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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dec. is. 1906. 
Model Yachting. 
It was but a short time ago we took a fancy 
to see the model yacht pond in Central Park. It 
was a coolish -morning and the wind was brisk 
from the westward, and a bright sun shone over 
all. The whole aspect looked dreary without the 
green foliage to relieve the yellowness of the 
trees and grass, and the coldness of the gaunt 
houses peering over the walls which bound the 
avenue. The wind blew in gusts and there were 
a few enthusiasts walking up and down, gaff in 
hand, now hurrying, now idling, but always ad¬ 
miring and watching keenly the performance of 
their own little vessel. The inventor was there, 
of course, with his contraption, to prove a prin¬ 
ciple, but hopeless from a neat or beautiful point 
of view in his hull and rigging. The law of com¬ 
parison fortunately fails in many respects when 
an increase of scale comes into play and it is for¬ 
tunate. Some of the boats were neat; some in¬ 
genious, but a * few had good looks; it would 
seem as if the owners of the good boats were all 
at kirk. 
Model yachting is a pastime, which in Scotland, 
if not as old as golf, is much enjoyed and widely 
practiced by young and old, and it has been the 
means which have led, so the story goes, one of 
our great designers to take apparent liberties; 
but it was not so. It was simply a proof on a 
miniature 'scale of the boat herself. The art of 
making models is inexpensive, fascinating, and 
breeds in boys an ingenuity, an aptitude with a 
jackknife, and an observance of detail, which can 
be gotten in no schools we ever.heard of. This 
ability lasts through life and brands a man as 
being practical. Then, of a fall or spring after¬ 
noon, to stand about the pond, with more or less 
damp footgear and watch the wonder sail-—is 
there anything much better? 
We republish then, from the London Field an 
announcement that is interesting, but we doubt 
if in this country at least we could obtain a full 
rigged model aoin. waterline for $50 that would 
have the English finish. 
. A TRIAL OF MODELS UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL 
RULE. 
Sir—-In asking you to insert the subjoined 
notice in the Field may we point out that we do 
not claim to be able from a number of very 
similar and evenly matched boats to say definitely 
which is the faster, but what we do contend is 
that at a time like the present when a new rule 
is coming into force and several types are pos¬ 
sible under it, many valuable deductions may be 
obtained by the unbiased and intelligent obser¬ 
vation of accurately built models sailing side by 
side, and in skilled hands. 
A further use for the model, in relation to her 
larger sister, is that the balance of a boat can 
be obtained to perfection with the aid of the 
shifting mast-step, by means of which the whole 
sail plan can be, shifted forward or aft till the 
spot is found where the model just keeps full 
on a wind with her sails off at the same angle, 
the tiller being pinned amidships. 
The cost of a model of handy size built ac¬ 
curately to scale is about £10. It would cost 
the best part of this sum to shift the mast, etc., 
in a boat of any size, perhaps after many races 
have been lost; besides in a real boat it is not 
always easy to be sure whether she is really 
carrying slight weather or lee helm, while in a 
model the least error in balance is at once patent 
to the practiced eye from her behavior. 
There before you to experiment with is a 
miniature of your craft. Do you fancy a new 
sail plan for her? Have the sails been made up 
to the full area you are allowed by rule at a 
cost of a few shillings, and by shifting the mast 
and rig, find the spot where she steers like a top; 
this will give you a more reliable answer than 
any calculation of the relative nosition of the cen¬ 
ter of effort of sail, plan and the center of lateral 
resistance of hull, the correct relation of which 
notoriously varies in different shaped hulls. 
And. in later days, instead of a mutilated-look- 
ing half model, there you have a whole model, 
which can be finished off in details and generally 
made to look ornamental after her career of use¬ 
fulness is' over. 
Percy Tatchell, Hon. Sec. L. M. Y. C. 
A match open to models of 39.4 rating to the 
International Rule (iin., inch to the foot) will 
be sailed on the Round Pond, Kensington Gar¬ 
dens on Saturday, March 23, at 11 P. M., under 
the auspices and rules of the London Model 
Yacht Club. First prize £5. Entries, which 
close on March 16, to be made to the Hon. Sec, 
L. M. C., Kensington Gardens, Kensington, W. 
Gravesend Bay Y. R. A. 
