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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Makch :8, 1905. 
Boston Letter. 
- Annual Meeting of Y. R. A. of^ M.— The annual 
meeting of the Yacht Racing Association of Massa- 
chusetts will be held at Young's Hotel on Thursday 
evening, March 16. Several important amendments will 
come up for the consideration of delegates at this 
meeting. One of these provides that the judges must 
hail a yacht which has crossed the line before the gun, 
but that failure to recall shall not relieve the yacht 
from recrossing. Such an amendment, in view of the 
fact that the rules at present put the obligation on the 
judges of recalling a yacht which has crossed the line. 
It being assumed that the judges have the intention 
of enforcing the rules governing starts, it may be in- 
ferred that failure on the part of judges to recall a 
yacht that has actually crossed the line too soon is be- 
cause those judges did not actually see the transgres,- 
sipn. This_ being the case, a protest by another yacht 
will result in a question of veracity between two skip- 
pers, or if the transgressor did not really believe his 
yacht to have crossed before gunfire, a question of 
fact; and consequently a hard one for any board of 
judges to decide. It is proposed to adopt a new class 
to be known as Class H, to conform to the limits of the 
Catboat Association. The association was -formed to 
preserve the interest in the Cape icat by providing 
classification for this type of boat in the- general racing 
throughout the bay. Another amendment proposes to 
strike out Classes D, 25-footers; S, 21-fopters, and X, 
15-footers. From what has been shown in tlie racing 
of the past two or three years the eli'r.ination of these 
classes from the lists of the Association is in keeping 
with the practical conditions that are now known to 
exist. Class D, 25-footers, was intended, as were all 
of the former restricted classes of the Y. R. A., to 
provide for a wholesome type of - cruising boat. The 
manner in which loose places in the restrictions were 
taken advantage of was evidenced in the .boats tha:t 
were built to race in this class during the_ season of 
1903. _ The warning for this class, given by the tenden- 
cies in it and in other classes in previous years, were 
deliberately set aside, and boats that were nothing more 
or less than freak racers were built. While it is, per- 
haps, unfortunate that these productions of 1903 were 
not given opportunities of racing as Y.. R. A. 2S-footers 
last season, such an ending to the class appeared in- 
evitable to all lovers of good form in boats who looked 
upon the matter in an impartial light. So far as any 
future development of 25-footers under the rules by 
which these last boats were built, is simply impossible, 
for sane yachtsmen will not build new boats. One of 
the boats now in existence is so far, superior to the 
others in point of speed, that no sport can be obtained 
from racing the others with her. So, for all practical 
purposes the class has died a natural death, and may as 
well be stricken from the lists of the Association now 
as any other time. The Little Haste gave all the warn- 
ing that was necessary in Class S, 21-footers, during 
the season of 1902, and since that time the class has 
not been raced. Those owners in the class, who were 
fortunate enough to have boats that were not so ex- 
treme, sold them, and these boats are now scattered 
along the coast and inland. No yachtsman will build 
under the rules that then governed the class, and so 
the proposed amendment to strike it from the lists 
comes in natural sequence. 
, Class X, of 15-footers, was an unrestricted class, for 
which no boats have been built for several years, and 
has been practically forgotten as a factor in Massa- 
chusetts Bay yachting. There is at present a restricted 
class limited to isft. waterline for which a few boats 
were built last season, and still fewer new ones during 
the present winter. The class, a new one, has not de- 
veloped with any great furor, but it is better than the 
old one, which it was intended to succeed, and so the 
old one must go. The new uniform rule of measure- 
ment for rating is to be considered at this meeting, and 
is likely to be discussed at length. With the passing 
of the before-mentioned classes, the Y. R. A. of Massa- 
chusetts is somewhat bare of classes under its direct con- 
trol, although it does have jurisdiction over classes that 
are directly controlled by associations of their own. So 
the Association is in the best position it could be to 
adopt the new universal rule. If this is done, it is 
likely that it will only be after considerable discussion, 
for there are many yachtsmen who are opposed to the 
rule, whether or not they have studied what types are 
possible under it. 
Boston Y. C. Smoker. — A smoker will be held at 
the town house of the Boston Y. C, Rowe's Wharf, on 
Friday evening, March 17. Mr. Louis M. Clark will 
be the speaker of the evening. He will give a talk on 
the New Uniform Measurement Rule, illustrating his 
remarks by blackboard sketches. . Mr. Clark is one of 
the best men who could advocate the new rule for the 
club, as he has made a deep study of it and is familiar 
with all of its possibilities. He was one of the com- 
mittee to represent the Eastern Y. C. at the con- 
ferences, which resulted in a more or less general 
adoption of the rule, and he has been a most ardent 
advocate of its adoption throughout Massachusetts Bay. 
