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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 20, 1906. 
JVa-Oal Architects and Hr offers. 
WILLIAM GARDNER. 
Naval Architect, Engineer, and 
Yacht Broker. 
No. 1 Broadway, Telephone 2160 Rector, New v ork. 
STEARNS (®l McKAY, 
Ma.rblehead, Mass., U. S. A. 
NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND YACHT BUILDERS. 
Designs to suit any requirements. 
Send 10c. stamp for illustrated catalogue. 
A SCOOTER RACE START 
Scooter Races. 
Through the courtesy of Capt. Will Graham, 
of Blue Point, Great South Bay, we are enabled 
to publish an interesting little photograph of the 
start of one of the scooter races held during the 
past summer, for the Smith medal and the Log 
cup. The Log, by the way, is a newspaper of 
a monthly appearance, edited by Capt. Graham. 
The scooter is a boat peculiar to Great South 
Bay, and is a boat as readily used in summer 
as winter, sailed in water or on ice, and is much 
used to get about the great meadows and marshes 
hunting or fishing. These boats are flat-bottomed, 
straight sided, and besides lee or centerboards, 
are equipped with shod runners, and on ice these 
boats perform very well. 
The race in question was in charge of Capt. 
Graham, of Patchogue, and Rear Commodore C. 
W. Wilson, of the South Bay Y. C. The officers 
of the races and newspaper men saw the race 
from aboard Admiral, the yacht belonging to 
Arthur White. 
The boats entered were three in number. Scud 
Capt. Fred D. Smith, of Bayport; the other two 
scooters were owned by Mr. Chas. Lau, and Mr. 
Dayton Pledges, of Patchogue, the scooters finish¬ 
ing in the order given. 
Scud won the Log cup, which must be won 
once on open water and once on ice. Great South 
Bay is an ideal place for sailing, and of late years 
many yacht clubs have sprung into existence and 
are doing good Wbrk in developing the sport as 
adapted to sailing those peculiar waters. The 
gift of cups and medals by Capt. Graham and Mr. 
Smith show a sane way of promoting interest 
and encouraging racing of a good kind which 
may be done either summer or winter in that 
multum in parvo the South Bay scooter. 
A New Steam Yacht. 
It is very gratifying at this time to learn that 
contracts are being placed for deliveries next 
season. It cannot help but put the yards in 
good condition, and will give them time to 
make good and creditable work, and save worry 
later. We publish a description of a new fast 
steamer, designed by Mr. Henry J. Gielow for 
Peter W. Rouss. The contract has been 
awarded to Mr. Robert Jacob, of City Isjand. 
The yacht will be built of steel, and is to be 
delivered on June I of next year. The model 
and lines show a well turned and graceful boat 
and one well suited to the conditions of express 
service between New York and Long Island 
Sound. 
The principal dimensions of the new vessel 
will be: Length over all, 141ft. 6in.; load water¬ 
line, 140ft.; beam, extreme, 15ft. 6in., and draft, 
6ft. She will be built in the best possible man¬ 
ner and of the highest quality of mild steel, 
which will be subjected to chemical and me¬ 
chanical tests, as well as rigid inspection, be¬ 
fore being used. Every precaution will be taken 
to make the craft safe and seaworthy, as is 
shown by her double bottom amidships, which 
will serve as fresh water tanks or can be used 
for water ballast in a seaway. She will have 
four watertight steel bulkheads. 
Forward there will be a mahogany deck-house 
22ft. in length, the forward end forming a dining 
room, with a seating capacity for fourteen per¬ 
sons. Abaft of the dining room, on the port 
side, will be a butler’s pantry, with refrigerator, 
ice-box, racks and a dumbwaiter leading to the 
ON GREAT SOUTH BAY. 
galley below. On the starboard side will be the 
captain’s stateroom. 
The quarters forward below deck for the crew 
will be commodious and comfortably arranged. 
Aft of the crews’ quarters is located the galley, 
with a large ice-box and refrigerator fitted in 
addition to the usual dressers and lockers. 
The machinery space comes next, and in order 
to deaden the sounds, keep the heat away from 
the living quarters forward and aft and to re¬ 
duce the labor of firing to a minimum, athwart- 
ship coal bunkers are fitted. 
Abaft of the machinery space is a dressing 
room extending the full width of the vessel, 
with toilet and bath with tiled floor. Aft of this 
are two large connecting staterooms with wide 
berths, sofas, bureaus, etc., complete. Then 
comes a large cabin extending the full width of 
the vessel, arranged with sofas. Still further 
aft on the port side will be a toilet and bath¬ 
room, and on the starboard side will be a state¬ 
room. The sofas, berths, bureaus and side¬ 
boards will be of selected mahogany, polished, 
and the rest of the interior finish will be in white 
enamel with line gilding. The plumbing will be 
thoroughly modern. 
Particular attention has been given to the ma¬ 
chinery and nothing will be spared to have it 
of the first class and to secure the smoothest 
running. There will be two main engines ot 
the four-cylinder triple expansion type, four 
cylinders being used to secure a perfect balance 
of the reciprocating parts, and great strength, 
with lightness, has been obtained by using steel 
of 80,000 pounds tensile strength per square 
inch. In fact, with the exception of the 
cylinders the engines are of steel throughout. 
Steam will be supplied by boilers of the water 
tube type, built for a working pressure of 275 
pounds to the square inch, of ample size to 
furnish steam under forced draft for driving the 
vessel at a speed of 25 miles an hour. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Sloop Mira Sold.— Mr. Chas. Lane Poor, of 
the New York Y. C., has sold his well-known 
sloop Mira to Mr. John ,T. Pirie, of this city, 
through the office of Stanley M. Seaman, 220 
Broadway, New York city. Mira was designed 
by Wm. Gardner, built in 1899 by Frank Wood, 
City Island, N. Y., 54ft. by 35ft. by 12ft. by 8ft. 
She has been one of our most successful craft, 
representing a wholesome type and at the same 
time showing good speed. Messrs. G. L. and A. M. 
Pirie, sons of the purchaser, have been well 
known in the raceabout class, having won the 
championship several seasons; so Mira may be 
expected to be heard from next season, when she 
will undoubtedly appear against Irondequoit and 
others of the class. 
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The New York Y. C. has acquired through 
Mr. A. B. Tuthill, by purchase, Sheffield Island, 
the most beautiful of the Norwalk Islands on 
Long Island Sound. The club will establish a 
station and convert the fine old mansion into a 
club house. 
It « X 
The firm of A. Carey Smith & Ferris have 
been appointed to superintend the construction at 
Newport News, of a steamer building there for 
the Mallory Line. 
The firm has in charge for alterations the 
yacht Julia, ex Oonas, owned by Mr. J. H. 
Gas Engine & Power Go. 
and 
Ghas. L. Seaburv & Go. 
(Consolidated,) 
Morris Heights, New York City. 
YACHT BUILDERS 
Steam Yachts and Gasolene Launches for 
Cruising or Racing. 
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Few Creations of Man 
are subject to as many different strains as 
A VESSEL 
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TENSION 
TORSION 
TRANSVERSE 
VIBRATION 
And there are times when all of these 
strains are applied 
At the Same Instant. 
Read Kipling’s “The Ship That Found Herself.” 
The best of workmanship stands the 
racket none to well. 
How can anyone expect much of the 
other kind. 
If you haven’t the money to spend on both 
fine finish and strength, insist that your 
designer give you strength. 
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