Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-20
THE Cost OF YACHTS. 1t is estimated by

THE Cost OF YACHTS. is estimated by
yach,smen of prominence and experience that
the pleasure yachts of the New York Club alone
must have cost nearly $4,000, 900, while the
fleets of the whole country cost about s5,OOO,-
600. The yachts of the Brooklyn Club cost
$3.50, 600; Atlantic, $40O,00O; and all others IN
New York bay about S3OO,OOO The Eastern
Club of Boston harbor Is very wealthy, owning
yachts valued at $4OO000. The best class OF
these vessels cannot be built and equipped for
less than $3.50 ton, or about $4,000 for
sloop of 50 tons, the smallest craft which can
be constructed with due regard to comfort and
convenience in cruise. Iacht-bullders de-
clare that a roomy cabin, large enough to ac-
c0modate the average grown person, cannot be
attained in vessels of smaller tonnage. A crew
of five men Is necC SSary TO man SUCH yacnt,
and these cost, during the summer cruise OF
four mouths, at least $3.50 month. 1t Is ne
ccssary to employ one ofthe crew assteward du-
ring the whole year, In order that the yacht
may be taken care OF. The expenses tor food
are to be added to all this, so that the amuse.
mcnt is dearly bought. But as the yacht at
the same original outlay will accommodate say
from seven to ten guests, the cost does not
compare unfavorably with expenses at a crowd
ed hotel at the Springs or sea-sld, and the ac-
commodations OF the yacht are lmmeasurably
superior to those of the hotel in the season.
These figures give only an inaisinct idea
of the cost of larger yachts. The famous
Henrietta was sold, after her triumph IN
1866. when quiet an old vessel having seen
rough service in the civil war, for $4,000
Her former owner, james Gordon Bennett,
ir., immediately bought the Fleetwing, one Of
the vessels which he had beaten in the famous
dead of.wntcr ocean race, for $65, 900, and
rechristened her the Daunte>s. 1t was this
magnificent vessel which was beaten 10 the
ocean race of 1870 by the English-built Cam
bra, which was sold the same year for $50, 0OO
The Resolute of Mr. A. S. Hatch, he smallest
an one of the most el.gant Of the schooner
yachts of the New York CLUB, being 10 tons
burden, cost $50, ,00O-but she was built 10 war
times. The largest schooner-yacht in the
country, the Sappho Of Mr.. Douglass: cost
much less than this, proportlonately. fachs
built in the excellent staunch sty lie Of these en-
dure for many years. They may grow out of
ia >hion, or may be cxcelled by new models, for
the art of yacht building improves with each
year but they never rot if cared for. The
English yacht Pearl, built in 1878 by the Mar
auis of Ancesea, has outllved her famous mas
ter and all his family except one SOD, Lord Al
fred Paget This young uobeman, lnhertlng
the taste of his father (who, IN spite OF his
qualities as cavalryman, was, to use his own
expression, 'the most thorough bred yachts
man in England'') has lately abaud doned his
old love for new steam-yacht, and the Pearl
lies rottiug in ordinary. There are severalvery
old yachts in the American feet, the America
itself having now attained generation OF years
without losing any part of the vlgor OF youth.
" f. e. ,ShanEs, IN Scribner for -aag'tst.