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Putting the Sailer on Schedule Auxiliary Power Removes Operating Uncertainties-- Methods of Installation Are Now Standardized Web Line C-D x = a ap te | nite a ee \7ip Vearance +-O} t:/'Dva, . \ Zen Uh aeoe Rat Wor, x XPERIMENTS in ea: oe 'ote strap in be S Ch Length Be\ nomical ships Ea irected the "greadth tosuit 1 ° 7710105 . attention of CUCEney aa Wize Number, of 1" to the auxiliary sailing craft and today aE Ione i e arin h ni Ee te many such vessels are appearing on the (ietied surtace| ; Gore for 6£0,\ \ seas reminding old seamen of the days Ng A Stern Tube . . ° . . yy = when steam navigation was in its in- M4 Nt fancy and when mechanical power for | a8 propulsion was considered too uncertain | ee JO a ug" to depend upon exclusively. In those | Pb Side oF Stern Post ah fk . . ¢ | ad Ue ; days, the sails were fitted to a ship SAct2 Z to assist the engines. Today the engine ; L 1\ j : Sa : Heel Line of Ry - is being fitted in sailing vessels to assist ; Ole Frame Angle. - 4 the sails. Old canvas flappers came a ape, > : ' : . 4 ceeds" The DISTONCeE into their own during the war as a re : "A Of The Dia Frome sult of the ship shortage. They have Lil bee » " ns ToAave : : : ore Sze8 Number of tl) cs Hbs.8 Points& remained profitable since the armistice Rivers fo SUI? Pl | SotAryss Flenge Conditions i Ae due to the tremendous demand for cargo lore Straprobez" | \ Zo Way of Webs. Vk B0ss& Ends of Cas? space. But the great drawback to a en ee gage rt |... Fp dese rire sailing vessel is that it cannot guaran- EMG oe . tee the time of delivery of its cargo. ?| American sailers are concentrated in the coastwise trade. These vessels are rarely becalmed. But ships which are Fen2s |---24--/r @2--| sent i | t into long runs across the ocean PROPELLER POST CASTING FOR AUXILIARY SCHOONER are compelled to take greater chances. It has been estimated that a sailer on ; "ie : : a three months' trip will be becalmed 81%4 knots and a fuel capacity for 15 pitch. The propeller has a projected approximately 10 per cent of the time. days' continuous operation. The en-. area of 55 square feet and weighs 2300. A doldrum is expensive and it is for the gine installed in this ship 1s a South- pounds. : Purpose of enabling such ships to es- wark-Harris, built in Philadelphia and In making an installation | such as cape from a period of enforced inac- '8 Of the 2-cycle reversible type, with this the after hatch is utilized. The tivity that auxiliary mechanical propul- @ brake horsepower of 385 and an in- engine and equipment is lowered through sion is employed. A great many such dicated horsepower of 625. The aux- this hatch, and the trunk in that hatch mstallations have been made during the iliary engine used to drive the a oe cased up. Usually a bulkhead ig past year, and now a number of new P*°SSOF is of the semidiesel marine type. already in the vessel, but, if not, a Rittican Sailers are' being built with: [ie Due PUMP & driven by a Novo wood bulkhead can be built in, By this auxiliary power drafted inte their orig- diesel engine, single cylinder. method but little of the cargo hie Oe Assign. The San Guiseppe, being an old sailer, of the vessel is taken up. oe er Among the conversions made during naturally has but a single bottom, so it @0Y conditions a sailer must always nd fre- tie past year, were three ships upon was necessary to install tanks for the carry more or less ballast, a Which work Ls 'ty for 10,000 quently the engine serves as a ballast. was done in the repair oil. She has now a Capacity ; Tnetallatoneecn aa cee ae le Yard of the Morse Dry Do i lons of oil, and in addition a fresh nS : Co,, Brooklyn, N, y. ae eae ane tank capacity of 3500 gallons. mally be made ta aloe a ~ ae auxiliary engines upon the The engine was placed well aft and conditions ae ae o bate a Stoners Det Boscurrro and the SAN operates upon a short shaft. Tt was See oF fe ee 'SEPPE, both being Italian sailers. necessary to cut out forward of the old architects the enters: : as : he San Guiseppe carried away with stern frame to make a well for the vessel -- oe ae ae ride the port of New York an propeller. She has but one screw, the be _ or - se uy tie ae fie; >) Power plant consisting of a wheel being solid bronze, three bladed, ered to We eee i eee "el engine capable of. driving her 92 inches in diameter with a 37-inch she returns from the trip. Tha 511