New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-10
SALT WAVE AND GREEN TURF.
WHITE SAILS AND TRIM SPARS.
PREPARING TO DEFEND THE AMERICA CUP
LAUNCHING NEW YACHTS.


LAUNCHING NEW YACHTS.
II seems TO be generally conceded that the
eompetition for the honor Of sustaning inc A"eio"
eause in the great international yacht race Viii Oe po
tically limited to the two rev sloops WHICH "0 HD"
building the Puritan and the sibyL Ine coinp"ia"'0
merits Of the two yachts are and VIII prooaoy ~
In be the subect Of much lively discussion IN All yaonV
inc crcIes New-York yachtsmen cannot be conVlhceu
that the principles upon which the ballast OF the Yankee
sloop has disposed calculated To Increase "o
speed They inclined 20 look upon the thirty lohs vi
lead which are TO be screwed TO the Purans Keel as
dead weight to be carried which neither the necesses
of her model nor any other rational consideration eX
ouses In Boston, however, hopes are still hlgh anu
success In Juno not in September is confidently FRO
dictod for the Boston boat. Tho WORK upon nor %
advancing rapidly. She has been panked upon lno
outside and the has boon begun upon her CABIN
IL stated that ratio between the area OF her mu
section aud its crcumscrbing paralleogram 20 per
cent less than the corresponding ratio in the Si0y Inc
launching of the Sbyl for about the present de
Poillon OF Brooklyn is preparing her mast ana spa's
Meanwhile the chalengers not idle and the coming
race Is much talked about among English yaonVS'non'
Land and Water thinks that the Galatsa VIII very
wet customer to over to tue land OF tue Ss an"
strpes in but 1t is the general opinion that she VIII
get across all right English pluck goes long way
or the Genesta Field says: Sir Richard sutton
encsa which sails from the Clyde for Newly ork at tue
beginning OF June fast getting ready The cutter mas
additional lead hOted her keel and as consequences
has heavier spars racing mast and three feet more
hoist OF canvas She is to under jury ps1s anu
storm canvas and her spars arc to DO shipped by steamer
10 York The cutter meanwhile VIII have her oe
spars nat aboard and bent so that she may
stretch cloth and try her speed under her bigger sails
and additional ballast She has been newly coppeTed
and with everything outside and inside put IN the pest
possible condition little has been left to accident"
The usual preparations for the racing ami cruising
season are going actively in all the different yacht
clubs New yachts are building and yachts whose repu-
tatons are already established are preparing to retain
the laurels already won. Tho launching of William
WoOdwa9d's steamer Wanda on May was an lneeht Oh
some Importance in the racing world The wanda was
designed by John Harvey who although well known rs
designer of English yachts has recently cothed h'n
self In the mantle of American citizenship shc was
built by Piepgrass & Pine at Pottery Beach she
1873 feet ALL Is feet beam ana drAws w
payne was broken the bows Of the yacht as sue
gldet into the waler, by Miss Edith WOODWARD tnc
that she will develop speed thirteen knots an hour
Her machinery has already been set up ana is hopfu
june ,-,.
yesterday. Sne has been built by ); j. Drlse0i Si
Greenpont and will be enrolled in the Lachmoht hacht
The authenticity Of the sale of the Monauk and the
POcahOntas at auction on May has been questioned
and the Pocah0ntas to j. Frederick Tams for $1,000
The rumor is now ahoat that there was no DOa 1e so
= In spite of the ba skwardness OF the some
cruises have already been undertaken by eniefprlsig
yaehtsinen and many are In contemplation ABOUT
Zen days William Astoria steam yacht Nourinahal
started on a short cruise eastward she returned to
New-YOrk last Monday and anchored OIL city lsInd put
started for New England waters almost immediatey
sflerward. On Thursday she arrived AT gloucester
Mas ogden GOelet with the party 81 friends VINO
accompanied him his cruise 10 the Sonth III the
schooner NorseInan has returned 10 NeW-1Ork' lDe
Norseman is to undergo thorough OVeThaulns'
While the larger yacht clubs are waxing sLfols ana
dourshing the clubs for smaller boats are also growing
in number and size. Since 1878 races nave been
held by BrOpk Yacht Club The club Is one OF inc
OLlest In the country and long hOurtshlng organ
fzatiOn. Gradually, however, IL seemed 10 die out lhe
elcb anchorage the foot OF COur-st, Dat new
club house was tut at Locust Grove on GrveseDd lay
The selection of this locality proved fatal to the cluo
Grayesehd Bay too far away, ana thS members
gradually dropped out. Most OF them entered the
ated and existence continued by legal ncuon
through its officers whaNTetained the clu5s rooms IN
Montaguest and gave the organization rather tue cpa
acter OF q social club Lately some BroOky miles, Wishing
10 organize a club for small boats, Determined 20
resuscsate the old Brooklyn Yacht Club Accordingly
the old club mousse Gravesend Bay was secured anu
the club now numbers $50 members, with forty OOats
The length of the yachts admitted Is limited 10 OrtyDve
and its first race day down for June 49, although
the may be altered as 1t conflicts WIN inc oeA"a
haka regatta. =, --,--.. x,.N.
Club LarchnOnt Manor took place on May under
happy auspces This club has nearly 400 members
and over 200 boats. There will be pcnnant races III
July and Ser tember and the clubs annual regatta Will
take place on the Fourth OF July.
The Pelham Yacht Club mas establshed llselt IN
pretty cottage near Station the Harlem River
branch of tue New-Haven Railroad. Although Ohly
organized last year the club has already over seventy
members.