Something Like a Yacht.
The largest *ie im y.-icht ever built'- is' now m comvso of construction at New York, ami will probably be fini»hed m time to make her trial trip ne^t sum-, mor. This "yacht" is-the first built of steel m America, and is for Mr Wil--liam As tor, a geutlem;m*who evidently" desires to own a floating palace; for the yacht is to be built and fkte'cLre gai-dless of expenses. The dimeusion-s | are* 227 feet long, 30 feet extreme i bread h, and depth 20 feet, with engines capable of developing at least 1400 masts to" carry 7000 square feet of canvas. The electric light will be fitted throughout. Snch ■.-a«vessttUi& something more than a*j yacht; it ia a cruiser capable of steam- 1 ing or sailing all over tho world, and quite .eclipses, in point of sixe all the iaVge.pjeasure vessels .oi*,. yachts owned on this side of the Atlantic.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 101, 25 March 1884, Page 2
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153Something Like a Yacht. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 101, 25 March 1884, Page 2
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