Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-01-06
YACHT PENOBSCOT IN PORT.
CITIZENS INVITED TO INSPECT
THE VESSEL.
Reaches Here After a Very Stormy
Voyage From Rockland,
Me-, On a Visit
South
SEAWORTHINESS OF THE SHIP
IS BEING TESTED.

The gasoline yacht Penubscot arrived
here last night from Rockland, Me
after stormy voyage. Manager ID.
l.. Fuller has been here several days
awaiting her arrival. Mr. Fuller has
been the guest of. Mr.. ]. h. Whalen.
West street, local agent of the Knox
Enigne, during his stay in Annapolis.
The Penobscot will be in Annapolis
harbor until Monday. She is anchor.
ed at Parleit's wharf, foot of Main
street, aud the citizens of Annapolis
are cordially invited to visit the yacht
during the time she remains here.
She is a gasoline power boat, torpedo
boat built stern. and after weathering
score of gales and combating with ice
along the North Atlantic Coast, the
Panabscot arrived In Baltimore at
p. III. Thursday, coming from that
city here.
The craft is one of the strangest ever
seen in this harhor, and halls from
Rookland. Ne, where she was built.
The boat is in charge of Captain Willis
Williams. and after leaving Annapo-
lis he will take the craft TO several
ports in the South and visit Florida
waters. The Peuobscct sailed from
Rockland Me-. on December ), 1905,
and travelled along the Atlantic Coast
until Delaware Bay was sighted. She
crossed the bay and went through
the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal to
the Chesapeake, thence to Baltimore.
The craft is but 90 feet over all and
10 feet beam.
After leaving Rocklaud the yacht
made her first stop at Boston, where
she remained few days. Exceedingly
rough weather was encountered after
she left Boston for the next port,
Providenoetown. She remained at
Proyidenoetown for six davs and later
sailed for Saybrook Point Great
quantities of ice were encountered off
New Haven, Ct., but the little craft
bore it nobly and sailed straight for
New York. Six days was spent in
the metropolis aud the next stop was
at Tucker's Island. The yacht rounded
Cape May and made stop at Herford
Inlet Several gales were successfully
weathered in coming down the New
England Coast, but the bow of the
boat shows the marks of the rough
ice through which it plowed. A stop
was made at Chesapeake CITY.
Mr.. ID. Il. Fuller, representative of
the Camden Anchor Rockland Ma
chine Company, is making the cruise,
and stated that he chose the roughest
months of the year to test the sea-
worthiness of his boat and power of
the engines. The Penobscot has
cock pit aft, draws four and one-half
feet of water and is capable of speed
ing about 10 knots an hour. Her en-
gines are 40 horsepower, four cycle
four-cylinder Knox type, and can drive
the craft through the hardest seas.
The yacht carries a 13-foot tender
equipped with l. - horsepower Knox
enigne. This tender is lashed to the
top of the house of the Penobscot
The engine room is 9x9, equipped
with machinists' supplies and two
swinging berths for the engineers.
The cabin is 14x7 feet, and is elegant
| ly furnished.
Six persons can be comfortably ac-
| commodated on the craft. There is a
toilet and ice boxes and q storeroom
conveniently located. The crew OF
| the Penobscot are: Captain Willis
Williams, masters g. D. Tripp, engi.
| neer, and George Blood, steward.
The Penobseot is built of white oak,
with maple finishings, and has a tor
pedo stern. From its peculiar shape
the craft attracted considerable atten
| tion in the harbor yesterday. Her hui,
is painted black and the pilot. house
and cabin are of quartered and grained
oak. The Penobscot will remain il
| the harbor tomorrow, and will theI
| sail on Monday for Savannah, Will
mington, Miami, st. Augustine anC
other Southern ports.