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* CRUISING STEAM YACHTS. 



THE accompanying drawings show a sea-going steam yacht of a 

 size and type hardly known in America, but which are specially 

 adapted for the double purpose of a convenient summer home and 

 for the winter trip to the West Indies, which is each year becoming 

 more a matter of coiirse with yaehtsmen. Tbough not pretending to 

 the, speed of some of the American yachts of tbe same length, she 

 possesses a most desirable average of good qualities ; moderate in 

 first cost, very economical to run, ample and well arranged accom- 

 modations, and the ability to go anywhere. She was designed by Mr. 

 Alfred H. Brown, designer of Semiramis, Eros and other large 

 yachts, for Mr. Sheldon, a British yachtsman; and is intended for 

 cruising to Norway and the Mediterranean. 



Her dimensions are: Length over all, 116ft. ; l.w.]., 103ft. 4in.; beam 

 moulded, 15ft. Bin. : depth of hold, 10ft. 6in. ; draft, 9ft. Displacement, 

 155.4 tons ; tonnage, 110 tons. The engines are the ordinary two cylinder 

 compound, cylinders 13 and 24 by 18in. ; this type being adopted as being 

 for tbe purpose practically as economical as the triple expansion, 

 and involving less wear and tear. The boiler is of steel, 9ft. 6in. by 

 9ft., fitted with the Serve ribbed boiler tubps and working at lOOlbs 

 pressure. The engines are guaranteed to indicate 200 H. P., givin"- 

 easily a speed of 10 knots, on a consumption of 3 to Zy 2 tons per 24 

 hours. Her ordinary speed at sea will be 9 knots, at which the con- 

 sumption will be about 2)4 tons; which, with a bunker capacity of 13 

 tons, means about 1,000 miles steaming on her bunker coal. The 

 weight of engines and boilers with steam up will be 28 tons. 



The accommodations have been carefully planned to give the 

 greatest possible comfort to five persons, and at the same time to 

 secure good crew space, a point so often neglected. Tne owner's 

 room, about 7ft. 6:n. by 14ft., extends across the vessel, with a large 

 bath and toilet room adjoining and communicating with it and the 

 passage. The bath is heated by a copper coil from the boiler, dis- 

 charging outboard. The main saloon, just forward, is 11 by 13ft 

 fitted in polished American oak, with silk tapestry panels The 

 steering is done entirely from the bridge, leaving the deck saloon un- 

 obstructed by a wheel, and with room for a curved sofa and large 

 table. The accommodations aft include two good staterooms and a 

 ladies' cabin, all the sleeping rooms being finished in enameled white 

 pine, with polished mahogany fronts to berths, washstands and other 

 furniture. The yacht is now building on the Clyde, and will be 

 launched in time for use this season. 



RACING FIXTURES. 



Editor Forest and Stream : - 



I note from the reports of the meetings of the different clubs that 

 the Seawanhaka Corinthian and New Rochelle yacht clubs have both 

 named Saturday, July 2 as tbe date of their annual regattas and that 

 tbe American and Riverside clubs have selected Saturday July 9 for 

 theirs. ' 



It seems unfortunate that the clubs concerned could not have de- 

 cided on dates that did not conflict. Having two important racing 

 events on the same day oh the same waters can only work to the dis- 

 advantage of both clubs. The owner of a racing yacht is compelled 

 to decide which of two regattas he will enter" for, whereas if the 

 events were held on different dates it is probable that he would start 

 in both races. 



The New Rochelle and Riverside clubs have certainly a prior right 

 to the dates named through having been the first to decide on them 

 besides having always ueld their annual races on approximate days 

 in former years. 



If the American had selected Tuesday, July 5, and the Seawanhaka 

 Thursday, July 7, with the Larchmont regatta on the Fourth a 

 series of important races would have been established, and race week 

 on the Sound would have been made a greater yachting success than 

 it is likely to be if the clubs stick to the dates selected. 



The entry list for the past four years has been so proportionately 

 small that no club can afford to lose the entries of any of the yachts 

 of the racing fleet, and owners have a right to demand that they 

 shall have an opportunity to start in the races of all the clubs in the 

 Sound circuit if they so desire. Frank Bowne Jones 



WASP. 



