seventeen firsts. She is now owned in Galveston, Texas. She is 27 feet over all, 20 feet on the load water-line, 9 feet beam, draught 2 feet, mast 30 feet, hoist 19 feet, boom 33 feet, gaff 21 feet, and sail area 700 square feet.
The racing catboat is such a fascinating theme that a whole volume might be devoted to its advantages and possibilities. No finer craft in which to learn the rudiments of yacht racing can be chosen by an amateur; and there are several classes, large and small, in which eager rivals compete from the beginning to the end of the yachting season, offering many opportunities for the winning of prizes.
A successful racing cat is the 25-foot cabin craft Wanda, designed and built by the Herreshoffs, for Mr. F. T. Bedford, Jr., of Brooklyn. She is 30 feet over all, 21 feet 9 inches on the load water-line, with 12 feet beam. Her record for 1898 was thirteen starts and thirteen firsts.
13 Starts. 13 Firsts.
May 16th.—Norwalk.
May 30th.—Norwalk.
June 25th—Indian Harbor.
July 2d.—New Rochelle.
July 4th.—Larchmont.
July 9th.—Riverside.
July 14th.—Seawanhaka; won in 30-foot class by
eight minutes actual time.
July 23d.—Norwalk.
July 30th.—Indian Harbor; won on resail.
August 13th.—Horseshoe; 30-foot class by twenty-six minutes.
August 20th.—Huguenot.
August 26th.—Huntington.
September 3d.—Atlantic.
25-foot cabin catboat Wanda: 21ft. 9in., l. w. l.; 30ft. o. a.; beam 12ft. Designed and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, R. I. Owned by F. T. Bedford, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y.
