The sun., 1901-07-28
IMPERIAL GERMAN YACHTS.
THs PRKa1ST KAISER'S ODD YLOTTLLA
o. AQUATIC PLAYrHINGS.
TAs Bsyai Lssiss. viii Her WarsAip shaVs
asd wseAsa Gsas -AlsxsaAria ssl No
tssr-1Atels Yachts q The InDssial Family.

Tns Dsgh Lssss. with Her warsAap shaVs
tssr Little Yachts q tie Inpsrlal Family.
From tie Washington Post.
One Of the Empsror's best-known yachts
10 the Royal Louise. whose sister ship. the
Royal Gsorss. 10 still one Of the curiosities
and show pieces Of Portsmouth harbor.
The Royal Louise has the appearance Of
diminutivs man-of-war OF the period whom
she was built 1880 The George Ia older by
sixteen years. but both were constructed
on exactly the same lines at woolwich. She
Ia rigged as a ship and carries three mastS
and eight guns. wooden ones. painted 70 repre-
sent the real article. Tho Royal Louise was
a present OF George ". 10 Frederick Will
liam ~. Of Prussia. the dedication taking
place on June 81. 1881. with great ceremonies.
In whioh the fiction Of her character as
msn-of-war was strictly upheld. She 10
built entirely OF wood. ma aho sany. az strong
and compact as steel With her fifteen sails
she Is q fyer-after the pattern Of 1880. OF
course--and the ten tons Of ballast In her
hold prevents her rolling
The saloon IL characteristic Of the sim
plicity Of bygone days. thu furniture. brought
from Engla nd. heavy and unsainly. but their
red covers are real They had no imitation
leather then. In the centre sta nds an old
fashioned round IA BILE. covered with a green
spread. such as grandmother used to de-
light In. The only modern things about are
some very bad oil paintings. marine sketches.
marked w. l. R."
The steering apparatus at the stern II
below deck to protect the skipper from being
knocked on the head by the sails. As the
Kaiser doss his own steering this arrangement
saves him . box on the ears The Royal
Louise carries ten nsvvies. The commands
are all according TO marine oode-it's here
that Prussian princes get their first inkling
Of seamanship Despite the Royal Louisc's
long and faithful service. never marred by
accident. she isn't trusted alone on hsr ef-
cirsions. A steam vessel always travels In
her wake TO take on the occupants and crew
II necessity should arise,
The ofhcer gave telling anecdote Of the
when aboard his yacht.
a week or two age when the Seue, Palsis,
har5ored quite distinSn.h.d M lot OF tSyai ,Sym
Unexpectedly TO crutse on the Havel Lakes.
They thought II great fun after, heavy
banquet and came here in all the sHl,endor s o.
SSs:OaH coass and high hat. hats But they hadn't been
ths saloon i9I more than haf an houT when
out the signal; An Admirals on the main
sheet at the same time SELLING the rope
TO tSG Ss T "
followed suit. and soon there was a column
on board Sna $ bH IT hs Grand 46Se ps ~ s q
side then came his coea que Of Oldenburg.
a Russian Grand Duke followed. and between
Henry After the latter came some Japanese
royalty Most Of the gentlemen were new
to thi the ss o9t ,neg egSpdG Ei9 b.p pun
The Alexandria is steam yacht o. con
siderable size and elegant proportions; VIII
1ollern. she Is dazzling white, gided orna-
ments having given way TO nickel decora..
tions The visible iron parts will be changed
The Alexandria has srlcndiI saloor done
hanGlngs are Of white silE. dotted with corn
and has an an nbnpdance oi reed reclining
hrellas While, the. cooking apparatu. o, on
| the Royal Louise IL limited to so-called
furnished with m electric cook stove capable
Of turning out din1er for sisty nersonss ns dhhs
verv pretty with It's nickel trimmings Tho
Kaiser always exhibits Il Ia guestr. explain
| ing It's workings and advantages
| This vessel II the second OF ta name. Her
| predecessor was an ordinary river steamer
acquired hv the King Of Prussia when h.,
|
Albert IN isI2. The Berlin Majesty didn't
want to be behind the British, and II CALLED
him exceedingly that Queen Victoria was TIE
the sviftest Of the steamers padding between
| Potsdam and Hamburg for his personal use
repaintinR and refttina her 70 resemble as
| That the Prussian boat never attained the
| Others speed II knots an hour, need hardly
be mentioned. The new Alexandria was
speed is about twelve miles and half nm
hour The Kaiser uses her principally for
excursions with his family and friends and
burg On deck l. 4 sort Of pulpit platform
from which an outlook NAV he had.
Alexandria ard Royal louise are the only My
| Emperor's Notilla now q bout Potsdam, An
| interesting racer, though small. Ia Prince
heRRry Gdrfa TS. 'er h"i SESn THes
deep outside keel of lead and cutter rig
| The Prince Is very, proud or her Being
mtS tSe aGa drnda for 70 ali sSs is Woh She
is little over twenty-two feet long and reg;
isters four tons Prince Henry says he would
rS would let HiT linn 80 "it much confidence has he in
this little craft. Her construction rests on
a steel frame. galvanized to resist the Gori ,Snj
! with Indian tenk brought by tho owner from
! his foreicr travels. In addition ahe Il con
| pered and divided into water-tight compart-
drudn is absolutely uncaps'zahle. q view
/ which tho Emperor las teer pleased Ia ao-
I cept Az result Henry Il allowed to take
| lis wife and children on board OF her
II the new American Yacht now building IA
| as we-beloved by the Kaiser "a the Arcona
/ she will become a famous vessel The Arcona
{ centre plate and drop plate rudder. and is AZ
! fine sailor under canvas as one would wish
I TO steer before the breeze. At the same time
! she IL easily propellahle with oars or paddles,
Unlike the Gudruda. the Arcona u liable
| to capsiZe. but to make up for this fault the
! imperial owner claims that she Is unsuitable
| II her cabin or one Of her compartments gets
| nevertheless -anoat and manageable. The
/ ArCona will be turned over 10 the Crown
Prince NJ soon NJ he comes back from the
! university, because she Ia cheap boat 70
! run reuuiring only one man for the sails
| She has ample storeroom and sleeping ac-
! commodations for ak The Arcona Is built
| Of cedar wood while the interior is waIns-
| coted with American walnut and mahogany
| The Emperor use' her frequently IA row.
boat. he doing the stesring and four OF hiS
/ officers handling the oars OF course there
/ is "A great deal of honor in an invitation ot
| that kind. but a still greater amount OF hard
work
Aside from the Arcona there nre several
] small sailboatS that are not "noating lead
mines, built To prove that T. i enster to send
! n boat over the water than through II They
/ have ixht drnught and are htted with centre.
boards and I'm kecl- One only has rounded
bilgc, which doesn't improve her in any way
! The young Princes are very fond ot these
boats and the smaller ones arc saving up
money hoping to acquire one OF Their own
sooner or later.
| In one of the lighthouses slumhers n cur
| iosity that il not without special interest,"
. II q. tl,t "a pY