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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan, i6, 1909. 
Power Yacht Antares. 
The contract for building the power cruis¬ 
ing yacht Antares has been placed with the 
Luders Marine Construction Company at West¬ 
chester. This yacht is for Alexander Stein and 
has been designed by Morgan Barney. It is 
being built primarily as an ocean cruiser for 
outside work, so that the owner may have full 
opportunity to indulge in his favorite hobby, 
navigation. 
The boat is very substantially built and is of 
the following dimensions: Length over all, 70 
feet; beam, ii feet; draft, 3 feet 6 inches. The 
framing will be of selected white oak; the keel, 
stem and stern of best Connecticut oak and cut 
from natural crooks. The planking is to be 
double, the inner layer of white cedar, the outer 
layer of yellow pine. The fastenings between 
the two skins and frames will be unusually large 
and numerous. 
The boat will be engined with a 75 horsepower 
Craig open base engine, turning approximately 
500 revolutions a minute. With this power a 
cruising speed of twelve miles per hour is ex¬ 
pected. The gasolene is to be carried amid¬ 
ships in tanks placed on each side of the engine, 
thereby making an extremely simple gasolene 
installation. 
The cabin will be entered from the large cock¬ 
pit aft, and in the cabin there are transom and 
pullman berths which give sleeping accommoda¬ 
tions for four guests. Forward of the cabins 
will be the toilet and locker room, between which 
a passage will lead to a very roomy double state¬ 
room for the owner. The engine room is to 
be forward again and will be separated from the 
storeroom and icebox at its forward end by a 
watertight bulkhead. The galley is to be located 
forward of this icebox and the forecastle will 
have accommodations for three men. 
The boat is to be steered from the bridge 
deck just aft of the low turtle deck, the engine 
control being through the medium of bells. 
The general Interior finish will be of the high¬ 
est grade selected African mahogany. The deck 
house will also be finished in mahogany. 
This boat desiened by Morgan Barney is to 
be delivered in May. 
One-Design 38-Ra<ers. 
Herreshoff is to build a class of 38-raters 
for members of the New York Y. C. Already 
two yachts have been ordered and it is hoped 
that there will be six or seven before the sea¬ 
son opens. The success of Dorello last summer 
attracted the attention of yachtsmen to the pos¬ 
sibilities of that size yacht, and those who were 
pleased with that boat have gone to work to 
promote the class. The two that have already 
been ordered are for J. Rogers Maxwell, owner 
of the schooner Queen, and Roy A. Rainey, 
owner of the steamer Cassandra and schooner 
Invader. Dorello is 58 feet 6 inches over all, 
39 feet on the waterline; ii feet 3 inches beam, 
and 7 feet 6 inches draft. 
20-Raters for Indian Harbor. 
Efforts are being made to induce yachtsmen 
to build a new one-design class of twenty-raters 
to race on the Sound next season. Frank Bowne 
Jones, of the Indian Harbor Y. C., has the class 
in hand and he wants members of clubs who 
race on the Sound to join with yachtsmen of 
the Indian Harbor Club and so arrange for lots 
of good sport in a small class. Hoyden is a 
twenty-rater and yachts of that size are well 
adapted for racing on the Sound during the 
summer. 
City Island Y. C. Officers. 
The members of the City Island Y. C. have 
elected the following officers: Commodore, 
Samuel G. Smith; Vice-Commodore, Charles 
Hergrenter; Secretary and Treasurer, H. E. 
McLeewee; Fleet Surgeon, Warren R. Guest, 
M.D.; Directors, E. E. Higbie for three years; 
R. Lankman for one year. 
Yacht Sales. 
The following sales are reported by Stanley 
M. Seaman, New York city: 
Auxiliary schooner Grey Dawn, sold by Dr. 
Julius Hurst, of Montecito, Cal., to Mr. Morgan 
Colt, New Jersey. Grey Dawn was constructed 
particularly for West Indian cruising. Her new 
owner will use her along the Atlantic Coast. 
Auxiliary yawl Omoo, sold by Mr. C. E. 
Littlefield, Receiver, A. O. Brown & Co., to 
Chicago party for use on Great Lakes. 
Sea-going cruiser Sunbeam, sold by Mr. T. 
B. Graham to Mr. Chas. B. Weikel, for use in 
Nova Scotia. 
Gasolene cruiser Idler, sold by Mr. Z. Wilson, 
Locust Valley. L. L, to Mr. James C. Williams, 
Wilmington, N. C. 
Gasolene cruiser Chipmunk, sold by Electric 
I.aunch Co., New Jersey, to Dr. Franklin Miles, 
Fort Myers, Fla. 
Knockabout Trouble, sold by Mr. H. Schuyler 
Horn, New York city, to Mr. D. T. Robinson, 
Hamilton, Bermuda. 
Gasolene cruiser Rhyl, sold by Mr. H. P. 
Wood, New York, to Mr. W. O. Wilkinson, 
Hamilton, Bermuda. 
Mr. Seaman also reports sale of half share 
of 5,coo-ton, five-masted coasting schooner 
Davis Palmer, to Mr. Phillip L. Howard, New 
Rochelle, N. Y. 
The new four-masted, double-deck schooner 
Stanley M. Seaman, will sail this week on initial 
trip from Boston for Baltimore to load coal 
for Porto Rico. The slight damage sustained 
during launching last week has been repaired. 
The Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency has sold 
the 2T-foot sloop Opitsah III., owned by Dr. 
W. P. Church, of Providence, R. L, to John C. 
Edwards, of Boston, Mass. Opitsah III. will 
be used in Buzzard’s Bay for racing and 
cruising. 
