Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . enjoy the scenery,while completely protected from theweather; and for use on the HudsonRiver and similar waters they are all thatcould be desired. In the second class I put regulardecked vessels of 75 to 100 feet long,which have trunk cabins. They have notdepth enough to have cabins with a flushdeck above them, and therefore the deck,which is par excellence the best partof the vessel, is sacrificed to the yachting is carried on only in the sum-mer (as a rule), when it is pleasant to be inthe open air, yachtsmen and th
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . enjoy the scenery,while completely protected from theweather; and for use on the HudsonRiver and similar waters they are all thatcould be desired. In the second class I put regulardecked vessels of 75 to 100 feet long,which have trunk cabins. They have notdepth enough to have cabins with a flushdeck above them, and therefore the deck,which is par excellence the best partof the vessel, is sacrificed to the yachting is carried on only in the sum-mer (as a rule), when it is pleasant to be inthe open air, yachtsmen and their guestsare always on deck, viewing the sceneryand the passing vessels, except when theannouncement by the steward that a mealis ready causes them to hurry down to thesaloon with generally, I presume, excellentappetites. As soon, however, as the eating 11 omit all launches below forty feet in length, as the NewYork Yacht Club does not recognize any vessel of less thanforty feet long as a yacht, and does not admit them into theclub. AMERICAN STEAM YACHTING. 117. B^^Mg.^ 86 CAMILLA, OWNED BY COL. FRANK BRANDRETH, OF SING SING, (Drawn by Cozzens, New York and American Yacht Clubs.) is accomplished, they return to the deck tosmoke their cigars and see what is goingon. Now, to sacrifice the deck merely tohave a more roomy cabin, is, I consider,a fatal mistake, and I consequently dis-approve in toto of this class of the loss of the deck there is an-other serious objection to them. Theyare not safe in a sea way. A sea taken onboard might easily crush in the sides of thetrunk cabin and swamp the vessel, and,consequently, these yachts are not fit to gointo the open sea except when the barom-eter stands above thirty and the ocean is ina quiet mood. The third class consists of vessels some-what larger than the preceding, and es- pecially having greater depth, with a flushdeck from stem to stern. These yachtsare very desirable, and can go the best of th
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