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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 20, 1905. 
Powet Boat Racing Abtoad. 
The power boat racing that has taken place on the 
Mediterranean during the past two months has been at- 
tended with numerous serious accidents. The chmax was 
reached, however, in the last race, a long distance run 
from Port Mahon to Toulon, when out of seven starters 
four sank, one was abandoned, another was taken m tow 
after the crew had been rescued by a cruiser which acted 
as a convoy. The seventh boat, Quand Heme, with Due 
Decazes, the owner, a well-known French sportsman, 
on board, together with M. Chauchard, Lieutenant Des- 
fosses, M. Baudouin, four engineers and three sadors is 
still adrift and the gravest fears are felt for those on 
The competing boats left Port Mahon on Saturday 
morning at 4 A. M. It was clear at the time of the start 
and it was not until some hours later that they were 
overtaken by a furious gale. Fortunately all the starters 
had convoys and had this not been the case many lives 
might have been lost. 
Due Decazes' steam yacht Velleda was supposed to 
convoy his motor yacht Quand Merae, and the reports fad 
to state why the larger vessel was not on hand to rescue 
those on the smaller craft when it was found that she 
was in danger and flying signals of distress. 
The weather continues stormy but it is hoped that if 
the Quand Meme is able to live in the sea that is running 
that she will reach Corsica or the Spanish coast. 
Due Decazes is one of the best known of the French 
sportsmen and is vice-president of the Yacht Club of 
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Quaiid Heme was designed by M. Joseph Guedon and 
built by Abel Lemarchand, Vincent & Co., at Cannes. The 
boat is nearly 70ft. long and has twin screws which are 
driven by two Baudouin engines developing together 240 
horsepower. 
A late report states that Due Decazes and the rest ot 
those on board Quand Meme were saved by the torpedo 
boat destroyer Arbalite. The yacht was abandoned. _ 
This race, that ended so disastrously, was arranged m 
two parts. The first half commenced at Algiers on Sun- 
day, May 7, at 6 A. M. Seven boats were sent away, as 
follows: Malgre-Tout, attended by the torpedo boat de- 
stroyer Carabine ; Quand Meme, attended by the de- 
stroyer Arbalete ; Mercedes-Mercedes, attended by the de- 
stroyer Pertuisane; Mercedes-C. P., attended by the de- 
stroyer Hallebarde; Camille, attended by the destroyer 
Dard; Heracles II., attended by the destroyer Sarbacane, 
and F. I. A. T. X, attended by the destroyer Arc. 
F. I. A. T. X. took the lead from the start and arrived 
first at the end of the first stage of the race, Port Mahon, 
Island of Minorca, at 7 o'clock the same evening, having 
covered 250 miles in twelve hours. Camdle, with her 
owner, Mine, du Cast, arrived second, at 10:25 P. M. 
Mercedes-C. P. was third, Mercedes-Mercedes was fourth, 
Quand Meme was fifth, Malgre-Tout was sixth, and 
Heracles II. was last. The two last were towed into port. 
The boats started on the second stage, from Port 
Mahon, at 4 A. M., May 13, and encountered heavy winds 
and bad seas. 
Mercedes-C. P., when about fifty miles from Toulon in 
tow of the Hallebarde, sank. The crew were saved. 
The gunboat Hire, which, with the cruisers Desaix and 
Kleber, was escorting the flotilla, hoisted Fiat X and her 
crew on board. 
Camille was abandoned after the Dard had saved Mme. 
Du Gast and her crew. 
Heracles II. was allowed to go adrift after her crew 
had been taken on board Sarbacane. 
Malgre-Tout sank and her crew were taken on board 
Carabine. 
Pertuisane saved the crew of the Mercedes-Mercedes, 
• which was in distress and was abandoned. 
A New Type of Motofboat. 
From the Yachting World. 
A NEW Napier yacht has just been launched, the name 
of which is Napier Major. What the old Napier was 
to the racing craft now so much in evidence all over 
Europe and America, so Napier Major will be to a 
fleet of cruising launches, fishing boats, and pleasure 
yachts, viz., the pioneer of innumerable vessels that will 
be constructed in the near future of such various 
designs as will be required to meet the fast growing 
public demand. Napier Major was launched recently 
at Lowestoft and christened by Mrs. F. Miller. Her 
over all length is 45ft., load waterline 40ft., beam 9ft. 
