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33-RATING SLOOP 

Sept. 9, Sunday—Y. R. A. rendezvous, Hull. 
EASTERN Y. C. Lona RaAce.—The Eastern Y. 
C. will give a long-distance race for schooners 
this year. The start will be made from New 
London on Saturday, June 30, and the finish will 
be off Marblehead. New London was suggested 
as the starting point on account of the college 
races that will be held there two days previous 
to the start of the proposed race, at which time 
there is generally a goodly showing of large 
schooners on the river. The race will be 
finished a few days before the club’s annual re- 
gatta and the start of the annual cruise. 
Quincy CHALLENGE ACcCCEPTED.—The formal 
challenge of the Quincy Y. C. to the Man- 
chester Y. C. to race for the Quincy Cup was 
accepted last Friday. Mr. Charles Francis 
Adams, 2d, will represent the Quincy Y. C. with 
a Sonderclasse boat, which he will also enter 
for the German-American trials. The Cor- 
inthian Y. C. will challenge for the Quincy cup, 
and the Eastern Y. C. is also expected to send 
a challenge. There is a movement on foot in 
the Winthrop Y. C. to build a syndicate boat 
for the German-American trials. 
SAILING CANOE CLass.—A class of sailing 
canoes may be formed at Marblehead, for which 
the yacht clubs will be asked to give races. Mr. 
Herman Dudley Murphy, the noted canoeist, has 
interested Mr. W. Starling Burgess, who has 
been sailing about Marblehead Harbor during 
the winter. He has designed canoes. for himself 
and his brother, Mr. Charles Burgess, which are 
now being built. Mr. B. B. Crowninshield has 
designed one for Mr. Murphy. Another boat 
will be owned by Mr. William J. Ladd, of Win- 
chester, and a fifth boat is assured. 
Aw Earty RAcE IN HAnp.—It is proposed by 
some members of the Boston Y. C. to hold a 
sweepstakes race off the South Boston station 
of the club on April 19 for boats rating in Class 
Q. The prospective entries are the knockabouts 
Simple Life, Mr. Dwight Foster; Sanderling, 
Mr. Walter Burgess; Sue, Mr. T. Wolcott 
Powers; Pet, Hollis Burgess, and the yawl Sea 
Fox, Mr. John G, Alden. 
Joun B, KILleen, 
SAIL PLAN——DESIGNED BY 

B. B. CROWNINSHIELD. 
Northumberland Strait. 
CHATHAM, N. B., March 6.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: You have in two or three issues re- 
ferred to Northumberland Strait as shallow 
water. At first I supposed it to be a slip of the 
pen, but you repeated the offense on the 3d, when 
you described it as “a beautiful sheet of water 
about 200 miles long, with the only objection of 
being shallow,” on account of which shallowness 
the designs of Mr. Curry’s new yacht had given 
her a draft of only 3ft. 5in. This would be amus- 
ing to anyone but a yachtsman, but those who 
love Northumberland Strait as one of the best 
yachting waters of the world, think that so great 
an authority as Forest AND STREAM ought to 
know more about it. Now, Mr. Editor, the least 
depth in the Strait, except near the shores, as 
you will find by consulting an Admiralty chart, 
is six fathoms. The chart shows six to twenty 
fathoms from one end to the other, with four 
fathoms on two or three shoals that are not far 
from shore. Mr. Curry’s yacht might draw 35ft. 
instead of 3ft. 5in., and cruise in the Strait of 
Northumberland by avoiding the four-fathom 
shoals and keeping in mid-channel at the narrow- 
est point. Steamships that draw 2oft. frequently 
come to us through the Strait. It is the shal- 
lowness of the anchorage where Amherst men 
keep their yachts (Amherst is at one of the 
heads of the Bay of Fundy, some 14 miles over- 
land from the Northumberland Strait) that makes 
them call for light draft vessels. 
J. L. Stewart. 
[The above letter from a resident on or near 
Northumberland Strait is interesting. We have 
had the pleasure of seeing the designer of Mr. 
