APRIL 14, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 




AN OUTLOOK. 
Ir is the part of the press of to-day to venture 
predictions in many fields of activity. Reports 
from yachtsmen, builders, manufacturers and 
from many others connected even incidentally 
with sport or with traffic on our coasts and 
waterways, are most gratifying. In this year of 
grace, yacht racing, cruising, under sail or in the 
ubiquitous launch, and small boat sailing will be 
indulged in as never before. From the largest 
racing schooners down to the one-design catboat, 
all types of boats are well represented, and of 
the invasion of the Sonderclass boats for the 
Roosevelt Cup the end is not yet. This enthu- 
siasm is a good indication of the spirit of the 
times, and of the general interest in yachting. 
The adoption of the New York Y. C. rule is 
in a way responsible for this expansion, and 
though much work must still be done to perfect 
it, the present results can be looked at only with 
satisfaction. The time is not far distant when 
the American people will require that, to the 
supremacy of our yachts we shall add that of our 
commerce, and shall cause the flag of the mer- 
chantman to be as well known in foreign waters 
as are the ensigns of our yachts. 
Work at City Island. 
City IsLAND at this time of the year, for a 
man interested in sport, such as boating and 
yachting, offers favorable opportunities of obser- 
vation, and being the place where the greatest 
number of yards devote their entire efforts to 
storing and building yachts, near the city; it is a 
capital objective. At Hawkins’ yard, where for 
many years one or the other of our cup defenders 
winter, Columbia is hauled out. In winter quar- 
ters here among the best known boats are Fife’s 
Eelin, Mavis, Crusader II. and Miladi, schooners; 
Leda and Eleanor, sloops. 
Purdy & Collison, who since the first of the 
year have taken over the Robins yard adjoining 
Mr. Hawkins, are quite busy. The yard has been 
cleared up and a shed erected, and a gradual 
development is taking place. In the yard are a 
dozen or so boats to be put in commission. In 
the shop, planked and ready for the cabin trunk, 
is the 75ft. power yacht Virginia, from a design 
by Messrs. Cox & Stevens. The work on this 
boat is well done. Both Mr. Purdy and Mr. 
Collison, having been with firms that made repu- 
tations for good work, it is not less gratifying to 
find them turning it out. The interior work of 
Virginia will be mahogany. She will be used 
by her owner on the coast of Maine. Under con- 
struction in the same shops is a 4oft. cargo and 
passenger launch for use at Colon, Panama. The 
machinery is a naphtha engine of 16 horsepower, 
as the water in the vicinity of Colon ruins the 
ordinary water-jackets of explosive motors. 
A 30ft. latinch, from designs of Messrs. A. 
Cary Smith & Ferris for Mr. Charles H. Voor- 
hees, is being built, and is of the hunting cabin 
type. The engine to be installed is a 10 horse- 
power Murray & Tregurtha. 
At Hansen’s yard a number of small boats are 
hauled out. In the shops three boats are being 
built, a 56ft. launch from Mr. Hansen’s design, 
is ready for the engines. A second boat, also 
from Mr. Hansen’s design, is a cruising launch 
soft. long. The engine will be a 35 horsepower 
Globe. 
A schooner, the smallest one we know of, from 
designs by Mr. Charles D. Mower, is for Mr. R. 

