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A Good Sign. 
The lively interest which has lately been 
manifested by members of the E. Y. C. in a 
one-design class of small sailing craft is a good 
sign. It means that one’s real love of the water 
and ambition to acquire skill in the handling of 
small craft can never be fully gratified by the 
modern motor boat. We concede that a motor 
boat is a might}" convenient invention and fills its 
own particular niche in present day history quite 
as fully as does the sailing yacht or the aero¬ 
plane, but motor boats never have made sailor- 
men and never will do so. 
You may contend if you will (and we will not 
contradict you) that it is quite as impossible to 
build two motor boats precisely alike and pos¬ 
sessing the same identical speed as it is to build 
two such sailboats, but, nevertheless, the story 
is usually ended the first time the two power 
boats get together, for it is dollars to dough¬ 
nuts that the craft which wins in the first try¬ 
out will do so ever after. 
But take two sailboats! Aha!! Here is where 
brains supersede mechanical force, and from 
the firing of the preparatory gun, until the con¬ 
testants cross the line at the finish, skipper vies 
against skipper, not only in steering his course, 
but in trimming his canvas, in the proper hoist 
of his sail, in the manipulation of the center- 
board, in taking quick advantage of every puff 
of wind and every veering of the breeze. Why 
it thrills one just to write it even on this cold 
February nigiit with the thermometer so far 
below zero that we fear it won’t climb back in 
time for the fitting out season! 
It’s a good sign, we repeat, and we know of 
nothing—absolutely nothing—which will instill 
more ginger into our club than to see the pro¬ 
posed class adopted and a dozen or more of the 
“bugs” contracted for. 
One word in conclusion—adopt a small inex¬ 
pensive model at first and when this class 
creates sufficient interest to induce the adoption 
and building of a somewhat larger class, why 
all the better! 
This dissertation comes from the Pilot, pub¬ 
lished by the Erie Y, C., and ’tis good sound 
philosophy, say we. 
Black Duck, a 20'Mile Cruiser. 
Alex.vnder Sellers has just placed a con¬ 
tract with J. Murray Watts, N. A., for the 
design of a high speed cruiser. This boat is 
45 feet long, g feet beam and 3 feet 6 inches 
draft. Two 6o-horsepower 6-cylinder high speed 
motors are installed and with this 120 horse¬ 
power a speed of 20 miles is guaranteed and 21 
miles is confidently expected. 
In spite of this high speed, the accommoda¬ 
tions are unusually comfortable. There is a 
large main saloon 15 feet long, in which are two 
transom berths and a Pullman berth. There is 
a good sized toilet room forward and a galley 
aft. in which there is a large ice-box and the 
usual plumbing and a shipmate coal range. 
The engine room is just aft of amidships and 
contains, besides the main driving engines and 
electric light plant, a tool locker, bench and two 
pipe berths for the crew. Access is had from 
the engine room through a sliding hatch di¬ 
rectly on to the after deck. This after deck is 
12 feet long and there is a side deck to star¬ 
board 2 feet 9 inches leading to the main com¬ 
panionway door, so that guests can go forward 
to the saloon without going through the en¬ 
gine room. 
No attempt has been made to build a light 
racing boat, the planking being of cedar, 
inches in thickness,_while the frames are closely 
spaced and there is a heavy keelson running 
from end to end of the boat forming a stiff 
truss. It is expected that when driven at full 
speed, this boat will raise her bow nearly out of 
water and practically plane on her long flat 
run which is what the sea-going destroyers do 
at top-most speed. 
The owner does not expect to win many 
races this summer on a time allowance basis, 
but hopes to gather in some of the fast time 
prizes as the boat is strictly a cruiser according 
to the A. P. B. A. rules as decided at a meet¬ 
FOREST AND STREAM 
March 23, 1912 
ing in New York a couple of weeks ago. In 
fact her accommodations are unusually good 
for a boat of her size, the headroom being 6 
feet 2 inches throughout the main cabin. 
