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Kariad, has also' given an order for a cutter of 
this class. Fife is designing for Air. Kennedy 
and Nicholson for Sir James Pender, while 
Kariad — the last of the ‘ big cutters” — is being- 
broken up. The new 23 meter boats will be mag¬ 
nificent ship's—faster on level kerms that the old 
Britannia type, yet more compact—a cutter with 
about a 76ft. waterline, 21ft. beam, 14ft. draft, 
between 8,500 and 9,000 sq. ft. of sail, classed by 
the new rules and planked with 2 l /± inch mahog¬ 
any, will be a vessel worth having; the main- 
boom — always the trouble in a big cutter — will 
run about 83 feet, whereas that of the Prince 
of Wales’ cutter Britannia was 90 feet, and the 
German Emperor’s cutter Meteor 11 . 96 feet. 
These were rather unwieldy vessels for racing 
and the new 75.4’s will probably be more popular. 
In the smaller classes 1 hear that Fife has an 
order for a 49.2 boat which will be practically the 
same size as the Herreshoff cutter Sonya, which 
was racing here in the 52ft. class last season; so 
even before the scantling tables have made their 
first appearance in public the designers have 
begun work under the new rule. They cannot, 
strictly speaking, commence building until the 
tables are published, but as the tables of - scant¬ 
lings are practically the outcome of the designers’ 
own proposals they probably have a pretty ac¬ 
curate idea of the final figures. At any rate, it 
is said that 2 1 / inch mahogany is to be the stuff 
for the new racing cutters, and this is good sound 
material to battle with all weathers round the 
coast. 
Last season’s racing is now merely of academic 
interest. There was only one Flerreshoff boat 
racing in British waters, namely Sonya, and she 
was at the bottom of her class, the result in the 
J- 11 - v. 11*00 . . 
Firsts. Other Prizes. Total. 
Britomart . 19 10 29 
Moyana .16 13 29 
Sonya . 8 6 14 
There is no time allowance in the class, and 
the first past the post is the winner. Britomart, 
sailed by her owner Mr. W. P. Burton, is slightly 
better than either of the others. She is designed 
by Mylne. The Flerreshoff boat is weatherly, 
but rather slow reaching, and it is fair to say 
she is not so well handled as the others. This 
may well be said without any discredit to Mr. 
Turner Farley because her rivals, Mr. Burton and 
Mr. Leuchars, who owns Moyana, are second to 
none in yacht sailing and handling in England at 
the present time. 
In the big cutter class the most successful 
yacht of the year has been the 80.0 linear rater 
Nyria, designed by Nicholson and owned by Mr. 
R. W. N. Young. This vessel, which is very 
strongly built and classed A at Lloyds won 
seventeen first prizes in "an open class against 
White Heather and Kariad. The Fife boat, 
White Heather, stood a good second with fifteen 
firsts, while the old racer Kariad, designed by the 
late George Lennox Watson in 1900, which was 
bought and fitted out this year by Sir James Pen¬ 
der. in a season of thirty-nine matches, only won 
one first prize. Sir James, as I have said, has now 
broken her up, and is using part of her lead keel 
and some of her cabin fittinrs in the new racing- 
cutter he is' building for the 23 meter class for 
next .year. B. Heckstall Smith. 
New York Y. C. Meeting. 
The nominating committee, of the New York 
Y. C. has ended its labors and has’ arranged the 
ticket of officers for 1907 which will be voted 
upon at the December meeting of the club. Com¬ 
modore Cornelius Vanderbilt will remain at the 
head of the club. The Vice Commodore. Mr. 
Henry Walters, who has had the pest since 1003, 
will retire in favor of Mr. A. Curtis James. Mr. 
James is a well-known cr-ising man, and with 
his brother owns the auxiliary half brig Aloha, 
which is almost as well known on foreign coasts 
as she is at home. 
Mr. F. F. Brewster, the owner of Elmina II., 
will succeed Mr. Seymour L. Plusted, Jr., as 
rear commodore. The interests of the racing- 
men will be in good keeping with Mr. Brewster, 
who raced so persistently his Elmina last summer 
against Queen. Mr. Geo. A. Cormack, the secre¬ 
tary, and Mr. Tarrant Putnam, will remain in 
their present positions. 
