The Republican journal., 1915-05-13
The Sea Call.
The Last Word in American Yachts.

icy " OoHS COrpOraClOn, NepOnSet,
Mass, and we take the following de.
scription of her from Boston paper:
The Sea Call, as we'll as being tn.
largest of American yachts of her type
is the finest and latest in every way ii
marine architecture, and no pains or ex
pense were spared in designing, building
and the equipment of the big schooner
Every bit of material, even the sal Is fol-
one of the lifeboats, is of selected stock,
and the Sea Call is the last word in
yachts.
Like the American Cup sloop Vanitie
designed by William Gardner & Co. fol-
Mr.. Cochran last year, the Sea Call lines
are the work of the same firm. Once
afioat, that could be noticed at once, for
the lines of the hull showed the fine
sheer that Mr.. Gardner is no ted for in
all his boats.
Although the Sea Call, when launched
| set very high out of the water forward,
because nothing of her interior equip
ment or auxiliary engines except the
finish of the cabins, officers quarters
and forecastle was aboard, the hull
showed the powerful lines that will make
the schooner ideal for offshore cruising.
Painted white above the waterline.
with her underbody plated in monel
metal, polished bright, which will not
be painted, the Sea Call was strikinglv
unlike any other vessel of her type ever
built. When launched, the schooner
weighed nearly 800 tons, but when all
the equipment and engines are aboard
this will be increased to fully $780,
The Sea Call IS 2l5 feet over all, max
ing her the largest of the American
fleet of three-masted schooner yachts.
Her other dimensions are $50 feet on the
waterline, SO feet inches beam and Is
feet inches draft. On the three masts,
when everything is set, there will be a
spread of about $4,000 square feet of
canvas.
Like the Vanitie, built at Lawley's
last year for Mr.. Cochran, the schooner
is framed and partly plated with chrome
vadanium steel. The frames are bulb
angles of special designed section. The
boat has five steel bulkheads and seven
web frames, which are intended to give
very great traverse strength.
| While the deck is of special selected
white pine stock, the deck fittings are of
monel metal, polished. The three masts
are of the same metal as the hull, built
after the same plan as the hollow masts
for the Vanitie. These hollow masts are
| unusual for vessel of the size of the
| Sea Call and she is believed to be tie
first three-masted schooner so equipped,
Each of the masts has on the after side
strip of monel metal that will take care
of the jaws of the gaff at all times,
even when the schooner carries two
reefs in her lower sails.
All the spars are of wood. hollow, the
topmasts telsscoping into the heads of
the masts. The distance from the water
line to the top of the miZzen truck is 1877
feet. Due to the long overhang forward,
the jibstay will set on the stemhead.
The steering gear is quite novel, as it
consists of diamond screw gear placed
below the deck. This is operated by a
! shaft from stand on deck, which is
equipped with two Wholesome on the
fore and one on the after side of the
stand. All bearings of the steering gear
consist of balls or rollers.
| Not only is the schooner equipped with
! a heating plant for cruising in the high
! ATTITUDES, but also with system of pip
ing that will carry cool air throughout
the hull when in the tropics.
| Below decks the owners and guests
quarters are finished in white, while the
crew and officers quarters are finished in
Dutternut, vanished. The owners state
room, bathroom, store room, lounging
room and chart room are in the stern.
aft the miZZen mast. Forward of these
quarters is the sitting room on the port
side and the dining room on the star
board side.
Forward of the dining room are two
staterooms for guests, with bathrooms,
while on the port side are two other
staterooms and a small stateroom for
the owners valet. Just aft of the main
mast and forward of the staterooms, ex-
tending across the greatest beam of the
schooner, is the owners galley and serv-
ing room, connected with the dining
room by passageway inside the state
rooms on the port side.
Between the mainmast ard foremost.
amidships, is the engine room. On the
port side of the engine room are five
staterooms for officers, while on the star
board side is the captains stateroom, two
other officers 'staterooms and the officers
bathroom. Forward of these and the
engine room is the officers mess and
gally.
In Cue lOTeCdSSl6, lOFWdEQ OF the OIL
GERS mess, there are % swinging berths
for the crew; tor it will need fully tina,
many hands to handle the sails of the
Sea Call, although much of the manual
labor will be accomplished by auxiliary
motors.
There are two roomy monel metal deck
houses for owners and guests, one be.
tween the mainmast and the mizzen and
the other just aft of the mizzen. Except
for these two deck houses and the fiat
engine hatch, the deck of the schooner is
only broken by cleats, bits and capstan.
For auxiliary power the Sea Call i:
equipped with specially designed gaso.
line engine OF about 50U-horsepower
This engine was built in New Jerse,
from designs by Paul E. Daniels, the
designer of the Gnome aeroplane engine
This engine of eight cylinders is tn.
, largest gasoline engine yet built. The
gasoline tanks have a capacity of from
5000 to $1,000 gallons, which will give tn,
schooner great cruising radius undel
power.
. The Sea Call will be commanded b,
| Capt. "Dick. Sherlock of South Boston
who commanded the auxiliary brigantin,
Mobican last year. This summer thu
schooner will be used by Mr.. Cochran
along the coast east of New York, il
Long Island Sound, while the Resoiut,
and Vanitie are racing, and on the cruise
| of the New York Yacht Clnh Nox+ 20,