On Dec. 4 there was held at the Assembly in 
Brooklyn a meeting of the representatives of the 
various clubs composing the Gravesend Bay Y. 
R. A., the object being to present the prizes to 
the owners of the many yachts, and to discuss 
and formulate plans for next year’s racing. The 
yawl Sakana, Haviland Bros., won the champion¬ 
ship in the 27ft. class; Soya, class Q, W. A. 
Barstow, and Beda, Messrs. Snedcker and Camp, 
in the 18ft. class. 
The Jigstep, Sue and Crescent, the new 30- 
footers designed by Mr. Gielow, will be in com¬ 
mission next year. A new boat is building for 
class Q, and there is every possibility of new 
boats for this class. Gravesend Bay has been the 
stronghold of the Q class. King Edward VII. 
has presented a cup to be raced for at the James¬ 
town Exposition for this class for which entries 
are not expected from New York only, but from 
Philadelphia and Boston, and it is reported .that 
there will be some entries from Europe. The Q 
class has shown the boats designed under the 
rule were fine .little vessels, but as it is natural 
with such classes the boats by reason of keen 
competition are being finely constructed, • and 
therefore more expensive in first cost, and a.lso 
for sails, hauling, etc. This is quite true. Sir 
Thomas Lipton has presented a cup to the Cres¬ 
cent A. C. as was announced at the meeting in 
behalf of the club, for a class of 15-footers under 
the universal rule. 
A design was made and a model by Mr. Gie¬ 
low and shown at the meeting. The design was 
made with the intention of complying with the re¬ 
strictions of the Lipton cup. The little vessels 
are: Length, over all, 26ft.; waterline, 18ft.; 
breadth, 6ft. ioin., and draft, 5ft. The sail area 
is to be 460 sq. ft. There is a little cabin fitted ■ 
which will accommodate two men very nicely. 
The Httle boats are wel -1 turned and should 
be handy vessels for sailing and knocking 
about the bay. A number of men signified their 
intention to build, if the 15ft. class was adopted, 
and approved by Sir Thomas. Rules were to be 
formulated by a committee to allow the one 
design Bensonhurst Y. C. dories, designed by 
C. D. Mower, to race in the association races, as 
this type of boat is not now covered by the 
rules, and in the racing last summer their popu¬ 
larity was great. Mr. W. H. Childs, owner of 
Joy, was in the chair. Another meeting will be 
held in February next. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division.—Robert R. Smith, German¬ 
town, Pa., by M. D. Wilt. 
Western Division.—Mortham Warren, Chicago, 
Ill., by J. K. Hand. 
BOOKS ON WATER SPORTS. 
Small Yacht Construction, Linton Hope. $3.00 
How To Build a Motor Launch from 
Plans, Davis. 1.50 
Houseboats and Houseboating, Hunt. 3.34 
Steam Yachts and Launches, Kuhnhardt. . 3.00 
Canoe Handling and Sailing, Vaux. 1.00 
Canoe and Boat Building, Stephens. 2.00 
Canoe Cruising and Camping, Frazer. 1.00 
Canoe and Camp -Cookery. 1.00 
Gas Engines and Launches, Grain. 1.25 
Yacht Architecture, Kemp.’..16.80 
Manual of Yacht and Boal Sailing, Kemp. 12.00 
These books are more fully described in the 
Forest and Stream illustrated book catalogue, 
which.will be sent free to any applicant. 
Motor Boat Club of America. 
Following the election of the officers of the 
Motor Boat Club, the first annual dinner of the 
club was held at the Astor Hotel, and two hun¬ 
dred motor boat men were present. The club 
had a number of guests. After the dinner there 
were speeches and a presentation of the prizes 
won during the last race meet on the Hudson. 
Dr. Seymour -Oppenheimer was toastmaster, 
and at the table.were Admiral Coghlan, Thomas 
S. Southgate, Governor of the Jamestown Ex¬ 
position ; Robert H. Sexton, Commodore Edward 
J. Schroeder, Francois Albert. Capt. Frank H. 
Newcomb, United States Life Saving Corps; 
Lieut. Henderson, United States Navy; Senator 
Alfred R. Pa^e, Pames A. Travis, Thomas E. 
