The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-05
LUXURIES ON NEW BOATS.
MANY VESSELS BEING TURNED
OUT FOR YACHTSMEN.
Handsome Cruising Craft Fitted with All
COnyeniences for q Southern Yachts.
man-GasOlene Boat for q Fishing Club
Expected to Make lS Miles an Hour.

convent ence8 Tor o southern fecntS.
man-GasOlene o for q Fishing Club
Expected to lake 10 Miles ar Hour.
A boat Is being built at Bayonne, and
will soon be ready for launching, which
will be one OF the most complete and up to
date cruisers ever turned out for e boat of
her size. She Is for a Southern yachtSman
who has had two boats built and now wants
O third. and he has given the builders, the
Electric launch Company. a free hand In
the designs and fttlng s Of the boat. This
boat Is 93 feet long. 10 feet 0 Inches beam
on deck and a depth OF 7 feet moulded The
boat embodles excellent seaworthy qualities.
| speed and comfortable cabin accommoda-
tions. The hull Is most substantially built,
the frames are OF heavy oak. the planking
of selected yellow pine and 1t Is copper
and bronze fastened throughout. There are
Ave watertight bulkheads and plenty >of
room inside for large cabins. AT the forward
end there is a large chain locker with room
for an electric W capstan witt a qecK
| control. Next comes the forecastle, which
Is equipped with two Pullman berths. toilet
and lavatory. This is finished in oak and
has large ports for light and ventilation.
The owners quarters are next aft and are
enclosed with plate glass windows and Nene-
| tian blinds. The headroom in these quarters
is 7 feet Q inches. The Joiner work is in
African mahogany with eggshell finish.
There are two wide Pullman berths with
deep dra wers underneath, a large solid ma
hogany dresser with deep. wide drawers,
and other furnishing in this apartment.
A private bathroom adjoins the owners
saloon and this has a porcelain tub, shower
bath, porcelain basins and toilet fixtures
The sides Of this bathroom are finished In
white enamel up to the wainscoting, witt
mahogany panelling above and a porcelain
flooring.
The engine room is amidships the full width
OF the boat and Is feet Q inches long. lhls
ia finished in mahogany. There Is a large
bridge deck over the Ell gine space, from which
point the yacht will be handled
Next aft comes the galley, and special
attention has been paid to the equipment OF
this apartment. 1t has a large range II
nickel fittings, oven. warming closets, ana Is
largo enough to cook a meal for thirty per-
sons. There il a large ice box. glass lined,
and the usual sink, cubpoards and closets
Aft Of the galley. by q short passageway, the
main saloon is reached. This is fitted with
four extra wide Pullman berths and the
saloon ia finished in African Mahogany
This, too, is enclosed with plate glass WIN
dows and there il a large deck skylight,
| The stairs leading to the deck aft are OF solld
mahogany and the entrance doors ana hatch
are also of mahogany.
The after deck is Is feet long and is COW
ered with awnings, green lined. Teak bull
wsrks surround the main decks, with nlahoR-
any and brass ratings. The lnachiptry
reyersible Standard motors, Eight hundred
gallons Of gasolene will he carried IN copper
i'TIIht Yacht will be completed by April l
and will make the trip South by the outside
route. she Is ia. be equipped with a coinpIete
electric light plant ana ari, sIoE hv an enXiIIarv
engine, which also, furnishes power TO an ar
compressor and bilge and deck bumps. tl &c
boat and the electricity will run a powerful
searchiight. electric stoves Tor afternoon
teas and Gha a ,Es dish lis tbs am and Tiif il viii P onlY be 5s
necessary to touch a button and me 9aIh
viii be filled With watch nat t ,is d dS az "a foot tenders
are novel boat is being built for Jacob Helm
rich, the president of g fishing e. Cln6' w Wh len
will be used to take hsG hn;no phr ri at Bave
pa nn She is 100 feet long, II feet beam
and 4 feet drauRht and will be able tocarTy
one hundred passengers. me contra, ALL ni
r"r sseneers on board, This boat viii be equip
he'd with a 500 horsepower STANDARD motor on
ecylinders. 1t will be ready ior uehFer' III
" Gy C Blair is having a So foot electric yacht
built by the Electric Launch Company loi
use M@ az RIair has a 20 foot electric boat now
Which has pleased him SO that he has ordered
Al larUpr one. rms DOAI VIII w % Itt' 'nFi
SlI' 5 feet q inches beam and 20 inches drsnght
The power equipment will consist OF two
10 horsepower electric motors WIN a slpfaet
battery capacity f9r propraha spo sde Of f"U ten tec
tweIve miles an holE, and at lower rates ol
speed a distance Of $50 miles can be covered
NJ ~ he boat il all controlled IN The forward
cockpit. The cabins are finished IN Air'oat
mahogany inside and out. -n or,
otN,b%n Electric Launch Works at Bayonne
which are all in an advanced S,arf; mrs, :, nav Eao,
p. Dickson Of Wllkesharrs s II 70 i iN iasd NJ Pau M
SMITHS. This boat will be, capable, OF COINS
sixtv-nve miles on one charge; d, D. Nm,
nSdy has ordered n similar boat Tor use at ba'
h1TWo IS foot trunk cabin lanches. each fSec
with a 25 horse-power Stanunrq Eas@ien'
m","r; and md are TO be used in towing torpedoe'
nnnn Feconic Bay, where they are tested Thes'
boats are almost Cor rsSGy l VGarnddeeITbbiltt' is havinl
tender on his steamer North star, Ihi,
boat nrb has a pefI is To- be fitted with a go horse
mower motor. This boat Will be very hand
some and built Of mahGEaaY, 40 foot hunt
ing cabin boat which was designed by E.. B
Schook. She will be eauipped Wlth an II
HORSEPOWER Craig motor n MI he st age fro m
NSafblehead to New York, ~
4. c. Bartlett Of Chicago IL having a % 100
twin screw ChDIH Nh'h' Dhti' W r'o' ~
Geneva. Wis. This boat is 10 feet q !nche'
beam and is TO be equipped with two IS horse
With cedar and the interior fitting will b.
of mahogany. She viii be ready by, May l..
II s. Young is having a - foot cabin hunt
ing boat built from designs by Tamg, Le
molne 4 Crane. which is TO be equipped viii
A % horsepower Craig motor.
A,eO foot " IN srrew motor m Yacht az ,nf for SS Con n
Island Yacht club, for use on Long lslanC
sound, from the bq u designs s j. e b b,
engines, The cabins will be handsomel!
finished, in, mahogany, With ptlothoHse for
large main saloon, with large, after cockpit
The boat will be rendy for delivery abou
Ex-Niayor F. W. Wurster of Brooklyn ha
placed an order for tho duplicate Of Comno
dore ~Boardman's boat in length. beam an,
horsepower. The interior cabin, arrange
ments viii be, slightly modified cabin
The boat viii be ready for delivery abou
june /.
order for an electric launch, for use az Pltte