April io, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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ri^ANS FOR A 40-FOOT CRUISER, BUILDING FOR RUSSELL DART, FROM DESIGNS BY H. J. GIELOW. 
Cruising Boat for Russell Dart. 
Russell Dart, of this city, is having a new 
cruising power boat built, from designs by 
Henry J. Gielow, which will be used for cruis¬ 
ing on Long Island Sound and Eastern waters. 
The general dimensions of the boat are as fol¬ 
lows: Length over all. 40 feet; length on load 
waterline, 39 feet 6 inches; beam, extreme, 10 
feet, draft. 3 feet. The draft has been kept con¬ 
sistent with good Weatherly qualities, so that, in 
addition to having a good sea boat, the owner 
may be able to go into shoaler bays and 
harbors. The boat is being built by the 
Murray & Tregurtha Company, of Boston. 
The hull is planked and deck laid, and the 
joiner work is now being set up in place. The 
construction is thoroughly substantial; the keel, 
stem and sternpost are of white oak. the frames 
selected white oak, planed, steamed and bent, 
and the planking is of cedar above the water¬ 
line and of yellow pine below this. Exceptional 
strength will be obtained by decking the hull 
across amidships, so that the sides will be 
thoroughly connected and fastened together, a 
style of construction used by Mr. Gielow in 
Dreamer and a number of other boats. The 
headroom under this deck will be 4 feet 4 
inches, and the motor will be located under 
this deck. The headroom in the cabins will be 
6 feet 2 inches in the clear. 
The arrangement of the interior is unique, 
consisting of two independent cabins, one for¬ 
ward and the other aft of the bridge deck. The 
forward cabin is 12 feet 3 inches in length, with 
a large toilet and dressing room on the port 
side aft, a berth forward of this on the same 
side; forward on starboard side will be a berth, 
and aft of this a transom arranged to draw out 
and form berth at night. Suitable drawers and 
lockers are provided to give ample storage 
room for wearing apparel, etc. The after cabin 
will be II feet 6 inches in length, fitted with 
two transom berths with lockers under, a large 
toilet and dressing room on the starboard side 
forward, and sideboard and buffet forward on 
port side. Forward of this on port side will be 
a galley, having a floor space of 16 square feet, 
fitted with dish racks, dresser, shelves, sink, 
oil-stove, etc., complete. Forward of this galley 
will be an ice-box and refrigerator, having a 
capacity of 500 pounds of ice in addition to a 
refrigerating space for perishable provisions. 
For a distance of 9 feet from the stem the 
