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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 4, 1889. 



THE CRUISE OF THE ORINDA. 



BY W. H. WINSLOW, M.D. 



[Continued from Pane 205.] 



WE started on Monday morning at II o'clock for the east, and 

 ran close to Peak's Island, and between Long Island and the 

 Cbebeags, getting many pictures of cosy and cute summer cot- 

 tages and pleasure spots along shore. Between Great Cbebeague 

 and Sand Island we gained upon a schooner yacht steadily until 

 off Harpswell Point, where the wind came out northwest, in a 

 heavy squall, and there was t rouble for awhile. The schooner, a 

 50-fo6tcr, lulled and took in her mainsail; wc wore ship and kept 

 on out of Casco and across the Kennebec to Booth Bay. The 

 schooner took courage from us and hoisted her mainsail after 

 getting outside Mark Island, but we heat her 30 badly that she 

 was off the Kennebec when wo passed the Criekolds. There was 

 considerable sea running, the wind was very strong and squally, 

 and quite a number of schooners near us put in double reefs in 

 their mainsails, but we carried all three lower sails, though we 

 presented a very high side to windward, It was apparent that 

 the yacht needed more ballast, as she put her rails under too 

 often for comfort or speed. We had to beat into Townsend and 

 arrived at 5 P. M., having made the passage iu six hours. As we 

 were going in a 36ft., 12ft. beaut* 3ft. draft, eenterboard came out., 

 and seeing a new cutter gave us a trial. She sailed past us like a 

 bird, and it made me provoked that the puffs that sent her flying 

 just knocked us down. Oh! for more ballast and sea. (This was 

 before the second thousand pounds of lead was taken at Belfast.) 

 I vi-ited the boat later and found a cockpit as large as a library 

 and about 3ft. Branding room under thehigh trunk. This consoled 

 ine. 1 would not have such a pumpkin seed for a gift unless I 

 lived on a small pond. 



Booth Bay was as lovely as ever, but it was very cold and most 

 of the summer visitors on Squirrel Island had already flown, 

 though it was only the 27th of August. There were many fisher- 

 men m port, and wo had opertunifies to see much of their style, 

 outfit and the personnel of their crews. Mr. Paul, of Auburn 

 Colouy, Harpswell Neck, who had just arrived iu his 30ft, cutter, 

 came aooard and discussed the accommodations of cutters and 

 sloops, and strongly recommended Casco Bay as a fine cruising 

 ground. 



We got under way at 10:30 A. M , and arrived at Rockland at 

 5:30 P. M., a run of sixty miles in seven hours. There was quite a 

 sea from the southwest, and a strong breeze with occasional 

 squalls. We earned the three lower s tils, as the gafftopsail was 

 too much for our comfort. There were many sails around, and 

 the marine and terrestrial panorama was of great interest. We 

 met a beautiful cutter of the Eastern Y. O. coming down the 

 Musnl Shoals, close hauled, with topmast housed and all her 

 lower sails setting like boards. Her straight standing against 

 the stormy breeze, and graceful emootn cutting into the bead sea, 

 were wonderful tn behold, and a rev elation to me of the slight 

 heel lead-keeled cutters show on the wind in heavy weather. 

 The olflcers were sittius cornfortahly in chairs upon the flush 

 deck, and hastened to return our color salute as we sped onward. 



The big fellows pay much more attention to Orinda than they 

 did to Pilgrim, probably 1 1 linking the latter a poor devil's sail- 

 boat, while they know that the former cost into the thousands, 

 and has all the distinctive marks of a genuine cutter. 



Monhegau Island was prominent all day. Meringue said the 

 Indians spied a white man upon the island and paddled off at 

 night, surrounded his cabin aud burst open the door. The man 

 had escaped and they ejaculated "Man-he-gone" (Monbegan). 

 Then they stole a scow up a river and lefi it upon the shore over 

 nigbt. The wind, lide or a man took it away and they shouted 

 next morning, "S> ow- he-gone," the name of the place Skowi egan. 



