The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12
'St,NS,700 FOR POWER BOATS.
NINETY-NINE VESSELS or THIS
CLASS COMING OUT THIS YEAR.


CLASS COMING OUT THIS YEAR.
Not Good Year for building Large Yachts
Many Small Ones. Chiefy Those That
Use Gas for Power-Also Naphtha,
steam, GasOiene and Electricity.
Steam yachts, sailing yachts with steam
auxiliaries. gasolene. naphtha ard electric
lunches and sailing yachts with gas en-
zines as auxiliaries are being turned out
nsw in the many shipyards az fast az the
builders can finish them. This il not
good year for building large yachts. The
largest being constructed is the Haouli.
which Is 100 feet on the waterline, but
there are many small boats being built.
and these are chiefly boats that use gas
for power. There also are many small sail
ing craft being built that have gas or naph-
tina engines, which will get their owners
into some port In case the yacht is becalmed.
There are eighteen steamers being built
Some OF these will make good cruising
yachts while some are built only for speed
and will be used on the Sound, rivers or
Lakes. These eighteen vessels will cost
about 100000. Four big yachts with full
sail power and fitted with steam engines
are being constructed, and these will cost
about s3s5 900. Eight smaller sailing craft
with gas engines as the auxiliary power.
are being built, and these will cost about
see. 500. sixty-six power boats of various
sizes are being turned out, and these will
cost $751;, 200. Four houseboats are being
built at e cost OF $4,000. Altogether,
will be seen out this year and they will
- oh q
The largest steamer being built. the
Haouli, Is for F. NJ. Smith, who Ia known as
the Borax King. Mr.. Smith lives in Cali
fornia, but he has summer home at Shelter
Island. and during the summer will use the
yacht for cruising along the coast. He Is
a member OF the New York and other yacht
clubs, and owns and races the 4S-footer
Effort. The Haouli is a steel vessel, 2il
fest inches over all, le6 feet on the water
line, q feet 8inches beam and Q feet draught.
She Ia fitted with tripl,-expansion engines.
and they are of sufficient power to drive
her twenty-three knots an hour. The
contract specifies that she must make that
speed In a continuous run Of six hours.
The Haouli is being built at the J. N.
Robbins Company's yard at the Erie Basin,
and she was designed by H. J. Gielow.
There are to be two mahogany deck
houses on the yacht. the forward one So
feet long and the after one ~ feet long.
In the forward one will be the dining saloon,
which will seat eighteen persons. the pantry,
owners galley and the captains room
In the after house there will be dressing
room at the forward end; next will come q
room II by IS feet, which will be used as a
stateroom and. by an ingenious ar
rangement of sliding doors, can be thrown
into the main saloon, which is in the after
end of the house. On the main deck there
will be one double stateroOm, two large
single rooms and three smaller ones. For
ward of the engine space will be the crews
quarters, including the forecastle. rooms
for the officers, crews galley and bath
rooms.
The yacht will be launched this month
and will be ready for a trial trip by the end
OF May. II will take crew OF twenty
six men to run her and she will cost about
sI5OOOO She will have many novel feat
ures in her fittings. She will be lighted
by gas as well as have an electric light plant.
There will be Il refrigerating plant. a dis
tilling plant. and she will carry electric
launches on her davits.
At City Island another steamer is being
built from Henry Gislow's plans This boat
Ii for Spencer Kellogg of Buffalo, and IL
being built by Robert Jacob. She is
steel boat. and her dimensions are IL
fest inches over all, l0i feet on the water
line. 10 feet beam. and feet 10 inches
draught She will cost about $4,000 and
will have a crew Of twelve men. She is
to be ready by June, and will be able to
make about sixteen miles an hour,
The Herrcshofs have turned out two
steamers during the winter. One. which
has been named Claudia, Is for Com
modore Morton F. Plant Of the I.archmont
Yacht Club She is 100 feet on the water
line and is a remarkably pretty boat. The
other Is for Shelah r. Van Dusen. and her
dimensions are. 100 feet over all. 40 feet
on the water line and ~ feet beam. She
looks very much like the Balymena which
was built by the Herreshoffs some years
ago. The Claudia will take crew OF
twelve men and will cost about $50, 600.
The other yacht, which il a little larger
than the Claudia. will have crew Of four
teen men and her cost will be about sS7 600.
At Morris Heights a number of steamers
are being built at the yards OF the Gas
Engine and Power Company and Charles
l.. Seabury 4 Co, Consolidated. All these
boats were designed by Charles l.. Sea-
bury, and some are good cruising boats
and will be used by their owners chiefly
as ferryboats to take them 10 and from
their business and their summer homes,
and some are like small Households. which
will be used on the lakes and rivers
The largest boat at these works is the
Aria, which is for Edward II. Blake OF
Bangor The dimensions Of the Aria are
io5 feet over all. 1888 feet on the water line.
Is feet beam and s feet 9 inches draught
She is to have a speed OF nineteen miles
an hour and will be ready for launching
this month. The owners quarters, con-
sisting OF one double stateroom and three
single rooms, are aft. The main saloon il
the full width OF the ship, and on deck
there are two houses one being the dining
saloon and the other the social hall The
officers OF the yacht have staterooms,
and the forecastle Is roomy and well VEN
tilated. The yacht will take about four
teen men to run and her cost will be SIS OOO.
Next in size TO the Aria is the Cherokee,
which has been built for s. II. Wander
grift OF Pittsburg. The Cherokee is iI5
feet over all. 20 feet on the water line, is
feet beam and feet draught She has been
designed 30 that the bow and stern can be
taken on In order to allow the vessel TO 20
through the locks on the canals. Mr.. |
Yandererift has a summer home In the