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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 17, 1911. 
Lloyd’s Register. 
The ninth annual edition of Lloyd’s Register 
of American Yachts has been published. It dif¬ 
fers from its immediate predecessor only in the 
increasing predominance of power over sail and 
of the gas engine over the steam engine, the 
proportion of the power craft being still greater 
than last year, while individual examples show 
the rapid growth in size of the gas-propelled 
type. 
In spite of its lessening numbers and tonnage, 
the sailing division of the fleet claims first notice 
this year through three important additions to 
the schooner class. Enchantress, Elena and 
Karina. The first, designed by Cary Smith & 
Ferris and built by the Lawiey & Son Corpora¬ 
tion, is for William E. Iselin, who last year 
sold the yawl Vigilant which he had used for 
some years. The new yacht is of steel, 136 feet 
over-all, 100 feet on the waterline, 27 feet 
breadth and draws 15 feet without her center- 
hoard. She was built to Lloyd’s rules, classing 
100 Ai, and she represents the latest advance in 
yacht construction. By way of a minor detail 
the metal work of blocks and fittings is of spe¬ 
cially imported steel. 
Karina, designed by Theodore D. Wells, and 
built by the Staten Island Ship Building Com¬ 
pany, for Robert E. Tod, replaced the well known 
Thistle, and like her is designed for offshore 
cruising. She is of steel, 198 feet 7 inches over¬ 
all, 150 feet on the waterline, 33 feet 9 inches 
breadth and 17 feet draft with" no centerboard. 
She has three masts with fore and aft rig. 
Elena is a new racing schooner for Morton F. 
Plant, a successor to the schooner Ingomar, which 
he raced with such success abroad and at home 
half a dozen years since. She is of steel, a keel 
vessel, designed by N. G. Herreshoff, and built 
at the Bristol shops, 136 feet 6 inches over-all, 
96 feet on the waterline, 26 feet 8 inches breadth 
and 17 feet draft. Her dimensions are closely 
identical with those of last year’s Westward, 
which yacht will meet her this season in home 
waters, but while Westward was built to the 
international rating rule with its strict limita¬ 
tions for racing abroad, in Elena Mr. Herreshoff 
has been free to cut the weight of construction 
and at the same time has had to consider only 
the American rule with its less onerous restric¬ 
tions The relation of these three modern yachts 
to the gas engine is in itself most interesting. 
Elena is strictly a sailing yacht, and her owner 
has already the ocean cruiser Iolanda, of 1,647 
tons. As a special tender to Elena he has a new 
twin screw steamer of 141 tons, of 138 feet over¬ 
all length, designed by Charles L. Seabury, and 
built by the Seabury Company, with two 6-cylin¬ 
der 11 x 12 Speedway engines. Enchantress is 
thus far a sailing yacht, but fitted for the ulti¬ 
mate installation of gas engines, and Karina is 
similarly designed. The former, however, is now 
fitted with a 25 horsepower gas engine providing 
power for the electric sail hoists, capstans, light¬ 
ing system, etc. In contrast with the addition of 
these three vessels to the list may be noted the 
passing of the once noted Jubilee, General 
Paine’s cup defender of 1893, sold at last for 
junk after some years of idleness. 
1 be most notable of the new power yachts is 
Sovereign, designed by Charles L. Seabury, and 
built at the Morris Heights works for M. C. D. 
Borden. This yacht is plated with bronze on 
steel frames, being designed and built under a 
guarantee of thirty-five miles per hour, which 
speed she easily exceeded on her initial trial. 
She is 166 feet over-all, 160 feet on the water¬ 
line, 16 feet 6 inches breadth and 4 feet 6 inches 
draft, being intended for use between New York 
city and Mr. Borden s home on the Shrewsbury 
Rjver. In view of the good work of her imme¬ 
diate predecessor, Little Sovereign, and her ob¬ 
vious perfection of form and surface and the 
amount of her power (two four-cylinder triple 
steam engines'), she is likely to make a record 
for actual service speed. 
