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that little remains to be done except painting 
and finishing. She will be ready to go in com¬ 
mission not later than Decoration Day. Ihe 
name of this craft will be Hussar. 
The other boat is for S. F. Rothschild, of 
Bayshore and Brooklyn. She will be named 
Lillian II., and is a power boat, having a length 
over all of 50 feet, length on load waterline of 
43 feet 3 inches, 10 feet beam and a draft not 
to exceed 26 inches. The motive power will 
consist of two Ralaco motors, which will give 
her a spread of over twelve miles an hour. Ihe 
hull is planked, the engines are in place and 
the joiner work is about one-half done. She 
will be completed about June i. 
Bonnie Doon is the name of a power launch 
building at Brusstar’s yard, Oakland, Cal., for 
William Letts .Oliver, a gentleman identified 
with yachting on the Pacific Coast for many 
years. This craft is practically completed, and 
is expected to go into commission within thirty 
days. As the supply of yacht fittings is rather 
limited on the Pacific Coast, all these were 
bought here in the east and shipped to Mr. 
Oliver, so that in design and every detail of 
construction the boat will be thoroughly up to 
date. The principal dimensions of this boat are: 
Length over all, 66 feet; length on load water¬ 
line, 63 feet 4 inches; beam i feet 8 inches, and 
draft, 4 feet 5 inches. She is fitted with a Doak 
motor which will give her a speed of I 3 l 4 miles. 
At the yard of E. James Tull, Pocomoke City, 
Md., there is building an auxiliary schooner for 
Joseph T. Bailey, for cruising on the Chesa¬ 
peake Bay and other waters. The dimensions 
of this craft are; Length over all, 64 feet 3 
inches; length on load waterline, 56 feet 3 
inches; beam, 16 feet 9 inches, with a draft of 
3 feet when the centerboard is up. Her rig is 
small, and intended for moderate and heavy 
weather. Her auxiliary motive power will be 
an internal combustion engine capable of driv¬ 
ing her at a speed of nine miles per hour. Mr. 
Gielow states that this vessel will be com¬ 
pleted by June 15. 
Britt Brothers, of West Lynn, Mass., are 
building a power boat for a New York yachts¬ 
man that has received more than the usual 
amount of praise from yachting experts for her 
exceptionally fine interior arrangements. This 
boat is practically completed, and will be ready 
for the owner’s use within thirty days_. She is 
constructed of wood, and her dimensions are: 
Length over all. 55 feet; length on load water¬ 
line, 49 feet 10 inches; beam, ii feet, and draft, 
30 inches. She will be driven by a Lozier en¬ 
gine, giving her a speed of 12;^ miles per hour. 
This boat has not been named, as yet. 
The Margo is another boat building down 
east. She is being built by the Murray & 
Tregurtha Company at South Boston, for 
Russell Dart, of this City. Pier dimensions are: 
40 feet long over all; 10 feet beam, and 3 feet 
draft, being a combination between light draft 
and sea-going qualities of a good order. The 
boat is planked, deck laid, and nearly all the 
joiner work set up in place, so that she will 
be completed well within the time stipulated in 
the contract, viz., June i. 
At W. F. Ruddock’s shop in Harlem there 
is building a double planked mahogany speed 
launch for a New York yachtsman. This launch 
is of the open type, intended for cruising and 
express service. She is 36 feet long over all, 
5 feet 3 inches beam, and will have a speed of 
fully twenty miles an hour. The work has been 
begun, and she will be completed not later than 
June 15. _ 
At Jacob’s yard. City Island, Mr. Gielow has 
seven boats building. One is a speed launch 
for F. Max Huber, of Brooklyn. She is 35 feet 
long over all, has a beam of 4 feet 3 inches, 
and will have a speed of twenty miles an hour. 
She is constructed of mahogany, double 
planked, and her model and workmanship are 
of a superior order. She is completed and will 
be launched as soon as the weather is favorable. 
