Schooner for Robert E. Tod. 
Former Commodore Robert E. Tod. who for 
several years has been a most enthusiastic yachts¬ 
man, is having the largest schooner built at the 
Staten Island Shipbui.ding Company's yards at 
Port Richmond. This firm is successor to the 
Burlee Shipbuilding Company, which built the 
steamers Noma and Rheclair. 
Commodore Tod has always been a keen 
sportsman. He was at one time master of 
hounds of the Westchester hunt and then took 
a course in first aid and in veterinary surgery 
which helped him much with his work. Some 
years ago he purchased the yawl Fidelio, then 
owned by the late J. Fred Ackerman. It was 
his first yacht, and he soon became so much 
interested" in yachting that he studied navigation 
and seamanship and now holds master s and 
pilot’s licenses. His next vessel was the schooner 
Katrina, and in this he took part in many long¬ 
distance races, always navigating his vessel him¬ 
self. In 1901 he. had built the topsail schooner 
Thistle and later had the rig changed to that of 
schooner. Thistle was entered in the race for 
the Kaiser’s cup, and Commodore Tod was his 
own sailing master. He navigated the yacht 
across the ocean and sailed the shortest course 
of any in the race. This was the more remark¬ 
able because the other yachts had professional 
skippers. Thistle was sold this . year to Count 
de Festetics and is now cruising in foreign 
waters. 
Theodore D. Wells has designed the new 
yacht which is to be a three-masted schooner and 
named Karina. She will be built of steel of high 
tensile strength and be 198 feet 6V2 inches on 
deck, 150 feet on the load waterline, 33 feet 8 J 4 
inches beam (extreme), 33 feet 7V2 inches beam 
(molded), 23 feet 9 inches depth of hold and 
17 feet draft. 
These dimensions when compared with other 
large schooners of the New York Y. C. fleet 
show what Karina will be. For instance, the 
auxiliary schooner yacht Atlantic is 184 feet 
over all". 139 feet on the waterline and 29 feet 
beam; the auxiliary schooner Alcyone. 182 feet 
over all, 140 feet on the waterline and 30 feet 
beam, and the auxiliary schooner Visitor II. 197 
feet 6 inches over all, 150 feet on the water¬ 
line and 32 feet 6 inches beam. 
All the materials of construction of Karina 
will be of the best and every precaution taken 
that the workmanship shall be of superior char¬ 
acter throughout. There will be a halt deck 
house, in which will be a companionway leading 
below, and where breakfasts and teas' may be 
served if desired. 
The yacht will have 150 tons of lead ballast. 
Her lower masts will be of steel and the top¬ 
masts of wood. She will have a spoon bow and 
stern of artistic and symmetrical design. There 
will be a small bridge around the foremast, 
which is . something novel, but which is ex¬ 
pected to prove of utility and be a pleasant 
lookout station, particularly in fine and moder¬ 
ate weather. The yacht’s freeboard will be 
liberal. 
Karina will have a “satisfactory sail spread” 
said Commodore Tod, which means that she 
will carry canvas enough to make the bravest 
of showings in whatever company she may be. 
Provision has been made to install power in 
Karina if her owner ever desires to do so. 
“Just now,” he explains, “I want all sail, but if 
in the future it is thought best to give her 
auxiliary power, it will not be difficult to do so. 
Great possibilities may be in store in the matter 
of improved auxiliary engines, and there will 
be no harm to wait a while for Karina’s in¬ 
stallation, if it is ever done, but I am sure that 
it will be a long time before I am tired of all 
sail. There will be a donkey boiler given her, 
as well as a dynamo, and all pumps, windlass, 
etc., will be operated by steam.” 
