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Show PLANS LONG YACHT TOUR. Pittsburg Man Bulldlnn Boat to Take Him Around tho World. Now York. W. Harry Brown Is to build tho largest three-masted fore-and-aft schooner yacht In tho world. It Is to havo auxiliary engines nnd Is designed for n voyage- which Mr. Brown expects to mako a year from next spring. Ho will sail up the Amazon nnd explore several of tho Island groups of tho South Pacific. Tho tour will then extend to Oriental wators and across tho Atlantic, tho entlro voyage requiring threo years. Tho boat will cost moro than $300.-000. $300.-000. Sho will measuro 197 feet C inches ovor all, with a 150-foot water lino and a beam of moro than 32 feet. Tho vessel will bo built of steel nnd will havo a displacement of 800 tons and a coal capacity of 200 tons, amplo to carry her across tho Pacific. Thero will bo a library and music rooms, smoking and lounging rooms nnd stnto room suites, with lavatories nnd baths. Sho will also be equipped with small nrras and rap-id-flro guns. Mr. Brown Is ono of tho wealthiest members of tho New York Yncht club and lives at Pittsburg, where ho is interested in steel and mining properties. proper-ties. Ho Is married and has two children, and will bo accompanied on his world tour by his family. Tho yacht Is to bo called Visitor II. |
