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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Nov. 27, 1909. 
New Fast Cruising Motor Boat. 
Cox & Stevens, of this city, have just placed 
an order with Geo. Lawley & Son Corp., South 
Boston, Mass., for the construction of a large 
fast twin-screw motor boat that will be de¬ 
livered to her owner on April 1. This boat will 
attract considerable attention from the fact, that 
although she is of high speed, she has excellent 
accommodations for the owner and guests. 
Her dimensions are: Length over all, 98 feet; 
beam, 15 feet; draft, 4 feet 6 inches. These 
dimensions were adhered to for the reason that 
the owner wished to be able to navigate the 
Erie and Champlain canals, as the boat would 
be largely used on the St. Lawrence River. 
The motive power consists of two 6-cylinder, 
125-horsepower Standard motors, air starting 
and reversing. As a speed of not less than 16 
miles an hour was desired, it was decided to 
adhere to a modified torpedo boat hull, and 
having a raking stem and wide stern without, 
however, the sharp corner at the waterline, 
which has been found objectionable in a seaway. 
The boat is to be built in the most expensive 
manner throughout, so as to reduce weight 
without sacrificing strength. The planking will 
be in two thicknesses, the outer of yellow pine, 
the inner of cedar, frames to be of oak, also 
the deadwood and keel. The fastenings are to 
be entirely copper and composition, so that the 
boat may be sheathed if required for use in 
Southern waters. 
The design shows an extremely smart look¬ 
ing craft, with large ventilating stack, through 
which the engine exhausts pass, a long deck¬ 
house containing dining room and galley, which 
has been depressed below the deck line, so as 
to reduce its apparent height, while retaining 
full headroom below. The deckhouse will be of 
teak, also the rails, bridge, skylights, companion- 
ways, coamings, side ladders and all deck bright 
work. The boat is flush deck throughout, hav¬ 
ing a small trunk over the after stateroom, 
which will be used as a seat. Aft of this trunk 
is a cockpit to protect guests from the weather 
when it is necessary. 
Particular attention has been paid to securing 
good liberal accommodations below for the 
owner and his guests. At the after end of the 
boat is a double stateroom full width of the 
boat, having two built-in berths with drawers 
underneath for stowage, two wardrobes, and 
large bureau with plate glass mirror over it. 
The companionway to the after quarters comes 
down from the deck just forward of this room, 
landing a passage, on the starboard side of 
which is a maid’s room, containing bureau, 
berth and wash basin, and on the port side is 
a large bathroom with tiled floor. This passage 
also leads forward to a second large double 
stateroom full width having a berth on the port 
side, and on the starboard side a sofa that can 
be arranged for a berth when required. This 
room also has two wardrobes, a bureau with 
plate glass mirror and two seats that are used 
as shoe boxes, and over each one of these a 
small bookcase. Forward of this room again 
comes the engine room containing in addition 
to the propelling machinery a large electric 
lighting plant, capable of lighting the boat 
throughout, including a searchlight, also stor¬ 
age batteries of ample capacity, the necessary 
and usual lockers and shelves for stowing en¬ 
gine room gear and a transom that may be 
used as a berth for the engineer when desired. 
At the forward end are situated gasolene tanks, 
three in number, of a total capacity of 1,600 
gallons. These tanks are made of extremely 
heavy copper, so as to avoid all danger of 
leakage and rest on a drip-pan having scuppers 
discharging overboard. The ventilation in this 
room is extremely good, on account of the 
large stack overhead, a skylight and also the 
added draft caused by two cowls discharging 
fresh air into the bilge. Forward of the engine 
compartment is a third large stateroom full 
width of the boat arranged in the same manner 
as the after stateroom, communicating on the 
starboard side with a bathroom fitted out in 
the same way as that in the after portion of the 
boat. From this stateroom a stairway leads on 
the port side directly to a passage communi¬ 
cating with the dining room in the deckhouse, 
so that the owner may pass from his quarters 
to the dining room without coming outside. 
Forward of the bathroom and stateroom below 
comes a mess room for the crew, a portion of 
which is reserved for a large ice-box and place 
for galley stores, as well as a stowage room 
for the owner’s extra luggage, in this room be¬ 
ing sleeping accommodations for the cook and 
steward. Forward of this space again comes on 
the starboard side a stateroom for the captain 
with desk, bureau and wash basin, and on the 
port side a smaller stateroom for the engineer, 
and beyond these rooms is a forecastle having 
accommodation for three men and pipe berths, 
their toilet arrangement being forward of their 
room and separated from it by a bulkhead. 
The deckhouse is long and low, and has been 
kept as wide as possible, so as to secure a large 
dining room capable of seating at least twelve 
persons. On the port side from this room a 
stairway leads down to the owner’s quarters 
below, and on the starboard side is a lobby 
from which the main entrance to the dining 
room is secured, this lobby also being con¬ 
nected with the pantry and the galley, which 
are at the after end of the deckhouse and have 
a communicating hatch to the storeroom be¬ 
low, so that stores could be drawn as required 
from the storeroom. 
The finish in the owner’s and guests’ quarters 
throughout will be very simple but rich. All 
the doors, berth fronts, bureaus, pilasters, chair 
boards and general trim are to be of Flemish 
oak, while the bulkheads, the deck overhead 
and the sides of the boat are to be paneled 
handsomely and finished in white, so as to make > 
the rooms lighter and more airy in appearance. 
The deckhouse having large windows, does not 
require the same treatment, and will be finished 
entirely in Flemish oak, the color scheme of the 
furnishings in this room being green, while in 
the quarters below green and red will be used 
in the various rooms. 
Long Island Sound Officers. 
It is said that Stuyvesant Wainwriglit, of the 
American Y. C., will be the next president, and 
James W. Alker the next secretary of the Yacht 
Racing Association of Long Island Sound. 
President W. Butler Duncan, Jr., and Secretary 
Charles P. Tower have declined a renomination, 
and the committee has had to look for new men 
to fill their places. In the two selected they 
have made excellent choices. Both are en¬ 
thusiastic yachtsmen, fully alive to the require¬ 
ments of the sport, and able to help keep racing 
on the Sound up to the high plane that it has 
reached. 
The Forest and Stream may be obtained from any 
newsdealer on order. Ask your dealer to supply you 
regularly. 
