The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-18
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hONHtoU l A III y Ndioci y"Ni' to come into Juneau this summer, the Clareu IT,, of, Seattle. moored at the boat harbor, is the envy of all who have seen her
 Owner of the 48 foot bridge deck cruiser is R. J. Tarte, Transport Storage and Distributors head in Seattle. His wife is the former Clara Diaz, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Manuel Diaz who started Kctchi- kan's first restaurant 25 years ago.
 Also on board the Clareu are the Tarte children, Lawrence, IT, Neil, 13, Mary Lou, 10, and Teresa, g. En- gineer is George Dubail former Al aska Juneau employee who was a popular member of the Juneau young folks set and left here in 1887.
 The Clareu, 48 feet long, has beam of 12 feet 6 inches and draws about 4 feet of water. She is driven by twin. Chryslers of 97 horse power each, giving top speed of l3.7 knots and a cruising speed of 81s to g knots.
 Designed by Ed Monk and built by the Lakewood Boat ompany at cost of close to $l0,000, the Clareu is one of the most, practical family cruisers on the Pacific Coast,
 Mrs. Tarte demanded galley on the deck when the plans were be- ing drawn up, and over architects protests, got the radical feature in cluded, feature that since has been copied in the construction of half dozen similar craft.
 Forward, under the raised deck, the Clareu has chain locker, fuel tank for the stove, and toilet. Aft of that is the owners quarters, deep bunk above spacious lock- CTS.
 Three spiral stairs give access to this cabin from the pilot house, approximately fourteen feet long with ample glass all around. Bendix controls and a wheel amidships aft of a deep topboard makes steering comfort.
 Approximately five feet aft of the wheel, cable runner on the cabin roof makes it possible to hang curtain to shut off the wheel house from the galley end.
 The stove is gravity oil burner that also burns Presto logs. Not only to make it more attractive, but to do away with the worry of cor rosion, the chimney flue is of shin ing stainless steel.
 A table across from the stove and sink has wide blue leathered up- holstery seats that can, in squeeze. make up into big double bed and give the craft sleeping accommo- dations for ten.
 An icebox, miscellaneous lockers and another toilet are just aft of the pilot house and galley with plenty of head room going down the stairs into the trunk cabin.
 In the trunk cabin are four hunks, two on each side, and the upper hunks narrower than the, bottom to give greater accessibility.
 Floorboards liit up in the spac- ious after cockpit to give access to the twin vee-drive Chryslers, but incest feature of the boat is the big storage space beneath the pilot house, gained by simply lifting the floorboards trap.
 | Tarte flew to Fairbanks early in the week to confer with Cecil Wells, motor dealer, and is expected to return today. On his return the Tartes will cruise leisurely to Sitka and other ports of call, using per- haps another month to see South east Alaska.
 I A few more days are looked for ward to in Ketchikan where Mrs. Tarte feels she yet hasn't met all her girlhood friends Fl