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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March i6, 1907. 
Ocean Racers Warned. 
It is quite evident, from the manner in which 
the committee of the ocean races are issuing the 
circulars with complete specifications of what is 
required to make boats eligible to enter the races, 
that they intend to do all in their power to pre¬ 
vent friction by the attempt of any one to enter 
a craft unfit for the race. 
Warning circulars have also been distributed, 
one of which bearing on the Marblehead race 
for power boats reads as follows: 
“All the restrictions, in regard to the boats en¬ 
tering to compete being bona fide cruising craft, 
will be strictly enforced. No semi-cruisers, fast 
cruisers, or near cruisers will be admitted. Nor 
will tzvo ham sandzinches and a bottle of water 
pass for proper stores. A complete outfit neces¬ 
sary for feeding and sleeping the crew must be 
on board. The committee ask those entering to 
send in their certificates of measurement with 
their entry so that there will be no trouble or 
delay at the start. The rating of boats filing 
their certificates will not be made public until 
forty-eight hours before the start, so that no ad¬ 
vantage can be taken of the knowledge by other 
competitors. Last year’s certificates will be ac¬ 
cepted subject to protest.” 
Such a course on the part of the committee 
is commendable. These races will do much to 
develop a seaworthy type of hull and instruct 
those engaged in sailing them, those who take 
part in them, and, through verbal or printed 
interviews, instruct in the proper care and 
handling of boats on long trips many who have 
not been fortunate enough to go on such de¬ 
lightful cruises. 
Chicago-Mackinsec Cruising Race. 
The Chicago Y. C. announces Saturday, July 
20, as the date for the start of its fifth annual 
race to Mackinac Island. The trophy is the 
$1,500 “Mackinac cup” won the first year by the 
yawl Vanadis, of the Chicago Y. C. All sail 
yachts of five tons and over (U. S. measure¬ 
ment) are eligible to compete for this cup, and 
the club has hung up valuable first and second 
prizes for sloop, schooner and yawl classes and 
a time prize. 
This 341 mile contest is the sportiest race of 
its kind on fresh water, and every effort will 
be made by both American and Canadian yachts¬ 
men on the lower lakes to lift the cup. Com. 
Affleck’s Hussar II., of Toledo, made a fine 
showing last year in this race and will_ be a 
sure starter this summer. The ketch Sitarah, 
owned by Com. Aemilius Jarvis, of Toronto, may 
also enter, giving 1 the race an international 
character. 
There are a number of yachts in Toronto and 
THE “MACKINAC CUP.” 
Offered by the Chicago Y. C. for its fifth annual Chicago- 
Mackinac race, July 20, 1907, for yachts 5 tons 
(U. S. measurement) and over. 
Hamilton that are eligible and likely winners, 
and the prize is well worth the journey to 
Chicago. 
Last year’s contest is remarkable from the 
fact that of the thirteen starters the first eight 
finished within an hour. 
The race in July will be followed by a fleet 
of steam craft led by the ocean-going yacht 
Lagonda, owned by Rear-Corn. Lucius G. Fisher, 
of the Chicago Y. C. G. H. Atkin. 
New 15-Footers. 
Designer C. D. Mower, of 29 Broadway, New 
York, has turned out designs for two excep¬ 
tionally handsome little craft of the 15ft. class. 
One is for a syndicate of the Bensonlmrst Y. 
C. members, and is to be sailed by the well- 
known and popular veteran Mr. “Dick” Moore. 
The other is for a syndicate of Marine and 
Field Club members, headed by Mr. Chas. M. 
Camp, who will sail against “Dick.” The end 
of the season will show which of these two is 
the best helmsman. 
The trophy responsible for these boats, and 
probably many more, is a cup offered by Sir 
Thomas Lipton, through the Crescent Athletic 
Club’s yachting department. The boats’ dimen¬ 
sions are about 27ft. over all, 18ft. waterline, 
6ft. 6in. beam, 4ft. ioin. draft. They will carry 
about 400 sq. ft. of sail in a mainsail and jib rig. 
The conditions governing this race call for 
considerable floor space under a given head- 
room, and necessitate quite a good-sized house, 
a little more, it would seem, than is necessary 
on such a boat, as it cramps the size of the 
cockpit, compelling some of the crew to lie 
out on deck. 
