[May 14 1904. 
Designing Competition. 
Third Pdte. 
The third prize in our designing competition for a 
40-foot water line cruiser was awarded to Mr. Alfred 
E, Luders, of New York city. 
The design shows a very good boat with many com- 
mendable features. The cabin plan, however, deserves 
particular attention, for the interior arrangement could 
hardly be improved upon. Mr. Luders made the mis- 
take of crowding too much into the forward part of 
the boat, and in actual practice the quarters would not 
be comfortable or livable. The forward stateroom 
openmg from the saloon and the captain's room are 
hardly necessary. If these were removed and the galley 
run the full width of the boat the interior would be ideal 
in its arrangement. In order to get well-cooked meals 
the galley must be roomy and well ventilated, with full 
head room throughout, and in order to have a contented 
crew their quarters must not be crowded and dark. 
The after part of Mr. Luders' cabin arrangement is 
quite the best we have ever seen in a boat of this size. 
The saloon, the staterooms, the steerage and lavatory 
are all roomy, well arranged and finely ventilated. The 
arrangement of these quarters is capital, the access in 
every case is good and they bear proper relation 
one to the other. If berths were wanted in the saloon 
the transoms could be drawn toward the center and 
berths placed behind. 
The idea in view in the design was to make comfort 
a feature of the boat. As the boat was probably to be 
Southern Letter, 
New Orleans, May S-— The Associated Press dispatch 
from Boston the other day giving the news that the cele- 
brated champion cabin sloop Calypso had been purchased 
by a member of the Southern Y. C. was grand news in- 
deed to the boat lovers hereabouts. It was known that 
some of the fastest small racing craft in the country had 
been bought by residents of this city, and that the racing 
among the little fellows would be all that could be de- 
sired, but at the same time it was realized that there 
would be much wanting if there was not some new life 
and spirit mf used into the large racing-cruising cabin 
Classes. It was considered that if some patriotic yachts- 
man/would bring down from the north one of the better 
knid of modern cruisers, like Calypso, that a splendid e3c- 
ample would be set, and others would be drawn into the 
game. .This hoping, waiting, expectancy state of the local 
enthusiasts was brought to terminate in a joyful realiza- 
tion when It became known that the Calypso would be 
added to the fleet of this section, she being known to 
many southern yachtsmen as the most satisfactory type 
of fast, able, comfortable sailing yacht that could be 
produced. 
The purchaser of the Calypso was Commodore Sam f 
Heaslip, now a member of the governing committee of 
the Southern Y. C, vice-commodore of the Pass Chris- 
tian Y. C, and one of the leading promoters of the sport 
of yachting here for many years. 
Commodore Heaslip has had the well deserved reputa- 
tion^ of being one of the foremost yacht skippers the 
South has ever known. He has owned and sailed many 
championship of the Y. R. A. of Massachusetts In lief 
first year, igor, and she held it again in 1902, Last yeas 
she was not raced much. In 1904, in fulfilling the 
promise for which she is brought sOuth, this celebrated 
craft should experience one of the most active seasons in 
her career, for it is the intention of her new ownec to 
race her in all the events in which she can enter. ■ 
L. D. Sampsell. 
Rhode Island Letter. 
Providence, R. I., May 7.— At the opening meeting of 
the Narragansett Bay Yacht Racing Association, held 
recently, the following schedule was arfanged for the 
annual week of open racing: - 
Monday, August 15— At Edgewood Y. C. 
Tuesday, August 16— Bristol Y. C. 
Wednesday, August i7-i--Fall River Y. C. ' 
Thursday, August 18— Conanicut Y. C. or Association 
race at Jamestown. 
Saturday, August 20— Rhode Island Y. C. at Potter's 
Cove. 
These races ai-e all open to members of any recognized 
yacht club, and will be sailed under the association rules. 
Suitable prizes will be offered in each class each day, and 
a^ "cock of the walk" pennant will be awarded in each 
class to the boat scoring the largest percentage in the 
week's racing. 
Communications relative to the race week should be 
addressed to the secretary of the association, Thomas L. 
Bartlett, P. O. Box 327, Fall River, Mass. Measurements 
each day will be made by the measurer of the club under 
DESIGNING COMPETITION THIRD PRIZE DESIGN PLANS OF SLOOP AND YAWL RIGS. 
Submitted by A. E. Luders, New York City. 
owned jointly by the party it was deemed advisable to 
have a separate stateroom for each, using the main 
saloon for sleeping purposes only in an emergency. 
A combined chart room and vestibule was laid out 
as_ a handy place to shed wet oilers and stow some 
toilet arrangements to be equally accessible to deck or 
saloon. Guns handy to companionway. 
Sailing master to have a stateroom and two hands 
berth in forecastle, comprising the three men to handle 
boat, as called for. Cook to berth in forecastle — extra 
berth can be located in forecastle or galley, if wanted. 
The dimensions are: 
Length- 
Over all .. . . . 
L.W.L. ...... 
Overhang- 
Forward .. . . , 
Aft 
Breadth- 
Extreme .. . . , 
L. W. L 
Draft- 
Extreme ., . .. 
Sail, area— 
Sloop rig. , . . 
Yawl rig. . . . . 
Displacement ...... 
Fixed ballast , 
Trim ballast . ...... 
61 ft. 
40 ft. 
, 9 ft. 
, 12 ft. 
- IS ft. 
, 14 ft. 
, 6 ft. 
105^ in. 
9^4 in. 
J4 in. 
zYi. in. 
... . . .. . 1,990 sq. ft. 
. .......... ... 1,876 sq. ft. 
. . . 21.75 tons. 
8.50 tons. 
