Dec. 16, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Ticks from the Ship’s Clock. 
E. H. R. Green, owner of the steam yacht 
Crescent, has been proposed for membership 
in the Atlantic Y. C. 
C. K. G. Billings’ steamer Vanadis, which 
has been adorned with a new deck house, from 
designs by Tam, Lemoine & Crane, has gone 
to Charleston, S. C. 
Elbert A. Brinckerhoff, Jr., and George S. 
Crap have qualified for membership in the Atlan¬ 
tic Y. C. Rudolph H. Weber will be elected 
a junior member. 
On Nov. 30 the Bunker Hill Y. C. was forty- 
two years young and not a rat escaped from 
the hold, for while this club is third oldest on 
the Atlantic Coast, it shows no signs of sink¬ 
ing. It is as young and lusty as any of ’em. 
There was a great big jubilation among the 
members, assisted by officers from yacht clubs 
far and near. The committee in charge was 
Commodore Joseph W. Callahan, ex-Commo- 
dore John W. Devine, ex-Commodore Edward 
F. Harrington, Captain Joseph McCabe, Cap¬ 
tain Timothy Casey and Captain Harry Sutter. 
Until there is an official interpretation of 
measurement rules, yacht building in class di¬ 
visions practically is at a standstill. Herreshoff 
and other prominent builders have orders for 
boats of different types, but they hesitate to go 
ahead with the construction until they know 
the final decision in the Joyant imbroglio. It 
behooves the L. I. Y R. A. to get down to brass 
tacks immediately, or it will be very late in the 
season before new boats will be ready for 
action. 
H. G. S. Noble is a bit more courageous than 
most of the yachtsmen. He has commissioned 
William. Gardner to build a new yacht for him 
which will be somewhat similar to the Dorello 
in rig, which will race in class M next season. 
The yacht is to be built at the yard of B. F. 
Wood at City Island, and will be ready for rac¬ 
ing at the opening of the season. 
John G. Alden has designed a class of 15- 
footers for the Corinthian Y. C. at Marblehead. 
Thus far orders for eight have been placed. In 
addition, Marblehead will have another small 
class, as several members of the Eastern Y. C. 
are building the eighteen one-design 17-footers 
at Lawleys. 
Representative Harrison, from New York, 
has introduced a bill at Washington, providing 
for a tax of 35 per cent, ad valorem to be levied 
on “foreign-built yachts, pleasure boats and 
other like vessels.” With the payment of this 
tax the vessel imported may be admitted to 
American register. The bill provides that a 
vessel so imported if put in the coastwise trade 
shall be forfeited to the United States. 
Mr. Harrison wants to impose a tax on 
those who charter foreign built vessels for pur¬ 
poses of pleasure and recreation. In such cases 
he would charge $3 a gross ton. Mr. Harrison 
is a member of the Committee on Ways and 
Means, and it is thought the bill will be re¬ 
ported favorably. 
In framing tariff revision bills the' Demo¬ 
crats of the House intend to reduce rates on 
necessities and increase them on luxuries. 
Foreign built yachts are among the luxuries 
that should be taxed to the utmost. 
The Indoor Y. C., just incorporated in San 
Francisco, announces as among its objects to 
“avoid water except for bathing purposes” and 
to “establish headquarters where men whose fire¬ 
side offers no charm may come and find solace.” 
If the members adhere strictly enough to the 
first-named object there will be many firesides 
wanting in charm. This must be a foster 
brother to the rocking chair fleet, growing in 
and about the clubs about here. They always 
move to the lee side of the piazza when the 
wind picks up. 
Shiver me timbers and put up some hot grog 
while you listen to this: “Among the promi¬ 
nent features of the program for the New Years 
regatta will be swimming and diving events”— 
are you properly chilled—well, the yacht club is 
the Tacoma, where the mild climate makes such 
didoes possible, while we make affectionate ad¬ 
vances to the radiator. 
“She’s a bird,” will be quite apropos in de¬ 
scribing the new one-design class of the Bay- 
side Y. C., of which five already have been 
ordered. The class will be known as the Bay 
Side Birds—as the christening swallows will be 
in order. The boats are of the centerboard 
type, 27 feet 9 inches over all, 17 feet 9 inches 
on the waterline, 6 feet 11 inches beam, 2 feet 
6 inches draft and with -board down 5 feet 3 
inches. Each will have 1,200 pounds of lead 
ballast and spread 350 square feet of canvas. 
These boats will be comfortable, seaworthy and 
have a small cabin. They are to cost $600 each 
and are designed by William Gardner. 
John C. King, of the New York Y. C., is 
having a 53-foot twin screw high-speed power 
boat built by the Gas Engine & Power Co. Its 
engine will drive it at 23 to 24 miles an hour, 
with a sustained speed of 20 miles an hour on 
a run from New York to Poughkeepsie and 
return with six persons on board. The yacht 
will be driven by two six-cylinder, four-cycle, 
6x6 inches Speedway motors, with aluminum 
base, which will be fitted with high tension 
magnetos and dual ignition. The hull will be 
planked with mahogany and the interior finish 
will also be of mahogany. A cabin for bad 
weather is to be provided and there is to be a 
roomy and comfortable cockpit aft protected by 
glass and folding awnings. The yacht will be 
controlled by one man. 