A Hydroplane Is— 
The American Power Boat Association de¬ 
fines a hydroplane as a racing boat, whose pro¬ 
peller acts in or against the water, which has- 
one or more of the following characteristics; 
(a) one or more breaks in the longitudinal con¬ 
tinuity of the immersed surface, or one or more 
super-imposed lifting surfaces; (b) an im¬ 
mersed area of transom exceeding 33-per cent, 
of the immersed midship section, taken at 50 
per cent of the load waterline length; (c) a 
rating under 1912 A. P. B. A. rules exceeding 
sixteen times the square root of the load water¬ 
line length. Immersed areas shall be actual 
areas, taken with the boat at rest and the crew 
aboard in their racing positions. If by virtue 
of any peculiar form of stern it is impossible 
to measure the immersed area of the transom, 
the maximum submerged width at any point 
within 15 per cent, of the over all length from 
the stern shall be multiplied by the maximum 
draft at any point within 15 per cent, of the over 
all length from the stern, and the product shall 
be taken as the area of the transom. 
Hydroplanes, as defined, are to be divided 
under the 1912 rules into classes according to 
length as follows: Not over 20 feet, not over 
26 feet, not over 32 feet and not over 40 feet, 
and are to be raced boat for boat without any 
restrictions as to power; or if desired by the 
owners, they may be classified by the regatta 
cornmittee holding a race in accordance with 
their A. P. B. A. 1912 rating, and race under 
the resultant handicaps, but in classes separate 
and distinct from displacement boats. 
High Speed Without Steps. 
The new form of hull adopted by Messrs. Cox 
and King, London, so successfully in the nu¬ 
merous high-speed motor boats designed by them 
last year has been patented under No. 29,895, 1910, 
which was accepted on Sept. 7 last. Another in¬ 
teresting patent held by Messrs. Cox and King 
is for the unusual arrangement of screw pro¬ 
pellers, adopted for the first time in Tyreless 
HI., which proved of great advantage for lighter 
high-speed boats fitted with twin screws. Some 
particularly interesting little boats which will be 
seen in the summer built under the former patent 
will he Baby Mine, No Kid and others, conform¬ 
ing to the restrictions of the British Motor Boat 
Club 21-foot class. The two boats named have 
been ordered by J. H. Bell, lately the owner of 
the 35-foot 25-knotter The Quaker Girl, and 
Gustavus Pratt, respectively. Another as yet un¬ 
named will be constructed for C. Lance Gamble, 
a new recruit to marine motoring, who evidently 
believes in starting out with the latest thing. 
Messrs. Cox and King are introducing numerous 
modifications in the application of the design as 
compared with Cordon Rouge, Grayling, Freak 
and Angela, last year’s examples of 21-footers 
built under the same patent. The newest model 
is certainly very attractive and looks remarkably 
speedy, while there is a wholesome appearance 
of seaworthiness. At least two of the boats 
will be fitted with Vauxhall motors, and although 
these engines are newcomers afloat, with their 
reputation ashore and Messrs. Cox and King to 
give them -sea legs, a highly satisfactory perform¬ 
ance is assured. 
CaiiiKDOflinii 
Atlantic'' Division. 
Burlington. N. J., March 17. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: The annual dinner of the Atlantic 
Division was held at Hotel Windsor, Trenton, 
N. j., on Saturday evening, Feb. 17. One-half 
of the dining room was screened off and set 
apart for our use. the same being profusely 
decorated with A. C. A. flags and pennants and 
large flags of the different clubs represented. 
- The menu consisted of a beefsteak dinner, and 
was served in the usual good style of the 
hostelry, and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone 
present. 
The vice-commodbre acted as toastmaster, 
and called upon the following for short 
speeches; Commodore Kretzmer; Frederick 
W. Donnelly, Mayor of Trenton; C. B. Vaux, 
the oldest member of the association present; 
Rear-Commodore A. D. Berning; Frank T. 
Wilson, chairman of the Division Meet Com¬ 
mittee; Dr. David J. Boon, Commodore of 
Philadelphia Canoe Club; Benj. A. Sleeper, 
Commodore of the Lakanoo Boat Club, and 
chairman of the Rancocas cruise committee; 
the never-failing Percy Hogan, who respofided 
in his usual entertaining style; B. Frank Crom¬ 
well, Jr., Vice-Commodore of the Knicker¬ 
bocker Canoe Club and chairman of the Labor 
Day race meet committee; together with several 
others who added “flavor” to the already men¬ 
tioned “talent.” A stein, with the A. C. A. 
flag and 1912 painted on it, was given to every¬ 
one present as a souvenir of the occasion. 
