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136 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
Title | Yachts and yachting |
Creator | Cozzens, Frederic Schiller |
Publisher | Cassell & Co. |
Place of Publication | New York |
Date | [c1887] |
Language | eng |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Title | 00000134 |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Transcript | 136 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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