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the draft of the boat down to less than 3ft- To design a 
boat looft. on the waterline with a draft of only 2ft. Qin. 
and make her seaworthy is a serious problem, but the 
designer has met this contingency, along with several 
otliers, with the result that Rancocas is a very seaworthy, 
roomy and good-looking boat. 
Going below from the upper or promenade deck one 
lands in a sort of vestibule. On the after side of the 
vestibule is a door opening into stateroom No. 5. a good- 
sized room nearly 7ft. square, and fitted with two beds, 
bureau, set basin, etc. The gun rack is in a handy place 
at -the foot of the cabin stairs in the vestibule, and oppo- 
site is a door opening into the main saloon or living room. 
This apartment is verv large, being i6ft. wide and i8ft. 
long. It is amply lighted and ventilated by six good- 
sized windows. The fittings are most complete, there bemg 
a fireplace, a piano, desk, china closet, sideboard, sofa and 
bookcases. Opening from the forward end of the mam 
cabin is a passageway which leads to the principal state 
and bath rooms. Stateroom No. 3 is first reached; this 
room is loft. long and 7ft. wide. The apartment is fitted 
with a bed 3ft. wide, set wash basin, wardrobe, chiffonier, 
etc. On the starboard side opposite is stateroom No. 4, 
which is fitted up in the same manner as No. 3. Next 
forward come two bathrooms, one on either side. They 
are 5ft. 6in. wide and 6ft. 6in. long. Ill each of these 
rooms is a porcelain tub 5ft. long, water closet and set 
marble basin. Forward of the bathrooms and in the bow 
of the boat are staterooms Nos. i and 2. These rooms 
are loft. long and 7ft. wide. In each there is a wide 
bed. chiffonier, wardrobe, set marble wash basin, etc. _ 
A door on the port side of the main cabin leads aft into 
the pantry, which is fitted up with dressers for china, etc., 
sink and draining boards, and a linen closet. Further 
aft and connected with the pantry by a swinging door is 
the galley, where there are a French range, two ice boxes, 
one for game and the other for regular stores; a sink, 
dressers, etc. Aft of the galley is the engine room, lift, 
long by i6ft. wide. On the port side of the engine room 
is the crew's water closet. Aft of the engine room is the 
ward room, which is 6ft. long and extends the full 
width of the vessel. On the after partition on either side ' 
are two gas-pipe berths for the crew. Aft of the ward- 
room on the starboard side is the valet's room and oppo- 
site on the port side is a trunk room. Next aft come two 
staterooms, one on each side. They are 6ft. 3in. long and 
6ft. wide. The one on the starboard is for the captain and 
engineer, while the one on the port side is for the steward 
and cook. 
There is 8ft. of deck aft of the cabin liouse, and 15ft. 
forward of it. There is an unobstructed space 18ft. by 
85ft. on top of the cabin house. This deck is covered by 
an awning. The boat is steered from the forward part 
of the upper deck. 
Her dimensions are as follows : 
Length — 
Over all io8ft. 
L.W.L looft. 
Overhang — 
Aft 7ft- 6in. 
Forward 6in. 
Freeboard — 
Forward 6ft. 8in. 
Least 3ft- 9'"- 
Taff rail 4ft. 8in. 
Beam 17ft. 6in. 
Draft 2ft. gin. 
Rancocas has twin screws and is driven by two 75-horse- 
power Standard motors. Her tanks have a capacity of 
1,500 gallons, and witli this amount of fuel can cover one 
thousand miles. The boat is lighted throughout hy 
electricity, and is heated by steam. The crew comprises 
eight men — namely, captain, engineer, steward, cowk and 
four sailors. Two boats are carried on the davits — a 
launch on the starboard side and another boat on the 
port side. 
The above outline account shows t!ie possibility of 
securing in this type of craft the maximum of comfort 
and luxury ,at a minimum of expense. 
FOREST AND STREAM, 
[Nov. g, 1901, 
Our Boston Letter* 
Boston, Nov. 2. — Altliough there are still many yachts 
ill the water, many of which are likely to stay out for 
many days, active preparations arc being made for next 
;-cason's yachting, both racing and cruising. There is not 
a yacht designer in Boston who has not work on hand, 
and the orders for new boats are coming in thick and 
fast. The builders have already started in, and. at the 
rate new ones are being ordered, it is possible that some 
(if the yachts cannot be turned out until the season has 
opened next year. 
Ne\'er since its organizalion iiave the pro'^pects Ijeeu 
so bright for the Yacht Racing Association of Massachu- 
setts. The restricted classes have at last "found favor 
with the majority of yachtsmen, and there is no doubt 
that they will l)e well represented during the coining sea- 
sou. It has been a hard fight for the Association to con- 
vince the yachtsmen that restrictions are as necessary ftir 
their protection as the Association it.sclf, but the fight 
has been won, and the system of the Association, govern- 
ing, these classes, stands out. we believe, second tO' that 
of no Other association in this country. 
It is well known tliat simplicity in rules is most likely 
to make them most binding and less lik'cly to be evaded by 
technical distinctions. In the restricted classes of the 
Massachusetts Yacht Racing Association the yachts are 
measured for racing length on the waterline only, but 
there are rules which govern the sail area in ratio to the 
beam, the freeboard, the area and location of the cabin 
floor, the height of the cabin trunk and the headroom. 
These are all simple, and take the place of complicated 
formulae for obtaining racing length, the intricacies of 
which do not insure accuracy, and arc more or less temp- 
tations to play tricks on the official measurer. 
It was expected that the .30ft. restricted class, which 
has been idle for the past two seasons, and quite indiffer- 
ent for some years, would be revived next year. A com- 
bination of Marblehead j^achtsmen had considered the 
matter, and it was thought that as many as twelve 30- 
footers would be built ; but for some reason, it was de- 
cided to abandon the project, and there is now little like- 
lihood of any 30-footers being built this winter, But, 
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