New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-20
THE YACHTING SEASON.
LIVELY SCENE IN THE BAY-YACHrs FOX BALE
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

A LIVELY SCENE IN THE BAY-YACHrS FOX oALH
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
1t looked as if the yachting season was 1alriY
opened in the vicinity of the Seawanhaka Yacht CuD
house Yesterday. Only half dozen vessels lay Iii 'no
hasn and these the painter and ship carpenter
busy In front OF the club house. however me oe' vi
yachts were swinging at their mooriEgs and the "'o
sails OF pleasure craft cleaned on the blue waters rum
up by the red walls of Castle william, where three sa
sloops racing down to the Narrows, where tne
beautiful schooner Montauk was coming up Win every
working sail drawing Arson Phepss schooner yacht
Clyte came up the bay and anchored of IompKlhsVle
just Commodore Lee got his cutter Oriva uhuer
way and stood for the NarrOws. Down toward Cultoh
the British yacht-nag 1utered from the schooner sou
Wing and the steam yacht Esperanza The S0rt wing -
said to excellent boat but she not very nand
some IN appearance her foremost being stepped I'M
usually aft Among the yachts lying of the Seawan-
haka Club the Oriva Ray. Meteor Elfn Soft
Wing yalkyr, Fleetwing and Esperanza. The topsaii
schooner NOk0mis Is now being sailed as rore ana
after but her owner, W. A w. Stewart intends soon to
put on the spars for her squaresas Nearly all the
yachts in these waters which will gontO commission this
summer ready, and in anticipation of the COM
ing regattas many Of them make almost daily trips out
TO the get the vessels down TO their lines and
70 test the improvements that have been made in The
course OF the winter
The danger which the Oracle was in when she was
struck by a squat off tho Quarantine islands last Sun
day Is said been considerably exaggerated In the
reports which given OF It at the time by excited
yachtsmen who witnessed the cspszng of the Grayng
and saw the Oracle knocked down. The facts are that
she lost nothing from decks and took in very little
wafer She was lying hove-to under the stern Of the
Montauk when the squall struck her The Graylng is
being got order again but t Will be long time YET
before she al be the handsome yacht sno was on sun
Those who desire to purchase steam yachts and have
.ta 1ytfh
Stranger and the Poynia to choose from The Stranger
il TO be sold at auction May 20 and the Poynla Is
among yachtsmen as 10 the price "hich 'o VI"
bring -,
The flag flies from the Columbia Yacht Club house and
the OF the sloOps and cat boats that compose the
fleet OF this out for daily sails on the Hudson and
down the bay The regatta OF tho New-Jersey Cup WI
take place on June H. The course Will be from the
Bank and thence back to the COmmunipaw dock This
club has fleet of twenty boats comprising some or the
fastest small boats on the pay tne .he ca ond
b and club opsas one OF tho best known open boats
in these waters is the Dare Devil which belongs to this
club being owned by Commodore Dilworth One Of
hs boats which formerly new the signal OF this club the
Her owners seven in number will each receive q walk
ing stick made from her spars and canvas ncck-te
made from her sails q memorial OF their craft
In tue East yachting matters are very lively. Her
eshof the blind boat builder OF Bristol r. l., has built
for himself cutter NIFTY feet Long "a feet EO SsR a3s
and expected 10 be very fast Herreshof the builder
Of Allen b I % wGn
year aud of many other celebrated boats He has two
bs new Yachts in Eastern waters is the
yacht Barracuda built last fall for Captain Kenyon OF
ton taking trip to South America In her, but now
offers her for sale Among the yachts OF the Narragan
TeDry J. steers schooner social walter Greenes sloop
Lucille Charles g. Boomers sloop Henry Butler, the
soops Hadec Tndne Idegards Hope menr t and
Conanicut Island and float at Newport