March 4, 1886.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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A ROUGH WATER CRUISER. 



THE waters about Newport and Narragansett Bay offer a fine cruis- 

 ing ground for the yachtsman, -with Long Island Hound on the 

 one hand and Buzzard's Bay on the other. Those who would sail ou 

 them in all weathers, however, must have a sturdy little craft under 

 them, as it is no mere summer dtifting, but very often a rough and 

 boisterous battle with heavy weather and big seas, work for whirh 

 the ordinary centerboard craft of moderate size is entirely unfitted. 

 The littl'; boat illustrated in ihe accompanying drawings wa« designed 

 bv Mr. J. Borden, Jr., of the firm of Borden & Wood, of Fall River, 

 Mass.. the details being partly the work of Mr. Frank Wood. Mr. 

 Borden describes his design and the objects to be attained in it as 

 follows: -T have planned her especially for family cruising, and 

 think her especially well arranged to accommodate my wife, three 

 children and myself. I have aimed at room, comfort and safety, even 

 at a sacrifice of speed, though I hope that she will be able to get out 

 of the way of some of the slow ones. She will comfortably accom 

 modate six persons without the least crowding, and furthermore, 

 will have plenty of stowage room for all the dunnage required for a 

 cruise of several weeks. Her elements are as follows: 



Length over all 26.50ft. 



Length L. W. L 22.00ft. 



Beam extreme 8.50ft. 



Beam L. W. L 8.00ft. 



Draft extreme 5 00ft. 



Displacement 6 53 tons. 



Center of buoyancy (abaft middle of L. W. L.). . . . 1 .25ft. 



Center of buoyancy (below L. W. L.) 1.21ft. 



Area load water plane 125.08>q. ft. 



Area lateral plane 87.18sq ft. 



Area midship section 18.06sq. ft. 



Area wetted surface 23J.02-q. ft. 



Center L. W. plane (abaft middle L. W. L.) 1 .58fc. 



Center lateral plane (abaft middle L. W. L ) 1.65r't. 



Center of effort for 'd of center of lat. resistance . 04ft. 



Weight of outside ballast 48501bs. 



Least freeboard to top of planksheer 22in. 



On boarding her we find: First, a passage along her gunwales of 

 from 1» to 27in. in width, the trunk being about 4ft. wHe, thus mak- 

 ing her practically a flush-decked boat, so far as deck rcom is con- 

 cerned. Secondly, on entering the cockpit, we And a large standing 

 room of 6ft. in length, with a floor 1ft, above the L. W. L. On lifting 

 the covers of the seats, we find immense lockers for cables, extra 

 lines, buclsets, and other extras which are always kicking about 

 decks and cabins. There will be no coils of rope in the cockpit, as 

 the whole of the main sheet can be coiled on deck aft, there being 3ft. 

 of deck abaft tne cockpit, and the head sheets will be ou deck out- 

 side the washboards, The turns being taken on cleats on the combing 

 of the latter. The sill to the compamonway will be 1ft, above ihe 

 cockpit floor (as high as the main deck) and the door will be hinged 

 to it, dropping outside against the companion bulkhead. This last 

 arrangement will obviate the trouble of having these doors swinging 

 or taking up valuable rootn when hooked back. 



As we enter the cabin w r e will find five steps by which to descend, 

 the upper one being used as a kind of door to the ice chest and the 

 other as clothes drawers. The water tanks will be made of galvanized 

 iron in the form of a hollow square or box, within which will oe 

 placed the ice, which will thus keep the water cool, obviating the ne- 

 eessity of keeping a pitcher of ice water on hand, this latter being 

 always available by drawing it from a faucet forward. The gasoline 

 tank, for fuel for the stove (whicn latter will be in one of the forward 

 lockers) will aLo be placed here and supply the stove through a pipe 

 carried forward like the wat-r. Both of these tanks will be filled 

 through openings in the cockpit. We will thus avoid dirt, dampness 

 and smells in tne cabin. On each side of the companion way will be 

 very large and roomy clothes lockers in which to hang outside cloth- 

 ing. 



On entering the cabin one will be impressed by the amount of 

 light as well as room. The large panels in the trunk sides will be of 

 glass and made so as to open, the object being botn light and venti- 

 lation. The height under the carlins will be 5ft. 10in., and the dis- 

 tance between lockers 3ft. With four persons on board I do not 

 propose to use the lockers for sleeping, but shall stretch my folding 

 bunks, which will be of heavy canvas and be stretched tight by lan- 

 yards drawn through heavy 'eyebohs at the outside corners, the inner 

 sides being hooked in the bilge behind ornamental curtains. These 

 latter will be raised at night on making the beds, but during the day 

 will be dropped in front of the folded bunks and bedding. When the 

 lockers are in use as beds, these folding bunks will be attached 6in. 

 higher, making two tiers for sleeping. In the cabin bulkhead will be 

 a portiere instead of a door, the passage being 3tt wide. By draw id g 

 this aside at night I shall obtain as good ventilation as though there 

 were no bulkhead. From the drawings the ample locker and shelf 

 room forward, also two folding bunks, are easily seen. 



