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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Ocx. 22, 1910. 
Art and Library Committee—Edwin P. Mor¬ 
itz. Chairman; W. B. Dowd, H. C. Schwable. 
Trapshooting Committee—W. S. Pardontier, 
Chairman; J. H. Emanuel, Jr., Charles B. 
Ludwig. 
Landscape Improvement Committee—August 
Walter, Chairman; Philip S. Smith, Arthur P. 
Clapp. 
Pacific Coast Yachting. 
San Francisco, Cal., Oct 10 . —Editor Forest 
and Stream: The yachting season on San 
Francisco Bay is rapidly drawing to a close, 
and from now on it will be difficult to hold many 
races or regattas, owing to the number of en¬ 
thusiasts who are inclined to spend their week 
ends on the marshes in quest of duck, the hunt¬ 
ing season having opened. The yachting events 
that have been held of late have been very suc¬ 
cessful events, as the finest weather of the en¬ 
tire year is now being experienced. The foggy 
season is now at an end and good breezes are 
seldom lacking, making the months of October 
and November almost ideal for cruising here. 
Extensive plans are being made already for the 
season of 1911 and during the coming winter, 
while yachts are not in use, advantage will be 
taken of the opportunity to measure them. It 
is anticipated that there will be no difficulty 
next season in handicapping yachts according 
to the new measurement rules that will then 
be put in force and the result of a change in 
the miles will be closely watched. 
The San Francisco Y. C. has announced that 
the Farallone race for the Phillips cup will be 
sailed this year on Sunday, October 9, and 
this event is looked upon as being one of the 
principal ones for the fall yachting season. This 
race is open to all yachts of more than thirty 
feet waterline and from entries to date it is be¬ 
lieved that a large number of contestants will 
make the start. This yacht club managed a 
very successful affair on Oct. 2, when the A. B. 
Spreckels cups were raced for. The entries 
were divided into three classes as follows: 
Class A—Vixen, Fleur de Lis, Pronto and 
Phoenicia. Class B—Neva, Mary, Amigo and 
White Heather. Class C—Monsoon, Aggie, 
Challenger and Chispa. The yachts finished in 
the order named, corrected time. The yachts 
were arbitrarily handicapped and the finishes in 
the different classes were quite close. The 
feature of the day's event was the performance 
of Monsoon in Class C. The race was held 
over the channel course on an ebb tide with 
conditions favorable for a successful event. 
The handicaps were arranged by the regatta 
committee consisting of Philip Fay, L. T. 
Wagner and Roy C. Ward, the latter acting for 
Harry W. Goodall, who was out of the city at 
the time. 
The newly organized San Rafael Boat Club, 
of San Rafael held its initial cruise recently, 
and in all about twenty craft took part. Aloah, 
flying the flag of Commodore H. B. Nash, was 
in the lead followed by the Grace Boyd, flying 
the flag of Vice-Commodore Thomas P. Boyd. 
The start was made early in the morning and 
the headquarters of the Corinthian Y. C. were 
passed, as well as those of the San Francisco 
Y. C., and the fleet then headed for Paradise 
Cove, where a basket picnic was enjoyed. This 
new club is having plans drawn up for a very 
attractive club house to be erected before next 
season on the waters of the San Rafael canal. 
The Encinal Y. C., of Alameda, has closed the 
season, and most of the yachts have been tied 
up for the time being. The season ended with 
a program of races and a dance at the club 
house. 
1 he Aeolian and Corinthian yacht clubs both 
entertained friends at the club houses on Oct. 
2, with aquatic sports and field events. The 
Corinthian Club held' a series of power boat 
races, and these proved so interesting that it 
has been decided to make these a feature of 
future events. A. P. B. 
The Forest and Stream may be obtained from any 
newsdealer on order. Ask your dealer to supply you 
regularly. 
Motor 'Boating. 
Motor Boat Club Races. 
