Speed Launch on New Lines. 
A LAUNCH, 36 feet long, 6 feet beam, designed 
for speed, is being built at the shop of H. 
Brightson & Co., Greenpoint, from designs by 
John A. Connolly, Jr., for Frederich H. Rafing. 
who will use the boat on Jamaica Bay. The 
launch is to be fitted with a 25-horsepower 
Ferro engine, which it is expected will drive 
it 16 miles an hour, swinging a 22-inch wheel. 
This launch will be raced in all the Jamaica 
Bay regattas, and will take part in the regattas 
of other clubs outside of Jamaica Bay when 
there is a chance of a contest. The hull is 
designed along certain speed lines, which, if 
they prove successful, will be embodied in a 
40-footer, which will be equipped with a more 
powerful motor, and this boat will be entered 
against the crack high-speed launches. 
Mr. Connolly is the designer of Alva, the 
champion class P sloop, of the Great South Bay. 
This sloop is owned by J. W. O’Brien, of 
Bellport, who is building six one-design boats 
from plans by Mr. Connolly. It is expected 
that there will be twelve of these boats by the 
time the season opens. They are 26 feet 4^ 
inches on deck. 16 feet on the load waterline, 
8 feet beam and draw 20 inches. They are to 
carry 400 pounds of outside ballast and spread 
370 square feet of canvas in iib and mainsail. 
Inter-Lake Catboat Rules. 
Members of the Toledo Y. C. last week 
framed restrictions to govern the _i5-foot cat- 
boat class, which are to be submitted to the 
Inter-Lake Yacht Racing Association delegates 
for confirmation. In these restrictions the chief 
change relates to freeboard and in future the 
boats will have to be built with more freeboard 
than formerly. Under the new rules the mini¬ 
mum freeboard is to be 15 inches, and the free¬ 
board at the bow is to be at least 10 inches 
more than the minimum. The freeboard is to 
be measured from the topside of the covering 
board without crew on board. The measurer 
is to mark the spars when he measures a yacht. 
He must place marks on the mast at the tack 
and at the throat and on the gafif at the peak, 
and no part of the mainsail is to extend be¬ 
yond these marks. The marks are to be black 
bands painted around the spars, and the inner 
edge is to be the limit. 
The equipment on each yacht is to include an 
anchor of not less than 20 pounds, not less than 
100 feet of 54-iuch rope, a bucket, pump and two 
life preservers or life preserver cushions. 
The new rules recognize the right of the 
owners of those boats built under the old rules 
which were adopted by the association in 1906 
or of any boats that have raced in the annual 
regattas of the Detroit Club or in the associa¬ 
tion’s regattas, provided they meet the sail re¬ 
strictions, over all length figured at 22 feet,- in 
case the boat exceeds this length in figuring 
the rating. 
The Canada’s Cup. 
The Rochester Y. C. has had a committee 
appointed to make public a statement, giving 
its side of the controversy over the Canada’s 
Cup challenge. Yachtsmen are awaiting the 
publication of that statement with considerable 
interest. In the meantime rumors of all sorts 
are circulating, and one was that there would 
be a race after all this year. This rumor has 
been denied by Commodore T. B. Pritchard, of 
the Rochester Club, who says emphatically that 
there will be no race. 
From Toronto comes a report that the 
Rochester yachtsmen Avould welcome a chal¬ 
lenge from some other club, and it is suggested 
there that one of the smaller clubs should 
challenge and gain the prestige that the Royal 
Canadian Club has lost. 
Atlantic’s Annual Meeting. 
The annual meeting of the Atlantic Y. C. was 
held at the Hotel Astor last Monday night. 
Before attending to the usual business, the 
members dined together, and there was a good¬ 
ly gathering. At the meeting reports showed 
that the club is prospering. It had a very 
profitable season last year in spite _ of hard 
times, and some indebtedness was paid off, so 
that the members are looking forward to a 
good year coming, with lots of sport and the 
usual good times they always have at Sea Gate. 
CONNOLLY ONE-DESIGN SLOOPS. 
INTERIOR OF o’bRIEN SHOP AT BELPORT. 
Amendments to the racing rules, those sug¬ 
gested by the .Atlantic Coast Conference, were 
submitted to the members and adopted with 
such slight changes as will make them suitable 
to local conditions. 
