The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-11
BOAT BUILDERS PICK
THEIR new OFFICERS
John J. Amory Is Elected to
Presidency Of National
Association.
CAPT. DAY rs BUSY AGAIN

The executive committee Of the Ma
Manufacturers met and organized last
weak. The officers elected for the year
were: President John J. Amory: nrst
vice-president, Henry r. sutphen sec
ond vice-presidcnt. r. C. Jones. third
vice-president. c. A. CriQui; treasurer.
James Craig. Walter l.. Fay was
chosen q member Of the executive COM
mittee TO serve out the unexpired term
Of q member who resigned.
The show committee reported that
the two motor boat shows held In New
York and Chicago were successful In
evsSy way. In addition to decreasing
materially the cost of space taken by
members at the shows this year the ma
tionai association paid all freight and
trucking charges on members exhibits.
Capt. Thomas Fleming Day. who took
the Sea Bird and the Detroit across the
Atlantic, is to deliver a lecture on his
experiences in these two small craft to
the members OF the Waterway League at
it's meeting next Tuesday evening. This
meeting will be held in the johnson
Building. Fulton and Nevins streets,
Brooklyn. Tho members will meet to
transact routine business at o'clock.
The members of the Waterways League
are elated because after five years of
strenuous work they have succeeded
in getting an appropriation passed by
Congress for the maintenance of a boat
10 collect and remove the driftwood in
New York harbor and Its immediate
tributaries.
The driftwood has been serious men,
acc TO motor boats for a long time and
has caused many accidents. II has been
impossible to race motor boats about
the harbor without accidents. and now
that something is to be done to clear
the drift 1t is probable that motor
boat racing may be doomed.
1t 10 probable that a new orga MIA
tton to be known as the Deep Water
Racing Association will he formed soon.
call Is to he sent out at once to all
those interested in deep water cruising
and racing. and Capt. r. Fleming Day
" husy trying to get the association
under way. The trouble with many of
the long distance events has been that
The conditions to govern the races have
been framed by committees whose mem
hers know little of what is required for
OF shore work. and consequently there
has been much trouble and many of the
events planned have failed.
There IL such trouble right now with
the conditions governing the race to san
Francisco and the course that has been
selected Tho committee explains ;ha.
in laying out the course 1t kept as near
70 the coast as possible. This Is not
what deep sea man wants. lie likes
to get out whore there is room enough
TO sleep without fear that the man at
the wheel will put the boat on shore or
on a reef.
The new association il to take charge
Of all races laid outside on salt water
II will promote and manage tn, Mar
hlehead. Bermuda, Cape May. Block ISL
and and similar events and will arrange
for many others. Only men who have
had experience In such events will he al
lowed TO SHAPE the fortunes of the new
association. With such an organization
Capt. DAY thinks such courses as the
one picked for the san Francisco race
would never he heard Of
A new pow lifebost has just been
placed OIL the market to met tho re-
quircments OF the BOARD of Supervising
Inspectors Of Steamboats,. THIS boat
VAS made ss stock type lifeboat ny
tho Gas Engine and Power Company.
The plans have bccu approved ny the
Inspectors. The boat has a carrying
capacity Of twenty-five persons II is Of
steel construction, - feet long, with Il
hesm of : feet inches ana drsueht of
feet inches. II ~ Of the standard
double ended type and is powered with
= two cylinder Speedway motor Of IL
horsepower. THIS ~ installed in n
watertight compartment over which a
portable cover Is provided \ mast and
square sail also il provided for steady
ing In heavy weather The gasolcne
Ill f,,n