May 9, 1903.) 
FOREST AND STREAM, 
RELIANCE ON HER FIRST TRIAL SPIN. 
Photograph copyright by James Burton, New York City. 
We got in by seven o'clock on Thursday morning, and 
ran into a little slip at the city of Port Huron, sixty- 
nine hours from Mackinac Island, distance two hun- 
dred, and forty-five miles. 
This ended our great lake sailing on the cruise, and 
we were all glad to get a little rest again. No serious 
mishap had occurred, and none of us were any the 
worse which a good sleep would not cure. 
Thursday and Thursday night gave us all the rest 
we needed, and on Friday afternoon we dropped down 
the river about ten miles to Stag Island, where we 
came to anchor and spent the night. 
On Saturday afternoon we had a head wind, but with 
the stifif current, against which we had labored two 
weeks before, now in our favor, we made easy work 
of getting as far down as Algonac in time for an early 
supper, where we anchored and spent the night. 
Sunday morning, July 27, we spent ashore, and at 
three in the afternoon, with a light head wind still, got 
to Star Island, at the St. Clair Flats, by half-past five. 
Laid up until half-past three Monday afternoon, and 
got to the Ship Canal a few minutes after four. In St. 
Clair Lake the wind was light, from the west, and late 
at night came to in the Detroit River, in front of the 
city. On Tuesday morning, after the Captain had seen 
the maker of the new suit of sails, which we were 
using for the first time on this cruise, and which fitted 
very poorly, we dropped down the river to our anchor- 
age at Wyandotte, home again, safe and sound, and 
almost sorry the Cruise to Mackinac was a thing of 
the past. 
Boston Letter. 
Boston, May 4. — The steam yacht Carmina, designed 
by Mr. A. S. Chesebrough, and lauilt by the Lawley Cor- 
poration for Mr. Charles Fletcher, of Providence, was 
successfully launched from Lawley's west shop Saturday 
afternoon. The yacht was christened by Miss Harriet 
May Fletcher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. 
Fletcher, and granddaughter of Mr. Charles Fletcher. 
It was one of the prettiest launchings that has ever 
taken place at the yard. The big hull started ever so 
slowly down the greased ways, gathering momentum as 
she passed out of the shop. She was allowed to go by 
the run, and no attempt was made to stop her until she 
had gone almost half the length of the basin. Then, 
when the strain was put on the big bow hawser leading from 
the head of the shop, it snapped. Carmina took a sheer 
toward the schooners at the end of the basin, and it com- 
menced to look serious. She was snubbed, however, when 
she had all but crashed into the other yachts. 
A special platform was built at the east side of the 
shop for the launching party, which, beside Miss Fletcher, 
was composed of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fletcher, Mr. and 
Mrs. Joseph E. Fletcher, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fletcher, 
Mr. and Mrs. Hartley, Mr. and Mrs. Peck, Mr. and Mrs. 
Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. Milner, and Mr. Daniel Jackson, 
all of Providence ; Mr. J. R. Hooper, of Boston, and Mr. 
E. S. Mttrphy, surveyor of Lloyds British, under whose 
supervision the yacht was built. There was a big gather- 
ing at the head of the shop and the docks were lined wi( li 
people. All of the shops were closed at noon in honor of 
the occasion. 
Carmina is the largest steam yacht ever built at Law- 
ley's. She is a big-bodied boat, with rather a full bow, 
and at once suggests stability. She is built of steel, the 
plating being on the raised and sunken system. Her deck- 
houses are steel framed and steel sheathed as high as the 
windows. Over this and for the rest of the distance the 
outside finish is teak. 
She is 170ft. over all, 139ft. pin. waterline, 22ft. beam 
and loft. 6in. draft. She has. two water tube boilers of 
250 pounds pressure each. She has a four-cylinder, triple- 
expansion engine of about 1,400 horse-power, driving a 
single screw. She was built under special survey of 
Lloyds, and is expected to be rated Ai. 
Below decks she is well laid out and has good room. 
In the forward part of the boat is the forecastle. Abaft 
of this are quarters for five officers, with shower bath, 
messroom and lavatory. Next comes the galley, which 
is quite large. Abaft the galley is a thwartship bunker, 
extending the full beam of the ship. Then come the 
boiler and engine spaces and the stokehole. 
The owner's quarters are abaft the engine space. Mr. 
Fletcher's stateroom is finished in white mahogany. It is 
a large room about 12ft. in length and extending the 
full beam of the yacht. Connected with it is a private 
bathroom. The suite consists of five staterooms and three 
bathrooms. These are finished in mahogany and white 
enamel. 
In the deckhouse, forward, is the dining room and pan- 
try on the port side, and on the starboard side is a 
passage. Aft of the machinery space there is a smoking 
room and a drawing room. These are finished in 
mahogany. Above the deckhouse there is a promenade 
bridge, and there is a raised bridge for the navigating 
officer, 
Carmina is fitted with electric plant, steam steerer, en- 
gine room telegraph and all of the modern cruising equip- 
ments, with the exception of an ice-making plant. It was 
thought best to save the room this would take up, and it 
is also estimated that it will be more economical to store 
ice on a yacht of her size. She will be commanded by 
Capt. Nicholas Dand, who is a veteran yacht master. 
The steam yacht Pantooset, owned by ex-Commodore 
A. S. Bigelow, of the Eastern Y. C, sailed for Europe 
Saturday, passing out by Boston Light at noon. A 
number of friends of Capt. A. C. Corkum, master of 
Pantooset, accompanied the yacht as far as the light 
in a tug. Before leaving the anchorage these frieiids 
went on board and presented Capt. Corkum with a 
beautiful silver loving cup. 
Pantooset will proceed to Southampton by way of 
Fayal, where she will continue fitting out. From there 
she will go to Cuxhaven, Germany, where Mr. Bige- 
low and party will join her. She will then pass through 
the Kiel Canal and up the coast of Norway, as far 
as North Cape. Returning she will go up the Baltic 
as far as St. Petersburg. She will then return to Cux- 
haven, where Mr. Bigelow and party will leave her. 
She will then return direct for America, arriving in 
Boston about Sept. 10. 
Mr. B. B. Crowninshield has sold the schooner Atta- 
quin, owned by Mr. Durbin Home, of Pittsburg, and 
now under charter to Mr. Lawrence Jones, of Louis- 
ville, Ky., to Mr. Robert P. Bonnie, of Louisville, Ky. 
She will be used in the South. He has also sold the 
i8-footer, Tokalon, owned by Mr. R. J. Randolph, Jr., 
to Mr. M. Williams, and the i8-footer Janet, to Mr. 
C. W. Jaynes. 
The Y. R. A. 25-footer Chewink II., designed by 
Messrs. Burgess and Packard, and built by Fenton, of 
ivxanchester, for Mr. F. G. Macombei", Jr., was tried 
out last week. She is said to have shown great speed 
and is looked for to be especially fast at reaching. 
At a meeting of the judges of the Eighteen-foot 
Knockabout Association, held April 27, it was voted 
that all existing boats in the Association shall be re- 
measured and reweighed before receiving certificates 
of racing numbers for the season of 1903. 
John B. Killeen. 
