The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-07

hear, also promised like treatment. The Cet0nia,
the close of the last season. is exchanging
iead TOT iron ballast, her timber space, &C..
being filed In with the moulded metal and with a
lew other alterations one may reasonably expect
she WIN come out greater flyer this season than
iast. Her weak point. as Illustrated at Torquay:
was tenuency TO heel up overmucn Dut tills. OF
course could not be wondered at, II the fact that
her ballast was merely pitched down under the
PLATFORM DC TAKEN into consideration Sne mas
beautifully round and powerful lines and. with the
additional artificial power the lead will impart
tnere wiii De no future fear about her Keeping on
The famous Egeria is. we are informed, to
undergo some very extensive alterations, involv-
Ing even a modification OF hull. Her after oOdy
ABOUT the water line, from below the runners to
tne extremes, Is to be filed out TO the extent or
several inches In some parts. and In the orebody
little nat surface Is to be rounded by hipping
Her Keel which Is now straight fore and ait. Is to
DC GamDered and the fore grippe eased With
the Egeria is 70 be shorn Of her moulded
cntwater ana given "Pantomime" stern.
to their original rake Ths A as has Ssen
stripped for recopperng, &C.. although now filed
out with lead bolted on from garboards well rgh
side and all lead inside We heard, too, that the
doors and Upside fittings are to come down, and the
arrangement OF this sort is no doubt, highly con-
duclve TO speed and nowadays yacht with no
IN nttings than bathing machine Is allowed
10 ehter as In 'crusing trim." The KrlemhLda,
we near; is to have more outside lead and the
Arrow is promised, before the commencement Of
Count Dat thyany's crack by giving her racing
sails, and-tne old story-lead ballast: lead keel'
be shifted eighteen inches further forward The
Vanguard Is also to be altered, but the doctors 1t
Is rumo s;, cannot agree whether her m,dship
quarters tucked up. Last season, except
a. ser the earlier part she did not get
as the Mabel and Iona, are so good that some
Improvement is an absolute necessity if the old
vanguard Is to hold her own among them. The
WIZARD. whom n
seen matched against the clipper Phyrne is re-
coppering and bound up to ST. Petersburg the first
converted from cutter to yawl and is fitting out
Tor commission at the end of the month. The
Rooney. Is having new decks, t0psIdes and relas-
tening. The Flying Cloud, we heard. is again In
the market her new owner having tailed to secure
named yachts at Fay,s Yard. we noticed. side by
SIDE the fastest twenty and fifteen tonners Of the
lcutter), Count Batthyany's ISL tender under re-
pair. Mona 81, Ariadne (schooner), Bird (yawD,
Dream G9ppsai schoonerl Daring (scnoonerl
lschoonerl, Madcap (cutter), Phosphorus (cutter,
Gornella e., Rosebud. &c. At Hatcher's yard
craft or two down. but we had the pleasure
OF S INSPECTING IL fine yawl of sixty tons:
o. Mr. At the 20 yaa
are the Lizzie, Norman, Glance, Astarte, Rainbow,
WIN o. the Wisp, DC: The Lizzie has this winter
what lined, and the rake OF her stern post taken
out. She is thus longer on the water line. and
should consequently reach and run better than
before; we have, however. an opinion that the
.vanessa Will be able to keep 1 position
In her Glass; at any rate for the present A. Payne
has steam yacht In forward state, built to the
order OF the Marquis OF Exeter. She is OF wood,
about $50 tons measurement, with engines by Day
Il Co., OF Southampton. Among a large
fleet OF yachts at Payne's yard we noticed
the schooners Hornet Lady Evelyn, Zouave,
&C.; cutters Scorpion, Folly, TerpslchOre Fox
hound, &C., Mayny ~, and yawls Gertrude
and Miranda. The last named has been purchased
this week by Mr.. Marvin. OF COwes Walter Luke.
OF Itcnen, Is building steam yacht Of about 100
tons Tor Lord Harrington. and Is 1ull of launch and
government work. The PirOnelle, 80 tons,
which was built at this yard by Captain Hans Busk,
as one of proposed fOtilla OF seagOng life ships
has at last left her builders hands for London.