A Book for Yachtsmen. 
Commodore Robert E. Tod, owner of the 
schooner Thistle, which he navigated across the 
ocean in the race for the Emperor’s cup, won 
by the schooner America, has published a book 
for the benefit of yachtsmen, navigators and 
others who follow the sea. It is entitled, “Plates 
of One Hundred and Fifty Fixed Stars used in 
Navigation.’’ by Robert E. Tod, Master 
Mariner. The book is handsomely printed and 
engraved, and has been published by Commo¬ 
dore Tod as a complimentary offering to all 
yachtsmen interested in the science of naviga¬ 
tion. As long as the original edition lasts, he 
will be pleased to distribute the books to 
brother yachtsmen. 
This book has been highly praised by all who 
have been fortunate enough to receive a copy, 
both professionals and amateurs. Commodore 
Tod is an enthusiast in everything he under¬ 
takes. He took up yachting some years ago 
with the yawl Fidelio and later owned the 
schooner Katrina, which he raced successfully. 
Then he had the big schooner Thistle built and 
entered that yacht in many long distance races, 
and in the big race across the ocean. He is 
master of his own yacht always. 
Capt. Andrade’s Freak Yacht 
Fleet Captain C. Andrade, Jr., of the 
Indian Harbor Y. C., has designed a yacht that 
is to have a novel rig and which will attract 
some attention next season. This craft is to 
be placed in commission in the Indian Harbor 
fleet, and Capt. Andrade will sail it himself. 
Captain Andrade classes the freak boat as a 
“one-masted schooner,’’ and says it will be the 
only one-masted rig in existence in which the 
mast will be stepped aft of the center of effort. 
It will be a one-masted schooner because it 
will be virtually a schooner with the foresail 
and headsails thrown into one. 
With one mast it offers all the advantages of 
the yawl, ketch or schooner rig, in that by 
lowering the jib the yacht will always lay head 
to the wind in any emergency. It is superior 
to the yawl, ketch or schooner, according to 
Capt. Andrade, in that only one mast is neces¬ 
sary, thereby saving weight aloft, increasing the 
stability of the yacht and simplifying the rigging 
and the sail plan. The large jib exerts the same 
lifting effort as a lateen sail without the heavy 
unwieldy yard, which makes the lateen rig so 
dangerous. The absence of any mast in the 
forward part of the boat increases the buoyancy 
and life in a seaway, and permits her head to 
rise most readily to a heavy head sea. 
By reefing the jib the balance of the sail 
plan is not impaired, as the jib when reefed 
leaves the sail plan like that of an ordinary 
two-masted schooner under jib and mainsail. 
The high, narrow-headed mainsail catches light 
airs aloft in a calm, and is also of great service 
in a heavy sea. When the boat is in the trough 
it catches wind which blows over the wave 
crests and holds the boat steady on her course. 
In very heavy weather the jib and mainsail are 
lowered and a storm staysail set. 
Yachts at Port Jefferson. 
The following yachts are laid up at Theodore 
W. Haviland’s yacht basin at Port Jefferson: 
Steamers—Venetia, J. L. Livermore; Gun- 
dreda, W. S. Pierce; Susquehanna, W. J. 
White; Anita. J. L. Livermore; Orion, Arnold 
Thayer; Llellewyn, H. H. Hogins; Surprise, 
Dumont Clarke; Zoraya, Miss Atala W. Thayer; 
Clara, W. W. Kenyon; Neckar, Joseph S. 
Whiteside; Vedetta, M. C. D. Bordon; Wisore, 
R. Hall McCormack; Sayhaya, Howard C. 
Smith; Camilla, M. C. D. Bordon. 
Power boat—Sachem IL, Frederick T. Adams. 
Auxiliaries—Vencedor, A. V. de Goicouria; 
Uinta, T. C. Kemmerer; Laurus, Henry G. 
Bryant. 
Schooners—.Ariel, Francis L. Leland; Avalon, 
Francis L. Leland; Palestine, Henry C. Tinker; 
Sita, Henry C. Noyes. 
Yawl—Gerhilde. Charles R. Smith. 
Death of Capt. John Barr. 
Captain John Barr, who sailed the Scotch 
cutter Thistle in the America’s cup races in 1887 
and later settled in this country, died at his home 
ot Marblehead last Monday. He was a brother 
of Captain Charles Barr. 
Canoeing. 
Death of £. C. Knappe. 
Yonkers, N. Y., Jan. 8 . —Editor Forest and 
Stream: Below is a copy of a clipping from the 
Springfield Republican, which gives an account 
of the death of Emil C. Knappe, No. 630, A. 
C. A.: 
“Word has been received of the death in 
New Mexico of Emil C. Knappe, about 45. He 
had lived in Oklahoma since leaving here, about 
fifteen years ago, and some two years ago had 
a serious illness from which he had never fully 
recovered. He went to New Mexico for the 
benefit of his health, but failed to rally. He 
leaves a widow, his mother and sister, who 
live in New Salem, and a sister. Miss Delia 
Knappe. of this city, a teacher in the public 
schools.” 
While Mr. Knappe was actively interested in 
the American Canoe Association, along about 
188.S to 1895, there was never a more loyal 
member or a better sportsman at any of the 
canoe camps, and it is to be regretted that we 
have lost such a good canoeist as Mr. Knappe 
has always proven himself to be. He won the 
paddling trophy in 1S92, also first record in 
1887 and 1892, second place on record in 1888 
and fourth in 1891. H. Lansing Quick. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBER ELECTED. 
Eastern Division—5643. Lewis Dexter Nisbet, 
12 Rhode Island avenue. Providence, R. 1 . 
