The morning call., 1891-11-01
TIE DILEMMA.

TO prove that Mr.. Herreshoff was not max
Ing a misleading assertion. =: t = ~.
- Ihe boat s04niuch fuss is being made
made about is not what tits claimed to be-
+ / builtthe Dilemma forlny own use about
the bay,gin connection with my. own boat:
ingz:business.. You may say for me, and
emphatically. that she has not been built
=for, any outside party, and that.sh in not: a
race. think very little of lfer: model: and
s would not advise a largeror costly yacht
+ to be built on Der generallineS. She Is but
25deetl long on the water line, and: is small
/ rigged.*s built her. as! an experiment, and
am not satisfied with The results. butsI did
not build her under lock and key. :: fEha 1Di-=
lemma is: 80 feet over all and z feet beam,
with an iron keel weighted With more than
800 pounds of lead Heroyerhan g5resembles.
that of thee loriana. and she carries, as /
have. intlnated, a small rig, c0nsistingzof a
!; jib and mainsail.. She has no bOwSprit' -
Have. you any other work contracted
for ?' - Z, -. - H.
s"Oh, yes: We are to build: this winter an
S3-f0ot steam yacht. We began work on.
her fore the vacation season: had termi-
mated. She is to- have IL 1s-feot beam, 8
foot. draft, to be Of 60 horse power. with. a
compound engine, and especial care is to be
taken to produce an economical craft; one
that can:b run:by asmall crew. 80 r.
Then we have contracted for another 46-:
efoOter.', 1 : :. =. !: :.
= ""Whofor ~. 4. =. FEN.
f why, for a. gentleman residing In New
York, ard it Isl for that port that tile steam.
yacht IS being built. The 46-footer is to; be
an Improvement on the .Gloriana..% We were,
|$of course, grathed at; tile success Of the
/ queen craft OF the Season-eE: 1885,; and will
endeav0r to bring out another fast one for
next season. The Gloriana,s. lines willnOt
be much deylated from, but: there will. be
| some changes that we: think will be bhne-:
fciaEtothe new boatas racer ::..s.:... J.
We, have also contracted to build two
CIR liar. hOata (na. 10 n fffn tar "a "a
other 20-footer.. Those are the measure-
ments on the water line. The former is:for'
a Philadelphia, and the latter is to 90 to:
Boston," =; :: -, -.
"Who are these yachts for2'' :..:...
II can't tell you. HIRE you see Is Just
| what gives rise to the many newspaper as
sertions Of mystery-enshrouded dongs at
| our yard. People come to:us and enter into
| contracts for the: buildins:o of boats: They
| expressly stipulate: that the ownership: Of
| the boats shall not be disclosed7by us. They
pay us good money, take their boats when
| they are completed, and that. is all that is
| necessary. When the owners get good and
| ready they make public what they please.
| With every boat contracted for thus far this
| season. there has been eXacted that one
| thing, silence as to ownership, aud we shall
| observe the requests. Anything that we
| can legitimately give out for publication we
will"
"What do you think Of the coming sea-
son?"
1.-THE boat building season L suppose You
mean? Vel, 1.-The prospects for the winter
are very fattering, and from what can see
the outlook is good for plenty of work. We
| shall be busy here way up to the opening OF
I the summer, and have no hesitation in
| saying that everywhere the prospects look
| quite bright for the appearance in the
| waters of our cuast Of many new and fast
| boats next season.
Don't say much about the Dilemma,
she is not worth noticing. She is my own
| property, is not racer. wasn't intended fol
i one, and l don't think much:0 her. Pve
said all this before; IN simply emphasizing
it TO prevent the boating public from, being
! misled."