The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-06
BUILDER Is
BUSY ALL THE TIME
4. l.. Swasey Finds Present
Season the Best for
Many Years.
RUSHED EVERY MOMENT

A. I.oring Swasey of Boston and New
York-Swasey, RAYMOND & Pages one
Of the busies, of al the yacht designers.
SO far this season he has turned out
plans for twenty motor boats or poats
fitted with engines, ranging In size from
81 feet. a launch for Wilson Marshall.
to be built by LHwley. to the 1j1 foot
cruiser building by Jacob at city Island
for Arthur H.. Marks, which Will be
driven by two Craig heavy OIL engines
OF $50 horsepower each.
Some OF these boats already are well
advanced in their building. Others Will
be started shortly as soon as space can
be found for them in the yards and the
necessary material obtained. MI. S"a-
sey designed the Iloup-ba, winch is II
boat OF the express cruiser type ana
created such Il sensation last year She
liz driven by a Sterling engine and can
make IS miles an hour right along
This boat get the fashion for a new type
and several boats are being built which
will be available for service in the pa
troll fleet in case of hostilities. Five aye
being built by Britt Bros, when VII
be enrolled In a power BOAT squadron
which IN to be recognized by the naNat
authorities. Assistant Secretary or the
! Navy T.. u. Roosevelt is Interested IN
this class. The boats as soon as ready,
which will be- shortly. are TO make "A trip
in squadron from Boston to washington
where they will be inspected. Thc llst
OF boats turned out by Mr.. Swasey fol-
.ows
u foot launch for wilson Marshall
building at lawieye
a. foot seagoiny motor yacht for Daniel
40 foot Houp-La type cruiser for J Nell
| son. New York Yacht club
40 foot Houp-La type for Fred Humphreys
40 foot Houp-I.a type for Roland Nichol.
son OF Minneapolis aud the Eastern fHeh'
40 foo; Houp-ta type for iAnsdcn
HUMPHREYS of Morrstown.
40 foot Houp- La type for stewart DAVIS
OF Southampton and the sea""h""h'
! Curinthian Yacht Club
- foot Houp-La type for. u u Conrad
OF the Corinthian Yacht cub u.,,io,
Marrlck. Philadelphia, corinthian fach'
| club. 49,
for David Goodrich. New York
81 foot express cruiser for Co, JOSEPH
Elversor OF Philadelphia, which is :" h
driven by TWO 900 horse-pV"er h't''t~
NJ foot semi.Houp.la .ype for + \
Howell. New York Yacht club. l." b" BUN
80 loot cruiser for Irving RAYMOND Sew
York Yacht Clrh - hc huit ~ J1,nn
- font auxiliary kstrh for Rirhar'
Benedict Van Horn OF Moutr.al.
10. foot steel cruiser for iai'cy Bragg
New YORK Yacht Club. to be driven boy 90
""i,7ss e.""S =" .,esl steam ,scn. FOR Raymou,
Hoaslund. N.~ York Yacht cub !,
~. Sutlains a, Ja"ob's. nrl,en by ~,
c;rets engine. $50 hor.e- ponsr Zach
40 foot Houp. La typ" fN hrne'i Roger
% foct. iiioap:La ..yre high speed 70
St. Louis ami New York Yacht stub
100 foo; seagoing ketch for E'h"r' Met
81 Too, cruiser for { y Rurn.il. commo
dorr Of the Boston Yacht cub p""'
81 TOO, seseclnr power squadron 'or !;
I S'ur''N4r'
Tn. achievements last season of lioui
La. the express racing cruiser owned ''
Harold Wcssun Of she well known rrn
Of smith Il Wosson. has aroused a CON
troverry ON the respective merits "
the V bottom and the round bottom
,vpa Of hull design for small express
cruisers Flyawa!, exponent ~ Ill'
bottom type. demonstrated Ter hhll''
as a priz. winner by capturing '~c'v
out Of thirteen races. hut she ia u'
prove her speed superior to that O.
Houp-i.a In the Block Island rae
Houp-La met with tn" distressing cNro
rioucc ~ udinp water ~ her gl~pIcut
which DELAYED her fatally.
In the Cpruficld Light race Nnup-i.
led Flvavay all the wa NJ ~" S"un'
turned the lightSh.p a qnar'er "' q
hour before Flyaw,y. and then. vine
only a short distance from tin INNS
line and witt easy victory WITHIN ne
grasp. struck u partially suhm"rCe
piece Of timber. which put her hope
lessl, out of business SO far as tina
race was concerned NaChtsmeu are IL
terestedly waiting for the 1916 s'aso
I to determine the issue between thes
two boats. Houp-L.a is z? feet i inch'
= 1y : foe; inches on the water line,
I from designs Of S"asey. Raymond
' Page. and was built b. Britt Bros
Lynn, Mass, Her power pltnt IL a
l eight cylinder $50 horsc-powc~ hig
; speed Sterling.
There Is no question az to the sup
rior dryncss OF the round h.lgc type
a senway, and the wonderful strcnC,
and seaworth.ress of iloup-l.a w
a demonstrated ~splend!dlv by her pc
Y Torrance IN the New York Yacht Gu
I cruise Of 1915. l. will be remembers
n that ur the run from New London
Newport the fleet sailed IA half a ga
from the eastward which blew tho ga
from the big Sterling powered HuN,lia'
schooner katoura aud took tho hov
spirit from the Constellation. The III
~ oo,cr Houp-l.a made the pdssag"
about twenty miles per hour. literal
hitting the high spots only. During tn
@ run under such eNccpt!orally sevc
Q conditions tho Sterling engine ran Ill
q ~clovkWOrh and ably demonstrated
Reliability and efficiency as = sultah
power plant for express cruisers
Mr.. SWlSpN also ls at work on "A 30