Jan. 4; 1913 
FOREST AND STREAM 
19 
GETTING UNDER WAY. 
Ice Yacht Columbia. 
Syr.\cuse, N. Y., Dec. 12.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: J am sending under separate cover 
photographs of my ice yacht, Columbia, the first 
and only boat ever built of this model. It is the 
invention of Wm. M. Stanbrough, of Newburgh, 
N. Y. This model is a little different than my 
boat, as you will see from the pictures. The 
cockpit rests on the runner plank and on a track 
and has wheels so it runs easily back and forth 
on the track. When the boat comes about, the 
cockpit swings to the windward runner. The 
main sheet being fastened to the backbone of 
the cockpit, pulls it around as soon as the sails 
fill, and turning, the boat also helps to swing 
the cockpit. The cockpit and its three-foot back¬ 
bone are fastened to the main backbone by a 
large iron pin or post. This post can be re¬ 
moved and the whole cockpit can be removed 
and a small stationary cockpit fastened to the 
backbone, reducing the weight about loo pounds. 
This is done in light winds. Both cockpits set 
well forward, thus distributing the weight of 
boat and load evenly on all three runners. The 
tiller post is about three feet forward of the 
rudder post and is connected by cable and drums 
as seen in the pictures. 
I built this boat last winter and tried it out, 
and I find it a great improvement over the old 
style craft. While the other boats are trying 
hard to keep from capsizing, I have no trouble 
keeping on the ice and make great speed. 
The cockpit can be shifted at any time by 
turning the wheel, seen in the front of the cock¬ 
pit, which is connected with a cable to the back¬ 
bone. You can do stunts this way by turning 
this wheel which turns easily and sends the 
cockpit to leeward, thus throwing the load and 
cockpit where it helps to tip the boat instead of 
holding it down. Thus you can keep it on two 
runners at most any angle. H. E. Morton. 
Yacht Sales. 
1 HE following have been sold through the 
agency of Frank Bowne Jones since the close 
of the yachting season: 
Sloop yacht Heron (35-foot water line), 
sold for T. H. Shepard, of Boston, to E. H. 
Prentics, of the New York Y. C. 
Gasolene yacht Lizanne (55-foot water line), 
sold for the N. Y. Yacht, Launch & Engine 
Company to W. B. Thom. 
Gasolene yacht Jessica (85-foot water line) 
sold for Commodore J. M. Macdonough to P. L. 
Atherton, of Louisville. 
Auxiliary yawl Savola (30-foot water line) 
sold for Geo. 11 . Wicks to H. B. Cox, of New 
York. 
Sloop Irondccpioit (40-foot water line) sold 
for H. G. Noble to T. H. Shepard, Boston. 
Sloop Jilignon IV. (75-foot water line) sold 
for Arthur E. Coupal, of Boston, to E. A. Nel¬ 
son, of New York. 
Gasolene cruiser Wealaka (43-foot water 
line) sold for William H. Draper, to George G. 
Allen, of New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Gasolene cruiser Arab (40-foot water line) 
sold for C. A. Godshaik to Herbert G. Wylie, of 
Tampico, Mexico. Also the 35-foot water line 
launch Doodle Bug, sold for Charles IMcLough- 
lin, to Mr. Wylie. 
Houseboat Tomoka (25-foot water line) 
sold for J. N. Emley to Henry Sanderson, of 
New York. 
Larchmont Interclub sloop Yukan sold for 
Norman P. Weir to W. H. Alackintosh. 
Sloop yacht Vega (40-foot water line) sold 
for Clifford R. Hendrix to W. E. C- Eustis, of 
Boston. Mass. 
READY FOR ACTION. 
