New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-03
PLEAsURE-BOAT BUILDING.
ACTIVITY ALL ALONG THE COAST.

HARBoRs.
The prosperity of the last year Is nnoing al eA-
pression in tho activity which relgns all "one INC
90 oo.s, among the proprietors of summer hotels
md the builders of yachts and pleasure ooa's f'o
Grand MapsD to Atlantic City and Cape May IT,
norris are received of new buildings springing up OF
old ones undergoing enlargement and improve
nent Of wages advancing among house carpenters
and a general state of happy anticipation LOT 'no
coming season At Atlantic CITY there mas ~
for several weeks number of visitors AT the largo
hotel, which is principally patronized ny N'"
Workers.
But il is more in yachting circles that the new
,,.,n,ss ia he;ng felt. OF all the pleasant means
TO- snending summer days in luxurious idienrSs'
yachting is the most rapidly growing IN favor.
Refore the " ar the coast not 50 well irequeh'en
a. now and there little demand for tins species
of amusement. Within twenty years. however
Yachting has come rap dly into vogue. particularly
in Boston and New-YOrk. AT Boston, where 'ne
water of the bay is deep and II is possible 10 ieon
the open sea very nearly at once without inc u'n-
ger of encounterIng the head winds and head tldes
~h;ch oft.n coutine the New-York yachts to their
own large bay and prevent them from going below
The forts this healthful amusement is now almost
q mania The number of yachts built at Soutu
Boston and East Boston annually is very large ana
several firms of builders fast attaining celebrity
for the beauty of their huls aud she goou judgment
DISPLAYED IN their rigs. At South Boston when is
the principal yachting rendezvous there were
drawn up on the beach few weeks ago as many do
o47 Yachts, ranging in size from the nVciy cat,
ragged boat "a feet in length, to the great heei
schooner which no one not SOLID nan o. p9S'Nn
could afford to own 10 tnIs 'aIsS ,e new Which VIM
tered AT other points. The whole ieet cost 10 Ould
the sum OF fully $35O,OOO. How popular sailing
has become at Boston ~ seen Oy the large hu'nooi
In New-York City and Brooklyn, although the
I,Ytln tf. {
al those owned tO let, people have gone mo thlS
healthful amusement on greater scare, Iuv ~
sells nearly all larger ana NOR oos or
Boston has few, If any, steam yachts iOr instance,
really worthy of the name, there are twenty OF
more in this port some OF which COST from $1,000
TO Sl5OOOO A close estimate oil the Naiue oi
vacSts steam and SAIL owned IN New York and
Rrooklyn at this time places their totaI COSY at
S2455,O00. The valuation is below lle , d IL d.
new ones are being added tins year, when VIII ralse
the valuation cOnsiderab " Nowhere aiVhg 'ne
coast does there just now To be an ldle h"at-
ward binding is said by those who are cOnverslhi
With these matters To have been dili lor lew
years. but the past winter has bfcn BUSY one anu
The spring and SIMMER promise to he prosperous
Reports are receised of the building OF many yachs
In the Ncw-Engiand states. Tine shops ~ inns
peghborhoOd are all busy And III New-JcrSeE
there is a rage for boat building unknown Tor years
Eight yachts are building at Mammalian Ken, tlSht
Mt West Creek and one or two tach AT many O1nei
struction in the woods from the windows Oh tine
cars The w-Jersey boy takes 10 boat P Pt
naturally The first thing he takes to III life N L"
learn how to shoot. Then be learns to sail boat;
and then to build one. lie digs up the cedar roots
In the woods for his frame tlinbers, ana, WIN an
old saw. hammer drawKniie ana lachNnlo;
he makes his model aud builds ms own Ooat
himself. Lads of fifteen offer have very reslrctne
yachts that they have made without help. except 81
Ear as the sails are concerned these atINe Goa'
builders are quick To feel the symptoms 81 p1Diic
prosperity and To take advantage Oh tue drut % the
times
SOME BOATS IN PARTICULAR.
Among the new vessels which take the water for
The first time this season Is cuteryacht buit Tor
I Malcolm Forbes. at South Boston. called the
Mayvis She is of the extreme type. to which atten
ton is lust now turning with rocker kee;ssralght
plank sheer flush deck. and long Overhanging stern
She is 81 feet long over all, feet beam, and 5ls
feet in depth She draws about feet of water,
having very broad keel carrying 4.ooO pound
iron shoe There will be two tons OF ballast III
side ,., o.,
feet long 9l2 broad aud ia deep INSIDE ana carry
ing the same ballast has been built at South Bnst"h'
for Edward Burgess The cost of these yachts l.
about - 600 each. Both are to carry mainsalI'
gait topsaIl jb aud jggeT mast and sail. ,
Lawley X Son have al so Just completed me
Nirvana a five feet deep draft Keel sl"0p. Tor w
Eaton IT, She is 4S feet long over all. IL iee on
the beam and feet deep. In accordance Win the
new notion IN DaaIs. 80 ".s t I N,ryaa viii
carry four-tOn iron shoe on the Keel anu iouf IONS
more inside. The cabin of this vessel is ample IN
BiZe, and Is finished OIL WIN mueh eiesd"V"' in'
vessel costs $1,000.
wide and 3 deep inside. has been completed at
South Boston Tor A. l.. Smith. She is cat rggcd
Two or three small cutters besides thoSr haine1
were built at East Boston last winter; anu
n fine new steam Yacht has been completed Tor MI
Peabody by Lawlor to replace the smaller one
In which its owner took a long aud pleasant cruise
The mania for yachting has seized many an old
and steady going man at Boston. and stroll along
by .hc long row OF boat shops IN South Bostoh,
where a small army of men is building repairing,
ecraping. rchtling aud o'erhauling ali kinds OF
small craft reveals how universal the passion t1l
nautical idlIng has become. Many small craft
Formerly empOye III fishing aud frelghtlng are no"
being converted to picssurng. they having been
built originally rather on the Yachting model one
she Nautilus. schooner, bnt at hl5tery; C Me.'
thirty years ago. owned 10y an old salt, Cap,
tain William Neville, has been altered Oy SalnueI
Webber into a yacht. The rather blum, old-iash.
Toned bow has given placf TO one wmch WI cur
Water like that of a steamboat, AMI the ola square
stern has been changed 10 one which Is round and
overhangiug. Many sights OF rhls KIND can be seen
at South Boston.
CHARLES wATRoUss INVESTMENT
AT Noank Conn., q schOOnt yacht has been
Fnilt by Robert Palmer for Charles Watrous, of
New-York at a cost of about $4,000. She is %
feet long over all, having an SSfoOt Keel; rs ZZi2
feet ON the beam and 9l1 feet deep IN the hold
She will draw "a feet of water and has a n foot
centre-board. In accordance with Eastern ideas
abe is framed of white oak below, with hackmatack
TOP plankcd with 2l2 inch oak. and celled with
yellow pine The decking is of "a inch white pine
She will carry large spread of canvas and is built
Tor great speed The appointments of the Courier
flor that her name will 10 oil great elegance Sne
will register about 200 tons. Mr. Palmer also built
last winter sloop % feet i0hg owe. an' VIII
feet beam and u feet hold, for Captain Luce oil
At Mystic Bridge new yacht has been built for
C. H. Mallory of New York, To take the place oi inc
Eyiph. which though IA handsome yacht, never nae
Quite the speed 10 satisfy the owner. She carries
csntre-board and has the following dimensions: ~
feat ea