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[Feb, 15, 1902. 
top, and under the deck on each side of the cockpit is 
available space for the stowage of charts, etc. In the 
forward end of the saloon on each side are located 
buffets and lockers for the cabin silver, china, linen, etc. 
The stateroom, which is forward of the saloon on the 
starboard side, is unusually large for a boat of this size. 
There is a berth 6ft. 3m. long and 2ft. 6in. wide, and a 
bureau with three large drawers and a plate glass mirror 
above is placed against the forward partition. On the 
port side a' passage leads from the main saloon to the 
gallery, and opening -from the passageway is the toilet 
room, which is fitted with a water closet and a folding 
wash basin. There is also a large linen closet in the toilet 
room for bedding and towels. The saloon and the state- 
room is finished" in butternut and mahogany, and it makes 
a most attractive interior. Tn the galley, which is next 
forward, there is 5ft, Sin. headroom. The galley is 
roomy and well equipped. There is a two-burner Primus 
stove, back of which is a space for cooking utensils. For- 
ward of the stove space is a dresser and dish locker. On 
the starboard side opposite is the ice box and sink. In 
the forecastle there are two pipe berths for the crew and a 
closet for the men';s clothes. 
The deck, cockpit floor and top of cabin house are of 
white pine finished bright. All the. trim on deck, in- 
cluding skylights, companionway, hatches, rails, etc., are 
of mahogany. The boat steers with a wheel, and two 
boats will be carried on the davits. The ballast, wh : ch is 
of lead, is all outside on keel. 
Our Boston Letter. 
Boston. Feb. 10. — Last week there was on exhibition 
pt the offices of the Edson Company the steering gear 
with which Meteor, the new schooner for the German 
Emperor, will be equipped. To say that it is a marvel 
in its line would be speaking lightly of it. It is called 
the Edson Positive Motion steerer, and was designed by 
Mr. George E. Loud, the treasurer of the Edson Com- 
pany. It is of the screw pattern and, like the recent con- 
trivances that have been installed in large yachts, it has 
right and left threads. But it has been supplied with new 
features which render it far superior to any ge^ir that has 
heretofore been used on large yachts. 
Much touble was experienced on Independence and on 
other big racers because the gear on the rudder head 
was inclined to bind under the immense strain to which 
the hull was subjected. To overcome this fault, the new 
gear has been supplied with ball bearings, by which the 
motion of the screw will not be stopped by the binding: 
With the ball bearings supplied, the gear works remark- 
ably easy, and, although it is necessarily quite heavy, it 
ca*n be operated by a small child without any trouble. 
On the fore and aft screw,- one half of which is forward 
and the other half aft of the rudder head, work the con- 
necting straps. The outside diameter of this triple-thread 
screw is. 2j<$m., the pitch of the screw being i%\r\. The 
connecting straps are of Norway iron, the traversing nuts 
being of gun metal. A sample pouring oLthe cast iron 
in the. rudder head casting stood a tensile test of 32,307 
pounds to the square inch before breaking. This test 
was made by Prof. E. F. Miller, of the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology. 
The rudder head swivel box is made of gun metal, while 
the rudder head is of steel, 3^4in. in diameter. The rud- 
der past-has a rake of 33 degrees, ball-bearing- supports 
for the rudder post rest on thirty-two steel balls, running 
on case-hardened steel plates with four adjusting screws, 
which provide for the wearing strain on the rudder 
pintles. The gear is also provided with two taff rail 
boxes, one forward and one aft; with rubber springs. It 
takes five and one-half turns of the wheel to turn the 
rudder from hard up to to hard down, 45 degrees in each 
direction. 
While the steering gear proper is a piece of mechanical 
perfection, one would, perhaps, be more attracted by the 
wheel. It is 54 inches in diameter from tip to tip. The 
hub is of highly polished brass. There are ten rose- 
wood spokes, the felloes being of teak and the rim of 
ebony. Where the king spoke passes through there is 
inlaid in the rim the coat of arms of the German Em- 
peror worked in gold and silver. On the remaining part 
of the rim at each spoke is the German crown in Ger- 
man silver, while the tips of the remaining spokes bear 
plain caps in the same metal. The wheel alone was made 
at a cost of $500. 
Wilson & Silsby, sailmakers, have orders for 10b new 
suits of sails, including those for the yachts Scimitar, 
Ruth, Paukewis. Lady Mary, Torpedo, Dragoon, Pan- 
"topset, schooner Agatha, Malillian 2d, 25-footer. Neriad, 
2 r- footer. Christina, Senta, 21-footer Micmic,. 21ft. race- 
about, 35ft. yawl for Bancroft Davis, 21-footer, 21ft. 
'■knockabout, yacht Volipsi, 26-footer. for R. H. Lee, 
Devon, Eng; schooner for Arnold Lawson, sloop for H. 
C. Morse, 25-footer. Cherokee, 30-footer, 25ft. yawl, 60- 
rater for H. F. Lippitt, the Pirate, 2ift. knockabout for 
Mr. 'Pugh, Pasadena, Cal. ; ice boat Ariel, 21-footer. 
Flelen, Daniel Crosby & Son, yawl; George Lawley & 
Son, 18-footer for Alfred Douglass; Tarn, Lemoine & 
Crane, 21ft. raceabout, and 30-footer; G. R. Liljegren, 38- 
foot L. W. L. cutter for O. Mark, Gothenburg. Sweden; 
21 ft. raceabout for Mr. Henry B. Rogers; Tarns, Lemoine 
& Crane, 26ft. sloop; Arthur Binney, 30ft. yawl for Mr. 
Foss, and 46ft. yawl; J. A. McKee, 2 1 ft. raceabout; 
George' Lawiey. & Son, 25-footer; James Andrew, Oak- 
ville, Ont., 38ft, racing cutter, and Charles W. Cole, 18- 
•' footer. ' ^ V- ■ 
Since the Massachusetts Y. R. A. restricted 21-footer 
litis been introduced in the Columbia Y. C, of Chicago. 
■imd in the Lake Michigan Yacht Racing Association, 
-it is expected that some of the yachtsmen there will pur- 
chase yachts of the class that have been raced in Massa- 
chusetts Bay. Last year there were, to, boats in the 
class, and, as there are. 16 new ones building, the loss of 
a few of the older ones might not, perhaps, be felt. It 
is not thought, however, that many of the old. ones will 
go to .he Lakes. Mr. Thomas H. Webb, of Peoria, 
111., .who was largely instrumental in having the class 
adopted there, is said to be one of the yachtsmen who 
will come East for a 21-f'ooter. In a recent communica- 
tion he stated to me that he thought the Yacht Racing 
Association of Massachusetts rules the best no\v |fl c\ 
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