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officer of the Royal Italian Navy and to be 
shipped to Naples, Italy. 
Captain Klaus Larsen, who shot the Whirl¬ 
pool Rapids at Niagara in a tiny motor boat, 
reports that following his venturesome ride, an 
examination of the electrical equipment showed 
everything in perfect working order, despite the 
lashing and drenching with water that the outfit 
received during his passage. This is another 
evidence of the rapid strides that have been 
made recently in the matter of dependable motor 
boat equipment. 
There was a rumor following the British In¬ 
ternational contest that F. K. Burnham, owner 
of Dixie II., had offered $50,000 for a 50-mile 
boat. The story created considerable comment, 
and Mr. Burnham has been besieged with in¬ 
quiries from boat builders who wanted to try 
for the $50,000. Mr. Burnham’s answer to one 
of these builders was as follows: “It is not 
correct that I have offered $50,000 for a 50-mile' 
boat, but nevertheless, I am in the market for 
a 50-mile boat, but not at that figure. The 
measurements would have to be 40 feet and 
under, unlimited horsepower and any old beam. 
A 40-mile boat can be built to-day for less than 
$8,000, but 40 miles does not interest me. Would 
be glad to hear further from you.” 
It was also reported that A. R. Peacock had 
made a similar offer, but Mr. Peacock has 
issued o denial of the story. 
The conditions governing the annual motor- 
boat race to Bermuda next summer, for the 
possession of the Bermuda challenge cup and 
$1,000 in cash, presented by a member of the 
New York \. C., will soon be issued by the 
committee in charge. This committee is com¬ 
posed of 1 homas Fleming Day, representing 
the Royal Bermuda Y. C., and the regatta com¬ 
mittee of the Motor Boat Club of America, of 
which Charles P. Tower is chairman. 
Many inquiries have already been made re¬ 
garding these conditions, and it is believed that 
upon their publication the construction of boats 
for this famous off-shore contest will be com¬ 
menced at once. , 
There are rumors of several architects having 
plans under way for boats, and as soon as it is 
ascertained what special requirements, if any, 
are to be made by the committee, these plans 
will be completed. Among those deeply inter¬ 
ested in the race is the Greenport Basin and 
Construction Company, Greenport, N. Y., of 
which C. P. Brigham is the secretary and 
treasurer. The Heather, built by the company, 
won the Bermuda race in 1909, and her de¬ 
signer, Mr. Theodore W. Brigham, vice-presi¬ 
dent of the company, was a member of the crew 
of the Insep, a sister boat, also one of the com¬ 
petitors in that race. 
The experience proved of much value to the 
Heather’s designer, and his plans for another 
substantial cruising craft suitable for the same 
ocean service are now to be shown to those in¬ 
terested. 
Boat for the St. Lawrence. 
Charles H. Remington, of Watertown, N. 
Y., is having built, from designs by Morris M. 
Whitaker, a raised-deck cruising motor boat, 
which he will use next summer on the St. 
Lawrence River. The yacht is being built at 
the Legare Boat Works at Ogdensburg, and is 
•55 feet long and 10 feet beam. 
This boat, according to Mr. Whitaker, is an 
improvement as well as a modification of the 
type common on the St. Lawrence. It is a high¬ 
speed, day cruiser, capable of carrying a large 
number of persons for afternoon sailing, and 
with limited accommodations in case the owner 
should desire a short trip. The requirements 
of the St. Lawrence demand a boat of suf¬ 
ficient sea-going capacity to make trips out on 
Lake Ontario and along its shores on oc¬ 
casions. For day service the boat has a large 
cockpit covered by a canopy and a bridge for¬ 
ward, with a seat at the after end for the 
steersman and a few guests. The motor is lo¬ 
cated under the house abaft the bridge in a 
compartment entirely separated from the rest 
of the yacht. This compartment, in addition to 
the motor equipment, has the living quarters of 
the crew and the electric light plant, and has 
windows on each side and a dummy stack for 
ventilation and appearance. The owner’s quar¬ 
ters are entered directly from the bridge and 
consist of a cabin with seats on each side and a 
double berth athwartship under the bridge itself. 
At the forward end of the saloon are an ice¬ 
box, a stove and sink on the opposite side, with 
glass closets at the back, and iorward of this at 
the extreme bow is the owner’s toilet. 
In this boat the cockpit, house over the motor 
and the owner's quarters will be finished in full 
mahogany with white enamel ceiling in the 
main saloon. The engine room will be finished 
in yellow pine and the boat will be equipped 
with a 6o-horsepower heavy duty Sterling 
motor, which will givd her a speed of about 
13/2 miles an hour. 
Canoeing. 
Some Observations on the Art of 
Building a Yacht. 
Concluded from page 946. 
We call an unplaned board or a rasp 
rough, and if such a surface as they 
represent were to be propelled through water 
it would not jolt it outward and thereby con¬ 
fuse the globules and break the filaments of co¬ 
hesion 2 in the water, but would drag and tear it; 
therefore, it would be absurd to suppose that 
any hydro-mechanical advantage would result. 
That this does not admit of a doubt has been 
conversely proved by careful experimentalists 
in hydraulics, for they have shown that water 
will not run as rapidly through an old rough 
and rusty conduit pipe as it does through a new 
one. They have also proved that water will not 
slide on the smoothest surface that art can de¬ 
vise. It will adhere and cohere when passing 
through a vertical glass tube. The particles of 
water adjacent to the sides of the tube adhere 
to it and remain at rest, while the discharge is 
carried on by the water moving past the station¬ 
ary layer. That the cohesion of the discharging 
column to this layer is very remarkable is 
shown by the fact that the rapidity of the-cur- 
rent increases toward the center of the tube, 
where it is greatest, as it is in the center of 
rivers and streams. 
If it has been shown that conversely a smooth 
and even artificial surface is a hydro-mechanical 
fallacy, and that a rough one would prove to be 
of no benefit, it is reasonable to inquire what 
is the peculiarity of the natural surface of least 
resistance in those instances in nature where 
there is dermal structure-, 3 what function does 
it perform, and what advantage is derived from 
the conditions which are produced? The reply 
is that this natural surface is one of uneven or 
jolting smoothness, the object of which is to 
throw currents of water at right angles to the 
line of movement and thereby to confuse the 
particles and disrupt the filaments of cohesion 
which exist in the water. That water loses its 
properties of cohesion when the globules are 
in a confused condition, produced by right- 
angle currents, may be observed when a down¬ 
pour of rain falls on high waves.' 1 It is not 
necessary to describe this phenomenal occur¬ 
rence at any length, for all mariners are aware 
of the fact that a heavy shower of rain trans¬ 
forms mountain-like waves into a smooth sea, 
although the gale which is producing them may 
continue to blow. The principle is the same as 
that produced by the jolting process of the 
ganoids, though the modus operandi is different. 
2 “Filaments of cohesion" is a phrase used in hydraulics. 
3 There are no sharp edges on any of these patterns 
which would drag the water. 
4 From what may be observed when heavy rain falls 
on high waves, we are led to the hypothesis that each 
globule of water is a microcosm, having its positive and 
its negative pole, and that the attraction of the globules 
to each other is principally magnetic. If such be the 
case, this attraction would cease when the poles were 
disarranged by the confusion of the globules. Then, 
during quiescence, the poles would rearrange themselves. 
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