Dec. 12, 1903.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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LINES OUTBOARD PROFILE AND CABIN PLAN OF 00-FOOT HOUSE-BOAT DESIGNED BY CHARLES " D. MOWER FOR THE LATE JULIAN RIX. 
Sixty Foot House-Boat. 
While, perhaps, not a house-boat in the strictest 
sense of the word, this design may be properly classed 
as a cruising house-boat, as she represents a type be- 
tween the true house-boat and the yacht. While pos- 
sessing all the comforts of a house-boat in the way of 
living accommodations, a boat of this type is capable 
of summer cruising on such waters as Long Island 
Sound and the Great South Bay, or the inland water 
ways of New York State, and is especially adapted for 
winter cruising southward and in Florida waters. The 
design was drawn to accommodate the owner and one 
or two guests only, so an extensive arrangement of 
sleeping quarters was not desired. The general 
arrangement shows a large main cabin in the middle of 
the boat. 
In addition to serving as a living room, this cabin 
was to be used as a studio and work room, and for this 
reason an unusually large skylight was placed over 
head, and large double windows on either side. As a 
general living room the double length of sofas on the 
port side makes a comfortable lounging place, vi^hich 
can be made up into berths at night if necessary. The 
alcove at the forward end makes a place for a large 
desk, which is not only a convenience but almost a 
necessity to the average owner. At the aft end on the 
port side -is a sideboard with china closet above, and 
a small locker at the side. On the starboard side the 
table occupies the middle portion with a small up- 
holstered seat at either end, and a convenient arrange- 
ment of lockers. At the forward end is an open grate 
yacht stove for comfort in cold and damp weather. 
The cabin is about i8ft. by 14ft., which would make 
a large room even in a house, and has seven feet of 
headroom. The finish was to be of natural wood, with 
beams and framing exposed, and panels between all 
stained to a dark, dull finish. The upholstery was to 
be leather, and the furniture of very simple design. 
■ The living accommodations are forward, and com- 
prise two state' rooms and a bath. The owner's room 
is in the forward end of the house ' in - order to get 
light and ventilation from windows on three sides. 
Xhe guest's room is smaller. The bath room is quite 
large, .having a good size- tuh, fixed wash basin and 
■wiater cjoset. .Tiie flot>r of tiiis room was to be tile<i, 
and the plumbing all exposed and thoroughly up-to- 
date in every particular. While not opening directly 
from either state room, the toilet is easily accessible 
from both, as well as from the main cabin, by a passage 
cut off by a portiere. 
The working part of the boat is all aft the owner's 
part, and, though the space is small, it is arranged in 
such a way as to give the necessary room to work. 
The motor is installed in the passageway, protected 
by brass hand rails on the side where people must 
pass it. The galley is large, having the regular stove, 
sink, lockers and cupboards. A feature worthy: of- 
notice is the ice chest, unusually large and built so 
that the ice is put in from the deck outside, while the 
stores and food are reached through doors in the 
galley. A small state room on the starboard side gives 
a place for the cook and engineer, and just forward is 
a large locker for linen, etc. 
The boat is to be handled from the after deck, the 
steering wheel being placed on the aft end of the house 
with the controling levers of the motor conveniently 
placed near at hand. The space under the deck at the 
ends is utilized for stores, gasolene supply tanks,- etc. 
On top the house is a big promenade deck covered 
by a double awning with a heaA'y rail at the sides. 
This deck is unobstructed, except for the skylight and 
the fresh water tanks which form settees. The boats 
are carried on davits, hoisted above the- promenade 
deck, where they can swing inboard for canal work. 
The dimensions of the hull are: Length over all, 6oft. ; 
length waterline, 5Sft. ; breadth, i6ft. ; depth, ..-ift. 6in, ; 
draft of water, extreme, 2ft. 6in. 
The design shows a hull of simple and cheap con- 
struction, yet strong and heav}'- enough- so that the 
boat can stand the hard usage encountered in canal 
work, and can be run aground without danger of 
straining. The specifications call for 3'ellow - pine in 
almost every part of the hull; the framing being heavy, 
the bottom planking 2j^in. thich and the side planks 
2in. thick. 
The cost of such a boat depends greatly upon the 
amount expended upon the cabin, finish, fittings, fur- 
nishings, etc. An approximate estimate on the cost of. 
the hull complete with house — not finished inside- 
deck fittings, etc., would be two thousand dollars. The 
motor woul4 cost, say about twelve hundreds aiiii 
other thousand would be expended on the cabin work, 
making the total cost somewhere about forty-five hun-.. 
dred dollars. 
The boat was designed by Mr. Charles D. Mower , for ^ 
the late Julian Rix. 
Race for Harmsworth CtJp. 
Mr. John H. McIntosh, =ecretary of the American 
"Power Boat Association, received the following- 1 fitter 
on -Dec. I in regard to entries for the Harmswortli In- 
ternational cup race for motor boats to be held (Lirin;j; 
1904: 
Dear Sir: I have the pleasure to inform you that, 
by the consent of the donor, entries for the Hrir'- - 
worth International Cup for Motor Boats can now be 
received by-the Automobile Club up to midday on Fd). 
I, 1904. "Entries have to be made through the recog- 
nized club of the various countries competing, and a-'i 
interval of six months- wiil be givbn between the 
ceiot of a challenge and the holding of -a T-ace. w' ich 
will probably be held in the Solent some time in Aug ist.:. 
The only qualification for entry is that the boat s!:,all- 
not exceed 40ft. over all. - '- - . ' . ■ 
I should be very' much obliged if you/could kindly 
make this as widely known as pos.^ible -in "order that 
i'.-=rp mav be a large entry for this \-e"y important- 
trophy. - Yours faithfully, Basit. H." Joy, 
Technical Secretary.-- - 
The races for this . cup are governed by the^'r I'-s" 
adopted by the Automobile' Club of Great Britainf 'ITe. 
H.armsworth Cup Committee recently' decided "that, no.; 
alteration be made in the rules ' in a'liy one year ' a1te \ 
the feiceipt^of the 'challenge," and. that there shallLbe' '1I 
minirnum period of" six, month's between the race "nnd" 
the receipt 'of the xhallenge in any one year, and that' 
every boat in order '.to 'be. "eligible to' take part in the' 
race must' be .fitted with such "mechanical power 'as"wilK 
drive"hef "astern "at the rat"e~of not less than Tour 'knots'; 
an hour in still water. - . _ - , . ' 
The first annual dinner_of the Bensonhurst-Y. C/^was' 
held on the evening of - Nov. -30 at -the Assenibly in;' 
Brooklyn. Commodore A-l Bellows actedjas -toast- 
master, and over- fifty mtn^^'?rs/ -tlisif ; gu^.s.ts -"^ 
