New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-14
EXPENSIVE YACHTING.
STEAM PLEASURE CRAFT AND THE COST
OF MAINTAINING THEM.
ONE MAY SPEND $500 OR 100000 A YEAR. Ac-
CORDING TO HIS TASTE AND THE SIZE
OF HIS BANK ACCOUNT.


Shout Economy try TO board a steam yacht. Pleas
ure would Pipe all hands and spear him with ooa'-
hook Economy and the owner OF steam yacht
part COMPANY at the gangway. Stcam-yachting Is
exclusively for the rich. No person Of moderate
means need think OF It except short road 10
bankruptcy.
There are enthusiastic yachtsmen who assert that
no true son of Neptune is ever found aboard steam
yacht but that dlctum should not be received with
out material qualification. Many a real yachtsfnan
is so hampered by family considerations that ne
must 90 ser in a ateam yacht or remain ashore IL
is not difficult to imagine him looking out OF the
cabin portfolios az the racing fleet with something
akin the feeling OF prisoner at the spaces OF MS
barred window. There other men whose absence
from the deck n racing yacht Is due 10 Illness ana
there are still others who get TO business at ~
o'clock In the morning, whether the wind piows OF
not Doubtless than half OF the steam-yacht
owners would be found aboard sailing yacht II cir
cumsanccs would nllow.
In England many men combine steam-yachting
and sma.l-yacht racing by carrying halfrater or
onerater at the davits and going from port to port
IN search OF sport That will be popular In America
In time.
The cost OF steam yachting can be estimated accu-
ratsly only the close of the season. when all dis
arc paid 50 much depends upon the individual taste
or within of the owner that accuracy In estimate Is
impossible The owner OF a steam yacht is not sup
posed 10 much about the minor details OF eA-
ncnse: and as q matter of fact he rarely does. II
one were to count ones pennies at all times on
pleasure trip the element OF pleasure would be con-
sdcrnby intcrfered with
To persons Intending 10 charter steam yacht FOR
seasons outing It Is difficult 10 give many practical
suggestions The fixed charges for tho charter ana
working expenses OF a yacht definite enough.
but beyond that Il L. impossible 10 90. AS general
proposon II may be said that for those who desire
moro than one season Of steam yachting It IS cheaper
IN buv 4 Yacht outright than TO charter H. A good
ore from 70 10 s. feet waterline ength with ample
recommendations for six eight passengers, can be
bought at second hand for from $500 TO $4,000 This
same Yacht could be chartered for the season OF
four months for less than from 5000 20 5000 II ono
IS willing 10 take rather old ana SLOW Vesse' the
selling price will go as low $1,000. and the cnar'er
nrice s. 600 For .arge yachts OF from oo 10 "V lots
rho charter price varica according 10 the vessel IL
usually runs from s. - 70 SO a ton per month
or tho fixed charges tho one uncertain clement IS
tho expensc for coal Anthracite coal varies IN
nr,cc according 10 the por, which It Is purchased
7, will run from 81 to s. n ton. The amount OF coal
burned Will depend on the length Of time the yacht
ia under way While n anchor there is no expense
for coal except the cooks galley. An @-foot yach,
viii as an average estimate. burn two tons or Goa!
., an all-day's run. She Will have carrying
c,o,ci,v Of about eight ten tons. Some yachts
Will burn m pro coal than others OF the same size ana
soeed The steam yacht Nade. S. feet overall
length does 90 miles on two tons OF c al.
Assuming that n cruising steam yacht will be under
way hall OF tho timo, tho fixed expense Of running
an so-foot vessel Will be something like this each