Rush, Janies Corrigan, J. L. Reiss, Thomas W. 
Purdie, Howard I. Shaw, Hugh S. Gamble, 
Franz A. Wittig, John ,D. Roach, George F. 
Graham, Henry W. King and Thomas Fleming 
Day. 
Admiral Coghlan presented a dozen or more 
prizes won at last season’s races. Joseph H. 
Hoadley accepted the prizes for the winners, 
while Lewis Nixon made a speech contrasting 
the engine crank and the cranky engine. T. S. 
Southgate, motor boating in the south, and Franz 
A. Wittig, spoke about American motor boatmen. 
The prize winners of the year were: C. J. 
Swain, Sparrow, inter-State trophy, long-distance 
championship, and reliability trials; E. J. Schroe¬ 
der, Dixie, world’s championship and free-for-all; 
H. N. Baruch, Skedaddle, -National champion¬ 
ship; Price McKinney, Standard, special world’s 
record, mile and ’a kilometer; J. L. Reiss, She¬ 
boygan, cabin launch trophy; H. M. Crane, Tuna, 
cruising boats; F. G. Kemp, Magneto, open 
launches; J. H. Hoadley, Den, second prize, 
world’s championship; Id. R. Sutphen, Elco, sec¬ 
ond prize, National championship; F. G. Bourne, 
Colonia, second prize, inter-State championship; 
Payne Whitney, Artful, second prize, long-dis¬ 
tance championship; T. E. Purdie, Ralaco, second 
prize, reliability trials. 
Commodore Schroeder announced that Dixie 
had been entered for the Harmsworth cup races 
to be held a.t Southampton, England, next August. 
Dixie will be taken to Palm Beach for the races 
there at the end of January. 
Negotiations have been proceeding to secure a 
suitable site for a club house on the Hudson 
River, and it. is expected that the club house will 
be ready for occupancy early next fall. 
A regular meeting of the club will be held at 
the Hotel Manhattan, on Wednesday evening the 
19th inst., at 8 P. M. It is requested that every 
member attend this meeting as business of great 
importance will be brought up for action. 
The following amendments having been duly 
submitted will be acted upon at this meeting: 
Article VII., Constitution.—That present Section 2 
(honorary membership) shall be known as Section 4. 
That Section 2 (now) shall read as follows: “Non- 
Resident Membership.—All applicants for membership re¬ 
siding outside a radius cf forty (40) miles from the Bat¬ 
tery, New York city, shall be entitled to non-resident 
membership. Non-resident members shall not be eligible 
to vote or hold office. The initiation fee shall be the 
same as for active membership.” 
That Section 3 shall be known as Section 5. That Sec¬ 
tion 3 (new) shall read as follows: “Army hnd Navy 
Membership.—Officers of the United States Army and 
Navy may become members after being duly elected, 
upon the payment of ten (10) dollars initiation fee. They 
shall not be liable for annual dues. Should they resign 
from the service, they may retain their membership on 
the payment thereafter of the club’s annual dues.” 
Article VIII. Constitution. — Section 2 shall read as fol¬ 
lows: “The yearly dues shall be, for resident member¬ 
ship, thirty-five (35) dollars and for non-resident mem¬ 
bership, twenty (20) dollars. Dues payable on the first 
■day of December in each year, or, at the option of a 
member, one-half may be paid Dec. 1, and one-half June 1 
in each year. 
Article III. Constitution—Officers and* Governors—shall 
read as follows: “The officers shall be Commodore, 
Vice-Commodore, Rear-Commodore (each of whom shall 
be a boat owner), Secretary and Treasurer. There shall 
be a Board of Governors, consisting of the Commodore, 
Vice-Commodore, Rear-Commodore, Secretary, Treasurer 
and six members who hold no other elective office.” 
(The change in this section is that of adding to the Board 
of Governors the Vice-Commodore and Rear-Commo¬ 
dore, they not being at present specified as members of 
said Board.) 
H. S. Gam bee, Secretary. 
