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[Jan. 14, 1911. 
its snug hiding places; Bear Creek and Old 
Roads Bay are within 10 miles of Fort Mc¬ 
Henry and can be reached even in an open boat. 
“The Baltimore Y. C. is the oldest yachting 
organization here, being now, I believe, in its 
twenty-first year. During the last year its mem¬ 
bers have done considerable racing, and the 
social functions have been well attended. The 
opening races on May 30 were hotly contested. 
The Fourth of July races were spoiled by lack 
of wind, but this did not prevent them from 
winning the joint contest with the Corinthian 
Y. C. for a handsome silver cup. 
“The Corinthian Y. C., which, though smaller, 
keeps pace with the Baltimore Y. C. in the 
number of sailing craft and the enthusiasm of 
its sailors, is now in its eighteenth year. It had 
a very successful season, beginning with the 
opening and club races on May 30, which were 
full of excitement. On July 4, the club had its 
annual cruise and races, together with a joint 
race with the Baltimore Y. C., losing the latter. 
On Labor Day it held a very enjoyable club 
cruise to Magothy River, with a race home for 
a silver cup, offered by Commodore J. H. 
Robinette. 
“The Maryland Motor Boat Club had races 
as a card for its opening day, and its pretty 
club house was thronged with visitors. The 
fleet of this club now contains some very fine 
motor yachts, which are often met at various 
points on the bay during the summer. 
“The Baltimore Motor Yacht Club has also 
had a successful season. Its opening day re¬ 
gatta was well attended, and its motor boat 
races on Defenders’ Day was better contested 
and handled than any such races during the 
season. 
“The joint cruise and races held by the Yacht 
Racing Association of Chesapeake Bay the 
week of July 16 was a most successful and in¬ 
teresting event. The rendezvous was at Solo¬ 
mon’s Island in the Patuxent. Unfortunately, 
a strong northeast wind prevented a great many 
of the sailing craft from reaching this point, 
but those that did raced gamely to Oxford, 
where the full fleet had assembled. The harbor 
was alive with craft of all description, from 
canoes to three-masted schooner yachts, and 
the marine picture presented was a most beau¬ 
tiful one. 
“The reception given by Commodore Golds- 
borough at his handsome home on Trippe 
Creek, on behalf of the Chesapeake Bay Y. C., 
was very much enjoyed, and was an opportunity 
for the yachtsmen from the various clubs to 
get together. The races at Oxford were very 
good and the race from Oxford to Annapolis, 
by the whole sailing fleet, was fine. The races 
held the following day off Annapolis were also 
fought. The advent of the fast racing sloops 
Eleanor and Vingtrois lent a new interest to 
the sailing races this season, and it is hoped 
that some more of this class may be added to 
the fleets next year. 
“Two or three new boats are needed in the 
T Class of sloops to compete with Ojigwan 
and Englet. The P Class is too small to make 
the racing very keen. The popular yawls will 
have some additions, and this class should 
furnish good sport. The officers and executive 
committee of the Racing Association are to be 
congratulated on the good showing made in 
its initial year, and it is to be hoped that their 
efforts will be rewarded by larger entries in all 
classes.” 
Preparing for a Long Voyage. 
New Orleans, Jan. 7 . —Editor Forest and 
Stream: Adolph L. Frietsch, a well known navi¬ 
gator. is here in his schooner Forward, in the 
new Basin Canal, preparing his plans for the 
Wanderlust, which he will have built. This boat 
will be a schooner of 40 feet in length and five 
tons. He proposes to sail practically around 
the world without any companion. Captain 
Frietsch has lived on the sea for many years. 
His daughter, Miss Charlotte, accompanied him 
on several of his voyages. His son resides here. 
Captain Frietsch was born in Sweden, although 
his home is in Australia. 
Scooters for South Bay. 
Members of the Islip Y. C. are turning at¬ 
tention to scootering. They have formed the 
Islip Scooter Club, and sixteen boats have been 
built by Fred O. Smith, of Bayport. It is a 
one-design class and will be known as the 
“Duck Class,” because each scooter will carry 
on its sail a duck and will be named after a 
duck. Each boat also has its own particular 
color. The names and colors of the boats and 
their owners are: 
Butterball, combing maroon, deck scarlet, 
sides maroon, bottom scarlet, runners maroon; 
August Belmont. 
Pintail, same colorings, but oppositely ar¬ 
ranged; August Belmont, Jr. 
Whistler, perpendicular hoops of yellow and 
white, one foot wide; deck and combing light 
blue; Raymond Duval. 
Mallard, deck slate color, sides mallard gray, 
bottom white; Lewis M. Gibb. 
Redhead, all red; S. A. Walsh, Jr. 
Ruddyduck, perpendicular hoops of blue and 
white a foot wide; Allan Pinkerton. 
Greenwing, deck green, sides white, bottom 
green; Buel Hollister. 
Broadbill, all yellow; Aymar Johnson. 
Bluewing, deck gray, sides light blue, bottom 
white; Harold Weeks. 
Shellpeg, top and sides natural wood, bottom 
white; John M. Knapp and Samuel Cashing. 
Blackduck, H. B. Hollins, Jr.; Widgeon, 
Rockhill B. Potts; Slipper, George A. Ellis, Jr., 
and Woodduck, E. F. Hutton, are all white. 
Horace Havemeyer’s scooter has not yet been 
named. 
Motor Boating. 
Cruiser for M. H. Alworth. 
