Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-14
By William Laub, Jr.
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The new Emerson racer was tried out
Friday and Saturday over the govern
ment course after few alterations were
made in the arrangement and distribu-
ton Of weights. and her required speed
Of forty miles was easily accomplished.
The boat will be turned over to her own
err, w. ]. Harris of Orange, n. j., as
soon minor adjustments are made, and
she will be entered in the gold chal-
lenge cup races on the ST. Laurence,
which will be held under the auspices
of the Frontenac Yacht Club, August s,
0 and 10.
In cognizance of the fact that this
Emerson outfit will surely be heard from
before the summer is on the wane, the
builders having never turned out a second
place craft, a description of her various
technicalities should be Of great interest
to local followers of speed boat events.
The boat is twenty-six feet long by
hVe rect beam; is constructed on the tun-
nel-b0ttom principle, which is different
from the hydroplane design in that there
are 1O6 three-inch planes to lift the hull
when running at full speed, instead of
one or two clumsy steps, and Is equipped
with two six-cylinder 150-horsepower
Emerson aeroplane engines, turning sep
arate screws at 100 revolutions per
minute.
. Contrary to the usual method, the
screws, which have a pitch of fifty
inches and diameter of two inches turn
outWards for the sake OF catching
green" water when making turn at
high speed.
The ignition is all that should go into
the construction of such a craft, an At
water-kent sparker being used I'm con-
junction with Bosch magnetic A fea-
ture OF this part Of the outfit Is the Re
nance-Edson spark plug, which is in
reality two plugs in one. thus permitting
double wiring when both batteries and
magnetic are used.
Last Sunday Commodore Engling of
the Corinthian Yacht Club and a small
number of friends cruised down to River
View In the flagship Vika on a pig-roast-
Ing expedition A twenty-two-pound
| shote was easily surrounded by the fell
lows In the crowd. but what. with nu-
merous other dishes to empty, the feast
| lasted until almost shutdown.
a large number Of Corinthian boats
were bound upstream about that time,
| among which We're the Fiji, John P We'll
| ker: the Margaret, John Poole, and the
hands opened up" in an effort to reach
| the forks" first Vice Commodore Bar.
ker claims that the others smelled
| his exhaust all the way up the river and
| the claim Will have to stand, as no argu.
ment to the contrary has been made SO
far.
Mr.. Adams. the secretary and treas
urer of the club, took day off last
Wednesday after listening to a few yarns
| about perch that have been floating
| around the clubhouse for a week bach
| yarns have been floating, not the perch).
So off he hied himself to the Virginia
end of the Long bridge, where most of
the stories had their origin, and sue
| ceeded in capturing a fine mess, aver
| aging three-fourths Of a pound each.
| r
Every Monday an informal board meet
| ing is held at the clubhouse in order
| that quantity Of business will not ac-
cumulate between the regular meetings,
| and last week the annual excursion was
discussed.
In all probability the posters adyertis-
Ing the affair will be circulated next week
and 1t was suggested by one of the mem
bers last Monday night that some sort
OF deal be made with motor boat
a placard decoration. Whether this will
be done Is undecided at present, but will
in all likelihood be taken up during the
| coming week Vice Commodore Barker,
who Is also chairman Of the entertain
ment committee, has arranged to turn
| the clubhouse over to the women on
the Oath OF this MONTH when the season
will be formally opened. This is always
big event at the COrinthian camp, and
those in charge of the affair are arrang-
dialogues and musical numbers besides
the usual supper toward the close Of the
evening.
Occoquan, and not Mattawoman, will
be the terminus of the cruise on the 9th.
X X
Past Commodore W. J. Migrants forty
| seven-footer is progressing very slowly
because of the limited time the builder
has to give to 1t, and he says the craft
will not be ready for the water until
the fall of 1912.
| Last Sunday an attempt was made to
fit the cardboard strakes on, but Mr. In
gram found that steaming would be nee
| essary before he dared bend these i'm
portant planks. Accordingly, q box was
rugged up and the actual work of plank
| Clyde Cruit's yawi Grace X, now To- ks
| like a sure winner in the Gait cup race,
since the Freya has been withdrawn, but
| even should Mr.. Bright arrange to enter
| at the last minute some think that the
here to "Crabtown."
The reason for these bold opinions being
expressed is that the Grace X. has never
hit her stride, owing to badly fittine
mainsafl, though she has shown a fleet
foot when running free, and in view OF
the fact that the sail Is now In the hands
LOT professional filter, who has prom.
I27th.
Readers of this section win rsmemsei
the description OF the yawl whiea ~