Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-04
vANDERBILr's STEAM YACHT.
2S5 Feet Long and 1911 Tons-To be
Completed in Seven Months

From the Yeto York Sun.
Having decided to build steam yacht
that would be able to sail around tho
world, Mr.. W. k.Vanderbilt will now ap.
ply to the American Yacht Club for ad-
mission, and his name will be voted on at
the next meeting of the club, when he
will without doubt be unanimously elect.
ed. MIR. Nanderbilts new yacht will be
the queen of the American feet in size.
Her length will be 2S6 feet over and 252 on
the load water line, while Mr.. Astor's
NOurmahal, hitherto the largest, is but 233
feet over ali and 22l on tue water line.
The new yacht will he 80 feet wide, II feet
deep. and will draw II feet of water, while
the NOurmahal is 80 feet wide, 1917
deep, and draws II feet of water. MIR.
AstOr's yacht measures | ,264 tons and
Mr., Vanderbilts 1871. Some of the older
people will be better able to comprehend
the size of these big pleasure ships when
it is said that the famous clipper packet
Dreadnought measured only a little over
LOO tons and she carried from 300 to 400
passengers on passage, besides 1900 tons
Of freight.
Mr.. Vanderbilt adheres 10 the old-fash-
Toned sailor idea that the crew should be
housed forward, and has accordingly pro
ylded roomy quarters for 90 men below
deck forward OF the first or collision bulk
head. Next aft are rooms for the owner
and his servants, the dimensions of the
diningTo0m being no less than 3lxiS feet,
with ample head room for a tall man. I'M
mediately over the dining-rOom and on the
upper deck is the galley, an arrangement
that will keep the tween decks free from
the smells of cooking under all circum-
stances. A novel conceiti in the cOnstruc-
ton Of the passageway leading aft past
the engine room is a little recess, with
sofa in 1t, from which the workings Of the
machinery can be plainly seen.
Abait of the engine room are the quar-
ters for the officers. In all twelve bath
rooms have been provided for the owner.
his guests and the crew, besides vapor
bath in the forward house on the upper
deck. The usual saloon and chart room
will he built on deck.
Mild steel will be used in the constitute
ton OF the new yacht, the frames and
plating amidship beng of the fun size re-
quired for iron to give strength. She will
be provided with three cylinder compound
engines, and will ordinarily use steam at
from 90 to 100 pounds pressure. Six bulk
heads will give safely in case Of collision.
Her coal bunkers will hold 800 tons or
coal-enOugh, probably, to enable her to
jog across TO Liverpool comfortably and
back again without recoaliug. Her sail
power alone will be sufficient to enable
her TO make $50 miles a dav with fair
wind, but, except in long voyages, the
sails will not be depended on to any ex-
tent. She will have three masts, and will
carry yards on the forward one. Her
model will be sharp. She will have a
clipper, or what the English call a swan
stem, and her stern Will be as handsome
as her bows. She is expected to make 10
to rs knots on the measured line.
The new yacht will be built by Harlan
a. HolliDgswOrth, who also built the Nour-
mahal, She was designed by ST. Glare
Byrne. the English naval architect, She
is to be completed in seven months.