Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-09
OCEAN RACING YACHTS
Solid Comfort. on Vessels En- tered In Kaiser's Cup Contest.
FITTED LIKE FLOATING PALACES

FITTED LIKE FLOATING PALACES Luxurious Appointments of the Great Atlantic, One of the Most Fornida-
 ble Competitors - All Contesting
 ships Hsve Made Trips Abroad and Are Perfectly seaworthy.
 Every mention of the ocean race for the kaiser's cup causes thousands of people to wonder what it will be like, says the New York World. There are those who think that score of million aires are going to risk their yachts for the sake of sporting glory and others who go further and think these sail ing craft will be tossed like corks on merciless seas. But, in truth, the trip to Europe on any one of them will mean voyage abroad in a roomy float ing palace: .,.
 Allison V. Armour's Utowana has made various trips abroad. The Earl of Crawford's Valhalla has been all over the world, as has Lord Brassey's Sunbeam, and Henry s. Redmund's Ail- ga and Edmund Randolph's Apache, though both now fly the New York Yacht club flag, were built abroad and sailed over here.
 The Fleur de Lys, although the small est yacht in the race, has always been rover. She plowed through the wa ters of the North sea in one of the most notable cruises ever made by a sailing yacht and cruised among the icebergs far above Norway. She is best fin turbulent sea and strong airs, demonstrating this during several ocean races. Once during storm of the African coast, when scores of craft were lost, she survived the turmoil without even parting rope yarn. Wilson Marshalls Great Atlantic, considered by many the most formida- ble entry in the race, is luxuriously ap- pointed. Her main saloon is as large as the parlor of an ordinary New York city private residence. Besides the main saloon, dining saloon, a chart and smoking room, she has two double and three single staterooms and deck sa- loon.
 The main saloon is finished in colo nial style, with mahogany furniture. upholstered in green. The dining sa- loon is finished entirely in oak of Goth ic design and upholstered in red. The smoking room is finished with white mahogany. The staterooms are in plain white, with mahogany furniture.
 The Atlantic is equipped with an electric lighting plant and an auxiliary acetylene gas system. Tiled bathrooms, running water, steam heat and re. frigerating system are among the con. veniences, and the accommodations for the officers and crew are in keeping with the general appointments of the yacht.
 No boat that sails from New York is more thoroughly equipped for cruising than Robert E. Tod's Thistle. From stem to stern, above decks and below she is fitted with every modern appli ance for long or short voyages. She is lighted below by acetylene gas supplied from cylindeI similar to that used fol calcium lights All the staterooms, thu main saloon, which occupies the entire width of the yacht amidships; tht chart room and the officers and crews quarters are illuminated with this pow erful light.
 Commodore Tod's cabin, which is 10 cated aft, having a separate compan ionway leading up to the wheel, is un der the poop deck and extends thu width of the vessel at that point. Al the furniture is of highly polished oak and among the articles in the main sa loon is large piano, with an .extensiv, collection of popular music.
 The Endymion is handsomely fittet and complete for cruising. From tn companionway one goes first into tn chart room, which contains a sofa, ex tension chart table. 6 place for chro nometers and n drop desk for calcula tions. Aft of this is a double state room extending the full width of tn i yacht. This room has small dressin apartment aft and a connecting bath room forward. It is finished in ma hogany, with red carpets and upho stery. Two large guests stateroom are forward of the chart room on tn starboard side. They are finished i oak and fitted with green carpets an upholstery.
 On the port side are another stateroor and a bathroom. Forward of these the saloon, the width of the ship. contains even a fireplace and is foul teen feet long. The officers rooms an the forecastle are large and comfort able.
 Perhaps more comfort can be foun on the Sunbeam than on any othe yacht which will start in the race. Sh is virtually an attractive home on th water. Her deck house is museum ( souvenirs of travel. In one corner a triangular writing desk covered wit interesting and curious ornament
 Like all the furniture. it is ebonize' In the corner opposite the desk is
 divan made comfy" with pillows.
 The companionway just outside tf
 deck house has two flights of windin
 steps at the tops converging to or
 halfway down. and this leads into
 small massage opening into the dinir