The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03
YACHT WORK AT HERREsR0FFS'.
Many Vessels Building and Being Over
hauled for the Season.

=. The centre of attraction at the Herreshon
works at Bristol Is the schooner Queen. which
is fast being rugged. This yacht is Tor D.
Rogers Maxwell and it is expected that she
will be turned over to him the end OF this week.
Those who have seen this yacht expect
that she will be fully up to the stand
ard of Capt. Mats work. and will
when in racing trim ba able to defeat
the Elmina, Corona and other big schooners.
MIR. Maxwell Is a little disappointed that he
will not be able to take part in the spring
regattas, but as soon as he gets the queen
the work Of tuning her up will be rushed
along.
This new craft is built for sport In the
larger classes Of schooners and her dimen-
sions are as follows; Over all length, 12o rect
load waterline length. 92 feet 8 inches; breadth
of beam, IS feet and draught. IA feet 10 inches.
The hull is built of steel, the frames being
shaped a good deal like those Of the schooner
Ingomar, with belt sections at intervals and
spaced in the same degree on centres.
The sail area will be a little above 1900
length, the main gan 40 feet, the fore boom 80
feet and the fore gar q feet in length
gutter irS an gle Of steel, built in a depression out
side the edges. of the deck blanks next the ran.
This is the deck plan OF the cup defender
Kidding the deck of water at times when there
Is rough racing.
The new schooner Is painted white above the
water line ana has a rudder hung somethlng
After the style OF. that of the Niginnt. re
Mnderbody Is carried out much like thai OF the
Ingomar,, only that a greater degree 81 POW
is reached in the Queen, Capt. John anseh,
an old racing and cruising man VINO was on
the Iro9uois, viii be sailing master, out MI
Commodore Il. +. Clark.'s, sloop Irolita II.
is nearly ready for a trial. ,Workmen are
finishing, the interior. and it is the inteEl0r
1t has been difficult to get good workmtn
this season, 1t is expected that the iToloS
Spd 6 6e 6eGde al o onee to TO t hfs p SMhe' 'n'' NeeA
The steam, yacht Augusta, owned by i b,
Herreshof. il in commission: she VIII De
used by the owner for cruising in NarraRah-
sett Bay a part Of the season or until his large
steam yacht Eugenia is ntted out. a
The t. f GoHs S snrIet aSd IL Iefi hf fer os SsM ia ! oTi!
The steam yacht Cossette, the last OF the
steam Yachts laid up at the Cove yards for
the . pn M'f into a ,sRa Taion his Ss sSm an viii be
put in first class condition FOR the summer LOT
NJ r. fS's . s GsS's srn 1ssdRgs y e,S fag s: If s by 9s1R
Of Providence. has been ihorGnSh,y c oTeG-
'ST hnee fast cat boat So So, owned by Edward
a new main deck built on her by
The steam yacht Little Soyereign. 9wned
BY II. q p Borden Of Esr ally hiysr s and WEEK NsT
lOIh, u lht W.
aud sailed for New York, 49,,
MaoNaught's boat yards have been Pbusy
hustling getting in shane Tor the season The
remaining boats that have been laid up DUR
'""-Hsrold W, Vanderbilt,s 40 foot ~sloopTrivia
is being overhauled and painted. Ctpti;
Isaiah ". Crowley has again been engaged
The sloop Little Rhody, owned by Comomo;
dore Charles F. Tillinehast. Is being mtted
rection Of Mr.. MacNaught. MaoNapght. is
building two large, floats for Boston parties
When completed they VIII be towed arounu
Cape Cod to one OF the yacht club houses on
the Massachusetts, coast,
The two W-footers, Oriole and SLlnsttl
that have been laid up at the Herreshons
Walkers Cove yards during the winter VIII be
put overheard the coming week Inc %T-
Riddle Of Philadelphia, will be painted and put
overheard in about two weeks. She VIII be
used by her owner for cruising the ing
summer along the Atlantic coast from Maine
to Chesapeake Bay.