The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-10
YACHTING NOTES.

At the annual meeting Of the Boston Yacht Cluh
the following ofncers were elected :-Commodore.
Benjamin Dean; Vice Commodore. w. II. l.. Smiths
Rear Commodore, George B. Duriee Secretary and
Clerk. Thomas Dean; Measurer. D. ]. LAWYER;
Trustees, g. D. Nickerson, J. Claxton Cary, Arthur
Cheney; Regatta COMMITTEE. Charles T. Russ
Coolidge Barnard, W. +. HalsaI, s. l.. French;
membership Committee. A. G. Martin, @. e. Russ,
Paul West; House Committee, Commodore Dean.
d B. Curtis and s. D. Nickerson.
General E. Burd Grub, OF the New York yachts
Club, has secured the services OF Captain Edward
Smith, who has lett tor Norfolk to take charge al
the schooner yacht Eva.
The sloop yacht Wayward, now being built by
Kirby, Of Rye, for Mr. William Edgar Norris d
the New York Yacht Club, win probably be nnished
about the Lat OF June. She win be q very hand
some craft and judging from her dimensions shoulA
have considerable speed
The shadow" is the name OF now SAN lstelv
introduced among English yachtsmen that win
probably suppant che spinnaker. In its descrlp-
ton Of the sail. the London Field ys:-sThe gsa
Is socketed to the masthead under the forestry.
and as 1t has universal joint it Will not require
unshipping to be shifted from side to side. Sew.
eral hoops will be seized to the head OF the sail
and when the latter has TO be hoisted the hoops
win be passed over The gar and then the halliards
Grove through single block) will be hooked to the
gan The sail will be kept In to the mast whilst &c
Is being hotsted. and the tack viii be hauled ont
to the Doom end-the boom, by the way, il rugged
as sptnnaker boom-and the sail sheeted. 70
keep the gan from going forward q brace or wang
wll lead ait nom the gan end. The sail will con-
same length in the foot. But beyond this, 1t II in
tended, IN long runs In light winds, to set jib-
sail viii be GOT equal to that Of mainsail and tou
sail. There Ii no doubt that this will be most
effective san when once SET and that there wall b
The new schooner Esteile, owned BY Mr.. Frank
Burritt, has been enrolled in the Brooklyn yachts
The schooner yacht Phantom, Mr.. william
Osgood, New York Yacht Club is still at her winter
dtted with topmasts iorty-two ieet il length, an
increase OF twelve feet over those she carrfedlas
MIR. Daniel Edgar's new sloop yacht, built BY
Kirby of Rye, Is now anOat, receiving the finishing
touches to her cabin and rigging. she 10 fine,
able looking craft and VIII probably show oon-
siderable speed
At recent meeting OF the New Thames Yacht
Club Mr.. J. +. Lontat. New York Yacht Club. and
The St. Augustine Yacht Club has elected tns
following officers for the ensuing year :-Commo-
dore, Gordon Granger; Vice Commodore. Daniel
Egar; Secretary and Treasurer, K. +. Armstrong;
Measurer, Charles + Crary; House COMMITTEES, ~.
York
The keel soop yacht Psyche is at Mr.. Steers
The Lynn Yacht Club have decided to hold their
annual regatta on June II.
Reed, has been enrolled IN the deet Of the Boston
The south Boston Yacht Club are rapidly tncress-
ing their fleet. They have now 100 members ON
the rolls and q fleet Of thirty Eight yachts.
Joseph B. Van Deusen has been Overnauling tire
Viking. Mr. Mahlon Sands, New YORK Yacht Club.
and htting her In trim for her trip across the At
lantic. Her fore topmast and flying lib6oom have
been housed and her main boom shortened. she
hos 10 a IN n
vas, and will sail on the 10th OF May.
Carl, OF City Island, has recently been engaged on
geek and Is Being of butt for Mr. Frank WHITE
The schooner yacht Madeleine, Commodore Jacob
being overhauled preparatory ior the coming
Mr.. 9. H. Delamater is having small screw
steam yacht built at CARTS, Of City Island. Sne
will measure 45 feet on deck.
The new steam yacht Ideal, built for Mr.. hugo
nection wi, with Messrs Havsmeyer, and launched
from Mr.. Van Deusen's yard late last fall has now
been FULLY completed. The ideal is one Of the
largest vessels OF the New York Yacht Club feet,
being 1876 feet long, Il feet beam and teet depth
OF hold, measuring about 200 tons, common meas
appearance OF iull-rgged, fore and aft, schooner
yacht She has exceedingly fine nnes graceful bow
and elliptic stern. Her machinery consists o. one
attachment; independent circulating pump and
engine, surface condenser, donkey engine ana
bilge pumps The boiler IL OF the square box TO
turn tubular type, IL teet front and length and z
feet high, having three furnaces ana calculated
for 100 pounds OF steam. The machinery was
built at the Delamater Iron Works from designs Of
Mr. George h. Reynolds, and Tor simphcay,
strength and neatness stands unsurpassed. The
Ideal mas just returned rom an engineers trial
trip and proved herself remarkably fast ana ex-
ceLent sea boat She ran nearly 4o0 mnos y
"a hours, averaging over - knots per hour: q
times with the aid Of canvas. logging 10 TO -
knots. The trip home rom Newport she accom-
pished in q little over II hours, thereby making
about the quickest passage on record for q vessel
OF her class. Exceedingly good taste and great
arrangement which, for comfort and elegance v
not surpassed by any yacht In the squadron. The
Ideal Is the first vessel built here that can DC PROD
credit 10 her builders and owners II 10 reported
that Mr.. Fritsch intends challenging the steam
Brenton's reef nghtship and back for cup. Ine
Day Dream, being an exceedingly last and anle
vessel will prove dangerous antagonist and one