March 8, 1902] 
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est care. The screw of the gear is placed over the center 
of the rudder post, one-half of the screw being for- 
ward of the post and one-half aft of it. The ball-bearing 
supports for the rudder post rest on thirty-two steel 
balls, running on steel plates, provision being made, for 
the strain on the rudder pintles. The wheel itself is 54m. 
in diameter, and is made of rosewood, and has ten spokes. 
On the king spoke there is a miniature German crown 
made of silver. It takes five and one T half turns of the 
wheel to put the rudder from hard up to hard down. 
The sail plan was laid out with great care, and the 
vessel was given sufficient sail to drive her at a gqod 
rate of speed, still she is in no way oversparred. The 
Boston sailmakers, Messrs. Wilon & Silbee, are making 
the suit, which will be used on the passage across, while 
Messrs. Ratsey & Lapthorne are making the sails that 
she will use on the other side. The sail area, measured 
under the New York Y. C.'s rules, is just under 12,000 
sq. ft. 
The following figures give the area of sails and dimen- 
sions of spars : 
Sail Area — 
Mainsail 4,048 sq. ft. 
Foresail 2,450 sq. ft. 
Staysail 896 sq. ft. 
Jib 1,470 sq. ft. 
Total area lower sails (actual) . 8,864 sq. ft. 
Foremast (2oin. in diameter) — 
From forward end of L.W.L. ..... 29ft. 
Deck to cap ..... .............. 84ft. 
Fore topmast 57ft. 
Masthead '. 15ft. 
Foreboom 36ft. 
Foregaff 36ft. 
Mainmast (211'n. in diameter)— 
From forward end of L.W.L. ....... 68ft. 
Deck to cap. 89ft. 
Main topmast 59ft. 
Masthead 17ft. 
Main boom 82ft. 
Main gaff 49ft. 
Bowsprit — Outboard 24ft. 
Meteor's great length, liberal breadth and high free- 
board give an unusually large amount of room below 
decks. The cabins are reached from a small steel deck 
house aft, which is covered with teak. This house is 
arranged very much the same as was the one on Genesee,, 
and serves as a shelter in bad weather, and gives ample 
room to get up and down the companionway stairs at any 
time. The windows in this house are placed high enough 
so that a clear view is obtained over the rail. 
Arriving at the foot of the companionway steps one 
reaches a sort of vestibule or steerage, in which is located 
a wide sofa, back of which are lockers. Aft of the steer- 
age is the ladies' cabin, which is lift, long and runs the 
full width of the yacht. This cabin is very large and is 
lighted by a skylight overhead and port holes in the 
sides. On each side is a wide berth and comfortable tran : 
soms. On each side aft are roomy lockers, and, set in the 
after bulkhead, is a wash basin and closet for bottles, 
etc. Forward of, and connecting with the ladies' cabin 
on the starboard side, is a bathroom 5ft. long and 9ft. 
wide, and there .is a porcelain tub and a patent closet. 
Forward of the steerage, or vestibule, on the port side, 
is a stateroom 6ft. 6in. long, with a wide berth, wash 
basin, hanging locker, etc. Still forward is another 
stateroom of larger size, fitted up very much the same 
as the one just mentioned. Forward of this room is a 
bath room 5ft. wide, and forward of the bathroom is 
another stateroom of good size, fitted with bureau, locker, 
transom and wash basin. 
Opposite these rooms on the starboard side is a valet's 
room, which contains unusually large wardrobes, hanging 
lockers and drawers. Between the valet's room and the 
owner's cabin is a roomy bathroom, equipped with a 
large porcelain tub, set marble basin and closet. The 
owner's cabin is about 13ft. square; here there will be a 
brass bedstead, wide sofas, writing and dressing tables, 
hanging lockers; in fact, everything possible to make 
the room complete. 
In the passageway leading from the steerage forward 
to the main saloon there are lockers for oilskins, etc. 
Charts, navigating instruments, etc., are kept in the 
lockers in the steerage. 
The main saloon, which is just forward of the owner's 
room, is 18ft. long and extends the full width of the 
yacht. On each side are wide sofas. In the center of the 
room is an extension table, which will seat twenty-four 
people. In the center of the forward bulkhead is a 
fireplace."" In addition to the usual sideboards, lockers, 
etc., there is an upright piano. The mainmast cuts 
through the after end of the main saloon. 
Separated from the main saloon by a heavy bulkhead is 
the owner's galley, which is 13ft. long, on the port side 
of which are two staterooms. Two stewards will occupy 
one of these rooms, and two cooks the other. On the 
starboard side of the galley is a very large ice box and 
a sink with drainer, back of which are lockers. On the 
after bulkhead is a dresser and serving table, while the 
range is opposite, backing against the forward bulkhead. 
Forward of the owner's galley is the crew's galley, in 
which the food for the officers and crew will be prepared. 
On the port side of the crew's galley is the captain's cabin, 
while on the port side is a room for the mate and boat- 
swain, and the officers' water closet. 
Forward of the crew's galley is the forecastle and mess 
room. The forecastle has accommodations for twenty 
men. In the forepeak is the crew's water closet and 
lockers for boatswain's stores. 
All the quarters of the vessel are unusually well venti- 
lated, almost all the cabins having skylights overhead. 
The ventilators used on the yacht are of the mushroorn. 
pattern, and were made after the Emperor's own ideas. 
The cabins will be finished by Messrs. Waring ^ Co., an 
English firm, after the yacht arrives at Southampton. 
The interior work will be quite simple, the general scheme 
being to paint most all the woodwork an ivory white, and 
have the doors and some of the trim of mahogany.,, 
Meteor will carry three boats on the davits. Atlaunch 
26ft. long, which is being constructed by the Gas -Engine 
and Power Co. and the Chas. L. Seabury Co., at Morris 
Heights, N. Y, ; a gig 26ft, long, and a 14ft. market boat.; 
the latter two boats are being built by the Spalding 
