Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-17


NAPHTHA AND KEROSENE LAUNCHES.
the sloop and from the schooner 10 the
massive steam yacht fitted ont In the
style Of q pslatial ocean passenger
steamer. But TO note the extent of this
splendid sport one has but to look over
the long list of New York yachts built
by the Herreschoffs or in the Burgess
yards. or to take q look at the magnifi-
cent proportions Of the Wasp. the Glori-
ana. the Pyxie, Ell Chico, the Hansell,
the Fancy, the Hawk, all vessels Of late
designing, or at the Alva, the Conquer
or, the Nourmahal, steam yachts that
cost AL the way from s150,oO0 to e4o0.-
600, the price at which the Vanderbilt
craft, the Alva, is held; or perhaps to
skim along the sound on the decks of
that calm-water speeder, the Norwood.
It Is an expensive sport; perhaps as
expensive a. q stable Of horses, and
often as full Of bitter disappointments.
had occasion recently to visit one Of
these ship-renting firms and the prices
quoted me meant in almost every in
stance . neat annual income. quote
the prices and arrangements offered me
verbatim:
I'VE win charter you . 40-foot steam
yacht no staterooms-just an open
boat, you know, for s28 . day. or, II
taken by the month. at $500. You
furnish the fuel, we the captain and en-
gineer. Or we can charter you q 75-
foot pleasure yacht. with three. or
four staterooms, for 81, 500 q month, we
supplying the crew and you grub it. :"
And what Is the expense Of fuel and
grub7"
THAT depends. You ought to figure
on $1,000 q month anyway for extras
and incidentals."
"What can you charter the Alva for?"
"Well. don't know that she can be
chartered But can get you 12o-foot
steam yacht, every bit as comfortable
and enjoyable, for s., 900 month. Your
expenses in this case would be $1,000 q
month extra. / can charter you o
schooner yacht, complete, for q, 200 q
month, or q sloop for $50 q day. But
perhaps the wisest thing to do II you
want . seasons sport is to buy a steam
yacht, q schooner or a sloop, and sell il
for whatever it viii bring at the end Of
the season. You can expend &. 900 and
get splendid pleasure craft, or go as
high a. $4,000, and get neatly out
fitted 75-foot steam yacht"
But after all there is splendid sport In
. good launch and the cost is compare
lively sman. You can buy a petroleum
launch % feet In length with a width
Of 4 feet 6 inches and of one-horse pow
er, finished in ash or oak, for $3.50. A
launch of the same proportions for salt
water use would probably cost $3.50
The increased cost for salt water use Il
due to the expense for condenser and
water tanks. The cost for launches 25,
80 and 80 feet In length. finished In ash,
oak or mahogany, ranges from e725 to
u. 200. These boats are constructed
with cedar bottoms, copper rivetcd,
overhsng stern and pretty shear seats
forward and aft of the motor. The
rudder n of brass or iron running
through the overhang OF counter and
fitted with . tiller and steering lines
leading around the inside of the boat,
% that the steering can be done from
any place The motor II an automatic
petroleum burner, generating steam
The nsphtha launches are constructed
on the same general plan and are about
equal in cost With a good engineer the
danger Is practically infnitesimal In
either the naphtha. the petroleum or the
kerosene launches
A forty-foot nsphtha launch with .
drsught twenty-six inches. fitted out
with . neat cabin. and finely uphol-
erred. win cost all the way from o., 500 TO
q. 800.
In the line Of smaller sailing craft
found the prices very reasonable. There
II . combinatson row and sailboas. really
. catboat. which can be had all the way
from $3.50 20 800. The latter Ia nineteen
feet in length and can seat nine per-
sons N IL supplied with rudder. tiller.
yoke, foot-stretcher. bsck-rests. anehor
and rope. brass swivel ruwlocks. stern
and stern protectors, " nicely var
ni-hed and posished and finished IN coli
ord wood.
The fnH esf-riered saifhnat With
op~n ec>k pit eentertosrd. sixteen feet
long and holding four persons. - worth
with sail $50 From this the prices
raase up ~ esoo Cor hosss TWENTY-FIVE
fret IA length and eth . capacity for
Zen p~rses.
In sis-sp rigred b-sssa. With 30 and
mSinsaii, the n ffsst<r ~iii ssssa 600
cad the sofsot4T d 800
tyns Il che oxetts<sf eatin eofhrsssa IN