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be an easy matter to fit a propeller to a Breton cutter. " The 

 Vendeean cutter, 33 feet long, 9 or 10 feet wide, 24 to 26 

 feet on the keel, drawing 5 or 6 feet, could be still more 

 readily fitted with a motor. The sternpost could be 

 perforated without danger, and space for the screw could 

 easily be found between the keel and the rudder. For 

 that matter there is no reason why a lateral screw * should 

 not be fitted if preferred, as in the Breton cutter. A 

 motor of 15 or 18 h.p. would give a speed of 6 or 7 knots. 

 The expense would depend on the power and value of 

 the motor. It would vary, according to the case in point, 

 from 120 to 240 per vessel." Two years ago a Dun- 

 kirk builder, M. Trezel, had great success with such trans- 

 formations. 



As for new motor-boats, whether full-powered or 

 auxiliary, it would seem prudent for the present to be 

 content with building the smaller types: dinghies, 

 cutters, luggers, and yawls or ketches. So far this 

 programme has been adhered to. With the exception 

 of the Langouste, a schooner with live-holds (perforated ; 

 allowing the sea-water free access), the largest motor- 

 boats such as the Marcelle and Simonne, of Dunkirk, 

 the Jean, of Boulogne, the Olliah, of Cayeux, the Araock, 

 of Camaret, the Aventurier, of Audierne, and the Va de 

 I'Avant, of Groix have not exceeded 98 feet in length. 

 The Ecolin cutters are 33 feet in length ; those of 

 Port-en-Bessin from 50 to 56 feet ; the " Pornicais," or 

 Pornic boats, 36 feet ; the larger of the Arcachon motor- 



1 M. Grenie probably means a screw with the shaft-blocks bolted 

 beside or below the sternpost. The method of perforation is prefer- 

 able, as the sternpost or deadwood can easily be strengthened by 

 means of battens or plates of brass. I have seen many English 

 smacks so treated, also old pilot-boats. The cost quoted is very 

 greatly in excess of anything that need be paid in this country. 

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