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all comers. She was built almost solely for 
that purpose and will contest not only in off¬ 
shore races in this country, but, it may rea¬ 
sonably be said, he would gladly take part in 
another such Atlantic race as that of 1905. Here 
is basis for another heart-pulling yacht contest, 
and one may be led to believe the opportunity 
will be forthcoming. The offering of a trophy 
for such a race, by either a club or an indi¬ 
vidual yachtsman, would be productive of an¬ 
other record-breaking struggle. There are 
enough yachts in America to make such a race 
a success, while on the other side of the ocean 
are a number of owners who would be keen to 
take part in it, and, while making the race in¬ 
ternational in character, disprove the recent 
charge of some, that many modern built vessels 
are unsuitable for ocean going contests. 
It is fully expected that yachting committees, 
who soon will be arranging next season’s 
fixtures, will give ocean races their considera¬ 
tion. At any rate, it is hoped that they will do 
so. 
Promises Influence for Breakwater. 
Senator William Lorimer promises the 
yachtsmen of Chicago that he will use his in¬ 
fluence in Congress to get an appropriation for 
an outer breakwater which will make a pro¬ 
tected harbor for yachts, extending in front of 
Grant Park. 
This promise was made at the annual 
Mackinac dinner of the Chicago Y. C., at which 
the Senator was a guest of Commodore W. H. 
Thompson. In making this promise, Senator 
Lorimer drew a somewhat lugubrious picture 
of the prospects of Government action, declar¬ 
ing that there is so much red tape to be un¬ 
wound that two years at least must elapse be¬ 
fore Congress can make an appropriation. 
“When I go back to Washington I'll begin 
the proceedings by introducing the necessary 
resolution. Our laws are such, however, that 
before Congress can make the appropriation 
there must be a survey and report from the en¬ 
gineering department of the War Department, 
so that the thing is certain to drag along for 
two years at least.” 
Congressman George Edmund Foss, another 
guest of the club, suggested the holding of a 
big naval tournament off Grant Park next sum¬ 
mer in lieu of the army tournament of the last 
two years. 
“We had an army tournament and an avia¬ 
tion meet, which are all very well,” he said, 
“but I believe that it would be a great thing 
for the yachting interests of this city to get up 
a naval tournament with the co-operation of the 
naval militia and the naval training station at 
Lake Bluff. I also am in favor of an appro¬ 
priation for an outer breakwater, and will do 
all I can in the House to assist in getting the 
money.” 
New Class at Hingham. 
Seven members of the Hingham Y. C. met 
a short time ago and arranged the first steps 
toward the formation of a new one-design class. 
The most interesting feature of the projected 
class is that while it will have all the advantages 
of a one-design boat the racers will be built 
to the universal rating rule to rate at the top 
of Class S of the Massachusetts Y. R. A. 
A design prepared by Martin C. Erismann, of 
B. B. Crowninshield’s office, has been selected 
and shows a handsome little centerboard boat 
of the approximate size of an 18-foot knock¬ 
about, but with finer ends and a larger cabin 
house of the type first introduced by Herre- 
shoff. 
Every effort has been made to produce all 
speed possible and a boat capable of meeting 
a keel boat on equal terms. The general dimen¬ 
sions are: Length over all, 28 feet; length on 
waterline, 17 feet; draft, 2 feet 6 inches; beam, 
7 feet 8 inches. They will be given a sail spread 
of 450 square feet, and will rate 16.99, the rating 
limit of class S being 17. The ballast will be all 
outside, 2,000 pounds. 
Commodore Barnard. J. J. Dyer and Francis 
H. Coleman at the meeting were appointed a 
committee to complete the organization of the 
class, which seems assured, as three Hingham 
yachtsmen already have agreed to build if three 
others can be secured. The chances favor at 
least eight boats. 
Such a class would do much to foster the 
sport and should result in independent orders 
for other 17-raters in Boston Bay. The boats 
are about the right size and should prove in¬ 
expensive to keep up, thus making almost an 
ideal racing class. 
Yacht Sales. 
The John G. Alden Yacht Agency, of Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., announces the following sales: 
Mr. Carl E. Schmidt, of Detroit, Mich., has 
bought the 53-foot cabin cruising launch 
Octalee V. from Edmund H. Tarbell, of Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. The boat will be renamed Val¬ 
kyrie. 
The 25-foot catboat Boojum, owned by Joseph 
Will, of Dorchester, Mass., to Dr. H. D. Lloyd, 
of Sakonnet Point, R. I. 
