interest in racings 
and at the close of every season there is a race for the 
small boats, manned by native paid hands only. This 
event is always productive of great excitement, and 
there is usually some carrying away of gear among the 
competing boats. 
In and about Yokohama there are some excellent 
4-5 roOT LAUNCH ( WlN-SCl^Ew) FOR MR T. L.PARK 
5U1L0ING AT THE HUNJTIMGTON MFG C° Neu;l?o<:tiel/<s N.Y. 
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