New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-12-12
- OCEAN YACHT RACE.

lss forowne IS description OFT eOntesng vessels
m. vo. is owned BY Mr. Pierre IOrrisrd Sh Is Of 2Cl
hans harden She has eagh Of keel o. g ist ana o. os
Se feet She is center boat and quilt 6f White oe
White chestnut baeknaack and locust On aceoant o. e
ocean she hos undergone TIC iohoNL hl.ed
sssss"o Gr bo. las bees ,bortenel beT NAN and
VFeuast have also been shortened iet a' S on hoac
an entire new suit Of ssls also an entire nf% spar
Get addition 90 heavy "eI Ie whole hem, made
~ ne b4et ro,ian hemp She wiz carry new nieeost
and seYsT spare spar WHEN paeSt wheel appaTs us md
ease Of this being carried away she has siaf ms % v
~ neS ,b When thrown the water opens Gs UNI
brella md i be Of great service n neaNS -
Ils To- Inc whole Of her crew OF seane ING tesa wac
lsunohed only about seven nGfas ago sS ha n &
,.eeas matches Her first wes WIN te WSeoh N -
nee Of ~ miles the Vosta as obliged to allow her oyo
vent II minstes 5'sccones and being asead Of hef 10
Her next Triumph was Crer the wellksovn Henrietta
race 70 Cape May snd back hS' race Ta non 1nf
Hsleyon October % was,one that created no al oem
VI nieres yachting circles II was 20 New ioauol anu
bach non sands Point ~ ah vac i manned az Enows
Captain and Sailing Aasr Capt George Dayton hst oeer
oksfad l6 seamen AIR George Lorrard brother and Mr..
vessel vessel ''''''' ''''' '''
This yacht is Tie property Mr. james Gordon Bennett u
In the sounds on the Florida She is keel boat and OF
beautiful model She is OF o runs burden She mas Veen oss
carefully prepared present Her b0wp has Oeen
shortened 6 inches her lower mast feet ana her nam eoo
e se d 5a Pe o a Ga oso with new fore and a ays
and pbstay Of first quality charcoal wire independent OF Weh
has provided with forestry which comes INTO
he night heads Her beys double and Of u inch wire
her bobsay is Of inch wire her mann spfg OF tlncn W.
which viii prevent bsckstay She has extra galnonnes
spare fore and main boom fore and main gait oboom iGP9as
and also two spare spns She viii carry extra s WIN %
storm Try sails and storm forestry SAILS HOT Ned and
rnBgcdthat in five minutes they can be thoroug ,
wooded She has also extra deo5 es I'm ben esgEed
and hattonel dOwn Her steering arrangements 1e
he stecred by patent screw and wheel In case OF any ace
dent however She eaies spare tieIs which can ~ sPeS
Of the rudder head becoming twisted some
strong ropes to which taeSies can DC nSed enc M sA 70
which in ease the nnaee be carried away lights
bolts passing through the deck and enched Her deck cabin
the ballast has been secured by extra seepes Wc are
sanchioned under the deck IN deep sockets lls neag
has the following Captain 5 Samuels saning master
Martin J. Lyons first mate Jones second mate yo Que
boasNaiD carpenter SAL maker TWO ny - ne
cooks two stewards officers mssma1 and ~ sg g g
M. Melvin knapp sail the Henrietta
TIE FLEETwING.