THE sentiment that almost invariably attends the launching of a 

 vessel, especially a yacht, was conspicuous only by its absence 

 at Bristol on Tuesday morning. The American flag flew from a hi°-h 

 siaff near the machine shop and a crowd of townspeople filled tne 

 south gallery of the building shops, but with these exceptions the 

 business and bustle of the daily routine went on as usual The only 

 strangers present were Mr. John Hyslop, of New York, and two or 

 three newspaper men; the owner, Mr. Archibald Rogers, beta" ab- 

 sent, while Capt. Charles Bair, who will command the new yacht 

 had not yet arrived, at it will be some time before the work of fitting 

 out will begin, although the yacht is to all intents completed save the 

 stepping of the spars. The new steam yacht which was built just, 

 astern of Wasp was launched on Feb. .23, and laid beside the wharf 

 leaving the slipway in the shop entirely clear. ' 



At the head of the slip, facing the visitor as he entered to door lav 

 the new craft from which so much is expected. Unlike her older- 

 sister, Gloriana, she makes no small pretentions to good looks and 

 and though the stem in itself is not handsome, nor the stern so light 

 and graceful as in many of the newer yachts, the boat is certain to 

 present a pleasant appearance when afloat and in commission So 

 far as mere conventional finish is concerned, Gloriana depended on 

 no such artificial charms; in her case it was "Handsome is that 

 handsome does," but in Wasp the conventionalities have received 

 more consideration. The green bottom and plain white topsides of 

 Gloriana have been replaced by a bottom of copper bronze, the cop 

 per line carried up a little above the true loadline, while the topsides 

 are a glossy black, relieved by a broad gold stripe and carved scrolls 

 at each end. 



The accompanying sketches give a very good idea of her general 

 appearance, though the boat really has more hollow above the keel 

 than the section shows. 



Even now, after she has been afloat for a year, the true dimensions 

 of Gloriana, other than her official waterline, 45ft., are unknown - the 

 various statements which have appeared from time to time being 

 unverified and often contradictory, consequently it is needless to say 

 that the dimensions of the new yacht are enshrouded in still deeper 

 mystery. The approximate dimensions of Gloriana are probably as 

 follows: Length trom stun head to taffrail, 71 to 72ft.; 1 w 1 (official) 

 45ft.; beam, 12£t. 10m. to 13ft.; draft, at above l.w.l., 10ft 3in The 

 corresponding dimensions of Wasp are probably over all stem to 

 taffrail, 72ft.: l.w.l., 45ft. 6m.; beam, 12ft. 6in. to lift. 9in. ; draft lift 

 to lift. 3in. The displacement is, to judge by eye, very nearly the 

 same, but in spite of the close agreement in dimensions, there is a 

 marked difference in many leading features, and it will not be far 

 from correct to say that Wa?p is even more closely allied to Dilemma 

 and her numerous and interesting family of fin keels than to Gloriana 

 and the more conventional cutter models of the 46 and 40ft. classes 



Looked at from the starboard bow, as one enters the door of the 

 shop, the first idea is of a fin keel craft, a very long, round sectioned 

 and generally canoe shaped hull, perched upon a short, thin and deep 

 fin, and though a closer examination made modify this first impres- 

 sion, it by no means disappears. 



The midship section is much like Gloriana, the beam being appar- 

 ently a little less, while the depth of bilge is the same and the total 

 draft decidedly greater. Looked at from abeam however the re- 

 semblance to Gloriana disappears very quickly. The after overhang 

 is the same, the rake of sternpost is apparently the same about 35 

 degrees, but the post runs down to the heel of the iceel, instead of 

 stopping a little above it. The keel, instead of curving upward both 

 forward and aft as in Gloriana, is perfectly straight for a length of 

 about 20ft., the contour being very closely shown in the drawing- 

 While in Gloriana the line of the stem was practically straight for 

 some distance below water and slightly concave from the water to 

 the stemhead, in the new boat the same line is one convex curve 

 from about under the mast up to within a short distance of i he stem- 

 head, from which point it turns in quite rapidly, as shown The 

 whole bow is fuller and rounder than in Gloriana, both in section and 

 waterlines, and if the stem line were produced in the same way as in 

 Gloriana, the overhang would be something astounding. As it is the 

 really vital features of Gloriana,the round form and fulness of water- 

 line, are carried out still fnrther, while the mere overhang which 

 was the subject of so much idle talk lasl spring, is practically no 

 longer. The whole bow and forebody suggest the new fin kee'ls in 

 which craft Mr. Herreshoff, with an actual length of overhang which 

 is quite moderate, has preserved the large area of waterline plane 

 and the clean diagonals which are really the original and vital fea- 

 tures of all his later yachts. 



The construction of the new boat is but an elaboration of that 

 used by the Herreshoffs in their steam yachts for some years The 

 stem, keel, sternpost and the small amount of deadwood are all of 

 oak. The frames are of angle steel, united by floors at the lower 

 ends, with steel deck beams and gusset plates. A very thorough 

 system of diagonal straps encircles the yacht, steel straps about 

 2x}^in. running across the frames, between them and the planking 

 in each direction, with a special arrangement of diagonal straps on 

 top of the deck beams and under the planking of the deck 



The lower third of the hull is planked with oak and yellow pine in 

 single thickness, but above this the skin is double, Uin white 



pine inside and %in. yellow pine outside, the two skins fastened to 

 the frames with composition screwbolts, and to each other between 