6in., depth 5ft. 8in., and her 6ft. of headroom showed 
her what may be termed a model power fishing boat. 
Her displacement is 12 tons and her horsepower derived 
from a four-cylinder 20 m. p. Napier engine, which is 
suflicient to drive her between eight and nine knots and 
to keep her going in the teeth of a full gale of wind. 
Her gross weight is 13.45 tons. She is built of larch, 
oak frames, American elm timbers, steel floors, and 
three steel frames with teak fittings. The boat is 
decked and has raised cabin top I4in. above deck aft, 
and dropping down forward. The cabin top is fitted 
with dead lights and ventilation, and also with scuttles 
on sides of cabin top. A round hatch is fitted forward 
to facilitate handling of sail and forward deck gear in 
bad weather and to allow the crew to obtain quick 
access to the cabin. Aft is a cockpit made watertight 
and self-draining, fitted whh portable benches. The 
companion leading from the cockpit to the engine room 
is closed with sliding boards which drop into slots, in- 
stead of folding doors, for the sake of security. In the 
bulkhead is fitted a scuttle, and the steering compass 
is placed inside and can be seen through the scuttle. 
Fuel tanks are placed under the deck in what really is 
part of the self-draining cockpit. There are other ■ 
tanks in the engine room, and a pump worked by hand 
supplies the oil to the feed tank. The engine room is 
ample for the engine, giving room all round, and it is 
provided with considerable locker space for stores. 
The tanks both in the cockpit and engine room are in 
the wings and are protected by bulkheads in teak. The 
cabin which leads out of the engine room is fitted with 
one big berth for two and a single berth on the star- 
board side. The berths are so arranged that in the 
day thelied is placed up against the ship's side and the 
side facing inward; the seat underneath is made of red 
pegamoid, so that the simple turning up of the bed 
turns the whole into a comfortable couch. Instead 
of weather boards for the bunks, canvas is arranged and 
lines are carried up to the deck carlins. The canvas 
weather boards stow under the cushions in the daytime. 
Neat netting racks are arranged over the bunks to place 
small articles in. Forward of the starboard side is a 
sideboard and hand basin, and above this is the signal- 
flag locker. A bulkhead partitions off the fore peak 
in which is placed the water tank, chain lockers, and 
pantry lockers. She is fitted with a stout 17ft. pole 
mast and a yard that can either be crossed or a big sail 
can be bent. Flowever, the sail is only for steadying 
purposes and she is in no way a sailing craft. She is 
finished with green underbody of anti-fouhng, black 
topsides with gold band and American elm rubbing 
rail, teak covering board on which are mounted galvan- 
ized iron stanchions and wire, yellow pine decks with 
black seams, teak coamings and teak fitted cockpit. 
The cabin top is cream color, and besides the ordinary 
kedge and chain cable, an extra heavy anchor and 
cable is fitted, and a sea anchor or drouge is carried. _ 
The engine room is entirely separated from the main 
cabin and the engine looked very snug and comfortable 
in its quarters; moreover, it looked quite at home and 
gave one the impression that it would carry out its 
work in a manner that would leave very little to be 
desired. A good storage battery and dynamo have been 
installed and electric light is fitted throughout, includ- 
ing the head and side lights, and a neat switchboard 
has been arranged so that the cells can be charged or 
discharged in groups as required. 
The panelling is in pitch pine and teak, and the re- 
mainder of the inside is in white enamel, and the whole 
appearance of the internal arrangements is that of a 
boat equipped for hard practical service. 
The deck arrangements are very simple; a I2in. cabin 
top dropped to about 5in. forward terminates in a good 
roomy self-draining cockpit and the communication to 
the engine room is closed by means of slats which 
drop down in grooves, which make it impossible for 
quantities of water to get down into the engine room. 
In order to prevent the sea breaking through in case 
of the best boat being badly pooped a portable iron 
grating has been arranged in the cockpit, which is 
stowed in ordinary times below the floors. 
She has bunker capacity for 3,000 miles running at 
full speed, has three berths, and every accommodation 
for a cruise if necessary across the Atlantic. 
New York A. C. Ctttising; Race* 
The New York A. C. will hold its second annual race 
for small yachts in cruising trim on Saturday, June 17. 
