Dec. 21; 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
789 
Schooner Yacht Monk. 
The schooner yacht Monk was built this 
year from designs of J. Murray Watts, by the 
Salisbury Marine Construction Company, for 
Powell Evans, of Philadelphia. This boat is 
58 feet over all, 46 feet on the waterline, 16 feet 
9 inches beam and has a draft of 4 feet. She 
has been used on fishing and ducking expeditions 
on the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay. 
The arrangement below decks shows an en¬ 
gine room in which is installed a 45 horsepower 
Reeves-Graef motor, which drives the boat about 
9P2 nautical miles, together with the necessary 
fuel tanks, lubricating oil tank and work bench. 
The cabin is entered by a flight of steps from 
the after deck leading to a lobby on the port 
side. This lobby has a double berth in it and 
can be used for a stateroom. There is another 
stateroom on the starboard side. Amidships 
there is a large dining saloon 16 feet wide with 
sofa transoms on either side, and a Franklin 
stove at the after end. 
Forward of the main saloon is a large bath¬ 
room on the starboard side and a galley on the 
port side. The galley is fitted with a Webb per¬ 
fection range, and the usual ice chest, sink and 
lockers. The coal range has a hot water back 
which supplies hot water to the bath tub and 
wash basin in the owner’s bathroom. 
In the fore peak are the crew’s quarters 
with accommodations for three men and a crew’s 
toilet. There is a raised hatch over the crew's 
quarters with glass set in at the sides where the 
boat can be steered from as from a pilot house 
in bad weather when running under power. 
When under sail, she is steered by a typical 
schooner’s wheel on the after deck. This steer¬ 
ing wheel is of the Edson screw type. The boat 
is rigged as a pole-masted schooner and carries 
a large sail spread. Owing to her great beam 
she has proved very stiff in the winter weather 
found off the Delaware and Chesapeake capes. 
This boat is easily handled under sail by one 
man, as all the sheets lead aft to the wheel. 
The distinguishing feature of the boat is the 
large amount of deck room and the good head 
room in the cabin which averages about 6 feet 
5 inches. The boat draws about 4 feet in her 
normal loaded condition and about 9 feet with 
her centerboard down. 
For summer cruising she is equipped with 
copper mosquito screens throughout and has un¬ 
usually fine ventilation. Large mahogany sky¬ 
lights, 5 feet by 3 feet, ventilate all these com¬ 
partments. There is, moreover, an electric ex¬ 
hausting fan which constantly renews the air 
in the boat and sucks out all fumes of oil, bilge 
water or cooking, so that she is always kept sweet. 
The owner’s idea was to get a boat on which 
he could go off and be as comfortable as in his 
country house. As an example of real com¬ 
fort, it can be seen that the double berths live 
up to their name, being 3 feet 9 inches wide. 
The bathroom is 8 feet wide by 6 feet long and 
the rest of the rooms in proportion. 
Yacht Club Elections. 
ATLANTIC Y. C. 
Commodore J. Stuart Blackton, of the At¬ 
lantic Y. C., was re-elected at the annual meet¬ 
ing. Willard M. Taylor will be Vice-Commo¬ 
dore, and Arthur W. Teele, Rear Commodore. 
James F. Allen was elected a trustee, term to 
expire next year; Edwin Palmer, term to ex¬ 
pire in 1914, and Peter W. Rouse and Albert E. 
Smith, terms to expire in 1915. Edward L. 
Graff was elected as Secretary; P. FI. Hart as 
Treasurer. 
There will be three new Class Q sloops built 
for the season of 1913. The owners will be 
Commodore Blackton, Albert E. Smith and Peter 
W. Rouss. 
BENSON HURST Y. C. 
George R. Le Sauvage was re-elected com¬ 
modore of the Bensonhurst Y. C. at the annual 
meeting of the organization. It was the first 
annual meeting that the organization has held 
in its new home, and was attended by more than 
150 Lower Bay Corinthians. The full ticket 
chosen is as follows: Commodore, George R. 
Le Sauvage, sloop Joy; Vice-Commodore, Rich¬ 
ard W. Hummed, sloop Dixie; Rear-Commo¬ 
dore, Harris A. Robbins, yawl Wahkan ; Secre¬ 
tary, W. W. W. Roberts; Treasurer, C. H. 
Clayton; Board of Directors, George L. Beston, 
Charles H. Bassler, Charles M. Wells, Bruce 
Stickle, Carl L. Dingens, John W. Cherrie; 
Nominating Committee, yacht owners: Robert 
E. Dingham, Charles H. MacKrell, R. W. Rum- 
mell, Jr.; non-yacht owners: E. S. Golding, 
William T. Davis, William E. Wilson. 
LARCHMONT Y. C. 
At the annual meeting held at the Waldorf- 
Astoria on Dec. 4 the following were elected 
officers of the Larchmont Y. C. for the ensuing 
year: Commodore, Charles Smithers, yacht 
Muriel; Vice-Commodore, Francis M'. Wilson, 
yacht Sumida; Rear-Commodore, Chas. Morgan, 
PLAN OF SCHOONER YACHT MONK. 
