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AMERICAN STEAM YACHTING.
I may, therefore, estimate the expense of
keeping a steam yacht as follows: First-
class launches, $2,500; second-class trunk
cabin vessels, $7,500 to $10,000; third-class,
flush deck vessels, $10,000 to 12,000; fourth-
Steam yachting is increasing in favor
year by year, and there is every indication
that it is destined in the near future to be
the leading style of yachting in American
waters. From very small beginnings, some
' NOURMAHAL — WORKING DRAWINGS.
class such as the Corsair and Stranger
$15,000. The very large vessels, such as
the Namouna, Atalanta, and Nourmahal,
I have no means of estimating.1
1 Mr. Townsend Percy has expressed, on the whole, the
most authoritative opinion in this matter, and we beg to reproduce it here from the N. Y. World of November 8, 1885. As
he has chosen his examples from among the extremely-
rich yachtsmen, our friends need not be unduly discouraged.—Ed.
The sailors and firemen receive on the average about
$30 a month, which is more than is paid on steamers
in the merchant service, in addition to the fact that
thirty years since, it has grown in magnitude, until we now have a fleet of vessels
varying in length from 40 to 250 feet, and
in size from 10 to 1,300 tons. Judging
they are much better fed and housed than in sea-going
steamers. Yachtsmen, therefore, have the pick of the seamen
and most of their employes are Scandinavians. Mates receive from $45 to $100 per month, and engineers the same,
while sailing-masters or captains get from $100 to $200 per
month.
The steward gets from $60 to $100 a month, and the cabin
waiters the same as the sailors. In the galley, the assistant
cooks are paid from $40 to $60 per month, but what the chief
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AMERICAN STEAM YACHTING.
I may, therefore, estimate the expense of
keeping a steam yacht as follows: First-
class launches, $2,500; second-class trunk
cabin vessels, $7,500 to $10,000; third-class,
flush deck vessels, $10,000 to 12,000; fourth-
Steam yachting is increasing in favor
year by year, and there is every indication
that it is destined in the near future to be
the leading style of yachting in American
waters. From very small beginnings, some
' NOURMAHAL — WORKING DRAWINGS.
class such as the Corsair and Stranger
$15,000. The very large vessels, such as
the Namouna, Atalanta, and Nourmahal,
I have no means of estimating.1
1 Mr. Townsend Percy has expressed, on the whole, the
most authoritative opinion in this matter, and we beg to reproduce it here from the N. Y. World of November 8, 1885. As
he has chosen his examples from among the extremely-
rich yachtsmen, our friends need not be unduly discouraged.—Ed.
The sailors and firemen receive on the average about
$30 a month, which is more than is paid on steamers
in the merchant service, in addition to the fact that
thirty years since, it has grown in magnitude, until we now have a fleet of vessels
varying in length from 40 to 250 feet, and
in size from 10 to 1,300 tons. Judging
they are much better fed and housed than in sea-going
steamers. Yachtsmen, therefore, have the pick of the seamen
and most of their employes are Scandinavians. Mates receive from $45 to $100 per month, and engineers the same,
while sailing-masters or captains get from $100 to $200 per
month.
The steward gets from $60 to $100 a month, and the cabin
waiters the same as the sailors. In the galley, the assistant
cooks are paid from $40 to $60 per month, but what the chief
