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[Feb. 13, 1909. 
gether with high speed motors capable of de¬ 
livering an enormons amount of power from 
the minimum weight. In many ways, the 
marine engine has been developed to a higher 
state of perfection than the automobile motor, 
as in the marine engine practice the maximum 
power is required continuously, the driving of 
a motor boat being uphill work all the time, in 
comparison with a motor car. 
Accessories will be shown, including different 
makes of propellers, reverse gears, engine car¬ 
burettors, boat hardware and electric ignition 
outfits and electric lighting plants. The ex¬ 
hibit will interest all motor boat enthusiasts 
and yachtsmen who visit the show and will be 
largely attended by people from cities outside 
of New York, it being the only motor boat 
show to be held in New York City during 1909. 
The show will be held under the auspices of 
the National Association of Engine and Boat 
Manufacturers, the association comprising all 
the leading boat and engine building and ac¬ 
cessory manufacturers. The show committee 
consists of H. R. Sutphen. Chairman; E. A. 
Riotte, James Craig, J. M. Truscott and W. J. 
Reynolds. 
To Race Next Year. 
Acting on the suggestion of the Manchester 
Y. C., the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. has 
challenged for a race for the Seawanhaka cup 
for small boats, the race to be sailed in 1910. 
The Canadians wanted a race this year, and 
had they insisted, the Manchester Club mem¬ 
bers would have defended the trophy, but 
yachtsmen, who sail in Eastern waters are busy 
just now preparing to meet the German visitors 
with Sonder boats, and members of the Man¬ 
chester Y. C. had arranged to build in that 
class. This state of affairs was pointed out to 
the Canadians, and they gracefully waived their 
rights to challenge for a race at once and 
agreed to let it go over for another season. 
This postponement will give each side lots of 
time to plan and arrange for the races, and the 
contest for the trophy should consequently be 
made much more interesting. 
Edgewood Y. C. Flourishing. 
The Edgewood Y. C. held its annual meeting 
last week. A membership of 500 was reported 
by the secretary, and during the evening ninety 
applications for membership were made. Some 
changes were made in the constitution and by¬ 
laws for the better government of the club, and 
the amended rules of racing, as proposed by 
the Narragansett Bay Yacht Racing Associa¬ 
tion, were adopted. The officers elected were: 
President, Henry E. Smith; Commodore, Col. 
Zenas W. Bliss; Vice-Commodore, Dutee \V. 
Flint; Rear-Commodore, George J. Kelly; Sec¬ 
retary and treasurer, Harry Fulford; Fleet 
•Surgeon, James H. Prior, M.D.; Measurer. 
Philip Robinson; Directors—Herman G. 
Possner, Emil G. Pieper, James T. Thornton. 
Capt. Harvey J. Flint, Benjamin Peckham. 
After the meeting yacht owners met and 
elected this Regatta Committee: W. B. 
Streeter, Chairman; Russel C. Fales, Herbert 
Hough. T. R. Goodwin, George Lamson and 
Philip R. Robinson. 
Wires Damaged the Masts. 
The Port Lavaca (Tex.) Wave recently 
printed an item of a sail up the Navidad River 
made by Col. Breckenridge, which must have 
been novel as well as exciting. The item reads: 
“Col. Geo. W. Breckenridge, of San Antonio, 
returned to town and left for home on the i 
P. M. train Wednesday’- in his special coach 
with a party of friends and relatives. He went 
up the Navidad River as far as Red Bluff, 20 
miles, in his large auxiliary power pleasure 
schooner Navidad, of three masts. The Navi¬ 
dad passed through the draw bridge of the 
Brownsville railroad at the junction of the 
Lavaca and Navidad rivers, 10 miles from the 
bay, but the telegraph wires were too low and 
the masts and sails were badly damaged.” 
Launch for Day Service. 
A LAUNCH designed by Tams, Lemoine & 
Crane is being built by the New York Launch & 
Engine Company, at Morris Heights, for a 
member of the NTw York Y. C. This craft is 
for day service, and it has an unusually large 
cockpit. There is also a good sized cabin for 
use when the weather is inclement, and this 
cabin can be used, so that the owner can make 
short cruises when he so desires. The water 
tank is under the cockpit floor. At the after 
end of this cockpit there is a thwart-ship seat 
under which is a water-tight bulkhead. The 
steering wheel is on the port side forward. 
There is in addition to this another wheel in 
the pilot house for use in bad weather. 
In the after cabin there are two transoms, 
connecting with this cabin, on the starboard 
side is a toilet room, and on the port side a 
large clothes closet and the ice-box. The 
motor room is forward of this and next for¬ 
ward is the pilot house, which is also fitted with 
transoms. The interior finish is to be of ma¬ 
hogany. 
The general dimensions are 53 feet 8 inches 
over all, 47 feet 6 inches on the waterline, 10 
feet 6 inches beam and 3 feet 7 inches draft. The 
keel, stem, sternpost and frames are of selected 
white oak, the planking is of yellow pine, the 
deck of white pine and the deck house and deck 
trimmings of mahogany. 
The boat will be fitted with a twentieth cen¬ 
tury .30-horsepowcr motor, which will drive it 
at the rate of 12 miles an hour. The gasolene 
tank is under the forward deck and inclosed in 
a water-tight compartment. 
May Cruise to Bar Harbor. 
