The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-13

OF riveting emanated from the south shop al
most as much as before the launching took
place
Tho steel workers are pushing the construc-
ton OF the steel boom, and some progress has
been made on the steel mast. The rail and
deck finish is as follows: The sTeel deck
strinEcr or waterway plate runs the whole
length OF the boat and is twenty inches wide
Bmdshps. tapcrinR to about half that at the
cudsc Along its inner edge runs gutter bar.
steel angle ~ inches by ! y inches. with its
fango turned outward and rivetcd to the
plate The two-inch deck planking is laid close
up to this bar. but not beyond it. On the
outer edge of the plate is riveted a steel
Dubbed angle X inches by 81 inches, the
longer ilange with its bulb making and finish
ing the only rail carried by the boat. The
funge forming the rail Is lush on the outside
with the frames. and the top strake Of the plat
ing laps UP on it to within an inch OF the top
and is riveted there greatly increasing the
strength Of construction. There Is. therefore.
q scuppcr along each side of the boat the
width of the waterway plate. 1t Is drained by
three small scupper holes well aft at the lowest
point in the sheer. Later light wooden rae
Ing rail will be put on the deck inside the wa
tcrways.
The mast step OF the Columbia is another in
grnious piece Of Herreshoh work. combining
mast is placed between frames % and 90. An
Offset of six inches forward is given to
frame % to increase the space between the
frames. The mast ring set on the deck is
Dubbed steel angle 2S by 4 inches and is 26
inches in diameter. The mast Is 81 d inches
in diameter at the deck, so that plenty of space
is left for the mast wedges. Six feet below
deck is the mast step. 1t Is h,-inch steel
,late. dished downward In the centre and on
t,,n iG -. q
angle. 1t is 1917 inches in diameter. Below
the plate is a similar ring OF a Z by inch
angle. and the three are bolted firmly together.
They are supported by cone shaped structure
OF four steel plates. riveted at the angles and
10y tlanges on their upper edges to the lower
ring. The botton edges OF he cone plates are
riveted to the hull plating. The plates are also
bent so that the angles ON the forward and the
after side are riveted respectively to frames ~
and 20. Steel intercostal or keelson plates with
holes cut In them to save weight, extend
forward between frames n. ~ and 25, and aft
between frames %, 80. 81 and 81. These are
suitable angles TO the frames and stem. To
strengthen the deck around the mast there are
stanchions that run diaGonally upward from
the Of the ,a sep 6srs tH 'h sree
n. % and %, They, are solid round bars ar
J.. inches in diameter Derk beams ~.
inch steel. s. inches deep, riveted to
them to stifren the deck From deck to mast
step plate on top Of the cone Is fe"t !, inches.
showing Just that much buy or housing Of
the ST. IN is a little less than five feet making
the depth OF the boat on frame % about i feet.
The mast is made to centre on frame ~ II the
mast were carried to the bottom Of the frame.
so that the big spar when stepped will have a
slight rake aft This rake will be counteracted
by the pull of the head stays forward, so that