The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-20
Y A CHI T IN G .
The Opening Of the Jersey City Yacht Club
A Proposal for the Small Clubs to Unite
in an Annual Excursion.

The preparations for the yachting season OF
1872 are now nearly all completed and yachts are
being put in commission very rapidly. The differ
ent clubs are also calling together their members
and discussing the programme for the season. The
Jersey City Yacht Club, of the most lourlshing
organizations OF that foreign land held their an
nua opening on last Saturday evening" The on
GERS OF the Jersey City Yacht Club are :-Commo-
dore, S. p. Hill; Vice Commodore, @. A. smith;
Secretary, F. Higham; Treasurer, A. b. Reynolds;
Measurer w. Chester and Steward J. lie Grand.
The object OF the annual opening Is to get the mem
bers together early In the year, have jolly time
and discuss the prospects OF the season. On Sat
urday evening the members OF the Jersey City
Yacht Club mustered In great force, and
number OF prominent yachtsmen, members OF
other clubs were also present. After enjoying
pleasant social talk together, the members and
their guests repaired to the upper room OF the
club house and sat down to some excellent turtle
soup, which they washed down with some dry
mumm After doing justice to the turtle soup
Commodore Hin rose and proposed the health OF
the guests of the evening, which was responded to
by Commodore Noble, Of the Columbia Yacht Club.
Commodore Sherman then made n few remarks In
| behalf OF the Oceanic Yacht Club. Commodore Hill
then got up, and In the course OF his remarks sug
gested that the smaller clubs should unite together
4 and hold an annual cruise and regatta. He said he
thouRht that such ciuDs as the Columbia, HOboken,
Oceanic, Bayonne, Harlem, New Jersey and Jersey
City should be brought closer together and an an
nual cruise would result In bringing the
members OF these different organizations In contact
| with one another and cement the bondof friendship
that should exist among all yachtsmen. COmm0-
| dOres Noble and Sherman also spoke In favor OF
this coalition, and promised the cooperation OF the
| Columbia and Oceanic Yacht Clubs. Commodore
Noble then issued invitation to those present to
the annual regatta OF the Jersey City Yacht Club
June IL, ana to their clambake on The 4th OF July.
sey City Yacht Club to the opening of the Columbia
Yacht Club on Sunday, May 20, when they intended
taking little cruise up to Fort Lee, where they
will partake Of a clambake. Commodore Sherman
also extended an invitation to those present to at
was to take place next Saturday evening, at their
club house, at the foot OF Van Worst street. Jersey
City. very pleasant evening was passed, and the
members and their friends did not separate until
early Sunday morning.
Sprays of Foam.
The new club house Of the Harlem Yacht Club ia
now completed and is found to be easy of access to
all Its members. They have plenty of water In
front OF the house, with good anchorage, and in
future VIII not be bothered much waiting for GER
tain tides in order to get through the Kills.
The sloop yachts Coquette and Flying Cloud have
been brought around from their winter quarters at
Gowannus and are anchored OF the foot Of Fifty
seventh street. North River, In front OF Columbia
Yacht Club House.
Quite a large number OF small boats are expected
to participate In the regatta tnat taxes place ON
wednesday, May %, ut Bates, South Brooklyn
The Columbia Yacht Club intend holding their
opening on next Sunday. The programme win
about mile above Fort Lee, clambake and u sail
back. A number OF yachts from the Jersey City,
Oceanic and New Jersey Yacht Clubs are expected
to join in the excursion at the invitation OF the
Columbia Yacht Club; so lively time may be anti
\ cpated.
| Commodore Noble, OF the Columbia Yacht Club,
has Just completed new open boat, which he has
named the George w. Dukes. This boat has about
| 22ls feet keel and will be heavily spared, carry
ing 20 feet boom and 10 feet OF bowsprit IT
vass can make boat move the bikes ought to sail
fast.
The Confidence, new sloop yacht, built for a
member Of the Jersey City Club, has just arrived
from the hands OF her builders at New London, and
is lying off the Jersey City Yacht Club House.
The schooner yacht Madeleine, Commodore JacOf
Voorhis, Jr of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, came down
from Nyack on Saturday, and is anchored or Ho
bOken.
The Columbia Yacht Club WIN hold their annual
regatta the 18th OF June. The steamer Fort Lee
has been chartered by the members of the club to
accompany the yachts round the course.
Some of the Jersey City Yacht Club members
think that the irene beat eighteen feet yacht
| In New York waters.
| Mr.. Nichols, of the New York and Brooklyn Yacht
| Clubs, will cruise this year In the schooner Alice,
formerly owned by ex Commodore George w. Kidd
The yachts of the StapletOn Yacht Club of Staten
Island, now nearly all in the water. The MEN,
| bers OF the club own about ten yachts.
| The Atlantic Yacht Club intend holding their an
nual regatta on the 18th OF June Quite number
OF new yachts have joined the Atlantic Club this
year, and the members anticipate good days
/ yachting.