Commodore Arthur Curtiss James, of the- 
New York Y. C., is planning for the annual 
cruise, and it is possible that the fleet will this 
year pay a visit to Bar Harbor. Commodore 
James is trying to find out from the yacht¬ 
owning members of the club how they favor 
this idea, and if the suggestion finds popular 
favor in the club, he will issue the usual orders. 
The rendezvous, if the fleet goes around the 
Cape, will probably be at New London early in 
.August. When Commodore J. Pierpont 
Morgan was flag officer he took the fleet to 
Bar Harbor and offered handsome cups for 
races from Vineyard Haven to Gooseberry 
Island, and the fleet then proceeded to Bar 
Harbor, where more races were sailed before 
the disbandment. 
Inter-Club Catboat Races. 
The Yachtsmen’s Club, of Phliadelphia, is 
trying to arrange a series of inter-club catboat 
races in order to boom the interest in catboat 
racing. A meeting of representatives of the 
club, the New York Bay, Massachusetts Bay, 
Narragansett, Great South Bay associations, 
Barnegat Bay and other clubs was held recently 
and fair progress made. Just what conditions 
will be agreed on has not been settled, but 
the outlook for some good sport is very 
promising. 
American Yacht for Russia. 
A RACING yacht from American designs is 
now being built in Russia to compete in an in¬ 
ternational race next summer between the lead¬ 
ing yacht clubs of Russia, Germany, Norway, 
Sweden and Denmark. The interest in the 
yacht, as well as in the race for American 
yachtsmen, lies in the fact that, while it may 
be the only American designed boat to com¬ 
pete in international racing abroad this year, 
it will be pitted against a second American boat 
that has held the Kassi cup, as the trophy in 
this international race is known, for the last 
two years. 
Boats eligible for the contest are of the 6.5 
metre class, being from 30 to 31 feet over all 
and a trifle over 20 feet on the waterline. K. 
E. Blomberg. a prominent yachtsman of the 
Wibourg Club, Russia, js the owner of the 
yacht now being built, and the designs for that 
vessel were sent to Russia some time ago by 
William Gardner. 
The first boat designed by Mr. Gardner is 
now known as Atayr, and is owned by J. Berg¬ 
man, of St. Petersburg. In the first race for 
the cup sailed over an 18-mile course in the 
Baltic Sea, Atayr won by more than 30 minutes, 
and she was not beaten last year. The trophy 
is now held by the St. Petersburg River Y. C., 
but the Wibourg Club is anxious to secure the 
prize. Atayr will defend the cup and the race 
this year will be sailed in September in Russian 
waters. 
Yacht Work at Greenport. 
The two 58-foot power boats building at the 
Greenport Basin & Construction Company are 
growing fast. The one for Richmond Levering 
is planked, and that for William C. Proctor is 
in frame. 
A fast runabout is being built from designs 
by Charles D. Mower, which will be ready by 
Decoration Day. This craft is to make 18 
miles an hour. 
Thomas E. Eerris has inspected the schooner 
Katrina, owned by James B. Ford. Some rust 
holes were found in the centerboard trunk, and 
the yacht is to be overhauled and repaired and 
put in the best possible condition. 
The launch Nabob, owned by T. W. and W. 
C. Brigham, has been hauled out and repaired. 
New engines are to be placed in this launch be¬ 
cause more power and speed are wanted. 
The forecastle of the sloop Weetamoe was 
torn out last fall, so that the interior might be 
painted. This has been replaced and Weetamoe 
will come out next summer in fine shape and 
ready for racing. 
Smith to Build Com. Childs* Yacht. 
The Sonder class boat designed for Commo¬ 
dore William H. Childs, of the Bensonhurst 
Y. C., by Charles D. Mower, is to be built by 
Gilbert M. Smith at Patchogue, L. L, and she 
will be ready for her trials early in May. The 
model of this yacht has been seen by a few 
yachtsmen, and all are pleased. Commodore 
Childs will sail for Europe on Eeb. 20, and ex¬ 
pects to get home again by June i, in time tor 
the season’s racing. 
Power Yacht for G. B. Spearin. 
George B. Spearin, of this city, is having 
a cruising power boat built by Britt Bros., at 
West Lynn, Mass., from designs by Henry Gie- 
low. The principal dimensions of this craft aic 
55 feet length over all, 49 feet 10 inches length 
on the waterline, ii feet beam and 2 feet 6 
inches draft. This draft has been kept down to 
allow the owner to enter shoal bays and har¬ 
bors along the coast. 
A very substantial job is to be made by the 
builders. The keel, stem and stern post are to 
be of selected white oak; the keelsons, bilge 
stringer and engine keelsons of yellow pine; the 
frames of selected white oak, planed, steamed 
and bent to shape; the deck beams are to be 
of white oak, and the deck of selected white 
pine in long lengths. The outside planking 
will be of yellow pine in long lengths,^ and all 
fastenings will be of copper, composition or 
brass screws. 
At the forward end the side of the hull for a 
distance of 24 feet will be carried up and con¬ 
nected with a flush deck. Aft of this for a 
distance of 18 feet there will be a mahogany 
cabin trunk, 18 inches high, which will have 
plate glass windows at the sides. Aft of this 
will be the cockpit 8 feet in length fitted with 
seats and lockers. 
Forward just aft of the collision bulkhead will 
be the forecastle, 6 feet 8 inches in length with 
lockers and berths for two men. Aft of this 
will be the galley. 5 feet in length and extend¬ 
ing the full width of the yacht. This will be 
well equipped with ice-box, refrigerator, 
dressers, shelves, racks and bins. Aft of the 
galley will be the engine, 5 feet 6 inches long 
