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FORESI' -AND STREAM. 
[April 30, 1898*. 
Two blue balls — 25, 20 and 15ft. open cats. 
Red and white balls, white and blue balls,; and red an,d 
blue balls — For special classes. 
Several changes of date were announced. The open- 
ing regatta on the Sound of the Huguenot Y. C. will be 
on Maj' 21 instead of May 14; the New Rochelle Y. C. 
will take May 28 instead of May 21 ; and the Seawanhaka 
C. Y. C. may exchange with the Douglaston Y. C, 
taking June 25 in place of June 29, in order to work 
in its cruise to New London. 
The committee decided to print an official list of 
yachts, owners, racing numbers, etc., in pamphlet form. 
It was decided that the blanket entry should be used 
through the season. Secretary Tower's address is New 
Rochelle, N. Y^ 
Mayflowet* 
Steam Yacht— Torpedo Gunboat. 
We are indebted to the courtesy of the New York 
Times for the accompanying illustration and description: 
The Mayflower, the yacht that the late Ogden Goelet 
had built on the Clyde, and on which he spent thou- 
sands of dollars and devoted much time in order to 
make her the finest floating palace in these waters, is now 
a torpedo gunboat. Her handsome interior fittings, ar- 
tistic decorations, which were done by the best decora- 
tors of France and Italy, and all her luxurious furniture 
have been taken out of the yacht, and in their places 
now are torpedoes, rapid-fire guns of different caliber, 
powder and shot. The yacht that was the pride of her 
builders, the pride of her designer, the pride of her owner, 
and the pride of the New York Yacht Club, in whose 
fleet she was enrolled, is now a fighting machine of no 
mean power. 
The Mayflower cost about $800,000 to build, furnish 
and decorate, and after the death of Mr. Goclet it was de- 
cided by the executors of the estate that the yacht should 
be sold. At one time it was reported that the King of 
the Belgians had purchased her, but just when if was 
expected that she would leave for Europe the yacht was 
turned over to the United States Government to form 
one of the auxiliary fleet. It is said that $500,000 was 
paid for the boat, and Mrs. Goelet was allowed to_ re- 
move all the furniture and as many of the decorations 
as could be taken away. 
The Mayflower was designed by George L. Watson, 
and was built by G. & J. Thompson, the builders of the 
steamers Paris and New York. Her tonnage is 1.800. 
and her dimensions are 275ft. on the Avaterline, 321ft. over 
all, 36ft, 6in. beam, and 30ft. depth. She is fitted with 
twin screws, one under each quarter, Avhich are driven 
bv double and independent sets of triple-expansion en- 
gines. These engines have four cylinders each, which 
are 225^, 38, 40 and 4oin. in diameter respectively, with 
27in. stroke of piston. Two single-ended boilers furnish 
the steam. 
The boat is plated up to what is known as the hurri- 
cane deck. Rolling chocks nearly the whole length of the 
boat from the turn of the bilge are fitted on both sides. 
Thev are about i8in. deep. 
The difTerent decks are the lower or cabin deck, the 
main deck, the bridge deck and the deck of the topgal- 
lant forecastle. The bridge deck does not reach as far 
aft as the counter, and the plating stops short with it. 
At the fore end of the bridge deck there is a break, which 
leaves an open space between the bridge deck and the 
topgallant forecastle. But this well in the main deck 
does not reach down to the lower deck. A half deck 
prevents any quantity of water being shipped into this 
break, and under the half-deck space has been found for 
trunk rooms and other impedimenta.- Since the May- 
flower has been in the yard this break in the plating has 
been filled in. and the boat has been further strengthened 
by having nickel-steel plates 6ft. in width riveted on each 
side. These plates cover the vital parts of the boat, and 
extend about 2ft. below the waterline. 
The engines and machinery are amidships. As a yacht 
the interior arrangements of the boat were very elabo- 
rate. On the main deck were two staterooms with dress- 
ing rooms and bath room attached, which were 
for Mr. and Mrs. Goelet. These were forward 
of the machinery. There was also a large boudoir. On 
the starboard side of the engine and boiler casings were 
three smaller staterooms, the armory and the smoking 
room. On the port side were the laundry, galley, pantry 
and other accommodations. The dining cabin was amid- 
ships, occupying the whole breadth of the yacht. On 
the starboard side was the reception room. The recep- 
tion room was quite a feature, and opened upon a land- 
ing in the gangway by a door in the yacht's side. By the 
gangway visitors arriving by boats or launches reached 
the reception room without having to go on deck. 
