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A good example of lightness of rig was the 15-footer Ethelwynn, designed by Mr. W. P. Stephens, to defend the International Challenge Cup of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club. It will be remembered that she beat Mr. Brand's Spruce IV., which boat
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SAIL PLAN OF "ETHELWYNN."
was quite heavily rigged when compared with the American craft. The mast was a hollow spar of 4-1/4 inches, a far too heavy stick, as experience proved, for one of 3 inches and about half the weight would have been sufficiently strong. The hollow boom was