The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-07-21

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clssass 70 tkas Day thae Sbe heaped % bosad
this FIRST boat, being constantly in the shop
aiding by epcourageWent end, sdvice. The
new boat wss lsunchod and was called The
Ware.
She was eighteen feet long only, and, to
the astosishnent Of all, abe beat every
thing in her claaas and wa, econ purchased
Sy nr: AoCieasn, 2 ptcf:ssot IN Pfinesso 70
the remotest idea Of entering into the basi.
ness Of bcet.bufiding, butSoo arranged
with q Mr.. Moot ~ build another boat, the
two to own 1t In company for their own
pleasure. So the Isabells Jane was built,
found purchaser. Then Mcclellan bufit
another for himself called the Lizzie, but
ho could not keep her, and she, too, was
sold. Then he tried again to get . boat for
himself and built tho Phantom, but she,
to- ssGed and 20 a. ne s1
found myself in the bodybuilding BUSH
mess, with orders for two or three boats
ahead." Ali these bOAta had been fast, but
they had been built more for pleasure than
for, saeiaR purposes, snd now ncGiehan
boat" The result Of this determination
was the i" Colleen Bawn,"" twenty -fonr saet
long, larger than any he had get built, and
she was . wonder for speed, beating easily
everything Of her sise:.
The fAne Df AcGishan AZ . builder Of
and = gentieman having ( foreign order
gave it to him, and the Rschael was built
and sent cut to Bordeaux, France, where
she proved very successful. Since then
Mcclellan has built boats almost without
number, and his work 10 seen In almost
every portin the United States, as well as
! in Canada and the West Indies. The Mat
tie, Anna Mao, Sarah Jane, :Meteor, jean
| nette, Sophia, Emma, Bayonne, Mary Jane,
Tweed, Sallus, Wassa, and second
! Colleen Bawn, which was sent to the West
Indies, and is owned by Mr.. Howell, of
Nassau; the cabin siooRs undine' Lizzie,
others. The Matte, after beating every
thing iu these waters, was sold to Mr.. c
T. Howard, Of New Orleans, who re-
named her the Prot0s, and after one sea.
son, when she beat every thing of her inches
| In those waters, Mr.. Mahony, the cele-
Limnas expressly to beat the Pcctos, and
during the seasons racing the two boats
were so evenly matched that sometimes
one would win and sometimes the other,
, making some Of the most spirited contests
| Calf.
The Meto is the last of Me-. McGiehan's
construction, and her performances thus
7 far have been truly wondetfpl. She frat
T appeared during the regatta ct the Atlantic
Club, although not entered % contestant
, Joining the feet in the Southwest Split
, buoy, She filled away ahead Of the leading
sloop, the Vixen, very fast vessel, and 10
, the run out. TO the hght-ship, with good
, sailing breeze, point free, che beat her
I eight minutes. On the run from the light.
} ship to the honae-stake boat she beat the
? Vixen three niputes, going before the
wind. Dusing the regatta of the Brooklyn
i. }Club she beat tho Gxacie, . very faat saoop
on every point of sailing and in Ill sorta
: of wind, from sailing breeze to ighl
= air. In all her private trials abe has mani
r fested q degree Of speed which has sur.
sailing, and there IL little doubt bot thai
to day; sie 10 tho fastest sl0ep yacht In the
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