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[Aug. ii, 1906. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
class has been the arrival in Boston of two of 
the German challengers, Wannsee and Gluck- 
auf IV., sister ships designed by Max Ortz, of 
Hamburg. They are much shorter on deck than 
any of the American boats and are not so much 
of the scow type as the Boston designed craft. 
Their stems drop down very straight, and then 
with a blunt turn sweep aft close to the water 
giving them a snub nosed appearance much like 
that of the Hussar II. The deck blocks of their 
weather runners are on long fore and aft 
travelers, that the lee runner may slide forward 
well out of the way. The stem iron is a curious 
contrivance with two prongs, the advantage of 
which is not readily apparent. There are two 
deck travelers for the mainsheet blocks, the for¬ 
ward one straddling the tiller. They are clearly 
built for different conditions of wind and sea 
than prevail off Marblehead. 
William Lambert Barnard. 
Rhode Island Y. C. 
There was a good breeze of wind to take the fleet 
of the Rhode Island Y. C. from Newport to Stonington. 
The wind was blowing 20 knots, and gave every one a 
chance to show seamanship. However, before the yachts 
reached Stonington, the wind dropped. The yachts 
arrived in the order named: A. F. Ktelly s Millie W. 
B. Comstock’s Segma III., F. Thurber’s Sachem, Geo. 
Darling’s Corneta, Ex-Corn. Rogers’ Truant. 
From Stonington the Rhode Island' Y. C. fleet made 
a junction at Cornfield Lightship with the Sachem Head 
and Flartford yacht clubs, and from there they pro- 
ceeded in company to New London. The combined 
fleets of the Rhode Island, Sachem Head and Hartford 
yacht clubs had a very successful run from New London 
Harbor to New Haven, in which thirty-three craft were 
entered. The times in the run follow: 
Division No. 1—Sloops Under 40ft.—Start, 
Finish. 
Sigma III., W. B. Comstock. 5 21 25 
Sachem, Fred Thurber. 6 34 50 
Micaboo, W. R. Tillinghast. 0 44 23 
Alys, Capt. Kelly.10 05 00 
Division No. 2 — Sloops Over 40ft.—Start, 
Millie, A. S. Kielly. 4 46 14 
Truant, F. T. Rogers... 5 33 02 
Corneta, George Darling. 5 21 45 
Division No. 3—Yawls Under 40ft. 
*Keto, C. D. Reynoldt . 9 33 00 
’“Wanderer .12 00 00 
9:35. 
Elapsed. 
7 46 25 
8 59 25 
9 08 33 
12 30 00 
10:00. 
6 41 14 
7 28 02 
7 16 45 
■“Elapsed time not given. 
The combined fleets sailed on Aug. 1 for Shelter 
Island. Light wind was encountered, and slow time was 
made on the 40-mile run. The times in the team race 
follow: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Micaboo, W. R. Tillinghast. 4 47 00 7 32 00 
Petrel . 5 44 00 8 29 00 
Sachem, Fred Thurber. 7 35 00 10 20 00 
30ft. Sloops—Start 9:30. 
Wanderer IV., Flint Brothers. 4 18 00 6 48 00 
Sigma III., W. B. Comstock. 4 56 00 7 23 00 
Alys, Capt. Kelley. 5 52 00 8 22 00 
40ft. Sloops. 
Iskoodah, S. W. Nicholson. 4 12 00 . 
Truant, F. T. Rogers. 5 05 00 . 
Millie . 4 12 00 . 
Several others finished too late to be timed. 
On Aug. 2 the combined fleet sailed from Shelter 
Island. The journey was not made under good weather 
conditions, fog and light winds being encountered. No 
times were available, as a new measurement rule has 
been decided upon, and will require the yachts to be 
remeasured. 
Amazon Damaged.— While entering New Har¬ 
bor, or Salt Pond at Block Island, on August 1, 
the Young Men’s Christian Association yacht 
Amazon fouled the dredger Columbia, lately sunk 
in the fairway in which she had been dredging. 
