New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-10
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
THE COMING YACHTING SEASON.
PROPOSED VISIT TO HALlFAx-ACTIvITY AT THf
ANCH0RAGES.

PROPOSED VISIT TO HALlFAX-ACTIVlTY Al HE
ANCHoRAGEs.
The question which agitates the New DIRK
Yacht Club Just now is, "Sha the feet 20 to Hana&i
Tie Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Club has sent very cor
dial invitation to the New-YOrk Yacht Club 10 De us
guest Halifax this and there Is some propa-
biity that the invitation will be accepted III II Is,
this will be the first time that the yachts OF the new
York Yacht Club have visited any foreign port In
body and the voyage 10 Halifax will give greater OF
portunities for showing what they do III deepsea
sailing than most Of the yachts have had Commodore
Smith said to TRIBUNE reporter yesterday that IL was
a matter that rested wholly with the yacht owners
whether the Invitation of the Nova Scotia Club would be
accepted If sufficient number Of yacht owners
are in favor of making the trip to assurea respecta
bic feet the CLUB will TO accept the invitation
otherwise it will not 1t is understood that the own
ers Of the schOoners Alarm, Varuna MontauE, Ruth,
Cytle Clio and Estele, and of the sOOps Oracle and
Fanny, and Of the cutter OriVa are in favor OF
making the cruise TO Halifax Tie matter Will
be brought up at the meeting Of the club to be held on
May IT. and will probably then be definitely settled
At this meeting also the Committee on Measurement
and Time Allowances, composed OF representatives OI
the New-York Atlantic, Seawanhaka and Larchmont
clubs which mas had frequent sessions, VIII make l's
Every day now sees a number Of yachts put in COM
mission. Commodore Smith mas made some changes In
the headsals or his schooner yacht Estee uagsnR Va
the squaGrOn ana mas put Oh iOTS,5Iay 9a no in
schooner Fleetwing. belonging to X s. Ellot VIII DC IA
commission In few days. AT the SeaWannaka Ddsy AT
staten Island, whore all winter the yachts OF the cup
slept their sleep there has been general
awakening and what only few weeks ago were clOth-
covered huks with stunted masts have become grace
full yachts with lofty spars, white SAILS and graceIu
huls The cutter Orya and the t0psai schQoner NoKO
MIS- which have lain alongside each otEer
in basIn during the winter are both being put IN Ilm
The NOkOmis is of the pretuest yachts that ever
hOated. She Is keel schooner, ninety feet over all
twenty-five feet beam eight feet deptn OF hold ana draws
nine feet OF water Her rig that OF topsal schooner
is most delightful one for yachts OF ner
size and over, and is very popular on tine
other side of the water and well adapted Tor deep sea
Mrs. Brassey made her celebrated voyage around the
Russels fancy, the Lady Maud, schOOner-yacht The
NOkoms is owned by w. A. w. stewart, OF staten Island
excOmmOdore of the Seawanhaka Club.
The OriYa has come out bright ana fresh Ex-COnno-
dore Lee owner, adopted the practice OF putting
crude urpentine the deck or his yacht when she lies
up for the winter When the covering OF turpentne is
removed In the spring it leaves the deck IN excellent
condition. The yacnt Lancer belonging TO Colonel
Josiah Porter, is at New London Colonel Porter
Europe, whittier he called by the illness OF
his wife, and 1t Is doubtful II the Lancer Will go INTO
commission this year. Ex-Governor Henry Lppitt or
Rhode Island, has mad new schOCneryacht quilt IN
which he will sail the this summer.
The Eclipse Yacht Club Will have It's opening DAY
Sunday next The yachts will start from the CLUB
the foot OF East One hundred at
10 o'clock in the morning. and sail up the SOUND 10 ana
around the Fort Schuyler On the returh the Meet
will put In at College Point, where luncheon VIII 20
served.