The New York Motor Boat Club had some 
races last Sunday afternoon, and at sunset the 
burgee was hauled down and the club went out 
of commission. In addition to the races there 
were some odd events on the program. One 
was called a mooring contest. The entrants 
started from the porch of the club house at 
West 147th street. Each skipper got a sealed 
envelope. Upon signal all started for the re¬ 
spective boats lying at their moorings in the 
river. The engine had to be started after the 
mooring was cast off and all followed the 
judges’ boat Mon Reve for half an hour. The 
committee then threw overboard blocks of wood 
bearing numbers which corresponded to those 
in the sealed envelopes. Each skipper had to 
find his block and get back to the boat. The 
winner in the cabin class was Twin Kid, owned 
by P. A. Vallance, with the Kid II. second, and 
in the open boat class H. Z. Platt’s Teaser won, 
with E. A. Finch’s Eastern Star second. The 
summary: 
Cabin Boats—Start, 4:05—Course. 4.2 Miles. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Jolly Roger, F. W. Horenburger. 4 38 02 0 33 02 
Twin Kid, P. A. Vallance. 4 40 21 0 35 21 
Arlington. J. Klipper. 4 40 54 0 35 54 
Kid II., H. C. Douglas, Jr. 4 45 31 0 40 31 
Isabel J., H. Haire. 4 51 52 0 46 52 
Crete . Did not finish. 
Open Boats—Start, 4:05—Course, 4.2 Miles. 
Teaser, PI. Z. Pratt. 4 21 20 0 16 20 
Bunk III., C. Firth. 4 38 06 0 33 06 
Eastern Star, E. A. Finch. 4 38 07 0 33 07 
Mon Plaisir, W. A. Lattimer. 4 42 43 0 35 43 
Edith M., W. A. Madison.4 43 36 0 38 36 
Sea Fox. C. T. Breck. 4 43 52 0 38 52 
Ackva, F. A, Daughn. 4 47 13 0 42 13 
Tyro, C. A. Leonardi. 4 47 18 0 42 13 
Rex, H. T. Allen. 4 48 16 0 43 16 
Yale, M. F. Dotv. 4 49 33 0 44 33 
Wayward, H. Dill . 4' 52 53 0 47 53 
The one-mile dinghy race was won by R. 
Martine. 
Shoal Draft Houseboat. 
A Western yachtsman has placed an order 
with Gielow & Orr of this city for a house boat 
which will be used on the lower Mississippi 
River and many of its smaller tributaries. 
These waters are almost unknown to yachts¬ 
men, and the conditions there require a craft 
very different from the conventional yacht found 
in Northern and Eastern waters. Some of the 
rivers in that section often shift their channels 
several hundred yards in one night. These con¬ 
ditions naturally demand a vessel of exceeding¬ 
ly light draft, combined with great structural 
strength, so as to navigate in very shoal water, 
as well as to be able to withstand heavy stresses 
when running aground or left aground by a 
rapidly falling stream. 
The Western yachtsman who has had some 
experience in these comparatively unknown 
waters has decided to have built for him a vessel 
specially adapted to meet these requirements. 
The vessel is being built at Jeffersonville, Ind.. 
and will be ready for delivery before February 
next. 
The principal dimensions of this new craft 
are: Length over all, 130 feet; length on load 
waterline. 126 feet, and beam, extreme, 20 feet 
8 inches. The most remarkable feature is her 
extremely light draft, which will be only 12^/2 
inches when fully loaded and with all her equip¬ 
ment on board. The hull of the boat will be 
constructed of mild steel of the very best_ qual¬ 
ity, and her scantling, while light, are in no 
sense extremely so. 
The pilot house extends the full width of the 
vessel, and will be used as a social hall. Two 
double and single staterooms and two bath and 
toilet rooms follow aft. Then there is a dining 
raom, galley, storeroom, pantry and refrigera¬ 
tor. also staterooms for cook and steward and 
engineers. 