We let go the heavy anchor to feel unconcerned, visited the 

 shore for supplies, hauled down colors by the gun on a near cut- 

 ter, g t a royal supper of beefsteak, fried potatoes, mince pie and 

 claret, and had a good time singing songs and playing upon the 

 mow it organ and flute. Moirwas master of the former and Jerrv 

 of the latter, and the combined repertoire was Tit Willow, Cheese 

 Song, Pins and Needles, Martha, Tycoon Waltz and Miserere 

 Then Olie said, "The tenor rushes off the stage and takes a bite 

 of the scenery, the stage carpenter lowers the portable moon and 

 the curtain drops. 1 ' "L feel thirsty," said Olie, and Noir aud 

 Jerry proceeded to mix up a bowl of old Jamaica, lemon, sugar 

 and water, which on account of its name and character I named 

 "smoky sou'wester." Then we .tilled the cabin with smoke to 

 keep oft malaria and talked each other to sleep. 



Rockland is a poor harbor; the breakwater has been injured 

 much by the sea and ice, aud easterly gales have a fair sweep 

 upon shore. There were a few yachts above the steamboat wharf, 

 but, except the 10-ton cutter that tired the morning gun and then 

 sailed away to the eastward, there was no life on any of them. A 

 club house would add much to the interest of the place, unite the 

 lovers ot Corinthian sailing, and give an impetus to yachting in 

 Penobscot Bay. 



We sailed away at. 10:30 A. M., passed Northport Camp Ground 

 at 2, skirted Turtle Head, ran up Penobscot Kiver and around 

 Port Point to show the beautiful peninsula, the fort, hotel and 

 villas, then heat down river and across Belfast. Bay to the citv of 

 Belfast, where we anchored at » P. M. Off Sears Island Jerry 

 began to lire hie Stevens rifle, .22eal„ at a loon. He spattered the 

 water all over the bird and tickled him under everv leather, but 

 did not injure the integrity of his body, while the loon onlv 

 laughed the louder and cried "sou'east," as we fawned lazily 

 along. 



Sure enough, the wind came out southeast during the night and 

 it rained till 9 A.M. The crew went a fishing, and Meringue and 

 I found IQOQIba, of pig lead in boxes at the steamer office, which 

 we lowered down into the tender by bucket loads, took aboard 

 and stowed under the cabin floor. Then we filled the water and 

 gasoline tanUs, cooked the cunr.ers and flounders of the fisher- 

 men and entertained Mr. Dyer, the city editor of the Republican 

 Journal, and other visitors. The next two days were spent in 

 oiling bright wortc, getting stores and visiting friends on shore, 

 the wind being out southeast and a hard sea rolling in. It rained 

 heavily the last day and developed some leaks about the sky- 

 light, which made tilings a little wet below. An old skipper told 

 me lie had never seen a skylight aboard a vessel 1 hat did not leak 



Sunday, Sept. 2, dawned pleasant with a good southwest wind 

 blowing; we had the usual N.E. breakfast, brown bread and beans. 

 At 10:30 the anchor was weighed and we made a good run down 

 the eastern channel, through Eggemoggiu Reach and up Union 

 Hill Bay to Allen's Cove behind Hamman's Point, where we 

 anchored in seven fathoms, not daring to venture nearer shore 

 in the darkness. It proved a safe shelter, though there was con- 

 siderable chop and half a gale blowing all night. How uneasy 

 one is, running along a shore that seems in the darkness anywhere 

 from 50 to 500;, ds. away, blurting this strange shore just at dusk, 

 we saw several vessels anchored oft and we were tempted to run 

 in to them, but upon a nearer view they were lb nd to be 

 boulders aad flat-topped ledges, which frightened us and made 

 us sheer further off shore. 



Next day Jerry and Noir went ashore and nearly paralyzed 

 themselves by going in swimming. The. \iews all around were 

 magnificent. To the. north, Blue Hill cast purple shadows upon 

 the level land at the head of the bay; to the west along stretch of 

 rolling hills and dark forests had a. background of the blue and 

 gray cones of the Liucolnville flange; to the south an immense 

 sheet of dappled silvery water was dotted by sails aud many 

 islands, and to the east the water shaded gradually to gray, green 

 and brown and melted into the wooded shores, the dark gorges, 

 irregular hills and mist-veiled summits of Mt. Desert. What a 

 beautiful place, and yet, how desolate! Very few houses were to 

 be seen around the bay. Very few are there, indeed. It seems as 

 it this part of the world had been overlooked and the sterile soil 

 scorned by settlers. Once the shores were peopled by fishermen, 

 but they have gone with the fish. 



