May 28, 1904.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
44 B 
Southern Letter. 
New Orleans, May 20. — In a season it is probable that 
the port of New Orleans sees upon its waters as varied 
a fleet of pleasure craft of the bird-of-passage sort as 
any other harbor in the country, with the possible excep- 
tion of New York, and the fact has been quite marked 
during the past v^^inter and spring, when we have had the 
pleasure of seeing yachts of all sizes and types, whether 
propelled by steam, motor or sail. The sailing craft have 
been of every rig and nearly all the ruling types, and a 
catamaran which crossed the Great Lakes and ihencc 
down the Mississippi River. Some of the most palatial 
steam yachts in the world have anchored here, including 
Alcedo, of the New York Y. C, and the Clementine, of 
the RoA'al Manchester (England) Y. C, which was built, 
by the way, for the King of Belgium, and the fleet of 
gasolene motor cabin yachts has been large in nujnbers 
and interesting to observe during the past several m'onths. 
The string of power boats coming down or going up this 
season was larger than ever, and there was hardly a time 
when there was not a representation of these sort of 
peregrinating craft here, they coming in by one entrance 
and out the other, as the case might be. 
Just now the procession is headed up river, the St. 
Louis Fair being the objective point, and the passing 
launches being from Florida and the other lower Atlantic 
States. In this wise a number of the Florida colony 
have passed along on the way to their Northern homes, 
via the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, there being three 
boats here in company last week — Clara, F. D. Hughes, 
New York city; Palmetto, T. B. Snider, of Cincinnati, 
and Roamer, H. C. Roome, of New York city. 
Roamer is making in leisurely fashion that 6,000-mile 
trip which comprises the circumnavigation of the entire 
eastern half of the United States by way of the Atlantic, 
the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River, canals and the 
Great Lakes. She left New York city last September, 
and her present itinerary is mapped out to end there some 
time hence. Roamer is 69ft. over all, 12ft. beam and sft. 
draft, with a 45 horse-power Globe engine. Her masts 
are hinged, and can be folded back to the deck by slack- 
ing away forward to pass under bridges. The electric 
installation of the yacht could hardly be improved upon, 
including, as it does, a dynamo and a motor, which can- 
not only be used to start the engine, but also to run the 
yacht on occasion. This is the second round trip of the 
kind undertaken by Mr. and Mrs. Roome, they having 
traveled from New York to New Orleans, and Chicago 
to New York again seven years ago in a smaller launch 
called the Waikiki. Roamer is the result of their having 
traveled thousands of miles in many kinds of boats. 
Economy of space and comfort is carried to the highest 
development in this vessel. The crew consists of three 
men — mate, engineer and steward. Of_ the two yachts 
now cruising up the river in company with Roamer, Pal- 
metto is 6sft. long, 13ft. beam, and 3ft. draft; Clara is 
40ft. long, with a beam of loft. and a draft of 2ft. /The 
owners of these boats and their wives have been living 
aboard and cruising all winter, and it would seem that 
this mode of life was far more preferable to lovers of 
the water to traveling by train and putting up at hotels. 
Of other notable yachts that were here lately, there can 
be mentioned, particularly for their size and fine appear- 
ance, Fortuna and Roxana. The former is 125ft. in length, 
2Sft. beam, and 150 horse-power engines, the owner being 
Mr. John W. Parmalee, of Chicago. Fortuna came from 
Lake Michigan, through Sturgeon Bay, Green Bay, -the 
Fox River, Lake Winnebago (Wis.) into the Mississippi. 
She cruised through all the bays and bayous west of this 
city for a month or more, and then left for the Atlantic 
Coast, it being the owner's intention to wind up the 
10,000-mile cruise at Chicago. Roxana, John _W. 