The adoption of the rule was discussed at the last 
meeting of the Boston Y. C, and . a compromise was 
made by the vote to race the handicap classes of the 
club under the rule during, the corhing season. Mr. 
Clark desired- an opportunity .t.6, present the benefits 
of the rule , at greater length , than, was\possible at the 
meeting, so that the members might understand it more 
fully, and he suggested , the srndker . for the purpose, 
which suggestion met with the approvarof the majority; 
Changes in Plans of, Mr. R, .A.,' RaINey^s ,Schoo,ner. 
—It has been decided to . change the. measurements of 
'Mr. Roy A. Rainey's new schooner, which is tO; be 
built ,at Lawley's from designs by Mr. A;, S. Chese- 
brough, assisted by' Mr. Fred ' Ip./Lawley. It was 
originally intended to have 'the ^waterline .length of this 
"schooner 90ft., but it has been decidjed,, to change that 
-measurement to 95ft. This is said 'not to be because 
' of any possibility in clas'sifi'catiSn, but^'tathe'r to ob- 
_t'ain more room, cruising accomrnbdatioiis being the 
main feature of the yacht. On "ac'coiint of " th'e change 
;'f; waterline length, the over all' 'length' has been in- 
creased to 136ft. 3in. The breadth of 25ft. 6in. and the 
draft of 14ft. will not be changed. The schooner's dis- 
placement _ is about 170 tons, and her sail area is 9,400 
sq. ft., which is comparatively small. 
Elmina II. TO be Launched Soon. — The 90ft. 
schooner Elmina II. designed by Messrs. A. Cary 
Smith and Ferris, is nearing completion at Lawley's, 
and it is expected that she will be launched in about 
ten days. There will still be considerable finishing up 
to do about the deck and in the cabins, but this can be 
done while she is afloat at the dock. Over the plating 
there was placed a complete covering of specially pre- 
pared cement,_ which served as a priming coat, and the 
work of paintiing is now going on. Elmina II. is 125ft. 
over all, 87ft. waterline, 2Sft. breadth and 15ft. 6in draft. 
She will carry about 10,000 sq. ft. of sail.' 
MoTORBOAT Show Opened.— The Motorboat Show, 
which is being held in connection with the automobile 
show in Mechanics' Building, was successfully opened 
Saturday evening. It is estimated that there were in 
the neighborhood of 15,000 people present. The show 
is quite an extensive one, and will undoutedly furnish 
lots of information to power boat men of the present, 
as well as of the future. The exhibits take up an im- 
mense amount of space and include showings from some 
of the most prominent builders of hulls, engines and 
equipment in the country. 
John B. Killeen. 
Boston, March 18. 
The Boston Power Boat Show* 
Mechanics' Hall was crowded to sufifocation last 
Saturday, nth inst, at the opening night of the Automo- 
bile and Power Boat Show. At 7:30 there was a large 
gathering of people on Huntington avenue awaiting the 
opening of the doors. There were no season card tickets 
issued, and everyone, exhibitors and press representatives 
as well, had to give up a ticket or coupon. When these 
Were counted up on Sunday the number was found to be 
in excess of 47,000. 
The power boat end of the show was in unexpected 
proportions. The large number of engines and boats of 
all descriptions was something wonderful. There were 
fully twice as many engines and fully six to eight times 
as many boats as were exhibited at New York. On the 
main floor there were but two boats exhibited, the 
greater part being on the lower or basement floor. Un- 
like the New York show, owing to insurance regulations, 
no engines were run except those operated by gas or 
kerosene. This made easier work for demonstrators, and 
harder for those who had to explain the engines in detail. 
Geo. Lawley & Son Corporation, South Boston, had a 
64ft. boat on the floor, designed by Arthur Binney, 70 
Kilby street, Boston, for Mr. C. H. Clark, Jr., of Phila- 
delphia. Boat will be named Hupa, and power is the six, 
cylinder Standard engine, which was exhibited at the 
New York show. Hupa is a high speed autoboat of ex- 
ceptionally fine lines, and shows to excellent advantage. 
On the whole, the boats exhibited were very creditable. 
