FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 28, 1911. 
At Sea Gate and Larchmont, N. Y., out of 
five starts, she won two firsts and a second 
against such boats as Gray Jacket, More Joy, 
Soya II., Spider II. and Florence. All of these 
boats but two, are this year’s boats. 
The Rhody II. is of the knockabout type 
Ikeel), and was designed by George Owen, of 
Newton. She was built in East Boothbay. Me., 
in 1907, bv Hodgdon Bros. She is 26 feet on 
the water line, 38 feet over all, 8 [4 leet beam 
and 6 feet draft. She is very solidly built of 
double mahogany, varnished, and this year re¬ 
ceived an entirely new suit of sails from Wilson 
& Silsby, Boston. She was purchased in 1909 
bv William M. Wood from Charles. F. Tilling- 
h'ast, of Providence, R. I. The racing crew of 
the Rhody II. includes Capt. Ralph Gray, of 
Deer Isle Me., who has sailed some of the 
large coasters and also pleasure boats; Cor¬ 
nelius Ayer Wood, Frederick Ayer and R. G. 
Monroe. , 
The Irene, a 30-foot auxiliary sloop, and.an 
exceptionally fine sea boat for her size, having 
been used for cruising, like the Little Rhoay 
II., from Bar Harbor, Me., to New York. She 
is solidly built, cabin finished in mahogany, has 
electric light plant, and has all the conveniences 
of a larger boat, including galley, toilet room, 
forecastle and a light and airy cabin 
The Irene was designed and built by Wilton 
Crosby, of Osterville, and is one of the fastest 
auxiliary boats on the coast for her size, par- 
ticularly in a blow. She is 38 feet over all. 
30 feet on the water line and draws about four 
feet of water with the centreboard up. She 
has sleeping accommodations for five persons. 
Her auxiliary power is furnished by a 20-horse¬ 
power Murray & Tregurtha motor. . 
The Osprev, the third of the fleet, is. a very- 
fast and able catboat, 16 feet water line and 
20 feet over all. Master Wood uses her for 
day sailing and cruising about Cuttyhu.nk Isl¬ 
and, where the young yachtsman’s family also 
spend a portion of the summer season. 
Vice-Commodore, J. A. Lucey; Rear-Commo¬ 
dore, M. A. Brigham; Secretary, M. G. Bel¬ 
knap; Financial Secretary, H. A. Muller; Treas¬ 
urer, R. M. Vanderkerchen; Directors—R. H. 
Crowell, A. M. Rennick, R. L. \ oung and 
Joseph McElmell. 
Margo a Good Cruiser. 
Big Craft for Morton F. Plant. 
Motor Boating. 
No Havana Race this Year. 
The Yachtsmen’s Club, of Philadelphia, will 
not have a race to Havana this year. Yachts¬ 
men have not taken this event very enthusias¬ 
tically. and the club does not think it should 
spend the money such a race entails unless it 
is well supported. Such a race is . too big to 
have every year, and the feeling in the club 
is that once in two years is often enough. 
An extract from a Havana paper tells the 
story that yachtsmen there are not very en¬ 
thusiastic. “Havana is not likely to see any 
yacht racing this winter,” it says. “The recent 
hurricane put several of the yachts belonging 
to the Havana Y. C. out of commission, and 
has the effect of reducing interest in any great 
amount of vachting this season. 
“While several of the members are advocat¬ 
ing the taking up of an attractive program of 
sport for the winter, it does not appear that a 
majority of the yachting enthusiasts are eager 
to enter the lists. 
“There had been talk that some new boats 
might be shipped to Havana from the work¬ 
shops of yacht builders in the North, but so 
far none of the yacht club members has taken 
steps toward this end. The proposed regatta 
is not likely to be held this winter. 
“It is generally admitted that Cuba offers 
some of the best possible facilities to boom 
yachting, but it is freely remarked by the visi¬ 
tors to the island that there is a decided lack 
of interest in the sport.” 
The club plans to hold its annual ocean race 
on July 12. The start will be from either off 
Atlantic City or Ocean City, and the course 
will be around Northeast End Lightship off 
Cape Mav. Fenwick Island Shoals, Over Falls 
Light and return to the starting point, or to 
Fire Island Light and return. 
The Yachtsmen’s Club has elected these 
officers: Commodore, J. G. N. Whitaker; 
Morton F. Plant, who now owns the big 
steamer Iolanda, and who is having the 86 -foot 
schooner built at Herreshoff’s, has placed an 
order with the Gas Engine & Power Co., at 
Morris Heights, for a twin-screw, steel gaso¬ 
lene yacht, which will be built from designs by 
Charles L. Seabury. This yacht will be.used 
as a tender for the racing schooner lhe di- 
mensions of the new yacht are 138 feet over 
all, 131 feet on the waterline, 16 feet beam and 
5 feet draft. The machinery will consist of two 
6-cylinder air starting and reversing Speedway 
motors of 300 horsepower each. The yacht will 
be lighted by electricity throughout. The 
bridge will be placed aft of the forward deck¬ 
house. A 21-foot motor boat with a 4-cylmder 
12-16 horsepower Speedway motor will 
carried on the davits as well as 24 foot and 16 
foot rowing boats. A speed of 20 miles an 
hour has been guaranteed and the contract calls 
for delivery not later than June 1. 
There will be two deckhouses, the forwaid 
one to be used as a dining saloon, with butler’s 
pantry connecting same at the after end, while 
the after deckhouse will be used as a social 
hall and will have a large stateroom at. the for¬ 
ward end, fitted with brass bed, dressing case, 
wash basin, etc., Below decks forward, start- 
ing at the bow, will be the chain locker fol¬ 
lowed by boatswain’s locker and forecastle. 