Immediately abaft the reception room was the draw- 
ing room, extending the whole width of the yacht. Abaft 
the drawing room was the library, having a passage or 
alley each side on the main- deck, inside the bulwarks. 
The cabin deck forward of the machinery accommodated 
one large stateroom with' bath room and rooms for valets 
and maids. Abaft the machinery were six large state- 
rooms and a maid's room. At the extreme after end, 
with separate entrance from the deck, were the rooms of 
the men servants. On the same deck, amidships, be- 
tween the engine and boiler casings, were the quarters 
of the firemen, also steward's stores; here also were 
situated the refrigerating chambers. 
Forward of the private cabins were the quarters of the 
ship's officers and of the petty officers. Under the cabin 
deck forward were the storerooms for the boatswains, 
stewards, and also for the crew. Under the topgallant 
forecastle deck is the windlass, the galley for the crew, 
the quartermaster's rooms, the laundry, the lamp room 
and the lavatories. The bridge deck was occupied with 
the forward deckhouse, in which were the deck bOudoir, 
chart room and vestibule. Aft, it accommodated a large 
smoking room and vestibule. The navigating bridge is 
over the chart room. The yacht's armament cohsisted 
of six Hotchkiss guns on the bridge deck and on the top- 
gallant forecastle. She was lighted throughout with elec- 
tricity, with arrangements for decorating the masts and 
spars on special occasions. On the bridge deck forward 
are two searchlights. She carried nine small boats in- 
cluding a 32ft. steam launch, two large lifeboats, three 
dinghys, cutter, gig and electric launch. 
Now all this luxury is changed. Several of the state- 
rooms have been sacrificed, particularly those on each 
side of the engine space. On the lower deck, aft of the 
engine, room has had to be made for the torpedo tubes, 
which have been placed on each side of the boat. Other 
rooms on this deck have been transformed into maga- 
zines, and additional bunkers have been put in. Those 
rooms that are left will be fittea up for the officers of the 
vessel, The drawing room will be the officers' mess 
room. The captain will occupy Mr. Goelet's room, and 
the library will be his cabin. The officers will divide the 
other rooms among them. The tars will occupy the 
quarters that were intended for the yacht's sailors, and 
the petty officers will have the rooms that were formerly 
used Iby the yacht's officers. 
The boat's armament is a powerful one for such a ves- 
sel. In addition to the torpedoes she will have when 
finished two 6in. rapid-fire guns on the main deck for- 
tight floor. The yacht is handsomely finished below, irt 
pine and mahogany, and fitted with ice chest, etc. Con- 
sidering her canoe shape, the most has been made of 
the internal room. She will carry a good sail spread, 
there being no limit under the rules. 
The second yacht, which will be named Cartoon, is 
for the 25ft. l.w.l. class of the Massachusetts Y. R. A., 
one of the fine wholesome family cruisers produced by 
the plain l.w.l. rule, as opposed to the racing machines 
produced by the Seawanhaka rule. She is designed to 
comply strictly with the new definition of a cabin yacht 
of the Massachusetts Y. R. A. She is 43ft. over all, 
25ft. l.w.l., loft. beam, la^in. draft of hull, and with her 
fin will probably draw over 7ft. The model is a combi- 
nation of the extreme features of the is-footer El Heine 
and the 20-footers Skate and Shark, carried into a larger 
class. The sheer plan and sections are much like El 
Heirie, there being the minimum freeboard called for 
MAYFLOWER. STEAM YACHT, DESIGNED BY G. L. WATSON. 1896. 
In dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, April, 1898. 
By courtesy of the New York' Times. 
ward and two 5in. rapid-fire guns on the same deck aft. 
On the bridge deck twelve more smaller rapid-fire guns 
have been mounted; so the new Mayflower will be quite 
an ugly customer to tackle. 
The original rig of the boat was brigantine, but the 
topmasts have been taken out, and now she carries two 
pole masts. 
The Two Parker Yachts, 
The two yachts ordered by Mr. John D. Parker 
and his brother of Gardner & Cox are now well ad- 
Aanced at B. F. Wood's yard, City Island, the larger 
being ready for launching. She is a keel boat, for the 
30ft. class of the Y. R. A. of Massachusetts, and is simi- 
lar in type to Norota and Syce, practically a fin-keel. 
Her dimensions are over all 46ft., l.w.l. 30ft., beam gft. 
