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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[April 23, 1910. 
The yachts belonging to Commodore C. A. 
Goodwin. Francis R. Cooley, J. W. Hart, E. E. 
Dickenson and H. R. Williams, which were put 
up for the winter at the yard of F. S. Nock at 
East Greenwich, R. I., will be put into com¬ 
mission for the season in May. 
Among the new craft to be operated by the 
members this year will be a new 21-foot knock¬ 
about sloop rig which is being built by Montague 
Flagg, son of Charles Noel Flagg. The sloop 
will carry 275 square feet of canvas and will 
have a centerboard. It is planned to have a 15- 
foot waterline. Colonel W. E. A. Bulkeley and 
Captain W. B. Davidson are equipping their auto 
boat Canary with a new 40 horsepower engine, 
and this will make her one of the fastest power 
boats on the river. 
Ernest N. Way has completed a new power 
boat which will be numbered among the lighter 
craft on the river. A high-speed engine has been 
installed which will make the boat capable of a 
speed of twenty miles an hour. Treasurer C. 
H. Svmonds, of the club, has converted his well- 
known auxiliary Iole into a raised deck cruiser. 
The Hartford men will see a new. power boat 
down the river this season. Vice-President 
James L. Pratt, of the Dauntless Y. C., of Essex, 
is building a high-powered launch. 
The secretary, E. B. Barker, puts the. club 
membership at 200 at the present time which is 
an increase over last year and is the. largest 
number ever enrolled. Some twenty-six new 
members were taken in last year. 
Steamer for T. W. Slocum. 
Thomas W. Slocum, a member of the New 
York Y. C, will have a splendid American-built 
steam yacht launched and in commission by 
June 15 of the current year. The yacht is being 
built at Robert Jacob’s yard, City Island. She 
is now plated, so that her lines and form is 
clearly defined. The yacht will be used for 
cruising on Long Island Sound and adjacent 
waters, but she will have liberal bunker 
capacity, so that more extensive cruises may be 
undertaken. All the materials entering into the 
construction of the yacht will be of the very 
best, and will be subject to. rigid tests and 
thorough inspection before being used. 
The yacht will have a waterline length of 133 
feet 6 inches and 145 feet over all, with a beam 
of 22 feet and 12 feet depth of hold. From 
these dimensions it can readily be seen that the 
vessel is of a powerful cruiser type. The plat¬ 
ing is in and out, as this style of construction 
gives the greatest strength with the least 
weight; although no attempt has been made to 
economize weight, for, in preparing the design 
of this craft, the object in view has been to 
produce a thoroughly substantial vessel capable 
of going to sea at any time. The lines of the 
vessel, while showing power, are very easy, 
extending in fair curves from stem to stern. 
The deck is flush, and runs full length of the 
vessel in an unbroken sweep. The bulwarks 
are of steel, finished with a teak rail. On deck 
there will be two houses, constructed of teak 
throughout, one 22 and the other 20 feet in 
length. The forward house will be fitted up as 
a dining room, with a handsome buffet and side¬ 
board. Aft of this, on the port, side, and con¬ 
necting with the dining room, will be a butler’s 
pantry with ice-box, refrigerator, locker, 
shelves, dresser and sink, and a dumbwaiter 
connecting with the galley below. The cap¬ 
tain’s stateroom will be in the after end on the 
starboard side, fitted with berth, desk, bureau, 
chart table, etc.,- complete. The after deck 
house will be fitted up as a social hall, with 
piano, music stand, tables, handsome divans, 
with a stairway leading down to the saloon 
below. The yacht will have a clear promenade 
deck aft over 35 feet in length. 
Below the forecastle will have ample accom¬ 
modations for ten men. Staterooms for the en¬ 
gineer, steward, mate, cook and assistant en¬ 
gineer are also provided. The galley is of 
ample dimensions, having a floor space of 120 
square feet, with proper ventilation, and is fitted 
with a large ice-box and refrigerator, dressers, 
sink, dish racks, etc., complete. The accommo¬ 
dations for the owner and his guests will oc¬ 
cupy the full width of the yacht for a fore and 
aft distance of 46 feet, consisting of two double 
staterooms forward with a private bath and 
lavatory, then a saloon or cabin, next two single 
staterooms and a large double stateroom at the 
stern, all furnished with wardrobes, bureaus 
with bevel plate mirros, berths, divans and lava¬ 
tories. In addition to this there will be an¬ 
other bathroom, as well as large closets for 
storing trunks, linen, napery, etc. The furnish¬ 
ings, upholstery, carpets, etc., will be of the 
best, and the color scheme has been worked out 
in simple, rich and harmonious effects. 
The machinery is enclosed in steel watertight 
bulkheads. A double bulkhead with air space 
between is worked at the after end to prevent 
sounds reaching the owner’s quarters, and also 
acting as a protection against any undue heat 
from the boiler room. The machinery of the 
vessel will consist of two triple expansion en¬ 
gines and two watertube boilers, capable of sup¬ 
plying sufficient steam to drive the vessel at a 
speed of i 7 l / 2 miles an hour. The shafting will 
be of steel and the propellers of Monel metal, 
which, in addition to being exceedingly strong, 
has the advantage of producing practically no 
galvanic action on the steel plates of the hull. 
The yacht is quite a departure from the usual 
type seen in these waters, as she has a plumb 
stem, much greater beam than is usually seen, 
in boats of her length, and carries only a 
military mast for the display of signals. The 
plans and specifications were prepared by 
Gielow & Orr, of this city, and the vessel is 
being constructed under Mr. Gielow’s personal 
supervision. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Schedule. 
