July, 1907 



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" The Moorings " 



summer months she is moored in very much the same way 

 as "Hostess" is, and any visitor at Manhasset Bay will see 

 the twins, for they look very much alike in the offing, riding 

 quietly at their anchorages off the Manhasset Bay Yacht 

 Club. 



In the "New Netherlands" we have a larger and more 

 expensive craft. She is owned by Mr. S. D. Scudder, a New 

 York banker, who has resided on the boat with his family 

 for several seasons, and the experience has been most delight- 

 ful. "New Netherlands" first made her headquarters while 

 under Mr. Scudder's ownership in Jamaica Bay, N. Y., but 

 later was towed around to Gravesend Bay, and for the past 

 two seasons has been moored there off the Atlantic Yacht 

 Club. "New Netherlands" was built by a wealthy Brook- 

 lyn gentleman, and was put together in a rather extravagant 

 way. The scow is forty feet long and twenty feet wide, and 

 the boat complete is said to have cost over $3500. This 

 price is high; a boat of the size and type ought to be well 

 built in the vicinity of New York for from $1 500 to $1800. 



Key to Plan of "The Moorings' 



I'. K. — Diiiing-roum, 17 ft. by 21 ft. 

 L. R. — Living-room, 17 ft. 8 in. by 21 ft. 

 6 in. 



I!. K. I — Bedroom, 18 ft. 9 in. by 9 ft. 6 in. 

 I!. R. -2 — Bedroom, 13 ft. 8 in. by 8 ft. 7 in. 

 I!. !<■ 3 — Bedroom, 8 ft. 7 in. by 9 ft. 8 in. 

 II. R. 4 — Servants' bLclroom, 8 ft. 7 in. by 

 10 ft. 6 in. 



I>. I — Batlirooni, 7 ft. 6 in. by 6 ft. 10 in. 

 I!. 2 — Batbroom, 8 ft. 7 in. by 4 ft. 

 P. — Passage, 3 ft. wide. 

 L. C. — Linen closet. 



\V. I )nmb-waitcr. 

 I). — Dresser. 

 I!.— Boiler. 

 R. — Range. 

 C. — Closets. 

 T.— Table. 

 j\r. — Fireplace. 

 V. — Servants' toilet. 

 \'. — ^\fter deck. 

 Iv. — Forward deck. 

 1". — Gallery along sides. 

 LI. D. — Upper deck. 

 G. — China closet. 

 .T. — Serving table. 

 W. T.— Water tanks. 

 L. — Gangway. 



The hull is planked with 3 

 inch yellow pine, and is 

 strengthened by longitudinal 

 stringers. The house is 

 sheathed inside and out. The 

 outside is painted white and 

 the inside is hard pine var- 

 nished. The interior ar- 

 rangement was laid out by her 

 original owner and Mr. Scud- 

 der has found it satisfactory 

 in every respect. There are 

 four persons in Mr. Scudder's family, and one servant is 

 always carried. We would criticise one thing in the plan, 

 and that is the toilet-room opening directly from the main 

 saloon or living-room. This is a distinctly bad feature. It 

 is well, in working out plans of house-boats, to put the bath 

 and toilet-rooms in the most out-of-the-way place possible 

 and still ha\'e them accessible, a task easily within the possi- 

 bilities of good planning and wise forethought. 



One of the largest and the most pretentious house-boats 

 built in this country is "The Moorings." She was con- 

 structed at City Island in Mr. Robert Jacob's shipyard from 

 his own design. "1 he Moorings" was built during the slack 

 season, and the best men in his employ did the work on her. 

 She is very substantially built throughout. The hull is 

 planked with 2 J j-inch yellow pine, diagonally braced athwart 

 ship, as well as fore and aft. ['here are five kelsons and six 

 athwartships, 8 x 8-Inch yellow pine timbers, spiked, kneed 

 and braced to the keelsons. The deck beams are 6 x 6-inch 

 yellow pine, running the full width of the boat, extending 



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Side View of " The Moorings 



" Wa-Ta-Wah " 



Bow View of " The Moorings 