................... i.ooton. 
The weights of boat are divided approximately, as 
follows: 
Hull ................. 
Furniture 
Outfit and equipment. 
Sails and spars. rr. . » . . 
Tanks 
Ballast, total ......... 
6.37 tons. 
1.88 tons. 
.39 tons. 
.72 tons. 
.a7 tons. 
9-5; tons. 
Total ........ ..... . . . . ....... . . .19.43 tons. 
The above i§ boat in light condition; by adding 2.32 
tons of stores, crew, . passengers ^nd effects we get 
31.75 tons, the designed displacement for .40. ft. W,^ L. 
Extra stores for deep sea' cfu|s§ .will, of pourse, unk 
bp^t |)eydnd 40ft.- "^^^.X^, . '• - - ' ■ 
interesting boats, the most noteworthy of these being the 
long-to-be-remembered schooner Viola. Last summer 
Commodore Heaslip brought South the remarkable little 
open sloop Gladiola, ex-Galatea, of the Oconomowoc 
Y. C, more for the purpose of doing a little missionary 
work than for anything else. Gladiola did as he expected 
—she opened the eyes of our yachtsmen to the fact that 
there was a new and better order of yachting ruling else- 
where, for her speed was astonishing, and her build and 
finish of a quality unapproachable to builders of this part 
of the country for some time to come. Last summer, 
after Gladiola had done here what had been intended of 
her, her owner promised that he would try to do as much 
for the larger classes of yachts, and would endeavor to 
add to the fleet an example of what an up-to-date fast 
cruiser should be. All winter long he has devoted con- 
siderable time to selecting the boat which he considered 
would best advance the interest in yachting here. 
Calypso was only beaten by a few seconds by the most 
extreme freak racing machine that could be devised. 
The rules of the Southern Y. C. and of the Southern Gulf 
Coast Y. A. were formulated, as have been the latest 
rules at Boston and in many other localities, for the ex- 
press purpose of shutting out the cabin sloop racing 
machines. , • t 
Calypso is 42ft. over all, 2Sft. waterline, I2i/^ft. beam, 
and she draws 2^ft. of Water. With centerboard down: 
she has a draft of about 8ft. She is a grand boat to 
windward, and it is expected that she will be a revelation 
in this respect here. She is excellently sparred and rigged, 
and her sails were made by Wilson & Silsby, She 
carries 1,250 square feet of sail in mainsail and jib. She 
has a "pole mast rig" without topmost or- topsail, the 
only light sails carried being spinnaker, reaching jib and 
balloon jib.. All her cabin trimmings are mahogany, and 
the fittings, cleats, bibcksi, etc., are 'polished brass. Her 
cockpit is about loft. long. The cabin is over 12ft. in 
length, and it will sleep four or ^fiseipersonsv There. are 
large lockers, a closet, galley with cooking outfit, stove 
and ice-box, while the forecastle contains ample room for 
a paid hand. 
Calypso was Resigned -and built by Chasv C- Hanky, 
of Quincey, Mass., in 1901. Hanley "has the r'epatafipn of 
. being cite 'of the "best iHodeters and builders" of feevsterboard 
boats cf. mo4erate size in' the coun^rn^ ' "Calvoso' 'wott the 
whose auspices the race is sailed, but any disputes con- 
cerning the same will be referred to the official measurer 
of the association. The association has adopted a racing 
pennant to be flown at the main peak of every boat en- 
gaged in a race, and no time will be taken of any boat 
that fails to display the- pennant throughout the race as 
prescribed. The pennant is a dark blue flag i8in. by 24in.. 
with a 9in. square white field in the center bearing a blue 
star. A. representation of the pennant heads a card poster 
announcing, the schedule of race week which has been 
sent to every yacht club on the New England coast. 
Each association race takes the place of one of the 
regular events of the club under whose auspices it is held. 
1 he only .other fixtures for the season arranged as yet are 
the ; two other open regattas : of . the Bristol Y. C. 
scheduled for June 25 and September 10, and the 
Memorial Day open regatta of the Fall River Y. C 
The Edgewood Y, X. . has established "cock of the 
walk pennants for the club boats in each class that win 
the most victories in any regular races during the season. 
As last -year, the greatest racing interest on the upper 
bay this season is likely to center in the performances of- 
the 30ft. cats. There will , be several new ones in this 
class, principal among them being Messrs. H. J. and D^ 
W. Fhnt's new Wanderer HI. With the series for the 
Commodores' cups at the Edgewood Club and the Wash- 
ington Park Boating Association and several other special 
events, in addition to the various club regattas, the 30- 
footers will be busy this summer- 
The.amiual cruise-of the . Rhode Island Y. C. will start 
July 24. , The fleet will rendezvou^s at Newport, and dur- 
ing the week will visit Stonington, Watch Hill, Shelter 
Island and Block Island, something special in the way 
of_ entertainment being planned at each port. , The usual 
prizes will be offered for each day's run from port to port 
Ihe schooner Rusalka will be the iflagship of the Rhode 
Island Y. C. fleet this season, having been purchased by 
Commodore Rogers from the estate of the late Commo-^ 
dore Frank F.:,01ney. , Rusalka was the flagship two years 
ago, prior to the reign of the Esperanza, formerly the 
first Ii|gQmar, owned by 'Morton F. Plant. 
Fleet Captain H. :K. Barlow, of the Rhode Island Y C 
has 1jought.:.the.3Sft cat -tydia C Mr. Charles G. Ea$ton 
has boughfthe 35ft. Gertrude, ■ built by Crosby several 
.years afo, and Mr. ]H. L. Hammond abquired 4 ^ 
