May I, 1909 ] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
705 
Smith’s 
Spar Coating 
Appearance 
The week after, even two months 
after, there probably will not be very 
much apparent difference between the 
best and half a dozen favorably 
known brands, but thereafter every 
week counts, every month makes 
the inherent difference clearer. 
SMITH’S SPAR COATING stands 
severe winter weather so successfully 
that those using other brands are in¬ 
credulous. 
Durability 
Spar Coating is much like Port 
Wine. The latter must be of a good 
vintage, the former of good ma¬ 
terials ; and both must be aged but 
not until matured are they really 
“worth while.” SMITH’S SPAR 
COATING is never sold until it is 
without question “worth while.” 
Cost 
To “age” Spar Coating properly 
means extra cost, but nowhere near 
as much as its additional value to 
you. The difference in your bill is 
slight, the difference in durability and 
appearance is great. 
Verification 
SMITH’S SPAR COATING was 
used on the International Cup De¬ 
fenders, and has the endorsement of 
the leading Naval Architects, Boat- 
Builders, and Owners, at home and 
abroad. 
Winners 1908 
Giving names of winners of last 
season’s races, club officers, etc. Free 
on request. 
Edward Smith & Co. 
Varnish Makers for 82 Years 
CHICAGO NEW YORK 
Auxiliary for R. H. McCurdy. 
Robert tt. McCurdy, of the New York Y. 
C., is having an auxiliary sloop built at the yard 
of . 4 . C. Brown & Sons, from designs by . 4 . 
Cary Smith & Ferris. This yacht is to be named 
Papineau and will be used by Mr. McCurdy for 
cruising and fishing on the Great South Bay. 
'J'he general dimensions are 54 feet over all, 
37 feet waterline, 15 feet beam, 2 feet 8 inchs 
draft and 2 feet 2 inches least freeboard. The 
ballast is lead and will be inside. In describing 
this yacht. A. Cary Smith says: 
■'A model was made and all the pains usually 
taken with a racing craft were lavished upon the 
design. The construction of Papineau is the 
result of long experience. The keel is of one 
piece carved out of an oak tree. The lower 
strake of the centerboard trunk is cut out of the 
solid, making a rigid backbone. The frames 
are small and spaced one foot apart. Every 
fourth frame is double and the chain plate 
frames also are double. The rest are steamed 
and bent and several are cut out of root timber. 
The wales and plank are selected yellow pine 
tapered at the ends. 'J'he first wale is put on 
with an offset called a nib and the next‘wales 
start from this nib at each end. 'Phis principle 
is followed down to the keel and the plank be¬ 
low the tuck is tapered in the same manner. 
By this means the boat is planked with a 
straight plank put on without undue strains and 
without splitting the frames. 'Phis plan was 
partially used on the schooner Vigil. 'Phat 
vessel when six years old had never leaked, and 
there was not a sign of strain about the hull, 
though she was 43 feet on the waterline, 18 
feet beam, and drew only 4 feet 9 inches, a very 
difficult form to make strong. 
“The cabin house of Papineau is 17 feet 3 
inches long and the cockpit 9 feet 3 inches. 'Phe 
cabin has 6 feet i inch headroom and is laid 
out for da}' work only, but a curtain across the 
center makes a stateroom if desired. 'Phe sofas 
are wide and long enough for two persons to 
sleep on a side. The cabin is lighted by a sky¬ 
light and bevelled plate glass windows at the 
sides which hinge up to the roof of the cabin. 
This method will give the ventilation of a sum¬ 
mer cabin and give better shelter during a rain¬ 
storm. At the forward end of the starboard 
side is a toilet and on the port side a galley. 
The forecastle will have room for two men to 
sleep and ample room for stores and an ice¬ 
box. The deck is nibbed into a planksheer of 
mahogany and fastened with screws and 
plugged. 
“The rig of the yacht is to be a pole mast 
with jib and forestaysail. 'J'he latter will have 
a boom and work on a traveler for convenience. 
The auxiliary power will be a four-cylinder 
Speedway engine of 16 horsepower with a two- 
bladed screw.” 
President Taft a Yachtsman. 
President 'Paft, who is to spend the sum¬ 
mer at Beverly, has been elected an honorary 
member of the Eastern Y. C. Among others 
who are honorary members of that club are 
the Gerynan Emperor and Col. Roosevelt. 
President Taft is the sponsor for the cup for 
which the German and American Sonder boats 
are to race in August, and it is thought that 
being so near to the scene of the battles be¬ 
tween these yachts, he will take considerable 
interest in the races. He has accepted the hon¬ 
orary membership in the club. President Taft 
has also been elected an honorary member of 
the Jubilee Y. C. 
New Racer for G. P. Granbery. 
G. P. Granbery, president of the handicap 
racing class, has sold his sloop Tanya to John 
J. McCahill. of Ncwburg, and has purchased the 
sloop Intrepid from Henry A. Church, of 
Marblehead. Intrepid is 40 feet over all, 27 feet 
on the waterline, 9 feet 6 inches beam and b 
feet draft. She carries 1,000 square feet or 
canvas. Mr. Granbery will bring Intrepid 
around the Cape early in May. 
ARTHUR BINNEY 
(Formerly Stewart & Binney) 
Naval Architect and Yacht Broker 
Mason Building, Kilbv Street, BOSTON, MASS. 
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