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Launch of Bettina III. 
The cruising cabin motor boat Bettina III., 
built by the Electric Launch Company at Bay¬ 
onne for F. G. C. Lyon, of the New York Y. 
C., was launched last week. She was christened 
by Mrs. Lyon, wife of the owner. This is the 
second yacht built by this firm for Mr. Lyon. 
The general dimensions are 84 feet over all, 14 
feet beam and 4 feet draft. The yacht is 
equipped with a ioo-horsepower. six-cylinder, 
air-starting Standard engine installed amdiships 
between two watertight bulkheads. The gaso¬ 
lene capacity is 600 gallons carried in tanks on 
each side of the engine room. An electric 
dynamo is installed with dynamo directly con¬ 
nected to the gasolene engine and the engine 
serves also to pump the bilge and to furnish 
compressed air for starting the main engine. 
Electricity is used for pumping the fresh water 
to the service tank on deck. 
The highest grade construction is employed 
in the hull, the keel and frames being of white 
oak with planking of long leaf yellow pine. The 
best of construction is employed above decks, 
which are of pine with mahogany deck houses. 
The dining saloon is forward on deck, a view 
of the surrounding waters being obtained by 
those sitting at the dining table, which accom¬ 
modates eight or ten. The interior of the din¬ 
ing saloon is finished in selected mahogany. 
The owner’s quarters aft consist of a large 
double stateroom with bath adjoining, a large 
double stateroom for guests and the main 
saloon. The finish of the quarters aft is in 
white enamel and mahogany, the furniture be¬ 
ing of selected mahogany, bureaus, chiffoniers 
and trim. 
The crew’s quarters forward are very com¬ 
fortable and include a captain’s stateroom and 
berths for six men. The small boat equipment 
consists of a 12-foot dinghy and 14-foot power 
tender equipped with an 8-horsepower, two- 
cylinder gasolene engine. Mr. Lyon will use 
Bettina III. for cruising on the Sound and 
along the Atlantic coast, the design of the boat 
affording the best of seaworthy qualities. 
Gold Cup Challenger. 
Rear-Commodore J. Stuart Blackton’s 
Viva has been selected as the challenger for the 
Gold challenge cup which will be raced for on 
the St. Lawrence River under the auspices of 
the Frontenac Y. C. Aug. 8, 9 and 10. The 
boat is of the hydroplane type, 33 feet over all 
and is being built by the Emersons of Alex¬ 
andria, Va. She will be launched this week and 
put in readiness for a few preliminary trials be¬ 
fore being shipped to the Thousand Islands. 
The cup will be defended by Dixie IV., which 
has been loaned to the Frontenac Y. C., the 
present holder of the trophy, by Commodore 
H. H. Melville, Frederick K. Burnham and 
August Heckscher, of the Motor Boat Club of 
America, the owners of the craft. Another chal¬ 
lenger is Maple Leaf III., the property of E. 
Mackay Edgar, of the Royal Motor Y. C. of 
Great. Britain, and the fastest gasolene-driven 
craft in the world. 
Viva probably will be the smallest of the 
real fast boats in the race, although there may 
be a few others of the same over all length; 
but so far they have not given promise of as 
much speed as Commodore Blackton expects 
from his new flier. 
Romania Wrecked. 
The cruising motorboat Romania, twenty-two 
tons register, which was on her wav across the 
Atlantic ocean, struck on Chebogue Point near 
Yarmouth at 11 o’clock on the night of July 
24 and is a total loss. The crew and some of 
their effects were saved. The navigator lost 
his way in the strong southerly storm which 
caused excessive indraft into the Bay of Fundy. 
No observation had been possible for some 
time. 
Romania was built last winter for Captain 
John Weller. She was 50 feet long, 12 feet 
beam, 5 feet draft and had a motor of 37.5 
horsepower. She had on board 1,500 gallons of 
gasolene, which were thought to be sufficient 
to take her across the Atlantic from Yarmouth 
to Queenstown, and Captain Weller thought he 
would make that part of the voyage in fourteen 
days. A model of the yacht was exhibited at 
the last motorboat show in this city. She was 
stanchly built and well able to withstand rough 
weather. 
On board besides Captain Weller were Anton 
Madro, pilot; Robert Mayer, engineer, and Wil¬ 
liam Small and Marry Strukmeyer. These 
voyageurs were entertained at dinner on Fri¬ 
day, July 14, by the members of the Jamaica 
Bay Y. C. and late in the afternoon the yacht 
got under way and was escorted out to sea by 
the Jamaica Bay fleet of about 100 boats. That 
night Romania anchored in New York harbor. 
She continued her voyage the next day, going 
through the Sound and touching at Bridgeport 
and Providence, and then she went around the 
Cape to Boston. Captain Weller intended to 
visit Yarmouth and then cross the ocean to 
Queenstown. The yacht had on board stores 
to last two months. 
Race to Bermuda. 
The committee of the Motor Boat Club of 
America has announced that the race to Ber¬ 
muda will be started from Huntington on 
Saturday, Sept. 9. This race was postponed 
from June 7 because some owners were not 
ready to start then. 
Cruiser for M. C. Keith. 
Minor C. Keith, first vice-president of the 
United Fruit Company, is having built a 60- 
foot twin screw bronze cruiser by Welin Davit 
and Lane & DeGroot Co. The boat is intended 
for use on Great South Bay, near which Mr. 
Keith has his summer residence. The hull of 
the new boat is built throughout of bronze, the 
keel, stem and sternpost all being of that metal. 
It has been found that the extraordinary tough¬ 
ness and resisting powers of bronze make it 
more durable than steel for hull purposes. The 
bronze plating is re-enforced with closely spaced 
oak ribs fastened so that no rivets pass through 
the wood by means of the Sivard clip construc¬ 
tion. She is divided into several compartments 
by watertight bulkheads, also of bronze, mak¬ 
ing her practically unsinkable. 
The use of a non-corrosive and non-fouling 
metal in the hull makes it unnecessary to paint 
below the waterline and obviates the need of 
hauling her out for cleaning. The new 7 boat 
w’ill be 12 feet beam, 2 feet 10 inches draft and 
will make fourteen miles an hour. She will be 
equipped with two forty horsepow'er heavy duty 
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