NEW STYLE SHELL FOR CREW

Clinton H. Crane '94, has designed a new shell for the University crew, which will be tried out next spring. The new shell will be about seven feet shorter than the one at present in use, and consequently will draw about three quarters of an inch more.

Mr. Crane is the designer of Dixie IV, which last year defended the Harmsworth cup for the fastest motor-boat in the world under 40 feet in length. The distinctive feature of the new shell is its stern, which will be square, instead of being drawn out to a fine point as in previous boats. The new shell embodies some of the lessons Mr. Crane learned in designing hydroplanes. Although it is square, it is so built that it will drag the least possible water astern. The fact that it is seven feet shorter than previous boats will materially lessen the skin resistance. Mr. Crane is convinced of the superiority of the new design from the result of many tests made in the government testing tank, at Washington, D. C. In these tests models of one of the old shells, properly weighted, were compared with models of various new types, the best of which was chosen. The arrangement of slides and rigging in the new shell is the same as in the old ones.