The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-11
GERMAN EMPERoR's YACHT.
Designed and Built by Americans,
IL VIII BE the Largest Pleasure
Schooner AGoat.

Schooner Ahoat.
From the New York Times.
Particular attention was centered
upon the German Emperor's new sail
ing yacht a short time ago, when it be-
came known that an American firm OF
naval architects, Cary Smith & Barley
of IS Nassau street, had been selected
to design the imperial craft and to
superintendent it's building in this
country, To this there has been added
another element of interest in the fact
that Miss Alice Roosevelt, the Presi
dents daughter, has been requested by
Emperor William to christen the new
yacht when it is launched next month
from the ship yards at Shooters ISL
and. The yacht is being built by the
Townsend & Downey Shipbuilding
Company. and the work is progressing
so favorably that it is believed the
launching can take place early in Feb
ruary.
Emperor william has shown his APP
probation of yachting and yacht build
ing in this country in designating
American designers and builders to
construct his latest boat. He. himself
has given many personal suggestions
regarding the fitting and outfit When
completed the yacht will have cost
about SITE, 900 She will be the largest
schooner yacht afloat, her length over
all being 161 feet; on the water line
100 feet: breadth OF beam q feet; depth
IS feet 6 inches; draught Is feet. Her
masts, of Oregon pine. will be 105 feet
in hight. and the largest boom So feet
long.
Her large breadth of beam gives her
as much deck room as the finest steam
yachts. or the many steam yachts fly
ing the pennant of the New York
Yacht Club there are few larger. j.
Pierpont Morgan's Corsair has SO feet
beam, and Sir Thomas Lipton's Erin,
81 fet The Emperor's yacht. therefore,
will possess all the palatial and roomy
conveniences of the most princely
steam yachts. while at the same time
having a real advantage in dispensing
with the vast amount of enginery, boil
ers. and coal bunkers. She will be rig
Eed as a fore-and-a aft schooner craft.
There will be ample room on deck to
give a ball in which a large number
of guests may participate.
To carry out the Emperor's COM
mands her finish throughout will be
plain vet substantial All her work
rail viii be of selected teakwood and
all capstans, winches, etc, of bronze.
Situated aft is a deckhouSe of steel
cased with teak. This deckhouse serves
as the main companion leading below,
and in addition will be used in dirty
weather, and will allow a view of what
is taking place on deck.
The stairs from the deckhouse lead
to a Vestibule, where is found a chart
case. shelves for chronometer and nau-
tical Instruments and a locker for
hanging oil skins. Aft. opening from
the vestibule is the ladies' cabin, fitted
with two berths. sofas. a writing desk,
and large marble washstand and mir
ror. Opening from the passage leading
from the Vestibule to the saloon are
three state rooms and a bath room for
the gentlemen-in- waiting.
The owners room is on the star
board side. just aft of the saloon. This
is large room. about 13 feet long. and
il contains a brass bedstead, several
ward robes dressing table, and writing
desk. The room has a large skylight,
indeed it is a feature of this yacht that
every room has ventilation not only by
headlights through the side in the US
ual manner. but also by means of sky
lights. For supplementary ventilation
there are fitted mushroom ventilators
along the side, made of a special pat
tern according to sketches furnished
by the Emperor.
IT has been the intention to have the
state. rooms few in number. but of
large size. The main saloon extends
the whole width of the boat. and is IS
feet long. There is d transom on each
side. a piano at the after end, and an
open fire place al the forward end
The large extension table in the center
VIII seat twentyfour persons.
Throughout the owners quarters the
woodwork will be mahogany enamel
painted ivory color touched up with
gold, with but small amount of the
trim showing the natural wood. thus
carrying out the idea of simplicity
Forward of the saloon is a large own
er's galley, and an entirely separate
galley for the officers and crew. For
ward of the crews galley and sepa-
rated from it by a steel bulkhead is a
r-oomy fOrecastle fitted with berths for
twenty men. The forepeak has ample
room for boatswain stores and two
tanks containing oil to be used in
heavy weather.
The designers, A. Cary Smith and
Henry g. Barley, have designed some
OF the finest pleasure boats owned by
American yachtsmen. and with racing
schooners they have had excellent sue
cess. After the yacht is launched. a
crew from the German E,mDeror's
yacht Meteor. will take the new boat
across the Atlantic and it will receive
its final fittings in Germany prepara-
tory to going into commission next
summer