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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Dec. 15, 1906. 
Boston Letter. 
Despite the recent attempts to revive interest 
in the 18ft. knockabouts there is, as yet, no tangi¬ 
ble evidence that the class is to regain any of its 
old popularity. No new boats have been ordered, 
and the general impression is that nothing will 
be done. The news that the class is to be adopted 
by the Southern Gulf Coast Yachting Association 
is of interest to Bostonians, for it may offer them 
a market for their present boats. It is probable 
that every boat sold south means a member lost 
to our 18ft. knockabout association; for, in most 
instances, the men are at heart anxious to build 
to one of the new classes. This possible mar¬ 
ket for 18-footers may stiffen prices, but that is 
hardly likely to be the result, because of two 
facts; the cost of transportation to the south is 
heavy and the Southern Gulf Coast Y. A. will 
insist that all boats have cabin houses of a cer¬ 
tain minimum size. As the majority of our re¬ 
maining boats have either very small houses or 
none at all the purchaser will be obliged to spend 
considerable money on his purchase to qualify 
her under his local restrictions. Consequently 
he must be able to buy for a nominal figure— 
otherwise it would be cheaper for him to build a 
new craft in some one of his local yards. 
In addition to requiring a roomy cabin, the 
Southern association proposes to graft upon exist¬ 
ing restrictions, certain new rules, such as the 
prohibition of hollow spars and a limitation upon 
the use of pot-lead, the number of haul-outs for 
painting, and sundry other running expenses. 
An attempt will also be made to ensure stronger 
construction. 
The great intrinsic merit of the 18ft. knock¬ 
abouts should gain deserved popularity for them 
in the south, and the fact of their existence there 
should tempt some of our ambitious yachtsmen 
■ to take their own boats south for a contest with 
our fellow Americans. It would certainly be 
quite as enjoyable and exciting as a match in 
foreign waters. 
Messrs. Small Bros, have designed a new 
cruising launch for Mr. Richard Hutchinson, of 
Boston, who competed in the first College Point- 
Marblehead race with Highball, and again last 
summer with Davy Jones. The new boat appears' 
to be a smaller replica of the Davy Jones, but 
will have a turtle back deck aft, under which 
will be a small stateroom with two berths. The 
most striking changes will be a return to the 
single screw in place of the twin screw used on 
the Jones. The reason for this change is not 
without interest to the power boat men and will 
be told in a subsequent letter. The dimensions 
of the new craft will be: L. O. A., 37ft. 6in.; 
breadth, 8ft. 6in.; draft, 3ft., and she will have 
5ft. nin. headroom in the main cabin. 
At a meeting of the gentlemen interested in 
the Hull O. D. C. of 15-footers held Dec. 4, the 
Small Bros, design was accepted and ten boats 
have been ordered of White, of Manchester, with 
the understanding that others will be ordered 
later, all to be completed for delivery May 1. Those 
who have agreed to order boats now, include 
Charles W. Cole, Alfred Douglass, F. L. Dunne, 
H. W. Friend, Richard Hutchinson, E. B. 
Holmes, T. E. Jacobs, Charles E. Lauriat, Jr., 
Herbert S. Potter, J. J. Souther. J. H. Street, 
and George PI. Wight man. Mr. Wightman and 
Vice-Corn. Douglass have offered cups for the 
season’s racing and the former stands ready to 
provide cash prizes for the separate races. It is 
hoped.to keep the cost of boats down to $325. 
Messrs. Stearns & McKay have an order for 
a competitor for the James Gordon Bennett cup 
in the Bermuda race for power boats. Her di¬ 
mensions will be as follows : L. O. A., 59ft. 9m.; 
L. W. L., 54ft.; breadth, 12ft., and draft, 3ft 3m. 
Motive power will be furnished by a Standard 
engine which is expected to give the boat an 
average cruising speed of eleven knots. 
One of the interesting, but little known, yacht 
cluhs of New England, is the Winnipesaukee, 
whose domain extends over the lake of that 
name. Organized in 1903 it has recently been 
incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts 
and now contemplates the erection of a club 
house on the west shore of the lake at Mount 
Major station. The plans for the club house and 
a unique arrangement of wharf and floats de¬ 
signed to secure the maximum facilities have 
been prepared by a member, Eliot N. Burwell, 
one of Boston’s younger yacht designers. 
