Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-03-04
A BOAT FOR VANDERBILT.
TIE LARGEST AND FINEST YAoHr
EDER RUILT,


HaDdspnc-t sIrasure Crn,I AtInnI.
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New York Il ntd Thursday
Tle Nrtirits Of cnn'raet were ,.xeeut..d
yesterday for The huilding Of Willinm X.
Nanderhilt's large steel steam Yacht. She
will be built at Wilmington. Del. Nv the
old iron ship-bnilding firm, the Harlan 4
| Hollingsworth Company, The builders
have agreed TO deliver the vessel com.
plete in seven months, and. the general
| plan for the hull, engines, &c, that was
brought from England short time ago
by st. Glare Byrne will be followed As
has been stated in the Herald before Mr..
| Byrne will exercise a thorough super
vision of the construction of this yacht,
and, though be sails TO day for home, two
| of his best men will be sent immediately
to this country TO oversee the work-in
fact, inspect every detail from the laying
OF ,he keel until the yacht is launched
This yacht is tn he thorough seagoing
craft in all tiht such II term can apply
and with a strict reference TO her model
build, motive power. rig and fittings
The hull proper will he built throughout
of the best quality of mild steel. and the
specified details OF Its construction nre
such that s will class 100 Al - British
Lloyds. She will he built. t,o under
Lloyds' special survey, and tie vessel
will also have in her construction and
outfit every requirement Of tirst-class
United States steam craft. Her designer.
since his arrival here on the 9th inst, has
been busy in arranging the plans of this
large yacht that they might please the
owner, and excepting in some of the
smallest details they are now NIL complete
and to the satisfaction of Mr.. Wander
bilt. This fact makes the building of 30
large a steam yacht in so short time
comparatively easy, for there will be no
alterations and consequent delays. Her
principal dimensions have finally been
agreed upon as follows:
Length over all. 2s5 feet; length from
stem to rost, 256 feet; lenRth on load line,
252 feet: extreme benm, 32.03 feet depth
moulded, 2l.O6 feet extreme draught, II
feet; diameter propelling wheel. 1906 feet;
measurement in tons, .. M., 1911.
All fittings and appurtenances will be
of the best, ms rich and solid in appear
ance as the finest materials known to the
yacht building world can furnish.
In her appearance this design looks
like yacht, and not like packet collier,
canal boat or barge. The sheer is taste r
fully graduated in its vertical curvature,
tuohBH pOShiulN hOlut WOull ike lU see
more hight at the stem head. She has the
beautiful contour to her bow that is so
common to most of the vessels built on
the Clyde and which is defined by an
artistic sweep, a curve, given to the cut
water as it rises up to meet the loSer sidd,,
of the bowsprit. Carved trail boards and
a fitting head will ornament this import
ant feature in her appearance. The stern
is like all of the English yacht sternB-as
pretty as can be made, with its long
counter, bird-like quarters and dashy
rake. Masts and smokestack rake alike.
and, in keeping with the sheer forward,
the bowsprit has life-like appearance in
its steve. In the nautical eye the tout
of this design is bewitching,
and there need be no fear that Mr.. Van
derbilt's yacht will be mistaken for a
freight packet bound to the eastward
when she steams down through the
Narrows.
The contract for the construction of
steam yacht for William X. Vanderbilt
has been awarded the Harlan & Hollings-
worth Company, an official letter bearing
this information being received from
New York by the company this morning.
The contract price is not made public,
although several days ago it was an
by Architect Tams that Mr..
expected to pay about $500. 900
for his pleasure craft, but it is intimated
that this amount will not nearly repre-
sent the cost of construction and equip
ment.
The new yacht will be the largest
pleasure craft afoat on American waters
and great deal larger than any recorded
in the English registry. Her length is
265 feet over all; the next largest yacht
launched in this country is the Norma
haul, built by the Harlan & Hollingsworth
Co., for William A. Astor, whose length
is 226.S feet. The Atalanta, Gould's
craft, however, has been heightened and
is larger than the Astor boat but nearly
80 feet smaller than the projected craft.
A very good comparison may be made
with the steamer Republic which is 80
feet in length, 15 feet shorter than the
new craft. She will also be the most
boat afloat as well as the
largest. Her appointments are TO be
palatial and her fittings and furnishings
as fine as can be procured with money.
All the work will be done by the Harlan
X Hollingsworth Co., and by Wilmington
mechanics. Work will be started on the
new craft at once in order to complete IL
within the specified time, seven months.
1t is semi-ofiicially stated in New York
that the Harlan Il Hollingsworth Com
pany was the only bidders for the boat
and that Cramp & Son, the Philadelphia
builders, after learning of Architect Tams'
preference for the facilities and the work
of the Wilmington company, did not offer
any proposal. They were anxious of
course to secure the work, but felt it use-
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