The yacht sustained the loss of her port davits, 
and launch, which was ultimately recovered, and 
tore her mainsail. After the accident the yacht 
was caught by the sea, and was going on to the 
breakwater, when the tug Gallison took her in 
charge and towed her in. 
» » * 
The auxiliary ketch Normona has been char¬ 
tered for Mr. Paul Gilbert Thebaud, N. Y. Y. C., 
to Mr. Harry C. Ward, through the office of 
Stanley M. Seaman, 229 Broadway, New York 
city. Mr. Ward is now cruising in Eastern 
waters. 
The same agency has also sold the sea-going 
cruising launch Wing & Wing,for Mr. Reginald 
Norman, Newport, R. I., to Mr. W. J. Brodie, 
Cleveland, O. The yacht made a successful run 
to Cleveland from Newport and is now flagship 
of the Lakeside Y. C., Mr. Brodie being com¬ 
modore. 
Lipton and Fisher Cup Racing. 
Blow high, blow high, whether the Detroit, 
Cleveland and Toledo yacht clubs stay in or pull 
out, let double rudders be permitted or debarred, 
the Hamilton, Ont., entry for the Lipton cup 
contest at Chicago will stay with the game. 
The Raven, for so the Hamilton entry is called, 
is as black as her name, and also as sleek look¬ 
ing. She is potleaded up to her varnished sheer 
strake, and bears the earmarks of the racer 
everywhere. Designed by Mr. Charles D. Mower 
of New York, and built in Hamilton under the 
personal supervision of her managing owner, Mr. 
J. H. Feamside, she took the water about the 
middle of July, and has since then been steadily 
engaged in tuning up. She is now almost ready 
for her voyage to Chicago, which will be made, 
owing to the exigencies of time, by the prosaic 
railroad route. She will be loaded on a flat car 
at Toronto, and shipped from there west. 
The one criticism offered against the Canadian 
entry is that she is essentially a smooth water 
boat. There is no denying that her long flat 
overhangs are intended to give her speed when 
heeled in a strong breeze with little sea, and the 
slight reverse curve in her profile aft, and more 
pronounced one forward fit in with this idea. 
Her cabin trunk is almost as remarkable as that 
of New Illinois, looking like a decapitated 
pyramid, with the deck as a base. There is the 
ordinary slide at the after end, and a special one 
forward for the handling of sails. 
The Raven is 36ft. over all, 21ft. on the water¬ 
line, 10ft 6in. maximum beam, 6ft. 6in. draft, 
and has 1.600 pounds of ballast and 900 square 
feet of sail, 720ft. in the mainsail and 180ft. in 
the jib. She is an out and out keel craft. 
The Fisher cup contest at Charlotte, N. Y., beginning 
on Aug. 11, brings together representatives of the best 
designers in the yachting world. Iroquois, the defender, 
is the product of Charles F. Herreschoff, a nephew of 
the famous “Nat.” Zoraya, the Canadian challenger, 
was designed by Alfred Mylne, a pupil of the late 
G. L. Watson, so that the contest is thoroughly inter¬ 
national in character. 
The Rochester Y. C. has notified the Royal Canadian 
Y. C. that last year’s measurements of the boats would 
be accepted, and on 
this basis they compare 
thus: 
Zoraya. 
Iroquois. 
Length over all. 
. 47 ft. 
52 ft. 
Forward overhang . 
. 9 ft. 
10 ft. 
After overhang . 
. 8 ft. 
12 ft. 
Waterline . 
. 30 ft. 
30 ft. 
Beam cn deck. 
. 9 ft. 11 in. 
10 ft. 6 in. 
Beam on waterline. 
10 ft. 
Ballast . 
5 tons 
Draft . 
. 7 ft. 
' 7 ft. 
Sail area . 
.1,548 sq. ft. 
1,550 sq. ft. 
Mainsail . 
1,000 sq. ft. 
Fore triangle . 
450 sq. ft. 
Mast above deck.... 