Another craft of interest is the ,38-rating sloop 
for John Hays Hammond, Jr. She is in frame 
and being planked, and her joiner work is all 
completed ready to set up as soon as the deck 
beams are in place and deck laid. As she 
stands in frame, she presents a handsome ap¬ 
pearance, and leaves no room for questioning 
her ability to show speed in a thrash to wind¬ 
ward. Her construction is substantial, capable 
of withstanding the stress of racing as well as 
cruising. The contract provides for her com¬ 
pletion by June 5, but, from present indica¬ 
tions, the probabilities are that she will be com¬ 
pleted before that time. She will be named 
Odysseus II. 
The other five boats are one-design class 
S sloops, for members of the Manhasset Bay 
Y. C. They are 27 feet 10 inches long on deck, 
with a beam of 6 feet 7 inches, and carry about 
4,30 square feet of canvas. Their owners are 
Edgar A. Sierck, John F. O’Rourke, James W. 
Alker, Clarkson Cowl and W. Butler Duncan, 
Jr. They are all completed, and will be 
launched as soon as the weather becomes favor¬ 
able. 
The other ten boats are of smaller dimen¬ 
sions, ranging from 25 to 30 feet in length; 
eight of them are now in cottrse of construction. 
Yachts Building at Portchester. 
FR.A.NCIS L. Field is having a fast 30-foot 
runabout built by the Luder’s Marine Construc¬ 
tion Co. at Portchester, which will be 30 feet 
over all, 5 feet wide and draw 23 inches of 
water. The boat will be built with oak and 
elm frames, mahogany decks and planking and 
quartered white oak trimmings. There will be 
a long turtle back forward of the engine and 
an owner’s cockpit aft of the helmsman long 
enough for party of six or eight. The engine 
will be a six-cylinder Jencick of about 45 horse¬ 
power, and a speed of 21 miles has been guar¬ 
anteed. The machinery is entirely controlled 
and operated from the steering wheel automo¬ 
bile type. The boat will be used by the owner 
on Long Island Sound at Greenwich. 
The Luders Company is now at work on the 
plans for ten electric launches for the Electric 
Transportation Co., of Seattle, to be used in 
connection with the coming Yukon-Alaskan 
Exposition. A feature of these craft is a newly 
devised electric drive on which patents are be¬ 
ing taken out, by virtue of which a higher 
speed and mileage is obtained over the present 
type of electric craft. The helmsman or oper¬ 
ator is located in a small cockpit of his own, at 
which point all wiring, controls, etc., are con¬ 
centrated. A large unobstructed cockpit is thus 
obtained for passengers. These boats are to be 
36 feet long, 6 feet 9 inches wide and draw less 
than two feet of water. 
An order for a small boat for the Hanan 
Brothers, has been received. 
The 6o-foot cruiser Triune, for Vice-Com¬ 
modore Houck, of the New Rochelle Y. C., is 
ready for launching and is expected to be in 
commission within the next few weeks. 
Alex. Stein’s Antares. a 70-foot cruiser, is 
also rapidly assuming shape, the joiner work 
and engine are now being installed. 
New Rochelle Y. C. 
The New Rochelle Y. C. has received twenty- 
eight applications for membership during 
March. Last year the club liquidated a debt of 
$2,000, and now being in splendid shape finan¬ 
cially, is proceeding with improvements to its 
.grounds and the renovation of its club house. 
This club is most accessible from New York, 
as the trip from Grand Central Station to the 
anchorage occupies only fifty minutes. 
The fleet in Echo Bay will be increased by at 
least ten boats belonging to the incoming new 
members. In addition a number of boats are 
in process of building for old members, among 
which is a splendid power cruiser for Vice-Com¬ 
modore M. W. Houck. 
L. _D. Hunting, Jr., has just launched the 
auxiliary ketch Snu.g, of his design and build, 
for Daniel Bacon, the latter having very recent- 
Iv sold Tamerlane, of Bermuda fame. Mr. 