 VACHTING 


W. Jackson, Manhassett Bay Y. C., length over 
all 32ft., load waterline 21ft., breadth 8ft., and 
draft 5ft. The boat is intended for day sailing 
and is fitted with a small trunk cabin and will 
be named Pagan. The frame is set up and the 
ribbands run, and looks very like the knock- 
abouts of the above dimensions. 
Sayonara, a famous 46-footer, has been altered 
into a yawl, her lead cut off and iron substituted, 
reducing her draft about 3ft. A number of the 
old 46-footers, including Gossoon, have been 
stripped of their lead. It would be remarkable 
indeed if the class should be revived. Extensive 
alterations have been made to Aquilla and 
Agnes S. 
Mr. George W. Biles has built a racing launch 
and a shoal-draft sloop on speculation. The sloop 
is about 30ft. long, 8ft. 6in. breadth with a draft 
of 3ft. Of course a shaft log has been placed in 
the deadwood, and an aperture cut for the in- 
stallation of the ubiquitous motor. 
At the yard of B. Frank Wood the new work 
foots up three boats that are well along, and a 
fourth not yet started for the Roosevelt Cup, 
from a design by Mr. Crane. The largest boat, a 
sloop, is from designs by Mr. William Gardner 
for Mr. Alfred H. Morris. Length over all 64ft., 
load waterline 4oft. 6in., breadth 12ft., with a 
draft of 6ft. The hull, which is all planked, is 
double skin cedar and mahokany and is a fine 
job. Mr. Gardner has turned out a beautiful 
boat, a racer; a look inside shows plenty of room 
for the necessary accommodations. The framing 
of the boat is of steel, about 1%in. by 2in. It is 
very noticeable that a gain in room has been 
made over wood construction. The yacht’s deck 
is going on and as the joiner work, spars and fit- 
tings are all ready, it will not be long before 
launching takes place. On the other side of the 
shop, one of the two boats designed by Mr. Crane 
for the Gravesend Bay 22ft. class is planked, and 
the other nearing completion, These boats are 
for Mr. Hendon Chubb and Mr. William A. Bar- 
stow, members of the Atlantic Y. C. These boats 
resemble Cockatoo II., designed by Mr. Crane 
last year. They show a more developed form 
and what are thought to be improvements on 
Cockatoo II. The stem line from the fore end 
of the fin is very slack and easy, the fin short 
with the lead run all on the forward edge. As 
‘in the recent Crane boats, the garboards have 
no hollow, the keel piece being made very large 
and the round taken out of it, which saves much 
awkward work and keeps the planks from split- 
ting. The bows are of a pure V-section to amid- 
ships, when the bilge turns easily from a flat 
deadrise into the side, from thence aft into a 
gradual taper to the transom. Mr. Crane has 
taken every advantage of the rule, and with his 
success in this class of boat these boats will be 
watched with a great deal of interest. 
The repairing on the yachts hauled out has 
been proceeding continuously during the winter. 
Irondequoit, Mr. Mason Raborg, is to be altered 
and put in shape; Dodger and Weent, belonging 
to the Pratt family, are hauled out; Kestrel, 
Spasm, Paukatuck and a number of other boats 
are being attended to. 
At the yard of Mr. Robert Jacob, there is a 
vast amount of work being done. All but one 
boat, the Lipton Cup boat from designs by 
Messrs. Barney and Mower are being built from 
designs by Mr. Henry J. Gielow, and speak very 
well for this popular designer’s versatility. 
The big yawl Sieglinde for Mr. G. B. Hopkins, 
New York Y. C., is ready for the water. She is 
a big boat and should prove an able cruiser. Her 
auxiliary machinery is a 40 horsepower Standard 
motor. Sieglinde’s dimensions are: Length over 
all, o4ft. 6in.; load waterline, 64ft. 8in.; breadth, 
2oft.; draft oft. 4in. The sails are being made 
by Lapthorn & Ratsey. Below the joiner work 
is all in place, and shows very comfortable quar- 
ters, simply but well carried out in plain wood. 
The deck fittings, rails, etc., are of teak. 
The sloop Effort, for Mr. F. M. Smith, owner 
of the steam yacht Hauoli, is plated and the riv- 
eting nearly completed. The bronze plates are 
about Yin. thick over steel frames, and the con- 
struction, though looking light, is very neat and 
strong; the deck beams and straps are fitted, and 
as soon as the inside work is completed, she will 
be decked. It is curious to note that the plater 
in charge of Effort plated the boats for the Rus- 
sian Navy that Mr. Lewis Nixon built at Sevas- 
topol. The Effort, whose dimensions are for the 
first time published, will be: Length over all, o3ft. 
3in.; load waterline, 65ft.; breadth, r6ft. 6in.; 
draft, 11ft. She was designed under the New 
orks we rule, 
The boat, from all that can be seen of her in 
the shed, looks very clean and slippery, and par- 
ticularly well turned. From the heel of her 
sternpost to the stem she resembles Queen Mab 
and Varuna, it being a straight line with a little 
turn-up near the stem head, below this line and 
well aft the lead is bolted on, a matter perhaps 
of 30 tons, rather thick, in profile it seems strik- 
ingly inadequate to bringing the boat to her lines. 
The angle of the rudder post is normal. The 
bow sections are of the V-type; the amidships 
section is easy, showing a good floor, a strong 
but not hard turn at the bilge, aad a good side 
above water. The run is long and clean and ends 
in well shaped transom, The bronze plating is 
unpainted and makes it hard to judge the shape 
of the yacht, but generally the form is long and 
easy with plenty of power. The deck shows few 
openings, and those narrow. The spars are to 
be hollow, made by Frazer; the blocks by Merri 
man, of Boston, and the sails by Wilson & Silsby. 
Effort will be launched on April 28. 
Fern, Mr. Charles P. Freeman’s soft. launch, is 
ready for the water. 
Mr. Charles W. Lee’s Dreamer II. has been 
launched and tried and made a speed of 12 miles. 
She is one of the nicest pieces of work in the 
way of design and construction we have seen in 
a long time, and looks a very able little ship. 
Gertrude III., Mr. George W. Butts’ launch, 
is nearing completion, and for her dimensions is 
one of the best arranged new boats. There are 
two staterooms and a saloon, from each of these 
rooms access is directly attained to the toilet 
room. The engines and crew are forward. The 
dimensions are: Length, 7oft.; waterline, 6oft. ; 
breadth, 12ft.; draft, 3ft. 3in. The engines are 
two 35 horsepower Standard motors. 
The Lipton Cup boat from designs of Messrs. 
Barney and Mower is being set up, and will be 
completed about June 1 and shipped to Chicago. 
A launch for Mr. Noah Palmer has _ been 
started within a few days, and is to be completed 
in July. She will be over all 75ft., waterline 65ft., 
breadth 13ft., draft 3ft. 3in., with two 4o horse- 
power Standard motors. 
The houseboat that Mr. Jacobs is building for 
his own use is nearing completion and is attract- 
ing some attention. It is in fact a very comfort- 
able house placed on a scow, and the size of the 
rooms compare very favorably with those of a 
house ashore. 
The repairs to Margery, ex Rancocas, Mr. St. 
John, are nearly completed. Sea Fox, Venona, 
Paladin, and the auxiliary sloop Cherokee are 
fitting out. Kama and Queen Mab are not to go 
over this year. 
Virginia and Mineola have not yet begun to fit 
out. Mr. S. Edward Vernon’s Vivian II. is 
having certain alterations carried out and will 
be soon in commission. Lida Louise will sail 
‘under a new name this summer; steam yacht 
Cayuga is fitting out. 
Recently Mr. Jacob has acquired about 4ooft. 