Open to boats enrolled in any recognized yacht club. 
First, second and third prizes will be given. The start 
will be at 10 A. M., and the course from Whortleberry 
Island to the west harbor of Block Island, distance loi 
nautical miles. Yachts to be eligible must be propelled by 
sails only, of more than 21ft. and less than 31ft. water- 
line, have stationary cabins and ballast. Fin keels barred. 
Time allowance of ten seconds per foot per nautical mile, 
based on the over all length. 
Yachts will be considered in cruising trim when they 
carry a boat, two anchors and cables, life preservers, the 
regulation lights and their cabin furniture, fittings and 
tanks in their usual places. Crew will be limited to five, 
of whom one may be a paid hand. No restriction as to 
sails or rig, and yachts will carry their club colors at the 
main truck. 
Entries close June 10, and must be accompanied by 
club measurer's certificate of waterline and over all 
length. Those interested should communicate at once 
with the Yachting Committee, New York A. C, Pelham 
Manor, N. Y. 
SAILING DIRECTIONS. 
Start will be from a line between the black and red 
horizontally striped buoy on the southerly end of Green's 
Flats and the Committee boat anchored to the north of 
Whortleberry Island. Finish will be at the entrance to the 
west harbor of Block Island. Judge at finish will show 
the New York A. C. flag by day and a lantern at night. 
Yachts may go through Plum Gut, the Race or Fisher's 
Island Sound, but all buoys and Government marks must 
be left on the channel side. Preparatory signal will be 
a gun from the committee boat at 10 A. M. Starting 
signal at 10:05, when the time of all boats will be taken. 
High water at Whortleberry Island 10:50 A. M., June 
17. Full moon June 17. 
Steamers leave Block Island for New London or Green- 
port every day. 
ENTRIES. 
Five boats are already entered and their particulars are 
as follows : 
Flosshilde, owned by Dr. W. D. Hennen and entered 
from the New York A. C. She is 42ft. loin. over all and 
26ft. 6in. on the waterline. The boat was built by Smith, 
at Quincy, Mass., in 1901 from Mr. B. B. Crowninshield's 
Hanley, owned by Mr. C. D. Mallory, is entered from 
the Indian Harbor Y. C. She was designed and built by 
Mr. C. C. Hanley for racing in the East, and is 41ft. 2in. 
over all and 29ft. waterline. 
Saladin is one of the old Burgess "thirties." She is 
owned by Mr. R. W. Ratliborne and entered from the 
New York A. C. Saladin was built by Lawley in 1889. 
Alyce was designed and built by the George Lawley Sr 
Son Corp., South Boston, in 1899. She is owned by Mr. 
H. A. Jackson and entered from the New^ York A. C. 
Gauntlet was designed and built last winter by Mr. L. 
D. Huntington for himself. She is 28ft. long over all and 
is entered from the New Rochelle Y. C. 
Vitesse Shows Good Speed. — Vitesse, the new steam 
yacht built by the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles 
L. Seabury Co., Cons., for Mr. Brayton Ives, was given 
her speed trials last week on the Hudson River. On a 
run of two hours over the nine-mile straightway measured 
course she attained a speed of 29.75 miles an hour, and 
an average speed of 27.13 miles ^n hour for the entire 
distance. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
AcusHLA AND Theo Sold.— The sloop yacht Acushia 
II., Mr. Paul Rainey, N. Y. Y. C, has been sold to 
Mr. Irving R. Todd, Calais, Maine, through the oifice 
of Henry J. Gielow. The same agency has also sold 
the 36ft. yawl Theo, Mr. G. M. Wynkoop, to Prof. S. 
R. Reeve, Worcester, Mass. 
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Hercules and Mic Mac Sold.— Mr. W. C. Coffin, 
New Rochelle, N. Y., has sold the auxiliary schooner 
Hercules to Mr. R. Rydberg, of this city, through the 
agency of Stanley M. Seaman, 220 Broadway. The 
same agency has also sold the knockabout Mic Mac for 
Howard Palmer, Yale University, to Miss Myrtle Scott, 
Great Neck, L. I. She was designed by Crownmshield, 
built 1902 by Jensen, and is 37ft. over all, 21ft. water- 
line, 9ft. beam and 4ft. draft; the boat is now in com- 
mission off Great Neck, and Miss Scott expects to 
enter her in the races this end of the Sound. 