Bacon and Mr. Huntington are both active 
members of the New Rochelle Y. C. Snug is 
a novel development of yacht building. She is 
30 feet over all. 25 feet waterline, 9 feet 6 inches 
beam and 5 feet 6 inches draft, and has excep¬ 
tionally great freeboard. Spreading less than 
600 square feet of sail she is very easily man¬ 
aged by one man. But though small and handy, 
she nevertheless has over six feet headroom 
and could comfortably sleep six people in her 
cabin. She is fitted with a 5-horsepower motor 
capable of driving her five knots per hour. 
Snug is very strongly built and will give a good 
account of herself anywhere and in any weather. 
Mr. Bacon will cruise as far east as Bar Flarbor 
in her this season, and Mr. liuntington pro¬ 
poses to sail her in this year’s race to Bermuda. 
The following events are announced by the 
New Rochelle Y. C.: 
April 4—Shad Bake. 
May 8—Beefsteak dinner and vaudeville en¬ 
tertainment. 
May 15—Opening ceremonies. 
June 12—Annual regatta. 
June 19—Ladies’ day. 
July 31—Race around Long Island, from At¬ 
lantic Y. C. 
Aug. 28—Summer regatta. 
The club cruise will start Aug. 7, the pro¬ 
posed itinerary being New Rochelle to Black 
Rock, to Thimble Islands, to Stonington. to 
Newport, to New Bedford; with a probability 
of continuing on to Edgartown and Nantucket. 
American Y. C. Fixtures. 
The American Y. C., of Newburyport, has 
made out its schedule of events for the sea¬ 
son. It follows: 
May 30—First club cruise to Sandy Point. 
May 31—Club smoker. 
June 12—Club race, yachts 18 to 22 feet and 
sailing dories. 
June 19—Cruise to Portsmouth. 
June 26—Club race, yachts 18 to 22 feet and 
dories. 
June 29—Ladies’ moonlight sail to Plum 
Island. 
July 2-6—Cruise to Marblehead and Salem 
Willows. 
July 10—Club race, yachts 18 to 22 feet and 
dories. 
July 17—Cruise to Portsmouth. 
July 24—Club race, yachts 18 to 22 feet and 
dories. 
July 29—Ladies’ moonlight sail; dance on re¬ 
turn to the clubhouse. 
Aug. 7—Club race, yachts 18 to 22 feet and 
dories. 
A.ug. 21—Cruise to Annisquam. 
Aug. 23—Newburyport day. 
Aug. 30—Ladies’ moonlight sail; lunch and 
dance on return to the club house. 
Sept. 3-7—Cruise to Boston. 
Sept. 12—Last club cruise to Grape Island. 
Interclub Association’s Schedule. 
The Interclub Yacht Racing Association, of 
Boston, has changed the rules of the pro¬ 
gressive handicap, so that Class A will be 25 
feet over all, sailing length; Class B will be 
under-25 feet sailing length; Class C will be 
waterline plus one-third of the overhang, and 
Class .S. the special open class, will sail to over¬ 
all measurement. The dates of the races 
arranged are as follows: 
May 31—South Boston Y. C. 
June 26—Mosquito Fleet Y. C. 
July 10—Columbia Y. C. 
Jul.v 24—Squantum Y. C. 
Aug. 7—Winthrop Y. C. 
Aug. 21—Wollaston Y. C. 
Sept. 4—Quincy Y. C. 
Sept. 6—Lynn Y. C. 
Yachts Change Hands. 
The Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency has sold 
the 45-foot cruising gasolene launch Princess, 
owned by C. D, Tower, of Boston, to Arthur G. 
Bigelow, of Cohasset, Mass. 
The same agency has also sold the 30-foot 
waterline auxiliary yawl Sinbad, owned by Rev. 
Leighton Parks, of New York, to John C. 
Phillips, of Boston, Mass., and the fast Sonder 
class sloop Sally ^■'^ 111 ., owned b.v M. D. Trues- 
dale, of New York, to Dwight F. Davis, of St. 
Louis. Mo. Sally VIII. will be used for racing 
on Buzzard’s Bay. 
