New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-31
NEW AND OLD YACHTS.
eur PRISCILLA AND THE PURITAN-whAi
snI snssE SMsTJ.ER CLUBS ARE DOING.

VHr PRISCILLA AND THE rum AN
SOME SMALLER CLUBS Ak1 DolNo.
Tho steel sloop yacht when was 70 o.. a.
~. s;hvl and which named the Priscilla Is now az
sno ''.Jr -, .r hor outfit She fame on Tuesday
- uu,,;notoo where she was built under the per-
.,na,vison of TAYLOR Cause, the senior ana chei
h.r ~ the old Harlem Hongswortn company.
~ ex,ense has been spared in her construction anu
NJ Cause feels so keen an interest IN her SUCCESS '"'
ha has given extraordinary attention 10 tne
- go, detail IL must be said thath is just as wen
H.. no hos for Commodore Bennett and Vice-Commo-
dore Douglas whose money she represents macy
have both been distant in Europe since her ouei waS
e,vered and no accredited representative OF tue new"
v Yacht Climb has exercised any particular care over
her writer OF evident perception under .nr nan VI
" America saws in this weeks Esprit OF tho Times
The Prscilas entrance is very good but in my opin-
ton there ia little too much ofit That is to say she
carries her underwater torebody lines little TOO lar
oft tor single stick racing boat of the greatest posi-
HE speed and power Her atterbody is consequently
rather full and her quarters up TO the y 1e m,
clined to be heavy Her midshlp cross SECTION uo,y
round this feature while it adds to the ooats ouVy
ncy ami onick mess n turning is rather detrimental 10
her speed in windward work and mas .snuen0S she
make her crank or tender under canvas one
will bs lively active boat very qnick IN stays ahu
fast in moderate weather and smooth water.
These criticisms are not confined to the writer whose
statement is quoted above, but have been generany
made since Tuesday by nautical experts Al the saio
time the general opinion is that she Is nuch oe1ter
boat than the Puritan whose method o. unaer sSo
rs much ndemDed. John Roach SAID daS or Two
ago that neither OF those boats embodied inc precise
qualifications necessary to successful meeung Mi.n
the English cutter. This remark Is signucauS III No"
of the Statement made by his son. stephen W hoach,
that his father bad good mind 10 build an IRON soop
himself for the September contest. aad;s;onai ex
sitemen to the race is known that Edward Faron'
Mr. Roachs chief engineer aud constrpetor mas SUP
mt, ed plans for such boat already Mr. Faron mas
modelled nearly IT'S iron boats in mis- life and ought to
know the elements that give hghtness oil movement
al Meanwb;ie work on the Priscilla advances. Her
spars are b. ing rapidly paned INTO shape. Just when
she will be in sailing trim Is not sald out sne WIN G
tanlv he ready before the middle OF June All day FRI
dav the workuen were engaged in putting IN her bal
last The cabin will he only temporarily htted up ior
the present. and all attention will be gwen TO w9rk on
her sailing gear Vanderveer OF Fiithave will BIT up
the interior later in the Her sails are beng
made by Wilson g. Griffin. and her rigging by fh'np
The New Jersey Yacht Club begins the season with
more than seventy-fve members and about Imry
yachts Its club house a c0S io"se Of the
New-York Yacht Club. The clubs fourteenth annual
rea4tta will be sailed ON June .. The regatta com.
