FOREST AND STREAM. 
[JAN. 27, 1906. 








7 Design for an Auxiliary Schooner. 
THE plans of the 38ft. waterline schooner, 
which we reproduce in this issue, were made by 
Mr. B. B. Crowninshield. The boat will be used 
in connection with the United States Biological 
Station at Woods Hole, Mass., and the vessel 
has been designed soley to meet the requirements 
of the work to which she will be put. 
The yacht designer of to-day is called upon to 
negotiate many problems and a number of those 
in the profession are as well able to turn out a 
profitable commercial vessel as a successful rac- 
ing or cruising yacht. Mr. Crowninshield has 
been designing vessels for commercial uses for a 
number of years past, and the best evidence that 
his productions have been successful and _ pro- 
fitable is that he continues to command a large 
volume of work of this character. 
Although this vessel's headquarters will be at 
Woods Hole the work of collecting specimens 
of marine life will necessitate long cruises all 
along the New England coast in all seasons, and 
for that reason she was designed to withstand 
heavy weather. In order that she might have 
access to all harbors the draft was kept down to 
sft. This will enable .her to reach the most 
out of the way places in Buzzard’s Bay, where 
much of the research work will be carried on. 
While the boat is intended for a most serious 
work the design shows her to have all the beauty 
and refinement of form that would enter into a 
carefully planned cruising yacht. The clipper 
bow, :the short but clean overhang aft, the lib- 
eral freeboard and the snug rig at once creates 
a favorable and lasting impression in the minds 
of those who admire a substantial and comfort- 
able cruising boat. 
The breadth of 14ft. is generous, and with 
her small sail plan she should stand up to her 
work admirably. _ Prolonged periods of calm 
weather are rarities along. the coast where she 
is to be used, but even though these may occur, 
the scientific work in which she is engaged will 
not be delayed, for she is fitted with a gasolene 
engine of sufficient horsepower to drive her 
along at a smart clip. The engine will enable 
her to enter harbors with narrow entrances or 
eects channels, and to poke her nose into 
the 1 
various places which would be _inacces- 
sible had she to depend upon sails. Aside from 
these considerations the engine is intended 
mainly for use in connection with a small winch 
placed on the narrow tranverse deck just aft of 
the cabin house. This winch is used for hoisting 
heavy specimens on board. 
_ The cabin house is about 2oft. long and there 
is a water way 2ft. gin. wide along the sides. 
The cockpit is 8ft. long. On either side at the 
forward end are folding seats and aft is the 
wheel box. 
The companionway is just off the center line 
on the port side. This gives access to a cabin 
where the marine specimens are handled. On 
either side there is one pipe berth. On the star- 
board side aft is a door leading to the engine 
room and toilet. 
Forward of the main mast is the saloon 
8ft. 6in. long. The centerboard trunk divides 
this cabin, and on either side are folding tables. 
Transoms extend along either side and behind 
these are folding pipe berths. The galley is for- 
ward. It is nearly 6ft. long and extends the 
width of the boat. On the port side is a large 
ice-chest and a roomy locker. On the starboard 
side is a coal stove, a sink, folding table, lockers, 
etc. In the forecastle are quarters for two men. 
The vessel’s construction is of the most sub- 
stantial sort, and she is well able to meet the 
bad weather and hard usage to which she will be 
subjected. 
The dimensions are as follows: 
Length— 
Overpalliutp on. circ eee GStty ills 
Ta WEL. Gefen eed cee eee 38it. 
Overhang— 
Forward Saeco meme nrT Sit. 
ATES too ee hee ee Oe Gaim SAbile 
Breadth— 
Extreme iy saps ren oe sng angrier 14ft. 
Te Wald oe se eee ae toate 13ft. 6in. 
Draft— 
EUXtrem 6 ae acer eae sit. 
Boardadowntactcers. eee roft. 
Freeboard— 
Forwatd- tae seek eee 5ft. Yin 
Leasticseeccrtimace ate se. eee 3ft. in 
"ATEN y's Cre cee Reiter sec eee 3ft. 6in. 
Sail Area— 
Maina tl Mra . pena. semen 607 sq. ft 
Foresail’ eee oe ones SH} ow 
Bore=staysailie areas hone eee 142 sq. ft 
Jibs he eee eee eel ioan oe 177 sq. ft 
Total area lower sails. ....1,338 sq. ft. 
Trans-Pacific Yacht Race. 
Tue Hawaii Y. C., of Honolulu, Territory of 
Hawaii, offers a handsome solid silver $500 
trophy for a yacht race from San Francisco to 
Honolulu to take place May 5. Provided three 
yachts enter there will be a second prize offered. 

