The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-13
A PENNANT-wINNING LAUNCH.
The Beautiful Satellite Ruilt I'm seattle
For San Francisco

The gas engine launch Satellite. the first
OF Its kind built in Seattle which was
shipped by the steamer Faralion TO DR.
v. r. Buckley, OF San Francisco, has won
high praise from the Call, which says
some Kind words OF It's builder. r. II. En-
gelbrecht. OF this city. The boat is hav-
Ing gas engine put In her and Is backed
for a winner. The Call says of her:
The Satellite is the name of the new
launch, and before the season Is over 1t is
predicted that she will have passed every
thing In the bay. The vessel itself is
thing of beauty. but ii In her lines which
catch the yachtsman's eye. The graceful
sweep OF the white cedar hull, the sharp
bow and overhanging stern give indloa-
tions OF what she can do. and IL the gas
engine meets the requirements. the Satel-
lite VIII be the fastest boat of her class
on the bay
The designer of the novel craft. for she
viii be novelty In these waters, is r. T.
Engeihrecht. now of Seattle but formerly
OF this city. When only ten years old he
was whiting models of boats. and, al
though his fathers wealth ard position
were sGch SIS TO give his choice OF voca-
tions. he wanted nothing better than a
boatshop. He became a crank on the sub
iect and has travelled all over the United
States and studied the art of boat~bulld-
ing IN the best known ship and navy
yards.
Last year DR.. Buckley owned the Hi
roGidel. and Attorney George a KNIGHT
tried In vain TO beat him with the Arrow
The aquatic attorney vowed 10 build a
launch that would heat everything the
physician could produce and he has now
a great bay-swecper IN course OF CON
struction. DIR. Buckley heard OF Eugei-
brecht. and decided 10 try him. He be-
came interested in the boat builder. and
was aston.shed when told what he could
do. The result was that contract was
given for the Satellite. and DR. Buckley
Is more than pleased with his bargain.
when completed the launch will be one
OF the most thorough little crafts afoat
She Is ss.s feet In length over all, but SO
beautifully is she proportioned that she
does not appear 10 be more than = feet
Her extreme beam ts feet inches:
depth az bow 81 feet. at the stern feet
and aunidships 4 feet, She Is copper
fastened throughout. ard is the first YES
sci ever built on the coast in which plugs
have been used instead of putty. Her
rails and stanchions are OF ash and her
deck is seven~eighths inch fir, soaked IN
hot lgnssed oil Her Interior Is a gem OF
art as well as of utility. and when the
furnishings are in place. the Satellite viii
b. credi'ahls iistle rcacas palace. There
are three cabins. az which the hulkheads
can be removed ~ viii, throwing the en-
tire vessel tuto one large apartment in
curly maple and hardwood finish. The
cabins viii be lighted with incandescent
lamps and the vessel viIl carry q a.
candle po~er headlight Two hunks ere
in the saloon ard there are two others
feSward.
THE propeller VIII b 39iuch screw
with a 4s-incsi pitch. and the engine vii,
~. L horsepower with a speed Of II knots
an hour The vessel can ne steerei from
the side by the engineer, or forward with
out Rim, One cf shs pecGiiari,ies 81 the
engine Is that ore lever starts. stops and
backs the launch. The gearing is TO he Of
hnckskin. SO that the craft wiiI run al
most without noise a small dynamo and
storage batteries VIII rest forward Of the
eugfns 20 operate the electric lights,
The Satellite will make her trial trip
IN about three weeks"