The power dories and cruising launches attracted rather 
more attention than the more radical type of high speed 
craft. 
Very many manufacturers of engines did not show at 
New York, while several exhibited at both places. 
Next week we will give our readers a description of 
the exhibits and exhibitors directly associated with yacht- 
ing and power boating. The total number of exhibitors 
being approximately 250, makes the undertaking some- 
what arduous ; but luckily there are a good many auto- 
mobile exhibitors, which will reduce the number to be 
reported. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES.; 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
Eagle and Cyrilla Sold. — The following sales have 
been made through Mr. Stanley M. Seaman's agency : 
The knockabout Eagle, by Mr. J. W. Nelson, of Brooklyn, 
to Mr. Parker Vanamee, of Newburgh, N. Y. ; and the 
cruising yawl Cyrilla, by Mr. W. D. Turner, of Boston, 
Mass., to Mr. E. B. Newell, of New York. She was de- 
signed by Mr. Isaac B. Mills and built by W. B. Smith, 
at Quincy, Mass., in 1901. Cyrilla is 40ft. over all, 2Sft. 
waterline, loft. breadth and 5ft. draft. Mr. Newell will 
bring the boat around the Cape himself some time during 
the spring. 
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Schooner Fleetwing Now a Houseboat. — The old 
schooner Fleetwing was purchased some time ago by Mr. 
Charles D. Vail, and under his direction was converted 
into a houseboat. The boat's spars, masts and interior 
fittings were all removed and sold. In the future she will 
be used on the Shrewsbury River by her new owner. 
Fleetwing was a keel boat 126ft. 4in. over all, 104ft. gm. 
waterline, 23ft. loin. breadth and 12ft. draft. She was 
built at Van Dusen's yard, New York, in 1865, for Mr. 
Frank Osgood. 
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Schooner Fortuna Now a Fisherman. — The well- 
known schooner Fortuna was sold a short time ago by 
Mr. Henry R. Walcott, New York Y. C, to a southern 
concern who have made some changes on the boat in 
order to make her more suitable for fishing, for she is to 
be used for that purpose in the future. The vessel was 
examined when the transfer was made and her hull was 
found to be perfectly sound, and the only work of im-'; 
portance done on her was tO' reduce her rig. Fortuna 
was built in 1883 by C. & R. Poillon, of Brooklyn, N. Y., 
from plans by Mr. A'. Cary Smith. 
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Boat FOR Harmsworth Cup Race. — Mr. E. R. Thomas 
will have a 40ft. power boat built from designs by Messrs. 
Tams, Lemoine & Crane, and she will probably start in the 
races for the Harmsworth Cup next season. The boat will 
be equipped with an eight cylinder 150 horsepower Smith 
& Mabley Simplex engine. Messrs. Smith & Mabley guar- 
antee that the boat: will make 36 miles an hour; otherwise 
Mr. Thomas will not be asked to accept the hoat. 
Racing Boat for Commodore Price, Chicago Y. C— 
Last year there was built at Wood's Yard, City Island, a 
raging -21-footer for some Detroit yachtsmen. She was 
kriowmSs-Ste. Claire, and was designed by Messrs.: iTams, 
Lemoine & Crane. Ste. Claire was the Detroit, -Country 
Cfub's entry in the races at Chicago for the Lipton Cup 
la"st season, and she won the series handily. The Chicago 
.yachtsmen are' making every effort to win back the trophy 
„n^xt season, and Commodore Price, of the Chicago Y. C., 
■ijas ordered a 21-footer from Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & 
.Crane, the designers of Ste. Claire. The new boat will 
b.fe built by the Electric Launch Company, of Bayonne, 
:N. J., and is 31ft. ii^in. over all, 21ft. waterline, loft. 
■breadth, 6ft. draft, and will carry 850 sq. ft. of sail in the 
■m.ainsail and jib. The boat will be double planked, and 
'she will be fitted with hollow spars. 
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. Race from Miami to Nassau.— Considerable interest is 
being taken by the racing enthusiasts in the plans for an 
ocean race of 150 miles across the Gulf Stream that has 
been projected for next winter. The idea is to start the 
race from Miami, Fla., and run to Nassau, New Provi- 
dence, in the Bahamas. On this trip the boats would 
practically enter harbor immediately after crossing the 
iorty-two miles of the Gulf Stream, and as that current 
of warm water would be crossed at right angles, the race 
would be a much less strenuous one than would be a race 
to Cuba, in which the boats would have to race against 
the current cf the Gulf Stream. 
