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NOW THE TIME TO ORDER YACHTS. 
Those yachtsmen who, thinking of building 
for next season’s sport, would do well to make 
up their minds what they want to do as quickly 
: as possible. The trouble usually is that they 
delay in giving their orders, and when they 
finally do settle on the boat to be built it is late 
and the work has to be rushed. Even then it is 
probable that the builders will not be able to 
get the yacht finished in time for the opening 
■of the season and several weeks of good sport 
will be lost. 
Sometimes the yacht is finished about the time 
that the first race is sailed and the new craft 
not being in condition to race will be beaten. 
If the yacht is out early, proper time can be 
taken to tune it up and then when it starts to 
race it will begin a victorious career. In racing 
a great deal depends on the condition of the 
! yacht when it begins to race. A boat well tuned 
i up will have a decided advantage over a boat 
I that has not been tried, and as both boats will 
improve with racing, the one that is in proper 
trim will keep her advantage for some time, even 
if the other is really a faster craft. 
Another reason for giving orders early is that 
builders have more time just now and can pay 
j better attention to the construction of the yachts, 
but if the orders are given late, work has to 
be rushed and this makes things unsatisfactory 
to all. 
Ihe Atlantic Coast Conference has settled all 
l questions about the rules of measurement, and 
designers now know just what craft they must 
| turn out to fit the rule and to race successfully. 
Several boats have already been ordered and 
more are being talked of. This winter promises 
to be one of the busiest that has been known for 
; Jesigning and building both of sailing and power 
:raft. 
quarters in North Carolina pine. This yacht 
is to be delivered on Nov. 15 and will be used 
cruising in Southern waters this winter. 
A 60ft. raised deck cruising yacht with 13ft. 
beam has been designed for Robert Moore, of 
Bridgeton, N. J. This yacht will be fitted with 
a 6-cylinder motor of about 40 horsepower. 
F. F. Arnin, of Houston, Tex., has ordered a 
raised deck cruiser 60ft. long, 12 ft. beam with 
a low trunk pilot house and fitted with a 25 
horsepower motor. 
M. Frank Dennis, of this city, has ordered a 
raised deck cruiser 65ft. long, 13ft. 8in. beam, 
fitted with a 25 horsepower motor. The hull 
is to be built at the Greenwich yacht yard at 
Greenwich. 
Edward B. Hawkins, of Duluth, has ordered 
a raised deck cruiser 75ft. long, 15ft. beam, which 
is to be equipped with two Standard motors of 
50 horsepower each. 
David Huyler. of New York, has ordered a 
raised deck cruiser 55ft. long, 12ft. beam, fitted 
with a 25 horsepower motor. The hull is being 
built by the Stamford Motor Company. 
Raceabout Season on Macatawa Bay. 
The Macatawa Bay Y. C. is the only club in 
the Lake Michigan Yachting Association that 
has given special attention to fostering and de¬ 
veloping the L. M. Y. A. raceabout class. Of 
its fleet of seven, Elvira, Zeta and Snipe are 
western products, while Colleen came from 
Massachusetts Bay and Sand-Dab (ex-Nora), 
Hobo, and Raven III. (ex-Tartan) are from 
Long Island Sound. The experience of the last 
two years having shown conclusively that the 
western boats are outclassed as to speed by the 
eastern importations, the three former did not 
enter for the season’s championship. The rac¬ 
ing therefore was confined to the latter boats, 
which are unquestionably four of the fastest 
raceabouts ever built, and so evenly matched 
that a slight mishap, an error of judgment or a 
little bad luck would almost certainly be fatal 
to a boat’s chances in a race, and the finish in 
many cases was only a question of seconds. 
1 he championship was always in doubt until 
the finish of the last race in which the relative 
positions of three of the boats were swiftly 
changed, and an extra race was required to de¬ 
termine second place. 
Hobo was unfortunate in that her owner was 
not able to give the same personal attention 
to the racing game that the other owners did, 
and her record this season is not at all a true 
indication of her speed, as she should have 
finished at or near the top. The other boats 
were persistently, carefully and skillfully sailed, 
by their owners mainly; and the results of the 
races furnished a convincing argument of the 
great merits of the L. M. Y. A. raceabouts as 
a racing class. 
The championship series consisted of eight 
races, two of which were sailed in the general 
regatta of the L. M. Y. A. at Macatawa Bay, 
and three were special races for the valuable 
D. C. Miller cup. This cup had been won by 
Sand-Dab in 1906 and 1907, and would have be¬ 
come hers permanently had she won that series 
this year. This contingency added much in¬ 
terest to those three races. 
The opening race was on July 4 in a very 
light, dying S. W. wind over a triangular course 
of 9 miles. Sand-Dab and Colleen indulged in 
a little jockeying on the balloon run to the first 
buoy. This enabled Raven III. to get around 
it with a good lead, which she maintained on 
Some New Boats. 
| The Sonder class boat, designed by Charles 
D. Mower, for Commodore William H. Childs, 
s to be built at Lawleys. In addition to that 
Lacht Mr. Mower has an order for a 36ft. water- 
me auxiliary yawl for Commodore Richard 
j \lexander, of the Royal Vancouver Y. C. This 
vacht is to be used for cruising on Puget Sound. 
1 fle has also designed a 57ft. power boat which 
j s being built by Robert Jacob at City Island, 
j Whittlesey and Whitaker have designed sev- 
| “ral power boats which will be built as soon as 
j >ossible. One now building at the 'Stamford 
i \Iotor Company’s works is for Merrill B. Mills, 
I Detroit, who is a member of the New York 
H- C. This yacht is 75ft. over all, 17ft. beam 
ind draws 3 feet. She is to be equipped with 
t wo 36 horsepower Buffalo motors which will 
‘rive her about ten miles an hour. The accom- 
1 nodations are very complete. A good sized 
1 aloon is entered from the break in the vessel’s 
leek. Aft of this is a guests’ stateroom with 
Pathroom and clothes closets adjoining. The 
1 ’wner’s stateroom has double berths. The gal- 
j ey, motor space and crew’s quarters are for 
; vard of the saloon and there is a stateroom for 
; captain and engineer. Forward of the col- 
; 'Sion bulkhead are the fresh water tanks and 
: ft, under the deck in a copper tank, is the 
' asolene which is piped outboard to the motors. 
, he owner’s quarters are to be finished in 
1 lahogany and white enamel and the crew’s 
SPOKANE. 
A Sonder Class boat designed by C. H. Crane. 
