New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-03
THE OUTLOOK FOR YACHTING.
EyERAL NEW BOATS IN NEw-YoRK wATERs-Tl


RAGE FOR STEAM YACHTS.
Whether this will be particularly lively
Yachting season remains TO DO There will Ger
family be enough fine yachts a0at In these waters and
enough money spent their maintenance TO make the
smlner successful one; but unfortunately money and
fine yachts do not make yachtsmeh. number
OF new yachts will make their appearance, from some
OF which great things expected The Fortuna and
the Grayng for instance schooner yachts which have
been added to the fleet of the NewYork Yacht Club are
expeoted TO give the Montauk hard fight In the annual
regatta n they do not show her clean pair OF heels
But these are only surmses and the safest way to PICK
OUT the winner yaoht race is to wait until 1t over
Tho Craving and the Fortuna directly opposed to
each other in their build the former being centre
board vessel Oh feet long az feet shorter than the
Moutauk) and very wide in proportion, her
extreme beam being % feet. The For
tuna, on the contrary, Is Keel schooner
long deep aud narrow being 100 feet over ALL ~ feet
inches beam and 13 fee; in depth OF hold For Ameri
can waters this Is considered rather remarkable. though
in England Grayng would be looked upon as having
too much BEAM II anything The Fortuna is owned by
H. s. Hoyey of Boston, vlce-commodore of the Eastern
Yacht Club aud member OF the NewYork Yacht Club.
The owner OF the Grayling N w. Fish Of this city
There seems be unfortunate craze for steam yachts
this year and many ones have been built or are
building. The who can get more enjoyment out OF
steam yacht than sailing vessel was certainly never
made for the sea- But then IL to keep them
up and that is sufficient to recommend them to large
class Of New FORK yachtsmen.
very pretty cenLreboard soop which will sail these
waters this summer Ia the Roamer recently built for
Jacob Cooper nephew OF Peter Cooper She hftyfour
feet long On the stocks in John Roachs ship-yard at
Chester two good-szed iron steam yachts, one OF
which is for W. E. Connor and the other for George
8. Scott The Rev. John /. Aspinwall Will sail
the summer seas in n yacht called the
Seminal lis feet over ALL and 1s feet inches beam
She wooden steam yacnt and will be supplied VIII
tandem engines. Mr. Aeplnwall has bulIt several
yachts, but belongs to clue. Jacob Lorillard mas
new steam yacht OF wood called the Venture, 100 eet
long and IL beam. OF small steam yachts
have been recently launched along the
coast OF tne Middle and Eastern states bat most OF
tnem will belong the fleet yacnt club and be used
only very short trips. Among the recent additions
feet OF the Atanio Yacht Club Is tho very prety
little centre board sloop Crocodile.
There been some change In the officers OF tne
various yacht clubs in tue clty In the course OF the
winter. Gilbert hagnt - no longer memper OF tue
Regatta Com LtIeo o, the NowYork Yacht Gao Is
that there general feeling IN tue ouD
ana outside OF II tnat t time for him 10 retire. Y
smh Lee succeeded commodore OF the
Clue by Il. @. Lawrence, jr. Unaer Commodore Lees
tins Seawtniaka club mas Veen Inc most
eneIrsug OF the yaont cuDs, its menbers are the
most thorough sailors OF any yaohsmen anoat Conno'