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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Feb. 2, 1907. 
A Cruising Launch. 
A perusal of the papers and magazines de¬ 
voted to the interests of yachting and boating, 
show an astonishing number of engine propelled 
boats now being constructed for next season. 
The popularity of this type of boat is well 
founded, and as improvements have come in the 
engines to make them more reliable and handy, 
so also are the designs of the boats improving. 
These little vessels, comparatively inexpensive to 
run, do not consume much fuel or, require the 
attention of a regularly trained engineer. The 
radius of action of many of the small launches 
is quite on a par with their seagoing ability, and 
the development in accommodation has brought 
out in many cases a convenience and amount of 
room seemingly at variance with the small di¬ 
mensions. Mr. Gielow in the last few years has 
turned out some very fine examples of power 
boats, among which Dreamer, owned by Mr. 
Chas. W. Lee, attracted most attention, and last 
summer, during continuous cruising, justified in 
every way her designer’s and owner’s anticinations. 
Mr. Gielow has kindly given us permission to 
publish the drawings he has made for a smaller 
launch designed to the order of-Mr. Louis Bos- 
sert, which is now under construction at' the 
Milton Point Ship Yards, Rye, New York. The 
outboard profile shows a very pleasing sheer, and 
the characteristics of the best launch design. 
The stern is of the Normand type; i. e., the 
same in a modified form from that used on the 
French torpedo boats built by the late Augustin 
Normand at Havre. This stern has become very 
popular for all types of launches, for it combines 
most of the good qualities requisite; is cheap 
and strong, though few concede it, sightly. 
The boat gives every evidence of being a good 
performer in smooth or rough water, and the 
arrangement of cockpit and house will give the 
greatest comfort for the conditions of service. 
Below, the boat is very simply arranged, but 
good accommodations could be had for three or 
four persons on cruises. The fact of the boat 
being practically left open with the exception of 
the engine and toilet room shows a good realiza¬ 
tion of summer conditions afloat. Opportunity 
is given for good ventilation and good light, 
otherwise not obtainable if the interior were 
subdivided into small and cramped quarters. The 
cockpit is large and roomy. The engine, a 25 
horsepower Standard motor, is located at the 
after end of the cabin house. There is ample 
room on the starboard side for storing tools 
and batteries and to handle the engine. On the 
port side a passage leads directly to a lobby in 
which on one side is located a toilet room. The 
rest of the boat is given up to the main cabin. 
Forward of the collision bulkhead is located 
the oil tank of 100 gallons capacity. The boat 
attracts attention by her great simplicity, and in 
her construction much care is being exercised 
by the builders who have gained quite a repu¬ 
tation for fine work. , 
The scantlings are interesting, and show along 
with the construction and the inboard profile, 
how carefully the structural arrangements have 
been worked out to produce a strong and ser¬ 
viceable boat. 
Dimensions are as follows: 
Cabin house deck (No. 8 canvas) 
W. P.^in.xjin. T and G 
Water batten, mahogany . I^ 4 in.x 2 ^ 4 in. 
- Carlins, mahogany .iin.x2j4in.xioin. centers 
Cabin sides .i) 4 j n - 
Main deck, white pine . 
Planksheer, mahogany .ij 4 in.x 6 in. 
Sheer strake, white oak .2in.x4}4in. 
Planking, yellow pine .. ij^in. finished 
Deck beams, chestnut. .1 j4in.x2^in.xioin. centers 
Clamp, yellow pine .iRjin.xsin.. 
Shelf, yellow pine . 2 $ 4 in.x 2 %in. 
Keelson, yellow pine .3in.x3in. 
Floors, white oak .2in.x3in. 
Keel, white oak .2j4in.x7in. 
Skeg, sided, yellow pine .3V>in. 
Deck, moulding .jHjin.xi) 4 in. 
Frames, white oak, 12m. centers, heads 
\y%\\\.x\Y^\n.x2 x /^\n. at heels 
Stem, white oak, sided .3/4in. 
Length— * 
Over all . 47ft. 3in. 