Among those present were the following: 
Commodore Kretzmer, H. L. Walker, Frank 
T. Wilson, Louis Wiese, W. G. Sibley, B. A. 
Sleeper, \V. A. Furman, B. F. Cromwell, Jr., 
M. E. Southard, Fredk. W. Donnelly, Percy 
Hogan, A. C. Biles, A. D. Berning, S. L. 
Woodhouse, W. H. Logan, Jr., V. D. Abel, 
Forrest Altemus, W. C. D. Gauhtt, M. D. Wilt, 
J. W. Broomhead, J.' O. Rickey, J. F. Miller, 
Harry Gault, Harry Keiser, Harry Hager, 
Larcy Fullum. Otto Stockel, G. G. Richards, 
J. V. Mulcahy, H. B. Fort, E. D. Baylie, H. H. 
Baylie, Chas. Parker, Jr., A. Lochner, A. W. 
Winter, J. B. Probasco, Stanley Schuyler, 
Alonzo Shinn, H. M. Landes, Alfred VonDohln. 
D. C. Wells, H, M. Ohlmeyer. H. L. Pollard, 
R. F. Tims, J. E. Horn, C. B. Vaux, D. S. 
Hill, Dr. D. J. Boon, A. Ehrlinger, G. M. Cox, 
G. W. Thomas, H. Bruker, Wm. Steimer, Jos. 
Schermerhorn, Jos. Fritz, C. M. Hartley, F. N. 
Thompson, J. C. Hendrickson. H. L. Case, F. 
L. Muschert. R. R. Anderson, J. Hamilton, J. 
M. Reeder, E, F. Maloney, E. B. Ayres. 
Henry B. Fort, Vice-Corn. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
new members proposed. 
Atlantic Division.—Lawrence A. Fullman, 
602 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa., by G. G. 
Richards; Davis C. Wells, Jr., Bordentown, N. 
J., William A. Steimer, Bordentown, N. J., boch 
by M. E. Southard; Edmund vom Steeg, Jr., 
10 Camden street, Roselle Park, N. J., and 
Ludlow Stevenson, 218 Claremont avenue, 
Jersey City, N. J., both by Cornelius Zabriskie; 
W. C. Grill, 400 W. 149th street. New York, 
N. Y., and Herman Heye, 71 Broadway, Jersey 
City, N. J., both by Louis Reichert. 
Central Division.—E. W. S. Key, 409 Elm¬ 
wood avenue, Buffalo, N. Y., Hugh McLean, 
P. O. Box 58, Buffalo, N. Y., and Richard L. 
Wood, 2412 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y., all by 
F. S. Thorn; M. S. Bostwick, care of Magnus 
Metal Co., iii Broadway, New York, N. Y., by 
W. C. Mullett; Alfred S. Lowe, 100 West 
avenue, Buffalo, N. Y., by Lyman T. Coppins; 
G. C. Schierer, 44 E. Utica street, Buffalo, N. 
Y., Charles R. Hurley, 501 Marine Bank Bldg., 
Buffalo, N. Y., and Hyatt W. Smith, 247 Lex¬ 
ington avenue, Buffalo, 'N. Y., by C. A. Spaulding. 
Eastern Division.—LeRoy B. Surrey, P. O. 
Box 196, Plymouth, Mass., by S. B. Burnham. 
Western Division.—Arvid L. Greenberg, 915 
8th avenue Court, Rockford, Ilk, by F. B. Hunt¬ 
ington. 
MEMBERS elected. 
Atlantic Division.—6355. Charles E. Steelier, 
452 W. 149th street. New York, N. Y. 
Western Division.—6356, Paul R. Sussman, 
332 22d street, Toledo, Ohio. 
MEMBERS REINSTATED. 
Western Division.—5379, J. Bertram Andrews, 
226 Paris avenue, Rockford, Ill. 
RESIGNATION. 
Atlantic Division.—4779, Geo. S. Morrissey. 
73 Mercer street. New York, N. Y. 
