The New York herald., 1876-07-14
YACHTING.

AN ENGLISH OPINION OF AMERICAN YACHTS
AND YAcHTISG-THE NEW YORK CLUBS JUNE
REGATTA CRITICISED
'Buc with Gold Diagonal Stripe" tho visiting
respondent of the London Field. present at the
June regatta OF the New York Yacht Club and in his
letter dcscrib ng the fairly satisfied with
the general performances OF the racing boats Some
things however, did not fully up to his ideas and
expectations and one two extracts referring to
these may not be unlntcrestng TO the yachting pub
lie, they are given below. lie says
The mode OF starting the yacht, adopted. is my mind
each yschts crossing he line is taken nnd allowed OF
o"en there Is none Of the excitement or "pporunity for
s.ilal mancurns which ,,snd. y,ns star, a, British
cannot ascertain the res,ye positions of the
f~ at each sgboat he racing flags indistnct
and being s st The m.nsaG end are r.q"cn on ss
s entries did give the colcr OF the Gags. they had
sppear TO be Observed flying the club ensIcn and IL
extremely difficult Tor stranger 10 distinguish the
Evidently the correspondent not very favorahly
impressed with the scago,ug qualities OF some of tho
boats, as he writes
u long leg and short ons down 70 III: Southwest
sde more than two tack From rout the wind tree
to .s sandy hook L,sh,h,p anSrs opssil. we're 4.
boom q. The cap ea, sc, IN ns wreck and continued The
then the spar breaking commenced and ,epsais disappeared
and 10 op,,ss ,,osed The M"dsI,ms carried n away
tire The Mohawk who only cruising had her mansail
CLUB the American three deekcd
boats and admirably adapted TO- accommodate large
psrty In smooth bat. she outside.
perted would dntrgratc entirely; awnings blew away
She was very .sSn headed again Tor the bay aud missed
seeing the yachts round the hghtship oi cour,c this
Judges steamer which had representative OF the fair
. on board dd no, venture out ia"sh hcr than We dd
going qualities % either American yachts for
vi on mum Of that
great deal 10 have Of crack there.
Much that 'Blue. with Gold Diagonal stripc' saw
was new TO him, rs instance the following
ofc there much novel and peculiar In
lively bearns hni. up With lofty
%err sars iocsns counter the snan, owcr nass aud
sbor, topm.sts are ril striking ieatures Irving TO ,he
yond the tsnr.. and requires corresponding of
nss.rs or square salts are allowed nor are sausreosdrd
raropsal. carried the only balloon top., hong called
and Sosp the % sSc,. sSS il pess e eonsrs S
s@s sais & hs M % od . sc:
in Of the .ehconsrs vas longer than the
.,sysa has eouasrsole oi., The lna ,ho
as. srs. '' s no sen S%Sp.a IN
~ they certainly appeared TO render yood
.y up to the esas s board res cses ss~s
-.re n,ed With lazy sssssm., ropss s,schsd 20 tho
into the water when being lowered There was
be S :, ss,as @ 20 was S
.s ns yrupns OF s I .ssS ~, ws, s ., E, the
soldiers there aud back and aty owing to
.aui,y or the DISPLAY i ont in the little beat,
ing there numbers OF jss lifting in manner that
would have driven a I'D aper or a Wyatt crary.
The cor espondcn, Thus refers Rear Admiral Cen
ter's yacht, the Nindex
Al American "ewser" the yindes, poir,.d on, 70
mod Inc tcre.tay rs aui,e ..k the bowspr, Axtsrc
secured ~,h heavy iron ScSs and tho b ran on hanks