THE HAWAII YACHT TROPHY 
For the trans-Pacific Ocean race. 
All yachts participating will receive a silver sou- 
venir. Yachts entering must belong to some 
recognized yacht club, and must not be less than 
4oft. over all. 
There will be no restrictions as to, sails car- 
ried, number of crew, professional sailors or 
navigators. 
The usual rules of the road will govern the 
race, 
Time allowance will be computed as follows: 
One hour per foot of length for the entire dis- 
tance. Length to be the L.W.L. plus one-half the 
overhang. Measurement to be made when all 
provisions are aboard and the yacht ready for 
sea. 
The race to start from Meigg’s Wharf, San 
Francisco. Saturday, May 5, at 3 P. M. The 
start will be the usual “one gun’ start, the time 
of all yachts taken then. The finish of the race 
will be off Diamond Head Light, Honolulu. The 
lighthouse must be abeam and yacht must signal 
by displaying private flag. In case of arrival at 
night yacht must burn Coston signal when five 
eo <_<) 
miles from the light and another when the light 
is abeam and receive in each case, at the finish, 
a reply from the station. A watchman will be 
on hand day and night at the station to time 
arrivals. Yachts may then proceed to harbor, ob- 
serving the usual United States quarantine regu- 
lations. 
All expense of pilotage, towing, harbor dues 
and fresh water will be borne by the Hawaii Y.C. 
The Hawaii Trophy. 
THE Hawaii Trophy for the Trans-Pacific 
yacht race, which takes place in May, is a very 
handsome, massive solid silver bowl resting on 
a wooden pedestal, the latter to be made of some 
of the choice island wood. The trophy is fash- 
ioned after the Royal Hawaiian calabash, the re- 
ceptacle for the “poi,’ which is the Hawaiian’s 
staff of life. It is a very appropriate trophy for 
Hawaii, and from present indications the yachts- 
men of the Pacific coast are going after it with 
considerable enthusiasm. The silver calabash 
will be I5in. in diamater and gold lined. On one 
side will be an engraving of Diamond Head, 
showing the grim old crater, which is one of the 
most famous land marks in the Pacific. It is 
off this point that the yacht race will finish. On 
the reverse side of the cup will be a picture of 
the winning yacht and inscription. This trophy 
will make a handsome ornament to any parlor. 
. The Honolulu schooner yacht La Paloma has~ 
entered the race and will be sailed up in the 
spring to compete. She is a vessel of 24 tons and - 
came to Hawaii some six years ago. She has a 
modern schooner rig and is a fast runner, and 
it is believed she will prove able to capture the 
prize with the handicap she will receive. There 
will probably be at least six yachts at the starting 
line May 5, and the race to Hawaii, across 2,100 
miles of tropical waters, will prove the grandest 
race ever sailed. They have no fogs or ice to 
harass them and they will send over the blue 
Pacific with a following wind the entire distance. 
ALBERT DELMAR. 
Lake Michigan Y. C. Meeting. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The resolution below was unanimously adopted 
at an informal but thoroughly representative 
meeting of Lake Michigan yachtsmen, held at the © 
Chicago Athletic Association, on Jan. 7, at which 
the following were present: 
E. P.» Warner, Chicago YY.) Gimchaimmanmior 
meeting; U. J. Herrmann, Columbiasy Geers 
Balcom, Columbia Y. C.; J. R. Brunnick, Jackson 
Park Y. C.; A. A. Bennett, Jr., Jackson Park Y. 
C.; Frank D. McGuire, White Lake Y. C.; John 
A. Kruse, White Lake Y. C.; Charles Scates, 
Macatawa Bay Y.C., secretary of meeting; Com- 
‘modore W. L. Baum, Chicago Y. C.; Commodore 
H. P. Simonton, Jackson Park and Chicago Y. 
C’s; William H. Quinlan, chairman Regatta 
Committee Columbia Y. C.; C. E. Soule, Jr., 
Chicago Y. C., and John B. Keogh, Chicago Y.C. 
“Tt is the sense of this meeting, and the propo- 
sition is hereby made, that the Lake Michigan 
Yachting Association will rejoin the Yacht Rac- 
ing Union provided the Union agrees to recog- 
nize the 21ft. cabin and the 21ft. raceabout class 
of the Lake Michigan Yachting Association. 
“This meeting. pledges its hearty support to the 
furtherance of the interests of the new 20, 18 and 
16ft. classes, should they be adopted, and all other 
classes of the Union in the event of the Lake 
Michigan Yachting Association rejoining the 
Union. 
“This meeting believes that the scantling re- 
strictions of all the Yacht Racing Union classes, 
when adopted, should stand without alteration 
for a period of five years.” 
CHARLES SCATES, Sec’y. 
