The Washington critic., 1885-06-10
ROUND THE WORLD IN A YACHT.
The Trip Proposed by a Party of Yale
CoIIegians.

CoIIegians.
One of New Yorll's crack yachts, the
Brunhilde, has been lying off Morris
Cove attracting much attention from local
yachtsmen, says the New Haven Register
She is about to take a party of Yale men
around the world, and the pennant of the
New Haven Yacht Club, in which she is
entered, will for the first time fly at the
mast head of a craft going around the
earth.
Her owner is John J. Phelps, pleasant
faced red-bearded young man, son of
William Walter Phelps, the distinguished
New Jersey statesman. He is an enthu-
siastic yachtsman and spends the greater
part OF his time aboard.
How long do you expect to be gomez
ooh, about three wears We are going
to take our time and see all there is to be
SEEM
"How many are going in the party?'
ooh, it's to be party of Yale men right
through he answered laughingly. at
will consist of A. Il. Simington, G. +. Has
ley, H. II. Strong, X. Mitchell, T. Hill
ard and myself, six in all, and we all
graduated in the class of 'S3. We at first
thought of going for year only, but we
made up our minds that we might as we'll
do the thing up in shape as long as we
were going to do it at all.
Isn't your yacht small for such trip"
"No, it is not. Perhaps she's little
shorter than some of the other pleasure
yachts that have made the trip, but She $
big enough for our purposes. We intend
to go over to England from here and
thence down the Mediterranean, through
the Suez Canal and down to Calcutta,
Singapore, China, and Japan, and over to
San Francisco and then down around the
Horn and back again"
'How much of a crew will you carry?''
"Ihirteen altogether, above and below
eight sailors, three stewards, and two
officers"
"Do you fear trouble in foreign watersN
mot at all. You see we are going to
sail under what is called special license
It's sort of modified form ms the com
mission of a man-of-war, and will entitlC
the yacht to the same treatment as reg
ular United States vessel. / don't know
that it's anything unusual for yacht 10
sail in foreign waters with one of these
things for security. ] found no trouble in
getting il, and obtained it from the Secre.
tary of State"
"Are you going to carry any guns?'
"Only two very small ones. We will be
well supplied with rifles, however, and
e:Xpectto make several hunting excur
sions from the yacht during our journey
We will certainly make an excursion vi
the Nile"
care you going to enter her in any race,
while IN English waters ?''
"Not unless | can find q good stiff wind
blowing, for she will not make time unless
there is. ] will not take my racing sails
with me, but may send for them if want
to use them"
when do you expect to make the
start?"
"Well, we are going back to New orl
and we will stay there arranging ou
affairs until some time late in the month
when we will come back here again. TIL Ell
we will go up to the boat race at New
London, and as soon as that is over we
will probably put right out through the
Race and off to England"
The Brunhilde is very strongly built
prettily-lined schooner, and usually car
rics very light sailing rig, consisting Of
the usual sails and jib staysail, flying Jill
and iib topsail. She stands up well out Of
the water and is very deep. She is Of
about 275 tons burden. Her measurement:
| are 1l3 feet over all, % feet beam. She be
longs to the New York, New Haven and
| Yale yacht clubs, and is worth about $50,
| GEO. Her staterooms are very roomy anC
| comfortable, and her whole interior is fit
| ted up in hard woods. She was built TO
| comfort rather than gaudiness, and is {
fairly fast smler.