6in., and draft 7ft. 5in. She is a beautifully moulded 
craft, one of the handsomest that the firm has yet turned 
out; the S section is much cut away, practically into a 
fin, as mentioned above, giving a canoe-like body; but 
the fore and aft and section lines alike, though round and 
full, are beautifully fair. The keel contour is similar to 
Syce, very much cut away forward and aft, with a 
slightly balanced rudder on a post that is nearly vertical. 
The lead keel is a short, compact lump of over three 
tons flat on the bottom, and with nearly vertical sides. 
Like all of the type, the yacht gives a minimum of ac- 
commodation on a maximum of draft; at the same time, 
by the us© of a rather high house, she has a cabin that 
will accommodate four very comfortably, with room for 
two forward. In looking over her we are reminded of 
Mr Gardner's first attempt in a keel boat of the same 
Iwl., the 30-footer Kathleen, as extreme in the way of 
heavy displacement as this yacht is in the opposite direc- 
tion. Kathleen, with a flush deck and low skylight, had 
good headroom, a roomy main cabin, ladies' cabin, and 
almost unlimited locker and stowage roorn. 
The construction is excellent both in design and exe- 
cution, and Mr. Wood has done work that will stand 
comparison with any we have yet seen. The frames 
and deck beams in the middle body are of angle steel, 
well strapped diagonally, the end frames being of bent 
oak. The wales are of oak, with moulding worked solid, 
and there are oak shelves in the wake of the wood 
frames and beams in the ends; but there is no shelf 
of clamp amidships, only the steel frames and beams 
united bv deep gussets. The mam and runner chain- 
plates are Carried on steel plates riveted to the frames. 
The planking is single, fastened with bronze stove bolts. 
The planksheer and transom are of mahogany, the lat- 
ter handsomely worked from a heavy plank, and the 
deck laid straight fore and aft, is a fine piece of work. 
The "cabin house is isin. high, with 6in. crown to top, 
all of mahogany. There is a smaU cockpit, with water- 
by the rule, 2iin.. with no sheer, while the keel is in one 
piece from stemhead to the flat square transom. The 
deck olan is worse than in El Heirie, more like Al Anka 
and Skate, a semicircle at the bow. Ihe "cabin house" 
is much the shape of a mandolin, inverted on the deck, 
the crown being excessive. When the crew of six, as 
allowed by the rules, are compelled to give a practical 
test of the ability of the cabin top to support their en- 
tire weight, they will probably have to oe glued or lashed 
fast, or they will slide off. The hull will be of very light 
construction, double skin with cedar inside and ma- 
hogany outside, the same elaborate bracing and strap- 
ping being employed as in the Seawanhaka 20-footers. 
The rudder will be narrow and very deep, as in Shark, 
and the fin will be a bronze casting with lead bulb, also 
very narrow and deep. The 25ft. class at present in- 
cludes some very serviceable boats of the Cape type, fast 
enough for racing, but also used for general yachting 
service. Just what this new family cruiser will do against 
them remains to be seen; but with the liberal cre\y allow- 
ance, six, giving enough shifting ballast in addition to 
the fin to sail her at a rank angle, she should at least be 
fast, whatever bad qualities she may develop. The re- 
sult of her racing with the old and new boats of the 25ft. 
class promises to be highly interesting and instructive. 
The North American Y. R. U. 
The meeting of the Council of the North American 
Y. R. U. will take place on April 30 in New York, and 
the Council will then recommend a rule of measurement 
for adoption in the fall. The following has been sent 
out by Secretary Jones to various designers: 
"Dear Sir: I am instructed by the Council of the 
N. A. Y. R. U. to invite an expression of opinion from 
the leading naval architects of this country on the ad- 
visability of the Union recommending for adoption by 
the yacht clubs of the United States and Canada the 
rules of measurement at present in use by the British 
Yacht Racing Association, the formula being as follows: 
L.W.L. -I- Beam -I- .To Girth -|- .50 S.A . 
Lineal Rating = g 
"If in your opinion the adoption of this exact rule is 
not desirable, would you recommend a rule using the 
same factors with different values? Also, how, in your 
opinion, should the centerboard be measured in esti- 
mating girth, so that yachts of the centerboard type 
would' not be at a disadvantage in competing with keel 
yachts. A meeting of the Council will be held on April 
30 to act upon this matter, and I would be pleased to 
hear from you before that time. I inclose herewith the 
report of the committee appointed to confer with the 
Y. R. A. Yours respectfully, ~ , „ 
"(Signed) Frank Bowne Jones, Secy. 