. 39 ft. 
43 ft. 
Mainboom . 
. 37 ft. 
37 ft. 6 in. 
Gaff . 
. 24 ft. 6 in. 
24 ft. 6 in. 
Spinnaker boom .... 
Mainsail hoist . 
. 20 ft. 
. 32 ft. 
23 ft. 6 in. 
29 ft. 6 in. 
Bowsprit outboard... 
. 6 ft. 
7 ft. 4 in. 
Iroquois is a white, high-shouldered craft, with rather 
bold bows, a long, slim after overhang, a low cabin 
trunk of mahogany with a surprising amount of glass in 
it, and a double headsail sloop rig. Under water she 
more closely approaches the fin-keel type, than does 
Zoraya. Her performances last year stamped her as a 
boat that was at her best in light to moderate breezes. 
The Canada’s cup races she lost to Temeraire were in 
breezes of from wholesail to reefing strength. 
Zoraya has practically the same reputation. Last yeat 
Temeraire could beat her under almost any condition, 
but while the wind was light, Zoraya was always danger¬ 
ous. This year she has shown an all-round improve¬ 
ment. She won ten consecutive victories against Teme¬ 
raire. In light to moderate weather the latter had the 
chance whatever. It was only when it breezed up that 
she was in the racing, and then she did not win. They 
only sailed one race in a wholesail breeze, and here 
Temeraire was beaten by 54s. on a 6-mile course. In 
breezes of more than 12-mile strength, Zoraya is prob¬ 
ably no faster than Temeraire. 
Zoraya is quite the converse of Iroquqis in form, rig 
and color, while remarkably like her in performance. 
She is painted black—a favorite color for Canadian chal¬ 
lengers—with a broad band of bronze at the waterline. 
She has a rather high-domed cabin trunk, with mahog¬ 
any sides and canvas-covered top. Her rig is a high, 
narrow mainsail and single headsail, the simple jib ano 
mainsail sloop. Her counter is surprisingly short, her 
overhany being unique in that it is less than the for¬ 
ward one. In model she presents a contrast to Iroquois, 
her fin being not all pronounced in profile. The sweep 
of the stem is carried down to the lead, with little re¬ 
verse curve, and her garboards are not very hollow, nor 
her bilges very full, the sides being carried down to 
the lead ballast. 
Zoraya is 5ft. shorter than her opponent, oyer all. She 
is the same length on the waterline, approximately, 6in. 
narrower in beam, and of the same draft. She has the 
smaller fore triangle and the larger mainsail. She has 
nearly a ton more ballast. Canadians have no fears of 
her giving a good account of herself in light to moderate 
JWa-Val ArcMctects and UroKfrs. 
ARTHUR BINNEY, 
(Formerly Stewart & Binney.) 
Naval Architect and Yacht Broker, 
Mason Building, Kilby Street, BOSTON, MASS. 
Cable Address, “Designer,” Boston. 
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Storage Sheds. 10-Ton Steam Shearlegs. 21 feet of water 
off our railway. Large Storage Capacity. Ship Chandlery 
and Machine Shop. Repair Work of all kinds quickly 
handled. 
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Yacht Broker. General Marine Agent. Insurance of all 
kinds. Agent for the purchase and sale of Gasoline Engines. 
Main Office, lOTremont St. Tel.1905-1 Main. n a 
Branch Office, 131 State St. Tel. 4870 Main. UOSIOI1 9 MaSS. 
LORILLARD &, WALKER, 
yacht *BroKers , 
Telephone 6950 Broad. 41 Wall St., N«w Y*rlt City. 
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NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. 
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Naval Architect. 
CRUISING AND RACING YACHTS 
29 Broadway. Telephone 3953 Rector. 
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220 Broadway Telephone 3479 Cortland 
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Telephones 1375 and 1376 Broad. 
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Yachts, Launches and Tow Boats in Wood and Steel. 
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NEW YORK OFFICE, - 32 Broadway. 
WORKS: Staten Island, IT. Y. City. 
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