Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . arlan & Hollingsworth Company, ofWilmington, Del., began the preliminaryworks incident to the building of thisvessel, and had it not been for delays im-possible to prevent, in the matter of ob-taining required amounts of steel atrequired times, the Nourmahal would havebeen ready months ago. Mr. (iustav Hill- and the long, easy lines, with reduced areaof amidship section, cannot fail to attractattention. The bow has a peculiarly rakishappearance, and her elliptical stern is veryhandsome ; and while it is claimed there isgreater
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . arlan & Hollingsworth Company, ofWilmington, Del., began the preliminaryworks incident to the building of thisvessel, and had it not been for delays im-possible to prevent, in the matter of ob-taining required amounts of steel atrequired times, the Nourmahal would havebeen ready months ago. Mr. (iustav Hill- and the long, easy lines, with reduced areaof amidship section, cannot fail to attractattention. The bow has a peculiarly rakishappearance, and her elliptical stern is veryhandsome ; and while it is claimed there isgreater strength in this construction, it iscertainly less dangerous than the squarestern when running before a heavy plating of the vessel above the water-line is smooth as a board, and the neatmanner in which this work is done demandsespecial mention. The hull is painted aglossy black, with a female figure and adelicate gold tracery at the head as anornamentation, and on the stern there isnothing but her name, and the port from 128 AMERICAN STEAM PROMISE, OWNED BY A. D. CORDOVA—LARCHMONT YACHT CLUB. which she hails, in massive gold has one large single smoke-pipe, alsopainted black, and she is bark large lights are on the sides forair and light, and eight coaling ports havebeen provided. Externally the Nourmahalis a yacht of grand proportions and rakishbeauty, capable of all around the worldexplorations, and of strength sufficient tolaugh at the fitful moods of the ocean. In-ternally there is a world of room, suppliedwith every known novelty of approved ex-cellence, while the finish, fittings anddecorations are of a very costly nature andmagnificent in their exquisite simplicity. The ElecU^a was designed by Mr. Hill-mann to combine strength, speed and con-venience, and she was built under the su-perintendence of Mr. Gerry and the archi-tect, under the rules of the English dimensions are as follows : decklength, 178^4 feet;
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