The regatta committee of the Seawanhaka- 
Corinthian Y. C., C. Sherman Hoyt, Chair¬ 
man; Victor I. Cumnock, Beverly R. Robinson, 
Franklin Remington, and George E. Roosevelt, 
33 Wall street, have arranged the racing 
schedule of the season. There will be three 
series for the Seawanhaka 15-footers, two open 
regattas for all classes, two special regattas for 
the more active racing classes, a long distance 
race and several events for yachts owned in the 
club. There will be racing every Saturday 
from May 28 until Sept. 24. The schedule fol¬ 
lows: 
Saturday, May 28 (Opening Day).—Special 
club race for New York Y. C. 30-footers; Jewel 
S' Class, and Seawanhaka 15-footers. 
Monday. May 30 (Decoration Day).—Special 
races for New York Y. C. 30-footers and Jewel 
S Class; first race, first series for S. C. Y. C. 
15-footers. 
Saturday, June 4.—Second race, first series 
for S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Saturday, June 11.—Third race, first series for 
S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Saturday, June 18.—Fourth race, first series 
for S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Friday, June 24—Special spring regatta for 
the more active racing classes. 
Saturday, June 25.—Annual open regatta for 
all classes; the Leland Corinthian challenge cup, 
open to S. C. Y. C. 15-footers, and the Robert 
Center memorial cup, open to N. Y. Y. C. 30-, 
footers. 
Saturday, July 2.—Fifth race, first series for 
S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Saturday, July 9.—First race, second series 
for S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Saturday, July 16.—Second race, second series 
for S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Saturday, July 23.—Third race, second series 
for S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Saturday, July 30.—Ladies’ race, first and sec¬ 
ond prizes presented by Commodore Hastings. 
Cornfield long distance race. 
Saturday, Aug. 6.—Fourth race, second series 
for S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Saturday, Aug. 13.—Fifth race, second series 
for S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Saturday, Aug. 20.—First race, third series 
for S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Saturday, Aug. 27.—Second race, third series 
for S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Friday, Sept. 2.—Special autumn regatta for 
the more active racing classes. 
Saturday, Sept. 3.—Annual autumn open re¬ 
gatta for all classes. Alfred Roosevelt memorial 
cup open to S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Saturday, Sept. 10.—Third race, third series 
for S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Saturday, Sept. 17.—Fourth race, third series 
for S C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Saturday, Sept. 24.—Fifth race, third series 
for S. C. Y. C. 15-footers. 
Colonel Astor Buys the Noma. 
Col. John Jacob Astor, who recently sold 
the steam yacht Nourmahal, has purchased 
Noma, which was built for the late William B. 
Leeds. This yacht was built from designs by 
Tams, Lemoine & Crane, and was sold by that 
firm. The vessel was built by the Burlee Dry 
Dock Company at Port Richmond, S. I., in 
1902. The yacht is a very handsome one, 252 
feet over all, 226 feet on the waterline, 25 feet 
6 inches beam and 14 feet draft. 
Her shade deck extends the whole length of 
the house. The forward part is spacious and 
entirely clear of skylights. There is a chart 
and sitting room, 20 feet long and 10 feet wide, 
on top of which is the navigating bridge. At 
the after end is a women’s sitting room, 19 feet 
long and 9 feet 6 inches wide, in which is an 
orchestrion run by electricity. Shelter seats 
with screens are found at the after end of this 
house. In the forward end of the main deck 
house are an office and owner’s sitting room. 
12 feet 6 inches long and 13 feet wide, aft of 
which and communicating on the starboard side 
is the owner’s deck stateroom, 11 feet long, 
with individual communicating bathroom and 
the vestibule to the quarters below. Further 
aft are a' deck toilet and the sailing master’s 
quarters, with bathroom. 
Forward of the machinery space is the 
owner’s stateroom, 12 feet 6 inches long, and 
the full width of the ship, with two bathrooms 
communicating, one on each side. On the port 
side is the owner’s dressing room, then a state¬ 
room 10 feet long, with individual bathroom 
communicating. On the starboard side, forward 
of the owner’s bathroom, is a stateroom 11 feet 
long. Next is a smaller room, and at the for¬ 
ward end another stateroom the full width of 
the vessel, all with bathrooms similar to that 
previously noted. 
Noma was designed to make 16 knots under 
natural draft and i 8 j 4 under force. She has 
triple expansion engines. 
Launch of Vitesse. 
The new twin-screw, high-speed yacht Vitesse 
was launched from the yards of the Gas Engine 
& Power Company, at Morris Heights last 
Saturday. This yacht has been built from de¬ 
signs by Charles L. Seabury for Gen. Brayton 
Ives. She is 140 feet over all, 135 feet on the 
waterline, 15 feet 8 inches beam and in appear¬ 
ance very much resembles Little Sovereign, 
built last year for M. C. D. Borden. The keel, 
stem and sternpost of the new yacht are of oak, 
the center keelson, bilge keelsons, engine and 
boiler seatings, sheer strake, main deck string¬ 
ers, main bulkheads, breast hooks and coal 
bunkers are of steel. The frames are of white 
oak and the planking is double. The yacht is 
fitted with two triple expansion Seabury en¬ 
gines and watertube boilers of the latest design. 
The forward deck house will be used as a 
dining room, and is arranged with a buffet and 
a dumbwaiter to the galley below. The crew’s 
and officers’ quarters and the galley are in the 
forward part of the vessel. Directly aft of the 
machinery space there is a double stateroom for 
the . owner, which will have a brass bedstead 
on the starboard side and a wide transom on 
the port side. There are also a small saloon, a 
guest’s stateroom and a back room. The yacht 
will be steered from a bridge on the deck house. 
A speed of 32 miles an hour has been guaran¬ 
teed. but it is confidently expected that this will 
be exceeded 