Amendments to the constitution and by-laws 
were also considered. These were proposed by 
the board of trustees for the better manage¬ 
ment of the club. -In future the officers of the 
club are to be the three flag officers, secretary, 
treasurer and six other members. These are 
to be elected at the annual meeting, and at each 
meeting two trustees are to be elected for a 
term of three years. These trustees are to ap¬ 
point a house committee, library committee, 
entertainment committee, and regatta commit¬ 
tee. The only committees to be elected each 
year are the membership and nominating com¬ 
mittees. 
In the by-laws, under the head of enroll¬ 
ment of fleet, it is stated that any yacht not 
less than 16 feet waterline, if owned wholly by 
a member or members of the club, may be en¬ 
rolled. Any member who is part owner of a 
cabin yacht may apply for enrollment. 
The election of officers resulted as follows: 
Commodore, Leonard Richards, steamer 
Carola; Vice-Commodore, J. D. Probst, sloop 
.A.thon; Rear-Commodore, FI. G. S. Noble, 
sloop Irondequoit; Secretary, Robert W. Spier; 
Treasurer, Robert A. Brown; Measurer, Bruno 
Tornroth; Trustees (terms to expire 1912), 
Charles B. Ludwig, Erastus T. Tefft; Member¬ 
ship Committee, Bartow S. Weeks, Charles B. 
Ludwig, Erastus T. Tefft; Regatta Committee — 
W. A. Barstow, Hendon Chubb, Horace E. 
Boucher; Entertainment Committee—H. A. 
Bullock, C. R. Woods. Jr., Max Grundner; 
Library Committee—Charles E. Chapin. 
Clarence H. Eagle, Josiah M. Eiske; Nominat¬ 
ing Committee—Ernest E. Malcolm. Charles E. 
Chapin, Josiah M. Eiske, Macomb G. Eoster, 
William H. Remick, Max Grundner. 
It will be noticed that the changes are few. 
Commodore Richards and Vice-Commodore 
Probst are re-elected, but Rear-Commodore FT. 
G. S. Noble succeeded Rear-Commodore E. E. 
Malcolm, who declined a renomination. Bruno 
Tornroth succeeds John R. Brophy as Meas¬ 
urer, and on the Regatta Committee, W. A. 
Barstow and Flendon Chubb are new members. 
They have always been prominently identified 
with racing, and yachtsmen hope that in taking 
positions on the committee does not mean that 
they are to retire from the sport. John R. 
Brophy, who has served as chairman of this 
committee for two years, declined a renomina¬ 
tion as he wished to take a more active part in 
the sport. Mr. Brophy is a racing yachtsman. 
Quincy Y. C. Officers. 
At the annual meeting of the Quincy Y. C. 
held last week it was announced that several 
challenges would be received for the Quincy 
cup before the season opened, and that the club 
would have to defend the trophy. It was also 
announced that $3,000 had been pledged of the 
$8,000 needed for the enlargement of the club 
house. These officers were elected: Commo¬ 
dore, Herbert W. Robbins; Vice-Commodore, 
Morton Smith; Rear-Commodore, Erank E. 
Crane; Treasurer, George S. Morse; Secretary, 
Tohn O. Hall; Measurer. Ralph E. Winslow: 
Executive Committee—Charles W. Hall. Eben 
W. Sheppard, Joseph L. Whiton, Jr., Ara M. 
Whittemore; House Committee—W. Henry 
Dean, E. W. Esterbrooks, Edgar W. Emery, 
Thomas E. Furnald, W. S. Hibbard, W. B. 
Vose, H. E. Winslow. 
The Motor Boat Show. 
The fifth National Motor Boat Show, to be 
held in the Madison Square Garden from Feb. 
15 to 23, will surpass all other exhibitions of 
motor boats held in New York. There will be 
over two hundred exhibitors of motor boats, 
engines and accessories. New York in the past 
has led the world in the exhibition of motor 
boats, and this year’s show will surpass any¬ 
thing heretofore. 
High speed launches will be exhibited, de¬ 
veloping twenty-five miles an hour, that are 
not racing machines but pleasure boats offord- 
ing comfortable seating appointments, maxi¬ 
mum safety and seaworthiness. Cruising yachts 
will be exhibited, capable of accommodating a 
party of ten or twelve. These boats have be¬ 
come most popular for off-shore cruising and 
for extended trips on rivers and canals. Few 
realize the many delightful trips that can be 
taken in a cruising motor boat, a boat of this 
size being easily managed by one man. 
Engines varying from the smallest Fz-horse- 
power, two-cycle motors to 300-horsepower, 
slow-speed yacht engines will be exhibited, to- 