We ran over to Pretty Marsh Harbor and saw a single house 

 and a dozen seal. Meringue and Jerry dropped away in the 

 tender to get a shot, but were, unsuccessful; then we stood along 

 the coast, looked in at Seal Harbor, beat around a headland and 

 had just wind enough to get into Bass Harbor at dark. This has 

 a good outer haroor in northerly and easterly gales, and an inner 

 one beyond a threatening looking ledge otters sure protection for 

 small yachts not drawing over seven or eight feet, but one must 

 have a prlot to get in this snug berth. The surroundings are 

 really very picturesque and beautiful. There are a few small 

 boarding houses and summer cottages perched upon the grassy 

 hillsides and along the wooded shores, but thus far the place has 

 been neglected bj the throngs of pleasure seekers, and fashion has 

 gone elsewhere, to its eternal loss. 



There was a good S. A r . wind next morning, we got under way 

 early, ran around the boll buoy into Southwest Harbor and inside 

 Cranberry Islands, coasted the bold, magnificent shore of Mt. 

 Desert and came to anchor above the oar at Bar Harbor, as the 

 wind had hauled around S.E. and it looked very threatening. 

 After supper the officers and crew had a celebration; the yacht 

 was covered with Chinese lanterns, the harmonica, flute and 

 horns were played, a quartette sang many songs, fireworks of 

 many kinds were burned continuously and were answered by 

 other yachts, and the fete ended at midnight with refreshments 

 ad libitum. 



At 4 A. M. we were awakened by a sullen, deep- voiced rever. 



beration, that caused the yacht to quiver from keel to truck, and 

 brought two startled, half-clad men upon deck in an instant. A 

 strong N.W. gale was blowing and heaping up the sea at a lively 

 rate, the water had been driven out by the wind, the tide was very 

 low, the yacht had now a great scope of cable and was tailing 

 directly toward the rocky ledge visible off the pointof Bar Island. 

 All this was seen at a glance, and Meringue was tugging at the 

 cable as I pattered along the dewy deck to help him. Wc pulled 

 the yacht ahead a few fathoms, throw tho lead and found 10ft., 

 and watched hei awhile, then turned in, but not to sleep. The 

 tide turned and there was soon plenty of water; but, the gale and 

 sea increased, and we knewitwould not be safe to lie out another 

 low tide there. We had breakfast of mackerel, which we had 

 found scarce all along the coast, but had succeeded iu getting the 

 night before at ten cents apiece. They were delicious. Then my 

 three friends were set ashore, Meringue and I put in a single reef, 

 hoisted the jib, took in the anchor, beat out of our trap, took a 

 long sell to windward to get washed with the sparkling spiny, ran 

 down the wind and beat a handsome 301't. sloop with all sail set. 

 and let go the heavy anchor south of the bar in quieter water. I 

 never saw Frenchman's Bay so beautiful as it was tins cool, crisp 

 morning, and there were plenty of small yachts with amateur 

 sailors that skirted its shores and reached and ran and took long- 

 legs to windward, enjoying the best kind of sailing with an aban- 

 don that showed contempt for the gale and a hearty affection for 

 Neptune and his kingdom. 



The next day we left. Meringue ship-keeper, took a 'bus to Eagle 

 Lake, a sail along it in a rattle trap steamer, and a cog-wheel 

 railroad ride up to the summit of Green Mountain. What, a view! 

 Nothing in this world can compare with the picture of land and 

 sea. spread around Mt. Desert. It was an exceptionally clear day, 

 the temperature was near freezing aud a sharp N.W. wind was 

 howling about the pretty Summit House, from whose cuoola we 

 observed at our leisure the winders around our central vantage 

 point. The granite ridges of the mountains covered with mosses 

 and lichen, bordered by strips of box and huckleberry, melted 

 away as the plant life below us rose from bush to shrub and tree, 

 and the green forest growth formed glorious fringes and datk 

 borders for the valleys, the cliffs, and the dark sea. Eagle Lake 

 —and veritable eagles were hovering over it— lay like a sapphire 

 set in emerald to the north, r.hen the mountains softened into the 

 hilly pastures and green meadows of Eden, and the eye traveled 

 over sixty miles of woodland, islands and arms of the sea to the 

 purple-ti'uted mountains of Camden and Liucolnville: and beyond, 

 like a huge sugar loaf, dark, ponderous and proud, towered Mt. 

