New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-30
NEW BOAT TYPES
FOR GRAVESEND
BAY CUP RACES
Special Committee of YachtSmen
Gives Careful Consideration
to Various Designs.
SMALL YACHTS IN FAVOR
Tiny Craft, with Heavily Loaded
Keels, to Make Debut
Next Season.

Graveseud Bay yachtsmen are consid-
oriug four separate types of boats that
have been recommended for Lower Bay
racing next summer by committee ap-
pointed at the close OF the yachting sea-
son in September In making its re-
port, the committee. which is made mp
Of William \. Barstow. Dr. 6. l.. At
kinson. Carlos de Zafra. Edgar +. Luck
ounach and Il. H. Finlay, favOrs no par
uCular class but states that II hopes
that two or more of the classes will be
seen on Gravesend Bay next summer
with az least five boats I'm each c.ass.
The classes suggested are the stars
the RaySlde Birds. Crowninshied one
design boat and a one-design boat that
has beer built on lines drawn up by
John H. Brophy the amateur designer
Of Brooklyn. The stars have been sue
ccssfully sailed on the Sound for sew
cral years and they have been seen on
the Lower Bay during the race week OF
the Atlantic Yacht club They are de-
signed by william Gardner and are %
feet inches over all. 10 feet inches
on the waterline. 3 feet inches beam. ,
feet 4 inches draft and spread 20 square
feet Of canvas
They are fin keel craft. carrying $50
mounds OF lead. They are fitted with
watcrtlght bulkheads fore and aft, cedar
ulaukiug with mahogany stern. plough
steel rigging and all bronze fittings.
They have adjustable hinged tillers and
main and jib sheets patterned after
the sender class. Their price is $3.50,
with s25 additional for watertight cock
pits. The committee believes that In
heavy weather and more especially In
choppy sea. such az frequently runs OF
Craven Shoal or Ambrose Channel Buoy
30. is. these boats would be wet ana
very uncomfortable The boats are
safe however. being non-capsizable and
non-sinllable.
The Bird class already is known on
the Lower Bay. three Of the division taxi
ing part in all the weekly regattas last
summer. They are very easy 10 handle
in wind and sea and with watcrught
cnc,,pl.s are suited for Gravesend Bay
racing They are 2S feet over all, II
feet inches on the waterline. feet lo
inches beam. . feet 6 inches draft. They
also are from the board of william
Gardner and are of the centreboard type
of craft.
The CrowninshieId boats would be new
for metropolitan waters. although sixty
nine Of them are in use in Massachusetts
Bav. They have been in existence for
more than three years and have proved
10 be sea boats in all kinds Of weather.
They also are keel craft, carrying l0O
hounds of lead in their keels. They are
. feet 10 inches over all. II feet inches
ON the water line. feet inches beam.
4 feet ? inches draft and spread 81 square
feet of canvas They are cedar planked.
with oak stern. and the spars are of
spruce.
The Brophy boat is an unknown guam
tity. as no craft has as yet been built
from the lines However. John r. Bro
ply knows Lower Bay sailing conditions,
and the yacht ought to be good sea
boat and suitable for Brooklyn tars. The
boat is % feet over all. 20 feet on the
water line. : feet inches beam. feet
inches draft and has "A sail area of 3Ji
square feet of canvas.
The yacht would have watertight bulk
heads forward and aft seyen-eighths-inch
oak planking. with copper fastenings. the
deck would be pine covered with canvas,
the fittings brass, spruce spars. ruddcr
cupboard. with tiller under the traveller:
bronze blocks plough steel rigging and
carry 1000 pounds of iron or lead. +. W.
Goeler. jr., has drawn the plans. In
both the Brophy and the Crowninshield
boats there are cabins that can be omit
ted In the building OF the craft.