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FOREST AND STREAM. 
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28'Foot Runabouts. 
A GOOD serviceable 28-foot runabout is being 
built from designs by C. D. Mower, which will 
attract some attention when seen this summer. 
The' plans are published in this week’s Forest 
AND Stream. The launch is 29 feet over all, 
27 feet on the waterline. The beam extreme is. 
5 feet 7 inches; and at the waterline 5 feet. The 
maximum draft is 2 feet 3 inches, and to the 
rabbit 10 inches. The least freeboard is 20 
inches, and freeboard forward is 3 feet. This 
launch will be equipped with an 18-25-horse¬ 
power Sterling engine which will be installed 
under a hood, and all controls will lead to the 
bulkhead at the forward side of the steering 
cockpit. The gasolene is to be carried in a 
seamless steel tank placed amidships. 
The cockpit is 9 feet 6 inches long. It has 
a seat across the after end and plenty of open 
floor space, so that several wicker chairs can 
be placed. The shaft is protected by a shaft log 
carried aft with a* bronze skeg, which will pro¬ 
tect the wheel and support the lower end of 
the rudder. 
The hull is to be cedar with oak frames, 
copper fastened throughout, and the finishings 
are to be of mahogany. 
In design this boat has more beam than is 
customary in boats of this type and sufficient 
freeboard to make it a fairly dry craft for gen¬ 
eral use. 
The speed, with the motor turning at 1,000 
revolutions, will be 16 miles an hour. 
Sailing Race to Bermuda. 
The fifth annual race for sailing craft from 
New York city to Bermuda will be managed 
this year by the Atlantic Y. C. It will be 
started on Saturday, June 5, from some point 
in the Lower Bay, and the conditions that 
governed last year’s contest will prevail, except 
that time allowance will be figured on over all 
length. Some changes have been made in the 
classification for this year’s races, and there will 
be three classes instead of two, as last year. 
The largest class will be schooners under 90 
feet over all length. The second class will be 
for those yachts between 50 and 70 feet over 
all, and the smallest class will be those under 
50 feet over all.. In each class a handsome cup 
is offered as first prize, and if two or more 
owners of yachts measuring more than 90 feet 
over all wish to race, a special class will be 
arranged for them. Thomas Fleming Day rep¬ 
resents the Royal Bermuda Y. C. in this city, 
and Hendon Chubb represents the Atlantic Y. 
C., and these yachtsmen will furnish any infor¬ 
mation to those who are anxious to learn some¬ 
thing about the race. 
Already four yachtsmen have signified their 
intention of taking part in the contest. R. P. 
Doremus will enter the schooner Lasca. George 
S. Runk will enter the schooner Margaret. E. 
J. Bliss, who last year won the race with the 
schooner Venona, will enter another, and 
Daniel Bacon will enter the yawl now build¬ 
ing at Hustington’s. 
Big Class of Sailing Dinghies. 
The New York Canoe Club members will 
have a large class of sailing dinghies this year. 
For two years there have been seven of these 
boats enrolled in the club fleet, and they have 
taken part in the regattas sailed on the Lower 
Bay. They have become so popular because 
they are so well adapted to afternoon sailing, 
and can be had for such a small sum that 
twelve more have been ordered for the coming 
season, and these, with the older ones, seven¬ 
teen in all, are to be raced. The members of 
the club have formed a dinghy association with 
a committee, of which A. M. Poole is chairman. 
A set of rules and restrictions have been drawn 
up to govern the class. At the meeting of the 
delegates to the Gravesend Bay Yacht Racing 
Association, held recently, ex-Commodore D. 
D. Allerton proposed that the class should be 
officially recognized, and that a prize emble¬ 
matic of the championship should be offered as 
is done in the regular classes and for the dories. 
After some discussion this was agreed to, so 
that there is an extra inducement for the dinghy 
men to compete in the races this year. 
President B. V. R. Speidel declined a renomi¬ 
nation on account of pressure of business, and 
in his place George R. Le Sauvage, who has 
been secretary, was elected president. John 
Haviland was chosen as secretary-treasurer of 
the association. 
Sotider Boat Named Joyette. 
Commodore William H. Childs, of the Ben- 
sonhurst Y. C., has named his new Bonder class 
yacht Joyette. Commodore Childs has thought 
of several names for this yacht, and at one time 
almost decided on Gravesend, but changed his 
mind and followed along the style of names 
that his other yachts have had. His first yacht 
was Trouble, then came More Trouble, Joy 
followed, and some thought the new boat would 
be More Joy, but she is a little craft, and 
Joyette pleases the commodore. 
Joyette is building at the yard of G. M. Smith, 
at Patchogue. She is 36 feet over all, 20 feet 
on the waterline, 7 feet beam and 5 feet draft. 
These figures are not exact but near enough to 
show the way Designer Mower has figured out 
his model. She will spread just under 550 
square feet of canvas and displace a little more 
than 4,035 pounds, so that she is well within 
the restrictions. 