To describe the appearance of the boats, all 
that need be said is that they are up to the 
regular Mower standard of beauty—a long, easy 
bow, a wine-glass midship section, with gar- 
boards slightly filled so as to give more dead- 
rise to the floor than that shape calls to mind, 
and a fine ended transom. 
The sail plan shows less tendency toward the 
once popular narrow, lofty rig. The mainsail 
is lower and more square-headed. 
Mr. Mower also reports an order for a Class 
Q racer for the Jamestown races. 
An Invention that Failed. 
Any one who thinks the development of the 
various means of propelling yachts is not closely 
watched by the general yachting public, should 
have been present at the annual dinner of the 
New Rochelle Y. C. 
The yachts of that club are equipped with 
about every form of propellor and motor known. 
Some have Speedway engines, some Craig; 
others Standard, Palmer, Mianus and, in fact, 
nearly every known make of engine, including 
steam engines, naphtha engines and gasolene 
engines. A new idea in marine propulsion was 
sprung on the members of this club when one 
of their members tried a novel form of electric 
motor. A photograph of this interesting ex¬ 
periment could not be obtained, as its inventor 
purposely tried it when the light was insufficient 
for photography. 
Some of the members describe it as an ex¬ 
tremely low power electric engine, developing 
only one volt and one ampere, running a bucket 
paddle wheel by means of rope transmission. 
The general disapproval of this experiment 
was well demonstrated at the dinner when the 
club members unanimously awarded its inventor 
a lemon. 
Yacht Sold. 
• The knockabout Sirocco has been sold by Mr. 
L. M. Hitchcock, of New Rochelle, N. Y., to 
Mr. H. A. Uterhart, of this city, through the 
agency of Stanley M. Seaman, 220 Broadway, 
New York. Sirocco is of Lawley build and will 
be used bv the present owner in the vicinity of 
Vineyard Haven this coming season. 
W. E. C. Eustis, of the Eastern and Beverly 
yacht clubs, will enter the sonder class this year. 
He has placed an order for a boat 
Canoeing . 
A New Sailing Canoe for M. Ohlmeyer. 
Being more or less responsible for the change 
of the rule which allows the increase in beam 
of 2in. over the old measurements of decked 
sailing canoes, I was particularly interested to 
know if the designer had cared to take ad¬ 
vantage of it, and if so, whether in a way to be 
so in name only, or whether he incorporated 
it with any real significance into the canoe. My 
first glimpse of the boat was very satisfying, 
as it needed but a glance to show that it was a 
well-proportioned, full-bodied and able model. 
Naturally I was pleased to find that the extra 
allowance of beam had not only been taken ad¬ 
vantage of, but also that the boat showed the 
designer realized to the full, the possible bene¬ 
fits, and built a boat of powerful model, and 
yet very refined. It is essentially a canoe , in 
every particular, weighing no more than canoes 
of the old dimensions; and while under some 
conditions it will paddle a little harder than a 
narrower canoe, this will amount to but little 
in a flat calm, whereas in bad weather it will 
be so much steadier, and consequently more 
comfortable, that an otherwise disadvantage 
will be neutralized. On the other hand, it will 
be possible to make so much better weather 
under sail in bad conditions, that its superiority 
will then be easily apparent. 
I cannot remove the impression that the de¬ 
signer had the modem speed launch in mind when 
creating this boat, for while it necessarily must, 
owing to certain requirements, lose the general ap¬ 
pearance, yet I think the characteristics, or ear 
marks, are easily discernible. The sharp, flaring 
bow, fine on the waterline, full on the deck, turn¬ 
ing into a very flat underbody aft, through a power¬ 
ful midship section, shows the elements of speed 
in the launch, combined with the power neces¬ 
sary in a sail craft, and should give a very dry 
and able boat to windward. By reason of the 
rake of the stern and the rocker of the keel 
she loses pin. of length on the waterline for¬ 
ward, and through the same conditions aft, 
loses I2in. at the stern; but this will give her 
wonderful maneuvering ability. While the bow 
is considerably different from any existing 