Gates, owner, was built and launched last fall at Racine, 
Wis., and she got to the Gulf via Chicago, the Illinois 
and Mississippi rivers. She, like Fortuna, is a steel 
hull, and she is over isoft. in length. Roxana was Used 
for hunting and fishing along the Louisiana and Texas 
coasts all winter. She looks more like a house-boat than 
a regulation steam yacht, and she is now at New York 
having isft. added to her length amidships. She will be 
used on Long Island Sound this summer, and then away 
down the Atlantic to the Gulf and New Orleans. During 
midwinter the schooner Wasp was here, and cruised to 
the West under command of Mr. Harry Whitney, of New 
London, Conn., and young Mr. Carnegie, of Pittsburg, 
Pa. Last fall Robert Galloway, of Memphis, Tenn., pur- 
chased at New York the auxiliary yawl Coon from W. H. 
I.angley, and the new owner sailed in her for Rockport, 
Texas. She cruised leisurely back to this port, where 
she was in and out on side pleasure trips for some time, 
^vlien she was purchased by Mr. J. Z. George. Mr. Gallo- 
way will add to the fleet of the Southern Y. C. the 85ft. 
auxiliary yawl Daisy, designed by H. J. Gielow, and just 
completed by Wm. P. Kirk at Tom's River, N. J., which 
will be equipped with a 40 horse-power Craig gasolene 
ene-ine. Daisy will reach the South by way of the Gulf 
of'St. Lawrence, the Great Lakes, canals and rivers, sail- 
ing about the first of June. 
The steam yacht Wachusett, Mr. W. A. Jamison, 
reached here in the height of the hunting and fishing 
season, and she is now enrolled in the Southern Y. C, 
having been purchased by Mr. Santo Oteri, one of, the 
club's leading power boat enthusiasts. Another fine yacht 
to make the Atlantic Coast trip was the - 50ft. gasolene 
launch Skirmisher, of Dorchester, Mass., which was built 
and owned by J. Scott McLearn. She was purchased and 
is now being used here by Col. Wm. P. Burk, and} the 
S. Y. C. burgee replacing that of the New England tlub. 
Some months ago Capt. W. J. Milner purchased at Phila- 
delphia the large auxiliary schooner yacht Ibis and sailed 
south in her, enrolling her in this club.' The mention 
of these preceding craft emphasizes to what a great ex- 
tent the fleet of the Southern Y. C. has been augmented 
by northern-built vessels during the past winter, there 
being included in . the number representatives of all the 
divisons of yachts, including steam yachts, motor yachts, 
launches, schooners, yawls, cabin sloops, and racing 
sloops While the importations have been numerous, the 
home-isuilt additions to the fleet number three times as 
many more, but these will be written up later. 
Tlie annual sailing yacht regatta of the Southern Y. C. 
takes place Saturday, May 28, and that evening a smoker 
will 'be given in honor of boat owners and crews. The 
annual regatta for power boats— a new institution— takes 
place Saturday, June 4, and in the late afternoon there 
will be a review of the entire fleet by the commodore, 
and that night will be given the annual dance and 
promenade concert. June 18 will be a cup race day. The 
racing circuit of the Southern Association opens July 4. 
L. D. Sampsell. 
Designing Competition* 
We are able to publish in this issue Mr. Crane's criti- 
cism of the designs that received ITonorable Mention in 
our recent competition for a 40ft. waterline cruishig boat. 
We intend publishing the designs mentioned by Mr. 
Crane. All the drawings that were submitted will be 
returned to competitors. - . 
Mr. Crane's letter is as follows: 
The designs submitted for the Forest and Stream De- 
signing Competition were of unusual merit, making a 
choice of the best one extremely difficult. The boats in 
model, construction and rig were particularly desirable 
in most cases. There was a disposition on the part of 
some of the competitors to crowd toO' much into their 
boats. The arrangement plan is, however, so much a 
question of the wishes of the individual owner that it is 
a hard matter to lay down at best. ,-: 
A boat of this size should not require a captain's state- 
room. For comfortable cruising the galley and store- 
rooms should be commodious and comfortable, and the 
forecastle fairly large and roomy. The owner's quarters 
should have two staterooms and a main saloon. Provi- 
sion should be made on going below for a little steer- 
age or chart room, as I know of nothing more disagree- 
able than going into a nicely carpeted cabin in dripping 
oilskins. 
