Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . fleet. The Vedette, built for Mr. Phillips Phoe-nix, in the year 1878. Length, 123 feet;breadth, 18 feet 5 inches; depth, q feet 8inches; tonnage, The Polynia, built in 1881. Length, 154feet 5 inches; breadth, 18 feet 5 inches;depth, II feet 6 inches; draught, 9 feet 8inches, for Mr. James Gordon Bennett, andthe Namouna built in 1882. Length, 226feet 10 inches; breadth, 26 feet; depth, 15feet 2 inches; draught, 14 feet 3 inches, forthe same gentleman. This firm, I believe, built several otheryachts, and they furnished
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . fleet. The Vedette, built for Mr. Phillips Phoe-nix, in the year 1878. Length, 123 feet;breadth, 18 feet 5 inches; depth, q feet 8inches; tonnage, The Polynia, built in 1881. Length, 154feet 5 inches; breadth, 18 feet 5 inches;depth, II feet 6 inches; draught, 9 feet 8inches, for Mr. James Gordon Bennett, andthe Namouna built in 1882. Length, 226feet 10 inches; breadth, 26 feet; depth, 15feet 2 inches; draught, 14 feet 3 inches, forthe same gentleman. This firm, I believe, built several otheryachts, and they furnished the machineryfor some of Mr. Lorillards vessels. Theyhad a high reputation for their machinery,and especially for boilers. The Wanda, built in 1885 by & Pine, at Williamsburgh. Length,138 feet; breadth, 18 feet; depth, 11 feet;draught, 10 feet 2 inches. This vessel hasgreat speed, and with the alterations nowmaking, is expected to be the fastest boatof her size in American waters. The /^^^/, owned by Theo. A. Have- AMERICAN STEAM YACHTING. 131. aiDA, owned by W. p. DOUGLAS, NEW YORK YACHT CLUB. myer and Hugo Fritsch was built atWilliamsburgh, by J. B. Van Deuson,and was launched September 9, , 130 feet; water-line no feet;keel, 105 feet; beam, 20 feet 2 inches; depthof hold, 8 feet ; draught, 6 feet; schooner rig,145 tons ; engine built Yale Iron Works,New Haven, Conn., two vertical act-ing cylinder 16 inches by 14 inches ; surfacecondenser boiler 12 feet by 11 feet by 6feet 7 inches ; engine condemned and takenout and new single engine put in ; cylinder20 inches by 22 inches, by Delamater &Co., 1874. Lost, 1884, on the coast ofMaine. The Ripple, paddle steamer of the riversteamer type, built at Port Jefferson, ,for C. A. Chesebrough, of Northport,, is used for cruising with his familyin Southern waters during the , 118 feet; water-line, no feet;beam, 26 feet 3 inches; depth of hold, 6 feet ;draught, 4 feet ; engine built by Quintar
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