Captain Robins produced the model.

Our young yachtsmen, pleasuring in the "lilies of the sea," very naturally will not think favorably of my craft.

They have a right to their opinion, while I stick to mine.

They will take exceptions to her short ends, the advantage of these being most apparent in a heavy sea.
Some things about the _Spray's_ deck might be fashioned differently without materially affecting the vessel.

I know of no good reason why for a party-boat a cabin trunk might not be built amidships instead of far aft, like the one on her, which leaves a very narrow space between the wheel and the line of the companionway.