The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-19
MANY NEW STEAM YACHTS.
BUSIEST SEASON DESIGNERS AND
BUILDERS HAZE EYER HAD.

ihlS IL 'ne buHlenl beusou lHt SaclI eslku
ers and builders OF this country have ever had.
The Government last year purchased many OF
the best steam yachts, and those who sold
nave nearly oil ordered new ones. Ihe most
important.of the steamers that have been built
Is tho Corsuir. owned by Commodore j. Iler-
pont Morgan. She VIII take the place of the
I'D Corsair. which under the name o! Giouces-
ter uid such good WORK during the spanish
war. she Is the third yacht 10 be named Corr
salr ana oil nave been owned by commodore
Morgan. The new Corsair was built by Mar
Niii " Co. AT NewDurg from designs byJ. Beavor
webb. The.lattsr also designed the last Corr
sair. as well as the cup challeDgers Genesta
ana daiatea. The new Corsair Is q steel boar
OF lhe ioliowihe dimensions; Length over al.
~! ieet' length on the water line. 2oZ ieet
lhches extreme Deanl' ID ieet d lnches' oepth.
~ rect u inches; dra'ight. 10 feet. After
peinG launched she was towed down the river
10 fIetchers yard. Hoboken. where her en-
Rines were nut In and her JOINER WORK was
competed. Inc yacht Ia now nearly ready and
VIII soon go on a trial trip. IL is expected that
enc VIII De the fastest boat OF the KIND IN these
waters one Is rugged with TWO pple masts
ana is htted with biIge Reels w ieet long ana
rs inches deep. Inc win engines are OF the
trlple-eSpansio tyne steam is supplied by
Two uounIe'enued scotch boilers. lhere are
three houses OF steel on the main deck. each
OF whlch 49, sheathed with Mahogany. Ihe
FORWARD one Is inc dlhlnG saloon. that amid
SHIPS the galley companion 10 the boller ana
engine rooms ana chart ROOM ana the AFTER
house Is the rooms OF Commodore Morgan.
from this mouse there Is q compahlonway 10
the quarters below. The officers and crews
ouartors p nm tho lorer deoL forword Az
OF these are TWO staterooms and the main sa-
loon. Then comes the machinery space aft.
storerooms. ice boxes. &C., are on the deck
80. ut. N... -. 800 -.
peioW thls' Nlahogahy Is useu ior the Joluer
work on deck. the staterooms are finished In
enamel and gold and the main saloon in Amer.
- ~ w. a .n IA, "a oaIVo II no
icah quartercu OAK. All tue nhishihss are ar
tistic and very rich. The Corsair will carry
.ntee l"unches' one gig one lIeoon' aho a
cutter She IL ht'ed win an electrlc pant IN
l,toet and most modern conysniencss
ri nii.ar p,mnn. go. ,nh.o,,.n l.,
one eO o. theta the largest 20. of t the pe ,ca steam a yaebts' be ,r
dimensions being: Length over all. 301 feet:
ionr,h on the wst.r iine o5s ,se,. srtrems
S Ssam. IS Is ief feet 9 a ineh. 81 n Tbi: t 90 tSss' b aaa
at the Bath Iron Works. She was designed by
Charles r. Hanscom. Her engines ore OF the
t,iple-.xpanslop tyne. and on her trial trim aha
made seventeen knots an hour. Under nat
ural draught 1876 revolutions a minute were
maue ana ''ooo morse power developed, me
Arhrodlte Is now at Mannlng's' and men are
at work night and day finishing her interior
us 20 D"IN -" ''iuau
nearly l'.ooo square leet OF canvas. her
coal-carrylrg capacity is $50 tons. which is
sufficient for her IN steam across tho Atlantic
or mi mead and stiiii have rnaI left on rsanh'
in n I Tho othar st sid VIZ Tbe dining mir { saIonn ia On
., ~ ,aundTv and drriDS room, orc Az 'tIxar
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