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ance with Mr.. Clapnam's thetey. Many
OF sae scora modern racers say. csep
ana heavy keels, but there are no
more wedge shaped cutters in any of
the racing classes.
Mr.. Clapham's interest in designing
and building racing yachts wa,r-,
when a rule was adopted barring al
boats having an angle bilge." He built
most of his boats with angle hilgea
because the constS ucton was less
costly and the boats would stand up
better in a stiff blow.
"A famou type II beat designed by
Mr.. Chaplain was his monarch
sharpe cruiser. These boats. costing
from a few hundred dollars to scvera,
thousand. were well known through
out this country, Canada and South
America. The larger of them were
usually yawl rugged and were noted
FOR ease in handling. Mr.. Chaplain
would put a pencil noint on the paper
design or the boat where the maln-
mast was to be stepped and another
where the Jigger was to he set and
when the yacht was rugged che would
handle perfectly with all sail set, with
only her mainsail or with tib and miz-
zen.
The last boat that Mr.. Chaplain de-
signed was a % foot motor boat owned
by a New York man and used on tho
ioWer New York Bay and outside
waters The boat is about & years Old
Mr.. Chaplain drew the design on a
sheet OF foolscap paper. turned II over
70 a man who had been his foreman
LOT twenty years or more and asked
MN TO open the shop and build the
poat. This boat is in some respects tho
prototype of the popular V bottom
motor boat that has come into vogue
within four years.
MI Chapman became a yacht de-
slsher ana later a builder in a 70.
nnahtlc way. He was Of English an
ces'ry and there came unexpectedly
INTO possession of his family a large
entailed estate.
When he was about 81 years old hc
nad 10 decide whether he would make
ms nome IN England and content him
sen win the unsatisfactory revcnue
rom io'ooo acres, or would break the
eh'a'i ana bring his interests 10 this
country He chose To do the latter.
II came about that young Mr.. Clan
nam ioresaw the need of a suitable
nome Tor himself and his bride. So
ne bought a large tract on the east
shore Of the hay. extending from ,
niue 10 the northward Of Ros,yn 10
the landing now known as Glcrv,,od
re PICKED a slightly eminence for tho
dwelling, bought a working schooner
10 bring cut granite from the ouarr,es
across the sound n put up an i'm
posing villa. II was hough, late- nv
a New York merchant. Many altc-a.
| lions wore made ,,Ar,t.
the villa. but ii was not withou, sor,o
misgivings that Mr.. Chaplain saw
carved wooden doors for which he
had paid $4,000 apiece in Enrone dis.
carded for more modern doors.
Mr.. Chaplain was not a wise husj-
ness man. He made unfortunate in
vestments in Western timber lands
and other properties. and mctnwhl.
the great increase Of valuations on m.
Long Island North Shore made tho
taxes on his large u~nproductive estate
a heavy burden to carry. The ont
come was that he reduced his holdings
n came u with an ample conf
petence.
Meanwhile Mr.. Clapham's fad had
been boat designing. He had ownod
one Of the famous early Herreshoff
boats. built for him and called tho
Cui Nive. She was enrolled in tho
New York, Atlantic and Brooklyn
yacht clubs and was n cup winner
But Mr.. Chaplain thought he c.u'i
do better and he began designing his
! own boats. This ed TO his Erecting
a shop on his estate where n creek
flowed into the hay and there huildin,
his experimental boats and others. for
which demands came from various
parts II this ant and other lands.
In Mr. Clapham's experiments as To-
boat lines Mrs. Chaplain was always
his interested companion. She was
never a sailor in the matter Of
handling lines, the whec, or tho stick.
hut she knew all Of his reasons for
his designs as t. boat bodies and
rigs. OCCasioullly when a YACHTING
publication asked for an article re-
Carding Mr. Clapham's career as a
designer Mrs, Chaplain wrote tie
article. and II came out So toChnIrarN
accurate in phraseolocy that mono
would suspect that It was from a
woman's hand