Nov. 25, 1911] 
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Marigold, designed for gunning in Western 
waters, and her draft was limited to 32 inches 
and her beam to 16 feet 10 inches. These are 
the maximum dimensions that will pass through 
the Michigan Canal. Mr. Gold cruised last 
summer in Georgian Bay, and he decided to 
have a larger boat built in order to be able to 
make more extensive cruises, and the new craft 
is a combination cruiser and house boat, and 
this new boat is built to the maximum dimen¬ 
sions. The chief dimensions are length over all 
95 feet, length on the waterline 86 feet 10 inches, 
extreme beam 16 feet 10 inches, draft when 
fully loaded 42 inches. 
The boat will be built of wood, and will com¬ 
bine the seagoing qualities of a good motor 
yacht with the material comforts of a house 
boat. Her lines are a combined perfection of 
seagong qualities with a minimum of draft, and 
were it not for square windows, she would have 
all the appearances of a seagoing motor yacht. 
As the headroom under several of the bridges 
across the Illinois and Michigan canals is only 
11 feet 6 inches a novel feature has been worked 
out in the construction of the deckhouse. This 
has been made up sectionally, so that when pass¬ 
ing through this canal the deckhouse can be 
lowered so that the yacht can pass freely under 
the bridges. 
This yacht will be equipped with a 17-foot 
power launch, 14-foot cutter and io-foot dinghy. 
In fact, the equipment throughout will be most 
complete and with provisions made for every 
emergency. The work is now under way and 
indications are that the yacht will be completed 
by May 1, the date set for delivery. 
Sound Waves from Dixie Victory. 
An editorial in Motor Boat, of London, in 
connection with the building of new challengers 
for the next International motor boat race is 
interesting: 
1 he time is ripe to consider the more serious 
side of the event,” says the article, and to see 
what lessons may be learned from it. First, a 
word as to the course itself. The interest of 
sightseers was extraordinary, the whole of the 
inside of the course being thronged with boats, 
leaving at the starting line a comparatively nar¬ 
row fairway between the spectators and the 
shore. The point may at first seem of no special 
importance, but in reality it is a somewhat vital 
matter, and, as it is probable that precisely 
similar conditions will prevail next year, it is 
one that should be carefully considered in the 
design of future challengers. Its significance 
lies in connection with the enhanced difficulty 
of obtaining a good start. The course is so nar¬ 
row that any boat crossing the line too early 
would be put hopelessly out of the race, for the 
difficulties of turning in the narrow space avail¬ 
able would be enormous. 
"Next, a word as regards silencers. It will 
be remembered that the clause demanding a 
silencer was struck out of the rules when they 
were revised last year, and we believe we are 
right in saying that this was done in deference 
to the wishes of the American club. It is in 
no way likely that the rule will be amended at 
present, but in some ways it seems regrettable 
that some silencer arrangement was not insisted 
upon in spite of the very obvious difficulty of de¬ 
ciding what did or did not constitute an efficient 
silencer. The result on the American boats was 
seen in a forest of exhaust pipes sticking 
straight up from the cylinders, and the helms¬ 
man of the Dixie IV went through the race with 
a muffler around his mouth and goggles over his 
eyes to keep out the exhaust gases. 
"As to next year’s challengers it seems fairly 
clear that the racing for the British Interna¬ 
tional trophy will always be done in fairly 
smooth water. The extent of sheltered water¬ 
ways in America has led competitors and race 
officers in that country to look upon motor boat 
racing as a smooth water sport, their boats are 
built for smooth water, and it is quite natural 
that they should wait for weather in Huntington 
Bay similar to that to which they are accus¬ 
tomed in sheltered water. It is probable that 
a successful challenger will have to be a boat 
pre-eminently suited for fair conditions. Scien¬ 
tific weight cutting must be carried to the ut¬ 
most limit, both in the design of the engine and 
the construction of the hull, and any boat built 
strong enough to stand the buffeting of such 
regattas as the Monte Carlo meeting before 
starting for America will go out under a very 
severe handicap. What we require is a couple 
of challengers built for the British International 
trophy, and for no other race, and capable of 
forty to forty-five knots round the course. A 
useful third string would be a stronger boat 
suited for rougher water and capable of going 
through any sea in reason at thirty-five knots.” 
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