Jan. 27, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 

whom she was built, has raced her most con- 
-sistently; she has started 388 times and won 103 
first prizes, 83 second prizes and 27 thirds, a 
grand total of 213. This works out at an average 
of fourteen prizes a year, and her record for the 
last three seasons averages exactly fourteen, so 
-she is keeping up her reputation well. The three 
-chief reasons for Creole’s phenomenal success 
are successful design, sound construction and 
liberal upkeep. She is a wonderful boat to wind- 
ward, but good on any point of sailing; she has 
always had a clever skipper and a willing and 
-eficient crew, while her owner keeps her abso- 
lutely up to concert pitch. Besides being a boat 
of beautiful design she was most substantially 
and cleverly put together by Forrest, of Wiven- 
hoe, strengthened by steel straps wherever un- 
-due strain was likely to come. So well has she 
stood the stress and strain of a hard life of rac- 
ing that she is as fair now as the day she was 
‘built, and is as tight as a bottle, both above water 
and below. She is almost a perfect cruiser-racer, 
thoroughly comfortable in her accommodations 
‘below and as snug as possible in the cabins, no 
matter how hard the day’s racing has been. 
Tue LivoniA.—As an instance of how substan- 
tially our racing yachts were built years ago it 
has just transpired that the schooner Livonia, 
which sailed unsuccessfully for the America’s 
up in 1871 under Ashbury’s colors, has, after 
thirty-five years’ service as a yacht, been sold for 
trading purposes. This is somewhat a sharp con- 
trast to the fate of the modern cup challengers, 
which, in spite of their enormous cost, are only 
‘it for the scrap heap after a few months. 
NEw CLAss FoR THE CLypE.—The success which 
thas attended the 3oft. restricted rating class since 
its inception two years ago has been so great 
that it has been decided this season to start a 
24it. class on somewhat similar lines. There is 
to be a minimum to draft, beam and freeboard, 
and there are other restrictions to be enforced 
with a view to keeping down the cost of construc- 
tion and fittings. So far, only two owners have 
definitely promised to build. Many others would 
join them but for the fact that they already pos- 
sess boats in the other classes, which they would 
no doubt like to get rid of first. The idea of 
forming a 24ft. class was started last year, but 
was allowed to drop; however, there is but little 
doubt that the coming season will find the new 
class seeking more than a suggestion. 
: Bee SISELLY. 



THE HOME OF THE AMERICAN Y. C. AT MILTON POINT, RYE. 
Boston Letter. 
WintuHrop Y. C. Orricers.—At the annual 
meeting of the Winthrop Y. C., held Tuesday, 
Jan. 16, the following officers and committees 
were elected: Comin. C. cL." Haskell: “Vice- 
Como. Goudy: Sec., Charles ety Bird; 
Treas., Edgar H. Whitney; Meas., C. O. Whit- 
ney; Directors; W. D. Allen, C. A. Rouillard, 
W. H. Stimpson and G. J. Buchanan; House 
Committee—E. H. Whitney, C. A. Rouillard and 
G. J. Buchanan, F. L. Slade, Frank P. Gilmore, 
Shame alco Liam bem ocates ae) honias eb au: 
Albert Partridge, Joseph J. Devereaux, F. H. 
Byrne, F. H. Beckler, Milton C. Rogers, George 
W. Roberts, Horace S. Ridley, A. E. Wright and 
A. E. Chipman. Steam heat has been installed in 
the new club house and it has been decided to 
hold both the annual dinner and the annual ball 
in the club house. Both events will take place in 
February. 
New LauNncHES BY SMALL Bros.—Mr. W. E. 
C. Eustis has placed an order with Messrs. Small 
Bros. for a 36ft. launch for use in Florida rivers. 
This boat will be of the tunnel type and will 
draw only toin. of water. Another power boat 
of the same design is now building at the yard 
of the O. Sheldon Company at Neponset for Mr. 
W. C. Bryant, of Bangor, Me. She is laid out 
the same as Davy Jones, designed for Mr. Rich- 
ard Hutchison, but will be longer. She will be 
soft. long and will have an engine of 30 horse- 
power. The 21-footer, which was designed by 
Messrs. Small Bros. for a Toledo syndicate to 
























38-FOOT AUXILIARY SCHOONER—SAIL PLAN—DESIGNED BY B. B. CROWNINSHIELD. 
race for the Lipton Cup, is now building by 
White, of Manchester. This boat is to be 
launched by May 1. 
NEw 65-FooT ScHooner.—A _ O65ft. cruising 
schooner has been designed by Mr. Fred D. Law- 
ley and is to be built for a prominent member of 
the Eastern and Boston Y. C.’s, who wishes his 
name withheld for the present. It was for him 
that the 5o9ft. waterline, recently illustrated in 
ForEST AND STREAM of Dec. 30, 1905, was de- 
signed, and the new design is to take the place 
of that one. The layout is very similar, with the 
exception that the bath room has been dispensed 
with, while a large chart locker has been added, 
and all the cabins are larger. There is also con- 
siderably more lateral plane. The new boat will 
tate between 62 and 63ft., and is the only one, so 
ae to be designed this winter for the 65-rating 
class. 
HINGHAM 15-FooTErS BurLpinc.—The work of 
construction in the fleet of one- design 15-footers 
from lines by Messrs. Small Bros., is now under 
way. The boats are being built by the O. Shel- 
don Company at Neponset. They are for mem- 
bers of the Hingham Y. C 
SomME New Power Boats.—Messrs. Swasey, 
Raymond & Page have an order for a 55ft. cabin 
cruiser for a member of the Boston Y. C. They 
have designed a 45ft. cruiser for a Boston yachts- 
man to be used at Islesboro, Me. They have also 
completed the design of a tooft. high speed 
cruiser for river and coast cruising. 
JoHN B. KILLEEN. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 

AMERICAN Y. C, ANNUAL ELEcTION.—The an- 
nual meeting of the American Y. C. was held at 
the Hotel Astor, New York city, on the evening 
of Jan. 16, and the following were elected to 
office: Com., Trenor L. Park, sloop Mimosa 
IIl.; Vice-Com., Oliver Harriman, sloop Carlita; 
Rear Com., Richard T. Wainwright, auxiliary 
schooner Crusader; Sec.-Treas., William Porter 
Allen; Trustees—Trenor L. Park, Richard T. 
Wainwright, Oliver Harriman, H. de Berkeléy 
Parsons, J. Howard Wainwright, E. H. Weather- 
bee, William H. Parsons, William H. Beers, 
Howard Willets, Henry W. Eaton, William Por- 
ter Allen and Benjamin F. Watkins. 
RRR 
New York Y. C.’s GENERAL MEETING.—The 
first general meeting of the New York Y. C. was 
held at the club house, West Forty-fourth street, 
New York. city, on Thursday evening, Jan. 18. 
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt presided. Be- 
sides the reports read by the various officers and 
committees forty-two new members were elected. 
The club now has 2,350 members and the fleet 
consists of 436 vessels, of which number sixty- 
two are schooners with a gross tonnage of 5,- 
057.89. The remainder of the fleet is divided as 
follows: Fifty sloops, tonnage 4,051.35 tons, and 
324 steamers, auxiliaries and power craft, tonnage 
61,217.41, making a grand total of 70,326.65 tons. 
Ree 
LauNcH FoR H. C. FLetcHEer.—At Hansen’s 
yard, South Brooklyn, N. Y., there is building 
from designs by Mr. H. C. Fletcher a 35ft. 
launch. 