Clinton PI. Crane is having a one step 26- 
foot hydroplane built at Lawleys from his own 
designs. The boat is to be equipped with twin 
screws turned by two 75-horsepower Simplex 
motors and it is thought that a speed of 40 miles 
an hour will be reached. 
The keel of the 65-foot motor cruiser for 
Lawrence F. Percival has been laid at Graves 
Yard, Marblehead. This boat is from design 
by Swazey, Raymond & Page. It is to be 
driven by an eight-cylinder motor and a speed 
of 20 miles an hour is promised. 
Britt Bros, of West Lynn, are building two- 
52-foot cruising motor boats for E. H. Tarbell, 
of Boston, and Mr. Hopkins, of Waltham. 
Settled Trophy Dispute. 
The Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes 
and the Lake Michigan Yachting Association 
held their annual meetings Dec. 9 and decided 
on measures that will affect all yachting events 
on the Great Lakes next year. 
A cup was presented to the racing union by 
Commodore S. O. Richardson, of the Toledo 
Y. C., to take the place of the Canadian cup, 
now held by Rochester, N. Y. The Rochester 
Club has refused to put it up or engage in a 
contest to defend it, unless allowed to procure 
its racing craft wherever it pleases, while the 
Royal Canadian Y. C., annual challenger for 
the prize, has maintained that the boats should 
be built along the Great Lakes. 
No international race has been held for two 
years on this account. The Richardson cup 
eliminates the Rochester contention. 
The Lake Michigan Association decided to 
hold the annual regatta of Great Lakes clubs 
at Chicago on July 4, 1912. 
The racing union elected Commodore C. G. 
Marlett, ‘of the Royal Canadian Y. C., Presi¬ 
dent, and J. S. McMurray, of the same club, 
Secretary-Treasurer. 
F. D. Porter, of Columbia Y. C., was elected 
President of the Lake Michigan Association; 
John J. Rice, Milwaukee Y. C., and L. G. Shep¬ 
ard, Evanston Y. C., Vice-Presidents; Charles 
Scates, Macataw Y. C., Secretary, and Charles 
F. Reed, White Lake Y. C., Treasurer. 
Yachting on Pan-Pacific. 
Efforts are being made to have a big gather¬ 
ing of yachts when the Panama Canal is opened 
and the opening celebration with the Panama- 
Pacific International Exposition in 1915. The 
committee is working hard planning all sorts of 
events, and one suggestion is that a race for 
America’s Cup be arranged and sailed for on 
the Pacific. Just what the New York Y. C. 
will say to that is something no one can say, 
but it is very certain that as long as that cup is 
in the custody of the New York Y. C. the 
races will be sailed on these waters. Miller 
Freeman, a wealthy Seattle yachtsman, is re¬ 
sponsible for many of the plans being made for 
yachting. It is expected that there will be ocean 
races from all points, and Sir Thomas Lipton 
has already promised to enter a yacht. Mr. 
Freeman talked of the plans and was enthusi¬ 
astic about the yachting outlook recently. He 
said: 
“It is my opinion that yachtsmen everywhere 
would respond enthusiastically to the invitation 
to make the trip through the Panama Canal 
and be present at the opening of the exposi¬ 
tion. I have suggested that formal invitations 
be sent to the yacht clubs of all countries, to be 
followed by personal invitations to the owner 
of every yacht capable of making the voyage. 
In the majority of foreign countries yachting 
is under the patronage of royalty, and the ex¬ 
position management may even decide to send 
invitations to the crowned heads to send their 
yachts commanded by representatives of royalty. 
The completion of the Panama canal is an event 
of such world importance that it seems likely 
that such an invitation would receive the most 
favorable consideration. 
“The exposition management is also con¬ 
sidering the feasibility of obtaining the trans¬ 
fer to this coast for the year 1915 of the 
America’s Cup race. This race, if held here, 
would attract universal attention. If so, it is 
not unlikely that an entry may be provided from 
the Pacific Coast, designed and constructed on 
this coast and commanded and manned by Pa¬ 
cific Coast sailors. 
“Such a gigantic yacht regatta would furnish 
the opportunity for world-wide exploitation. 
The yacht fleet in San Francisco’s harbor would 
be one of the most dazzling features of the ex¬ 
position. The yachtsmen from the Atlantic 
Coast and foreign countries who come here will 
find the largest, most wonderful and varied 
cruising grounds of any section of the globe. 
They will be able during the summer to visit 
Hawaii and the north Pacific Coast, including 
British Columbia and Alaska, with its great 
stretches of inland waters and magnificent 
scenery. Thereafter many of them would make 
annual trips to the Pacific Coast. 
“It is particularly appropriate that the marine 
features of the forthcoming exposition be of 
first importance. The world looks for the 
original, the unique and the distinctive in every¬ 
thing that San Francisco undertakes. That this 
is to be no ordinary world’s fair—a mere dupli¬ 
cation of past efforts—is demonstrated in the re¬ 
markable plans adopted and the spirit of un¬ 
bounded enthusiasm being' shown in the first 
stages of the work. The proposition I have 
made to the management of the exposition has 
been very favorably considered, and it is likely 
that when the gates of the big San Francisco 