The size of the yacht gives ample room for 
liberal accommodation. There will be two state¬ 
rooms aft for the owner, with bath, and four 
staterooms, with two baths, for guests further 
forward. The main saloon will be of the full 
width of the ship and of such length as to be 
made an interesting and most comfortable apart¬ 
ment. The engine room that may be, the galley 
and the officers’ and crews’ quarters will be 
spacious, thoroughly ventilated and located well 
forward. Electricity will be used for lighting 
the ship and the many other purposes for which 
it is utilized in all modern equipped seagoing 
yachts. All joiner work will be of the best, and 
the fittings and furnishings, while governed in 
the main by simplicity, will be tasteful. 
The contract calls for the completion of 
Karina by May 1 next. Commodore Tod ex¬ 
pects to have the yacht in commission by Me¬ 
morial Day and be ready for any service by 
that time or a few days later. 
“I shall keep Karina in home waters next 
year, but later expect to go abroad with her,” 
said the commodore. 
“And you may take part in some of the ocean 
races in the future?” was asked. 
“Yes, go into anything in the shape of a race,” 
was the hearty rejoinder. 
The many boats Karina will require have al¬ 
ready been ordered. The crew will number 
twenty-six all told. 
Gravesend Bay Winners. 
The records of the Gravesend Bay Y. R. A. 
have been made up for the past season. This 
association is made up of the Atlantic, Brooklyn 
and Bensonhurst yacht clubs, the Marine & Field 
Club, the New York Canoe Club and the Cres¬ 
cent Athletic Club. Twenty open regattas were 
sailed during the season, and in these forty-one 
yachts raced very consistently. The total num¬ 
ber of starters was 471. 
The largest regular class was Q, in which 
there were five yachts. They were built for this 
season’s racing. They were Grayjacket, Spider 
and Soya. Grayjacket was from designs by 
William Gardner, and the other two from de¬ 
signs by Clinton H. Crane. Grayjacket proved 
to be a remarkable boat. She won the cham¬ 
pionship of her class, the Wilson cup, which 
stands for the individual championship of the 
Lower Bay, the series for the Thompson cup, 
and on the Sound the series prize during Larch- 
mont race week. She seems to be at her best 
when the wind is fresh to strong and was beaten 
mostly in light weather. Spider was the better 
of the two Crane boats and she too did well 
after having started off poorly. There will be 
another Gardner boat in this class next year 
which is to be built for Gherardi Davis, who 
this year raced Alice in Class S. More Joy, last 
year’s Herreshoff boat, raced only at the close 
"of the season, but in her few races she did well. 
In the first division of the handicap class Joy, 
owned by Le Sauvage & Geer, made the best 
record with ten firsts out of twenty starts, and 
La Cubana was second. In the second division 
W. Pendelton’s Breeze was the winner with 
Careless second. Careless scored more first 
prizes, but in the total of points was just a little 
behind Breeze. 
The Lipton cup of the Crescent Athletic Club 
stimulated Class S. Blue Bill, under charter to 
R. B. Moore, won the leg on that trophy and 
the championship. She is a Gielow designed 
boat and was well handled all through the sea¬ 
son by Mr. Moore. In the Lipton cup series 
there were ten starters, including Opal, Scylla 
and Adrette from the Sound. Slow Poke made 
the best record m the Gravesend knockabout 
class with six first prizes. She was always 
knocking about the first rank in the races. Sky¬ 
lark was second and Bobs third. 
I he sailing dinghies sailed several good races 
and Aries, owned by F. C. Moore, made the best 
record, Sheets was second and Viva third. 
The records of the many boats giving the num¬ 
ber of prizes won by each and the number of 
starts follow: 
Class S. 
Starts. 1st. 2d. 
Grayjacket, F. C. Noble. 17 7 5 
Spider II., Hendon Chubb. 20 5 3 
Florence, R. A. Brown . 19 3 4 
Soya, YV. A. Barstow . 10 2 5 
More Joy, W. H. Childs. 5 2 1 
Handicap Class, First Division. 
Joy, Le Sauvage & Geer. 20 10 4 
La Cubana, J. H. Ives. 19 5 2 
Miana, VV. J. O’Neil. IS 3 6 
Kestrel, D. G. Whitlock . 11 2 3 
Peri II.. J. S. Bradley . 9 0 
Yvahkan II., Schribner & Robins 3 0 0 
Handicap Class, Second Division. 