 Katahdin. 110 miles away. This was seen by the naked eye. and 

 is indicative of the wonderful clearness of the atmosphere of the 

 Maine coast. 



Union Hill Bay, with its numerous islands, straits, inlets and 

 tiny fishing craft, lay to the west. Eastward we looked upon 

 Frenchman's Bav, with Sorrento like a jewel at its throat, and 

 Sullivan and (Toldsborough upon its side. Its islands were like 

 olives upon the foam-capped blue, and the long Schoodic Penin- 

 sula rose toward the clou. Is at its southern end and smiied in the 

 sunlight, as the thundering seas shattered themselves against its 

 adamantine feet. Southwest Harbor looked like the Swiss village 

 I used to set in a Christmas box; its numerous vessels seemed 

 insect wings, and Cranberry Islands were not unlike the amoeba 

 stretching its jellv lefts around for food. Otter Cliffs, Schooner 

 Head and the shores of Mt. Desert, with the beautiful villas upon 

 everv vantage point, like sentinels upon picket, were sharply out- 

 lined upon the velvet sea, and, at our feet, as if one could cast a 

 biscuit into its busiest street, lay the gem of all seaside resorts, 

 the Kohinoor of New England. , 



"Bar Harbor has a raison d'etre, ' said Noit; and Nothing can 

 bate her," chimed in Jerry, while Olie rubbed his cold hands 

 briskly over his trousers to get some of the chilly north wind out 

 of them and remarked, "She's a beautiful crater." After a rnost 

 excellent dinner of fish chowder, boiled halibut, roast beef, broiled 

 chicken, pudding, pie, coffee and toothpicks, for the moderate 

 sum of half a dollar, we were roused from our revery by an an- 

 nouncement that the train w T as going, but the landlord sent a boy 

 to hold it until we selected cigars, paid our bills and shook our- 

 selves together; then with set teeth we faced the blast, went to 

 the accommodating train and tumbled down the mountain a few 

 cogs at a time, so leisurely, that when we came to blackberry 

 bushes we got off and feasted, then mounted the open bucking car 

 and took more bumps. A sail across the lake, a walk part wav 

 through the forest of evergreens and hard wood, aud a dusty ride, 

 and we were in the city again, well pleased with our ascent of 

 Green Mountain. . . 



Yachting, boating and canoeing have been prominent pastimes 

 at Bar Harbor. It was late, the gales were coming, the season 

 had been very wet and cold, and yet there were dozens of canoes, 

 a half hundred boats and more than a dozen yachts in the harbor; 

 Among them were Gwendolin, Hope Leslie, Nonpareille. Wave 

 Crest and Norma. No one has gone into laying up yachts in a 

 proper manner down east, or a great many more yachtsmen 

 would seek the charming cruising grounds of Maine. 



The Bar Harbor V. C. has built a fine club house upon the shore 

 just south of the steamboat wharves. Two of us sought its hos- 

 pitable doors and were rudely invited to retire. I thought the 

 servant did not understand his btisiuess and wrote upon my card, 

 "Captain of the Orinda, S. B. Y. C" aud sent it to the janitor, 

 requesting permission to look over the edifice. The Orinda was 

 lying just off the club house, flying our club signal and a yacht 

 ensign. The servant did understand his business aud brought 

 back word that we could not enter the building without an intro- 

 duction from a member. This is the hospitality of this far east- 

 ern club, and greatly in contrast to the reception accorded by 

 every other yacht club from Rockland to Cape Cod. Wo did not 

 know any member in town, and we did not care to scrape ac- 

 quaintance with any one just to see the inside of a house, and 

 turned away. Just then a genuine Bar Harbor yachtsman was 

 driven to the door in an English drag, having driver aud footman 

 in livery and silver buttons and buckles all over the establish- 

 ment. The craft was brought too near the stops, the horses 

 champed their bits and tried to look stylish by swinging around 

 their bobbed tails, the portly yachtsman came over the port side, 

 very gingerly, to save his patent leathers and corns, from too rude 

 contact with the ground, aud climbed the steps with a sea roll 

 that told the story. We looked at each other and took a hitch at 

 our pants. Our yacht caps were faded and spotted, our faces 

 were savage with several week's growth of beard and swarthy as 

 an Indian's, our shirts were blue flannel, our coats and trousers 

 had been slept in, and our shoes had not been blacked for weeks. 