Waterline ....45ft. oin. 
Breadth, extreme ...10ft. oin. 
Draft ...2ft. 8in. 
Motor, Standard .25 horsepower 
Speed .13 miles per hour 
Gasolene, capacity .:.100 gallons 
Water, capacity . 28 gallons 
Boston Letter. 
At a spirited and well-attended meeting of 
the Eastern Y. C. on Jan. 15, several matters 
of great importance to the club were discussed, 
among them an increase in the initiation fee 
and annual dues, a projected Boston station and 
the consideration of the expenses of the re¬ 
gatta committee’s last season. Some heat was 
developed over these various issues and the 
club’s financial condition received an unex¬ 
pected prob’ing which developed the fact that 
the supposed income deficit was all a matter of 
bookkeeping-—if certain items were charged to 
running expenses there was a deficit, but if they 
were charged to principal or to a property ac¬ 
count, there was a .surplus. Strangely enough 
the oldest and most wealthy member joined 
forces with the youngest and consequently least 
affluent to oppose the increase in dues, but by 
modifying their demands, those who sought to 
raise the ante finally ‘succeeded by a very close 
vote in having the initiation fee set at $80 and 
the dues at $40. The vote to hire what is left 
of Snow’s Arch Wharf for $1,000 per annum, 
and to spend $5,000 for floats and a small build¬ 
ing, was also carried by a narrow margin. If 
the proposition of those favoring this project 
is carried out in toto, the dignified old Eastern 
Y. C. will cut a queer figure in the public eye, 
since it was solemnly suggested that a janitor 
could be secured to serve without pay by allow¬ 
ing him to maintain a peanut and fruit stand, 
rent free, upon the street end of the grounds. 
What, oh, what will our New Yorkmientors say 
when they read such a sign as, “Eastern Yacht 
Club, Peanuts, Fruits and Cigars. A. Macaroni, 
Proprietor”? If Sig. Spaghetti,_ - assistant 
janitor, does a member a favor, will the rule 
against tips prevent the purchase of a stick of 
chewing gum? How will the telephone be 
listed? Will the shrill whistle of the peanut 
roaster confuse the coxswain of approaching 
tenders? Verily! there is room for much re¬ 
flection. 
Another yacht club is in the process of or¬ 
ganization and will be somewhat of a pioneer in 
its field, since it aims not to be - the home club 
of any one locality, but to provide an ob¬ 
jective point for the week-end cruises of all 
yacht clubs of Boston and environs. It is to 
be known as the Unity Y. C., and plans to 
have a house at Nantasket Point or on Wier 
River to accommodate the many who sail 
thither of a Saturday and Sunday from Dor¬ 
chester, South Boston, Charlestown, Chelsea, 
East Boston, Winthrop, Revere and Lynn. For 
the present there will be no initiation fee and 
dues of but $5 per year. Whether or not there 
shall be a peanut, soda and confectionery 
janitor has not yet been considered, but that 
may come in thirty-six years. The first officers 
are: William M. Jordan, Commodore; D. F. 
E. Dawes, Wollaston Y. C., Vice-Commodore; 
R. G. Balcom, Savin Hill Y. C., Rear-Commo¬ 
dore; J. A. Collicott, Savin Hill Y. C., Treas¬ 
urer; H. T. Smith, Secretary, and T. W. 
Harrison, Chairman of Membership Committee 
—the two last named being members of the Bay 
State Y. C., of Revere. 
As the local interest in the sonderklasse 
wanes, and there could scarcely be less interest 
than at present exists, the interest of Continental 
yachtsmen in American sonder boats becomes 
more pronounced. Mr. Henry Howard, of the 
Eastern Y. C., ’who is just returned to Boston 
after some two months in France and Spain, 
brings with him an invitation from the King of 
Spain for our sonder boats to race at San 
Sebastian. His Majesty is an ardent yachtsman 
and the owner of a sonderklasse boat which he 
frequently races. But as the invitation is "based 
on the assumption that our- boats will race in 
German waters durjng Kiel week, it can hardly 
be accepted. Another invitation based on the 
same erroneous foundation has just been re¬ 
ceived from Mr. Albert Grisar on behalf of 
Royal Belgian Y. C., of Antwerp, of which he 
is the secretary. That club is under the pat¬ 
ronage of Prince Albert of Belgium, and its 
races begin July 10. The invitation, which in¬ 
cludes an engagement to transport the Ameri¬ 
can yachts from Kiel to Antwerp, is in the form 
of an open letter to Mr. Winfield H. Thomp¬ 
son, the yachting editor of the Boston Globe. 