Commodore W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.— Commodore 
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., of the Seawanhaka Corin- 
thian Y. C, has made the following appointments: 
Rev. George R. Van de Water, D.D., Fleet Chaplain; 
John Herndon French, M.D., Fleet Surgeon, and 
Beverley R. Robinson, Signal Officer. 
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Edmee Launched.— The 6oft. cruising launch Edmee, 
built by the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Sea- 
bury Co., Cons., for Mr. R. J. Schaefer, was launched last 
week. No expense was spared in the boat's construction 
and she is as complete as any cruising boat of her size 
in this coun'ry. Edmee is 6oft. over all, 53^. waterline, 
loft. 6in. breadth, and 3ft. 6in. draft. She is fitted with 
a six-cylinder Speedway engine. The keel, stem and 
frames are of oak and the planking is of cedar, copper 
fastened. The owner's stateroom, a large double cabin, 
occupies most of the forward part of the boat. Connect- 
ing with this cabin is a roomy lavatory. Further aft is 
the main saloon with extension berth on either side. Aft 
of the saloon is the engine space, the galley and quarters 
for the crew. 
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Mr. George Lauder, Jr., Dined.— On Friday evening. 
May 12, sixty-five members of the Indian Harbor Y. C. 
gave a dinner at the club house at Greenwich, Conn., to 
their Commodore, George Lauder, Jr. Endymion, Commo- 
dore Lauder's flagship, is entered in the race for the 
Ocean Cup from the Indian Harbor Y. C. • . 
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Onontio Sold.— Mr. Harrison B. Moore has sold his 
high speed hunch Onontio to Mr. H. N. Baruch, of New 
York city. Mr. Moore has purchased a cruising yacht to 
replace Onontio. The new boat is an auxiliary ketch 
known as Kamoor, and she was purchased through the 
agency of Mr. Frank Bowne Jones. 
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Recent Sales.— The schooner yacht Loyal has been 
sold by Mr. R. P. Doremus to Mr. Gibson Putzel. 
The steam yacht Constant has been sold by Messrs. 
R. P. Hart & H. Burden 2d, to Mr. Egbert Moxham, of 
Wilmington. Constant was built two years ago for a 
cruise up the Amazon, but the project fell through. She 
is 125ft. 6in. over all, iioft. on the waterline, 20ft. beam 
and 6ft. 9in. draft. She was designed by Messrs. Tams, 
Lemoine & Crane. 
The 35ft. sloop Lida Louise has been sold to Mr. Henry 
G. Tobey, of the New York Y. C. 
Mr. Lucius W. Hitchcock, Jr., has purchased the sloop 
yacht Sirocco. Mrs. G. F. Dominick has purchased the 
Bar Harbor 30-footer Joker. 
The cabin launch Elf has been sold by the estate of 
Augustin Monroe to Mr. Edward C. Griffith, of Larch- 
mont. 
Mr. R. S. Morton has sold to Mr. William Ackerman 
the 40ft. sloop Elfin. 
Recent Transfers. — Messrs. Macconnell & Cook have 
made the following sales and charters : 
Launch Queen Bess, sold by Mr. R. H. Stearns, Larch- 
mont Y. C, to Messrs. D. A. Dodge and E. A. Caiiey, 
Columbia Y. C. 
The auxiliary sloop Sculpin, sold by Mr. F. H. Still- 
man, Bridgeport, Conn., to Mr. J. W. Wilson, of New 
York city. 
The Crosby knockabout Vladivostok, sold to a Western 
yachtsman. The craft is now being shipped to Port Clin- 
ton, O. 
The gasolene boat Duff, to Mr. W. L. Coulter, of Sara- 
nac Lake, N. Y., and the sloop Urchin to Mr. Howard , 
Greenberg, of New York city. 
The auxiliary yawl Hussar II., chartered by Commo- 
dore E. T. Affleck, of the Toledo Y. C, to Mr. H. S. A. 
Stewart, of Pittsburg, and the sloop Gossoon to Mr. Low- 
den Jessup. 
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Levanter Sold. — Mr. Clifford V. Brokaw has purchased 
the high speed steam yacht Levanter and changed her 
name to Anita. 
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