Many of the competitors have shown wonderful thought 
in the planning of provision for stowing all the necessaries. 
A rather common fault was the stepping of the mast 
too far forward for the sake of increasing the- size of the 
csbin. A cruising sloop should be capable of going to 
windward under staysail alone in case of emergency, and 
this requires the mast to be stepped a certain distance 
from the forward end of the waterline. Runners should 
be so arranged that both can be set up when going to 
windward. In a cruising boat bridles on the boom 
should be avoided as much as possible. 
In commenting on the individual boats of the first ten, 
outside of the three prize winners, I have not rated these 
boats at all, simply referring them all for honorable 
mention. 
F. S. v., 283, Robert C. Simpson^ Boston^ Mass.— An 
excellent model, handsome appearance, and particularly 
well thought out rig, wjth the mast well placed for cruis- 
ing. Marred by bad arrangement, particularly as the 
stove is so placed as to make the galley and forecastle 
unlivable. 
Dirk, Norman L. Skene, Boston, Mass.— A very 
pretty, carefully thought out boat; good model and con- 
struction. I should criticise the companion on the port 
side, and comment on the good provision for crew, and 
the large galley. The owner, however, should have had 
another stateroom, and the captain's been omitted. As 
far as the model is concerned, in a cruiser more deadrise 
would be advisable. 
Eli, Charles H. Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y.— A nice cruis- 
ing model, of good construction. In the rig the runners 
are set too far aft. In the arrangement the crew's quar- 
ters are too cramped. For a boat of this type the ar- 
rangement of the centerboard under the floor is a desir- 
able one. The entrance to the boat should not be directly 
into the main cabin. 
M. I. Kado, E. D. Purdy, New York City.— The beam 
of this boat is too great for her length. The arrange- 
ment is excellent; well thought out. Rig is marred by 
too large a mainsail. 
Merle, Martin C. Erismann, Staten Island, N. Y. — 
In this boat again the mainsail is too large, and there is 
one feature in the construction which is obj ectioriable to 
most builders, and that is steam-bent frames. In the ar- 
rangement, the crew's quarters are rather too cramped. 
Mainsail, Morgan Barney, New York City. — Excel- 
lent construction and model, but again marred by too 
large a mainsail. 
Rhode Island Letter. 
Providence, R. I., May 21. — The schedule of the sea- 
son's fixtures for the yacht clubs of upper Narra- 
gansett Bay is now decided upon, with the exception of a 
possible change in the dates of the Edgewood Y. C. It is 
as follows : 
Monday, May 30— Fall River Y. C. open regatta, Wash- 
ington Park Boating Association club regatta. 
Saturday, June 11 — Edgewood Y. C. club regatta. 
Saturday, June 18 — Rhode Island Y. C. club regatta. 
Saturday, June 25 — Bristol Y. C. open' regatta. 
Saturday, July 2; Monday, July 4; Saturday, July g— 
Edgewood Y. C. special series for 30ft. cats. 
Sunday, July 24 — Rhode Island Y. C. annual cruise. 
Saturday, August 6 — Edgewood Y. C. club regatta. 
Monday, August 15 — Edgewood Y. C. annual cruise. 
Monday, August 15— Narragansett Bay Y. R. A. series. 
August 15 — Edgewood Y. C. open. 
August 16 — Bristol Y. C. open. 
August 17 — Fall River Y. C. open. 
August 18 — Association race at Jamestown, open. 
August 20 — Rhode Island Y. C. open. 
Saturday, Sept. 10 — ^Bristol Y. C. open regatta. 
