Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24


It will cost Ssno or SNo a month to feed
the crew. II the yacht runs on an aver
age four hours day il will cost $40
4 month for coal.
IN auxiliary YACHT like the Atlantic
owned by Commodore Wilson Marshall,
will cost about $4,000 "a build. She
Will carry n crew % t'vcnty-eight men.
and the cost 20 fit he- or and run hcr
for four months WI! "s n bout S3aroo
\ schooner yacht as"'-' 80 feet long
which has four state-onrns, will cost
5000" TO build. and the cost of run
ming for four months win be about
$4,000.
The gasoline engine has reduced tho
cost Of Yachting very much for those
who are content with small vessel and
do not object to gasoline. The largest
yacht driven by a gasoline motor that
has yet been built is 10 feet long. The
advantage OF this type Is that II has
more accommodations taan a steamer
of the same SIZE. bec.tuse the motor
space is mot rs arGe as the space re
qiired for the steam engine. boilers and
Eunsers, II also saves space in the fore
castle. because the crew necessary TO
handle a gasoline yacht IS not as large
as is required on a steamer.
4 gasoline Yacht ~ feet long with
four staterooms MI cost about S6o.0".
The expense OF running such vessel
will he about SlGOoV .or four months
Ii will need only eight men. while
steamer OF the same length Will need
fourteen men az irast. An cshtE-too'
S'so4ine SaSh' Nlli cosi apou,
ara me eApelSf or fuhhlhs viii pe
commission four months.
one of the most attractive steam
yachts of InoGern type is the Cr.stina
~, = ~, I,r,,,,on, yach,
S.i,,h -rba ,oat ,yas built In lolo IL att
trsc,s attention because she has a plumb
stem instead Of the clippe- bow usually
seen on n steam Yacht She is la5 feet
on the water. line and has better accom-
modations than are often found on
vessel much larger. Her beam is twenty
six feet and this has enabled her design
ers to give her many large rooms on .IIe
berth deck and her deck spdee ID
narkable.
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The dining room, is the most attractive
.,. ,.;s Yacht Tho furnish
'ta' ''ii'''' oi' 49,, ,,a.,,,;,,e,. 81
a,iu o> -, .ae Th.r. ara sayaral state
,o,,ns all artistic in their furnishings
and the interior is more like that found
in handsome country house than on a
vessel -
f'elore .on'iloeoir 'a,,,' Ia,
yacht Dun, ne oM ileu ,,;e a. ,l,,. aI,a1
ai@" iiaii'eo Niis.'iia' winch 20 ~" -,
me f-speLai "a anu - y" ~. y -. -,
McNFe OF ftttspui gu nie po .o
attractive room - the aiii'ne roons ~ 10
in the ior"a deckhouse- Inc front Is
circular and the WINDOWS are OF heaVF
plate glass. The carvings OF the furniture
in this room are very handsome Inc
Esperanza is a steel vessel lu5 feet on the
water line.
Probably the most luXuriously fitted or
the American-built steamers is the Aztec.
owned by A. c. Burrage. She is go feet
long on deck and 80 feet beam. She was
built in 1882 from designs by William
Gardner and her interior fittings are most
elaborate A different costly wood is
used in each stat.room t,ircassian wal
nut. bird's-eye maple satinwood mahos-
any. teak and rosewood have been used
literally The carvings are all elaborate
and tb,. furnishings and hangines are O,
silk brocade The furniture for this
Yacht was oil snaci.1ly DESIGNED for n