The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-07
OVERLAPPING THE YACHTS.
THE PREF IRA TIONS FOR TINE PLEdS-
URE or .INOTHER SUMMER.
New Vessels On the stocks, several Crnck
Dues 10 be Put In order Again. aud Famous
Cup " inners being Altered and ImproVed.

aspect, and ccLO with the tap OF mallct and the
hum VI saw and jackplnnc Though not 30 many
yachts have been tut I as In former years. the
pros poets for lively season are excellent
Several famous yachts. which. for two Seasons
past. have been out OF commission, arc to DO
put in order.
Tho large iron sloup being constructed for
Mr.. J. r. Busk. NJ Y. Y. c.. attracts much nttcn-
ton. as she IL to rate in the same class with tho
Oracle and the Vision. She is To b. Gs feet over
all 81 feet on water line. 10 feet inches BEAM
5 feet G inches depth OF hold She is to have n
ccntrcboard, which IL rather unusual in iron
craft and IL to be regular soop-rgged not cut
ter NJ reported. She bids fair to be powerful.
and Of course very roomy. Harlan x Hollings-
worth, Wilmington. Del. are tho builders. but
only John NJ. Sawyer Of this city isto be trusted
to draught her canvas and rig her
Mr. Contoits large now schooner Norma
makes her first appearance this season. She is
1U6 feet over all. 90 feet on water line. 81 feet
inches beam. 10s feet hold. She is n keel boat.
with four tons II lead run into her keel II is
noticeable by the way. that the practice Of run
ming lead into the kees OF yachts is getting
more common every year.
A noted craft Ia to be Mr.. Dion Boucicaulte
feWstoan yitht descrirfi in I1iEeUS n ar
ago. She Is to be launched in April from Ward
Stnnton's yprd Newhurgh. She s built Of
wood. with u iopsail schooner rig. and is 10 be
tue largest YACHT IN this country. Mr.. Bouci,
cRult will virtually have his residence on board
all the year round. having given NJ the notion
OF building II residence in Stamford. nenr Mr..
measurement; length over ALL Isl feet; beam.
26 feet; depth OF hold. IL feet. Her cabin ne
commodations are 10 be novel in style as COM
pared with all other steam yachts,
Commodore james ID. Smith. N Y. Y. G.. will
| Introduce that strange craft New Haven
! sh!rpir-into our waters this summer. She is
| to be- schooner rugged. 81 ieet over all. l6 feet
| beam, drawing only ~ inches amdshps. with
! nothing forward IL speak Of. She il To- have
| "A cabin with four hprths and one staterooin
and carry two IA foot boats on dayts.
Richmond Is building. at Mystic. for Oswald
! Jackson. n cabin centrehoarl soop yacht 10 be
! called the Mistra She is AZ feet long. Is feet
! beam. % teet deuth of hold. feet inches
A medum-sized steam yacht is being built by
! Ward stanton for a MIR. Leverch OF this city.
! Jesse CARL at Northport Is entirely huilding
! the cabin sloop Glnnce. She is to be raised and
| heightened to As feet over all, and Is TO have
james Lennox 81 brooklyn is rebuilding the
| swift Undine. which is to 20 To Boston. She
is 10 have flush deck. new and longer cabin.
Mum has built A. foot centro-board cabin
sloop for DR.. johnson OF Brooklyn. Iennox is
also building steam yacht about 20 feet long
Tor the Rev Mr.. Aspnwall Of Bay Ridge
Alonzo smith. at lshp has built a 35-foot cabin
cenire6oard soop for Mr. Prague.
Smedl.yis ding large 3j-foot open sloop
| for Mr.. j. d. Fowler
Il. Wallen is completing four open sloors,
. ~
open slonp on Staten Island 10 sail in the Kills.
| poilon Is bull new pilothont Tor Admiral
| Murphy. and Pine OF Grccnpoint is also build
ing now hont for a party 81 pilots.
The alterations arr numerous and important.
! COmmodorr John H. llait Is haNlnga hush deck
| put on his fleet schooner Clio 20 keep her from
| getting uooprd 10y n sea in crossing the bar AT
| Fire Island. Commodore j. ID. smiths schooner
E-telle has been leugtheued about feet over all
ait. though the keel remains the same. The
| cockpit has been lcngthcn"d. with the steering
gear placed inside Mr.. Pitman's yacht Iatonn
| Inns lnaau lauEtUpI tn go foot all Mr. 4
Cary Smith II building = crack 2O-foot centre
boarder TO 70 To Boston, She is to have lead run
into her keel Commodore Cooper's fast sloou
Orion Is to have n new stern ana longer spars.
