^^FOREST AND STREAM. ■ [Jan. 28, 1905. 
21-FOOT BERMUDA SLOOP MIDSHIP SECTION. 
Designed , by Fred. M. Hoyt. Built by the Greenport Basin & Construction Co. 
21-FOOT BERMUDA SLOOP SAIL PLAN. 
Designed by Fred. M. Hoyt. Built by the Greenport Basin & Construction Co. 
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A 2J-Foot Bermuda Sloop. 
It is seldom that we have the opportunity of reproduc- 
ing so interesting a boat as the one appearing in these; 
columns this week. The design is from the board of Mr. 
Fred. M. Hoyt, an associate of Messrs. Gardiner & Cox. 
Mr. Hoyt designed the boat for himself. The boat will 
be used at Bermuda, where Mr. Hoyt frequently spends, 
the winter, and she will be built at the yard of the Green- 
port Basin & Construction Co., at Greenport, L. I. This, 
firm built another boat of this type which Mr, Hoyt has. 
used up to the present time in Bermuda. 
A modern boat with all her ballast inside is rather am 
unusual thing in these days, but in Mr. Hoyt's boat it 
was necessary to carry the ballast inside, as there are no 
marine railways or docks at Bermuda except those for 
20,000-ton battleships. The only way in which the boat 
can be cleaned or painted being to remove the ballast 
and heave her down in the old manner, first one side and 
then the other. 
Owing to the ingenious construction Mr. Hoyt uses, he 
is able to get the weight well down and have an absolutely 
tight and sound craft besides. Heavy winds prevail in 
Bermuda most of the time in winter, and a boat for con- 
stant use there must be put together in an. unusually 
strong manner. 
As the boat is to be used for day sailing only in Hamil- 
ton Harbor and Great Harrington Sound, no effort has 
been made to get even small cabin accommodations, and 
there is a large and roomy cockpit amidships. 
The sail plan is most unusual, but it has been found to 
be best adapted to the requirements of sailing in Ber- 
2I-FOOT BERMUDA SLOOP — ^BODY PLAN. 
muda, as boats never lay to an anchor or mooring 
there, but are brought alongside the quays. The great 
advantage of the Bermuda rig is that one does not have 
to bring the boat up into the wind in order to get sail 
in. The mainsail can be taken in without difficulty even 
when the mxain sheet is broad off. 
The dimensions are as follows : 
Length — 
Over all , 33ft. 6in. 
L.W.L 21 ft. 
Breadth — 
Extreme • 8ft. 4in. 
L.W.L 7ft. iiin. 
Draft- 
Extreme 4ft. gin. 
Freeboard — 
Least ift. 7^in- 
Displacement 3-76 tons. 
C.B. aft fore end L.W.L 11.41ft. 
C.L.R. aft fore end L.W.L. 12ft. 
C.E. aft fore end L.W.L. 11.67ft. 
Sail area — 
Mainsail ............ 479 sq. ft. 
Jib 154 sq. ft. 
633 sq. ft. 
Ballast (all inside) 4,160 lbs. 
The specifications follow : 
Stem — To be of oak. Sided 4i/^in. Stem and sternpost to be 
secured to keel and bronze garboard by bronze angles. 
Sternpost — To be of oak. Sided 4in. at head, 2in. at heel. 
Keel — To be of oak. Sin. deep, 15in. wide. Frames to be let 
into keel as per midship section. 
Rudder — To be of oak. 
Rudder Post— To be of locust, 3%in. at: head, l%in. at heel. 
Rudder to be supported by composition hangers. 
Tiller — To be of locust. 
Frames. — Frames spaced lOin. on centers. The after side of 
No. 6 frame is on No. 1 station. Frames amidships from frame 
No. 13 to frame No. 28, inclusive, excepting frames No. 16 and 
27, as shown on drawing, to be of oak, moulded l%in. at heels, 
VAm. at heads, sided I'/ain. Frames Nos. 10, 11, 12, 16, 27 
moulded the same, sided 2in. Frames forward of No. 10 and aft 
of No. 28 to be sided lin., moulding to be the same. 
Planking — Garboard to be of oak, %in. thick. Rest of plank- 
ing to be of %in. white cedar, excepting sheer strake, which is 
to be of %in. oak. A garboard of 51bs. to 61bs. Tobin bronze 
to be worked inside oak garboard, and Tobin bronze angles 
l%in. by 1 by 3-16 inches, and 51b. Tobin bronze floors. Bronze 
angles to be on frames Nos. 17 to 25, inclusive. Bronze floors to 
be on frames Nos. 17, 21 and 25. 
