23. 
30. 
30. 
30. 
30. 
3. 
6 . 
6 . 
11 . 
13. 
13. 
20 . 
20 . 
20 . 
20 . 
23. 
26. 
26. 
27. 
27. 
27. 
27. 
Yachting . Fixtures for 1908. 
MAY. 
New Rochelle Y. C. 
Harlem Y. C., annual. 
Indian Harbor Y. C., spring. 
Bridgeport Y. C., spring. 
Atlantic Y. C. 
JUNE. 
Marblehead to Bermuda, sail boats. 
Knickerbocker Y. C. 
Bensonhurst Y. C. 
Motor boat race to Bermuda. 
South Coast Y. C., San Pedro to Honolulu. 
Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
Marine and Field Club. 
N. Y. A. C., Block Island race. 
N. Y. A. C. motor boat race to Block Island. 
Atlantic Y. C. 
Larchmont Y. C. 
Indian Harbor, cruise to New London. 
Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
Brooklyn Y. C. 
New Rochelle, annual. 
Belle Harbor Y. C., around lightship. 
JULY. 
—. Fall River Y. C., ocean race. 
3. Auxiliary race, Y. R. A. of N. Y. Bay, around L. I. 
3. American Y. C., annual. 
4 . Larchmont Y. C., annual. 
4 . Hartford Y. C., annual. 
4 . Atlantic Y. C. 
4 . Brooklyn ocean race. 
6 . Motor boat elimination trials. 
11. Riverside Y. C., annual. 
11. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
18. Atlantic Y. C. 
18. Motor boats, Marblehead to New Rochelle. 
18-26. Larchmont Y. C., race week. 
26. New York Canoe Club. 
AUGUST. 
1. Indian Harbor Y. C. 
1. Atlantic Y. C. 
1. International motor boat. 
8 . Horseshoe Harbor Y. C. 
8 . Corinthian of Stamford. 
8 . Bensonhurst Y. C. 
8 . Huguenot Y. C. auxiliary sail and power to Strat¬ 
ford Shoal. 
10. Crescent Y. C. of Watertown, Hamilton to Chamont. 
165-mile race, boats up to 46 rating. 
16 . Huguenot Y. C. 
15. Bridgeport Y. C. 
15. Hempstead Harbor Y. C. 
15. Atlantic Y. C. 
22. Boston Y. C., ocean race to Shelburne, N. S., for 
motor boats. 
22 
22 ! 
22 . 
27. 
29 . 
29 . 
29 . 
31. 
1. 
2 . 
3 ! 
4 . 
4 . 
6 . 
6. 
6. 
5. 
7. 
7. 
7. 
7. 
10 . 
12 . 
12 . 
12 . 
19 . 
19 . 
19 . 
26. 
26. 
Stamford Y. C., annual. 
Marine and Field Club. 
Binnacle Club. Boston to Shelburne, N. S., motor 
boats. 
Belle Harbor Y. C., around lightship. 
American Y. C., summer. 
Northport Y. C., annual. 
Bensonhurst Y. C. 
Atlantic Y. C., Thompson challenge trophy. 
SEPTEMBER. 
Atlantic Y. C., motor boats, around Fire Island. 
Atlantic Y. C., Thompson challenge trophy. 
Atlantic Y. C., motor boats, around Fire Island. 
Atlantic Y. C., Thompson challenge trophy. 
Seawanhaka Y. C., special. 
Seawanhaka Y. C. 
Hartford Y. C. 
New York Athletic Club. 
Brooklyn Y. C. 
Larchmont Y. C. 
Norwalk Y. C. 
Sachem’s Head Y. C. 
Atlantic Y. C. 
Indian Harbor Y. C., sweepstakes championship. 
Belle Harbor Y. C., around lightship. 
Indian Harbor Y. C., fall. 
Crescent Athletic Club. 
Larchmont Y. C. 
Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
Atlantic Y. C. 
Handicap Class, annual. 
Bensonhurst Y. C. 
A Siamese Revenue Cruiser. 
The revenue cruiser Suriya Monthon, recently 
completed by John I. Thornycroft & Co., Ltd., 
Southampton, is of a type that is likely to be¬ 
come very useful where smuggling is still rife 
and armed resistance is the rule in any en¬ 
counters between Government officers and those 
engaged in defrauding the revenues. She is the 
second of her type built by Messrs. Thorny¬ 
croft, the first being Amapa for the Brazilian 
Government. 
The particular duties of Suriya Monthon will 
be the suppression of the existing practice of 
opium and firearms smuggling which is carried 
on to a very great extent in Siam. In addition 
to this, however, she will prove a very handy 
and fast dispatch boat, and her seaworthiness 
is vouched for by the fact that the sister vessel 
Amapa crossed the Atlantic to Buenos Aires 
under its own power and without any discom¬ 
fort to the crew. 
The vessel is 137ft. long by 18ft. beam with 
a draft of 6ft. and carries on her forecastle a 
6-pounder Hotchkiss quick-firing gun. The hull 
is of Siemens Martin bullet-proof steel, and has 
fourteen watertight bulkheads, one only of which 
is fitted with a watertight door, the others being 
intact. The forward and aft decks are also 
watertight. These precautions against founder¬ 
ing are rendered very necessary by the numer¬ 
ous uncharted coral reefs abounding in the seas 
in which she will cruise. 
The machinery comprises two sets of 3-cylin- 
der compound surface condensing engines, gin., 
13m. and 20kSin. diameter respectively, by nin. 
stroke, and a Thornycroft water tube boiler of 
210 pounds working pressure, working under 
forced draft. Two condensers having separate 
circulating pumps, a Caird & Rayner evaporator, 
capable of supplying two and one-half tons of 
fresh water per twenty-four hours, a drinking 
water distiller, and three steam pumps for feed, 
bilge and fire purposes respectively, are provided. 
The quarters are roomy and exceptionally well 
ventilated throughout by electric fans, those for 
the officers being under raised quarter deck aft 
and consisting of dining saloon, cabins for cap¬ 
tain and six officers, with bath, pantry, lavatory, 
etc. The warrant officers’ quarters and the crew 
space are under the forecastle. 
Cold storage accommodation is provided. The 
vessel is electrically lighted throughout all com- > 
partments and a searchlight projector of 10.000 
candle power is placed on the bridge. Steer¬ 
ing is controlled from the bridge by a steam 
engine, transmission being by shafting and bevel 
gear. A hand steering wheel is also supplied. 
Another auxiliary is the steam windlass fitted 
forward. 
In addition to the ordinary ship's lifeboat and 
dinghy, a motor tender will be carried. This is 
a standard type Thornycroft launch 30ft. long, 1 
built of teak throughout, and provided with the 
necessary cork belting, air tanks, etc., to pass the 
Board of Trade requirements for a lifeboat. The 
motor is the popular Thornycroft 4-cylinder 
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A SIAMESE REVENUE CRUISER WITH MOTOR BOAT TENDER ON DAV ITS. 
