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Feb. 3, 1912 
the secretary showed tlie club to be in excellent 
financial condition. The Program Committee 
appointed comprises Commodore T. E. Gibson, 
former Commodore S. E. Smith, W. J. Gard¬ 
ner, Frank Cox and N. E. Wretman. The fol¬ 
lowing officers were elected: Commodore, T. 
E. Gibson (re-elected): Vice-Commodore, E. 
Knickerbocker; Port Captain, Martin Jensen; 
Secretary, N. E. Wretman; Treasurer, J. B. 
Harmon. 
E. Knickerbocker has a motor boat for which 
he claims 20 miles an hour, and an equal speed 
is boasted of by C. H. Letcher for his boat. 
The men will probably test this matter out be¬ 
fore their fellow-sportsmen early in the season. 
CHELSEA Y. C. 
The Chelsea Y. C., Chelsea, Mass., elected the 
following officers for the coming year: Com¬ 
modore, Joseph D. Swoyer; Vice-Commodore, 
John R. Wiggins; Rear-Commodore, James H. 
Hayes, Jr.; Treasurer, John R. Shields. 
CORINTHIAN Y. C. ELECTS OFFICERS. 
The Corinthian Y. C., of Boston, is looking 
forward to another very successful year this 
summer following the holding of the annual 
meeting and election of officers at the Boston 
Athletic Association. Reports showed that 1911 
was a banner year, no less than tweny-two races 
being held with a total of 783 starters. A num¬ 
ber of changes were made in the executive 
officers, the staff for the current year being 
named as follows: Commodore, C. B. Wheelock; 
Vice-Commodore, J. B. Fallon: Rear-Commo¬ 
dore, L. F. Percival; Secretary, H. S. Goodwin; 
Treasurer, F. W. Moore; Measurer, S. H. 
Brown, Jr.; Executive Committee—J. M. Ward, 
Andrew Raeburn; Membership Committee—P. 
W. Pope, S. W. Lewis, Merrill Hunt, Harold 
Peters; Regatta Committee—W. L. Carleton, 
G. H. Mayo, George Upton, G. E. Chapin, J. 
G. Alden; House Committee, three years, A. P. 
Tarbell. 
KNICKERBOCKER Y. C. 
The Knickerbocker Y. C.. New York, held 
an informal dinner at the Hotel Manhattan on 
Jan. 17. There were between seventy-five and 
one hundred members and guests present. The 
following officers of the club have been nomi¬ 
nated for tbe year, and the election will take 
place at the annual meeting, which will be held 
on Feb, 20: Commodore, W. E, Spencer, M.D.; 
Vice-Commodore, W. F, Duftield; Rear-Com¬ 
modore, W. D. Griscom; Treasurer, G. H, 
Cooper; Secretary, J, O. Sinkinson; Measurer, 
G. J. Stelz; Fleet Surgeon, W. H. Peer, M,D.: 
Board of Directors—Rodman Sands, Harry 
Stevenson, W. B. Beam, Alfred Schoen and F. 
L. Kraemer, 
TAMPA Y. C. 
Tbe annual election of officers was field at the 
Tampa Yacht and Country Club, and tbe re¬ 
sult follows: D. C. Gillett, President: H. T. 
Lykes. Vice-President: C. M, Davis, Secretary; 
R. J. Binnicker, Treasurer: Board of Directors— 
J. T, Mabonev, William M. Fielder, M. G. Gib¬ 
bons, W. S. Barritt. J. M, Harvey, 
Motor Cruiser for G. M. Pynchon. 
At the yards of the Gas Engine & Power Co., 
Morris Heights, a twin-screw motor yacht is 
being built for Vice-Commodore G. Mallory 
Pynchon, of the Larchmont Y. C. She is 70 
feet 3 inches over all, 65 feet on the waterline, 
II feet 6 inches beam and 3 feet 6 inches draft, 
with a speed of *14^2 miles. 
The new yacht will be used in connection with 
Commodore Pynchon’s racing sloop Istalena. 
The machinery will consist of two six-cylinder, 
6x6 inches Speedway. 
Commodious quarters for the crew are lo¬ 
cated forward. The engine room is under the 
after end of the raised deck forward and has a 
large skylight. The midship deck is 14 feet 
long and the full width of the vessel. In the 
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trunk cabin part aft of the midship deck is the 
saloon, with folding berths, buffet and ward¬ 
robe. The yacht will be lighted throughout by 
electricity. The joiner work is of hardwood. 
There will be six steel watertight bulkheads. 
She will be ready for delivery early in May. 
Running the Motor with Kerosene. 
Now that the price of gasolene is running a 
Marathon with butter and eggs and bids fair 
to cut the gas engine from its favorite food, 
just as marketmen sooner or later will deprive 
the motorist of two of his pet breakfast staples, 
it has fallen to the lot of the ever handy in¬ 
ventor to find a substitute. This appears in the 
form of a kerosene oil converter, whereby the 
engine in your motor boat runs on oil. This 
simple device is known as the universal hydro¬ 
carbon gas producer, invented by W. K. Bass- 
ford. and is attached in the same manner as 
the muffler. 