Mr.. Langley's schooner Comet ia 20 have an on
tire new racing rig. with extra marrow cloths In
her canvas The sloop yacht Mermaid has been
leneiheped 10 feet forward. The sl93oep Win
and feet extra gam will give hcrmore afrrsail
The famous schooner Magic has been pur.
chased by T. NJ. Weld. Jr. and will race, this
summer She Is fitting out now Tor a Southern
cruise.
l. Dexter oi Boston. and also sam IN lew days
! for a southern cruise. The schoonrrs Iuro
lnta and S"awiich have also neen sold TO Dos
| ton parties. Inc crack sloop Annie. whlcl
under tho Lyngstons won AZ many laurels
hns been sold To san Francisco. George II
and he proposes 10 race her this summer.
| Club gossip is as follows: James Gordon Ben
nett will be home in May. aud will put III,
Dauniless in commission and make thing
lively in yachting circles.
The peerless Sappho, now owned by Prime
ScGrra OF Naples. will probably ba here II
August and her noble owner may take a fame
TO try To- carry the Queens cup back 10 SUNNI
Italy. in which event our Jolly amateur tars vii
have their hands full.
lester WAack's schooner Columbia may no
co into commission this summer. but Commo
dore Colgate's pretty schooner ldlcr will emerg
from two years seclusion.
MIR. Stuyy,sant's Palmer. Mr. Kincsland'
Alarm. and Mr.. Stillman's Wanderer will also
il Is rumored. once more fly their racing signal
this season. The s'hooneIs Resolute and tn
Intrepid are both in the West Indies; but vii
be on hand this spring, Mr.. Stokes's triple
hued and much ridiculed catamArRn Nereid
NYY G. feet from oak Buns ' 10 NSwp port las
summer. will. 1t is said, astunish the native
this summer, even If her spirited owner has t
M Mr.. r, ". j. Hurst ia going to Europe an
will not pa! his swift cutter Active IA commits
sion until August. when ho will chase M In
, Regina. Vixen, and other small cracks with
sharp stick on tho annual cruise,
Tho boats returning To the New York iach
: Club this year are tho schooners Meta AM
Magic; sloops sPsyc9"' purchased oy T.; "
, Brown; Nor'l, star e. a. a, stevenson C1rnnl
: larger hoet in commission than for years be
fore. Tn" hitherto invincihle sloop Arrow O
, Ross Wlnans will also. 1t is said. be In commits
Tue wnlamsburgh Yacht Club has dishondcd
/, and the Hoboken Yacht Club will also 500
! | have its nnnl clew IN and furl.
; The Hobokrn Yacht club il next to the No'
York. the oldest in the country, and ts dennis
4 | will bee regretted. II was q great pet Of the lat
- Commodore T.. A. stevens. who used 10 civ
: the boys his celebrated yacht Maria Tor day
always laughed ~ their mishaps. and built III
club "A COSBY house AT the entrance Of the Elysin
Fields, which was AT one time noted rtsor
Tho now much Wanted CorinthiRn style
z Yachting in our crack clubs was indgenou
with the HObOkrn and Brooklyn Clubs, tn
members of which two decades and moro
5 wears ago always sailed and manned thoir ow
l. yachts To up anchor. make sail and dus
down 10 the Horseshoe on tho darkest Of nigh
r from June To October was a commOn oocurrcnI
I, with THESE amateur tars.
A The Columbia Yacht Club has ts new hous
. at the foot Of Eghty-siKth street. n. r.. and II
II tends to adopt the Coriuthinn style Of yachtin
3. This season in its rrgAttas, aud so avoid Il
A heavy expense of hiring professional crew
and sand-hag killers.
i The spirited Seawanhaka Club has, as usuN
- a liberal programme Tor the srnson,
On May 80 the fleet ia ordered to assemble
.. | Tompk lnSVilr. =. J.. for review and an Oprnlr
d." cruise On June n there ia to bee an op"n-to-u
s. Corlnthian race for s'houncrs ana sOops. al
D. between Oct Is and IL a race for sloops for q
e Centre Cup from Sandy Hook Lghtship
J. Cape May Iightship and return. Then the
5, viii bee the l}rrnton Reef cup race in juno. al
a. the Cap May race IN september Of the New Nol
| Yacht Club, in addition to tho regular unnu
y rcguttus and many ulked-of private matches,
As an indication of the activity ia yRchtit
Z. circles. Manning's Yachting Agency reports 2
70 applications to purchase yachts, with 100 Il
D. sale. Other brokers and agents are brglnnli
%. To bee busy: and, in tact. there IL moro trudii
10 and transfer OF old yachts than building OF ~