Next aft are the staterooms for steward, engi¬ 
neer and captain, the officers’ mess and toilet. 
The galley will extend the full width of the 
vessel with dumbwaiter connection to the stew¬ 
ard’s pantry. Next aft is the engine room, 
with steel bulkheads fore and aft, followed by 
the compartment for the fuel tank. In the 
owner’s and guests’ quarters will be two double 
and three single staterooms, two complete bath¬ 
rooms, a dressing room and linen and wine 
lockers. The yacht will be beautifully finished 
and furnished throughout. 
Suzanne a Seaworthy Craft. 
The 45-foot cruising motor boat Suzanne was 
shipped recently from here to Galveston. There 
she was put overboard and proceeded under her 
own power across part of the Gulf of Mexico 
to Calcasieu River, up that river to Lake 
Charles, where she is to be used by her owner, 
L. J. Bell. On this trip the yacht did well and 
proved seaworthy and able, and her motor did 
all that was required of it. 
This craft was built by the Gas Engine & 
Power Co., and is 45 feet over all., 10 feet 6 
inches beam and 3 feet draft. She is arranged 
with a raised deck forward, a midship deck 
and a trunk cabin aft, with deck on either 
side and an after deck. The galley, the motor 
room and the crew’s quarters are forward, the 
compartment being commodious and well ven¬ 
tilated. The owner has a liberal size cabin, a 
stateroom with a full, wide berth and a spacious 
toilet room. Comfort and convenience are 
characteristic of the type, which is of Seabury s 
design. It is lighted throughout by electricity. 
The interior is finished in mahogany, while the 
outside joiner work is of teakwood. 
The power is a 4-cylinder, 6 inches by 6 
inches, Speedway motor, of 32 to 40 horsepower, 
and has every improvement to date. The boat s 
name is Suzanne.. 
The company is about completing a dupli¬ 
cate of Mr. Bell’s vessel. 
Albert H. Schmidt, of Detroit, Mich., has 
placed an order with the Seabury Company for 
a cruising power yacht of 50 feet length. Her 
speed will be from 17 to 18 miles an hour. The 
engine will be of the Speedway type and of six 
cylinders. Mr. Schmidt will use the yacht on 
the Great Lakes. 
One of the best of the yachts now building 
from designs by Bowes & Mower is the Margo, 
which is for a member of the Island Heights 
Y. C. This vessel, which is 45 feet 9 .inches 
over all, 43 feet 6 inches on the waterline, 10 
feet extreme beam and 3 feet 3 inches extreme 
draft, is building at Kirk’s yard at Toms River. 
She will be equipped with a 50-horsepower 
Vulcan motor, 6% Ay 734 feet. , . , 
Inside she will be finished throughout with 
mahogany, and her plans have had in view the 
extreme comfort of the owner, so that besides 
being one of the fastest motor boats afloat, she 
will also virtually be a houseboat. Margo has 
a nearly plumb bow with considerable flare to 
her forward section and her stern is of the V 
transom type with enough rig for safety in a 
following sea. 
The main features of the arrangement are 
the owner’s stateroom forward and the sepa¬ 
rate galley just forward of the large after cabin. 
The engine is amidships in a watertight com¬ 
partment arranged with a toilet room and two 
berths for the crew, a good work bench and 
ample stowage space. The main cabin is 
entered by a companionway from the afterdeck 
and has wide sofas on either side which can 
be extended and made into comfortable berths 
at night. Back of the transoms book shelves 
and lockers with leadqd glass doors are* ar¬ 
ranged, and on the port side at the forward 
end is a sideboard. The forward companion- 
way is on the starboard side and the steps land 
in a passageway from which doors open into 
the owner’s stateroom, toilet and engine room. 
There is a flush deck 10 feet long aft of the 
cabin trunk where wicker deck chairs will be 
used and there is a passageway leading forward 
on either side of the house. 
The mast forward of the bridge is intended 
for actual service, as sails will be carried, and 
it will be possible to handle her under sail in 
case of a breakdown. The gasolene will be 
carried in tanks under the afterdeck having: a 
capacity of over two hundred gallons,. which 
will give a cruising radius of about 600 miles. 
Margo is now ready for planking and will be 
launched about April 1. Her owner intends to 
enter her in the race from Marblehead to Cape 
May, July 3, and other important events of .the 
season. As she will have a low rating and is a 
boat that will be easily driven, the record of 
Margo will be watched with interest. 
Canoeing. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division—George A. Diblin, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa., temporary address, Box 310, Ne¬ 
vada City, Cal., by Joseph W. Broomhead; J. 
H. Burwell, 2038 Grand Central Terminal, New 
York city, by Payne L. Kretzmer 
Central Division—Frank J. Minkel, 5°3 Elli- 
cott Sq., Buffalo, N. Y., by Leo A. Hower. 
MEMBER DECEASED. 
Western Division— 59 ^ 6 , Henry J. Goodrich, 
Highland Park, Ill. Members present at the 
1910 Sugar Island Camp will remember Mr. 
Goodrich for his quiet geniality and miss him 
at future camps. 
EVOLUTION. 
If the shad could only be introduced here, I 
see huge possibilities for a new winter pastime 
—“shadding.” Each player to be allowed one 
ounce of shad, all to start at a given signal, 
and the first to extract a thousand bones from 
his ounce to be declared the winner. Standard 
time, twelve seconds. If the late Professor 
Darwin had ever tried a mouthful of shad it 
would have stabbed into him the conviction that 
the porcupine is merely the evolution of the 
shad-fed cat.—Fishing Gazette. 