One thing is omitted in the drawings, namely, the hatch just for- 

 ward of the mast. This will be ample in size to pass down into the 

 forecastle large bundles. It will also be used in dipping the spinnna- 

 ker boom and for ventilation. A hatchway forward near the bowsprit 

 bits will be filled with a metallic windsaii. 



The main cabin will be finished in hard woods and the forecastle in 

 cypres*. The rails, deck and trimmings will be finished bright, there 

 being no paint used inside the bulwarks. 



I shall use the Haggerty slide rig for the mast and Babbitt brass 

 blocks throughout. 



The boat is roomy, safe, comfortable, and cheap withal. She can 

 be built and sold complete for from $1,000 to $1,500, according to fin- 

 ish and material used for ballast, and will be really a poor man's 

 boat. 



Shewiil be called Mermaid, and we hope to show the prettiest, 

 nicest little mermaid in the whole sea. J. Bokden, Jr. 



THE NEW VANDERBILT YACHT. 



THE contract for Mr. Vanderbilt's steam vacht has been awarded 

 to the Harlan & Hollingswoi th Co. of Wilmington, Del., who have 

 agreed to have her completed in seven months. Mr. Byrne has re- 

 turned home but will send an assistant over to supervise the con- 

 struction, which will be in accordance with Lloyd's highest class. 

 The dimensions finally adopted are: 



Length over all 285ft. 



Length from stem to sternpost on deck 256ft. 



LeDgth loadline 252ft. 



Beam extreme 32ft. 3in. 



Depth, moulded 21ft. 6in. 



Draft , 17ft. 



Tons, O. M .1311 



The specifications call for mild steel throughout, the bar keel to be 

 12x23^in; frames 4x3x% angles»with reveare frames 3x3x5-16. The 

 floor plates are 36in. deep and 7-16 thick. The plating will be %in., 

 diminishing at the ends, flush to three feet be'ow the loadline and 

 laid "in and out" from that point to the keel. There will be several 

 longitudinal bulkheads in addition i>o six transverse ones. The deck 

 will be of steel plate amidships with diagonal braces of the same at 

 the ends, the white pine planking being scored over the latter. The 

 houses will be of steel plate covered with teak and the latter will be 

 used for all deck woik. The engines will be three cylinder com- 

 pound, a cyl'nder 32 in diameter in the middle and one of 45 in 

 diameter on each side of it, the stroke being 42m. The two steel 

 boilers with 5,000ft. of heating surface will carry lOOlbs. worning 

 pressure. The screw. 13ft. tiin in diameter, will be cast in one piece 

 out of phosphor bronze. The tanks will carry 30 tons of water and a 

 condenser will furnish 750 gallons more per day. The usual auxiliar- 

 ies, ice machine, steam windlasses, steering gear, electric lights and 

 bells w 11 be of the latest patterns. 



The arrangements below berth the crew forward, then the owner's 

 quarters, engine space, a library, and the officers' quarters. Iu the 

 forecastle the crew will have hammocks and iron swing cits, while 

 the officers' mess room and pantry, and the two rooms for petty 

 officers fill up the space forward of the first bulkhead. In the part 

 devoted to the owner is a dming room, 31x18ft., nursery 19x11. and 

 eight large staterooms. The galley is on deck, but the pantry, ice 

 and wine rooms, etc., are all convenient to the dining hall. Aft of 

 the engine space is a library 17x16ft. connected by a passage on the 

 starboard side with the apartments forward This passage at one 

 point expands iDto a recess handsomely furnished, from which a 

 view of the engines can be had. The officers quarters, including 

 seven staterooms, are obaft the library, and still further aft are the 

 quarters of the oilers and firemen. 



In the forward deck house is a saloon 14Xllft. a vestibule and the 

 grand staircase; also a chartroom, 7x7ft. and the main galley. The 

 after house will contain a ladies' saloon, 9x7ft., a staircase to the 

 library, and a room for the owner 9x6ft. 6iu. There are twelve 

 bathrooms below and a vapor bath in the deckhouse. The bunkers 

 will caiTy 300 tons of coal and she will have also 75 tons of lead 

 ballast. There will be three masts, all with topmasts, and the fore- 

 mast will be square rigged. The boats will be of Spanish cedar and 

 teat, one being a steam launch 30ft. long. The finish will be elegant 

 and tasteful throughout all the yacht. 



' SAN FRAN CISCO. *- Aggie has been coppered and put in order, and 

 is now lying off Benicia. Annie is in Richardson's Bay. where she is 

 being overhauled thoroughly. Lurline is having new sails and i8 also 

 getting ready for the season. 



