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Raceabout. 
THE accompanying lines of a raceabout, by Mr. 
John A, Connolly, Jr., of Brooklyn, bears a 
strong resemblance to the existing boats with 
one exception. That is in the unusual breadth 
at the transom. It is not customary to preserve 
such extreme beam at this point as has been done 
in this case where the width aft is three-quarters 
as wide as the greatest beam. 
Between the stability she acquires from those 
hips, and the chunk of lead low down, she would 
be an unusually stiff craft under sail, but her 
sea weatherly qualities would suffer in conse- 
quence. 
Her dimensions are: 
Length— 
Over all 
Waterline 
Breadth— 
PeOtt. 2Yain. 
5a. 20tt. On: 
Deck 2 . Sft. 6in. 
Water  linkesn ae oe dei ce wetone Sft. 34in. 
Drattc oo crete Oe eee o aaeeer 4ft. 6in. 
Overhang— 
Forward)... cece eit sie tee oft. oin. 
Aft 6ft. 2in. 
Freeboard— 
Bow 2it. Sin. 
Leastised a aero eer 1ft. Sin. 
Sterti o.ccteestee eee a tft. roin. 
Displacements acne oe omka 7 ee ieee 6,715 lbs. 
ead *hallast#e.cnc:..cceee ee series, OS SUL: 

Pilot or Pirate? 
Tue following interesting anecdote, from the 
London Yachting World. goes to show that the 
American yachtsman free from at least one 
form of petty annoyance encountered by his Eng- 
lish brethren: 
Sir—Inward bound from Ostend on the even- 
ing of June 28 last, the yacht Casita (ketch, 25 
tons) when within the three mile limit off the 
N. Foreland flew a red ensign at the mainmast 
head. A pilot at Broadstairs interpreted this as 
a signal for his services. He came along in a 
boat with a shout and a swing, and was scon 
hanging on to Casita’s. starboard rail she 
sailed up the Cudd channel to Ramsgate. The 
pilot, told that his services were not required, 
and that the flag was for the information of 
Customs, maintained that the signal should have 
been given from the mizzen. He was asked if 
a Union Jack with white border did not con- 
stitute the proper signal for a pilot. Warned off 
from the side, he vowed he would make us pay 
dues, and, more persistent than astute, he came 
aboard next morning to press his claims, else 
we would be detained by Customs! Invited to 
sue us through a court of law, he waxed sar- 
castic: “Why, I have been master of a vessel 
that would have carried this yacht in its davits.” 
This remark had no bearing upon the topic under 
discussion, and laid him open to the retort: “A 
pity, then, that you should now be only a mere 
is 
as 
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SAIL PLAN OF SLOOP-DESIGNED By J. A. CO NOLLY, JR 
pilot on the coast. Get ashore, and go back to 
school for further lessons in navigation.” 
The pilet’s conduct has been communicated to 
the Elder Brethren of Trinity House, and they, 
while expressing regret at the occurrence, for- 
ward a copy of the defense set up by the pilot. 
His report is most excellent for sheer audacity, 
and would put any ordinary fo’e’sle yarn to the 
blush. 
Doubtless, ere new, that pilot is a sadder-and 
a wiser man. He has realized that all small 
yachts do not sail the seas to be plucked. He 
has tried once too often to bluff, and egregiously 
failed. Yachtsmen will please note this at- 
tempted extortion, and deal with such pilots as 
pirates, RoBert MACKENZIE COUPER. 

Ne 
Hotits Burcess has sold the 61ft. waterline 
schooner yacht Azalea, owned by Charles Bar- 
ton Keen, of Philadelphia, to W. A. Lloyd, of 
Boston. The 25ft. waterline sloop L’Aiglon, 
owned: by E. W. Hodgson, of Boston, to 
Howard E. Perry, of Chicago. The 21ft. water- 
line knockabout Jester, owned by Winfield M. 
Chompson, of Boston, to Dr. Ernest B. Young, 
of Boston; and the 18ft. knockabout Savage, 
owned by John S. Lawrence, of Boston, to 
George Upton, of Boston. 
He has also chartered the knockabout Mar- 
mee,. owned by George H. Collyer, of Boston, 
to Charles K. Cobb, of Boston, and the knock. 
about Dovekie, owned by O. Chew. of Radnor, 
Pa., to Rev. Endicott Peabody, of Groton, Mass. 