The propelling machinery will consist of 
three 6o-horser>ower heavy duty Sterling en¬ 
gines, which will be capable of driving the vessel 
at a speed of at least twelve miles per hour. 
On account of the light draft required the pro¬ 
pellers driven by these engines will be operated 
in tunnels, so that the wheels will be fully pro¬ 
tected from submerged logs, or in case of the 
vessel grounding. The gasolene will be carried 
in cylindrical steel tanks, inclosed in water-tight 
compartments, and these tanks will have a 
capacity of fifteen hundred gallons, which will 
give a cruising radius of over fifteen hundred 
miles at normal speed. 
The yacht will be equipped with electric light • 
plant and storage batteries and will also have 
an independent ice machine and refrigerating 
plant, thus supplying ample cold storage for 
carrying perishable provisions on extended 
cruises. 
Miranda IV. a Fast Boat. 
Much disappointment was felt that owing to 
the trouble which occurred to the engine of 
Miranda IV. the day before the motor boat sea 
mile contest. Sir John Thornycroft’s Skimmer 
did not realize something nearer the speed of 
over 35 knots which she has attained in the past, 
according to the Yachting World. The reason 
for this was, of course, that the engine was 
running far from its full power; indeed, the 
revolutions were something like 300 less than 
normal. 
With a view to demonstrate beyond question 
that the boat was capable of maintaining over 
35 knots as a means of six runs on the Motor 
Y. C. measured sea mile, Mr. Tom Thornycroft 
made a series of six runs, three with the tide 
and three against the tide, on Wednesday last 
week, when he was officially timed by the secre¬ 
tary of the Motor Y. C.. Mr. W. A. Jupp. Mr. 
Jupp’s times were as follows: 
Time. Speed. 
First, with tide.lm. 38%s. 36.585 
Second, against tide . lm. 49 %s. 32.906 
Third, with tide .lm. 37%s. 37.037 
Fourth, against tide . lm. 45s. 34.285 
Fifth, with tide . lm. 35s. 37.894 
Sixth, against tide . lm. 43%s. 34.816 
The mean speed was 35.581 nautical miles, 41.87 statute 
miles. 
From this it will be seen that within four 
days of the sea mile contest, Miranda proved 
beyond question that she is capable of nearly 
six knots' more speed than she attained when 
she won the Sea Mile trophy. 
Kathmar II. 
The very successful 6o-footer Triune has 
been kept in mind by her builders when laying 
out the plans of Kathmar II.. which is now be¬ 
ing built for Robert T. Fowler, of New York, 
by the Luders Marine Construction Co., of 
Port Chester, N. Y. 
This new boat is 55 feet over all. 11 feet beam 
and will draw about 4 feet of water. The lines 
have been kept rather fine, as a speed of 12 
miles per hour is aimed at with a 35-horsepower 
engine. 
The keel, frame, beans, etc., will be of sound 
Connecticut oak. the ribs closely spaced and 
planking of white cedar. The forward portion 
of boat is carried very high with wide flaring 
topsides. 
The cabin, trunk is to be of teak with solid 
glass panels and large special brass air ports 
alternating. Two entrances are provided to this 
house, one the main companion to the vestibule 
and the other a hatch to galley for crew. The 
vestibule and stairway are to be finished in 
figured African mahogany. The toilet with 
nickel plated fixtures,' the after cabin and the 
saloon will be finished in white enambl with 
mahogany trimmings, frames and doors; all 
bureaus, tables, etc., will be of solid mahogany. 
The galley is to be very complete with an ice 
box having a capacity of 400 pounds of ice. A 
large dresser and sink are to be provided; an 
alcohol stove is to be used, but provision will 
be made for a range with smoke pipe leading 
through the stack. The engine room will be 
finished as simply as possible providing proper 
conveniences for two men and an emergency 
handy man. 
The gasolene tanks of copper are to be lo- 
