Popular Science Monthly 



hung so as to swing hinge-like on one edge. 

 This one, however, presents as much inclined 

 surface to the water on one side of a vertical 

 plane passing length- 

 wise through the cen- 

 ter of the ship as on the 

 other side. The queer 

 rudder, the high poop, 

 and the square-sail 

 are the most curious 

 and speculated upon 

 parts of the craft, 

 though the keel is of 

 great interest. 



After arrival at the 

 seaside the comple- 

 tion of the square-sail 

 rigging, the installa- 

 tion of a sixty-horse- 

 power auxiliary' gas- 

 engine, a propeller, 

 and tanks for upward 

 of two thousand gal- 

 lons of gasoline, and 

 the encasing and bal- 

 lasting of the odd 

 cigar-shaped keel with 



Above: A bow-on view 

 of the galley, showing 

 the height of the 

 vessel and the rudder 



reinforced concrete to a total weight of eigh- 

 teen tons, were begun. The mast will rise 

 thirty feet. There are two decks, the engine 

 room being located in 

 the keel. 



The razor-edged 

 prow of a clipper ship 

 graces the front end 

 of the vessel. The 

 beam at the water- 

 line is fat and bulging, 

 and the poop is high 

 for sake of safety, ob- 

 servation and form. 

 When the tiller arm 

 is not in use, it is 

 straightened out to 

 become a companion- 

 ladder to the top deck 

 or poop through a 

 hatch. An automobile 

 steering-wheel with 

 wire cables attached 

 and leading back to 

 the rudder is located 

 forward in the ver>- 

 peak of the prow. 



At left : The auxiliary 

 automobile steering 

 wheel located in the 

 peak of the prow 



Side view of the "Aries" on Berkeley Beach, receiving the finishing touches. The builder him- 

 self is puzzled as to how he will get the craft from here into deep water, more than a mile away 



