FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 3, 1911. 
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The Schooner Waterwitch. 
Tiie new schooner W aterwitch, built for G. 
Cecil Whitaker to race against Westward, has 
been launched. Unfortunately for Mr. Whitaker. 
Westward is on her way home, and unless the 
Waterwitch comes to these waters, her owner 
will not have much to beat. The \ achting 
World, in giving details of the yachts, says: 
The vessel has been built by the Ailsa Ship¬ 
building Company to the designs of Mr. William 
Fife, for racing in the A class during the com¬ 
ing season and will be sailed by r Captain A. 
Embling, of Gosport, who had charge of Mr. 
Whitaker’s Cicely, which is now in the sale 
list. Waterwitch is 139.5 feet in length over 
all, 120.25 feet between perpendiculars, 26.65 f eet 
beam and by Thames measurement rates at 353 
tons. She has been built of steel to Lloyd's 
100 Ai class and has steel bulwarks about 12 
inches in height. The deck fittings are of teak, 
with a very large companion deckhouse and 
wheel steering gear similar to that on Shamrock 
has been installed. The mainmast, foremast 
and bowsprit are of Oregon pine, the main 
boom being of steel and the remainder of the 
spars of hollow construction. 
Waterwitch will have a large sail area and 
forward the accommodation consists of large 
forecastle, separate galley, three large rooms 
for captain and officers’ mess room, and 
steward's pantry. The owner’s accommodation 
includes dining room with fire place on port 
side, drawing room on starboard side, aft on 
starboard side large owner’s room with bath¬ 
room in connection, aft of that guest room and 
another large bathroom with access from this 
room and from double-berthed after-cabin. On 
the port side there are three guest rooms with 
another large bathroom, and there is also a 
toilet room at extreme after end of accommo¬ 
dation. The woodwork in owner's accommoda¬ 
tion is white enamel throughout, with the ex¬ 
ception of the corridor, which is polished hard¬ 
wood. All the rooms are fitted with electric 
light. Under the cabin floor there are large 
sail room and storage rooms fitted. The vessel 
carries three boats, including motor launch, and 
she will be painted white with a copper color 
boot top. There will be a crew of thirty-one 
all told. 
Yachts Change Hands. 
The spring season has been a busy one with 
the yacht brokers. Many yachts have changed 
owners since last season and several have been 
chartered for the present season. These 
changes are of interest, as they show who are 
supporting the sport, and while perhaps some 
have retired temporarily from the game, others 
have entered the yachting world and will help 
make things successful this year. 
The following transfers are reported through 
the agency of Cox & Stevens: 
The steam yacht Owera, 194 feet, chartered 
for F. H. Stevens, Buffalo, to Senator Nelson 
W. Aldrich, of Rhode Island, who will use her 
between his summer home and New York and 
on an extended cruise east. 
The steam yacht Isis. 200 feet, chartered for 
W. S. and J. T. Spaulding. Boston, to Mortimer 
L. Schiff, New York Y. C., who will use the 
vessel on the New York Club cruise and for the 
balance of the season along the Atlantic Coast. 
The steam yacht Margaret, 176 feet, chartered 
for Capt. I. E. Emerson, Baltimore, to E. B. 
Smith, Philadelphia Corinthian and New York 
yacht clubs, who will use the vessel in local 
waters and also on a cruise to Nova Scotia. 
The fast express steam yacht Sisilina, 94 feet, 
sold for Nathan Straus to a member of the 
New York Y. C., who will use the vessel as a 
ferry between his country place and New York. 
The new owner has changed the name of his 
vessel to Skipaki. 
The twin screw house boat Onawa II., char¬ 
tered for the season for W. C. Fisk to J. N. 
Robins, Stamford, Conn., who will spend the 
summer on this vessel and use her on Long 
Island Sound and in eastern waters. 
The twin screw house yacht Margaret, char¬ 
tered for Capt. I. E. Emerson, of Baltimore, to 
a member of the New York Y. C. for a por¬ 
tion of the season, who will use her along the 
coast and have her at New London for the 
Yale-ITarvard races. 
The twin screw steel cruising power yacht 
Alacrity, 120 feet, having two 300-horsepower 
THREE VIEWS OF WATERWITCH. 