Curry’s boat, and the error was caused by the 
deep impression that the owner made in his re- 
strictions for light or rather limited draft. We 
regret that such an error has appeared, but with 
the wide publicity this matter has received, we 
believe that a great deal of good has been done 
to call attention to the waters of Northumberland 
Strait, of which comparatively little has been 
known up to this time.——Eb.] 
53-Rating Sloop. 
WE publish herewith the design of a 33-rating 
sloop from the office of Mr. B. B. Crownin- 
shield. As we go to press we hear that the 
owner has put off building for a season, and in 
consequence his name is withheld for the 
present. 
The boat, designed with a view to compliance 
with the so-called universal rule, comes just 
within the limits of the 33-rating class. The 
owner’s home port is on Cape Cod, and the 
yacht in those waters would at times encounter 
rather rougher water than in the Sound, or in 
the vicinity of Marblehead. Consequently, the 
rig was made of the size usual to boats of the 
class, but the proportion of displacement in- 
creased. In general the boat was to fulfil certain 
requirements, which are readily traced in the 
well-executed plans, which, as usual from Mr. 
Crowninshield’s office, exhibit a high standard 
of excellence. 
The strength required precluded wood, ex- 
cept for planking, etc., and the members, such as 
frames, longitudinals and beams, are of steel: 
this in a boat that at times might be driven, 
would prevent working and the annoyance of 
leakage. As the plan shows, the accommoda- 
tion has not been crowded very much, and is 
comfortable, though it would seem as if the 
plumbing had been a trifle overdone. 
In the sections we note the effect of the new 
rule and the corresponding livability of the 
quarters, which is gained by the heavy displace- 
ment of the boat. 
The sail plan is not unusual, and resembles 
that seen on this type of boat. The spars, how- 
ever, are to be hollow, and the mainsail will be 
fitted for a slide instead of the usual mast hoops. 
The dimensions follow: 
Length— 
Over all , .. 325 ii3 eee 52it. 7in. 
Tee VVelae OP AN 
Overhang— 
Forward |... :2.. Sdraanneee 7ft. Sin. 
) Wi MMAR Soon 
Breadth— 
Extreme: qt. tee oe l2tty, Ain, 
Walle cee pa tattcr ail 
DraftJ— 
To rabbet (40-2 eee 4ft. 8in. 
Extreme’ 3.) ..darsaes eee 7ft. 4in 
Freeboard— 
BOW ose wie vie o's ste Oe one 
Stern <....as.s00 es, ee 3it. Win. 
Least) ..2%.. 0505 Ga 2ft. 7in. 
Sail Area— 
Mainsail’ .2..: ic..0 eee 1260 sq. ft 
Fiore staysail’ Vo. 0 ese eee 256 sq. ft. 
Jib. ..c 2s. sees ee ee 288 sq. ft. 
Total .:..0...5.5)q0eee 1804 sq. ft. 
Sail area, actual... .i):. 6. Gee 1797 sq. ft. 
New York Y. C. MeEetinc.—The second gen- 
eral meeting was held at the New York Y. C. 
on Thursday, March 22. Owing to the absence 
of three flag officers, cruising in southern waters, 
Capt. E. B. Havens, schooner Quickstep, the 
senior captain presided, and Mr. Oliver E. Crom- 
well acted as secretary in the absence of Mr. 
George A. Cormack. 
The election to new membership included 
twenty-six regular and two navy members. 
The initiation fee has been raised from $100 to 
$200. The annual dues remain the same, $50. 
The principal business before the meeting was 
the action on the racing rules, which were passed 
at a special meeting two weeks ago, and also on 
certain amendments and by-laws. 
The racing rules were passed as amended at 
the last meeting, and we publish them in full. 
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BANZAI AND HANLEY SoLp.—Mr. Newbery D. 
Lawton has sold his N. Y. 30-footer Banzai to 
Mr. Clifford D. Mallory, Indian Harbor Y. C., 
owner of the sloop Hanley, which he has sold 
through the agency of Messrs. Lorillard & 
Walker to Mr. Walter Beiling. 