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Race from Southampton to Calais. — Advices from 
Calais state that a motorboat race from Southampton to 
Calais will take place on July 14, and that on the follow- 
ing day there will be a similar ra-ce from Calais to Rams- 
gate, the races being under the auspices of the British and 
French Automobile Clubs. 
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Express II. Sold to W. R. Proctor.— Mr. Morton F. 
Plant has sold his steam yacht Express II. to Mr. Wil- 
liam Ross Proctor through the agency of Mr. Frank 
Bowne Jones. Express II. is 90ft. over all, loft. 6in. 
breadtli, and_ 3ft. 6in. draft. She is similar in appearance 
'to_ Scout, Mirage an4 Tramp, and can do better than 20 
miles. The boat is now at Bristol, but will soon come to 
the westward. She will be overhauled at the Jacob yard, 
City Island. Express II. will be used as a tender to Mr. 
Ross' 70-footer Mineola, and her name will be changed. 
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Christensen to Command Mineola. — Chris Christen- 
sen. Captain Charles Barr's right-hand man, will com- 
mand Mineola while Captain Barr is away on Atlantic in 
the ocean race. When Captain Barr returns, he will take 
charge of Mineola and Christensen will act as mate. 
Springfield Y. C. Incorporated.— The Springfield Y.C, 
of Brooklyn, has secured articles of incorporation and the 
paper has been filed with the county clerk. The incor- 
porators are Henry Kahl, 206 Woodbine street; Jacob 
Port, 249 Montrose avenue; Paul C. Schmidt, 470 Ham- 
burg avenue; Charles Ougheltree, 315 Nostrand avenue, 
and Henry Liebst, 196 Ralph street. The club burgee will 
be red, white and blue, the latter color forming the field 
of the pennant, with a broad red stripe running length- 
\yise through the center and with three white stars in a 
line. The new organization expects to acquire property 
suitable for a club house. 
K ae 
Annual Meeting Gravesend Bay Y. R. A. — The an- 
nual meeting of the Gravesend Bay Y. R. A. was held at 
the Assembly, Brooklyn, on the evening of March 8. 
Seven delegates from the various clubs belonging to the 
Association were present. The new measurement rule was 
adopted, so that all the racing at Gravesend will be under 
one rule. 
New York Y. C. Racing Schedule.— The Regatta Com- 
mittee of the New York Y. C, composed of Messrs, 
Oliver E. Cromwell, H. de B. Parsons and Ernest E. 
Lorillard, have laid out the following schedule : 
Tuesday, May 30. — The spring cups, off New York Y. 
C: station No. lo. Glen Cove; open to all regular and 
special classes. 
Saturday, June 17 — Annual regattas ; open to all regular 
classes. 
Saturday, July 8— The Glen Cove cups, off New York 
Y. C. station No. 10, Glen Cove ; open to all regular and 
special classes and classes too small for enrollment. 
Saturday, September 9 — The autumn cups, off New 
York Y. C. station No. 10, Glen Cove, open to all regular 
and special classes and classes too small for enrollment. 
The annual cruise will start early in August, and the 
fleet will probably go around the Cape to Marblehead, 
where they will join the Eastern Y. C. boats, and the 
combined fleets will proceed eastward to Bar Harbor. 
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Bristol Y. C. Ocean Race. — The Race Committee 
of the Bristol Y. C. have arranged for an ocean race 
for small craft during the coming season. The start 
will be off the club house Saturday afternoon, July i, 
at 5 o'clock, the course to be down the East Passage 
of Narragansett Bay, out to sea, past Block Island, to 
and around the black buoy on Great Eastern Rock, 
about miles east of Montauk Point; thence back 
to the Bristol Y. C. house, a distance of about 95 miles. 
The sailing lights along the course. Beaver Tail, P6int 
Judith, Block Island and Montauk, near the turn, are 
of the first order, and will materially assist the 
navigators. 
The race is to be sailed under the racing rules of the 
Bristol Y. C, with certain restrictions or requirements 
as to cruising outfit to be carried. 
Yachts will be measured for racing length according 
to the rules of the Bristol Y. C, and: time allowance 
fixed by the .Herreshoff table. In addition to the time 
allowance as thus determined, yachts will receive^ an 
arbitrary handicap, which will be intended to put boats 
of cruising or old-fashioned type on an equal foot'r 
' ing-.with boats of a more pronounced racing type. Ac- 