From Yachting World. 
Craig engines, chartered for V. A. Bradford, 
the owner, to a western yachtsman who will use 
her for cruising along the Atlantic seaboard 
and on the Great Lakes. 
The twin screw fast motor yacht Alfredine 
IV., chartered for R. E. Slaven, her owner, to 
a member of the New York \. C., who will use 
her in New York and eastern waters during the 
entire season. 
The cruising power yacht Shadow, chartered 
by her owner Dr. J. C. Ayer, of New York, to 
a Boston yachtsman. 
The raised deck cruiser Ethel May II., sold 
for J. W. Husted, Peekskill, to Charles Coryell, 
Bay City, Mich., who is having the boat sent to 
the lakes for his summer use. 
The glass cabin cruising launch Nereid III., 
sold for John Kennedy, New York, to H. G. 
Leiding, Charleston, S. C., at which place the 
vessel has just been delivered. 
The express launch Dreadnaught, sold for A. 
S. Zell, Baltimore, to W. N. Hart, New York, 
to whom the vessel has already been delivered. 
The glass cabin cruising launch Palmetto, 
sold for Senator J. S. Frelinghuysen, New 
York, to J. W. Kaminski, Georgetown, S. C. 
The raised deck cruiser Kahkin IV., sold for 
C. M. Clark, New York, to H. Busick, Balti¬ 
more, Md. 
The twin screw glass cabin cruiser Delilah, 
sold for W. C. Arnold, New York, to S. 
Carsley, Montreal, Canada. 
The raised deck cruiser Mijess, sold for J. C. 
Wilson, Philadelphia, to E. W. Walker, 
Brooklyn. 
The raised deck cruiser Leonora, sold for 
John Atkins, New York, to John Meyer, Balti¬ 
more, Md. 
The fast raised deck cruiser Alice, sold for 
C. H. Markham, Providence, to Peter W. Rouse, 
Oyster Bay. 
The twin screw power yacht Gunedmedrix, 
sold for Carlos Lembcke, New York, to the 
United States Government Engineers at Jack¬ 
sonville, Fla., who are using this vessel for 
survey purposes. 
The schooner yacht Amazon, sold for the 
Young Men’s Christian Association of New 
York to the Bishop of Montreal, Canada. 
Messrs. Cox & Stevens are entirely re-arrang¬ 
ing the accommodation of this vessel for the 
new owner, and are having installed under their 
supervision a 75-horsepower Remington en¬ 
gine. 
The auxiliary yawl Scapha, sold for G. C. F. 
Williams, Hartford, to J. H. Robinette, Balti¬ 
more, Md. 
The auxiliary yawl Dawn II., sold for Joseph 
A. Dunn, of New York, to a Boston yachtsman 
who is now cruising on the vessel. 
The auxiliary yawl Alcatorda, sold for the es¬ 
tate of Rene La Montagne to H. M. Gratz, 
Philadelphia, Corinthian Y. C. 
The keel raceabout Wacoutah II.. sold for W. 
H. Truesdale, New York, to C. F. DuVivier, 
of this city. 
The sloop Duchess, sold for J. B. Palmer, 
New York, to J. J. Lantry, Brooklyn. 
The jewel class knockabout Garnet has been 
chartered with option of purchase, for J. R. 
Maxwell, Jr., to N. B. Burr', of New York, who 
will race the vessel in all events during the 
coming season. 
Ocean Race lo San Diego. 
San Diego, May 22 . —Commodores of the 
yacht clubs of Southern California met at the 
San Diego Y. C. May 8, and, after greetings, 
adjourned to the cabin of the Yankee Girl, flag¬ 
ship of the Sunset Y. C., of Los Angeles, for 
an executive session to consider the proposal 
of Sir Thomas Lipton to hold an ocean race 
in 1915 from some port on the Atlantic to the 
harbor of San Diego. 
Present at the conference were President J. E. 
Wadham, San Diego Rowing Club, who also is 
Mayor of San Diego; Commodore A. J. 
Mitchell, Sunset Y. C., Los Angeles; Commo¬ 
dore E. J. Louis, Los Angeles Motor Boat 
Club; Commodore P. Thearle, Junior Y. C. San 