The Fleetwing very handsome yacht She was built IN
tbe Fall Of et by Joseph Demen the blGer OF the
Alarm Gpsey and others She is the property OF NJ a Us
aeck is 100 feet beam "a feet and depth OF hold neary 10 feet
uhnage 22 She has been retted for the ocean race e5
main boom shortened five feet and been furnished
Sth an extra shrond She received sails
Sd been Supplied with new gang Of ggng sls s ~ De- as
Pedby eI in Of accident Two boats and an extra
set Of spas viii be used IN of emergency Her only race
the Henrietta Through some msunder
standing Capt Brown have sailed the yacht is
follows mate Joseph Brown second mate Henry IiCf
qaarieImnsters Joseph Crandel John Beelee John
beside cook and Ernest Staples end AIR Robert
Of the NcwYo Yacht Club sail in the vessel as judges
The appointed Mr. Center and the Henrietta appointed
Mr.. Staples to sail in the Fleetwing
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
principal features Of the articles OF we have
already given Briefly they follows; George end Frank
Festwng can beat the Vesta to the Needles the OF
EngsDd The Yachts to start from SANDY ho4k on es o
New York Yacht Club waving the allowance Of time Inc
by members Of the NeYork Yacht Club The remaining slip
-Slatons concern pilots the sails to be carried &c
TEE YACHT cLUB-PAssAGE DOWN. THE BAY:
At 10 O'Clock the members York Yacht Club and
their friends embarked the steamer River Queen and set sal
Tor sandy HOOK While passing ora s 70. National
other places along the shores Of the bay the yaehsneh were
Arrived of stSpecn staten Island the party he River
Queen found the three yachts which were TO TAKE par ID e
accompanying vessels bore many OF the friends Of the con
teston and who had sailed merely 10 witness the
PREPARATIONS FOR THE START.
aboa 2 O'Clock keeed procession passed from before
r. G. Schultz towing the Henrietta and the G. Chamberlain
90 The passage down the lower bay Every man bis
post and hard at work They were an improvement On ig
his duty in such way as 70 make unnecessary me running w
Squadron any expected such duty be performed
Every did his duty and ropes and SAILS and spfs gave
ready answer magic touch Of those who had individually
resolved to win great stake. BY the time the
yachts had arrived opposite Sandy Hook each
fSm the Whistle Of the T. reyenaecatter Jasmine on board
VI which Capt Fearing who had been appointed to net as
man stood to his post every sail rope its place
cold there but thought little Of heat cold
and crowded open decks Of the accompanying vessels and
zed earnestly al the three trim yachts and the expccant
who trOd their decks and all waited for the signal 10y de
partJe
Three ming,- - snd then .he long drawn out
so Of Tie Seain.vhse Each Yacht 9Snns round al Die
Se s s1S ~as IN Wes Il was breeze
vessel paved of handsomely the vea having the lead
the northwar AS they started each had oresa main
sail mangah iopseil and three ib Immediately alter wear
The others Immediately set their squarea but Kept up tber
Hbs The Fleetwing after set her foreopsa and s
1t was q beautiful exciting The sea spread
far OF into the dmness Of the horizon with few po boats
and steamers to break the line 70 the southwark and east
ward NOrthward beautiful bay and steamers crowded
with life and farther the land Between these wes the Hue
S Yachts sPIsaoRs e 0ro9a san E w1gSS s and
nge and spar into bold relief against the brightly lighted sky
behind were the toiug steamer with small army
with white handkerchief Which waited May farewell
The departing craft Thus mile after mile the yachts kept on
their way aud the steamers followed. The
very rough and the spanking breeze sent the racers through
the waters verify Ike Thugs OF life One couldn't hep nun
wave etc etc. all the Jolly songs had
heard Many hummed these and others ioared them
nut in usty strength and the exharatug
they passed from the poetry song poetry of
and danced coon there tossed the tumbng Mean
while the yachts powed onward AT y O'Clock they NAN
tanned the relative line Positions that is the Henrietta
on The ng TIC Vssta Yi the seSs ana me f%s
Old yaohtusn said the sea and wind were favorable
assuming that in eompssssivey quiet sea Size was The
superior Of her competitors but that that superiority could not
abe for the time being took lead Each vessel had it's
ttes AT tue time the Henrietta little astcrn but not
cOnfdent that would win the final goal The fleewng
lad her hackers strongly confident those Of the other
larger sums Of money on their fayorite,
Al o'clock we passed an hs steamer i,er queen Se