1 he latest development of the gas-driven yacht is 
found m the new La Belle II., a steel yacht with 
triple screws and engines, designed by Cox & 
Stevens and built by T. A. Dialogue &'Sons’for 
Alexander Vinton, of Cleveland. She is of the 
conventional steamer type, 140 feet over-all, 117 
feet 6 inches on the waterline, 19 feet 3 inches 
breadth and 7 feet draft. The engines, designed 
by her owner and built at the works of the Win- 
ton Motor Car Company, are of the four-stroke 
type, six cylinders 9 x 12%. 
In the smaller division of the sailing fleet the 
additions are limited to the 31-foot and smaller 
classes and are of little more than local import¬ 
ance. 1 he power division, however, inemdes 
many new cruising yachts of all sizes from 100 
feet downward, practically all equipped with gas 
engines. 
1 he Register is but slightly larger than last 
year, a very thorough revision resulting in the 
dropping of many old yachts. The book con¬ 
tains 486 pages and forty-five colored piates, the 
yacht list proper including over 3,500 vessels. 
The particulars of 472 yacht clubs and thirty- 
one associations within the limits of the United 
States, the Dominion of Canada and the West 
Indies are given, with the burgees of 456 clubs 
and associations. As closely as can be estimated 
there are at the present time at least 600 yacht 
clubs within the territory mentioned, but many 
of the younger clubs in remote localities fail to 
reply to requests for the particulars necessary 
for their entry in the Register. The list of yacht 
owners includes the names of 3,300 owners, with 
the full address wherever it can be obtained, as 
well as the clubs to which each belongs and a 
reference to the yachts which he owns. 
It has always been the custom to include in 
the Register a list of yacht designers, yacht 
builders, engine builders and others connected 
with the building and equipping of yachts. This 
year these lists appear in a new and extended 
form, making a very complete directory of the 
yachting trade. In view of the very large num¬ 
ber of miscellaneous fittings and appliances which 
go to make up the modern yacht, even of the 
smallest size, it is hoped that this list will prove 
of permanent va’ue to yacht owners as an index 
of what is offered them by manufacturers and 
dealers. 
The style of the book is unchanged, the fa¬ 
miliar blue and gold binding which is the stand¬ 
ard for ciub use and the larger yachts, and the 
plain canvas designed for use on the small 
cruisers. 
Chicago Y. C. 
The officers of the Chicago Y. C. for this 
year are: Commodore, Wm. Hale Thompson; 
Vice-Commodore, George O. Clinch; Rear- 
Commodore William A. Lydon; Secretary, A. 
Sheldon Clark; Treasurer, Murdock MacLeod; 
Trustees—George J. Charlton, Edward M. Mills, 
William B. Mundie, Dr. Thos. L. Gilmer; Judge 
Advocate, Charles E. Kremer; Fleet Captain, 
A. M. Andrews, Fleet Surgeon, Dr. C. Pruyn 
Stringfield; Measurer, Otto Schoenwerk, Jr.; L. 
M. Y. A. Delegates, A. Sheldon Clark, C. E. 
Soule, Jr. I. L. Y.A. Delegate, C. A. Sweet. The 
Regatta Committee—Chas. E. Soule, Jr., Chair¬ 
man; Dr. Richard H. Street, George N. Wood- 
ley, Laurence C. Woodworth, Edward P. Farley 
—has arranged the following events for the 
season: 
June 17—(Columbia Y. C., Michigan City 
race), open. 
June 24—Members’ day. 
July 1—Chicago Y. C.. race to Milwaukee. 
Motor boat races, all classes to Milwaukee, 
open. 
J'dy 3 —Chicago Y. C. race from Milwaukee 
to Chicago for Herbst cup. 
July 15—Chicago Y. C. open race, all classes, 
for Lipton trophy. 
July 22—Chicago Y. C. open race, all classes, 
Mackinac cup. 
July 29—Columbus Y. C. open race, all classes 
to Macatawa Bay. 
Aug. 4—Macatawa Bay Y. C., L. M. Y. A. re¬ 
gatta and Venetian night. 
t A i'F’ 5 —Macatawa Bay Y. C. second day, 
L. M. Y. A. regatta. 
Aug. 7—Power boat race, Macatawa Bay to 
Muskegon. 
