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 By a glance at the illustration of Wanda (p. 104) it will be seen that Mr. Nat Herreshoff, her designer, has introduced the modified form of fin-keel which he exploited so successfully in Vigilant. Wanda, in point of fact, was designed and built to elude the measurement rule in force at the time of her creation. Like Gloriana, when heeled, she gets the benefit of long overhangs forward and aft, while at the same time she escapes the penalty of excessive length on the load water-line. Taking into consideration all her features, it must be candidly acknowledged that she is the most "scientific" catboat that "tonnage-cheating" ingenuity ever devised. Both the principles of yacht designing that worked so admirably in Vigilant and Gloriana, namely the large lateral plane and the increased water-line length, when heeled, have been embodied in Wanda. The result has been a gratifying success. Catboats of the olden time used to measure about the same length over all and on the water-line. It remained for Mr. Herreshoff to produce a boat 21 feet on the water-line with an over-all length of 30 feet.

In marked contrast to the Wanda is the catboat Dorothy, which is quite famous, both as a cruiser and a racer, on Long Island Sound. She is a sturdy boat that can give a good account of herself in a blow, and, in addition to this most excellent quality, she has a