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[Jan. 26, 1907. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Photo by N. L. Stebbins. 
Cigarette. 
Cigarette, steam yacht, was designed in 1905 
for Mr. William H. Ames,, of Boston, by Messrs. 
Swazey, Raymond & Page. In our issue of Dec. 
1, 1906, we published the interesting drawings 
of this fast boat. Since we have received from 
the designers the new photograph of the yacht 
taken in Newport, while going at a 20 knot clip, 
there is no doubt of the resemblance to a torpedo 
boat, and the wave formation is good for this 
speed. Cigarette was built of steel by Messrs. 
Lawley, of South Boston. The dimensions are 
as follows: 
Length, over all .112ft. oin. 
Breadth . 14ft- 7 m - 
Draft . 4ft. 7in. 
Horsepower . 850 
Speed ...21 knots. 
New Rochelle Y. C. 
The annual meeting of the New Rochelle Y. 
C. will be held at the Hotel Manhattan on Feb. 
2. A ticket has been prepared in which all the 
principal officers are retained. The regatta com¬ 
mittee is entirely new, Mr. G. P. Granberry, 
Mr. J. D. Spartman and Mr. L. D. Huntingdon 
retiring. The new committee will be headed by 
Mr. R. M. Haddock. The nominations- are as 
follows: Com., F. H. Waldorf; Vice-Corn., E. 
M. Gill; Rear-Corn., Frank Maier; Sec’y, Robert 
L. Forbes; Treas., D. Ed. Dealy. 
Regatta Committee.—R. M. Haddock, Chair¬ 
man; Ernest B. Wright and Martin S. Katten- 
horn. Meas., Robert N. Bavier; Law Com., 
John F. Lambden; Trustees for three years, 
Walter P. Blackman, Charles Otten and George 
W. Lippencott. 
The nominating committee includes Thomas 
J. Hume, Chairman; Horatio Page and James 
D. Sparkman. The dinner committee is com¬ 
posed of Commodore Gill and Messrs. Briggs 
and Wright. 
CIGARETTE. 
The announcement is made that the club will 
assume the management of the power boat race 
to Marblehead this year which has been given 
up by the Knickerbocker Y. C. 
Danish Skiff. 
From time to* time wc receive inquiries for in¬ 
formation in regard to small boats of low cost 
and simple build. There are a number of books 
dealing very clearly with the construction and 
building of these small boats, but in many cases 
the boats are too 1 heavy, and the construction of 
such a nature as to be too complicated for the 
novice to do the work in a satisfactory way. The 
amateur small boat builder should seek the least 
difficult boat, whether in design or construc¬ 
tion; for these in service have proved best, and 
when they have gotten damaged or smashed the 
loss has not been great. The flat bottomed boat 
at one time was considered somewhat dangerous, 
but this has been overcome by making the boat 
of a suitable shape. There are many of these 
boats all over the country on our rivers and 
lakes. The boats are particularly handy 
where the waters are rocky, as they slide up and 
may be pushed off without great danger of up¬ 
setting, which would not be the case with the 
usual round bottomed boat. That old boats are 
quite as good as some more modern examples 
will be conceded by those examining the draw¬ 
ings herewith of the Danish skiff, which were re¬ 
drawn from an old drawing of 1760, by Martin 
Coryell Erismann. The proportions are very 
good and the boat would be easy under oars, 
and would readily carry a good load. The con¬ 
struction is very simple and amply strong for 
anything but the very roughest service. The 
materials for the planking are white pine, but 
some other material could be used, and the fas¬ 
tenings should be of copper, or for fresh water 
galvanized. But copper, though a little more 
expensive, is better. The type of row lock is 
one seldom seen nowadays, for the iron or brass 
ones are far cheaper than the knees, which should 
be of apple wood or other such tough material. 
For certain waters the boat could readily be 
fitted with either one or two sails of the sprit 
type and with a pair of lee boards and a rudder 
would make an ideal sailing boat. It is in this 
type of boat that most of our good sailors have 
learned to sail, safety will depend much on a 
moderate sail spread and care in handling. This 
boat, with the long and high bow, would live 
long in rough water. 
The dimensions are: Length, 18ft. 9m.; 
breadth, top, 4ft. 2in.; bottom, 2ft. 4m. 
The planking is of pine in two strakes for the 
sides, t^in. in thickness, and the butts well 
shifted. The bottom J^in. thick. The frames of 
oak, £4in. thick, about 3ft. apart, moulded about 
i%in. at the bottom; the floors should be about 
moulded and about ?4in. thick, and one 
should be placed between each frame. The 
thwarts white pine %in. thick. A heavy mould¬ 
ing should be worked around the top strake 
either of oak or elm about i%in. square with the 
outride edges chamfered. When finished the 
boat should be calked and three coats of zinc 
paint should be given all over. 
Effort, Mr. Frank M. Smith’s bronze sloop, 
winner of the King’s cup, is laid up at City 
Island. Mr. Gielow, her designer, is having cer¬ 
tain alterations carried out by Mr. Jacob. A 
new hollow boom will be shipped and a cockpit 
fitted. New sails will be made for next season 
when she will be early put in commission. 
T he next meeting of the delegates to the 
Gravesend Bay Y. R. A. will take place at the 
Assembly, Brooklyn, on Tuesday -night, Jan. 29. 
The meeting will be open to all yachtsmen in¬ 
terested. The publication of the Lipton cup con¬ 
ditions will bring forth a number of possible 
owners in the 15ft. class. 
