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to bring tbeir boats across the Atlantic and 
race for trophies, and if they should accept this 
invitation other chibs will offer prizes for which 
the visitors will be invited to compete. 
There will be the usual club regattas and 
cruises, and it is probable that some of the 
older yachts will be in commission to race 
against newer craft, because they are slightly 
favored by the changes that have been made in 
the rule of measurement, but just what yachts 
will be out cannot be figured on yet. 
For those who are fond of crujsing races 
there will be the race to Bermuda, which, it is 
said, will be managed by the Eastern Y. C. 
There is talk of another race outside Sandy 
Hook, starting from the Lower Bay, but noth¬ 
ing definite is known of this yet. There will 
be the race to Block Island of the New York 
Athletic Club, and other races through the 
Sound, and the cruising races of the Indian 
Harbor Y. C. just before the college boat races 
at New London. 
The motor boat men expect to be very busy. 
They will have to defend the British Interna¬ 
tional cup again, and a challenge for a race 
for that trophy is expected daily. The usual 
race to Bermuda will be a better one than it 
has been in former years if those who are now 
building power boats do as they say they will, 
but a race to Bermuda is a serious undertaking, 
and often when a yachtsman finds out how 
serious it is, he withdraws. There will be the 
usual race from this port to Marblehead, and 
this event will this year be in the hands of a 
well known club and run on a liberal scale. 
Builders are busy with power boats. They 
are being turned out in every yard, and are of 
all sorts, sizes and dimensions from the small 
open boat for afternoon outings to the large 
and comfortable cruiser, and the cruising craft 
equipped with the gasolene motor is becoming 
a good serviceable yacht, having good accom¬ 
modations and fair speed. Several orders for 
power boats have been placed, and the boats are 
building and others are to be placed this month, 
so that the new fleet of power boats will be a 
large one. 
Items of Eastern News. 
The 70-foot schooner. Crusader 11 ., has been 
sold by Seymour L. Plusted, of the New York 
Y. C., to a Boston yachtsman. 
The 46-fo.oter Nautilus, which last fall had 
her lead removed while at Lawley’s yard, has 
been sold to J. A. Tripp, of Hanover. The 
yacht will be changed into a house boat. 
Frederick R. Hayward, of Boston, has placed 
an order with Swazey, Raymond & Page for 
a 5S-foot cabin cruiser. The dimensions of this 
craft wilt be 55 feet over all, 49 feet on the 
waterline, ii feet 6 inches beam, and it will be 
equipped with a 40-horsepower gasolene motor. 
The yacht’s headquarters will be at Marble¬ 
head. 
The annual meeting of the Corinthian Y. C., 
of Marblehead, will be held next Wednesdaj^ 
Jan. 13. Commodore H. A. Morss has declined 
a renomination, as he will soon start to ex¬ 
plore the w'orld. Harry H, Walker, who has 
been vice-commodore for some time, will be 
the new commodore; William P. Wharton is 
to be vice-commodore and Plarold S. Wheelock 
will be rear-commodore. 
Wilbert Soule has been nominated as com¬ 
modore of the South Boston Y. C., Arthur F. 
Leary as vice-commodore and Peter Croy as 
rear-commodore. 
Graves, of Marblehead, has an order for a 
40-foot cabin cruiser for H. L. Friend, which 
Mr. Friend has designed. This vessel will 
be known as Friendship VIIL, and is to be 40 
feet waterline, 8 feet beam and be equipped with 
a 55-horsepower motor. 
Lawley has orders for a 40-foot launch from 
designs by Arthur Binney and a 27-foot launcn 
for I,. H. Spaulding from Fred. D. Lawley’s 
designs. 
The 112-foot gasolene cruiser Taniwha, built 
from designs by Fred D. I.awley, at Lawley’s, 
has been launched. This vessel is for Henry B. 
Anderson, of New York, and will be used this 
wdnter in Southern waters. 
Hartley C. Baxter, of Brunswick, Me., has 
placed an order with a Bath firm for a cruising 
gasolene yacht, which is to be 80 feet long, 14 
feet beam, equipped with a 50-horsepower 
motor and to make 15 miles an hour. 
Vice-Commodore Douglass, of the Boston 
Y. C.. who is having a new schooner built, is to 
succeed Commodore Edward P. Boynton. J. 
Pred Brown is to be vice-commodore and 
Charles E. Adams rear-commodore. The an¬ 
nual meeting will be held Jan. 27. 
Glen Cove One-Design Class. 
An order has recently been placed by Messrs. 
Cox & Stevens of ten S class sloops from their 
design that will be raced in Long Island Sound 
and adjacent waters next season. The order for 
these boats has been delayed, pending the final 
decision of the committee in charge of measure¬ 
ment rules, and the final dimensions have been 
determined by the requirements of the new rule. 
The approximate dimensions are: Length over 
all, 28 feet ii inches; load waterline, 19 feet; 
beam, 6 feet 9 inches; draft, 4 feet 7 inches. 
The boats carry about 410 square feet of sail 
and have about 2,200 pounds of lead on the keel. 
The construction is to be of the best in every 
particular, planking being mahogany, frames oak, 
all copper fastened, sails by Ratsey, all deck fit¬ 
tings and blocks of bronze. The boats are to 
be raced in every event for which they will be 
available, and should make a good showing. The 
model shows a fairly full boat with good free¬ 
board and easy lines. The hollow waterline for¬ 
ward produced by following the old rule is con¬ 
spicuous by its absence, and the working out of 
the new rule has certainly produced a fine, whole¬ 
some type of boat. If they show the speed that 
is expected they will demonstrate the satisfac¬ 
tory working of this rule in actual practice. 
