Dec. ii, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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New 40ft. Cruising Motor Boat. 
Alfred Mestre, of this city, is to have a 
40-foot cruising motor boat designed by Cox 
& Stevens, which will be built by Stearns & 
Mackay, of Marblehead. This boat in many 
ways is similar to the Sis. The principal di¬ 
mensions of the boat are length over all, 40 feet; 
beam extreme, 8 feet 9 inches; draft, 3 feet. 
Her motive power consists of one four- 
cylinder 5x6 Jencick engine, which is placed 
forward and which will give a speed of 11 miles 
an hour. The boat is of the double-ended type 
and freeboard, and her construction is a com¬ 
bination of the raised deck and trunk cabin 
type. The after part of the boat is taken up 
with a large cockpit over which an awning is 
spread, this cockpit having transoms on both 
sides and at the after end, the space under 
these transoms being used for lockers and ice¬ 
box. This cockpit has a self-bailing floor and 
underneath it is a large store room. The steer¬ 
ing wheel,' engine control, both spark throttle 
and clutch, are arranged at the forward end of 
the cockpit, so that the boat is completely 
under the control of the helmsman. 
From the cockpit one passes down the com¬ 
panionway on the port side into the cabin 
which has full headroom and a combination 
transom and berth on each side, giving good 
sleeping accommodation for two people. On 
the starboard side the cabin connects with a 
toilet, having all the necessary conveniences. 
On the port side one enters from this cabin 
into the engine room, which contains in addition 
to the machinery, a pipe berth for the crew. 
There is a separate hatch over this part of the 
vessel, so that the crew can get down below 
without passing through the cabin. 
The boat is to be handsomely built, all her 
fittings being unusually heavy, as she is to have 
continuous service in open water. All of the 
deck bright work including plankshear, coam¬ 
ing, skylights, hatches, and cabin trunk are to 
De teak and this same wood is to be used for 
the interior finish, giving a very handsome and 
harmonious appearance. 
A feature of this boat is the safety of the 
gasolene supply. The main tanks consist of 
two 6o-gallon seamless steel tanks under the 
cockpit floor, which are connected by seamless 
tubing through a small service tank in the 
engine room. 
Boat Built of Lances. 
Some time ago an ingenious invention was 
brought out by a clever German, the central 
idea being that of a boat suitable for military 
operations which can be carried in a folded 
position on the back of a horse, and then, when 
required, put together within a few minutes, 
ready for use. 
The boat is very simply constructed of cavalry 
lances and sailcloth, says the Mariner. For 
one vessel up to sixteen lances are required, 
and in addition three or four are used as oars. 
These are made by strapping a flat piece of 
wood covered with oilcloth to the end of a 
lance. 
. In the vessel are airtight compartments which 
prevent sudden sinking, even if the boat should 
be hit by shots. Such a vessel holds sixteen 
men with arms and the harness of their horses. 
The boat can be put together in four minutes 
by half a dozen men and taken to pieces in two 
minutes. It can be packed into a bundle and 
strapped on a horse’s back; the size and 
weight is so small that even two boats can 
be carried by a single horse. 
By fastening two or more such vessels to¬ 
gether and placing boards upon them, wagons, 
guns and the like can be easily carried. The 
capacity of one boat is 8,600 pounds. By mak¬ 
ing a chain of them, a bridge similar to the 
pontoon type can be built. As a fact slimly 
built pontoon boats have already proved their 
value'in actual warfare. During the American 
Civil War a whole army would sometimes cross 
a river by their help. 
These lance boats will chiefly be employed by 
the reconnoitring cavalry, which in war time is 
several days ahead of the main body and whose 
work to be of value must not be delayed by 
rivers, lakes and other natural barriers. 
Yachts Change Hands. 
The following sales have been effected 
through the office of Henry J. Gielow, of this 
city: 
Motor yacht Placebo for Max Phillips to 
Vernon C. Codd, for use in Chesapeake Bay 
and vicinity. 
Hunting cabin cruiser Tambour for Irving 
D. Rhodes, Waterford, N. Y., to Griswold 
Dennison, for use in Great South Bay. 
Raised deck cruiser Tam O’Shanter for R. 
Henderson and D. C. Preacher to the Narrows 
Island Club, for use in vicinity of the head¬ 
quarters at Poplar Branch, N. C. 
Raised deck cruiser Irene for Alfred Mestre 
to Bayard L. Foulke. Irene won second prize 
in the 1907 New York to Marblehead race. 
Auxiliary sloop Alana for H. C. Perry to H. 
F. Dawes, for cruising on Long Island Sound. 
Yawl Anna for Frederick Schuchardt to Isaac 
N. Maynard, for use in vicinity of Clayton. 
N. Y. 
Sloop yacht Squaw for W. E. and E. K. 
Valentine to Vinal S. Terry, for use around 
Port Jefferson, L. I. 
Knockabout Mustang for B. Franklin, Jr., 
Providence, R. I., for shipment to the British 
West Indies. Mustang will be entered in a 
regatta which will take place at Grenada. 
Auxiliary catboat Annie Belle for H. E. 
Wimpheimer, of New York, to N. G. Bennett, 
New York. 
Schooner for Pacific Coast. 
A schooner is being built by Rice Brothers 
at East Boothbay, Me., which, when completed, 
will be sailed around to San Francisco. This 
yacht is for L. A. Norris, of San Francisco, and 
has been designed by B. B. Crowninshield. It 
is expected that the yacht will be finished in 
March and then start on her voyage of 13,000 
miles. This vessel will be 91 feet 6 inches over all, 
64 feet on the waterline, 19 feet beam and 11 feet 
draft. She has ten tons of lead outside and 20 
tone of inside ballast and will spread 3,457 
square feet of canvas in the lower sails. She is 
to be fitted with a 30-horsepower for auxiliary 
power. 
The yacht will be flush deck, with a small 
cockpit for steering. A companionway will lead 
below from just aft the mainmast. On one 
side of this companionway will be a stateroom 
and on the other a bathroom. Aft of this will 
be the owner’s stateroom and forward is the 
main saloon. There will be another small state¬ 
room forward, a room for the captain and then 
the galley and the forecastle, which will be 
fitted with four berths. Two extra berths are 
to be fitted in the galley. 
The yacht is to be quite heavily built. She 
has an easy form and should be a fast and com¬ 
fortable vessel. The interior finish is to be 
white and mahogany. 
Interlake Yachtsmen Meet. 
The annual meeting of the Inter-Lake Yacht¬ 
ing Association was held at Toledo on Satur¬ 
day. Dec. 4. Charles E. Jennings, of the De¬ 
troit Country Club, was elected commodore. 
The other officers elected were: Vice-Commo¬ 
dore, H. V. Bisgood, of Buffalo; Rear-Commo¬ 
dore, C. D. Lynch, of Columbus; Measurer. 
Carleton Wilby, of Columbus,; Fleet Surgeon, 
Dr. Wadsworth Warren, of Detroit; Secretary 
and Treasurer, Joseph M. Grasser, of Toledo. 
It was expected that the date and place for 
the next regatta would be announced, but action 
was deferred until the next meeting, which 
will be held in February, at Detroit. At that 
meeting a report will be made by the committee 
appointed to look into the proposal to do away 
with handicap power boat races and substitut¬ 
ing instead restricted classes in which the first 
boats to finish will be winners. 
ARTHUR BINNEY 
(Formerly Stewart & Binnbt) 
Naval Architect and Yacht Broke' 
Mason Building. Kilby Street. BOSTON MASS 
Cable Address, 1 ‘Designer," Boston 
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