Q class continues to hold the center of the 
stage, and three new boats have now been 
ordered. The Gay-Burgess boat will be known 
as Dorothy Q., which is singularly felicitous, as 
Dorothy Quincy was one of the fairest and most 
talented of the early Bay State belles. 
The first annual dinner of the Hingham Y. 
C.’s one-design class owners and their guests 
was a very pleasant, hilarious occasion. Songs 
by the far-famed Washington Pie quartette, clog 
dances by Messrs. Lyons and Moses and amus¬ 
ing speeches by R. C. Robbins, Esq., and Mr. 
Winfield M. Thompson, made the evening pass 
all too quickly. One feature that afforded all 
hands (and their victim) much amusement was 
the presentation, with laughable personalities, 
of a huge brass me'dal to 
William Lambert Barnard. 
The Sir John Nutting Cup. 
By the courtesy of Mr. S. H. Atkin, chair¬ 
man of the Sir John »Nutting Cup Committee, 
we publish a photograph of the cup presented 
by Sir John Nutting to the Chicago Y. C., and 
also the invitation of the club to those who 
have eligible boats to compete in the event. 
The Chicago Y. C. has already a number of 
boats suitable to face for the trophy. The 
club boats belonging to this class are named 
after Indian tribes—Pequot, Seminole and 
Crowfoot. The committee has selected the fol¬ 
lowing dates: Sept. 6, 7, 9 and 10. There is a 
possibility of a Canadian entry. The invitation 
reads: 
The Chicago Y. C. takes great pleasure in in¬ 
viting you to participate in the races which will 
be sailed in September in Chicago for the Sir 
John Nutting cup, which is being offered as an 
annual challenge trophy for our 18ft. restricted 
class. This class has been selepted after most 
careful deliberation and for the reason that there 
seems to be on the Great Lakes a growing de¬ 
mand for a boat of this size, which is inex¬ 
pensive to build and maintain, suitable for short 
cruises and adapted to afternoon sailing. By 
winning the 60-mile cruising race to St. Joseph, 
Mich., last September in heavy-weather, the 18- 
footer Pequod proved that this class produces 
fast and seaworthy boats. 
In his letter of presentation of the cup to the 
Chicago Y. C., Sir John. Nutting expresses the 
hope that the Canadian yachtsmen will join us 
in yearly contest for this trophy, “which will 
bring the two great countries together in that 
powerful bond, a community of sporting inter¬ 
ests and a generous rivalry in them.” If you, 
or any other member of your club is interested 
in this, new class, the committee will be glad to 
send on application a table of restrictions and 
full information of the conditions of the regatta. 
The Chicago Y. C. expects to have at least 
four defenders in these races, which will be 
sailed in September, and we hope that your 
club will co-operate with us in making the 
annual races for this splendid trophy successful. 
We expect many will strive for the honor of 
being the first dinner of the cup. 
G. H. Atkin, Chairman. 
Jas. D. Erskine, 
Chas. E. Soule, Jr., 
Chas. L. Bliss, 
Thos. H. Blodgett. 
The “Sir John Nutting Cup” Committee. 
Mtneola, an ex 46-footer, designed by the late 
Edward Burgess and built by Lawley in 1891, 
is now named Jsolt and is owned in Bermuda, 
and will be entered in the sailing race from New 
York to Bermuda in June, from the St. George 
Y. C. Isolt’s dimensions are: Length, over all, 
62ft.; waterline, 46ft.; breadth, 13ft. 3m.; draft, 
10ft. sin. 