Among those who will have boats in this class 
are: Howard C. Smith, Howard P. Whitney, 
F. L. Hine, PI. W. J. Bucknall,. Irving Cox, 
Parker D. Handy, J. R. Maxwell, Jr., H. I. 
Pratt and H. L. Maxwell. 
Plans for a Big Auxiliary. 
Plans have been drawn for a big auxiliary 
schooner by A. Cary Smith & Ferris. This 
yacht is for a Western yachtsman, who has for 
some time been gathering sketches and designs 
for yachts from different designers throughout 
the country At first this yachtsman wanted a 
vessel about 74 feet waterline, but these dimen¬ 
sions have grown and the craft as now designed 
is 125 feet over all, 89 feet waterline. 24 feet 
beam and 13 feet 8 inches draft. Specifications 
have been prepared and in all probability the 
craft will be built in some foreign yard. 
Mr. Smith says the plans are the'most com¬ 
plete that have ever been drawn for a yacht 
and in addition to the usual designs and speci¬ 
fications furnished details of the construction 
of the hull, spars, all iron and deck work and 
all joiner work are included. On this yacht the 
motor will be enclosed with steel bullheads and 
every precaution taken to guard against acci¬ 
dents. 
Trial Trip of Visitor II. 
The auxiliary schooner Visitor IP, built by 
I-awley for W. Plarry Brown, of Pittsburg, had 
a most successful trial last week. This yacht 
was designed by Swazey, Raymond & Page, and 
is said to have cost $300,000. 'I'he general 
dimensions are: Length over all, 197 -feet 6 
inches; length on load waterline. 150 feet; ex¬ 
treme beam, 32 feet 6 inches; beam at water¬ 
line, 31 feet; draft, 15 feet; displacement, 650 
tons. The ^'acht is rigged as a three-masted 
'schooner,, and has a moderate spread of canvas. 
The auxiliary power is a triple expansion, 
link-motion engine, and steam is generated in 
one Scotch boiler. It was to try the yacht 
under power that she left Boston Harbor. This 
engine develops 750 horsepower and with 
igo pounds boiler pressure, and with her screw 
turning 190 revolutions, the yacht averaged 11.3 
knots. The trials were made against tide and 
wind and pleased every one interested in the 
yacht. 
Mr. Brown intends to cruise in the 'West 
Indies this winter and will, probably, later 
make a long cruise around the world. Visitor 
H. is a most complete craft in every way. The 
hull is built of steel and the fittings below deck 
are elaborate and artistic. The different apart¬ 
ments are reached by long wide passageways, 
so that the effect below is like that of a suite 
in an up-to-date apartment hotel. The main 
saloon is finished in white. The - big deck 
stringers are supported by colonial pillars on 
each side, and the effect is very pleasing. There 
are all sorts of arrangements .which will add 
much to the comfort and convenience of those 
on board. Among these are a trunk hatch to 
the hold, coal shutes to the bunkers, a large 
refrigerator and cold storage plant, with smaller 
ice chests. The yacht is lighted throughout by 
electricity, and is heated by steam. The engine 
room is spacious and well ventilated. 
She has a most complete and elaborate venti¬ 
lating system, telephone system and a -wonder¬ 
ful lot of room, every inch of which is utilized. 
There are two complete cooking apartments, 
one for the owner and one for the ship’s com¬ 
pany. There are seven guests’ staterooms, 
which are placed aft of the main saloon, and 
these have bathrooms adjoining. Just off the 
main saloon is a charming library and den. 
On deck about amidships there is a small 
sunken deck house with a low cabin house, in 
the sides of which are larger ports. This will 
be used when the weather is too severe to be 
comfortable on deck and the fascinating scene 
presented by the tumbling waves driven by 
strong winds can be watched through the ports. 
The yacht is_ commanded by Capt. Edward 
Holme, who in his early life sailed on square 
riggers and in recent years has sailed such craft 
as Corona, Navahoe and Ingomar. There is a 
crew of thirty-three men on the yacht. 
Carnegie. 
Historians tell us that when Columbus made 
his memorable western voyage, his sailors muti¬ 
nied because, among other things, the needle of 
the compass no longer pointed to the North star, 
showing; that this phenomenon was observed, but 
not understood. Ever since then all mariners 
have had to put up with what appeared to theni 
to be the senseless capers of the compass; for, 
while in one part of the ocean the needle pointed 
practically due north, in other localities the 
"variation”—as the mariner terms the angle of 
departure of the compass from the true north— 
was several degrees or more; in fact, off the 
coast of Oregon and Washington, a variation as 
high as twenty to twenty-five degrees is now 
observed, and in other parts of the earth still 
more. This variation does not exist, however, 
only on the oceans, but is also encountered on 
land, as every surveyor knows. At present in 
the United States the line of no variation—along 
which the needle points “true to the pole” or 
due north—begins in the eastern part of Lake 
Superior and Michigan and runs through Ohio 
about half way between Cincinnati and Colum¬ 
bus, and after passing through the eastern parts 
of Kentucky and Tennessee, it cuts through 
South Carolina and enters the Atlantic Ocean 
near Beaufort, S. C. For all places on the east 
side of this line the variation of the needle is 
west, and for all places to the west of this line 
the variation of the needle is east; and, as a 
general rule, the further a place is located from 
this line in our country, the greater is the varia¬ 
tion. Thus in the northeastern part of Maiiie 
the compass points twenty-one degrees west of 
north and at 'Vancouver, twenty-five degrees east 
of north. The position of the line, of 116 varia¬ 
tion,- as given, is that assigned ito it-on the- mag¬ 
netic charts just issued by the United States 
Coast and Geodetic Survey, and contained in the 
publication known as the “United States Mag- 
