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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[April 3 , 1909. 
Alaska-Yukon Racing. 
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition will 
open at Seattle June i, and be made the oc¬ 
casion of the greatest motor boat and yachting 
pageant in the history of the far West. The 
sailing races are to be held under the auspices 
of the Northwestern International Yacht Rac¬ 
ing Association. The motor boat races will be 
held on Lake Washington, upon the banks of 
which the exposition grounds will be laid out, 
and these races will be managed by the Pacific 
International Power Boat Association. The 
programme for these races follows: 
1. For the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific champion¬ 
ship cup: A race for 12-metre (40 foot) boats 
unrestricted as to horsepower (not including 
hydroplanes), 30-mile, best three out of five 
free-for-all. 
2. For the world’s championship lo-metre 
challenge cup (value $500 or over), same con¬ 
ditions as above. 
3. Special non-handicap events for the 8- 
mkre, the 22- and the 18-foot classes, same 
conditions. 
4. Handicap event for all boats entered in 
the previous races, handicap to be based on 
actual performance in above events with a 3 or 
5 per cent, disqualification clause. 
5. Race for hydroplanes. 
6. Special feature events, including backward 
race; race for boats built and run by boys under 
seventeen years of age; obstacle race, tug-of- 
war. etc. 
These races will be open to members of all 
organized clubs and will be held under the 
rules of the Pacific International Power Boat 
Association and under the direct management 
of the exposition and the Motor Boat Club of 
Seattle. 
The date requested is the week of July 5. to 
occupy three days, in conjunction, if possible, 
with other aquatic events. 
New Scantling Rules. 
The yacht clubs in this vicinity, as well as 
those on the Lakes, have recently adopted the 
scantling restrictions of the Massachusetts As¬ 
sociation for classes P and under. These re¬ 
strictions are as follows: 
General Formula.—Sectional area in square 
inches of any frame, deck beam, shelf, clamp or 
bilge stringer, shall be expressed in terms of 
the square root of the displacement in cubic 
feet times a constant. Thickness in inches of 
planking, deck or house deck shall be ex¬ 
pressed in terms of the cube root of the dis¬ 
placement in cubic feet times a constant. 
Frames-.— Frames to be of white oak. On the 
basis of 12-inch spacing on centers, heels VDX 
0.2. Minimum sectional area, in square inches, 
heads, VDXo.12. Taper between heels and 
heads to be straight. The bevel, due to angle 
of planking, allowed from these areas. 
"Shelf or Clamp.—To be of hard pine or at 
least its equivalent in weight. Minimum sec¬ 
tional area in square inches, VDX0.4. To run 
from stem to transom with taper allowed due to 
necessary beveling. 
Bilge Stringer.—To be of hard pine or at 
least its equivalent in weight. Minimum sec¬ 
tional area in square inches, VDX0.3. To ex¬ 
tend at least two-thirds the over all length of 
the boat and to be of full sectional area for at 
least half its length, allowing a taper at ends of 
a 20 per cent, reduction of area. 
Deck Beams.—On the basis of 12-inch spac¬ 
ing on centers. All beams to be of white oak. 
Minimum sectional area of main beams in 
square inches. VDXo.,!. Minimum sectional 
area of auxiliary beams in square inches. 
VDXo. 2. Minimum sectional area of half 
beams in square inches VDXo.15. There must 
be two main beams at each mast, one at fore 
end of cabin house, one (or its equivalent in 
weight at this height) at after end of 'cabin 
house, and two at each skylight, hatch and com¬ 
panion. The minimum sectional area of main 
and auxiliary beams shall be at the center of 
the beam, allowing a taper in moulding of 2$ 
per cent, reduction of area at each end. 
Planking.—Minimum thickness in inches, 
3_ . . ... 
VDX0.16. Minimum thickness in inches, 
VDXo.14 if hard pine or at least its equivalent 
in weight is used. If, as in the case of double 
planking, a light wood and a heavy wood layer 
are used to make up the total thickness of 
planking, these formulae shall be applied in 
direct proportion to the weight of their respec¬ 
tive woods. 
Deck.—Minimum thickness in inches VDX 
0.15. Minimum thickness of deck may be re¬ 
duced k^-inch if canvas covered. 
House Deck.—Minimum thickness in inches, 
3- 
VDX0.13. Minimum thickness of house deck 
may be reduced )4-inch if canvas covered. 
Plouse Sides and Forward End.—To be of 
white oak or its equivalent in weight. Minimum 
thickness in inches, VDXo.16. 
Cabin Plouse.—Sides and forward end of 
cabin house must be vertical. Minimum area 
of top of cabin house and minimum height 
above deck of sides and end including cabin 
top, must be as given in the table following: 
Minimum 
Minimum 
Area, 
Height, 
sq. ft. 
inches. 
Class 
P—27ft. 
Rating.. 
.... 50 
8 
Class 
Q—22ft. 
Rating.. 
•••• 35 
7 
Class 
R—i8ft. 
Rating. . 
.... 25 
6^ 
Class 
S-i 5 ft. 
Rating.. 
.... 20 
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Bayside Y. C. Committees. 
Commodore G. W-\ldo Smith, of the Bay- 
side Y. C. has appointed the officers and com¬ 
mittees that are to manage the club this year. 
They are: Fleet Captain, Chas. G. Meyer; 
Fleet Surgeon, Dr. Chas. B. Story; Fleet 
Chaplain, Rev. Wm. F. McCord; Legal Advisor, 
Elmer G. Story. House Committee—Archibald 
Nesbett, Chairman; W. PL Baker, William 
Teller. Regatta Committee—Edwin Andrews, 
Jr., Chairman; Jas. PI. Lee, Chas. L. Willard, 
Herbert Funke, PTerman H. Kimmel, Arthur 
C. Andrews, E. J. Wright. Entertainment Com¬ 
mittee—Harvey G. Roclcwell, Chairman; Merle 
L. Downs, C. G. Leland, George S. Hauck. 
Library Committee—W. W. Knapp, Chairman; 
Edward W. Plazen, C. A. Birchfield. 