 We certainlv looked like second-hand yachtsmen, if not like 

 tramps. Heal vachtsmen look that way most of the time, how- 

 ever, and those "who want to be genuine salts must endure a few 

 slights and keep away from the B. H. club house. 



[to be continued,] 



in tho power of the New York Y. C. to do this, but it is little likely 

 that it would resort to such unsportsmanlike measures solely to 

 retain the possession of the Cup. It seems probable now that a 

 decision will at once be reached to meet the Valkyrie with 

 yachts Of her own class, such as Katrina, Titania, Shamrock and 

 Bedouin, in which event it is likely that several new yachts will 

 be started. 



Gen. Paine has announced that he will take no part in the 

 racing in any event, and if it should he decided to meet the new 

 yacht with a 80-footer, some one would have to lease or purchase 

 Volunteer. 



Our yachtsmen are already congratulating themselves that Mr. 

 Watson has conceded so much as to build a eenterboard boat; but 

 in this t hey are a little hasty. Lord Dunraven himself has been 

 taken with the eenterboard idea, and in deference to his wishes 

 a slot has been cast in the lead keel and filled with a piece of lead 

 that could be removed if it should be desired to add a eenterboard, 

 but no trunk has been built and no special provision made for 

 one; and it would be a costly and troublesome, matter to convert 

 her info a eenterboard. She will race here as a keel yacht, and, 

 probabl v, will always remain one. Mr. Burgess is rather in favor 

 of meeting her with a keel, and at once set to work on a prelimi- 

 nary design for a keel ~t0. Mr. Borden is also at work on a new 70, 

 but svith both keel and board. 



In explanation of the name, made familiar of late years through 

 Wagner's opera, the Valkyrs, or Valkyrie, were the ten daughters 

 of vvotan or Odin, the Jupiter of the Norse mythology. Their 

 odice was to hover over battle fields on their steeds and bear 

 away the bodies of the bravest of the dead warriors to Walhalla, 

 the abode of the Gods. 



A CHALLENGE FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP. 



ALTHOUGH it has been known for some time that Lord Dun- 

 raven was desirous of challenging for the America's Cup 

 with his new Watson cutter, it was not anticipated that he would 

 risk a race this .year with an untried yacht, and possibly against 

 a much larger craft. To the surprise of American yachtsmen the 

 news came "from London on Friday last that a challenge had ac- 

 tually been mailed on March 21, and following closely on the 

 news'eame the challenge itself, which was received m the evening. 

 Its contents have not yet been made public, but it will be con- 

 sidered at a meeting of the club to-morrow night. This, however, 

 is known of the new vacht: she will be a composite vessel, wood 

 keel and planking, with steel frames, designed by Mr. Watson and 

 built by Fay of Southampton, where she will be launched this 

 month, 'and 'christened by the name of Valkyrie, as it is given by 

 the cables. She will be 85ft. Oiu. over all, C9ft. 6m. l.w.l., loft. Shu. 