In addition to the three races for the Rossner cup for 
the 30ft. cats by the Edgewood Y. C. early in July, the 
same club will probably hold another series for that class 
in September, the dates now spoken of being the 3d, 5th and 
17th. The 30-footers are expected to furnish the most 
racing interest this season, as they did last year, and the 
class will also have another trophy to compete for in the 
cup offered by Commodore Peirce, of the Washington 
Park Boating Association, this series of races probably to 
be sailed during July. 
The Herreshoff Company, of Bristol, has built for Mr. 
H. B. Wright, of the Rhode Island Y. C, a handsome 
30ft. hunting cabin launch, finished in mahogany in trunk, 
cockpit and cabin, with comfortable cruising accommoda- 
tions. 
Mr. F. E. Chester, of the Edgewater Y. C, has a new 
steel launch, Rocket, i8ft. long, 4^ft. beam, and I2in. 
draft, built by the Michigan Steel Boat C9mpany, of. 
Detroit. The boat weighs 785 pounds, and is equipped: 
with a 2 horse-power Regal automobile engine. It is the' 
first small launch of steel construction seen in these 
waters. 
Mr. E. C. Ostley, of Providence, has sold his sloop 
yawl, Ragnild, through the agency of F. S. Nock, to Mr. 
Clinton R. Weeden, of Providence. The yacht will re- 
main in the Rhode Island Y. C. fleet. Rear-Commodore 
Bliss, of the W. P. Boating Association, has bought the 
handsome 25ft. cat, Inez L., from Messrs. I. W. Bagley 
and H. T. Hammond. Mr. G. H. Emerson's 30ft. cat 
Victor , has been changed to a sloop yawl rig at Davis 
Bros', shop, and has been put in commission for the 
season. 
For Mr. David Stranger, of Providence, the Davis 
Bros, have built a 2Sft. cat, Mae Hope, constructed on a 
broad model and comfortably fitted for cruising. The 
boat is 25ft. over all, 22ft. waterline, loft. loin. beam, 
and 2ft. 4in. draft without the board. 
The 28ft: speed launch, Moya, built by Mr. F. S. Nock 
for Mr. L. A. Meacham, of Chicago, last year, has arrived 
at the Nock yard at East Greenwich to have a 15 horse- 
power Buffalo motor installed in place of the 14 horse- 
power motor previously used. She will also have a new 
deck, and the interior will be remodeled. Under her 
former power the Moya developed a speed of 15 miles an 
hour. 
The Chewink IV., a 30ft. racing sloop built under new 
rules of measurement, was launched at the Herreshoffs', 
Bristol, this week. She is a keel boat, with full, handsome 
stern, and slender bows, and with moderate oVerhangs. 
Considerable secrecy was observed at the shop as to her 
lines, as her underbody was concealed with canvas while 
she was building, and also when she was hauled out on 
the railway a day or two after launching. She was de- 
signed bv Mr. N. G. Herreshoff. 
The 46-footer, Ahair, owned by Mr. Cord Meyer, of 
New York, is ready to go into commission at Bristol, and 
the new looft. steam yacht for Mr. M. C. D. Borden, of 
New York, will be launched early next month. 
The election of the Bristol Y. C. is not held until Sep- 
tember, but a nominating committee has been chosen, 
consisting of Messrs. J. Winthrop De Wolf, William 
Bradford, and Charles K. Wheelwright, and Frank A. 
Insraham has been elected to the executive committee. 
F. H. Young. 
Rules Governing Future America's 
Cup Races. 
The report of the New York Y. C.'s Committee on 
Challenge of the Royal Ulster Y. C, has been published. 
This brochure contains all the data relative to the 
matches l)otv>-een Reliance and Shamrock III. as well as 
the correspondence that has taken place between' the club 
and Sir Thomas Lipton in regard to the measurement 
rules that will govern future contests for the America's 
Cup. 
We publish the letters in full, as they are of consider- 
able mterest: 
City Road, London E. C, Dec. 12, 1903. 