The principle of its operation is as follows: 
This being a suction gas producer, the fuel_ is 
first atomized and then drawn by the suction 
Mechanism. 
of the engine through passages heated by the 
exhaust, thus making the device automatic, and 
suiting the requirements of the engine under all 
conditions of speed or load. The exhaust is 
absolutely clean, odorless and colorless, wbich 
signifies perfect combustion, a minimum con¬ 
sumption of fuel, and a maximum of efficiency. 
It is described as being “fool proof," which, 
if true, is in itself sufficient recommendation. 
It starts on gasolene, and after running three 
minutes, the gasolene supply is shut off auto¬ 
matically and kerosene turned on. This is all 
done by a thermostat and requires no thought 
nor attention from the operator. Its economic 
value may be figured thus: A lo-horsepower 
gasolene engine running ten hours a day will 
use seven gallons of gasolene at 15 cents a 
gallon. $1.05. The same horsepower engine 
with the gas-producer attachment would con¬ 
sume six .gallons of kerosene at 7 cents, cost¬ 
ing 42 cents, a saving of 63 cents a day. 
To Florida by Motor Boat. 
Many motor boat owners who can spare the 
time visit Florida in winter and wait until the 
weather is warm before returning to this frigid 
section. Time was when only those who owned 
a fair sized steam yacht or a good auxiliary 
could make the trip south in the winter months, 
and then when the motor boat began to take 
the place of the steamer, only large boats of 
that type could make such a journey, because a 
considerable part of the voyage was on the 
ocean. Owners of Smaller craft shipped them 
south by rail or sent them around in charge of 
professional crews. Now things are different 
and one could get to Florida with a 20-foot 
boat if he cared to put up with a little dis¬ 
comfort, or if he rested each night at some town 
or village. A 40-footer is an ideal craft for such 
a trip, and to make things more agreeable, there 
should be a party of four or five congenial ones 
on board. Some motor boats have been built 
specially for such a trip. Last year several 
went south, and since then, the inland water 
route has been so much improved that it is 
now possible to get from New York, Philadel¬ 
phia, or almost any other eastern city, all the 
way to the orange groves and have only about 
160 miles to travel on the ocean. That 160 miles 
is from Beaufort. N. C., to Winyah Bay. Cape 
Fear River is half way between those two 
points, and it affords good anchorage for boats 
of all sizes. A cruising motor boat can make 
80 miles in eight to ten hours in good weather, 
so that this run outside is nothing to be worried 
about. 
The Department of Commerce and Labor, 
acting through the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 
has issued special charts which cover the route 
through the inland waterway, and on these 
charts it is shown by a broken red line. Briefly, 
in starting from New York, the way is up the 
Raritan River to New Brunswick. N. J., thence 
through the Delaware and Raritan Canal to 
Bordentown, N. J.; down the Delaware River to 
Delaware City, Del.; thence through the Chesa¬ 
peake and Delaware Canal to Chesapeake City, 
Md., and thence through Back Creek and Elk 
River to the head of the Chesapeake. The route 
then traverses the home of the oyster and can- 
vasback duck and leads southward through 
Elizabeth River, Dismal Swamp Canal (or Albe¬ 
marle and Chesapeake Canal). Albemarle and 
Pamlico Sounds, Neuss River, Adams Creek 
Canal to Cove Creek and Newport River to 
Beaufort, N. C. Vessels drawing 3 feet or less 
can go 23. miles further to Bogue Inlet, but 
vessels of deeper draft must go outside at 
Beaufort. At Winyab Bay there are more in¬ 
land routes, but the way is tortuous. It is a 
well buoyed and lighted way through and can 
be easily made out. Just now tbe southern 
route is the popular one with all who can take 
it. 
Mr. Gardner’s New Yacht. 
An inland yachtsman who makes buggies and 
friends easily, Russel E. Gardner, has now 
ordered a gasolene speed yacht of 150 horse¬ 
power for June delivery. Mr. Gardner owned 
the old-time stern-wheeler Annie Russell. The 
new vessel is 57 feet long, 12 feet beam. Cabin 
will be finished in maho,gany with glass ob¬ 
servation rooms. She will be the finest yacht 
on the Mississippi. 
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ARCTIC HUNTING 
For charter, ship fully equipped, specially built 
for ice work, for one or more months’ cruise in 
Greenland or Spitzbergen and Franz Josef’s Land 
waters, will accommodate party of 5 to 15, Polar 
bear, reindeer, fox, seal, walrus, Arctic birds, 
fishing. 
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ARTHUR BINNEY 
(Formerly Stewart & Binnev) 
Naval Architect and Yacht Broker 
Mason Building, Kilby St., BOSTON, MASS. 
Cable Address, “Designer.” Boston 
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Yacht Brokers and Naval Architects 
15 William Street - New York 
Telephones 1375 and 1376 Broad 
YACHT and BOAT SAILING 
Sy' the tale "Dijeon K.emp 
Tenth edition. Published 1904. We have a copy in 
fairly good condition, published at $12, which we will 
sell for $9.00. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