Mr. Alden also announces the sale of a fast 
racing schooner to a member of the New York 
Y. C., who will race her in all the important 
races in New York and eastern waters. 
The John G. Alden yacht agency of Boston 
announces the sale of the fast schooner Princess, 
ex-Irolita, for the estate of J. Rogers Maxwell 
to a member of the New Yacht Club. Princess 
wiil be raced in all important regattas on the 
coast and will be seen on the Eastern Y. C. 
cruise next summer, of which club the owner 
is a member. Princess was built in 1906 by 
Herreshoff for E. W. C'ark, of Philadelphia, and 
was changed to a schooner in 1908. The princi¬ 
pal dimensions are 95 feet over-all, 65 feet load 
waterline, 18 feet beam and 11 feet draft. 
Shipbuilding Statistics. 
Shipbuilding returns of the Bureau of Navi¬ 
gation of the Department of Commerce and 
Labor for the quarter ended on Sept. 30 last 
show a falling off when compared with the cor¬ 
responding period of 1910. 
There were 350 sail and steam vessels of 
56,217 tons constructed in the United States dur¬ 
ing the quarter just ended. Last year the num¬ 
ber was 376 of 95,137 gross tons. Of the 350 
vessels built in the last quarter, 131 were con¬ 
structed on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, while 
ninety-two were built on the shores of the Great 
Lakes. The Pacific coast built seventy. 
Olympic Yacht Races, 1912. 
The organizing committee in charge of the 
arrangements for the Olympic games, which 
will be held in Sweden next year, has now 
issued its preliminary program of the general 
sporting events. The organizing committee will 
be responsible for all events other than the 
horse racing and yachting contests. The latter 
have been handed over to the Royal Swedish 
Y. C.—the Kungliga Svenska Segel Sallskapet. 
Three days are devoted to the Olympic events, 
July 20, 21 and 22, and all the courses will be 
laid out in open water off Nynashamn. On each 
day there will be matches for yachts of the 12, 
10, 8 and 6-meter International Yacht Racing 
Union classes. There is a proviso, however, 
that not more than two yachts shall represent 
any nation in any one class. The entries close 
on June 20, 1912, and no entrance fees are 
asked. The prizes in each class will consist of 
a gold medal to the helmsman and silver-gilt 
medals to the crew of the winning yacht, silver 
medals to helmsman and crew of second yacht, 
and bronze medals to helmsman and crew of 
the third yacht. All the medals will be of the 
same size and of the design specially worked 
for the Olympic games. An exception will be 
made in the case of two classes—in the 12-meter 
class a gold Olympic medal will be awarded 
the mate, or leading hand, on the winning yacht, 
and the winner of the 6-meter class racing will 
receive the “French Vase” challenge cup. now 
held by Mr. R D. McMeekin, who won it in 
the Solent on the last occasion that the 
Olympic Games were held. The races will be 
held under the International Yacht Racing 
Union rules, and it is stipulated that the helms¬ 
man and every member of the crew on each 
competing yacht shall be an amateur. There 
will be two races in each class, and the winners 
will score points according to the following 
scale: 7 points for a win, 3 for a second, and 1 
for a third. If a tie a further race will be 
sailed. The program and any further particulars 
may be obtained on application to the secretary, 
Olympic Regatta Committee, Kungliga Segel 
Sallskapet, Stockholm, Sweden. The special 
sub-committee of the club has as its chairman 
Captain O. Holtermann, Chamberlain to H.M. 
King Gustav. 
New House for Seaside Y. C. 
All the yachtsmen along the Delaware are 
keenly interested in the ambitious plans of the 
Seaside Y. C. to provide for themselves and the 
use of all visiting yachtsmen the most up-to-date 
club house on the coast, and the plans provide 
for the spending of from $30,000 to $50,000 on 
their new home. What makes it additionally 
interesting to the visitors is the fact that it will 
be located on the deep water of the inlet, within 
300 feet of the inlet pavilions. Here it is 
planned to provide a long concrete landing 
place, open to all visitors. On the land side it 
will overlook the new city Marine Park, which 
is to be built and. if the law permits, the city 
will adopt some plan to enlarge the proposed 
wharfage facilities for the visitors, as the 
authorities recognize that boating is booming. 
It is expected to have the new club house 
finished in time for Decoration Day races. One 
feature is that the racing course is in deep water 
and is easily to be seen from the new site. 