Aug. 12—Columbia Y. C. open race, Strat¬ 
ford cup, Macatawa to Chicago. 
Aug. 17—Columbia Y. C. open race, Sir 
1 homas Lipton cup. 
Aug. 18—Columbia Y. C. open race, second 
day. 
Aug. 19—Columbia Y. C. open race third day. 
Aug. 24—Chicago Y. C. open race, Sir 
Thomas; Nutting cup. 
Aug. 25—Chicago, Y. C. open race, second 
day. 
Aug. 26—Chicago Y. C. open race, third day. 
Sept. 1—Chicago Y. C. open race, Chicago to 
St. Joseph. First leg, triangular race. 
Sept. 3—Chicago Y. C. open race, St. Joseph 
to Michigan City. Second leg, triangular race. 
Sept. 4—Chicago Y. C. open race, Michigan 
City to Chicago. Finish of Triangular race. 
Interlake Y. R. A. Regatta. 
The 1911 regatta of the Interlake Yachting 
Association under the administration of Com¬ 
modore Alexander Winton, bids fair to rival 
and even eclipse the great regatta of 1908, which 
was held under the administration of Commo¬ 
dore George H. Worthington, and which holds 
the record to date. 
The prize list announced for the sailing events 
is the largest ever put up, and is bound to bring 
in as many entries in the races as those of 1908. 
The aggregate purse for all the sailing events 
amounts to $1,700. The yachts will be divided 
into eight classes, with prizes for each event as 
follows: 
Class A, modern cruisers—First prize, $150; 
second prize, $90; third prize, $60. Winner of 
series will receive championship flag. 
Class D, veteran cruisers—First prize, $75; 
second prize, $45; third prize, $30. Winner of 
series to receive championship flag and a silver 
cup presented by the Buffalo Y. C. 
Class F, 21-footers, restricted—First prize, 
$150; second prize, $90; third prize, $60. Win¬ 
ner of series to receive championship flag and 
the George W. Gardner cup. 
Class H, 18-footers, restricted—First prize, 
$85, and championship flag; second prize, $45; 
third prize, $30. 
Class J, 16-footers, restricted—First prize, $60, 
and championship flag; second prize, $40; third 
prize, $25. 
Class K, 14-footers, restricted—First prize, 
$60, and championship flag; second prize, $40; 
third prize, $25. 
Class C. catboats, restricted—First prize, $60; 
second prize, $40; third prize, $25. Winner of 
series to receive championship flag and a silver 
cup presented by the Buckeye Lake Y. C. 
Class R, yachts—First prize, $150; second 
prize, $90; third prize, $60. Winner of series 
to receive championship flag and silver cup pre¬ 
sented by the I. L. Y. A. 
Three races are scheduled and will be held 
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, July 18, 19 
and 21, for all classes, the first and third race 
to be over a triangular 9-mile course, starting 
at a point off the eastern end of Gibraltar island. 
A short course of 4^/2 miles is laid out for classes 
C and K. The second event will be a leeward 
or windward race, 4]/ 2 miles out and back, or 
nine miles in all, for all classes except C and 
K, which will be the same over a short course 
of 2)4 miles out and back. 
The same rules as governed the races of 1908 
and 1910 will be used this year, applying to 
classes A, D, F, J, H, K and C. Class' R will 
sail under the restricted rules of that class, 
which will appear in the 1911 program. 
This is a new class, which is being fostered 
by the I. L. Y. A. this summer, in an effort to 
provide a more wholesome racing boat that will 
also meet cruising requirements. This type has 
had great success on Lake Ontario and on 
Long Island Sound, and the association is as¬ 
sured of four of these boats racing at the re¬ 
gatta this summer, two from the Lakewood Y. 
C. and a representative each from Toledo and 
Detroit. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 
Three 15-footers took part in last Saturday’s 
race at Oyster Bay. Their times over the course 
were: Iris, 1.43.15; Thelema, 1.48.45; Imp, 1.49. 