Prof. Chas. Lane Poor, of Columbia Univer¬ 
sity, succeeds Mr. Francis W. Belknap as meas¬ 
urer. Prof. Poor is a keen racing man, until 
lately being the owner of Mira. Fie is interested 
in the movement to form a naval and astro¬ 
nomical museum in New York. Prof. Poor will 
bring to the office of measurer of the club 
talents which have for so long been the basis of 
his keen enthusiasm. To the committee on ad¬ 
missions has been added the name of Mr. Geo. 
A. Armour. 
The library committee will be entirely com¬ 
posed of new men as follows: Mr. Grenville 
Kane, Nelson Macy, James A. Metcalf. The 
ticket complete is as follows: 
Commodore, Cornelius Vanderbilt; Vice-Com¬ 
modore, A. Curtis James; Rear-Commodore, 
Frederick F. Brewster; Secretary, George A. 
Cormack; Treasurer, Tarrant Putnam; Regatta 
Committee, H. de B. Parsons, Ernest E. Lorillard 
and Walter C. Kerr: Measurer,. Charles Lane 
Poor: Plouse Committee, Thomas A. Bronson, 
Hunter Wvkes and George A. Freeman; Com¬ 
mittee on Admissions, Henry C. Ward, Edward 
F. Whitnev. Alexander S. Cochran, George A. 
Adee and George A. Armour; Library Commit¬ 
tee, Grenville Kane. Nelson Macy and James A 
Metcalf; Model Committee, A. Bradlee Hunt, 
Paul E. Stevenson and James D. Sparkman; 
Commfftee on Club Stations and Anchorages (the 
flag officers ex-officio), Augustus C. Tyler, Alfred 
C. Harrison, Cord Meyer, Charles Lane Poor, 
Henry H. Rogers, Henry C. Ward, J. Harvey 
Ladew, Maximilian Agassiz, William H. Thomas, 
William Lanman Bull and Paul G. Thebaud. 
Meeting of the Motor Boat Club. 
A large number of the members of the Motor 
Boat Club of America were present at the annual 
meeting held at the Hotel Manhattan on Wednes¬ 
day evening. After the routine business had been 
disposed of the election took place, the following 
were chosen by unanimous vote. Commodore, 
Edward J. Schroeder; Vice-Commodore, Joseph 
H. Hoadley; Rear-Commodore, Sevmour Oppen- 
heimer, M. D.; Secretary, Hugh S. Gambel; 
Treasurer, Charles Francis. Members of Board 
of Governors,, class of 1909. Messrs. John D. 
Roach and Louis Neumann, M.D.; class of 1908, 
Messrs. E. A. Stevens, Jr., and Charles Boucher; 
class of 1907 to fill vancancy, Mr. Frank D. 
Gheen. After being escorted to the chair the 
commodore made a short address in which he 
made known the fact that Dixie would rep¬ 
resent the club at the Lake Worth regatta this 
winter and that he also intended sending her 
abroad endeavoring to secure the Harmsworth 
trophy now held by England. Addresses were 
also made by the other officers and were in sub¬ 
stance that every effort was to be put forth to 
make the club a success. Assurances received 
by the officers from the members of their support 
showed plainly that the club would make great 
strides during the coming year in the matter of 
membership and in the sport of motor boating. The 
club has now ninety members, and at this meet¬ 
ing nine life memberships were taken out. In 
order that everyone who chooses might become 
members, and the fact that the club has only 
had a station or temporary quarters, the dues 
were reduced from $50 'to $35 and the initiation 
fee suspended for an indefinite period. 
In all probability these reductions will only be 
in vogue until the club secures its permanent 
quarters which will be on the Hudson River, the 
exact location for the present being withheld, but 
it has been stated authoritatively that the loca¬ 
tion is one easily accessible, and one that mem¬ 
bers owning automobiles might visit the club 
house grounds instead of being compelled to 
leave their cars at some distance away. The club 
house question is one which will receive the 
immediate attention of the Board of Governors 
when they meet. It is expected that the house 
will be ready for occupancy at or shortly after 
the opening of the season of 1907. There was 
an informal talk in relation to racing rules, and 
it was the general opinion that radical 
changes were necessary for the benefit of the 
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