“Hostess” and “Express” off Manhasset Y. C. House 
HOUSE-BOATING 
By C. D. Mower 
r I THROUGHOUT the country there are 
countless sheltered harbors and bays 
which offer ideal conditions for the enjoy¬ 
ment of house-boat life, and each season 
finds added numbers of these interesting 
craft anchored in the quiet places where the 
full charm and freedom of the life may be 
realized. 1 he true house-boat is one that 
has no means of self-propulsion, but the love 
of adventure and the roving spirit which we 
all inherit to a greater or less degree, has 
caused many who have been attracted by the 
possibilities of 
house-boat life to 
build craft which, 
under sail or pow¬ 
er, can cruise from 
place to place, visit 
new scenes and 
enjoy the never- 
ending variety of 
pleasures which 
our coasts and in¬ 
land waterways 
can offer. These 
craft have been the 
cause of a more or 
less general im¬ 
pression that it is 
necessary to be able to move about at will from 
one port to another, but this is a mistaken one, 
as the height of enjoyment may be realized on 
board the true house-boat which is securely 
moored in some well-chosen anchorage, and 
the very feeling that one cannot move gives 
the charm of laziness which makes vacation 
life so delightful. 
For people who wish to be away from the 
city during the heat of the summer months, 
the house-boat offers a solution of the prob¬ 
lem, as the cost of building one is no more 
than the cost of a 
cottage on shore, 
and the question 
of obtaining suit¬ 
able land is en¬ 
tirely eliminated, 
for the waterways 
are always free, 
and any one may 
enjoy the full 
benefits of the 
most expensive 
water-front prop¬ 
erty. Certain 
parts of Long Is¬ 
land Sound offer 
ideal opportunities 
LIVING-ROOM, LOOKING AFT 
251 
