The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02
Perfection of Gasoline
Motor Has Enabled
Those Who Love the
Water to Indulge in
Their Hobby

pClt IlODDy
tnTpE boating has grown very
M uI.h In popularity in the last
" t.n years. When Sir Thomas
Upton came after the Amer
IA. cup IN 1903 with his Shamrock
H. only q very few craft were equipped
With .t-n.cne motors and they were
ogrtt 'tr-,'y hy men Of wealth who
hal equipped small craft with these in
nrra' combustion engines because they
we're novelties and because they wanted
launches .ha, would be fast and better
thar 'H. l,d fashioned naphtha launch.
Some ~ these men. too, had the speed
craze and imagined that they could
have .s much fun on the water with
high speed craft as they could on the
land v'l automobiles. There were a
few speed boats that could make twenty
Or Twenty-Five miles an hour. and that
speed Nls thought to be wonderful.
. The p1y'h!ngs Of these men Of
means enabled engineers and builders
70 experiment. and after much hard
wrk and many failures the gasolene
motor Was perfected. so that to-day
ht,y miles an hour is an ordinary per-
| iormancc, and those who have the high
speed craze are looking for the mile a
minute h'a', which many think is close
It hand. Perhaps 1t will come in the
next series Of races for the British in
eFnat.onll trophy which Is to be raced
Or in ENGLAND and for which boats rep
-esen;in- England. France and America
viii compete.
The success of the gasolene motor
has done much to boom power boat
a"t!u- FOR men of moderate means.
Before j. Was perfected only the wealthy
ou'd enjoy the sport. because 1t Is a
Nsty matter to own and maintain a
steam yacht. Those who had not the
means 'n indulge in a steam yacht and
Who loved The water used small sailing
raft and Tho cltboat and the small
'o"p were very popular.
'ttAH llllitHl disappeared.
some Graf, "t this type are found along
v he coast. but nearly all are fitted with
'"a' E1So,ene motors SO that their
"ner, can enjoy sailing and when the
"Ad dies ont they are always sure of
.'.ag allie 90 get back into harbor. 1t
~ Tie Stm" way with many of the
sinai S.'Hps. They have small motors
which az, used in Gains and headwinds,
The 11~ulonc motor has almost driven
.ae sma. steam yacht off the water.
No one nowadays thinks of building
steamer OF less than $50 feet water
ne ana many of the older steamers Of
NAT 'z" ana under have had their
-"s.h's ana boilers taken out and gas
va. u. ..i, and tanks installed instead.
NE! are building motor yachts now up
loo ."", in length. The largest
'uS'AI YACHT Of this type built so far
We florence, which was designed by
a''o" y orr for a Mr.. Petersen OF
'ol"E-'"Wt. phio. This yacht was built
" "d".r} yard. near Boston, and has
'~ 90 ''@S.
'Ae advantages of the motor Yacht
ue many FIRST of all the motor
"''H cheaper than the steam
"s.Ne ana boiler. To run steam
's.N' % U.o1sed engineer is necessary
y" licensed engineer Is required with a
'aS' DO W tor. For a steam engine
,ue "' '"1 oilers are necessary and
wv wv or more iiremen are required tc
.e1 'N' ."N into the furnaces. 4
'a'o' motor feeds itself, it oils Itself
1"u 'N" nan can run an engine OF
~ '' 'nly the saving of wages
..N '' n his way, but the men IL
"e 'ht.u' force of a steamer have
oe I'I ni they have to have room
Se'p r.'oh means more expense
- u' "u motor yacht the engin,
ava. .H sleeps in hunks built in tn,
pa pa NJ. ..'d to the engine. In larger
"'S have separate quarters.
costs less than coal, and th'
, ~ Too I the liquid fuel are mucl
il" hunkers used to carr,
~, ''". NA'ther advantage in fave
'"' ' yacht is that the engine
heats the vessel, while tn
1 ' motor yacht Is always cool.
s'"'" -'"incr stops running tn
to burn and there Is still
h N" boiler. When a moto
mere Is no consumption
4, ODE motor is started again
n O' OF days run with
uros have to be banke
In "'"' VIII last through the night
m yacht cock stops the no>
snug ''' anu an
'"''' always dust on steamc
,"' have to be dumped over
,s'a '.'. ,hcrc is no waste of th
v W" motor boat, The saving
P' "h motor boat is consderabl
- T "". can b" placed under floor
,,s S's 1' motor Is "A small ara
sra, .'N'~ HuDh less space than a stea,
,", 'rs and bunkers.
M i'.l m"tor yacht will have 1
n. H." accommodation below deck as
viii o'' NJ amer \ 70 foot me tor yacl