To the Secretary, the New York Yacht Club, New York: 
Dear Sir— With reference to the conditions governuig the races 
for the America's Cup, I should feel obliged if - you would 
kindly inform me whether, in respect to future contests, it is the 
intention of the club to adhere to the original rules as regards 
measurement, or whether it would be disposed to . consider a 
challenge under the new rule of measurement recently adopted 
by the club? • ■ j 
My reason for writing you now is that, in my opinion, the de- 
cision of the club on this matter must have a very important 
bearing on future challenges. I am yours faithfully, 
(Signed) Thomas J. Lipton. 
New York Yacht Club, March 14, 1904. 
De.T Sir— Upon receiving your letter of Dec. 12, I informed 
you that it would be laid before the club at its next meeting, 
inis did not take place until February, when a committee was 
appointed, to whom the matter was referred. As the yacht club 
has no Board of Governors, this is the usual course in such 
matters. 
On account of the absence of some of the members of this 
committee, it was unable to meet until the present week, and 
thus some delay has occurred, which we regret; but it has been 
unavoidable. 
I am now instructed to answer your letter as follows: 
You ask to be informed whether "in respect to future con- 
tests it is the intention of the New York Yacht Club to adhere to 
the original rules as regards measurement, or whether it would be 
disposed to consider a challenge under the new rule of measure- 
men recently adopted by the club." 
In a letter written you by Commodore Ledyard, under date 
of July 8, 1902, for transmission to the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, 
the right of a challenging club to sail a match for the America's 
Cup, without regard to measurernent or time allowance, and the 
inability of the club holding the Cup to do any act or to impose 
any conditions which might in any respect impair . this right, 
were explained at length. The following is taken from that letter: 
"As 1 had occasion to explain to you when the question of 
towing arose in connection with the challenge of Shamrock I., 
the deed of gift prescribes no conditions respecting the kind of 
vessel which may compete, except (a) that she shall be within 
certain limits of length; (b) that no dimensions stated in the 
certificate may be exceeded; (c) that no restrictions shall be 
placed on centerboards, and, lastly, that she shall proceed under 
sail, on her own bottom, to the port of contest. This last-named 
condition imports all that the framers deemed wise to insert by 
way of limitation upon the .type of vessel, viz., her actual and 
demonstrated ability to make the passage under sail. 
As to measurement, the deed makes no provision whatever. 
That is left to be dealt with tinder the mutual agreement clause. 
The two clubs -may agree upon any system of measurement they 
please. If they fail to agree, the terms of the match are pre- 
scribed by the deed; best two out of three races on ocean 
courses as described, 'subject to the rules and sailing regulations' 
of the challenged club, 'so far as the same do not conflii't «' th 
the provisions of the- deed, but without any time allu-^ince 
whatever.' . ■ ^ i -i^ilSiill 
"You will observe that under this provision the New York 
Yacht Club would have no power to make any chaapre in its 
measurement rules apply to a challenging yacht without th<- con- 
sent of the club to which she belongs. AH that the cha'iiengcv 
would have to do would be to appeal to the deed and <:tand xipon 
its right to sail the race, boat for boat, without any, time allow- 
ance whatever, and therefore without the application/of any rule 
of measurement. Indeed the - New York Yacht Club, as the 
holder of the Cup, regards it as quite beyond its power to im- 
pose any restriction or any hindrance upon the challenging yacht, 
beyond those enumerated as specified in the deed. 
"The enumeration of these qualifications by the deed excludes 
the idea that the challenged club could in any way vary from or 
add to them. Any yacht properly challenging through a qualified 
club of a water line length within the limits specified, complying with 
the deed as to notice and certificate, and proceeding urider sail 
on her own bottom to the, port of contest, is entitled to -sail for 
the Cujp, on the courses designated, best two out of three, boat 
for boat, without time allonwance, and without any other or 
additional restriction being imposed upon her. She must sail, 
it i§ UrUe, iiader the rules ao4 sailing regulations of the QbaJ- 