 beam and 13ft. tin. draft, wi th a slot in her keel filled with lead. She 

 will be sailed bj Captain Tom Diaper, who was bere in command 

 of Been in 1> ! 3">.' Lord Dunraven is desirous of sailing five instead 

 of throe matches, the date, of course, being m October. The new 

 yacht is in the 70ft. class, with Bedouin, Katrina, Shamrock and 

 Titania, but at home she will be tried as aOO-rater against Yarana, 

 Irex and Marjorie. She will be entitled to but 6,600sq. ft. of sail 

 under the y. K. A. rule, but will carry more when in American 



The most important point in regard to the challenge is the size 

 of the new yacht. In the present condition of yachting in Eng- 

 land, a 90ft." cutter would be as useless for general racing as Vol- 

 unteer and her class are here. There is uo prospect of permanent 

 racing in such large craft, and if one should be built to challenge 

 for the America's Cup she would not only be of no value when the 

 races were over, but she would have nothing to try her speed 

 against in order to work her into racing form. Under these cir- 

 cumstances the new challenger has elected 10 build asizeof yacht 

 which it will be easy to test th >roughly against existing craft, 

 and which will bo eligible to the home races, both before and after 

 her visit to America. The question has at once been raised as 

 to what size rf a yacht it is proper to put against her; and while 

 the general opinion seems to be in favr of fair play, there are 

 some who contend that the onlv course is to meet her with Vol- 

 unteer. It is practically concluded that this would mean no race, 

 that it would siraplv be a walk over for the larger yacht, eveu 

 with the time allowance of the New York Y. C. Of course, it is 



HOW THE NAPHTHA LAUNCH IS BUILT. 



THOUGH barely four years old the naphtha launch is so well 

 known wherever there is water enough to float anything 

 larger than a canoe that, any detailed description of the boat 

 itself or of its peculiar engine and boiler would be superfluous; 

 bur a description of the place and manner in which the hoats are 

 built mav prove interesting to the. many who use these handy 

 little craft in all parts of the world. Last season the original 

 establishment on the Harlem Kills, though large and well 

 equipped, proved entirely inadequate to the business of the 

 Company, and late in the year the present shops were completed 

 and the business transferred to them. They are located on the 

 Harlem River, just above High Bridge, and close to the Morris 

 Dock stations ot the Now York Central and also the New York & 

 Northern Railroad. The river here is deep enough to give 12ft. 

 Of water at low tide, so that the largest steam yachts can he at 

 the company's wharf, the Tillie. and Orienta now wintering there. 

 The shops themselves, lately built by the company, include two 

 buildings, both parallel to the river, with an L on the outer 

 one. which extends over the water, forming the launching 

 shed. Ttie larger building, the nearest to the railroad, is 

 365ft. long and BOft. wide. Entering at the east end, 

 on the left are the offices and drafting room, hand- 

 somely fitted up in hard pine, while on the right is 

 a large storeroom, containing everything used in the boats 

 except the rough wood and metal. All supplies and finished 

 material are kept bore. All the remaining length of the building, 

 some 300ft., is taken up with the machine and boiler and boat shop 

 proper. The building is one story high, lighted by many large 

 windows on each side, heated by steam pipes under the roof 

 trusses, while beneath the latter an overhead railway runs the 

 entire length of t he two simps, branching off under a covered way 

 Which b ads to the other building. The boiler and machine shop 

 is a large and pleasant room, well equipped with modern tools,- 

 lathes, planers, shapers, drills, bending rolls, etc. The average 

 launch engine is both small and light, even the largest size, the 

 10 H. I'., but the shop is fully fitted for heavier work, with ample 

 floor space and a good system of overhead transfer. Just now, in 

 addition to the regular work on naphtha engines, a, new model of 

 pipe boiler is being constructed, from which excellent results are 

 expected. One of these boilers is now at work in the boiler room, 

 while another is being fitted up for Com. Starbuck's yacht Tillie. 

 The engines aud boilers we have previously described iu ForeSi 

 and Stream, no radical changes have been made of late, though 

 improvements in the minor details are constantly being perfected. 



The most interesting part of the works is tho boat shop, wmere 

 launches of all sizes are built by the score. Near the door on en- 

 tering is a 10ft. launch partly planked, while beside it another is 

 being laid down. The width of the building, GOt't., allows two j 

 ordinary launches to be built end to end, and as the visitor walks 

 down the center of the shop he passes first a work bench on each 

 hand and then a pair of boats, one on his right and one on his 

 left. In one place is a lapstrake yacht's gig, very handsomely 

 finished in mahogany, all complete save the joiner work. Facing 

 it is the frame for a 25 ft. lauuch, the oak keel is laid, sternpost 

 and dead woods are set up, the horn limber is dovetailed into the j 

 post, and the framework of the counter is in place; while on the 1 

 other hand the hackmatack stem is fitted. Two workmen are busy . 

 with the timbers, already steamed and bent to shape, fitting them 

 up in pairs across the keel and run ning ribbands about them until 

 the whole outline of the boat is clearly shown. The next boat ia 

 just a little further advanced, and two more men are fitting the 

 garboards, the wales being already in place. So the work goes on, . 

