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launched she had cost me $3,500, and I put 

 a naphtha tender on her davits at an addi- 

 tional cost of $600. 



The decks fore and aft took 30 feet of her 

 length. I built a cabin over the 50 feet amid- 

 ships. This gave me head room of six feet 

 six inches, and guaranteed ample light and 

 ventilation for winter and summer cruises in 

 Southern waters. The flush deck schooner 

 gives poor light and ventilation. I placed 

 in her forty-six bull's-eye windows, one row in 

 her cabin walls, and one row in her hull below 

 decks. Her interior is always as bright and 

 cheerful as a house. The 5o-foot house gave 

 me on one side of the companion way a tri- 

 angular toilet room five feet long, and the 

 other side a similar room for wash basin and 

 water cooler. The main saloon is 16 feet 

 square with four seat berths and is lighted 

 by sixteen windows. It is large enough for a 

 sideboard, writing desk, music box, piano, a 

 large dining-table, arm chairs and a stove. 



