"Steam yachting is always referred to as a pleasure in which only men of money can indulge. It is an expensive luxury, considered from the point of view of the majority of steam yachtsmen, although the cost of building and maintaining a steam or naphtha launch, in which a man can have no end of fun, is comparatively small. However, the pleasure to be found in the possession of a launch is mainly confined to smooth waters, and usually lasts as long as the sun shines, while real comfort is to be found only on such craft as are owned by wealthy men. In a large steam yacht the ideas of comfort and luxury predominate, the element of contest showing itself in only a few instances. Now-a-days, when speed is the especial object sought in a yacht, other advantageous features are abandoned, and so it is that the comfort of the owner is first considered, and then the speed of the craft adjusted to meet certain requirements. If, for instance, the builders were given an order for a craft to make 20 knots, they would build a very different sort of boat than if instructed to design a yacht having large cabin accommodations and plenty of deck room, the speed to be as great as these characteristics would allow economically. In a steam yacht a man wants a good all-round boat, easy in a seaway, and provided with all the comforts of home, while in contracting for a sloop or cutter he sacrifices everything to speed" A list of the steamers in the New York Yacht Club followed.