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SACHEM II. OUTBOARD PROFILE, SECTIONS, CONSTRUCTION AND CABIN PLANS DESIGNED BY HENRY J. GIELOW FOR CHARLES W. LEE, 1904. 
Sachem II. 
Through the kindness of Mr. Henry J. Gielow we are 
able to publish this week the plans of the cruising launch 
Sachem II., ex Dreamer II. The boat was designed and 
built for Rear Commodore Charles VV. Lee, Manhasset 
Bay Y. C., and she was put together in Mr. Robert 
Jacob’s yard at City Island. 
The boat answered Mr. Lee’s requirements so well that 
he is now building another boat of the same type, only a 
little larger, at the Jacob yard. The new boat was also 
designed by Mr. Gielow. Sachem II. is now the prop- 
erty of Mr. Frederick T. Adams, and with a 25 horse- 
power Standard- engine she. does better than ii miles. 
Aft there is a large water-tight cockpit i8in. deep. It 
is 8ft. gin. long and 8ft. wide. There is an 8in. waterway 
all around. Under the cockpit there is a 200-gallon water 
tank. 
The companionway, which is amidships, leads directly 
to the main cabin, which is 9ft. long. There is 4ft. 4in. 
floor room between the transoms at the forward end of 
the cabin and 3ft. 3in. at the after end. The transoms 
are 2ft. 6in. wide and 6ft. 6in. long. On either side of 
the companionway are hanging lockers I2in. deep, while 
forward, on each side, are i8in. sideboards with lockers 
above. 
Forward of the main cabin is the owner’s room 6ft. 8in. 
long. On the starboard side is a berth 2ft. gin wide, and 
the full length of the cabin. Beside the berth on the for- 
ward bulkhead is a bureau i6in. by 24in. with a mirror 
above. On the port side is the toilet room, which is 2ft. 
wide and 3ft. 6in. long, and the wardrobe, which is 3ft. 
long. 
A door opens into the engine room and this enables the 
steward to pass from the galley tllrough to the main 
saloon. 
The after part of the engine room has not full head 
room as the deck is flush for a length of 5ft. Under the 
flush deck there is 4ft. sin. head room. The forward part 
of the engine room is under the after end of the forward 
house. In this part of the engine room and in the galley 
there is 7ft. 4in. head room. 
The galley occupies a space of sft. yin. in the forward 
house, thus giving a roomy, light and well ventilated 
place for the steward to work in. 
The forecastle is under the forward deck. On either 
side are transoms with pipe berths above. Forward, on 
either side, are clothes lockers for the men and between 
is a patent water closet. In the, next, compartment is a 
l8o-gallon gasolene tank, A 
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The after house is i6ft. long and the forward house 
is loft. long. Both are 2ft. Sin. high. There is 6ft. 2in. 
head room under carlins in the after house. There is 
15ft. of deck space forward. 
Sachem II. was beautifully built and Mr. Jacob is doing 
another fine piece of work on Mr. Lee’s new boat. Sachem 
II. has oak frames and lin. cedar planking. The arrange- 
ment below has been well worked out and she is a very 
practical and livable boat. 
The dimensions follow : 
Length — 
Over all 59ft, 
L.W.L 52ft. iiin. 
Overhang- — • 
Forward 2ft. 4m. 
Aft 3ft. gin. 
Breadth — 
Extreme loft. 7j4in. 
L.W.L gft. i6j2in. 
Draft — • 
To rabbet 2ft. 4in. 
Extreme 3ft. gin. 
Freeboard — 
Forward 5ft. 
Least 3ft. 2in. 
Aft 3ft. Sir- 
Recent Sales. — Mr. H. G. Tobey, New York Y. „ C.,. 
has sold his sloop LjHa Louise to Mr. John W. Bird 
through the office of Mr. Stanley Seaman. She is a keel, 
boat designed by Crowninshield, built by Lawley in 1902,: 
57ft. over all, 35ft. -waterline, 14ft. yin. breadth and yfL 
8in. draft. Mr. Bird, who lately moved to- New York, is- 
an old Boston yachtsman, and will use her for cruising 
on Long Island Sound. The same .agency has Sold a. 
naphtha launch for Mr. W. H. S. Wood, president of the 
Bowery Savings Bank, to Mr. R. E. Henry, New York. 
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Lighthouse at Port Jefferson Burns. — The light- 
house, which is located on the breakwater that protects; 
Port Jefferson harbor, was totally destroyed by fire on-, 
the evening of Nov. 16. The keeper, Herman Burke,, 
jumped overboard to save himself from being burned.. 
The local firemen went to the scene of the fire in. an; 
oyster boat, but they were too late to render any assists 
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A Designer's Views of the Universal Mcas- 
nrement Role. 
The subjoined interview with Mr. A. Cary Smith ap- 
peared in the New York Herald of Nov. 19: 
“I have known the New York Y. C. since the days 
when races were started from Hoboken and sailed to and 
around the Southwest Spit, and have seen all the changes 
in measurement since that time. 
“First, area of sail was used, then length multiplied by 
breadth. This measurement was changed to displacement 
on the advent of the Cambria and her owner of many 
letters and protests. Displacement was found to be too 
variable and vexatious, and was changed to cubic con- 
tents, measured to the lowest place in the deck above the 
waterline at side of boat. 
“At last the fallacy of this measurement was shown — 
it favored shoal and low boats — and sail area and water- 
line was adopted, with the waterline as the basis of classi- 
fication. Some years after, corrected length was adopted 
as a basis instead of the waterline. This called forth very 
severe criticism from prominent designers and yachtsmen. 
The contention was made that this modification would 
produce a canoe-shaped vessel with small sail area. 
“The soundness of their judgment may be known, when 
the Reliance is the outcome of this rule. After the reign 
of the fin keel, the joy of the repair shop and a constant 
bill of expense to the owner, the present measurment was 
evolved by the ‘Wizard’ of Bristol, and while he was at 
work Mephistopheles sat at his elbow and prompted him. 
“The quarter beam length, as it is now called, is a line 
parallel to the center line at a quarter of the beam from 
that line, extended fore and aft to a point one-tenth of 
the beam above the waterline. This takes in about as 
much of the overhang as the boat uses, and is really the 
true length. 
“We now have a choice of dimensions. The only re- 
.striction is that the quarter beam, or L measurement, is 
the basis of draft. And this is the place where the fine 
hand of Mephistopheles came in. As this line determines 
the draft, there is a temptation to make this line as long 
as possible, and if made shorter a centerboard will be 
needed to give the required lateral resistance. 
“When too late, it is found a deep boat does not 
like a centerboard; in fact, but a few feet can be used 
to advantage. The knowledge of the proper location 
of the centerboard is esoteric, and will remain so for 
some time. 
“The profile of the modern boat does not leave much 
jroow to, |>kcej-rd!«nterhoard. Again the shape Ql the 