Breeze, W. Pendleton . 10 7 5 
Bensonhurst, F. P. Currier. 17 1 7 
M. & F., C. M. Camp. 19 2 5 
Alice, Davis & Eagle. 17 2 
Althea, Dr. Atkinson. 8 0 1 
Gravesend Knockabouts. 
Slow Poke. Hall, Thun & Durland 20 6 5 
Skylark, F. L. Billingham. IS 4 1 
Bobs, R. E. Speir . 19 3 3 
Suffragette, Piatt & Tiemann.... 17 2 4 
Mouse, P. Crovat . IS 2 1 
Pike, E. Zimmerman . 10 2 0 
Chico, W. H. Fales . 9 0 0 
Masque, L. S. Tiemann. 2 0 0 
Banshee, E. Bradley . 2 0 0 
Iris, F. S. Speidel . 6 0 0 
Scud, S. Cochrane . 5 0 0 
Doris, C. L. Atkinson. 7 0 0 
Sailing Dinghies. 
Aries, F. C. Moore . 12 9 2 
Sheets, R. de F. Bailey. 13 2 7 
Viva, D. D. Allerton . 9 0 
Bullfinch, Maurel & Roloff. 11 3 
Meteor, J. C. Erskine . 6 0 
Midget, C. V. Schuyler . 2 0 0 
Splash, A. R. Sayer . 1 0 0 
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Boston Y. C. Percentages. 
The regatta committee of the Boston Y. C. 
has figured out the percentages of the yachts 
competing in its regattas this season. Virginia 
leads in the first rating cjass without a defeat. 
Mavourneen wdns in the 31-rating class and Sally 
XI. has the best record of the Sonders. The 
figures follow: 
First Rating Class. 
Starts. 
Virginia, Hollis Burgess . 7 
Novice, H. Lundberg . 7 
Marie L., H. O. Currell. 5 
Nutmeg, A. C. Jones. 4 
Acushla II., Wetmore & Savage. 6 
Regina, H. B. Whittier. 3 
Venire, E. W. Manahan. 1 
Second Rating Class. 
Gringo, W. H. Brown. 7 
Gosling, Walter Burgess . 4 
Jacobin. T. W. King.,. 2 
Kanaka, W. J. Aylward. 2 
Cavalla, N. S. Powell. 1 
Class P. 
Mavourneen, George Lee . 7 
Wianno, A. YV. Stevens . 7 
Amoret, H. S. YY’heelock. 2 
Timandra, J. B. Fallon. 2 
Class I. 
Mirage II., J. W. Olmstead. 7 
Dorchen II., A. W. Finlay. 6 
Reina, F. S. Corley . 4 
Aurora, R. W. Pigeon . 6 
Whisper, J. P. Thomas. 1 
Hull One-Design. 
Meave, E. W. Dutton . 5 
Nicknack, F. B. Holmes. 6 
Eagle, G. H. Braser . 5 
Kid, A. L. Mayberry . 6 
Bonifor, C. C. enney . 5 
Wa Wa, A. Wilson . 6 
Toogles. H. E. Lynch. 6 
Mink. G. P. Moses . 4 
Tad. F. L. Dunne . - 
Kiddo, J. E. Dohertv . j 
Hooper, J. R. Hooper. 1 
Sender Class. 
Sallv XI., L. F. Percival. 3 
Wolf. A. P. Coring . - 
Beaver. C. H. W. Foster. 
Ellen. C. P. Curtis.. Tr.. 1 
Boniver. G. H. YVightman. - 
Cima, Guy Lowell . 1 
Per. 
Cent. 
100 . 
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42.4 
39.4 
38.6 
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14.3 
100 
35.7. 
19. 
14.3 
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47.6 
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14.3 
55.7 
71.9 
18.3 
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63.3 
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