A cruising motor yacht of more than ordi¬ 
nary interest to all lovers of the game, especi¬ 
ally those interested in a boat for offshore 
cruising, as well as for use on more protected 
waters, is the big power boat now under con¬ 
struction in the yard of a prominent builder at 
Muskegon, Michigan, for M. H. Alworth, of 
Duluth, Minn. It is the intention of the owner 
to take the boat, when completed, to Florida 
waters by way of the Mississippi River. 
The general dimensions of the boat are: 
Length over all, 96 feet 4 inches; beam, 16 feet 
6 inches; draft, 3 feet 6 inches. The construc¬ 
tion is the very best, no expense being spared 
to produce a boat that will stand extremely 
hard service, and be good to look at and live 
in as well. 
All interior woodwork is of selected African 
mahogany, and the interior work, with the ex¬ 
ception of the galley, quarters for the crew and 
engine room, will be mahogany and white 
enamel. The galley and crew’s quarters are 
finished in V-jointed southern pine and the 
engine compartments in selected quartered 
white oak. A unique feature will be that the 
decks are left almost entirely clear, with the ex¬ 
ception of two small companionways, aside 
from the main saloon and pilot house which 
will occupy a position amidships, affording an 
unbroken view on all sides. Surmounting this 
is the observation deck and steering bridge. 
Awnings will cover the observation deck and the 
main deck forward and aft of the pilot house, 
affording plenty of cool shady deck space, 
where the owner and his guests can enjoy life. 
The yacht carries a power tender in davits on 
her starboard quarter and a rowing dinghy in 
a similar position to port. The forecastle will 
have berths and lockers for four men with a 
complete toilet and bath room. Next to these 
are two staterooms with upper and lower berths 
for engineer and officers. Aft of these will be 
the engine room and fuel tank space, the boat 
being powered with two 6-cylinder ioo-horse- 
power engines, air starting and reversing, driv¬ 
ing twin screws, with a separate gasolene en¬ 
gine to generate electricity for the lighting of 
the entire boat, including sailing lights and 
searchlights. Aft of the engine, and completely 
isolated by watertight bulkheads, is a fuel tank 
54 inches in diameter, extending nearly the full 
width of the ship, and with a capacity of 1,400 
gallons. Aft of this will be carried 600 gallons 
of water and 2,000 pounds of ice. Next comes 
the galley, floored with concrete, with range, 
hot water heater for steam heating plant, sink 
and every modern culinary convenience. 
A wide passage leads aft to the owner’s and 
guests’ staterooms. There are three guests’ 
staterooms, all equipped with lavatories, hot 
and cold water, lockers, cushion seats, and 
open into a starboard bathroom, as well as an 
extra toilet room at the foot of the stairs. 
The owner’s stateroom extends the full width 
of the boat, and has a large double berth and 
upholstered divan and seat, with roomy lockers 
and cabinets. 
All doors, windows and ports are fitted with 
the best of plate glass and equipped with bronze 
mesh screens. The upholstery, carpets, and all 
materials for decorations are selected to har¬ 
monize with the woodwork and will provide a 
pleasing effect. Mr. Alworth intends to spend 
the entire winter in short cruises among the 
Florida and Gulf ports. 
A New Itaska Ordered. 
E. B. Hawkins, who formerly owned the 
cruising motor boat Itaska, and who in that 
yacht cruised along the Atlantic coast, in south¬ 
ern waters and on the Lakes, is having a new 
craft built from designs by Whittelsey & 
Whittelsey by the Hudson Yacht and Boat 
Company at Nyack. This yacht is to be 98 feet 
long. There will be a large deck house for¬ 
ward which will contain the dining room, and 
over this will be the bridge from which the 
yacht will be handled. There will be a dummy 
stack for ventilating purposes and one spar on 
which will be carried a crossyard for signalling. 
Aft of the stack to the taffrail will be clear 
deck space for the use of the owner and his 
guests. The owner’s stateroom will be amid¬ 
ships with a bathroom attached on the port 
side. Aft of this stateroom on the port side 
will be a guests’ room and on the opposite side 
a companionway which will lead to the deck. 
Further aft will be more staterooms. 
The yacht is to be driven by two ioo-horse- 
power air reversing Standard motors, which 
will drive her 15 miles an hour. An auxiliary 
motor will drive the air compressor, dynamo 
and bilge pump. The gasolene tanks are to be 
amidships. These will have a capacity of 2,000 
gallons. The keel of the yacht, the frames and 
deck beams are of white oak, the deck "will be 
of white pine and the plankshear, waterways, 
etc., of mahogany. The interior fietings of the 
owner’s quarters aft are also of mahogany. 
This craft will have six watertight compart¬ 
ments and is to be ready in the spring. 
Motor Boat Show. 
The National Motor Boat Show will be held 
in Madison Square Garden from Feb. 21 to 
March 5, and it is expected to be better than 
any previous exhibition of the Association of 
Engine and Boat Builders. There will be over 
300 exhibitors of motor boats, engines and ac¬ 
cessories. New York in the past has led the 
world in the exhibition of motor boats, and this 
year’s show will surpass anything heretofore. 
High speed launches which can make 35 miles 
an hour will be shown that are not racing 
machines but pleasure boats, affording comfort¬ 
able seating appointments, maximum safety and 
seaworthiness. Cruising yachts will be ex¬ 
hibited capable of accommodating a party of 
ten or twelve. These boats have become most 
popular for off shore cruising and for extend¬ 
ed trips on rivers and canals. Few realize the 
many delightful trips that can be taken in a 
cruising motor boat, a boat of this size being 
easily .managed by one man. 
Engines varying from the smallest 14-horse¬ 
power two-cycle motors, to 300-horsepower 
slow speed yacht engines will be exhibited, to¬ 
gether with high speed motors capable of de¬ 
livering an enormous amount of power from 