exctns go much opposition account of the crooks
and turns it that will probably oe aoandoht q, anu
the old course from the Twethst pier in lo6oken TO
Hnay No liz in the Lower Bay and return to the finish
at Long Pier, Jersey City. adopted. Among the Ieal-
ures of the regatta will be contest between three
eatamarans two OF them entirely new. They are the
Unoiex. owned by Longstreet & Ogden, forty feet
long the Aeer by d. Field, of the same length, and
the Nemesis, by Everson q Reed thirty nns ana "a
half feet long The first of these boats sailed race
on Monday from Bedloe's Island TO aud around Buoy
No. 3d. in which the Duplex was the victor But IL
must be considered that the Aesr asr hS She built
nv Thorn Fear0n ionkers. The jersey City Clup
Is in excellent financial condition
The Columbia another OF the smaller yaont GUIDE i,
has made a brilliant opening Its constitution has Just
revised establishing the Corlnthan rules III mas
about seventy members ana Is aoaihg nOIe anaha in
that hcv are bringing boats into the club Nearly
twelve new yachts have been taken IN this year. max
Jug feet of about thirty among which are thiee smsu
steam yachts One of these and the finest, is owned
DIV Commodore r. p II. Abel. he Will san her to-day
down TO Seawarren NJ D. lie phes ne. oesmee" T 1I,s
Coumbas boat house at the footof Eighty siItnst
on the West Side 1t has been nicely lifted up Tor tue
season. n, u,h
Yacht Club was at the brunswick last week. lie Will
be remembered with interest, especially IN tne new
York Yacht Club. the doughty Englishmsn who
gave IT 80 much trouble in 1871 with regard to the
races with the Livona for the America cup. Ar.
Asbbury has given up yachting and since his tilt with
t,ommodore Bennett has been Conservative member
If Parliament and New-Zealand sheep raiser he Is
On his way hcme to take part 10 The Afghan con'ro-
Edward W. sheldon's cutter Madge lies of stapleton.
where some alterations being made IN her interior
arrsne ements. The Madge is one OF the lew hngilsn
enters built in England that are owned In Anerica
The MAGGIE "a another and third the Vetve 10 owned
In Chicago The Madge's record is a remarkaoe one
She built in 1879, and brought over ~ ej
While In England she sailed in sxty-eight races ana
won forty-seyen first prizes and twelve second pr Ies
Her career this side of the water mas Deeh 10 e
brilliant She has sailed in seven races ana carrier on
six first prizes MIR. Sheldon bought hcr ohiy 10"
weeks ago. He is now putting IN stateroon, anu
other accommodations that she may DC useu DIS =
cruising boat He expects to spend MS summer a1gau
her. making short cruises IRON tins nc 70 p .'o, h,
W. Stewards Maggie Is another boat OF the same nla'
sthongb four feel longer She is also lying OH staple
ton Mr. Stewart intends to cruise in her TINS season
and will not put his schooner, the Nokonis, In eonS-
The large schooner which POon Brothers are build
ing tor r. Bush is fast assuming shp-shape appear
although the work not beng pressed ana every
precaution Is taken to make her stanch ahd strong
he deck il now laid she is all pankcd up ana plah
inc has been begun. Captain Crosby, who Is 10 com
mand her il constant in his supervision ana passes MS
days in watching the progress OF me Work: no p,d
although built Tor speed, that she VIII not oien see
the rudders of hor rivals Her interior arrangement
will be commodious, the staerooms VIII DC numerous
and the saloon large and comfortable. ,
Two open steam yachts the Oie ana inc Auaiai''o
were launched from Poillons on tuesday.
Henry q. Marquand jr has bought the knth OF ,ht
, Eastern Yacht Cla5 from III. Hathaway she l. no"
WING off Staleton aud her owner makes irequen
Excursions in her The schooner Aioaross has recently
been chartered by Mr PomerOy who expects " hV'
aboard her during the simmer anu fn@sb cutters will
take part in the preliminary races for the AneTlca
cup Archibald Rogerss l,edoun ana arthur Ia so
fords Ileen were both built III tins country oui the
models were designed by John Harvey who although
an American citizen, born an Englshman ah'
learned his art in England. 1t either OF Inc yachu
should earn right to defend the cup IN the Septe
Der races the contest Will lose much OF us interest 10
e. will decide nothing about the relative excellence
the American and the English models
The launching of the Puritan. which took place
LAWYERS yard in Boston, on tuesday attraeten nan
visitors er rigging aud sails will 30 made in Boston
and sbe will moi arrive here until she is fully eqdppc