St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-02

hat many other pleas ureS occupy their
eisure summer time, to say nothing of the
remaining eight or nine months of the year.
In order to keep up the same mOmentary
pace in all the festivities which ensue be-
tween New Years and Christmas, the &c.,
600 yachtsman should have an income of
not less than 500, 900. provided he has any
intention of living within his resources or
of accommodating a nest egg.
Boston yachtSmen are not, as a rule, so
extravagant as their New York brethren,
and many of them seem to think that I'M
less man is prOdigal in his salt water hos
pitality he should be able to weather the
season without crossing the S., 200 line.
Gray must have thrown a good deal of his
money overheard if his boat cost him
SO, 900 every year." said gentleman who
owns one of the largest and best-known
yachts in Eastern waters, and as the I'M
happy proprietor of the Huron had not the
reputation OF an eXtravagant host there
would seem TO be a great deal of truth in
this assertion.
A vessel like the Huron could be
launched complete, according to the state
ments of the leading builders in this section
of the country, at a cost of from $40. 900 to
S25. 900 at most. The jolly tars on board
would number eight or nine men before the
mast, a captain. mate, cook, steward
and perhaps a cabin boy. The pay of the
crew will average about $50 per month for
each ordinary seaman, from 500 to S125
per month for the captain, from $50 to SIS
for the mate, and, according to the epicur-
can tastes of the owner the cooks
wages would range from that of the
heave-o'- my timberS tar to that of
f1a.N -.
Some yacht owners who are inclined to put
on style, twill select from their rope-hauling
minions second mate. ''bOSun' and
quartermaster. for an additional wage of
So every thirty days. Putting the number
of the working crew of a crack yacht at
twelve, and fixing the cost therefore accord
ing to the following literally
table. the cost of maintenance can be easily
determined
Captains salary per month, say. 800
Mates salary per month, say........ SO
Second mates salary per month, say. 80
Quartermasters salary per month, say. So
Bosun's salary per month, say........... So
Six seamen at $50 per month. ............ $50
Cook per month, say. 40
Total per month. Observation-Disclosures. .s475
Adding this to the cost of keep" and
bringing the total up to 5000, we have the
sum Of 800 as the seasons expenditure
for the crew. Placing it at 50, 900, the al
lowance is liberal indeed.
But yachting has this in common with
housekeeping, that one never knows where
his expense will cease. There is always
something to be bought, whether it be
some adornment for the cabin or some sup
plement to the rig. Accident to the can
vas, collision, humping upon the shoals, the
hundred and one mlShapS which befall
nautical locomotiOn. and the various causes
for frequent hauling up" on the stocks
pile up the Outgo Of dollars. These things
provided for. it remains with the owner to
determine whether his reputation for hos
pitality and dinner-giving shall follow him
from Commonwealth avenue to the briny.
If he is accustomed to playing mine host
upon his ship, he is likely TO find this item
his dog-day expenditure beating
the ships maintenance bill out of
sight. At this point the cost of
yachting becomes mere conjecture, but he
must. indeed, be generous skipper who
entertains to the extent of $4,000 during
the season. and thus brings up his account
with Neptune to the comfortable figure Of
IS, 600. What shall be said, then, of the
man who regards $4,000 as moderate
seasons yachting bill? He must have
foated his vessel on champagne and Bur-
gundy, and dined his crew and his guests
upon Delmonico mems every day in the
week. Considering the fact, however. that
few Boston yacht owners live on board their
sloops or schooners, and that still fewer
keep open house for an army of acquaint-
ances, it is difficult to understand how Mr..
Gray, who was proyerbial for not doing