Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-18
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Altff mskipH tne teHt'se Fs"~~t' y"
record for q sailing yacht across the
Atlantic. the English cutter Genssta
dropped anchor on Tcmpinsville, staten
Island, early yesterday morning. IL
had taken her Just twenty-two days TO
make the ran from Queens,own.
Most Of the time the weather
was fair, the wind was favorable.
and the little vessel bounded
az merrily over the waves as
though she were racing competitors In
the English channel. She ran l,i0o
miles AZ one stretch In Ave days. On
the sth instant she had TO lay to Tor
twenty.fonr hours In what First-Oficer
forstate ealleda capful o. wind" but
she sailed fast enough the next day to
make up for Il. The voyage across
was a. pleasant a. could be desired"
said Mr.. Forsiate 10 Times reporter,
80 and was absolutely uneyentful. We
escaped a severe storm, saw no Ice
beres, and the fog We ran across was
hardly worth mentioning. The vessel
behaved splsndidly."
when merchant steamships and sail
ing vessels with flags Of foreign nations,
and Coney-lslsnd excursion boats with
The American flag. begsn to move round
the bay, the Genesss dropped the bold
British ensign over her stern, and ran
the curious dark-blue and red llsg Of
,he Royal Iiarwick yacht squadron 10
her masthead. Captain Carter went
ashore 10 telegraph news Of the
yachts arrival 10 England. and
the crew--she carries twenty men all
told began to clean ship In preparation
for visitors. Lots of them looked at
her during the afternoon. William X.
Travers's yacht Fanny fred q welcom-
ing gun. Critical eyes examined her
from beneath an awning on Edward
Stokes's steam yacht Fra Diayolo. A
man with q red shirt dipped the colors
on the Eolus. Men not rich enough to
own yachts, but sailors enough 10 ad-
mire them, went to Staten Island by
ferry, and put the price Of Sunday
dinner into the cspscious pockets Of
waisrmen on the lookout for a job.
The Genes,a did not cross the ocean
with the large graceful spars that she
will use when she eompetss for the
AmericA cup. They are too large for
safety at sea. Her racing rigging wa
shipped m the hold Of the Anchor-Line
steamer FurnessiA, and Collector He'd
den sent word 10 the New York Yacht
club Yesterday that he had been In
structed by the Secretary Of the Troa-
sury 60 admit them free of duty. The
Gcncsta came across IN Jury rig.
with q mast siN feet shorter than the
one that will be put into her before tho
great race. She sailed most Of the
time under storm iib, foresail. and tfy-
sail. A full description Of the vessel
with points Of comparison between hci
build and the American sloop yachts
was printed in the Tlmc' when the in
ternational race which she has coin,
over here 10 Try and win was arranged
The Gonesta was bull, on the Clyde
She is 90 feet over all, 81 feet on the
watsr.line. IS feet beam. M feel
depth Of hold, and ia feet draught
She carries about 20 tons. She Is oI
composite construction, With steel fran,
and elm and teak plAnking. and sh'
was built solely for speed In racing
The deok fittings arc novel, being con
siructod largely with a view 20 cconom,
in room. Though a new boat with hel
canvas uns,retched. the Genesta prove,
herselfto be the best "all-around "yach
In the British racing fleet last season
She started thirty-iour times and wor
seventeen priEes--seven first and ter
second. Her builder believes that IA,
did not reach her maximum speed las
year, and hs expects greater thing
from her before the close Of the present
season.
New York yAchtsmen who went down
the hArbor 10 look al the Genesta yes
terday did not find her quite so hand
some a vessel ~ many Of them had
been led 10 expect. Her black hui
was somewhat rusty from sea wear
As she rose and fell on the waves th'
bright copper sheathing At the water
line glittered like gold IN the sun. lIeI
cutwater was A. straight a. flag.
pole, and the enormous oyefhanI
at the stern seemed somoihin.
quite different from yachts usual,
seen In these waters. There wa
nothing on her decks 20 screen N,
weather spray. Sac stood about foul
feet out Of water. q little higher thar
The Priscilla, which IL believed by goo,
| Judges 10 he heP closest competitor
Owing 10 the peculiar rounding lines o
the vessel from stem 10 stern, her ful
deck. slightly arohed. looked just th'
shape Of a slice cut length~ise from
wcll-shapcd beetroot. Everything
about the deck is arranged for quick
convenient work In an emergency
Every frame has q olest,
The cabins aro plainly fitted up It
pine and walnut, and are simply fur
nished. There j. no carpet In the mali
cabin. and nothing bat a neat s,rsv
mating in the ladies' cabin. Every
thing Is thoroughly English. The Eng
lish cook made big English boile'
pudding Tor dinner the first day he spcn
of American shores. The crew wer
beefy and ruddy. They ~oFe no ami
form, and looked rather shabby II
comparison with the English sailor
on board the Ileen, another yach
modelled by the same man thA
modelled the Genes,a, which was an
ohored close alongside. The Ars ~
the Ileen rowsd over 10 the nsw Or
rival when the days work was dons
spent an hour or 80 In con'ivislity, an
sskes for news nom ONE" N
one 90 board the Gsnesta could 81!
when abe would he pat IN racing uiu
until information vas received from n
Richard sutton. her owner, or from 7
neavor Webb, her designer, who ar
on their way across the Atlantic.
The New rovt Yacht Club was Il
session discussing lie annual rsgsts
yesterday when news Of the tieDssis
arrival reached than. II wss decide
20 postpone the tiisl races until afts
the ssnusl regatta The club race %