Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . OKIENTA, OWNED UV J. A. DOSTWICK, AMKKICAN VACIIT i;i2 AMERICAN STEAM YACHTING. vessel, and I consequently now give themthe benefit of my experience on thissubject. The expense of running a steamer de-pends on a number of circumstances. Inthe first place, the cost varies with the sizeof the vessel. A steam launch 40 to 50feet long requires a pilot, an engineer, andone deck hand. The wages of these oughtto be $60 a month for the first two, and scribed in the beginning of this article,there would be required,
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . OKIENTA, OWNED UV J. A. DOSTWICK, AMKKICAN VACIIT i;i2 AMERICAN STEAM YACHTING. vessel, and I consequently now give themthe benefit of my experience on thissubject. The expense of running a steamer de-pends on a number of circumstances. Inthe first place, the cost varies with the sizeof the vessel. A steam launch 40 to 50feet long requires a pilot, an engineer, andone deck hand. The wages of these oughtto be $60 a month for the first two, and scribed in the beginning of this article,there would be required, in addition to thehands mentioned above, a stoker at $40,a cook at $40 (or any higher rate, as theproprietor might choose), a steward at $50,two additional deck hands at $30. Thenthe pilot and engineer would have to be ofa higher class, requiring $80 each, andthus raising the monthly wages to $ commissariat would cost at least as. THE OFFICERS ROOM, BY BOURGAIN. $30 for the last — making $150 a owners do not usually live on boardof such a craft, there would be no expensefor provisions, except for the board of themen which might cost $75. Then coal wouldnot cost more than $75, and repairs andsundries, $50 — making an aggregate of$350 per month, or $1,750 for the season offive months. To this must be added the an-nual refit and clothes for the men, amount-ing to say $750 more — making a grand totalof $2,500. For vessels of the second class, as de- much more: the coal $200, and repairs andsundries, including the mens uniforms, say$540—making $1,500 a month, or $7,500 forthe season. To this must be added $2,500for laying up and putting in commission —making a grand total of $10,000. Vessels of the third class cost very littlemore than the above, requiring, perhaps,an assistant engineer and one more deckhand, perhaps a mate, thus increasing thetotal by a couple of thousand dollars. I now come to v
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