The club house will cost, exclusive of lockers, 
floats and furnishings, in the neighborhood of 
$2,500, and will be a most welcome addition to 
the yachting facilities of Lake Winnipesaukee, 
Nowhere have the. pcssibilites of the power 
launch been better understood or more consist¬ 
ently taken advantage of that on this sheet of 
fresh water. As a result the club, with a mem¬ 
bership of but no, has 100 launches enrolled on 
its iists which quite puts to shame the record of any 
of the saltwater clubs for boat ownership. These 
no members are practically all summer residents, 
so that in the winter thev become very much 
scattered, but they foregather annually at Boston 
to feast and make merry. This year the com¬ 
mittee in charge, consisting of Com. John C. 
Dow, Vice-Corn. Andrew J. Ward, Sec’y and 
Treas. J. O. Litchfield, and Mr. Eliot N. Burwell 
have arranged for a dinner at the Hotel Bellevue, 
Boston, on the evening of Dec. 21. 
Mr. W. A. Wagner, of the Shelbourne (N. S.) 
Y. C., and W. A. Torrey, of the Massachusetts 
Racing Dory Association, have been appointed a 
committee to arrange the terms and conditions of 
the International Racing Dory match, to be held 
on Nova Scotia waters next summer. It is un¬ 
derstood that each of the five clubs in the local 
association will select its best boat, and that the 
five will meet in eliminatory races to determine 
the three fastest which will represent Massachus¬ 
etts. The Shelburne, Yarmouth and Halifax 
yacht clubs will also hold trial races to select 
the three best Canadian dories. 
The one-design class of seven knockabouts, 
built and building by Messrs. Burgess & Packard 
from their own designs for use at Winter Har¬ 
bor, Maine, are very shippy little craft. Two 
have been rigged and tried out with highly satis¬ 
factory results. The design is on the general 
lines of Orestes, scaled down and with the over¬ 
hangs shortened, so that the boats rate slightly 
over eighteen. Thus, while not built to any 
■particular class under the rating rule, the boats 
are illustrative of about what that rule will pro¬ 
duce for class R. The effect is to recreate a 
type which was first developed in the knockabouts 
of 1895 and 1896. Afloat the new boats greatly 
resemble Nike and Ruth. The dimensions of the 
Winter Harbor boats are: L. O. A., 31ft.; L. 
W. L., 18ft.; breadth, 7ft. 3m.; draft, 4ft. gin., 
and they will have 490 sq. ft. of sail and 3,000 
pounds of ballast. 
William Lambert Barnard. 
Colonial Y. C. 
On Dec. 2, at a meeting of the Colonial Y. C. 
House, Hudson River and 108th street, New’ 
York, the election of officers for the ensuing year 
was held. The following ticket was elected after 
a spirited contest: 
Com., George J. Vestner; Vice-Corn., Fralik 
Totten; Rear-Corn., W. L. Brown; Sec., Ernest 
Eber'Iein; Treas., Thomas Purdy: Fleet Cap., 
William Fenn; Fleet Surgeon, C. T. McGlone; 
Meas., Charles Newman; Master at Arms, Theo¬ 
dore Kopper; Board of Directors, J. T. Canavan, 
J. TulF Jr.; Alfred Conville and John W. Noble, 
Jr. 
On Jan. 16 the club will hold a ball at the 
Harlem Casino. 
Pavonia Y. C. 
The officers of the Pavonia Y. C. for the en¬ 
suing year were elected recently at a meeting of 
the club: 
Com., William E. Thorne; Vice-Corn., A. 
Schneider; Rear-Corn.. F. Baker; Cor. Sec., Dr. 
G. W. Mellor; Financial Sec., J. Wilson; Treas., 
Claude Harz; Meas., N'. J. Lambley; Fleet Sur¬ 
geon, Dr. W. Parker; Directors, William D. 
Salter, H. A. Ockershauser, Captain Gatchell and 
Oscar Voight. 
A reception committee composed of Messrs. 
Joseph Payton, Wr. Ward, D. J. McVay, Dr. 
Miller and Captain Gatchell will make all the ar¬ 
rangements for a reception which will be held in 
February next year. 
WILLIAM GARDNER. 
Naval Architect, Engineer, and 
Yacht Broker. 
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