Covering Board; — To be of %in.^ mahogany. Gin. wide amidships, 
tapered to 4in. at ends. 
Deck. — To be of selected white pine, %in. thick, laid with curve 
of boat, blind fastened, caulked, payed and varnished. 
King Plank — To be of mahogany, %in. thick. 
Bulwark — To be of mahogany, lin. at bottom, %in. at top, 
rounded on inner edge. 
Stern Piece — To be of mahogany. 
Knees — To be of hackmatack. 
Wooden Floors — To be of oak, as shown, li/4m. thick, 3in. 
deep, excepting tmder mast, where they are to be 2in. thick. 
Floors to be lin. thick forward of No. 10 frame and aft of No. 28. 
Mast Step — To be of oak. 
Riding Bitt — To be of oak. 
Diagonal Straps — To be of Tobin bronze, 2in. by 3-16in. To be 
placed as shown on drawing. 
Lead — About 42001bs., to be furnished by builder. To be cast 
in pieces weighing not over 2001bs. each, in order to fit snugly 
into well, vmtil lead reaches a point 2ft. Gin. from top of keel, 
after which regulation pigs may be used. Moulded iiieces to 
have holes for inserting hook to lift them from well. 
Shelf. — To be of yellow pine, 2 by l%in. at middle, 1% by l^vin. 
a'y ends. Chamfered on lower inside edge. 
Bilge Clamp — To be of yellow pine, 3 by l^'nin. at middle, re- 
duced to 2 by lin, at ends. 
Deck- Beams — To be of oak. Afoiilded I'/iin.. sided lin. .Large 
beams, where shown, to be niuulded 21,3111.. sided 2in. 
Cockpit Coaming — To be of mahogany. 
Interior — To have two bulkheads of yellow pine, with doors 
and two seats. 
Fastenings — To be copper throughout. Floor and .floor plate 
fastenings to be of bronze. Absolutely no iron fastenings to be 
used. 
Pump — Boat to have Sands' bilge pump, discharging on deck. 
Deck Fittings— All cleats to be of locust; other fittings to be 
of bronze. 
Painting — Topsides to be given one coat of priming and two of 
color. Below L.W.L. to be given one coat of lead and one of 
anti-fouling paint. All interior to have two coats, excepting 
seats and bulkheads, which shall have three coats of best spar 
varnish. All bright work and spars to have three coats of varnish. 
Spars — Mast, boom, bowsprit and spinnaker boom of clear 
spruce. 
Ironwork — All ironwork necessary for the Bermuda rig of 
galvanized iron. 
Chainplates — To be of Tobin bronze. 
.Schooner Atlantic's New Owner. — Mr. Charles E. 
Rector has purchased the old schooner Atlantic from 
Mr. VVilscn Marshall. Mr. Rector had Atlantic under 
charter last season. 
Schooner ^Lwflower Change.s Hands. — Mr. E. S. 
Reiss has purchased the schooner Mayflower from J\.Lr. 
William A, Gardner, of Boston, The transfer was made 
through the agency of IMr, Frank Bowne Jones. The 
yacht will be overhauled, and in the future will be used 
for commercial piirjjosrs in and al>oni: tlii; W'osi liulies^ 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii ana iii. 
PA.SSING OF THE Whileaway. — The old sloop While- 
away, built in 1881 at Greenport, L. L, has been sold, and 
will be converted into a fishing craft for parties. Equip- 
ment will consist of two 20 horsepower engines built at 
Mariners' Harbor, Staten Island, by the Motor Engine 
Company. 
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Power Boat for Lake Placid. — Mr. George H. Mc- 
Neely, of the Philadelphia Corinthian Y. C, is having 
a power boat built at Wignall's Yard, Philadelphia, for 
use on Lake Placid. The boat will be fitted with a 10 
horse-power engine. 
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Power Boat Building at Bridgeport. — Captain Matti- 
son, who built the Ellen S. for a water boat, afterward 
converting her into a yacht, has contracted for a new 
yacht with Green Bros., of Bridgeport, Ccnti.. giving 
Ellen S. in part payment. 
The Gregory's Misfortune. — The power . yacht Gre- 
.c^orv, owitcd by !\lr.. l-ewis .Nixon, which was forced to 
