FOREST AND STREAM. 
[APRIL 28, 1906. 









THE SONDERKLASSE. 
THE races of the Sonderklasse for the Roose- 
velt Cup, to be held at Marblehead this summer, 
are arousing much active interest among yachts- 
men. One point, however, seems to have been 
overlooked. The conditions restrict the boats to 
a measurement of 32ft., obtained by adding the 
waterline length, breadth and draft; the sail area 
is limited to 550 sq. ft., and the weight, exclusive 
of crew, to 4,035 lbs. 
The raceabout class, in which there are a great 
number of fast and able boats, figures, by the 
same rule as above, 34ft., with a sail area of 600 
sq. ft. and a weight, exclusive of crew, of 5,900 
Ibs. These dimensions are similar, the chief dif- 
ference being in the weight and sail area. The 
normal dimensions for a raceabout are 21 + 7.5 ++ 
5-55 = 34, as against those of an English boat for 
the Sonderklasse of 18+ 85-+5.5—=32—a scow 
type. The raceabouts are fitted with cabin tops, 
which add somewhat to their weight, while the 
Sonderklasse boats are restricted to a cockpit Sft. 
long with a hatch to the hold, which seems very 
sensible, as the boats are intended exclusively for 
day sailing and racing. 
The raceabout owner would have been glad to 
accept the handicap of heavy displacement if all 
that was required to enter for the trial races had 
been a new suit of sails. 
However, regrets upon the inclusion or exclu- 
sion of the raceabouts are out of place. The Son- 
derklasse is a German institution, long estab- 
lished, owing its success to a greater force than 
any other such class enjoys. It would be certainly 
discourteous to the Imperial patron, and to our 
own President, who has consented to act as spon- 
sor, to view the matter in any other light than 
that of satisfaction. These races will promote the 
sport, broaden our racing fieid, and make us bet- 
ter acquainted with our over-sea relatives. 













INDIAN HARBOR Y. C. CATBOAT, 
Catboats. 
Last April Forest AND STREAM called atten- 
tion in an editorial to the catboat as a vessel that, 
since the introduction some ten or more years ago 
of the knockabout, had somewhat passed from 
popular favor. As a boat suited to all waters, 
it being well understood that the catboat was the 
direct outcome of the nature of the locality, its 
WOLLASTON Y. C, KITTEN CLASS. 
advantages never could succumb to the popular 
knockabout with its greater draft and twice as 
many sails to handle. 
For many years the catboat or sandbagger had 
been the racer par excellence, had become a pure 
racing machine, dangerous unless in the hands of 
most able sailors; and there was connected with 
its sailing a great amount of labor and no com- 
fort. The Cape cat, built for more open waters, 
was subject to a development altogether more 
rational than its racing sister, for in the Cape 
boat a maximum of safety and comfort could be 
obtained without the loss of speed. The times 
changed, and with the advent of the knockabout, 
whose praises were widely sung, yachtsmen, as 
has often occurred before, took up the new type; 
no doubt much good work was done to trim the 
knockabout to make it have all the good qualities 
of the cat, but it is quite impossible to reduce 
these types to one that would carry out all the 
qualities claimed. for them by their enthusiastic 
adherents, 
The interest that has been taken in small boats 
of late years is very wonderful, and it is no un- 
common thing to find boat sailors and yachtsmen 
with more than a passing knowledge of design- 
ing, and the keenness with which they notice and 
discuss intelligently the abilities of yachts is re- 
markable. As a sequence of the above, denoting 
an increasing knowledge of the art of designing 
as applied to suiting the conditions to specific re- 
quirements. the catboat will come back to its own. 
We publish, by courtesy of their respective de- 
signers, the sail plans of three classes of one- 
design catboats. Their similarity is apparent; no 
less remarkable are the places in which they are 
to sail; at any rate, the requirements were about 


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the same for safe, able and fast vessels at a rea- 
sonable price. 
The Indian Harbor one-design catboats were 
designed by Mr. Morgan Barney, and are of the 
following dimensions: 
Length, over all .:..... 00 aan 2oft. roin. 
load. waterline’... s2eses eee 16ft. oin. 
Breadth “2.0 ..6.0 36.3 ee 7ft. 2in. 
Draft, total, ex. centérboardy.sseeemene 18in. 
rabbet. 0 .s(cs-0°3 ae eet ee 12in. 
Sail area (7 oz: special dick) vsyeeneee 340 sq. it. 
Ballast... .0..'s0 000 450 lbs. 
Eight boats have been contracted for by the 
Greenwich Yacht Yards. 

The Riverside Y. C. one-design catboats were 
designed by Mr. Henry J. Gielow, and are of the 
following dimensions: 
Length, over all... .\.0 see eee 2oft. oin. 
load: waterline eee 16ft. oin. 
Breadth .....s.. saw oe -/s-cleee tea 7itce Oinl. 
Draft-of hull’... «tee tee 10%4in, 
Sail area ....$..4,..6 doa e eee ee 325 sq. it 
There is very little ballast, the construction be- 
ing increased to make up this difference. The 
boats are being built by Mr. Montels, and six 
boats are to be delivered early in June. 

The Wollaston Y. C. of Massachusetts one- 
design class is to be known as the Kitten class, 
and was designed by, Mr. F, W. Green, and are of 
the following dimensions: 
Length, over all”. .... [2 sears 18ft. oin. 
load’ ‘waterline 750%... . 1a ene 16ft. 7in. 
Breadth (about) 9.49 . avon ee 8ft. 3in. 
Sail area’ iyi lin Se 400 sq. ft 
INDIAN Harzor Y. C. Frxtures.—Wednesday, 
May 30 (Memoriat Day), races for the New York 
Y. C. 30-footers, the raceabout class, the handicap 
classes and club catboats. Saturday, June 23, 
cruising race for schooners and sloops; date sub- 
ject to change. Wednesday, July 4 (Indepen- 
dence Day), races for motor boats. Thursday, 
July 12, inter-club races for the New York Y. C. 
30-footers and raceabouts. Saturday, July 14, an- 
nual regatta for all classes. Saturday, Aug. 18, 
club handicap and race for club catboats. Satur- 
day, Sept. 1, fall regatta for all classes. Monday, 
Sept. 2 (Labor Day), ladies’ race for club cat- 
boats and races for canoes and rowboats. 







RIVERSIDE Y. C. CATBOAT. 