The elected officers are: Commodore, G. 
Waldo Smith; Vice-Commodore, G. Howland 
Leavitt; Rear-Commodore, W. W. Cole; Sec¬ 
retary, William PI. Johns; Treasurer, Frederic 
Floyd-Jones; Measurer. William J. English; 
Board of Governors—Chas. L. Willard, Jas. H. 
Lee. W. H. Baker, Charles PI. Rickert, Archi¬ 
bald Nesbett, R. B. Currie, E. Andrews, Jr. 
Race From New Bedford to Sea Gate. 
Directors of the New Bedford Y. C. have 
accepted the offer of Thomas Fleming Day and 
C. F. Munroe, the latter an honorary member 
of the club, of a $2.so cup for a race of sailing 
craft from New Bedford to Seagate, a distance 
of about 200 miles. A special regatta commit¬ 
tee to have charge of the event has been ap¬ 
pointed. as follows: George H. Nye (Chair¬ 
man), Winfield M. Thompson. W. PI. Hand, 
Jr., E. PI. Hicks, Richard B. Snow and Francis 
M. Stone. The date of the race will be a little 
in advance of the ocean race from Seagate to 
Cape May. to enable some of the craft in the 
race from New Bedford to compete in the Cape 
May race. 
Launchings at Herreshoff’s. 
A DOUBLE launching took place last week 
from the Herreshoff shops at Bristol. R. I. 
One was Enja, a steam yacht built on the same 
lines as Captain Nat Herreshoff’s Roamer. is 
owned by T. G. Bennett, of New Plaveu. Her 
length over all is about iii feet and 100 feet on 
the water line. 
The other boat is a 6o-foot gasolene power 
launch, which was ordered by ex-Commodore 
F. G. Bourne, of the New York Y. C. She is 
expected to develop a speed of’ 16 miles an 
hour. The name of this yacht is Canvas Back. 
Changes on the Vanadis. 
Some changes are to be made on the steam 
yacht Vanadis, which was built last year by C. 
K. G. Billings from designs by Clinton H. 
Crane. This yacht is to be fitted with the very 
latest machinery, which combines the turbine 
with the reciprocating engine. 
L.ast fall the first of such combination ships 
was tried in the waters of the Clyde, a steamer 
built by William Denny & Brothers for the 
New Zealand Shipping Company. She was an 
exact duplicate of a vessel previously built by 
the same company, but fitted with reciprocating 
engines only. The combination ship made a 
full knot greater speed with the same steam, 
which is a very big step indeed. 
Since then the steam yacht Emerald, owned 
by Sir Christopher Furness, has been fitted with 
a reciprocating engine in addition to her low 
pressure turbines, and her performance has 
simply emphasized the improvement shown by 
the Denny-built vessel. 
At present the White Star line is equipping 
one of its largest new vessels with the combina¬ 
tion system. Mr. Billings has been so im¬ 
pressed with the advantages of the system that 
he has already let a contract for the installation 
of a reciprocating engine in that vessel to work 
in conjunction with her low pressure turbines. 
The great advantages of the new system is 
increased economy in coal consumption over 
either engines or turbines alone. This is 
brought about by using the good qualities of 
both engines and turbines. Turbines are par¬ 
ticularly successful in handling steam from at¬ 
mosphere pressure to a perfect vacuum and the 
reciprocating engines from the highest boiler 
pressure down to the place where the turbine 
begins to be of advantage. In the combination 
system the steam goes first to the cylinders of 
a triple expansion engine, and the exhaust, in¬ 
stead of going direct to a condenser, goes 
through the turbines. With the combination 
system the same steam will give quite 25 per 
cent, more power than it would with the recipro¬ 
cating engines alone. This does not only mean 
a saving in expense, which in a yacht is of 
minor importance, but means that it is not 
necessary to coal up nearly so frequently, and 
this will be appreciated by all yachtsmen. 
The contract for this change in the Vanadis 
has been let to the Staten Island Shipbuilding 
Company. The changes are being made from 
plans and under the supervision of Tams, Le- 
moine & Crane, the architects of the vessel. 
The engine is now building and will be in¬ 
stalled in the fall after the yacht has gone out 
of commission. 
Joint Two Days’ Cruise. 
The Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. and the 
Indian Harbor Y. C. have arranged to hold a 
joint two-days’ cruise from Greenwich to New 
London just before the cruise of the New York 
Y. C. This cruise, which will consist of two 
days’ racing, will start from Greenwich on 
Tuesday, Aug. 3, and that day’s run will be to 
New Haven. On Wednesday, Aug. 4, the run 
will be to New London, where the fleet of the 
New York club is to rendezvous on Thursday, 
Aug. s. These races will be open for yachts o^ 
any club and for all classes down to Class P. 
This combined cruise will take the place of th'^ 
Indian Harbor club’s annual race to New Lon¬ 
don, which in former years has taken the yachts¬ 
men to New London in time to witness the an¬ 
nual rowing contest between Harvard and Yale. 
Diana to Cruise to Europe. 
C. Ledy.\rd Bl.^ir’s steam yacht Diana is 
fitting out for a cruise across the Atlantic. The 
yacht will leave here on April 10 with a party 
of nine on board and touch first at Bermuda 
on April 13. It will leave Bermuda April 17 
and touch at Madeira April 27, Tangiers on May 
3, Gibraltar May 5 and Cadiz May 6 or 7. 
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