SIMPSON, STRICKLAND & Co., Ltd., Dartmouth & Teddington. 



CHAPTER IV. 



(I NKRAL NOTES AS TO CHOICK 01 TMT. 01 L\rx H AND M.\< IIP 



intending purchasers may be glad to know what can be done in 

 a Launch, we think that a few words on this point will be of use. 

 In the next chapter we give a few designs of boats from which a 

 deal may be gathered, but these are only intended to be hints to 

 buyers, and we should in all cases be glad to be allowed to quote to 

 requirements. We have in our office about a thousand designs of various 

 boats, and shall always be pleased to get out new ones it none of these 

 are exactly suitable. It will, perhaps, be of use to take first what w<.> 

 may call the ordinary types of Launch, if., the ones most generally used. 

 Nos. 3, 8, 9, 30, 33, 34, 43, may be taken as different sizes of these, 

 and no doubt most people will be very familiar with them. In select- 

 ing the size most suitable there are a few points to consider, however. 

 Beginning with the smaller sizes up to 30 It., they are used extensively for 

 carrying on board larger Yachts. In these the limit is usually the length 

 that can be swung in davits. Up to 30 ft. the accommodation is generally 

 placed entirely in the stern and the engines amidships. In boats of 27 ft. 

 and upwards a few persons can be very well carried in the bows, but not 

 very many. Now most people's experience is that the forward end of a 

 boat is much the most comfortable, and therefore when a boat is not 

 required to swing in davits it is more convenient to make her, say, 35ft. long 

 or over, and in this case there is plenty of room in the forward well for 

 upwards of halfa-dozen people. Other people, again, require some sort 

 ot cabin, and in this case the most convenient arrangement is to have an 

 open well forward and cabin just aft of the machinery, and a well a^ain aft. 

 The forward well is used in fine weather, and the after well in rough weather. 

 The cabin is usually made long enough to sleep in, and a lavatory provided 

 as well, and in this case the accommodation cannot satisfactorily be got 

 into a boat less than 40 ft. long, and it is better to have the boat longer. If 

 desired the forward well can be done away with and a forecastle put instead, 

 and if the boat is made 50 ft. long or upwards both a forward well and a 

 small forecastle can be provided. The above are, of course, not the 

 absolute limits, but are the sizes in general use. Above 50 ft. Launches 

 are usually built with the engines covered in, and they can be .so built 

 down to 40 ft. or even less if required. Our own idea is that considering 

 how very small the engine rooms of boats below 50 ft. are it is best to leave 



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