 each boat as it is finished being slung by a big differential pulley 

 at each, end to the overhead rail way, and run out on the overhead • 

 railway into the other building. Along the walls of the workshop 

 are oilier benches, at each of which a man is at work, some on 

 joiner work of various kinds, and some on the many extra fittings 



C To any one familiar with the ordinary run of yacht building, : 

 either out of doors or in a bleak half-heated shed, the gain to all , 

 parties, the employer, Oie workman, and not the least, to the 

 owner, from building in a large, warm and well lighted shopj.t 

 where the work goes on without regard to the weather, and 

 where, all material is kept dry, is apparent, at a glance. Follow-il 

 ing the track of the railway out of a wide doorway, we pass the^ 

 boiler room, and then enter the second large building, 315ft. longM 

 and HO wide, the main part being used as a store room for then 

 finished boats. Before looking at the fleet which lines the side&J 

 of the room, one should look into the paint room, large enough./ 

 to take in easily a 50ft. launch, and where painting and varnish- 

 ing can be carried on without danger from dirt and dust. In the- 

 show room there is now the largest fleet of the kind ever collected 

 in one place, ranging in size from 50ft. down to 18, and in finish^ 

 from that of the finest drawing room car down to the serviceable 

 little launch, of oak and cedar, intended for business or knocking, 

 about in Florida or the Adirondacks. ^1 



The queen of this fleet of over a hundred launches is one of 50fw) 

 just completed. The cabin is quite large, giving a good saloon, a- 

 toilet room and w. c, a pantry and galley. In the main saloon 

 two berths may bo made up. The fiuish is of selected mahogany, 

 the joiner work being of the best; while the furniture, rugs, inb>3 

 rors, etc., are very elegant. The engine is of Iti H. P. All fittings I 

 are of brass. This size of engine is til ted with a blower for forces 

 draft. A very convenient style of launch is that from 30 to 35fpJl 

 fitted up with a cabin, for such cruising as has lately been de- 

 scribed m our columns. The fuel, 76° deodorized naphtha, can be 

 obtained almost anywhere, either under its own name or as stoVej 

 gasoline, the two being practically the same; the gasoline stove iff 

 now in such general use that fuel for it is obtainable in almost all 

 localities. , ., JX Jfl 



Opening off the storeroom is a large building over the river, m 

 which the boats are launched, being run out on the railway and 

 lowered by the differential pulleys. There is ample water here, 

 for the largest steam yachts. Just now tho works are busiest*! 

 yachts are being launched and sent away every day to all parts 

 of the country. 



NEW JERSEY Y. C— Officers for 1889: Com., Edwin A. StevensJ 

 Vice-Corn., James B. Scott; Recording Sec'y, William E. Kinzel; 

 Corresponding Sec'v, George Gartland; I'roas., Edward Wi] 

 Ketcham; Meas., John Ortlteb; Trustees, Theoph'ilus Butts, EJ 

 W Ketcham, Hcnrv F. Ogden, James B. Scott and James Bellf j 

 Regatta Com., E. W. Ketcham, Theodore H. Rodgers and William 

 T. Salter. 



LAUNCHES.— The new Burgess steamer, for Mr. D. S. Ford," 

 was launched at the Atlantic Works on April 1, being christenewl 

 Jathniel. Chispa, Mr. N. D. Lawton's new 40, was launched atil 

 Mumm's yard on April 1. 



MAYFLOWER. — The sale of Mayflower by Mr. Morgan to MrJ 

 R. T. Underbill is reported. Mr. Underhill will change her int(Jf 

 a schooner under Mr. Burgess's direction. 



SHONA.— It is reported that Mr. C. H. Tweed has sold the Aval 

 tou Watson cutter Shona to Mr. Chas. A. Stevenson, of tlffl 

 Larehmont Y. C. 



Small Yachts. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $7. Steam Yachts atiAl 

 Launches. By C P. Kunlwrdt. Price $8. Yachts, Boats atM 

 Canoes. By C. Stansfield-Hicks. Price $3.09. Steam Machinery. BM 

 Donaldson. Price $1.50, 



